The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 24, 1903, Page 2

S THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1903. 1GED MAN FOUND DY, N ALEY Passerby Makes Start- ling Discovery After Midnight. BN Ko Police Believe Man Was At- tacked by Desperate Footpads. Ay SR |1s sno Oontinued From Page 1, Column 7. proclamation of their innocence without result has so preyed upon them that now, though still in the prime of life, their haif white, thelr faces haggard and wrinkled, and they have every appearance of men past 70. Both men are “trusties” and ever since their incarceration have Booker and laid before him a plan to cause a conviction. -Booker asked him how it could The detective replied, the same way as we Were convicted, by trumped up circum: stantial evidence. Booker asked him if were {nnocent, to which he replied, ‘Yes, and told the whole plan—how Tobe had been frightened into it. Hooker then looked up our case and from that day to this has ‘mever let up on ft. He. in connection with Attorney Arthur H, Barendt, who has worked on our case for three years, got all these people to : Oz a cot at the Central Emergency Hoe- | al there lies an aged men, well dressed and apparently of refined tastes, hovering | between life and death. He was ploked up In an unconscious condition early this | morning in & small alleyway off Mason | street, between Post and Geary, by a passerdy. No one saw him enter the ey MOr Was any one seen to leave fit, i the police are of the opinion that mfortunate msn was felled by a thug | e hopes of securing plunder. Shortly after midnight a passerby, giv- | g the name of Tomilson, discovered the ortunate stranger lying on his back | the all s hat was found a few | ents, which indicates man had a heavy fall immediately rang up for an | r sce and the stranger was removed the Emergency Hospital. Dr. Maher | at once made a hasty examination of his ies and discovered that the unfor- | was suffering from a frac- | he base of the skull He failed { m pass away without recov- | his senses. | » man was well dressed and appeared 1o be about 6) years of age. His clothes 4 texture and bear the name " or “H. Halmes.” In his found a nickel watch and 35 change, but no card or paper that hrow any light on his identity. Patrolman o'clock this morning suspicious circumstances ng the case, Detectives Freel strong were detailed to inves- { e .. NO GRABBING SCHEME SAYS DREDGING FIRM Company Insists the Cleaning of Oak- | land Creek Is Under Govern- ment Contract. South ag resuited in a c ning out the chan- e distance mped from the water on th orth wall the ti¢ would char t and result to ming grab n being that erty of a concern rest of the rallroad. American Dredging he is the attorney, day said that the contract for s in no way connected d it is simply fulfill- He t with the Government. bulkhead was the only to how the mud | impounded and IDEAL WEATHER IS THE EXPRESSION OF EVERY ONE ALONG THE California Northwestern R’y The Picturesque Route of California. Ticket Offices of the Company, 650 Market rtreet (Chronicle Bullding). and Tiburon Ferry, foot of Market street. General Offices, Mu. tual Life Bullding, corner of Sansome and Cal- ifornia streets, San Francisco. H. C. WHITING, R, X. RYAN, Gen’l, Manager. Gen'l, Pase'r. Agent. DEER HUNTING. 1f you want to get a deer, go to Wi e . 1kts, s best the Willits iocine County hunting ground in the Stats near ts T season unt Sep- tember 30. WAL WEIGAND. Frost AGUA CALIENTE SPRINGS OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND. Natural hot water swimming tank in the State. tent lady and gentiemen masseurs, . Special rates from now on. Peck's 11 Montgomery st. RICHARDS, Agua Callente, Sonoma Co. VICHY SPRING m@“’.fl. S ores S > enjoyed every privilege accorded the most exemplary inmate of the prison. Gilkey is head barber, and has five other con- victs working under his direction, whil Richards is an “‘orderly” in the turnkey’: office. When seen at the prison to-day Gilkey said: th Tobe and I have been here for more n twenty years. We are inn and yet being punished for murder. y nep were all circum- and this which it was was ar a roadhouw we entered drove up. e did not kno on I ste £ r Bill when I saw This was about 150 yards I jumped over to whe re tied behind the bod: a rag was around the head. A © Was in his head and a knife was sticking clear through his throat. I for help and Wheel ame there. e McQuade, the Undes happened er and we asked hi 0. He © 0 to Sonora and get the Coroners 1 notified Coroner V. el gotited ner Van Hollinger and They came out and the 1 to the home. Tobe and I were arrested. six-shooter and it was not when I was taken into cus- to jaii with me. Now, just __You how "circumstances will go: About two weeks px;&v_{l‘:/unAl';‘ this murder a han by name o cke: c my house. Tobe was there, ton ang oass @ Proposition to us to go down with him to old Bill's place and rob him. We ridiculed the idea, but I told Tip to come and see us asgain. He went away, but did not return, In the meantime we thought we would have some fun with Tip end Informed him we would do it. So the time was set for three days afterward. Now, when I was arrested and in Jail, I thought of this conversation. I asked McQuade that night if I could go to father's home to see him. He acquiesced I left the jail, saddled my horse and started out. I siopped en route to tell Ack- £rman not to say anything about our conver- €ation and also to Inform him that MoQuade had told me he was to be arrested. too. 1 then went to my father 3 to jail that same night. Ackerman was ar- rested the following morning. He turned State’s eyidence and told that Tobe and I bad come to him with the proposition to rob old Bill and that I had seen him the night Of my arrest and threatened him unless he kept ~quiet. The detectives discovered the tracks of two men in the plowed fleld on elther side of a track, as if a body had been dragged. Onme of thése prints they claimed tallled with my shoe. The tracks led into Sonora, ‘WERE KEPT APART. Tobe was kept away from me, threatened With being lynched and offered a light sentence if he pleaded gullty. He did, but I would not. The trial began on February 20, 1882. Judge Rooney presided and District = Attorney de Witt_prosecuted the ease. F. A. Street and Ira J. Reed of Calaveras defénded me. The was remov On December 3 I aways carried prosecution made a strong point of footprint | evidence and then Ackerman went upon the stand and not only testified that we had put up the job, but told that I threatened him if he told about it. Tobe's plea and other cir- cumstances all went against me. I had five Witnesses 1o testify timt I was at the day and night previous to the discovery of the body and it was shown that the only pistol I ever owned was a 44 Colt’s cap and ball, while the builet hole in Burgel's head was from & 32-caliber pistol. The jury was not out long and I was given life in San Quen- tin. The last money I had in the world was $i0. 1 gave this to my attorney to present the matter to Governor Perkins. Nothing came of the matter, however. My wife was involved in litigation and lost all our property, She had lots of trouble, poor woman, but came 10 sce me often. I finally told her not to wait for me. that it seemed my doom was sealed and that if @ good man came along to get married. She did about ten years ago. My two children have grown up. One lives in Sonora and one in San Francisco. My father l;b;ufl alive. He has lived in Sonora since Seven years after my conviction Charles Tubbe told several people that we were inno- cent. One night while intoxicated he admit- ted that he committed the deed. Later he told the same story to Mrs. . Who at the present time resides at Point Richmond. He also told Mr. and Mrs. Watson in Sonora, We have affidavits from all these people now and are trying to gain our liberty. If The Call can help us we shall appreciate it. We have not many friends and God knows we need them. Of course, we are treated all right here, but a man's liberty is dearer than bis life. I have wished many a time that I were dead, but the old saying here is that a man in stripes is never too old to be pardoned, be he guity or innocent. BOOKER IS STARTLED. You know Mr. Booker became interested in case, don't you. Well, it was all the t of a detective. Because he rallroaded for life he thought work. 1 two innocent men to prison Be coul ® miles from Ukiah, Mendocino Natura 4 ki the good H, siectric waters, chaspagne baths. OBly Diace | who worked dp pur case, Jumes Books o the world of this