The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 3, 1898, Page 4

HE SAN ANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1898, REA TURNED DOWN ‘BY THE DEMOCRATS OF SANTA CLARA Signal Failure of the Boss to Obtain a Foothold in the Convention. Populists Are Dissatisfied With the Fusion Plan and ‘May Nominate a Complete Ticket. SAN JOSE, Sept. 2.—Politics. went on h a dash and a vim here to-day, and W all-day long there were.two county con- venti in session—Democrats and | Populists. To-r row there will be | another double-performance, when the Populists and the Good * Government League conventions will finish their la- bors. The Demacratic convention at Turn Verein Hall- was character! by its freédom from ss” Rea's influen and with the exception of two in-| stances, the ticket named is strongly anti-gang.. The exceptions are Bollin- ger for Sheriff. and Rosent for Town- ship Justice, . The convention was the most representative held -in this county in ye , and i probably the first in which the haitdiwork of the boss has not ‘been discernible: Nicholas - Boivden was chairman and A. R. Denike secretary,” The convention was about 220 sirong. Almest the first business trg cted was _the appoint- ment of -a conference ' committee to meet with a'like ‘committee. from the s looking to fusion. .It consist- of B. D; Murphy, chairman; G. D. Millard, R. Trimble, Frank Taylor and J. F. Lewi: For was in session with representatives af the Populist convention, the Silver ‘Re- publicans and the Good Government League. When it returned it announced that the Populists wished the office of District Attorney and one’ Township Justice and the appointment of a com- mitteée of'ten to meet'a committee from their body and name a legislative ticket within ten days. The Good Government League peopie wanted a straight anti- gang ticket, and suggested that L. J. an be named for Superintendent hools and A. S. Kitiredge for Su- perior Judg: two hours the committee Here the first test of Rea's strength in the tonvention occurred. The boss had boasted that the convention must no te Scheller for Judge, but a mo- tion that the convention cept Kit- tredge for the office was carri y a vote of 123 to 61. This also indicated a spirit in favor of fusion. The platform adopted, after affirm- ing adherer to the State platform, ed that the recent Republican pri- a new make it primary law impossible for which such 1 perpetrated. Freedom of the schools from all rolitical and sectarian Intluences was favored. It denounced as “‘an outrage a t decency and good government the interference of agents of a political boss in the admin- stration of the affairs of the San Jose High School, and the unwarranted re- moval of teachers therefrom because they refused to be ervile tool the boss and to p tions: te, further h ends The report of the credentials com- mittee stunned the Rea men. But few gang men received appointments to the convention, and Rea attempted to get ntation in it by buying pro ome twenty-five or thdrty ured, but the credentials report henchmen to cover and they re- turned most of the proxies. As it was the entire delegation of five from Sara- which Rea had secured by prox- as:given one vote and four prox- m Campbell were thrown out. proxies were not recognlzed. The fight of the convention was over eller-and the Populists and Good nment people wanted Kittredge. ing the report of the conference tee D. M. Delmas was called to the platform-and made a speech ar- raigning ‘gang interference in' judicial affairs that stampeded the Scheller men and made Kittredge's nomi ion sure, This ..with the sel. on of a few town Amm ship officers; frittered away the after- noon d an adjournment was: taken until 7:30 this eve: A At the .evening. esion the following nominations werg’ Slieriff—~George Clerk~-H. A fames H. Campbell. Spitzer: Veuve, District A nsevain. Fourth District, John Fourth District, John City Justice—San. Jose, W. T. Aggeler.. Jizstice—San Jose towriahlp, E.M. Rosen- al. -‘ Constable—L: R. Heninger. ‘The offices of .Treasurer- and Super- intendent-of Schools were given to the Populists in lieu of the District Attor- neyship. The Populist Convention convened 1in 0dd’ Fellows’ ‘Hall and was made up of about 200 Populists and a few Silver ‘Republicans. H. A. Mason was chair. ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ To keep the skin clean is to wash the exeretions from it off; the skin takes care of itself inside, if not blocked outside. - To wash it often and- cléan, without doing any sort of violence to it, re- " quires-a most gentle soap, a soap with no free al- kali in it. Pears’, the soap that clears but not excoriates. .All sorts of stores sell it, especially drugiioh; all sorts of people use it. had | .