The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1901 "ATLIN CITIZEN TELLS OF PLOT Adv Movers in Yukon Lonspiracy. — Better Class of Americans Would Oppose the Revo- lutionists. dispateh to The N way v. 20.—That there who would like n Yukon a member ho arrived e conspiracy Mr. Newton sa: before leaving the ill a number of the th gang to be found in and they had some : s element that of the flag incidents ese adventurers were piracy to set up th TS ever attempt sald Mr. Newton, dents in the North rst to take up arms 20.—Special dispatches ished here < for the off win- who th. al GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS DAY OF THANKSGIVING the Usual Announcement in Accordance With President’s Decree. ADVERTISEMENTS. The consumptive dies Iungs to b ungs rendered incapable of eathing by disease. The blood as it flows in and out of the lungs ptive’s pro- the lungs grow weaker s led and the nges from scarlet to pur- the life of the pt Medical Discovery upon weak ngs strengthen them, to en- oxygenation o{f éhe e progress of dis- heal thre Sfiamed tis- 1g discases have been g cured by “Golden Discovery,” in cases where deep-seated cough, frequent hemor- rhage, emaciation, weak- ness, and mnight-sweats ~have all pointed to a fatal en up all hope ur riend advised Pierce’s Golden Medicel Discov- taken the contents of the ove. After takin believe. delivere d. Iam nowa Pellets cleanse from accumulated Gperaé lasses Lo rg-hettes PA AN SHAPE The Ocularium. 5T PPARAT | ICIANS Zp,, - oerAPHICA us, i PHOTOSR™ Scienmirc 642 MARKET ST. 'wsTRuMenTs wota cHRomcLE Buome. CATALOGUE FREE < s guaranteed or 'address orders INSTITUTF, $56 Broad- . Also for sale at 18784 Send for free book. EDICAL Ca L I3 v MARKET ST. SE CAFE ROVAL Corner F\ Steam and Lager, ¢ Overcoats and k enturers the Prime;Southern Pacific Has a | | E | l he the air, | | were valises checked free | Ger case will go to the jury to-morrc— |intention of the Soutnern Pacific to kill PLANNING NEW RAILWAY ROUTE | Great Project in View. May Build From Summit Through Grass Valley to Marysville. ! >~ Special Dispatch to The Call. TRUCKE Nov. 20.—That the South- | ern Pacific is determined to reduce the | elevation, the grades, the curves at great expense of its present high line over the Sierras from Truckee to Colfax is evi- denced by the fact that anothér party of engineers has taken the fleld to run pre- liminaries for a cut-off, including a tun- nel. They are now at work on a new line to begin at Donner Lake, with the inten- tion of coming out on the Yuba River near Cisco. By the new tunnel the line will be reduced eight miles and the ele- vation reduced 1000 feet. The tunnel will have to be six miles in length and three vears will be required to bore it. _There is another important feature in this work and that is a new line from some point on the main line in the Sierras to Marysville. An electric line is_ being built from Grass Valley and Nevada City to Marysviile, and it is the evident 0S ANGELES, Nov. 2).—Seven men were killed and a score in- jured in a wreck on the Santa Fe Railroad one mile west of Fran- conia, Ariz., a switching station twenty miles east of The Needles, Cal., at 5 o'clock this morning. Limited respectively, crashed together while run- | ning at full speed. Train No. 4 was drawn | by | train bad but one locomotive, while the westbound The three engines were crushed and blown to pieces by an explosion that followed the colli- sion. Both trains were made up of vesti- bule cars of the heaviest and most im- proved pattern and, while they stood the terrible shock well and protected the pas- sengers to a great extent, several of the cars took fire at once and burned. The dining cars—one on each train—one Pull- man and two composite cars were de- stroyed. ‘West-Bound Crew to Be Blamed. The collision is said to have been due to a disregarding of orders on the part two engines, several birds with one stone, i. e., to build a better line over the Slerras to reach | the famous mines in and around Grass | Valley and to build a direct line to Marys- }1:19 om its present line in Bastern Cali- | ornia Nov s one rides down the mountain from mmit to Colfax and from Colfax a narrow-gauge train laboriously climbs | n to Grass Valley. It is be- iat an easy grade can be secured the summit, to be determined survey, to Grass Valley and | v route to Marysville e route is probably over | emigrant trail and the lake itself | marks a spot which always be | prominent in the histor; those who | ered the “way from the Missouri | er to the Pacific, for at one end of the lake the ill-fated Donner party perished. The snowsheds, a constant source of e: pense and annoyance, will be obliterated, but the scenic fegtures wi. be enhanced for to-day the glorious scenery of the | Sierras is lost, as the snowshed ut out | the view and it is not until the lower al- titude § ached that the passenger may e is re enjoy the sublime picture around Dutch Flat, Cape Horn and Colfax. LEAVE TO PROSECUTE THE MODOC LYNCHERS SACRAMENTO, torney General C. M - General G. city cv. 20.