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NEWS FROM The OCEAN MWD THE WATER FRONT New American Four-Masted Bark Edward Sewall Arrives in Port. Her Coal Cargo Heated Off the Platte and She Was Compelled to Put Into Montevideo in Distress. ECR SSSE The new American four-masted bark Edward Sewall arrived from Baitimore | | | | the same for married men, so wives fake UNITED STATES LAUNDRY via Montevideo vesterday. The ship is a counterpart of the Erskine M. helps, due any day from Honolulu, but ot made as successful a start as that off the River Platte the cargo of coal became of the water that washed P : bow the crew found the deck uncom ¢ hot at times, and finally | the capta ecided to run into Monte- | 1 here it was found necessary to | discharge 1000 tons of the coal in order to save the ship. The discharged cargo was sold tion and the ship came on to | San F ieco. The run from Montevideo {to this port was uneventful. Mate Swept Overboard. Mate Emmett of the British bark Du- rearn had an experfence on May at he will forget in a hurry. A big sea swept the ship and carried him overboard. Luckily he had hold of the main brace, held on until assistance came. He hauled aboard more dead than alive taken to his room. Before the § ¢ . & . ® . 4 ® + 4 . 4 t § ¢ + ® * 5 * ® + - . @ + ® - § & . ® . L4 . 4 * « the Dunearn had been battling | Lo elements for fourteen days, and | @ s el o Serriiip Mmsior A1 | NEW AMERICAN FOUR-MASTED BARK EDWARD SEWALL. ¢! | Trouble on the Beechbank. . &l Captain Buck of the British ship | 5 - | Becchbank is at onts with George W. Mc. | @ 999090004040009090404090+0409040+5+0) deputies. McNear owns a at Port Costa, and the British ship ins assert the water is no good. Me- ly wants to fill the tanks of 1 that loads at his docks, and ns all shy at the proposition. ichanan of the Beechbank was n Friday, and during his absence a nt aboard and told the mate that | ain had ordered the vessel sup- | with water. The mate demurred, | he agent was persistent, so the ship's nks were filled. The Beechbank n the stream, and Captain Buch- ses to go to sea with the Port er. The water-boat Sea Witch has been ordered alongside to-day, and as | soon as the Port Costa water has been pumped out Spring Valley will take its Water Front Notes. | The Marion came alongside Howard No. 3 yesterday and seventy-five tons of coal as put aboard. She was moved out into the stream agalin last pight, and the work of getting her ready for Admission day will begin at once. { The battleship Wyoming' will be launched about 2 p. m. on September &, and the steamer Ukiah is going to carry excursionists to the event. After that there will be a trip around the bay and all hands will have a chance to see the naval BIG RALAOI COMPHAY HAKE WINES POPULER New York Central Booming Products of California Vineyards. ey LR p 1 | Business and Professional Men of the United States Assured of the Excellence of the parade. On September 9 the Ukiah will Vintages. £0 out again, and all the vessels in the bay will be visited and a chance given B ) everybody to see the yacht races. s v un- Percy L. Henderson, the popular chiet | Phylloxera, powdery mildew and sun burn may assail the wine vineyards of California, but the industry of preparing the grape juice for the public stomach, so far as its fame is concerned, continues to prosper. Consumers of the wholesome beverage who have long been prejudiced ! in favor of the French product are discov- | ering that in'the land of gold there are wharfinger, is back from a fortnight's holiday at Santa Cruz. The quarantined steamer St. Paul will be released at 2 p. m. to-day. She has fifty cabin pa ngers from Nome aboard Customs searchers yesterday seized 850 Manila cigars which had been concealed on board the transport Sherman. They will be confiscated as smuggled goods. Sthier Dyt Wed a libel in the United | produced wines that compare favorably the brigantine Piteairn for $30i5 for ma- | With the best in the world. terials and labor furnished. The men who make the wines that are DI R 1, - < e TG bringing fame to the California vine- Dr. Thomas L. Hill, dentist, has re-|yards and cellars say that the worst ene- | turned. 