The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 28, 1898, Page 12

THE BURGLAR "BURGLES" HIS WAY SAFELY Robs Plain Citizens With Impunity. SLEUTHS HAVE “NO TIME”| DEVOTE THEIR EFFORTS TO| “STAR CASES.” Thieves Successfully Raid a Build- ing in the Center of the City Five Times in & Month. The monotonous activity of the unas- suming housebreaker and the marked | gpathy of the Palice Department with | referen ising the ordin- | ary citt s and obeys | for what particular | ing te provide Chief of men with salaries. | kes the situation is the fact that if | ber of a wealthy “cor- | r of the Southern Pa- | instance—is despofled detective force the property is re- proud record . of the In other words, in : are Mo opportunities for reputation the cated fn the “‘upper to pay attentton to the plain citizen. burglar, feeling . as- s this practical immu- nity s ne or opportunity, -and pliés his predatory avocation right under the noses of the police and in the heart of his-wc goes out | | { | | d of one netorious case will strate the man V. h the com- citizen is under the ad- m mon ministration ne rner of Jones and At the y streets is a row of new flats, which oved a rich of operations for 3 operations as soon as the bullding was occupled and _ well equipped fc k. They first broke into Geary, clt open two, packed full’ of fine ng, which .they got ¥s later another.raid wagon carried | ght night y and on a 1d act an urgent request police headquarters that-a 1tp watch the place paid to the thereby af- pose of their t that they knew how were regarded at head- y took a chance at the of the building and Jones-stréet section. impudence a in Chief Lees’ MRS. SHIELDS HAD | AN ACCOMPLICE Henry Beacom and the Woman Now Undef Arrest for Setting Fire to the Virginia Avenue Dwelling Last Sunday Disheveled and bjoated, Mrs. Margaret Shields rolled into the.Ceéntral police sta- tion shortly after 8 o’clock last night and announced that she wanted to give her- to the books showed | of the second rob-| orded and ‘that noth- | ng had been done regarding it. The ex- | 1 on was that “they had been too al’ one the sleuths who shines in ases”” called, but “had no_time”. to | description of the hundreds of dol- | ars’ worth of prc t had been itolen. The conseq e was that no in- rmation was oltain by which the force might search for and recover the ¥oods. This detective promised to return in a souple of days and see what could be done with the case. For some reason he did 10t keep his appointment nor did he send \ substitute. The housebreakers may not save known the fact that the Police De- | partment took mo interest in their opera- :ions, but just the same th carefully. made two more ralds on the same prem- ges, while the policeman on the beat was | "1})0 busy” to knew anything about the af- falr. When the second complaint was made t was explained that the thleves could be taught by detailing a detective to watch | for them, and had this precaution been ken they would have been easily cap- red on their latest visit to the place. They are expert operators and if taken would doubtless prove to be old hands w~ho have been long wanted. How , the sufferers were of no im- portance from the standpoint of the upper lice and are now of the opinion that hey are fortunate that the favored appro- priators of .other people’s property. did aot secure sufficlent truck facilities and remove their entire household effects. | Chey feel confident that there would have veen no police interference with such an mterprise. The contrast to the foregoing experi- fnces of the private cltizen: 15 Shemnc i {he fact that a few days ago several hun- red dollars’ worth of personal property yas stolen from the residence of General Manager Kruttschnitt of the Southern Pacific Company. The result was that a arge detall of thief-catchers was sent out mnd the burglars were not only taken but ‘he stolen goods recovered at once, The natural conclusion to ba drawn E a Tom these facts need not be stated. It-is c ed no d. It —_— CONFRONTED BY HIS DYING WIFE MRS. SOLEDAD ESQUEDA MAKES ANTE-MORTEM STATEMENT. Her