—Assistant At- Post and Deputy . Sturtevant will to-morrow night for Al- Modoc~ County, where they will represent the State of California prosecution of the Modoc lynchers. The trial of James Brown, one of the will begin on Monday next. ntion of Post and Sturtevant ne District Attorney of Modoc e presecufion. CARDINAL MEN GO SOUTH. | Stanford Eleven :Plny in Los An- geles Thanksgiving Day. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov. 20.— Fifteen members of the football squad will leave next Tuesday night for Los Angeles, where the sity eleven on Thanksgiving day will meet a team com- posed of old college players, managed by Phil Wilson, § f = anford, ex-'0L ptain Fisher will announce the line- son. It w obably be the same as t which faced California, with the ex- | ception of Quarterback Raitt, whose place n wilkbe filled by Bausbach. T rer Ed- vards has been negotiating for a match between the sccond team and the Univer- sity of Utah eleven. It is possible that h a match may be arranged to be Stanford Volunteers Name Officers. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov. 20. The Stanford Voluntears, an organization composed of students who enlisted in the uring «he Spanish-American war, met in Encina Hall last night for the sec ond annual election of officers. W. I Traeger, star tackle cI the varsity, w. elected to the presideucy, and Chari Dietrick, an irstructcr in the econom depa t, was cho<en vice ident The other offic s y 03, secretary; Isasc ’04, treasurer; John Stowe 'd H. E. Walker '03, sergeant-at committee on coc- respondence—R. W. Dodd '02, Isaac Rus- sell "04, H. E. Walker '03, J. J. Montzingo 05 and C. R. Blodgett "04. BURGLARS LEAVE NO CLEW BERIND Santa Rosa’s Marshal Is Now Figuring Up His Loss. Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, Nov. 20.—Mystery still shrouds the robbery of the City Marshal's office yesterday morning, when more than $1000 of city tax money was taken from t afe. Marshal Holmes is working dil- igently to ascertain the exact shortage, but has not vet completed his search. The amount taken, Mr. Holmes now be- lieves, will reach $1300. No balance has been taken since the commencement of the collection of taxes, and for this rea- son the computation is slow. The robbers must have been very quick at their work. Not more than twenty minutes could have been consumed by them in getting into the office and open- ing the safe. At 5:25 o'clock the carrier boy of the local morning daily left a pa- per the Marshal’s office and he s the window blind was up and the gas was burning, with no evidence of anything wrong. At 6:05 o'clock the janitress ar- ved and found the gas out, the window tain down and the front door open. t of false whigkers were found by Charles Staley vesterday morning in front of the Marshal's office, and these are be- lieved to have been the disguise of one of the thieves. A number of citizens who out early in the morning saw nge men in_the wicinity of the city and the officers are trying to learn strangers were, ~ Marshal Holmes is under an official bond of $40,000, issued by the United States: Fidelity and Guarantee Compan CLARK RETICENT AS TO CAMPAIGN EXPENSES Sacramento’s Ha?yo? Declines to Tell What Re-election Cost Him. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 2).—Mayor-elect George H. Clark has refused to make affi- davit to his account of campaign expendi- tures undeyp the purity of elections law. Mayor Clark makes this statement: “Acting under the advice of my attor- ney, Hiram W. Johnson, I did not make oath to my statement of expenses incurre:l in my late campaign. The Supreme Court ruled, in the case of Bradley against Clark that ‘the oath provided for in the purity of elections law is unconstitutional. Murder Case Nearing End. SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—The Considine mur- in the | It | ed in Salt Lake City on Christmas | of the crew of the westbound limited, though full particulars on this point are as yet lacking. From all accounts, how- ever, it is gathered that the eastbound train had orders to take the siding at Franconia and await the passing of the westbound flyer, which was running two hours late and trying to make up time. The eastbound train failed to reach the | siding and, as the westbound train did not wait for it, the two came together without warning and with an awful crash. The boiler of the westbound train is said to have exploded immediately after the crash, scalding to death those of the en- gine crews who had not been killed out- right. The bodies of Case and Armitage, firemen of train No. 4, and Samuel Brown, a waiter of train No. 3, are. miss- ing and it is believed they were cremated | in the conflagration that followed the col« | 1ision. Confusion followed the crash. The mas- | sive engines were piled up in an inde- | scribable mass of broken and twisted steel, while the scalding steam hung in a dense, suffocating cloud over the de- | bris, from which came the agonizing cries ; of the injured and dying enginemen. The heavy Pullmans and composite cars jammed the dining and baggage cars up- on the heated pile of wreckage, crushing out the lives of the dining car crews and ['setting the’cars afire. Passengers Are Fortunate. The sleeping cars, with one or two ex- eptions, suffered slightly, and, as a re- sult, the passengers were afforded com- parative immunity from injury. So far as learned only three passengers suffered in- juries of a severe character, the terrible e | results “of the wreck being confined al- most entirely to the train crews and the- employes of the dining car service, As soon as the news of the wreck | reached The Needles, which is the diyi- ion headquarters of the west end, a re- | lief train was made up and, carrying a number of physicians from that point, was hurried to the scene. The injured | were placed aboard and started west for | Los Angeles. Running Contrary to Orders. | At santa Fe headquarters in Los An- geles it was sald that the blame had not | been definitely fixed, but, from all ap- | pearances, it rests with the crew of the | westbound train. Had the train stopoed at Franconia and allowed the eastbound train to reach there, as the orders are said to have read, there would have been | no collision, For some reason, yet to be learned, however, it came on at full speed and the two trains met one mile west of | the switch where it was intended they R B R R S R R s e ] RAIN ARDUGES NO GOMPLAINT Farmers Profit by the Wetting Their Land Receives. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 20.—Rain has been falling steadily for thirty-six hours. In the vicinity of Sacramento the pre- cipitation is .60 of an iInch. - Reports from points along the river indicate a general downpour. Nothing has been in- jured by the rain. Grapes and beans have all been gathered. The present rain is what farmers like—a gentle, soaking drizzle that penetrates the soil without causing streams to overflow. This rain will start the plows in all parts of the Sacramento Valley. ? WOODLAND, Nov. 20.—The weather | has been showery all day. The rainfall to date for the season has been 2.63 inches, which is in excess of that of last season at this time. Summer fallowed land, seeded before the showers, looks well, and the ground is in fine condition s | for winter plowing and sowing. BTOCKTON, Nov. 20.—The rainfall up to midnight amounted to .46, making 2 inches for the season. Raln is still fall- ing, and the indicatlons are for mcre. The damage to late crolas is light and will be greatly exceeded by the benefits, FRESNO, Nov. 20.—Rain commenced falllng at 9:30 o'clock to-night. If it should develop into a heavy downpour it will greatly benefit early sown grain and pasturage. Farmers are hoping for a soaking rain to aid them in their plowing. SAN DIEGO, Nov. 20.—The sky is clear here and there are no signs of rain. A good storm would be welcome to farmers, although it is not actually needed. NAPA, Nov. 20.—Five and three hun- dredths inches of raid fell here during the forty-eight hours ending at 7 o'clock this morning. There were snowers during the day and to-night it is raining hard, SAN JOSE, Nov. 20.—A light rain has been falling here since 7 o’clock to-nigit, At 10 o'clock the measurement was .0L of an inch. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20.—The weather here to-night is clear and pleasant, with no indications of rain, ANTA CRUZ, Nov. 20.—A heavy rain fell here this evening, with prospects for continuing all night. King’s Health Is Excellent. LONDON, Nov. 20—S8ir Frederick Treves, surgeon to King Edward, when submitting the toast to the King at a banquet at Aberdeen yesterday, sald it was pleasant to know that his Majesty had never enjoyed such excellent health | @s at present. trains, east and west bound, Nos. 4 and 3! SEVEN MEN PERISH AND A SCORE ARE INJURED IN CRASH OF TRAINS | Alleged Disobedience of Orders by the Crew of a Santa Fe Limited Results' in an Appalling Railway Disaster Twenty Miles East of The Needles. I MANY NAMES IN THE LIST OF VICTIMS { THE DEAD. P. McELLIGOTT, engineer train No. 4. H. F. GOLDSMITH, fireman train_ No. 3. X THE. 1 ARDT, barber \ AR train No. 3. WALTER DAVORAGE, waiter train No: 3. s W. L. CASE, fireman train No. 4. W. H. ARMITAGE, fireman train No. 4. SAMUEL BROWN, train No. 3. TRAINMEN INJURED, Joe Morse, conductor train No. 4; cut and scalded. R. R. Higgins, tonductor train No. 3; cut and scalded. J. R. Williams, engineer train No. 3; cut and bruised. L. Holmes, engineer train 4; cut and bruised. L. W. Fair, waiter train No. B; bruised; 3210 State street, Chicago. H. ‘Webb, porter train No. 4; scalded; 3531 ‘Dear- born street, Chicago. Otto Barse, chief cook train No. chest badly in- jured; 3632 Fifth avenue, Chicago. Tony Larson, second cook train No. 3; head and less burned; 154 South Clark street, Chicago. 2 Monte Morton, waiter train No. 3; cut about head, body and legs; 368 Twenty-sev- enth street, Chicago. | Harry Letcher, porter train No. 3; cut and bruised; 3118 State street, Chicago. | ¥. Williams, waiter train Noi 4; slightly scalded; 531 State street, Chicago. Thomas H. Owen, waiter train No. 4; hands, face and feet cut and scalded; 27058 La Salle street, Chicago. J. H. Arnold, waiter train No. 4; slightly scalded; 368 Twenty-seventh street, Chi- 0. M5 W. Bryant, waiter train No. 4; hand and face scald- ed; - 544 West Fifty-fourth place, Chicago. PASSENGERS INJURED. P. J. Steenson, right shoul- der, left ankle and - left wrist strained and bruised; i North Marengo and Robert | streets, Pasadena, Cal. W. L. Franklin, shin skin- ned; 14 and 16 Fremont street, San Francisco. Mrs. H. H. Gibben, sHghtly injured; Poplar street, Oakland, Cal. waiter should pass. The westbound limited car- ried -a full passenger list from Eastern cities, but mone of the passengers were injured.. BODIES OF VICTIMS BURNED. Survivors Tell of the Horrors of The Needles Disaster. SAN BERNARDINO, Nov. 20.—The spe- cial train made up at the scene of the Santa Fe wreck east of The Needles this morning arrived in this city at 11:10 o’clock to-night with the injured members of the train crew and the passengers who were westbound. The latter escaped al- most without a scratch, and, marvelous as it seems, of the thirty or more persons who were coming to California on this limited train not one has more than slight bruises to show for his awful experience. Conductor Higgins of The Needles, who was in charge of No. 4 and who was fa- tally injured, had a sinking spell just as the train pulled into the yards here and it was belleved he was dying, but he was still breathing as the train left for Los Angeles, a few, moments later. He is in- jured internally, his hip is broken and he is badly burned. Dr. Booth of The Nee- FIGALS BODKS j diés, who was caring for the injured, did “{ each train. ~+ not believe it possible for him to survive long. His wife and two children boarded the train at The Needles and are with the dying man. “The shock was so slight that I hardly felt it in the fourth car,” said E. H. Rod- man, a manufacturer’s agent from Chi- cago. “I knew that the stop was sudden, but could not realize that such a wreck could have occurred and anybody come | out of it alive. The lighter character of the vestibuled car in front, a combination coach, explains the death of so many of the trainmen who were in it. It was crushed by the weight of the heavy coaches behind and then flames added to the horror of the disaster. None of the sleepers were damaged. The passengers rapidly crawled out and all endeavors were bent toward saving those who were 8o badly injured in the front cars, one on “Two of the engines were oil burners and the engines and seven coaches were soon enveloped in burning oil. I believe the bodies of at least three of the train men who were killed were burned. One of ‘the sad detalls is the fact that the body of alittle child was in a casket on board the east-bound train, being taken East for burial. The casket and contents are in ashes and the parents, who were in. charge of it, are on this train going back to Los Angeles. “It was about three hours from the time of the accident until help arrived. Trains came from both directions at about! the same time, and as soon as possible the company was doing all it could for us. The passengers and those of the train crew who could help pulled away four cars, one at a time, from the burn- ing mass and saved them. One of the coaches which was loosened.from the east- bound train got away and ran back down the hill eight miles. The brakes would not work and the car could not be stopped until it hit a level piece of track. ‘“‘Some of the passengers said they did not feel the shock of the collision at all, ard the only one that got much of a scratch was one who was in a drawing room. Not being able to get out at the door, he broke through a glass with his revolver and crawled out and was cut by the broken glass. The dining car conduc- tor on the west-bound train, who escaped unburt, but with very scanty clothing, said that the men in the combination ccach had no chance for their lives at all. “Two of my waiters are dead, my chef badly hurt and all I saved is what you see I' have on. My clothes, my monej and most of my help are gone.” The three Pullmans which made up the train that arrived here to-night were not damaged and the hurried glance permit- ted by the train’s five-minute stop in tnis city did not indicate that even so much as the glass was broken. The heavy frame of the cars saved them, but helped to crush what was ahead. A railroad man in authority here said to-night that the loss to the company would be not less than $250,000 in equip- ment alone, leaving out of account the less to business, possible damage suits and everything else but the rolling stock ruined, which included seven edaches and three engines. SIS WURDERER. WS AT INQUEST Sheriff May Soon Land Slayer of Wilcox Family. Unable Yet to Supply Motive for Triple Crime Near 3 Downey. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20.—The past twenty-four hours has disclosed no tangi- ble clew to the perpetrator of the triple murder at Downey, of which A. P. Wil- cox, his wife and infant son were the Vic- tims. If Sheriff Hamiel has discovered a clew—and he intimuates that he has—he has studiously kept it to himself. Bud Lewls, the divorced husband of the mu dered woman, upon whuom the authorities belleved suspicion at first rested, has cleared himself to such an extent thal the Sheriff considers it useless to arrest him. Sheriff Hammel jo-day positively relterated his cpinion tnat the murderer of the Wilcox family was some person other than Lewis. “I have my suspicions,” said the Sheriff. “The person who in my opinion comm! ted the murders was present at the In- quest yesterday in Downey. Future dev opments will determine "vhether lam right or wrong. I believe the crime was com mitted last Saturday nizht, but, of cours:, the exact time may neter be determined. We are making every effort to apprehend the guilty person, and il run down every clew until the murderer is arrested. The evidence adduced at the inques: shed no light whatever upon the mys- tery, not even fixing tae approximate date of the crime with'any degree of certain- | The jury; however. brought in a ver- | ty. dlet fixing the time of death at “prooably on Sunday evening, November 17, firom gunshot wounds, infiicted by a party or parties unknown to the jury.” At the Morgue to-day Coroner Holland made a more carefu. examination of ine wounds and found theie were many moie than the preliminary report disclosed. Ail the bodies show wounds on the head from some blunt, triangular instrument. Two bullet wounds were found on the body of | the child, one through the head and ,an- other through the neck, the latter having been fired at such close range as to pow- der-burn the skin. Only one bullet wound was found in the man’s body. In this case the bullet en- tered the thigh, apparently from behind, and came out at the groin. Wilcox was plainly beaten- to death with the same blunt instrument that ieft bruises upon the heads of tne other two victims. Cor- oner Holland said to-day: “Aside from the fact that it was the act of a bloodthirsty fiend, there are some features which would seem to indicate that the unfortunate versons were first beaten into imsensibility, and that the shooting followed in a spirit of wanton deviltry. The murder of the child is ore feature of the crime that might indicate that it was the work of a maniac: I robbery had been the motive it is un- likely that the child would have been killed. I think the crime was committed by one man. though I would not be cer- tain of this.” % Alebama Adopts New Constitution. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov. 20.—The Governor, Secretary of State and Attor- ney General opened and counted the vote on the constitution to-day. The result shows a majority of 26,879 for the consti- tution. The Governor will issue his proclamation within a few days, and ten days thereafter the new law will go into effect. SHOW SHORTAGE County Recorder J. M. Kerr of Fresno in Difficulties Spectal Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Nov. 20.—County Recorder J. M. Kerr is $1300 short in his accounts. The discovery of the defalcation was made yesterday by County Expert Stephen Arthor, who has been going over the books. The diversion of public funds from the county treasury was made on two occasions. On the 1st of January the County Recorder should have de- posited with Treasurer Marshall about $3800. Instead of turning in that sum he withheld $1000. During one month since then the amount placed in the treasury b the Recorder was $300 less than the sum his books showed should have been deposited. So far as the first shortage of $1000 is concerned, there is no possibility that it is due to a mistake in bookkeeping, for not only have the Recorder’s books been compared with the Auditor’s, but the re- ceipts for all the sums deposited hayve been compared with the books of the Recorder, and no mistake an the part of the Auditor was made. The shortage is hardly explicable on the theory of an error in bookkeeping, for the amount withheld is nearly a third of the whole amount that should have been turned in Just what has become of the money is not known. A theory exists here that it has been used by Mr. Kerr in the oil business. He is heavily involved in sev- eral companies in Kern County, and per- haps used the money in mem assess- ments, Mr. Kerr is an old resident here and is a_very popular man, The news .of the shortage will come as & great blow to a large number of anple throughout the county who have known and respected Kerr for many years. He was elected to the position of Recorder on the Demo- cratic ticket in 1898. e Vacaville Votes Against Bonds. VACAVILLE, Nov, 2.—An election was held to-day to authorize the issuing of $30,000 bonds for a sewer system. The resuit, was: For bonds, 122; against, 68, The proposition failéd, since it lacked gou‘l; votes of having a two-thirds ma- ority, e Twenty Jews Reported Killed, VIENNA, Nov. 20.—Rumors from War- saw un‘r that twenty Jews have been killed in anti-Semitic disturbances at 1 Olvipole, e Ca No see ours at pairing free. You run no risk in principle. guarantee them. 718 Market are used to paying for your made-to-order suits, it will be well for you to not care to pay so low a price, and then again you may disre- gard prejudice for economy’s sake, and buy the suit, because it is well made from all-wool seasonable goods. 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STATEMENT ~—OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS THE MERCHANTS INSURANCE COMPANY F NEWARK. IN THE STATE OF NEW Jersey, on the 3lst day of December, A. D. 1900, 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 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Com- missioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Steck, pald up in Cash -3 400,000 00 .3 187,008 33 Bonds . 318,500 00 Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company. Cash in Company’s Office. Cash in Banks .. - 32 38 fhterest due - and accraed em all Stocks and Loans ... L Interest due and accrued on Bonds and Mortgages . Premiums in due tion . Rents ed Due from other Compa surance on losses already pald. Total Assets Losses adjusted and unpaid..........3 0,812 4 Tosses in process of Adjustment or in Suspense . T2 m Losses resisted. including expenses.. 10,509 0% Gross premiums on Fire Risks. run- ning one year or less, 3$540,119 50; reinsurance 50 per cent.. . mo08 T8 Gross premiums on Fire Risks, run- ning more than one year, §189,~ reinsurance pro rata.. 81,085 37 445 ‘ Due and accrued for salaries, rent, ete ... All other Total Liabilities A INCOME. Net cash actually received for Fire premiums 3 Received for interest on Bonds and . Mortgages ... rereras .o Recelved for interest and divi . on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from other soutces - LB Received for Rents = Received from all other sources. Total Incoms ... Net amount cluding $124.985 60, vious years) Dividends to d Paid or allowed for Comm Brokerage ... Paid for Salaries. Fees and other charges for officers, clerks, ete.... Paid for State, National and Local All other payments and expeaditures 4,634 Total Expenditures ... $1.098.589 64 id for Fire Losses (- e of pre- Fire. Losses incurred during the year.... 363343 78 Risks and Premiums.| Fire Risks. | Premiuma. Net amount of Risks| written during the $118,615,368 (31,258,244 38 121,208,954 | 1,309,078 35 31, 1500...[ 133.751.6%5 | 1,300,565 33 G. LEE STENT, President, W. H. GUERIN, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this, ifth day of January, 1501 <f ‘R. S. STEADMAN, Notary Publia PACIFIC DEPARTMENT: G: W. McNBAR, General Agent, WILLARD 0. WAYMAN, Managsr, 420 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAk.