The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 17, 1898, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WED SDAY, AUGUST 17, 1898 KLONDIKERS WITH LITTLE TREASURE Many Return on the National City. GOLD WAS VERY SCARCE THE STRATTON REPORTED LOST WITH ALL HANDS. She Started Up the Yukon With a Mr. Casey and Party on a Pros- pecting Trip—Hard Times at St. Michael. The steamr National City arrived from St. Michael sterday with sixty- three passengers all told. Of these eighteen were the crew of the stern- wheel steamer James Eva which was | wrecked while being towed to St. Mi- chael by the National City. Of the others, four were miners who went up on the steamer, and not being able to secure transportation to Dawson came back to San Francisco. It is said that the other Klondikers brought down a half million with them in gold dust, but the owsers of the National City say if they brought down $50,000 it was all .they had. The most anybody had on board in dust was $1500 and the lowest | $100. | If the stories of some of the passen- gers are to be believed, and there seems to be no reason, why they should not, the richness of the Klondike country has been much exaggerated in the past and the area of paying claims in that region fs a narrow one and much more circumscribed than has ordinarily been Bupposed. Dr. H. H. Look, a physician of Sacra- mento, returned on the vessel after a thorough inspection of the mining pos- sibilities in that section, and after an exhaustive investigation has come to the conclusion that there are but sixty- six paying claims and subdivides them as follows: Bonanza, 30; El Dorado, 80; Big Skookem he classes as a doubtful creek; Little Skookem and Chief Gulch he rates as ‘“no good”; French Gulch, 3 paying claim El Dorado benches, be- ing the claims near the hilltops, and the Bonanza kenches are also classed by the doctor as doubtful; Bear Creek has no paying claims and Hunker Creek only 3. He says that these claims pay big. and he does not reckon | as paying claims such as those which | pay wages only. Albert F. Schulte, an Oakland attor- ney, was also a passenger on the Na- tional City. He went to St. Michael a year ago. He located no claims and s out just $1500 on his venture. He makes @ more liberal estimate of the | number of paying clalms and places | them at 104 He left Dawson on the | 27th of June, after enduring many | hardships in that cold country, and | reached St. Michael on July 31. He took passage on the National City on August 2. About thirty-five of the passengers were men who had located | | claims and had done some mining; and | Mr. Schulte said that the total amount | of gold dust brought back by them would not exceed $20,000 in value. The richest man in the party, whose name could not be asce ned, ‘had $2000 to show for three years of hard- ship. The rest of the passengers, to the number of about forty, consisted of the men rescued from the James Eva, which was lost two days from Dutch Harbor. They were carried to St Michael and were given the privilege | of returning to San Francisco on the | tickets that entitled them to passage | to Dawson. Half of them avaliled themselves of the privilege, while the | other half either pressed on or sold their tickets at a sacrifice, $35 being a | top price for them. H. F. Bodine was | one of those who returned and claims the loss of fourteen tons of freight and‘ is out just $3000. His is the ill-fated party faken up by the Alaska Yukon Transportation Company. J. C. Brown, who also was a passen- ger on the National City, dees not - think much of the ability of Captain C. Anderson, who navigated the vessel to this port, and says that if it had not been for the presence aboard of Cap- | City | would never have reached . this port. | tain W. L. Lock the National Captain Lock took out the Government boat Taku to the Yukon and there turned her over to the proper officials. Mr. Brown said that when the National City was two miles out of St. Michael _ Captain Anderson ran her on a sandbar in broad daylight. After losing twelve hours on the bar he steered forty miles out of his course, and lost it four time: between St. Michael and Unimak Pass, and lost it again nve times after pass- ing that point. He sighted Point Arena on August 15, and was within ten miles of the heads at 8 p. m., the weather being clear. advice of Captain Lock and the chief engineer, he refused to enter port. After wandering around outside until 9 a. m. of the 16th he got his bearings from the fog whistles on Point Reyes and at last entered port to the joy and satisfaction of the passengers. Com- plaint was also made as to the discip- line on board ship, which was voted as frightfully bad. Had the vessel been properly . managed reached here on Sunday last. A private letter from St. Michael, dated. July 30, says that wind and rain storms are preventing the departure of the river steamers for Dawson. Up to July. 29 no vessels had arrived from the Klondike, and the river was falling very fast. The writer says the steamer T. C. Powers is about to leave with a full cargo and a limited number of pas- sengers. . It.is feared that not enough provisions will be got up to Dawson, as the river has fallen considerably and gomié. * well-known channels ~ have shifted. X - The . steamer Laurada- has arrived with a dredger and the stern wheeler Governor Willlam Low in tow. The Laurada wa# late in getting here and there may be trouble in getting up the river. The steamers Stratton, Elsie W., Li- esta, Martha Clow, Beaver, Siivery Wave and Clara Belle started for the fields on July 26. The first three of them go to Cuikuk and the others to Tanana River. Some In- dians came in on July 28, and re- port a small stern-wheel steamer bot- tom up in the river. It is thought from the description to be the Stratton. She carried a prospecting party, at the head of which was a Mr. Casey. The Indians say all hands were lost. Some miners are fitting out a boat and are going out to investigate. The Moran fleet got in from Seattle and are to be beached for repairs. They are all bad- ly hogged. All in all the outlook on the Klon- dike seems to be getting more and more dismal. In spite of the | she would have | | the sole heir. A NEW AUXILIARY YACHT. completed, and the only thing that O0o0C0000C00000000 Some time ago Dr. Buckley so 25-horsepower, nickel-plated, silver-d pany. The hull {s now completed, t! trial trip. She is fitted throughout w! craft. A 38-inch feathering screw care of ftself. to vachting. The keel of a fine boat to be 53 feet long, will onl yachtsmen pray for an auxiliary engine. not make headway against it, and then they have to come to anchor. Sausalito or Belvedere and sometimes not. In the latter case the vachtsmen have to go ashore in a small boat, and in many instances leave the boat to take In the case of the new yacht, however, her owners can go where they please, and should the wind fall light they can unlimber the propeller and return home at a speed of eight knots an hour. 000000C000000C000C0000000000000000000000000000000000 Horsepower Engine. Dr. V. P. Buckley and Arthur Kanzee of Sausalito are to have the finest yacht in the bay. She s now almost s Is her rig. She has an auxiliary screw, and the sails have to be made to conform with the smokestack. The chances are, however, that she will be schooner rigged. fast gasoline launch Satellite, but his love of the bay soon lured him back 5 feet broad and 7 feet deep was soon laid and an order for a given to the Union Gas Engine Com- soon as the yacht is rigged she will be ready for her h electric lights, and has also a very nowerful searchlight for such a small be used when the vacht is becalmed. Messrs. Buckley and Kanzee's new .yacht will be just the thing for these waters. dere and Angel Island, where yachting centers, there arc many calm streaks to be met with, In Raccoon Straits the tide runs so fast that the yachts frequently can- Sometimes a gasoline launch tows them to is bothering her o 1d his ipped, direct-gear gasoline engine was engine In place, and a Around Sausalito, Belve- and it is then that the ©0000000CCO0 200000 G000 NEWS COMES FROM THE WHALERS Some of the Impris- oned Fleet Escape, OTHERS HAVE A GOOD CATCH. THE ALEXANDER IS ALL RIGHT WITH FIVE WHALES. Captain Tilton of the Steam Whaler Narwhal Reported Dead and Buried at Port Clarancs. The whalers seem to be doing well