1 0. O. F. buiding. * |mies of the California productions are | Americans—those who are faddists and | think that nothing good can come from | the cellars of this State. It is true that they are gradually discovering their er- ror, but the progress In' this line is not | what it ought to be. | Recently there has come into the field a new champion of the Golden State vint- ages and a worthy and helpful champjon it is. On the ground of merit and possi- bly with some consideration of the ques- tion of loyalty to American industries, the New York Central Railway Company has undertaken to popularize the wines of California by giving them prominence, | not only on its wine lists on the dining | ana buffet cars, but it is making a fea- | | ture of these vineyard products. Eastern | papers have taken up the question and prominently called attention to the in-| | novation and to the merits of the Amer-i ican productions. This has been done | through the efforts of the company. but | its labors have not stopped there. Hun- dreds of thousands of excerpts of these | favorable notices have been sent broad- | cast throughout the land, and wherever | | there is an organization of “business or | ARE YOU A BACHELOR? | professional men its members have been | | | made acquainted with the fact that Cali-| bur laundry work, and you won't. fing | are of exceptional excellence. offt nor your buttonholes | As an instance of the value of this kind etched beyond their normal size, nor of advertising to the wine men of this direct orders for their products from peo- | Domestic finish for ful] | Ple Who tried the wines with their meals order it jon the care and found them entirely to | their taste. Tt is expecfed that the suc- cess of the raflroad company in question will lead others to adopt its sensible notice. sonable in price. We are prompt, obliging and rea- —_— RICHARDSON CAUSES THE ARREST OF MRS. BRENEMAN Says She Assisted in Forcing Him Office 1004 Market Street, Near Powell. | policy. | Telephone—South 420, Oakland Office—368 12th Street. | DR, MONULTY. Z to Bign Note at Point of VHIS WELL-KNOWN AND RELIABLEOLD | Pistol. = -:(;hflbz;c:mav‘l'nv-li.anmu:.lfifllmf':‘- John Richardson. the machinist who Weuknesses of Men, free. Over 20y’rs’ experience, | Va8 compelled to sign a promissory note Patients curedat Home. Terms reasonable. Hours9 | for $100 at the point of a pistol, as related 103dally;6.30 to8:3 ev'gs. Sundays, 10t012. Consul- | in vesterday's Call, swore to a warrant tation free and sacredly confidentinl. Call.or: vesterday charging Olive Brene; £ 3 eneman, alias P. ROSCOE MeNULTY, M. D. Olive Gardner, one of the alleged con- 26); Kearny St., San Franelseo, Cal. | oirqiors, with extortion. . Sho was . ar- | rested shortly afterward and locked up in the City Prison. The woman was Rich- HOUSE Walter Morosco.... AMUSEMENTS. ardson’s housekeeper, and, according to -Bole Lessee and Manager his sto she and a man for whom the "SFRAWLEY:Y NEWS PANY detectives are looking entered his private THE GREATEST PERFORMANCE OF | apartments shortly after midnight Sattir- ST L NN .. day and forced him to sign his name to a EVER WITNESSED HERE. promissory note. The man, Richardson WILTON LACKAYE as SVENGALL | sayvs, held a revolver to hi: head threatening to make him a subjeer for the | IGNACIO MARTINETTI as ZOU ZOU. MARY VAN BUREN as TRILBY. Coroner, mmgflll»‘d him to sign the note, Next week an entirely new version of after which he and peter | the woman left the Mrs. Breneman emphatically denfes that she was a party to the crime. She says that Satur night Richardson choled her and as she feared that he intended | to kill her, she left his home and rented | 2 room in'a lodging-house on Market ftreet. She claims that sho was en to be married to Richardson, but t d'{;’{'g h§ him. % chardson adheres to statement that the woman was oncof s conspirators and he intends to vigorously prosecute her on the charge of extortion. aged is is BAPHO. Burglary South of Market. A statlonery store kept by Mary Koeh- loderfer at 743 Brannan street was en- tered by burglars Saturday night. The 7 cash register was broken open and the 7 P77 contents, amounting to $4, taken. An en- il 2L LA/ L 174 trance was effected by prying open a rear SPECIAL MATINEE TO-pAy. | ¥indow witha jimmy. Another ursday end | lar Matinee s-u'u«y‘ t Beautiful, Spectacu- Operet Australian bushmen are bel offe tarms free of cost in Rhodesia, = Cro o0 = on Th lar ta, “THE BROW IN PA!RY“II,E%D Py Passing of the Horse. e e el e e e e e e e e B e i e e Sl o = o i\ © | 3! ® . e ot | 41 ® WAR LORD HAS ~ HIS AGENTS IN SN FRANCISCO Here to Obtain Supplies for German Soldiers in China. 