The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1899 AT LEAST FORTY LIVES WERE LOST Bedies of Explosion Victims Being Slowly Recovered From the Braznell Colliery. MAASAA RS S R SO SOUPUR obtained to-day It I THE Kno $ ey v ¥ NOWN DEAD, + nine was perfectly well -4 naked lights wers used 4 B lays before the explosion. Ac- < 3 years A to creditable authority not a safe- ¢ A widow and six children g Was 1 in the mine by the OROSORY, widow + & crews - * lnys b g ES, 3: widow and + s Jumes Rat four n 3 4| to lool + I THOMAS, 33; widow + Up - Aren L pended In a large degree, + ROHTE 2: single. + Ratcliffe has not yet re- -+ widow and 4 his narrow escape from + + ie fire boss said: + dled after 4 e that the explosion was caused | e . 1€ en fall which occurred just be- + 23; leaves + plosion. I do not belteve that - * PG tngle 3 As a matter of fact, - 2: leaves + off little gas, but th + 4 comes chiefly from the roof of the pit + TPH MAGYAR, 19; single. 4 After the cxploston I went into the miie - K leaves 4 With the pit boss, I w from - + ain shaft toward the air + leaves widow + ands awa b4 : after-dan 3 3 : a few m BROWNSYTIL ke By S where there was f the ¥ ity e dead | Te is a T were carelessly garded 8 me up e br at 6:20 three cs shaft o bodies are n sight, but of umber the of dead are A. B. Brazr the Stock- were working daifferent orty men % ne b W Iw *“cur- & e w the explosion oc- 1 his £ in front >t the ex- have I heard g... my head 1 to get them after-damp w uld feel was a corpse y as ever 1 did in "hen T awoke some one was forsing - rallow brar we ] x the surface d blowr: s like & bullet from a rifle | POSTOFFICE AT CHICO LOOTED Money,Stamps and Val- uables Taken Away. SUDDEN DEATH Epecial Dispatch to The Call. | CHICO, Dec. 2%4—The boldest plece of ary ever perpetrated in this city oc- curred at the Chico postoffice some time jast night. Burglars gained an entrance by prying the lock from the back door. a sladge hammer they knocked the @il from the safe, and then eavy hammer and chisel drove the lock th gh the doo: The drawers were then pried ) and ire contents of the safe carried Money w taken to the amount aieo $3% worth of stamps and $200 yrth ©of jewelry. The latter was the ty f Postmaster Wilson's wile. valuable including Insur- also taken. account of the muddy condition of rects the burglars were easlly to the grounds of General Bid- ‘here two glass money tills were 3 and where the tracks were lost. Up presnt time no clew to the burglars wen found, but they are belleved to persons whe have been here for some ime, as & few days 2 . '::kll(w.'m ppeared very suddenty. is believed the dog was killed or stolen | the me pardes who robbed the of- fes, wer i — BOLD DAYLIGHT BURGLARY. Jewelry Stolen Prom the Residence of Mayor Collins at Ventura. VENTURA, Dec. 24—A bold burglar en- tored the residence of Mayor J. S. Collins vesterday in broad daylight and secured $:% worth of jewelry. Collins _and daughter, Mrs. he entire day. Threl ES. aenValued at over 310 a valuable plain | Caih Fng. the wedding Hng of Mrs. Mills | 9 all amount of missionary money :-rer:t‘t:.'knen. The burglar left no clew. | atcliffe sald the explosion must } occurred within 1wo or three hundre of the main shatt ie says the weil th air. said the fire be men were trapped there there is no hope that a sing allv The two shafts were was no other exit. 1 1 @ more terrific mine exp pings two feet thick d to- were utterly destroyed. Not « of rock remained. The stone w lowr > dust William Pa tells & sensational 2 s ltved in Brownsvilie for is regarded as a man that Pit Boss Jones on las issued a general or safety lamps might be di and in their x Lt says was and in w which nk it f « ¥ 1 bodies after- thick a 2 rn quicl ing further will be done to remov the mine.” reverent h spectacle nell mine to-da many other e arrived rfontown. will h of the bodies ar OF MAS, DENSON Stricken While on Her Way to Church. —_—— Epecial Dixpatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Dec. #.