The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 24, 1900, Page 5

THE SAN LiliNCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1900, FIVE BATHERS ~ PERISH IN A P““h‘ifiém i |Pitiful Ending of a Day's Trader King Shoots Farmer| Outing of the Wiley Church at Two Reck Family. Valley. — | Litle Son of Mrs. Wiley Witnesses the Terrible Accident, but Is Too Frightened to Run for Aid. S HURDERS A TRAGEDY FOLLOWS A TRIVIAL QUARREL ——gies . Flight of the Slayer, Who Is Being Pursued by a Mershal and | Special Dispatch to The Call TURA, July & terrible accident ted in the eastern section of this Pesse and Two cou to-day, when five persons were Sheriffs, | arowned in Wileys Lake. The dead: ! | MRS. BYRON H. WILEY, aged —_— about 40 years. A. WILEY, daughter of Mrs. B. H. Wiley, aged 13 years. MISS FOSHUN, aged 19 years. — BRCDERICK, a young man. BOY, aged 13 years, Special Dispatch to The Call | name un- are as follow e went in bath- raft, which sud- and some of the ater. The others cue their wobble 0 d a child ab bank and )t ftuated ne witnessed tened to run for aid. ed from h r the Wiley resi- rom Fillmore. It cre of ground, and the but tweive feet. I s fright. water | Wiley water | €O - FIND ]ECEB..ATH‘S BODY. | Sea Yields Up Its Dead to Watchers at Camp Goodall. tspatch to The Ca ONVILLE, July e pat rolling the WATSC 3. — About 4 ient watchers Camp Good- past sixty ov- f John 8. McGrath, one of accidentally drowned noon who was one of the r the mouth of the perceived the body being in the surf. He waded ou hours re give up its dead. n the remains to- train the body lara for final Inter- McGrath's body saddest accident the Camp Miss Lottie v and her ywed to the city of the dead by concourse of people. The body of Miss Mamie Dunn was forwarded here to her home in San CATTLEMEN SHOOT DOWN BIG BAND OF SHEEP Slaughter Intended to Serve as a Warning to Herders Not to Cross Wyoming Line. F E Wyo., July 23.—A courfer ning from the n County with the orado, had Martin John- ming line, in heep. were shot down, but the ere not molested, but were warned to bring no more sheep across the Wyoming line. Reaffirms Vroman Act. ES, July 23.—Judge Fitz- ered a decislon in the Super- ere to-day reaffirming a pre- n making valid the Vrooman improvement act of the Legisla- A large amount s involved. .t SS PIT IN A TTOUNTAIN Discovery of a Wonderful Chasm, That I& Uncovered by Workmen in Blasting Rock in Santa Cruz County. X Special Dispatch to The Call, SANTA Cruz, a cRO; 23—Tp in the : foothills, twelve miles fr Santa overed. For aught man knows to the 3ut the persons who discovered it great cave. ich has been added to the natural won- few d ago in a most singular man- g lime rock near Ruseell's new kiln. one of the blasts had settled, the men went to Workmen wer » dust and sm re ove ". y.:r» r astonishment they beheld an orifice in the ,\.xyvyu edly solid mouth of a pit that wned black and forbid- ing When the d coverers recovered from their surprise they determined to of the cave Great rocks were hurled down the pit. The the falling stones @ be heard, growing fainter and fainter in scent, but no H-m.“! of their striking bottom nor splash, if there Is a erranean stream, could be heard. Then the men threw down sticks of If they explode none of the men listening heard the faintest may be that there is a great cave at the bottom of this pit, but it for some dauntless explorer—some one who has extraordinary cour- venture into the chasm The cavern is located at the headwaters of Laguna Creek, which furn- jshes the water supply of Santa Cruz. Not far from the cavern the creek dis- ng an underground channel, and reappears about a mile below It is probable, therefore, that the water flows through the cavern great depth. As the creek sinks some distance away, it is further rea- nable to suppose that the pit is one of the entrances to a great cavern or eries of rerns, which extends far °r the mountain. be that the blast of the limekiln workers has amoth Cave @it e oo el O MISS CAROLINE KEYES MUST GO TO PRISON 3 | chises asked for. One is along Eleventh street nother on Fizueroa, Eleventh Claimed to Be an Endeavorer, but Is| and Olive streets, and another to extend ; rom Echo Park along Bellev vel Denounced as a Vulgar | Bartlett, Figueroa, California - and - Hijl e depths of the 1t uncovered another geles Traction Compan: | £or Tranchises to exion | street railway to-day applied through an entirely new 1w a ntirely new district. There are three distinct fran- Thief. | streets and Broadw: TLONDC Miss Caroline E. | ECIRS, g 3 s, who pleaded ty a week ago in ‘ Lumber Cars Smashed Up. ylebone Police Court, London, to | SISSON, July 2.