The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 28, 1899, Page 4

4 o HE SA FRANCISCO CALL, THUKESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1899 EBENEZER WORMOUTH COMMITS SUICIDE B e e e e e S e e o ] N\ N Y | B G S e O S o O R SR S e et SiCoy SeCons auan ool THE LATE EBENEZER WORMOUTH. > 5 5 2 + B*deoeieisieie R O CAR SRCER SIORE = - 1 ILL ne: VALLEY the capitalist, who came an overdose of morphine, to-day by hanging himself with a bale rope from the ‘his bedroom. W the body was discovered by before noon s_extinet, and an injection of artificial respiration fafled to bring the old man back to the world o About g Mrs. Levison, the nurse and housekeeper, left him alone & 1 stores to purchase some provisions. W she returned caiting to enter the house on ily m door and knocked, but received no response. d. This was so unu a circum- and looked in the window. She thought t the closet door, and told Dr. Ma bout it. ed the room throug window. knob of the door, passed over the f the door Mr. Wormouth had h his head, so that he would make he had stood ¢ and kicked to one were touching the floor. Dr. Mays found that he had arrived too late. small rope he had used in ending his fternoon from Rafael. An hat the deceased came to his Stockton, and vet been decided upon. mated at from $50,000 to $100,000, which is com- city, 8an Rafael, Sausalito and Port Costa suiclde because his mind had become der v called, has become famous on account of his ac of land, which has been waged in h parties to the suit something like He made a provision fn his will by . Bonestell, to carry on the suit against s really ¥ ator, L. ago Wormouth was sandbagged and robbed at his residence. s looted of valuables while he was in Sausalito, behalf. On the contrary the only pres- and never wore but overalls for trou er of the h for several months. AHGU FBH |s brought to bear upon the Presi- EAPTAIN EAHTEH | dent was from the other side for the B A affirmation of the finding. He recited | eleven instances in what he termed Wayne MacVeagh Be- atives of Captain Carter had im- | portuned the President in the ‘captain’ positive inventions retailed to the cor- respondents of the newspapers during the past eighteen months. Sooner or la- ter he expected to reveal the authors of these reports and expose their motives fore Attorney General. |for proving their truth. He had thought | of asking the new Secretary of War to —_— \Tlgn.llizT his entrance upon his duties | by posting this notice over th TS ASKS /FOR ‘JUDICIAL TRIALY G Bt T o oo e { men “No faisehoods shall be dis- | seminated from this office during office hours. _Mr. MacVeagh also denied that the | finding of the court had been unani- mous, notwithstanding, he said, that | the War Department had so stated. In asking that the court artial ver- dict be set aside Mr. MacVeagh urged the unfitness of such a court, composed ATTACKS FORMER SECRETARY OF WAR ALGER. Ll el Declares That Many Statements Given Out by the Department Were Falsehoods Invented for a Purpose. questions such as those involved in this jc The findings of such a court have | ? | no validity and carry no weight. The Epeclal Dispatch to The Call, | findings were based on a jumble of in- Aelia congruous and discordant charges, ranging from embezzlement and deceit Sept WASHINGTON, Ger [§ gs to-day gave a hearing | in the smallest matters to charges of to Ho: s in | conspiracy of immense magnitude. the court-r ptain Car-| In r«:pl(y to alquel\silhm\frnm the At- ter of tk > .q | torney General, r. MacVeagh ad- e A o ey “lt‘ ‘i‘;:l mitted that no objection to the mis- i ‘]; £ NS DrentAS ey ‘l> i“ i joiner of charges had been made in the 1g tha the President e ed the | court-martial. Mr. Griggs suggested proceedings he would be guilty of an|that the objection should have been act of great cruelty and wrong. The|made at the time, adding that he was record v , he contended, so saturated | eXpressing no opinion upon the merits w that it is impossible | ©f the points at issue. Continuing, Mr. . ey & asked, and a fair trial could not be had | upon such a collection of charges as | had been made in this case. Mr. McVeagh also dwelt on the point that the charges were brought notwith- standing the statute of limitations. He contended that the flagrant vio- lation of this act of Congress was suffi- cient to vitiate the proceedings. He had no doubt that Captain Carter was convicted from the time he plead- ed this statute before the court, but this was done under advice and