—Mrs. 8. C. Denson, wife of the well-known San Fran- cisco attorney, dled here this at 3 o'clock as the result of a stroke of apoplexy sustained at 10 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Denson had come up from San Francisco to visit her daughter, Mrs. D. A. Lindley. and to join in a family re- union at Christmas. Her death was whol- ly unexpected, and the shock has proved a terrible blow to her family and friends, of which latter there is a wide circie here. Mrs. Denson was a sister of Chief Jus- tice Wililam H. Beatty of the Supreme Court { Mrs. George E. Bates, whose husb: X of Mrs 3 her husband, ex-Judge S. C. Denson, ves @ son, Hal Denson, and two daughters, Mrs. D. A. Lindley and Laura Denson. Mrs. Denson was on her way to church with her little granddaughter, Mary Lindley, when stricken, and she com- plained 'to the little girl of & pain in the back of the head, and then, as if having a premonition of death, clasped the little one more tightly by the hand and said “Mary, you will not leave m She had scarcely uttered the she swooned and fell to the sidewalk. She was taken jnto A neighboring house and a physiclan was soon at her side. Judge relatives, were with her when she dled. She did not regain consciousness from the moment she was attacked. While vis- | iting her sister in this city some time ago Mrs. Denson suffered a similar stroke, and it was belleved that the next would prove fatal. Mrs. Denson was about 5 years of age. The funeral will take place on Tuesday from the home of her daughter, Mrs. | Lindley. As Good as Men and Malt Can Make Evans’ Ale and Evans' BStout—that's enough- . THENTFONE TN T -~ THER DEATH Heavy Seas Wreck the Boats of the Foundered Steam- ship Ariosto. afternoon | ords when nson and Mr. and Mrs. Lindley | were hastlly summoned, and, with other | LOST OFF MATTERAS 0f the Crew of Thirty, Nine Stay With the Vessel and Are | Rescued by Life-Savers. e | Epectal Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—A special to the n says: The steamship ., Captain bound from Galveston to Ham- burg, was wrecked at 4 o'clock this morn- X miles south of Hatteras, N. C., -one of the orew were drowned. Barnes and eight of the crew aved by the heroic efforts of the ving crew, under Captain Those who lost thelr sted to reach the shore in a . which was swamped, shortly off from the ship. Captain Barnes and the eight men remalned aboerd and were landed by the life-savers n the breeches b but not untll after a struggle which las Wrecking tugs are on the way from here o th hey reach the strand. as the wind ssel's favor st on these Elizab. t Captain were w k fogs have prevailed nd North Carolina , and a number of escaped destruc- night, however, the alr was the wind averaged from fort miles an hour the sea was round the point, which has been g yard of American drow the were along Last but o fifty furlous a vessel of 2630 tons, salled for_Hamburg, via December 17. The skipper, crew, consisting of ir were all Brit The , which had a general cargo, ‘way from port encountered heavy ast patrol from Ocracoke was re- thie it 4 o'clock this lighted a sign » on_board that they w then ran to the sta- the life-savers. Against the life-savers then 3 ba consisting » Liye guns, breeches and car, and st daylight when they reache the wreck, They could see » outlines of a big steamer, but could omplish anything until daybreak. aught up particles of sand, lown into the faces of the I their cheeks were cut a fe. When daylight broke en huddled together on ving the! To laun v reant 2 r gun in po- Ariosto was some d the line fell short. Line after line was fired to the stranded ship, but all failed to reach. In .. meantime the waves were dashing over the ship, Captain led his men to- er for a consultation, explaining to them that the about even if they should take to the boats or wait for the life-saving crew to fire a life-line ard. So far as he was concerned, » captain said, he would wait for the but he left it to the crew to among_them: s. Eight sailors »y wold stick by the captain. These » saved. Twenty-one declared they doomed if théy remained aboard, hey left the ship in small boats. Al of them lost their lives. Th which the twenty-one men one of the regular lifeboats. in ordinary weather, but such a sea. The ship w and with difficulty it wa: ty-on no aft, in urning of t y clamberedin, ) 0 to their deaths. the emaining elght n their periloas position watched boat pu houting luck to the departing ng about on great waves, ors pul # strong stroke, thé boat seemed in a falr g shore, when a wave ghty force on the litile & twenty-one mcn own into the sea, and although s on shore were witnesses of ter they were powerless to