The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 2, 1898, Page 14

. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1898. “w o e e e e s R R e —— — ADVZRTISEMENTS. 3 ATHER YORKE SCORES PHELAN AND HIS ORGAN The Mayor a Cad and a Liar, the Hireling Bulletin Vigorous Denial of the Canad a Fraud. fan’s Charge That the Priest Is inPolitics--The -Chancellor Still - Editor of the Monitor---Hefter's Attempt to Bribe Mrs. Susan Theall. Editor Call: When I .époke on Mon- day night in Oakland I did-so with-a clear understanding of the seriousness of my action. I -spoke in obedience to what I <considered the call of con- sclence. I knew by experience that the ingenu- ity of the politician would misrepresent my position- and that the malignity of the unprinei "~4 would blacken my mo- tives. For this I was prepared.: I was not prepared to be attacked with a mendacity so reckless that only its utter idiocy prevents us from admira- tion. I am not sorry, hawever, that the at- tack hds been made. It gives me an opportunity to state my position, my reasons-over again. Writing letters to the papers is no easy task, but the labor 4s well 'spent. I have now no power in this city and I have never had any power except a righteous cause and ar- guments that appealed to reasonable men. In all my controversies I have ever striven to addréss myself to men’s | minds and not to their prejudices. In’| this, which ~romises to be my Iast con- troversy for a time, 1 should be ashamed to trust to any sentiment ex- cept the: sentiment of equal justice to all men. I ask no man to follow me for personal friendship or for private ends. I rest my case on the facts and ar- guments which I present to the publie, and if these facts and arguments are not weighty enough to sway the pub- jic mind I have no desire to influence it | by other.means. This (Tuesday) evening’s edition of the Bulletin contains three articles dealing with -my utterances of last | night. The first is a semi-editorial, the second. a- letter signed James D. Phe- lan, and the third a communication | “In Defense of Stewart Menzies.” With | each of these articles I will deal in or- der. The semi-editorial is headed “Father Yorke's utterances not sanctioned by the church. He spezqs only for him.= self. As such he h no authority in; politics. Does not represent-those who, are the source,of his influence. His at- tack on.Mayor Phelan was a bowbi which = exploded harmlessly. Havmgl ceased to_edit the Monitor-his political | course has no public interest. ‘General’| sentiment that his remarks last nignt | were imprudent and ill-advised.” In the body of ‘the article I am-sol:. emnly admonished that I'am of no ac: | count, and the Bulletin'is sadly com-| pelled to part company from me: “If°I am of such little account the manage-" ment of the Bulletin has shown .poor judgment in.devoting so much ‘space to my condemnation, and if the:Bulletin'| has been with me in the past, it is the first time that I was aware of being in such questionable company. These things aside, I beg to offer in- the very beginning my protest against | the assumption that underlies the | whole article. That assumption I8 that:| the Catholic church is in politics, and’| that up to this my authority has .con- gisted in the fact that I have been' the’ official representative of the 'Catholic church in political affairs. Now, says the Bulletin, I have severed my connec- tion with the Monitor, and therefore I am entitled to no more weight than | any other politiclan. When the Bulle- | tin says I have severed my. connéction:| with the Monitor, the Bulletin says what is not true. I am as-much editor of the Monitor to-day as I was:a year | ago. It is true that I am prepafing to take a vacation from my duties. and that the labor of settling many detalls has left me no time to write:for the paper, but I am still its editor, and the Bulletin is merely saying the thing that is not. 2 Now let me inform' the Bulletin that the Catholic criurch is not in | politics in this city or in any. other | American city, and that reither ‘as] an officer of the Catholic church nor | as editor of the Monitor have I.any:| $équthority in politics.” : The accusation that -the. Catholic church is in politics is one.of the old calumnies of the' A. P. A, and a8 such 1s at home in the columns of the Bulle. tin. In the Canadian habitat of its edi= tor such calumnies ‘are bred -in the bone. They are imported- over the’ border to serve the purposes of preach- ers who preach bigotry for money, and- of journalists who. support