class. Fishing, huting, | er was District Attorney the celebrated Wards Crywtal Springs. Accommodations; table frst- | Ferry mprder was committed. A large re- class. J. A REDEMEYER & CO., Props. ward was offered. The detective went to see 's home and returned | CONVICTS AND WOMAN WERE WHO UNJUST- o had told them. | RICHARDS WAS FRIGHTENED. | Tobias Richards w n go the v | prison yard. He wi about | the facts of the c: particularly | non-committal. He said: | I don't like to talk about our trouble. I fool: v this mis- we did not cc lots of money and that th | we cost the county people all believed were guiity and would Iynch us. I could ve an alibl and had no money or many 1 was only 28 vears old at the time h, but it was no use. When we both me here I gave up the ldea of ever getting ut again. When Mr. self in our case ten years ago. | story and not very bright for my When they sald I could s.ve Frank's life and my own, as well as only get a few years, I agreed to.plead guilty. They told me Frank ]‘4 agree if 1 would. Frank stood trial, Booker interested him- I felt hopeful, but that was It The Call will publish our it will help us out, though. @ ik ool fosfenfenlonosfeofefonfe [ ] QUESTIONS AT ~ OF UNITRRING Young Minister In Con- ference Desires En- lightenment. ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 23.—At to- | night’s meeting of the conference of the | Unitarian ministers there was quite a stir | made when it was proposed to exclude the | newspapermen from the room because the | ministers were about to talk of things that were of a private nature to the sect. Opposition was made to this by some of the delegates present and the reporters remained. Rev. D. F. Dole of Boston pre- sided, and when the debate Brew quite personal Rev. Joseph Mail of Philadelphia moved that the doors be closed and an ex- | ecutive session held. Rev. Mr. Dole had offered a resolution commending the ministers for the excel- lent discharge of their dutles, when Rev. Richard Boynton, a/young minister of St. Paul, arose and in a spirited speech asked for information as to just what Unitarian theology was. He said he had tried to discover it, but had failed, and he chal- lenged any minister present to define it. Rev. Mr. Grant, formerly of Newburg, N. Y., explained that Unitarian ministers have a theology or they have no right to the pulpit. He said the foundation stone of Unitarianism is that man is to God as | a child is to a father; that with this as a | basis tdeals of manhood could be realized. The meeting resumed a calm attitude after this and a report by Dr. Edward Horton of Boston, which contalned a clause making it necessary for an appli- cant for a certificate to go on probation for six months previous to being accepted to full membership, was referred for fur- their consideration to-morrow. The good fellowship committee met im- mediately after adjournment and declded not to change the report which will be sent to the convention to-morrow. —_—————— "Fire Sweeps a Lumber Town. MALLEN, Wis., Sept. 23.—Fire nearly wiped out the village of Morse, thirty- seven miles south of Ashland, in Ashland County, early to-day, causing a loss of $300,000. The saw mill:and store of T. R. Chase were destroyed, together with six million feet of lumber. The fire also burned several small buildings in the vi- cinity. The blaze is believed to have been started by a former employe of the mill who was recently discharged. 2 —_——— LONDON, Sept. 23.—The Board of ture to-day fssued Agrical- order withdrawi; e IhArAwIng 1 r as to come | » us she made | PRISON FETTERS MAY FALL FROM MEN LONG IMMURE D o+ & MYSTERY VEILS DOUBLE THAGED Man and Woman Found Dead on a Chicago Street. CHICAGO, Sept. 23.