The San Francisco call. [volume], September 08, 1897, Page 5, Image 5

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OUTSIDERS ARE
VERY ANXIOUS
TO HAVE A ZOO
Men Who Have No .Residence in San Francisco
Favor the Scheme of the Land
Sellers.
MISSIOMTES DO NOT WAST IT.
They Feel No Crying Need for
a Bear Garden and Play
Ground,
mm HARD TO KILL THE JOl).
The Courts Will Eel Asked to Enjoin
the Supervisors if They Make
the Appropriation.
Among the many strange things that
have developed in the attempt to force a
men i erie on the unwilling residents of
the M. _sion is the anxiety of the people
who live ar away from that portion of the
City, some even so far as A lam da and
Oakl nd, to secure to the people cf the
South Side a monkey ranch at an expense
to the taxpayer-.
An evening paper, which is on the side
of the land-sellers in this latest cheme to
despoil the people, publishes a list of in
terviews with Federal employes who are
raisin., their voices in loud demand tor a
pajK and zoological garden for the Mis
sion. It .ices not appear to occ to the
afoiesaid piper that the residence of a
majority of these is outside of the limits
of the City and County of San Francisco,
and in consequence that they will not
themselves feel the additional burden of
taxation should fie scheme succeed.
1- tiding it impossible to obtain inter
views from taxpayers within the district
to be affected by the foisting of a bear
garden on the people, the schemers evi
dent ieei, in the iangua.e of t c stree:,
that "any old thing will do," and they
gather them in wherever any one can be
found who desires to see his name in
print.
The interviews printed in The Call are
from men who are well known as San
Francisco business men and taxpayers, j
men who believe that the people should
noi be made to pay for unnecessary luxu
ries so long a-* absolute necessities have
not been supplied. The following inter
views indicate clearly what the taxpayers
living in the Mi-son think of the scheme:
•loll ii I>. Duly, proprietor of
I the Sun Mateo Dairy Company,
800 Guerrero street: "li mi. zoo
logical park .erne was in good faith
and had selected a locality where it is
possible for the people to pet to it, I
might give it some consideration. I have
Jar-re re. J estate interests in the vicinity
o! I', . m Tree Gulch, but I candidly say
for the Board of Supervisors to buy that
gulch for a park would be a crime. Every
dollar put into it would be wasted. The
Mission does not want a zoo. They have
never asked for one and are doing all they
can to kill this j >b. We want good street.-,
well lighted. No more large parks.
Golden Gate Park is enough at present
When the electric road i* completed we
can reach Golden Gate Park in fifieen
minuter. II ire Supervisors attempt to
appropriate $400/00, or even less, for the
purchase of land to raise wild animals
tney should be enjoined by the courts.
'1 he lax iate is too nigh already, and this
bold attempt to raid the City treasury for
the benefit of a few land speculators must
be stopped. The Cam. is entitled to the
thinks of every property-owner in San
Francisco for its bold stand and manly
li ht."
Slierwoofl W. "Fuller of
4-eoi'pre 11. J*'iillcr and of Hie
**•* oo«i Brett., I'iirniinre j
manufacturers at «■.">.► Vl '*-.«' on
xti-eet, and residing- at :t I Hill |
street: "I own con**i .erauie prof-eny
in th. Miss. on and hay. the interest 'of
that sec. ion of the City very much at
heart, and as a consequence would like i
very much to have a park such as we
want. We would not oppose having a |
pare, though small, ii it might he iocate-J
close to the new High School. Here our
families could go at. all hours of the day
and enjoy a few hours of sunshine with- |
I but the necessity of having to pay carfar-*.
This we consider we are entitled** to, as we |
have no park* or squares for our children
to play in. The cemetery lots were at.
first .elected as the ideal spot tor this pur- '
post-. We were modest In our requests:
we did not want to place a burden on the
shoulders o! the taxpayers by providing
us with this small piece of park ground. '
One -qu.ire could he bought this year and
the otner next, and by and by with very
little expense the whole put in condition |
for the purposes intended. This would
make the sue surrounding the High
School attractive and at the same time ;
answer all the purpose-; of giving the peo- '
pie in the central portion of tne Mission
a breathing spot. We have thought ana
still think that we are justly entitled
to at least one small park in the
.Mission. We do grudge the people j
in the western portion of the City their
pleasure in having an abundance of small j
and for that matter large parks. But we ;
wish to be recognized in the distr.but.on
of the taxes that we cheerfully pay for the
benefit of the whole City. So far as a
park and _ zoo goes, where it is proposed
to place it 1 am most decidedly opposed i
to any such proposition. It is not a Mis*
sion park in any sense of the term, and I
the Mission people never considered it as J
such. It ii much easier to go to the
Golden Gate Bark from any portion of i
the Mission than it would be to go to !
the gum tree site, and what is mote ii is a '
thousand limes more pleasant , when you i
get 'here. 1 don't know of a more, otqec- ''
tion* site for a park within the nmiisof
the City than is the same gum tree hori- i
zontal land. It is expo-ed to the fuil
force of the west wind and fog that come j
in through the gap be' ween the hills di
rect from the ocean. And what shall we i
say about the price? "Why, to any man i
who Knows anything about land valua
tions in '.Ins City, it is too l.iph at one- !
third the ficure asked. In the lan_-ua_e ,
of toe street it is the 'rawest' deal ever at
tempted to be foisted on the helpless tax
payers. The promoters of this gigantic
rob cunningly cover themselves up be
hind a Mission project. Wherea**,' the
Mission people are opposed to it. And
even, for the sake of argument, supposing
they were in favor of it, this is no reason
why the other taxpayers should be fleeced
to make a few shrewd real estate agents
wealthy at the expen-e of the general
public. We want neither a gum tree park
nor a wild animal collection foisted upon
ns at our expense. And when I say this
I am sure I speak the sentiments of every
property-owner in the City, except those
that expect to be immediately benefited
by it."
i»i*. I. oui- Itu-li. tlci-li*. (IS.i-»Ii
X Somi,""" I*.*:, - street, resi
dence 210** Howard street: "I
have resided in ihe Mis.-ion lor tne last
twenty-four years and have paid taxes on
my property. lam therefore interested in
anything and everything that would go to
make the Mission attractive and increase
its prosperity. But 1 fail to see how a
pleasure ground and a so-called zoo, lo
cated away out on the Gum Tree Tract,
Could by any mathematical calculation
be of any benefit to the Mission people
any more than is the Golden Gate Park at
the present time. It.wouid be mere diffi
cult to get to it than it is to get to
the greater park now. Of course
the Mission residents cannot but be ever
so much obliged to gentlemen who
have so generously offered this un
sought-for audition :or their comfort.
But 1 have noticed that they want
the taxpayers to put their Hands down in
their pockets and pay for the selection.
_" nd the price that is asked for the lan 1 is
so reasonable— three times its value, as 1
have been informed — that we are at a loss
to know how to thank them for their dis
interestedness in our welfare. And in ad
dition to all this they are going to give us
a collection of wi.d animals. Just the
thing we do not want thrown in as a gift.
Nor do we want the park at the price It is
•offered as a gift to the people of the Mis
sion. It those gentlemen are in earnest —
and we will give them credit for good in
tention — why don't they offer some solu
tion of repairing the streets and sewers of
the City and a scheme by which we can
reduce our taxes rather than add $400,000
more to the annua) levy. not. to mention
what it would cost to keep the animal
show running year in and year out. Well,
to be brief and to the point, I am most
emphatically opposed to the entire propo
sition, and will add that the Mission peo
ple do not want those uninterested gentle
men to pick out a park lor us upon the
terms set forth here."
_'. A. Ilornhlower, ex-Police
.1 udge and si property-owner
in tlie *"-'«-.- ion. residing .it
Twenty- -ir*«_ ..ml Harrison
streets: ".hi- is not a mea.ure to ben
efit the Mission in any sense of lie word.
How can a park located out in the Homer
Addition be considered of any benefit to
the residents of the Mission any more
than it would be a benefit to the people ]
in the north end of San Francisco? As- j
suming that the park was located there, I
the Mission residents, like all others going '
there, would be compelled to pay car
fare. What the Mission people would liKe
to have, if they could get it, would be a
park in the central portion of the Mission
proper. But under no circumstances do
we want a zoo placed upon a barren tract
of land at the expense of the taxpayers at
such an exorbitant fi.ure as the one pro- j
posed by the philanthropists who have so j
s uadenly sprung up in our midst. It is a I
cold scheme to unload a piece of worth- j
leas property on the people while they
sleep, so to speak. But, thanks to The
("all for its stand, this wholesale joo \
will not be permitted to go unchallenged.
We will oppose it first, last and all the
time."
I. .1. Truman, President of
tlie Civic Federation and to
lumbian Hauking Company:
"1 am totally opposed to the whoie ou*iit.
I live in the Mission, it is true. But what
has that to do with this humbug of buying
a piece of land away out on the outskirts
of the City to do with the peopl" in the
Mission any more than it has with the
people living in Oakland or San Kalaei?
The Mission* residents have never asked
for a park in this section of the City. If
the people nisu to give a park well and
good; we will thank them lor it; and we
think we are entitled to one. But we
do not want or wish to be asked
to contribute to the purchase of
an unprofitable piece cf land that has {
been found for us by a lot of real estate
schemers that do not reside in the Mission I
or* have any interest in the happiness or |
comfort of the residents who do reside
there and who pay taxes. Ido not care to j
bother my.-elf about the value of the land !
beciuse I know that the people who have !
commissioned themselves to find this laud ■
for us simply want to sell it at the highest I
possible figure tbat can be got from the
gullible public. We have an excellent \
park now and one that demands the atten- j
tion of the people. And when this park is ;
fixed up to suit us, why we still have other
parks to improve and we still have our j
streets, to look after and our sewers. lam j
against it all the way through."
*?■• 11. Levy, secretary of the
"■I "--ion "Kive-i-iile Improve- j
incut •» .uli: "I am delighted that j
-HE Call ..as taken the stand it has on
this question. The idea of any man who i
claims to have the interest of the City at
heart to advocate the purchase of a part, j
when we are in such a condition as we are j
out here lor improvements, must want to
make his pile at the expense of the unfor- j
tunate taxpayers. No park for me or for
the club of which I am the secretary."
IS. I". brook of the White
House (dry g-oods), -17 -Liberty i
street: "Never in th. history of Sun 1
Francisco has there been attempted a j
worse raid on the City treasury than this j
zoological grab. It seems incredible that ,
any honest man should advocate the |
squandering of nearly half a million dol- j
lars on a thing. so needless, extravagant i
and impractical. The people will sup
port The Call in its battle for economy j
and public honesty."
Judge John __.. Spinelti,
Prosecuting Attorney of the
I'oliee Court: "1 have 11*01 given the ,
mailer mucu consideration, out from '
what I have read of it in The Call 1 am
not in favor of it, while we hay* an ex
cellent park as it is, although 1 would
like to see a zoological garden in this City,
It would add to our attractions. But our
taxes are already very high and our streets
need loosing alter."
•Ueo grc T. lloheu, ho was !
present while i-.ug-ineer Until i.
v ,- t . u -ii ji* »i vins: his views*, said:
"1 fully concur in every word the Clnei |
has --aid, and would add that to me ii is
nothing -hurt of an attempt to dispose of
a p ccc of land, by the -ale of which a lew
shrewd real-estate sharks would make a
pile of money."
.lame* A. Oyer, builder, 889
Dolores street: "The call ex
presses my sentiments on this question.
I in opposed to the purchase of land for
i zoo, and t*o are all my neighbors. The
taxes are too high now. No more parks
until we have good streets and clean sew
.rs and sireet lights."
THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1897.
WNT TO TALK
BY EXACT RULE
Eloquence Burst Out Fre
quently at the Carriers'
Convention.
The Members in Doubt as to
Whether the Meeting Was
a Legal One.
Many Letters of Kegret Keceived and
RePorts In From the Commit
tees on Preliminaries.
The eighth annual convention of the
National Letter-Carriers' Association
opened yesterday morning in Odd Fel
lows' Hall. Owing to an unavoidable de
lay in the transmission of credentialsfrom
Washington to this City and the fact that
I many members who had attempted to "do"
j Chinatown the night previous, found
j themselves slightly done up. and used a
j couple of hours which rightfully belonged
to the convention in resting up.it was
after 11 o'clock when .President Parsons
called the meeting to order.
The first business on hand was the ap
pointment of a committee on credentials,
and the following were selected: B. F.
i
, Newell. Denver, chairman; .John C. Kel-
I lar, Cleveland; W. H. Geis, Baltimore;
| O. J. Burson, Kalamazoo; J. E. Havens,
i Brooklyn.
A committee consisting of Thomas
Smith, Barney Curtin and Thomas Farm-
I er was appointed to draft a set of rules
i governing ti e convention.
Pending the report of these committees
I George King of Washington, the legal rep
, resentative of the letter-carriers, was
I granted the floor, and spoke at some
i length on the subject of the eight-hour
law, free delivery and the proposition by
the Government to settle all just claims
for overtime due the letter-carriers.
Mr. King stated that his law firm was
vainly trying on their behalf to secure
i some chance to prove their overtime
| claims and have them considered on their
i merits by the Court of Claims. The car
j riers have already received as the result
of the firm's legal battle something over
• $3,000,000 by appropriation 01 Congress.
j The aker assenei that nearly all the
| iree delivery cities of this country except
[ the Pacific Coast States have been paid
!on their claims. He extended hope to
the San Francisco letter-c-trriers, who
nave a big claim against the Government,
with the statement that the contract to
which they affixed their names, signing
away their statutory rights, wouid not
hold good in a court of claims. Referring
to the statute of limitation the speaker
said that at the proper time legislation
would be requested favorable to the car
| riers for the just claims for overtime serv
ices subs^q vent to 18S8. A vote of thanks
was eiv> n Mr. King. The noon recess was
' then taken.
The afternoon session opened at about
j 3 o'clock, and throughout the session the
1 chief motive of the delegates seemed to
. be to put themselves on record as parlia-
I mentarians and speech-makers, and
'' President Parsons displayed his excel-
I lent abilities as a presiding officer by his
| uniform coolness and the fairness of his
decisions.
The first business of the afternoon was
the reading of responses to the numerous
letters of invitation which had been sent
; out. Letters of regret at being unable to
■ attend were received from John Wana
maker, Congressman William Sulzer,
\ Postmaster C. Van Colt of New
! York. Postmaster- General Gary, Wil
| liam L. Wilson, C. W. Fairbanks, William
j M. Smith, George W. McClelland. N. D.
| Sparry, Thomas McEwan, Congressman
! Charles J. Faulkner, Senator Mark A.
Hanna, Governor Budd and many others.
President Parsons then made a brief re
! sume of his work during the year as Na
! tional president, which was iv part as fol
i lows:
"My work for the year commenced by
j n akin- a trip to Washington, where I
used my utmost endeavors to bring closer
together the heads of the departments and
I the carriers themselves, feeling confident
that by bringing about friendly relations
j more good can be accomplished by peti
tioning those in power than in any other
way. I think there is intelligence enough
in the officers of the association to sue-
I cessfully administer its own offairs with
| out any outside assistance whatever. Dur
| ing the year I have visited many of the j
j branches in my jurisdiction, both in my i
j official capacity and as a personal visitor, \
j and I think I have accomplished much j
j good in this way, as I have brought the
j individual branches into closer touch with
; the National association."
A motion that this report be accepted |
i and the recommendations embodied in it i
I be turned over to the proper committee I
I for consideration provoked a discussion I
I that lasted half through the afternoon.
Mr. Quinn of Philadelphia seemed to
| have 1 ieimpres6ion that Mr. Parsons had
I made no mention or explanation of seme
I of his official actions during the year in
! his report, and would not consent to its
j adoption until he was satisfied on these
i points, but did not get an opportunity to
state his objection, as he was called to
i order on the ground that, as the creden-
I tial committee had not yet made its re- !
| port the convention was not yet organ- !
• ized and the report could neither be re- j
| ceived nor any official action taken on it.
This point was decided as well taken, I
j and resolutions, points of order to show I
! they coul I not be received, motions to ad- |
j -urn and halt-made speeches occupied j
! about two hours. Finally Mr. Cambridge
i came to the conclusion that, whether I
i they were organized or not, they were i
there in a body, the report had been I
given them and was their property, and '
as such they might d spose of it as they
saw lit. After some more discussion, in i
which Mr. Quinn maue strenuous efforts !
to make vis objections, but was seated
time after lime on points of order, the re
port w-is finally adopted.
Mr. McElrov- then moved that the con
vention H'journ until 8 p. M, when the
report of the credentials commit cc* would j
be ready, but at this juncture the com
mittee put in its appearance with the re
port and the motion to adjourn was with- '
drawn. The report showed the actual at- j
tendance to be as follows: Officers 17, j
State vice-presidents 7, delegates 360, I
branches represented by delegates 1-11, by I
proxies 177.
The committee on rules then presented !
a set whicn It had drafted, which differed
very little from last year's, and they were j
adopted.
It was then decided to devote some one I
session exclusively to matters pertaining !
10 the Mutual .Benevolent Association, j
the day to be fixed by the board of trus- i
tees.
Mr. Morrison, secretary of the law and
'egislat. committee, than made a
lengthy report of the doings of that body
during the i.ust year, relating mainly to
the efforts it had made to have a law
passe. l providing that the salary of letter
carriers be not less than $1200 per annum,
out which was ml* d out by Speaker Reed.
The convention then adjourned till 8
o'clock this morn ing. Jlggg.
After the convention adjourned many
of the visitors made a trip through China
town,while others enjoyed a stereopticun
lecture on "California."
Blonde hair is the finest and red the
coarsest.
WASHHOUSES
NOT NUISANCES
That Is, When They Are
Conducted Neatly, as
They Should Be.
Judge de Haven Renders an
Opinion on the Eights
of Property,
A San Mateo Ordinance in Conflict
With the Fourteenth
Amendment.
i United States District Judge de Haven
i rendered an opinion yesterday morning
• in the matter of Hon.* Wah, convicted in
• San Mateo City for maintaining a Chinese
■ laundry in that place, and the matter was
: taken before Judge de Haven to deter
-1 mine the constitutionality of the San
j Mateo ordinance against washhouses.
i ! Judge de Haven decided that Hong Wah
i or any other man, irrespective of color or
; race, had a right to oper;*.to a laundry in
I San Mateo or any other city, so long as
his business was not detrimental to the
health of the neighbors. A mere arbi
trary declaration in a city ordinance that
such and such a thing is a nuisance and
• that it should b.' suppressed amounts to a
confiscation of property and prevents the
citizen from enjoying his rirhts under the
constitution of the United States.
■ In reply to the proposition that the
1 Supreme Court in ex-parte Hang Kie, 69
California, 149, had decided constitutional
' an ordinance of the city of Modesto, pro
hibiting the carrying on of any public
'' laundry in that city, except within certain
l prescribed boundaries. Judge de Haven
1 i said: "The opinion in the case referred to
1 undoubtedly supports the contention of
respondent that the ordinance of the city
I of San Mateo now under discussion is
I valid, but that case has been virtually,
i although not expressly, overruled by the
| Supreme Court of the State of California,
and I do not think would now be re
garded as authority in that court."
. The Judge quoted from ex-pane Whit
well lo the following effect:
A law or ordinance the effect of which is to
deny to the owner of property the right
to conduct thcrou a lawful business is
Invalid unless the business to which it relates
is of such a noxious or offensive character
| that the heolih, safety or comfort of the sur
i rounding community requires its exclusion
! from that particular lonnluy, and an asylum
] lor the treatment of mild forms of Insanity is
i noi properly classed as such.
"It will be observed in the case just
j cited," added Judge de Haven, "that the
| decision of the court rests upon the broad
I proposition that the ownership of prop
| erty, no matter where situated, carries
j with it the right to use, and to permit
! the use of such property in the prosecu-
I tion of any legitimate business which is
I not a nuisance in itself, and that the ex
clusion of any such lawful business from
! a particular locality can only be justified
j upon the ground that the health, satety
: or comfort of the surrounulng community
requires such exclusion.
"A moment's reflection will show that
any rule less broad would fail to give ef
fect to the comprehensive declaration of
i the fourteenth amendment to the consti
! tution of the United States. ;-."■•..* * The
| right to use property in the prosecution of
j any business which is not dangerous to
i others, nor injurious, nor offensive to per
sons within its vicinity, is one of the legal
■ attributes of the ownership of property
I of which the owners cannot be deprived
by the arbitrary declaration of any law of
the State or municipal ordinances, nor
can the right of any p-rson to engage in
any useful occupation, not a nuisance per
se, at any place he may select, without in
fringing upon the legal rights of others,
be denied by any law or ordinance.
"It is certainly a matter of common
observation that a public laundry is
harmless in itself, and if properly con
ducted with reierence to sanitary and
other conditions, which may easily be
complied with, it is not offensive or dan
gerous to the health of the community
in which it may be situated; and this be
ing so a person has under the constitution
of the United States the same right to
engage in the business of conducting a
public laundry as in any other, and lias
equally with the grocer, the lawyer or
carpenter the right to select the particu
lar locality at which he shall conduct such
business. The ordinance in question
; denies this right, and is for that reason iv
: conflict with section 1 of the Fourteenth
; Amendment to the constitution of the
i United States. * * * A person desiring
to carry on such a business has the right
to select his own location and cannot be
required to go elsewhere."
CAPT. JENKS ARRESTED.
; Secretary Holbrook Charges
Him With Cruelty to
Animals.
Brigadier-General Warfield Has Or
dered a Court of Inquiry on the
Captain's Conduct,
Secretary Holbrook of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
made his promise good by swearing to a
complaint in Judge Conlan's court yes- '
terday morning charging Captain Charles
A. Jenks of Troop A, First Cavalry,
N. G. C, with cruelty to animals.
The allegation in the complaint is that
Captain Jenks failed to give twelve horses
under his care sufficient sustenance for
several week**.
The warrant was placed in the hands of
Officer W. T. Hooper of the society, and
hr placed the captain, who was present in
court, under arrest, booking him at the
City Bris >n. Tne captain promptly gave
$200cish bail ami was released from cus
tody. The biil was originally tix<**d at
$2*50, but was afterward reduced to $20J.
Brigadier-General Warfield has ordered
a court of inqu ry to meet at brigade
headquarters on the evening of Septem
ber 14, or as soon as practicable there
after, for the purpose of examining into
the imputation against Captain Jenks. :
The board is composed of the following:
Colonel J. F. Smith, commanding First
Regiment Infantry; M -jor Charles Jen
sen, inspec or Second Brigade; Cantain
ileinhold Ricbter, Company I, First
Regiment; Captain D. A. Smith, adju
tant Fifth Regiment Infantry: Captain B.
J. Perkins, commanding Signal ; Corps,
Second Bripa te, and Major D. S. Dorn,
judge advocate.
♦—- ♦ — •
A Successful Affair.
The Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
successful celebration ai the Chutes on Labor
day will give the organization quite an in
crease of funds. At a meeting held last even
ing It was decided that trie valuable prizes
won during the day should be delivered to the
lucky winners at 113-133 Mission street and at
915 Market street.
• — *> — •
More Estate -.'ligation.
Mrs. Eliza More Miller has been appointed
administratrix of the estate of A. P. More, de
ceased, with bonds fixed at $200,000. '.--'.
IT WAS NOT
LOVE'S DREAM
Colonel Dickenson Is Rudely
Awakened by His
Spouse.
Mixes Reveries and Rhapsodies,
Betraying a Musical
Deficit.
Fun at the Seventh Annual Conven
tion of the Women's Press
Association.
A man blundered at the opening meet
ing of the seventh annual convention of
the Pacific Coast Women's Press Associa
tion yesterday, and the superior sex, si
lently and smilelessiy, overlooked his mis
take, and were even superbly indifferent
when his wife tersely and sentenliousiy
called attention to his errors and he ac
cepted his correction with commendable
dignity.
The faulty man was Colonel Dickenson,
husband of Mrs. Hester A. Dickenson,
the worthy president of the association,
and one of a - mall arm of five brave men
who attended the convention at Native
Sons' Hall yesterday afternoon.
It all came about by reason of a faulty
programme and the colonel's love of
music, an unhappy mixing of reveries and
rhapsodies and a deplorable deficit in
musical knowledge.
Miss Alice Beach McComas, a charming
and beautiful young woman and delight
ful pianist, was down on the programme
tor two numbers, "Love's Dream" and
Liszt's Sixth Khap.odie. Sbe threw so
much soul and pathos into her execution
of her ' first selection that the gallant
colonel was compelled to rise and speak
out right in meeting.
"It is a matter of regret to me," he said,
"that encores are not allowed. This
charming young pianiste has touched my
luart. Love's dream," mused be in ten
der accents. "I felt myself young again
and was walking with my best girl in a
moonlight flooded path," and then Mrs.
Dickenson deliberately arose and calmly
explained that it was not "Love's Dream"
at all, but the Sixth lihap>odie. Of the
300 women present not one smiled and the
colonel — he saw **cales.
At the morning session of the conven
tion only members were present, with one
notable exception, Dr. A. M. Beecaer, who
was admitted as an honored guest. But
little inesfl was transacted. A few un
important revisions of the constitution
were made and it was arranged that the
organization should affiliate with the In
ternational Leaeue ol -".ess Clubs and tbe
General Federation of Women's Clubs.
In the afternoon tbe general public was
invited and the following programme, un
der the direction ol Miss Francis F. Vic
tor, presented:
Address, Mrs. Dickenson, president of the
association; paper, "The Colorado Canyon,"
Mrs. Mary E. Hart; barytone solo, Dr. E. H.
Bertaud; paper, "The Psychic or Poetic Tem
perament" (Mrs. Marion Beattie Foster), read
by Miss Alice Perkins; piano solo, "Love's
Dream" (I-.szt), Miss Alice Beach McCoraas;
poem, "Two Must Be Two" (original, Madge
Morris), read by Professor Ross; vocal solo,
"Waltz Song" (Ardltl), Miss Marie 'lagan: pa
per, "A Plea for Skilled Labor," Mrs. E. O.
smith; poem, "The Weaver" (original), Mrs.
Mary Clay Knapp; piano solo, "Polonaise, E
major" (Liszt), Miss Alice Beach McComas.
At the conclusion of the exercises Mrs.
Sara Reamer, the club's delegate to the
International Congress of Women in Pa
ris, was called and responded entertain
ingly.
This morning there will be an election
of officers and in the afternoon a pro
gramme of exercise*.
To-morrow the members of the associa
tion go to Menlo Park, and on Friday will
enjoy an excursion round the bay aboard
the General McDowell.
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STATEMENT
j — — OF THE
NORWICH UNION
Fire Insurance Society
OF .NORWICH, ENG.
JANUARY 1, 1897,
Amount of Capital Stock
Paid Up In Cash - - - - 8660,000 00
ASSETS.
Real Estate owned by Company » 182.000 00
Loans on Bonds and MortKaKes 40.000 00 i
fash Market Value of all Stocks and
Bonds owned by I ompany 4,361,412 22 J
Cash in Company's Office 600 00
(ash In Banks 049,795 29 j
Interest due and accrued on all Stocks
'and Loans 52,027 93 |
Interest due and accrued on Bonds and
>lorttta-es 150 00 I
Premiums in due Course of Collection.. 709.033 37
Bills Receivable, not Matured, taken
for Fire Risks 70.017 12
Total Assets *6,305,535 03
LIABILITIES.
Losses Adjusted and Unpaid... ")
Losses in process of Adjustment or in I _ .nn «■.» r,.,
Suspense f" * 316
Losses Resisted, including expenses- J
Cross Premiums on Fire Risks running
one ye nr less; re-ins. per cent... 1,634,882 06
Gross Premiums on Fire Bisks running
1110: than one year; re-ins. pro rata.. 797,560 60
Cash Dividends remaining unuaid 48 00
Due and accrued for salaries, rents, etc. 15.000 00
Accepted Hills, not due 77,75!) S3
Total Liabilities 12,045.506 57 i
Capital I aid Up 660.000 00
Net Surplus 2,759369 36
• «6 305,535 03
INCOME.
Net Cash actually received for Fire
Premiums 14,345,092 28
Received tor interest on Bonds and
Mortgages 1.800 00
Received for interest and dividends on
Bonds, Stocks.Loans and other sources 170,080 53
Received for Rents 9,381 25
Received for profit on sale of Stock.... 201 25
Total Income *4,526,615 31
EXPENDITURES.
Net amount paid for Fire Losses.... (2,789 333 9.1
Dividends to Stockholders 247,480 00
Paid or allowed 101 t.ommissiou or
Brokerage.. 882382 73
Paid for Salaries. Fees and oilier
charges for officers. clerks, etc 2-0,920 33
Paid for State, National and Local Taxes 58,182 21
All other payments and expenditures.. -00,6-- 40
Total Expenditures *4,459.454 06
RISKS AND PKE-lIUJUS.
• I FIKK RISKS.! PREMIUMS.
Not anioun I*.1 *. of Risks 1
written during the'
year ( *1. 709.741.055 * 5,053584 69
Net amount of IMsks ex-'
pired during the year. 1,404,802,105' 4.399,617 62
Net amount in force De- I
cember 31, 1806 1,507.010.470! 4,773.454 13
HENRY S. PATTESON, President.
C. A. BATHCRST BIGNOLD, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me tins 29th day
of March, 1897. T. B. T. HALES, Notary public.
Pacific Department-308 PINE STREET,
San Francisco, Cal.
W. H. LOWDEN, Manager.
J. L. FULLER, Assistant Manager.
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HFTY-SECOND ANNUAL
STATEMENT
OF THE — -
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
OF THE
MAGDEBURG FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF MAGDEBURG, GERMANY. ON THE
31st day of December, A. D. 896, and for the
year ending on that day, as made to the Insur-
ance Commissioner of th» Mate of California pur-
suant to the provisions of sections 610 aDd till of
the Political Cole, condensed as per blame fur-
nished by the Comb-is Mo er.
CAPITAL.
Amount of Capital stock, paid up In
Cash * 750.000 00
: , ASSETS. ~
Real Estate owned by Company.... 9378,902 12
Loans on Bonds and Mortgages 1,181,248 19
Cash -laraet Value of a 1 blocks and
Bonds owned by Company 2,432, 89
Cash in Company's office 42.768 30
lash in Banks. 316,08327
Interest due and accrued on all
sioc-s ana Loans 13,993 00
Pr mlums in due Course of Collec-
tion 269,059 91
Due from other Companies for Re-
insurance 493884 60
Total Assets : .$5.118 174 18
LIABILITIES. ~
Losses In process of Adjustment or
in suspense $456,484 19
Gross premiums on Fire Kisks run-
ning one year or less, reinsurance
50 percent 1,451,008 II
Gross premiums on .'ire Kisks tun-
ning more than one year, reinsur-
ance pro rata 236,213
Cash dividends remaining unpaid... 6»0 bO
All other demands attains, tbe (.om-
pany 326,166 06
Total Liabilities $2,470,56 _ _•_'
I CO K. ~~ ~ ~~
Net Cash actually received for Fire
Premiums ..* $3,742,298 31
licct-ived for interest on Bo ids and
Mortgages '. 45,867 77
Received for interest and dividends
on Bonds, Mocks, Loans, and from
a!l other sources 99,362 17
Beceived from all other sources st/, 11« 73
Total Income .$3,942,646 98
EXPENDITURES.
Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in-
cluding $449,. 98 86 losses of pre-
vious years) $2,253,934 83
Dividends to Stockholders..... 375.000 00
Paid or allowed for Commission or
Brokerage 616,498 10
Paid fir salaries, Fees, and other
charges for officers, cierks, etc... 232,825 45
Paid for state, National and local
.',*""-••*.••••• .'............. 49,012 63
All other payments and e__pendi-
•■"i"-"*" 135 553 51
Total Expenditures .............. f3.66-.8-.~52
Losses incurred during the year i
' flr *-) $2,253,934 83
ROB TSCHMARKE. General Director.
E. F. MIETHKE, Director,
Subscribed at d sworn to before me this 26th
day of Match. .897. JULIUS MUTH,
U. S. Cousui at Magdeburg.
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