Husband’s Mother and Brother ‘Will Also Be Arrested for Treat- ing Her With Cruelty. Miguel Esqueda, the brute who , e 80 beat wd abused his wife that her life 1s de- lpaired of, was taken before Judge Con- | s?n“yesterday morning and ‘at the request if the prosecution the case w; ex lor a week. b s Yesterday afternoo: n Policeman George ; Esqueda, and yneman, stenographer for the ro- artment, accompanied by Intef over, went to the City and Coun.. g, Hospital with the prisancr lo take Mrs. p2 €] y Stateme - nent 1s as follows: oov Her state- / name is Mrs. Soledad Es P years old and was born-in ecpe doen_married two years. ; itanding at the foot of my 18 my husband. ~He aid which acoounts ity uy with McMahon, who- arrested dtto He; 1 am | I recosnize the mag nize the man bed (the defendant) a good deal to me, sick here. and and body at me locked up for_four N0t the same hotse police. On the 1gth cut lays at 1317 Powell street; |;"as taken from by the ¥ this month he beat me. | was t) Jays in this room.” Three days price Sotiro i met my husband on the strect und he wanteq o come with me to my room. 11 ot waat. him to come and he seig: BBl il com: 0 you no harm.” And he ame, % used to keep the door loched ail he time while he would be inside with ioe wnd when he Would go out. One day e pould bring me milk, Gne day water Sy ay soup. After he went ‘away, after beating proke the door open. I told my huifinn"dw.he! jore he left the room for the last time that ! felt very bad and that I would like to have i priest. “He told me, “No, we will both die n this room.” This was on account of the, jeating. He told me before he left the room hat he was going out to collect some money hat was owed to me; money that I earnsd. Ater T got out I left'there and went to the jouse of eome friends. 1 recognize Miguel Tsqueda as my husband and as the man who jeat and abused me. The above statement is jorrect. 5 _Mrs. Esqueda also made a statement resterday that the mother and brother of jer husband had treated her cruelly by L:gglnz her locked up in a room without | -that the loan was self up for having set fire to her house at 201 Virginia avenue last Sunday night.. A Night. haif hour later Henry Beacom, a fruit peddler, living at 156 Prospect avenue, was brought in by Detective John A. Fitzgerald and both were booked on a LILLIE Mur_u'N‘ charge of arson. With the arrest of these two persons Fire Marshal Towe is satisfled that he has. the perpetrators of as stupid a plece of incendiarism as has ever been attempt- ed in this city, and he is also confident that he has a clear case of arson against both. All day yesterday Marshal Towe, assis- ed by Detectives ~ Fitagerald, E. J. Thompson &nd Robert Graham, worked on the ca and it was hot until late in the ‘afternoon that he satisfied himself that he could make the charge of arson hold against the woman. Towe had in . mind the decision of the Supreme Court in the- case of Willlam Wilkins de Win- ton, a- draughtsman at the Union Iron Works, who was arrested ‘about three years ago for arson in having destroyed his own dwelling. De Winton set up the defense that a man could do as he pleased with his own property, and the Supreme Court took that view of the matter. .Dur- ing the afternoon, however, Marshal Towe secured sworn statements from the gon and daughter of Mrs. Shields that the Virginia avenue house had.been deeded to them and the property now stands In tneir name. They made no attempt to shield their mother, but made a plain, ghtforward .statement- to the Fire M. al. Towe, earlier in the day, obtained a sworn statement from Lillie Mullin, who was -employed by Mrs. Shields as a serv- ant, and it was her statement that led to the arrest of Beacom and the finding of a lot of incriminating evidence in his pos- sesslon. The girl stated that last Satur- day night Beacom carried off a lot of Mrs. Bhields’ furniture and stored it on his premises, 156 Prospect avenue. He bought three eans of. coal oil and Mrs. Shields purchased ' .two ~ more - cans. Beacom - the coal oil. opened the cans and placed them in dlft ferent parts