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A FAILING GOVERNMENT
Congressman Hilborn Talks
of the Hawaiian
Islands.
LOSING MONEY EVERY MONTH.
As a Result Ex-Queen LiMuokalanl
Will Eventually Be Restored
to Her Throne.
Congressman-elect ' Samuel G. Hilborn
has returned from a five weeks' trip to
the Sandwich Islands, where he went to
enjoy a rest and incidentally study the
various questions that have racked the
little Government from end to end within
the last two years.
"I was very much surprised," said the
Congressman to a Call representative,
"when a San Francisco paper published
what purported to be a statement made by
me while at a banquet in Honolulu.
Among other things it stated that I had
declared myself in favor of annexation and
that it was my intention immediately
upon the convening of Congress in De
cember to introduce a bill for the annexa
tion of the Sandwich Islands to the United
States.
"It further stated that I was ambitious
to be the Governor of the new territory.
Is it likely that Grover Cleveland would
make me, a Republican, Governor of the
place? And is it likely that I would care
to suffer the banishment it means during
the term of years covering the office?
"In regard to annexation I made no such
statement, do not believe in annexation at
the present time, and it is not likely that I
ever* will. The situation at present is one
oi grave difficulty, and the population is in
no'condition, nor is it the proper material
tto make a State of. There are "the natives,
Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and but a
smattering of the Anglo-Saxon races.
Under these conditions I would never ad
vocate annexation, and I believe it would
be a fatal mistake to bring about such a
result. I talked with all classes of people,
royalists, constitutional followers and those
who are indifferent, and I found that the
present Government was built on too small
a pedestal. There is in the islands a pop
ulation of 100,000 people, and out of that
number less than 10,000 participated in the
creation of the present Government.
"I consider it very fortunate that I went
there, as one cannot understand the case
from reading figures on paper. It is nec
essary to see things just as they exist.
One is at once struck with the scarcity of
white people, and I doubt if annexation
will produce any different results.
"\es, we hear about the advisability of
-retting the islands into the United States
for fear that England will take them. Now I
do not think she would care to displease
America to that extent, and I never have
anticipated such a move on the part of
England.
"No, I think the plotting business in that
section of the world is over. I am quite
confident that while a great many of the
inhabitants are not particularly friendly
with the Constitutional Government they
will never attempt to restore the Queen to
the throne by violence. At one time they
were very distressed at the spectacle of the
Queen being imprisoned in her own palace,
where she is yet by the way, but that feel
ing is about gone and they are content to
witness the Constitutional Government
working out its own dissolution. I mean
by that just what I say. The present meth
od, and it seems as if there were no other,
of conducting the Government on a mili
tary basis is gradually causing its ruin.
Every 1 month sees it further in debt and
such conditions cannot prevail very long.
"Now to illustrate to you how necessary
it is to operate on such a basis. Every
once in a while information comes from
some point on the mainland that a fili
bustering expedition is about to start out
from Vancouver or San Francisco or some
other point along the coast and it at once
becomes necessary to increase the military
vigilance to the detriment of the treasury.
Why the last racket in January cost them
$100,000. Anybody can see that the result
will be failure.
"No one knows how weak the Constitu
tional Government is better than the roy
alists, and they also know that force would
only prolong the time when the present
Government will step down and out, per
fectly satisfied that there is nothing there
upon which to establish a substantial gov
ernment.
"When Congress convenes in December
next I will not make any move io bring
about annexation, nor will I take a single
step in the direction of legislation un
less it comes up in the course of regular
business. In that event 1 will be fully
equipped with all the information neces
sary to act with judgment and impar
tiality. Not a stone was left unturned by
myself to learn all sides of the questions,
and at the present time I am satisfied that
before long the Queen will return to the
throne."
BOUND TO BEAT BRODIE.
A San Francisco Man Who Will Add
Artistic Features to the Brook-
lyn Bridge Jump.
Harry A. Harmon of this City, the well
known swimmer and diver, is on his way
to the East, with the intention of outrival
ing the celebrated Steve Brodie in a fancy
plunge from the Brooklyn bridge. Brodie
dropped from the structure into East
River; but instead of hanging by his hands
before making the descent Harmon in
tends not only to leap in the true fashion
of the diver, but to astonish the world
with a double somersault while going
from the bridge to the stream. He is con
fident that he can accomplish the midair
revolutions all right and strike on his feet
in the water. His feats in high diving,
both here and on the way East, make it
appear probable that the proposed jump
into the East River can be safely made.
The distance from the Brooklyn bridge to
the water is 136 feet.