ren- » sea swallowed the unfortunate men ¢ for an Instant, for they appeared high on the crest o. a wave, making a desperate figh. for their lives. Fin- , one by one, they sank out of sight. ptain Barnes, a brave mariner, who a the world_over for twenty-five " wept like a child when he saw his rish. he Ocracoke life saving crew stood its ground continued firing lines to the stranded ship. About four hours or the Ariosto first struck a life line cast over the ship's side. Captain Barnes and his remaining men made it ast, and an hour later they had dragged the big hawser aboard. The life-savers slowly ran out the breeches buoy and it reached the shi Through the in safety. blinding spray the men were then, one by | one, hauled to shore, more dead than alive, and by nightfall all were safe. When the disaster was made known here wrecking tugs started for the scene and it is a matter of steam against time |1f they succeeded tn reaching the Ariosto before the vessel goes to pleces. The {Arlnsto was seven years old -and was owned by R. McAndrews & Co. Superintendent Kimball to-morrow will instruct Lieutenant Johnson of the reve- nue cutter service, who is attached to his office, to proceed to the scene of the wreck and make a report of the clrcum- stances attending the loss of life. This |1s the practice always followed by the l‘.fe»sn\‘lns service when there is loss of life attending an accldent to a steamer to which the surfmen have given assistance, | The superintendent belleves the distress- ing loss of life is probably due to the hur- ried efforts of the men to get away from the ship, instead of waltin, until the breeches buoy could be rigged up between the ship and shore and their rescue effect- ed. As the vessel appears still to be In good condition, the men, he thinks, might have remained on her an indefinite time before there was any real danger of lo: ing their lives. Ships hands of “‘deep water”” boats, he thin; take to the boats too often, a practice devoted to coast xm\"'gul((\n. who _realize or the opportunities the breeches buoy WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY STATION FOR NAVY rescue by | | [ for an Appropriation for Its Establishment. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. — Secretary Long has under consideration the advisa- | bility of asking Congress to make a spe- clal “approvoriation for the establishment of a wircless telegraphy tralning station. If he does so, it I8 understood, ibar Ad- | miral Bradford, chief of the Bureau of | Equipment, will recommend that a con- tract be made with the proprietors of the | Marconi system under which the naval | A% appropriation of $20.000 will n appropriation of 000 wi babl | be asked for, of which $10,000 wi I’obe !o{- | first payment on twenty sets of instru- | ments and $10,000 for their use during tne first year.. Each succeeding year the de- partment will have to pay the Marconi company $10,000. These payments will en- | title the department to all improvements ig:g:" Marconi may make in the instru- DN W BESOUCHT W ) TAE LI | Took Poison and Requested That Husband and Babes Follow Her. HER WISH FULFILLED followed by men | Secretary Long May Ask Congress | ervice will be equipped with Marcont in- | L ashore in the surt last night. | Missouri Farmer Murders His Three Children and Com- mits Suicide. | ‘ | ‘ | Epepial Dispatch to The Call. | KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 2.—The| | charred rematns of Willlam J. Thomas, a | farmer, and his three children were found | in the ashes of their home, eleven miles | southwest of Chillecothe, early this morn- tng. It is supposed that Thomas mur- dered the children, set fire to the hou:e‘ and took his own life. | About a year ago Thomas' wife com- | mitted suicide by taking poison. Thomas has frequently told his neighbors that his | wife on her deathbed exacted a promise from him that he would make away with the children and himself and follow her. The dead are: WILLIAM THOMAS, the father, aged 55 years. EDNA THOMAS, 10 years old. DAVID THOMAS, 14 years old. JOHN THOMAS, 18 years old. The affair was not discovered until early this morning, when a neighbor living about a mile distant saw that the house had been burned. He hurried over, and it was a sickening sight that met his gaze. The house had been totally destroyed by fire and the charred