The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 21, 1900, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1900. REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE HOUSE Census Comm:itee Files a| New Bill Arranging the | Membership. PR e Crumpacker Presents Independent Report to Abridge Representation in the South in Ratio to | Suffrage Abridgment. & - the ase of New Hampshire and e assign to each thy ntative for each majorit Arka: t t, Florida, siesippi, Missour! Dakota, ‘Washington, gain _one Repre. Jersey ana New York and at thie apportionment, involving the membership of the E line with the un £ its size case may be, with try. No practical incon- the seating capac of the from this increase. ndependent report of Crumpacker document which goes ex- into the abridgment of the uffrage in the Southern States. ng he quoted the fourteenth to the constitution, providing the right to vote is abridged, r population in rebellion or other resentation shall be reduced ates in proportion to such gress in this matter,” Crumpacker ‘must take cognizance of current history and of facts disclosed by official records. Crumpacker then takes up the consti- tution of Loulsiana and adduces figures t in that State 43.74 per cen zens are disfranchised. The should, therefore, he ed from seven to four. for the same reasons, he the representation should be m nine to six; in_ Mississippi to four, and in South Caro- om six to four. The subterfuge re- 1o in the South to evade the law, he says, marks the beginming of political demoraMzation and social decay. He then 10 a severe arraignment of the many localities of which “the under foot of laws calculated v ure the exercise of political privi- eges to the negro has continued for so long that it is showing its vicious fruits the prevalence of mob law.” He de- unces the frequent resort to lynch law its unspeakable horrors, saying that it is the I timate resuit of a generation | of dis: of election laws. SURVEY FOR CANAL. | it | Route for Waterway From Dalles Rapids to Oelile Falls. { WASHINGTON, Dec, 20.~The Secretary | of War to-day transmitted to the House | the report of the chief of engineers upon | the examination and survey of the Co- lumble River between the foot of the | Delles Rapids at the head of Celile Falls, Oregon, and n, with a view to the construction of a canal overcome the obstructions to na authorized by the last river act. The ed cost of the | given as $3,960 or in round numbers $4,- 060,000 Captain . who made the sur- vey, ris that the work is one of pub- | lic importance worthy of undertaking for | the United S?ul but in connection with the advisability of begifining the under- taking at this time he calls attention to the reports in favor of a portage road | around the obstructions, which could be completed at one-tenth the cost of the ca- nal and in half of the time. ing PROFES.OR FRYE SCORES AMERICAN GOVERNMENT Advises the Cub an People to Drive Out and Resist All Foreign Foes. 4+ | | | i I | | o o dl| PROFESSOR FRYE, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN | | CUBA, WHO GIVES SOME SENSATIONAL ADVICE TO THE NATIVES | | OF THE “GEM OF THE ANTILLES.” G2 H ] rintendent of Public 1 Cuba, has just issued, officlal signature and he Spanish newspaper a, a sensational ‘‘proc- Cuban people. He rogatory terms of the Gov- ernment & of intervention In general by ALLEN DENOUNCES SENATE LOBBYISTS Objects to Their Aections in Support of the Oleomar- garine Bill. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—When the Senate Committea on Agriculture re- sumed its hearing on the Grout oleomar- zarine bill to-day Senator Allen of Ne- braska, 2 member of the committee, made a pointed and sensational statement con- cerning his position as to the measure. He never had announced, he said, whether | he was in favor or opposed to the pending measure, but by reason of some questions | he had asked yesterday it was supposed the lobbyists present that he would agonize the measure. Since the hear- ing of yesterday he had been flooded with telegrams urging him to support the bill. The conclusion was obvious. With some vigor he said: I want to enter my protest against this cheap John, peanut, political method. I have no words to express my utter con- tempt for this method and for those who would engage in it. The lobbyists who are supporting this bill are doing