—Harriet Weber and Inocenti Talimini, a marble-cutter, were found dead on Lexington avenue, south of Fifty-fourth street, early this morning. Both had been shot twice and, | while there are indications that the mau lled the woman and then himself, there are other features to the case that make | it somewhat mysterious. Arthur M. Laurie, with whom the dead woman had made her home, will be held by the po- | lice until after the inquest. There is no evidence connecting him with the shoot- | ing, but hé is detained as a witness. The shots that killed the man and wom- an were heard - residents of the neighborhood at 1 o'clock this .morning. No movement was made to investigate the shooting, however, and nothing was | known of the tragedy until daylight, { when the bodies were discovered by a | newspaper; carrier The body of the woman was identified in a short time as that of “Mrs. Laurle,” but when Laurie was bBrought to the po- lice station he sald that the woman was not his wife and that he did not know | the man whose body was found with | hers. To-night, in searching the effects of Miss Weber, an envelope was found ad- dressed, evidently in the handwriing of a man, to Inocenti Talimini. In seeking Talimini to find what he might know of the woman or the shooting, the officers identified the dead man as Talimini him- self. No cause is known why Talimini should have shot the woman, but she had told several of her friends the day before of a man who had been following her, and of whom she was afraid. It is be- lieved this man was Talimini, and it is the general theory that he shot her be- cause she refused to marry him. The woman, when found, had been shot the left breast. at the top of his head. empty, fired. Residents in the neighborhood where the tragedy occurred declare that more than four shots were fired, and one bul- let crashed through the window of Mrs. 8. Caswell at 5410 Lexington avenue. This fact led the police to belleve that there may have been a third party to the shooting, although there is so far no di- rect proof of this. The Weber woman was a native of De- troit, having come here from that city several years ago. —————— BURLINGTON OFFERS BIG REWARD FOR CAPTURE No Trace Is Found of Robbers Who Held Up Train Near St. Joseph. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Sept. 23.—Officlals of the Burlington Raliroad Company and the Adams Express Company to-night an- nounced a reward of $4000 for the arrest and conviction of the persons that held up and robbed the Portland Express of the Burlington road six miles north of St. Joseph last night. No trace whatever of the robbers other than the finding of a rifle in the brush near the scene of the robbery has been discovered to-day, and to-night the police are of the opinion that the men who committed the job are in hiding at a farm house somewhere in the French bottoms, north of St. Joseph. A stolen boat was found on the Kansas side of the Missourl river this af- ternoon and for a while the officers be- lleved the gang had crossed over, but this {dea was spon given up. i e S FIRE RAGES IN NAPHTHA FOUNTAINS AT BAKU Property Valued at $2,500,000 Al- ready Destroyed and Flames Still Spreading. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 2.—Fire has broken out at the Biliebat naphtha foun- tains, belonging to the firm of Nobel, at Bakuy, and has already caused damage es- timated at $2,500,00. The works have been completely destroyed and the fire is still spreading. accounting for the four shots ——————— Fishing Vessels Are Missing. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Sept. 23.—The gale which raged last Friday caused havoc on the grand banks. A number of fishing vessels have returned here damaged and report the loss of men and fishing out- fits. It is feared that some of the vessels have sunk. Six American, four French and eight Newfoundland fishermen found adrift in dories and picked up by other vessels were landed here to-day. ————— SACRAMENTO, — - patch to the mmsfi?n&mm hat Robert committed sui- Hayes, 5 years old, cide at the New Western Hotel this morning. Hayes had been employed’ at the Brenn Liv- ery Stables at Blue Ravine mine, Jjust | twice, through the left arm and through | Talimini was shot twice, | once through the neck and once upward | through the chin, the bullet coming out | In the man's | hand was a revolver with four chambers | BLOWN T0 DEATH INAN EXPLOSION Bursting Boiler Kills One and Injures Three. pad e Terrific Force of Outburst Shakes Entire District of Ocean View. AL ‘With a shock that made the district of Ocean View tremble to its foundations, & boiler employed in furnishing steam for the operation of a rock crusher at Bigglo's quarry at the junction| of San Jose avenue and Farallones street | exploded at 11 o’clock yesterday morning, | killing one man instantly and serfously | injuring three others. Two others