of the house, where they were afterward found, ~ Beacom then went into the basement, télling Lillie to follow him. ~ She went downstairs and begged him to return the furniture he had taken away, but he refused. ‘“This has gone too far now,” he said, *“and if you say anything about this 1 will send you to San Quentin.” Beacom, she said, then struck a match and gave it to the girl, felling her to ignite She dropped _the match, which went out, and ran into the street. She ‘looked back toward the house and saw a blaze in the basement and was positive Beacom had ignited it. Lillie said the original plan was to. fire the house last Saturday night, but it took nearly all night to remove the furniture, so It was postponed until the following night. 2 The plan first agreed upon between Mr: Shields and Beacom, the girl stated, for the two women’to begin a game of cards and get into a fight, during which a lamp was to be upset, but this was not tollowed out. ¢ 3 3 Acting _on Lillle Mullin’s information, Towe and the detectives went out to Bea- com’s home on Prospect avenue, and In the loft of his barn they found sixteen | chairs, a carpet, a number of pictures and a marble and mahogany mantle. In the lower part of the barn, covered by a lot of sacks, they found a couch, a pair of folding doors and numerous other arti- cles, all of which had been removed from the 'Shields house. 5 Beacom wa peddling fruit all day, and when he reached home last night he found the officer there ready to_arres him. At the City Prison he safd he had glven Mrs. Shields $15 within the past two months to pay bills with and s.ad taken the articles found in_ his home In | ayment. He said that only six chairs belonged to him,’the others being given to him to deliver to some relatives of the Shields _woman named Burke. At 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon Mrs. Shields told him he must get the things out of the house that night. He began the work of moving them two hours later and did not finish the task until nearly 4 o'clock the next morning. Beacom disclaimed all knowledge of the plot to fire the Shields premises and said he did not know wh she was in such a hurry to have the things taken away. Mrs. Shiclds was v drink when she landed at the police station. She sai had no idea where been_sf the fire, but had.intended to. give herself from the first, only she could not find a_voliceman There is something In th story, at least, for the cit are 0 busy with their drumming, club- bing, fifing and _singing lessons nowa- days, under the direction of the venerable Chief, that they find little time for any- thing else. However,© Mrs, Sh was - sober | enough to divide the responsibility for the fire between herself and Beacom. She sald they fixed the job up together, and ‘Beacom bought the oil and started the | fire. She was on the opposite side of the street’ when the fire ‘started. She denied emphatically thdt she ever reccived a cent from Beacom. Later in _the night Mrs. Shields said her husband fired the lace, but this {s impossible, as Shields s not in the city. The authorities will make a thorough investigation of the re- lations that have existed between Mrs. Shields and Beacom, and expect to prove that the pair have 'been altogether. too friendly for some time. .. Fire Marshal after the fire Sunday and Beacom then | denied all knowledge of it or the woman, | Last night when asked why he did nof mention the fact that he had some of the woman's furniture hidden away he- r lied- that he did not “want to give any- ody away.” 2 part of her | s protectors | gan will go to the hospital to get her to swear to complaints for thefr arrest. e BRACELETS PROVED COSTLY. Isaac Herold Fined $500 on a Charge of Misdemeanor Embezzlément. Isaac Herold was yesterday fined $00, with the -alternative of 180-d. in the County Jail, by * yudge- Conlan on the charge of misdemeanor. embezzlement. His attorney, J. N. E. Wilson; gave notice of ‘appeal, and the bonds ‘were fixed at $1000: : Herold was employed in June last by | Lewis H. S harer, pawn-broker, 22-Mason bus late: street, to look arter ‘hi; his-illness. vanced a loan of $25 o and when Scharer recently returned to the store he objected to the.lcan on the bracelets, as he considered they were not worth meére t lained bracelets would be redeemed. not redeemed, a er’s empl: tained $25 from Herold’'s salary, whieh was to be paid to him on the Hraceleis ary, being” redeemed. - Herold asked for the ee of the braceiets for a few days and he got them. A few hours later a man calted at thé store and demanded the re- turn of the bracelets, and from Subse- uent developments Scharer believed that t was a conspiracy to blackmall -him, as the ‘man wanted $15 unless the bracelets were returned.. Herold did mnot return them and Scharer had him arrested. . —— . VALLEY ROAD CONT_I?,'AQTS. Dredging and Bridge Building Along the Line. e At the directors’ meeting of: 1,}1_e San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Radl- foad yesterday afternoon two contracts were let. Theé first contract was let to Grant Bros. of this -¢ity and calls for the dredging of the swamp from the wes enid of the marsh directly: west of Stock- ton to "Antioch.. The estimated cost will be_ahout- $20,000. 2 The gecond contract was let to J. Worth- ington of Oakland and calls for the build- ing of all the necessary trestles from Visalia to Corcoran Junction, a distance of twenty-four miles. 4 x Lol o Cafimin Jordan’s Bay Party. Last Saturday Captain Fred W. Jordan | placed his boat, the America; at the dis- posal of a few invited guests. - The Amer- ica and its party left Meiggs wharf at 10:30 a. m. and cruised about the attrac- tive portions of the bay. - An elaborate luncheon was served off Angel Island at noon. . Shortly thereafter Captain Jordan turned .the America’s nose .seaward and passed outside the Heads. . ¢ - After cruising about on-the ouside for some time the boat was turned home- ward to quieter waters. The afternoon was spent about the. bdy, the Amierica | docking at about 4:30. The invited guests-on board were: Cap- tain. and Mrs. Reed, -Captaln Freeman, Captain Castle, Miss F.-A. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs.. W.-H. Marston,” Mrs. and Miss Langton, Mrs. H. R. Hurlbut, Mr. and Mrs. 'W. F. Dn\h'is, Mr. and Mrs. 'Smill)h tt, I i Minot Crockett, Mr. and Mrs. Cobb Shriner, W. Bulger, Corpural S. ¥ son, Fifty-first lowa, U. S.. V.; .Jami Hent_Castle, Charles Jensen, Mrs. , Mrs. Becker, F. Miss Conrad, Miss_Ford Freema: Miss. Chace, Mr. and Mrs. Rodg- Eda , Mrs. and Caley, Mrs. Stewart and Captain. Bill Kelley. Captain Jordan was assisted in the en- tertainment of his guests by ‘Mrs. Jor- dan and daughters and Ned Jordah. —— e — Sunnyside Improvement Club. ‘An jmprovement club designated as the “Sunnysidé-and Castro street' Addition” was organized on Monday evening: at Haack’'s Hall, 703 Chenery street, with'| the following officers: President, Bugene Dasse; secretary, Charles treasurer, M. Haack, and arms, M. Sparks. The cutting and grading of Chenery street to official grade, . together with other Recessary improvements in_this ortion of the city, is the principal object n view with the members of the club. Monday night was fixed as the reg- ular meeting night. E —_———— Dr. J. R. McMurdo Has returned from his trip to the mount- sergeant at or drink, and to-day Judge Conlap |ains and resumed practice. Office, Sprin; ind Assistant’ Prosecuting Attorney Ho- | Valley bullding, Syl k pair 0. bracelets, Besthorm;" GIAL SLAVES "~ BESCUED 0BG hAD Céptdx"e of Beauties From Omaha. MAJOR MOORE'S GALLANT ACT CHINATOWN ALLEYS COMBED BY CUSTOMS -OFFICERS. Twenty-Six. ‘Moon-Eyed- Damsels, Worth Fifty-Two Thousand Dollars, Snatched From Chinatown-Slums. “May the gods protect me from these. foreign sons of wicked women!” was the plous prayer of Sung Hi, the fat house- keeper of the family lodgings on the second floor of 1012. Dupont street yester- day; % g Sung Hi knew thdt.when.g policeman, or those more dreaded personages the Custom-house officers, visited the place they always brought bad luck and jalls and fines with them. -They were the birds of evil omén, the birds of bribery, perjury dnd corruption. For if they djd not meddle with the sons and daughters of Cathay there would be no bribery.and corruption and no injustice anywhere. Here were the Chinese Bureau Inspect- or Flésh and Interpreter Garduer, one of the ‘prophets.from the Jesus Mission, and Revénue Agent Putnam from the land of the oné-lunged orange suckers, i her house looking for Chinese girls, who, -they said, had escaped from the Omaha Fair, and had no chak jee (certiftcates) to show why they should remain in the land of the Beef-eaters. She knew that Dr.’ Gardner understood heér when she appealed to’ the gods in whose honor she -had burned a carload of punk.on her threshold these many veats agone, but when woman becomes nervous and excited she does'not care ‘what she says or who says it. _The unwelcome visitors whom the gods of Sung Hi ‘could not ‘stop walked into a roomr where stood before a mirror a pretty. Chinesé - girl of 18 summers, lacing filagree stick pins 'in her .hair. Biie turned: arourd with an expression half of amusement, half of coquetry, for .the reverend doctor is a good looking man and scents his handkerchief with the per. fume of the white’ water lll;u E -““Where is your chak jeel” asked the doctor. . 2 i 5 “I1 have no papers,” was the truthful response of the slave girl. PEe This answer shocked the thrifty soul of Bung” Hi. It meant exile to China,. and the loss.of to the owner of the girl. Besides that she would lose a good boarder, and money was tgettlng scarce. ““Suey Wan, you're a fool to tell the Fwang Kwi such a story as that. Is it true that you have no certificate?”’ “It-is, good mother.” ““Then it is too late to correct.it. But tell him-that you are the wife of. a mer- chant and all.- will be well, for the wives of merchants may come here.” This conversation was in Caritonese, and ' the ‘doctor smiled. The stor? sug- gested by the fat' landlady would not work, he knew, because the ilack silken blouse worn by the slave girl had a: tur- quoise zone extending across the breast and back and shoulder, and on the tur- uoise fleld were embroidered flowers, &Ae infallible mark that distinguishes the woman who is neither maid nor wife. “Taoke her tv the Presbyterian Mis- sion,” ordered Inspector Flesh, and a po- liceman from the California-street station led the giggling girl away. ‘When the posse entered Sung HY’s house they were delayed for fully three minutes walting for the door to open in response’| to their summons, and when they were agcending the stairs they heard the patter of paper-soled slippers above. A ladder led to a trap door in the celling and the door was weighted so that Putnam, who geemed to be a wolf for exercise, gave up the attempt to raise it. The third story was gained by means of a stairway. NoO one appeared but a youngChinese woman, the mistress of the jodgings. - Nobody wa home, she said. The three locked rooms were occupied at night by men who work- ed In factories. She had no keys to fit. Two of the doors were broken open and the rooms.were found to be empty. The third door was double locked, una when | Putnam pried it with a hatchet he found | that ‘it was barred on the inside with a stick of timber. Some one made a small hole in the panel of the door and Dr. Gardner peeped in. i ““We have them,” he cried. - “I saw a Chinawoman’s foot in there.” |_Then some one cut open a panel and ‘poked his head through the opening. He saw a Chinaman lying on a bed -retend- ing to be.asleep, and three women situng on the edfie of ‘another bed, ““Open that door. Take down that .bar or we'll fill you full of holes.” - . The man did as ordered, and when the Invaders entered the room they saw three. of the prettiest girls from the Oriental standpoint that have ever come to Cali- fornia. ‘‘We have no chak jee,” they sald to the Interpreter, “‘we wers born here, and are Americans.” ¢ o 5 Not one of them could speak or-under- stand a word of English, and they wora the tell-tale garments of ‘the slave, while their hair was dressed In the fashion of their kind. There were twenty-threes Customs In- spectors, nine members of the .c'hinese Bureau, forty policemen from the Califor- nia and Central police .stations and the | whole of Sergeant McManus' Chinatown | squad.- g 5 | ,~ihe raid had been planned by Major Moore, special agent of .the»’rrmsurgr, and been when the alleys of Chinatown ha thoroughly combéd there were twenty-six Chinese slave girls -without chak jee in the Presebyterian Mission’ Home on Sac- ramento street as the result. But many escapéd before the officers reached their rooms, and.they had left their breakfasts of rice and pork and the long China string ‘broidered, lay. on the floor and their rouge and powder boxes were uncovered, so great had been their haste to get away. PARIS CEEDBEN;SI'&NT AWAY. Two Doilars, Sardines and His Bless- ‘ing Given at Parting. . A peculiar story of a parent’s disregard for hi$ children was told yesterday by Mrs. .Prescott, assistant secretary of the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty. to Children. Eugere Paris owns a large and apparently profitable-vineyard in the Liv- érmore valley, but his conduct toward his six children was such that the soclety nad to step in and send them to their aunt, who lives in Minnesata. Their mother dled insane about a year ago. Mrs. Pres- cott said: i e s “‘For all of his wealth Paris would not contribute a cent toward sending the chil- the money necessary, the soclety fur- nished the rest,” and” friends assisted in Fetlln the sleeping apartments .for tne ittle folks. Kind-..earted people in Oak= land packed the lunch baskets with' food enough to last during the trip. i “On Saturday we sent the children.on | their way to the Hast. When it-was train time the father went to the dépot and all hedguve was $2 to the eldest daughter and added two boxes of sardines to the lunch. This was all he would give, besides his blessing, of.- which he was very lavish.” - “The ladles managing the Holy Crogs Fair have been tolling unceasingly in their e@rts to ralse funds which will assist in the erec- tion of the beautiful new church. The ener- getic workers of St. Anthony’s booth, under the leadership of Miss Kate McFadden and Miss Gertrude Frost, have arranzed -a_delight- ful lecture; to be delivered by Mrs. Hattle B, Steele at Sargtoga Hall, S Geary street, on Friday evenin,. October 7. Mre: Steate 1 ‘well known in this line of work and her name vouches for the excellency of the lecture and the beauty of the scenes to be depicted. She will speak on “The World of To-day’ and give glimpses of England, Treland, Scotiand, “France, olland, Germany, 'Switzerland, Italy, India, Japan and America. g —_——— i You' will find the latest things In wall paper at Clark's, ¢ Market street. # | t City Hall. and hurried to police Towe talked to Beacom |- bean half eaten. Their slippers, gold em- | dren to_their aunt. She sent out a part of | R st bal Mrs. Steele to Lecture. F HAD A PISTOL - CONCEALED IN- -~ HER CORSAGE Threatened to Kill Judge Coffey. ‘ ACTION OF A CRAZY WOMAN MES. FRANCES -SUCHORZYNSEA HEARD FROM AGAIN.. The Judge Retreated and Notifled the Police, and Detectives Are Searching for : Her. Judge Coffey’s life was threatened by a'woman yesterday afternoon, and the police have received- instructions to ar- rest her on -sight. The woman. Is Mrs. Frances Suchorzynska, and Judge Coffey is not the only one she has threat- ened to kill. : g About 3 o'clock yvesterday afternoon the Judge was standing on the-corner of Mc- Allister and Larkin streets waiting for a car when Mrs. Suchorzynska'approached him. She began to abuse him in a loud voice, which attracted the- attention -of passers-by. Finally- she placed her hand in the bosom of her dress, making the remark that she wanld kill the Judge. Fearing that she would draw a revolver the Judge beat a hasty retreat into tire liead- quarters, where he made a complaint that the woman was dangérous, asking that she be placed under arrest. He was very much excited, and evidently feared that the woman would carry out her threat. Policeman Wagner ‘was detalled® by “hief Lees.to find the woman and place her under arrest, but she had disappear- ed, and detectives