The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 11, 1902, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1i, 1902. FIREBUG SENDS HIAA & WARNING Rafaei San Business Man Gets Threaten- ing Letter. R Work of the Busy Marin In- cendiary Causes More Alarm. Call: pec Dispatch to The SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 10.—Another tempt at incendiarism was frustrated by the rain to-day. This morning a hostler in the stables of M. Mwrray discovered a candle stuck up amopg a pile of papers in a small shed adjoining the stable. Everything seemed . prepared for a fire and the candle had been burned to' within about two inches of the paper. The rain last night it is presumed put_gut thy flame. Peter Williams, a furniture dealer of this city, has been warned that-his'place at- is doomed. Twice fires have started in a bullding adjacent to the Williams ware- house. This morning Williams found a elip of paper under the door of his place of business:with the inscription: & “Beware. Your place will be fired, too.” The note was immediatel RN DANPENS ORYING FILDS Farmers Find Reason to Rejoice Over the Timely Storm. - e e ’ Soil-in Agricultural Sections ~“Is Moistened for Plowing. ~Special Dispatch to The Call SAN LUIS OBISPO,:Dec. 10.—After threatening weather for a‘day or two, a | warm rain set in this morning about 8 o'clock and it has been falling continu- | Jously since. The precipitation for the last ten hours has been nearly three-quarters of an inch and there is every prospect that. the .rain will continue through the | night, if not longer. It has come at an opportune time, for | | the grass, which is several inches in | helgnt, was beginning to show signs of the dry weather of the past few weeks. This rain will keep it srowing nicely for several weeks and pasturage will soon be | {.luxuriant. Plowing has continued unin- | | terruptedly for several weeks. and the v given to_the |‘present rain insures a large acreage in | euthorities. The property will be continu-{ grain during the coming season. Much of ally watched. Young Antone Morris, who confesses to having started nine fires in San Rafael and is now, in jail, will ap- pear before Judge Angellotti ‘to-morrow on a petition for habeas corpus. He will probably be released. STRANGER DISAPPEARS WITH A GRIDLEY - BOY Fourteen-Year-Old Earl Miller Drops From Sight in Mysterious Manner. GRIDLEY, Dec. 10.—Last night, shortly mfter dark, Earl, the 14.year-0ld son. of James Miller of this place was kidnaped and spirited away by a man who accost- the boy and asked him to go with neighboring street and show him ence of A. T. Nelson. 0y @id not return. who is divorced from Miller and has since been married to Charles Clark and lives near C , has long wanted the custody of the boy, and officers have been sent 10 her home to look for him. It was re- ported Jate to-night that the boy had been Packing Company Loses Suit. VICTORIA, B.-C., Dec. 10.—The case of ing -Company. of -San ihe owners of the tug occupied the Supreme rt and a special jury for the past week, ended this evening by the jury re- ing a verdict for the defendants with @ Packing Company, ran were driven shoreward and had to aban e the Sa i Begins Contest for the Office. REDDING, Dec. 10.—J. A. Hubbard, Diemocrat, the defeated candidate - for State Senator in the Second Distriet, -has filed papers in a contest over the elec- tion of Clifford Coggins as State Senator. ceived, according to the offi- . a plurality of 13.votes. French, Shasta, Cottonwood, e and Harrison precincts - are of misconduct in their duties ion officers, and counted at least nty-nine votes that were illegal by reason of lead pencil marks and crosses efter “No nomination.” S, Death of Thomas H: Tobin. SAN JOSE, Dec. 10.—Thomas H. Tobin ® pioneer capitalist of this State, died af y vesterday. He was York and 70 years of age. ornia in the early fifties he was a prominent business rancisco and was an asso- on of the California ank. He had been in il health for some time. Tobin leaves a large estate, con- ting of property and stocks in - this ¥y, Palo Alto and San Francisco and lasge interests in Iowa. o riresa N Governor Makes Appointments. INTO, Dec. 10. — Governor ppointed Charles F. i. Metson of San Francisco C. Henshaw of Oakland and W. C. Kerchoff of Los Angeles to be Commissioners of the Yosemite Valley, to succeed themselves. The Governor also appoluted Walter Lindley and James Clark to