stand- | ing within a few feet of the explosion | miraculously escaped without a scratch. | The dead man is John Rayner, the en- i .gineer. His body was thrown a distance | | of 200 feet and landed in an unrecogniz- | | able mass up the hill on the edge of the quarry. Two brothers, John and Dan | O’'Brien, who were engaged in feeding the | crusher, were thrown from their stand by flying pleces of iron and timber. Dan O'Brien received a deep scalp wound and a serious laceration of the left leg. He | also suffered a severe shock. Should he recover from this, it is not thought that his other injuries will prove fatal. His brother escaped with a badly bruised shoulder and a battered face caused by | ! flying particles of rock. Rico Biggio, son | of the man who owns the quarry and who acted as foreman, was bruised on the chest and face, but not seriously injured. | INJURED CARED FOR. | Immediately after the accident masxrlyi the entire population of the district gath- ered at the quarry. The remains of Ray- ner, crushed almost out of semblance, of humanity, were laid out on a pile of sacks until the arrival of Deputy Cor-| oner Fennell, when they were taken to the | | Morgue. His aged mother, with whom he | | ived at Ocean View, reached the scene | early and when the full realization of her | som’s death burst upon her she became hysterical. Corporal Lyons of the Police Department took charge of the injured men. He telephoned for an ambulance, | but before its arrival the United Rail- | roads hurried an electric car to the scene and conveyed the two O"Briens to St.| Luke's Hospital, where they were at- tended by Dr. S. J. Gardner. Biggio, the | foreman, was able to walk and boarded | | a car for his home at Colma. | | The engine and boiler, which was an | old thresher affair, was blown by the force of the explosion clear out of the { quarry and onto the tracks of the electric | car line, Trafic was delayed a short | | time until the wreckage could be moved | aside. The mass, weighing fully three | tons, was raised seventy-five feet into | | the air and thrown a distance of 100 feet. | The shed in which it was housed was de- | molished, some of the two-inch planks | being splintered to kindling wood. In its | flight through the air the boiler and en- | glne struck the top of the crusher, bad- | Iy wrecking it. | The boiler was a complete wreck. The | front of it was entirely blown out. The | erown sheet was ripped from its bolts |and torn into strips llke tissue paper. | | Nearly every casting on the engine and | boiler was broken off by the force of the | i explosion. The boiler was the worst kind | | of a rattletrap affair and had been badly | | neglected. 'The space under the crown | | sheet was almost entirely filled with | | scales, allowing little room for water. H CAUSE OF EXPLOSION. The indications are that the explosion | was caused by letting the water run low | In the boiler, although the only man who | knew positively is dead. The survivors | all tell the same story and their experi- ences are limited to the actual explo- | sion. Joseph Seamagi, one of the men em- ployed at the quarry, was taking a horse | and cart up a runway to the crusher and had stopped to talk a moment with the foreman, Biggio, when he heard the whis- tle blow once, which was a notification to the men on the crusher to stop feed- ing it. Biggio started toward the fireroom to ascertain the cause of the shut-down, when the explosion occurred without fur- ther warning. The O'Brien boys heard the whggtle and John O'Brien was engaged in putting the cover on the hopper when he | was knocked down by the flying timbers. | Thomas Foley was working in the quarry a short distance away from the engine- | house, but could add nothing to the | knowledge of the other men employed there regarding the cause of the acci- D | last man who saw Rayner alive | was Bigglo and at that time the engin- | eer was repairing the feed pump. Evi- dently he discovered the dangerous con- dition of the boiler just before the acci- dent and blew the whistle to warn his fellow workmen. Then he probably at- tempted to pull his fire and while engag- ed in that occupation was blown to death. The dead engineer was 25 years of age and a native of New Zealand. He had lived in Ocean View with his mother since he was 5 years old and was highly thought of. Dan O’'Brien is 38 years of age and *his brother John is 3. They reside in Ocean View with their parents. Judge Grosscup May Resign. CHICAGO, Sept. 23.