| day was $40,f | man. "After adopting a platform along the usual line and appointing a confer- ence. committee the convention this evening adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. - Thig was done in order to svfi what disposition the Demo- crats would make of the fusion propo- sition. Late to-night it looks as though fu- sion with the Populists might fail. They are not satisfied with the Democrats | refusing to give them the office of Dis- trict Attorney. Prominent members of the party say an entire ticket may be named to-morrow. W. Craig, the Democratic candidate for Congress in the Fifth District, was indorsed by the Populists. “KID” PARKER BESTED BY BOB THOMPSON LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2—*"Kid"” Parker of Boston and Bob Thompson (colored), formerly of Salt Lake but now of Los Angeles, fought fifteen rounds before the Los Angeles Athletic Club to-night, and Thompson was given the decision at the end of the fight. Thompson was the stronger man all the way through, and did most of the leading. Parker fought a game, uphill fight, and was badly pun- ished. In the fifth round Parker admin- Istered some punishment, but for the most part ‘his blows fell short or were cleverly blocked. Thompson drew first blood in the first round. In the last three rounds Thomp~ son punished Parker repeatedly. The “Kid” was unable to avold his vicious right ‘hooks and straight lefts, which landed continually over his heart. Parker lost his ‘temper toward the last and refused to break clean. After the referee, John Brink, had announced His decision, Parker rushed for Thompson but his seconds caught him and prevent- ed a disgraceful affair. 2 s P SALINAS RATIFIES. Rousing Meeting to Indorse the Re- publican Convention’s Work. SALINAS, Sept. 2—Rousing ratification meetings were held to-night under the auspices of the Young Men's Republican Club to Indorse the nominees of the Re- publican State Convention. _ Anvils boomed on the plaza, bands played on the streets and displays of fireworks were made in various parts of the city. En- tauslasm ran high. " = opera-house was crowded to the doors 1d many per- sons unable to get in held 6 ~Aow meet- ings in the streets. Stirr speeches culogistic of the candidates were mad by local and visiting speakers. ral Reruhllvnn clubs from nearby town: arrived early iIn the evening. Managers of the campaign feel confi- dent of a victory for the Republican standard be rs and are elated over the prospects of the defeat of Barlow for Congress. . Colonel J. H. Roberts arrived this even- , and was or of the speakers at the £ He gave an elo- quent and argumentative talk, which was repeatedly cheered. S OPPOSES THE MACHINE. Salinas Democratic Faction Deter- mines to Fight “the Push.” SALINAS, Sept. 2—Great excitement prevails to-night among Democrats here over the fact that there will be an oppo- sition ticket In the field at the primaries to-morrow. Prominent members of the party, disgusted with the actions of what they cali “the push,” .ave determined to name a ticket bearing the names of re- spectable merchants who favor reform and anti-fusion. Both factions will make | their hardest fight in the convention next Saturday he nominations for Re- corder, aLethamiiny Shetiff, ax Collector and <PEA PRANKS AT STANFORD. Nocturnal Episode That Nearly Vio- - lated the “No-Rushing” Order. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept. 2,— *'No rushing” is the order which has been given out at Stanford, but that order was nearly violated by a false alarm which was spread this evening among thé so- phomores by a large crowd of upper class men. The sophomores, thinking the fresh- > tion near University avenue and got ready for rushing. It proved to be merely a body of upper classmen, but they, thinking to form a fitting finale, bore down on the awaiting sophomo. The | erash proved ‘an entire surprise. The joke was learned too late, and juniors and seniors were piled pell-mell in the | dust. Mr, Adams, editor-in-chief of Se- :{umu‘l was among the first of the jokers o fall. "I am’ Bristow Adams, boys; I'm Bris- '* he cried as he fell. “'So.we see!” was the response, as the sophomores removed themselves from his | carcass. The crowd then {)roeeedod to Dr. Jor- dan’'s house, and after glving him a rous- ing ovation returned to the hall. It is :I(;]ula(tul whether the rush can be abol- shed, BUYS TEHAMA LAND. | Charles Tait Purchases Half of the 5 2 Tyler Estate. | RED BLUFF, Sept. 2—Detalls of one of the largest land sales which has taken place in this county In many years were completed to-day, whereby Charles Tait of Tehama purchased from the San Fran- to Tyler estate, about ten miles south of this city. The other half of the ranch 18 leased to Mr. Tait. This estate has become famous as in- cluding the best land in Tehama County, and also because of it having been in lit- igation for so long a period. John C. yler brought suit against Tehama Coun- tv_for damages caused by the county building a bridge across Elder Creek and the embankments thereoi, causing the creck to wash away land, damaging the site of his residence. The sult was brought to an end by his deatn in 1897. Soon afterward ..e magnificent resi- dence, costing $50,000, was destroyed by re. The purchn&’% price paid by Mr. Tait to- —— FOREST FIRE'S RAVAGES. -| Immense Damage by Flames in the Sunnyside District. SANTA. CRUZ, Sept. 2.—The fire which raged in the mountains in the Sunnyside district did a vast amount of damage. Every ranch in the district had more or less fencing burned. Unoccupied build- ings in tHe old Denisoy ranch, now ewned by George Staffler of this city, and the buildings on the Anthony ranch, three miles west, were burned to the ground. Every bridge on the Jameson Creek road from Middieton’s mill to the road lead- ing to Sunnyside district—seven in all— 'was burned, making travel over this road impossible. The greatest loss has been the thousands of acres of timber and tan bark oak that were swept by the fire, et i d Beaten by Joe Bernstein. " w YORK, Sept. 3.—Elwood men were preparing, receded to a posi- | | cisco Savings Unlion a half of the famous | key of Philadelphia was badly beaten by Joe Bernstein of this city at the Lenox Athletic Club to-night. ‘hey met for a twenty-round bout at 126 pounds, but at the end of the twelfth round McCloskey was so weak that Referee Charley White stopped the mill. McCloskey lost a lot of blood from a damaged a cut eye and a split nose. Tennis Talent’ for Stanford. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept. 2.— The outlook for tennis is decidedly en- couraging for the cardinal this year. Sam Hardy, the well known tennis player, has entered the college, and Lewls Freeman, the champlon of Southern California, has resumed his studles at Stanford. With Daggett and Schnelder to try out these men, a strong team will be developed to g0 against Berkeley. oo d RS Blinded by Powder . STOCKTON, Sept. 2.—Cnarles Ritter. a seven-year-old son of a machinist, was accidentally shot to-night while playing with his two brothers. They had a shot- gun and did not know it was loaded. The charge just missed the boy's hand, and the powder with a stray shot or two in- Jured one of his eyes so that it had to be extracted, prel s SR Carge of Whalebone. PORT TOWNSEND, Sept. 2—The schooner Compeer arrived here to-day from Point Hope, Alaska, with 12.000 pounds of wh.lebone from the Arctic whalers. The bone will be reshipped here to San Francisco. Captain Larsen reports the whaling fleet is doing fairly weil. FORESTERS' AID. An ‘Association That Is Ministering to the Needs of the Sick Soldiers. The Relief Association of the Foresters and Companions of the Forest of America at its meeting last night had presented to it reports from the several committees ing what work had been done since ous meeting. These showed that ociation, which has for its object the rendering of aid to Foresters in the | volunteer army and to any sick soldiers who may need assistance, has established two tents at the Presidio, at which each day there are a number of ladies from circles who attend to the wants of the soldiers, particularly those in the hos- | pital tents, furnishing them beef tea, 'snups and delicacies. During the past week they ministered to the wants of | from 0 to 120 invalid soldiers each day, | and the gratefulness of those they attend- | ed repaid the Companions for all the'la- | bor expended. The members of the asso- ciation have cheerfully volunteered their | services, and all the expenses thus far | have been met by the courts and circles. | On the 16th an entertainment will be | given to increase the fund of the associa- | tion so that the good work may be kept up. —_———————— AN IRRLPRESSIBLE CONFLICT. | We Fought Spain in Obedience to an | Impulse to Fulfill Our Destiny. War, sald the Greek historian, often | breaks out on trivial occasions, seldom | from trivial causes. Now that the war { between the United States and Spain is, happily, at an end, it may not be un- profitable to consider some of its more deep-seated causes and some of its less | obvlous lessons. It would be unjust to | the passionate patriotism of a great na- | {tion to call the destruction of the Maine a trivial occasion. But that catastrophe | has not yet been proved to have been due | to an external agency, nor, if an external v be assumed, ¥s there any proof of ity either on part of the| | central Government of Spain or on that of the Provisional Government of Cuba. We may say then that, even if the de | struction of the Maine was the imme- diate