At Great Falls,. Mont., Harmon made a
backward jump of 115}_ feet into Black
Beaver dam, .turning a double somer
sault. The plunge was made all right, but
on coming up to the surface of the water
Harmon was struck on the head by a
heavy piece of driftwood, and he was so
badly injured that he was unable to travel
for several weeks. Some great leaps were
made at St. Paul, Hastings, Winona,
and La Crosse, but in a letter to a local
friend the diver says he. regards his
Chicago jump as the best of all. His man
ager, George A. Finn, had wagered $50 that
Harmon could successfully jump from the
top of a building into the Chicago River, a
distance of 110 feet, and on that small
wager tbe feat was performed.
PURSUED BY FIRE.
A Cooperage Company Burned Out Four
»Timeg in Four Years. .
Fire Marshal Towe continued his inves
tigation yesterday into the cause of the fire
in the one-story frame factory of the San
Francisco Cooperage Company, Seventh
and Townsend streets, on Wednesday even
ing. So far his investigation leads him to
the belief that the fire was accidental. '
The peculiarity is that within four years
there have been four fires in premises occu
{>ied by the company, although under diff
erent names. The first fire was on August
27. 1801, at 'ill Second street. The concern
was then known as Kilbourn & Co., with
Edward E. Brown as manager. The second
fire was on January 5, 1894, same name,
place and manager. "The third fire was on
March 20, 1895, on the northwest corner of
Townsend and Stanford streets, then
known as the Kilbourn Cooperage Com
pany, with Edward E. Brown as manager.
Then the fire on Wednesday evening at
Seventh and Townsend streets, known as
the San Francisco Cooperage Company,
Edward E. Brown, proprietor.
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PASSED AN ALTERED BILL.
A Clever Counterfeiter Victimizes a Sub-
Treasury Teller.
When a person is able to alter and raise
the denomination of a United States
Government greenback so neatly that the
tellers in the United States Sub-Treasury,
who are supposed to keep watch and ward
over the integrity of the coin and currency
of the land, cannot detect the fraud, then
he or she may safely be considered an ex
pert.
Such an expert seems to be operating in
San Francisco, and not only have banks
been victimized, but even the lynx-eyed
receiving teller at the sub-treasury has
been dubbed "Ninft Dollars" by his asso
ciates. •
Recently one of the employes of the
branch treasury was going over a pile
?i bills „ when something peculiar in
the feci of one of them attracted his
attention. He -looked carefully at the
script, but to all appearances it was all
right except for an almost imperceptible
thickness about the edges. Another in
vestigation, this time with a microscope,
developed the fact that the bill had
originally been a $1 greenback and had
be £? nningly raised to a $10 bill.
The work was of the most careful
description and the officials at tne sub
treasury as well as Secret Service Agent
Harris to whom the note was taken for
inspection consider it a most dangerous
counterfeit. In each of the twenty or
more places in the bill where the figure 1
or the word "one" appears in the $1 green
back the counterfeiter had carefully pasted
the figures 10 or the word ten and altered
the word dollar by the addition of an "s"
in every instance where it occurred with
one exception.
In that case the addition of the letter
would have run the word over into a vig
nette and the operator wisely left it off.
Only one paster was put on in a manner
that might be termed bungling and that is
believed to have been the work of some
one into whose hands the note passed after
leaving the possession of the counterfeiter.
It is said that a number of these raised
bills have been found in circulation and
that several have been palmed off on the
cashiers of banks, who have concealed
them and pocketed the loss rather than let
it be known that they had been victimized.
The receiving teller of a prominent
downtown bank, to whom the note was
shown as a curiosity, said that in fourteen
years' experience with bank bills, counter
feit and otherwise, he had never seen so
perfect a piece of crooked workmanship.
The teller at the sub-treasury has not the
slightest idea who passed the altered bill
on him and wiil keep it as a souvenir of
the occasion.
MECHANICS' INSTITUTE
Contentions Regarding the De
corating Caused Bardet
to Leave.
Lewis Did Not Resign, and H. T.
Bush's Business Distracted
. His Attention. '
The vacancies which occurred in the
board of trustees of the Mechanics' Insti
tute by the resignations of Alexander
Bardet, W. E. Fisher and H. T. Bush are
as yet unfiled, and when they will be
filled and by whom is a matter which is
occasioning considerable discussion among
the members of the institute. The state
ment made by Mr. Bardet, "that the
Whole transaction in^regard to the decora
tions which are to be placed in the Pavil
ion was not businesslike, and that there
were no drawings or designs submitted,
and the contract was awarded to Mr. Tid
ball simply upon the written descriptions
in the bid," has caused considerable amuse
ment among the remaining trustees.
Mr. R. Kendrick, a member of the board,
said that he did not consider that a valid
excuse for Mr. Bardet handing in his
resignation, as all business irregularities
and contentions which have come up rela
tive to the decorations are due solely to
Mr. Bardet himself. He was the chair
man of the decorating committee and
should have been convinced that proper
plans and specifications were submitted
before allowing the committee to award
the contract to Mr. Tidball upon a written
description alone, as considerable latitude
could be and has been taken by the con
tractor, and that even the written agree
ment has not been lived up to.
"The reported resignation of 0. Lewis is
not a fact," continued Mr. Kendrick: "or
that is, his resignation was never placed
before the board. The members of the
board of trustees are elected by the trustees
who happen to be in office at the time their
names of new members are submitted for
election, but they are subject to the ratifi
cation of the members of the institute at
large, at the regular quarterly meeting.
In the case of Mr. Lewis his election was
not ratified by the members, which was a
matter of much regret, as he had always
been an earnest worker for the welfare of
the institute, and in consequence of what
is termed his 'turning down by the mem
bers it was not in his power to resign even
if he had so wished."
The resignation of Mr. Bush was due to
the fact that his business had made it
impossible for him to attend the meetings
of the trustees for three months.
The work of decorating the Pavilion is
slowly progressing, but it is hoped every
thing" will be in readiness by the opening
day. The . plans for decorating were
copied fr_*m the Los Anj-eles fiesta and
are to be quite elaborate. Not a rafter .or
shingle will be discernible in the interior
of the old building after the decorating has
been completed and the exhibits placed. .:
MATT GREEN'S TEETH.
He Uses Them Upon John Murphy's Ear
at the Kacetrack. .
Matt Green, an employe at the racetrack,
had a fight with John Murphy, the well
known trainer, yesterday morning. Dur
ing the fight Green inserted his teeth in
Murphy's ear and bit a piece off. Murphy
was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where
the injured ear was dressed by lb*. Bunnell.
About a year ago Green and another
stable-boy had a rough-and-tumble fight.
Green inserted his teeth in his opponent's
hand.and he retaliated by biting oil Green's
nose. Dr. Somers performed a clever piece
of surgery by giving Green a new nose.
With 91,000,000 Capital Stock.
The San Francisco Mining Company was in
corporated yesterday with 1,000,000 capital
stock actually subscribed. The shareholders
are: A. Meyer .-$500,000, J. M. Nougues Jr.
$499,850,' Joseph M. Nougues, E. Louis: Lowe
and Baldwin ale $50 each.
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Mrs. Crooks' Estate.
The first annual account of Mrs. Susan
Crooks' estate was filed yesterday, showing
that the Income for the year ending May 31,
1895, was $24,002 25, and that the expend
itures have been i. 20.088 37. The claims pre
sented against the estate amount to $28,891 65.
Movements of Trans-Atlantic Steamers.
NEW YORK—Arrived Aug I—Stmr Pal at la.
from Hamburg: stmr Venetla, from Stettin; stmr
Alter, from Bremen."»E_-_^gSi?3Wa_BP^gH_HHH
BREMEN—Arrived out Aug I—Stmr Spree.
' SOUTHAMPTON—Arrived out Aug I—Stmr
Fuerst Bismarck.
LONDON— Arrived out Aug I—Stmr Mobile.
HAMBURG—Arrived out Aug I—Stmr Prussia.
GENOA—Arrived out Aug I—Stmr Kaiser Wil
-1 QUEENSTOWN— Arrived out* Aug 2—Stmr
C BI_EMERHAVEN-Sailed Aug I—Stmr Stutt
aart for New York. Sailed Aug I—Stmr Britannic,
QUEENSTOWN— Sailed Aug I—Stmr Britannic,
for Rm York.
KOTTERHAM-Sailed Aug 1-Stmr Rotterdam,
for New York. Passed Aug 1-Stmr Maas
-I'RAWLE POTNT—Passed Ang I—Stmr Maas
dam from Rotterdam for New York. , I
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL; FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, ISL»S.
BEAUTY AND BLOOMERS
They Were the Feature of the
South Side Cycling
Club's Social.
A VABIETY IN COSTUMES.
It Was a Gala Evening for the
Boys and Girls Who Ride
the Bike.
The first bloomer social of the South
Side Cycling Club, held at the hall 1513
Howard street last evening, was a success
ful event in every way, and the members
of the club are elated in consequence and
promise similar socials in the future.
Perhaps much of the interest which the
occasion evoked was due to the novelty of
the affair, as bloomer balls and socials are
just beginning to be popular. At any rate
they are distinctive in showing that if
beauty in bloomers represents the coming
new woman she is going to be a progres
sive creature who will never tire of creat
ing new fads and asserting her independ
ence of conventionalities which for ages
have kept women in subordination to that
tyrant of the ages— despotic man.
These as well as other sentiments were
inspired in the minds of the male spec
tators at the social last night as they
watched the girl of the bloomers not on
her bicycle, but whirling through the
mazy measures of the dance with graceful
abandon which is incompatible with the
wearing of voluminous dresses and skirts.
There was a charming variety in the
bloomer costumes displayed, not only in
diversity of color, but in design of styles.
Some wore bloomers which contained as
much material as any dress ever manu
factured, while others leaned toward
economy both as to width and length.
Some wore* snug-fitting sweaters of va
ried hues and some showed better judg
ment by wearing loose-fitting waists,
which were much more comfortable in the
heated room. But taken all in all the
long bloomers, the short bloomers, the
wide bloomers, the narrow bloomers and
the blue, dark green and the black and
white bloomers were all becoming and
made the '."bike" girls charming, not only
in the eyes of their clubmates, but with the
fifty or so spectators who attended the
social. 'JBB-
Considerable credit is due to the com
mittee of arrangements for the manner in
which the evening's programme Was car
ried out from beginning to end. Prelimin
ary to the grand march the bloomer girls
wheeled around the floor and edified the
spectators by their clever performances on
the bicycle. Owing to the small space,
though, many of them met with amusing
misfortunes. There were several collisions,
in which no one was hurt, and one tall
girl-in blue bloomers and yellow boots be
came entangled in the wheels of her upset
machine and it took the united efforts of
three of her lady friends to disentangle her.
Their success was celebrated by the
blowing of several "bike" whistles, which
sounded like the sobbing and sighing of a
vigorous cyclone. These stormy sounds
were heard at intervals between dances
throughout the evening.
The grand march began at 9:30 o'clock.
Before it started Master of Ceremonies
Charles F. Brown made a formal annouce
ment that the; South Side Cycling Club
has great respect for the bloomer girl and
that no smoking or rudeness would
be tolerated. Futhermore, that no ladies
would be allowed on the floor without
being arrayed in bloomers unless the
bloomer girl, as the representative of the
new woman, agreed among themselves to
permit their sisters in skirts the privilege
of dancing with them. Through several
dances the bloomer girl was inexorable in
denying the thirty or more ladies who were
attired in skirts the privilege of dancing,
but later they relaxed and decided to allow
them the pleasure of a "dance or so."
The grand march procession was headed
by Charles Bir dsall and Miss Lena Egge
berg on bicycles. Following came Floor
Manager A. H. Moore and Miss Aggie
Kilday and eighteen couples. The first
dance of the evening was the "bloomer
waltz," and there were fifteen additional
dances. Each one had a distinctive title
on the unique programme. Among the
titles were the following; "Good Streets,"
"The Bike," "The New Woman," "The
Old Man," "Chickens Pest," "The Beach,"
"Our First Road Run," "Keep Mov
ing," etc. The fun lasted until mid
night. Among the guests was Police Judge
Campbell, who glided through the waltz
jauntily, with a fair young maiden in gray
bloomers. The Judge is an enthusiastic
bicycle rider himself.
Following are those who composed the
committees having the affair in charge:
Commute:" of arrangements, James'C.Sy
mons, Charles F. Brown, C. J. Keating, W. F.
Donald, B. F. Jones; reception committee, C.
Le Clair, J. Heilmann, Thomas Keiley, (_'. J.
Harrigan, J. Renault, A. Tietjen, J. T. Clifford,
Charles A. Arms, E. J. Toohy, D. Mahoney, F.
Oster, S. Sullivan; floor directors, A. J. Dow
ling, James E. : Daley, John Bennett, Joseph
Hansen, H. Wiggins, H. Mulcreevy, J. Meagher,
Thomas Burke, George Covey, D. J. Leary,' J.
Matterson, Bert Kahn, Will Britt.
A CORPORATION TO DISSOLVE.
The; Atlantic Dynamite Company's Pe
-7 tition Filed in the Superior Court..-.
. The Atlantic Dynamite Company .has
filed in the Superior Court a petition for
dissolution. The company was incorpor
ated on August.--, 1892. and the Question
of dissolution was decided ; last Friday.
There are 30,000 shares of stock, and 25,
--966% were voted to., the meeting, the vote
to dissolve being unanimous.
. The directors of the corporation are
Elliott M. Root, James B. Stetson, Albert
Dibble, Bernard; Peyton,* John R. Spring,
Julius Bandman and L. P. Drexler.
Elliott M. Root is the president and L. B.
Chapman the secretary.
LATE SPORTING NOTES.
What the "Local - Pugilists Are Doing.
A Gun Club Challenge Ac
cepted. \
The Colma Athletic Club decided last
evening to send for Billy Gallagher, who
boxed last night in New York, with the
idea of matching him against Henry
Peppers (colored). George Green,- who
arrived from the East on Tuesdty, has
been authorized by Gallagher' tj make
matches for him. If Peppers consents to
meet Gallagher the contest may take
slace5 lace during the latter part of this month.
The programme for September has already
been arranged. The ■ eventful features
will be a twenty-round contest between
the heavy-weights, Tom Sharkey, cham
pion of the navy, and Joe McAuliffe, the
Mission giant. .
Sharkey stated after having whipped
Smith that his whole ambition was to
meet Joe McAuliffe, and the latter has
promised the managers of the club that the
sailor's wish will be gratified.
The talk of a match between Kochette
and Hawkins has ended in smoke. Haw
kins would not agree to fight Rochette
when the latter was ' out of employment,
but now that Kochette has found a posi
tion Hawkins has signified his intention
of meeting him anywhere.
John Whelan of Tacoma, the pugilist
BEAUTY IN BLOOMERS AT THE SOUTHSIDE SOCIAL.
who was whipped by George Green, is in
town, and wants another fling at Green.
The latter says that he needs a rest, and
will not consent to fight any one for a
month or so. *_.' ! S.
.The Olympic Gun Club met last evening
and de idea to accept the challenge of the
Garden . '.ty Cyclers Gun Club to a shoot
at clay birds. The Olympics will hold
their next shoot at the Oakland track on
the 11th inst. ■- :■■■} 77 '
SUTRO WANTED MONEY
The Mayor Borrowed a Quar
ter of a Million
Dollars.
He Gave the Hibernia Bank a Mort
gage Upon Twenty Blocks
. of Land.
Mayor Sutro yesterday secured from the
Hibernia Savings and Loan Society the
loan of a quarter of a million dollars. He
gave as security a mortgage on about
twenty blocks of land lying along the sea
shore in the Point Lobos Tract, where he
owns nearly 250 acres.
He stated that it 7 was not poverty that
made the ' loan necessary. He said: "I
have many hundred acres in this part of
the City worth several million dollars, but
I did not have enough ready money . to
carry on the many enterprises in which I
am engaged. I want the money tar the
improvements I am making around the
cliff.
"There are the new Cliff House and the
new electric road depot and the road
itself. The latter will be complete and in
running order within sixty days. As the
road nears completion there are several
large obligations to meet, and I must meet
them. The road will cost over $400,000.
and I have had to put up three-quarters of
the expense. 7
"Why? The reason is that, although
many men of means knew it would be a
good business venture, they were afraid of
the octopus, the Southern Pacific Com
pany, and so I had to carry the scheme
through upon my own shoulders.
"As soon as the road is in operation the
value of land near the Cliff House will in
crease, so you see it would have been fool
ish for me to have sold the land or any
part of it to raise the money. Had I sold
the land I mortgaged even* at the present
low market value I would have realized
double or treble what I got on the loan. I
would not do this, for I have great confi
dence in the future of ; San Francisco, and
in the course of a year or so the value of
land here will be greatly advanced.
'. "Next fall I will probably hold a public
land sale and dispose of a few blocks that
will more than pay off what I have bor
rowed. I am not in debt nor even hard
pressed for money. This transaction was
simply a business convenience." .
PRESS CLUB OFFICERS.
Nominations Made Last Evening—
tending the Membership Limit.
The Press Club met last evening and
nominated candidates to be voted for at
the election which will be held at the end
of this month. The nominations were:
For president, i Cassius M. Coe and Fre
mont Older; for. first vice-president, John
. Finlay ; for '-■ second •»; vice-president, J. P.
Booth; for third vice-president, J. P.
Running; for financial secretary, J. C.
Donald; for recording secretary, F. S.
Myrtle and ' James Tyler; for librarian, T.
F. ; Prendergast I and , Kimball Briggs ; for
directors, six to; be; elected — Sam Ewing,
Charles-Lee, W. W. Naughton. S. E. Mon
tague, Paul Cowles, C. A. Low and H. L.
Brooke. ;.;• ..7 ' .7 ; "'7;7-- ; ' : ' ■.',.
A committee was - appointed to amend
the constitution and by-laws, and a propo
sition to incorporate was discussed, but was
not finally acted upon. -
MARIPOSA AND TUOLUMNE
Abandoned Mining Districts
Again Coming to the
Front.
MINING REVIVAL EVIDENCED.
Many of the Old Mines Are Being:
Reopened and New Ones
Exploited.
San Francisco. August 1.
: Editor Morning Call— :; The writer has
been hearing a good deal lately about the
mining revival in California; he has also
heard a good deal among a certain set
about the mines being played out. Being
deeply interested in the mining possibili
ties yet undeveloped in the State, and
wishing to renew acquaintance with men
and scenes of early days, he has recently
made a tour of inspection, and is tempted
to contribute his impressions for the benefit
of your readers. -
My observations were principally con
fined to Mariposa and Tuolumne, the two
oldest "played out" regions of the State,
where Senator J. P. Jones and the late Jim
Fair were supposed to have worked all the
mines out years before the discovery of the
Comstock. and where Trenor W. Park was
also supposed to have gobbled up what
little there was left in the Fremont grant,
which is popularly supposed to carry all
the mines of Mariposa County.
On arriving at Hornitos, Mariposa Coun
ty, I found that the old Washington mine,
abandoned some years ago, and also the
: No. 9. had come into the possession of
Mose Rodgers, one of the former owners of
the Washington. He has secured title to
them after years of waiting, and has organ
ized a company that proposes to erect a
large electrical plant on the Merced River,
seven miles distant, and with that power
operate the mines and mills to a capacity
of least 300 tons per day. 7"£f_(jEs-J
It has always been understood that the
Washington was abandoned , because it
would not pay, but Mr. Rodgers informs
me that it was because the mine could not
be operated any deeper .with the old ma
chinery, and that the mine was as good or
better at the bottom as at any of the upper
levels. Men who worked in the mine at
the time ;it was shut down confirm - this
statement. The fact that Mr. Rodgers has
worked so persistently to secure title to the
mine, which he managed during its palmy
days, is pretty good evidence that it is not
played out.
- The writer, having once been an active
participant in the opening of No. 9, can
vouch for the abundance of pay ore in that
mine. "No. *9" comprises several claims
on contiguous leads, and in its early work
ing afforded as good an example of ig
norance and extravagance as probably
any mine in California. Under good man
agement and with improved methods it
oueht to pay well from the start.
Within three miles of the Washington
and about the, same distance from Hor
nitos, is the Doss mine, adjoining the
Quartz Mountain. This mine might serve
as a type of early-day quartz mining enter
prises in California. It has experienced
pretty nearly all the vicissitudes in the
mining category and most undeservedly.
It is a magnificent ten-foot vein, all low
grade pay ore, carrying about 20 per cent
of sulphurets averaging from $5 to $40 per
CELERY, BEEF and IRON.
For Nerves, For Stomach, / For Blood,
Try It To-day. Never Too Soon. May Be Too Late.
It Does Nerves It Does Stomachs It Does Blood
Unmixed Good. Unmixed Good. Unmixed Good.
CELERY, BEEF and IRON.
ton. On tLte surface, when the mine was
first opened, the sulphurets were decom
posed largely and the ore was practically
free-milling.
The owners, Falkner & Bell of San
Francisco, built a mill on the Merced and
hauled the ore seven miles, working the
mine " profitably until their mill was de
stroyed by a ; freshet. They sold the mine
to A. .H. Brooks for $12,000 cash. Mr.
Brooks at the time was taking rich
Sockets out of the Blue Lead, and the
Doss laid idle for a long time. Finally it
was examined by the expert of an English
syndicate and bonded for $200,000, but the
expert was drowned while crossing the
Tuolumne in a : freshet and the bond
lapsed, although a forfeit of $5000 had been
put up.. Then the mine was leased to
different parties on different terms, all of
whom tried to gouge out the richest ore
with the least amount of work. Finally
Mr. Brooks died and the mine was left to
be quarreled over by eleven heirs in two
families.
, All attempts to act harmoniously failed,
although several parties were anxious to
bond the mine for a large amount. But to
detail all the ups and downs of this mine
would require a volume; and, a3 W. D.
Stuart, representing capitalists of Piqua,
Ohio, has finally bonded the various inter
ests and gone to work in a systematic
manner on the mine, we may expect great
things from its development. The deep
est shaft is only about 110 feet, and the
vein is at its best at that depth. With the
immense amount of ore in sight and the
unlimited power in the Merced River for
electricity close at hand.it ought to be
come one of the great producers of the
State. ..... :£/_£;' .
In the vicinity of , Hunters Valley a new
mine is being opened, and a five-stamp
mill is being erected. Then, coming to
the line of the Fremont grant, I find every
thing quiet, until within a few miles of
the town of Mariposa, where I find the
road blocked with teams hauling machin
ery to the Whitlock mines— the Spencer,
Farmer's Hope and others— all located
within a few miles of the town. The Whit
lock was owned in the early sixties by
Sullivan, Gashman and Dimond, and
operated by them ; but high wages, poor
machinery and inexperienced men caused
a failure, On account of Mrs. Sullivan's
death the property was offered for sale. It
was offered to Senator Perkins, Daniel
Hays and E. Newhall for $20,000. They
declined to purchase, and a man
from New York took it at that price,
afterward selling at a big profit to
William Johns, managing agent for the
English mining firm known as the Sierra
Buttes and Plumas Eureka Company.
This company, with plenty of capital and
experienced men, has gone to work in a
way that indicates how. little doubt they
have of the outcome. Where, but a short
time ago, only the melancholy evidences
of a deserted mine greeted the visitor, is
now a bustling little town of thirty houses,
including a church and hotel." A foity
stamp mill is being built, and judging
from the ore in sight, a half million would
not tempt the present owners.
The Farmer's Hope has a five-stamp
sampling-mill in operation, and contem
plates adding a twenty-stamp mill this fall.
The prospecting going on in this mine is
constantly developing new resources of ore
and proving the value of the mine. At
least, half a dozen other mines in the im
mediate vicinity are at work night and
day -pushing on development work, and
most of them expect to begin on their
stampmilis before the rains of winter set
in. A few miles beyond the town of Mari
posa Mr. Snyder has abandoned his saw
mill, which has been in operation for years,
and taken hold of an old mine long lying
idle. He has been familiar with the mine
ever since its location, and is willing to
risk his all on its being a producer. He
will have a ten-stamp mill in operation
next winter.
W. S. Chapman has secured control of
the Vanderbilt claims, opened and owned
by the late A. M. Starr. He is reopening
the mines and putting in repair all the fine
machinery erected by the late owners, in
cluding a ten-stamp mill, to which he will
add ten stamps more soon. There are im
mense reserves of ore in these mines, and
the writer knows of Mr. Starr refusing
$50,000 for the property. .
I must not forget to say that the old
town of Mariposa is not dead. It was only
sleeping, but has awakened, and is doing
as only old mining towns know how to do.
When a stranger arrives it doesn't require
an assayerto assure the inhabitants that he
is or is not an old miner. They soon pan
him out, and if he shows even pood sul
phurets the keys are at once turned over
to him, and he owns the town. ; .7
Mariposa is fairly started on a new
career of prosperity and happiness. Many
of the old, dilapidated buildings are being
rebuilt and trimmed up as if for a Mayday
festival, and you can see the bright spark
of hope kindling in old eyes that have
been blinking contentedly in the mountain
sunshine for twenty years. When mine
posts can't accommodate all the strangers
from Salt Lake, New York, Boston, San
Francisco and elsewhere they know that
the mines are not played out, but tbat the
money-bags of the coast and elsewhere
don't find anything to invest in that will
pay such interest as gold quartz will pay.
They are beginning to enjoy the fact that
all things come to those who wait.
Bnt I am only about half through with
my trip and experiences, and with a whole
some fear of the ruthless editorial scissors
I will reserve the rest for another time.
Old Miner.
TWO WEEKS' MISSION.
It Will Begin In St. Boniface's Church
Next Sunday Morning.
On Sunday, the 4th of August, a two
weeks' mission will commence at St. Boni
face's Church, Golden Gate avenue, for the
German Catholics of that congregation. ;
The mission will be conducted by three
Benedictine fathers from Oregon. The first
week of the mission, from the 4th to the
11th of August, is intended for the women.
The second week, from the 11th to the 18th,
will be for the men. The principal sermon
of each day will be preached in the even
ing at 7:30 o'clock.
There will be two sermons in the morn
ing, the first one at the 5:30 o'clock mass
and the second at high mass, 9 a. m.
NEW TO-DAY.
STATEMENT
OF THE — ' —
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
— — OF THE
MAGDEBURG FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF MAtaiiERURG, GERMANY. ON THE 31ST
day of December, A. D. 1894, 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 in
cash.... 3760.000 00
ASSETS. T - "
Real estate owned by company $449,349 75
Loans on bond and mortgage . 1,285,706 65
Cash market value of all stocks and .'---■
bonds owned by company 2,332,156 35
Amount of loans secured by pledge
of bonds, stocks and other market-
able securities as collateral 360 00
Cash in company's office 12,6.1 91
Cash in banks 780,785 29
Interest due and accrued on all stocks
and 10an5....... .'.'. 13,26729
Premiums in due course of collection 248,454 62
Due by other companies for reinsur-
ances 675,562
Total assets .$5,798,253 91
"LIABILITIES. ~~ ~
Losses in process of adjustment or in
suspense ::... - $646,032 83
Gross premiums on fire risks running ' ,
one year or less, reinsurance 50 per
cent......... 1,568,251 15
Gross premiums on fire risks running
more than one year, reinsurance
prorata 245,829 83
Cash dividends remaining unpaid ... 664 25
All other demands against the com-
pany..... 1,042,239 37
Total liabilities .$3.502,917 43
INCOME. *
Net cash actually received for fire
premiums $4,232,488 60
Received for interest on bonds and
- mortgages...... 58,676 99
Received for interest and' dividends , "7 '•
. on bonds, stocks, loans and from all
other sources..... :....... 76,576 51
Received from all other sources 90,010 44
Lotal income $4,457,752 64
EXPENDITURES. ~~
Net amount paid for fire losses (in-
cluding $595,122 76 losses of pre-
vious years)..:.... $2,302,213 62
Dividends to 5t0ckn01der5............ 187,500 00
Paid or allowed for commission or
brokerage 694,513 02
Paid for salaries, fees and other
charges for officers, clerks, etc 185,006 27
Paid for State, national and local
taxes 35,901 72
All other payments and expenditures 173.644 73
Total expenditures $3,578, 779 26
ROBT. TSCHM ARKE, President.
E.T. MIETHKE. Vice-President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th day
of April, 1895. R. WEICHSEL JR.,
U. 8. Vice-Consul.
: —
GUTTE & FRANK, Managers,
303 California St., S. F.
*s-i»-_a_ ■_?jS___X__3_>TT
• OFTHE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
OFTHE
______ MD MUNICH FIRE
'INSURANCE COMPANY
OF AIX LA CHAPELLE, GERMANY, ON
the 31st day of December, A. D. 1894, and for
the year ending on that day, as made to the Insur-
ance Commissioner of the State of California, pur-
suant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of
the Political Code, condensed as per blank fur-
nished by the Commissioner.
'■;'■;-:. - *' CAPITAL.
Amount of Capital Stock paid up In
Ca5h........ $450,000 00
ASSETS.
Real Estate owned by Company $309,100 40
Loans on .Bond and Mortgage 471,492 85
Cash "Market Value of all Stocks and
Bonds owned by C0mpany.......... 3,141,537
Cash in Company's Office 14,078 30
Cash in Banks.... 460,349 95
Interest due and accrued on all
Stocks and Loans... 21,915 57
Premiums in due Coarse of Collec- -
tion :.. 266,874 68
Bills receivable, not Matured, taken
for Fire and Marine Risks :. 276,809 32
Due from other Companies for re-
insurance ... . 64,222 40
Total Assets $5,006,380 72
LIABILITIES.
Losses Adjusted and unpaid *}
Losses in process of Adjustment or f •,•,_ *__ m,
itSuspense........ f "- ,4WUU
Losses resisted. Including expenses
Gross premiums on Fire Risks run-i
ning one year or less, $ , rein- |.
surance 50 per cent I i a -ia_7
Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- f I>oo**'.»1 > 00 **'.» 1 ** *<
ning more than one year, $ , | i
reinsurance pro rata J ,
Cash dividends remaining unpaid 322,500 00
All other demands against the Com-
pany ........ 761,74192
Total Liabilities. $2,756,655 39
\ . INCOME.
Net Cash actually received for Fire
premiums 1,803,27865
Received for interest and dividends
on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, and from
all other sources 400,299 65
Total Income $2,203,578 30
EXPENDITURES. .
Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in-
cluding $73,297 92 losses of pre-
vious years) 1,061 ,588 72
Dividends to stockholders.. 322,500 00
Paid or allowed for Commission or
Brokerage..... 291 ,024
Paid for Salaries, Fees and other
charges tor officers, clerks, etc 71.600 20
Paid for State, National and local
taxes..... .... 30,732 05
All other payments and expenditures 120,444 97
Total Expenditures. $1,897,890 39
Losses ' incurred during the year
(f1re)_. '....:.... $1,174,088 72
Risks and Premi-
ums.' Fire Risks. Premiums.
Net amount of
Risks written dur-
ing the year. $487,791,369 $2,691,07905
Net amount of
Risks expired din-
ing the year ...... I 433,727,279 2,641,823 07
Net amount in force 1
December 31,1
1894 j 1,576.546,142 1,559,913 48
: DR. MAX LUDEWIG, Managing Director.
. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 3d day
of May, 1895.
W. C. EMMET, o*. S. Consul.
PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT,
204 Sansome Street, San Francisco, Gal.
VOSS, CONRAD & CO.,
GENERAL MANAGERS.
JULIUS JACOBS, San Francisco Agent.
SOW OS SALE AT FIRST LIST PRICES.
SAN MATEO HEIGHTS,
The. most beautiful residence portion
of the City of San Mateo.
LARGE MD SIGHTLY LOTS,
WIDE Avoirs,
PURE WATER ASD PERFECT SEWERAGE.
The Finest Suburban Investment In
This State. :
C. E. M & CO., Sole Agents
SAN FRANCISCO OFFICES:
Room 20, Seventh Floor, Mills Building.
. San Mateo Oiiice. Union Hotel Building.
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