—It was reported to- night that Judge Peter S. Grosscup of the United States Circuit Court is about to re. sign from the bench to accept the position of general counsel to the Northern Securi. ties Company. Judge Grosscup was not in the city to-night and the report could not be confirmed. —_—— Governor Appoints Notaries Public. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 2.—Governor Pardee has appointed the following nota- ries public, to reside in San Francisco: Hamilton A. Bauer, Justin Gates, J, P. Willlams, A. J. Henry, John H. Ware, Martin Aronson, Noble Hamilton and J. L. King. L e e e R OPENS FIRE AND KILLS BANDIT, Continued From Page 1, Column 6. A B AT R R A R N from Colonel Crook a special train was ordered from The Dalles to meet the pas- senger train at Bridal Veil, and another engineer was sent out to take the train eastward. It was on this Dalles special that Engineer Barrett was afterward brought to Portland. The body of the bandit was left lying at the scene of the hold-up, but Engineer Barrett is of the opinion that his companions returned and removed it. He belleves the men had a boat lying on the river bank and made their escape in this manner. ‘When the robbers stopped the train members of the train crew immediately warned the passengers of the impending peril. The conductor ran through the coaches crying a warning and urging every one to hide their valuables and purses, watches and Jéwelry were hastily thrust under seat cushions. The robbers retreated without any booty. ADVERTISEMENTS. A FAMILY REMEDY Pe-ru-na in Use in !(Congressmen, Governors and If you do not derive prompt and satis- factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. ¢ Thousands of Homes. Other High Officials Recom- mend Pe-ru-na. Isaac Sharp, ex-Governor of Kansas, in a letter from 1227 I street, N. E., Wash- ington, D. C., writes: “l can earnestly recommend your Peruna as an excellent onic. Its reputation as a cure forl ca- tarrh is firmly established by my friends who have been benifited by 1ts use, and the public slould know of its great curative quali- ties.”"—Isaac Sharp. Pe-ru-na Used in a Congressmw's Family With Success. [ Congressman H. Henry Powers of VL mont, writes from Morrisville, Vt.: “Peruna I have used in my family wh success. I can recommend it as an ex- lent family remedy and very good coughs, colds and catarrhal affections. H. Henry Powers. A Congressman’s W.fe Uses Pe-ru- John L. Burnett, Member of Congr Seventh Alabama District, writes: “I take pleasure in testifying to fo merits of your Peruna. At the solici§- tion of a friend my wife used it andjt improved her condition generally. It i remarkable remedy. I can cheerfully ré- ommend Peruna as a good, substa tonic and a very good catarrh remedy. Pe-ru-na Cures Catarrh. Half the ills of life are due to catarh and catarrhal derangements. Peruna is the only internal, systemic catarrh remedy known to the medical profession. Peruna cures catarrh wherever loc Peruna is not a guess nor an exp —it is an®absolute, t Peruna has no substitutes sist upon having Peruna. a TRIES T0 WORK 1N 0LD SHINDLE Self-Styled Minister At- tempts to Fleece a Modoc Man. REDDING, Sept. 23.—A queer case of al- leged deception has been unearthed In Modoc County. ago a stranger, representing himself as a minister of an evangelical church San Francisco, wrote to C. G. Pope of Al- turas that a man on his deathbed had confessed to him that in® years past he had wronged Pope out of a sum of money and desired to make restitution as far as lay in his power. Inclosed in the letter was a pawn ticket for a plece of jewelry, said by the minister to be a diamond tiara worth a large sum of money. The self-styled minister only wanted $12350 to redeem the jewel, and then he would send it to Pope. The latter, however, was not to be taken in. but sent the letter to the postal authorities at San Francisco. The “minister” has since been under police survelllance and the Modoc man has h2en subpenaed to appear before the United States Grand Jury to give testimony in an investigation now being conducted. near BERLIN, Sept. 23.