—FEarly this morning | as a crew of the McCloud River Company Rallroad was switching cars loaded with iggregate value of £22 jumber, which they had on the long spur the on Ho- | which conne their road with the and who | Southern Paclfic, the cars ran down the de to a point close to the main line, here there is a sharp curve. Here ‘they lett the track and plowed along in the soft sofl for three hundred feet. The cars were wrecked and the lumber broken. The spur is two miles long and has a grade of 200 feet to the main line one-half mile below this point. aling a gold watch. a ush and articles of me to London to | Christian Endeavor | gate from a church 4 sentenced to three mprisonment. The evidence | ywever, that she had ho connec- | tever with the Christian Endeav- | were further evidences of thefts —————— 10 he masitrate i sefencing | San Francisco Contractor’s Fatal Fall. . prisoner described her 8s a vulggr | REDDING, July 23.—Charles Jones of f. ot R, - San Francisco, a contractor, was fatally 3 injured to-day at Anderson. He was To Extend Los Angeles Trolley Lines. | working on a building when the staging LOS ANGELES, July 22.—The Los An- broke and he fell forty feet. accident as | hot day and Mrs. | and had slaughtered over | B e o e s | @ desperate fight with the officers. DEATH PANS UT BETTER THAN MINERS Three Persons Die Daily and Claims Hardly Show Color at Nome, Tales of Hardship, Distress and Law- lessness Are Told at Victoria by Recent Arrivals From the Camp. — Special Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C.,, July 23.—Lawrence | Sinclair, Caspar Kossuth and George W. | Hazen, the two former of Dawson and the | latter of Portland, have returned from Nome by the Yukon route, and in inter- views given by them °they add to the gloomy view of the district expressed by others. Mr. Kossuth says Nome is a frost with- out any assistance from nature. The city | is contained in a long street, wherein live 18,000 to 20,000 people. There is another tract of land supposed to be a street, but it is all mire and swamp. Great quantities of goods of all description are piled high on the beach, including tons | and tons of machinery and gold ma- hines of all kinds. Regarding the mines | Mr. Kossuth stated that for a distance of about eighty-five miles, from Topkuk to ten miles above Nome, the ground has been worked over thoroughly. The creeks are small and narrow, and owing to the great size of the claims ked no | room was left for more stakers. Lawrence Sinclair, who left Nome July 4, sald Nome is the most lawless camp in the world. He was in the Cripple Creek pede, and with all the lawlessness of place there never was anything to 1 the unabashed deviltry of all kinds me. There may be gold at Nome, id, but he did not see a color that did me from down the river or on the s. The beach was long ago He panned thirty pans on 2id to be the best ciaim on the In one pan there may have been uch as two cent The owner said aver v stampe that beach. ge was $3 day rnest Dechenes, who left Nome on July said: At Nome during three days about the end of June thére were five shooting affrays and five men were buried 2 result. Many people have been ed in crossing the mouth of the Yu- hile going to St. Michael. Many | have been washed on the beach | are others that will never be One steamer picke up three ts well out in Bering Sea. Thelir occu- nts had been carried out by wind and | tide from the Yukon and were in despalr | when picked up. The bodies of seven men and two women were picked up close to- gether."” Hugh Madden says that the fuel famine | | worked great hardship. Wherever there | is a fire there are people waiting, frying- bodies and there found e pan in hand, for a chance to warm up something to eat. He saw as many as thirty people waiting. Water sells at three pails for a quarter and meals are a dollar. orge W. Hazen of Portland say ome is the greatest fake in the h 3 of the Pacific Slope. The beach Is a frost, the tundra_ a joke., the creek limited, shallow and not phenomenal, and the town a bubble.” It cannot support more | than 300 persons, Hazen s and there | | were 1500 persons without a place to sles | when he was there. The health of the town was in a deplorable condition. There were thirty es of smallpox, to his knowledge, many sa typhoid and pneumonia. A pesthouse had | been built at the back of the tundra, and funerals averaged three a day. | PRI PLACER MINES NEAR JUNEAU. Diggings at Glacler Bay, Which May Have Been Located by Rus- sians Many Years Ago. sh., July 23.—Juneau has a fu r mine excitement, ac- cording to advices brought from the north | to-day by When v 18 a r dig- v, about 150 miles dis- xisted as to the w:wers! overies. Not a few | diggings found and ated ago by the Ruse In any event, the finds are most promising. It is claimed for them that d more, and much | { tant. Some doubt being really new ¢ | believe them to b Fully 200 people, gone from Juneau | alone to the scene of the new discovery. | in the mouth of Glacier Bay 1 to contain gold. INCORRIGIBLE IS THIS YOUTHFUL BURGLAR | Manuel Morris of San Rafael, 12| Years 0ld, Is Arrested on a | Charge of Larceny. | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. 5 | SAN RAFAEL, July 23.—Manuel Morris, | the boy burglar of this city, was arrested | here to-night by Constable Trainor on | | | complaint of Mrs. Barron, who to-day, be- | | fore Recorder Gardener, charged young Morris with the crime of larceny. The boy is about 12 years old and small for his age. He was placed in jail here to- | | night. | The local autharities have been put to | considerable trouble through the criminal | | tendency of the Morris children, and are at a loss to know what disposition to make of young Morris. About a month ago he was arrested on complaint of a {ocal merchant, who accused him of lars ceny. /The boy was released on account of his youth. His parents, in order to con- | trol him, built a jail in 'their basement, and the boy from time to time was kept a prisoner in the hope that he would see the error of his ways. A pair of hand- cuffs was added by his parents to the list of punishments calcuated to reform him. They have been unable to effect any change in the boy's habits, and a serious problem in youthful degeneracy iIs passed up to the local authorities. e i Christian Church Convention. | Special Dispatch to The Call. | 'SANTA CRUZ, July 22.—The Christlan | Church Convention opens to-morrow at Garfield Park. The attendance this year | promises to be larger than ever before. Every train brings in a number of dele. gates and many from the valley are com ng overland. The park has been trans- formed the past week into a tented city | and over two hundred persons are camp- ing. Every room in every cottage is also | cecupled. . | On the grounds is an immense _tent which is used for dining purposes. There is also_a postoffice, transfer office and a general merchandise store. The convention opens this evening_at the Tabernacle, when Rev. P. L. McHuat- ton, pastor of the local Christian Church, | will welcome the delegates. To-morrow the Ministerial will convene. Conventian - Want a Distribution of the Estate. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, July 23.—James Dougherty, sole surviving executor of William P. Dougherty, deceased, has flled a petition for the disfribution of the estate. William Dougherty died in 1594, leaving a_widow and six children surviving hgom. His es- tate was appraised at $367 ——— Salmon Still Running. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SANTA CRUZ, July 23.—The salmon run still continues, and cvery morning the visitors are out enjoying this sport. To-day every boat returned with from three to six salmon, many of them weigh- ing as high as twenty pounds. i Capture of a Bank Robber. - PORTLAND, Oregon, July 23.—Joseph Rapley, wanted in Willlamsburg, Va., for robbing the Peninsula Bank on May 24 last, was arrested here to-day. Three men robbed the bank of $3500 and escaped after 1 CANNERS CALL THE MILIT 10 STEVESON British' Columbia Village Will Be Under Mar- tial Law. Leader of the Strikers Is Arrested at the Point of a Pistol, but Two Policemen Are Beaten. g Specfal Dispatch to The Call. © i 3 ? ; VICTORIA (B. C.), July 24.—At midnight Colonel Worsnop, commanding the Duke of Connaught’s Own, is- sued an order for a full turn- out of battalions from Van- couver and New Westminster. They will go to Steveston at 2 o'clock. All the men will be armed and have a supply of ammunition. The town will be placed practically under martial law. + [ R e e s s aaasassssny ) VANCOUVER, B. C., July 23.—The first show of firearms on the side of the police in the big fishermen’s strike at Steveson took place this morning. Provincfal Con- stable Lister arrested Frank Rogers, one of the leaders of the strikers, for violence to non-strikers. The mob attempted his recapture, but Lister drew his revolver and covered those nearest him, who slunk away, but not without capturing two spe- cial policemen, whom they handled roughly and passed along to the rear of the crowd, where they were liberated with a warning. At noon the Japanese announced their determination to go out fishing, and on being warned by the white fishermen that they would be shot if they did they mus- tered all their forces and proceeded to where 300 white meeting and displayed their full strength, there being fully 300 little brown men in the crowd. They then lined up four deep and paraded the streets, some of them carrying revolvers, To-night the white fishermen are mak- ing vicious threats regarding the destruc- tion of property. The Dominion Govern- ment wired the Provin¢ial Government to- day that it was the duty of the British Columbla Legislature to look after the fishermen, not the Canadian Government. As the Provincial Legislature has not acted upon the matter the canners wired that they would have the militia called out according to the laws of Canada gov- erning such cases, namely through three Justices of the he canners a now aw the Japanese to fish in the river. 3 should be again intimidated by the whites P R R R RS they will call out the militia. It is ex- pected that the Vancouver Volunteers, under command of Lieutenant Colonei Worsnop, will be chosen for duty. ZUMWALT IS AGAIN ARRAIGNED FOR MURDER Spectal Dispatch to The Call. PLACERVILLE, July 23.—Isaiah Zum- walt, who, on the evening of June 7, mur- dered his divorced wife Julia A. Zumwalt, his son George Zumwalt and his infant granddaughter, was this afternoon ar- raigned in the Superfor Court upon a new information filed to-day, charging him with the willful murder of his son, George Zumwalt. Judge Frederick Adams of this city has been retained to defend the aged tripie murderer. Counsel asked until Wednesday, July 25, at the morning session of court, to plead to the information. The motion was granted by the court. Zumwalt become a physical wreck since his incarceration in the County Jail in this city. He refuses to speak to amy- one, giving no signs of recognition when his sons visit him. The defense that will be made for him will, without doubt, be based upon a plea of insanity. The frial will not take place until after the mid- summer vacation of the Superior Court, which will be from the first Monday in August until the first Monday in Septem- ber. H erferieet Scramble of Locators Yuma [lay Yet Result in Shooting Affrays. thelr rights. tion will require a chemical anaylsis. a number of miners overlap and it is trouble will ensue. CHAUTAUQUA FEATURES. Sunday-School Normal Study 'and Jubilee Singers at Pacific Grove. PACIFIC GROVE, July 23—To-day marked the opening of another depart- ment of Chautauqua work—that for Sun- day School normal study. This depart- ment i3 under the directorship of Rev. J. H. Young of San Jose, and is, thus far, quite successful. To-day’s exercises began at 9 a. m. with a resumption of the regular classes and schools that were abandoned for the Sat- urday and Sunday holiday and at 11 o'clock the daily forum hour talk livered by Mrs. M. H. Wagner, her sub- ject being *‘Chinese Reminiscences.” The Metropolitan Jubilee Singers, a_company ém of students fr some of the negro schools of the th, gave two concerts, afternoon and evening. The afternoon programme consisted entirely of ‘‘camp meeting”’ and other old-fashioned- relig- jous negro songs, and the evening pro- ramme was composed of plantation bal- ads and negro melodles of the South. — Sacramento Licenses Poolrooms. SACRAMENTO, July 23.