occasion of the war, it was cer- | ‘hlinly not its cause. It may have been | the match that fired the mine, but the | mine was laid long before in those re- | ciprocal movements of national progress | and decay which in their mutual reac- | tion constitute the march of humanity. | We get a stage nearer the cause, i)ut { only a stage, when we say that it is to | be sought in the growth of the sea power cause f the United States. But this | in itself to explain the effect. Th: | power of the United States is no crafuly | | Ervpured instrument of vulgar aggression, | | but the natural and largely unconscious sslon of the deeper impulses of a | | great nation bent upon fulfilling its des- | | tiny. Stretching across a great continent | from ocean to ocean, born of sea power |in her origin, nurtured by sea power In her infancy, snatching her freedom from the conflict of sea power, industrial, com- | | mereial, progressive, and adventurous in | her civilization, the United States has at | | last become conscious that sca power is | her appointed heritage, whether fa weal or for woe. Before that consciousness | had leavened the mass of her people a generous feeling of humanity, a native love of order and peace, an inborn hatred ex alike of anarchy and of oppression—not | unmixed perhaps with many less worthy | motives—brought her into sharp antag- onism with a power in her Immediate neighborhood which had for long gener- | ations abused the privileges of empire and | morally forfeited its prerogatives. From | this point of view the war was a conflict inevitable in the long run, between forces which, on any theory of the moral govern- ment of the world, must be regarded as | good and evil, respectively. Nothing but @ miracle or a cosmic catastrophe could | have -averted the ultimate collision be- | tween the growing sea power of the lefnSted States and the waning empire of | Spain. | By sea power alone the transmarine em- pire of Spaln has been undone; by sea wer alone, by the spontaneous and al- | most fortuitous return of a maritime race ‘l(l its native element, the transmarine empire of the United States has been in- augurated. The result is a lesson w0 all | powers which either cherish transmarine | ambitions of set purpose or ¥Xeld because they must, as the people of the United States have founa, to expansive impulses inherent in their polity and race. The full import of that lesson can hardly be | discerned as yet. The foresight of a | | statesman, the Insight of a philosopher, | | even the imagination of a %oet might well | | pe taxed to read it aright; for it can hardly be that the collapse of the historic | empire of Spain and the fulfillment by | the United States of an imperial des‘iny, | foreordained by the genilus of her lieop}e | to be expansive but not aggressive, will | be unattended by consequences of vitai moment alike to the Old World and the New.—London Times. ——— “Australin’s Greatest Kangaroo Drive of ihe Year,”” in next Sun- day’s Call. ——————— QUESTIONS OF POPULATION. In the United States and Canada the in- crease in population is about 20 per cent per annum, but this is partly owing to immigration from other countries already full. In Bouth America, owing to the general unhealthfulness of the country and the mixed composition of the inhab- itants, the increase is only about 5 per cent per annum, it being an acknowl- edged fact that mulattoes and half- breeds cannot rival the purer races. The vast colonies of Australia are fast filling up, and there is an annual increase in population of about 30 per cent, and this, as in the case of the United States and Canada, is partly owing to the enor- mous immigration from other parts of the world. ~ Still, in_ comparison with England, Australia has at present a small average population to the square mile, and this is the country that con- gested Europe will look to as a harbor for her surplus population. Africa has during the last few years been well ex- plored, and from all accounts the cen- ter of that vast continent seems to be unfitted for other than the native in- habitants. Africa has an area of about three times that of Europe; the popula- tion is roughly estimated at 205,000,000. ‘We will now come nearer home and look at our own teeming population; that of Ireland is 145 to the square mile, Scot- land 135, whereas that of England runs up to about 497 to the square mile. The population of the British Isles in 1891 was 37,880,764. The increase in the population of London has been most remarkable, In 1801 the ‘census showed 864,000 inhabit- ants, in 1811 there were over 1,000,000, in 1851 there were 2362000, and in 1881 8,815,534, while at the last census, in 1891, there were 5,633, 806, beln{ an increase of about 47 per cent in the last decade, but many suburbs have been added since 1801, Statistics show that the population of this immense cfl{, the largest in the world, doubles {tself in about forty- three years, and it is not improbable that in the year 1934 the population may at- tain the enormous magnitude of upward of 10,000,000 souls.