The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 13, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13,Y 1902, ADVERTISEMEITS. Eagleson & Co —LARGE STOCK— Holiday Goods Full Dress Mufflers | Neckwear | Gloves Underwear Night Shirts Hosiery Fancy Shirts Pajama Suits Reefers Umbrellas Handkerchiefs Suspenders, etc. | 748 and 750 Market Street 242 Montgomery Street Famous the | World Over—Fully Matured. Sold Evergtwhere. | PARKER’S HAIR Promotes the growth of the halr and gives 1t the lustre and silkinessof youth. When the hair is gray or faded it BRINGS BACK THE YOUTHFUL. -COLOR. prevents Dendruff snd hatr and keeps the scalp clean and lealthy. For Stomach Disorders Cout and Dvspepsia, DRINK VICHY CELESTINS Becst NATURAL Alkaline Water 220 Broadwsy, N. Y. UNITED STATES BRANCH. STATEMENT ——OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS | ——OF THE— HAMBURG BREMEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY IANY, ON THE 3iST 1901, and for he of the State of C: provisions of sections | alitical Code, condensed | y the Commissioner. Market Val and Bonds ow y .$1,352,025 00 Amount of Loans secured by pledge of Bonds. Stocks ketable_secur 20,000 00 Cash 2 83,214 90 Premiu due Course of Cs tion . - 129,756 48 Total ASSetS ovvveernnnnn. -$1,594,996 38 LIABILITIES | Losses adjusted and unpaid.. 14,665 00 | Tosses in process of ent or in Suspense ....--...-- 66,620 00 Losses resisted, including expens 20,100 00 Gross premiums on Fire Risks ning one year or less, §1 150 80; relnsurance 50 per cent.. 527,579 90 Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- ming more than one year, $1,041,- 36 reinsurance pro ‘rata 76,076 50 Commissions and Brokerage due ge and 1o become QUE. ......... Liabilities INCOM received T et cash sct tor Fire premiums ........-........$1,434,863 52 Received for interest and dividends on londs, Etocks, Loans, and from all other sources..... 51813 o1 Totai Income . EXPENDITURES. et amount paid for Fire Losses (ncluding $40,120 54, losses of -$1.486,677 43 | $899,325 13 PrevivuE Years) ... Paid ‘or allowed for Commission or Brokerage . 270,435 66 Paje for Salaries, Fees and other Charges for officers, clerks, etc.. 121,238 90 Paid for State, National and Local taxes ....- .-.. 89,551 45 Al other payments and expendi- tures 88,396 12 Total .$1,418,847 28 Fire. Yockps incurred during the year.. $937,760 13 Tisks and Premiums(Fire Risks | Premtums. Net amount of Risks| written during the year saes Net amount of Risks| expired during t < S S amount_in $129,899,505 /81,760,302 48 125,222,358 1,574,241 51 force, Net Pecember 31, 1901. .| 170,589,339] 2,006,496 11 z ¥. O. AFFELD, Resident Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 2ist ry, 1902. CHARLES EDGAR MILLS, Commissioner for California. ¢cay of Janua | finances, anything bearing upon the questio: | realty, must be enlarged. |pnutrition, and the weak body falls an | cures diseases of the stomach and other ~ Paper Is Read by Washington Dodge. —_—— Special Dispatch to The Cali. AN JOSE, Dec. 12.—The League of Municipalities of California com- pleted its labors about 11 o'clock to-day and adjourned after select- ing Stockton &g the next place of | meeting and electing officers for the en- suing year. The balance of the day was given over to pleasure. The delegates were taken on an ex-| cursion to Alum Rock Park by the Santa Clara County Improvement Club and on their return were turned over to a delega- tion from the town of Santa Clara. The visit to the latter place was especially ap- propriate, as it was in Santa Clara that| the league originated. Santa Clara is one | of the most progressive towns on the coast as far as municipal ownership of | public utilities is concerned. It owns its | own water works, gas and electric light | plants. The delegates were shown these and then banqueted in the California | Cured Fruit Warehouse. | The first subject before the convention | this morning was ‘The Progress of| Sewage Disposal in California by Septic | Process.” J. W. Keegan of Santa Rosa | read a paper on the subject. He told of | the experience of his city im the matter and the trying of various methods. He | had become convinced that the only true way to dispose of sewage was to turn it back to water, air and mineral. The re- | sults are accomplished by bacterial | action. Santa Rosa thus treats her ref and there are no disagreeable features about its sewer farm. Dr. Washington Dodge, Assessor of San