were detailed to search and arrest her. oman is mentally unbalanced, and thinks every one i5 against her. Last Saturday she went to the office of her attornéy, Geerge O'Byrne, and after busing ‘him_drew -a pistol out of the and attempted-to shoot He fled and saved himself. This was known to Judge Coffey, and ac- counted for his hasty flight- when she put her hand in the bosom of h S, She had been around the:s neighborhood of the hall yes noon quoting poetry and recounting her imaginary wrong: % : About a year ago she was arrested in the corridor of the hall Policernan Wagner for disturbing the peace and was sent to the House of Corfection for ten® days. After her release she was taken before the Insanity Commissioners, and Ler “friends having appeared and agreed to look after her she was given into their custody. She is an intelligent about 60 years of age,-but is not accéuntable for her actions. 2 and her husband, have been a source e about the courts for years. They had a house on Eighteenth street, and becoming involved in litiga-~ tion were ejected on several occasions by the Sheriff. " Finally, in 1891, both were ad- Jjudged in: e, and at that time .their con- nection with the Probate Court began. A guardlan was appointed to care for their estates during their confinement, by Judge Coftéy, and here the troubles of the jurist began: When the couple were released, a year aftér their commitment, they imagined that all of their difficulties could be .readily adjusted by Judge Cof- fey and when they did not find the relief ¢xpected at his hands Mrs. Suchorzynska, especially, endeavored to hold the jurist responsible. She assailed him in the cor- ridors of the City Hail. and generally made herself obnoxious, and on other oc- casions her heart would soften and she |. would endeavor to ‘compensate the court for imaginary favors done her: On one, occaslon she . presented Judge Coffey’'s court with a four-pound steak, which she “had purchased- for his Honor.” The steak was refused,. which added to her anger. Her little escapade.of yesterday, however, may be the last in its line,.as the matter has, as stated, been reported to the police and she will be ex- amined by the Insanity Commissioners. s 2 . London has' 3000 miles of sewers, 34,- 000 miles of telegraph wires, 3200 miles of gas pipes anc 4500 miles of water mains. E ;i _ADVERTISEMENTS: D, APPLETON AND COMPANTS -NEW BOOKS. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley. Edited by Professor Michael Foster, M. A,'M. D, F. R. S, and by Pro- fessor E. Ray Lankester, M. A.; LL. D, F. R. S. In four volumes. 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Ladies’ Umbrellas in Natural Wood, Pearl, Dresden Also Gents' in Natural Wood, with and with- The fall importation ‘of "the celebrated Reynier Gloves (for which. we are sole agents) is now. complete. These gloves are in both Glace and Suede, and are in all the new fall shades. THLHPHONH CGRANT 1l124. L . ,%@Q%%% . I, (13, 115, U7, 119, 121 POST STREET. United States Branch. STATEMENT —OF THE—— : CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —oOF THE— LIVERPOOL and LONDON ~ And GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY F LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, ON THE 31ST day. of December, A. D. 1597, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the In- surance Commissioner of the State of Callfor- nia, pursuant to the provistons of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. ASSETS. Real estate owned by company. Loans.on bonds and mortgages. . Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by company. Cash 1n company’s office. 2342 39 Cash in banks.. 7528 11 Interest due an: stocks and loans. 6,050 00 Interest due and and mortgages . T smzar Premiums in due 240,141 8% Rents due and accrued 18470 44 Total assets . 78,768 50 .. LIABILITIES, Losses adjusted and unpaid. . s Losses in process of adjust: v In suspense ........ 425,865 00 Losses resisted, including expenses.. 129,535 00 Gross premiums on fire risks ru ning one year or less, $3,524,216 91, reinsurarice 50 per cent. *LT82,108 45 Gross premiums on fire risks run- ning more than one vear, §,235,- 726 97; reinsurance pro rata......... 2,197,578 83 Amount reclaimable by the insured v on perpetual fire Insurance policles 395,150 73 Liability under other departments... 96506 15 Al other demands against the pany 3 323,05 00 Total Habilities .. 5,195,707 17 Net cash’ actually recelved for fire premiums .. %5, Recetved for ‘mortgages Recelved for Interest and divid on bonds, stocks, loans and from all other source: T memm Recelved for rents. . &0 s Total income...1... 95,487,396 EXPENDITURES. % Neet amount paid for fire losses (In- cluding $35,622 16, losses of pre. vious years) Pafd_or allowed for commission or rokerage Pald for salaries, fees and other charges for officers, clerks, eto. Paid for State, national Losses incurred during the year. Risks and Premiums. . |Fire Risks. Premiums. Net amount of risks writ-| ten during the year. Net amount of risks pired during the vear. Net amount in force De- cember 31, 1897.. : $748,562,122187,083,753 21 705,239,843 6,823,071 84 869,435,527 7,763,143 83 H. W. EATON, Manager. B h&Etz;‘dW, HOY'T. hD'enuty Manager. bscrt _sworn to befo day of March, 1898. e W. H. WILDEY, Notary Publie. PACIFIC DEPARTMENT, 422 California St., STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY ()5, LONDON, ENGLAND, ON THE 3IST day of December, A. D. 1§97, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the In- surance Commissioner of the State of Call- fornia, pursuant to the provisions of sections €10 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of capital stock, pald up cash n - $1,500,000 00 ASSETS. Real estate owned by company. Loans on bonds and mortgages. Cash market value of all stocks $1,985,132 33 1,571,636 53 16,055,698 17 of bonds, stocks and other market- able securities as collateral........ 3,540,153 8) Cash in company’ b 2,558 43 Cash' n banks. .. 790,270 77 Interest due and accrued on ail stocks and 10anS................. .. 206,409 63 Interest due and accrued on bond! and mortgages.. . 60,483 81 Premiums in due course of collec- tion ......i..... . 121,339 50 Bills receivable, not matured, taken for fire and marine risks. 97,871 04 Rents due and accrued.. 5,433 87 Due from other companies for re! surance on losses already pald. 18,763 17 Stamps on hand. 1,213 42 Life interests o pany ... Reverslons own Total assets LIABILITIE! Losses adjusted and unpald, Tosses in process of adjustment or In sus- pense, losses resisted, includin $429,897 11 ning one year or less, reinsurance 60 per cent; gross premiums on fire risks running more than one year, reinsurance pro rata. Liabllity under life department. Bills pavable . Cash dividends remaining unpaid... 11,128 All other demands against the com- pany . . 113,951 Total labilities INCOME. Net cash actually received for fire premtums ... ¥ . $3,310,458 04 Net cash actually received for life premiums 1,283,261 11 Received for interest and dividends on bonds, stocks, loans and from all other sources. Recefved for rents. Received for sale of annuities. Received for profit on investments. Total income . EXPENDITURES. . $1,661,126 94 . 874,267 04 L 45300 Paid or allowed for commission or brokerage ... ... 546,400 15 Paid for salaries, other Charges for officers, clerks, etc.... 683,130 50 Paid for State, national and I taxes 81,041 17 Surrendes 71,357 52 Paid to annuitants.. 5,313 21 All other payments and Total expenditures 3 Fire. Losses incurred during the vear..... §1,807.35 9 Risks and Premiums. |[Fire Risks.|Premiums. Net_amount of _risks 077, 772,25653,310,485 04 z pired during the year..| 1,118,908, 426, CHARLES D. HAVEN, Resident Secretary N mberty inforce De-| o sieam| 220690 @ HOW TO DISTILL WATER Address for circular, WIESTER & CO. 17 New Montgomery St. San Francisco NEW WESTERN HOTEL, EARNY AND WASHIN LS, —] modeled and renovated. (EXON s C. J. LUCAS, Chalrman. H. E. WILSON, General Manager, df;lbfib;d‘ and sworn to before me this Tth = , 1898, - o APt 1Y . wATTS, Notary Publte. PACIFIC COASTBEPARTME T, 4§ 221 SANSOME ST., SAN FRANCISCO. GEO. F. GRANT, Manager