1 P, S | Five Thousand Horses and Necessary | Forage, as Well as Large | Quantities of Food Re- | quirsd. | it o | { Evidence of the fact that the German “war lord” expects a prolonged and seri- | ous conflict in China is accumulating rap- | | idly in this ci The latest proof of the | fact that he means business and that the | almond-eyed barbarians will have to set- | tle accounts with him is the arrival here | of representatives of the German army | and of the twn great steamship lines of | the Fatherland. | Among the guests that registered at the | Palace last night were Major von Kleist | and Licutenants von Boreke and Von Loen | of the Kaiser's army, and Messrs. Berg- mann, Hupfeld and Lobenstein, repre- sentatives of the North German Lloyd and the Mamburg-American steamship compa- | nies. The army men are from Berlin and | the others from Hamburg. Elsewhere is | told the story of the approaching arrival | of ten transports, which will be employed | to convey animals and supplies to the German soldlers in China. “We are here said Major von Kleist, | “as a result of the complications in the Chinese realm. Myself and Lieutenants von Borcke and Loen are detailed to su- | pervise the purchase of horses, mules, forage and general food supplies for the | German army in China, and the other gentlemen in our party will devote their attention to expediting the docking, load- ing and forwarding of the transports that are to arrive here from Germany. Owing to the situation on the other side of the Pacific it will be necessary to do fast work in the transportation of army sup- | plies. Whether or not we can accomplish | this feat remains to be seen. Our stay | here is scheduled indefinitely and depends | entirely on developments in the Far: East.” The German Government is doing busi- ness through W. R. Grace & Co., who are acting as the Emperor's agents. It is stated that one of their commissions is to purchase 5000 horses and mules to bhe shipped to China, with the necessary sup- | ply of forage. They will also be the pur- chasing agents in connection with the commissary department. It is further an- | nounced that the firm in question has ac- cumulated a large number of horses that are now being broken and trained for the | service near Baden. ' | The demand for horses has been so great during the past two years that the | market is practically barren. and prices | are on the jump.- The United States Gov- | ernment 1s still in the field after a large | | number of equines, and the gentlemen | from Germany will find serious difficulty in securing their required quota. PEDDLERS ACCUSED OF GRAND LARCENY H. Monsen, a Cook, Swears That They Stole His Valise and Money. H. Monsen, a cook living at 51 Clay street, swore to a complaint in Judge Ca- baniss’ court yesterday for the arrest of Coney Galgan, a peddler, on the charge of grand larceny. Monsen alleges that Galgan and_two_ other peddlers stole his valise last Tuesday, which contained $260 in coin and a new suit of clothes. O. Cun- ningham, said to be another of the trio, was arrested last night. Monsen had been cook at the leper hos- pital for some months. He quit last Tues- | day. Putting his money and clothes into ' the valise he celebrated the event of his leaving. While he was under the influ- ence of liquor the three peddlers made | their appearance with muskmelons, They offered to take Monsen's valise to 51 Clay sireet and drove away with it. Since then Monser. has not seen or heard of them. ———— OPERATOR BROWNE HAS RESIGNED HIS JoB Place Will Be Filled by Ex-Deputy United States Marshal Harry Moffitt. United States Secret Service Operator Robert S. Browne has resigned, and Har- ry Moffitt, until recently Deputy United States Marshal, has been appointed in his stead, to take office on the 20th of this month. Mr. Browne succeeded Nick Har. ris two years ago as chief of the United States Secret Service for this division, which embtaces all the territory west of the Rocky Mountains. Browna In turn Tas succeeded by George W. Hazen, the incum| . Mr. Browne intends engaging in mer- cantile pursuits in this city, where the profits are larger than the salary of a se- cret service agent. | | 80 s00n as nature sees an improvement, t is a change. The candle gave way to elec- tricity; the spinning wheel to machinery: the horse to the automobile. The fact that Fos- tetter's Stomach Bitters has been sold for over half a century proves its value. There is nothing to equal