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28 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1901. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. PERSONAL MAGNETISM Eow Prominent Men Develop This Power and Use it to Infivence Others—Wo- men, Too, Adepts in This Mysterious Art. A Reporter Makes Astounding Dis- coveries — Secret Methods Which Charm and Fascinate the Humean Mind. High Priests of the Occult Reveal Jeal- ously Guarded Secrets of Years— THREE ATTEMPTS 10 BURN HOTEL Work of an Incendiary Arouses Citizens of Los Gatos. Recent Comflagration Is Now Charged to the Un- known Miscreant. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSB, Nov. 16.—The people of Los Gatos are aroused over repeated attempts of a firebug to burn the El Monte Hotel at that place, and summary justice will be dealt to the incendiary of he be caught. Last week there were two attempts to set the building on fire, and last ht a third effort was made. John Newell, the pro- prietor of the hotel, is unable to account for this work of a supposed enemy. A watch is constantly maintained. Last night, while Newell and two others Two Wonderful New Books by Promnent New York Men. new books, entitled ““Success Win It,” and “The Secret of have just been issued at an expense of one of the leading colleges of the | se are from the pens times. The The Columbia Scientific | ng this contract, | of 10,000 coples is ex- get coples of both these books Both books are profusely fllus- | ve half-tone en- of wonderful secrets , and they thoroughly | real source of the power of per- and completely | iples of success | f life. The hid- | sonal magnetism, will pow- reading are ex- ting manner. al influence are vy enable any intell- influence v wish. 4 have never r has tried absolutely certain read the character, you meet. No The new- es cal and B ng is fully . utiful kalf- have ever wonderful been placed in account of the 1 in d the good they | greatly overbalance the Not long ago John D, Rockef n 14, in tall h ler, the richest | ng to & Sunday- his success In uence others. 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The flames were quickly ex- tinguished. The firebug was not seen. Many mysterious fires have occurred in Los Gatos lately which are believed to have been the work of an incendiary, and many now believe the great fire of a | month ago, which burned nearly half the town, was started by this miscreant. A | vigilance committee is talked of to mete out punishment to the incendiary if he be caught. TESTS AT SANDY HOOK PROVE SATISFACTORY New Army Rifle Drives Twelve-Inch Shell Through Eleven- Inch Plate. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—The ordnance officers and the artillery experts at the | War Department are pleased with the ex- cellent work of the army twelve-inch rifie at Sandy Hook. Colonel Randolph, chief of artillery, said the test proved that it was practicable to drive a twelve-inch shell through the side of an ironclad and to explode it with precision in the in- terior. The ship does not float, he said, that could withstand the effects of such an explosion in her interior. It certainly would paralyze all the sailors it did not kill and put the ship out of action. Major Smith, one of the ordnance ex- perts, declared that this was the first time that an explosive shell had been put inVruugh an eleven-inch plate of this qual- ty. It was a striking demonstration of the proof of the claims of the ordnance de- partment that it had developed the best high explosive and fuse in the world. The department now possesses two explosives of this character, with one of which the shell fired from the new rifle yesterday w loaded. The fuse was developed by Captain Dunn at the Frankfort arsenal. BRIGANDS REDUCE AMOUNT OF RANSOM Miss Stone’s Captors Are Now Will- ing to Accept Fifteen Thou- sand Pounds. SOFIA, Nov. 16.—The brigands who cap- tured Miss Ellen M. Stone and Madame Tsilka have reduced the amount of ran- som they demand to £20,000 Turkish. Co- incident with this intelligence is the in- formation that the leaders of the band, if convinced that this is more than Dickin- son will give, would accept £15,000. Even this sum is greatly beyond the cash at Dickinson’s disposal. Therefore, unless the captors of the . missionary further abate their demands, there is no hope of an immediate settlement. An agent who is in touch with the brig- ands reports that they recognize _they made a mistake in kidnaping Miss Stone. They would, however, consider it worse than a blunder to release her without an adequate ransom. There is no longer any fear regarding the brigands’ intentions toward the cap- tives. They declare themselves to be not robbers, but patriots, performing an ob- noxious task in the interests of a holy cause. The majority of the kidnapers are peasants and farmers, directed by a secret committee, who rule its decisions :SAN JACINTO FOREST g | LANDS FOR SETTLERS | Three Townships—g;Be Thrown Open to Homesteaders in January. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16.—An important document, signed by President Roosevelt, | has been received in the local United | States land office, and its contents first became known to-day. It means that in the immediate future more than 70,000 acres of valuaple lard in Southern Cali- fornia will be thrown cpen to settiément. The tract is on the San Jacinto forest re- serve and is offizlally designated as Town- ships 8, 9 and 10, range § east. This is one | of the sections that the forest survey ar- | bitrarily took in when the reserve was ‘;‘rez,fiitcd. in 1897, though it was not forest and. The region lies south of Indio, not far from the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, with the towns of Walters and Thermal situated alonz its edge. Ever since the development of waler there would-be settlers have been clamoring to ve ‘he land eliminated from the pro- Dhibited zone of the forest reserve. The ihree townships will be opened Jan- uary 2. 182, on which day_settlerents will be subject to_entry in the land_ of- { fice n this city. The land is claimed to be adapted to every form of agricuiture. il iy McKeever Substituted for O’Brien. LONDON, Nov. 16.—The match arranged by the National Sporting Club for ° the | miadleweight English champlonship be- | tween Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia and Frank Craig, the ‘“Harlem Coffee Cooler,” has fallen through, 'Brien paying for- feit. However, Charlie McKeever of Phil- | adeiphia, who has just landed in England, | has stepped into the breach, though ouf | of training, and has offered to take | O'Brien’s piace. This has been accepted and McKeever and Craig will fight at the National Sporting Club November 18. Mirth s a magnifying glass through | which people look on the brightest and side of life. | ADVERTISEMENTS. Rupture Cured, The celebrated California In tor, Dr. Pierce, discovered thst the onl, rem tare is Electricit fecting his won Maguetic Trussand estab- ing its sale throughout the world, be gave to suf- ferers from thisg malady the reli curity vainly sought for \ eleewhere. This renowned sppliauce is radically ferent from all others and iis action on the ruptured parts is quick and effective ' Cures sccomplished by its use are numbered by the thousand, If ruptured investigate at once, Call or send & 2-cent stamp for new * Booklet No.1.” Address HMagnetic Truss Co,, 1145 Broadway (near 26t 8t.), NewYork, or 208 Post St., SanFrancisco, Weak Men and Women HOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, THE Great Mexican Remedy; gives health and Strengih o sexual organs. Depot, 323 Market. J? = C Cured of Piles, Saved From Knife. Mrs. Aaron Medron of Savannah, Ga. writes: “Ever rince the birth of my first child, six years ago, I Lave suffered great- ly from piles. 1 could not bring myselr to bear the thoughts of a surgical opera- tion. Pyramid Pile ('ure entirely cured me.” For sale by all druggists. “Piles, Causes and Cure” malled free. Drug Co., Marshall, Mich. i i s oo il to Pyramid | sald the Judge; “I perceive you already TEmI | Bave the Kansas 10ea Bt Pt GlosatY: CASTRO IS 'ALARMED AT THE REVOLUTION Leaders of the Insurrection Are Gaining Great Headway and Are Besieging Some Important Strongholds of the Repu blic —— — CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF VENEZUELA, WHO IS GREATLY ALARMED BY THE SPREAD AND MAGNITUDE OF THE REVOLUTION WITH- IN THE BORDERS OF THE DISTURBED REPUBLIC. ORT OF SPAIN, Nov. 16.—The revolution in Venezuela is spread- ing, and President Castro is alarmed at the magnitude of the insurrection. He mistrusts the members of his cabinet. He lost confi- dence in Senor Velutini, Minister of the Irterior, and compelled the latter to re- sign. Senor Calixto Escalante has been arpointed Senor Velutini's successor and Senor Regino Pachano has become Minis- ter of Foreign Affairs. Was so Acknowledged. * “He had been hanging around girl for some time,” sald a well-known North Ender, “‘and I saw that unless something was done before long he would soon be- come a mentber of the family. I had frowned uFon the matter right from the start, as I didn’t think he was good enough for my daughter. But from the beginning I simply constituted a hopeless minority, as my wife thought he was a perfect paragon. I thought I knew better and when one Sunday I saw him at a ball game I was sure of it. “Now, I am a great lover of the Amer- ican game and Sunday is the only day that I have time to attend. I have al- ways been very careful to keep from my wife the fact that I ever attended a game of ball on Sunday, as she is a very strict church member and views with horror any one who seeks pleasure on the Sab- bath. So, when I saw the young man there at the game I thought I had found a way to bring her over to my side, know- ing full well that if I did his chances of becoming a member of the family were mighty slim. I hadn’t the slightest idea that he had seen me there, and I thought I could startle an admission from him that would show him up in his true colors without danger to myself. So when he called the other night, I said suddenly: “Young man, where were you last Sunday? “*Oh, I sat just two rows ahead of you,’ he answered easlily. “That threw explanations back on me, and left me gasping for breath. “‘Fine sermon, wasn't it?" he added a moment later, coming to my rescue like | the trump he is. “*Oh, you degr old fellow, did you go to church and ‘say nothing to me about it? cried my wife. ‘How lovely! What was the text?" “] was simply incapable of answering, and again that young trump filled the breach. “‘Ninety and nine,’ said he. “The score wasn’'t quite as bad as that —almost, though. Bay! he’s the finest young man that ever drew breath and ?\e can have anything that belongs to me!"”—Detroit Free Fress. S ey Chivalry Saved His Neck. Andrew Lang, in Longmans’, retells a capital story, which “proves the profitable character of good manners,” averring that he had the tale from a descendant of the gentleman who had the manners:, Mr. M., of —, was out in forty- five. He was taken, and was being brought to the Tower with Kilmarnock and Balmerino. A block stopped the sad cortege, and a lady, looking from a win- dow, cried: ‘“You tall rebell” (Mr. was six_feet four) “you will soon be shorter by a head!” “Does that _give you pleasure, madame?” said Mr. “Yes, it does.” “Then, madame,” said Mr. M., takin oft his hat and making a low bow, ** do not die in vain.” Lady — was moved. She made in- terest for Mr. M. There exists a paper in the hand of George II to this effect: “Let Lady ** (the name is obliter- ated) ‘“‘have access to her tall rebel, and be_damned to her.” The royal clemency .was extended to Mr. M saw his pardon, beautifully en- grossed within a decorative border, and framed, on the wall of a descendant's study. It Is fair to add that gractlcally the whole county of Ross, and also the Ear] of Sutherland, petitioned for the life of the courteous Mr. M.;: well, I see his name is in print in articles by’ D. M. R., reprinted from Northern Star, February 15 and 22, 1900. His name was Roder'ck Macculloch, of Glastullich. D. M., R., however, does not give the aneadote so pleasingly, and I have preferred oral tra- dition.—Richmond Times. —_————————— Strange Colony of Outlaws. There is in Lower California a stran; colony of which the outside world rarely hears. It is made up of outlaws, and some of the most notorious escaped crimi- nals have taken refuge in it. They live in a strange, rugged stretch of country, with the Guif of California on one side and a range of foothills which sprea down toward the Mexican border on the other. There are no ports at this point on the coast of California, and no rail- roads reaching in from the other direc- tion, so the men are completely isolated. They are practically prisoners, because they dare not venture out, but no effort has ever been made to disturb them in thelr chosen refuge, though they, have Dbeen congregating there for years. | e The Kansas Idea. Hans Jensen, a Dane, recently appeared before the magistrate of the District Court held in Garnett, Kans., to be nat- uralized. At the close of the usual ex- amiration the Judge asked the applicant: “‘Hans, are you satisfied with the generai conditions in this country? Does this Government suit you entirely?’ “Yas, yas,” answered Hans, “only 1 would like see more rain.” ‘‘You may be sworn,” L —— General Pletre, the Venezuelan revolu- tlonary leader, has demanded the surren- der of the city of Calaboso to prevent Dloodshed and the destruction of property. General Pablo Gusaman, another revo- luticnary leader, has attacked the town of Aragua and captured all the arms there. He later made successful attacks against General Melja's force and the gar- rison under command of President Mar- canos of the state of Bermudez, capturing the arms and ammunition. Old Cathedral at Roskilde. W. E. Curtis writes to the Chicago Rec- ord-Herald that the dust of the Danish Kings is kept In a great cathedral at Roskilde, an old town twenty miles from Copenhagen. Every year when the King is entertaining his royal guests the entire family always pay a visit to Roskilde, in obedience to an ancient custom. On one of the pillars are marks showing the height of Peter the Great, Nicholas, the Iron Czar; Alexander III of Russia, the King of England and many other Kings. The cathedral was built in the eleventh century. It has two mighty towers, which can be seen at a long distance. The old- est grave is that of King Harold I, who died in 987, and the last burial was that of the body of the late Queen Louise. Reserving the Forests. A company of Texans owning a million acres of forest land allows no tree of less than a foot in diameter to be cut and requires the smaller trees to be carefully protected. “If this sensible plan,’ says the Philadelphia Record, *“had been adopted a century ago in the North our pine forests swould still be producing large quantities of marketable lumber, with no prospect of extinction.” Bu; those forests are now a barren waste an people can onlysruminate on what might have been.—St. Paul Ploneer Press. DENIES CHINESE RIGHT T0 LAND Mongolians En Route to Mexico Must Return i to China. ———— Treasury Department Refuses to Interfere in the Matter. ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—In the cases of eighty or more Chinese who recently arrived at San Francisco en route to Mex- ico, and who were refused permission to proceed by the immigration authorities at San Francisco on the ground that their ultimate purpose was to cross the Mexi- can frontier into the United States con- trary to law, the Treasury Department will instruct the Collector that the So- licitor of the Treasury has held that there is no appeal to the department in such cases, and therefore his adverse action will stand. The matter was referred to the Attorney General, who deciines to give an opinion, on the ground that the cases are now before the courts. The de- partment has taken a firm stand agains germitfing Chinamen to cross the United tates into Mexico, as investigation has disclosed the fact that nearly all of them recross the border into this country. The long border line makes it almcst impossi- ble to so patrol the territory as to pre- vent this, and the officials purpose to see what virtue there “may be in refusing them permission to land on American soll for any purpose whatever. Colonel William H. Powell. OGDENSBURG, N. Y., Nov. 16.—Colonel ‘Willlam H. Powell, U. S. A, retired, died at Sacketts Harbor to-day. He entered the army as a private in 1861 and won his first commission the same year. He be- came colonel of the Ninth Infantry in 1897, and was retired at his request in 1899. Sarah Elizabeth Griswold Morse. NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—Mrs. Sarah Eliz- abeth Griswold Morse, widow of Professor Samuel B. Morse, inventor of the tele- graph, died in Berlin on Thursday. She was Professor Morse's second wife and IWES married to him in 1848. She was born n 1822. Strength of the Army. The total enlistment in the continental or so-called regular forces amounted from 1775 to 1783 to a total of 231,791. The aver- age enlistments were about 2,000 per an- num, as the service of each man was usually less‘than a year. The army was discharged and renewed nine times over during the progress of the struggle. In addition to the continentals there was a force of militia variously estimated ac from 60,000 to 150,000. It is a curious fact that we owe the es- tablishment of a regular army, which ‘Washington was powerless to accomplish to that hater of military establishments, Thomas Jefferson. Events forced him to this, as it did to the establishment of the military academy. No doubt his sympa- thy with the popular hostility to a per- manent army viade it easier for him to obtain from Congress what he found him- self compelled to ask for. Bean Famine Threatened in Boston Many Bostonians did not enjoy their customary repast of beans to-day, be- cause the scarcity of this staple food amounted to almost a famine. About 400,- 000 bushels of beans are annually con- sumed in Boston, and not In twenty years has the price exceeded 50 a bushel. Now, however, owing to a short crop in New York, Michigan, California and Can- ada last year, the supply is nearly ex- hausted and the price has jumped to $3 a bushel and is still soaring. The California crop this year is report- ed to be large, and when it comes in tha price of beans is expected to go back to about normal. Meantime beans are a luxury in hoteis and cafe!.—lflnston tele- gram to the Chicago Chrog c] Matter-of-Fact Governor. Max O'Rell and a German Governor of one of the States of America got to be great friends, and when sufficiently fami- liar the Governor confided to Max that he objected to one only of his sayings—that “Germans had no humor.” “Well,” said Max, “it's this way. I used to tell a tale of a tree that was so high that it took two men to see to the top of it. One looked as far as he could, and the other started looking where the other left off! And,” afided Max, “I never met a G man yet who could see the joke!" “Joke!” replied the Teuton, “‘that’s not a joke; it's a d—d le!"—Melbourne Argus. | place in Fairville. | and two men have been badly injured by VIGIOUS BUCK HOLDS BRIDGE Esca.bed PetDeer Creates Excitement in Sonoma. Man Attacked by the Animal Escapes by Leaping Into a Boat. e Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, Nov. 16.—A viclous buck took possession of the drawbridge at Sonoma yesterday and when the bridge tender attempted to raise the draw the animal decided to dispute his right. For a time the deer had everything his own way and gupplied considerable excitement. The br&ga is across Sonoma creek and is owned by the California Northwestern railroad. The buck was_a four-pointer and had escaped from Victor Sartori’s Bridge Tender Peter Hein was called upon to raise the draw to enable a schooner to pass, but the buck was in the middle of the structure. When Hein approached, the animal charged him with lowered antlers. By dropping into a boat under the bridge Hein escaped the deer. The owner of the buck arrived later and after an exciting time the animal was re- captured. It is an extremely viclous buck it, one being nearly killed. - tmla i HEARTLESS FATHER SELLS HIS CHILD FOR A DOLLAR Purchaser Intends Placing Bill of Sale on File in the Regis- trar’s Office. NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—There will be placed on file Monday in the Registrar's office in Brooklyn by Mrs. Rebecca Low- enwirth of Will‘amsburg a bill of sale by which she believes she will gain the legal possessicn of Gerti= Katz, the 15-month- old motherless girl whe she bought for $iL from the child’s fatker. The mother was Mrs. Yetta Katz, who died three days after Gertie was born. When Gertie was born her parents lived in a tenement- house at Williamsburg. After the death of the child’s mother the neighbors took care of Gertie, and from one week to an- other she had a new home. Mrs. Lowen- wirth was among those who harbored the infant. She grew very fond of the lit- tle girl and agreed to keep her if all claim was Teleased by the ‘ather. Katz con- sented to let Mrs. Lowenwirth have the baby for $1. Mrs. Lowenwirth paid him and the bill of sale was drawn up and signed. SURVIVES POWERFUL SHOCK OF ELECTRICITY Los Angeles Man Makes Short Cir- cuit to Himself and Receives Two Thousand Volts. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16.—W. H. Repo- egle, an electrician at the sub-station of the United Electric, Gas and Power Company, sustained for several seconds to-day the force of an electric current of 2000 volts, and still lives. While workinz among the transformers he accidentally made a short circuit of himself. While severely burned at points of contact and suffering greatly from the shock, he wil Tecover. —_— Bold Robbery in Stockton. STOCKTON, Nov. 16.—Two young men wearing masks entered a grocery store in the eastern part of the city, near the Southern Pacific Railroad, to-night, robbed Isaac Stanaway, the clerk, of 3§22 and took two or three dollars out of the till. They struck the clerk with pistols when he refused to open the safe and es- caped when neighbors gave the alarm. The robbery occurred at 8:50 o'clock. when many persons were passing along the street. California Fruit. fruit growers now complain that they are being beaten by California rivals in the price and the quality of plums. From Californip plums are re- ceived in London which, in spite of their long journey, can undersell the English plum and vastly exceed it in attractive- ness and appearance. The California vis- itor is so carefully packed that it arrives with the bloom as fresh as at its first picking. Such trifles do not concern the English grower, whose fruit, except it be of the most expensive kind, comes bat- tered and bruised to market. English DOV ALS out it. BE SURE TO TRY IT. Nashville, Tenn. I have found Hostetter's Stomach Bitters an excellent remedy for stom- ach trouble ahd would not be with- A.P. M’CLURE. ADVERTISEMENTS. store your appetite. PEPSIA, HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS The Medicine with 50 years of cures back of it is surely the one you need to s’grengthen your weak stomach and re- It will cure DYS- INDIGESTION, BILIOUS- NESS, LIVER AND KIDNEY TRGOU- BLES, also prevents BELCHING, IN- SOMNIA or NERVOUSNESS. I can recommend your Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for Dyspepsia, as it cured me when nothing else did. ‘FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND GENERAL DEALERS. {Q@ ADVERTISEMENTS. KNOWS NO DISTINGTION. Rieh and Poor Alike Suffer From Catarrl» in This Climate. All observant physicians have noticed the enormous increase in catarrhal diseases in recent years, and the most liberal ard enlightened have cheerfully given their approval to the new internal remely, Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets, as the most successful and by far the safest remedy for catarrh yet produced. One well known catarrh specialist, as soon as he had made a thorough test of this preparation, discarded inhalers, washes and sprays and now depeuds en- tirely upon Stuart's Catarrh Tablets in treating catarrh, whether in the head, throat _or stomac Dr.-Risdell says: “In patients who had lost the sense of smell entirely and even where the hearing has begun to be affect- ed from catarrh I have had fine resuits after only a few weeks’ use of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets. I can only explain their action on the theory that the cleansing and antiseptic properties of the tablets destroy_the catarrhal germs wherever found, because I have found the tablists equally valuable in catarrh of the throat and stomach as in nasal catarrh.”™ Dr. Estabrook says Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are especially useful in nasal ca- terrh and catarrh of the throat, clearing the membranes of mucus and speedily overcoming the hawking, coughing and expectorating. Any sufferer from catarrh will find Stuart's Catarrh Tablets will gtva Imme- diate relief, and being in tablet form and pleasant to the taste, are convenien: and always ready for use, as they can be car- ried in the pocket and used at any time, as they contain no poisonous drugs, but only. !{e cleansing antiseptic properties of Eucalyptus bark, Guaiacol, blood root and Hydrastin. All druggists sell the tablets at 50 cents for complete treatment. BROW TOUR TRUSS AW2Y, RUPTURE CURED BY FIDELITY METHOD. are—P failure. NO PAY UNTILCURE Testimonials at our office references fu on i ANl tients must come (s’ office Tor professional stten- FIDELITY RUPTURE CURE, Room 4, 28}4 Kearny £t. OperaGlasses —AND— Lorgnettes NEW PARISIAN SHAPES. The Ocularium. IC APPARAT! OPTICIANS Puqrnfi”my.unncu 542 MARKET ST. InsTRuments unner cxmowicLs sunome, CATALOGUE FRE UNITED STATES BRANCH. [ STATEMENT ~—OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— Hamburg Bremen Firg INSURANCE COMPANY F HAMBURG, GERMANY, ON THE 31ST day of December, A. D. 100, and for the year ending on that' day, as made to the In- surance Commissioner of the State of Cali- fornia, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. ASSETS. Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company....31,209,356 25 Amount of Loans secured by pledge of Bonds, Stocks and ofher mar- ketable securities as collateral 65,000 00 Cash in Banks . 93,724 64 Premiums in due Course of Collec- Total Assets ... $1.388,975 53 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid .. < $13.45 0 Losses in process of Adjustment or in Suspense ... 33,955 00 Losses resisted, including expenses.. 15,550 00 Gross premiums on Fire run- ning one year or less, $966,134 % reinsurance 50 per cent..... 453,087 48 Gross: premiums on Fire Risks run- ning more than one year, $M0, 721 81; reinsurance pro rata. 507,327 67 Commissions and Brokerage due and to become due .. Total Liabilitles ... INCOME. Net cash actually recetved for Fire premiums ... $1,314,000 32 Received for interest and dividends North East, Md. L. W. THOMAS. on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from all other sources iy Total Income ... EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in- cluding $98,869 16, losses of previous YOATS) eiviernriiionn on . .. §794,198 63 Paid or allowed for Commission or erage .. e - .. 254,582 67 Paid for Salaries, Fees and other charges for officers, clerks, etc..... ns.nt 2 Paid for State, National and Local taxes by -~ 40,019 4% All other payments and expenditures. P 84,373 T Total Expenditures .. $132,442,173 | $1,610,708 8 u2a9,882 | 13077 7T 156,180,263 | 1,908,356 76 F. O. AFFELD, Resident Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 5th day of February, 1901, CHARLES EDGAR MILLS, Commissioner for California in New York. RUDOLPH HEROLD Jr., Ceneral Agent. HARRY C. BOYD, Assistant Ceneral Agent, 415 CALIFORNIA STREET, & San Francisco, Cal.