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8 JOBS OF THE JIMREAS. No More of Them Wanted in San Jose. A GREEDY UN THAT MIST GO. The Detent Element of the Fair Town lias Spoken. THAT HALL OF RECORDS STEAL. Sending Three Hantlred Miles for Material to Bo Had at Tlieir Very Doors Without Trouble. Jimmy Rea and his jobbers ars begin ning to squirm. By breaking up their schemes for con tinuing in power in Santa tiara County The Call has made them very anxious. They looked pale yesterday aud as if they had lost a good deal of sleep. They fear tha: the reign of bossisn and Jobbery in San Jose Is nearly over. Editor Shot-ridge, when be bad recovered a little from the surprise that the decent element ot the city helped co give him last Monday morning, gave forth this little gasp: "The Republican party in this county has reached to a position where it must HALL OF RECORDS. SAN JOSE. either kill off the malcontents or be killed by them." "The Republican party" means Rea and his jobbers, and "the malcontents" means the decent element that is opposing the un scrupulous gang. So Editor Shortridge stated the exact alternative. The jobbers and their jobbery must sink from sight or else the decent element must go by the board. Both cannot stand at once. The people of Santa Clara County must choose which side they wish to win—de cency or Indecency. Jimmy's editor must have had a very bad jolt, for he gulps forth this despairing bit: "Many of them (Jimmy's jobbers) have become disgusted with politics, and are hesitating whether It will not be best to let the malcontents run this campaign and see what they can do with it." How well Jimmy's little man hits it off. Tnat is exactly the way the gang feels. But Its disgust with politics now is noth ing to what It will be before long. Jobbery in .Santa Clara County must be very bard hit, for the Mercury man, after thinking very hard, publishes four columns of editorials in defense of the jobbers— all in one dty. But it did not wipe out the jobbery of the past. Nothing can efface that. Every time tiie decent people of San Jose look at the electric-light masts of tbeir fair city they think of Jimmy Rea 'a jobbers. Every time they pass by the Hall of Rec ords the word "jobbery" comes up in their minds. Every time they catch a glimpse of the Agnews Asylum they think "jobbery." Every time the reek from their unfinished main sewage-drains comes up in their nos trils they say, "That smells like Jimmy's jobbers." When they think of the chance San Jose lost for more perfect rail communication with San Francisco, by means of the pro posed electric line, to which the Rea Super visors refused a franchise because Jimmy, as a faithful Southern Pacific Railroad Com missioner, could not let them do so, they say "jobbery." Even when they have occasion at night to glance at the big town clock, lighted by a certain corporation favored by the Jobbers because it stands in with them, they say **9 o'clock— blast the boodlers." And so it goes all over the county. Now, Santa Clara County is fair to look npon. There is none fairer. TBI Call's representative looked abroad from the western hills yesterday and saw a land more fertile than that along the banks of the Nile. Great patches of green showed where grew the pear, the peach, the olive and tbe fig. Yellow squares, miles broad, showed where the golden grain had been harvested. An atmosphere that cleared the eye and let it see afar from the great levels In the north to the jagged skyline in the south was breathing the fragrance of flowers. From the green and yellow and brown below to the perfect blue that arched the valley there was that which said "Richness, fruitfulness, plenty." On one of the great levels sat San Jose, the picture of a city— an ideal. In the center rose the great iron tower whose too looked down from a serene height npou the peaceful town and the outlying ▼alley. * On the summit ot that tower fluttered a piece of cloth. That piece of cloth stood for a good deal. It meant freedom for one thing, and it meant as much freedom from traitors who hamper civilization by robbing citizens of their rights and by despoiling them of their honest gains as it meant freedom from for eign invaders. It was a sacred piece of cloth too holy to be touched by the fingers of those who grow rich upon the spoils of office, and whose same fingers are ever ready to be thrust into the public purse. lt was the American flag. Looking at that valley and at that town a citizen of San Jose lifted bis eyes to the flag and said that to him, knowing what he did of the villainy that had been peipetrated by public officers and their bosses within sight of the great tower, the flag actually seemed out of place. '•As a community without power to throw off the yoke of bossism and boodlelsm," said he, "we can hardly say that we have a right io float that flag above our town. We should first smite down the great evils by which we are held in check." While the case is not so b.d as the senti mental citizen deemed it, it is bad enough. It is really very hard to see how, with the great number of reputable citizens in tbe town, it could be any worse. STORY OF A 810, BIG JOB. It Mill Coat the Santa Clara Taxpayers Nearly Half a Million. The Jlmrea jobbers have a big thing on hand just now. It is the Hull of Records job. This Is really the most enterprising scheme In which the gang ever engaged. It hm its difficulties. Everything has not gone as smooth as it might. One Supervisor actually had the audacity to stand in the way of the Jimreas and to tell .them that ho proposed to Mand up for the rights of the people. This made the gang anxious. Iters was a beauty of a job that might be spoiled by a foolishly conscientious A model keystone all one piece. official. But the gang managed to squeeze along and get in its hue work. How did it do it? It owned the other four. It.was.v of course, too bad that it could not get a full hoard to run, but that absurd man—bis name is J. S. Whiteburst— had strange notions of what a Supervisor ought to do. And ho had, what no Supervisor to be a good Supervisor can possibly have— a conscience. San Jose wanted a Hall of Records and it wanted a good one. lt was proposed to build it of the best San J, se sandstone. That stone had been used by the builders of the Stanford University, and had been found to be perfectly adapted for a solid building. . , . »''""__''-. It was given as the opinion of experts that the university would stand for ages. But the first thing to do was to buy a lot, A suitable site for the building was offered next to the courthouse. The price set by the owners was 52_,000. That was rather high. Everybody thought that if the county paid that much money for the lot it would bo '•cinched.'* ... But the jobbers saw their chance to make a little pile right there at the outset. They manipulated the sale of tbe lot to the county. "Of course It will go through, now that the gang has got hold of it," was what the people said. It did go through. But there was a little surprise ln store for the people. Eveu the wisest of them thought that the gang would be satisfied with its -bare of the 125, 000. The day of the sale came around. The price was mado kuowu to the world. lt was 180.000. The people held up their hands, a good deal after the fashion that they do when tbo man with a shotgun stops the stage. It was not so muth from mere astonish ment. "Throw up your hands!" was a familiar cry to them. • ..... They had stood at the muzzles of the job bers' guns too often to be severely shocked! by the performance. With this prelude the boodle song of the nail of Records was begun. The pianissimo part was passed over so softly til it people did not catch the notes. Then came the crescendo. The gang declared that the hall must be built of granite. What was still more necessary, from their point of view, was thai the granite should come from Fresno. That gave Jimmy Rea's railroad friends a long haul. Had the stone of Santa Clara County been used there would only hare been a short haul. Then there were other thlng» to b* con sidered. Chief among these was boodle. It was firmly insisted upon by th« people that sandstone was far preferable, as it would not crumble when exposed to fire, as granite would. Then, too, it was not2.V miles away. It would give employment to workmen In Santa Clara County. If th«« outsiders' stone were used it would look as though the county officials had no faith in their own stone. It would give the sandstone industry in SaaU Clara County a black eye. But that niadrt no difference. Granite won the day. It could be battled fir 250 miles and the county could pay the railroad, and Jim Kea could favor his frirnds. The law required that the contract should be let to the lowest bidder. The granite company's bid was not the lowest. In fact it was not even a bid. It was simply a communication to the Supervisors stating that the jab would bo done for so much. Ami so the contract was let to the granite company for $158,00-, although there were other lower bidders, one of them bidding nearly $40,000 less. The company brought In the stone from afar, and all the while San Jose had at its very doors a sandstone equal to any building material to be found in the United Ststes. But this is not all of the robbery of the taxpayers by the eang. It is customary to pay the architect of a building 3% per cent of the contract price, where he merely draws up the plans and does not supervise all the details of the work. The jobbers are paying 5 per cent And besides that they are paying a super intended' $5 a day to watch the progress of the work. If they were to pay 5 per cent, the regular rate fixed by architects where they must su pervise the work, they ought to gel suffi cient to dispense with extra help. But it is the policy of all political bosses to have as much pitronago to dispense as possible, and in this way many votes are gained. Jimmy Rea affords no exception to this rule. He keeps as large a crowd dependent on him as possible. Each mau has his price, and each must be paid. Some of them do honest work for the peo ple, though under the rule of the boss, but all of them are his creatures. . Pleasant for the taxpayers to reflect upon. The Hall of Records Is being erected at a rate that will insure its completion by next winter. " It Is a curiosity in the building lin*-. It has one large arch without « keystone. I hat sounds strange, but a San Jose archi tect of well-known ability is willing to swear -hey lave cut creases In a stone to make them look like joints, though there is no Joint there. The stone that would hava been next to the keystone and the keystone Itself are all one. That is very cheap and faulty construction, and if that sort of thing is carried out throughout the whole job they will have a Hall of Records that may hold together until the Recorder moves in aud m _L aM dnwn before the doors are hung. If ,lie Hall of Records does not cost the people of Santa Clara County $500,000 be lore the gang is through with it, it will bo very strange." said a well-known citizen of San Jose yesterday. Others that were interviewed on the sub ject expressed the same opinion. BEA'S FOI-ULARITY. lloxc Ue Is Loved and Beepected When He Ie at Home. "When Jim Re a |g in San Francisco "he is not a very big man. He is simply president of the Southern Pacific Company's Hoard of Railroad Commissioners. He comes up here every Monday to stay a few hours— not to earn his salary, but to make a stagger at it. bb He Is the man who calls persons who bring complaints of railroad trickery before him "common cranks." He draws $.000 a year from the State as Railroad Commissioner, and the people could well afford to pay to him ten times as much to surrender his office to some one who would capably and efficiently represent them. Rea has a good-looking, rather boyish face, and generally wears a smile tbat is childlike and bland. He Is not very well known here, an d when he nets into San Francisco be is rather small. But when he takes the train for San Jose he begins to be larger, and as each succeed ing station is passed he swells and swells, until finally, when the train ruus into the station at San Jose he has to go out of the car sideways, as the door is a size too small for him. This is because so many people are afraid of him. But as large as he Is in San Jose lie can not noil the vote of Santa Clara County for Jim Rea any more. His name Is like a firebrand to tbe honest ranchers in the county. If you say to them you are a friend of Jim Rea you will be lucky it ..you escape with your life. He is extremely unpopular in the rural districts. This was shown by the way bo ran for re election to the office el Railroad Commis sioner at the last election. In 18»«j he received a majority over his Democratic opponent of i' 7') votes. In 1890 his opponent secured a majority in the county of Mfl This made Ron 's a tual loss 1225. And Jim had a barrel of Stanford's money to back him. What is known as the Willows district in Santa Clara County is overwhelmingly Re publican wheu a decent man is on the Re THE MORNING CALL, SAN .FRANCISCO,- SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1892 EIGHT PAGES. publican i.-ket, but they will have none of Ilea's men there. ,____„ Ilea's man Kington if Santa Clara found this out at the last election. Kington was a Republican, but he was one of the Jimreas aud the people knew it. Opposed to Kington was J. S. Whiteharst, a Confederate Democrat, who would or dinarily have been snowed under by the Republicans in a very sad way. Rut knowing that the other man was a Rea man, the Republicans voted for that Confederate Democrat and elected him by a large majority. This sort of history is likely to repeat It self. Feeling this, the respectable Republicans of Santa Clara Couuty want to rid them selves of Rea. They want to sweep him and bis gang out. They want to show once for all that a slimy creature such as this boss cannot sur vive in their midst. The movement, headed by Francis Spen cer, has already got a good headway. The ranks of the "malcontents" are swelling daily. This worries Charley Shortridge, as he would lose a good deal of oflicial pap if the decent element should gain full control in San Jose. He can be depended upon to stamp and shako his lists and co into hysterics from this time until election day. Rut every stamp and every shake loses a vote for the gang, aud Charley ought to know it. lie is known throughout the whole length and breadth of Santa Clara County as Jim Bra's prophet. Nothing much worse could be said of him. Rea is worried, too. lie has the kind of worry that attacks men who face defeat. He will get his men togsther and work the primaries as of old. lie will fix up little jobs on this mau and on that, and he will throw all of his strength into the fight. Rut it will be, as Schreiner puts It. "A striving and a trying and an ending in nothing." ADOLPH SUTRO'S REASONS. Why lie I n.ifaia Ag-aln-t the Sixteenth- Street Extension. The report of F. T. Newberry, civil en gineer of the Sixteenth-street extension, was hied with the Hoard of Supervisors yester day afternoon by Adolph Sutro, who in a communication accompanying it asked that the report be considered his protest against the extension work. In the report tho pe culiar form of the boundaries of the a** ment district are criticized, as well as the method of a«sessmeut. In it the fact is noted that one block belonging to Colonel C. F. Crocker is not taxtd and that some outside lands are assessed at $10 a block, while others range from $60 to £-'.-_. The report concludes as follows: 1 regard this a*, the most miserable attempt to Rd just assessment*, and for Uie Commissioners to liave spent lavoauu one-half years in writing to produce men a work is reprehensible in the ex treme. The assessments Have more the appear ance of lump sins thrown together haphazard titan any sincere attempt to abide by ratios. I cannot find anything to Commend in any part of toe -".err, for whirl: the property-owners are ex pected to pay neatly 9100,000 to ibe Commis sioners, valuers, survey ots, lawyers, etc" DEAR LITTLE JESSIE. A Fair Youu_ Larcenl-t Given Over to Ih- r»llce. Ben Napthaly. the Police Court attorney, posed as a detective last night and escorted Jessie Wilson down to the Southern police station in company with Officer Greon of Market street. Jessie stands accused of having relieved a young Slavonian of 8-_ la a lodging-house on Pacific an Stockton streets. She was held to answer before the Superior Court, but when her case came up before Judge Treats sho was absent, Ow ing to this little delinquency on her part, a bench warrant was is-sued for her arrest. Her mother and Napthaly were on her bonds, and Napthaly was naturally anxious to find her. He met her on Market 6tyet last night and Insisted upon her going to-* the Fol.om-street station, where a war rant was awaiting her. Jessie, when seen shortly after by a Call reporter, said that she would prove an alibi, and if she had known ih it the was wanted by the police she would have been only too happy to yield herself up to the authorities. AN AMBITIOUS WOMAN. -TomloAtrd by 111. I'-npl-'a Tarty for Attorney-...- n»- rai of .Montana. New York Recorder. The spectacle of a female Attorney-. eral for a big State Is among the possibili ties in Montana. The People's party have nominated for that office Miss Ella L. Knowles, the only woman lawyer In the State. The older par- tics have not yet made their nominations for State officer.. The con stitution does not say that the Attorney-Gen eral, or any other < (liter for that matter, shall not be a woman, but it infers as much by speak ing of the Attorney- General as "he" and re ferring to ''his duties." Miss Knowles, who Is about 28 years old. was born in Northwood, -Rockingham Couati. N. Miss Ella _. Knowles. 11. , and Is the daughter of David Knowles and Louisa Knowles. Her father still re sides in the old homestead in New Hamp shire, in what is known as the Knowles district. Her mother died when Miss Kaoarla. was 14 yean of age. Miss Knowles graduated from the North wood seminary at toe age ot is. and one year later from the New Hampshire State Noima! School. Afterward she went to Bates College at Lewi-ton, Me., from which institution she graduated in tie class of '81 with high honors, receiving the degree of A. B. Four years later Bates College conferred on her the degree of A. If. la 1888 Miss Knowles commenced the study of law in the office of Burnhnm __ Brown, Manchester, N. 11. .She prosecuted her studies tliere about a year, when, on account of ill health, she came west and took the chair of elocution and Latin in lowa Col lege. Beiaa advise, by physicians to co among the mountains she went to H*-leiia in the fall of 1887. She tatieht one year in the Central School there and then resumed the study of law. There was considerable prejudice against allowing her to practice. So the little woman went to work among the members of the last Territorial Legis lature, that of 1888-89, and had a bill intro duced and passed to admit women to prac tice law. She was admitted to the bar De cember 1, 1800. Now she has a practice of which many men would be proud. AN ILLINOIS BOY. J -tries B. CaYanaagh, Who Or..<lu_te«l at the Head of Hl* (lass at West I'olnt. James B. Cavanaugh, who graduated at the head of his class at the United States Military Academy, was born in Greenfield, 111., 23 years ago. Ills father was an officer of volunteers in the war. Hi* family moved to Kansas, and subse quently in 1883 to Oiym pia, Wash. And there young Cavanaugh ob tained his appointment to a vacant cadetshlp at West Point. Ha won li ln severe competition with 13 other aspiring young men. He speaks of this very modestly, and says it was quite by "accident" that he came to West Point at all. From the start he took a lead on his classmates and has stead niain- James B. Cavanaugh. tamed it. Each year has seen him at the head of bis class, and it is a good class, too. He has shown particular aptitude for mathe matics, mechanics, electrical work and en gineering. His record is the more remark able when one reflects that, as a boy, he had no great advantages for schooling. He had been in a high school and studied a little algebra. Tbat was as far as he had goue. Athletically he Is considered one of the beat men in the class. He is a star rider, and that alone is saying a grsat deal. He is excellent at football al»o, and feuces like a master. Cadet Cavanaugh will be assigned to tho Corps of Engineers. This will take him to Willetts Point, after a leave of absence spent at his home in Olympia. At this sta tion he will have an opportunity to extend his theoretical knowledge of military and civil engineering. He Is fond of everything relating to electrical engineering. A Narrow ......... Charles Evans came near contributing to tbe list of fatalities from coble-car cross ings last night. lie was knocked down by a Cliff House and Ferries car at the corner of Sacramento street, near Market. The car was stopped Justin time and Evans es caped with an injured ankle. He was aide to walK with a little assistance and returned to his home on Hyde street. Ducked anil Injured. Edward Wagner, an employe of the Call fornia Transportation Company, was super intending the unloading of a barge at the foot of Third street yesterday afternoon when a bale of hay fell and knocked him overboard. He was promptly rescued and sent to the Receiving Hospital. In addition to the ducking lie received a severe sprain of the left ankle. A lady in Buck»;ort has sold $99 worth of braids made from her own hair, and yet she has plenty of hirsute growth left. - THE DEAL CONSUMMATED. Terms of the Transfer of (lie Ful ton Works to Baden. Block of Land Donated— Works to Be in Oper ation Within Sax Months-" Call's" Information Borne Out by Facts. Mr. Smith, vice-president and managing director of the South San Frauclsco Land and Improvement Company, was seen by a reporter of Tin. Call yesterday afternoon. He was asked if he bad read the article in The Call to the effect that the deal be tween his company and Mr. Spiers of the Fulton Iron Works was practically settled. "Yes," replied Mr. Smith, "I have read the article and it is correct. The matter Is practically settled, although no papers have as yet been »igned. Hut they will be signed before I leave for the East in a few days." "What are the terms of the settlement?" "Simply that we donate Mr. Spiers a cer tain amount of laud on condition that the Fulton Works are removed to Baden, and that within six months they must be work ing up to the samo capacity as before the fire on May '_'.'" "You seem to have acted wisely in grant ing this liberal concession to the Fulton people." "Weil, we think so. We do not want to blow our own trumpet, you know, and we appreciate what Tin: Call has said. Set tlement of our land is getting into a healthy condition, and matters are begia nlng to solidify. The erection of the Fulton Works will give an impetus to set tlement, considering the lame number of men employed. That was, of course, the principal motive that induced us to grant the land to Mr. Spiers." "How are the dredging operations pro greeting "Dredging "will be finished In time for the use of the Fulton people, but there will be a lot more to be done after that." -Mr. Spiers was also seen aud corrob orated Mr. Smith's statement that the deal had been consummated. Ho is already busy preparing instructions for the speei-f- GROIN D PLAN OF THE PROPOSED WORKS. cations snd plans, and expects to bo able Is get the work of construction commenced within the next week or two. Mr. Spiers is naturally very much grati fied that he. has been able to procure such a splendid location and feci . confident that under the new au. favorable conditions the business will rapidly crow- in volume and importance second to none on the Pacific Const. Tiie site Is admirably adapted lor shipbuilding, and the large extent of ground will enable him to go on adding to the buildings without crowding tor many years to co-DC. Be will have do difficulty In meetinc the condition that withiu six months they must be working up to the same capacity as before the fire. An illustration of tiio ground plan of the works is shown herewith. The block of land, which comprises 20 acres, i* bounded by Railroad avetme. Water strf-r, Hay market and Commerce street- The latter street runs along the front of the basin. A wharf 300 feet long will be constructed from Commerce street to a float dry dock 125 X.OO feet, and not far distant from the drydnrk there will be a large shed (JOx 4oo feet. Two railroad switches will be put in close to the works, one on Water street and the other on Railroad avenue, and tiie rail road tracks mill practically surround the works. Transportation facilities both by rail and water are therefore afforded of the most favorable kind. The basin, which measures 700x1100 feet, will be stifl'.cJently dredged within the next »lx month*; to per nut of Us use by the Fulton Works for transportation purpo'es. As stated In The Call of yesterday Mr. Stders will have steam launch constantly plying between the works and the tflico and machine-shop in the city. The early completion of the new works will enable the Fulton peonle to execute contracts recently closed for the building of a number of vessels, and it is expected tnat very soon the number of employes, amounting at the time of the fire to _(.-, will be more than doubled. Baden has every prospect of becoming 8 large manufacturing center. The erection of the stccsyard and abattoir Is being pushed on with the utmost expedition, ami when in thorough working order they will give employment to nearly 1500 persons. This, coupled with the employes of the Ful ton Iron Works, will make of Its-elf a good sized town. HEMP-SMOKING. An African King"*. 11,. I :.t ablished a Uaiittful I'ractlce. New York Sun. About seven year-, ago King K«!an*.ba, ruler of the very Intelligent Baiuba tribe in the southern part of the Congo basin, decided that Intoxicating liquors were a great curse, and that he would at once free his people from the bondage of intemperance. Ho therefore made it a grave crime to drink palm wine and other intoxicating beverages, and In order to put temptation beyond the reach of his people he Issued nn edict thai all the palm trees in the country should be cut down, and this destructive measure was immediately carried out. lf the King had stopped with this remarkable effort to propagate the cause of temperance all might have fared well with his people, but. un fortunately, he introduced a practice which was far more baneful than intemperance. He introduced the culture of hemp, ami made hemp-smoking one of the religious practices of the country. Thenceforth this injurious vice was to figure among the rites employed in the worship of the native gods. The culture of hemp rapidly extended and the habit of hemp-smoking grew upon the people until it has seriously injured them. The results are said to be far mors injurious than the excessive use of opium. Prince li. do Croy, who is the Commis sioner of the Congo Free State iv the Kassai district, writes that he has visited Baiuba villages whose entire population has been almost ruined in morals and physique by the practice of hemp-smoking. He is now using ah his influence to root out the practice, He finds, however, that he must move with great prudence for fear of exciting opposition that may defeat his pur pose. He has secured the consent of the King to the reintroductloti of the palm tree and about #00U of these trees have thus far been replanted throughout the country. He 1- also introducing the culture of tobacco, and ho thinks he is making headway in his efforts to Induce the King and his subjects to diminish the area devoted to hemp planting and to replace it with the tobacco piant. He has sent to Europe for a large quantity of tobacco seed and he hopes that gradually he may destroy the practice which is now ruining the people. A New Cure f ur Deafness. The v broineter Is a newly invented In strument for the cure of deafness. The hi -« 1 . 0f ,t, . 0p M rnllon *" lhe niassage of the sound-conducting apparatus of the ear by means of vibratory force*. By thi*. method various conditions can be leiieved which could not be reached by the regular modes of treatment, and which are the principal causes of deafness iv a very lama proportion of those afflicted. The phono graph has i. be , !. used * for this Purpose, and although its adaptation was effected iv a comparatively very crude manner, the re sults attained justified the belief that an instrument embodying special Improve ments on the same lines would be of the utmost value. Such an Instrument Is the vibrometer. and so successful ha. been its application that many persons whose deaf ness was from 6 to 15 years' standing can Highest ofall in Leavening Power. — Latest U. S. Gov't Report l J_a_2_g__- SOW-S-Sfl A___aO__uiß__ > pirns -now, through its use, hear ordinary con versation from 10 fo 20 feet away with their backs turned to the speaker, and others with never-ceasing noises in their ears have been completely relieved. DO AS A TRAMP DOES. Stick to Your Immediate Object and Sac -»•» Is Sure to Follow. A successful business man was asked by a Cincinnati Enquirer man the other day the secret of his success. " Well," said he. "it is all due to some good advice given to me by an old man wheu 1 was a boy. I got out of a job one time and went to my old friend tor sympathy and advice. He drow his chair up to mine, and, taking one of my hands loosely in his own, said: 'My boy, never be discouraged. Have some confi dence in your own ability to tussel with the world. Be independent. You must be like a tramp that is in New York and wants to get to Chicago. After a good deal of trouble he gets on to a freight train, near the engine, maybe. He doesn't ride far be fore he is seen and put off. Does the tramp give up? No; he simply gets on in the middle of the train, and if put off again goes farther back until at last he Is put off the caboose. Then wbat does he do? Why, he simply waits for another train, and tries It over. Now. if you have little troubles, just bide your Usee and crawl back into favor. It your employer should discharge you. that is no evidence that you have no ability or that you cannot succeed, lt may be the best thiug In the world for you. Why, some of the most noted novels and famous songs were refused by many smart publishers, until at last some one saw their worth and brought them out. Never bo discouraged, my son. Just get onto the next train, and you will get there all right some time.' " MINERS' LUCK. Jul. rentlne *"< •- I- About Meu Who Hive Mad- l; _ Mr 1!....,. Jim Whitlatch. the discoverer of the Whltlatch-Uuion mine, near Helena, led a typical Western miner's life, says a writer for Harper's Magazine. Tho mine in ques tion ls now owned in England, and has pro duced 520.000.000 iv gold. After Jim Whit latch had sold the property for $1,500,000 he went to New York "to make as much money as Vanderbilt." He was a rare treat to Wall street, which fattened on him. and in one year let him go with only the clothes on his back. He returned to Montana, began "prospecting" again, and discovered a mine for which he gut $250,000. lie Brent to Chicago to rival Mr. Totter Palmer ln wealth, and returned just as he did from New York "flat strapped." as he would have expressed it lie made still another fortune, and went to San Francisco, where he died a poor man. Another Lewis and Clark County mine— the Drum Ltnnmon— privities an other such story. It was discovered by an Irish immigrant named Thomas Cruse. Al though he owned it he could not get a sack of flour on credit. lie sold it to an English syndicate for _H.50-.ooa Hut he leuiains one of the wealthy men of Helena. There Is an ex-*- Senator in Beaver County who owns a rich mine, the ore yieid ins £700 to the ton net. Ho is a California "forty-niner," who came at- a prospector to Montana, and since discovering his mine has lived up It in a peculiar way. He has r.o faith in banks. He says his money is safest in the ground. When he has spent what money lie has, he takes out a wagon load ol ore, ships It to Omaha, sells it, and livfs on the returns until he needs another wagon-load. There is a queer story concerning the Spotted Horse mine in Fergus County. It was found by P. A. McAdow. who sold It to Governor Hauser and A. M. Holder for $_00,000 three years ago. They paid a large sum down in cash, and the other payments were to come out of the ground. The ore was in pockets, each of which was easily exhausted. Whatever was taken out went to MeAdow, who got about 5100.000. Then the purchasers abandoned It on the advice of experts, and Mr. MeAdow took hold of it lie found the vein, over which rails had beer laid for a mining tar. He has taken out 00,000. and it is still a good mine. One of these children of luck came to Helena with Honey, picked out a. wife, who was then a poor seamstress, hired a hotel and invited the towu to the wedding. The amount of champagne that flowed at that wedding was fabulous, and it Is said that the whole town reeled to bed that night. A GREAT PHILATELIC FIND. Discovery of a I'ostaee Stamp Worth over 81000. St. Louis ltepuhllc. At a recent sale in Philadelphia ot the autograph collection made by Dl. J. H. Caustin of Washington, I). C, a small bundle containing nine letters was bought by Edward B. Sterling, Trenton, N. J., for nine cents. The next to the last letter in the bundle was in the original envelope, and it hat) been written October 20. lsi.*i, by Professor Benjamin Silllman of Yale Col lege and mailed the next day, October -1. from New Haven. It had in the upper rig h hand corner the long-sought-for postage stamp, signed by E. A. Mitchell, post master. Here Is a fac-simile of the envelope: This postage stamp I* the rarest in all the Americana. Offers of $1000. $1300 and $1500 were promptly made. The news of the hud was telegraphed to Europe, and European collector, have been given till June 30 to make their bids for it. It will probably go across the ocean, as the European collectors have more money than the American to in vest In this "stamp foolishness." In I*7l a cut stamp of the New Haven rostofiice was discovered by William Brown. This cut stamp hitherto had been the only one known to be In existence, and its quoted value in the catalogue is $•>' The stamp on the envelope sent by Benjamin Sillimau is, of course, worth very much more, as the philatelist knows. It is on the original en velope, and there can be no question of its authenticity. 5 Forty-seven years ago, when E. A. Mitch ell was postmaster of New Haven, be is sued stamps, aud they were us»d quite ex tensively by the people of New Haven. But these are the only two specimens of the original- known to be in existence. Years after, when philately had made some progress. Mr. Mitchell had some stamps •truck off from the old plates, and he signed them in the regular way. These, of course, were not originals. They wero what are now technically known as reprints, but these reissues or reprints are worth from $50 to ,75 each. Al»_tlD_ the Smoke Nnlsnncc. A correspondent of Indian Engineering suggests a method of abating the .moke nuisance in close manufacturing localities by having a sm.-k- duct running through a town, conn, oti'tl in a 6tiil_bt_ manner with the different furnaces. In carrying out such a plan, it Is suggested that the duct might be conveyed outside of the city to a condensing station, an exhaust machine being employed to force the draught. At tbe condensing station the soot-laden air would be made to pass through water con veniently proximate, in this way depositing tin-, solid matter, while tho air passes away comparatively pure; the soot which remains might easily oa collected, caked and used as fuel, etc. The dimensions of the duct for such a purpose would have to vary, ns in the ca.e of water and other mains, ac cording to the work to be performed. SPONTANEOUS ANALYSIS. How Gunpowder May Mm Reduced to Its ■________.__ St. Louis rost-I>!ipatch. Gunpowder, when thrown into a glass filled wilh water, which is placed beside an open window, where it Is alternately ex posed to the cold of the night and the rays of the sun in the daytime, undergoes a curi- ous change. Sometime after the glass has been placed there, it is exam ined and reveals around its edge a crust of crvs taline matter.the white ness of which contrasts strangely with the black deposit in the bottom of the glass, the water having entirely disap peared. This is but another example of the ten dency of certain bodies to reduce themselves to their original forms un der certain conditions imposed by man. By reason of its dissolu tion and capillary force, the azotlte of pot ash has become crystallized, and owing to Its creeping tendencies, has separated from its two companions, charcoal and sulphur, with whom It has ro long been associated. Although simple in the extreme, this experi ment of spontaneous aualysis Is neverthe less interesting. Nicaragua Canal Honda. The committee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce to float the collateral trust bond, of the Nicaragua Canal Construction Company announce that it is meeting witn gr. at encouragement among the men-limits. tf 1.A11.5l Mlil'l'lNw IMKI.UM. ■ Bin .fluent* of Tr iii«- At hint St <a:tm.!r _ II AM UI ltd- Arrived July 16-Stmr Suevla. from New York. HAI.TIMORE-Arrlved July 15-i*tmr Chicago, from Botterdsm. LIVKUPOOL-Arrived July 15-Stmr Michigan. from I'oaiou. BIRIHS — MARRIAGES— DEATHS, ri'lrth, marriage and death notices sent by mall will not te Inserted. Tbey must be handed in at cither of tim publication offices and be indorsed with the name and resilience ot persons authorized to havo the same published. 1 BOIt.V. FOXOORD-In this city. July 14, 1392, to the wife ot Nles Foxgord, a sou. ZERM AN-In this city, July 15, 1892, to the wire of J. Zerman. a son. DICKSON— In San It .'..el, July 14, 1892, to the wife of Fran- W. Dickson, a daughter. Mill. llls- Ib Arrovo Grande, Cal.. July 14, 1832, to th- wire t.f Adolpb mps, .1 son. I MAItKIED. GRAY— BEOGS-In this city. July 14. 199.. by the Itev. John Doughty. ttiarit-s K. i. ray if Sun Ber- nardino, Cal.. and Emma G. lieggs of Sau Fran- cisco. BAIUt-tr.l- In thiscity. July 14. 1892. by the Key. D. Meyerson. Ferdinand Bauer of New . or- and Neltie Url of San 1 rmiclsco. II- GIBSON— Cupertino. Santa Clara County, July 14. 189-. b. the Itev. S. Goodenough of Oakland. Charles A. Weunore or San Francisco and H»ilicl 11. Gibson of Cupertino. FLYNN- DOYLE- la -t«slo lark, July 11,1892. at the Church of the Nativity, by 188 Rev. Father Itlortlau. Joseph W. Flynn of Berkeley and Mary O. Doyle of Meulo. SAXTOK— IB Vacaville. July 12, 1892. by trie Key. J o. Shi ton. D.D., K. A. bteiger aud Kate I*. Saxton of Vacaville. DlK_>. Bronzlcb. Theodore Laugley. Annie l-r.anui.'Aii. Mary a. La-veaer. Thomas Burleigh. Dr. XI. E. McGilian. Maggie Caatl lay, B-Bjß-_a F. Nauneth. Cecilia Connor. Susan OetrßtebM Mrs. U. R. Christie. James Kuvio. Dolores Forma, l'tetro Sepulveda. Margaret Galvauo. Salvatore SSleMa Maria Krausgrlll. John O. S_Bi«Sel, Joseph F. KaUi-'r. W.lllam 11. Schroeiler, Clara King. George S. Simon, Kobert E. Turner, John D. SEFULVEDA-In this city, July 14. 1892. Mar- garet, beloved wife of Henry _epulved_. known as Morgan a native of Germ.my. aized 33 ye.rs. JOS"* Fri ends and acaualntanceg are resDectfuity liiruej to attend the funeral THIS DAY i«*atur- day). at 10 o'clock a. m.. from her late residence. 188- Guerrero street. Interment Mount vary C.metery. *• Sit 111 l«; In this city, July 14, 1892. Maria Shields, beloved sister of R. H. Shields and Mrs. uA. Ferguson, a native of Dublin, Ireland, aged 71 years, (fet, Louis papers please copy. ] £-"""-be funeral will taKe place iHIS DAY (Saturday), at 8:30 o'clock a. M , from 12 I Shot- well street ; thence to St. Beter's Church. Ala- bama and Twenty-fourth streets. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. •• SCHI.OKKEI.-In this city. July 14. 1892, Joseph F., beloved son of Fred and Emma Schl-ffel and grandson of Julius It and Jane IS. Keagau, a na- tive or San Francisco, aged 3 mouths and 24 days. 8-TFrlends and acquaintances are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY .Satur- day;, at 2 o'clock p. it., from the residence or bis parents, _r__ Bryaut avenue, near twentieth street. • _ BURLEIGH— In this city. July 14, 1892. Dr. W. E. Burleigh, heiovod husband or Am, B. and rather of Bortwa B-Tlelcb, a native of Massachusetts, aged 4 7 years. a_~l'rie: .is and acquaintance* are respectruily Invited to attend tbe funeral THIS DAY (Satur- day), at 11 o'clock a. m.. from tbe parlors of Martin, Morrison A lleyl. 118 Geary street. 1 CIIKI-TIE— this city. July 14, 1892. James Christie, a nstlve of Ireland, aged 71 years. Of Friends and acquaintances are resDectfntly Invited to attend the funeral TO-MURROW (Sun- day), at 2 o'clock r. _.. from Red Men's Hall. 320 Post street, under the suspires of George H. Tbomas Poet So. 2, G. A. K. Interment National (I'residto) Cemetery. Kemalns at the parlors of the Golden Gate Undertaking Company, 2121' Mis- Sinn street, near Twenty-first, previous to Inter- ment. 2 KKAI SiiKII. I. -In this city. July 14, 1892. John Georse. beloved husband of Annie hriusgri!!, father of Charles Kraiivgril!. son or John George KrausgrilL and brother or Jobn and Philip Kraus- griil. Mr*. Kill and Mrs. Welsel. a native oi Nie- derwelssel, Hesse Darmstadt. Germany, aged 33 years, 4 months and 11 days. ASrPrlend. and acquaintances are respectfully Invited to attend tlie fuueral TOMORROW (Sun- cljyi. at 12:30 o'clock p. m.. from his late resi- dence. 5 Card alley, off Stockton street thence to SIS Post Btl-BC, where the services will be held under the auspices or \erelu Kin trac.lt and Hes- sen Verein, commencing at 1:38 o'clock r. m. sharp, iBtaWIBBBI I. < '. O. F. Cameterv. 2 LANGLEY— In this city, July 14, 18.12. Annie, be- loved daughter of Hannah and the late George Langley, a native or Sau Francisco, aged 17 years, 10 months and 6 days. Friends BBS acquaintances are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral TO-MOKROW (Sun- day), at 9 o'clock a. _ . from the family resi- dence 1i.13 Teunessee street: thence to St. Teresa's Church, corner Toau»_-BM and Butte streets l'otrero, where a high mass will be cele- brated for the lopose of her soul, commencing at 9:15 o'clock a. m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. _ Mi i 11. LAN -In this city, July 15. 1892. Maggie, beloved daughter or Frank and the late Ellen McGllian, a native or san Francisco, aged 25 years. 0 »' Friends and acquaintances are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral TO-MORROW (Sun- day), at 1 o'clock r. _.. from the residence of her brother-in-law. Charles Fane her, 703 I. ark street. Interment Mount Calvary Cemetery. CUSHINO— In Alameda. July 15. 189-. I eujamln Fraiulln Cushlng, beloved husband of Ann cuah- Ing. and rather of Mrs. George WaMga *. Mrs Frank Lottrltz. Mrs. Claude Bouvo and George and Charles Cushlng. a native of Massachusetts, aged b9 years. 10 mouths and * dsys. 8-flrleutls aud acquaintances are respectfully Invited to attend, and the officers and members of the sinii-eaikers' Association are hereby noti- fied and requested to attend his funeral TO-MOB- Ri'W (Sunday), at _ o'clock p. it., from the parlors of Craig, Cochrau _ Co.. 20 Mint avenue. *• ill. KK-In this city. July 15, 1892. William II youngest son of Elizabeth a.d the late Chris-' t qdier Kahler, a native of l'euus> i v.iuia. aced "3 years. "* _e_"Notlce or funeral In Sunday morning pa- pers. s f BRONZICH-In Roblson Ferry. Calaveras County Theodore Bronzlcb, a uatlvo of Kameuo. Austria' aged 30 years. < ' TCKNEK- In this city, July 14. 1892, John D beloved husband of Annie Turner, a native of County Tipperary, Ireland, aged 01 years 11 months ana 16 days. SIMON— In this city, July 15. 1893, Robert Edwin lnroit sou of si eg L. and Mary E. Simon, a native of San Francisco, aged 3 mouths aud 5 days SCH KOEO ER-In thiscity. July 14 18.2. Clara beloved daughter of William and JulU St hr..,' der, a native of San Francisco, aged 2 rears 10 i_onlhg and 4 days. * - NAINKI ii — In this city, July 14, 1332, Cecilia Nauneth, aged 2 years and 7 months. OSTI'FIt -ln this city. July 14. 1892. Mrs Ursula U. Ostrelcher. aged 52 years. RUVIo-ln this city, July 14, 1892. Dolores Kuvio aged 9 months. ■__,- ».-.t_. Funis a -In this city. July 12. 1892, Pletro Forma, aged 76 years. UALVANO-In this city. July 14. 1892, Salvatore Galvano. »ged 2 years and 6 mouths. BKANN Hi AN-In this city. July 13.1892 Mary A Kranulgan. aged 21 years and 20 days. CONNOK-In this city, July 13, 1808. Susan Con- nor, aged 19 years. 1 mouth and 14 days LAUVENER-In this city. July 13.18-2. Thomas Lauvener. aged 59 years, 9 months and 18 days. K,N( "-" city. July 12. 189-. George S. King aged 75 ears. "■*■-•-♦ i; UNITED UNDK_lTA_____-> ' I] A EMBALMING PARLORS, (j .Everything Hejintiioror Klrst-.-Uas e'a.».r_l« 9 h at Reaa.uable Rates. 1 .Telephone 31.7. 27 and 29 Fifth street I "J" ______________ m l+_, ft ANDREWS' UPRIGHT fe^J FOLDING BEDS I. 1 i . Mil 1 Ami Other al1 ---*--- l.lli mli- r i! OFFICE AND SCHOOL J^.X-mi FURNITURE, |r-_ir :::::: ---_- «_| Opera and Church Chairs. _~_S r JC___^|t«S <-■• *'• VV Kit Kit _. oa.. M Post and Stockton- _ P. a *~*~ _ir aul tfeoddp -".;'.;__;./ TO THE UNFORTUNATE. . > — «v ->U* GIBBOH-fi lUS PENS A BY, I _-tt 823 Kearny street. Established la 1351 for A3r_-*"|*\ the treatmeut of private ill-eases. Debility t'V,i3>wfc .- or d.seas- . wearltii* on the body or mind • I?t Vft&s permanent! v cured. The doctor has visit ed SifMrC -•■*- hospitals «>f 1 troin- and obtained much *_"_» _*' valuable Information, which he can impart ao those in iv ed of his cervices. The Doctor cures when h- fall, 'fry him. -No chance unless he et- jict* i euro. Bersons cured at h.'ir.t). Call or writ„ Address Oil. ,1. F. GIBBON, Box 1057, 8aa I-raa. c_co. CaL Charges reaso_abla. _. . . tl e_S_ r . MISCELLANEOUS. - "THREE TO ONE," , -----_----_______-M________________lM , p!i»--_Bgßgg ii ii _.i__i,i 'I "-If I 3 TO 1 I ____■_■■__■■ A ONE BAR OF H,NT DINMORE'S TO --^ SOAP WASHES HOUSE MORE CLOTHES WIVES THAN THREE OF ANY OTHER. WASHES DINMORE'S WHITER. WHITER. SOAP. WASHES EVERYTHING BUT MORALS AND CONSCIENCE. WIELAND Sl DINMORE MAKE IT'S. F.) I ' "— __!___ l STATEMENT ....OF THE.... CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ....O- THE.... WILHELM A Of MAGDEBURG GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, OF MAGDEBURG. GERMANY. ON TnE 31ST day of December, A. D. 1*91., and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Com- missioner of the State of California, pursuant to the provision* of sections tiio and 612 of the .Political Code, condeus.d a. per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock, paid up In <*-_- $760,000 00 ASSETS. Real Estate owned by Company $283,285 45 Loam on bond and __ortf(aa,e 3,.'_'_,558 93 Cash Market Value or all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company ..... 293,70165 Amount of Leant s*-cur>'d "by pledge or Hunds. Stocks, arid other market- able securities as collateral 8.787 50 Cash in Company's Office 18,6*21 72 Cash In Hanks 61.-40 UO Interett due and accrued on all stocks ami Loans 892 64 Premiums in due Course of Collection 240,107 01 Bills receivable, not Matured, taken fur Eire ana Marine Risks 552 00 Loans ou Life Policies 189.96- 25 Due from other Companies ior Rein- surance on Losses already paid 13.763 13 Total Assets $4,7-2.572 88 LIABILITIES. Losses In process or Adjustment or la Suspense ... $40,2- S 50 Gross Premiums on Marlue and In-T land Navigation Risks, reinsur- | ance 100 per cent y 24,315 80 Gross Premiums on Marine Time | Risks, reinsurance 50 per cent. ... J Liability under Other Departments.., 3,487,941 49 Cash Dividends remaining unpaid 682 60 All other Demands against the Com- pan** 19,82691 Total liabilities $3,573,065 00 INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Ma- rine I reic.lums $147,132 45 Received r<T interest on Bonds and Mortgage. 143,90384 Received for interest and dividends on I'onds, Stocks, Loans, and from all other sources 14,197 88 Received for charges lor writing Ma- rine Policies 1129* Income rrom all other sources 867,449 42 Total Income $1,172,796 53 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Marine Losses liid-ng $21,972 97 losses of pre- v.oiisyeir* $91,985 15 Dividends to .stockholders 75.000 00 Paid it ailoweJ for Commission or Brokerage , 13,296 00 Paid fur Salaries. Pees and other charges for officers, clerics, etc 17,052 06 Paid tor State, National and local taxes 1.443 All other payments and expenditures In the other brauches of the Com- ""V pany 484,136 67 Total Expenditures $6-12,913 76 Marlue Losses Incurred during the Tear $161.943 RISKS AND PREMIUMS. .... I MARINE n'SKSj PREMIUMS. Net amount of risks ' written during the yesr ; $198,399,282 $219,58120 Net amount of risks expired during the year..- i 197.562,300 218.692 73 Net annual ln force December 31. 1891 4.260.162 24.315 60 TH. DAMMANN, Sub-Director. Subscribed and sworn to before me. this 6th aay Of May, 1892. HERMAN LOCH I K. Notary Public CUTTE & FRANK, MANAGERS, 303 California St., S. F. jy!4 7t * STATEMENT ...OF TH* ... CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ....OF TBB HAMBURG MAGDEBURG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG. GERMANY. ON TIIE3IST DAT of December, A. D. 1891. and for the year end- ing on 1 bat day. as made to the Insurance Commis- sioner of the State of California, pursuant to the provisions ot Secti.-ns 610 ami 611 or the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Com- missioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock paid up In Cash $825,000 00 ASSETS. Real Estate owned by Company 66,000 00 Loans on Pond and Mortgage 226,687 50 Cash Market Value ot all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company 861,862 47 Amount of Loans secured by pledge of ponds. Stocks and other market- able securities as collateral 67.625 00 Cash in Company's Office...,, , 890 05 Caah In BanK« , 40,148 05 interest due and accrued on all Stocks and Loans 2,103 60 Interest due and accrued on Bonds and Mortgages 1,27172 Premiums in due Course 01 Collec- tion 61,733 85 Due from other Companies 602 08 Total Assets $80-.924 32 LIABILITIES. Losses In process of Adjustment or in suspense $26,250 00 Gross premiums on Eire Risks run- ning one year or less. $196,113 54, reinsurance 50 per cent 98,059 27 Gross premiums on lire Risks run- ning more than one ear, *s 1,5-1 61 reinsurance pro rata , 29,000 48 Cash Dividends remaining v.. paid. .. 255 00 Total Liabilities $153,564 75 INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Flre Premiums... $214.91047 Received for Interest on Bonds and Mortgages 10,027 34 Received 'or interest and dividends on i ouds. Stocks. Loans and from all other sources 13,423 40 Recelvedfor Rents 4,622 Total Income $242,984 13 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses (In- cluding $10. ,199 00 losses of pre- vious years) $161.183 Dividends to .Stockholders -4,-32 50 Paid or allowed for Commission or' Brokerage Paid for salaries, Fees and other charges Tor Officers, Clerks, etc... num.. -« Paid for State, National and Local f "J_,_i_ 'U Taxes I All other payments and expend- itures J Total Expenditures , 8254,828 82 Fire Losses Incurred during the year. $158,806 50 RISKS AND PR EM It MS. I _______ RISKS, j rRBMUI-aT" Net amount or Risks ~~ ~ ' ~ ~ written during the year ' $109,433,680 $431,836 27 Net amount of Risks ._---. expired during the yea-* ;•••••, 78.933.769 218.293 46 Net amount In force December 31. 1891.1 71.159.108! 260.710 16 A. BBEDIKOW, President." - J. HIiPEDEN. secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of March. 1893. CHARLES J. JOHNSON, United States ConsuL CUTTE & FRANK. MANAGERS, 303 California St.. S. F. - JyUTt v^ THE WEEKLY GALL *» a most ao ceptabia present to seed to your friends in any locality $1 a year, postpaid. STATEMENT OF THE.... CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ....OF THE Federal Marine Insurance Company- OF ZURICH, SWITZERLAND. ON' THE 31ST v/ day or December. a d. 1891. end tor the year ending on that day, as made to the insurable Cora- mlssloner or liio Stale or Caiirornla. pursuant to the provisions or Sections Bio ana 61 1 or the Political Code, condensed as per blank turnlshed by tin Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount or Capital -.toes, paid up in c ** 8 -- f-00,000 00 ASSETS. Cash market value of all Stocks and l omis owned by the Company 243 157 15 Cash in Company's office, ft* 804 74. and Kill* or Exchange, $-433 13.. 33.237 87 Cash ln Hanks 3. .12 71 Premiums in due course of collection 3_l!_9_ 10 Total Assets $.67,000 49 LIABILITIES. Losses ln process of adjustment or In suspense 85,000 00 Gross premiums on Marine and and Inland Navigation Risks, $ reinsurance 100 per cent; gross premiums on Murine I Ime Risks, P reinsurance 60 per cent 135 000 00 All other demands against the Com- P*"*y 172.365 15 Total Liabilities 382,3.5 15 INCOME. Net cash actually received for Ma- rine Premium- 611,404 67 » Received tor Interest and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from _ all other sources 11 '.0 J 70 Received torrents ' 'tzs 73 Total income - ?623,138 10 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Marine Losses... 354. 221 4 Dividends to Stockholders 20,000 0 Paid or allowed for Commission or "■a 0 *- 6 *•*•-" 154.748 31 Paid for salaries, fees and other charges for officers, clerks, etc 58,796 93 Paid for Stale, national and local -a-"--"' -.36680 All other payments aud expenditures 2.868 38 Total expenditures $693,000 75 Losses Incurred during the year f 354,221 43 RISKS AND PREMIUMS. [MARINE KISKS. PBK—IO-S. Net amount of | Risks written during the year ! $275,036,900 P 1,075,964 69 Net amount of Risks expired during the year. 269,291,382 982,760 04 Net amount in force December 31.1891 I 10.217.353 135.000 00 ED FIERZ, President. "~~ T. ii. WETT STEIN, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me. this Bth day Of April, 1892. HERRSTRENLI. Notary Publio. CUTTE & FRANK, MANAGERS. 303 California St.. S. F. fri-7. ' STATEMENT .... OF THK .... CONDITION AND AFFAIRS .... OF TH8.... M_£_e_nr£ Fire Insurance Companj OF MAGDEBURG, GERMANY. ON THE 31ST day or December. A.D. 18.1, and for the year ending on that day. as made to the Insurance Com- missioner of the State of California, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Po- litical Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital stock, paid up la Cash.... »75C,000 00 ASSETS. Real estate owned by Company $383,289 00 Jl Loans on Bond and Mortgage 1,299,753 13 •- CM - Market Value of all stocks and Bonds owned by Company. 1,349,219 28 Amount of Loans secured bypledga of Bonds, Stocks.and other market- able securities as collateral 4,550 00 Cash in Company's Oflice 3,825 64 Cash in Banks 343,083 28 Interest due and accrued ou all stocks and loans 13.162 30 Premiums in due course or collection 314,440 44 Due by other Coß_.pa-.lee for Reiusur- •nce , 674.627 49 Total Assets $4,285,940 64 LIABILITIES. Losses ln process of Adjustment or in Suspense... $450,16467 Gross Premiums on Eire Risks run- ning- one year or less, $ reinsur- ance 50 per cent 1,357.083 77 Gross Premiums on Flre Risks run- ning more than one year. $...... re- Insurance pro rata -17,321 50 Cash Dividends remaining unprld 286 25 All other demands against tho Com- pany '. 117,878*79 Total Liabilities $3,142,714 98 INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire Premiums. ; $3,999,991 50 Received for Interest on Bonds and Mortgages 65.691 86 Received lor Interest and Dividends on Bonds, Stocks. Loans and from all otner sources. 34,879 98 Received tor rents 21,-508. Received tor gain on Stocks 1 <"5L m, . . — -"> Total Income $3,112,020 65 *•* EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid lot l~ re Losses (In- cluding $517,611 44 losses of pre- vious year) $2,084,853 67 Dividends to Stockholders 257, 00 Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage...."*, 492.745 63 Paid for Salaries, ree* and other charges fir .Scon, clerks, etc 188,802 97 Paid for State, National and Local Taxes 25,867 38 All other payments and expenditures. 196.362 23 Total Expenditures $3. 131 87 Flre Losses incurred during the year..52,084,853 87 ROBERT TSCHMARKE. President. E. F. MIETIIKE, Vice-President. Subscribed and sworn to before mi this 19th day - or March, 1892. K. 11.-WASUHUI_.L_, U. S. Consul. CUTTE & FRANK. MANAGERS. 303 California St., S. F. jyU7t * MICE THAMES! 1 1092 -_SST 1892 THE CITY AND COUNTY TAXES ON PER- sonal property for the present tiscal year are now due and payable at the Tax Collector * office. New City Hall. _. Said taxes will become delinquent and five per cent added thereto at 6 o'clock p. at., on Monday August. 1, 1892. No checks received after Friday, July 29t_ The > ax office will remain open from 7 to 9 o'clock In the evening on July 28th, 29th and 30th. THOMAS O'BRIEN. Tax Collector. New City Hall, San Francisco, July 11, 1892. jv!2eod lit SUMMER RESORTS. MARK WEST SPRINGS! ■ (CHANCED HAND..) NEWLY FURNISHED! ALL IMPROVEMENTS! FIKST-CI.ASS BOAKD. $E»- Stage will Meet tall Train.. JUERGENSEN _ FRESE, PROPRIETORS. -uylStf