it more injury than its open and avowed oppo- nent Rathbone Gardiner of Providence, rep- resenting the manufacturers of oleomar- garine, continued his argument begun yes- terday in opposition to the pending bill. In the course of his argument he men- tioned “process butter.” In response to an Inquiry, one of clients explained what ‘‘process butter’” was. He declared that *‘process butter” was ‘‘washed with sulphuric acid” to remove the rancidity. Governor Hoard of Wisconsin, with some feeling, combated the statement, maintaining that no occasion whatever existed for its treatment with acid. Discussing the coloring of oleomarga- rine, the natural color of which was near- ly white, Mr, Gardiner said the oleomar- garine manufacturer used anato, which is a harmless preparation. Continuing his argument, Mr. Gardiner declared that the purpose of the advo- cates of the Grout bill was not to regu- late the oleomargarine industry but to de- stroy it. LIVELY DEBATE OCCURS. Montana Senatorial Case Causes Spirited Colloguies. WASBHINGTON, Dec. 20.—A spirited de- bate was precipitated in the Senate over the resolution of Chandler to discharge the Committee on_ Contingent Expenses from further consideration of the resolu- tion authorizing an investigation of the Montana Senatorial case. e exchanges between the advocates and opponents of the resolution took a political turn and resuited in some lively colloquies. No ac- tion upon the resolution was taken. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The House passed the Indian and the Military Acad- emy appropriation bills. The former car- ried $9,036,526 and the latter $700,511. Neither provoked much discussion. A few minor amendments were placed upon the former., License for Central Theater. Tax Collector Scott, through the recom- mendation of the Judiclary Committee of the Board of Supervisors, issued a license yesterday to Belasco & Thall for the opening of the Central Theater. PRES 215-217-219 BUSH 8T. Traveling Dressing Cases Vienna Noyeities Correspondence CROCKERS FOR CHRISTMAS ENTS 225-227 POST §1. Calendars Large Line of Novelties in Leather A, Dee. 20.—Professor Frye, | the Anglo-Saxon race. @ ittt e et bfime e e et eieiodedods @ | | | | He urges that all | to Spain be blotted out of | nd that | words offensivs the Cub: h hymn “Bayemsa others be substituted which wouid be cal- | culated to inspire the natives to prepare to drive out and resist all foreign foes to | the island or to its absolute independence. Professor Frye was at one time Supe: Intendent of Schools at San Bernardino, this State. ACTOR CLARKE MAKES AMENDS Brother of Mad line Bro- guiere Prepares to Horse- whip the Thespian. TR TR SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 20.—Harry Corson @larke, the actor, had the alter- native to-day, on his arrival from Stock- ton, of either retracting the statements he was sald to have made early In the year against Madeleine Brugulere, for- merly of his company, or being horse- | whipped by R. T. McKisick, the brother of | the lady mentioned. The trouble which culminated to-day in | an absolute retraction in writing on the | part of Clarke, dates back to his last year's season on the road with appened to Jones.” who, in private life is Mrs. Pedar Br gulere, was a_member of Clarke's com- any, 'and, shortly after leaving San rancisco, trouble arose between the com- edian and the members of his company. Madeleine Bruguiere, Cecelia Castelle, | Ida Banning and Minetta Barrett all left | Clarke's company within a few days in | the month of February last, and, in inter- views had with Clarke, he was alleged to have made certain statements reflecting | on the behavior of Madeleine Bruguiere and other ladies of the company. Among | the statements attributed to Clarke were those In which he asserted that his wife could, not associate with the ladies of the company, that Miss Bruguiere and Miss Plunkett had been guilty of smokin; cigarettes in prublic, and that they had | purloined spoons from hotels at which | lhei; had stopped. The ladies indignantly denied the accu- sations alleged to have been made by Clarke, and their version of the trouble in the company was that the actor was | suffering from a severe case of self-ad- miration, Young McKisick stated last February that the first time he met Clarke he would make him retract the reflections made | against his sister, and to-day won a com- | plete victory over the actor. When the train pulled into here from Stockton, waiting, and as | the depot ! McKisick was in | on as Clarke alighted from the cars a wordy war arose between the two men. The driver of the hotel omnibus induced the parties to settle the matter at the hotel, and Clarke and Mec- Kisic \Proseeded to take the driver's ad- | Vvlce. McKisick, it is sald. was prepared | to horsewhip the actor if the retraction was not forthcoming. Clarke Is said to have complied with the request when he found that the young attorney meant business. McKisick refukes to discuss the | matter. | Harry Corson Clarke was seen to-night after the performance at the Clunie Opera-house. He said that the story to which McKisick took exception was tele- graphed from Kansas City to certain Cal fornia_newspapers and represented him as using offensive language toward Mrs. Bruguiere, sister of a Sacramento lawyer, and at that time one of the members of his company. Clarke denied positively to- night that he ever made use of the lan guage attributed to him, and that as a matter of fact his wife and Mrs. Bru- guiere are close friends. He sald that when McKisick met him at the depot to- day he was-considerably excited and at his suggestion McKisick followed him to the hotel, where the interview was re- sumed. Clarke s: ys that when McKisick left he appeared to be satisfied with the ex- planation. He says he does mot know ow the story from Kansas City origi- nated unless it was made up by some enemy, and that he d14 not see it until he ran across a California newspaper con- taining it some time later. COLOMBIAN REBELS | meet 1iem, althougn be | tendg 1o t-e entire United States. | Aldrich said: HAVE BEEN CRUSHED CARACAS, Venezuela, via Haytlan ca- ble, Dec. 20.—Advices received here from Cumuna, on the Gulf of Caracas, say the Colombian revolution has been crushed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Upon repre- sentations from ipterested parties the State Department has requested the Navy Department to have an American vessel remain for a_ in Venezuelan waters to ve support to_ any representaf that United States mm-mplaomu txl::; have to make the Venczuelan Government in respect to the conflicting asphalt con- S e o 1 wahy last fall he conferred at length m%‘,‘.‘:’.’;‘ State Department officials respecting some of the American concessions, notably extinguishment o vlflt:ul scores by the Venezuelan Govern- ment. g The vessel selected for this mission fg] t the historic Hartford, which, under com- mand of Captain Hawley, has been cruis- in ‘the West Indics and In the Cari ‘&‘mnm with a tulnhu;‘ crew t.bur?l.' She I& now at G . just where is :va.nted to meet the%l\m‘- Q‘m-n‘dhx‘. CONSTITUTIO 5 APPLICKBLE New Possessions Within the Jurisdiction of the Instrument Counsel for Plaintiffs in Philippine 1. Case Holds That the Islands Are Part of the United States. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The closing ' argument in the Philippine and Porto Rico Cases was made in the Uniled Eiates Su- preme Court to-day, and the cases were | | submitted for the final adjudication of the court. As the Gove czse had been closed by the Attorney Gencral, it remaindd only to hear the senior counsel in the Phiippine case, Charies H. Aidrich of Chlcago, former citor General, who had one and a haif hours remaining of the five hours given to the plaintiffs. | Mr. A.drich had before him the piain- | tif’s brief and a voluminous portfouo of ' notes, but he spoke freely, with only cc- cas.onal references to them. At tue oui- set hc sad he would confine h.msed to_legal argument, toilowing the ¥ General’s poinis and secking to .egarded much Lad presented largeiy Atterne; that the Attorney wenela 5 IrTe.cvaLt, ke first directed his atiention to the cire es under whih the Govern- meni ca to existence. the strugg.e for iberty and the American protest against England's assertion of the taxing power over the American colonies. Wita this history before us, he said, it was a remarkable fact that the Attorney Gen-! eral of the United States, over 100 years after the great struggie which foundod ! the American Government, should come | into this court and assert a taxing power more extreme than had been asserted by | the mosi ardent defenders of England’s taxing power over the colonies. ! Mr. Aldrich spoke of the decision of | Justice Marshall in Loughborough vs. Blake as of decisive importance, and he summed up that decision as bearing on the present conditions as follows: That the power to tax, levy duties, etc), ex- That the term '‘United States' “'our great republic, which States acd Territorfes." That “'it 18 not less necessary, on the prin- cifles of our constitution, that uniformity in the imposition of imposts, duties and excises should be observed.in the one than the other.” | It follows from the above that the rights and | obligations of the territory thus a part of the. United States and the inhabitants are measured and tested by the constitution. | As to the contention that the Philippines | were not a part of the United States, Mr. | embraces is composed of | If the lslands ceded by Spain are foref territory, then our country would have as ji commercial representatives the foreign Consuls, | who would perform the cequisite official acts prescribed by our customs laws regarding ship- | ments of merchants from any of these islands | to any part of the United States. If the islands are not American territory, they must still be | Spanish, for it Is not pretended that any other | nation foreign to the United States has ac- quired any sovereignty over them, nor ls it pretended “that the Philippine Islands, in the eye of international law, occupy the status of an independent nation. The Attorney General's interpretation of the word ‘“sovereignty,” Mr. Aldrich said, was that this Government had a right to do what any other nation does. This word had become most popular since we entered upon a colonial policy. But, Mr. Aldrich declaréd, the sovereignty of the “United States was one exercised under the constitution, and if we are in the Phillppines or Porto Rico it is be- cause of the powers given by the constl- tution, Justice White interposed a question when Mr. Aldrich referred to the Ameri- can protest against British ‘‘taxation without representation.” Would this mean, the Justice as! that Congress could not tax the new sessions until they were represente: in ngress? Mr. Aldrich said that it did not go that far and it was sufficlently answered in the case of Loughborough versus Blak Mr. Aldrich sald he entere against the use of Jefferson's name in support of the proposition that the United States can acquire and hold territory in- definitely. It was settled beyond ques- tion that Jefferson himself had not re- garded the Loulsiana purchase as consti- tutional, and believed that a constitution- al amendment was necessary. Justice Gray asked his first question at this point, inquiring if counsel held that | the Louisiana acquisition was unconsti- tutional. Mr. Aldrich answered that he did not so hold, but that Mr, Jefferson had so held, and the arguments of that day showed how political influences affected final re- sults. Justice Brown asked If it was safe to base judicial action on the arguments of contemporary politicians. “I think not,”” angwered Mr. Aldrich, sand T refer o them only because they | occupy three-fourths of the brief of the | Attorney General.” { In speaking of executive action Mr. Aldrich referred to President McKinley's message stating that it was ‘our plain duty to abolish all customs _tariffs be- tween the United States and Porto Rico.” Justice Shiras asked if the President was then speaking of the duty of Con- gress. Mr. Aldrich sald he supposed the Presi- dent meant the duty of the nation. Justice Harlan also asked if the treat power could go beyond the fourteentl amendment to the constitution. to which Mr. Aldrich answered that treaties could not override the constitution. After citing Mr. Mansfield's opinion on the limitation of the power of the King and Parliament, Mr. Aldrich said: It is @ starfling proposftion _that power denied to Parliament as Inconsist- | ent with lberty and consonant only with | tyranny belongs to the Congress of the United States in one case and to the President thereof in another; that a power the assumption of which fustified the rebellion and prolongation of bitter war to resist is practically served in the very government established as the re- sult of such resistance; that our fore- fathers denied an omnipotent Parliament to decree an omnipotent Congress: that what was tyranny to them in 1765-78 1s less than tyranny now.” Mr. Aldrich closed with an elaborate reference to the work of our forefathers, which was not for their day, byt for ali time. As soon as he finished the court turned to other cases, after lowing counsel in the Porto Rico case ten days to file a further brief. lef. FULLER’S VOICE MAY DECIDE. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—In Congres- elonal circles the bellef is freely expressed that at this stage the Supreme Court of the United States is widely ai- vided on the Porto Rican and Philippine tariff cases, and that the decision will ultimately be left to Chief Justice Ful- ler. Thus the court would stand either five to four or four to five on the Gov- ernment’s contention. The administration professes to be very confldent that the decision will be in fa- IRt commne, o 18 By, ollowers in Con, er, have their confidence rudely shaken bx the at- titude of Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland, both of whom have F“ reme_ C: b; weight with the Sup: .Oenunu GH".y' the fact that Attorney T during argument on Wedn '\ Was faced with ?puenu hostile questions by Justices Brewer, Harlan, and R T a) Hrown and President Cloveland. w- Eolnted Justices Fuller, White and Peck- am. While no one axrcn that any of these Judges will be influenced b; the SRt B everineless an interesting e e that Kooy General Griggs contention A case and the wle- at case together. b{ hiet Justice Fuller request of the Al!ol;ney Gg:r.L one. whereas the Bhilipping e Government a great deal The friends of the adminis- n_are now arguing that the com- Dbination of these cases will rise In the decision favor of the Government on Shiy 55 ‘Strong a8 s weakest 1ok oy onl 1 h‘{hll case the link is the M‘fl Rican case. [PRATT SAVS SLAVERY IMPROVED THE NEGROES Major Declares It Was the Bridge That Car- ried Colored Men From African Jungles. FITED THE COLORED RACE. MAJOR RICHARD H. PRATT. AN OFFICER OF THE TENTH UNITED STATES CAVALRY, WHO DECLARES THAT SLAVERY HAS BENE- ESTATES IN THE CHANCERY COURT |Agents Who Make Monay FromClaimantsof Myth- ical Fortunes. g Statement of Unclaimed Property Shows That Many Dupes Are Yet Being Found in America. ARLISLE, Pa., Dec. 20.—In reply Lo a protest from Bishop Francis H. Hill of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Major Richard H. Pratt, superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School and an officer in the Tenth (colored) Cavalry, has written | to Bishop Hill defending his assertlons | as to the benefits of slavery for the negro. Major Pratt last week delivered an ad- | dress before the Cumberland County Teachers' Institute in which he spoke of | slavery as having been the means of de- Veloping the hetro race and bringing It into a beneficlal contact with civilization. On the appearance of a report of his a dress Bishop Hill, who lives at Harris- burg, addressed a vigorous letter to thie major, demanding to know on what grounds he justified negro slavery. Major Pratt in his reply said: “What 1 sald was that slavery ha brought 10,000,000 blacks from the torrid B STEMMSHIPS FOF FOREIGH TRADE Six New Vessels Ordered by the United Fruit Company. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—L, G. Burnham, the second vice president of the United Frult Company, has contracted, through their brokers, Bennett, Walsh & Co., for siX new steamers to meet the require- ments of their foreign trade, and has also, through Bennett, Walsh-& Co., char- tered these steamers for four years, with options. These steamers are to be from 2000 tp 3000 tons cubie capacity for cargo, and will be fitted especially for carriage of perishable cargo of fruit, as well as general cargoes, and will be fully pro- vided with electric lights throughout, and every modern device for the rapid handling of fruit and general cargo. El gant passenger accommodations for twenty-four to thirty passengers will be furnished; saloons, staterooms, social hall, smoking room, etc., to be placed amidships on the upper deck, with extra large staterooms to meet the require- ments of tropical trade, and all the con- veniences found in modern trans-Atlantic liners. The contracts call for an average speed of fourteen knots per hour at sea, loaded. The vessels will be ready for delivery next fall and will immediately enter into the different trades to which they will be assigned. The United Fruit Company, at the present time own or have under char- ter between sixty and seventy steamships, and every modern device up to date as to improvement in passenger service and the rapid and safe handling of cargoes, whick, on account of their perishable nature, makes speed the all-essential feature in these steamers.has been very carefully at- tended to. Names have been decided upon for four of the vessels, and will be given them at their launching, viz: The s- ton, Taunton, Brighton and Beacon. The Preston is now building at the Bergen Mekaniske yard, Bergen, Norway, and will be ar-deck steamer, with dimen- Sloms of 200 By 38 by 2. The Taunton is being built at Atkweiselskabe, Burmister and ‘Wun. Uskin-Og K. B, Co., Copen- hagen. She will be a spar-deck steamer, with dimensons of 227 by 32 by %:. Thé Eiilhtnnk:nd Beacon are b ersme! Fith dimen me) two unnamed vessels will be spar-deck steamers, 260 by 38 by 25 feet, and are now in course of construction at Cralg’s ship- building yards, Toledo, Ohlo. Heavy Atlantic Mails. : The North German Lloyd Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse uflvm ‘with 690 cabin and €41 steerage passengers and an unusually heavy mail. The pos- tal clerks on board report that the num- ber of letters handled d\msa the voyage was 275 There were registered letters, making 2276 sacks of mall. postage on about 40000 letters was in- sufficiently prepaid. The receiving, ehecr ing and opening of this amount of mail, together with the separaf a) tering, required four clerks and two assistants for eleven hours each day of the steamer’s voyage. The steamship Majestic, now on her from across the Atlantic, carries the ‘mail, it is sald, that ever lefi a jestic 't th will not at- stmas, but she carried bags A matl wnd T sacks containing 18,846 Teg: istered packages. Philip Mh’m‘t 7,000 has been contributed T ) Phity et Dort named in memory of the famous comman- der 3% the 'l‘ex:: and later of the Brooklyn Navy-yard. It is hoped the fund may amount to at least wfi The income of the fund is to go to Philip as as she lives, . after her de it will devoted to the mainten- ance of the naval branch of Young Men's Ch: ation in Brooklyn, a work in which iral Philip was dee ly interested. Californians in New York. - The tollo'hg Californians are in New York: From San Francisco, G. Bronn:r. at Manhattan: E. H. Buckman, at Impe- Ru;w.;'n. fitownumwl!'afin“ K SR 3 Jose and wife. at Giigey; 3 A Wiles, I.*OI'IM_ 5 PN Union; . L, B ttan; E. J. Wilson and wife, at Holland; W. Jayley Jr. of Los Angéles, had | + zone into this enlightened country, taught them a new language and prepared them by association for citizenship, 1 am be- ginning to question whether freedom for your people in the United States is going 1o be such a boon to vou and the United States. “We biame the people of the South for ‘Jim Crow' cars. he United States makes a constitutional amendment that | there shall be no distinction ‘on_account of race, color or previous conditions of | servitude.” Then Conzress immediately legislates that there shall be two regi | ments of cavalry and two of infantry | made up entirely of colored men | “You certainly have uo grounds to quar- | rel with slavery unless you regret being | transplanted from the jungles of Africa and your low estate there to the citizen- ship, freedom and intelligence in the | United States you now enjoy, for slavery was the bridge that carried you over, and there was not and Is not another bridge | | equal to that job.” | i e | at the Imperial; E. F. Harvey of San ; Jose, at the Grand Union. | Violent Death of M. P. Sweet. | M. P. Sweet, a well known milkman, 54 years old, residing at 1615 Folsom street, died yesterday morning in the German | Hospital from the effects of a fall down- stairs at his home last Monda: ADVERTISEMENTS. Rupture Cure Free, Home Method That Restores No Matter How Bad the Case. Welcome Adviee From a Well Known New York Speeialist. A prominent specfalist in the cure of rupture has written a book on the subject and tells how any sufferer can cure himself at home at slight expense. And the best of it is that he bas pub- | lished this book for free distribution. Printing | | 1 MR. F. L. WILLEY. 1s, newadays, such a rapid art that it doesn” cost a great deal to get out a neat book and | give it away. The book is written by Dr. 8. Rice, 418 L. Main St., Adams, N. Y., merely sending your name and address he will Weekly Call, §1 ver Year | eriminal assault on Grace Gamble, an | condensed as per blank furnished by the CAPITAL. el LONDON, Dec. 20.