The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 29, 1898, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1898. SUTRO’S HEIRS WANT HIM AT HIS Will Invoke the Ex-Mayor From Dr. Emma Merritt’s They Claim That Amid the Familiar Sur- roundings of the “Heights’” He Will Regain His Mental and Physical Faculties. The aid of the law is to be again in- wvoked to the end that Adolph Sutro may spend the declining days of his most remarkable life at his dearly be- Joved heights overlooking the Pacific Ocean. At present he is to all intents and purposes a prisoner, being confined to one room in the home of his daughter and guardian, Dr. Emma Merritt, on the northwest corner of Sutter street 1 Van Ness avenue. Since the of his forcible and sen- sational removal from his old home, some months since, his household has been as one divided against itself. His son Ct his daughter Clara and his brothers and sisters have brought all the pressure possible to bear upon Dr. Merritt to induce her to unbend her will and permit her father to again return | to his own home. She has the strong mind of her illustrious father, devel- | »d to the point of obstinacy, it is af- med, and cannot be turned from her s a fault of the mind t of the heart, as she has sur-| ded her father with all the com- ts that medical science can suggest. .ption to this is the forcible | n of Mr. Sutro amid uncon- | E: surroundings. This, it is med, is the great error she is com- | he unfamiliar room, the ab- people and articles to which nillionaire was accustomed, his mind and retard the | covery of his faculties. » has not been a helpless in- He is able to be| nd for a time was so | r d a drive. At ent he was denied this at sorro During ourth of July pro- | d at the window of njoyed the moving spectacle He ey recognized friends s t thronged the streets them to come to him. | ractically determined to | matter through the | e law. Suit will be| names of his children, | to which will be added those of his two € in this city, and of his| y. They feel that| hes to be consulted | ired above all other life would go out with | sting its last rays upon his s it sank below the horizon | 2 de ay from home at Sutro | up to the present time, his tives have been trying to convince tt, his guardian, that | not for the best.” said | rela Winterberg, Adolph Sutro’s sister, yesterday. ‘“All the pressure that could possibly be brought to bear | on her has been exerted, but without | avail. She has her point of view, and | all the rest of his relatives on this| have theirs. 1s impossible to reconcile them, they are so radically different. Dr. Merritt is providing all the com- | forts that modern ideas in the treat- ment of the sick can suggest, except the one which we feel is most needed in Mr. Sutro’s case. That one is con- nial surroundings. He is now con- fined to one room, and is to all intents and purposes a prisoner. He is kept under lock and key, and at times begs piteously for the freedom he so long enjoyed. “His near relatives are permitted to visit him, but other personal friends are rigidly excluded. Mr. Sutro recog- nizes this, and is worried by it. He is not confined to his bed continuously, at times being able to be about for ex- tended periods. We do not claim that he is strong and vigorous, as we know that if such were the case it would take more than locks and bolts to keep him in confinement. “In his rational moments he is great- ly distre: d at his inability to find fa- miliar objects. He worries at the sup- posed loss of his two light overcoats; of books and treasure to which he was accustomed, and to his gold watch. This has been replaced by a cheap affair that does not keep time. He is continually asking for his favorite man-servant ‘Tom’ and complalning about the two women nurses in whose he has been placed. ry Sutro is not the aged man he has ¥%n pictured to be. He was born on April 1830, making him now in his sixty-ninth year. It has been stated repeatedly that he was over 80 years of age, which is untrue. “In view of his magnificent physique el e e ADVERTISEMENTS, T errible ECZEMA My baby suffered from terrible Eczema. Doctor and every remedy tried, to no account. He cried all the time and his face was like raw meat. I had to carry him on a pillow, and was fairly