It for stomach or liver trouble. It is nature's own remedy, and the only one to cure dyspepsia or weak stomach. Presented by the Ci Cost of Diminytive Protes in this Progustion, 5 tour EX' the World’s Greatest Hypnotist. —_—————— Indian Famine Fund. An offering of $140 to the Indlan famine fund was made on Sunday last by the First United Presbyterian Church of this | Bl oo ey a of i fund b‘y that church since April. sy ? | men in China. | will load supplie | the demand of the GERMANY WILL SEND SUFPLIES FROM THIS PORT Ten Steamers on Their Way to Load Fodder and Provisions. L Lo All Are Large Carriers and at Least 50,000 Tons of Stuff Will Be Taken Away by Them. . The war in China and the murder of the German Minister have evidently made things hum in the “fatherland.” A fleet of warships is on the way to Shanghal, | soldiers are being sent to the Orient and supply vessels are on their way to San Francisco to carry supplies to the forces. From this port all the German soldiers in China wiil receive supplies of provi- sions and all the governments interested in the situation are now calculating on using San Francisco as a forwarding port. Germany has ten steamers on the way here to load supplies and horses for her The Aachen, 2447 tons, ana the Dresden, 2866 tons, were at Bremen July 26; the H. H. Meier, 3260 tons, was on the Weser July 26; the Halle, 2361 tons, was at Bremen July 10; the Rhein, 639 tons, was at Bremen July 19; the Stras- burg, 6:00 tons, was at Bremen July 20; the Adrea was at Hamburg July 16 the Batavia, 6510 tons, was at Bremen July the’ Phonix, 1376 tons, was in the Sardinia, 2269 tons, was at Bremerhaven on July 24. 3 All these vessels are now on their way to San Francisco, and each one of them for the German army in China. On their arrival here they will be taken in hand by the German Consul, who will superintend the loading and dis- patch of the transports, The chances are that all these steamers will get here within a week of each other, and in consequence Chief Wharfinger Per- | ey Henderson and Assistant Chiet George H. 8. Dryden have their thinking caps on. At the present moment the wharves are crowded, but in a short space of time Howard-street wharf No. 3 will be ready for occupancy, and Folsom 2 and Harri- son will be clear of the transports. If these wharves can be kept clear there will be no difficuity in providing wharf room for the German transports when they arrive. TEACHERS’ CLUB ELECTS NEW SET OF OFFICERS Interesting Programme for Coming Year’s Work Outlined by Pres- ident C. C. Young. The annual business meeting of the San Francisco Teachers’ Club convened | last night in the clubrooms in the Mer- | cantile Library building. The election of new officers was the most important fea- ture of the occasion. Retiring President Kellogg resided. succeeded after the installation rs had taken place by the newly elected president, C. C. Young, of th: Lowell High School. The election was made by an informal ballot. No opposi- tion was made against any of the candi- dates. The names of the new club offi- cers follow: President, C. C. Young of the Lowell High School; vice president, M. L. O'Neal, Laguna Honda School; sec- retary, Miss M. M. Fitzgerald, Denman Gramma School; treasurer, Tracey Kel- ley, Lowell High Schuol; librarian, Joy Lichtenstein: directors—W. A. Lygelt, Lincoln Grammar School, and Mrs. E. M. North Irving Scott School. The dues of the club were reduced to 5 cents per month. Many new applica- tions for membership came up at the meeting. All were acted favorably upon. Cyrus_White, principal of the Spring Vailey School, introduced its new presi- dent to the club. Mr. Young expressed his gratification at being elected to so im- portant an office. He then briefly sketched the plans of the club for the coming vear. Mrs. E. C. B. Fassit will deliver a series of lectures on art, as will Miss Katherine M. Ball. Civics are to be made a prominent study and much atteption will be given to physical cul- ture® and manual training. —_——— RETAIL GROCERS HAVE SECURED CONCESSIONS | | Wholesalers Sign Promise Not to Sell | to Consumers, Large Hotels Excepted. There is rejoicing among the legion of retall grocery dealers in the city over a promise by the wholesale grocers not to sell to ordinary consumers. A docu: ment setting forth this promise has been signed by nearly every wholesale grocer in San Francisco. The exceptions are firms dealing principally with shipping and they do not, according to President Alpers of the Refail Grocers' Association, cut much figure with the local trade. No threat was made for non-compliance with retailers, but there was some talk about establishing closer relations with the brokers if the whole- salers were obstinate. The wholesalers, retailers and brokers or manufacturers’ agents were all inter- ested. Still another large class, hearing of what was going on, manifested con cern but could take no part in the pro ceedings. These were the keepers of pri- vate boarding-houses and proprietors of smaller restaurants. They have been ac- customed “to Dbuying. small lots =from wholesale grocers. The retailers particu- larly have objected to this practice. The wholesalers claimed that the large hotels should be excepted from the rula suggested by the retal hotels purchase in very large quantities, and this was conceded. TAKE ADVANTAGE WHILE YOU CAN One More Ten-Dollar Tahoe Ex- cursion. Another ten-dollar excursion is scheduled for Lake Tahoe next Saturday night, Au- gust 18. This is likely to be the last of | the season at this cheap rate, so if you contemplate gainf do not risk delay. Re. member what it includes—Saturday night and Sunday night on the train, with sleeping-car expenses all paid, and all day Sunday on beautiful Lake Tahoe. Five hundred and twenty miles of travel, prac- tically no loss of time from business an a day at one of the world’s great resorts— | all for $10. Tickets on sale at the Southern Pacific city ticket office, 613 Market street. Divorce Suits Filed. Sults for divorce were filed yesterday by Frank C. Fulton against Isabelle Ful- ton for desertion; Emma J. Brand agalnst Harry Brand for cruelty; Samuel E. Baxter wlmt Minnie E. Baxter for de- sertion; Prudential E. Zook against Lloyd C. Zook for fallure to vprovide: Juila Leavy against Christopher Leavy for cruelty, and Elizabeth Weber against Gustave Weber for desertion. —— e Fined for Contempt. J. K. C. Hobbs, a member of the firm of Hobbs, Wall & Co., and also a member of the Republican Coun!;; Committee, was for contempt of court by J ‘}‘,':,?t‘;'.",.,g;d.y_ Hobbs fafled toyobe“;': summons to report for jury duty and was adjudged guilty of contempt. % _—————— Jane E. Rockwell’s Will. The will of Jane E. Rockwell, who died in July, was filed for probate yesterday. Decedent bequeaths an estate valued at 84,00 to her L. he: wughter, Charlotte Rock- WI't.iluwhlch gook can please all. iers, because such | s> f The achievements of Cortez and Pizarro in conquering the wealthy kingdoms o Mexico and Peru | tion and cupidity of aniards and turned | attention to the unexplored regions north | of the gulf. What more likely than that a third goiden harvest awaited the clutch of a strong and daring hand? Hernando de Soto marked these imaginary riches for his prey. He had { accompanied Pizarro to Peru, and on turning to Spain organized an expedition | to repeat Pizarro's work in the vast re- gion then known as Florida Men of rank and full o adventure were eager to join so that he had no difficulty “a band as gallant and well eager in purpose and audacious in hope as ever trod the shores of the New World.” | They landed, €20 strong, at Tampa B2 I . Florida, in We know, of course, what tn that quarter the spirit of his standard, in collecting appointed, as 9. | awaited them and how impossible of ful their golden dreams beforehand? fillment were how could they know wandered about in th Florida, Georgia, Alabama pi, until in the third year, in 1341, they reached a great river, Imost half a league wide, deep, rapid and constdntly 24; & | Guif of Mexico a few days ago, and the rolling down trees and driftwood on its turbid current.” It as the Mississippi, the “father of waters,” now seen for the first time by white men. They crossed the river at the lowest Chickasaw bluff and continued thelr wanderings on the other side until it was evident to all that their enterprise was a complete failure. Then they returned to the river, and De Soto, his proud spirit completely broken, suc- cumbed to his misfortunes and died. To keep his body from the Ind his com- panions sunk it at midnight the river. There was now no thought in mind but that of escape from the terrible wil- derness. Eventually the survivors, only one-half the original number, half-clad sickly and starving. made their way down the river and reached a Spanish settle- metit. After De Soto's the