—The City Trustees to-night repealed the anti-pool ordinance and passed one providing for a license of $500 a quarter on poolrooms. Funeral of Abram Mann. Special Dispatch to The Call SANTA CRUZ, July 2.—The funeral of Abram Mann, the retired capitalist who died in this city, was held from the fam- shermen were holding a | LDING THE OIL CLAITIS WITH GUNS Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, July 23.—There is much excitement among the miners in the eastern part of this county and the residents of Yuma over the discovery of what is believed to be a bed of oil In the pot-holes district on the Colorado River, about fifteen miles north of Yuma. the discovery and a scramble for land within the belt became so exciting that some of the first locators were compelled to use rifles in protection of Persons who arrived late upon the scene attempted to encroach upon the claims already taken up and bloodshed was narrowly averted. Several thousand acres of land were flled upon and a number of people are still staking out claims in the vicinity of the original discovery. locating ten clalms of sixty acres each were filed in the County Recorder's office to-day by persons who were among the first in the fleld. find will amount to will depend entirely upon development, as surface indica- tlons are not suflicient to determine anything definite. of an ofly substance that has oozed out of the ground in large quantities in a number of places. While the substance has the appearance of petroleum, it has been evaporated by the summer heat to such an extent that its classifica- o | according to the opinfon of experts, are very favorable and the existence of a large body of petroleum in that diserict is highly probable. DA FOR LI FRON IR Thrilling Experience of Los Angelenos in the Santa Anita Canyon. s e FLAMES FURSUE THEM DOWN THE MOUNTAINS | Fiercest Conflagration Known in Years Is Devastating the Sierra Madre and Imperiling Many Campers. L T Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, July 2.—Pursued by roaring flames, fleeing for their ltves dowa a rocky canyon and in imminent danger | of a terrible death, was the thrilling ex- | perience of a party of Los Angeles signt- seers yesterday, who had driven out to the foothills to observe the mountain fire. When the fire was first observed a tally. ho party from Los Angeles had driven to the mouth of the canyon early in the da; The party consisted of Mrs. E. Walter, Mr. and Mrs. E. Nicoll, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Kresling, Misses Lizzie Rapp, Emily and Annette Fritz and Bertha Walter, | and Otto Harms, John and Wili Schlalos and Fred Walter, all of Los Angeles. They left the vehicle and went up tie canyon on foot. The flames were spread- ing rapidly and the sightseers had to run | for thelr lives down the rocky steep. They | succeeded in wetting their clothes at two | different places and at one point crossed | the burned dis The roaring of the | fire warned the driver of the tally-ho, and he sent his horses at a gallop to a neigh- boring clearing. By good judgment the party eventually reached the conveyance. Not in vears has so great a fire as now is raging in the Big and Little Sarta Anita canyons of the Sierra Madre rangs troubled the forest 1angers. So far abou: fi quare miles of mountain territo ave been burned and many campers have been in peril. W. H. Border, the Forest | Commissioner of Pasadena, Is directing the energies of a force of fifteen fire fight- ers, but the number is inadequate to the magnitude of the work. At 12:20 yesterday noon the fire started | from a spark that was blown from the smokestack of a drilling outfit that is operating at the mouth of the canyon. The dry period has been augment- | ed by the prevaillng hot wave that yesterday reached 93 degrees, | causing everything to be dry as tinder. The drill crews worked hard to subdus the flames. Their efforts were baffled, however, by the