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BRITISH BLUE BLOOD FLOWS ON THE BATTLE-FIELD.
Investigation, and each ease will be treat
ed on Its merits. One thing Is certain—
-rman offlcers are going Into the
Uo«r urtny L>> authority of the irwern
ment. t, I German Government will
I v laws Just as all other
•ntnents wlll.~
DISASTROUS SORTIE
MADE AT MAFEKING
LOURENZO MARQUEZ. Friday, Deo.
tt.— Advices received here from Pretoria
under date of We<ln<*sday, December 27,
»«.y thai an official dispatch from Mate
kins; announces that in th© sortie which
the British made from that place De
rrmbcr 23, attacking one of tho Boer forts
with cannon. Maxima and an armored
train so persistently that the lighting
rage 1 up to the walls of the fort, the
British lost 109 killed and wounded, while
the Boers only lost two men killed and
teven. wounded.
The dispatch adds that Captains Kirk
wood and Grcnfell were captured by Boer
scouts near Colenso and were being sent
to Pretoria,
Ten unloaded shells. Inscribed "The sea
son's greeting" have been fired at Lady
sraiih.
Ten nth African medical students
from Edinburgh have arrived at Pretoria
Trora Delagoa Bay with five tons of med
»cal stores.
A dispatch from the Boer camp at Mod
:rr River, dated Thursday. December 2S,
reports an artillery duel . tins an hour.
On December 27 a British reconnoltering
party made a sortie, but did not come
within tho Boer range. The British on
December 2S commenced a steady bom
bardment of the Boer position.
TWO CAPTAINS WERE
AMONG THE KILLED
♦ PRETORIA. Friday. Doc. 23— Three
British prisoners from Malapo report that
t'aptalns Vernou and Sandfonl of Colonel
I'aden-Poweirs staff were killed during
th«* engagement In which Lords Edward
Cecil and Cavendlsh-Bcntinck were
wounded. The object of the sortie was
to capture Boer cannon. The losses of the
Uritixh wrro very severe.
The "Long Tern" injured at Ladysmith
Gas bocn repaired and i« being replaced.
The new contract reducing the price of
3>namito instituted by the Raad in Au
gust was reglst« red December 2S between
the Government and the factory-
MUCH PROPERTY WAS
SEIZED BY THE BOERS
NEW YORK. Dec 30.-Howard J.
Rothschild, an American citizen, who was
employed on the Standard and Digger, a
mining par»cr published in Johannesburg,
has Just got back to New York from the
Transvaal. Mr. Rcthprhlld was at Pil
grims R«-st, a litile mining camp. ISO miles
northeast of Johannesburg, when the
Bocru declared war, October 11.
"There were VM whites, mostly Ameri
cans and Englishmen, in Pilgrims Rest." 1
eald Mr. Rothschild, "when the war was
dwlarcd. The gold mine there is owned
liy the Ecksteins, who own other mines
In the Transvaal.
"We a«k<-d permits-ion to stay and the
Uotrs at ::i>t gavg us permission to do
vu on the understanding that we would
form a home guard to protect the place*
from tho British or any one else. We ac
oeptc-d on those conditions, but the next
Cay we were told by the burghers that we
had twenty-four hours to cither enlist in
the Boer army or get out of the place.
Most of us decided to get out.
"There was J30.0U0 Sn gold which had
been taken from the mine and the burgh
ers prized this, first giving B. F. Thomp
son, a Scotchman and secretary of the
mining company, a receipt and a note
promising that tho Transvaal Government
would repay the money upon the conclu
elon of the war. Of course if the Trans
vaal is bia.tcn by England no return win
be made. This name proceeding took
place at all the mines not shut up in the
besieged '"Win. Mr. Thompson and I went
to the ttablcs to get horses to ride out to
inspect a mine some miles 1n the country,
when wo were apptnached by an Ameri
can named Blake. uniformed as a second
lieutenant In the Boer army. Blake, who
had recruit 200 Americans for the Boer
army, showed us a proclamation which
had Just been Issued by the Transvaal
Government confiscating all horse*, fod
MOOR! & SIWOII'S
GIBSON
RYE I
. Iv I JQ
IN CASES OR BULK.
The finest Pure Moaoacahfla Rye Whisky,
distil led by the Glbaonton Mills on the Motion-
C*bel& River. MOORE ft BINXOTT. Proprie-
CHARLES METN'nCKE * OCX..
•oU Agent*. Hi Sicremtalo Street. 6. F.
der. gold and store* to carry on the war
against England and promising to pay for
on the conclusion of the war.
"Thompson and I returned to his house,
and th<«re we found that the Boer com
mander had taken po6*cs!»lo!i of h'.s resi
dence, worth PMM In It was the finest
tkm of gold nuggets In South Africa,
worth at least $80,000. Mr. Thonu^nn also
had fiR.OOO in gold of his own. all of which
la the Transvaal. Thousands of
KrgMshmen wore treated in the same
way.
"When the Boer* took possession of the
gold mino at Pilgrims Rest th«'y turned
out all tha Knittr laborers, broke the
1 pumping machinery and Hooded the mine.
' They alpo flooded th»» Bonanza anl the
j Robinson deep mines near Johannesburg,
twe of the richest gold mines In South
Afr.
"The- Beers furnished us with horses
and an armed escort for the long ride to
Johannesburg. No man In the party was
allowed to take away with him more than
£»0. Being unable to prove that I was an
American citizen. I was treated the same
as the British subjects. The Government
has taken all the most fertile lands tor
the raising of crops for the Boer army,
The Boer women, the young boys and the
old men have left their own farms and
are working the Government farms, aided
by Kaffirs, In this way they can keep
their army well provisioned. At all of
these Government farms we saw the Boer
women plowing and doing the hardest
kind of manual labor.
BESIEGED KIMBERLY
SENDS LOYAL MESSAGE
LONDOrf, Dfc 30— The War Office has
I a dispatch dated Cape Town, KYi
<iay, December 2y. evening, saying that
Colonel Kefcewten wired, through th<
oral commanding nt Modder Kiv.r, 1 »•
r 2 s , an follows: "1 am desired by
• and Council to forward f
- transmission through the
r channel:
" "To her Moxt Gradons Majesty, the
Queen: Thr Inhabitants of Kimber!
■l your Majesty New 2ear*i greet-
Tlm tr..uH/» they have |
gh r.nd are still enduring only tends
i loyalty toward your Majesty's
throne and prr
•'• R H HKNDBRBOIf, Mayor.
•" i*n behalf of the inhat .
The War Office also issued the follow
ing, addressed to the Decretory of
the following to Colonel
■rich, i'-r ••cirnni'itroation to the
and Council, from the Queen:
""I am ■ ■ :.•<! by your kind and
loyal N< w | ' tinRS. 1 watch with
admiration your determination and gal
lant defense, though I regret the unavoid*
nrred.' "
TREATY MAY COST
CHARLES HIS CROWN
PARIS. Dec 30.— Advices received In
diplomatic circles here say the republicans
of Portugal have seized on the alleged
Anglo-German-Portuguese treaty as a
weapon to attack the monarchy, assert
ing that it is an evidence of the bum
archy's weakness and willingness to sell
the Portuguese colonies to fill the depleted
coffers of the treasury.
The Figaro says: "King Charles proba
bly will toes, his crown if he acquiesces to
England's proposal, even under menace. '*
An interesting filece of diplomatic to?
*1p is that the Portuguese Minister in
London is a great friend of the Prince of
Wal^s, and In order to please him prac
tically assured I-ord Salisbury that Brit
ish troops would be permitted to pass
through IxMireni'i Ifai^noß. But It Is add
ed that when the matter was brought to
the attention of the home government. It
leasjdtafesd the Minister's action.
FAILURE OF BOERS
TO CUT A RAILROAD
CAP! TOWN, Dec. .TO.— The troops In
the British camp of Victoria West turned
out la<-t Bight to r«-p<l an attempt of the
To cur the railroad near the sta
tion. A patrol reported early in the even-
Ing that they had sighted the Boers In
IghoorhOUd. At 11 o'clock at night
'•P*-!!' d a heavy fire near the
station. The British replied and the Boers
r> tlrM at daybreak, their Rttempt having
turned out a failure.
AMERICANS AMONG
THE BRITISH TROOPS.
NEW YORK. Dec. 30.— A special to the
Sun from Frere Camp says: A great
many Americans are serving hero with
the British mounted brigade. There are
Seventy-five in one command of 450. Brit
ish officers say they arc excellent soldiers
and that more of them would be welcome.
The presence of Americans Is regarded by
the British officers as an Indication of
friendship between the two nations.
ANGLOPHOBIA IN AUSTBIA.
VIENNA. Dec. 30. — The Anglophobo
r* continue to advocate a Joint
•:ntlon In the South African troubles
by the Vatican and Emperor Francis Jo-
Mjme organs going to the length of
sting that If Great Britain should
I • to listen to the proposition the
Pop* should titter a public curse on the
Bntich nation, which would complete Its
humiliation In the eyes of the world.
FORTY TONS OF BULLETS.
BERLIN, D«c. 30.— England has ordered
from the works of Gottfried. Hagen &
Co.. In Westphalia, forty tons of bullets.
The factory Is at work night and day for
the execution of the order.
The frUnds or the Old Government
Whisky are never drunkards. •
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1899.
GREAT BRITAIN'S
DARK NEW YEAR
Century Closes in Gloom
for the Empire.
HER ARMY HELD AT BAY
HURLED BACK BY WARRIORS
OF TWO SMALL STATES.
-J ♦
In Their Country's Extremity, Even
Those Who Have Ridiculed Every- •
thing American "Now Appeal
for Friendship.
Copyrighted. 1»9. by the Associated Preis.
LONDON. Dec. 30.— Is strange to note
that as the New Year dawns for Great
Britain the greatest army she has ever
put Into the Held remains passive in South
Africa, held at bay by two of the smallest
republics on the face of the •nrth; while
at home, in spite of the large volume of
trade and apparent prosperity, her finan
cial tercets are in a state of instability
not seen since the Baring crash. Ail
Europe is yelping at her heels and the
necessity for America's friendship Is rec
ognized on all sides. Papers and persons
that for years have been ready with a
Jibe for America* good will now no longer
make any attempt to belittle the desira
bility of securing her friendship. i
"America," says the Globe, usually hu
morous at the expense of all things trans-
Atlantic, "with a crop of 542,t»M,u'JU bush
els, is especially in a position to lielp us."
Th« economic shoe already begins to
pinch the military foot— not very serious
ly, but enough to suggest grave cogita
tions as to what would happen if Great
Britain were at war with a great power.
The fact that the Government has chur
tered so many transports has resulted in
a rise in tho price Of bread, while coal is
rising by leaps and bounds to famine
prices. It is euch unpleasant results as
these that ■Bend the scoffer at things
American and induce such a vituperative
publication as the Saturday .Review to
say:
•The Americans have had their eyes
open as to the possibilities of a foreign
policy and are taking a sounder, besides
a cooler, view of the situation. They are
not. less friendly to ua than before! but
tiiu Insincere element has been eliminated
and has left a reliable substrata of good
will."
Which concatenation the Saturday Re
view under different circumstances would
doubtless have construed into damning
evidence of tho Insincerity of American
friendship.
It musi not be Inferred that this view
Is held by many of the sincere English
friends 01 America, who now point to
what they arc pleased to term its great
friendliness as proof of what they nave
always maintained.
With such a serious outlook for ' the
coming year It is hardly surprising that
articles appear under me heading, "Are
We Decadent?" and similar strains. On
the other hand, there is hull a email sec
tion "I the press and public which devoted
its energies to senselessly abusing the
Boers and phophesylng the speedy entry
of the Ilritixh into Pretoria.
Yet on the whole the organs voicing the
better class of opinion face 1900 and Its
eventualities in South Africa with an
even-minded, unhysterlcal determination
that compels admiration.
That there will be it day of reckoning
for some one is a certainty that even the
most guarded and conservative do not
try to conceal. Whether it be Lord Lans
downo. Lord Wolseley or General Buller
It is impossible to tell; but all the infor
mation obtainable at present and the gist
of criticisms point to Lord l*arisdowne
having to shoulder the onus for the ter
rible mismanagement. . vl
While Great Britain feeds contentedly
upon long special cables showing Ameri
can friendship, the Boer agents in Europe
bcllcvo sentiment in the United States
has been gradually turning Boerward un
til the time is now ripe to develop it into
material effect. Under this impression;
the' Associated Press learns, they are
contemplating dispatching a special mis
sion to the United States for the pur
pose of influencing public opinion, pos
sibly by open meetings and by personally
assisting the efforts of those In Congress
whom they believe friendly. Moreover,
they consider It advisable to offset what
they declare has been a systematic cam
paign by John Hays Hammond, the
American engineer, who was a member of
the- Johannesburg Reform Committee, to
influence Washington opinion. If the
plans now under consideration are carried
out the mission will include a very promi
nent Boer agent and a pro-Boer member
of the British Parliament who Intended
to sail this week, but wad prevented by
what Is thought to be a temporary hitch
In the arrangements. Their desire Is to
affiliate themselves with no particular
party, but. Influencing political and public
opinion, to obtain at least an offer of
mediation from the United States.: A
representative of the Associated Press has
made careful Inquiries, but failed to find
any circumstances to warrant the belief
that such an offer, however made, would
receive the slightest consideration.
The British Government Is threatened
with a coal famine, the most serious de
velopment of recent weeks. Unless the
conditions improve many Industrial con
corns depending on the coal supply may
have to suspend operations before Febru
ary, as their margin of profit Is rapidly
being wiped out. The root of the trouble
appears to be the withdrawal of so many
colliers to take\thelr places In the ranks
of the reserves.' Wages have gone up
but labor is hard to find. The normal'
Christmas congestion of traffic aggra
vates the situation, while the Government
need of fuel for transports, war vessels
and depots on the way to the Cape has
created an unprecedented demand.
Thomas Kite, the old parish clerk of
Shakespeare's church, has quickly fol
lowed the custodian of Anne Hatheway's
cottage to the grave. He was 91 years of
ago and succeeded his father and grand
father a half century ago, and was well
known to all dramatic celebrities.
Senior wrangler bids fair to become a
thing of the past at Cambridge, the board
of mathematics having recommended the
abolition of this coveted distinction In the
future. If the senate agrees, as Is pos
sible, all the wranglers will be classed
alphabetically and none will know who is
the cleverest mathematician of the year.
For this honor men have worked tru-m
seJves crazy and !t has been secured by
some of the most prominent figures lv
English history.
The death of Dwlght L. Moody Is uni
versally commented on here and his visits
to England have been recalled. The Times
had a long editorial comparing the career
of Mr. Moody to that of the Duke of
Westminster. The w*ekl!es and even the
half-penny evening pneets all paid trib
ute to the dead evangelist. A memorial
service held In Londi>n wu largely at
tended.
Among the distinguished men going to
South Africa Is Captain Holford. who is
one of the clon^-st friends of tlie Prince
of Wales and hlB equerry. The captain
palls on January 6 to Join his regiment,
the First Life Guards. From I S SS to MM
Captain Holford was equerry to the late
Duke of Clarence- and since then has
been equerry to the Prince of Wales. He
Is a wealthy landowner and proprietor of
Dorchester House, London, famous for Its
picture giillerlfs.
The King of the Belgians goes on a
yachting cruise In the Mediterranean in
January, returning to Belgium in March.
King M.'RPllk of Abyssinia Is going to
Cairo soon as the guest of the Khedive,
thus disposing of the stories that he Is
collecting an army to Invade the Soudan.
Nearly all the military men In Dublin
are wearing mourning for GeneraJ Rob
erts' son.
NO TREATY EXISTS.
LISBON. Dec SO.-The Minister 'of Fi
nance declared to a friend yesterday that
bo treaty for the alienation of Delagoa
Pay existed, nor would the Government
propose to the Cortes any sale of Portu
guese colonies.
Senators Visit San Diego.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 80.— The party
consisting of Senator Shoup of Idaho,
Hon. Blnger Hermann. Senator Clark of
Wroming:. General Ainsworth of the
United States army and Governor Murphy
of Arizona left this morning for San
Diego, accompanied by a committee from
the Chamber of Commerce. The Senators
will go East from San Francisco at once
In order to be In their seats at the open
ing of Congress.
Cole Leaves for Boston.
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 30.— Charles H.
Cole, the Bosto.n banker, accused of em
btullns 1900,000 from the Globe National
Bank of that city and arrested here,
started for Boston to-nipht in charge of
I'nltod States Marshal Osborne. HLs «Te
and son accompanied him. Cole Is cheer
ful and very willing to face the charges.
Ben Clover Commits Suicide.
TOPEKA. Kans., Dec. 30.— Former Conr
pressman Hen -Clover committed suicide
at his home near Douglass, Butler Coun
ty, to-day by shooting himself. Despond
ency, resulting- from sickness and poverty,
was the cause.
Killed hy a Fall.
PASADENA, Dec. 00.-J. Craig fell from
a ladder- into an open shaft In the
Precipice Canyon Water Company's tun
nels this afternoon And was killed.
CHARLES J. CHURCH DEAD.
Succumbs to Typhoid Fever After an
Illness of Three Weeks.
Charles J. Church, one of the best
known men among the lumber manufac
turers on the Pacific ("oast, especially In
this city and Humboldt County, died at
hla residence, 1421 Fulton street, at
\2> o'clock last nl^ht of typhoid fever,
hint an Illness of three weeks.
Deceased was 3S years old and a native
of Berkshire, Knp. He came to this coun
try fourteen years ago and three years
later located In Sun Francisco. He had
been connected with the Crane Company
for a number of years and enjoyed an en
viable reputation as a business man and
p<-niii! companion. About ten years ago
be married Miss Lillian Montgomery, who
survives him. Six months ago their only
child, a brlcht boy, I years old, died. A
sister residing in England 13 the only
other Dear relative of the deceased living-.
Mr. Church was a member of the Na
tional Union, an insurance organization,
and of the lumbermen's order of lion-
Hoos. of which he was vice-chairman and
snark for the California division. He was
also a member of the Olympic Club and
until recently of the Union League Club.
The funeral, which will be strictly jirl
vate, will be held from the family resi
dence on Monday, at 2 p. m. Tho inter
ment will be In Odd Fellows' Cemetery.
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PREDICTS GREAT
BRITAIN'S DEFEAT
German Press on the
War in Africa.
♦
ALBION FACES DISASTER
EVEN CAPE COLONY MAY BE
TAKEN FROM HER.
■ ♦
Chamberlain's Jingo Policy Declared
,• to Be the Real Reason Why the
Kaiser's Navy Is to Be
Increased.
♦
Copyrighted, 1839. by the Associated Press.
BERLIN. Dec. 30.— The South African
war overshadows everything else here.
The correspondent or the Associated Press
has Just had an interesting Interview with
the Liberal leader. Barth. who Is one
of the most steadfast friends of Great
Britain and America, but who condemns
this war. Dr. Barth said:
"At present It looks as if England
might lose the whole of South Africa. 1
have private information from Africa via
Holland, according to which the rebellious
movement among the Cape Boers has as
sumed much more - serious proportions
than the English newspaper** admit.
There never was a greater piece of politi
cal stupidity than that shown by Mr.
Chamberlain In provoking war without
having made the necessary military prep
arations, If England huu only wailed a
lew years she could have had everything
without war. li England Is totally de
feated this war will bo the best thing for
the world, even for England, it will be a
lesson she will not soon forget. It will
have a wholesome influence upon the Jin
goes of all countries, including th© Ger
man.
"Our navy scheme, which is almost
sure of adoption, must.be understood to
be In connection with the war In South
Africa, all tine phrases offered in expla
nation notwithstanding. The Increase was
decided upon, because Germany has lost
confidence in the men who are shaping
England's policy. The brutality of the
present English policies renders Ger
many's position too insecure. What hap
pens in the Transvaal to-day on land may
happen to Germany, upon the sea to-mor
row. Distrust of England makes it neces
sary for Germany to be so strong at sea
that the English Jingoes will think twice
before attacking Germany. If the Eng
lish statesmen of to-day were of the type
of Gladstone and Morley we should have
no concern; but with such political Jack
o' lanterns as Mr. Chamberlain at the
helm we "don't know what to expect and
must arm for any eventuality."
The German press generally during the
last few days has expressed the opinion
that Great Britain will lose not oniy the
war but also South Africa. A military
writer in the Deutsche Tages Zeltung
fiays;
"It Is no longer a question of whether
England will subjugate the Boer repub
lics, but of whether she will lose Cape
Colony. It is true England will retain the
harbors, for they lie under the guns of
English ships, but the entire interior she
will lose, and Instead of the dreamed-of
enormous British South African empire
England will keep only a number of ports.
This probably will be the issue of the war
if England does not hurry up and con
clude p.eace."
From an excellent authority the corre
spondent of the Associated r*rr;>s hears
that Great Britain has Instructed her Min
ister at The Hague. Sir Henry Howard,
to sign the peace convention, with the res
ervation of article X. all the conference
powers having consented to such reserva
tion.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press learns In Government circles that
Germany does not believe the report that
Great Britain intends to take decisive
steps "Soon at Delagoa Bay. It in admlt
td that Germany would bo informed be
forehand of any serious steps intended,
and the reports circulated are considered
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ain getting Delagoa Bay.
OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
Nineteen Additional Letter Carriers
to Be Placed on San Francisco
Routes.
WASHINGTON. Doc. 80.— Senator Per
kins to-day railed upon Attorney General
Grjgsjs relative to a successor to I
States District Judge Johnson In A
Genera! Griggs Informed him that no at
' tlon In the rase would be taken until
: Judge Joi:ns=on arrived here, which will
jbe In a few days hence. The department
is very much Incensed at the report of the
special examiner sent to Investigate offi
cials In the Territory and Senator Per
kins was Informed that some resignations
would be asked for shortly. The depart
ment Is heartily In favor of Increasing the
salaries of the Territorial Judges and will
recommend $7500. but It Is probable that
the bill now pending asking for 16000 will
pass.
The Postoflice Department will In a few
days authorize nineteen additional letter
carriers, recommended by. Representative
L.oud. to report for duty, a* the San Fran
cisco poatoince. This Increase . was al
lowed nt the earnest solicitation of the
bun Francisco Postmaster for the last
ten years.
Waiter Newman of San Francisco has
been appointed auditor of the Postofllce
Department for the Philippine Islands.
Representative Loud has recommended
j William Campbell for Postmaster at Los
Gatos. Santa Clara County. The appoint
, ment will not be made until the term of
the Incumbent expires on March 1.
'Mr. Loud has also Indorse*! Alex Mer
1 rill for Postmaster at Campbell and Mrs.
\\ . Jones at Mllpltas.
Philip Cholsscr was to-day appointed
Postmaster at .Bear Valley, Martposa
I County, vie,. J. B. Trabucco, resigned.
| On recommendation of Congressman
Metcalf the I'oMiiiftlL-c Department will es
tablish a sub-station of the Oakland
Postofllce at Fifth avenue and Eighteenth
btreet.
The condition of the national banks of
■ Alaska at the close of business on De-
I cember 2. as reported to the Comptroller
i of the Currency, shows the average re
serve to have been 17.50, against -J7.M per
cent on September 7. Individual deposits
| increased from {137,843 to $211.t»G0.
By direction of the Secretary of War.
Majors William H. Comegys and William
H. Hammer, paymasters, are relieved
from their present duties and will pro
ceed without delay to San Francisco and
report In person to the commanding gen
eral of the Department of California.
Pensions for Callfornlans — Original:
Bernhard Ganther. San Francisco, $»>;
Charles 11. Earle. Los Angeles, J10; Harry
L. Chambers, dead, San Francisco, $3. In
crease—William F. Bragg, San Diego. $6
to M; Thomas Edgar, Los Oliv<»«. $6 to JS.
Original widows, etc.— Annie W. Cham
bers, San Francisco, $3.
Washington— Original: Jeremiah King.
Medical Lake. M; William T. Martin, Sol
diers' Home, Orting, $12; John T. New
land, Chehalls, $6. Increase— Char
din. West Seattle. $3 to $10. s
Oregon— Original: Jerome Ferris, 1 Yon
calla. 16.
♦
NEW YORK'S COLD WAVE,
Sudden Change in Temperature
Causes Much Suffering.
NEW YORK. Dec. 90.— The temperature
to-day fell to 8 degrees above zero, the
lOWWt for this winter. The effect of the
sudden change from the uncommonly mild
weather which had prevailed until tnls
time wns P»-ver<\ and there is much Buf
fering among the poor people of the c ity.
George Howard, a junk dealer, was found
frozen to death on East Twentieth street
to-day. John Daly, homeless and starv
ing, was picked up <>n M.nhson avenue
to-day half-frozen and taken to a hospital,
where he died soon afterward.
Child Accidentally Shot.
. SACRAMENTO. Dec. 30.— The 3-year-old
daughter of William Bryan, who lives
near HangtoWn crossing was accidentally
shot this afternoon by her little brother,
who pot hold of a pistol kept In an lnn*-r
drawer of his father's desk. The boll
passed close to the heart and through the
right lung, but the attending physician
thinks the child will recover. • -•:
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1 _____ ~
i
STATEMENT
-or—
CAPITAL STOCK ;
OF
The German Savings
and Loan Society,
A Corporation Dolnr Business at No. 6CI ail-
fornia Street.
DATED DECEMBER WtW, 1309.
CAPITAL, STOCK, actually paid, up In
Gold Coin IJI,O<fH>.OO«.OO
RESERVE FUND, actually pail up In
Gold Coin * ••.-. innMW
II A. DECKER.
President of the German Savings a.i 1 Lean
Society.
GEO. TOTKNT.
Secretary of the German Saving* and Loan
Society.
STATE OK CALIFORNIA. 1
City and County of \t».
San Francisco. ' J
B. A. BECKER and GEOHOE TOURNT, U-
Ing each separately duly sworn, men for him-
self, says: That said U. A. UFX'KCU Is Presl-
dent and that Mid OEO RUE TOUUNT Is Sec-
retary of TUB HERMAN HA VINOS AND
LOAN SOCIETT. the CurDoratron above men-
tioned, and that the fureg..ln« statement Is true,
n A. BECKER.
GEO. TOURNT.
Subscribe* and iwnrn to a«for« me this 30tlt
day of December, IIM.
[Seal.] OEO. T. X.VOX.
Notary Public In and for the City and County
of Baa Francisco. State of California.
SIXTY-FOURTH
HALF-YEARLY REPORT
— of —
The German Savings and
Loan Society,
s:s California Street.
Baa Francisco. California,
SWORN STATEMENT
Of the condition and value of the Assets an 4
Liabilities of THE GERMAN BAVINO3 AND
LOAN SOCIETY, a corocratlon dolnr busis***
at No. 624 California street. In t!» City and
County of San Francisco. State of Call (era la
I and where said assets are situated, oa Decem-
i ber 2'Jth, 1398:
ASSETS.
I— {B.CCO.CCO United BUUs 4
per cent regis-
tered Bonds of
1907. the value of
which Is *9,t00,000 ~ .
660,000 United States 4
per cent Regis-
tered Bonds of
MS, the value of
Which Is T0.750
Of these bonds
$7.U0,0C0 are kept
in a box In the
vaults of and
rented from the
New York Stock
Exchange Safe
Deposit Company
in N w York
City, and the re-
main. In the
vault* of the cor-
poration.
2,406,000 Miscellaneous
First Mortgage
Railroad Bonds
of the State of
California. Cable
and Street Hall-
way, Light and
other Corporation
First Mortgage
Bunds, the value
Of which is 2.594.180
All of said'
Bonds are kept
in the vaults o(
■ the Corporation. — — —
»: • MMM 4i:.£H.QOO
titandlns: on th« books ■■ the
Corporation at .•. fU.S33.CC3 14
!— Promissory notes secured by first
mi>rtxages on Real Estate, within
this State, the States of Orejcon. •
Washington and Utah.
The value of siM promissory
notes Is 11.914.4:3 41
J— Miscellaneous Rallrrad. Cable and
Street Railway Kir--- M.tiw.-u.p
iionds, uii-l other Corponttlon
Stmk Certificates pledged to the
Society for the amount of 453.T50 M
All said Notes. Bunds and Cer-
tificate* are I.iM and kept by
said Corporation in its own
vaults.
4 -r.ank Building and Lot, •••* value -»
of >bK ■ ii 140.000 00
s— Other Real Estate situated In the
States of California, Oregon.
Washington and Utah, the value
of which hi.... M O 11
6— Furniture In the bank office of
said Corporation UN .•»
7— Cash In United States Onld and
Sliver Coin; k-i-t by said Corpora-
tion In Its nwn vault*, the actual
value of which Is l.'T) .ix\ «6
Total i. v at M
L.IAIMLITIES.
I— To DetKJsltors: Satd Corporatinn
owes l>«T>««lta atncuntlns;. to anU
the value of which Is MlMMai «1
I— To Stockholders: The Amount of
Capital Ftock, actually pnld ui>.
In Gold Coin, the volu» c«f which
la .... a ••«... . a. .»........J... ••••.. I.OCO OCO •)
The condition of said liability
to »tockJiol>rs Is that no part
of the amount enn I).- i»;. 1 to
them, or In any way be with-
drawn, except In payment of
losses, during the existence of th«
Corporation, nor Until all Deposi-
tors »ha]i have been .11 I in full
the amount o( their deposits and
accrued divtdend*.
S— To Depositors and Stockholders:
la) The amount of the Reserre
Fund In Gold Coin, the value at ,»-•"«.
which U MS.OOO 00
Including the nrr.ount nf ma-
tured but uncollectrd Interest on
loans. .'«•'.
(b) The amount of the Contingent
Fund, the value of which la €3.111 (3
The condition of said Funds Is
that the same have b«*en created
for the purpose of additional so.
cuiity tf.l.c-p- -ltor« against it sses,
4— State. City and County Taxes as-
sessed by the Government, but
not yet payable 103.434 II
Total R9.«7».2M II
B. A. BECKER.
President of The German Saving* ami Loan
Society.
. __ _ OEO - TOVRNT.
Secretary of Tne German Savings and Loan
Society.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 1
City and County nf Is*.
B. A. BECKER and OSORo'e'tOITRNT be-
ing each separately, duly sworn, earn for hlra-
►elf. says: That jald 11. A. BECKER Is Preal.
dent and thwt nald CHOROE TOURNT Is Mfv
retary of THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND
LOAN HOCICTT. th^ Corporation aboV, men-
tioned, and that th« foresolng statemrnt \* true.
n A. BRCKKR.
_ Kll GKO. TOCRNT
Subscribed and nwf.rn to before me HjU iota
day of December. JSr»O.
[Seal.] UKO. T. KNOX. Notary Public.
Weak Men and Women
SHOULD UBE DAM.ANA BITTERS. TH»
rrT '71* l . Mes!c *? remedy; gtvts health an I
I «rtn«tli to scxnal orcana. Depot. C 3 Market,