was at least legitimate. With reference to the checks issued by Mr. Carter, Mr. Mac- | Veagh contended that he could not un- | der the law have avoided their issu- | ance. The same was true of every act | performed by him in this connection; not one act was optional. Speaking of | the high price for sérvice paid by Cap- tain Carter, 'Mr. MacVeagh said they were paid on lettings after advertis- | ing; hence the profits of the contract- |ors were not legitimate _evidence against the officer in charge. Moreover, in many instances the prices pald were no higher than those paid for similar service by other officers in like cases. Mr. MacVeagh criticized unsparingly the nesses called for the prosecution of Carter. as well as the action of the court in admitting much of the testimony denouncing much that was sald as lies, One of the witnesses, he said, did not | complain of his being a llar “because he |'was born so,” but of his being used by Colonel Barr and Captain Gillette after he wa: ed to be a llar. Another wit- represented as having received | the money on a check which it is charged went to Carter's account. A third wit- ness who had been calied as an expert engineer was represented as having sworn that he did not know the differe be- tween a cubic vard and a square Mr. MacVeagh closed with a very earn- est appeal for a judicial hearing of the | case, dwelling at length upon the majesty | of the law and appealing to | General Griggs as a lawyer and jurist to { accept his view of the case and counsel the President to prevent the affirmation of the verdict of the court-martial. with errors of in a count the finding. Before proceeding with his argument proper he corrected what he described as erroneous reports concerning the The first of these to which he as a statement that Alger had allowed the attor- | Japtain Carter to take away ession of the record in the he said, absolutely un- el for the accused had ginal record, and had Secratary ney for and keep e represent- RBHAYDEN TR u‘ 7 RB.HAYDE N HELS F ot s i AGERTS PACIFIC COABT SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Tariff Suspended. VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Sept. 27.—Tt is an- nounced here that the Government will suspend the duty on Amecrican corn ex- ported to Yucatan in order that the short- age of grain in that State caused by crop failurc may be relieved. and then to hold somebody responsible | of men untrained in law, to deal with | jpo Attorney | | | resigned as chairman of the general com- | the Chicago Autumn Festival: | breed at the State fair recently held at SENSATIONAL VIDENCE [N HITE CASE Millionaire Always Intro- duced the Indian Woman as His Wife. WILCOX'S TESTINONY All the Witnesses Examined During the Day Gave Evidence Favor- able to the Prosecution. A Special Dispatch to The Call. MARIPOSA, Sept. 27.—The long ex- sation in the Hite divorce rived this afternoon. It w. sonified in Wilcox, a man of Her- culean build, though bent with age. He had a gray mustache a foot long and a nerve that not even Attorney Foote's tic sarcasm and threatening could fe He had a story to tell and he told it, | though at one time a general free fight | seemed imminent. Wilcox has been in the Legislature five times, three times as a Republican and twice as a Demo- | crat, and has during all that time been | on frien terms with John R. Hite, | the millionaire defendant in the divorce | suit. He frequ ited Hite's Cove ranch, and saw Lucy Hite there. Wil- aid that Hite had always treated plaintiff as his wife. He had seen Hite take Lucy on his lap and call her his | dear Luc; The sensation was brought out by W. W. Foote's cross-examina- tion. The leading counsel for the de- fense waded right in to attack the credibility of the witness. " His games of politics was the first mark; then he came to his personal relations with Hite. Wilcox said he had warned Hite against Mrs occasion, prior to la him that he liked Mr: incredible reaso: Hite said he had sustained intima relations with her, and would continue to do so. He said he could not marry her as he was al- Cecelia Nougues. One one t March, Hite told Nougues, giving Hite, as a esence of the defendant, afte riage to the lady. Foote's brought out that witness first that h the case. This start between the s s and witnes; Both Foote g were belliger- ent. “I propose to conduct this exam- ation myself, without interruption by counsel and the threatening looks of the Mariposa blacksmith,” shouted Foote, dramatically. After