The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 1, 1903, Page 6

BiHoe RS 15 CABIN BOY DENIES AGTING 15 A WITNESS Twenty-Eight Days on|Nome Miner Claims He High Seas Sufficed His Ambition. son of Local 'Oapitalist Is Restored to Parental | Fireside. —_— e prodigal son has returned and if chef of the Hotel Pleasanton knows business the choicest parts of the fat- calf are siready hanging upon the his butcher shop preparatory to t to-night. Bishop, son of Ira Bishop, one s leading business men, is warming his feet at the parental after a month's absence on the cas, and if present signe count for ng there will be po more mariner's ures in the future itinerary of this August 22 young Bish- reement with his father, 1itent of his failure to hasten the har- wild oats, the son appren- himi aboard the British ship ck Rock as cabin boy, and the fol- he soggy old vessel, buffeted igh rolling seas, was mak- ay slowly northward along the route to Puget Sound. yage upon which Bishop had em-~ was to terminate at the end of n months Liverpool, provided fortunate enough to keep many feared was not to uring that long period the entice was faithfully o ster, and for that matter, »me else on board, in the capacity of es to the ship's cook. Two days | &t his new task furnished Bishop, who | had been accustomed the comforts | . rich man’s expect, with h exp: a mariner to last ce of his life and started him a strong desire to again tread rble floors of the Pala court and minized pavements of his native city. As be sadly contemplated his mis- erable lot during bk hours off watch in the foreca nd heard the balance of [ vessel's crew longing for nauseating feells the ship rolled ar ward voyag Then followed a plotting mutiny, Dish- e grew with the g that overtook him as nd creaked on her north- ng sick spell, during athizing friends in this city sculating as to his whereabouts on the sea, for the-Gantoek Rock s a slow going vessel and had made poor pro- coast. Four weeks passed i was received from Bishop Never Signed Dis- puted Deed, Suit Over Mineral Holding Producss Strange Testimony. ARG The suit involving valuable mining property on Anvil Creek, near Nome, Alaska, which is now on hearing in Judge Graham's court, is attracting considerable interest because of the mass of evidence that is being offered by Cl.l:npbell. Metson & Campbell, the attorneys representing Jafet Lindeberg, the defendant in the suit. It all tends to prove that Lindeberg is the owner of the disputed property, and that it was deeded to him by Thomas Duffy, though the latter, who is the plain- tiff in the action, claims that he never ex- ecuted any deed and that he is entitled to a share of the gold dust that Lindeberg and his four associates took out of the mine. The supposed deed was made, according to the evidence so far adduced, in the of- fice of Attorney Metson at Nome. Duffy Was paid $20,000 for his interest, receiving the money from John Brynteson, one of Lindeberg’s partners. A few days asc Brynteson identified the deed, when it was offered in evidence, and testified to hav- ing carried the purchase price of the mine from the office of the Pioneer Mining Company to the office of Attorney Met- son and there paying it over to Duffy in exchange for the deed. Attorney Metson testified in a like strain and also identi- fied the deed. Duffy’s testimony was a flat contradic- tion of the evidence of the miner and the well-known attorney. He said he never | made any deed and that the signature on | the document shown him was not his sig- nature. Yesterday Andy Meehan, whose name is on the deed as a witness, denied that he ever affixed his signature to any such document. Several other witnesses were examined as to their having seen Duffy in Nome and as to their knowledge of the steamer on which Duffy left the Arctic regions in the year in which the alleged de ed was made. They denied point blank aving seen Duffy on the vessel which the defendants claim he left Nome on. Further evidence will be taken in the case to-day. e SEVENTY-TWO ENTFRIES | FOR COURSING STAKE | Evenly Matched Greyhounds in the | Running This Week at Union | Park. is, who began to be alarmed of the to report rn de: i aft- the ca had yeached the Sound was ,no message f ishop and his fate was ur last flitted o evening, the ‘better for his sea down from the nort e the crew wanted to mutiny, and they were mot to" rebel h mari- | dwelling on ng to the bot- > and Bishop HANLON MAY FIGHT “CORBETT” IN DECEMBER | Californian Shows