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o THE FSAN FRANCIFCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1903, LAND BILL GIVES RELIE Continued From Page 1, Column 3. lobby Dudley, Lord could be wh ve Plun- and the group. power be in: 1 mutua > leader whom 4 NEW ERA FOR IRELAND. v w John Red doubts jections me H under ges, whose decisi DAVITT HOLDS ALOOF. members expres going fal jot face parties we prob- the f sett), d a t w ave bill is voted r an hov soke and a haif. complicated both parties first time with little The discus- exposition of 1 brought forth m. On the con- Healy, Sir Hen: T. W. Russell strong and proba- vision. olu s, although it modified in its minor details. a disinclination on the a1 al members to t is thoroughly ADVERTISEMENTS. HOSTEITES STETTER CELEBRATED ‘RS You Feel Run Down and in need of a tonic. Most everybody does in the Spring. Take an oc- casional dose of the Bitters. It 11 purify the blood, tone up the system and cure Headache, Heart- burn, Indigestion, Dyspepsia and Liver and Kidney Complaints. Give Your Face a Chance. COKE SHAVING FOAM For Easy Shaving. Beats any soap, Leaves no.chance for contagion. You'll like it, and Barbers will apply it for the asking. All dealers sell it in 25 Cent Collapsible Tubes. A. R. Bremar Co,, Chicago, iVeais Men and Women SHOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS. Thi 'Greal Mexican Remed; heaith and " etrengib to sexual organs. Depot, 329 Marker | E, | 8ested, except in the most general terms. Michael Davitt and T. P. O'Coanor, how- | | ever. gave statements to the press. Da- vitt wrote: No fair or final judgment can be passed on the Government's Irish Jand bl ext of the measure studied. The im ecaretully min Sy the speech of the Chi y for Ireland Is that bili he outlined = offers unreasonab c neation to the lendiords, and therefore | does not offer sufficient inducement to buy their holdinge on those terms—termi which appea¥ to me to be fully ten years' purchase abpve the market value Irish lanidlords’ propefty. ever. 1t le thut there may be some s poss the bl when we cen see it_in will offer some minor advantage to s and the untry that will to some em the objectionable terms provided ords ing feature of this latest at- British Parliament to settle the uestion is the proof it offers that opie of Ireland have compelled an lord government to provide mon ich to buy out the landiord garrison I, of course, take an extreme or com. e view of the land question and think that sants of Ireland and not the land- &ht o receive the bonus which the for the Irish #upporters of his Ma- overnment | conditi be Irish agri | with the food { Australia and pald to a lund for Irish food thiz bill will ixty years we must 1 jad As a wh or the next Iready said, bill before any 1 upon it 1 ids in the United States uch to bring this fight present somewhat hoje w the example of our eir opinionfon the mer y The fight has been long har many fights in the open. n kiiled have been broken ves ¥ ¥ ned before » ¢ to-day ay to remember that in 18 of imprisonment for that which a Con proposed to-day, m £ alm 1y Irish Secretary mes nee is merely a forerunner It is an inevitable evolution. t from me to stand in the way of an: ay help even slightly to bring that 1 ATTITUDE OF O’CONNOR. P, O'Connor writes that the bill will go ¥ s to say, there is su iake it difficult, if n National ct ommit good impossible, One 'h glish credit and 5,000,000 in bonus are given » asant ownership for landlord- that Ireland will su be 5,000,000 bonus; true that ve to pay a portlon of the e financlal grievances of taxation remains; but Ireland is of her revenues. dress have been in vain and is the one v in_which relief 1 griev can be got. The s n should. pow be mending many of the de- Many Irishmen tjink that wealthy landlords, - especlally the y not find inducements enough | terms for the tenants too high indicated his willingness to nts to the bill. I belleve a toward h amendments may improve the measure. which s a 4. though in parts defective, at abolish landlordism Healy in an interview regard- th ing the new land bill said he calculaied th. the tenants would pay twenty-five yvears' purchase for their holdings under the new bill. He understood that the bill had undergone more transmutations th ate Mr. Gladstone’s bill of 1881, aud ected that the Government would e and take” attitude in com- | mittee and that the would emerge frem the commit: stage much improved. He said he regarded the Governme: bill an inevitable result of the Dunraven Dublin affair. John Redmond in the course of to-day's debate reminded Wyndham that the-only bedy which could speak with authority Nationalist Ireland was the conven- tion which would meet in Dublin on April 14 to consider the land bill. It understood that there is an ilea in Government circles that unless the | Nationalists are prepared to accept the bill as terminating the land agitation the Governme will hesitate to proceed with the measure The meeting of the Dublin convention will be watched with cons erable interest. The absence of compul- i { | sion is regarded as one of the defects of | the bill. Although it is difficult to make an exact calculation, it is estimated that the pro- { cess will work out at about twenty-five 1o | twenty-eight years' purchase, which is really better for the landlords than the | proposals formulated by the Dunraven | conference at Dublin, but even so the tionalist party holds that many landlords | will not eell voluntaril LONDON PRESS COMMENT. Support of the Government’s Land Bill Is General. LONDON, March 2%.—The morning pa- pers in their comments on yesterda proceedi in the House of Commons, i» mpliment Mr. Wyndham, but they hes- to express a definite opinion on such a complex measure without having fuller acq that its success depends wholly on the nature and working of the complicated detafls. All of the newspapers agree, however, that although the bill will place a burden on the British taxpayers it will be well worth the money if the objects are attained. The Times says: It the Irish fandlords and tenants consider that Mr. Wyndbam's plan satisfies to a reason- able extent the expectations that were aroused a few months ago, we do not believe that the people of the United Kingdom will show a niggardly spirit in giving the financial aid needed to forward an honest and earnest at- tempt to remove a grave difficulty in the path of imperial policy, Among a bost of guarded opinions the feeling thus expressed by the Times is prominent in the comments of all the pa- pers. The Standard remarks on the extraor- dinary fact that the Chlef Secretary for Ireland, in a Unionist cabinet, introduc- ing the land bill, should receive such uni. versal and convincing tokens of good will. The Dally Telegraph believes that the bargain will be an excellent one and one | which the country will recelve with a sense of positive relief. The Liberal Daily News congratulates Mr. Wyndham and the Government on the boldness with which they have faced an absolutely vital issue. The Conservative Morning Post thinks it is unlikely that the appointment of ‘Wrench as one of the estate commission- ers will satisfy any party in Ireland, and regrets that such an appointment should be exposed to the risk of objection. Streetcar Strike Is Threatened. SEATTLE, March 25.—The Seattle Elec- tric Company has been given until mid- night to comply with the demands that the union streetcar employes be recog- nized and that the men taken from Seat- tle to take the places of strikers in Ta- coma be called home. There is no ques- tion of hours or wages involved. Presi- dent Furth says that under no circum- stances will the demands of the men be complied with. SEEG SN Santa Clara Loses Again. BERKELEY, March 2.—For the second time this season the baseball team of the University of California defeated the San- ta Clara College nine this afternoon, the score being 8 to 3. Both sides put up clever ball, but the superiority of Over- all's pitching served to prevent the Santa Clara team from scoting until after the sixth inning. —_———— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure, « Grove's signature is on each box, 23¢,+ until the fuli | nd en the partial | s been won. to the bill | Her appeals | ntance with it, on the ground | i TO THE IRISH TENANTRY | Continued From Page 1, Column &. | charge. The price pald to the vendor will ‘hz- ascertained by capitalizing the ane | nuity at 33 per cent and the rent charge | at 2% per cent. In order to facilitate the transfer of the land a grant in aid will be made of | £12,000,000, which will be employed as fol- | |lows: A percentage graduated inversely | on the amount of the purchase price will | be pald to the vendor—the maximum for | estates valued at £5000 and under will | be 15 per cent; the minimum for estates | of £40,000 or over will be 5 per cent. | It is provided that no registration fees | shall be charged and no stamps charged | on conveyances. If the proprietor sub- | lets or subdivides the lands, becomes | bankrupt, dies or leaves his land to more | than one person the commission may or- { der the lanid to be sold. The legal busi- ness connected with the proof of title will be carried on by the land commis- sion and a cheaper process will be intro- duced for fixing the rents, appeals being heard by a judicial commissioner. The bill, which is in seven sections and many sub-sections and headings, will, it is understood, be circulated on Friday or Saturday. CHEERS FOR WYNDHAM. Wyndham heartily * cheered when he arose to speak. /He announced at the outset that the Government thought cash aid was necessary for the fulfiliment of the proposed scheme, but it attached greater impertance to the credit operation than to the cash opera- tion. He then unfolded the scheme, which provides for advances of money for the purchase of land by the tenants. The advances will be in the shape of cash and not of k. but in order to enable | the cash ed a new: stock is to was | stoc be to ra ! be floated. It will be called “guaranteed | 2% per cent stock,” and will be unre- | deemable for thirty year: Wyndham doubted if $500,000,000 of the stock would be needed. It will be issued at the rate of $25,000000 yearly for the first three years and afterward possibly in larger sums. In addition to this the overnment proposed a free grant of $60,- 000,000 to be raised by additions to the stock, the interest and sinking fund of which will be bo by the treasury and | the maximum annual charge will not ex- ceed $1,850,000. Against this charge on the amounting to $1,250,000 per annum for- ever. | SATISFACTORY TO LANDLORDS. | Proceeding, Wyndham dealt with the points of the bill, which contains a be- | of repayment, but it seems n the main conference report and will be satisfac- tory to the landlords and tenants. { course of his speech, which was punc- tuated with cheers, Wyndham said the landlords of Ireland were being ruined financially and that the tenants were be- ing ruined morally and the taxpayers of England were paying $700,000 per annum to ‘the Land Commission and $7,00,000 to to deal with illegalities arising from the land auestion. “Is it remarkable under the circum- | stances,” asked the Irish Secretary, “if | the landlords and tenants come together?” | Wyndham did not think any recondite or veiled reasons need be looked for. Past | experience showed the state incurred no | risk in giving such aid. From the tax- for the land purchase was a safe com- mercial transaction. By the ald of the state 80000 tenants had already. bought their holdings and the state had not lost supported a halfpenny. Public opinion repayment and this. was high moral se curity, besides which was the security of the land itself. PICTURES IRELAND’S WOES. Wyndham also said that the number of | anomalies which had to be dealt with ren- dered the work most embarrassing, com- plicated and very difficult to ]gresem (5 the House in an intelligible manner. The state of things in some parts of Ireland was such as could scarcely be beiieved ir_England. He instanced one village in which a landlord was in the workhouse during the greater part of the year, while the ten- ants lived under conditions wors: than those of the Kaffirs in Africa. What the Government proposed to do to remedy this state of affairs was, briefly, while withdrawing no existing rights, it con- templated that the purchase of the land in the future should proceed by the sale of estates under three commissione Michael Finucane, Frederick S. Wrench and W. F. Bailey. The commissioners, who will he known as ¢ ites commissioners, will be under eral control of the Lord Licuten- ant of Ireland. They are empowered to seize what constitutes an estate, which dces not necessarily mean the entire prop- erty owned by the vendor, 2s a consid- erable portion thereof may remain ‘n his hands. The commissioners may refuse to sanction the sale of poor holdings unless there are reasonable facllities for their gement, where necessary, and for adequate access to furf as fuel. CONCESSION TO LANDLORDS. Wyndham proceeded, saying that ‘in view of the strong recommendation of the recent land conference the Government had provided that the landlords might make thelr own arrangements with the tenants if they tallled with the policy of the present bill, which, Instead of expat- riating the landlords, as stated in some quarters, would, he hoped, enable them to remain in the country. The Govern- ment thought the period of repayment of all loans should be sixty-elght and a half years. There were strenuous provisions sgalst subdividing mortgages on holdings. In conclusion Wyndham said he was sure the landlords and tenants would con- tinue to act in the reasonable spirit which actuated the conference. There were iwo alternatives before the country—they could prolong for another 150 years the present tragedy in Ireland, or they could now take the initiative and hencefo:th prosecute a business transaction occupy- ing some fifteen years based on self-es- teem, probity and mutual good-will of all concerned. REDMOND NOT OPPOSED. John Redmond, the Irish leader, fol- lowed Wyndham, saying everybody would admit that the tone and temper of the Secretary's speech showed he realized the gravity of the situation in Ireland and that he was anxious to ‘sincerely attempt to grapple with it. Redmond deprecated hasty judgment of Wyndham's proposals, either for or against them. No one couid question that the proposals were an enor- mous advance upon those of last year or that they really aimed at a settlement of the question. He, however, took excap- tion to the Commissioners, especjally Wrench. If the Irish concluded that tne bill offered a reasonable hope of a settle- ment it would be accepted by them. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Liberal leader, said he would not pass summary judgmenton the “great measure presented with so much power and which ralsed such great issues,” but he would ask for information on certain points, ‘which he enumerated. Healy, Nationalist, gave the measure a cordial reception. He .suggested altera- tions in the direction of the provision for the distribution of the free grant. Wyndham replied. He sald $60,000,000 formed the limit. The Government would g0 no further. The Secretary asked that no hasty judgment be passed in the Com- mons. = The bill was then formally introduced and passed its first reading. The second reading was set for April 2. - 3 British trea the Irish Government proposes forthwith to commence reduc- tlons in the cost of administration | wildering mass of figures, showing how | | advances would be made and the terms | to be on the lines laid down by the land | In the | the Irish police, which largely was needeq | | payer's view point it was stated that aid | LAW T0 GASTRO President by a Special Message Withdraws Resignation. R T {He Will Continue to Direct the Destinies of Vene- % ~zuela. | CARACAS, March g —After reading his special message to Congress to-day Gen- | eral Castro withdrew his resignation’ of | the Présidency of Venezuela. President | Castro’s special message was deltvered to | Congress this afternoon. He saysi When I abdicated it was not from any small- minded nor interested calculation: still.less was | it the result of any sorry or ridiculous farce, which has no place in a heart warmed by ‘the | heat of great ideals, He then says' he believes his abdication | Pv«'ma a duty imposed upon him in the in- terest of peace, and continues: | | With my separation. to-day. nobady woula lese and ail would gain, since this would imply | that my efforts and my sacrifices were alwiys and under all circumgtances at the service of | the republic at its first call. After passing in review the other diffi- culties in the way of the Government, he says he saw how his intentlons were mis- represented and he was dishéartened, and at that moment resigned. He says fur- ther: Notwiithstanding those reasons which were ghty to my mind, Congress does mot ept resignation and insists that I should con- aue, that 1 should not persist therein, -but nsiders me still useful to the Government.: I »w Defore. its desire and resign myself to the w obligations Imposed by my country, but Iy until the work of paclfying the nation shall be complete and order re-established ‘in the public adminfstration. Remember it well, Senators and Deputies, I believe niy separation necessary; you think otherwise. hope the future Will prove you richt. -~ Accept an expred- sion of my. supreme (hanks. for- the generous demonstration of which you bave made me the object . : a popular demonstration took place. Agree on Protocol’s Terms. LONDON, March %.—With the excep- tion of ene or two minor details Great Britain and Germany have agreed on the | terms of .the protocol submitting the clalms of the allies for separate treat- ment with Venezuela to The Hague arbi- tration tribunal. Italy yesterday instruct- ed her Embassador at Washington to | agree to the Anglo-German' draft. S Unique Newspaper Enterprise. AVALON, Catalina Island, March 26.— Santa Catalina Island, lymg thirty miles from the mainland, has a newspaper that is unique among daily journals. The enterprise, which i= conducted by the Los Angeles Times, was launchgd this morning. It is the only daily paper in ex- entire news service by wireless telegraph. The paper is ap- propriately named The Wireless. News of the outside world is transmitted from Los Angeles by the Pacific Wireless Tele- graph Company. R w w w ae ) The opinions expressed in the lobby of the House of Commons were generally favorable to the land bill and pointed to istence receiving its | the probability of its being ac- cepted in principle by . all the par- | ties. - It produced .in the House a.dfecling of Intense satisfaction. Jotn Redmand, the Duke of Abercorn and Lord Dunraven 2il agreed in saying Wyndham had made a genuine effort to settle Ire- land’s troubles on the lines of the Duklin conference. They pointed out, however, that many detalls must be minutely dis- cussed and perhaps altered before the bill is accepted. IRELAND IS SATISFIED. Press Displays No Hostility Toward the Land Bill. DUBLIN, March 2.—Editions of the evening papers here were issued in a steady stream to-day, giving Mr. Wynd- ham’'s speech and the details of the bill, which were read everywhere with intense interest, combined with a considerable amount of satisfaction. Both here and in Belfast the measure is recognized as a brave attempt on the part of the Government to solve a dif- ficult problem and among the numerous riticisms of details of the bill hardly a voice is raised in hostility. The forecasts of the comments, editori- ally, to be published in the press to-mor- row show that the Nationalist organs will not display an active hostility to the { measure, but they consider the landlords are treated better than the tenants. On the other hand, the Conservative press comments show that the landlords expect CONCRESS WILL HAS INTERVIEW | calied ‘on the President. | the President gaid was that he had two Har- | considered the greatest ovation he had received When it was known he had not, resigned:| "ception to be tendered him on the occa- still better terms. WITH ROOSEVELT F. W. Dohrmann Tells of Talk He Had With President. / Reception Given Mascagni and Coming Visit Here Are Discussed. Frederick W. Dohrmann, president of the Nathan-Dohrmann Company, returned to the city. yesterday morning after en- joying a trip Bast. Mr. Dohrmann visited Washington and called on President Roosevelt. In falking of his interview With the President Mr. Dohrmann said: In company with members of .my family I He fmpressed us-with | his heartiness and informality of manner and we were soon talking about his fortheoming visit to San Franciéco. About. the first thing vard classmates of his In San Francisco, nam- ing Vanderlynn Stow and Fairfax Wheelan. He nald he looked forward with, happy antici- PAtion “to his ‘trp to The coast.- And-espectally, ax he expressed {t, £o his visit to San Francisco. The President t0ld me that he well knew of the cordial menner with *which the city recelved the. late President McKinley, The President then spoke on general matters, and having by some way jor, other drifted into a conversation on musie. the President expressed | his great satisfactiow with the manner {n wh Mascagni had been received In San Francisco Eepecially pleased was the Président because he said the maestro's reception in the East had, not realized the great composer's expecta- tion.., The fact of the warm welcome glven Mascagni seemed 0. prove to the President’ mind that there i3 a great deal of interest taken in musical matters here and also that a warm and enthusiastic spirit prevails among While at the White House T met Mr. Ston Wwho was here with the late President McKiu ley. Mr. Stone related what to-day seems an [historical reminiscence, as it revealed the feel- ings of the late President in relation to his | visit _here. Mr. Stone told me that McKinley in, all his lite 4nd_the onc was_pald him i San Francisco. He told Mr. Stone thatithe ovation to which he alluded wus that exténded to him at the moment when he and Mrs. McKinley departed from Mr. Scott's residence, when the immense concourse of peg- ple’ which was present, and which bad on othér occasions _ been exceedingly _demonstrative, stosd with bared heads so far as the men were concerned and in absolute silence so far as the multitude Was concerfied, While Mrs. McKinley was being placed in her carriage to be driven away. That respectful, thoughtful silence of the ‘people of San Francisco was the ovation which deeply touched the late President, said M. Stone. President Roosevelt has accepted an in- vitation given him by the California So- ciety. of the Sons of the American Revo- lution to" be its guest.at an' elaborate re- appreciated most sion of his visit to the coast. The invita- tion has beén accepted by the President, subject to conditions which may arise at the time of his visit to the city. e CRANKS WARN PRESIDENT. Numerous Letters Predict Disaster During Western Trip. Special Dispatch to The Call, CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, March’ 25.—President Roosevelt is daily being warned of fear- ful disasters which fate holds in store for him during his forthcoming Western trip. A telegram arrived at the War De- partment to-day, addressed to “Secretary of State E. Root,” and although Root is Secretary of War and not of State, he opened it and this is what he read: Do mot allow the President to travel on March 28, 20 and :80: His life will be in danger of explosion, raliroad accident, fire, arms and eleyators, on these three days_ es- pecially _west ‘of Washington. Caused by eclipse of ‘sun and Mars in their equineaux. PROF. PFUHL, Los Angeles, Cal The signature of ‘the telegram led Sec- retary Root to belleve it was a practical joke rather than one of the numerous let- ters recelved from cranks. From a well- known weather sharp the President has received a special forecast, which ad- monishes him to beware of metearological conditions at all times during his trip until the middle of May. This weather man declares the weather will be almost tropical, but at that time there will be a decided change, marked by thunder- storms of the most severe character and followed by blizzard-like weather. De- spite these gloomy forebodings prepara- tions for the trip are going steadily on. Jozeat At NEGRO GIVES A WARNING. Tells of Plot to Kidnap Cabinet Of- ficers for Ransom. WINONA, Minn.,, March 2.—An aged negro orator, F. C. Fremont of Water- town, 8. D., a well known representative of the colored race, who, at the close of the Civil War, was president of a society that sent many negroes back to Africa, lec- tured here last night on “The Race Prob- lem,” and while here he called on Con- gressman Tawney and asked for a private interview. He said that he had a com- FLOOD. MENACES TRAIN SERVICE Dwellers Behind Levees Are Fast Becoming Reassured. Rate of River’s Rise Dimin- ishes and No More Crev- | asses Appear. P e MEMPHIS, Tean., March 25.—The river | to-night is falling rapidly, the gauge showing 484, a fall of two-tenths since & | o’clock this morning. The situation Is rap- 1dly assuming normal proportions and all anxiety is over. Some uneasiness is still felt for the St. Francis levees to the north of this city, but all news from north ef that section is of a reassuring. character. No trains have yet succeeded in getting over the tracks a few miles west of Bridge Junetion. - It is now thought possi- ble that Memphis may remain cut off from | the west. ! VICKSBURG, Miss,, March 25.—Another | day of fair weather combined with a di- minished rate of rise of the river has raised high hopes in the hedrts of the | dwellers behind the levees. The most se- | rious feature is the danger that rail com- | munication to the north will be severed. For ten miles the tracks are from a foot | to eighteen inches under water, with the | tide steadily rising. If train service is| suspended the people will have no means | of getting supplies, The river here came | to'a standstill yesterday evening at 514 and has remained stationary all day. NEW ORLEANS, March 2.—To-night the river here was stationary at 20.1, with no change apywhere as far as known on the lower ississippl. The break near Howells, on Bayou La Fourche, has re- lieved the tension against those levees and no other crevasses are likely there. | A report from Baton Rouge says Gov- ernor Heard and party returned from Ar-| lington levee this evening. CANON CITY SMELTER WORKS ARE DESTROYED Fire Breaks ng_in the Beflneryt and the Loss Is Abofit $200,000. CANON CITY, Colo., March 25.—At mid- night the main portion of the smelting works of the United States ction and Refining Company at this place was de- stroyed by fire, the los{ being $200,000. | Immense new buildings, 200x80 feet in area, were destroyed. The company own- ing the plant is the same which owns the Standard Gold Mill at Colorado City whose employes are on strike. The fire broke out.in the refinery. from an un- known cause and was discovered by tne watchman, but could not be subdued and soon the recently completed additions, which have been in progress of erection | for the past year, were a mass of flames. The plant is not a total loss. Its entirc value was half a million dollars, but it cannot -be learned that there was any | insurance. One hundred and fifty men | are made idle, MAYA INDIANS LOSE THEIR FAMOUS CHIEF General Pat Is Killed During a Fight With Federal Troops in Yucatan. MEXICO CITY, March %.—Information | has been received at the War Office that | the Federal troops in the district of Bac- | alar, Yucatan, have had an encounter with the Maya Indians and that they killed General Pat, the famous Maya chief, and mortally wounded Victoria, another chief. The Indians during the fight were led by Yam, a prominent In- dian recognized by the Mayas as the Go ernor of Santa Cruz. Yam was wounded, but was carried off by his followers. He has since died. i i @ munication which he desired the Con- gressman to convey to the President, to the effect that he had come into posses- sion of information that a plan had been made to. attempt the life of President | Roosevelt on his Western trip, but that | this had now been abandoned and instead the plotters were planning at some favor- able point in Montana or Colorado to cap- | ture Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, Sec- retary of War Root and Attorney General | Knox and carry them to the mountains to be held for suitable ransom. Fremont refused to divulge the source of his information, but insisted that it was correct. Congressman Tawney places little credence In the tale, but has never- theless written to Secretary Shaw. telling him the hegro’s story. KITCHEN REQUISITES. Jini' Dumps the corner grocer met; Who said, “No grocer can regret ‘The day he came to trade in *Force. Of wealth an ¢’er increasing source? It fills the coffers to the brim!™ ADVERTISEMENTS. 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Dj 1902, and for the year ending omw that day; made to the Insurance Commission- er of the State of California, pursuant to. tne requirements of section 613 of the Political Code of sald State: CAPITAL. Amount of capital stock pald w in cash ... . " $1,000,000 09 ASSETS. Net value of real estate owned by the company - . Amount of loans secured by bond aod mortgage on real estate.. Amount of loans secured by pledge of bonds, stocks and other marketable securities as collateral .... ¥ Premium notes and loans in any form taken In payment of pre- miums on policies now in force. Cash market Vll“; %‘ ll; stocks nds owne y the com- g © 18,907,384 00 Amount of cash on hand in com-~ any’'s office . Axgmunl of sh deposited bauks .. v Interest due and accrued. $ 3,230,089 2 13,362,083 08 8,146,373 4 8,234 68 Rents due and accrued. . nMTa Net amount of bremiums in rocess of collection, and ol :n(erred premiums 854,893 94 h loans to policy holders on Caihs company’s polictes assigned as collateral . Total assets LIABILITIES. for death losses and ma- g (o s owments. due and un- pald .. e death losses and ma- C‘?‘um ‘tonrdnwfl\ehll In process of adsustment, or adjusted but mot N resent vaiue of ail the out- standing policies,. computed ac- Sording to the combined expe- rience tables of mortality, with 4 per cent interest.... . Amount of all unpaid dividends io policy holders Pregent value of unpaid amounts ‘ob matured instaliment policies All other labilities INCOME. Cash received for premiums on new policies during the vear....§ 683,944 94 Cash received for renewal of pre- uring the year.... 5,265,732 53 mm:;u‘v-d for sale of annuities 05,328 07 Cash received for interest. - 4 38 Cash received for rents. . los.e10 3 Cash ryeceived from ail other 663,081 64 to b4 G e arrendered policies. 209,968 29 Paid for dtvidends to policy hoid- Commin ‘aid to agents... ... e B isstons s h tior SRR e b paid for taxes s o cC::h pald for rents . All other cash payments Total expenditures during the M NOTE ACCOUNT. Premium notes and other bl tions at rem i ot the year $10,042 5 Promtum Rotes and other Sremium, obligations re- recived during the year 844 00 tal .ooon o eesee $11,786 30 n.a::uou during the year as follows: A Dot igations Deeq in payment of aiv- Piends th policy holders.$ 1,00 18 Amount of notes and premi nfln::fihmttrln cash 2461 T8 Subsctibed and affirmed to before me, this 21st day of January, 1908 EVAN J. LESTER, Notary Publie. e VAIL & ELDREDGE, General Agents for California, 801-824 Hayward Building, 8, F.