sudden breeze that soon caused the entire forest to be like a fur- | nace, the flames sweeping furiously up | the sides of the canyon walls. Sturtevant’'s Camp_ with it arge num- ber of temporary sojourners and its va'- able property, has had two narrow es- capes from tofal destruction within tne | past forty-eight hours, and that it has | aot been wiped out is due to a miracle, as | the fire is but one mile from that resort. | From Martin’s Camp, on Mount Wilson, | the report is received that the fire is | spreading, that the flames are Dbeyond | control and that the element is working its way slowly north and south and sweeping evervthing before it. So fa there has been no loss of life, but an im- mense amount of damage caused by the | burning of timber. GERONIMO GOES MAD. One of the Most Bloodthirsty Indians Known in History. ! VINITA, I T., July 23.—After a long | period of detention at Fort Sill, Geronimo, one of the most bloodthirsty Indians that | ever figured in history, has gone stark | mad. He is a prisoner at Fort Sill, O. T. g Charged With Manslaughter. TACOMA, Wash, July 23.—S. Z. Mitchell, Superintendent F. L. Dale, As- sistant Superintendent Charles H. Purdy | and Motorman F. L.'Boehm, of the Ta- coma Rallway and Power Company, ap peared before the Superior Court to-day and gave bonds in $5000 each for their ap- pearance in court to answer the charge | of manslaughter in connection with the street car disaster of July 4. They were igl\'fin two weeks to plead. ettt for New Fields Near A rush made for the scene of Notices Just what the The prospect consists | The geological conditions, however, The claims of feared that if ofl is really found ihat {folrolefuintaliafodefuiviuietoflel @ ily residence to-day. Rev. Mr. Ferguson of the Congregational Church officiated. The deceased was a native of New York, and came to Santa Cruz from Kansas City, where he was a prominent business man. He was 73 years of age and leaves a wife and family. - Portuguese Elect Delegates. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SANTA CRUZ, July 23.—The local lodge of the Portuguese Union has elected M. C. Bettencourt, M. S. Lima and Matthew Maciel delegates to the Grand Lodge of the Portuguese Union, which will soon meet at San Jose. The Grand Council of the Catholic Ladles' Ald Society will convene at the Hotel del Mar the week commencing August 28. ittt San Jose Ladies’ Band on a Tour. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, July 23.—The California La- dies’ band, the only musieal organization of its kind in the State, left to-day for a concert tour of the south. s Gatos, Capitola, Santa Cruz, Salinas, Pacific Grove, Watsonville and Hollister will be visited. Burglar Weeps on Being Sentenced. STOCKTON, July 2—W. C. Nlemann, convicted of burglarizing a Main-street cigar store, was sentenced by Judge Budd his morning to serve five years in San Quentin. Niemann wept bitterly upon re- ceiving the sentence. —_—————— Days for Oil Scrippers. LOS ANGELES, July 23.—The local land office report that large numbers of LIABILITIES. rocess of Adjustment or [ e T s Gross premiuma on Marine and In- | land Navigation Risks, $——; re- surance 100 per cent.. 32,040 12 SALVATION ARMY Praise Dr. Hartman’s Free Advice for Afflict =S B Captain Clara Ward. Miss Clara Ward, Captain in the | Salvation Army, in a letter from Ogden, Utah, writes: “As a tonic I find that Peruna is much to be recommended. It is cer- ainly the best medicine | know of to | build up any one worn out with work or broken down in general health.”” | ille, Tenn | farther. | advice and ed Women. writes: “My health has completely broken down and has been for almost a year. I could not rest day or night, but suffered constantly untcld misery. Tried remedy after remedy. but found no reiief until Peruna was recommended to me by a friend. I have taken one and a half bottles and am to-day well and hearty. 1 shall always praise Peruna, for I feel it saved my life.” Mrs. Sarah Gallitz, Luton, Iowa, writes as follows in regard to Peruna and Man- alin: 1 was suffering with the change of life. I had spells of flowing every two or three weeks, which would leayve me nearly dead. I had given up hope of being cured, when I heard of Dr. Hartman's remedies and began to use them. I am entirely cured. and give all the credit to Peruna and Manalin.” It is at this time of the year that the weak, nervous woman is most prostrated and least able to perform the daily rou- tine of duties that falls to her share. She has no ambition and her work drags upon her at every swE. It seems never to be completed, and she never feels able to go on with it. As a rule she keeps bravely at it, often uncomplaining an atient until she breaks down completely and can go no It is to these tired, listless, un- women that Dr. Hartman offers encouragement free. If all such women will write to Dr. Hartman, giving a full account of their troubles, he will answer promptly free of charge and tell them what to do and what to take to make a new woman of themselves. His advice costs nothing and the medi- cines are not expensive. Every woman who follows his advice is greatly bene~ fited, and the great majority are come pletely restored to their youthful health and strength. A book entitled “Health and Beaut will be sent free to any woman by Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio. happy serip locations are being filed since the recent decision of United States Circuit Judge Ross favoring this class of loca- tions. The scrippers are filing over lands | n the varlous oil districts where placer | ofl locations have been made. o Discuss the “Wrecked Dollar.” LONG BEACH, July 2.—At this morn- ing’s s on of the Chautauqua Mrs. B. Lewls gave an interesting lesson he Order of the Precedence of Mo- She touched upon debatable and | tions. undebatable motions. Mrs. Dutton, in the | hour devoted to domestic science, gave & practical talk on meats. The ‘“Wrecked Dollar” was the subject of the afternoon fscussion. PR R TS AR Earthquake at San Diego. SAN DIEGO, July 2.—A slight shock of | earthquake was feit in San Diego at 6:40 a._m. to-day. The maximum_temperature for Sunday and to-day_reached %3 in the shade, the hottest in July for eight vears. In some parts of the county the temperature reached 115 degrees vesterday and to-day. -— Drowning of a San Franciscan. TACOMA, Wash., July 23.—Grifith Wil- llams, a coal passer aboard the United | States transport Rosecrans, fell from the | dock early this morning and _was drowned. His family lived in San Fran- cisco. INTERESTS THE COAST. Pensions Granted, Postal Changes and Recent Army Orders Issued. | Spectal Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTON, July 23.—Postoffice di continued—Home Valley, Skamania Cour ty, Washington: rpail to Stevenson. Pensions k) California— riginal—Willlam R. Nel Angeles. 36; Charle: 8 cles, 35 Horace E. $6; John Brooker, Artesia, $. | Orego Orignal—Henry R Wilson, | ortland. $8: Jacob Sanders. Vistillas. $8. Wash‘1 ston—Original—Joseph W. Mar- qott, Scattle, $12; Agnes Reichenbach, Spoks & ¢ _orders—Acting Assistant Surgeon | Harry R. Lemen, at Alton, Ill.. and Major T. P. Varney, additional paymaster, U. 8. V., now in Cuba, are ordered to San | Fran o for assignment to duty. —— Democratic Headquarters. CHICAGO, July 23.—Headquarters for the campaign will be established by the Democratic National Committee at the Auditorium here. Senator James K. Jones | | are learning new w arrived to-day and completed arrange- ments whereby the National headquar- ters will be estaklished on the second floor of the Auditorium, which were occupied by the Paris Exposition Comamissioners There are fourteen rooms in the suite, providing ample space for the campaign committee. LI Theatrical Censorship. BERLIN, July 23.—From August 3 Ber- lin will have a special department of theater censorship. comvai/ane THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME kles every day from the young folks of e present genera- tion—one of the mos! g is the fact that good laundry work can be done outside the house as cheaply as if you scrubbed your life away over the tub, Machinery and system tell the tale. Fam- ily trade is a specialty with us. Domestic finish for full dr hirts if you want it. |UNITED STATES LAUNDRY Office 1004 Market Street, Near Poweil Telephone—South 420, Oakland Office—368 12th Street. STATEMENT ——OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS | —or THE— i WILHELMA INSURANGE COMPANY GERMANY, ON THE | O 51t 4805 Decemmver, Ar D, 159, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurarce Commissioner of the State of Califor- nia, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 | and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. F_MAGDEBURG, CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock paid up in Cash $750,000 00 ASSETS. Real Estate owned by Compan 655,806 00 Loans on Bonds and Mortgages...... 8,381,050 00 Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company 221,070 97 Cash in Company’s Office. 22,405 Cash in Banks . - 56,135 80 Interest due ccrued on all Stocks and Loans. Premiu inydue Ce don ¢ B . i : Fire and Marine Risks Due from other Companies for Re- insdrance ... Total Assets miums on Marine Time O T e insurance 0 per cent .. = Liability under other Cash dividends remaining unpa Due for re-insurance. 79,363 79 | 9,459,464 20 | 207 50 | 9.460 59 203 45 9,669, | Total Liabflities . INCOME. d for rine premiums. 539,772 05 Received for in Mortgages 3,912 21 Received for erest and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from all other ‘sou: Received from Tctal Income . 44238 43 | 2,193127 40 | e 83,112,100 15 rees.. all other sources. EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Marine Losses Uncluding _ losses of previous | years) 01,193 08 | Dividends to Stockholders 107,500 00 | Pald or allowed for Commission oF ! Paid for Salarfes, Fees a her eharges for officers, clerks, etc.... 24,008 2§ Paid for State, National and Local ) penditures 1,419,561 30 . §2,044,965 43 Total Expenditures Marine Lostes incurred year . during the ... SAT01ST 05 Mar. Risks. [Premiums. Net_amount of Risks| Written during the| | o 3643, 466 56 223,260,410 | 669,448 49 9,243,598 43,508 | 112,308 91 TH. DAMMANN, Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this May day of 7th, 1960. EMIL ALY, Notary Public. GUTTE & FRANK, GENERAL AGENTS, 303 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. | | Real Estate owned STATEMENT ——OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ———OF THE— MAGDEBURG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F_MAGDEBURG. GERMANY. ON THE 31st day of December, A. D. 1599, and for the year ending on that dav made to the In- surance Commissioner of the State of Calffor- nia, pursuant to the prov 510 and 611 of the Political Code. condensed as per bilank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. A Loans on Bonds and Murtgage: Cash Market Value of all Stock Bonds owned by Company. Cash m Company’s Office St i Cash in Banie . o.. 3 w0615 © Interest due and accrued om all Stocks and Loans....... . . L} | Premiums in due Course of Col'detion 344, Due from other Compantes for Re-in- urance o D wsmm Total Assets .. 567904 13 LIABILITIES Losses in procéss of Adfustment or in Suspense oy Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- ning one year or less, §——: re-in- surance 50 per cent...... Gross pregyums on Fire Risks run- ning mof than ome year, $—— re-insurance pro rata................ Cash dividends remaining unpaid agammst the Com- 198,912 29 Total Liabilities ... INCOME. Net cash actually recetved premiums agavisasbanidss 2,903 15 Received for interest on Bonds and Mortgages ... .40t 84 Received for interest and dévidends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from all other sources.... Received from all other sources Total Income .. EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in- cluding $661,294 91 losses of previous vears) ... > - --$2,926,462 79 Dividends to Stockhoiders. 312,500 00 Pald or allowed for Commission or Brokerage eeeee. TH4,907 99 Paild for Salaries. Fees. and other 209,771 13 Ccharges for officers. clerks, etc..... Pald for State, National and Local taxes ... eoons All other payments and Total Expenditures ... H. VATKE. Pr"t‘ig;ll!. RUDOLF BERNWT. Vice President. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this Tth aay of April. 1960, e GEORGE H. MURPHY, U. §. Vice Consul at Magdeburg. GUTTE & FRANK, Managers, Paecifle Coast Department, 303 CALIFORNIA STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. THE WEEKLY CALL. Enlarged to 16 Pages 81 per Year.