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THE CITY MAY AGAIN BE LEFT IN DARKNESS Gas Company Dis- posed to Retaliate. CROCKETT MAKES A THREAT « BILLo MUST BE PAID OR OUT GO THE LIGHTS. Refuses to Reduce July and August Accounts to Bring Them Within the Appropriation as Per rault Suggested. There Is every reason to believe that the city may af ft in darkness If the • the San Francisco Gas and Elec- I 'ompany for lighting the streets and buildings . :■•■ not paid. President ■v. in a communication sent to the re yesterday, reiterates ii threat he made in August last that un the bills of iiis company art paid the - of the municipality will be shut m(T. The company is disposed to resort to re taliatory measures in order to force the ■ paj the bills. The communication is in reply to one sent by Chairman Perrault of the Finance Committee accompanying the bills for August, which were returned to the com pany because they were $533 over and In excess of the appropriation pursuant to the tax levy adopted by the Supervisors, and calculated according to the one twelfth act. Chairman Perrault requested Mr. Crockett to scale down the bills so they would come within the appropria tion. Incidentally Perrault stated that according to Gas Inspector Tupper the streets had not been lit on one nignt when they should have been, and he asked that the charge be stricken out. In reply Mr. Crockett refused to com ply with both requests and took occasion to refer the board to his letter of August 12. This accompanied the bills for July. which had also been returned by the Fi nance Committee because they were $1400 in excess of the legal appropriation. This Is the letter in which threats were made to row the whole city and the public buildings in /darkness unless the bills were paid as originally presented by the gas company. The matter is now in abeyance, and it Is a clear-cut issue between the Supervi sors and the gas company. Perrault and his colleagues on the committee have no intention of king down from their po sition, anil say that unless the bills are reduced so as to come within the appro priation they will not be paid. Whether the corporation intends to make good its threats or whether it is only running a iarge-sized bluff to coerce the Supervisors into submitting to its dictates remains to be seen. SOLDIERS' DAY AT THE FAIR. Volunteers Will Be Guests of Honor at the Pavilion To-Night. The volunteer soldiers now stationed here will be entertained th's evening at the Mechanics' Fair. The Governors of •i:;e Eastern States who have come here " welcome their returning soldiers will :.e the special guests of honor. Every man in uniform will be admitted free. The management has flooded the Presidio with invitations to the volunteers and undoubtedly the big Pavilion will be filled tills evening with the* boys in blue. The i and has arranged a special programme far the occasion. The exposition is rapidly getting into phspo and the attendance is on the in crease. Tho Filipino village is one of the greatest centers of attraction. Yesterday tie little brown mi • and their wives and children moved into their new quarters, and will liv*> in the native huts construct ed in the Pavilion until the end of the Fair. The musical programme for to-day and this evening follows: AFTERNOON*. Marc/ "City Troops" Valerga Overture, • "Robespierre" Li toll f Gavotte, "Eiißenla" Chambers Election. '•Tuttl In Mat b re Pedrottt Kunoral Marrh of a Marionette mard Intermission. Sketch. '.'Smoky Moke*" Holzmann F.-.10 for cornet. Alice Raymond. Musical Review Phrelner ■V-'altz. "Chlmea of Normandy" Plan-, • International Congress" Sou^a EVENING. March, "In • -.- Park' II !-• Overtu re, ' 'Fes f ' Leutner Gavotte. "1/ Ingenue" Ardltl Grand selection, "William Tell" Rossini Polonaise from faust" Spohr Intermission. Selection. "Traviata" Verdi £•">]>) for cornet. Alice Raymond. ' ■.Serenad'-' ' Moszkowski H'-ones fr m "Lucia" Donizetti Cakewalk, "V.*hi.»tHnK Rufua" Mills v To Review the Blythe Case ' George W. Towle, representing the Blythe Company, filed yesterday In the I'nited States Circuit Court a petition for a writ of review in the famous Blythe estate case. The case was decided in favor of Florence Blythe Hinckley about a year ago by the Supreme Court of the T'nlted States. The petition asks for a review of Judge Morrow's decision in that case. ■ < ■ Firp Among Dried Lizards. A fire in the l>asr-m<nt Of 722 Dnprmt terday afternoon did 15000 worti 1 . t , ; i tr. ■ t.i the stock of dried lizards and iga of the Choy .lee Tons Com whose drug store is at No. T2."i Dv • across the street. The bdse ■ wax used as a storeroom for the my. It Is not known how the fire ited. I DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogues and Price Lists Mailed on Application. ; HOOKS AND STATIOXRRY. j THE SAN iRANCISCO NEWS COMPANY B<i' to ■-.'• Geary Street. Above Powell. W PEHIODICALS. UOOKS AND STATIONERY. COAL. COKK AND MCi IRON. JC U'fl SilK £■ C(\ ; '°" Battery Street. w tTILjUn a VVi Telephone Main IS6I COPPERSMITH, JOSEPH FOX. Supt. H. BLYTH. Mgr Ci; CKITH BhJp Plumbing, Steamboat • Tf J.illlll) and Ship Work a Specialty. i« and IS Washington st. Telephone Main r.*;4i FRESH AND SALT MEATS- tic nnVEC X- C(\ Shipping Butchers, 104 JAb dUILJ&LU, Clay. Tel. Main 1294. FURS. I V inCQTAn ' 4 Kearny «t., up»tairs. L»te»t J. PI. LUrjIAU, stylrs. lowest prices, temedeling. IP >N FOUNDERS. WESTERN FOUNDRY, &3£ A ££%i n cat ngß of Every Description Made to Order. TeL Black 1105. _^ ■ PAPER nRALER 1 n il l iMITTC PULP AND PAPER CO. ILL A.HI' liC 722 Montgomery street. PRINTINI r C HUGHESi Ell PRINTER, F. t t HlU!ifcj" 1' Si- ■*■ *"• THE HICKS JIDD CO , SXZZhr^ <+ ~ STATIONER AND PRINTER. PARTRIDGE - %%"" \\HITE ASH STEAM COAL ?,"; NK^vg; DIAMOND COAL MINING CO M It. GREEN RIVER COLLIERIES, is the B«t Coal , n the Market. Offlcc and Yards-450 Main .treet. J CZARINA MIKES PORT WITHOUT THE LOG RAFT Tug Fearless Seeking the Derelict. LONGSHOREMEN ON STRIKE THEY WANT AN ADVANCE OF TEN CENTS AN HOUR. ! An Italian Fisherman Stabbed— Chief Engineer of the Aurora Drops Dead — The Steamer Cleve land Short of Coal. The collier Czarina arrived last night from Puget Sound without her tow. She i lost the big iVXVfoot raft off the coast of ■ sfendodno nearly a week ago, and ever i since has been searching for it. The tug I Fearless was sent out to assist her, but I since she passed out through the (Jnlden . Oate nothing has been heard of her. The general Impression is that the Fearless ' has picked up the raft and Is towing It into port. A number of vessels have reported the derelict, and the ship Oriental and the steamer Umatllla nearly ran into it. Yes terday the steamer Crescent City came I in and reported having lighted the raft and the captain said he thought it was towing;. This was twenty-five mtles nortli west of Point Reyes and the fog was so thick that nothing could be seen dis tinctly. In his report Captain Seamen of the Czarina pays: "Left Seattle on August 28 with log raft in tow. All went well until September 7 at 6 a. m., when the hawser parted in a heavy sea. We were then twenty-eight miles west by north one-half north of Point Arena. Lost the raft in a heavy fog. I put into Point I CAUGHT IN A HEAVY NORTHEASTER. THE brig W. G. Irwin had the roughest voyage of any of this month's sugar fleet from Honolulu. For three days she was buffeted by a northeast p-ali and Beveral of her sails were blown away. The doors of th< forecastle were stove in and the sailors were nearly drowned out A heavy sea carried away the brig's figure-head, while another took every thing movable on deck overboard. The Jrwln may be delayed a few days in discharging owing to the strike among the 'longshoremen. Arena twice in search of information nnu | have kept circling around the place where the raft went adrift in widening circles, hoping to pick it up. On the 9th Inst we spoke the 'tug Fearless, and as she was going to continue the search I put into San Francisco." It is to be honed the Fearless picks up the derelict and brings it into port, as It is now a menace to navigation. __ t __ Strikes seem to be epidemic on the water front JuPt now. Boiler-makers, carpenters and painters have gone out at different times during the month for either shorter hours or more pay. and yesterday the longshoremen followed suit. They are paid by the hour, so naturally it is an advance in wages they want. The strik ers are the "outside" longshoremen— that , is- those not connected with the union arid they demand 50 cents an hour. Some months ago they were satisfied with 33 cents an hour, then they demanded and got 40 cents, and now they want 50 cents. < The vessels principally affected by the demand are the cannery fleet and tJu ! sugar boats. The Roderick Dhu and the Edward -May had to get the sugar out and the agents agreed to pay the extra money. At noon yesterday the longshore- , men went to work discharging them. The other vessels are holding out, and as there are plenty of men they will probably have no trouble in getting their cargoes out. There wan a serious stabbing an air among the Italian fishermen In the/Co lumbia Market yesterday. Pietro Quillici was standing at stall 79 doing some busi ness and near by was Guiseppe Garattl, an old man and quarrelsome. The younger fishermen had been teasing him during the morning, and about noontime some one In the crowd called him a foul ram" Garattl thought It was Quillicl who used the epithet and, drawing a knife he stabbed him in the back. Officer T J 'Bailey was called in and he took the two' men to the Ilarpor police station. There Garatti was charged with an as sault with a deadly weapon. At the Har bor Hospital Drs. Robinson and Murphy found that Quillici had a deep and serious wound over the left kidney. Old man Garatti had documents in his pockets Showing that he had several thousand dollars in bank. William A. Imperil, chief engineer of | the steamer Aurora, died suddenly aboard the Pride of the River from a hemorrhage j yesterday morning. He was talking with his son when taken sick. The*latter se cured an ambulance and had his father conveyed to the Harbor Hospital, but when Drs. Robinson and Murphy ex amined him he was dead. The Morgue j was notified, but after an examination the Coroner allowed the body to be taken to 1228 Golden Gate avenue, the family residence of the deceased. The steamer America Maru sailed for San Francisco from Yokohama on the! 10th inst She was delayed by a small , lire in her coal bunkers. The steamer Cleveland was late in netting to Seattle owing to running short of coal Her charterers sent her out for St. Michael with a short supply and no | coal could be got at Dutch Harbor when the vessel called there. In consequence all the bunks in the steerage had to be i torn out ■'" used for fuel, while the < rireo booms arid all the spare wood in < the shit) had to go into the furnace before ; the vessel reached Seattle. • Private advices received from the Ber ing Sea yesterday state that the Lynde &i Hough barkentine Fremont had taken 141*000 codfish and the crew was still fish- , in/on August 15. This is about the larg est catch ever taken by one vessel during , a short season. . - N.'arlv a ton of putrid Sturgeon was seized on Jackson street wharf yesterday by Market Inspectors Gans and Barron. The* stuff had been ; sent down th. river by Italian fishermen, but spoiled on the way. Last Saturday the same in- . spectors . seized 1 nearly four tons of. the] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1899. CHRIS RYER DIED ON THE SURGEON'S TABLE CHRISTOPHER B. RYER. one of the best known liquor drummers on the coast, died suddenly yes terday forenoon on the operating table of the Golden Gate Sanitarium. Mr. Ryer returned to this city a week ago last Wednesday and on Sunday morning went to the sanitarium to be treated for a disease of the bladder. He was advised by his physicians, Drs. A. <;. Doardorff and J. P. I,e Fevre, that a simple surgical operation would relieve him. and he consented to sur render to the knife. He did not think it necessary to notify his family that an operation was about to be per formed, and the news of his death came to them as a sudden and over whelming shock. Yesterday morning he was placed upon the operating table and r>r. Le Fevre proceeded to administer an anaesthetic, when Mr. Ryer went into a convulsion and expired. The physi cians reported to Coroner Hill that they did not believe that Mr. Ryer inhaled much if any of the anaesthetic, and that his death was largely due to sudden nervous depression caused by fright. Mr. Ryer came prominently before the public several years ago as a contest ant of the will of Dr. Washington Ryer. a pioneer of this city, claiming to be a natural son of the doctor. The case was finally compromised out of court by the payment to young Ryer of a snug sum, a part of which he invested in residence property in Richmond. The deceased had been employed by the wholesale liquor firm of Joseph Premer & Co.. at 310 Sacramento street. He was a large, fine looking man and weighed more than 250 pounds. He left a widow, two daughters and a son. the elder daughter being Mrs. A. Cohen of Oakland and the younger Miss- Mabel Ryer of this city. C. Blalne Ryer, the son. is employed by Bremer & Co. vile stuff and dumped it Into the hay. Had it not been for the vigilance of In spectors <;nns and Barwn the rotten fish would have been tnken up town and sold to the cheap restaurants. A telegram received from London by the Merchants' Exchange states that the chances of getting the Morgan City off the beach at the entrance to Nagasaki are good. Divers have been engaged to patch up the hole in the vessel's hull. Mike Keddy, an old timer on the front, died in the City and County Hospital yes terday. Mike knew every ship captain that came into port during the last twenty-seven years and was a walking encyclopedia wh^n !t came to ships. SENSATION PROMISED IN RULOFSON CASE OPPOSING COUNSEL INDULGE IN WORDY WARFARE. Eisner Charges Checkering With Un prcf^ssicnal Conduct — Witn€ss?s Testify in Claimant's Favor. A sensation in the trial of the action in stituted by Alfred C. Rulofson as the adopted son of the late Captain Winslow G. Hall, in which the deceased seeks to recover decedent's estate by virtue of his relationship, Is in course of develop ment, yesterday morning Attorney Eisner, who is prosecuting Mr. Rulofson's claim, accused opposing counsel. Attorney Ohickering, before the court convened, of having been guilty of unprofessional conduct, in that he had caused certain witnesses for th> claimant to be ap proach.'d and after deceiving them with the assertion that he. ('nickering, wap confidential counsel for Rulofson obtained what Information they possessed. Mr. Ohickering denied the assertion with warmth, and an argument that threatened to culminate in blows was being indulged in by counsel. When Judge Belcher entered the courtroom the trouble ceased. Eisner got In the last words in the argument and said that he would produce three witnesses to prove his assertion. Judge Belcher then took the bench and the taking of testimony was resumed. M. Hart and Julius Hart. 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Yet, with my soft cushion electrodes and my patented regulator I I 7Jk\.\\| Jbs^iy^aL IJtnm&EKf.rt can infuse its vitalizing force into the weak parts so that It strengthens but i JSSiJP^x>^?lmWißa^^^r ' : '"' s not burn; it cures, but does so in a soothing, pleasant manner, without I tne !oaßt inconvenience. ■ . • ....... ML, My Bell is a positive cure for all nervous, weak and debilitated MEN, for iP^ :, men with VARICOCELE, WEAK BACK, LACK OF ENERGY. RHEUMA- Ki^*N^ W^W^«k-' I '#SBHHI TI SM, SCIATICA. LUMBAGO and all pains and weakness. \23T VAffy "* '"SttJffi^eFiMp My ''"" is the only electric body bell made that can be worn by a WOMAN x^tf with tender skin. It infuses a gentle warmth into the weak nerves, restoring health and strength and curing all forms of female complaints. CALL TO-DAY OR SEND FOR FREE BOOK. If you are pick or weak, call and see my famous appliance. I have 10,000 cures in the last three years. I will show you the names of your neighbors whom I have cured. If you cannot call, I will send you, closely sealed, my illustrated book with full. information about my new method. nn II ■ tl*J Rlinill 111 702 Market. Cor.Keapny, o«ke Hoar«-Ba.m. t0 8.30 p.™. UK M ffl MPI fIIHIHI \vi S.F..nndnurdlckßloclc. Sundays. 10 to I. Ulll 111 Ifa I ' lflUI«n UU 1 1 I1 1 V^. Cor Spring End Second, Lei Angelei. NEVER SOLD IN DRUG STORES. CHRIS B. RYER.^^^J of the firm of Hart & Company, both tes tified that captain »Hall frequently spoke of Rulofson as his son and both believed that that relationship existed between them. Daniel H. Everett and Thomas W. Benham testified to like facts after which an adjournment was taken. . ♦ ■ HEALTH OFFICE DEMANDS. Auditor Wells Will Sign Those Held Ui Last July. The employes of the Health Board, who had their July demands held up by the Auditor on account of lack of funds, were made happy yesterday when Auditor Wells signified his intention of signing them. The order came down from Judge Hunt's court in the case of Vaccinating Surgeon McPhers in, who brought suit tor the amount of Ins salary and won it. The Auditor holds that the other demands are In the same category and they will be paid oilt of the genera] fund. This decision virtually reinstates all tii' s>> who lost ih'ir positions in the Health office. The board will meet on n^xt Thursday evening to restore some of t!i<- decapitated members to their former places. .■ m ■ The Crystal Hot Sea Baths. Physicians recommend the Crystal warm sea water tub and swimming baths. North Beach. * ■ ♦ . JUSTICES' FEES. The Supreme Court Determines Their Legal Limit. The Supreme Court decided yesterday j that a Justice of the Peace may not j charge more than $2 as his fee in a civil I action for issuing; a writ. The charge I I hitherto has been $3 50 and the change! may result in a diminution of the force in the Justices' Clerk's office. The decision was reached in the appeal : of the case Kosminsky vs. Williams, con -1 firming a decision by Judge Seawell. The i original case was brought on mandamiiH proceedings instituted by Kosminsky through his attorneys, Samuel Kosfiiheim i and A. S. Newburg. to compel Justices' i Clerk Williams to accept $2 as a fee for issuing a writ. The Supreme Court de- ! | cision was written by Chief Justice lieatty j j ami w;is concurred in by all the ass iciate I i Justices with the exception of Justice Ga- j I routte, who was absent. DEPOSITORS PAY NO COMMISSION TO UNCLE SAM No Tax on a Receipt Given a Bank. MUST PRESENT PERSONALLY IF OFFERED BY THIRD PARTY IT MUST BE STAMPED. '■ .'nternal Revenue Collector Holds : That Non-Negotiable Paper Is Exempt Irom Operation of War Revenue Law. • It will be of interest to the general pub lic to know that there are some things 1 which the war-revenue tax does not tax. This information will especially interest those who have small sums on deposit in the savings banks, but are not in the for tunate position of being able to employ the advice of able counsel to protect their Interests. It appears that a man with a bank account may draw upon the same without being compelled to make a forced contribution to Uncle Sam's income, pro vided he makes a personal visit to the bank to get his money. In other words, the depositor is not obliged to pay a com mission to the Government for the privi lege of using his own money, as has been I generally supposed was the case. This welcome fact has been brought to light through the attention of Internal Revenue Collector Lynch being called to the action of a bank In Suisun, which has been for some time past issuing un stamped receipts to depositors, to be j signed by them when they desired to draw money from the bank, a practice alleged to be in violation of the war tax law which provided that all checks, drafts, etc, must bear a two-cent revenue stamp. Collector Lynch says the bank in ques tion Is acting strictly within the law and he further says that the savings banks of this city are using the same methods and exact a revenue stamp only when the re ceipt is presented by a third person. This opinion Is in accordance with a decision rendered by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue after consultation with the At torney General. The decision was the re sult of a communication from the cashier of the Bank of Lancaster, S. C, and is as follows: ,'-. Treasury • Department, Office of .Commissioner "i Internal Revenue. WASHINGTON. D. C Oct. 21. IS9S. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2tith hurt., In which you request the ruling of this office as to whether a receipt In me following form: i LANCASTER, S. C, Received of the Hank of Lancaster, of Lan caster, P. C. dollars on account. . filled out in the handwriting of an official of the bank an.l signed by a depositor on . calling for and receiving money. is liable to stamp duty. In reply you are advised that, in accordance I with the advice of the Attorney General, this ; office holds that a receipt given to a bank by a person to whom th.- bank is Indebted as a depositor or otherwise, or for whom it holds funds, is do more subject to a stamp than a receipt received or given for any other debt or demand. The purpose of the law Is to require stamps | upon checks which are commercial, negotiable | Instruments. A check, however, Is not required to be in any particular form. If it i.« In a form sufficient to constitute an order for the . payment of money and assumes the character ' 'of a commercial, negotiable Instrument, then It is subject to the tux. •'. There is much banking done, especially in savings banks, without the use of checks at nil. the depositor having a book In which the bank denotes the amount deposited on one [ side and the amount drawn out on the other. Of course, the depositor In such case draws the money out of the bank, but he does it in such a WRy as not to subject It to stamp duty, because he does not give a check. So. if a person does not give a check he does not I have to pay taxes on it and If he goes to the bank and the bank pays him upon He dues to him and he gives a receipt such receipt does not require a stamp; but If he Issues a receipt BO that it will be good In the hands of another person to draw upon his deposit for the amount of It then It loses the character of a receipt and becomes a check or draft and is subject to tax. Respectfully yours. G. W. WILSON. Acting Commissioner. The commercial banks have ■ not yet adopted the receipt plan, according to Col- { lector Lynch, but pay out money only on checks or drafts which must be stamped or they will not be accepted. Collector Lynch* further says he started to round up the banks in this district that were using these receipts several months ago. hut when the decision in the case quoted was promulgated he was obliged to stop proceedings. ; ~~~~ TAX OFFICE RECORDS. Old Volumes Are in Bad Condition and Must Be Repaired to Avoid Complications. Tax Collector Shcehan will shortly pe tition the Supervisors to provide for the preservation of some of the old tax rec- i ords in his office which have been stored in the basement of the City Hall for many years. Some of the volumes are torn and without bindings and unless they are cared for they will be completely ruined Mr. Shcehan says that unless enough money is appropriated to rebind the records he will be compelled to deny searchers of records the privilege of re ferring to them. He realizes that this ; may result in a suit against the city, as, the' records are public property and all citizens are entitled to see them. I Many pages in the volumes have al ready "been torn out or stolen and the Tax Collector, to prevent further damage, has locked some of the records in the vault. ' Certain maps in the books are exceedingly ; valuable and it would be impossible to replace them should they be destroyed. _— . ♦ ■ John Barrett's Lecture. From all accounts, Hon. John Barrett, the late Minister to Siam. will deliver a lecture in this city on the 21st lnst. His j subject will be one with which he Is thoroughly conversant— the trade relations and commercial possibilities of the Pacific Coast States and the Orient. During the time he was a representative of tho I'nited States he visited a number of the countries In Asia lying along the Pacific Ocean and his observations nave attract ed the' attention of the commercial men of the world. Mr. Barrett comes to this city upon the invitation of the local Chamber erf Commerce. Secretary Scott yesterday received 'a dispatch from the ex-Minister saying that he would be at ! liberty to speak on the date mentioned. ] At present he Is in Portland, Or. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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Philfi STATE/WENT OF THE I CONDITION AND AFFAIRS OF THE MAGDEBURG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY I ' -■'■-':'•■■'':■''■ ' ■^~~.-:-^i [, -:-;~y~_- -'-^ . OF MAGDEBURG. IN THE EMPIRE OF Germnny. on the 31st day of December. A. D. IS9S. and for the year ending on that day. as made to the Insurance Commissioner of th» 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. i Amount of Capital stock, paid up In '>■ n ; cash • $750.000 00 assets; ■ij'-. Heal JQrtat«" owned by Company $540.12312 ! Loans on Bonds and Mortgages 1.211.031 Cash Market Value of all Stacks ..nd Bonds owned by Company 2,1-6,489 19 Amount of Loans secured by pledge ! of Bonds. Stocks and other market- ! able securities as collateral < 8. 75" 00 ; Cash In Company's Office Kg M Cash in Banks •• 128.854 ,a Interest due and accrued on all : Stocks and Loans •.".'.•••* 8,876 68 i Premiums In duo Course of Collec- ; tlon •• Z8Z.814 38 Due from other companies for rein- , j aurance 607.327 64 Total Assets $5,108,481 4S LIABILITIES. /■-';-?,■ Losses in process of Adjustment or In Suspense 039,520 7S Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- < ning one year or less, $.... ! ' reinsurance 50 per cent 1,598.239 7S i Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- nlnc more than one year, $ : 1 reinsurance pro rata... 274.5.15 77 Cash dividends remaining unpaid.... 2.9C0 00 All other demands against the Com- I pany •• •••• 216,317 75 Total Liabilities 55.631.5*3 OS INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire ! premiums • S-.SIS.H6 72 Received for lnterc: on Bonds and Mortgages •••"••"•■-• 47,280 16 • Received for Interest and dividends on Bonds. Storks. Loans and from all other sources 89.729 54 I Received from all other sources 6S.SSS IS • Total Income J4.C?3.530 60 I EXPENDITURES. I Net amount paid for Fire Losses (In- cluding JRin. mo 98. losses of pre- ! vious years) $2,594.606 75 Dividends to Stockholders 312.500 00 Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage - 769.774 14 Paid for Salaried. Fees and other ' charges for officers, clerks, etc.... 212.249 68 ! Paid for State. National and local taxes 75.131. 86 I All other payments and expendi- j tures • 143.90T, S6 1 Total Expenditure*.' .M.MB.'I6S 30 ' Losses Incurred durlne th» vpar. fire *2..V>4.«06 7S i EMIL F. MIETHKE. Vice President. I RUDOLF BERNDT. Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of April, 1899. HENRY M. DIEDERICH. U. S. Consul at ! Magdeburg. ' ' ■. GUTTE & FRANK, MANAGERS, ' PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT, . 303 CALIFORNIA ST., SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. V^V Dr. Gibbon's Dispensary, A***M *'~~* KEAKSY ST. 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