disconraged. I used half a do her the credit to say | | removal. She fears that were he per- | ritt is doing all she can for his physical | the plans for the restoration OLD HOME Law to Take the Custody. | and will power we feel that he has, possibly, years yet to live. That is why | we are all united in the desire to see | him returned to the heights overlook- ing the Pacific Ocean. We feel that there among the flowers and trees he loved so dearly that his days would be prolonged. It is repulsive to think | that a man of his temperament, accus- | tomed to spending the major portion of | the day in the fresh air, should be cooped up in one room, no matter how elaborately it be furnished. | “We are supported in these views by people all over the world. The Helghts | and their owner were so well known | that people thousands of miles from here have taken an interest in the mat- ter and deplore Mr. Sutro’s banishment. The Heights do not seem the same now with the master away. He was so | closely identified with the beautiful place that even casual, as well as regu- | lar, visitors note his absence. “F ms a pity that the splendid summer s are slipping away one by one and he no« able to enjoy them. The harsh days of winter are coming on apace, when bug few opportunities would be prqae'.'fi’ed for being out of doors, “This supplies a line of argument for his guardian in her opposition to his mitted the freedom of the grounds that he would not want to go indoors at the proper time, and the forcing him to do so against his will would work great in- jury. Again, she fears a sudden turn of his case for the worst, when a physi- cian should be promptly at hand to re- lieve his sufferings. These attacks do not come often, however, and as they | give premonitory signs of their coming they should be easy to provide against. She also fears that he may become vio- lent suddenly, yet there should be no danger on that score, as the servants should have no difficulty in taking care of him. “We all feel that it is a marked in- Justice that he is not permitted to spend his last days in his own home and among his own people, Dr. Mer- comfort, but we feel that he needs the familiar surroundings of his rooms at the Heights more than he requires medicine.” Charles Sutro is reticent regarding of his father to his former condition. He fears that their publication would de- feat the very ends they are expected to serve. Papers in the suit will be filed at once and the struggle will then be on. A prominent physician is authority for the statement that there are excel- lent grounds for believing that if Mr. Sutro be allowed to go back among the flowers and familiar surroundings of his home he will recover his facul- ties. Mr. Sutro, himself, realizes this and has so expressed himself to friends. The very surroundings tend to retard his mental recovery as they would in time break down the strongest will. This is particularly so when the pa- tlent is cognizant of the facts in the | case. In this instance it is thought that | if he be permitted to exercise his full rights he will not approve of steps that have bzen taken in regard to the management of his property. —_— LEES MUST GIVE UP HAYNES’ GOLD| JUDGMENT AGAINST THE BE- | SPANGLED CHIEF. Judge Hunt Decides That a Man Can- not Take and Keep That Which Is Not His. If the heart of Uhief Lees broke yester- day when he was ordered to give up the coin he took from the home of the mur- derer Haynes, the slayer of Lieutenant Burke, the report of the fracture was not great—perhaps about In keeping with the size of that organ, which so many of the opinion does not exist. That it broke, however, is a 16 to 1 bet, for the reason that he had to give up the money. are But the childish old man will have to glve it up, nevertheless, even though the | da.maie to his withering anatomy ex- | tend beyond the region of his heart, a | reglon that occuples but a small portion of the cnvl;ly beneath his ribs, and in- | flame beyond relief the region in his head | wherein _dwells his appetite for gold. | Judge Hunt filed his opinion and held that the bespangled Chief could not le- gally hold the money discovered in the abode of Haynes. When the murderer went to trial he was defended by Attorneys J. N. E. Wil- son and Edward Sweeney. When judg- ment was pronounced and Haynes was condemned to spend his life in prison the aged murderer repudiated his counsel and refused to pay them. In consequence ‘Wilson and Sweeney attached the money. They bumped up against Lees’ ‘greed, however. He held the gold and would not surrender it. So suit was brought to_recover it. The case was submitted and yesterday it was decided that the attachment was legal and Lees must surrender, He may take the case to the Supreme Court, but if he does it will avail him not. The gold to Lees is gone forever. T — In the Divorce Courts. Della Lang was granted a divorce from her husband, E. W. Lang, yesterday, on the ground of extreme cruelty. Mrs. Lang alleges that shortly after her marriage her husband commenced to treat her in a cruel manner, which he kept up until she was obliged to leave him. Jeremiah W. Sullivan was granted a divorce from his wife, Mary Sufil\'un. on the grouud of intemperance. The custody of six minor children was awarded the plaintiff, —_—— Assaulted at Sea. Juan Qemez, a saflor on the Occldental, was arrested on complaint of A. Ander- box of CUTICURA (ointment) and CUTICURA B0AP, and in one weel my baby was entirely cured, To-day his skin is as smooth as silk. Mrs.J.C. FREESE, 360 8. Ist st., Brooklyn, N.Y. 87EeDY CuRE TREATMEXT yOR SK1i-TORTURED . Bapizs.—Warm baths with CUTICURA 804¢. and gentle \auoiutings with CUTICORA, greatest of skin dares. © Sold throughout the world. Porrer Drug AXp Crest. Con, Lrops, Bostan. Howto Cars Baby's baean son, a fellow seaman, who alleges that on the last voyage of the vessel Gomez as- saulted him with a sheath knife. The case will be heard before Commissioner Hea- cock this aftérnoon. —_——— iullno Salt Water Baths, Bush, in sts.; swimming Russtan, hot and cold tub baths; salt wgter direct from ocean. “MLLE” CHRISTINE MAGUIRE UNDER THE POLITICAL PLUM TREE. 4 S22 PLUM " TREE ;5 POLITICAL e T SINGLE Tax FOR THiy campaian ONLY %898 . DEMOCRATIC UBERNATORIAL NOMINATION OH! WAD SOME POWER THE GIFTIE GIE HIM TO SEE HIMSELF AS OTHERS SEE HIM. CALL FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS The State Committee Bids for the Support of Party Voters. The Democratic State Central Com- Ry ! mittee, through Chatrman Alford, has | Orange” ... Orange . issued a formal call for a State con- | piacer | Plumas vention, and in it has set forth some | Riverside . Sacramento of the principles upon which it Will | San Benito - ] San Bernard 5 base a claim for the support of the|San Diego o, i voters of the State. The text of the | §an Francisc 14 an Joaquin . 19 call is as follows: San 1 CALL FOR DEMOCRATIC STATE AND | § 110. DISTRICT CONVENTIONS. a7 The Democratic State Committee of the | & bt State of California, representing the | 1 Democratic party of sald State, a politi- | e cal party which at the last general elec- | i 1 tion held in the State of Californfa polled | 12 more than 3 per cent of the entire vote | 1 of the State, by virtue of the authority | £ H vested in sald committee, hereby issues | 3 3 the following call for State and district 1 conventions: % 1. A State Convention of the Democratic | 8 party of the State of California is hereby | Ventura H called to meet at the city of Sacramento, | Yolo 10 county of Sacramento, State of Califor- | Yuba . [} nia, on the 16th day of August, 1898, at 2 o'clock p. m. of that day, to nominate candidates for State offices, to be voted for at the general election to be held in the State of California on the 8th.day of November, 1898; to select a new State com- mittee and to transact such other busi- ness as may be brought before sald con- vention. 2. The apportionment of delegates to said convention shall be one delegate at large for each county and one delegate for each 200 votes or a majority fraction thereof,* cast In each county for J. W. Martin, who as the Democratic nominee for Presidential Blector received = the | sald prh-nar,v3 election: highest number of votes cast for any 1 am a Democrat and I will support nominee of the Democratic party for | the nominees of the Liemocratic party at Presidential Elector in the State of Call- | the election to be held on the 8th day of fornia in the election of A November, 189, 3. The delegates chosen as delegates to | The Democratic State Committee fur the State Convention shall also be dele- | ther directs that in counties where del gates to the district conventions of thelir | Fates to said State and District conven- respective districts for the purpose of | tions have been selected at the date of nominating candidates for the offices of | the issuance of this call, sald delegates members of Congress, Ralroad Commis- | shall be and they are hereby recognized sioners and members of the State Board | as the delegates from said counties to of Bqualization. They shall also select | said State and District conventions. Congressional committees for each of the The county conventions of the respec- Congressional Districts of this State and | tive counties are hereby requested to se- perform such other business ‘as may |lect their county committees at the time properly come before sald State and dis- | of holding their convention, and to for- trict conventlons. ward a list of the names of sald commit- The district conventions above referred | tee, together with the postoffice address to are hereby called to meet at the same | of each, to the secretary of the Demo- time and place as the Democratic Btate | cratic State Committee. Convention. The Democratic State Committee fur- The representation to the State and | ther directs that duplicate copies of the district conventions upon the basis here- | credentials of all delegates (which shall in set forth is hereby declared to be as The Democratic State Committee directs that tue delegates to sald State and Dis- trict conventfons be selected In such a manner as the varfous county commit- tees shall determine to be expedient, pro: vided that the holding of ‘primary elec- tions for the election of said delegates {s recommended wherever it may be practi- cable to hold sald elections. If the right of any person applying to vote at such Eflma.ry election shall be challenged he shall be permitted to vote only after he shall have made the follow- ing statement to the officers In charge of contain the postoffice address of each of manity. e In conducting the war the President has had and will have untlil its close the constant support of the Democratic mem- bers of Congress and soldiers and sailors. We rejoice that the follows: sald delegates) selected for the State and No. Del- | District conventions must be certified to County— Vote. egates. | by the chairman and secretary of the re- Alameda . . 8,39 43 | spectlve county conventions or commit- Alpine ... 3130 1| tees, and one copy thereof forwarded to Amador ... s 1,396 8 | Ben M. Maddox, gecretary of the Demo- - 2,120 12 | cratic State Commlittee, at the California 1,528 9| Hotel, San Francisco, Cal., at least five 1,250 7| days prior to the meeting of sald State o § | convention. 4 L1674 3| oJn Issuing this call the Democratic oy T 3760 30 | State Committee, relying upon the opeh b e e 5| record of the Democratic party in both Humboldt .2,473 13 | the nation and the State, appeals with nyo 532 4 | confidence to the voters of California. Kern .. 1,763 10| We glory in the fact that our present Kings . 862 6 | conflict at arms with Spain is the result ke 850 G| of the efforts of the Democratic minor- 527 4 [ty In both houses of Congress. Though, Los Angel ot *1| conscious of the fact that their political ad el 2 | opponents would conduct the war, they e 80 s | sank party considerations and stood the Mendooln 2% 12 | unselfish champions of liberty and hu- 127 7 586 4 4T5 s 360 -8 the Democratic | unification of our count: and the oblit- eration of sectional feeling have in the face of forelgn menace been demon- strated to be accomplished facts. Hap- pily there s no war issue before us in this election. As Americans we are proud to feel that all parties are support- ing the Government with a loyalty and enthusiasm that prove to the world the undivided patriotism of our people and their impregnable devotion to the Union. Nevertheless, glo; in the achievements of our gallant soldiers and sailors and the herolc passions that foreign wars very properly engender must not be al- lowed to obscure the grave domestic problems which so nearly concern the material welfare and political advance- ment of our commonwealth. Economy in the administration of State affairs is’ to the people the most vital of issues. The nominees of the Demo- cratic State Convention will be a suffi- cient guarantee that its pledges will be redeemed. Our opponents falsely claim - that the Southern Pacific Company, which owns and directs their political organization, is out of politics. t {8 the mission and duty of the Democratic party of Cali- fornia to continue its unswerving oppo- sition to the unjust charges of that cor- poration, to its corrupting influences in the halls of legislation and the courts of fusllce. to its dishonest efforts to escape ts just obligations to the National Gov- ernment by refunding schemes, and to the Ferpetua(lon of its monopolistic dom- inatfon over the industries of California. Our candidates must personify these principles. They must stand for the lib- erty of industry in all its branches and the emancipation of the State from the grasp of corfinrnllnns, whose confeder- ated wealth threatens not only to absorb the substance of the people, but even to annihilate their liberties. In this view our slogan must be fair treatment for our producers and merchants from the rail- road companies within the State, and close and cheap connection with the rest of our country and the world by the early construction of the Nicaragua canal u?‘der Governmental ownership and oper- ation. ‘With full confidence in the principles of the Democratic party as promulgated by Thomas Jefferson and as enunclated in the Democratic national platform of 1896, we urge a united Democracy to active and ‘earnest effort in the discharge of their party obligations to the end that the problems of State importance as well as the great national and international questions necessarily consequent upon the war with Spain may be solved in the in- terest of the masses of the people and the perpetuation of American principles of liberty, equality and self-government. LLIAM H. ALFORD, Chairman. BEN M. MADDOX, Secretary. —————— A Physician’s Claim. Charles McMullen, as assignee of Dr. A. A. Gilmour, has filed suit against the estate of Elizabeth Waters to recover $$38 for_medical gervices. ADVERTISEMENTS. —_— 6000 Cures.. ht since the Eufliuumdintfrm Keeley Institutes in California there have been more than 6000 cures effected by it Why shouldn't it cure you of alco- holism or drug addiction? It is a time-tested, scientific cure, Send for printed matter that tells all about THE KEELEY ms‘rflm’g 282 North Main Street, Los Angeles. umn l‘l‘unt sunh San ans:w. Fred A. Pollock, Manager. e — AT HALF PRICE! From the COUNTLESS BARGAINS in STYLISH and ELEGANT FABRICS that are drawing such crowds to our great HALF-PRICE SALE of DRESS GOODS AND SILKS we make A SPECIAL OFFER- ING of the following attractive lines FOR CLEARANCE TO-DAY! = + L + B + + B + | . + i + + =2 + B o= -] -+ 5 +E+ B COLORED 15¢ 25¢ 50c per yard. 25c¢ 50c* 50c $1.000 % 75c¢ 75c¢ & 50c at 76c yard. closed out at 50c yard. DRESS GOODS! 2000 yards DOUBLE FOLD TARLATAN PLAIDS, worth 25c; will be sold at 15¢c per yard. 1800 yards BROCADED MOHAIR SUITINGS, 39_ inches regularly sold for 50c; placed on special sale at 25c per 1500 yards FANCY SILK AND WOOL SUITINGS, wide, splendid value for $1 per yard; will be closed out 1500 yards FANCY MIXED SUITINGS, 39 inches wide, extra value for 50c; will be sold at 25¢ per yard. 3000 yards EXTRA FINE ALL-WOOL HENRIETTA CLOTH, 44 inches wide, regular value $1; offered for 50c per yard. SILKS! ~ SILKS! SILKS! 3000 yards 19-INCH TAFFETA in fine variety of colors, worth 76c and 85c; will be closed out at 50c yard. NCH TAFFETA In plain and changeable effects, will be closed out at $1 yard. 3500 yards RHADAME SATI heavy quality, former price $1 50; will be closed out at 2000 yards of COLORED FAILLE FRANCAISE AND BENGA- LINE, suitable for street wear, worth $1 50; will be closed out 5000 yards of EVENING SILKS in the following colors: blue, cream, pearl and lavender; former price $1 25; REMNANTS AND DRESS LENGTHS of SILKS AND DRESS GOODS AT HALF PRICE. Market, Jones and McAllister Sts., San Francisco. +E+E+ E+E 38 inches at in a good line of colors, extra yard. 75 Pink, will be E o = + + " + " + o : [ ] + [} + B - = = [ + ] + L] + -] + | | + E + B + B b [ + ] b ] + L] L3 = P -+ B E BB o e R STATEMENT ——OF THE—— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ——OF THE—— NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F__HARTFORD, IN THE STATE OF Connecticut, on the 3ist day of Decem- ber, A. D, 1897, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, pursuant to the pro- visions of sections 610 23d 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. ital stock, pald up e e i E S aat 00,00 00 ASSETS. Real estate owned by company....... 22,478 32 s on bonds and mortgages. ‘C"t;:: ‘market value of all stocks an bonds owned by y Cash in _compan: Cash in banks. Premiums in 2,771,129 00 834 10 248,362 69 tion 355,698 70 Total assets . +...$4,433,018 86 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid... .. $80,620 03 Losses in process of adjustment or in 67.743 34 ense ... S 2eT, Losses resisted, including expenses.. 19,216 64 Gross premiums on fire risks running one year or less, $1,549,062 74; re- insurance 50 per cent. 774,631 37 remfums on fire e than one. year, §1,009,081 63 reinsurance pro rata 960,413 97 All other demands against the com- DRILY lssshassssrunaysess .. 160,074 01 Total Hablitles........euen 052,599 36 INCOME. N h_actually recelved for fire Nt emtums y 103,019 03 Net cash actuaily received rine premiums .. 4348796 Recelved for interest on bonds an & mortgages . oo .... 129,707 33 and nds loans and from all other sources....... 187 10 Total income ... +...$2,276,401 42 EXPENDITURES. Net amount pald for fire losses (In- cluding $132,524 41 losses of previous years) $975,171 30 Dividends to stockholders . 120,000 00 Pald or allowed for commission or brokerage 393,706 91 Pald for salaries, fees and other charges for officers, clerks, etc Paid for State, national and I taxes All oth Total expenditures ... ‘Fire. $970,959 08 Losses Incurred during the year...... Risks and Premiums. Net amount of risks| written during the year| $217,025,628/$2,510,923 39 Net amount of risks expired during the year| 215,634,020 2,642,464 S6 -l 300,300,248] 3,458,144 27 Net amount in force De- cember 31, 1807 JAMES NICHOLS, President, E. G. RICHARDS, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Sth day of February, 1838. FRED B. SEYMOUR, Notary Public. SAN FRANCISCO (CITY) AGENTS, HENRY C. AHPEL & CO.,, 209 Sansome Street. Fire Risks. |Premlums. LEADING AMERICAN COMPANIES. STATEMENT OF THE—— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ——OF THE Springfield F, . M, INSURANCE COMPANY F_SPRINGFIELD, IN Massach ber, A. D. 1897, day, as made to the Insu of ‘the State of ‘Califo: visions of sections 610 Code, condensed as per b; Commissioner. THE STATB OF 3ist day of Decem- r ending on that e Commission suant to the £ the Political k furnished by the L. pald up CAPITA: Amount of capital stocl, $1,500,000 00 in cash Cash market value of all bonds owned by compal Amount of loan; of bonds, stoc able securiti Cash in compan; Cash in banks. Interest due and stocks and loans 9 Interest due and accrued on b and mortgages .. Premiums in due cou tion ¥ e of coile LIABILITT Losses adjusted and unpaid.. Losses in process of adjus suspense .. ot Losses resisted, including Gross premiums on fire ri one year or less, $1,26: insurance 50 per cent Gross premiums on fire ris more than one year, reinsurance pro rata Commissions and broke: to become due.. Total liabilities .. INCOME, Net cash actually received for fire premiums .... bk 1,747,024 22 ed for interest on bonds and es ... . 30,929 62 for interest and dividends on bonds, stocks, and from all other sources Recelved for ren Total income EXPENDITURE: Net amount pald for fire losse cluding $13: 27 losses o! years) . S Dividends to stockholders | Paid_or allowed for comm brokerage .. ... 296,773 68 Paid for salari and other . charges for officers, clerks, etc.... 97,070 9 Paid for State onal and local v 2l taxes . sesdesenn 0,636 74 All other penditures 204,524 5 Net amount of risks written during the year| $190,5: 2. 2 Net amount of ris"‘! e 3'6.'.0“- ey expired during the year| 10 Net amount in force De- cember 31, 1 5 | 2.162,711 87 240,691,848( 2,900,004 57 A T“.“n{\.\mxf President. J. ALL, Secretar:; Subscribed and sworn' to before me this Sth S98 day of February, 1 P. 8. BAILEY, Notary Public. SAN FRANCT GENTS, DAVIS 215 San: PACIFIC DEPARTMENT, 409 California Street, San Francisco. GEO, D. DORNIN, Manager. GEO. W. DORNIN, Assistant Managers