—So many expectant American heirs of vast fortunes supposed to be heid in the English Court of Chan- cery are being fooled by agents that the American emb a formal request to the eourt fos ment of unclalmed property In which Americans might b® interested. The court sent to Mr. Choate an official state- ment showing the absurdity of America expectations. The court holds a total of $200,000.000 ‘worth of poeperty f which $1%0,000.000 ts designated trv r wards in chancery and Rnown hei f estates in process of adjudication g a bai- ance of $20.000.000 open for But a large part of the latter is a and only awaiting a decis for satt Most of these estates are very sma. 3 more than half a claim agents in Lond off the contributions for many years Conspiracy of Bourbons. A Madrid special says: D r marriag ture of the Princess of the A ve to the throne ond son of th ta, S Ortog: raised a storm of prote conspiracy of the Bourbe other Bourbon roy this marriage would renew. Amid insuits from al house the speaker was order. Title of Royal Highness. A Cettinje (Monten heir h Prin irias, w spectal Voyeverde Bojo Petrovitch Nlegoch, pre sava gro) dent of the Montenegrin Council of Mi isters and Minister of the Interfor, In t presence of the members of the Counc of State, the Cabinet and the diplomatic corps, formally requesied Prince Nicho- las, as a sign of the gratitude of the peo- ple of Montenegro for his beneficent reign to accept the title ‘“‘Royal Highness. Prince Nicholas accepted. expressing his thanks, and referred to the presence o the diplomats as a sign of the friendship of the European states for Montenegro. Spread of a Dock Strike. A special from Antwerp say estimated that there are trike, Including coal porters and sailors, who have joined the dock laborers. Moyt of the imported laborers have been i duced to join the unions. Prominent Official Arrested. A special from Potsdam says: Council- or of Commerce Sanden, recently a di rector of the Prussian Hypotheken Aktien Bank, was arrested to-day and confined in the Moabit prison It 1s now 000 men on d Stay for Ortega. SAN JOSE, Dec. 2.—Another stay has been granted the attorneys of Jack Or for tega, who received a life sentence year-old girl, and the taken to the Supreme Court. The fifteen days’ sta: formerly granted expired to day and the Sheriff was preparing to taka Ortega to San Quentin. Just what the grounds of appeal will be Ortega's attor- Neys refuse to state matter will be ADVERTISEMENTS. STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY Q% SE™ YORK. IN THE STATE OF NEW York, on the 3ist 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 provisions of sections 610 and €1l of the Political o, missioner: 1,500,000 ASSETS. Real Estate owned by company....31,106.250 Loans on bonds and mortgages. w70 0 Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by company. - 7,400,750 00 Cash in _company's office . Cash in banks 3 i 489,387 31 Interest due and accrued om all stocks and loans 84349 19 Interest due and accrued on bonds and mortgages L34 67 Premiums in due course of cellec- T ot stoes v . 556,939 23 Bills receivable, not matured, taken for fire and marine risks . 108,503 63 Rents due and accrued. = 2 Total assets LIABILITTES. Losses in process of adjustment in_suspense Losses resisted, including expenses Gross premiums on fire risks running one. year or less, $2.344.807 52; re- insurance 50 per cent. Gross premiums on fire risks runaing more than ome year. $.288.47 71: pro_rata Reserved for contingencies. All other demands against the com- pany Total Nabities or 7 9 » Net amount rl‘ for fire losses (In- cluding $35L.276 38, losses of pre- vious vears) ....... 92274159 o8 Dividends to stockhoiders . - 250,150 00 Paild or allowed for commission or o & 08,043 50 Paid for 320,361 35 Paid taxes o e 18,678 10 All other payments and expenditures 247,556 70 Total expenditures . 54017449 03 before me. this 3 EDWARD HATGHT Notary Public. GBORGE B. KLINE, General Mgr. Chicago, M. d. D. MAXWELL CO., General Agt. Street. Agent, R. WILBUR, Surveyor, +8an Francisco, Cal. e ' W. T. HESS, NOTARY PUBLIC AND ATTORNE(-AT-LAW Tenth ?!nw.'rlu- Claus Bldg Restdence, fornia st., below Powell, Mills Bullding