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LOOK OUT FOR
YOUR REGISTRATION
Things Are Different This
Year and Time Is
Already Short.
MANY WILL BE TOO LATE
Only Thirty Eight Days Left' for
Over Sixty Thousand
Citizens. •
WILL WAKE UP FOR THE BUSH
Registration Ends Three Months
Before Election and Many Will
Be Disfranchised.
There is danger that thousands of the
citizens of San Francisco will be disfran
chised this year through failure to get
their names on the great register under
the new conditions which rule registra
tion this year. This danger is being espe
cially urged by A. Ruef, chairman of the
registration committee of the State Cen
tral Committee, and by members of the
County Committee-
No citizen of this City who is not prop
erly registered nearly three months before
election day may cast his ballot on No
vember 3. The coming campaign is one
which will enlist the interest of every
voter in the land, and it is especially in
cumbent on Republican voters to see that
the power of their ballots is not lost in the
coming momentous issue through their
own negligence.
The danger described lies in the radical
change in the registration proeramme
v. men ihe mass of the citizens have not
realized. By acts of the last Legislature
registration in San Francisco now begins
160 days before the general election and
continues lor seventy-five days.
Registration at the City Hall thus oe
gan May "JT and will end August 3.
Whether or not the usual five days "of pre
cinct registration should follow has been a
disputed question owing to the uncer
tainty of the mixture of amendments to
the law, but Registrar Hinton has decided
to hold precinct registration and it is not
likely to De contested.
The fifth day of precinct registration
will be August 9 and with the close of the
books on that day the last chance of any
citizen o! San Francisco to get on the
register will be gone If his name is not
registered then he will not vote.
Voters are ?o used to the old Jaw which
allowed registration up to within a few
days of election day that tbey are just
naturally putting it off, thinking that
there is plenty of time. Many have gone
and are going away on vacation trips
which will keep them away until after
August 3, and when they come back they
will be surprised to find that they will
have no vote to cast this fall. Everybody
who is putting off registration is laying
up trouble and annoyance for himself by
waiting, for a time, very soon to come,
when he will have to take his place in a
long line when the rush comes.
Twenty-four of the seventy-five days of
central registration have «one and but 250
a day are now being registered. If this
lasts a few days longer it will become a
physical impossibility to register the ap
plicants. To register the full vote will re
quire an average of 1800 registrations a
day. This illustrates the danger and the
prospects of the rush the belated ones will
find themselves in a few days hence.
"Republicans in San Francisco must
wake up to the necessity of getting regis
tered at once," said A~. Ruef, yesterday,
"for there is danger that a great many will
be disfranchised.
"It is not generally realized that the
change in the law closes registration nearly
three months before election day, and the
voters who are used to registering along to
ward election time carelessly think. 'Oh,
well, there's plenty of time.
"But there isn't plenty of time. Twenty
four of the seventy-live days have *:one
and but about 6000 have registered. Nearly
L'OOO a day will Have to be registered from
now on to get all the voters op the regis
ter, and you can see what is coming.
"The people are thinKing that while reg
istration begins early this year it keeps up
till about the usual time, and they have
got into the habit of waiting until thirty
days or so before election. But this year
it clobes three months instead of fiftee n
days before election. This change was
made to give an opportunity to purify the
register. People are going to the country,
to be gone for weeks, a time of rushing
and crowding is near at band and all
around there is danger, and in <act a cer
tainty, that many voters will lose their
chance to vote because they have not at
tended to their registration.
"This matter is of special importance to
the Republicans, and they should be
urgod to attend at once to registration by
every possible means."
HOW REGISTRATION GOES.
The Urgency of the Situation as It
Appears at the Registrar's
Office.
There are thirty-eight days yet remain
ing in which the voters of this City may
get their names on the great register.
The citizen who fails in that cannot vote.
The register has been open now just
twenty-four days, and in that time there
have registered just 5638 voters. On the
twenty-fourth day of the registry in 1894
the total number of registrations was 10,
--647, or nearly double the number regis
tered this year.
Registrar Hinton says the reason is the
change in tbe law which requires the reg
istry to be opened and closed more than
sixty days earlier and more than that
time before tbe election. He says that
unless the voters respond to the" call to
register very much more rapidly than
they nave been doing of late it will be a
physical impossibility to register them in
the final rush. With ihe ordinary service
it would be an open question if they could
do so now were it not for precinct regis
tration. On the 3d of August the registra
tion books at the central office will be
closed and on the 4th they will be turned
over to the precinct officers. They will
conduct ihe work in the several precincts
for five days. At the end of that time the
big books will be slammed shut, not to be
opened again for the adding of any man's
name before the election, although elec
tion day will stiil be nearly three months
in the future.
Tbe ratio of registration is increasing,
but not rapidly enough to meet the situa
tion. On the first nay the books were
opened ninety-nine names were placed on
them. Yesterday tbe number registered
was 258. The total number registered to
date as stated is 5638. Registrar Hinton
estimates that the total number who
ought to register this year, based on the
statistics of past years, should be about
74.000. The total number registered in
1894 was 68,039. This being a Presidential
year the vote called out should reach 10
per cent above that figure unless the edu
cational provision of the new law should
cut the number down. With, say, 6000 in
ronnd numbers registered now and count
ing the total number who may wish to be
registered at 74,000 there remains yet to be
registered as many as were registered
altogether in 1594— 68,000— ana twenty-four
days of the period in which it may be done
are already gone.
With thirty-eight days m which to do
the work there will have to register an
average of 1800 a day. In view of the fact
that yesterday only 258 names were placed
on the book. Registrar Hinton's anxiety is
easily accounted for. In 1894, to be sure,
about a third of the total enrollment was
made in the few days of the precinct regis
tration. That will probably be the case
this year, but even then the work to be
done" may be more than can be done.
There are twenty-eight men now em
ployed in the offices of the Registrar.
They are not very busy — at least the men
in the registry booths are not. They
should be kept busy by applicants for
registry.
Speaking of the educational qualification
Mr. Hinton says there is likely to be some
misconception. The law requires that
every voter shall be able to read the con
stitution, except — that is the pomt — every
voter except those who were 60 years of
age on the 4th of November, 1884, and all
those who were registered and therefore
qualified to vote that year.
All persons who are in doubt about elec
tion matters this year will have only to
ask Senator P. J. Murphy, who is in
charge of the information bureau in the
Registrar's office, and have the doubts
cleared up.
TO SWELL THE RANKS.
Sons of the American Kevolution Will
Join in the Patriotic Demonstra
tions on the Fourth.
A stated meeting of the California
Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution will be held in their rooms
July 4, beginning at 8 a. m.
By invitation they will assemble in the
rotunda of the Palace Hotel at 9:30 a. m.
and march thence for the position in the
line assigned by the nT&ud marshal.
An amendment to the by-laws making
the initiation fee $3 has been adopted.
The deaths of Compatriots B. F. Wil
liams and W. H. Dimond, major-general
in command of the National Guard of
California, were made, with expressions of
deep regret at the loss sustained by the
society.
The following were elected by the board
of managers members of the society at the
meetings held April 19 and June 20:
John Charles B. Rutherford, Carlton W.
Greene, Chester L. Smith, Benjamin F. Wil
liams, Frank B. Ladd, Franklin B. Washing
ton, William E. Greene, Charles S. Greene,
Josinh B. Warder, Franklin D. Williams,
Franklin H. Day.
AMONG THE WHEELMEN,
Entries and Handicaps for the
San Franciscos' Road
Race Sunday.
Opening of the New Track at Niles.
Golden Gate Club Elects
Officers.
The entries and handicaps for the San
Francisco Road Club's five-mile race from
San Leandro to Haywards next Sunday
afternoon have been announced as fol
lows:
J. A. Love, A. & Webb, J. M. Uri, 2 mm.; W.
H. Pray. William McGonigle, 1:45; E. Liver
more, *A. H. Wc-he, 11. Zimmerly, 1:30; R. B.
McClunie, B. A. Fanning, Max Meyer, A. M.
Choynski, 1 :15; C. Murphy, L. H. Washburn.
B. M. Fanning, If. Lundon, 1 :00; J. O'Maliey,
L. Sittenheim, M. A. Farnsworth, R. Robinson,
H. A. >riediander, 45 sec; L. E. Pels, Guy
Frost, 3O sec; C. Ackerman, C. Goodwin, G.
M. Hamlin, scratch.
The race will start promptly at 2 o'clock.
Captain Pixley has called a run of the
members to witness the event, and the
Bay City Wheelmen's race the same day.
leaving the clubrooins at 8 o'clock. He
has also arranged a series of runs for next
month, going to Petaluma July 3, 4 and
5, to San Jose Saturday evening, July 11,
and to Congress Springs from there the
next day, and to Eddys Island July 2»3.
The Garden City Cyclers will have their
first annual barbecue run next Sunday to
Stevens Creek under Captain O'Brien.
This will be made an annual event for
members hereafter.
The Bay City Wheelmen will have a run
to San Leandro next Sunday under acting
Captain George Dixon, taking the 9 a. m.
creek route boat. The members will have
a ten-mile handicap race on the triangle
on their arrival there.
Byron D. Bent of the Bay City Wheel
men will start awheel for Los Angeles
next Sunday. David Marshall of the
same club has just returned from a week's
trip through Marin and Sonoma counties, |
and Arthur Lundberg starts in a few days |
for the Yosemite Valley. The Bay Citys
will have a joint run with the Olympic
Cyclers to Petaluma Friday evening, July
3, by steamer Gold, leaving at 5:30 p. m.
The opening of the Niles Athletic Club's
new live-lap bicycle track will be auspi
ciously celebrated by a race meet next
Saturday. A number of riders from this
City will enter the lists to compete for the
prizes; the events are all amateur.
Detailed information may be had by
addressing the secretary. J. C. Briscoe, at
Niles. The club will hold an open race
meeting on Saturday, July 18.
The Golden Gate Cycling Club has
elected the following officers: H. Witt,
president; A. Weber, vice-president; P. J.
Hyde, secretary ; A. Lewis, treasurer; B.
BfacK, sergeant-at-arms; J. Black, cap
tain; William Madden, first lieutenant;
L, H. Hewelcke, second lieutenant. Cap
tain Black has called a run for next Sun
day to Mayfield to attend the barbecue
and road races there. J. W. Miller and
James Mclntyre have been elected mem-
Ders.
Charley Wells, the champion profes
sional racer of the coast, who went East to
follow the National racing circuit, has
again been obliged to stop riding owing to
illness. He is now at Hot Springs, Ark.,
where he will remain for two or three
weeks.
Captain Fawcett of the Olympic Club
Wheelmen and Captain Ramage of the
Santa Rosa Wheelmen are arranging a
joint club run for next Sunday to San
Mateo. The Olympics will hold a five
mile road race the same day from San Ma
teo to San Carlos.
FOURTH-STREET CAR LINE.
Within a Month Tt Will Be Converted
Into an Electric Road.
Within a month the streetcar line now
operated on Fourth street will be con
verted into an electric line and become a
link of the Ellis street.
A large force will be put on the line be
tween Market street and the southern ter
minus at Third and Townsend streets on
Monday and the change made as rapidly
as possible. It is expected to take about a
week.
Streetcar traffic will be suspended along
Fourth street on Monday, and the horse
cars now running along Montgomery,
Market and Fourth streets will run only
between JPost and Montgomery streets and
Kearny and Jackson.
The Fourth-street line will be. extended
across Market and into Ellis, making a
continuous line from the Park to the
Southern Pacific depot at Third and
Townsend streets.
Bis Right Arm Crushed.
John Maben, a machinest in the Fulton Iron
Works, got his right arm caught in a' rapid
return planer yesterday afternoon, and it was
badly crushed. He was taken to the Receiving
HosDital, and as it was seen there was no
chance of saving the arm it will be amputated
to-day, near the shoulder.
Burglars Convicted.
William White and Frank Dolan were con
victed of burglary in Judge Belcher's court
yesterday. They broke into a vacant honse iv
South Park.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1896.
LUCKY BALDWIN
BEING GRILLED,
Attorney Criftenden Makes
Things Interesting for
the Defendant.
A MUCH MARRIED MAN.
Lillian's Alleged Betrayer Tells
of His Many Wed
dings.
HE DENIES AIL HER CHARGES.
The Millionaire Hotel and Horse Man
Says Miss Ashley Successfully
Resisted His Blandishments.
E. J. Baldwin's troubles commenced
yesterday afternoon, when Miss Ashley's
attorney began probine into the liasons of
the man of luck. During the forenoon
THE AGED DEFENDANT ON THE WITNESS-STAND.
Baldwin found all extremely agreeable.
His counsel held the reins, and they drove
the case in pleasant ways for the defend
ant. One by one Henry E. Highton re
counted tbe allegations of the plaintiff
and her witnesses, and Baldwin speci
fically and generally denied everything.
Little more than monosyliablic nega
tives were required by him, and only oc
casionally he threw in a few words of ex
planation or extra vehement denial. Such
occasions were when reference was made
to Miss Ashley having referred to him as
"papa." Baldwin didn't like the idea
that his relations to tbe frail Lillian had
ever been paternal, and at every such ref
erence he waxed eloquent in denial.
The defendant was shown a number of
letters, which have heretofore been pub
lished, and he was requested to explain
certain references in them. One of these
was the one wherein he said he had for
gotten her last name, as she always signed
her letters L. A. A. The witness said he
nad written this simply as an excuse for
not writing. He explained a statement in
one of his letters, to tne effect that he had
been short of cash atl winter, ap an excuse
for not sending her money to go to school.
"She asked me to give her money to go
to school with," he said, "and I told ber I
would see. I never made any promise."
While Baldwin was describing his visit
to Miss Ashley's room at the Baldwin she
laid her head on a table and sobbed bit
terly. By afternoon she had apparently
regained her composure. Once when
Baldwin was going into the details of his
relations with Miss Ashley she laid her
head on the table, but to those nearest her
something very like a smile seemed to be
playing about her countenance.
At the afternoon session of tbe court
Baldwin was handed over to the not very
tender mercies of Attorney Critt?nden.
The latter commenced his investigation at
the genesis of the defendant's career. He
traced his steps from the date of his birth
until the opening of the present suit. Par
ticular attention was directed to Baldwin's
operations as a canal-boat proprietor at
Racine, Wis.
The searching nature of these questions
caused the defendant to exclaim testily:
"I never ran away or cheated anybody out
of anything. I'm not ashamed of it."
He referred to Newt Killip, the local
auctioneer who was then in his employ, to
prove bis statement of his integrity as a
canal man.
"Did you know a man at Los Angeles
named Gregory?" nsked Crittenden.
Highton objected successfully to the
question and Crittenden tried another
tack. He asked Baldwin if he had ever
paid a man named Gregory $5000 to testify
falsely in a suit for seduction brought
against him by Louise Wilson. An
objection to this question was also over
ruled. Crittenden persevered in attempt
ing to get the witness to answer substan
tially the same question until Judge Slack
warned him he had enough of the matter.
Baldwin's matrimonial career was then
gone into at length. It is an eventful
story In four chapters, but the continuity
of the narrative was badly marred by the
defendant's faulty memory. He couldn't
remember just where he was married the
first time. He knew it was somewhere in
South Bend, but explained that he had
never had any occasion to recollect the
exact location of tbe ceremony. He was
aiso unable to recollect within five years
of when his first wife died. His sec
ond wife. Mary Cocnran, he married
in San Francisco. He was divorced'
from her about 1874 or 1875 Bnd
didn't know wnere she was now located.
Miss Virginia Dexter was tne maiden
name of nis next helpmeet. He married
her in San Francisco also and was under
the impression her demise occcurred six
teen or seventeen years ago. It was twelve
or thirteen years ago that he married his
present wife, who was then Miss Lillie
Bennet. He was unable to tell the exact
date or even the year of the wedding.
"Where was your wife in June, 1893?"
asked Crittenden.
Baldwin said she was at 1217 California
street in this City all of that month to the
best of his knowledge.
Baldwin was then asVed in regard to
some woman with a small girl whom he
was alleged to have been traveling with as
his wife and her sister. He denied that
there ever were any such characters, but
admitted that he had pointed out to Miss
Ashley at the St. Louis racecourse a little
pirl whom he described as his wife's sister.
"I never saw the little girl before," he de
clared, "and the statement was absolutely
untrue."
The witness was questioned at length in
regard to his interview with Miss Ashley
at that time. The trend of the questions
was to show that Baldwin had taken Miss
Ashley into the grand stand and had there
had a conversation with her in the pres
ence of Anderson, a former employe. This
Baldwin denied. He said his conversation
with Miss Ashley occurred in front of the
clubhhouse and did not occupy more than
fifteen minutes. He asked Miss Ashley
what she was doing there and she said she
had telegraphed for money and he had
failed to send it. She wanted funds where
with to go to Boston. Baldwin gave her
$40.
The trip to Hotel Coronado was next ex
ploited. Lillian's attorney was particu
larly eager to know at whose instance the
plaintiff was registered as Baldwin's
daughter. The defendant said the matter
had been talked over between them and
they had agreed that was the better way.
"At 66 years of age, proprietor of one of
the largest hotels in the City, you went to
one of the most respectable hotels in the
State and registered yourself and this lady
f;il«ply for immoral purposes?" asked Crit
tenden, in withering tones.
Highton endeavored to shield his wit
ness with an objection, but nis Honor ae
cided the question was admissible.
Baldwin said that was what he had
done.
Several questions were asked the wit
ness in regard to his having ordered a
nurse of a liveryman at Coronado. Bald
win insisted that he had ordered it for
•'.M Nh Ashley."
Criitenden asked him if he was sure it
was not "my daughter" he sajd, but Bald
win was certain, because he afterward
thought he had made a mistake in using
her name. Incidentally, Baldwin re
marked that he didn't wish her to go
riding that day, anyway. He didn't
think she looked well on a horse, and be
sides it was Sunday.
On closer questioning, however, he had
j some doubts as to whether it was Sunday,
but his faith in Lillian's poor appearance
as an equestrienne could not be shaken.
When adjournment was had for the day
Crittenden had rev«rted to the question as
to whose was the suggestion that Miss
Ashley pass as Baldwin's daughter. He
was endeavoring to show by letters that
Baldwin suggested such a course before
Lillian arrived in California. The case
will be continued this mornine.
MRS, STANTON WINS.
Judge Morrow Decides That She Did
Not Infringe on Dr. Simmt'
Copyright.
Judge Morrow, acting as Circuit Judge,
rendered a decision yesterday in the case
of Dr. Joseph Simms against Mary O.
Stanton, Frank M. Pixley and the San
Francisco News Company for infringement
on certain copyrights.
It appears that in 1872-73 Simms wrote
two books on physiognomy, and in 1879
Mrs. Stanton issued similar publications.
Six momhs ago Simms instituted suit
against Mrs. Stanton and others claiming
that they were literary pirates. The doc
tor asked for an injunction against further
infringement and incidentally demanded
several thousand dollars' damages. Judge
Morrow, in his decision, covered twenty
six typewritten pages, going carefully
over the more recent copyright decisions.
In conclusion he said:
It is my opinion that while the respondent
did consult and use complainant's works she
has not drawn from them to a substantial de
gree; that, such utility as she did make may
properly come within the designation of fair
use; that as to other features of these rival
works common to all of the works of that char
acter she obtained these from other sources
than complainant's works and to which the
latter had no copyright; in other words, I am
not satisfied that respondent's literary efforts
are not the result for the most part of her own
independent thought and studies and research.
The bills will therefore be dismissed.
Orange Shipments.
Shipments of oranges for the season of 1895
--96 will fall about 1000 carloads short of those
of the previous year. During 1894-95, when
the season ended on August 31, there was
moved to through Eastern points 6734 loaded
cars and 1025 loads were carried to local
Pacific Coast points. Up to June 15 this year
5795 loads have gone East and 741 to local
Pacific Coast points. It is estimated that not
to exceed 200 carloads will be moved up to
August 31, thus leaving this year's shipments
about 1000 loads short of last year. This is a
better showing than expected in view of the
heavy frost that visited the southern citrus
* section early m the season.
WHY HE VOTED TO
OUST FLOURNOY.
Ex-Director Thornton Gives
His Various Rea
sons.
CONSIDERED INCAPABLE
Flournoy Said to Have Made
Himself "Personally Ob
noxious."
LOOSE METHODS ARE DISCLOSED
Expenses of Trips by Rank Officers
for Which No Vouchers
Were Kept.
The testimony of ex-Director Thornton
of the People's Bank was the interesting
feature of yesterday's session in the trial
of the Sale Deposit Company against the
officers of the bank. Thornton is by pro
fession a commercial traveler, but would
seem to have considerable knowledge of
what constitutes legal ability, for he was
willing to base his endeavors to remove
Attorney Flournoy as attorney of the
bank merely upon his opinion that Flour
noy was incompetent.
Then there were other reasons. Flour
noy had made himself "personally obnoxi
ous" to Thornton and that was the last
straw. Thornton denied that he had
voted to oust Flournoy to avoid calling in
the unpaid capital stock, although it was
common talk at the time that such was
the case. As on.c of the stockholders the
payment of the unpaid stock would be
against Thornton's interests, but that did
not cut any figure, he claimed.
M. H. Grossmeyer testified that in Janu
ary, 1894, he had demanded of General
Sheehan certain information about tbe
meetings of the directors and that the gen
eral had refused, saying that he would not
give information for Grossmeyer to use
against his management of the bank. Tbe
witness had made the request upon Shee
han at the instance of himself, the stock
holders and to some extent the Safe De
posit Company.
General Sheehan was recalled to testify
in regard to his expenses on his trip south
in the fall of 1894 to examine the bank's
property. The expense of the trip, $186 50,
represented railroad fare, hotel bills and
buggy nire. He did not have any vouch
ers for the various items and, so far as he
remembered, did not make any itemized
account of his expenses upon his return.
Similar trips made by himself. General
Thornton and colonel Stone were also in
quired into.
I. L. Merrill testified that he also had
made a demand upon General Sheehan in
January, 1895, for an itemized account of
the general's expenses on his various trips
but iiad failed to get it.
General Sheehan was questioned in
regard to tbe attorneys' fees paid out by
i him. From May 1, 1894, to January 14,
1895, he had paid out in the neighborhood
of $7500, which be believed was reasonable.
During that time he bad also paid f3339 50
to employes. During this period the
depositors had not received any money
from the bank. Sheehan declared that
the employes kept by the bank during
that time were absolutely needed. He
bad employed tuem, he said, upon the
order of the Bank Commissioners, but he
had no written order from them to that
effect. All amounts he had paid Out he
honestly believed to be just. During all
the time he had been at the bead of the
banK he had never done anything with
intent to further his own interests as
against those of tbe bank's creditors.
At the opening of the afternoon session
Attorney-General Fitzgerald was put on
the stand. The Bank Commissioners re
ported to him the taiiure of the directors
of the People's Bank to comply with the
order to call in the capital stock and he
was requested to take steps in the matter.
The directors, be said, could have been
proceeded against either civilly or crimi
nally. He advised the Bank Commission
ers to order the stock to be called in.
This advice had been given at the sugges
tion of Attorney Bartnett and the Attor
ney-General thought it the best course, be
cause it would not require any court pro
ceedings. A protracted argument here
ensued between the opposing counsel rela
tive to the admission of the following let
ter from Bank Commissioner Magee to the
Attorney-General, whicn Judge Seawell
finally refused to admit:
Office of "i
Board of Bank Commissioners, I
530 California Street. f.
San Francisco, Oal.. May 2S, 1896. J
ITcm. M*. F. Eitzgtrald, Attonuy-General, San
Francisco, Cal.—r Dkar Sir: Wnercas the Board
of Bank Commissioners, under section 11 of the
bank act, have the general supervision of all
banks in liquidation; and by virtue of such
authority tho People's Home Savings Bank,
being insolvent and in liquidation, is sub
ject to and under control of the commission;
and by further provision of law authority is
invested in any one or more of the commis
sion at any time during the liquidation of
said bank to petition the court to remove any
or all the board ot directors, if in the opinion
of any one of said commission evidence of
fraud", malversation, criminal carelessness or
negligence is found to exist, and that any of
them are not the proper persons to be entrust
ed with the closing of the affairs and business
of the corporation in the interest of the depos
itors, creditors and stockholders thereof;
And whereas, it appears and is the opinion
of one of the Commissioners (your corre
spondent) that some of the allegations in the
complaintNo. 45210 filed in the case, "The
People of the State of California, the com
plaint of W. H. Knight etal., plaintiffs, vs.
People's Home Savings Bank, defendants; Cali
fornia Safe Deposit and Trust Company,
plaintiffs, vs. S. K. Thornton et al., de
fendants," as alleged therein are true;
And that the affairs and business of such
corporation are not being closed with such
dispatch and interest as might be done and as
the law provides shall be done in the interest
of all parties concerned;
That in my opinion it would be for the in
terests of said bank to form a new directory,
and to that end submit the matter to you for
your consideration. Very respectfully,"
H. W. Magee, Bank Commissioner.
A. F. Johns was wanted atthis junctuie,
but wae not present. Deputy Sheriff
Richardson swore he had served a subpena
upon him, and, upon Attorney Bart
nett's application, Judge Seawell ordered
an attachment to be issued for Johns'
arrest.
S. K. Thornton, who was one of the
directors of tbe bank, took the stand.
He was a director at the time of the re
moval of Attorney Flournoy and had
favored his removal. He had also spoken
of the matter to N. P. Taylor, an old
friend of his, who had just been elected to
the board of directors. He had not told
Taylor that a petition of over 2000 de
positors, including the California Safe De
posit and Trust Company, representing
claims of over $727,000, had 'been pre
sented asking for the continuation of
Flournoy as attorney.
Thornton declared that he believed the
reason given at the time for the removal
of Flournoy.
Thornton had at first opposed the call
ing in of the capital stock, but had later
lavored it. His change of attitude, he
declared, bad been 'due to a change of
mind in regard to what his duty was. He
had not done so because of any threat of
the Attorney-General to bring suit to re
move the board of directors unless they
called in the stock.
Thornton had made trips examininß
bank property. On several trips he had
incurred considerable expense, but had
received nothing from the banks. Later,
when a resolution of the board of directors
requested him to return some $45 which
be had received previously for attending
meetings of the board, he had refused to
on the grounds that he had incurred more
than twice that much expense on his trips
for tbe bank.
Thornton had worked for Flournoy s re
moval, he said, not as the result of a con
spiracy to prevent the calling in of the
capital stock, but because he thought
Flournoy incompetent. Flournoy, he de
clared, had made himself personally ob
noxious to Thornton and other directors,
and often refused to recognize them when
he passed them by. Thornton had also
taken exception to Flournoy's legal ad
vice upon various occasions. Further
more, Flournoy hid disobeyed the board
of directors, and had declared beforehand
that he would not obey them.
A. F. Johns, for whom an attachment
had been issued, drifted in a few minutes
after the order of Judge Seawell tiad been
made. At the conclusion of Thornton 8
testimony he was put on the stand to tell
of his connection with the collection from
the bank of an assessment pressed by the
Kings River Reclamation District.
Johns had acted as a*broker in the mat
ter, having got the claim for Judge Den
son, the agent of the district. Johns had
told Watt that he was negotiating with
Judge Denson and had also told Watt if
there was any discount in the matter he
(Johns) wanted it.
At the conclusion of to-day's session
Judge Seawell announced that he would
give Monday and Tuesday of next week
for the tr;al before taking his summer va
cation. Attorney Bartnett has only three
more witnesses and as Judge Carpenter
promises a very weak defense it is prob
able that by Tuesday night the evidence
will be all* in. To expedite matters the
trial will be taken up at half pa*t 9 in
stead of 10 o'clock on Monday morning.
Hugo Toland Assign*.
Hugo Toland has assigned for value received
to E. C. Dozier and W. B. Pressly all of his in
terest in the estate of Mary B. Toland, de
ceased, whether as heir at law or legatee, in
excess of 34000. The document, placed on
file in the Recorder's office yesterday, states
that $3000 had already been assigned to Louis
Sloss and that the sum of $1000 has been re
tained by the assignor.
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""statement™
OF THE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
OF THE
SVBA
Fire ail Life Insurance Comgany
/VF GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN, OX THI' 31ST
0 day of December. A. D. 1895. and for the year
i end in c on tnat d«y, as made to the Insurance Com-
i mlss°ouerof th- State of California, pursuant to
Senrovisioni of sections 610 and 611 of the Po-
fitftalS condensed as per blank furnish*! by
the Commissioner.
CAPITA!..
Amount of Capital Stock, paid op
in cash • $533.334 33
v . ASSETS.
Real estate owned by company...... $742, 55S S3
Loans on bond and mortgage 1,989,944 77
Cash market value of all stocks and
Donds owned by company. 1,607,(54» Jt»
Amount of loans secured by pledge
of bonds, stocks and other market-
able securities as collateral 752,653 48
Cash in company's office oqn eS« kt
Cash in banks... ,•• 230,6b6 b7
Interest due and accrued on all
stocks and loans 09,466 <8
Premiums In due course of collec- o _ "_. ri
tion •■•• 3S '< !04 °*
Bills receivable, not matured, taken
for flre and marine risks 148, b»- B a
Due from other companies ii*,6K>& la
Total assets. $5,802,456 88
LIABILITIES. ~ .
Losses In process of adjustment or
in suspense .• ipwd.aoj j*
Gross premiums on flre risks run- 1
nlng one year or less, reinsur- |
ance 50 per cent ! 421,400 58
Gross premiums on tire risks run- j
ning more than one year, rein- j
surance pro rara ...J „„_„_„
Liability under life department.. . 3,818,829 01
Cash dividends remaining unpaid... 6,652 80
All other demands against the com-
pany 228,235 41
Total liabilities. 4,568,451 16
INCOME. .
.
Net cash actually received for fire
premiums. 169,325 19
Received for Interest and dividends
on bonds, stocks, loans and from
all other sources 414,389 65
Received for life insurance pre-
miums.. 659.947 39
Total Income. $2,143,662 23
EXPENDITURES.
Net amount paid for flre losses $583,502 59
! Dividends to stockholders. :...... 32,000 00
Paid or allowed for commission or
brokerage 315,049 61
Paid for salaries, fees and other
charges for oiHcers, clerks, etc ... 157,556 59
A1 tvr O es h< : 1 :. Pft men . t3 . . ann . e XP nd !:_l 035 : 952_67
Total expenditures. $2,124.091 49
! risks ,1 premiums. i Fire Risks, j Premiums.
'■ Net amount of risks , \;^l
written during the
year $363,521,590 $1,659,334 51
! Net amount of risks
expired during the
year 171,674,582 747,924 61
Net amount in force
December 31, 1895. 161,354,999 ! 421,400 58
~™ ~ T. KD LEVISBUN, Vice-President.
M. OLBERS. Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this Bth day
of April, 1896.
GUDM. AKERMAKK, Notary Public.
EDWARD BROWN & SONS,
GENERAL AGENTS,
J 407-409 MONTGOMERY STREET,
SAN-FItAXCISCO.
! STATEMENT
OF THE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
OF THE
AMERICAN
lire Insurance Company \
OF PHILADELPHIA, IN THE STATE OF
Pennsylvania, on the 31st day of December,
A. D. 1885. and for the year ending on that day, as
made to the Insurance Commissioner of the state
of California, 1 pursuant to the provisions of sec-
lions 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed
as per blank furnished by the Commissioner.
CAPITAL.
Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in
Cash $500,000 00
ASSETS.
Real Estate owned by Company ... $255,014 31
Loans on Bond and Mortgage 1,101,254 13
Cash Market Value of all Stocks and
Bonds owned by Company 789,916 65
Amount of Loans secured by pledge
of Bonds. Stocks, and other mar-
ketable Securities as collateral.. 65,200 00
Cash in Company's Office 11,552 84
Cash In Banks .75,383 75
Interest due and accrued on all
Stocks and Loans. 624 90
Interest due and accrued on Bonds
and Mortgages 21,695 79
Premiums in due Course of Collec- .
tion... 91.616 51
] Rents due and accrued 1,105 65
I Ground Rents well secured 6,320 00
Total assets $2,409,584 53
LIAKILITIKS. ~~~
j Losses Adjusted and unpaid $19,556 07
Losses in process of Adjustment or
in Suspense 122,549 85
Losses resisted, including expenses. - 28,128 19
Gross premiums on Fire Risks, run-
ning one year or less, $967,-
-219 08. reinsurance 50 percent. 478,609 64
Gross premiums on Fire Kisks run-
ning more than one year, $890,-
-217 11, reinsurance pro rata.... 374,248 41
Amount reclaims ble by the Insured
on Perpetual Flre Insurance
i policies 563,632 17
Commissions and Brokerage due and . .
to become due 13,742 41
Total liabilities $1,600,466 64
INCOME. -— ~
Net Cash actually received for Fire
Premiums. :.. $1,184,164 07
Received for interest on Bonds and
Mortgages 69,485 06
Received for interest and dividends
on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, and
from all other sources 41,077 66
Received for net Perpetual Pre-
miums. 5,192 92
Received from all other sources . 8,921 05
Total income...... $1,298,840 76
EXPENDITURES.
Net amount paid for Fire Losses
(including £206.392 31 losses of.
previous years) $826,672 70
Dividends to stockholders 27,600 00
I Paid or allowed for Commission or
; Brokerage 213,185 64
j Paid for Salaries, fees and other
charge* for officers, clerks, etc... 103,760 00
Paid for state, National and local •
, taaes 32,093 97
All other Payments and expendi-
tures. : 100,993 06
Total expenditures $1,304,195 37
Flre Losses incurred
during the year.... $790,614 50
BISKS AND PBK-
. Kiuifs. Fire Risks. Premiums.
Net amount of
Risks written dur-
ing the year $114,799,046 $1,460,028 78
Net- amount of ■ .-■.' ■'-
Risks expired dur-
ing the year....... 126,392,100 1,637,226 67
Net amount in • ■
fore* December ; •
31. 1895.. 1 146.568,897 1,847,436 19
THOMAS H. MONTGOMERY, President.
RICHARD MARIS, Secretary, f ...
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22d day
of January, 1896.
H. F. REARDEN, Notary Public
EDWARD BROWN & SONS,
GENERAL AGENTS,
407-9 MONTGOMERY STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO.
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