Francisco, read an able paper on ‘The | Assessment of Property for Taxation Pur- | poses.” It contained many excellent sug- gestions. He said in part: ASSESSMENT FOR TAXATION. In an organization such as this, having as its object the improvement of municipal con- aitions, and the consigeration of municipal of municipal revenues must chailenge your at- | tention. Indeed, in view of the rapid growth | and the ever increasing disbursements of | American cities, the subject of municipal rev- enues is becoming & question of leading im- portance, i Rapid as has been the increase in population | of our citles, it has not kept pace with the | increase In the expense of maintaining our | city governments. Perhaps the chief reason for this condition lies in the fact that our con- ception as to the duty and functions of civic government has materiglly changed. Our cit- izens now demand expenditures in the interest of their health and comfort, as well as for the protection of their property—which, a few de- Cades ago, would have been regarded as un- reasonable. Numerous disbursements In_con- nection with municipal administration, Wwhich would have appalled our fathers, seem to us [ not only reasonable but necessary. With the growth of civilization these expenditures will inevitably stil further increase. As & result of these changed conditions, the burden of texation in our .cities has necessarily become steadily greater. A few facts in this connection will {llustrate in & most forcible manner this tendency. Let us take the city of New York as an example. Its population to-day is about the same as that of the entire United States at the time this country cagme into existence. Yet, while the city of New Yopk expends to-day about $100,000,000 & year,.{the national expenditure at the time referred to was only about $4,000,- 000; and even during the first d national existence, our expenditures averaged oLly about $8,000,000 a year. New York City in 1800, with & population of 60,000 souls, spent a little over $100,000 a year. A hundred years later—in 1900—her population had increased sixty fold, but her expenses had increased over one thousand fold, and the same ratio of increase is observed in other cities. BURDEN IS INCREASING. Now, what has been the result in this enor- mous increase in municipal expenditure? The | result has been an ever increasing burden of taxation, and as this burden under existing systems of taxation as enforced bas fallen almost entirely upon real estate, it has fre- quently awakened violent opposition, and a clamorous demand for_retrenchment from the owners of this class of property. As our ex- penses, however, are bound to Increase with the ever growing demands of modern civiliza- tion, it becomes necessary to distribute this burden on all classes of property alike, The present restricted field from which our taxes have been gathered, this being chiefly Property which has heretofore escaped adequate assessment must be listed on our assessment rolls. All Ameri- can cities are feeling the necssity for such relief, and many have, through special legislation designed to enforce contributions in the way of taxes from that class of property which had been escaping its just share of taxation, found the rellet which had become so urgenily needed. The city of New York, for instance, recently forced | through the State Legislature a bill knowm as the ‘“‘Ford Franchise Bill" hich has added to the assessment roll of that city' the sum of nearly $100,000,000, this representing an increase in the assessment valuation of franchises alone. This legislation was prompt- ed by the clamorous demand of the owners of city real estate for relief from their constant- iy increasing tax burdens, due to the rapid growth in municipal expenditures. This brings me to the consideration of the conditions existing In our own State. Our velcome any the con- DR. PIEB(%? REMEDIES. gest castle could be re- duced by si if the i conlefebe starved out. The strongest body hes to give up the fight [_ | when starvation weakens ] it. There are more deaths from starvation than the world dreams of. When the stomach is dis- eased and the food eaten is not digested end assimilated, then the strength of the body begins to fail because of lack of bes of disease. easy victim to the m S edical Discovery Dr. Pierce’s Golden organs of digestion and nutrition. It restores physical strength in the only possible way, by enabling the assimila- tion of the nutrition contained in food. T was sick for over three years with a com- plication of stomach troubles, writes Mr. John . Castona, residing at 2942 Arch St.. Chicago, Ulinois. “Had tried every good physican 1 kuew of, as well as many pateat mebicines, but received only tem; relief. One day a friend recommended your * Golden Medical covery. 1 immediately red some and be- gan itsuse. Com: to gain the first weck, and after 1 Bad taken only one bottie I coul eat as well as any one without experie: il effects. 1 took five bottles, end to-day am happy to nnnwnn:léh;: I .lm as {v:fl%lnld healthy as any one coi $ Go{denu g an(_: to Dr. Pierce’s The sole motive for substitution is to it the dealer4o make the little more it by the sale of less meritorious medicines. He gains. You lose. There- fore no substitute for *Golden Vegical Biscovery.” : FREE. Dr. Plerce’s Com: Sense Medical Adviser is sent free ::nluszl | things in the past few vears, | TAXATION IN THE MUNICIPALITIES THE THEME AT LEAGUE_(;O T <~ ASSESSOR OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHO SPOKE INTERESTINGLY OF TAXATION AND PROGRESS IN MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AT THE SES- SION OF THE STATE LEAGUE IN SAN JOSE. - o stitution and laws of California are such that it is unnecessary to resort to any further leg- islation” in order that all classes of\ property may be equally subjected to taxation. Yet. strange as it may seem, although our laws on this subject have, for nearly a quarter of a century, provided for, and indeed ‘made ma the assessment of franchises and simi of property, represented largely by rporate securities, no attempt, until recent- has been made to put these laws into opera- tion. They have lain dormant and inoperative for years, with the result that practically the entire burden of taxation In this State and the citles thereof has fallen upon. one class of property only, and that chlefly land. PROPERTY, ITS DEFINITION. ‘What an injustice! What a sad commentai on official incompetency or worse, on the part of those whose sworn duty it is to enforce the laws of this State relating to the assessment and taxation of property. Our amazement is only increased when we recall the fact that the demand on e part of our people for a new State constitution in 1870 arose from the wide. spread conviction that intangible personal prop- erty in this State was escaping taxation, and the determination on the part of our people that this condition should be remedied. In accordance with this demand our con- stitution, as adopted at that time, gave to the term property the most comprehensive definition to be found in any of our State constitutions. It declares the word ‘‘property’” to “include moneys, credits, bords, stocks, dues, franchises and all other matters and real, personal and mixed, capable of private owhership.’ The constitutional con- Vention which adopted this definition of prop- erty inaugurated nothing new in its system of taxation. As early as 1819 the United States Supreme Court had declared that a franchise of a private corporation wWas prop- erty. The same supreme authority has in re- peated decisions since that early date held ihat the capital stock, franchise and all real and personal property of a corporation are Justly liable for taxatlon,-and, they have de- clared that a rule which ‘ascertalns the value of a franchise, by taking as a basis for the valuation - of & corporation’s property, the value of its funded debt and shares of stock, is as falr as any other. let any one who disputes the fact that our State constitution makes mandatory the assessment of franchises of all éorporations, both of a public and private character, read the debates of the constitutional convention when this subject of franchise taxation was under discussion and thus clearly learn the intent of its meaning and he will be forced to acknowledge that he is in error. VIOLATION OF THE LAW, Our_constitution makers expressly declared their Intent in these dehates of assessing the property of all corporations, their franchises included, on the basis of the value of their capital stock. Our Supreme Court, in in- terpreting our State constitution, has uni- formly upheld this view, not only in the in- stance of assessing the franchise of quasi- public corporations, as_was decided In the case of “San Jose Gas Company vs. January,’ 1881, but also in the case of the assessment of franchises of private corporations, the case of “‘Burke vs. Badlam,” and In the case of ‘“Spring Valley Water Works vs. Schottler,” 62, Cal, 69. Notwithstanding the plain language of our constitution on this subject and the fact that our courts have given a long line of. decisions plainly interpreting its meaning an hold- ing the correctness of the principle InWived, this class of property, amounting in the ag- gregate in this State fo probably several hun. dreds of millions of dollars, has remained year after year untaxed. ‘When I assumed the office of Assessor of the city of San Francisco In the year 1509 the highest assessment of a franchise of a private corporation was a few hugdred dollars and the highest franchise assessment of a quasi-public ~ corporation was $4,000,000, To- day these amounts have been Increased from & few hundred dollars to $750,000 in the case of private corporations and from $1,000,000 to $15,000,000 {n ithat of quasi-public corpora- tions, while in the aggregate the increase in the total assessed value of franchises hLas amounted to many millions of dollars: As might be inferred such assessments mot with violent opposition. They were denounced as fllegal and unreasonable and as calculated to drive capital out of the city and.an ap- peal was taken to the courts to determine the legality of such assessments. This litigation questioned the legality of the assessment of the franchise of private corporations and also that of the.franchiee of a corporation forelgn to this State. Quite recently a number of de. clslons have been:handedown which definite . ly decide (he question at issue. Both our own State courts and the United States Circult Court of Appeals have decided that the laws of the State of Callfornia demand the as- sessment of franchises of this character. Not only does the recent decision of the United States Circuit Court declare that the franchise of a bank is property under our constitution and as such is taxable, but it aiso decides that the franchise of a forelgn bank, porated 1n Great Britain, Is taxable within this State, under the laws of this State, on the basis of the volume of business transacted within this State and the profits arising there- from. CHANCE FOR ASSESSORS. Time does not permit me to notice or call as in KUDOLPH HEROLD Jr., General Agent. HARRY C. BOYD, Assistant Gen’l Agent. 415 CALIFORNIA ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. of to pay expemse of only. Send tw‘:lty-one one-cent stamps for the book in paper covers, or thirty. jone for the cloth-bound volume, Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. ¥, Christmas Gall-"Gospel of Judas Iscariot, to your attention all the specious and in- genious arguments employed to combat the levying of such assessments, such as that as the bank has no exclusive privilege its fran- chise carries nothing of value and is not prop- erty—that @s any one can secure such a fran- chiss for $25 it can acquire no greater v}lue, ) i and other .arguments based upon the misin- terpretation of the meaning of the word fran- ?ls- as used in our constitution and statutes, 1l of these and other objections are swept ide in the clear reasoning of the high court referred to. In view of these decisions there cannot now exist any doubt as to the plain intent and meaning of our laws on this subject. The laws properly enforced will enable assessors to compel that vast amount of property repre- sented by corporate securitles to contribute its quota toward the support of the Government. We all know the propensity of the owners of this class ¢f property to evade taxation there- on. A law, such as ours, which taxes the values représented by these securitles, to the corporation as ‘“‘franchises,’ rather ‘than to the possessor of these securities in the shape of a direct tax thercon, collects the tax at the fountain head. The fax must igevitably be rald indirectly by the owner of these secu- ritles, through the lessened dividends which he recelves on his stock. This method has many advantages over that which was formerly in vogue in this State, viz., that of taxing the value of the corporate security directly to the .owner thereof, In the first place the tax is easler of collection and the expense of its collection Is less, In the second place the owner of a given stock cannot escape the tax thereon as he easily could were it assessed directly to him. In this case the tax is readily evaded through a false transfer of ownership to a party beyond the jurisdiction of the Assessor. or through direct concealment of these securities, Our system of mssessing the franchises of corporations, in order to reach the holder of the securities of these corporations, is identi- cal with the system of taxation that is in oper ation in the State of Massachusetts. As was stated by Professor Taussig of the Department of Economics in Harvard University, in a cor- respondence which I had with him on this subject, “‘such a mode of \assessment Of du- mestic corporations has been In force in the State of Massachusetts for many vears,” and he adds further “that the taxes so levied on franchises are paid without complaint as part of the accepted order of things.” I may add that “for the reasons previously stated Pro- fessor Taussig is a strong advocate of the sys- tem of taxing the values represented by the rporate securitles to the corporation direct a franchise tax, rather than to the indi- dual stockholders] as a direct tax on their security. A FIELD OF WEALTH. Now that the law In this State regarding the asscssment of property is established beyond the peradventure of a doubt, consider for a moment what a vast field of .wealth hitherto untaxed in this State Is opened up to our As- sessors. In view of the necessity which has heretofore been referred to of relleving one class of property, viz., realty, from the ever- Increasing, burde of iunicipal taxation, ‘may it not be hoped that our Assessors throughout the State will take advantage of the opportu. nity now presented of affording this desired relief, and if they fafl to do so, will our City Councils and Boards of Supe: ors, which are #0 largely represented here to-day do thelr duty, unless they, when acting ns Boarde o Equalization, compel Assessors to properly and adequately dssess this class of property, It occurs to me that this organization has it ‘within its power to accomplish this result If it would draw the attention of the public to the shortcomings so frequently manifesied by some of our public officials, such action could only be productive of g0od results. Thia might make less frequent the spectacls of & Cotinty Assessor_ violating his oath of® aiics in refusing to obey the mandate of our State constitution, which he has sworn to do, or to be guided by the decisions of our courts When he refuses to asscss & valuable franchisy because, forsooth, in his poor judgement ng dogs not_ consider it property. 1 am not prepa to say that it would not be a good policy If our Legislature shonid establish by meang of an expliclt statute 4 more or less deflnite method of arriving at the assessable value of any given franehise. Such a provision. would, at least, compel {he official who is Ignorant of his powers undes the law as now clearly established to exercise these powers so that In some adequate man- ner property of this class mizht be assesesd, In fact, a¥ the last session of our Leglislature such a bill passed both branches of this body but failed to receive the signature of the Gov- ernor. This association might well, in my opinion, give this subject s>me serious con. sideration. While on this subject of legislatton, there is one other matter to which 1 desire to draw your attention. The law as it now stands pro- vides that a corporation doing business in two. or more counties of this State shall be taxed for its franchise in that city where {{s prin- cipai place of business is located. This ‘“‘prin- cipal place of business” belng defined {o be not mecessarily that locality in which its works —_— THE CHRISTMAS CALL, Issued To-Morrow, Will Con- sist of 66 Pages, Together With Art Supplement, “When Cupid Holds the Reins.” The Postage on This Edition Will Be, Domestic 5c, Foreign 10c. P ONVENTION Officers Named at ‘the San Jose Meeting. T may be located, but that place In which its ‘‘office”” es stated In its articles of Incorpo- ration, is located. DUTY OF THE STATE. This law Is responsible for some occurrences to which I desjre to call your attention. Sev- eral large corfiorations of this character hav- ing been taxed by me In the city and county of San Franclsco upon their franchises, cast about untll they found an Assessor in a neigh- boring county whose views did not agree with our State constitution and then immediately removed thelr office—this, under the law, con- stituting their ‘princival place of business’— into the jurisdiction of this official. Such was the actlefi’ of the Sunset Telephone Company and the California Powder Works. By this action their wealthy shareholders are pro- tected from any adequate or reasonable tax on their securities. ~Some legislation should be adopted which would prevent the possibility of % such Qeeurrences. Such corporations should be (axsd for thelr franchises by the State au- thorities. The result of such a practice would be to add largely to the State’s revenue.and thus indirectly lessen the taxation upon realty throughout all the counties of the State. In & number of Eastern States the farmer has been relleved of all texation on his land for State purposes, the greater portion of the State's revenue beinz collected from corporations and the remaining portion being collected in the shape of licenses, fees, fines, collateral inheri- tance tax, etc. In conciusion, T desire to state that organiza- tions such as this have frequently in Eastern States made a successful fight for the enact- ment of laws as would compel the owner of corporate securities to pay some adequate tax on the values rcpresented thereby. May it not be hoped that this organization will interest itself in seeing that the laws we now have in this State on this subject are enforced. SALE OF FRANCHISES. The report of the committee to whom was referred the matter of amending the act providing for the sale of franchises reported as follows: To the officers and members of the League of California Municipalities—Gentlemen: The undersigned, committee appointed to consider the bill efftitled “an act providing for the sale of street raflroad and other franchises in municipalities, and providing conditions for the granting of such franchises by legislative or other governing bodies and repealing con- flicting acts, the’ same becoming a law on March 11, 1902." We recommend that this act be so amended as to glve more protection to the municipali- tles, In fact, to have a new law drafted which wili take _the piace of the present and not making 1t compulsory for the municipalities to accept any bid or the next highest bid un- less in their judgment they consider the same to be adequate and the party or partles ap- plying for the franchise to be in good faith and that the municipalities have the right to reject_any or all bide, B. F. Robertson, G. E, Catts, F. B, Brown, Frank Ey, L. O. Stephens, committee. The réport was unanimously adopted. A resolution submitted by the commit- tee appointed on municipal accounting was adopted, as follows: Resolved, That this league favors the in- stitution of a system of public reports and the compilation of municipal statistics upon schedules proposed By some central authority over which the league shall have supervision; that all cities over 5000 population be request- ed to send their chief accountants to a con- vention to be held at a convenient time and place for the purpose of designing a set of schedules for all municipalities upon which to make public reports. That the secretary b instructed to take the proper steps to carry out the purposes expressed within. OFFICERS ELECTED. The following report naming standing committees was adopted by the conven- tion: The nominating committee appointed by the president beg leave to make the following re- We suggest as members of the executive committee the following: G. E, Catts of Stockton, Joseph Hutchenson of Palo Alto and George D, Worswick of San Jose, Judiclary committee—C. N. Kirkbride of San Mateo, R. F. Robertson of Los Gatos, A. | Kincaid. of Redwood, J. N. Frank of San | Leandro and F. B. Brown of San Jose. i Engineering committee—L. E. McCabe of Visalia, E, N. Eayer of Suisun, C. E. Moore of Santa Clara, J. Fellman of Fresno and T. N. Badger of Emeryville, Legislative committee—G, R, Kennedy of Chico, J. W. Morgan of Auburn, Charles E. Thomas of Berkeley, Frank Ey of Santa Ana, C. L. McFarland of Riverside, Mayor D. C. Clark of Santa Cruz was elected president for the ensuing year; first vice president, Mayor George D. 1 FEMALE WARNER'S REMEDIES. WEAKNESS New York’s Most Successful Specialist in Woman’s Dis- eases Says: “Nearly Every Case of So-Called Female Weakness and Painful Periods Is Due to Kidney or Biadder Disease of Some Form.” IT’S YOUR ’ KIDNEYS! THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN HAVE KIDNEY DISEASE AND DO NOT KNOW IT. 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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Postmasters commissioned: California — Sarah F. Foley, Larkspur; Samuel W. Phillips, Mc- Cleud. Oregon—Edward H. Wise, Placer. Fourth-class Postmasters appointed: Cal- ifornia—Albert B. Kyburz, Slippery Ford, El Dorado, vice Lewis H. Pratt resigned. ‘Washington—Ward L. Farnsworth, Scotia, Stevens County, vice R. S, Irish resigned. These pensions were granted to-day: California—Original—Morgan Jones, San .Francieco, $. ‘Increase, reissue—Willlam P. Tucker, Los Angeles, $12; John Bar- rack, Santa Barbara, $3: Willlam B. Campbell, Berkeley, $i2; Cornellus Sulli- van, Stockion, $8. Widows, minors and dependent relatives—Alida Hardin, San Jose, $8. Oregon—Widows, minors and de- pendent relatives—Sarah A. Blackburn, Oregon City, $12: Salina Heckenpaugh, Halsey, $1°. Washington—Widows, min- ors and dependent relatives—Margaret Jarvis, Everett, $5. Navy orders—Lieutenant Thomas J. Senn is detached from the Wisconsin and ordered home to await orders. - AGED DOCTOR FOUND INJURED ON A STREET San Diego Policeman Discovers a - Minnesotan With Fracture of the Skull. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 12—About midnight Policeman Johnson found a man lying in a ool of blood on one of the business | streets. He was delirious and blood was | flowing from one of his ears. He was | recognized as Dr. Rudolph, 7 years of | age, a native of Minnesota. A physical examination disclosed that he had sustained serious injuries, among them a fracture of the base of the skull. He had not been robbed, as his watch and some money were found in his pockets. He is now at a hospital and his recovery is doubtful. It appears eertain that he had been sandbagged by footpads. Barkeeper Tries to End Life. SAN JOSE, Dec. 12.—Willlam Gieschen. a San Francisco barkeeper, at!emoledl suicide to-day by taking chloroform and turning on the gas in his room at the Newland Hotel. ' The crevices in the doors and windows had been stopped and the door ‘lceked. The gas odor attracted at- tention and the door was burst open. | Gleschen was found on the bed in an un- | conscious condition. Restoratives ,were appliec and he will probably recover. H» bhad been drinking heavily and was de- spondent. " Next Sunday, “When Cupid Holds (0 NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. Owing to the large amount of work incident to getting out The Call’s great Christmas Edition no display advertisements will be ac- cepted for the issue of Sunday, De- cember 14, after 6 p. m., and no classified advertisements after 9 p. m., Saturday, December 13. g — A —— HIGHBINDERS THREATEN AND GATHER IN COIN Five Chinese Carry Away More Than a Thousand Dollars at Bouldin. STOCKTON, Dec. 12.—Highbinders op- | erated in this county early this morning at Bouldin, a station on.the San Joaquin River, between here and San Francisco. Five of them secured $1100 from Gun Lee, a Chinese, at the point of & pistol at 2 o'clock this morning. Lee, who is a prosperous Bouldin mer- chart, was in bed when the highbinders entered the place and routed him out. According to his story they were armed with revolvers and threatened him with Ceath if he did not open his safe, in which he had $1100 in coin, besides other valu- ables. Nothing was touched except the coin, however. AL e A S B The final census returns show that the population of India is 294.266,701. BRUIN VISITS A TOWN AND PURSUES WOMEN Black Bear Wanders Into Puyallup and Loses Life for His Im- prudence. TACOMA, Dec. 12—A large black bear this morning gave chase to two women on one of the main streets of Puyallup. Bruin passed through Maplewood Park into Stewart avenue, seemed hungry and went snifing down the street. Two women whom he approached were badly frightened and ran into a store after be- ing purstied for a block. By this time a number of men were ready to give chase. The bear was finally driven through the center of town to the edge of the timber, where several shots brought him down. The people turned out en masse to see the carcass hauled to the city. Bear steaks are being sold at Puyallup to-night and the bearskin is being cured for State Sen- ator Stewart. This particular bear had been a familiar character in the out- skirts of Puyallup for nearly twenty years. ———— Dies While Playing Cards. LOS GATOS, Dec. 12—A. J. Moquin, propriefor of a San Jose restaurant, droppe. dead this afternoon while playing a game of cards in a cigar store. He had been’ a victim of consumption for several years. He was about 35 years of age and came to Los Gatos for his health a few months ago. 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