great river Do eo e eb ebedeie@ % 4 S ill-starred _expedition remained unvisited by R e e St 2 L. PY o 2 e 18 4 @+t eie0eteieisee® and the fact ROBERT C. D. LA SALLE. white men for 132 ye: its discovery was well-mgh faded out memory. Distorted accounts of it from the Indians reached the French in Cana- da. awakening curiosity and suggesting a new trade route to the ocean. though whether it would lead to the Atlantic or the Pacific was long a matter of conjec- ture. The prevailing opinion for awhile was that it emptied into the Vermiliion jea—namely, the Gulf of California. When Frontenac became Governor of | Canada, in_1672, he commissioned Louis Jollet and Jacques Marquette to discover and explore the river. Joliet was a young man, 2 years of age, who had been ed cated for the priesthood but had chose | instead the life of a fur trader. His com- panion, Marquette, was 35 vears old and | had already made his mark as a zealous | Jesuit_missionary. | On the 17th of May, 1673, the two lead- | ers, with five men, started on their ad- venturous journey from the Straits of Michillimackinac. In their two birch- bark canoes they coasted along the north- | ern shore of Lake Michigan and down on | the west to the head of Green Bay. There | they entered and went up the Fox River, crossed Lake Winnebago, then followed | the river beyond through endless growths | | of wild rice, ‘rom which the frightened | | wita fowl rose in great flocks. With the upon | which they launched their canoes, not knowing whether their destination was | the Gulf of Mexico or the Pacific. On June 17 they saw before them the broad | current of the Mississippi, and. reaching | { it, turned their canoes southward, “with | & great joy which I cannot expres ‘ | wrote Marquette. For several days they paddled on with- | out seeing the faintest trace of human | habitation. At length, on the 25th, they | found a well-trodden path on the we: bank, leading from the river inland. Leav- ing their men behind, the two leaders followed the path for several miles, until { they reached an Indian village on the banks of a stream which may have been the Des Moines. Here they were hespit- | ably received. "“Frenchmen. how bright | | the sun shinés when vou come to visit | | us,” said the chief, hoiding up his han Ins if to shield his eyes. Marquette, who | knew several Indian languages. had no | difficulty in addressing them. The chief | replied in flattering terms, assuring them | | that “their presence added flavor to his | tobacco, made the river more calm, the sky more serene and the earth more beau- | | tiful.” A feast followed, in which a large | | dog, killed and cooked for the occasion, | was a prominent dish. On the following | morning the hospitable Indians—600 in number—escorted their white guests to their canoes and bade them farewell. Slowly they drifted down the river. ‘When nearly opposite the present site nf‘ Alton their superstitious fears and antipa- | thies were aroused at the sight of two| hideous monsters painted on the rocks by the Indians as revpresentations of thelr‘ gods. Many years later, long after the | effigies had disappeared, came the money- | | worshipping white man and put in the | place of the Indian deities a huge adver- tisement of ‘“plantation bitters. & Presently a real danger appeared as “a torrent of yellow mud rushed furiously | athwart the calm current of the Missis ipp. boiling, surging and sweeping in its course logs, branches and uprooted trees. | Tt was the Missouri, and on its turbid | | flood the light cances were tossed in an alarming way, for Marquette wrote: “T never saw anything more terrific.’ But | they escaped injury and floated down, | | past the site of St. Louis, then, of course, | an unbraken wilderness, and past the| mouth of the Ohio, the “Beautiful River” | of the French. Northern trees began to | ive place to the straight stems and ‘eathery plumes to cane brakes, and the heat of the sun became each day more difficult to endure. When near the mouth | of the Arkansas River they decided to | retrace their course. Nothing would be | gained by following the Mississippi far- ther, for they now knew that it empfledl into the Gulf of Mexico. So on the 17th of July they turned their canoes north- ward and began their long and weary ourney homeward. They followed the !sa\uslnl until they reached the mouth of the Illinois, went up that river some distance, then with Indian guldes crossed the country to Lake Michigan, and-coast- ing along its shore reached Green Bay at the close of September. They had been gone about four months and had paddled their cance somewhat more than 200 miles. We now come to a great name in the history of American exploration. Rene- Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la SaMe, was born in 1643 of a wealthy merchant fam- | ily of Rouen. In 1666 he came to Canada to seek his fortune, and in the course of the next twelve years engaged in busi- ness as a trader, and traveled exten- sively in the wilderness south of lakes | tu | Yale University EXPLORERS OF THE MISSISSIPPL. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS OF NORTH AMERICA. — Ontario and Erie. He thus became acs quainted with the natural resources of that region and determined to find an outlet for it by way of the Mis: { River. As a base ions he s from the King a gr: at the en where cured name the often i3 of w Henri de himself to La service rec r in a ¢ pe Tonty. lle and serve who now ev after with the utmost fidelity. The other was r Louis H a Ree friar, extremely fo after a short con was destined to sec of y_to start for Tonty and Henner rea with in uga . on t present village spring opened tons was lau merchant fle at the future p limackinac, where Known trading n the bark chapel of the hi mantle ¢ s riy ften called uy stern and cold taching to him howev admira 3 up the e to the Joseph, wi entered November. they were Tonty, who had been se ment down the eastern side of the lake On the 3d of e b the party, n inc sed to thirty-thre arted in eigh canoes up t h River to point near t ent site of yuth B After some ¢ carried their ez & ¥ " them five mik nd again on the Kankakee 1o headwaters the TI . The stream floated em_on ough a voiceless, lifeless vlitude of S ak barrens or bound- less marshes overgrown with reeds.” After a few days they passed through a wide prafrie * with the carcasses and b of innumerable buf- where the t la County, Tlinols, pre ge of U they passed through a large Indian town. Hennepin counted 460 lodges. in shape like the arched tops of emigran t t a wagons, and intended to hold six or eigh: families apiece, But all was silent as grave. The Indians were off on th ter hunt. Lower down the river found the Indians, who tried to disst them from going farther, telling t ir w great ries about the dangers, natural ernatural. that lay before them what ey heard, six of La inclu t of his be ted. This was a seria t showed La Salle that he could pend upon his men. v. by Dr. C. H. Smith of Note—This 3 will be concluded om Tuesday next. STATEMENT -~OF THE— | CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ~OF THE— Fidelity 2 Casually OF,NEW _YORK, IN THE STATE OF NEW York, on the 3lst day of December, A. D. 1899, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, pursuant to the provisi: of sections 610 and 611 of the Political ¢ condensed as per blank furnished by the Co: CAPITAL. Stock, pald up in missioner. Amount of Capital Cash $250.000 0@ Real Estate owned by Comp: Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company. 569,139 34 2,370,529 50 26.629 04 - 3, Premiums in due Course of Collection 338, Rents due and acerued.... Reserve reinsurance deposit. Total Assets LIABILITIES. Losses in process of Adjustment or in Suspense . i veoeoe. $IRIST Losses resisted, Including expenses.. 504,385 T Gross premfums on Risks, run- ning one year or less, $——; rein- surance 50 per cent..... ... 1,529,332 34 Gross premiums on Risks, run- ning more than one year. : reinsurance pro rata.... 208,957 41 Due and accrued for salaries, rent, ete Total Liabilittes .... INCOME. B i Ponds, Stocks, Loans and from all other sources ....... 5,454 50 Received for Rents.... 59,316 71 Received from all other sources. 14.736 23 Total Income 33,591,338 %8 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Losses (inelud- ing $—. 1 3 1 ge . Paid for Sala ot charges for officers. clerks, tc. Paid for State, National and Locai T % faxes v 9,013 95 All other payments and expenditures 448,739 03 Total Expenditures . Losses incurred during the year. GEO. F. SEWARD, President. HENRY CROSSLEY, Acting Sec'y. Subscribed and sworn to befors me, this 27ty day of March, 1900, GEO. W. VARIAN, Notary Public. PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT. C. PARDEE, S. Manager and Attorney, MUTUAL LIFE BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO, CAlL.