The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 7, 1904, Page 4

SAN FRANCISCO ‘CALL, NESDAY, WED SHELLS SINK A RUS RUSSIANS ARE SLOWLY GAINING STRENGTH. ——————— LT NDENTS WHO C ATIONS IN THEF R WHO WAS WITH THE D FROM TH INIT E who has been follow- ntages and i s plegrlog onarteiotall ten 1 gills officers were | range with Turkey in order to liberate perial Far gy e b “w"""'!thfl Black Seas fleet is pronounced by - e gy Slsorsaninad - as | the Foreign Office to be absurd, it be- day on the liner Siberia picture. Alon, |ing pointed out that, if true, Great hom with him a very that would have driven | Britain or any other power could ne- respect for General K to farackinl Bumpatkin lgotiate with Turkey for the ingress of e lacks the ma- 2 ! the command of the| mpaign. but | fleets without the consent of the other Czar's forces in Manchuria. Bass is u stronger | signatories a w correspondent of experien M Tbe Ros | & = and high reputation. ‘He has fc o orse. Mard | KUROPATKIN IN PERIL. ampaigning Is el and when lowed the game of wat in many lands. | {*The 5rE 1o el o e! € rol gth was ¥ o) i Sh $he Rutan-Sapanes war Sie vopre. | Al 2ot Lins | Vague l)|=p_nl(h‘l{mu at Recent At- sented the Chicago Daily -News syndi- | 1% § ol ek, weats. ouued | teampts Upon His Xitfe. eate and accomr more than | & resnit of one of tae macrhiA Al | ST PETERSBURG, Dee. §::—ik very most of t in the 1 the Russian officers keep | curious dispatch has. been received I.lsd.-‘i % Each captain acts | from a correspondent at General aid Bass yeste 3 | ! Kuropatkin's headquarters about the Kurepatkin is a Seneral. V;k it nearly v caotain had | arrest of a Chinese, who was found has workea under in- | five \ompany at least twenty- | in possession of 500 feet of fuse used TWENTY-THREE IN TWO DAYS Immense Piano-Selling Record at Pommer- Eilers’ Withoul Parallel in the Hislory of the Trade. THREE DELIVERY WAGONS AND AN AUTOMOBILE KEPT BUSY BY THE POMMER-EILERS REMOVAL SALE. Storc Open Day and Evening Till Sale Closes —Immense Savings in Prices and Easiesl of Easy Payments —Invesligalc This N . Belore It Is Too Late—Ncxi Monday Ends IL. Twenty-three fine pianos. besides @ large number of organs, were sold yes- terday and the day before at the Pommer-Eilers removal sale and, strange to sy, f them were the fanciest and most expensive styles, of fine, new Deckers alls and Hazeltons and Lester. The big removal sale of Pommer-Eilers and store ix now kept open every evening until ten o'clock to accommodate who cannot conveniently call here in the day time. £ We s this morning for the remaining ten square pianos, among kering, Collard & Collard. Prices $18. $27, $38 and up. to $70. yments of 35-to 38 down and $3 10 $5 a month buys them. Used upright pianos. In addition to those advertised Sunday geived a number of excellent uprights in part payment for new Kimballs and Deckers and Autopianos. A good. used piano of reliable make is frequently more desirable than & new upright of mediocre manufacture. In this assortment of used pianos are Deckers, Dolls, Fischers, Conovers. Kimballs, Steinways and othér equally well-known brands. Prices raunge from $64 up to $362 for the very choicest slightly-used, genuine Decker upright piano in fancy mahogany case ever seen here. THESE ARE FINE NEW ONES. . Although the assortment is somewhat broken, we still have left for sale some of the most beautiful and highest @ pianos ever offered, among them being: Fancy. hand-carved Exhibtion Prize upright planos. in _most beautifuily deppel genuine English quarter-sawed oak cases. price $650, $386 and $348 (for a2 little plainer stvie) on payments as low as $28 down and $12 a month secures one of them. ¢ For §218, on terms of as little as $7 a month, you can now obtain during this sele choice of the finest of cabinet grand uprights, in elegant maho; ny, mottled walnut, or Flemish oak cases, instruments for which you would ord| narily be ex- __Pected to pay at least $350 at any repUtable dealer's. See the remaining Weser pianos in mottled walnut .and fancy mahogany will close next Monday noon, Dec. we have re- cases 3187 and 3246, on’payments of as little a= $6 a month buys one. We offer the largest size Wesley & Co., brand-new, fully warranted, upright pianos for $118. The Bell & Co.. in but substantial osk or mahogany cases at $96, or virtually half price. Payments only $5 a month. Others a little more elaborate for $127 and $136; same Every piano and organ sold duflnf this sale is unconditionally warranted, Instruments will be shij to any railroad station or boat landing in the West with privilege of and we agree to pay it cl boths ways if :m’mefl. after delivery, does not prove exactly satisfactory every way to e yer. Don't fail to investigate this removal sale before it s too late. We mean k2 are thornunflg under way now, the new to terms. the - Ex- Fogn R business. for the plans for this bu! and with a couple of -flllon“dmr- walth in this inve it for ’llnn munhfl concessijons bu ‘we mhal - _hairs over 2 &!lorr:“rlhor.t:l‘ 663 cieco's Biggest, Busiest and Best Piano Deslera. ) be Paus Tr:bute to Ku_ropatkiq bas accomplished Reported/ Sinking of Japanese Ship | by a Mine. ECruiser Adzuma [s I Said to Have '\ Gone Down. ' TOKIO, Dec. 7, 11 8. m.—As a result | of the continuous bombardment by the | Japanese of Port Arthur the besiegers, | by using 203-Meter Hill as an observa-} tion point, have discovered that one of the Russian battleships in the harbor | has a heavy list. Owing to the fog the { vessel ,is not clearly discernible, but: { 1t could be seen that the damaged war- | ship was a battleship. ) } BLACK SEA R CLOSED. | Russia Will Not Send Fleet Through | the Dardanciles. | | ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 6.—The agi- | | tation raised in the newspapers on the | | question of sending the Black Sea fleet | through the Dardanelles to join Ad- | miral Rojestvensky’'s squadron has been inspired by a faction of the Ad- miralty which is anxious to see the second Pacific squadron re-enforced to a point which will insure victory; but there is not yet the slightest evidence | that Russia is seriousiy considering {:ulh a step. The subject is a popular one in Russia, where there has always existed much irritation against the mangper in which the Black Sea fleet is bottfed up, but Russian diplomats rec- ognize the difficuities surrounding the vexed question of the Dardanelles and the press is assured that the present discussion is without significance. || The present treaties covering the | Dardanelles, it is pointed out, do not | | provide for their “denunciation. The v regular way to obtain their modifi. cation or abrogation would be by a congress of the powers signatory to the treaties, similar to that of London in 1871, which legalized the maintenance | by Russia of a fleet in the Black Sea. | | The other alternative is for Russia to | simply announce her refusal to be any | longer bound by the treaties, in which | event the powers would be compelled | to adopt the measures which might | seem proper. Although egress from the | Black Sea might prejudice the position | of the Mediterranean powers, it is not | believed that any of them, except | Great Britain, would act with the view to continuing what Russia has always | contended to be an unnatural situation. | Great Britain, however, would probably | base her action upon the theory that | the Japanese alliance compelled her to | prevent” the abrogation = of treatles Which inure to the advantage of her | 1ally’s enemy. { _An_this connectign a dispatch to the Novoe Vremya from London revives | the story of the existence of secret clauses’ In the Japanese-British alli- ance, one of which, the correspondent claims, binds Great Britain to keep the Black Sea fleed locked up, in return for which Japan agrees not to send Japa- nese shi to European waters. The Novoe Vremya's argument that it is only necessary for Russia to ar- in detonating high explosives. The telegram speaks of the. necessity for providing a larger bodxguard for General Kuropatkin. The wording of the dispatch generally leads to the inference that an attempt made upon the commander-in-chief's life - has beex. foiled. No confirmation of the report is obtainable here. — — e He drew“pay for all names, putting in his own pocket the amount -allofted to the ‘imaginary soldiers. When Kuropatkin, in his reconstruc- tion of his forces, put this matter of payment on & business basis the officers covered their duplicity by tneluding the~ dummy namies in their lists of kilied Bass speaks with admiration of the Japanese artillery forces. With guns of 1000 feet less range than those of the Russians, the little brown men, under cover of darkness, planted their batteries near enough to overcome the handicap and then made it so hot for the Czar's men that in most artillery duels the Japanese got the decision and not a few Russian guns. Japanese, losses since the beginning of. the ir have been much greater, says Bass, ‘than stated .in ;the officlal reports from Tokio. He says that beri-beri has been almost as fatal as Russian bullets. He' does not think ¥ there will be mueh winter fighting in Manchy 4 i Speaking of Port Arthut, Bass;says that ex-Senator Washburn's son, who { is acting ae correspondent with the Russians for the Chicago Daily News syndicate. left Port Arthur about six weeks ago. Washburn told him that the anese had not taken one of the seventeen permanent forts, and that the people in the fortress are confi- dent of being able to hold out until the arrival of the Baltic fleet. ! Reginald Glossop, who represents a Yorkshire (Engiand) newspaper, and . who was with the Japanese forces be- | fore Port Arthur, also was a passen- | ger on the Siberia. Glossop says he is familiar with conditions in = Port | Arthur and that the nlace can be held for months against any force the Jap- anese can bring against it, Captain J. F. Morrison of the Twen- tieth United States Infantry. one of the American military attaches with the Japanese army, returned on the Siberia. As a matter of honor Cap- tain. Morrison could not discuss the Japanese or their work and what- ever lessons - the little brown men may have taught him will first be imparted to the War Department in -the captain's official report.. He ai:‘:;m\nmr. tthn‘:a considered a great general and ‘ex- pressed admiration for what he had been able to accomplish. - = = 3 t Never ngae & o ceipts by the number of Port Arthur Fleet Bombarded by Japanese. —— GreatDamageDone |Harbor Entrance Is/ to Vessels in the Harbor. e MOSCOW, Dec. 6.—A special dis- patch from Vladivostok says that a steamship which has just arrived there from Shanghal reports that the Jap- anese armored cruiser Adzuma has been blown up and sunk by a mine. Th: Adzuma, aiso referred to as the Azuma and Adsuma, was built at St. Nazaire, France, and was launched in 1401. She carried four eight-inch guns, twelve six-inch guns and twenty- four smaller rapid-fire guns, had five torpedo tubes and a complement of 482 men. - The cruiser is said to have been sunk north'of the Miaoto islands. The Miaoto Islands are in the Liao- tie Channel, between the Kwantung Peninsula, on which Port Arthur is Bituated, and the Shantung promono- tory. TOKIO, Dec. 6.—The following re- port has been received from the head- quarters of the Japanese army before Port Arthur: “On December 8 our naval guns (on 208-Meter Hill) combarded the ene- my’s ships. The battleship Pobieda was struck six times. On a vessel of the type of the battieship Retvizan and on eight other ships sixteen of our shells took effect. “On Monday, December 5, follow- ing the same plan, we hit the Pobieda seven times, the battleship Poltava eleven times, and the Retvizan eleven times. “At about 8 o'ciock on the afternoon o/ the same day one of our shells struck a magazine south of Paiyu Mcuntain. This caused a heavy ex- plosion and a conflagration followed, which was not extinguished for two hours, “On the same day our heavy guns were directed against the enemy's ships. The battleship Peresviet was struck twice. Two more shells were lodged on other ships. A vessel of the &v‘pe of the battleship Poltava was ob- Servel to be on fire, and for one hour sent out a great volume of smoke. The attacking operations against Sungshu Mountain and the forts to the eastward are carried on day and night. Two 36-millimeter quick-firing 8uns were captured on Sunday, De- cember 4, on the half-moon counter- scarp of Rihlung Mountain.” . The effective bombardment of. the Russian bat ips .in Port Arthur Wag one of results of the capture of 203-Meter Hill. Up to that time the warships Kad been able to seek shelter from the Japanese fire under Peiyu Mountain, but the capture of 208:Meter Hill on November 29-30 en- abled the Japanese to train their guns on the Russian vessels, with the re- suit that a number of them have been set on fire and the others must either put to sea or suffer irreparable dam- age. The Russians are nightly attacking 203-Meter Hill at Port Arthur, in a determined effort to retake it. The Japanese are increasing the defenses of the position and have succeeded so far In repelling all assaults. The Rus- slans have suffered the heavier losses and it is estimated that they have sacrificéd 5000 men in their effort to recapture the ground which the Jap- anese are confident in their ability to hold. Observations indlcate that the garrison is feeling the effects of a shortage of men. The works against Sungshu Moun- tain and the forts to the easiward are ‘progressing speedily and all indi- cations point to an early general as- sault, although ‘the date it will be made s kept secret. It is expected that the next general assaunlt will prove successful. PP BRITAIN LOSES PRESTIGE. Dogger Bank Affair's Effect Through- out the Balkaus. LONDON, Dec.'7.-~Alfred Stead. who has just returned from an extended tour of the Near East, where he came into close touch with those directly concerned with the future policies of the Balkan states, said to-day: British prestige has receivad a sevére blow in the Balkans consequent upon what is there suppased to be q diplomatic vietory for Russia in the Dogger bank affeir. This fecling has been created largely by colored dispatches rep. resenting that there was a British backdown. The direct result has been largely to restore waning confidence fn Russia. Stead says he found Roumanians re- Joicing over Russia's defeats in the Far East and Bulgarians and Servians Leginning to believe it was time to lcok for avtother protéctor. He says the Turks were delighted, and even show- ing an attitude of defiance toward Itus- 'sia. He continues: A month ago Great Eritain could have die- tated the policles of the Near East states, but to-day 2 strong reaction has set in. Notwithstonding repeated official de- nials, Stead says he firmly believes that Russia has the Porte’'s consent to take ‘he Tlack Sea fleet througn the Dar- canclies. ——— TO BE TRIED FOR AIDING RUSSIA British Government ‘to” Prosecute Roche and Sinnett. LONMDON, Dec. 6.—Summonses have been issued at Bow-street Po- lice Court against Burke Roche and Mr. Sinnett in connection with the de- livery of the turhine vacht Caroline to the Ruesians at Libau, early in Oc- ‘tober last. The action was taken at the instance of the Public Prosecutor. The symmonses will not be heard be- fore December 12, at the earliest. It is understood that the sum- monses issned at Bow Street charge Roche and Sinnett with having un- lawfully caused the Caroline to be dis- patched from the port of London for the use of the naval service of a for- eign state (Russia). then at war with another foreign state. Charles Rus- sell will defend Rache and Sinnett. Rich Miner Dies of 4 . DENVER, Dec. 6.—Colonel W. P, Harlow, a wealthy New York man, ied at St. Luke' ospital here to- ight of n»maiejtfi at the age of was inter- 42 years. Colonel Harlow ested with W. 90‘.‘ Greene s TOKIO, Dec. 6 (Noon).—It is officially announced that the Russian battleship Poltava has been sunk in the harbor of Port Arthur as a.result of the Japanese bom- bardment, and that the battleship Retvizan has been seriously damaged. 1 | | Seventeen DECEMBER 1904. | Port Arthur War- ships Expected. | to Dash Out. —_—— Being Cleared of Mines.’ ———— 7 | ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 7.—2:35 a. m.—Although the War Office’ and ;the | Admiralty are stlll without direct Hews from Port Arthur, confidence in- the ability of the fortress to hold out con- tinues to be expressed. The reports from Tokio of the shelling of the bat-| tleships and of Hheavy losses by the! Russians’ in an ineffective atiempt to| recapture 203-Meter Hill are considered misleading. * According to a high offi- cer of the general staff, the warships would be able to seek shelter from the fire from 203-Meter Hill by anchoring behind Tiger's Tail peninsula. Reports that the Russians are clearing the mine | flelds outeide the harbor are regarded as the best indication that the squad- ron is preparing to move out to this anchorage, where it will be secure un- der the protection of the shore bat- teries. An artillerv officer who knows Port Arthur thoroughly expresses the belief that the Japanese will be unable to hold the summit of 203-Meter Hill, on account of the fire of the Antz and Etz forts, which are less than two miles distant. This officer declares that it will be impossible for the Japanese to mount guns at the top of 203-Meter Hill until the ammunition of the Antz and Etz forts is exhausted. The Tokio estimate that the Russians lost 3000 in the attempt to recapture 203-Meter Hill is declared to be absurd, and it is pointed out that such a loss would imply the virtual crippling of the resistance, yet the reports from Tokie | admit that General Stoessel continues | to make counter-attacks. AL Pk e RIDICULE “YELLOW PERIL." German Socialists Scoff at Warning Uttered in Reichstag. BERLIN, Dec. 6.—In the Reichstag to-day Herr Liebermann von Sonnen- berg, Conservative, expressed regret at the enthusiasm of the Germans for Japan. He said race consciousness should be awakened. | ‘‘We are white. They are yellow the speaker added. “All the European peopies must stand together against the ‘yellow peril.” ™ The Socialists and Radicals laughed | at this remark. “The Russians,” continued Von Son- | nenberg, “are defending against Japan | | the most sacred possessions of Burope. | They are fightng a -common yeliow enemy.”’ Thi statement caused renewed laughter and some Socialists shouted: “They don't fire on defenseless fisher- men. X Herr von Sonnenberg sald: i “If the Japanese conquer their next| object will be Kiaochau (the German | pcrt in China), as drunken Japanese | officers have already admittad.” PO i AT GREAT BATTLE UNLIKELY. Belief at Mukden That General En- zagement Will Nog Ocenr. MUKDEN, Dec. 6.—Everything now | indicates that the prospect of an im- e encounter on a large scale has | asged. | During the fight below Tsinkhetchen | the Russian loss was twenty-five killed and 123 wounded, including two office; Japanese prisoners were taken, one of whom cominitted suicide. | The report that General Rennen- | kampff has administered a heavy de- | feat to the Japanese continues to cir culate among the Russian troops, but hag not yet been officially confirmed. | To the earlier, rumor there is added the | report that the Russians have suc-| ceeded in carrying off twenty-four | guns which they captured in the rout| of the Japanese but were at first un- able to remove owing to a crossfire from the Japanese force. e GERMANY SENDS MORE TROOPS, | Strength of Garrison at Her Chinese | Port Will Be Doubled. BERLIN, Dec. 6.—A disnatch to the Tageblatt from Kiel says the Ad- | miralty have determined to double the strength of the detachment of marine artillery . stationed at Kiaochau, the German port on the Shantung Penin- sula, and to add four companies, numbering 700 men, to the garrison, also sending out an experienced of- ficer of the general admiralty staff. | of the flour mills in Port Arthur. SIAN WARSHIP CARRIES FoOD 10 STOESSEL Former Californian Making a Fortune by Runiing the Blockade at Port Arthur ELUDES THE JAPANESE Daring Fellow Is Suceess- fully Landing Contraband in Besieged Russian Port Louis Spitzel, formerly of this eity, Where he is well known, is piling up & fortune in the Orient by running com- traband articles of war into the be- siegeds Port Arthur. Spitzel's opera- ticns, which the Japanese have been trying to stop for a number of months, are said to have materially assisted the gallant CGeneral Stoessel m his heroio stand before the gritty littie Japanese. The information concerning Spitzel's daring adventures was brought here sterday by H. Frankel, who arrived rom the Orlent and is sfaying at the Palace Hotel. Frankel has also been successfully engaged in the smuggling of goods into Port Arthur and has made a comfortable fortune, which he has brought with A&im tolthe United States to enjoy. Frankel was one of the first to at- tempt to run the blockade at Port Arthur before the Japanese took New- chwang. His vessel was the Vietoria, an old craft brought from Australia. It was condemned at Shanghai and sold to Chinese for $5000. The first trip was made with a cargo of petroleumn and came near ending.in a disaster. The vessel was in such bad condition that she frequently broke down and it took her a full eight days to cover the dis- | tance from Shanghai to the entrance of Port Arthur- In discussing Spitzel last evening Frankel said: That fellow is one of the most daring en- gaged in the running of thei Port Arthur block- ade_and to this fact is probably due his success. He began business in a small way and . finaliy secured the steamship Shishan, with which ke earned from.the-Russian Gov- emment last October $280,000 for carrying 200,000 ¥ifles and S50 head of cattie safely to the permed up soldiers in Port Arthur. His vessel is vavigated by Captain Harry Strude, who is alsa well known. in San Francisco. Re- turhing from Port Arthur the vessel was over- the as for- mally charged with cartying contraband goods. evidence to sustain the charges was at the hcaring of the case and the vessel was released nervs to immediately demand 1 the Japanese Government. When )rient, Spitzel was preparing for r trip to Port Arthur, which I am sat- he reached in safety Frankel said that so urgent the reed of foodstuffs and ammunition in Port Arthur that smuggling has been made an exceedingly profitable busi- nees and has been the only thing that bas saved Shanghai from a coliapse of commercial affairs. —_—— & URDERED AWAT FROM J AP Marcel de Smet Laberghe, war cor- respondent for Le Matin of Paris, who ran the blockade into Port Arthur, ‘was a passenger on the liner Siberia from Nagasaki to Shanghai. He told the officers of the Siberia that he had been well treated by the Russians and was allowed the freedom of the fortress. He said the Russians had plenty of cd and ammunition, but were poorly provided with water. He said the Jap- anese shells had destroyed all but f‘:e berghe left on September 29 in an open boat. He was picked up by a Japanese terpedo-boat and taken to Sasebo, a prisoner. He refused to tell the Japanese of conditions in Port Arthur He was given his liberty,.but was kept under strict surveillance. Typhoid fever then bowled m over. When convalescent he was taken to Nagasaki. where he was ordered to take the first steamer for Shanghai. He was escorted aboard the Siberia by Japanese police, one of whom ac- companied him, shadowing his every ing movempent and lending an attentive ear | whenever the Frenchman engaged in conversation. Sydney Smith of the London Mail al- g0 traveled on the Siberia from Yoko- hama to Hongkong. Another passenger in Asiatic waters was Captain Carthlage, whose ship, the Ti Shan, was seized by the Japanese. The owners of the vessel, through the British Consul, are making a stiff fight to secure the vessel's release. ———— If all dreams came wrue the courts would be overcrowded with divorce casés. ADVERTISEMENTS. B TN RIS AN AUTO-VALET GIFT is sure to please. man’s clothing cabinet are comforts are right at hand. When the doors of this gentle- opened all the dressing Equipped with hangers, frames, drawers, frays, hooks, boxes, etc.—there’s a place for every article of a man's wardrobe. It i= also a handsome piece of furniture—we show them in Quarter-Sawed Oak and Mahogany. Om'ug fo Me_ quick sale of our former Sfii)fltfl:’s we urge an early inspection while our display—which is the only one in ltown—is complete. W. 2. SLOAN E &&9’. "FURNITURE -CARPETS - RUGS - DR 114-122 POST ST.. S.F. o ADVERTISEMINTS. STATEMENT ——OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS RHINE & MOSELLE FRE ' INSURANCE COMPANY o F STRASBURG, GERMAJY, ON THE d1st day of December, A. D| 1908, and for | the year ending on that'day, & made to the | Insurance Commissioner of the State of Cail- | fornla, pursuant to the provisidg of Sections | 610 and 611 of the Folitical Cils, condensed s per blank furnished by the fommissioner. | Amount of Cupital Stock 5 mount of tal Stock, paid | V' casn TV PR ge00.000 00 | Roar Eata oy Con ! te owned by Company. $300,000 00 Loans on Bonds and Mortgages..| 232,800 00 Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company., 25 | Cash in Company’s Office .......| a7 Cushh fu BaakS . .................| £ {Trterest due and accrued on a | Stocks and Loans £ s | Interest due and accrued on Bond | _and Mortgages . 58 | Premtums 1o due Course of Colled f ot o iy ey 4 @ | Due from other Companies for r- | _insurance on losses aiready pad. 18 ;Dutlfl)-o!h.rhbmn.,....... 53 Total- Assets ............. 81,893,871 20 _— LIABILITIE | Losses adfusted and unpaid ...... $21,960 98 ] in process of Adjustment | or in Suspenss ..... raazs----- 1 SEE00 | Losses resisted, ineluding expense: 5.180 | Gross premiuma on Fire Bisks rw Ding one year or less, $i23 ! 472 26; reinsurance 50 per cen 211,736 18 premiums on Fire Hisks i | - ning move than one Year, $60- | 188 14: reinsurance pro rata. /) 80,454 19 | Dividend to_stockholders. rem: { lng uopald ......... s .. 1,765 54 Due and accrued for = salartes, | oremte erer e All other demands against e | © company .. cseeis 376822 10 | Total Liabilfttes ......c..... v $BIT.543 23 INCOME. Net cash actually received for F'rs premiums & v as 726 19 Received for nterest on Bonds fd Mortgages . .. b el 4 9,401 34 ceived for interest and dividerds on Bonds, Stocks, Loans ind from ail other sources 33,300 11 Received for Rents i Received from all other | | BXP! Net amount paid ve L (including $22.429 47, losses. of previous vears) ......... .. $187.82% & Dividends to Stockholders ....... 80,000 08 Paid or allowed for Commfssion or Brokerage ......... ... E 20,793 03 Paid for Halaries, Fees and otler charges for officers, clerks, et( 43,978 04 Paid for State, National and Lowml taxes 17,654 21 All other paymer tures 27.574 20 Total Expenditures ......... . $437.828 04 Fire Losses incurred during the year...§197.492 67 Risks and Premiu Fire ks. | Premiums. t amount of Risks written during the year Net amount of Risks: expired during the year ...... { Net amount in force; December 31, 1903 $460.368, 429 ’ $808.608 18 438,960,025 | 589,824 39 447,356,348 |. 453,858 40 J. SCHALLER, President A. POIZAT, tary Subscribed and sworn day of April, 1904 JOSEPH I. BRITTAIN, U. & Consul SYZ & 0., General Agents, 308 Caiifornia Street, San Francisco, Cal, STATEMENT OF THE | CONDITION AND AFFAIRS | OF THE | to be this 21 UNITED STATES BRANCH OF THB \ HELVETIA SWISS FIRE iNSURANCE COMPANY F_ST. SWITZERLAND, ON TH® 3ist day of December, A, D. 1903, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Calie fornia, pufsuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Cods, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. ASSETS. Market Value of ail Stocks d_Bonds owned by Company..§589,007 38 Cash in Company’s office. 51 GA Cash in Banks. . st 91 Interest due and acerued on Bonds and Mortgages ............ 5.500 00 Premiums in due Course of Collec- tion Total Assets LIABILITIES. Losses adjust-d and unpaid.... sses resisted, including expens Gress premi ning one year and less, $17,79 reinsurance 50 per cent.......... Gress premiums on Fire Risks ru ning more than one year, $16,- 640 0R; reinsurance pro rata.... Commissions and Brokerage du to become due............ > Return Premiums and Reinsurance Premiums Total Liabilities 320,046 18 INCOME. Net cash actually received for Pire RN o« ivxivcdinivieitie nee 51 Receiveg for Interest and dividends on Bohds, Stocks, Loans and all other sources ........ Profit on vale of Ledger A. Received from Home Office. Total Income EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in- cluding $4.538 31, losses of prev- lous years) .... $31.690 38 Paid or allowed fo Brokerage ... 3445 T4 Paid for Salaries, Fe t | _ charges for officers, clerks, ete.... 3,250 00 Pald for State, National and Local M .3 o 5. cyzeddeadideed 702 S8 All other payments and expenditures 36,857 11 Total Expenditures ............. .$75.048 09 =_ Fire. | Losses incurred Wuring the year....$2%,052 40 Risks and Premiums.| Fire Risks. | Premiume. Net amount of Risk written during the YeAT . ........ 1,130,327 $24,135 18 Net amount of expired during the| YOO . ovovos | 5.932,506 82,454 20 Net amount ‘n foree December 31, 1908.] 2,252,808 34,447 78 SAMUEL R. WEERD, | Of and for Weed & Kennedy, TS, Subscribed and sworn to befare me, ti 20th day of January, 1904, 4 C. F. FISHBECK, Notary Public. SYZ & C0., General Agents, 308 California Street, San Francisco,Ca', BRUSHES FOR BARBERS, BAK. ers, bootb! bath- SEhe JASTHMANOLA| s ¥he only cure for ang ASemanr t@b‘nu&#’lfl.“