—Another speed trial of electric traction was made to-day on the Zos- sen military road, when 108% miles was cov- ered in an hour. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND AFFAIRS OF THE INDEMNITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F NEW YORK. IN THE STATE OF NEW York, on the 3ist day of December, A. D., 1902, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of ths State of California, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Com- missioner: CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Steck, paid up in " -$200,000 00 ASSETS. Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company. Cash in Company's Office -$382,580 do 400 40 h in Banks. .e . 16,027 03 Toterest aue and accrued ‘o all §tocks and LOADS. ... -wveersren 2,650 00 Losses adjust Losses in process of Adjust Losses resisted. ‘fnctuding ses res ross premis on Fire Risks run- O iag "ane year or less, $182,787 1 rance 50 per cent 91,398 58 Grosa premiums on Fire Risks fun- ning more than one year, $79,- 45,471 92 ; reinsurance pro rata.. Lok ed for salaries, rent, Total Liabilities. INCOME. Net cash actually received for Fire Seetved tor interest and a nre & o aon ;Olldl. Stocks, Loans, and from all other sources............ 9,352 24 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in- cluding $15,767 83, losses of previ- Paid o allowed s b a8 20,105 60 6721 79 16,948 00 All other payments and tures Losses incurred during the year....$100,808 35 Risks and Premiums.(Fire Risks. It appears that some time | AUNS ON A REEF OFF BABY ISLAND American Schooner Ab- bie M. Deering Is a Wreck. SEATTLE, Sept. 23.—The American schooner Abble M. Deering of Seattle, Captain Ohlemutz, bound to this city via Kadiak Island with thirty-nine passen- gers, was wrecked in the Akutan Pass on the morning of September 4. Adverse currents carried the schooner onto a reef off Baby Island. The passen- gers and crew were landed on the island, from which they were picked up the fol- lowing day by the United States revenue cutter Manning, being later transferred to the Thetis for this city. The Deering left Noms August 2I. She is a total wreck. STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— Norwich Union Fire INSURANCE SOCIETY () E Norwich, England, on the 3lst day of December, 'A. D. 1902, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, pur- suant to the Provisions of Sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, § ¥ condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner., CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in Cash .... 3 ASSETS. Real Estate owned by Company..§ 289,500.00 Loaze on Bonds end Morigages.. ~40.000.00 Cash_Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company.. 4,515,078.30 Cash In Company's Office..... 500.00 Cash in Banks T.34 Interest due and accrued on all Stocks and Loans ............. 581.94 Interest due and acrrued om Bonds and Mortgages .......... 285.00 Premiums in due Coursé é LIABILITIES. . o e— o Al n process of A or in Suspense $267,357.93 Losses resisted, including ex- Gross premiums on Fire Risk Tunning one year or less, $——: reinsurance per cent ... .- | 2.861,813.54 Gross premiums on Fire Risk: funning more than one year, $——; reinsurance pro rata. Cash dividends remaining unpaid. 2,280.50 Due and accrued for salaries, rent, ate. B 15,000.00 Bills Payable 18.969.02 Total Liabllities ....ce.... $3.165.419.98 INCOME. cash actually recelved for N“l\!i mt B v ....... $5,115,840. 67 EXPENDITURES Net amount paid for Fire Losses Gincluding $—, losses of Dividends to llockhnldé IR 218.790.00 P‘("‘N’ :‘lfl..h'.d. o M.fl” -h . 1,022,677.17 Paid ‘ees and other Sadoee. for olhcers, lerks, oo, 458.820.33 Paid State, an % Wafiom) vt e Fire. Losses incurred during the year...$2.393,249.04 RISKS AND PREMIUMS. | Fire Risks. | Premiums. "‘Rfl' W‘fl(u‘: e e $1,049,788,355.$6,928, 654. 08 1,593,641,585/ 5,202,740.64 Pacific Department 314 California $t,, San Franciseo| 314 Califonia St Manager. W. H. LOWDEN, JOHN D. RICHARDS, Superintendent City Department. Net amount force December T00 e 1.612,379,110] 5,668,335.02 FRAD CUBITT, President. C. A. B. BIGNOLD, Secretary. Pagific —D;lmncnt San Francisco W. H. LOWDEN, Manager. JOHN D. RICHARDS, Superintendent City Department.