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TRIED TO AVENGE
HER SCORNING
Mrs. Augustina Morgansen
Slightly Wounds August .
Harry.
Jealous Because He Intended to
Desert Her for Another
Ideal.
The "Woman Left Her Husband Two
Months Ago— Both Were Taken
Into Custody.
August Harry, a milkman, was shot
in tbe neck yesterday morning at
an early hour by Mrs. Augustina
Morgansen at the corner of Hill and
Valencia streets. The youth, who is only
21 years of age, now lies at the Receiving
Hospital, not very dangerously wounded,
while the woman is lodged at the City
AUGUST HARRY, the Victim of Mr.. Aug-ustina Morg-anscn's
Jea ousy.
Prison on a charge of assault to commit
murder.
The i.usband of the woman is a carpen
ter, residing on Jackson street, between
Leavenworth and Hyde. He separated
from his wife about two months ago on
account of the liaison that has existed be
tween her and the milkman. The woman
is now in an interestine condition, and
freely confesses that she has done wrong,
and that her relations with the young fel
low were not what they should have been.
The cause of the shooting was jealousy.
After leavine her husband the woman
went to live with Harry on the corner of
Hill and Valencia streets. There the
milkman was in the habit of visiting her
every morning while on his rounds.
About 3 a.m. yesterday he came as usual.
The woman was in bed and he seated him
self on the edge and began to talk to her.
He proceeded coolly to inform her that
he had not behaved properly toward an
other woman and consequently intended
to marry her. Mrs. Morgansen at once
inquired if he intended to desert her and
he said that he did.
Mrs. Morgansen then reached under the
pillow and, producing a revolver, leaned
over and, holding it against the side of
Harry's neck, pulled the trigger. The
wound was not very serious, and he
grappled with tbe infuriated woman.
She seems to be very strong, and the re
sult was that her 1 .it wrist was severely
lacerated. Harry managed to secure the
pistol and ran down into the street, in his
excitement firing it into the air to attract
attention.
Sergeant of Police Anderson and Detec
tive Anthony happened to be in the vicin
ity an i at once rushed to the scene. When
they heard what had happened they made
the milkman take them into the house and
there they secured the woman. Botn
were then taken into custody. At the
prison the woman made a free coniession
of the relations that had existed, and said
that she had tried to kill Harry because he J
had tried to desert her.
She is about 30 years of age or over that
limit, and is not at all prepossessing in
appearance. She has three children by
her husband, but when the separation
c-.me he retained their custody. The
woman has also had two children, of
which Harry, by her own confession, was
the father, but both of them died. The
liaison between the two is of long stand
ing. Nevertheless it is stated that the
husband is willing for a reconciliation. •
VALUABLE PICTURES.
Max Linderman and A. Mi .hum Charged
With Felony Embezzlement
Mrs. Mary Cameron of 152 Fifth street
swore to a complaint in Judge Low's court
yesterday for the arrest of Max Linder
man and A. Moshure on the charge of fel
ony embezzlement.
Sue alleges that she employed Linder
man and Moshure as agent" to sell two
antique pictures, one representing "A
Vintage Scene in France," and the other
"Two Docs," both with antique frames,
and the whole valued at $3000.
The pictures were sent *o the Park Mu
seum for exhibition and were taken away
by Linderman and Moshure on Tuesday
without her authority and, she alleges,
bold by them.
Linderman was arrested last night by
Policemen Ryan and ODea, but Moshure
has not yet been found.
't Inviting the President.
I The committee having in charge the matter
4rf Inviting President McKinley to visit this
\'ity will hold a public meeting, which all
citizens are invited to attend, at Assembly
Hall, Mills buildiug, to-d«y at 1 p.m. sharp,
to hear repor.s of suL-committees «nd elect a
treasurer ana special envoys to go to Washing
ton with the invitations to th« President. : A'
' message from President McKinley and other
impel —a t matter-, will be considered.
AN ALLIANCE OF
LOCAL PASTORS
Dr. Josiah Strong Addresses
Words of Advice to the
Ministers.
He Says the Cities Will Soon
Control the Entire Na
tion.
A Pastors' Association of All Denom
inations Is to Be Formed at
His Suggestion.
Dr. Josiah Strong of New York met a
number of the ministers of the City in the
auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. yesterday
morning and. held them for over an hour
with a talk on "The Greatest Need of the
Times and How to Meet It."
Dr. George C. Adams of the First Con
gregational Church was chairman of the
conference.
Dr. Strong said he realized the fact that
the City ministers were all "meeting
tired," but he did not want to leave the
coast without speaking of a movement
just being inaugurated iv the East— the
form of pastors' alliances.
"It is a recognized fact," he said, "that
cities are soon to be the dominating
elements in the State and Nation. Within
twenty years there will be 10.000,000 more
people in the cities than outside of them.
Then the city will dominate the State and
the Nation. It is the church's duty to
make citizens capable of governing the
city. The church, religion and reform
have not adapted themselves to the change
from individuality to co-operation. The
churches, just like other industries, must
gain strength from co-operation. All de
nominations must unite in accomplishing
the end desired — that of educating public
opinion and popular conscience.
"The pulpit is, it is true, working for
this end, but the difficulty is that the
I eople who need the sermons most do not
attend church. Public meetings for re
form only draw those who are interested;
books are only bought by those wbo are
enthused on the subjects they treat of.
"How shall the disinterested ones be
reached? By co-operation. Form a min
isters' alliance of all denominations —
divide the City into districts. Let the
members of the various young people's
societies be made the bearers of truth. To
deliver a leaflet once a month at each
house in a district containing a dozen
nouses would not be a great undertaking.
It will be for the pastors to determine
what line of work should be taken uo and
what literature should be used but it
should be strong, bright and attractive to
be read.
"Through this ministers' alliance the
greatest good can be accomplished, and
those will be reached wnom the pulpit
cannot reach." |BS££4s
Dr. Stronp was asked how to form an
alliance and gave instructions as to bow
to start the association. On motion, Dr.
C. A. Adams. Rev. J. M. Beard and Dr.
Coyle were made a committee to call to
gether the pastors and arrange for the
carrying out of Dr. Strong's suggestion to
form an alliance.
immediately after the close of the meet
ing tne committee convened and ad
journed until one week from Monday,
when plans will be perfected for the form
ing of a pastors* alliance. in this City.
BOLD CHINESE ROBBERY.
Six Highbinders Hold Up the Inmates
of a House at 9 Spofford
Alley.
A bold robbery was committed by six
Chinese highbinders at 9 Spofford alley, a
bouse kept by Fong Guey, in the early
morning of July 5. They belong to the
Ping Keong Tong and two of them are
now in the City Prison.
One of the six went to the house the
night previous and about 4 o'clock in the
morning he quietly unhooked the chain
guarding the door and the other fire
slipped in by prearrnnerment.
Etch of tbe highbinders had a revolver,
and they went from room to room com
pelling the inmates to deliver up their
money and jewelry. It is estimated that
they got altogether about $900 in money
and jewelry.
The police were notified of the robbery
and Detective Gibson was detailed on .he
case. Assisted by Policeman Amos Wil
liams, he yesterday arrested Wong Look
and Dong Loo and they were identified as
two of tne gane. They were booked on
the charge of robbery.
Gibson and Williams are searching for
the other four and expect to have them in
custody soon.
First English Lutliorabs to Mortgage.
Application has been made by the First
English Lutheran Church to mortgage real
estate on Geary street near Octsvia for $9700
at 6 per cent a year to the Hibernia Savings
anu Loan Socieiv. Judge Hubbard wi.l hear
the matter at 10 o'clock on the 20th iusi.
Robert Chrichtei Nut Guilty.
, Robert Criteher, was acquitted of the charge
of grand larceny in Judge Dunne's court yes
terday
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1897.
REICHLING LEFT
ANOTHER WILL
Miss Lillie H. Theurkauf
Gives Her Friends a
Surprise.
Proof That She Did Not Unduly
Influence the Testator's
Mind.
Production of an Important Document
I Prom the Archives of the Scottish
I Bite Masons.
A genuine sensation was caused in the
Probate Court yesterday by the filing of a
paper.which purports to be the will oi the
late Louis F. Reichiing of this City, who
died several months ago, leaving an es
tate estimated at that time to be worth
about $100,000.
The paper was delivered to Deputy
County Clerk Northrop by C. E. Gillett of
Oakland at the request of ex-Judge John
F. Davis, who is attorney for George Good
man, special administrator of the Reich-
ling estate.
The document in which so much inter
est centers reads as follows:
In the name of God, amen I I, Louis Frank
Reiciiling, being of sound mind and memory
but knowing the uncertainty ol human life,
do now make and publish this, my last will
and testament, that is to say :
I bequeath all my property, both real and
personal, to my beloved cousin, Lillie H.
Theur_auf, me same to be held in trust for
her by my executor (to act without bonds), F.
Reiciiling, my lather, until she has reached
her twentieth year.
Louis Frank Reich lino.
Thomas H. Caswell and James S. Law
son are witnesses to the instrument.
This will, the body of which is in tbe
handwriting of Mr. Reichiing, was ascer
tained to have been written by him at the
time be was about to take his fourth de
gree in Masonry, and has been kept in tbe
archives of the society ever since.
Immediately alter the death ofthe tes
tator a will was filed, which, br its pro
visions, gave to Miss Cornelia Theurkauf
$10,000, and to the Academy of Sciences
of .his .City a magnificent cabinet of mine
ral specimens. Miss Lillie Theurkauf was
in that instrument named as residuary
legatee, and against that wiil a contest
was filed by relatives of the testator, on
the ground that it was procured by Miss
Lillie by undue influence, and. that the
testator was ot. unsound mino. The pro
duction of the will of 1883. which is more
favorable to Miss Lillie Theurkauf than
the later will, puts her in a very comfort
able position. fyff"i--
As no petition was filed with the docu
ment of yesterday, it leaves Miss Lillie
free to choose which will she may ulti
mately ask to have accepted as the au
thentic wish of the testator. If she should
withdraw her answer to the contest
against the., will of 1896, the court may
find that it is not entitled to be admitted
to probate, and in that event the will ot
1883, written when the testator was in the
.prime of manhood and was presumably
free from undue influence, may be con
sidered as hi* desire for the disposition of
his estate. By that it would seem tnat it
was his intention to make Miss LiLie
Theurkauf 'the recipient of his entire,
bounty. If she should take under the '
instrument of earlier date she would get
$10,000 more than by standing up for the
will wliii h she is accused of procuring by
undue influence on the mind of a man in
failing health.
As she is over 20 years of age, the trust
has lapsed and the property would come
to her direct. On the other band, if she
chooses to stand up for the will of 1896,
the discovery of the will of 1883 shows
that for the last fourteen years of his life
Reicliiing intended to make her his sole
legatee..
This would strengthen the presumption
that she had nothing to do with the
making of the last will, the terms of
which are less favorable to ber.
SAYS SHE WAS SHADOWED
Mrs. Nettie R. Craven Has Two
Young Men Placed Under
Arrest.
They Were Sent Home by Captain
Bohen and Ordered to Keport
This Morning.
Mrs. Nettie R. Craven had two young
men named Perkins and Collins arrested
last night about 9 o'clock, alleging that
they bad been shadowing and insulting
her.
She said that two private detectives,
employed by her, were walking behind
her on Market street, near Van Ness
avenue, and they advised her to draw on
two young men who they thought were
shadowing her. She did so, and at ti.e
corner of the avenue they came up te her
and laughed in her face, one of them re
marking, "Isn't it funny?"
She crossed over to the other corner of
the avenue and went into Harrington's
drugstore, and told one of the clerks that
two men had been shadowing her, and
she wanted an officer to arrest them. She
saw the two young men run round
corner of Oak street.
She waited in tho drugstore for a few
pi lii tit an t: the two young men came
back. When she left the store they fol
lowed her until she met a policeman and
asked him to arrest them, as they were
annoying and insulting her.
The policeman was J. Ward, . and he
took tbe two young men, to police head
quarters, accompanied by Mrs. Craven.
Sue told her story to Captain Bohen, and
Perkins and Collins denied shadowing ber
or having insulted her. . They' said they
were standing' on the corner, when Mrs.
Craven came up to them and smiled in
their faces. • They went round the corner
to Oak street to get away from her and
returned so as to ask the drug clerks if
they knew who she was. .Then a police
man came up aud placed them under
arrest. They said they were clerks in
downtown warehouses and had no thought
of -hadowing the lady. 'ff
Mrs. Craven telephoned for Judge Den
son, and when he arrived the atones were
repeated to him. He asked Captain Bohen
to take their names and addresses, and he
would consider what should be done.
Captain Bohen released the two young
men and asked them to report at head
quarters this morning.
Big Capital for Lamp-Dealers.
The Pacific Coast. Mercantile Company, to
deal in in nips and. other merchandise,. has
been incorporated with 'interests represented
as follows: Carlos _>. Una, ,$4999; Minnie!
Heyman, $5000; Leo Koloian, $5000 Adolph
Kolmau, $5000; A. T. Barnett, $1.
A New Hartford (Conn.) man one day
recently set over 1000 tobacco plants, and
the next' morning, found that the cut
worms had destroyed every plant but one
overnight."-. .yy'y b,*b-. •"''... fjff-'fffy
A stances made on furniture and pianos with
or without removal. Noonan, 1017-1073 Mission.
UPS AND DOWNS
OF ASSESSMENTS
Board of Equalization Be
sieged With Peti
tioners.
A Number of Small Cuts Are
Made in the Assessor's
Figures.
Communication Prom Charles Gildea
Explaining the Methods of .
the State Board.
The Board of Supervisors yesterday sat j
as a Board of Equalization and pa- sed ■
upon a number of applications for reduc
tion of assessments on renl estate and
improvements.
A statement was submitted by Charles
Gildea, prepared at the request of the
board, showing the methods by which the
State Board of Equalization reasons out
its course in amending the valuations of
this City and County, together with some
data affecting assessments. The com
munication, properly addressed, is as fol
lows:
Gentlemen : ln compliance with your request
I submit to you the following facts in relation
to the assessment of real aud personal prop
erty in the City and County of San Francisco
for the year 1897.
As 1 am imormed, the moans which the
members of the State Board of Equalization
raainiy adopt to find the true vaiue of the
real estate in the several counties of the State
are: .■. ■ '- _ , '-'fy
First— To take the sales when the true
amount paid can be ascertained.
Second— To take the appraisement, and sales
of property by order of the Probate Courts and
compare these sales and appraisements with
the assessed value.
Third— Bank mortgages where the mortgage
exceeds the assessed value of the property.
Following these lines, I have carefully ex
amined the documents, probate appraise
ments, sales and statements in relation to per
sonal property given to your committee by
members of the State Board of Equalization,
and on which, in part at least, the board must
have formed its judgment when it increased
the assessment-roll of the City 20 per cent last
year.
I flnd that where the property was sold by
order of tue court in most cases the amount
obtained was less than the appraised value of
the property sold, showing that the appraise
ments were too high and not a fair means to
measure assessed values by, and that the as
sessment on the property bears a fair and
equitable relation to the sales generally made.
1 have also carefully examined and com
pared with this year's assessment roil the
sale of proper:*" ior the past eighteen munths,
from January, 1896, to July, 1897, as reported
by Messrs. Thomas Magee & Sons. •
The 101 l owing table will show the number
of sales in each subdivision, the aggregate
number of sal- and the proportion the sales
bear to the assessed value:
Ko. of Purchase Assessed Per
sales. pric». valuation, cent.
50-vara; - 85 $2,037,720 $1,3 6,035 -65
100-vara. 65 1,619,145 910,420 * 60
Western Addi
tion 202 1,659,792 1.092,203 70
Mission. New Po
troro and ilor- -' -.*;•
ner*s Addition. 95 648,066 418,584 64
Totals 437 *6, 7.4.7-3 $3,756,241 *65
•Average.
The assessed value of all property, as re
turned by the Assessor, was: -
Forthe year 1896 J.... $357,586,126
Forthe year 1897 ..„. 345.336.469
A decrease of $12,260,657
The Assessor's report shows an increase over
last year on: ■„•• „
Baal estate. $988,137
Improvements 2,037, 01i0
Total increase on real estate and Im
provements ' $2,975,137 j
And a decrease on the assessment of personal j
property, as compared with last year, of . $15,
--238,647.
'f his is almost entirely due to a reduction of
the assessment on the banns as comuarea with
last year's assessment. It is claimed that they
converted a large amount of their assessable
assets into non-assessable assets. Whether
this was done by them in the course ot busi
ness as a regular business transaction, or
that they got these non-assessable securities
shortly belore and got rid of them im
media ely after the first Monday in March, in
order to escape taxation, an examination of
their books would, I suppose, determine.
From au examination of the last report of the
Statu Controller it will be seen that the assessed
value of personal property as compared with
the total assessed value of all properly in the
State is less than 14 per cent.
The assessed value of personal property in
San Francisco as compared with ' the total
assessed of all property in San Francisco is 20
per cent, while the assessed value of personal
properly in all the other counties of the State
exclusive of San Francisco, as compared with
the assessed value of all property in these
counties, ls but a traction over 10 per cent.
As compared with the assessed value of real
estate and improvements the assessed value
of personal property in the past thirty years
has gradually but steadily declined irom 47
Der cent of the total assessed value to less than
14 per cent.
The cost of assessing personal property in
this stale and collecting taxes thereon under
present conditions puts an additional burden
on those who own real estate.
The Assessor* of California are fast solving
the problem oi the way to make laud and lm
piovements bear all the burdens of direct tax
ation for the support of the State, county and
municipal government.
Herewith I submit to you a detailed state
ment of sales and appraisements of property
and the assessed value of the same. Respect
fully yours, Charles GILDKA.
The board was occupied all day in Hear
ing the applications for reductions in
assessments. ,
Reductions were made on real estate
improvements as follows:
Maurice Blast, on Haight street, near Pierce,
from $3300 to $3000; P. Minehan, on .reeion
street, near Fourth, from $1500 to $1250 ; J.
Daly.onElgh'eenih streel, nenr Oakwood, irom
$2000 to $1700; W. H. Becker, on Shotwell
street, near Twenty-first, from $2850 to $2500;
H J Schartb, oi. West Albion avenue, near
Camp, irom $3500 < to $3000; H. T. Ha>sel
m<n-er, Bush street, near Broderick, from
$3750 to $3250; C. J. Wingerter, corner ol
Post and Stock. streets, from $29,000 to
$25 000; W. H. Matthews, corner of
Clement street and Tweliih avenue, from
$3500 to $3000; Lise Robitscher. lot on Cle
ment street, near Second avenue, irom $1750
to$1500; Dennis Begun, lot on Minna and
Si yen th streets, from $900 to • $800 Grace A.
babin, Pine street, near Devi.s_.dero, assess
ment $500, canceled; C. B. F. Scho. lot on
Sherman avenue, near Huron street, from
$400 to $300; Thomas Campbell, Branuan
street, near Tuird, from $800 to $500; Eliza
beth Patton. Twenty-second street, near Dolo
res, from. $3000 to $27.01-; Carl Dlel. lot on
Chop street, near Twenty-third, from $3250 to
$2750.
Reductions were made in real estate
assessments as follows:
Dennis B. Collins, four lots on Point Lobos
avenue and Collins street, from $13,720 to
$13,520.
The board refused to make reductions
in assessments on improvements asked
for as follows:
D. E. Grenensrer, Valencia street, near
Liberty, trom $3750 to $2000; Rosa Phillips,
Washington * street, 7 near Broderick, from
$4120 to $3.-00; Effie A. Burlia, Cherry street.
Tear Sacramento, trom $2500 to $1500; W. H.
B.eker, two lot* '- on . 3nmwe»l : . street,.-' near
Twentieth, 1 from $6700 to $4750; Louis Han
sar, Geary and >\ibs;r streets, from $21,300
to $17,000; James -'Walsh,'- Broadway, near
Leavenworth, from $2500 to $1600; Hop Wo
Company, Clay stieet, near dupont, irom
$7000 to $5000; J. M.Dupas, Powell street,
near Broadway, from $7500 .to $6000; , Bur
thllde Lassalle, Folsom street, near Fourth,
from $5000 to $3500; Thomas "G. 7 Jacques,
Jones and Leavenworth: streets, from $12,800
to $10,000; Lily' Aim Collins, Hyde street,
near Pine, from ; $1200 to - $500; Gaston E.
Bacon. Steiner and Sacramento streets, from
$17,750 to $14,000; _ Louis Metzger, Twen.y
lounh and i-hoiwen streets, _from $5500;
George H. Wiixon. Vicksburg and Twenty
third streets, $2000 to $1500. _ fy-. -h. ■ -
An attorney .was '.- heard, representing
the owners of ,the . property on Morton
THE EMPORIUM.
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HALF USUAL PRICES GO NOW,
for we have bought the entire stock
of The Hub's fine clothing for spot
cash. They were compelled to go
out of business. Their loss our
patrons' gain.
II A/^Am_founufi€ifmm&*
49M9 sm_»n.«s«
vflH|<^ --^Ul WOOI SililS.
uke ricf UßE M igj&
Also Double-breasted Square- corner Sacks and X^^fe^
the Semi-Dress Cutaway styles. j ' ffi •''SHaK;
Cut, trimmed and tailored in a first-class manner. ,\f J>r f^M.l
They are "The Hub's" $12.50 and $15.00 Suits. Jill f °\ Ip
The materials are strictly all-wool blue and black I 1 J^Mi
cheviot— clay worsted— nobby invisible checks l/vV^^fflll
and plaids, in fancy cassimeres and cheviots. jlj I \ 7 "^P|f |
We can recommend them in every way. I I'll 111 k\ WS_«L
Men's $12. Suits and Overcoats 86.95 ii l|| : |h Hp» ■»'*'s:
Men's $15.00 Suits and Overcoats 88.45 j|| |j| £ Vi : ". .'B_ \ f»rafi|
Men's $18.00 Suits and Overcoats 89.95 JlllH Hl ____[ _______! I_-1-&__,l f. T'£ s
Men's $20.00 Suits and Overcoats. 811.45 " lf^^saSll^S_Sr
Child's $4.00 Two-piece Suits (4 to 15 years) 83.45 • "PpISP" 1 ' f'^lfijb ; '' *"'
Child's $6.00 Iwo-piece Suits (4 to 15 years) 83.95
Boys' $7.50 Long Pants Suits (13 to 19 years) 83 95
Boys' $10.00 Long Pants Suits (13 to 19 years) 85.95
fffflfi^mnorirflPl
street, between Kearny ; street and Grant
avenue, asking for a large reduction on a
high assessment because the houses,
through recent police regulations, have
been clos.d and tne revenue stopped. The
matter was taken under advisement.
The board decided to ask the State Board
of Equalization for an extension of time
and tiiat the banks and corporations should
be notified to appear and show cause why
their assessments should not.be raised.
The board will meet again this morning to
cont.nue the hearing of petitions for re
duction of assessments.
CAPRON'S OTHER WILL.
It Was Filed in Judge Slack's
Court Yesterday Morn
ing.
Ex-Judge A. L. Fitzgerald Charged
With Undue Influence Over the
Testator.
A contest has been precipitated over
the estate of the late John S. Capron, a
well-known Nevada capitalist.'
Soon alter Mr. Capron's death a paoer
purporting to be -his last will, dated April
16, 1897, was filed by ex- Judge A. L. Fitz
gerald, who was named as executor and
beneficiary to a considerable extent.
Mr. Fitzgerald at once began a suit to
recover a large amount of" property that,
by trust deeds, had been placed under the
custody of Madge A. Manion, Hattie M.
Kearny and Mamie Capron, stepdaughters
of the testator. He alleged that the prop
erty had been given into the possession of
the young women for the convenience of
tne late Mr. Capron, and that, though
requested to reconvey the property, they
had refused to do so. An order of court
was asked restraining them from wasting
the property or disposing of it in any
Wav - l T A
•When the matter came up in Judge
Slhck's court yesterday the stepdaughters
NEW. TO-DAT.
1 Save Your Stomach! |
•^ The habit of drugging is so general, it has been so much of a custom -j^|
St: during the past generation that some people would not think of attempting ___S
SZ to cure disease by any other means than by pouring something down the
5E throat. They keep on drugging because custom forms a habit, and they 13
Sfff- take their regular dose before going to bed just the same as if the drug
was one of the essentials to living. • ■ . --.-- - «-bb: -~«
'.:.?.. Itis not It is simply a vicious habit - r Nature Is being laughed at in j^»
S= contempt. All the laws of health are scorned. The stomach is being 23
SZ ruined. The drug fiend always fills an early grave. He destroys the -^
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THE EMPORIUM.
presented another will, dated March 13,
1896, which, they alleged, represents the
true wishes of the testator, though actual
ly executed more than a year before the
document off. red by Mr. Fitzgerald.
The will of March 13. 1896, disposes of
the $100,000 estate as follows: To Ins step
granddaughter. Loretta Manion, $3000; to
his steograndson, Raymond Kearny,
$3000; to all other relatives $1 each, except
the said stepdaughters, Madge A.
Manion, Hattie M. Kearny and Mamie
Capron, who are named as residuary
legatees.
In support of their opposition to the
wili of 1897 the young women alleged that
when it was written the testator was of
unsound mind, and that he was unduly
influenced by Mr. Fitzgerald, who had
obtained complete control of his mind;
that Fitzgerald visited him often and was
his confidential adviser for many years,
acting also more as physician than as
attorney.
No action was taken by the court. Fur
ther hearing will be had next week.
JEALOUSY AND POISON.
Sirs. Slay Duffy Swallows a* Dose of
Carbolic Acid.
Mrs. May Duffy, a handsome young
woman, 19 years of age, swallowed a dose
of carbolic acid in her room, 163 Tehama
street, at an early hour yesterday morn
ing, and will probably die.
She was taken to the, Receiving Hos
pital in the patrol-wagon, and Dr. Tormey
applied the usual remedies. Her sister,
Mrs. Nelson, Twenty-second and Hamp
shire streets, was sent for, and she harried
to the hospital.
Mrs. Duffy was married when she was
17 years of age, but after living with her
husband about a year she left him and
procured a divorce. She went to live at
her sister's house, where her baby was
born five months ago. It only lived tbree
months. frf.'Z -. 7.
She became acquainted with a young
man about town and went to live with
him at 163 Tehama street. She recently
suspected that sha was not the only
woman her companion loved, and when
she found her suspicions confirmed she,
in a lit of jealousy, swallowed . the car
bolic acid.
Bangor parsons are settling the bicycle
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THE EMPORIU3I
STATEMENT
...'.or THE....
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
....OF TH8....
Fidelity and Casualty
COMPANY
OF NEW YORK. IN THE STATE OF NEW
York, on the Slst day of December, A. D. 1898,
and for the year ending on that day, as made to
the Insurance Commissioner of the State of 'Cali-
fornia, pursuant to th» provisions of sections: 610
and 611 of the Political (.ode, condensed as per
blank furnished by the Commissioner. . - •--.»"
CAPITAL. ..-,'■■
Amount of Capital stock, paid up in
Cash 250,000 00
ASSETS., '
Real Estate owned br Company 9596,554 32
Cash Marxet Value of all stocks aud
Bonus owned by Company : 1,437.050
Casn ln Company's Office 22,137 81
Cash in 8ank5.....:..; 62,370 30
Interest due • and accrued on all
stocks and Loans ■ 1,16167
Premiums in due Course of Collec-
tion ....\.:..... 344,476 M
Rents due and accrued. 960 46
Reserve Reinsurance Deposit (cash
in Company's Possession)...... 9,962 67
Total Assets $2.474.673 49
LIABILITIES.
Losses Adjusted and Unpaid... ...."j
Losses in Process of Adjustment! y. l
or ln Suspense - $458,978 81
Losses Resisted, including Ex- 1
penses.... ■....,..;:.y.... i
Gross Premiums on Risks running
one year or.less, $2,546,712 02;
reinsurance 50 per cent 1,273,37101 .
Gross Premiums on Risks running
more than one year, $256,-
-3- 07; reinsurance prorata.... 140,952 47
All other Demands against the Com- ->-••:■ ,-
pany .: 21,927 04
Total Liabilities. $1.895.229
INCOME. ~~~ "
Net'Ca'h actually received for Pre-
miums $2,652,053 35
Received for interest and dividends .
on Bonds, Stacks, Loans, and
trom all other sources.. 64,48140-
Received for Rents 65,412 Otf
Total Income $2,771.946 81
EXPENDITURES. }
Net amount paid for Losses $1,103,372 74
Dividends to Stockholders. 40.000 00
Paid or allowed for Commission or
Brokerage 693,600 28
Paid for salaries, , tees and other.
charges for officers, clerks, etc.. 133,347 03
Paid for State, National and Local i
Taxes / 48,774 88
All other payments and expendi-
tures . 646,76483.
Total Expenditures .$-,665,859 70 V
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th
day- of January, 1897, E. A. RABE Notary
Public. , ...
GEORGE F. SEWARD. President
ROBERT J. HILL secretary.
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