this year, to make up for their hard luck in 1896-97. All those that were frozen in, and to which the relief expe- dition was sent by the Government, have got out of the ice, with the ex- ception of the Belvedere.. When the | ice began to form Captain Millard man- aged to work his vessel into a little bay, where she was considered as safe for the winter as if in San Francisco harbor. That safety has proved her undoing so far, for while the Fearless, | Jeanie, Newport, Rosario and Wan- | derer have got out and are now at Port | Clarance, she is still fast in the ice near Point Barrow. | Of the vessels that were imprisoned | the Pacific Steam Whaling Company's tender Jeanle and the steam whaler | Feariess were supposed to be in the | worst position. They were out in the | open, and it was feared that when the ice began to break up they would be | ground to pieces. Some of the others‘ were expected to share the fate of the Jessie H. Freeman, which was nipped in the ice and went down before Mate Tilton left Point Barrow for San Fran- cisco. All of them are safe, however, and only one death has so far been re- ported. | The steam whaler Alexander, instead | of being wrecked, is reported all right and to have taken five whales. The | bark John and Winthrop had taken one | sperm and two right whales, while the | bark Gayhead had the same number. | The steam whaler Willlam Baylies had | taken six whales and the Jeanette | three, while the Karluk had five. The only bad news is the reported | death of Captain J. A. Tilton of the steam whaler Narwhal. The informa- tion all came In a letter received here yesterday from John Taria, fourth mate of the bark Gayhead. It was dated at Port Clarance nearly two months ago, and in it he said the ship’s crew was going next day to the funeral of Captain Tilton of the Narwhal. | The friends of the captain in this city | | are loth to belleve the story and think | that in the hurry of writing Mate Taria | made a mistake. According to their way of looking at it, the Narwhal was to winter at the mouth of Mackenzie River, and that she would not get out of there until next month. They can- not, therefore, understand how the re- mains of Captain Tilton would be at | Port Clarance when the letter was | written. Ho -ever, the tender Jeanie was out of the ice, and as she would | come direct to San Francisco she should be along at anv time now. As| whales seem to be plentiful the other vessels will: do some hunting before they come home. Everything seems favorable for a good catch, and the men who went north two years ago may do well after all ————— EUGENE R. GARBER’S WILL. Estate Valued at $45,000 Will Go to the Testator’s Mother. The will of KEugene . Garber, the | prominent attorney of this city, who died | on the 12th ult., has been flled for probate. The instrument is olographic and consists of but onc prge of note paper. The will | states that the testator was unmarried and had no children and provides that the estate to go to the next of kin, to be dis- tributed according to the law of succes- sfon of California. The will is presented for _probate by Joseph R. Garber of Ala- meda County, who is named as executor. Anna Rhodes Garber, mother of the de- cedent, who resides in Livingston, Ala,, is The estate left by the tes- | tator is valued at $45,000 and consists of cash, stocks and bonds, law books, office furniture and an interest in the assets of the firm of Garber & Garber. —— HE WANTS TO BURY HIMSELF. Alfred Ferdinan Seeks to Enjoin Chief Lees From Interfering. Albert Ferdinan, who follows the wavs of the dead to make a living, and periodi- cally burfes himself alive, has applied to the Superior Court for a writ of injunction to prevent the police from Interfering with his little performance. Ferdinan arrived In the city not long ago and im- mediately selected a vacant lot on Market street, near Larkin, in which to dig a grave and lie him down, that the gaping multitudes might look down through a | plate-glass arrangement and see his feat- ures passive as death, while he lay hypno- tized and unconsclous of his surroundings. The grave was dug and all arrangements for the interment of the living were made. The performance was billed for last Sun. day afternoon, but when the hour arrived the police interfered and Ferdinan re- mained _above the earth 'to bewail his fate. He secured the services of attor- neys, however, and yesterday the petition for a writ was filed. A temporary in- junctfon was granted returnable before Judge Seawell and it will in all probabil- ity be determined next Friday. WANT HENRY T. SCOTT TO RERESENT THEM QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The National Conference at Saratoga on the Future Foreign Policy of This Country Needs Attention. The regular quarterly meeting of the trustees of the Chamber of Commerce, which was postponed last week, was held yesterday afternoon. All the trustees present united In a memorial resolution to the late W. H. C. Fowler, the well- known insurance man. Ten new members were elected. They are George S. Fairchild of the San Fran- cisco Shoe House; Arthur R. Briggs of the Bank of California; William R. Bor- rowe of the California Anti-Caloric Com- pany; Lees & Ramsay, commission mer- chants; F. W. Longe of the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; Meyerstein, & Co.; H. Liebes & Co.; Alex Young; the Pacific Acetylene Gas Company, and G. R. Gibson of the Central Hardware and Supply Company. A telegram was received from the secre- tary of the National Conference Associa- tion, which will meet In Saratoga next month, asking the Chamber of Commerce to send a representative to the meeting, where the future policy of this country in regard to the Nicaragua canal and our foreign policy - will. receive full discus- sion. The trustees decided to ask Henry T. Scott to represent them in the confer- ence. Scott is now in New York, and un- less his business, w..ich will call him to ‘Washington on the 23d of the month, proves too engrossing, It is thought he will give ear to the desires of the Cham- ber of Commerce. A telegram will be sent to Mr. Scott to-day apprising him of the determination of the San Francisco association. Coples of the reports on the Canadian reciprocity will be sent to the Boston Chamber of Commerce, that assoclation having requested them. ———— Federal Court Notes. The United States Circuit Court yester- day ordered the San Francisco Bridge Company to glve a hond of $10,000 on its appeal from the decision of the court in the sult of A. B. Bowers vs. the company for an Infringement of Bowers’ patent on a hydraulic dredger. If the bond is not glven in five days the company will be enjoined from using the dredger on its Government contract in the Alameua es- tuary. Un{led States Court Commissioner Hea- cock yesterday ordered that H. . Albright be held to _answer the charge of unlawfully having Gov- ernment property in his possession, and dismissed a similar charge against C. 8. Stanton. They sold pfes to soldiers and Albright took in lieu of cash soldiers’ uniforms, etc. ‘Wong Chong Hoy, cook on the steamer Anita, was ordered deported to Ensenada, Mexico, at the expense of the captain of the vess Thomas L. Carothers of Mendocino was appointed by Judge de Haven as Federal referee in ~bankruptcy for Mendocino County, with bonds at $1000. Asthma, Bronchitls, Catarrh cure guaranteed. Dr. Gordin, Sanitarium, 514 Pine, nr. Kearny. —————————— Scissored a Russian. John Bernard, a l.ussian, residing in a lodging house on the corner of Battery and_Jackson streets, got Into an alterca- tlon yesterday ~fternoon with another in- mate named Sadie Olsen and received in- juries which required the services of the surgeons in the Harbor Hospital. Sadie attacked him with a pair of scissors and made his head look like a crimson check- erboard. S « A charge of an assault with a deadly weagnn was entered agalnst the woman at the California street police station. —_————— Lurline Salt Water Boths, Bush, Larkin sts.; swimming. Russian, hot and cold tub baths; salt water direct from ocean. S St NO GOLD AT KOTZEBUE SOUND A Prospector Tells His Experience. TALES OF FINDS DENIED THE GOLD REALLY CAME FROM THE YUKON DISTRICT. A Few Words of Warning to Men ‘Who Are Too Eager to Rush Anywhere for Gold. The following letter from Cy Mulkey, dated at Port Clarence, July 6, will tend to explode some of the storles about the wonderful riches of the Kotzebue Sound district. ; It is as follows: All the reports of the discovery of goid in Kotzebue Sound that are heard in San Francisco are false. 1 have it from differ- ent sources, chiefly from Missionary Lopp of Cape Prince of Wales, who ll:{ls me that there have been men prospecting on the Kowak River, who have not discov- ered any gold. He also says that his In- dian guldes make light of the report of discoveries of gold on the Kowak River, and say that the gold shown to Captain Ragan and others was got from the Indi- ans on the Yukon River. I have also had a talk with Captain Ragan regarding the F°'d< reported to have been obtained b him from the natives of Kotzebue Sound. He tells me that he did not get any gold from the Indians, but that an rn lan showed him about $3 worth of gold dust that he claimed to have taken out of a small_tributary of the Kowak River. Cap- tain Ragan wanted to buy the gold, but the native offered to show him where he got it for a rifle and some ammunition, I also learned that the story regarding Mis- slonary Gambell of Lieutenant Lawrence Island, who, it was reported, had got nug- gets fom the natives as large as hickor nuts {s positively denied by Mr. Gambell. From what I have heard, and also judg- ing by the general appearance of the country, I would not think it very rich in minerals, although I have not done any prospecting there myself. I also visited a point on the Siberian coast, and all I can say about that country is that the north- ern formation is mineral bearing, I also went up the coast, through Bering Straits, touching at different points. I then crossed over to Cape Prince of Wales, where I met Mr. Lopp and got the infor- mation before related. My opinfon is that there has been no discovery of gold of any importance made on any river emptying into Kotzebue Sound. My advice to friends and acqualntances Is to leave this counu;y alone until there is something more definite known of it. It was a very rough trip and the climate is cold and very disagreeable. A great portion of the country is covered with snow and the rain pours down constantly. CAPITAL PRIZES Of the Original Little Honduras Company of San Francisco. Cal. No. 34,149 draws first capital prize of $3750; No. 45,164 draws second capital prize of $1000 No. 89,566 draws third capital prize of $500. No. 41,462 draws fourth capital prize of $30; No. 15,319 and No. 36,607 each draws $125; Nos. 6719, 20,920, 62,414, 85,873, 88,710 each draws $50. All prizes cashed in full without discount af 328 Montgomery st., San Francisco. ———————————— The Original Little Louisiana Co. of San Francisco—Drawing Aug. 13, 1898. No. 34,149 wins $7600; sold in San Francisco, Cal. No. 45,164 wins $2000; sold in San Fran- cisco, Cal. No. 89,556 wins $1000; sold in San Francisco, Cal. No. 41,462 wins $600; sold In San Franclsco, Cal. Numbers 15,319 and 36,507 each wins $260; sold In San Francisco and San Jose, Cal. Numbers 6719, 20,929, 62,414, 85,873 and 85,710 each wins $100; sold in San Fran- cisco, Cal. Prizes cashed at 35 New Mont- gomery st., San Francisco, Cal. . e War Tax on Shipping. Collector Jackson recelved a circular yesterday stating that the following cer- tificates must bear a 10-cent war tax stamp: Certificates of register, of en- roliment, of record of American buflt ves- sel owned by an allen, of master carpen- ter, of issue of temporary document, of ownership, of surrender of document, of payment of tonnage dul{’z. of ship articles required by section 4512, Revised Stat- utes, of clearance and of crew list. Under this ruling it will cost 40 cents more to clear an American vessel, 20 cents more to clear a foreign vessel and 10 cents more to enter any vessel. These extra fees affect vessels going to British Columbia. —————— Suit for Maintenance. Amelfa Smith has sued her husband, Frank Smith, for maintenancse. Mrs. Smith alleges that on September 15, 1897, her husband deserted her and has since Zfalled to contribute to her support. —_——————— Costly apparel doesn’t always make a woman look neat aad attractive. LIST OF PRIZES. OFFICIAL DRAWING —OF THE— Honduras National Lottery Co. LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY, (Patent Applied For.) Single Number Class “'H,”” Drawn at Pucrto Cortes, Honduras, C. A., on Satur- day, August 13, 1898. drawling. Prize.|No. .24 sio. 730 o No. 540. 40|25367. 16(25784. 24(25014. 16{26020. 16{26272. 24/26360. 24/26543. 40{26828. 243 16,3430 40l31 40/34811. 59. 80/37981. 16(38154. 34|35450. 40[3s708. 16(35960 16/ 83540. 63844, 64132 6482 The Honduras National Lottery has no dally drawing, and is not connected with any dally 16(84797. 16(84831 2485030 24[85292. 2485438, 24 2485582 40 bt 16 24,8635 16 8086416, 120 24/86664. 7 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. One hundred numbers, from 34,099 to 34,199 in- clusive, being 100 numbers on each side of the | number drawing the caplital prize of $30, 40 % One hundred numbers, from 45114 to 45,214 inclusive, being 50 numbers on each side of the number drawing the capital prize of $8000 One hundred numbers, from $9,506 to 89,606 | inclusive, being 50 numbers on each side of | the number drawing the capital prize of 3 TERMINAL - PRIZES. 999 numbers ending with 49, being the two last figures of the number drawing the capital 1ze Of ), 000—$8. DYBW mfxm‘firn ending with 64, being the two last figures of the number drawing the capital of $5000—3S. P o Meoriber having supervised the single- number drawing, class ‘‘H,” Honduras Na- tional Lottery Company, hereby certifles that the ahove are the numbers which were this day drawn from the 100,000 placed in ti= wheel, with the prizes corresponding to them. Withess my hand, at Puertc Cortez, Hon- duras, Central America, this, Saturday, Au- i3, “;;llgnsud])m W. L. CABELL, Commissioner. Prizes Cashed at 35 New Mont- gomery street, San Francisco, Cal, STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— Frankfort Marine and Accident INSURANCE COMPANY. F_FRANKFORT, GERMANY, ON THE 31st day of December, A. D. 1897, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Call- fornia, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of capital stock, paid up in cash. $312,500 00 $42,500 00 644,575 00 Real estate owned by compan Loans on bonds and mortgages...... Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by company. Cash in company’s office 12,900 94 182,317 25 i 1,003 30 63,233 54 n Due from other companfes for rein- surance on losses already paid. 265,832 03 Total assets ........ .$1,653, 971 49 : LIABILT Losses adjusted and unpaid . $151,346 50 Gross premiums on marine and in- land navigation risks, relnsurance L.omTn Gross premiums on marine tim risks, reinsurance 50 per cent.. 17,013 88 Liabllity under other departments... 299,632 50 Pension fund . 11,458 48 All other d pany s 424382 Total labilities . $926,629 92 INCOME. Net cash actually received for ma- rine premiums .. 417,015 82 Recelved for premiums A other branches .. 712,821 98 | Recelved for interest and dividends | on bonds, loans and from all other ‘sources 31,628 21 Received from all other 1Uz043 2 Total tncome ... -$1,303,508 63 | EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for marine losses.. $331101 34 | Dividends to' siockolders. . R e Pald or allowed for commiasion oF b | brokerage ... 1518%8 71| Pald for salaries, fees and other charges for officers, clerks, etc.... 45,549 84 Pald for State, national and lacal taxes 5,599 44 All other paym: 546,933 08 Pald for losses In branche than maripe 156,995 96 Total expenditures 1,303,508 53 G dent. DUMCKE, Secretary. Subscrived and sworn to before me this dth day of April, 1888, FRANK H. MASON, 3 United States Consul General. ADVERTISEMENTS. A FASTIDIOUS MAN Always : es that his linen, and faney vests are well laundered, white and im- maculate. We are catering just now to the summer man in laundering every- thing that is necessary to his hot weather apparel. Negligee = shirts, duck, pique and crash suits, fancy vests and white linen collars, shirts and cuffs. Ladies shirt waists, dickies, etc., we launder just like new. The United States Laundry, office 1004 Market street Telephone South 420. STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ~—OF THE— MAGDEBURG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F MAGDEBURG, GERMANY, ON THH 31st day of December, A 867, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the isurance Cor.missfoner of the State of Cali- fornia, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the commissioner. CAPITAL. tal stock, pald up in $750,000 00 ASSETS. Real estate owned by company $415,363 75 Loans on bonds and mortgages. 1,155,675 31 Cash market value of all stocks bonds owned by company 2,242,546 73 Amount of loans secured b: age of bonds, stocks and other market- able securities as collateral 150,000 00 Cash in company's office 23,136 32 Cash in banks. 293,134 09 Interest due and accrued on all stocks and -loans . 012600 Premiums in due course of collec- tion ... 316,377 60 Due from other companies for re- insurance ... 491,994 42 Total assets 095,954 23 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid....... Losses in process of adjustment or in suspense .. ..t $538,316 02 Losses resisted, including ex- penses .. 5L Gross premiums on fire risks run- ning Gne year or less; reinsurance 50 per cent ... 3 1,650,172 13 Gross premiums on fire s ning more than one year surance pro rata 250,802 54 Cash dividends remaining unpaid... 1125 00 All other demands agafnst the com- pany = 219,531 9 Total liabilities ...... $2,559,949 69 INCOM Net cash actually received for fire premiums $3,560,675 38 Received for interest on bonds and mortgages ..... ereuane . 46,261 23 Received for interest and dividends on bonds, stocks, loans and from all other source 96,668 88 Recelved for rent: 20,368 77 Recelved from all other sources 347 14 Total income .. <00 $3,755,321 39 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for fire losses (In- cluding $516,881 57, losses of pre- vious years) 42,276,907 22 Dividends to_stockholders. 375,000 60 Pald or allowed, for com: = brokerage .. 206,111 44 Paid for sala , charges for officers, clerks, etc. 235,125 48 Paid for State, national and local taxed ... . 61,869 13 All other payments i tures ... . 168.56019 Total expenditures .$3,823,576 44 Fire. Losses incurred during the vear......§2,276,907 22 EMIL F. MIETHKE, Vice-President. RUDOLF BERNDT, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn tg before me, this 2ith day of March, 158§ HENRY N. DEIDERICH, United States Consul at Magdeburs. GUTTE & FRANK, Managers Pacific Coast Department, 303 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. United States Branch. STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— THURINGIA INSURANCE COMPANY ON THEB 18 F ERFURT, GERMANY, 31st day of December, A. D. and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Call- fornfa, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. ASSETS. Cash market value of all s Interest due an d loans.... 2,166 67 P e due course of collection 109,003 8 Total assets ... e $539,441 58 LIABILITIES. Losses In process of adjustm in suspense ] B Losses. resiste 3 Gross premiums on fire 1) one year S8, £3 reinsurance 5 per cent. 152,348 71 miums o O iox Biore then one year, 33 o Felmsurance pro rata .l T ATl other démands aga e 285,986 18 Total labilities ... 3 INCOME. : fire et cash actually received for N eioins. .c .. $366,030 97 Rbtetved for interest and dividends oo honds, stocks, loans and from all other sources. Total income EXPENDITURES. ¢et amount pald for fire losseés (in- N fuding $1.304 74, losses of previous v .. ... $107,460 72 puraThr ‘aliowed for commission oF brokerage ... 105,428 36 Pajd for salaries, Sharges for officers, clerks, etc..... 21,310 70 c Paid for State,” national, and local taxes ... % All other pay’ Total expenditures . Losses incurred during the year. Risks and Premiums. |Fire Risks.|[Premiums. Net amount of risks| written during the year| $44,519,941| $597,709.70 Net amount of risks ex- pired during the year..| 19,590,070 257,446 12 | Net amount in force De- cember 31, 1897.. 30,364,615| 399,975 47 F. G. VOSS, United States Manager. Subscribed &nd sworn to before me this 15th day of January, 1833. MARK A. FOOTE, Commisstoner for California in Chicago. VOSS, CONRAD & CO., Manager Pacific Coast Department, 204-208 SANSOME STREET, V0SS, CONRAD & CO., Manager Paclfic Coast Department, .204-208 SANSOME STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. e