—Westminster Review. B ot e e B0 NEW FIELDS OF USEFULNESS. Joe Leiter and Mr. Hooley will find the lecture bureau managers easy men to deal with.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. l | the Canadian view of reciprocity is that °| now little more than a skeleton. RECIPROCITY THE STUMBLING BLOCK Canada Wants All the Advantage. JOINT COMMISSION'S WORK CONFRONTED BY A SERIOUS PROBLEM. | Dominion Not Disposed to Drive & Fair Bargain in Adjusting Trade Relations With This Country. Special Dispatch to The Call. QUEBEC, Sept. 2—The joint commis- sion of the United States, Canada and Newfoundland, after ten days' work, adjourned at 2 o'clock this afternoon to meet again in this city on September 20. All of the American commissioners excepting Mr. Kasson will return to their homes or to Washington. Mr. Kasson will remain in Quebec. ‘What the commissioners accomplish- ed up to this point or what they are likely to accomplish in the future can only be inferred from outward indica- tions. Absolutely nothing has been re- vealed from within the meeting rooms of the commission. From the very first session until the adjournment the com- missioners on both sides have repeated- ly stated that the most friendly rela- tions existed and that the representa- tives of both Governments manifested a disposition, even a determination, to reach a final adjustment of the ques- tions of international disputes before them. In fact, everything that has transpired before the public eye in connection with the conference has con- firmed these statements. But there are questions which many predict the commissioners will have great difficulty in adjusting, if they are able to adjust them at all. Some of these difficulties are foreshadowed in what has taken place here during the past three days. Three powerful industries of the United States, by their representatives, have appeared here, praying the Ameri- can members of the conference to make no change in the duties now imposed upon the Canadian products of lumber, fish and pulp paper. The lumber inter- est is the most important of the three, and it is known that between this time and the reconvening of the conference | steps will be taken by the United | States lumber men to forestall any ac- | tion on the part of the commission in the way of opening wider the United States markets for Canadian lumber. Another powerful industry yet to be heard from is the agricultural interest. The farmers of the United States, it {s known, will oppose most vigorously any adjustment of affairs which will involve a reduction of the duty on Canadian agricultural products. Yet these are some of the concessions the Canadian Government desires. If the joint high commission had nothing to @ but to settle the Bering Sea question, the boundary lines of 2| Alaska, the fisheries or any group, or all of the twelve questions enumorated in the protocol, no doubt they could do it, but the greater question of re- ciprocity has seemed to force itself be- fore the conference, and will be diffi- cult to settle. So far as known the only expression | from the United States in accord with | coming from the Boston Chamber of Commerce. These gentlemen told the commissioners that they favored the freest possible trade relations with Canada and that they spoke for a very large number of the manufacturing in- interests in the Eastern and northern States. Against this came the protests of the lumber men, who declared that thelr industry alone gave employment tc a number of American citizens as large as the entire population of Can- ada and they desired the duty on lum- ber to remain as it is. A man closely identified with the United States Government sald to-day: “Since I have been here I have care- fully observed the situation and have learned that Canada expects the United States to give her an exclusive prefer- ential duty in our market while they propose to admit our goods only upon the same condition that the products of Great Britain are admitted. The Canadian idea is that in our markets they are to have an advantage against the rest of the world, while in thelr market they will give us only an equal opportunity to compete with Great Britain. The kind of reciprocity which the Americans favor and which the eommercial bodies of the United States have asked our commissioners to se- cure is the reciprocity which gives an equal advantage in the respective mar- kets In the countrles which are par- ties to the acreement and that this ad- vantage should be exclusively enjoyed by each country. Had these various commercial bodies known at the. time they considered and passed their reso- lutions what kind of reciprocity Can- ada wanted, it is doubtful if any of them outside of the Boston Chamber of Commerce would have favored or would have presented these resolutions which are now in the hands of the com- missioners. “Canada some time ago increased the preferential tariff in favor of Great Britain at 2% per cent, so to-day the American goods pay 25 per cent more duty than English goods. If reciproc- ity between natfons, especially be- tween the United States and foreign countries, is to be secured only In this way, then the American Government should add 25 per cent to its present tariff in order that it might make a deduction correspond to that which Canada proposes, or ‘= other words, so it would have something to trade on. It is this attitude of the American press and Canada’s ~ublic men that leads me to believe that reciprocity glth Canada is utterlv out of the ques- on." Fire at Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 2—At 2 o'clock this morning fire destr yed a ha.f block of wooden buildings owneu by the Fair Building Association and occupled by S. Kidd, furniture dealer; C. Gibson, grocer; 8. Chandler, blacksmith, and G. N. Root, painter. Loss $6000, nartially insured. The origin of the fire is unknown. Ends Life by Strangulation. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 2.—Thomas Ken- ny was found dead to--~v in the rear of a house in the alley between Third and Fourth, L and M ‘streets. The indica- tlons were that he had strangled himself with a pair of suspenders, and that he had been dead three or four days. aischich Boulder Creek Gets a Wetting. SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 2.—Boulder Creek was visited yesterday by a light shower, the first of the season. Has Not Slept for Five Years, It is reported that a man in Indlana has not had an hour's sleep for five vears. He con- stantly walks about, unable to rest, and Is There are ANGLO-GERMAN UNDERSTANDING Rumors of a Treaty of Alliance. OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE COMMON POLICY REGARDING ASIA AND AFRICA. ‘William’s Empire Will Be Permitted to Utilize Syria as an Out- let for Its Surplus Population. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. AR R R R + + 4+ LONDON. Sept. 3—The Daily 4+ Mall says this morning: “We 4 learn that Mr. Balfour and the + German Embassador, Count von + Hatzfeldt, signed on Wednesday 4+ a document preliminary to a + treaty which will give Germany + a free hand in Asla Minpr and + allow England to lease Delaggoa 4 Bay from Portugal at a cost of + between £2,000,000 and £5,000,- + 000. Germany will, as a further 4 condition, support Great Brit- + ain’s claim for the abolition of + mixed tribunals in Egypt. Mr. 4+ Scomberg- Kerr McDonnel, the + Premier’s private secretary, has 4 left London for the Continent to + submit to Lord Salisbury a copy + of the treaty.” + R R R R e R R R LONDON, Sept. 2.—A report was current here to-day that a treaty of alliance between Great Britain and Germany, on the lines of the speech of Mr. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, was actually completed yesterday. This ~robably is an amplification of the gossip relative to the daily visits of Count von Hatz- feldt-Weidenburg, the German Embas- sador, to the British Foreign Office during the past fortnight, which have been attributed to a desire on the part of Germany and Great Britain to form- ulate a common policy in regard to Russia and China. Another explana- tion of the German Embassador's visits to the Foreign Office here is that they relate to the mixed tribunals of Egypt, the international agreement on the subject ending February. It is said an agreement has been almost reached by which Germany will support the British views relative to the future composition and powers of the mixed tribunais. It is said that as a quid pro quo for Germany’s support in Egypt, Great Britain will recognize Germany's claims to utilize Syria as an outlet for her surplus population. Syria is a division of Asiatic Turkey, which includes Palestine, and is esti- mated to cover an area of about 146,- 000 square miles. It has a population of about 2,750,000, mostly Mohamme- dans, but including about 350,000 Greek Christians, 260,000 Maronites and Ro- man Catholics, 175,000 Jews and 48,000 Druses. The Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon says it has received from a source in which it has every confidence informa- tion that the Anglo-German agree- | ment was signed this week by Mr. Bal- four and the German Embassador in behalf of the respective powers. Con- tinuing, the Pall Mall Gazette says that while the agreement is restricted, it embraces an offensive and defensive alliance in certain eventualities. The Pall Mall Gazette adds: “This new and momentous departure in our foreign policy comes as a nat- ural development of the European sit- uation.” The Pall Mall Gazette then quotes the speech of Mr. Chamberlain made at Birmingham on May 18 last, bid- ding for a German alliance, and con- tinues: “Latterly it has been evident from the tone of the semi-official German press that the two governments have been drawing closer, and finally there were prolonged conferences between Count Hatzfeldt and Mr. Balfour, The departure of Count Hatzfeldt proves that the object of the consultations has been achieved. Besides, Mr. Chamber- lain has gone to America, Lord Salis- bury is prolonging his absence and Mr. Balfour leaves for his holidays on Sat- urday. 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D.. 1897, and for the year ending on that day, as | made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, pursuant to the ‘provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, e ndensed as per blank furnished by the Com- missioner. e Amount of capital stock, pald up in o . ASSETS. owned by company. Ren e bonds and mortgage Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by company. Cash in company’s office Cash in banks . Interest due an stocks and loans . Interest due and tgages 844 Pr‘e';glu':x‘:rlgaguu course of collection 494,951 10 $1,000,000 €0 | " 15,000 00 68,000 00°| 6,969,608 00 14,782 05 - 271,351 91 ed on bon BBSES <uorovnrereresesinesene s 1,604,600 12 e LIABILITIES. e Losses adjusted and um 450 7 in process of adjustment or L(l’x:-:sllpenno . 197,661 31 resisted, including expen: e Premiurms on fire risks ru ning one year or less, $2,155119 34,502 40 ‘e 50 per cent. 077,559 84 R remiums on fire risis run- : ning more than one year, $2,985, I insurance Dro rata........ 1,524,139 97 Due and accrued for salaries, rent, & o ealia Awniont o emands again R “;{ng;h" 218,351 29 eeeer e $8,155,609 T4 Total labilities .... i INCO! Net cash actually premiuma .. 1 or B honds, stocks, loans, and f all other sources ... Received for rents Total INCOME «.ivcviieains %%I;ENRITI[!RES, a Net amount paid for fire losses (in- cluding $221,937 84, losses of pre- Vious Years) ........... Dividends to stockholders Pald_or allowed for commission or brokerage Paid for salaris charges for of i ends om ers, national and los Faid for State, All other payments and expendi- tures ... 8 Total expenditures Losses Incurred during Rieks and Premiu: amount of risl ‘the 'year. [Fire Risks. |Premiums: ten during the year...| $415,615,753/33,027,082 25 Net amount of risks e: pired during the year..| 391,034,957| 3,509,848 31 Net amount in force De-| cember 31, 1897, .| 551,153,913] 5,140,085 58 ERNEST L. ALLEN, President. W. N. KREMER, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2lst day of January, 185, L0488 17| ATEMENT CONDITION AND AFFAIRS © . =OF THE— GERMAN ALLIANCE 'INSURANCE COMPANY York, on_the 3ist day of-December,. A D. and for. the year ending-on.that day, as ‘made to ‘the Insurance. Commissioner .of the State: of Califofnia, pursuant.to the provisions of- sections 610 and 611."af- the-* Political. Code, condensed as. per. blank furnished by the Com- missioner. F'NEW YORK; IN THE:STATE OF NEW CAPITAL: Amount of. éapltal stock, ‘pald up in CRAB: 40:2is Spegidersiapiniehasnistesin +-$ 200,00 00 ASSETS, Cash market valué of all stocks and bonds - owned - by ‘company. 391,100 09 Cash. in banks - 35,078.79 Premiums in- dus n 19,536 83 '_l'nml assets ,...... 1§ 446,005 12 : 'LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted' and unpaid “v........$ 1454 00 Losses in process of adjustment or in suspense- . - 6,321 87 Gross. premiuma -on Aire risks. run. ‘ning one year or less, $145,517 01; reineurance ‘50. per- cent., .. <ATEE B Gross premiums ‘on . fire. risks Ding more than one.year, $34,707 44; * reinsurance .pro-rata.:.. Tiaiiie. 20,765°57 All other demands ‘against. the com- pany B 5,953 39. “Total liabiiltles ..:,. .$115,738 34 % - INGOME. Net cash actually received: for i premiums . 17, Received for 1 0 - on’ bonds, .stock: all other source: . Total Income - ' EXPENDITURES. | 28,668 67 48,208 07 charges for officers; ‘clerks, ) Paid_for State, National ai S taxes . LN o All_other payments: and tures. : e 80041 Total -expenditures- . Losses fncurre en_r‘t'l $.'24,567,407(% 231,371 42" 8,467, ans' 50,975 32 Subscribed and’ swoin ‘to - before mie day of January, 18%. - ; CHARLES EDGAR MILLS, Commissioner for Californla in New York. GEO. H. TYSON, General A 435 California Street, 8an Francisco, Cal., = -~ . - ° MERCHANTS' 'EXCHANGE BUILDINO': T - CHARLES. EDGAR® MILLS, Commissioner " for Califo; "New . York. gent,