and blackened bodies of Thomas and his three children were laying in the ashes. He aroused the neighbors, and in a short while there were hundreds of people at the scene of the traged The Coroner was notified and | an_inquest is being held. Sy b he victim of a long | . It was a re- his wife took A story is told that at the his wife ki herself it was the rstanding between her and Thomas was to kill himself and the chil- , but his nerve failed him and Ci day a Kan: livestock firm took, under a mortga foreclosure, his last hoof of stock. Thomas went to some of his neighbors to try to get help to save his horses, but was refused. Then to town and borrowed a pistol arget rifle. Returning, he stopped roolhouse where his little girl was a a sch attending a Christmas entertainment and 10 k her home. Not till this morning was thing seen of any of the family. » bodies were burned beyond recogni- nd the manner in which they met will probably never be known. The y of a pitchfork the ruins leads to belief that Thomas spread hay over house after murdering the children, set the place on fire and shot him- WO0OD'S SPEECH WAS ; PLEASING TO CUBANS | Citizens of the Island Believe That They Will in Time Be Given | Independence. i HAVANA, Dec. 24—The events of the| last few days have had a great effect on Cuban politics. The circumstances at- | tending the arrival of General Wood and the departure of General Brooke, taken with the speech of the former at the fare- | well banquet to the latter, in which the intentions of the United State: | ment were restated, have sat Cubans that Cuba will certainly | dependent within a reasonable time. More | than this, the arrival and public and pri- | vate utterances of Horatio Rubens have reased the restful feeling that now ap- - exists among all classes. Mr. | s has, without doubt, considerable influence. Wherever he goes he s cheered by the peonls: his room at the hotel is thronged with Cuban officials seeking an interview, and altogether he Is regarded somewhat in the light of an | oracle. Every influence is being brought to bear | to stop the proceedings against the Cus- tom-house appraisers now under arrest on | charges of fraud. The judges, the Su preme Court, fiscal and many other im- portant officials are related to the per- sons under suspiclon. General Wood sa that If the appraisers are guilty they must be punished, no matter who is hurt. If the relationship to the judges is such as to disqualify the latter from giving them an impartial trial a judge or fudges from | some other province will be ‘assigned to | try them. General Wood declares that if | the judges decline to perform their duties | they ufil be impeached In Cuba, just as they would anywhere else. The Partia, commenting on General Wood's remarks at the farewell dinner to General Brooke says: * 1t was a most satisfactory speech, with a _leasing military simplicity. Obviously the United States Government intends to | fulfill_the terms of the joint resolution, and General Wood Is the man selected as the Instrument for this task.” NMONEY MARKET IN BERLIN IS FIRM Exports to America Are Brisk and Consul General Mason Pre- dicts an Increase. BERLIN, Dec. 24.—The advance in the reichsbank rate to 7 per cent had a great effect upon the securities market. Values declined only moderately . There was nothing In the nature of a panle, as occur- red in New York and London. Notwith- standing the fact that the advance In Lon- don exchange continued, reaching yester- day 4 pfennigs above the gold point, gold exports have hitherto been but moderate. The Berlin Joint Stock banks are doing all in their power to prevent exports. The continued rise in London_exchange is due to the fact that New York has sent large amounts of three-months money bills here for discount, taking in return London exchange. A further cause as- | signed s the heavy purchases of American rauway securities by Germany, payment for which is now due at London. These | shares are chiefly Canadian and Northern | Pacific. Private account is declining. Call | money is rising. The outlook for business seems excellent excepting that of dear money. It is impossible to raise money on mortgages, owing to the decline in | house building. which Is expected event- | ually to react upen the iron trade. | Western Germany's car shortage, amounting to 5000 cars dally, is obstruct- ing the coal trade. Nevertheless, the | bourse takes an optimistic view of the | | coal prospects. As a result of this coal | shares are firm. Exports to the United | States are brisk. United States Consul | General Mason predicts an increase of | ,000 at the Berlin Consulate for this quarter. Chemnitz manufacturers report heavy American orders and bright pros- pects for yarns at rising prices. — - SCHOONER WRECKED, Disaster Brought by a Storm Along | Massachusetts Coast. NEWBURYPORT. Mass., Dec. 24— From wreckage which came ashore dur- ing the night and the washing ashore qf' | two bodles to-day it became positively known that the small steamer Laura Marion of this port was wrecked in. at. | tempting to cross Newburyport bar last night. Captain F. M. Sargent of Grove- land, her owner, Engineer Nathan John- son, also of Groveland, and Captain Will- lam J. Pettingill of this place, who were on board at the time, perfshed. the bodies | igation arising from the confusion caused of the first two named being washed LEO INAUGURATES THE HOLY YEAR Pope Officiates at an Impressive Ceremony in St. Peter’s at Rome. ROME, Dec. 24.—The Pope solemnly in- | Deum. Rising to his feet he stepped augurated the holy year by performing |alone within the portals of the vast and the impressive ceremony of opening | empty basilica. The cardinals and others the holy door of St. Peter's at 11| followed. o'clock this morning. The ceremony was | At this moment all the church bells in performed in the vestibule, which was| Rome rang out. Leo stopped before the handsomely decorated, in the presence of j altar of Michael Angelo, where the Jani- the papal officers, the members of the dip- ( tors of the holy door for the ccming year lomatic corps, leading representatives of | kissed his feet. He addressed a few words the Roman nobility and a number of es- | t0 them on the importance of the cere- pecially invited guests. | mony and then proceeded to the altar, After donning the pontifical robes, the | Where the sacrament was offered. Pope, borne on the sedia gestatoria and | !0Wed by a short prayer. Then, advan escorted by the papal guards, proceeded | I8 On the sedia gestatoria to the high al- with the cardinals and the court to the| taT. he pronounced a solemn benediction, Sistine chapel, In the Vatican palace, | 2¢C0Tding to the plenary indulgences. where were gathered representatives of | By quarter past 1 he had returned to his the Roman religious orders and clergy. | PFiVate apartments, having performed the After a brief prayer before the holy sac- | Seremonles with great apparent satistac- - 1 n. He was smiling throughout, bu o o & no e sllehe® | Brew pale and showed signs of fatigic to- vard the end. Nevertheless, Rave nitaries In their state robes being grouped | 1y oo > 3 before the door. Then the latter swung | Lo epmio™ ™ UPOR the door with considera- back, and the officials of St. Peters laved | " p (9™ | the threshhold and the door posts with skt holy water, while Leo opened the psalm, “Jubilate Deo,” which was taken up by the pontifical chofr. The Pope, having covered his head and holding in his right hand a crucifix and | in his left a lighted candle, knelt at tne threshold amid the strains of the Tel silence was maintaincd | Pope gave his blessing, which evoked | loud vivas. The weather was fine and enormous concourse assembled in the p cinet of the basilica. Order was served inside by the pontific outside by the royal carbineers and the police. FELT THE IY | thoroughly, and their attorney at Wash- ington assures them that the ranc held on the uncertain authority of sions by Plo Pico to his courtiers in old ¢ and that the land was to be h by the recipients only until their death Wherefore the present title of the Ross throughout the ceremony, save when the | *u e e | 1 guards and | | | | | | ADVERTISEMENTS. TELEPHONE GRANT 33, EBENBA l'—l' +& C0=+ @ Importing and Retail Grocers, ® ® 222-224 SUTTER STREET @ ® The Compliments of the ’ Season to Our Patrons. SPECIAL! MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. ® OLD GLORY WHISKY, Bot, $1.00 ‘ Gal. $4.00 ® years old: Whisky, Ver- ? GJIIET. Fflme stocir, 6al, 65¢ One of pur best wines. Rex. $1. ® ARRAC PUNCH, reaty for use, Bot. - 85¢ Reg. ARASCHINO, Best Imported Holland, Bot. $1.15 Reg. $1.40, Oolgard's finest liqueur. K AND RYE WHISKY, 85c bot colds and coughs; an agreeab! Rez. § @ APPETIT SILDS, 2 Baneess Anchow 15¢ tin A Gellclous appetizer. L] Reg. 20 © SARDINES, * LEMOINE,” 12i¢ tin Imported French. Rex. 1Sc ® Roc ] brothers seems very fragile I“"| the other hand, an official of the Land O HAND OF DEATH tented in 1574 to a Mr. Tem- ritos was patented to Mr. e asserts that the Los Alimitos | | . | Stearns in 187. There Is ev likelihood Sailors Barely Avoid a ihat the decision of the quesiion will be | left to the court before the Interested [ Watery Grave. parties are satisfied. There Is not a littls | e tracts under one cont d out to the advantage of ———e SAUSALITO, Dec. 24.—Five sallors in the employ of Uncle Sam aboard the rcv enue cutter Rush had an experience & morning which they would not care to re- I be parce people. SILVER MEN WILL wil the peat, even for the pleasure of tell other “tars” in the service why they en- MEET IN CONFERENCE joyed Christmas of "% with a fervor out | of the ordinary. Almost certain death stared the saflor boys in the face for | LoDCtATY League Called Together by | President Rucker to Discuss | what to them seemed an age, though in 2 Silver Brick Case. reality it was only for a few minutes, their rescue being effected in a dramatic Judge A. W. Ruck- | manner when there was hardly a second St. Louls, where he to spare. This morning the five men, with Boat- vain Smith in charge, took the steam and came to town for conferred w men of : posed si ried intc th a number of ding country concerning the r brick suit, which Is to he Supreme Court of the [ the mail, the dally papers and supplies. States. The Judge says no final plan was | On their return the propeller became en- | adopted it is necessary to consult v | tangled in one of the buoys to which | others before the movement is put under | "M:msl are dmunr]m. v;;mlvh hr;ll ;u-tnmv way. He fcund many Democrats in sym- | water-logged and sunk beneath the sur- | . o e r "wet e b g sunabenaatly the sur- o .h with the idea, but Mr. Bryan is yet | broken and the launch began to drift with | t°, be heard from. | the tide. A small anchor was dropped,| “Judging by expressions of prominent but fafled to catch, either bec of 1ts | men who came to St. Louls to talk over | light weight or because there was not | the question,” said the Judge, “the feeling enough rope. is quite strong for the measure. It was | Signals of distress were blown and at- | shown that two suits are now pending, | tracted the attention of those on board one from Michigan and the other from | the Rush, who saw that something was Illinols, in which perhaps the same prin- | wrong with t aunch. Boats were hast- | ¢! iples are to be decided as In the case | u ily lowered and In flve minutes two of | which has been under di on. 1 was them, each manned by four men, were | lnvited to go to Washin, d appear racing for the launch, which had drifted | before the Supreme Court in twe three-quarters of a mile toward Raccoon | cases. It is possible that the whole ques- Straits. A strong tide was sweeping in may be determined In the opinion in through the heads, and it was easily scen now pending. Senator Morgan that if the boats were unable to reach ma and George Fred Williams of the launch in time it would be dashed to | Massachusetts have volunteered to assis pieces on the jagged rocks lining Belve- ht without compensat dere Point, wheére the tide rips around th do the promontory with the speed of a milirace. Owing to the depth of the bay at that point, the fciness of the water and the fact that the rocks were slippery from the spray, it was likely that the shock of contact would stun the five men and make | league to Le their drowning almost a certainty. lay evening, Realizing this, the men In the two bouts bent to the oars as they never had befc and with the tide In their favor the boats falrly flew over the wat One got a length the start of the other, and so close was the contest that at the finish t& were nearly even. The launch was reached and thrown a line when it was within twenty feet of the rocks. Then the men backed oars, and after a long, struggle succeeded in towing t into calmer water, where they s ment. almost exhausted. In a few minutes the resumed their work and towed the launch back to the cutter. The feat was loudly |WIFE DESERTED AND cheered by a hundred spectators who had | HER MONEY GONE{ gathered on the wharf, many of them watching the rescue through field glasses. S PLAN TO PARCEL OUT for the hat If a new c work. ot be commenced in tne Th ate of Colorado. taken is that Congress ler the constituti to d her gold or silver, and the act of I Is vold. Judge Rucker sayvs | he is recelving scores of letters f; parts of the country Indorsing th L. H. Wellingotn of Chicago, Who Married a Wealthy California Widow, Wanted by Police. CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—R. H. Wellington TWO VALUABLE RANCHES AT was arrested to-day on complaint of his Pasadena Men Intend to Settle on the | wife on the charge of abandonment. ey | lington is sald to have borrowed $10.000 Eropertye Mo Hald iiys the | from his wife and then left her. The ca Clarks. will come up for hearing before Justice | PASADENA, Dec. 24.—A Quinn on Tuesda llington lives with her daughters at the Del Prado Hotel. married Wellington several yearsago, | vious to her marriage to him she Spafford, the widow of a weal nother land lit- the conflict of Mexican land grants and United States patents may be precipitated soon by the scheme of an organization of men who are planning to pre-empt the | nian. The money which Wel lands of Los Alimitos and ritos | rowed from her was a legacy ranches. These ranches are the property | left by her former husband tc her eld broker. of Senator W. A. Clark of Montana, “'the Coppker King,” and his brother, J. Ross Clark. who are heavily Interested In the sugar industry in these parts and own factories on each of the ranches. The 1and is devoted to beet raising and is very valuable. The scheme of the organization, in which a number of Pasadena men are concerned, is for the entire company to settle on the ranch as squatters and each one flle a clalm to 160 acres. They have investigated the title of the land very aughter. Wellington i e Westminster’'s Body Cremated. LONDON, Dec. 24.—The body of the | Duke of Westminster, who succumbed ro | pneumonia last Friday at his town resi- | dence, Grosvenor House, was cremated | to-day at Woking cemetery. The de- ceased had been active in the promotion | of cremation and was president of the | Chester Cremation Socety. ) Imperial The new soluble COCOA “It beats the Dutch.” / \ Anotte’ American triumph! "An imurcvement over the finest European products. At grocers, 3¢ Ib. 30c. ~ | Received CHINOIX GLAGE, Candied Limes, ® Finest imported Pr::h -nr(b :’ox ® GERMAN SLICED STRING BEANS, , 2 20c can ' hnittbohnen. Reg. 25, o (IGAR For New Years gifts: s cfally put up; from $i to per box. Country orders s ped free within Men only. Pay when well. No In- curable cases taken. Advice and pri- vate book free, office or mall. Home cures. Letters confidential. 731 Market St., S. F. Take elevator to third floor UNITED STATES BRANCH STATEMENT —OF THE— ' \ CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— HELVETIA SWISS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F_ST. GALL. SWITZERLAND, ON THE day of December, A. D. 1508, and for ¢ n that day, as made to the ssioner of the State o condeased as sioner. 1. . pur €19 and 611 per blank furnished b ASSETS “omm Stocks and ¥ Cash 1o Ba Interset due and and Loana . Premiums in due Courws of Coll Total Assets . of Adjustment or P a . 335,112 39 including expenses..... 2350 00 o re Hisks rune 296,582 81; re- .. ML 0 run- .55 » smun 0,444 17 INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire Premiums ..o..oceeeeene for interest on Bonds, Stoc all other sources $348.217 49 nd d1vidends Total Income EXPENDITURES. Net amount pald for Fire Losses (in- cluding $37,647 02, losses of previous years) . Pald or Brokerage | Paid for Salaries, Fees, nd charges for officers, clerks, eto...... 3,30 9 Paid for Stat tional, and locai taxes .. . 1261900 All other payments and expenditures.. 15.414 71 Total Expenditures Losses incurred during the year. Risks and Premiums. | Fire Risks. Net amount of Risl written during the yeu 50,508,113 | W0 B Net a: t ol expired during the| year 49,432,963 Gars s Net am December 31. 1898 86,425,571 | 372,998 33 SAML. R, WEED. of Yeed & Kennedy, Managers. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 35th day of January, 1899 WIN F. COREY, toner for Californis. SYZ & CO., GENERAL AGENTS, 301 California Street. 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