The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 9, 1904, Page 3

®HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1904. LAWSON PROFITS MANY MILLIONS BY BEAR RAID Greatest Panic Wall Street Has Known Since the Northern Pacific “Corner.” Special Dispatch to The Call JOSTON, Dec. 8.—Thomas W. Law-|ern Pacific panic of the Boston copper stock manipu- | Warned by the signs of and author “Frenzied Storm made visible yesterday in the | " backed by J preponderance of orders to sell over ¥ those to buy, the traders were early 3 over $1 on the floor of the exchange. When the f the stock m gong sounded for the opening of busi- in the last three days and has | n there came from the struggling bear raid in the | BToups of brokers on the crowded floor | The greater | & roar of human voices so loud that it I Bak led those who heard it. At first it 1e greatest ypper, which d that all were sellers and none market value left to buy. As the shrieking men surged around - | the trading p t | portant de f - theé “impending im- elopments” in this stock, i se of dividend” on . “the coming agreement with principal rival” of a third or what- ver were the bull arguments on which advances were based were all forgotten and brokers sought only to geét rid of stocks they held. The scene was d by a throng of visitors in the Steel gallery. AMALGAMATED GIVES WAY. t to give way in the hurly-burly Amalgamated Copper, against which a campaign by newspaper adver- tisement h: recently been conducted. Dropping sometimes a point at a time, it fell until it sold at 5815, a decline of 10 points since last night's close, and of 22 nts from the highest of Tues- B da -point recession represented r ening | & decrease in the market value of the t . hourly bulleting | COMPany’s total capital stock of more ~ n < ng just what he \ha'n $30,000,000. . i 8 Next 10 Amalgamated Copper, the d o leader in the excitement was United ~ Stat Steel Corporatic stock, the - fallix 312 and the pre- e o 84, overnight declines of §% . d 7% points, respectively, and k, of 9% points for the common - poinis for the preferred from highest. in quoted values resented about $45,- and $36,000,000 on aggregate on the capital stock of more than MARGINS ARE WIPED OUT. Other nal declines were 53§ im Unior 4 1-8 in Southern Pa- American Tobacco Br Transit, » Fuel ADVERT l:LM.L’.\:TS. " filoss-Aier | Company ; An attractive dis- | play of the finest, | | | prefer in in Michigan T 1 suri Pacific and 9% and Tron. Values | list were cut | down with great weekly mar- gined accounts >d out and for v two hours the demoralization omplete. During this period the was | Creau'omin&mle- | nsactions amounted to about 000 n | ! men’s Clothing f| | trighte B | and Haberdashery. stocks almost 1y ard to prices was checked abhout nd there fol- | lowed a pericd of ity. Heavy The noted F. B. buying orders appe Qquotations rted upward, and before 1 o'clock | Q. hand-made { 1 | clothing in the | fashianable | ny of the active stocks had regained considerable of their lo s. The tone of the trading remained feverish, but lly was well held and the close comparatively speaking, severely quiet. The total sales of all stocks to- | day were res. Many o the day’s selling | were suggested, but the general opin- fon seemed to be that the bull market had brought in many buyers on small margins, and when the signs of an im- winter models. B2 Z_ffia;hzt St. LDING L UNITED STATES BRANCH. pending break were seen yesterday the holders were forced to sell out their speculative purn ses at whatever STATEMENT [t e cbambe. | OF THE BROKERS ON WARPATH. | NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—It is likely| CONDITION AND AFFAIRS | ¢ incresting deveiopments will fol. OF THE low the collapse of prolonged specula- tion in the shares of the Montreal and Boston Consolidated Mining Company's stocks, a curb issue, which fell to-day from $3 56% a share to It is estimated that fully $750,000 has been lost somewhere in the manipulation of | this stock and it was freely hinted to- night among numerous brokers who fell victims to the speculative game | that a trap had been laid and that they had been badly squeezed ! At the New York Athletic Club bro- kers who hold Montreal and Boston stock held a meeting to decide on what measures shall be taken to protect themselves. It is understood that t decision of this meeting has for its ok ject the drastic punishment of those whom they believe guilty of what they term “‘a plant.” Monroe & Monroe of 20 Broadway, have been actively identified with promotion and stock, have been within the last month or two v. prominent in the marketing of Mont stock. By TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY RMANY. TF D., IN G o tion of the speculative world. It has| been freely advertised in newspapers | ac a “sure thing.” Purchasers of the | stock were practically guaranteed | against loss. To give persons an evi-| dence of guarantee several New York Stock Exchange houses lent their mes and assistance to efforts to ark up the price of the stock. Curb brokers were given unlimited orders to buy and sell the issue. Scores of them | were congratulating themselves on the | enormous commissions they had reaped | from the execution of orders intrusted to them. In the collapse all these profits were swept away to-day. The! gpeculatiye bubble was pricked to-day when it became known that Monroe & Monroe were unabie to take stocks for which they had given contracts. In-| nterest and dividends cks, Loans, and from ¥ rom Home Dffice $358,381 EXPENDITURES. [ A ¥ T | stantly the price of Montreal and Bos- =3 o o n;‘,nl.n 52| ton collapsed. Fem “ans sthey 906 13| X-RAYS CAUSE THE SKIN pharEes v cleria e 2owe| OF NEGRO TO TURN wm‘mi e < 4,493 85 Discovery of Pennsylvania Savant Af- | firms the Statements Made by Other Scientists. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8.—Dr. Henry K. Pancoast, University of| % 9| Pennsylvania x-ray specialist and Premiume. | gkjographer, affirms the claim previ- | " | ously made that continued use of| | x-rays on negro patients produces a gradual change in the shade of the iskin and that in time it becomes { white. | | Dr. Pancoast treated a negro for | | lupus, which had affected the pa-| Manager. | tient's nose and part of his face. It me, this 8th | was found after the treatment had MARK A. FOOTE | been continued daily for more than a Notary Public. month the skin on the affected part Parific De had become entirely -vhite. acific Department Established 1872, R et R R Bubonic Plague Scare. 2 V- C. DRIFFIELD, Manager, NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—The British E. DANKER, Asst. Manzgor, 221 SANSOME ST., tramp steamer Coronation, which ar- rived to-day from Java, was held at San Francisco, Cal., Te.cphon: No. 581( Main, £ the year Fire Risks | $406.256 61 DOLPH LOEE, United States ubscribed and sworn to before f February, 1904 quarantine for investigation of an al- leged case of bubonic plague on the | voyvage, a Russian sallor, who is held | for examination “ 4 sale of Marconi | al and Boston | all artifices known to manipu-! lative Wall street Montreal and Boston | stock has been brought to the atten- | POPE UNVELLS |[TWO SONS OF GENERAL NOGI|< VIRGIN'S STATUE Anniversary of Proclamation of Dogma of Immaculate Conception Is Celebrated BRILLIANT CEREMONIES Jubilee Ends With Banquet to the Many Notables Who Gather in Rome for Affair ROME, Dec. 8.—A pontifical was. celebrated to-day in St. Peter's in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of the Dogma of the Iinmaculate Conception. A procession down to St. Peter’s by the case from the Vatican was in the extreme, owing to v of the uniforms of the guards, the richness of the papal court costum the purple of the Rishops’ robes and the Cardinals’ vest- ments, forming a brilliant setting for the venerable, white-garbed figure of Pius X. The pro the papal altar, the triple crown After the celebration of mass at the sion passed on to where was deposited h altar the procession slowly re- ormed and wended its way to the chapel choir, where the Pontiff with great emotion presided over the un- veiling of the statue of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, bearing its magnicent new diamond crown, the gift of the faithful in all parts of the world. This is the statue which was crowned by Pc¢ Pius IX at the time of the prom ion of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception. After the ceremony the procession returned to the Vatican, the Pope, who was fatigued, going immediately to his private apartments. In the beautiful hall of the Borgia apartment in the Vatican Papal Secre- tai Merry del Val gave a sumptuous dinner of thirty-six covers this evening in honor of the guests who have ar- rived in Rome for the jubilee. America was represented by Bishop McDonnell of Brooklyn. Rome was literally ablaze to-night with illuminations in honor of the jubi- lee of the immaculate conception. St. Peter's was the chief center of the illu- minations, but the display at the American College