the wran- gle witness said he had changed his mind. stated would have nothing to do with >d a verbal fi J. A. Wall of the plaintiff’s counsel had Wilcox_ to call and see Lucy when she was in San| Francisco. He did so. He told how the Indian woman in telling her story of Hite’s desertion cried, and described how for many nights she would look down the road from her ranch, expect- ing to see John returning. And this, gald the witness, so worked on his | heart and manhood that he determined | at once to assist in righting the| wrongs of Lucy Hite. The testimony of all the other wit- | examined to-day was along the | nesses lines of establishing the relations of John R. Hite and Lucy Hite. Their | Stories agreed in the main, Hanlon and | Van R. Paterson alternating in the direct examination. On cross-examination by Attorney | witnesses were in some | measure confused. There were no ab- | solute contradictions, however. Alto- gether this was a favorable day for the | case of the plaintiff, who sat silently | in court while the attorneys fought and wrangled over her ca: SUBMITS TO THE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS Charles Truax Resigns Chairmanship of the Autumn Festival Associa- tion of Chicago. CHICAGO, Sept. Charles Truax has Foote these mittee of the Autumn Festival Associa- He issued the following letter: An open letter to the gemeral committee of s been stated by the city press and | epresenting the labor organizations city that sald labor organizations will heartily co-operate to contribute to the success | of all the features of our October celebration | provided I will resign my office as president of | vour committee, I deem it to be my duty to meet this emergency, which I now do by | tendering to you without reserve my resigna- | tion ae your chief executive officer. I assure you of my earnest co-operation in | any way in which I can be of service to your committee. As a mark of your regard for me | T ask that ¥ ccept this without comment or discussior ar as it relates to my actions | and at once name my successor that the work | of preparation may proceed without interru fYton to the end that the citizens of Chicago | the sibility resting pon them in the discharge of the duties ne- cessary to the occasion. The incidents about | Yo transpire in fhis city will appear as pages in our history. Our chief executive is soon to | be our guest, and he will here meet the rep. resentatives of other nations and many dis- tinguished citizens of our own country. These facts give to the autumn festival an inter- national significance that on this occasion, in my estimation, dwarfs men and committees, Sill you kindly consider this a call for a special meeting at the Union League Club at 1 o' clock Wednesday, September 27, at which time I will present this communication in a | formal way. CHARLES TRUAX, President Chicago Autumn Festival. RUSH OF PROSPECTORS TO OTATLAN DISTRICT It Was Known to Be Very Rich, but the Indians Formerly Were Hostile. CHILPANZINGO, State of Guerrero, Mexico, Sept. 27.—The recent rich gold discoyeries in the Otatlan district, this Staté, have caused several thousand prospectors, including many Americans, to rush Into this region in search of W S S IS T S T T B PRSP alth. The Indians living in the mountains near Otatlan have been bringing large quanti. ties of almost pure gold into the settle. ments of that section for many years, but they resisted zll attempts of prospecting parties to enter the rough territory until recently. 2 A few years ago a party of three Ameri- can prospectors entered the forbidden region against the warning of friendly In- dians and all were murdered. iy Two Valuable Calves. WOODLAND, Sept. 27.—Mrs. E. W. Coil, who is traveling in the East, pur- chased two calves of the Brown Swiss P R ST S ST TTTITRe St. Paul, Minn., and shipped them to Woodland by express. They arrived in good condition Monday night. Some iden may be formed of the value of these calves when it is known that the express charges amounted to $1 o b O it ROSNNOONLTEE NG RGITIRELT000000 SUNDAY'S CALL can be pur- § chased from all agents and newsdealers at 5c per copy. KPR RN GT RGN R% | flags and bunting, and, with her freshly | then the Ponce went outside, where her | | aid, it being said that on the above | times. MARCONI’S PREPARATIONS FOR THE YACHT RACES Ponce’s Big Spar Not Set, as It Would Prevent Her From Passing Under the Bridge. NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—Marconi had a busy day to-day preparing for the re- porting of the yacht races for The Call as she paseed the fleet of vessels clus- tering around the warships. 1 DTh};! big P]al{l( :_:ne fsman]‘;r tGraSndte uchesse, will arrive fro - and the New York Herald by his sy8- | 195y to receive ihe Ynstiiations, of tem of wireless telegraphy. A visit to | wireless instruments which will enable the first receiving station at the High- | her to act as the second transmitting Jands of Navesink and a trip to sea on | station during the races. the big steamer Ponce, which is to be | WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Instruc- one of the sending stations, oceupied | % UG FVEN LAY B RRAT, 07 his time from early morning until well | gouip e O Flot B e o . B, into the afternoon. The big spar on | Blish, John T, Newton and George W. the Ponce was not put in place yester- | Denfeld, directing them to report to the day, owing to its great height, which | New York Herald offi to make ar- would prevent the vessel passing under | rangements for witnessing the report- the bridge. The steamer leaves her i:‘sgsn‘ielg’;r;";;‘r;!ng il e i Brooklyn dock Friday morning for | “Aqmiral Bradford has charged the Pier 57, North River, and will not re- |officers named to be careful in their re- turn until after the races are con- cluded. The stick will be erected to- 9 | | ports on the operation of the system, to | fully describe its performance and pre- | sent such facts as will be valuable in morraw, and. on _ Friday Mareoniex- | sent such facts as will be valuable i S a 8 S0d . pects to be sending his messages| gmira] Bradford Is taking particular through air. interest in the matter of wireless teleg- The Ponce, with a large party of |raphy because of the importance of the guests on board, left the Empire Shores shortly after 12 o'clock to-day and went down the bay. As she passed the Olympia and the North At- lantic squadron, at anchor off Tomp- kinsville, she saluted each vessel in turn. The ship was decorated \\'Hhi system to the naval establishment. Admiral Bradford was in conference this morning with Captain Thomas Perry, secretary of the Lighthous2 Board, with regard to the use by the navy of the flagpole at the lighthouse at Atlantic Highlands in the coming | experiments. The Call and Herald will have the use of the pole during the vyacht races. It is proposed in the navy | experiment to_make this point one of the stations and to communicate with it from the two ships, which will be [supplied with instruments. Admiral Bradford wrote to Marconi to-day to make final arrangements for the naval experiments. painted hull and upper works and shin- ing brass work, made a pretty picture. The Erin, Sir Thomas Lipton’s yacht, also received a generous salute, and compasses were adjusted and the en- gines were given a chance to show what they could do. On the return trip the new ship attracted much attention STOLE HIS WiFt L. A. Cole Files a Sen- sational Suit. Auburn. Richardson had an unusually fine apparatus and made his dollar pieces of pure silver. He incidentally remarked when taken that if they had left him alone he would have made times better around Auburn by putting a little more money in circulation. FIRST SESSION OF PAN-PRESBYTERIANS Exercises, Devotional in Character, Are Held at the New York e Avenue Church. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Delegates SEEKS ~ HEAVY ~ DAMAGES |, Tl ie™ X omon ~ Presbyteriuns ch e | DEFENDANT FORMER SHERIFF | throughout the world assembled at 10:30 to-day in the New York Avenue Presby- terian Church to attend the first session OF SAN LUIS OBISPO. of the Pan-Presbyterian Alliance. The church auditorium is one of the most commodious in the city. It is the church which Lincoln attended when he was President, and the pew which he and occupied was an object of r interest to the delegates when mbled. delegates were present to-da xpected that by to-morrow will have reported. The sessions of the alliance will last ten days. The body is purely deliberative and not in any sense legislat Its ca- pacity is entirely advisory. The first session to-day was devotional in character, the services being in charge of the Rev., Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor of the church in which the sessions are held. The opening sermon was preached | by the Rev. John DeWitt, D. D., profes- sor of church history at Princetown Theo- logical Seminary, his subject being “The e i, | The Woman in the Case Has Been | Married Three Times and Has Been Twice Divorced. e TR Speclal Dispatch to The Call his family particul la. SAN JOSE, Sept. 27.—Ten. thousand dollars' for alienating the affections of a wife is the basis for a sensational | suit commenced in the Superior Court this afternoon by L. A. Cole, a Los Gatos carpenter, against ex-Sheriff S. D. Ballou of San Luis Obispo County. | L b t f 3 d Churchq To- Prior to March 1, 1807, Cole and his ATt e hoe wife lived happily together a S | —_— Gatos, where she was engaged in |OUTBREAK OF TEXAS FEVER. teaching school. On that date she = e chand. Ballou is charged | Many Cases Reported in San Joaquin County. STOCKTON, Sept. 27.—Texas fever has appeared among_cattle at several points in the county. Veterinary surgeons have been investigating and have become con- vinced that it s the genuine plague. To- morrow official action will be taken by the officials in the matter. The investigation has been under way for several days and the matter was kept quict in the hope that the alarm might prove false. The affected fattle are lo- cated at several points in the county. s e s SUIT FOR TEXAN LANDS. Property Valued at Two Millions Will Be Involved. AUSTIN, Sept. 27.—Ex-Governor J. S. Hoff is in the City of Mexico, where he is’ making a research of ancient docu- ments in "‘“rG""";"?”‘3;(3'«“3“;2‘*“3‘25 v 5 is wi i i - | the purpose of securin 2 B :r\:(‘;:nfx]r‘;:} (],‘rlbd:‘::(‘l:‘ti:)r; Y °3.‘L’2‘i.,‘;2 jinie Suir}p‘hmf ha1s soon 1o file {nx hehalf of Cole aver-ed that hisiwits hadsAsaertaa | oot o a Ty Sohiir o Takas, i him while he was confined to his room | The town of Corpus Christi is located with a broken hip, sustained while at | on this land and its present value Is about work. She refused to return and said | *! all she wanted to see of him was his obituary notice. About $1000 of com- munity property was divided at that time. Mrs. Cole has been married three Her first husband was G.| Coyle, from whom she was divorced, with wrongfully contriving and intend- ing to injure plaintiff and to deprive him of his wife’s comfort, society and | date he maliciously enticed Mrs. Cole | from her husband’s residence in_ Los Gatos to a separate residence in Ven- tura County and has ever since de- tained and harbored her against the consent of the plaintiff. By reason of | these acts Cole alleges he has suffered | great distress of body and mind and | asks damages to the extent of $10,000. Ballou is well known in this city and lived here for many vears, but for the rast fifteen years has been in San Luis Obispo County, where he became one of the most prominent citizens. Ballou is said to be the brother-in-law of Mrs. | Cole’s sister. | On July 18 last Cole obtained a di- | S Baptist Anniversary. WOODLAND, Sept. 27.—The Baptists of this city held special services yesterday in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organizaticn of the local church. Ravs, Petty of Dixon, Dve of Willows and and J. H. Fuller, the second, died atlAdam<, Banks and Herrick of Sacramento Los Gatos. Cole was third were present and_delivered appropriate addresses. Judge Fisher read a carefully | prepared and _interesting history of the church and other members read & history of its auxiliary branches. —_——— Italy Renounces Her Claims. ROME, Sept. 27.—1It is semi-officlally an- nounced that Italy has finally abandoned 8;'181 idea of acquiring San Mun Bay, “hina. Richardson at Liberty. AUBURN, Sept. 27.—John W. 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Phone Main 16, JANS PHICAPPARATUS, OpTIC PHOTOSA s enmirc "642 MARKET ST INSTRUMENTS " unBER CHOMICLE BUILDING ASH KIDNEY: &:LIVER y A-PLEASANT | LAXATIVE. NOT 1NTOXICATING STATEMENT —OF THE— | CONDITION AND AFFAIRS | ——OF THE— NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY ARTFORD, IN THE STATE OF CON- O 4Rt on the 3ist day _of December, A. D. 1568, and for_the vear ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, pursuant to_the provislons | of sectlons 610 and 611 of the Political ode, | Condensed as per blank furnished by the Com- | {oner. pat CAPITAL. S uj Amuué:lts‘:t Capital Stock, paid ‘.’SLOO?.ODLG_D ASSETS. Real Estate owned by Company. Loans on Bonds and Mortgages. . $306,650 83 810,890 91 2,838,393 00 Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company. Amount of Loans secured by pledge of Bonds, Stocks and other market- able securities as collateral Cash in Company’s Office. Cash in Banks Interest due and accrued on a Stocks and Loans.. Interest due and accrued on and Mortgages. . | Premiums in due | 718 31 260,165 71 i 3 425,680 91 Bills re a s for Fire and Marine Risks. Rentd-due and accrued . Due from other Companies for Re- insurance on losses already paid... taken Total Assets LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid........... Losses in process of Adjustment or in Suspense. Losses resisted, & $98,927 53 | 67,535 91 26,067 76 xpense: including e oss premiums on Fire Risks ru ning one year or less, $1,524,441 re-insurance 50 per_cent Gross premiums on Fire | 762,220 54 | ning more than one year, $1,914,- 94p 58; re-insurance pro rata. | Gross premiums on Marine and In- land Navigetion Risks, re-insurance 100 per cent Marine Time re-insurance 50 990,189 66 Gross premiums on Risks, 1 per cent......... Al other demands agalnst pany Total Liabilities INCOME. Net Cash actually recetved for Fire premiums ... §2,096,839 96 Not Cash actu 48,189 32 Mortgages ... Recelved for interest and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from all other sources. Received for Rent: Profit and Loss—Agent's Balance 141,38 64 | 1,489 91 3158 260 41 | Total Income, EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in- cluding $135,420 08, losses of pre- vious years). Net amount (Including vious vears). $1,094,747 59 Dividends to & 120,000 00 Paid or allowed for Com: Brokerage .. . 405,478 20 | Paid for Salarfes, Fees and other | charges for officers, clerks, etc.... 130,178 98 Pald for State, Natloral and local taxes .. 72,231 42 All_other pa: tures .. 350,563 31 Total Expenditures.. Losses incurred during the year, fire "Risks and Premiums. (Fire Risks.|Premiu: Net amount of Risks! JAMES NICHOLS, President. E. G. RICHARDS, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 22a day of January, 1899. FRED B. SEYMOUR, Notary Publie. & | da¥, as made to the Insurance Commis sions of s Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Real Estate owned by Company. Loans on Bond Cash Market Val Cash In Company’s Office. Losses adjusted and unpaid Losses in process of Adjus Gross premiums on Fire Risks ru Net Cash actuall Net Cash actuaily received for Received for interest on Bond Recefved for Interest and dividend: Received for Rents. Net amount Pald for Sa Paid for All other pa Net amount of Risks| LEADING AMERICAN COMPANIES. STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ~—OF THE— Springfeld Fire and Marine INSURANCE COMPANY S, and for the year ending on ioner provi- ections 610 and 611 of the Political ate of California, pursuant to t Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock, pald up in Cash. = 51, ASSETS. and Mortgages. of all Stocks and ....... 8,313,165 00 secured by pledge Bonds, s and other mar- oc ketable securities as collateral. Interest due and e and Mortgage: : 5 Premiums in due Cours il O vooeesese Bllls receivable, not Matured, e for Fire and Marine Risks. Rents due and accrued... %88 17 Due from other Companies for Re- insurance on losses already paid. 7,144 69 Total Assets.. LIABILITIES. in_Suspense s on Fire Risks ru vear or less, 3119, 545 75 re-insurance 50 per cent.. ning more than one year, $1,808,- 831 31; re-insurance pro rata....... 851,953 84 Gross premiums on Marine and In- land Navigation Ri: re-insur- ance 100 per cent... 2 Gross premiums on_Marine Time Risks; relnsurance 0 per cent....., Commissions and Brokerage due and to become due.... .. BTN Total Liabilities, INCOME. received for Fire $1,785,218 18 premiums .. Ma- rine premium: s ‘and Mortgages 37,134 %5 on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, and £ all other sources 143,354 75 4,794 03 Total Income. EXPENDITURES. aid for Fire Losses (including $132,638 55 losses of pre vious years. = $934,670 18 Net amount paid for . (including losses of pi Dividend 150,000 00 Paid o Brokeragé 238,928 63 charges taxes Total Expenditures fire . Risks and Premiums. [Fire Risks. |Prem| R e T T an written during the FOAT oo St . , 356, ), 806 Pt e o | Year $211,049,678(32,178,027 34 expired during the| | Net: am | vear L.l 204,583,507 | 2,584,642 55 | expired P24 e S AT _year 192,417,221 2,270,651 77 December 31, 1598..... 320,118,172 | 3,439,386 96 | Net amo | December 31 71| 2,700,477 08 A W. DAMON, Presiden . J. HALL, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn .to before me. this 2ist ay of January, 189). P. S. BAILEY Notary Public. PACIFIC DEPARTMENT: 409 California St., San Franeiseo, Cal. GEO. D. DORNIN, Manager. GEO. W. DORNIN, Ass't Manager. CITY AGENCY; 2092 sSansome Street, Henry C. Ahpel & Co., Agents.