be directors of the Whittier Re- form School at Whittier, Los Angeles County. + ADVERTISEMENTS. Breath Ceased During Fainting Spells. | Revived by Artificial‘ Respiration. Miles’ Heart Cure Cured Wife. Dr. Fainting spells are a sure indication of a weak heart. The heart cannot do the work required of it and stops beating. If it ceases for more than a minute death ensues. Weak hearts must have aid from the outside,Such as Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure alone can give. It is a heart tonic, It regulates the pulse, en- riches the blood and improves the circulation. “For two years my wife was in very poor health. At first her back troubled her a great deal, then she had shortness of breath and irregularity of fhe periods. The pain in her bpck grew worse 2nd extended to the comnection of the spinal cord at the base of the brain and from there to her heart. She had two very bad sinking spells, when the ain in her heart was most intense and her Ereath stopped. The second time we had to resort to artificial respiration to revive her. We were advised to give Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure a trial and I bought a bottle-and began giving it as directed. We found the doses Were too strong, so I gave her balf-doses three times a day, and she began to improve. After she had takem two_bottles the pains were all gone and she was feeling like 2 new woman. She continued the Heart Cure in small doses for several months and is now enjoyxn‘!}):(tjcr ,xrmm. lh:n for the past six ears,”—M. J. THOI , Dept. y z .0, Cat. - Klamath g2 ] d i 11 and tee t- 0D IS Bemedicn. Sond for free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. went with the stranger, and | The mother of.the boy, | s. The ship Santa Clara, chartered | Hub- | ims that the election-officers of | as | Giv- | the, thousands of acres of summer. fallow | in this county is already sown and if the | season cortinues -nearly as auspiciously | as it has begun there will be an immense | harvest in San Luis Obispo County mext | fall. | LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10.—A light driz- 1 zle of rain set in early this evening, the fall being scarcely more than a heavy !mist. Prospects are for continued\show- ers during the night. BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 10.—Light show- | ers began here about 3:30 this afternoon | |and continued with slight intermissions | | during the entire evening. | SANTA BARBARA, Dec.. 10.—Frogp o'clock this afternoon until 8 o’clock to- | | night fully an inch of rain has fallen in this city. The storm continues with a strong southeast wind blowing, and indi- | cating a heavy precipitation throughout | the night. This brings the season’s rain- i fall to more than seven inches, which is a greater amount than has been recorded | &t this time for many years, and greater than the entire season in several recent years. Agricultural interests will derive inestimable benefits, and the merchants of the city feel that the-holiday trade will | be the largest in years. The storm is gen- eral throughout the country. | MILTON, Dec. 10.—About half an inch of | rain has fallen to-day and this afternoon. A strong southeast wind indicates a con- | tinuance of the storm. This raln is timely and will benefit all classes and particu- | larly steck raisers. Ranchers have been seeding under favorable conditions and a large ‘area has been seeded. FRESNO, Dec. 10.—The rain which has been threatening for several days came | this morning in gentle showers, which | will de much good in starting up green | | feed and softening the ground for the | plowman. So far this season the rain haé been well distributed, the fall for the sea- son being 2.67 inches. The indications are good for rain for to-night and fo-mcr-, Tow. One effect of g¢he rain will be to| dispel the cold and frost. This frost has | not done any damage, hawever. | STOCKTON, Dec. 10.—Rain -began fall- ing here last evening and continued throughout the night at intervals. While | | the fall was-not heavy, it comes at a time | when it will be of immense benefit to farming interests, as it will tend to soften | the soil for plowing. On the west side | particularly there is great need for x-aln‘L | just now. | - CORDELIA, Dec. 10.—Owing to the ad- vanced prices for grain for 1903 farmers are seeding every available spot in this sec- tion. Buyers have offered $20 a ton for barley for the coming season.’ The early | rains permitted an opportunity to begin { Plowing in Novgmber and seeding is in full progress. In the stock ranges green feed is aburidant. SAN JOSE, Dec. 10.—Last night .20 of an inch of. rain fell, making a total of 4.33 inches for the season. More rain is | promised. Much plowing was done after | the November rains, but a good soaking | | now will do much good, particularly in | starting the grass, which is rather short. | SAN MIGUEL, Dec. 10.—Generous show- ers of rain have been falling all day, and | | conditions indicate a continuance of the | storm throughout the night. Everything { looks fAvorable for a good season here. | SANTA ROSA, Dec. 10.—The ralnstorm | In this vicinity for the/past few days has been of unusual severity, and while no particular damage is reported, the creeks | and rivers are running with full banks, | and the ground is thoroughly soaked. The roinfall for the season has been 12 inches. 3 PR Sl Rainfall Is General in North, The rainfall was general north of the Tebachapi yesterday. Forecaster Mc- Adie states that the southern part of the | State will be visited by showers to-day. In the last two days the rainfall in San Francisco has been .84 of an inch, and there will probably be more to-day. —_— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Captain J. J. Hunker Is Named to Take Command of Cruiser New York. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Postoffice es- tablished: Washington—Taboo, Adams | County. | Postmasters commissioned: Washington | —Samuel A. Watson, Clifton; John H. Telecky, Wheatland; Annie Elmer, Tabor. Fourth class Postmasters appointed: California—Alfred F. Underwood, Tres Pinos, San Benito County, vice Julius Lu- zenberg, resigned: ‘Washington—Margaret G. O'Conner, Ka- naskat, King County, vice W. P. Parsons, resigned; ‘Sarah J. McInnls, Meridian, Pierce County, vice C. A. Moore, resigned; R. J. Hilton, Pataha City, Springfield | County, vice C. F. Van Ausdle, resigned. Pensions, granted: California: Original —Alexander Lamb, Rohnerville, $6; James Dunigan, Arbuckle, $6; Willis Horton, Fresno ‘City, $6 (war with Spain). In- crease, reissue,” etc.—Manuel F. Garcia, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $8; Oliver C. Yeaton, Veterans' Home, Napa, $12 (Mexican War). . Washington: Original—Henry Gothard Hoflin, Tacoma, $8. Increase, reissue, ete. —Henry C. Long, Spokane, $12, Navy order: Captain J. J. Hunker to command cruiser New York. Army orders: Captain Henry H. Lud- low, artillery; Captain Edward H. Plum- mer, Tenth Infantry, and First Lieuten- ant Romulus F. Walton, Tenth Infantry, ordered before examining board at Pre- sidio, San Francisco, for examination for promotion. —— Skipper Dies Near a Port. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 10.—The German ship Elfriedas, which arrived outside last evening, brings the news of the death of Captain Meyér three days ago and of his burial at sea only a short distance off this port. The ship was out 164 days from Hamburg and is cement-laden. Nearly three months ago Captain Meyer was taken seriously ill with consumption, which had been threatening him for a long time, and he continued to suffer un- til Sunday. The cause of death was not cornsumption alone, for-he was attacked by scurvy, which undoybtedly hastened Bia and. l i POMONA SETS A CROWN ON A CARNIVAL QUEEN Pretty Miss Gladys Balfour, One of the Belles of the Southland, Will Rule Benefi- f— OMONA, Dec. 10.—At 8 o’clock this evening Miss Gladys Balfour was crowned queén of the Pomona Elks’ winter carnival. It was a beautiful and elaborate ceremony. Several thousand people assembled to see the coronation, which took place at t.e Roman stadium, on the corner of Parcells and Second streets. The royal procession of carriages con- taining the queen and her retinue of maids, prime minister, pages and equer- ries, headed by the queen’s carnival band, proceeded through the main streets of | Pcmona from the Hotel Palomares. Red lights illuminated the way and rockets soared to the heavens. 5 ‘When the queen had been ceremoniously crowned the vast assembly rose en masse and shouted, “God save our Queen Gladys.” Prime Minister Morrison read the royal proclamation commencing the scason of carnival and good cheer, the bard played, fireworks were set off and the people cheered themselves hoarse. To-morrow evening the queen’s ball will take place at the opera-louse. Queen Gladys of P_omyn# is gne of this @t b GOWDY DISPOSED 10 URGE THIAL Court Proceeding Is Only Method to Vindicate Mrs. Gore, Special Dispatch to The Call PARIS, Dec. 10.—M. Jean de Ryd- zewski was nqt present in the judge's chamber yesterday when the magistrate submitted correspondence between the Russian singer and Mrs. Ellen Gore to M. Paquet, representative of the American consulate. M. Paquet says the facts if regard to Mrs. Gore’s death will never be known, because unfortunately the bullet remained in the hair, If it had struck the ceiling, the accident theory would be creditable, while if it had hit the wall that would have been evidence of foul play. M. Paguet adds that evem accept- ing the Russian’s statement In regard to Mrs. Gore's position at-the time of the shooting, she must have leaned forward greatly with bowed head in order to re- ceive the bullet where it entered. The four American physicians who made an autopsy aftef that of the French sur- geon, Dr. Socquet, tonfined themselves strictly to the instructions they received from Consul General Gowdy to examine the wound and the outward appearance of the body for the purpose of reporting if there were any signs of a struggle. None of these signs were found. The doctors avoided drawing any conclusions, for which Dr. Socquet is alone responsi- ble. The judge has not yet decided whether a trial is necessary. The Russian singer, having deliberately attacked the woman’s reputation, it is thought' that an open trial is now the only way of vindicating Mrs. Gore's innocence, which the cor- respondence demonstrates. If the case is hushed up it will certainly be attributed to the influence of high pelitical circles. Consul General Gowdy is not disposed to permit any such influences to interfere with defense of American interests. — ——— BENCHES IN A PARK Sacramento Suffers Some Damage From Revolving Gusts in the Heavy Rain. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 10. — A strong whirlwind visited Sacramento this after- noon. It was first noticed near the cor- ner of Fifteenth and Q streets, where it tore shingles from the roof of a barn. It passed through the Q-street Plaga, twisting two trees from the ground and throwing heavy park benches against the stone fountain, breaking the benches. The wind passed out Sixteenth street as far as the American River, where it demolished a windmill and a large water #ank belonging to W, H. Basler, causing 3500 Gamages. After that the wind was lost in the brush. Accompanying the whirlwind was a heavy downpour of rain that was almost a cloudburst. ——— Chinese Child Not Murdered. SAN JOSE, Dec. 10.—An autopsy on the Chinese child taken from a cabin on the Abel ranch, near Milpitas, yesterday and supposed to have met with foul play, showed pneumonia to have been the cause of death. The Chinese arrested will be discharged from custody. s ————— Panels and Medallions. Thousands of medallions and panels from 20 cents to $2.00 and $2.50 each. It will pay all lovers of handsome movelties to visit the Picture Department at this time of the ;ehr. All welcome. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. Open even- cently Over Her Merrymaking Subjects | QUEEN WHO WAS SELECTED TO PRESIDE OVER THE PO- MONA WINTER CARNIVAL. city’s most beautiful ladies. She is a sis- ter of Frank Balfour, who is a promfnent young business man in Pomona. There were nine competitors for the royal hon- or, and Miss Gladys won by a large ma- Jority of the popular vote taken here dur- ing the past week. The queen is a petite blonde and is a universal favorite in Po- mona Valley. R d, CAOTHERS AGHIN IN THE TOILS Detectives;La.y a Trap Into Which He Read- ily Steps. Emboldened by his success in escaping a term in the penitentiary several months ago when charged with the larceny of a large quantity of cigars from M. A. Gunst ‘& Co., J. E. Crothers has again come to grief, and the police are confident that he will now get his just deserts. It will be remembered that he is the young man in whose behalf Mrs. Eliza- beth Darling, in whose house he was boarding at the time, made a strenuous effort. Mrs. Darling alleged that she was approached by ex-Patrolman Leroy Lev- ings, who offered to square the case for $150. His trial, following closely upon the investigation of the charges against the accused officer by the Police Commission- ers, resuNed in an acquittal. Yesterday afternoon an expressman called at the office of Christy & Wise and {lellvered an alleged order reading as fol- ows: - Decembey 10, 1902. Christy & Wise, 223 California ftreet: Please deliver to bearer (25 cases) Hunter rye and charge to account. WICKER & HERMANSEN, (Best price) Per W. The purported order was written on the back of a card of the *“Good Fellows’ Grotto,” of which Wicker & Hermansen are the proprietors. Becoming suspicious about the genuine- ness of the order, Christy & Wise com- municated with Wicker & Hermansen, who stated that the order was a forgery. Captain Martinh was informed of the mat- ter and detailed Detectives Crockett and Riordan on the case. The officers advised the liquor firm to deliver the whisky to the expressman, who took it to the grotto. The detectives were on hand when the cases arrived and awaited the arrival of the man who had sent the card. About 6 ©o’clock Crothers made his appearance and inquired whether ti#® whisky had arrived. Upon being informed that it had he made a demand for payment. At this juncture Detective Crockett stepped in and placed him under arrest. According to the police, Crothers has worked the same game on Rathjen Broth- ers, Bielenberg & Weniger and the Art Saloon. He is also believed to be the same fellow who ordered 119 yards of black sifk from the Emporium to be sent to the Oc- cidental Hotel C. O. D. The delivery boy asked for payment from the hotel clerk, who referred him to Crothers, who had a room upstairs. Crothers in turn referred the boy to the hotel clerk. The lad left the silk in the room while he went down- stairs and upon his return Crothers and the silk had disappeared. It is understood that the prisoner has been positively identified by the delivery boy. Crothers will be detained in: the tanks during further investigation and will then be booked for his latest alleged crime. Vessels Venture Into a Storm. PORTLAND, Dec. 10.—The Danish ship Copley broke the tie-up of grain-laden salling ‘vessels at the mouth of the Co- lumbia this morning by crossing out dur- ing a brief abatement in the storm, which has been raging for many days. The four- masted barkentine Chehalis, lumber laden for San Francisco, hoisted sails a short while later and is now also on the open sea heading for her destination.. Later reports from the station at the mouth of th river announce the departure of the Oriental liner Indravelli. She, too, has ‘been barbound for a coupli of days. The fieet in the lower harbor has been accu- mulating rapidly ' during : the ' stormy weather and a dozen .vessels are stiil awaiting a tow. % VOTERS COME FRON PESTHOUSE Smallpox Fatients Take Part in an Oregon Election, After Fumigation, They Cast Ballots on Prohibition Issue. Special Dispatch to The Call. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Dec. 10.— In ore of the hottest and most exciting efec- tions ever seen in - Eastern., Oregon, smallpox patients were dragged out of quarantine, fumigated and hurried to the polls in the city election yesterday in Milton, a town:ten ‘miles south of here over the .Oregon line. The issue was Whether . prohibition or an open town should rule, the previous regime , having: been prohibition. The Prohibitionists won by majorities averaging 13. When the Pesthouse patients were brought out the election was at its hot- test. The Women's Christian Temperance Unlon, an organization formed -especial- ly for this “election ‘campaign, was hold- ing a continuous prayer-meeting, while the men rustled for ‘votes. Every half- hecur all the church bells of ithe city would ring out to remind citizens of the stake. ¥ The saloon ‘men’ of ‘Freewater, a rival town, labored with the Prohibitionists in order to preserve Milton’s, liquor trade for themselves.. Voters. from all Orpgon, formerly residents here, had been brought in to vote, and some bitter contests over franchise rights were seen. The fervor of the fight was due to the presence. of a social club in town, where liquor. is dispensed, although there is not a sa- loon there. Sixty prominent women pray- €d and sang in front of this club a week 280 as a demonstration. There is much indignation over the smallpox episode. — SUPERINTENDENT RESIGNS ' FROM STATE HOSPITAL Dr. J. A. Crane of the Institution for the Insane at Ag-nerl Retires. SAN JOSE, Dec. 10.—At the meeting of the Board of Managers of the State Hos- pital for the Insane at Agnews to-day, Dr. J. A. Crane, the superintendent, ten- dered his resignation, which was accept- ed. Ill-health was given as the reason. The board passed resolutions compliment- | ing Dr. Crane for his ability, courtesy and attention to duty. % Among the candidates spoken of to suc- ceed him are Dr. F. W. Hatch, general superintendent of State asylums; Dr. E. R. Marvin and Dr. Leonard Stccking of the Agnews staff. - T SRS Silk Cargo Worth Millions. VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 10.—The steamer Empress of India, which arrived to-day from the Orient, had among her cargo. 3100 bales of silk, valued at over $2,000,000. This is believed to be the largest .single shipment of silk brought across the Pa- cifies DECLARES OFFICIAL RESULT OF ELECTIONS Commission Discovers No Material Changes in Returns From Semi-Official Count. The Election Commission met yesterday and declared the results of the official count of the returns in the recent bond and charter amendment elections. No material changes from the semi-official re- turns were noted affetting the general re- sult, all the amendments Heing carried except the one providing for progress payments on public work. The amend- ment allowing an appropriation of $5000 for the relief of exempt firemen showed a gain of 228 votes and the others gained several votes each. The vote on the Geary-street road acquisition, which was beaten, and on the amendments follows: | For. |Against Acquisition of Geary-st. road. .| 15,071 | 11,881 Amendment No, 1 «| 9,500 8,462 ‘Amendment No. 2 :| 9644 | 267 Amendment No. 3. .| 9,398 3,788 Amendment No. 4. . 2 6,957 Amendment No. 5. 3,375 Amendment No, 6. 4,481 ‘Amendment No. 7. 4117 ‘Amendment No, 8 4,383 ——————— Inter Nos Christmas Party. Inter Nos Circle of the Companions of the Forest of America had a Christmas party in the Social Hall of the Alcazar building last.night. The place was filled with young people, who were anxious to receive from Kris Kringle such articles as he had on a large tree. There was.a good progr: e of dances, which kept the assemblage together until a late hour. 2 REBELS MENAGE THE OFFIGIALS Troops March Against Insurrectionists in China. Intriguers at Peking Plan Ap- " pointment of Heir Ap- . =+ parent A RS VIC!'!RXA‘ B. C.,, Dec. 10.—The steamer Empress of India, which arrived to-day, brought news to the effect that an insur- rection has broken out in the southwest of Chili. where a large number of rebels have assembled, carrying banners in- scribed “Kill the, Officials and Save the People.” Troops have been sent against them. The Boxer movement in Szechuen con- tinues, but both the insurgents and im- | perial forces have lately been holding @loof from” each other. Reports from Kwangsl indicate a recrudescence of in- surrectionary trouble in that province. The rebels are said to have attacked | Kwei Chou. The famine in this province ‘i3 causing many to join the revolt. The {wangsi rebels,- who . had crossed into | Kwang: Tuig, captured -and looted the city of Fen Chuen, killing many of its peo- | ple, but: when two battalions of troops Were_sent by the Taotal of Chao:Ching | Fu they fled, abandoning their loot. | “Chinese native papers tell of an intrigue | being planned at Peking for another coup d'etat similar to that of 1899 for the ap—i‘ pointment of an heir apparent. The Uni- versal Gazette of Shemghai says the in- | trigae is to be carried out ‘on,the 12th | moon of the Chinese year (January) and | this paper protests that such a stép would involve China in serfous trouble. From Japan news is brought of a royal | marriage on November 25 when Prince | Yamashina was *married to Princess Ta- dashige, daughter of Prince Shinzu Tada- shige of Satsuma. | According to mail advices from Shang- | hai the funeral ceremony of the late Lieu | Kunyl, Viceroy of the Bangkiang pro- | vinces, were carried out with eclat at Nanking. There was a large fleet of war- ships present—four British, two German, two French, orie American (the Helena), | one Austrian, one Japanese and several | Chinese vessels. CIRCUIT COURT RULING IS HAILED WITH ALARM | Commercial Men Want Tax on Tea in | Bond Removed After First of Year. On the understanding that when the war tax on tea should be removed on | January 1, 1903, such of the product as | should be in bond could be withdrawn | without the payment of the 10 per cent impost, the merchants of this city have been making heavy importations for sev- eral months ‘past. One of the Circuit Courts of New York decided recently that stea in bond could be taxed at whatever time.it might be withdrawn, and the com- mercial men are greatly wrought up thereby. For the purpose of trying to re- lieve this situation, President Newhall of the Chamber of Commerce sent the fol- lowing telegram to Senator Perkins yes- terday: Kindly urge uj mittee to secure ‘1 Ways and Means Com- | ediate zct of Congress to enable withdrawal of tea in bonded ware- hoyses January 1, 1903, free of duty. Large | contracts have been made in good faith here | for free delivery of tea based on ruling of Sec- | Tetary of Treasury. Unless such relief is afford- | ed great and serious losses are inevitable. Please present to delegation. We have also wired ~ Senator .Aldrich and Congressman Payne, Similar telegrams were sent to Senator Aldrich, Congressman 8. E. Payne | and William Bunker, the Chamber of Com- merce representative at Washington, —_———— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—From San Fran- cisco—E. - Constantine; at the Herald Square; T. Wores, at the Murray Hill; L. F. Blackburn, at the Gilsey; R. T. Lyng and wife, at the Westminster; R. L. Dunn, R. M. Degex, W. H. Baldwm, at the Astor; T. Magee Jr., at the Man- hattan; A. H. Willlams, P. L. Davis and A. L. Bigbie, at the Imperial; L. Aaron and H. Kattin, at the Herald Square; G. L. King, J. Kruttschnitt and A. L. Hud- gens, at the Holland: Dr. Astor and I Wilson and wife, at the Morton; Mrs. T. ‘W. Draper, at the Park Avenue; Mrs. L. ‘Walther, at the Grand Union: Miss Clarke, at the St. Denis; Dr. L. New- mann, at the Gerard. From Los Angeles —D. F. Reynolds, at the Victoria; Mrs. Eldridge, at the Vendome; I. N. Richards, at the Imperial. From Santa Barbara— S. Chamberlain, at the Imperial. —_———— ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Dec. 10.—The two- masted schooner A. L. Lee, Haverstraw, N. Y., for Atlantic City, was wrecked to-day off this city. The crew, almost frozen, was res- cued by the life-savers. 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He is aided by the finest electrical equipment to be found anywhere. Will you go to-day.and be well? Free consultation and X-Ray .demonstration daily. The Electro-Chemic Institute, ('8 Grant £v2., Cor. Post St., San Francisco, Dr. Lyon’s PERFECT Tooth Powder Used people of refinement for avu‘:ty a quarter of a century. Mrs. Cassins N. Magse Cal. UNITED STATES BRANCH. STATEMENT ——OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ——OF THE— HAMBURG BREMEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY HAMBURG, GERMANY, ON THE 3187 OF §o7 o December, A. D. 1901, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Cali- fornia, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Palitical Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the oner, ASSETS. Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Coupne:x..u.ll.fl oa Amount of Loans secured by pledgs of Bonds, Stecks and other mar- 2 ketable_securities as collateral.. 30,000 68 3 - 83,214 %0 ~veseeaes 120,750 48 Total ASSelS meeom cvaee oe. .- $1,504,908 38 LIABILITIES. adjusted and unpaid....., $14,665 08 Losses in process of or in SUSDENSE ...eeiveensnrnnanes . 88,620 00 Losses resisted, including 20,100 00 Gross premiums on Fire Risks ing_one year or less, $1,055,- 15080; retnsurance 50 cent.. 527,579 %0 Gross premiums on Fire run- nlu';nmlhlnomyl‘r. $1,041,~ Py ; reinsurance pro rata.... OT6 d . Brokerags an due and {0 DECOM® AUe...eesseesanrs Total LEDIILES oo-.eeoeen...$1.240,313 08 . —_— INCOME. Net enh}:‘etu.\lx received for PreMmiums .....coeiuan ....$1,434,368 53 Recefvéd for interest and dividends ' St 4 D e e ey ek 8 Total INCOM® cecvvevsrasesses$1,486,677 43 EXPENDITURES. d for Fire Net amount ncluding 120 54, Previous years) ............ Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage «......ccececes Paid for Salaries, Fees and other charges for officers, clerks, etc.. Pad for State, Natlo d Local All other tures . Total Expenditures ..........§51,418,947 28 Fire. Losses incurred during the year.. $937,760 13 Risks and Premiums.|Fire Risks.| Premfums. Net_amount of Ri Written during the ¥ Net year 125,222,358} 1,574,241 51 Net amount in forece, December 1. 31, 1901..| 170,889,339| 2,096,486 11 F. O. AFFELD, Resident 3 Subscribed and fman o before me, his ist day -of January, CHARLES g : RUDOLPH HEROLD Jr., General Agent. HARRY C. BOYD, Assistant Gen'l Agent. 415 CALIFORNIA ST., FRANCISCO, CAL: WINTER RESORTS