was v effective, Venetian lanterns, electric lights and torches being utilized, with striking re- sults, —_— e PRESS CLUB HOLDS FULL SWAY AT THE TIVOLI Annual Entertainment Attracts Im- mense Audience That Revels in Clever Performance. “The Press Club owned the Tivoli last night.” President W. C. Holli way said so in the speech he made be- fore the curtain at the end of the first | He said the club owned every- thing about the Tivoli, even the lovely chorus girls. He wanted everybody to have a good time. He wanted the au- dience to “jolly up” and thoroughly enjoy themselves. The great audience took up the spirit of the occasion and at once en- tered into the full enjoyment of the splendid performance of “King Dodo.” Local hits written by members of the club were frequently interspersed. These were short, snappy and bright and well interpolated by the actors. Every song in the opera was encored. AD the principals were favored by the club with great bas¥ets of violets. When they came on at the finale of the | opera each wore a bunch of these fra- grant blossoms. Following the entertainment at the ! Tivoll a reception was held at the home of the club. California Wins More Honors. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 8.—The Cal- ifornia comm! at . Louis to-day sent a telegram to commission had jyst awarded two grand prizes and thirteen additional | medals to the California exhibit. These are only partial returns from appeals made by the California commission- ers. mass | sion to the exposition | S | larly entered an appeal, and in accord- | Governor Pardee announcing that the | | KILLED IN BATTLE. Foe of Stoessel Pays Price of War. IS NOW CHILDLESS HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD JAPANESE ARMY, BEFORE PORT ARTHUR, WEDNESDAY, Dec. ! the fighting of November 30 the second ison of General Nogl was killed on 203 Meter hill. General Nogi's eldest son was killed in the battle of Nanshan hill and he is now childless. MUKDEN, Dec. 8.—The Russians continue to bombard the Japanese posi- tions with both heavy and light artil- |lery. The Japanese response is feeble. Numerous Japanese prisoners are be- | ing brought in, as a result of constant | night sorties. The Siberians especially j delight in this sortie work and seem | | to regard the stalking and capturing of | pickets and sentries as exhilarating | sport. Some of the prisoners declare ; that the prevailing inactivity is having | a greatly depressing influence upon the | masses of Japanese troops. Others of | the captives refuse to answer ques- tions. The Japanese evidently are not ! short of food, but the cold is extremely | trying upon them. Lieutenant General Linevitch had a narrow escape from death recently. He | had approached within a thousand | yards of a Japanese battery, when a | | shell dropped near his staff and killed | an enlisted man. | PARIS, Dec. 8.—The Temps this evening published the following dis- patch from Mukden, dated to-day: “I have just returned from a ride | along the Russian front. The soldiers | are living underground, in preference to the filthy Chinese houses. Combplete | quiet prevails, and the general expec- | tation is that the present quarters will be maintained for the winter. I learn | from excellent sources that the reports warranted.” TOKIO, Dec. 8.—Manchurian | quarters, telegraphing under date | December 7, says: “At 2 o'clock on the morning of De- | cember 6 the enemy posted at Wuch- | enying advanced toward Paotzuyen, | which is near Sienchuang. Our watch- |ers were temporarily withdrawn, but head- of | with reinforcements they immediately | recovered the position. Between 2 and | 4 o’clock on the morning of December | 7 the enemy attacked.east of Fanshen | and at Heilintun, which is pear Shakhe village. By sunrise the attacks were | entirely repulsed. | AMERICA LOSES A POINT. | | Costly Failure to Appeal the Steam- ship Arabia Case. ST. PETERSBURG, Deec. 8.— Through the failure of the Americans interested in the cargo of the German steamship Arabia, confiscated by the Vladivostok prize court, to lodge an | appeal, their cases not only went by | defaulf before the Admiralty appeal | court, but the United States Govern- ment lost an opportunity to obtain a decision on the question of railway ma- terial which might have formed a basis for a renewal by the United States of diplamatic representations regarding such articles as' ‘conditional contra- band. The cargo originally confiscated con- sisted of about 2,500,000 pounds of flour y and raillway material and machinery | bound for Japanese ports. The Ameri- | can embassy at St. Petersburg prompt- Iy notified the Washington authorities of the manner in which the appeal should be lodged, but the papers for the appeal arrived only after the de- cision of the Admiralty court had been rendered last Saturday. The British owners of 5500 sacks of flour, less than half the amount in dispute, had regu- ance with a decision of the Foreign | Office, reached some time ago and communicated to the United States, | there being no evidence that this flour | wag destined for the use of the en- emy's forces, the decision of the Vlad- fvostok court was reversed. —In | that a great battle is imminent are un- | Flee@q@oyed. Continued From Page 1, Column 1. za, are under orders to go to the front. The reserves are being drawn from | different portions of Poland, and prac- tically the whole transport service of the Warsaw district has been requisi- ticned. h n g e | WOULD VIOLATE TREATY. | | Russian Press Urges That Black Sea | Fleet Be Sent Out, ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. newspapers here, headed by the Novoe Vremya, are still urgently pressing the campaign in favor of the immediate re- inforcement of Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron. The proposition to send out the Black Sea fleet meets with popular | favor, irrespective of the diplomatic difficulties in the way, and in this | fashion sentiment is being adroitly directed against the Foreign Office and Admiralty, which is evidently the real object .of the promoters of the agita- tion. Captain Clado, who was detached | from Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron | in order to testify before the interna- | tional commission to inquire into the | North Sea incident, again returns to | the attack in a letter declaring that | the argument that the withdrawal of | the Black Sea fleet Russia’s position in the Near East is not convincing, Turkey's navy being | powerless to threaten Russia though the whole Russian fleet departs; while Great Britain might bluster, he adds, the opinion is that she really would act short-sightedly if she op- posed the exit of the fleet, as Russia, it she lose her Far Eastern posses- glons, must seek an outlet nearer home, | either in the Mediterranean or in the | | Persian Gulf. How, he inquires, would | Great Brit; like a Russian arsenal and a Russian fleet within a few hun- dred miles of Bombay? g S AUSTRIA’S MENACING ATTITUDE Warlike Preparations Cause Turk to Quickly Settle the Mail Question. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. $.—The Porte has yielded to the Austrian de- mands regarding detention of Aus- | trian mails and the incident may be | regarded as closed. Threatened com- plications have therefore been avert- ; i 1 | 8.—The | would = weaken | even | SCARES PORTE | ed. The energetic attitude of Austria | Russian Port Arthur| Mikado Accepts. Call to Peace Congress. SR S S 'REPLIES TO HAY | e LS ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The Charge i d’Affaires of the Japanese legation to- day informed the Secretary of State | that the invitation of the President to | communicated to the imperial Govern- { ment by the United States Minister in jJapan. The Charge was instructed to | say that the Japanese Government cor- dially sympathized with the beneficent purpose that inspired the invitation |and that experience had shown that | there was urgent need for more exact | definition and uniform practice of in- ternational law than now existed in regard to some of the questions which |1t was Intended were to be submitted | to_the conference. | The Japanese Government, he said, i did not find in the fact that it was en- = gaged in war any sufficient reason why klt should not, under the present cir- | cumstances, take part in the proposed [conference, provided that the confer- | ence to be assembled did not take or | assume to take action relative to or af- i fecting in any way the present conflict. | Subject to these reservations, the im- perial Government, he said, gladly ac- cepted the invitation and would be at all times prepared to exchange views with the Government of the United | States as to matters to be considered | by the new conference. — e { Askold May Try to Escape. LONDON, Dec. 9.—It is rumored | from Shanghai that _the | cruiser Askold is coaling and replac- | 1ng her machinery preparatory to an | effort to escape and join the fleet of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky. —_——— the Grand. Isaac Bird, a merchant of Merced, is | at the Lick. M. Douglass of Byron Springs is at the Occidental. Dr. and Mrs. Elmer Stone of Napa are at the Palace. Dr. L. Rostosky of many, is at the Palace. P. C. Drescher, a merchant of Sacra- mento, is at the St. Francis. Colonel A. B. Gassen and wife of San Dresden, Ger- ; the second peace conférence had been | Dr. Fred Hornkind of Portland is at | Diego are at the St. Francis. M. H. Sherman, one of Los Angeles’ in ordering a squadron of warships to | be made ready to sail induced the de- | sired action on the part of Turkey. S ST TWO MORE NAMES ADDED I ace. | TO DENVER'S ROLL OF SHAME Brousse Brizard, a well-known Ar- cata merchant, is r’lsler!d at the Lick. James D. Schuyler, a prominent Los Election Officers Bound Over to Grand } Jury by United States Commis- .A:‘gs-!:s hydraulic engineer, is at the Sloner Copros. | William G. Kerckhoff, a Los Angeles DENVER, Dec. 8.—United States | ccmmissioner A. B. Capron to-day | bound over to the Grand Jury Max and Willlam Schradsky, two of the persons charged with conspiracy to | | prevent people from voting at the re-| | cent elections. Sam Plessner, Max Sissick and Samuel Slatkin were dis- charged, although Commissioner Ca- pron, in rendering his decision, said: The conduct of the latter was reprehensible and they could be punished for misconduct at; | an election, but the evidence does not justify | | holding them on the charge of conspiracy. It lumber merchant, is staying at the St. Francis. R. L. and W. J. Douglass, well- known mining men of Nevada, arrived at the Palace yesterday. T. M. Word, Sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon, is down from Port- land and staying at the St. Francis. Charles E. Linzee, private secretary of M. M. Potter, the well-known Santa Barbara hotel man, is in this city for a few days. | does not appear that they said or did anything v :13 pmm“; the people from voting. el‘-al MacArthur, an:}\sd home last All of the defendants were election | T/ERt from a short visit to the East- 8 ere ction | | ern States. officials. The two Schradskys acted as constables, and the testimony of- | fered by the attorneys for the Repub- | licans showed that they ran the poll- | ing-places to suit themselves. —_——— T. F. Dunaway, general manager of the Nevada, California and Oregon Railroad Company, is_at the Palace, Judge P. Coyne, who is representing Miss Edna Wallace Hopper, the young actress, in her contest of the will of the late Alexander Dunsmuir, arrived from Victoria yesterday and is at the Palace. —————— AGED WIDOW FOUND DEAD.—Oakland, Dec. 8.—Mrs. Mary McManus, an aged widow, was found dead in her room at 715 Clay street. She leaves no family. 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Address 14 | Geary street, San Francisco, Cal. Phone | 1037 Main. | STATEMENT | OF THE | CONDITION AND AFFAIRS OF THE STANDARD MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED) s desire for the Insurance ( California, \ ' CAPITAL | Amount of Capital X in Cash A Cash Market Value owned by Com Cash in Interest Stocks and L Premiums in | Bills waken Risks | Total | | Losees adjusted Losses in process assets LIABILITIES. and unpaid......) Adjustment Ao $132,400 00 including ex- | penses sogbt Gross opremiums on Marine and Inland Navigation Risks rv:mt surance 100 per cent....... 139,740 00 | Groes premiums on Marine T.mcj | _Risks; reinsurance 50 per cent. | Due and accrued for salaries, | rents, advertising and for other misce! us expenses | Total Habilities .. | INCOME. { | et ‘cash actually receivad %4 Marine premiums 3 Received for interest and dends on Bonds, Stocks, | ana from ail other source Total income . amount pald “to Stockhoiders . | Paid for Salaries. Fees, and other charges for officers, clerks, etc.. 44197 11 | Paid for State, National and Le- cal taxes . 5.426 59 | Total expenditures .......... 3014,001 00 Marine. | Losses incurrea during the year... $470.502 00 | Risks and Premiums. Marine Risks. Premiums. | Net amount of Risks | written during the $67,834,925 $557,002 00 65,057,265/ 539,382 00 1905..| 11,246,200 139,740 00 JOHN WILLIAMSON, President. 1 JOHN GICK, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn before me, this 25d W. J. SULIS, Deputy Consul of U. S. at Liverpool. PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT. J, D. SPRECKELS & BROS. C0., 62n Agts. J. B. F. DAVIS & SON, Managers. i 215 Sansome St., San Francisco y Telephone Private Exch. Ne. @8. * Seattle (Wash) Office, Colomaa Builimg, { day of February. 1904 {