candidates for cash. The Catholic church is not-in: politics: in this city.. She dictates to none of her: children their party- affiliations; . she- commends no man-to their ‘suffrages.. Catholics are.as free as the people-.of: other derominations to vote as they please—nay, they are far more free. No: political sermons are heard from Cath- olic pulpits as political - sermons are: heard from non-Catholic pulpits. It is. our immemorial custom to reserve-our churches solely and entirely for the ser- |- vice of the Lord. Therefore I resent the ignorant as- sumption of the Bulletin that the Cath- olic church is in politics in this city. I resent it in the name of the tens of thousands of my Catholic friends who glory in their political liberty—aye, and I can resent it in the very name of my enemies whose °strongest, loudest, angriest cry against me is, Away with clerical dictation. At no time during my residenceinthis city have I been in politics. If any man sghould question my right to take part In political affairs I should indignantly ask him who gave him the commission to curtail my citizenship. But of my own free will I have abstained from participating in political affairs. I be- lieved I could do more service to the Catholic people by standing for those principles that transcend politics. For nearly flve yvears I have spoken and written incessantlv rot for political arties, not for ambitious candidates, ut for the principle of religious lib- erty. I took the stand that religious lib- erty and equal rights were more to all true Americans than party measures or personal success. I took the stand that every man who denied me and mine equal rights was unworthy of the suffrages of a just peo- ple. I took the stand that every man who profited by bigotry or approved of bigotry should be treated after the same manner as the bigot himself. These were high principles and drastic measures. I was told that I should have mo=~e policy, and that such lofty aims could not be attained In politics. I pre- ferred to believe in the people. I hate policy, and as long as-the Lord leaves me strength to think, to speak, to write, may I never make compromise with dishonor. My tactics - were successful. I re- ceived no. help from the newspapers; I received no help from the paliticians. The Bulletin says that it was the first and only great secular daily to declare | itself against the A. P. A. The Bulletin |1s a fraud. The Bulletin came out {-against the ‘A. P. A. when the A. P. A. | was, as an organization, shattered and broken, and -then it came out only when the discarded cashier ‘of the Shortridges thought it-a =ood chance to gain Catholic subscriptions. Boyle, who. drew his salary cheerfully from the A. P. A. gang that once employed |'him, was, when he was kicked out, just as willing to create his salary by pre- tending to serve the other side. The fight against Apaism in this city was not a political fight. It was a em- fight for the highest principles bodied in the . American constitution. We, who made the fight,” asked help from no politicians and received none. From the papers we received just such publicity as they thought it would be profitable to give. It was a fight made by the common people and carried on | to a suecessful conclusion by the votes of the common peéople. ‘When two years ago it became my duty to oppose Taylor on the Republi- can ticket, some Republicans talked of clerical dictation and declared that -it was a political device to help the Dem- ocrats. They said: “Taylor is not a member of the A. P. A. He has no | sympathy with them. He does not think it good policy. to throw away their votes.” When I.stood for the principle that no man who accepted aid and comfort from - .Apaists was worthy of freemen’s votes, I was ac- cuséd of doing politics for the Demo- | crats. I was not accused. by Mayor Phelan and his supporters. They were glad to profit “by my .action. Then they thought it just and laudable and proper, because it helped them to attain the object of their ambition. Now the situation is changed. Mayor Phelati stands to-day - where Taylor stoad two years ago. It is now my duty: to -deal with the Democrat as then I dealt with the Republican. I were the veriest coward-did the differ- ence.in party -mdke me. change my course. 1 were worthy- of every evil thing said against me did I sing dumb because Mayor Phelan.is a rich man. I were a traitor to my people did I condone in the soi-doisant Catholic the crime I denounced in the "Protestant. If I am in politics now, as Phelan and his. purchaséd Bulletin contend I was in ‘politics two years ago; if it is a crime for. me to be in politics now it was.rot a virtue to be’in politics then. The crowd that now denounce priest- riding and clerical dictation were the same hangdogs who sniffed about my | feet. when they thought my footsteps led ;along the pathway to power. No man_ will -dare hold that Mayor Phelan_can . do .no wrong. He -has grasped within these few months many of the attributes of royalty, but not eveh the most sycophantic lickspittle in his train will declare that he is al- ‘ways right. - It is quite possible that he has pandered to .bigotry. It is quite possible that he is a moral coward. It is quite possible that his mind is built on the same exiguous ‘scale as its corporeal habitation and that'he cannot grasp what principle .medns. - These things 'his followers must admit-and admitting tHem their course is not to.howl about my power, not to yelp about clerical dictation, not Ito snarl at-the priest in politics, but to face the facts and to sift the evidence. If my contention is right then I stand where I stood in 1896, where I stood in 1894.. The fact that a rich man now is the culptit does not alter the principle. The -fact that the ninety-nine nonenti- ties who pose as the Democratic party tare the sufferers does not change the merits of the case. Either Phelan is supporting men who have denied equal rights- to Catholics in this town or he s not. If he is not let Clinton, Lack- ‘mann, Dodge and Menzies purge them- selves :before the people, and if he is then as a traitor who has profited by the struggles of those who with a sin- gle heart sought religious freedom he deserves to be relegated to the lowest round of political damnation, even as Judas is placed by the poet in the bot- tommost circle of the hob of hell . The question of fact brings me to the second .article in ‘the Bulletin, namely, the letter signed by James D. Phelan. In that lefter Mr. Phelan purports to give the history of the negotiations in the case of the Sailors’ Home. Either the mental effort of speaking his little campaign pleces has disabled Mr. Phelan’s memeory or he is gullty of de- liberate mendacity and misrepresenta- ‘tion. He: tries to make -it that the original trouble between the Sailors’ Home and myself was caused by my desire to have Mrs. Theall’s society get control of the institution. Mr. Phelan is the last man in San Francisco- who should mention Mrs. Theall with disrespect. The :‘distri- | bution of the literature” at which he now sneers was the means that made him Mayor of San Francisco, and the cowardly little cad only a few weeks ago tried to bribe that same Mrs. Theall with the promise of a petty office if she would make his losing fight. - . < Luckily, however, I am not dependent on Mayor Phelan’s memory or on Mayor Phelan's veracity for a correct descrip- tion of my attitude in the case of the rival societies that were looking for the Sailors’ Home. In the Monitor of January 15 I wrote: ““As to the ultimate disposition of the Sailors’ Home we have very Httle inter- est. - Whether it should be or could be conducted by any private society is in our minds a very doubtful proposition.” On January 22 I wrote: “We have no desire to mix ourselves with the affairs of societlies. We deal simply with the exterfor question, Is the home under sectarian control?” Therefore when Mr. Phelan calls the new soclety Father Yorke’s society he is simply lying. He knows it was not my soclety. He knows that I had no desire that that society should obtain control of the home, because my pri- Vvate opinion was that no private so- ciety could run the home honestly. He knows that my sole desire was to put an end to the sectarian character of the old society—a character which is burned into it by the unchallenged fact that never in forty years was a Catho- li¢ priest asked to cross its threshold. Mr. Phelan goes on to say that “as long as there was opposition when the lease came before Mayor Phelan for his signature he communicated with Father Yorke, and Father Yorke replied that in his judgment the sectarian fea- tures having been eliminated there was no further point in the opposition.” Mr. Phelan is merely telling an un- truth. . Does he think the people of this town have no memories? At the very time he was signing the lease I was on record in the Monitor and in the daily papers as to my belief in the sectarian character of the home. When he plead- ed that the Board of Supervisors would pass the lease over his veto and prom- ised to gain some more concessions, I told him half a loaf was better than no bread. I did not profess myself satis- fied, but I was satisfied, and over and over I have stated publicly that I was satisfied with the Mayor's action. I have never called him to account for it, because I thought that it was the best I could get from such a knock-kneed champion of religious equality. But the Mayor's innocence did not exculpate Clinton and Dodge and Lack- mann. The Mayor's innocence in the matter of the lease did not assail them for their treachery in voting for Chris Reis, the indorsee of the A. P. A. They stood before the people as men, - who, by their votes, had declared that public property should be turned over to-a sec- tarian society, and that public office should be bestowed on a man who ap- proved of the bigots that swore on Bible and crucifix to deprive the Catho- lic of his daily bread. When Mr. Phelan says that my sole reason for my present action is per- sonal pique against Dr. Clinton, again Mr. Phelan is telling an untrutn. If personal pique were my sole cause | would I have promised to have with- drawn my opposition if the men in question could give any explanation of their vote that would hold water? have received and been satisfied with the treacherovus proposal of Mr. Phelan made in this office not two weeks ago simply to oppose Dr. Clinton and to let Mr. Phelan go free, as Mr. Phelan himself was unfriendly to Dr. Clinton and had refused him permission to hang his banner from building, and all Mr. Phelan’s friends were out with knives against Dr. Clin- ton as the cause of all the row: My personal feelings in this matter, far from being an incentive to action, have been a detriment. I am not so stupid as to imagine that my enemies will not be ready to impute perscnal and unworthy motives to me. I am not so ignorant of the ways. of the world as not to know that the suspi- clon of personal animosity would de- stroy all my best efforts for principle. i Therefore, instead of urging me on, the personal attacks made on me by Clinton held me back. I was willing to do anything if he, as leader of the combination, could give an honest ex- planation .of his vote. But when that explanatien was not forthcoming, what was I to do? These men, Clinton, Dodge and Lackmann, lor two years ago. about them because they had Mayor Phelan’s powerful protection then I would betray the people who two years | ago had voted for religious liberty, and who this year.were looking to me for light and leading on that all-important point. Mr. Phelan pretends that he has no personal responsibility for nominating Dodge, Clinton and Lackmann. Months ago Mayor Phelan announced that Dodge was to be Assessor. In the pres- | ence of his secretary, Mr. Sullivan, he informed me that he could have stopped the nomination of Clinton if he wished to do so. Lackmann’s nomination was an attempt to secure the nomination of Clinton by the Republicans—a pretty little trick which would enable Mr. Phelan to tell those who disapproved of Clinton's course to beat him if they could. Every one knows that the com- mittee of one hundred is Phelan’s pri- vate property; every one knews that he was especially concerned in his Board of Supervisors. It is too late now for Mr. James D. Phelan to evade the re- sponsibility. Let him stand to his guns like 2 man and maké his fight as best'| he knows how. Then we may have some respect for him. No one can have re- spect for the man who tries to escape the consequences of his own acts by disingenuous pleas and excuses based on untruth. The committee of one hundred knew the real reason why Clinton and Dodge and Lackmann were opposed. They knew that these men were accused of veting aigainst the rights of Catholics. They were afraid to take up the ques- tion. One member who was described by Mayor Phelan as a “pestiferous little chap,” E. P. E. Troy, said that if Clinton were not nominated he would get on the floor of the convention and say that the members were priest rid- den. This decided Mr. Phelan. He said he could not afford to go before the people on the question of religious lib- erality and equal rights. He might lose votes. Cowardice triumphed be- cause above and beyond everything else James D. Phelan is a moral cow- ard. But this was not the extent of Mr. Phelan’s offending. The third docu- ment in the Bulletin is an alleged com- munication in defense of Stewart Menzies. It says: “Having perused the Rev. Father Yorke's speech of last night, permit me to correct one of his statements in regard to Mr. Stewart Menzies and his being indorsed by the A. P. A. In the first place, Mr. Men- zies has never been a candidate for office during the existence of the A. P. A’ This is merely another un- truth. In 1894 Stewart Menzies was a candidate for Freeholder on thg Non- Partisan ticket. He receives the A. P. A. indorsement. Mr. Stewart Menzles was willing to accept that in- dorsement in 1894, when the A. P. A. was strong; he is willing to repudiate it now that the A. P. A. is no more. Now, Mr. Editor, I close. I have again put before the people the facts in this case. Mr. Phelan and his asso- ciates will not improve their position with the people by imputing personal motives and shouting about clerical dictation. Again let me say I am not in this matter for personal reasons, and most emphatically I am not in it for politics. If I were anxious for my personal comfort, for the friendship of the rich, for my peace of mind, I would have left town quietly without warning the people of Mr. Phelan’s treachery. Perhaps it would have been policy for me to have done so, but God forbid that the day shall ever come when I shall mislead the people that trusted to my word and made sacrifices in my cause for the sake of my own peace or for consideration of policy. Principle belongs to men; policy.is the watch- word of cowards. PETER C. YORKE. | were precisely in the same case as Tay- | | | | The Pavers’ Union. A special meeting of the Pavers' Union was held at Hibernia Hall last evening. The meet- ing was called in consequence of a rumor hav- ing been circulated around town that the union was working for one of the candidates for Su- perintendent of Streets. The union resolved to contradict this report through the press and leave the members free to work and vote for their individual choice. THOMAS SULLIVAN, President. THOMAS REAGAN, Secretary. - . —_———————— You will find the latest things in wall paper at Clark’s, 6568 Market strest. It personal pique were my object I mlght‘v the FPhelan | If I had kept silent | | | | i PULLED THE - NOSE OF HIS TRADUCER Commissioner Gunst on the Warpath. HE ASSAULTS AN ATTORNEY THE ASSAILED GETS ¢“COLD FEET” AND RUNS AWAY. Counselor Neuberger Blamed for In- spiring Porter Ashe to De- nounce the Fo- lice. “You're no good! In my opinlon you are a dirty cur and a mischief maker." Thus spoke Police Commissioner Gunst, as he seized Attorney Neuberger by the nose yesterday afternoon and with his |ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE GREAT FOOTBALL GAME Managers Meet ‘and Settle Upon Plans. GREATER SEATING CAPAEITY PRICES FOR ADMISSION AND RE- SERVED SEATS. Students of the Two Universities Will Have the North Side Bleachers for Themselves and Friends: The representatives of the Un!veralt.y of California and -Stanford University football teams met in the Palace yester- day afternoon and arranged for the big] Thanksgiving game, to be played at Rec- LY e e GUNST ON THE WARPATH T4ARe" Pol TASH' s R l A — x> The Police Commissioner Pulls Attorney Neuberger's Nose on Market Street. - disengaged hand slapped his face. As Neuberger begged for mercy Gunst Te- leased his hold on his nose and gave him a parting kick. Neuberger offered no re- sistance and seemed satisfled to get away with his life. The trouble between Gunst and Neuber- ger dates back to several months ago when the Police Commissioner ordered him to keep away from his cigar store on Powell street. Neuberger swore venge- ance and eagerly awalited a chance to get even with Gunst. This opportunity afrived when Porter Ashe was nominated for Senator in the Twenty-fourth Dis- trict. Leon Dennery, his opponent, is a Eerwnal friend of the Commissioner. eeing a chance to cause trouble for Gunst the revengeful attorney informed Ashe that the Police Department was working against him. He claimed that Cn.slnln ‘Wittman and Sergeant Martin had been instructed by Gunst to do all in their power to elect Dennery. Con- vinced that Neuberger was telling the truth, Ashe, at a meeting Monday night, bitterly dencunced Wittman and Martin and_claimed that they had been ordered by Gunst and Chief of Police Lees to con- centrate their efforts in electing the Re- publican candidate. He also pald his re- spects to the head of the Police Depart- ment and Commissioner Gunst, roundlx scoring .them for being too friendly witl his opponent, as he claimed. Convincedj that Neuberger had inspired the ‘“roast,” Gunst determined to *call him down.” While walking along Market street yesterday afternoon with a friend, the ‘ommissioner espled Neuherger standing at the corner of Kearny street. Gunst accostedshim and asked him what he meant by saying that he was making & fight against Ashe. . “I'm dead on,” declared the attorney, his breast swelling with pride. ‘“You can’t fool me, and I want you to know it.” “I think you are a dirty cur,” replied Gunst, as he reached for Neuberger's nose. He held the nasal organ between his fingers for several seconds and then slapped Neuberger's face with his disen- a) gnfied nd. “1 didn’t say anything about you,” yl{addeg Neuberger. ‘‘You know I'm your end.” riend. Gunst at this juncture released his hold on the attorney's nose, and as the latter ted to walk away he gave him a kick. 11 see you later,” retorted Neuberger from a distance. ‘You can't bluff me, even if you are a Police Commissioner.” Accompanied by his friend, Gunst left the scene and walked to his store on Kearny street. When seen last night he sald that Neuberger had angered him, and_he determined to 'Tun his nose. “He is always getting somebody in trouble,” remarked the Commissioner. *I did not particularly object to him saying that I was out for Dennery, as those who are acquainted with him know that he is iven to the habit of talking too much. hen 1 learned, however, that he was going about the city abusing me, I con- cluded it was time for me to call him down. I saw him standing on Kearny street, and walking up to him I pulled his nose. He pleaded so that I released my hold on his nose and affectionately smote him on the cheek. He_ then ran away, evidently fearing that I intended to_wreak further violence on him.” Neuberger is_the indlvidual who sued ex-Captain of Police Douglass for heavy dnmngeu for throwing him out of the Po- lice Court during the examination of Theodore Durrant for the murder of Min- nie Willlams. The suit was dismissed, as it was shown that Neuberger was to blame. Subsequently he was arrested for breaking into a stall at the racetrack and gettlng away with a valuable horse. Neu- erger had a claim against the owner of the horse, and failing to collect it he re- solved to take the mal. He was ar- rested and char ‘with bur l.lr*; but smissed in t‘ha olice the case was Court. Newman & Levinson, 131 Keirny street, are having another sale of genu- ine tortoise shell goods at about one- half the usual prices and but little more than the cost of imitation goods. Pins, combs and b es from 10c to $27 50. See windows. * reation Park. Fickert and Prichard rep- resented the cardinal interests and Dave Brown, an alumnus of the Stanford Uni- versity, was.present in behalf of his brother, Everett Brown, the manager of the California team. G After some considerable discussion it was definitely decided to erect stands that would accommodate an excess of 3000 seats over the capacity of the stands that were erected for the intercollegiate game a year ago. Last year the stands were so overcrowded that the patrons were in many instances obliged to stand along the fences. It is thought that all this will be avoided by the construction of larger stands, the purposg of which is not in contemplation of a ldrger attendance but for the greater accommodation of the Vo Tnciined pi f e Inclined plane that is bullt alon the south side of the gridiron will bg about the same width as that of 1897, but it will be of much greater length. The management is. determined this year to sell no more tickets than will comfort- ably fill this standing space. The over- crowdifig of this section in the game last year was no less than criminal, the spec- tators who ‘pfi.ld for general admission be- i—ifiu‘ffrflw n this plane with almost fatal s. The plan of construction is similar to that orprecedlnz seasons. There wui be a stand erected on the Harrison-street side of the grounds which will connect with the present grand stand and continue to the west end of the fleld. The east side of the gridiron will be bounded by bleach- ers. e north side will be blocked by a long set of bleachers running the entire distance of the field. This will be re- served for the Stanford and California students and their friends, each college being set apart in sections. Nothing has as yet been done In regard to the re- served sections for the {'mverflty Club. It is very likely that they will get their usual sections on the south side of the field. The boxes will be built above the :é::fissemlbo(h uldefl of tl?llle gridiron. The ng capacity wi 9500; - ing room Tk ol L e 0, e e prices to be charged for ad will be as follows: Ge!neru Mn‘:i‘!'l'l‘nonn. which means standing on the incline, reserved seats, $1 50 and $2. The $2 seats will be choice, situated close to the center of the fleld. 'The box seats will be $2 50. The returns of last year’s intercollegiate ame amounted to $16.000. The crowd was he greatest ever collected at a football match in the West. While It is not ex- pected that a larger gathering will see the match this season, it is anticipated that there will be a gate receipt of fully ,000. At the game next Saturday bet: Olympics and Stanford {he 'B'tele}llfct}rla alumni will be present in large numbers. Cards are belnF sent out to the gradu- :’zte; gt m“t uni vte{slt ‘Xho reside In this 0 meet on the flel team to victos el TO EKEEP T Check to Be Placed Upon Election Officers. The Boaré of Election Commissioners has passed a resolution which is intended to prevent drunkenness among election officers at the polls next Tuesday. Here- tofore it has been a common practice for some of the officers to sell their demands on the treasury early on election day and to use the pro s in drinking. The resolution reads as follows: ived, That no assignment of' electi % mands upon the treasury of thcto&!; and :o'-n::y will be ized the of Eleo- tion Commissioners or Registrar s for ervices rendered as "offbes and clerks of election, ds allowed by this board will be delivered only to the persons in whose names are fs- sucd and who have performed the services School Department Scandal. Thomas A. Furns, John J. O'Brien and Edward E. Swift, now under indictment by the Grand Jury in r:huon to the School Depnrtmlné scandal, ~were ar- raigned by Judge Cook yesterday. After BLAC - 'DRESS 20 pieces 52-inch’ BLACK ENGLISH CHEVIOT; shrunk and sponged; ready . for wear. o e $1.00 Yard. 18 pieces. BLACK FIGURED: ARMURES, 43 Inches -in width, In a full assortment of new designs.. - e ' 8 pleces BLACK FRENCH VENETIAN CLOTH, 47 . extru_' 'SPECIAL. 85¢ Yard. ........... inches wide and . heavy quality. 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Don’t miss an opportunity to buy : CHAMBER SUITS, PARLOR SUITS, DINING TABLES and CHAIRS, in fact everything for household use at MACKAY & SON ALEX. 718 Market St. GOOD COOKS HAVE USED IT EORSO YEARS = ] ~ I el 4l MERRILLS | BN poWDER STATEMENT | —oF THE— | CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— 'HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F HARTFORD, IN THE STATE OF CON- necticut, pn the 3ist day of December, A. D. 1897, and for the year ending on that day, as made ‘to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, pursuant to_the provisions of - sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Com- missioner. CAPITAL. $1,250,000 00 Real estate owned by company. $647,000 00 Loans on bonds and mortgages 5% Cash market value of ail RN and bonds owned by company..... 8,724,568 T8 Amount of loans secured by pledge of bonds, stocks and other market- & able securities as collateral 14,800 00 Cash in company’s offi 73,224 05 Cash in banks. 43545 44 Interest due stocks and loans. Interest due and accrued on bonds and_mortgages.... ... 28,988 49 Premiums in due course of collection 1,107,871 37 Rents due and accrued 1,004 44 . Total assets 56 75 Losses adjusted and unpai L(‘nlu in process of adjusf n reinsurance 50 per cent. Gross premiums on fire ning” more than -one year, $5,133,- §22 07;_reinsurance pro rata. : Commissions and brokerage due and - to become due......... e 75,000 00 " Total labilitles ......... % = % INCO! Net Clllh actually g es. 2 498 19 fié‘é‘éfi‘.fi‘m interest and dividends L on_ bonds, ‘stocks, loans and from’ all gther sources. $18.757 63 Received for rents. 6,735 35 -, Total’ income .. 5 BXP 1d for fire losses (in- of pre- 8 33,212,619 45 Net aniount “cluding $453,630 85, losses 375,000 00 903,621 37 - , clerk: 434,730 37 tional AR pivaents and expenditires Sondss 18 " “Total expenditurés ................$5,50,08 01 Lisses tncurred durinig the vear.....g 1870 18 Risks and Premiums. |Fire Risks.|Premiums, ‘Net amount of risks writ- ten during the ve Net amount of risl $591,818, 44187, 236,258 32 589,274,573| 7,360,465 08 201 res.s0u006] 9,476,388 39 GEO. L. CHASE, President. . P. C. ROYCE, Secretary. and sworn to before me this 12th ot h:nulrri‘g" SCOTT, Notary Public. H. K. BELDEN, Mavager Pacific Department. - - WHITNEY PALACHE, Assistant Manager, 813 CALIFORNIA ST., SAN FRANCISCO. Special Agents and Adjusters: d.d AGARD, J. J. DEN N M. L NIS, JOBN bscribed Sul day W. T. HESS, NOTARY PUBLIO AND ATTORNEY-AT LAW, Teah Fioor, Koom 1015, Claus S sels Bide. ywn 3L -.ldlm-.ll st., below Powsll, Weekly Call, $1.50 per Year