the Effects of the | Punishment He Took in Defeat- ing Benny Yanger. was about town yester- the worse for wear fight with Yanger nsational ent Hanlon has fights must in- his career in the ¥ £ brilliant one. Tt was the cons yesterday that | the r Hanlon must devote ] tion 1o his head. He has a se for the body and few s arms or his elbows. next oppoment will While the latter had | talk fight. Having | won fighting and at the | cetrack, he is open for another ring agement. He will probably be seen e in December. Gossip ¥ ready begun over the meet- ing of Fitzeimmons and Gardner the trickiest fighters in the business, A ques- tion has been raised as to Fitzsimmons' ability to make 168 pounds. On the day after he arrived here from Chicago be- the Jeffries-Corbett fight he weighed pounds. He wore a silk hat and frock Allowing fifteen pounds for the t of his clothes, it would still leave him seventeen pounds to take off. It is not supposed for a moment that a man v as Fitzsimrions would bind him- self to make a weight lower than he could do. He worked on Gardner to sign “win- ner take all” but the Lowell man would not agree to this. They finally settled upon 75 and 25 per cent. Arctic Relics. A curious relic of the Baldwin-Ziegler polar expedition, which returned last Au- gust, has been received by the American Consul at Bergen, Norway. It is a mes- sage from Mr. Baldwin, dated Junme 11, 1902, from Camp Ziegler, Franz Josef Land, asking for more coal, hay, fried among acquain- | | Miss An open stake with seventy-two entries | will be run at Union Coursing Park on | Sunday. The first prize will be $100. There »e $10 prizes for the dogs beaten in first round by the ultimate winner | and runn The draw last night re- ulted Golden Lin ile vs. War 1 Tralee rafter vs, Rocklin Boy; Gambit vs. Actor; Tralee B Sempronius; Du- Trixie; Dorothy M vs. Meddlesome; r Reno; Ci Jingle cial vs. St Garrison; Little ou vs. Frisky Barb: les; Moonbeam. vs. 1 Luxury Raby Aurora; John Heenan; Warco vs. MISS BESSIE ANTHONY DEFEATS HER OPPONENT | Miss Fanny Osgood Is Looked Upon | as Probable Winner of Golf Tournament. *“WHEATON, Il., Sept. 30.—Two rounds of eighteen holes each through a coid wind and drizzling rain tried the strength as well as the golfing skill of the players in the women’s national tournament to- day. The features of to-day's play were the defeat of Mrs. Caleb Fox of Hunting- tcn Valley by Miss Bessie Anthony, the Western champion, and Miss L. A. Weils of Brookline, runner-up to Mrs. Stout in last year's tournament, at the hands of “Johnny” Carpenter of Westward Ho. Miss Anthony disposed of Mrs. R. H. Barlow of the Merion Cricket Club in clev- er fashion in the morning round and her general play through the day makes her a strong favorite of the Western players for the finals. Miss Fannie Osgood of Brookline won both of her games so handily that she is looked upon as a very probable winner of the champlonship. Miss Osgood's and Miss Anthony's medal £c res were the best of the wed high class golf. day and s ‘Washington State Fair Races. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Sept. 30.—Sum- mary of the Washington State Fair races to- 2:18 pace—Polka Dot won, Ben Surba sec- god, Portle Kalght third. Time—2:14%, 2:18, pecial free-for-all pace—Rita H won, Bam Bowers second, Francisco third. Time— 15%, 2:11%. Half mile, running—Senatorial won, Mertella | second, Irish Queen third. Time, :54. Three-quarters of a mile, selling—Sally Good- Tin gvon, Remark second, Modder third. Time, B — SIX CHINESE FISHERS SENT BACK TO CHINA They had Students’ Certificates, But Were Obliged to Work as Com- mon Laborers. Six Chinese fishermen recently arrived from Alaska were ordered deported yes- terday by United States Court Commis- sloner Heacock. They presented certifi- cates showing that they had been admit- ted to this country as students and testi- fied that after having studied a while their funds gave out and they were obliged to work for a living. Judge Heacock said that it was the in- tention of the exclusion act in making Thelma, vs. Game | » | tallsts of the time. C.S.CURTIS MMONED BY REAPER +- FAMILIAR FIGURE IN FINAN- CIAL CIRCLES WHO DIED YESTERDAY. L o Life’s Work of Familiar Figure Is Brought to an End. L e FEW minutes after midnight yes- terday morning the hand of death stayed the life of Christo- pher S. Curtis, vault clerk for the Californie Safe Deposit and Trust Company for twenty-three years and a familiar figure in the financial cir- cles of the city. After suffering from heart trouble for more than a year the deceased was suddenly stricken with a | severe attack last week, which culminated in his passing to his eternal sleep after | & long and useful career. | Among the bankers and financial men of ‘lhe city no man was better known than | was “Chris” Curtis. In the early '80’s he was the friend and business confidant of Senator Stanford, Flood and other capi- Everybody who had dealings with the banking concern with | which he was connected knew Curtis even | better than the higher officers of the house, and on the street he was a fa- miliar figure among the stock brokers and moneyed men. Dressed in his uniform of vault clerk, Curtis was seen daily in the company of men who can sign their check for a sum up in the six figures. Curtis was born in Brunswick, Me., in , the son of John Curtis, a famous sea captain of the New England coast. At an | early age he went in his father's ship to France and there recelved his early edu- cation. Quitting school at the age of 1§ years, young Curtis traveled extensively in his father's ships until he reached young manhood, when he found himself in San Francisco. Being temporarily em- barrassed, tis obtained employment as a postoffice malil carrier until he entered the service of the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company, in 18%0. The position of vault clerk he obtained at that time he filled without any break until his death. Besides his reputation in financial eir- cles Curtis was a prominent figure in fra- ternal lodges. He was a member of King Solomon Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of this city, a member of the Na- tional Unlon and also a conspicuous fig- ure in Fidelity Lodge, Ancilent Order United Workmen. The local lodge of Ma- sons of which Curtis was a member will conduct the funeral services from Masonic Temple on Friday. Curtis leaves a wife, residing at the family home, 1516 Masonic avenue, besides #ix children—John, Letitia, Sadle, Mazle, Christopher Jr. and Lena. Wiillam J. Curtis, his brother, is a well-known law- yer of the New York firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, who recently asked Andrew Carnegle to withdraw his offer of a li- brary to the town of Brunswick, Me., in order that he himself might have the honor of being the donor. ——— Palace Hotel Property Mortgaged. A mortgage was filed for record yester- day covering a loan of $300,000 made to the Sharon Estate Company by the Hi- bernia Savings and Loan Society. The security given for the mortgage is the Palace Hotel property, Another im- portant transaction in which the Sharon Estate Company is involved was made a .part of the public récord yesterday when a decd was filled by that corporation transferring to Hartland Law a lot on the northwesterly side of Mission street, near New Montgomery. The lot has a frontage of 143 feet and the price paid for it sev- eral months ago was $430,000. A mortgage was also recorded whereby Law gives the property as security for the purchase price for the land. L 1 COOK BOOK OFFER TO CLOSE OCTOBER 30.. L 2 | an exception in the case of students to allow only genuine students admission, with the proviso that on the completion of their studies they should return to China. Every Chinese person, continued the Judge, who comes here as a student fich and sledges. This message, neatly written on a small piece of parchment, was inclosed in 2 cop- per tube, which was inserted in a large cork, shaped like a top, with a copper peg, which made it float like a miniature buoy. The cork top was picked up at Vopua- fjord, Iceland, by a farmer, who handed it to a merchant, and the latter, carrying out the instructions conveyed in the mes- sage, forwarded it, under date May 20, 1903, to E. 8. the United Consul at Bergen.—Public Ledger., is required to be able to support himself without becoming a laborer. There are 115 Chinese fishermen await- ing trial on the charge of being illegally in the country, the majority of whom have no papers at all. —_—————— | Ninety per cent of the inhabitants of ‘Western and Central Africa are Moham- medans, and every man of note in Cen- tral Africa owns slaves, his station in life being rated by the number of slaves he owns and the wives he possesses. When the girls reach the age of are, as a rule, wedded. i | The Call’s Cook Book prem- ium offer will close on October 30, 1903, and all readers of this paper who desire a copy of this household treasure should not fail to place their. order im- mediately. This splendid premium will be offered to subscribers at the exceptionally low rate of fifty cents per copy. Out of town orders twenty cents ad- ditional to cover prepayment of transportation charges. hofe - Eve of Day of Atone- ment Sees Devout at Worship. Total Abstinence Will Be Observed for Twenty- Four Hours, — At sundown yesterday the Jewish com- munity of the city began a twenty-four hours’ fast, the occasion being the eve of “the day of atonement.”” Every syna- gogue was crowded and the services were followed with devoutness, As a matter of fact, with the evening began a day of absolute abstinence gnd of prayer and contemplation. The services were profound last night and the sermons delivered by the rabbis were thoughtful. They breathed charity and good will toward all men, while giv- ing thanks for the innumerable -blessings that have poured down upon the children of Israel during the last year. Rabbl Voorsanger preached a sermon at Temple Emanu-El on.*‘The Voice and the Way,” the parable of Elijah in the storm, and bade his Hearers atone in their pri- vacy and outside the temple where the storm was encountered. There it was that they should make their atonement, he said. At Sherith Israel Rabbi Nieto addressed a large congregation, and ‘also spoke on the meaning and. significance of atone- ment. > The. Bush-street Synagogue was crowd- ed, and the sermon preached by Rabbi Isadore Myers was on ‘‘Vital Questions of the Day.” The religious music in all the syna- gogues was very beautiful, and in numer- ous instances the melodies were several hundred years old. The altars and arks were elaborately mantled in white silk. There will be services in all the syna- gogues the whole of to-day, and the fast will terminate this evening at 6 o'clock. —_———— PLAINTIFF’S CASE CLOSED IN MADERA LIBEL SUIT Sheriff Thurman Describes Shooting and Declares He Will Never Forget Burglar’s Face. MADERA, Sept. 30.—At 4 o'clock this afternoon the plaintiff’s case in chief in the suit of Roberts vs. the Fresno Demo- crat Publishing Company was closed, with the reservation that further testimony in relation to express malice would be in- troduced’ if the:court should rule that it Was proper. s This morning Thurman identified a dia gram made of the kitclen of his house, and the diagram was used in- the exami- nation. Thurman further described the shooting, and said that he “would never forget the face of the burglar. As Sheriff he had made an effort to catch him, al- though he had never sent out any ‘de- scriptions. But wherever he had‘gone he i had kept a watch:for the man who sought his life in his own house on that eventful morning. B o Thurman described his business rela- tions with the Roberts family. Nearly all the lumber he used was bought from the sugar pine company, the successor to the Madera Flume and Trading Company. | Witness bad, talked with Return Roberts and also with 'E. H. Cox, formerly cash- jer of the Commercial (Roberts’) Bank, about ‘the: sfdbting. " At the present time witness was, indehted to the bank. Then came the inevitable® deposition, or attempted déposition. Like those offered on the previous day, the response to every questlon except a few purely info mal ones was “I refuse to,answer.” Af- ter' the questions and the Inevitable an- swer had been read the witness was asked why he had refused to answer. He said he did not proposeé to be put up as a tar- get for all sorts of improper questions. He admitted later, however, that the questions asked were not improper, but sald that he acted under advice of an | attorney. The noon hour was now reached and an adjournment was taken until 1:30. Sev- eral witnesses were sworn and testified during the afternoon, but nothing other than corroborative evidence was brought out. e EARLIEST KNOWN USE OF FORKS FOR EATING They Were Not Very Common in England Before the year 1815. It seems strange that the use of forks began only with our easily remembered forefathers; that the Greeks and Romans did not know anything about them, and that in the Far Eastern countries their use is still unknown. Up to the fifteenth century they were known only in Italy. Elizabeth had three ‘forks garnished with gold sleightly,” and with “lyttie perles pendant,” but they were considero as curiosities and never used. Indeed, in that era it was gonsidered bad form, and ministers contended that to use them was an insult to God. What were our fingers for? In Thomas Coryates' “Crudites,” published originally in 1608, is this: “I observed a custom in all those Ital- jan cities and towns through which I passed that is not used in any other coun- try that I saw in my travels; neither do I think that any other nation in Christen- dom doth use it but in Italy. The Italian, and also most strangers, do always at their meals use a little forke when they cut their meats. For while with their knife, which they do hold in one hand, they cut the meate out of the dish, they fasten the forke, which they hold in the other hand, upon the same dish; so what- goever he be that, sitting in the company of others at meals, should inadvisedly touch the dish of meats with his fingers, from which all the table do cut, he will give occasion of offense to all the com- pany, as having transgressed the laws of good manners, in so much that for his error he shall be at the least browbeaten, if not reprehended in wordes. This form of breeding, I understand, generally used in all places of Italy, their forkes being for the most part made of iron, steele and some of silver; but these are used only by gentlemen. The reason for this curi- osity i8 because the Italian cannot by any means indure to have his meate touched with fingers, seeing that all men’s fingers are not alike cleane.” Not until the middle of the seventeenth century did England’s nobility begin the use of forks, but they came into use slowly, and even in the early part of the eighteenth century gentlemen who travel- ed carried a knife and fork, because the inns were not likely to have them. About 1815 forks became quite common in Eng- land and in Europe and soon became to be considered generally as a necessity.— ‘Washington Star. ——————————— Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. ‘Wednesday, September 30. ‘&mr Asuncion, Bridgett, 36 hours from Re- 0. ‘Wednesday, September 30. . Stmr Brunswick, Johnson, Fort Bragg. feson, Buréka. ++ | Stmr South Bay, Jami THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1903. HEBREWS BEGIN \ENCOURAGEMENT HASHIN CHARGED SHARPERS BOUM RELIIONS FAGT) FOR ATHLETES St. Ignatius Gymnasium Is Thrown Open to Members. Citizens Gather in Force and Enjoy Viewing Institution. ey s bl ‘Without ceremony but with much ‘cor- djality St. Ignatius Gymnasium, 314 Franklin street, was opened last night. From early in the evening until past 10 o'clock an immense assemblage responded to the invitations to attend the interest- Ing proceedings. The gymnasium, which has already been fully described in the columns of The Call, is one of the hand- somest . and most complete in the coun- try. There is everything that the mod- ern athlete can desire, even to the Rus- sian baths and a swimming pool and pri- vate baths in plenty. Thé gymiasium itself is a model of excellence. Last night ladies were invited to participate in the auspicious occasion, but never again will the fair sex be privileged to grace the training ground of the:young men of the Ignatius Sodality. : 5 There was a-band and there was an army .of youths who exhibited thejr prow- ess by climbing high ladders hand over hand, turnifg into all conceivable shapes on the horizontal bars and ‘otherwise in- dulging their dexterity with the aid of ropes and handbars. 2 The visitors were escorted . throughout the building and 1 dther Hickey and Fath- er Woods and other priests and officers of the Gentlemen's Sodality who were present received congratulations for the excellence of the equipment and also for the perfecttarrangement of the whole institution. 5 et S THE COPPER INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES Production Heavier Last Year Than in 1901; Also the Con- : sumption. In his report to the United States Geo- logical Survey on the production of cop- per in 1902, Charles Kirchhoff says that the coppet mining industry of the United States suffered during 1902 from the reac- tion which followed the unsuccessful at- tempt during 1901 to maintain the value of the metal at an artificial level. The col- lapse which came toward the close of 191 left many producers committed to sales covering a long period, at low prices, with the menace of heavy accumulations of metal constantly over the market. Yet production was heavier during 1%2'than it had been in 1901, because some of the im- portant mines were worked to full capa- city and because some of the enlarge- ments and improvements previously be- gun became .effective during’ the year. curthermore, a number of new enter- prises first produced important quantities of metal. On the other hand, accidents and labor troubles cut down the outputs of some of the larger undertakings. Un- less unforeseen events cause widespread or prolonged stoppage of -operations at the mines, Mr. Kirchhoff thinks that the production of copper-in the United States will be considerably larger in 1903 than it has ever n.. The Lake Superior dis- trict. will yield considerably more copper; “Arizona is expected to return a consider- ably larger produet; Utah may reach a total of 25,000,000 pounds, and Wyoming, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and the Southern States will report an inereéase: The consumption of copper in the United States was enormous in 1%2. It was larger also in other leading industrial countries. * As compared with 268,782 long tons in 1901, the total production of copper in the United States in 1902 was 3 long tons, of which the Lake Superior district pro- duced 76,165, or 25.9 per cent; Montana, 128,975 long toms, or 43.8 per cent, and Ari- zona, 53,547 long tons, or 18.2 per cent. This is an increase in the total produc- tion of 25,641 long tons, or nearly 10 per cent, as compared with 1%1. Utah is forging to the front as one of the most important copper States, and it is notably in’the Bingham camp that de- velopment has been most rapid. Only small quantities of copper ore have been shipped from Alaska to Puget Sound smelters, but it is known large deposits of_copper ore exist, whos development is being taken ‘seriously in hand. The imports of copper ore in 1902 were valued at $7,521,641, as compared with $14,- 394,663 in 1901, and the imports of copper in bars, ingots, pigs and in manufactured forms were valued at $i2,864,021, as com- pared with $11,820,459 in 1901. The exports of domestic copper in different forms were valued at $46,811,729 in 102, as com- pared with $36,071,448 in 191. The exports from Baltimore, Md., increased from 54, 377,355 pounds in 1901 to 103,607,256 pounds In 1%02, and from New York the increase was from 133,540,150 pounds in 1901 to 236, 622,515 pounds in 1902. In the aggregate the reporting mines had a stock of 155,665,652 pounds of copper on January 1, 1903, as compared with 282,- 014,297 pounds on January 1, 1%2, a decline of over 126,000,000 pounds during 1%02. The estimated consumption in 1902 was 551,688,191 pounds, as compared with 382,- 761,014 pounds in 1%01, and with 356,891,121 pounds in 1900. The average selling price of lake copper during 1902 was 11.86 cents per pound, ————— Getting Even. She was a sharp-eyed, independent lit- tle woman, and if the conductor had been a reader of character he would have known better than to try to match his wits against hers. She had ridden two blocks before- the conductor got around to ask for her fare. “This is a8 far as I want to go,” she said. “T'll get off here.” “But you can’t get off without paying your fare,” said the conductor stupidly. “I.can’t, eh,” she answered. “Well, let me see you collect it."” She made for the door, but the conduc- tor barred her way and refused to pull the bell rope. “You stop this car or you'll be sorry for it,” she exclaimed angrily. After a couple of blocks more the con- ductor pulled the rope and said, some- what sheepishly: “You must pay your fare before you can get off,” the conductor kept repeat- ing. That was all he could think to say. “Very well,” said the woman, plumping herself down in a seat again. “I guess I can ride free as far as you can afford to carry me.” “You might.as well get off here, then, if you won’t pay your fare.” The woman stepped haughtily to the street, and then turning, with a smile said sweetly: 3 “This is really the corner that I wanted. I knew you'd carry me a block or two after I told you I wouldn't pay, so began the quarrel early.” As the conductor gave the rope two especlally vicious jerks she called after him £ "l'vouldn't have done it if you hadn’t carried me a block past my street yes- terday.”—Buffalo Express. WITH ROBBERY Manager Is Chased in Streets and Taken to Jail. Tracses His ~Misfortunes to the Desertion of His Wife. ——e PO ERFEEES Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—Deserted by his friends, without money and facing star- vation, the crowning blow to the misfor- tunes of Salem George Hashim, once a well-known theatrical manager, came yes- terday, when he was arrested after an exciting chase In the streets, charged with having robbed a man and using a hatchet as a weapon. To the desertion of his wife, whom he professes to love more than his own life, he attributes much of his hardship. Hashim was in a starving condition yes- terday morning when he sent word to Isaa: M. Cohen of 629 Sixth avenue, who sells jewelry and does a pawnbroking business. Cohen went to 224 West Thirty. eighth street, where Hashim rents a fur- nished room. No sooner had Hashim closed the door than he locked it, Cohen says, and taking a hatchet from a closet he brandjshed it over Cohen's head and threatened to kill him unless he gave him a gold watch and a 330 dlamond ring which belonged to Hashim and which Co- hen had ‘in his possession. The jeweler ‘says he did as he was requested, as he feared Hashim would kill him. Quickly opening the door Hashim ran into the street, followed by Cohen, who shouted for help. Hashim started for Broadway, a‘crowd at his heels. At Thirty-sixth street he turned, and Policeman Rinn and George Lawlor, a special policeman, caught him. Hashim was born in Egypt and is high- | ly educated. He was married to Maude Gertrude Rice in San Francisco. For sev- eral years he was interested in theatrical ventures with his brothers, Najib and A. A. Hashim. At one time they managed the Academy of Music in Washington, the Park Theater in Philadelphia and Koster & Bial's in this city. Recently they had the St. Nicholas Rink. Hashim said he lost $40,000 in four years in his tures. Magistrate Pool held him in $5000 bonds for examination. P —— Red Cross Meeting. The annual meeting of the Red Cross Soclety of San Francisco will be held at 1620 California street on Saturday, Oc- tober 3. To facllitate the work of for- warding literature to the Philippines the annual dues of the soclety are now being collected and a report will be made at the coming meeting. MYTHICAL TOWN Dispose of Worthless Lands to Eastern Investors. P Victims Send an Attorney to Kern County to Look Up Their Properties. —_—— BAKERSFIELD, Sept. 30.—Carroll Hol- man Keller, an attorney of Philadelphia. was here to-day in the interest of certain gersons in that city who years ago were induced to purchase lots of a mythical town called Santa Marguerita located in this county. The scheme was floated by Eastern promoters and the town exfsted only on paper, the lands now being in- habited by lizards and horned toads. A glowing prospectus showed a finely built town with handsome substantial buildings and well-paved streets was Issued and thousands of dollars were invested. Re- cently some of the victims read I a Philadelphia paper that some lands had been sold in the vicinity of Bakersfeld for $13,000 an acre and sent Keller here to investigate. No such sale has been made and the lands included in the mythical town of Santa Marguerita have long since lapsed to the State for unpald taxes. —_—————— TWO MEN IN CUSTODY CHARGED WITH SWINDLING Newspaper Artists Claim P. Howard and Edward Bostwick Collected Without Authority. P. Howard, a race track follower, and Edward P. Bostwick, alias B. J. Hughes, were arrested last evening by Detectives Freel and Bunner. Several days ago com- plaint was made to the police by Manager Leggett of the art exhibition to be given | by the Newspaper Artists’ Association of San Franecisco at the Palace Hotel on Oc- tober 6, that the two men in custody had | been circulating among the leading men | of this city and securing subscriptions for | the purpose of placing pen and ink sketches of them at the exhibit. Mr. Leg- gett maintains that they were acting without authority and he intends to pros- | ecute them on charges of obtaining money | on false pretenses. A circular received from the American Cartoonist Magazine of Denver, Colo., of- | fers a reward of $100 for information that | will convict Howard and Bostwick, who, it is claimed, were operating in that city with the same kind of a swindle. B — “Woman's suffrage is now a fact in New South Wales,” says Consul Goding, “‘but as yet the women do not take kindly to-it. In this district thirty-nine women only have taken out electoral rights.” ADVERTISEMENTS. STATEMENT Of the CONDITION AND AFFAIRS of the NATIONALFIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F HARTFORD. IN THE STATE OF Connecticut, on the 31st day of December. . 1902, and for the year emding on that made to the Insurance Commissioner tste of California, pursuant to the pro- visions of sections €10 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner: CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in Cash . Real Estate owned by Company...$ 373,600 78 Loans on Bonds and Mortgages. 580,465 00 Cash Market Value of all Stocks and honds owned by Company.. 4,277,282 00 Cash in Company's Office. Cash in Banks -........ooco- Premiums in due Course of Collec- tion ... Total ASSEtS ...ccoveevssevces LIABILITE Losses adjisted and unpald Losses in process of Adjustment or in Suspense ............ Losses resisted, including ex) Gross premiums on Fire R ning one year or less, $2,800, 670 97; reinsurance 50 per cent. 1,400,335 Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- ning more than one year, $3,13: 156 54; reinsurance pro rat Reserve for contingencies All other labilities .. Tgul LAabilities ...;evese...:$3,604,500 97 INCOME. et cash actually received for Fire Nnumiums s ....$4,276,265 0% Recetved for Interest on Bonds and Mortgages .. 36,136 37 Received for interest and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from all other sources. 160,222 72 Received for Rents . . 18,121 65 Recelved for profit on sale or m: turity of ledger assets...... tees BOIST 45 Total InCOME +.oevveensees FEXPENDITURES. Net amount naid for Fire Losses (including $306,738 03, losses of previous years) .$2,143,647 05 Dividends to Stockholders. 120,000 00 Paid or allowed for Commis Brokerage Pald for Salaries, charges for officers, clerks, etc. Pald for State, National and Local taxes . 137,826 93 All other payments and expendi- T9T.247 68 247,008 21 344,241 19 Total Expenditures ....e.e....$3.780,971 068 Fire. Losses incurred during the year..$2.154,309 83 Risks and Premiums.|Fire Risks.| Premiums. Net amount of Risks| Written during the| year $5670,422,357 $5,865,471 86 Risks the| et amount of expired during year 456,308,658 4,573,057 25 unt in force NG ccember 31, 1902. .| 504,626,834| 5.904.827 51 JAMES NICHOLS. President. B. R. STILLMAN, Secretary. Subecribed and sworn to before me, this 12th day of January, 1903. FRED B. SEYMOUR, Notary Public. SAN FRANCISCO (CITY) AGENCY, 209 Sansome St. AHPEL & BRUCKuAN, Agents. 'SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANGE COMPANY NGFIELD, IN THE STATE OF on the 31st day of Decem- and for the year ending on ade to Commis- b | L fons €10 and 611 of Political Code, condensed as nished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. ftal Stock, patd up | ASSETS. 5 | Real Estate owned by Company. Loans on Bonds and Mortgages Cash_Market and Bonds « per blank fu | Amount of Cap! | in Cash . -§ 227.300 00 553,050 00 Value of all s 4,351,130 00 | Am D oth Loans ze of Bonds, marketable secu collateral RPN s 21,375 00 Cash in Company’s Office. .. 4,171 01 Cash in ks 5,843 05 In and acerued on est di | Stocks and Loans | Interest and accrued on | _Bonds and Mort-ages 13,545 01 jums in due course of Col- 634,803 91 511 59 Rents due and | lection | Total Assets.. Losses adjusted and unpaid. .. - Losses in process of Adjustment or in Suspense . % X Losses resisted, including expenses Gross premiums on Fire TUNDing one year or less, 663 40; reinsurance 50 ent.. 1,002,881 70 Gross premiums on Fir Risks running more than one year, $2,- 074,852 63; reinsurance pro rata. 1,133,821 85 Commissions and Brokerage due and to become due.. ceee 126,978 78 Total Liabilities. PEPTTPRRRN - X & INCOME. Net cash actually received for Fire premiams .................$2,010.540 65 Received for interest on Bonds and Mortgages ........... .... 27,308 68 Recelved for interest and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from all other sourc: 158,358 80 Received for Rents.. 8,467 57 Total Income EXPENDITURES. Net amount pald for Fire Losses (including $386.274 82, losses of previous years) $1.705.110 78 Dividends to Stockh 200,000 00 ers Pald or allowed for Commissi or Brokerage ... STOMT T3 Paid for Salaries, ther charges for officers, clerks, etc 133,801 72 Pald for State, National and Local taxe: 106,798 37 275,181 16 1 Losses incurred during the year..$1,660,103 02 Risks and Premiums.| Fire Risks. | Premiums. Net amount of Risks, ten during 1$344,126,3861$4, 147,138 83 expired during the 353,914,760| 3,727,234 49 in force| | 375,736,330] 4.260.218 08 A. W. DAMON, Prest, W. J. MACKAY, Subscribed and sworn to before me this 234 day of January, 1903. PERCY S. GATES. Notary Publte. SAN FRANCISCO (CITY) AGENCY, LOUIS L. JANES COMPANY, AGENTS, Hayward Building. FORE ooeooesonsnasve Net amount December 31, 1902.. PACIFIC DEPARTMENT, 806-310 - GEO. D. DORNIN, Manager. = HAYWARD BUILDING. GEO. W. DORNIN Assistant Manager. NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL