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WAGES WAR ON
OIL PRODUCERS
The Standard Company
a Relentless Foe of
Los Angeles-
Attempting to Strangle One
of California's Infant
Industries.
Owners of Wells Will Continue to
Struggle Against the Big
Monopoly.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sent. 17.— That
archmonouoJy, ihe Standard 0:1 Com
pany, is pursuing a steady and relentless
war against one of the most promising in
dustries of this section of the State.
Month after month since the beginning of
the current year it has continued to cut
the prices of refined oil products, in the
hope of driving the local producers out of
the field, or of being able to purchase the
plant and property of the lattar at its own
figure.
Fifteen years ago the Pwente O 1 Com
pany, which has its own wells and piant
in the Chino Valley and its offices in this
city, began the production of crude oil.
About the first of tnis year, after repeated
and long-continued experiments, it suc
ceeded in producing illuminating oii of a
quality certainly equal if not superior to
the imported article. For a year previous
the company had been producing gaso
line and distil ate, the latter being a
product peculiarly adapted for gas en
gines.
As long as the operations of the local
enterprise were confined to the produc
tion and marketing of fuel oils, the Stan
dard Oil Company committed no overt act
that could be viewed as an attack. About
January 1 of this year the Puente Oil
Company entered the field with its illum
inating oil. At that time gasoline was
selling for 14}.. cents a gallon, and illum
inating oil at 14 cents. The former is now
bringing only 10 cents and the latter BJ^.
In each instance, the reduction was maue
by the oil monopoly, but was promptly
met ny its local competitor.
Heretofore, the members of thePuente
Oil Company have steadfastly refused to
discuss the matter with newspaper men
or to talk for pub ication. To-day, how
ever, J. B. Graves, vice-president of the
company, was prevailed upon to give his
views to The Call correspondent. This
is what he said:
"We have been producing crude oil for
fuel for fifteen years, and heean refining
our product about January, 1596. During
IB9li we turned out gasoline and distillate.
The first of January, 1897, we began to
market illuminating oil, gasoline, distil
late and painter's benzine. At that time
gasoline was worth 1-P_,' cents in 50-gallon
urums, and illuminating oil was worth 14
cents. T-i" Standard Oil Company has
since steadily cut prices, until gasoline is
new selling for 10 cents and illuminating
oil for BJ_ cents. We have met. all reduc
tions, ana will continue to do so as long
as there is any money in refining. When
there is none we will hang up our tele
phone and let our opponents do the busi
ness. We can live from our crude prod
ucts.
•'We feel much encouraged by the local
support we are receiving, and we nave no
fears lor the future. This matter is one,
however, where more than the interests
of any one company are at stake. In my
opinion the oil. fields of -Southern Califor
nia have not yet Deen scratched. Our
pumps have bee.i going steadily for twelve
years, and we have been working only the
upper layer of oil."
Should the Standard Oil Company suc
ceed in driving the illuminating oil of the
local producers from the market, it is
believed the industry will be strangled
almost at its birth, though it now promises
to be one of the most valuable of Southern
California.
POLITICAL HATCHET BURIED.
Representative Leaders of Los An
geles Form a Harmonious
Combine.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 17.— 1t is
common report among the political war
horses of both parlies that a combination
has been formed among the heretofore
discordant elements of the Republican
party in this county that will insure a vic
tory for the Republicans in the next cam
paign. The four prominent figures in the
movement for party peace and harmony
are said to be Colonel H. G. Otis, State
Senator Bulla, Arnold of the State Board
of Equalization and Harry Gage.
It i- understood tbat their slate will be
Attorney-General Fitzgerald for Governor,
Gage for United States Senator,' Bulla for
Congress and Arnold for tbe Board of
Equalization.
Gage will be* made to appear cs the
leader of the Republican forces, but no
one who knows the lay of the land doubts
that. Otis' aggressive personality will be
the real power behind tue ti rone. In
other words, the editor of the Times will
pull the strings, and wi.l have Arnold as
an efficient lieutenant. '<«___
The significance of the combination lies |
more particularly in the fact that Arnold
and Otis are to he political bed-fellows, j
During the last campaign Arnold was j
Hervey Lindiey's right-hand man, and |
fought Otis on all occasions per«istently j
and bitterly, oven malignantly. With the
factional differences thus eliminated from
the situation and the strength of the Re
publican party united it is a foregone con
clusion that the Democrats will be more
greatly in the minority than for some
time past. One thing, it is asserted, is i
certain to re-u!t from this arrangement,
it will give Los Angeles to Fitzgerald in
the State convention. The Attorney-Gen
eral was in earlier years a resident here
and is still exceedingly popular with his
former fellow-aesidents.
HOUNDED BY C. 0. BROWN.
Ex-Minister Sentenced for Burglary
Attributes His Downfall to the .
Discredited Preacher.
LOS- ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 17.— C. M.
Scott, the ex-minister, who. has confessed
to the burglary of a number of residences
in this city and was to-day sentenced to
sixteen years' imprisonment, made a
statement to-night before being taken to
the penitentiary in which he says that
Rev. C. O. Brown-Overman notoriety was
the cause of his downfall. .
Scott's story is that while following the
duties of a minister at Petaluma several
years ago he became enamored of a mar
ried woman, and the result was that the
two became too intimate. He was forced
to leave the pulpit for a time, but later
repented and was given another charge.
Dr. Brown knew of his former trouble
and informed him that he was unfit to
preach the. Gospel, and. further, that he
would see that Scott should not do s;. j
Scott lost his place and afterward was ap
pointed to a number of pulpits, but each
lime Brown procured his dismissal.
When Brown became implicated with
Miss Overman he was afraid that Scott
would cause nim trouble, and, the latter
declare?, endearored to get him out of the
Slate, hounding him from place to place,
and finally forcing him to a life of crime.
Brown knew that Scott, who was a gradu
ate of Ann Arbor- University, was ac
ouainted with his record in Michigan, and
that was his reason for trying to get him
irrray from San Francisco.
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TRIPPED BY ■ SMALL ; DEBTS.
Scheme of a Los Angeles Man to
Prevent Insolvency Proceedings
Fails.
LOS ANGELES, Cai.., Sept. 17. -When
it was first learned that H. Germain, a
prominent druggist, doing business for
many years on Spring street, had sud
denly left the city, leaving something liKe
$8000 of known debts behind and his large
store in charge of W. E. De Groot, a
money-lender having a pawnbroker's li
cense, it was stated that he had taken the
precautions to first pay up all his debts
out two in California, so his creditors
could not attach ms stock in insolvency
proceedings.
When the sensational announcement
was first made it was supposed he had but
two creditors In Los Angeles — Mrs.
Sheerer-Orchard, for rent and borrowed
meney, $30**0, ami F. \\*. Lraun & Co., for
goods, $1837— aid these people expressed
the beiiei mat they could do nothing to
recoup their losses.
Germain evidently intended to prevent
insolvency proceedings id protsct the
man to whom he had conveyed his store
for an unknown consideration, but he
overlooked a balance of 40 cents due the
Daily Times, 91 cents due to the retail
drugstore ol Godfrey & Moore and $1
owing to *V. B. Merriam, a confectioner.
These claims, though so small, are large
enough to comply with, the law requiring
fivecrednors to unite in insolvency action
and proceedings toward that end were be
gun to-day.
Germain's chief indebtedness was to
Eastern wholesale houses and may exceed
the amount named. He is said to be now
in New York, whither his iamiiy pro
ceeded him a day or two. The mailer is
the talk of the city, for many persons are
interested in knowing for what considera
tion the stock was conveyed to De Groot.
DEATH OF ROBERT WHITE.
Was a Forty-Niner and First Indian
Agent of the t.ound Valley
Reservation.
CAHTO. Gal., Sept. 17.— Robert White,
one of the most prominent citizens and
canitalists ot Mendocino County, died to
day. White had suffered from paralysis
and death has been expected for some time.
White was the first Indian agent in
charge or Bound Valley agency and his
reminiscences of early Indian outbreaks
The Late Robert White.
on the reservation were thrilling. He
was engaged for tbirty-iive years in the
general merchandise business, and had
many stores throughout the county. He
was a native of Indiana, coming to Cali
; fornia in the pioneer days of '49, and was
76 years of age. Nswhall & Sons of San
Francisco and the Newhalls of the South
ern, California petroleum fields are rela
; tives.
White was the first commander of the
detachment of soldiers at Fort Bragg, Cal.
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HORSEMAN MeCUE FREE.
Charge of Attempted Murler Against
Him Dismissed.
SAN RAFAEL, Cal.. Sept. 17.— James
8. McCue, the nors-man, played in luck
to-day when the District Attorney, Jerry
Adams and others agreed to dismiss the
criminal case wherein the horseman was
charged with assault with intent to mur
der J. Adams, the proprietor of the
Parisian House. £?
McCue and Adams were playing seven
up in San Rafael; when the latter accused
the horseman of cheating, and then pro
reeded to get revenge by beating McCue.
McCue was thrown to the floor, and
Adams was about to pummel him with
his fists when McCue drew a revolver nnd
shot at Adams twice, one bullet entering
the fl sh under the chin ana coming out
through the cheek.
Btd-Man Gavin Dies nt Sonora.
SONORA, Cal., Sent. ' 17— Gavin, the
blacksmith, who was shot on Wednesday
afternoon in this city by James Garrity,
died late last night. An inquest was held
this afternoon. A verdict was returned to
.the effect that Gavin died from gun shot
wounds bslieved to have been inflicted by
James Garrity. This is looked upon as a
virtual acquittal, and Garrity, who is now
in jail with a charge of murder against
him, will most probably be released on
the ground of self-defense at . his prelim
inary examination.
' Will Welcome Thompson Back.
SANTA ROSA. Cal., Sept. 17.— Ex-
United States Minister to Brazil, Thomas
L. Thompson, is expected to return with
bis family to their home. here to-morrow.
In honor of their return preparations are
being made by their fellow-citizens to give
them a cordial reception. On their ar
rival at the depot they will be . met by -. a
committee of citizens and a band, which
will escort tnem to their 'hotel, where a
warm welcome awaits them.
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Olds Ordered Out of Portland.
PORTLAND. Ob. Sep. 17.— "Sandy"
Olds, the gambler who served one year
in the penitentiary for the murder of
Emil Webber, was arrested again in this
ciiy for vagrancy and sentenced to sixty
days in jail. Sentence was suspended soon
afterward on condition that he leave town
immediately. ' Olds, will start for San
Francisco on Sunday night
The fac-simile Jstf _____j_j_S -?""*" is on every "wrapper
signature of Wuz^/jT^^cX^ of CASTORIA.; ;
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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1897.
SAUNDERS SOON
TO BE ARRESTED
! Puget Sound Customs
Scandal Grows
Apace.
The Ex-Collector to Be Called
Upon to Explain His
Methods.
In Pushing the Investigation Spa
clal Agant Cullom Is Settling
an Old Grudje.
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SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 17.— The scan
dal in the Puget Sound customs district
which the United States special treasury
agents sprung yesterday at the prelimin
ary bearing of Yee Gee, ex-Collector J.
Saunders' Chine c interpreter, is growing.
The special agents at work on the case
refused to-day to say that a warrant would
be sworn out for the ex-Collector, but it
was stated by another Government official
in touch with the movements of the
agents that the ex-Collector would soon be
called on to give bonds.
Ex-Collector Saunders wants the special
agents to cause bis arrest at once. He
says' the delay is injuring him and that
the sooner he is arrested the sooner he
will be able to establish h<s innocence.
If the Government officials fail to act
against the ex-Collector his counsel will
endeavor to prove his innocence by tas
ing active part in the defense of Yee Gee.
Saunders' friends say that it has not been
; established that Yee Gee wrote the letters
in evidence. Gee says that he did not
write them and denies that he ever
brought a Chinese into the United States
by illegal methods. His friends say the
Government cannot prove that the letters
are in his handwriting and claim it is not
likely that he would allow such incrimin
ating evidence to lie around where
treasury officials could seize it.
There is no doubt tbat the wholesale
smuggling of Chinese has been going on
for a long time. Friends of the ex-Col
lector who are in the customs service say
that t: c records at Port Townsend show
that upward of 1200 alleged Chinese mer
chants have entered at Port Townsend
during the past year. Every certificate on
file has written across it in red ink, "Ac
cepted. J.C.Saunders." Collector Saun
ders did ih* writing.
It is admitted that Yee Gee could have
deceived the Collector, but if he did there
are customs officials who were in the deal.
It is generally believed that Yee Gee has
been crooked, and that he lias made over
$200,000 out of his work.. He received on
an average $200 lor each Chinese, and 1200
is the 'number it is supposed he landed.
Yee Gee is a clever rogue. Government
officers arrested him once for sweating
opium stamps, but the case fell through
in the Grand Jury room, and Yee Gee
escaped.
Ii is expected that, as a result of the
scandal, in addition to numerous arrests
President McKinley will remove most of
the customs officials, all of whom are Dem
ocrats. They nave been fighting for a long
time. Leslie Cullom, j Special Treasury
Agent, was very intimate wi'h ex-Collector
Saunders in times. past. Now they are
enemies. Saunder*' iriends tell this story:
Two years ago Cullom conceived the
notion that he would like to succeed
Saunders as Collector at Port Townsend.
Before this could be done he must cause
the deposing of Saunders.
He formulated charges against the
office of Saunders, claiming among other
things that the office was extravagantly
conducted, too many men being em
ployed and too high . wages baing paid;
nnd be made direct c arses to the
Treasury Department at Washington
City against two of Collector Saunders'
deputies, accusing one of being a horse
thtel, and claiming that he was already
under indictment ior that offense in an
adjoining State.
Saunders was notified by the depart
ment, a hearing had, and Cullom was
turned down. Since then the men have
ten enemies. Cuilom is back of the
present investigation.
Enough has been learned by the Gov
ernment officials to convince them that
the busines< of unlawfully landing Chi
nese has grown to enormous proportions.
In many cases the Chinese landing at Vic
toria, and who were brought hereon the
steamer Kingston, were supplied" with a
list oi questions and answers and thor
oughly drilled, so as to be able to answer
intelligently. The questions were made
to tit tbe locality from which the immi
grant represented that he came. This is
a trick with men engaged in the unlawful
entry of Celestial-*. The immigrants are
quirk to learn, and in a surprisingly short
time they are abie to answer tbe questions
fluently and without hesitation, especially
when aided by a rascally interpreter.
The strongest part of the case against
Saunders is that he should have permit
ted the landing of such a large number of
immigrants in so short a time. Incases
where everything is not dear the Collect
or's duly is to telegraph to the city in
which the immigrant alleged he last re
sided and obtain information tending to
prove or di-prove the , representations
made. Why this rule was not followed in
the cases now tinder investigation is a
question that will bo answered in a Fed
eral court, f.i'z
HILLED A GEORGIA MAX.
1 Joseph Ray nr',. Accused cf a Homicide,
.U Appears in Motleslo.
MODESTO, _ Cal., Sept. 16. — Joseph
Wayne, a former resident of this county,
who, it is alleged, brained- a fellow work
man with a shovel in a row while work
ing on a public road near Canton, Ga., the
first of this month, was in this city last
Saturday. Wayne met many of his old
friends on the street with his customary
■•reeling and also shook hands wilh
Sheriff I'uryis, to whom he is well known.
Wayne left this county about a year
ago and went home to Canton, Ga., to re
main with his parents. He objected to
working on the road there while paying a
tax in California, it seems, and out of this
matter grew the .difficulty between him
and Road roaster Buice, whose death re
sulted from the blow inflicted by Wayne.
Wayne is regarded here as an honest,
whole-souled man and a sort of religious
enthusiast. The officers here had re
ceived no official notice to arrest Wayne,
and he took his departure from this city
soon after his arrival.
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. Sonoma County' Hop Crop,
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Sept. 17,— Sonoma
County. bas almost completed the picking
ot one of the finest crops of hops in its his
tory. The bops made a good growth,
ripened nicely, and the weather- having
been perfect the blossoms will emerge
from the driers in perfect condition.
Buyers are more active than usual, and
growers are somewhat more independent,
as a probable rise in ; prices is expected.
Eleven and 12 cents have been offered and
even half a cent more bid for good lots.
Many growers are holding out for further
advances, hut considerable business is be
ing transacted at current prices.
EXTENDING LOS
ANGELES TRADE
Business Men Bidding
for Commerce With
Mexico.
Large Delegation to Visit
Ports on the Western
Coast. " v'^' ;
Will Sail on the Albion, the First
Steamship of the New
Line.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 17.— The
arrival of the little steamer Albion at the
Terminal Railway's wharf, - East San
Pedro, to-day is to be made the occasion
of a celebration,' for it is with her that
wholesale merchants and manufacturers
intend to experiment on the feasibility of
extending the trade of Los Anceles into
Mexico, along the western coast. The
steamer is of 350 tons and is owned by the
Lower California Development Company,
whose headquarters are at Ensenada. The
representative of the company recently
appeared at a meeting of the Merchants'
and Manufacturers' Association of this
city with a proposition to put on a line of
steamers to ply between San Pedro, which
is the harbor of Los Angeles, and the
points on the Mexican coast which the
vessels of the Pacific Mail and the Pacitic
Coast steamship companies do not touch.
The proposition was in line with the
policy the wholesale merchants of this
city have for some time had in contem
plation, and met with general approval.
To better enable the merchants to view
the held, which is said to offer excellent
markets for Southern California pro
ducts, the owners of the steamer
offered •to carry free on a trip
along the coast twelve representatives
of Los Angeles houses and six from San
Diego. The offer was accepted, and either
next Wednesday or Thursday the boat
will depart from East San Pedro for the
lower coast, carrying the commercial tour
ists on their trip of exploration lor busi
ness. The vessel will make stops at En
sanada, San Quintin, San Jose del Cabo,
Mazatlan, -San Bias, Manzanillo, Aca
puico and Porto Angel, wh eh is to be the
southernmost point to be visited. It is esti
mated.that the trip will require six weeks'
time and be productive of much good.
Captain Milton Thwing is in command
of the Albion, and he is heart in sym
pathy with the movement, the success of
which will build up a great trads on the
Mexican coast, and will result in mo c
steamers being added to the line.
By invitation of the Los Angelas Ter
minal Railway Company the representa
tive citizens will go fo East San Pedro in
a body next Wednesday or Thursday to
witness the departure of the Albion and
at ihe same time celebrate over the news
from Washington that gives assurance of
the early beginning of work on the San
Pedro harbor. The Merchants' and Manu
factured Association and the Cham of
Commerce, embracing in their member
ship all the business men of the city, will,
be * present. , Both organizations have
great 'faith not only in the harbor, but in
the success of the expedition to the Mexi
can ports! . At recent meetings of .these
organizations have appeared representa
tive men from Mexico, who '- have. given
tneir assurance that a properly directed
effort will result in buiidinzup in that
country a great trade, not- only in the
many products of this section, but in the
Kind of goods now purchased largely in
San Francisco. • . '
It has been pointed out that the 500
miles saved for shipments now going from
San Francisco will be to the" advantage of ,
this city if reciprocal relations can be ar
ranged on a mutually acceptable basis.
The "Albion will reaularly ply between
the Lot Angeles port and the Mexican
points named, carrying, freight aud pas
sengers. She bas accommodations for
thirty - five passengers, and when the
freieht offered exceeds her capacity an
other vessel will be ready to handle the
traffic. v
Much interest is taken in the prospect
of the trade extension and the report from
the eighteen commissioners will be anx
iously awaited. . ...
BOYISH PLAY ENDS IN DEATH.
Clements Lad Stabbed to the Feart
While Scuffling With His y
Brother.
LODI, Cal., Sept. 17.— boyish scuffle
in playful mood, a forgotten knife, and a
terrible death have plunged the little
town of elements into deepest grief.
Victor and Ru.'uj Wardrobe, while "in a
watermelon patch at about 5 o'clock this
evening, began in a spirit of fun to pelt
each otber with melon rinds. The sport
was fast and furious for, a lime, but
gradually they drew nearer- and then
there was a fatal clinch as Ruius ran in
with head lowered. .';;-:*•.
Victor had an open knife in his, hand,
used in cutting the melons, and as Rufus
rushed in he ran against the blade, which
penetrated his heart. He fell dead in his
tracks.
Th» horror stricken brother attempted
to revive him, but perceiving what the
awful result of their play had been, he
ran to town, nearly a mile away, for as
sistance. The body was taken to the
home of the boy's parents in Clements. f
Rufus was nt-ed 13 and Victor 15. They
were sons of Herbert Wardrobe, a labor
ing man of Clements. fri:;* „?*?• :•-.; .; _• -.■
Geer Declines an Office.
PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 17.— T. T.
Oeer, who was to-day appointed' by the
President to be Register of th,*-* Land Ofiice
at Oregon ', City, has written 'a" letter to
the Oregon delegation in * Congress de*
clining to accept the cffiee. >■;• Geer was a
candidate for Collector of Customs, at
Portland, but the Congressional delega
tion could not see its wav clear to rec
ommend him for that office/so he was
slated for the Register of tne Oregon* City
Land Office. Geer states that he will not
accept the land office appointment or any
other Federal office except Collector, of
Customs for the port of Portland. \ * '■',
falls Under the Wheels.
FRESNO, Cal., Sept. 17.— A well-dressed
man, giving the name of Thomas Finigan,
who attempted to steal 4 a ride on the
northbound passenger train this morning,
fell under the wheels. Both of -his legs
were cut off.' Finni^an will not recover.
Mere Bandies of Nerves.
-• Some peevish, ' querulous peop.e ■' seem mere
bundles of nerves. The lean sound agitates their 1
seusoriums aud ruffles their tempera' No doubt
! they are born so. MM may not their nervousness
be ameliorated, if not en rely relieved? Unques
tionably, and with Jlost. -tier's stomach .Bittern.
By cultivating their digestion and insuring more
complete assimilation or the food' with this ad
mirable corrective, they will experience a spee.iy
and very perceptible gain In nerve quietude. Dys
pepsia, biliousness, constipation and rheumatism
yield to the Hitlers. • *
Weak Men and Women
SHOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, THE
great • Mexican ; Remedy: 3 gives Health and
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BISHOP NEWMAN
TO YOUNG MEN
Second Talk to the
Methodists at Pa
cific Grove.
Spiritual and Mental Develop
ment Necessary to the
Minister.
Harry Norton of San Jose Elected
President of the Lay
Association.
PACIFIC GROVE, Cal., Sept. 17.— The
sun rose, as is his custom, this morning at
the appointed hour, but as there was a
fog the early risers among the conference
delegates could not see him when they
gatnered- in the Epwortn League lecture
room for their sunrise prayer-meeting.
This vice opened the third day of this
session of the California Methodist Epis
copal Conference.
The regular session of conference was
opened with devotional exercises, con
ducted by Rev. W. S. Urmy, D.D., of Ban
Francisco. The second of Bishop New
man's talks to young men was delivered,
to-day's topic being, "Ministerial Effi
ciency." A man's efficiency as a minister,
the eminent speaker said, depended upon
his continued development along all
lines — in voice, mind and spiritual char
acter. In speaking of development he
did not want it confused with evolution,
which was a prostituted teim. God gave
capacity, but man's perfection was bis un
folding o • developing his capacity.
Bishop Newman illustrated the idea of
development by citing some celebrated
menof England and Aniencaas examples,
and showed that each attained superior
excellence in his especial line by hard and
unremitting work of development. Many
men who had no natural aptitude were
thus enabled to excel, A happy manner
of making amusing anecdotes illustrate
the soundness of his points adds much
entertainment to the wise advice given by
the Bishop.
At the close of the lecture the confer
ence was called to ordei by Bishop New
man. The presiding elders' reports were
taken up and finished. Rev. A. J. Gustaf
son of the Swedish district giving hi*
statement. An amusing point he related
was that in one of his charges a man had
gone to Klonidke, saying he intended to
bring bac_ gold to pay off his church's
debt. Tne financial reports of his elders
were good. On mo'io.'i a committee of j
three to consider and settle complaints
against one of the ministers in the Swed
ish district was appointed. •
A resolution asking the Bishop to ar
range the transfer of Rev. J. E. Stubbs,
president of the Nevada State University,
from the North Ohio conference to the
California conference was adopted. A
committee of three on Indian missions
was appointed, R. E. Wenk chairman.
The committee on conference relations
recommended that the following be placed
on the list of superannuates: J. H. Wythe,
STATEMENT
»— OF THE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
OF 'JIIF.
German - American
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK, IN THE STATE OF NKW
York, on the 31st day of December. A.D. 1896,
Hnd for the year ending on that day. as made to the
Insurance - ommlssloner of .he»mie of California. |
pursuant. to the provisions of sections 610 and i
611 of the Political CoJe, condensed as per blank I
furnished by the Commissioner.
CAPITAL.
Amount of Capital stock, paid up
in Cash. 91,000.000
ASSETS.
Real Estate owned by Company.. $15,000 00
Cash Market Value of ail stocks
and Bonds owned by the Com- HEuHI
pany 6,279,39.-100
Casb in Company's Office 4.835 84
Cash la Bantu 310,826 21
Interest due and accrued on all
Stocks and Loans* 7,307 67
Premiums ln due course of Collec-
tion 453.060 71
Total Assets...;... $7,070. 423 43
LIABILITIES.
Losses adjusted and unpaid.. ...... $61,579 72
Losses in process of Adjustment or
iv suspense 174,969 25
Losses resisted. Including expenses 39,777 40
Gross premiums ou Fi e Risks
running one year or lees. . «2,-
-196,-6132; reinsurance 50 per
cent.. J 1,098,130 66
Grow premiums on Fire Bisks
running more tban oneyear, 92,-
-988,627 77; reinsurance pro
rata..... ; 1,477,102 47
Due and accrued for stilar.es, .
rents, etc..............;.;......... 29,912 86
All otber demands against the
Company...... 182.062 85
Total Liabilities '. 93.063.3:16 21
: INCOME.
Net Cash . actually received for
Fire Premiums....... 92,634,101
Received lor interest and divi-
dends on Bonds, Siocks, Loans,
and from all otber sources....... " 276,148 92
Received for Rents.. ...; 1,4*8 7i»
- Total Income $2,911678 82
EXPENDITURES.
Net amount naid for Firo Losses
(including $292.54^ 20, losses of
previous year 5).......'..........; 91,364,909 20
Dividends to stockholders.. 2011,000 00
Paid or allowed • for Commission z
or Brokerage.... 471,43323
Paid fur salaries, Fees and
"otber charges for officers, ,*"•■
clerks, etc........... 172,529 14
Paid for State, national and local
taxes. 76,223 60
All other payments and expendi-
ture 5................ 231,12809
- Total Expenditures . ..- 92,516,218 *6
.•'^W\- --• -- ■ "tZ-.y Fire.
Losses Incurred during the year.. $1,272,304 47
Bisks and 'Pbk- i
micms- "'.'_ Fire Bisks. I Premiums.
.Net amount of risks
> written during tbe •
year......... ... $369,949,926 93.623,289 24
Net. amount of rHks
expired during tbe i '
ye.r....... ... 361,697.153 3,681,265 39
Net amount in force
December Sl. 1896 642,826.899 5.184.889 o*9
ERNEST L ALLEN. Vice-President
. *'. zy-.y ••;. WM. N. KRLMER. secretary. . -f
■ - Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day
of January, 1837. - %.
;- v , '-■ « ' CHARLES EDGAR MILLS,
Commissioner for California in New. Yoric.' ■
PACIFIC 33ESI» -^I^T3VtE-_Nr'r-
GEORGE H. TYSON - - -General Agent.
\, 435 CALIFORNIA STREET (Merchants' Exchange Building) ', '' : ■T.. ■"'"-
D.D.. without a churn; W. R. Gober, C.
H. Kirkbride. F. J. Ross, W. T. Mayne
and Jobn Appleton. The conference
voted that they De so placed. : *. -. ;
The vote of this conference was taken
on the constitutional amendment, and
was the most important action of the day.
The proposition was to amend section 2,
paragraph 67. of the book of discipline
by striking out the words prty-hve "and
inserting the word "sixty." so that the
section should read:
The general conference shall not allow more
than one ministerial representative > for every
fourteen members of an* annual coherence,
nor a less number than ,° _'® fA _____{
nor more than two lay delegate, for ««»«!
conference; provided, neverthe ess, l °*'*° e £
there shall be in any annual conierence a
fraction of two-thirds the »""*« 'A^.Sch
be fixed for the ratio o represer i tation , such
annual conference shall be entitled „nd oro
ditloual delegate for such frM*MB. «M
vided also tnat no conference a hai * c denied
the privilege of one ministerial and one lay
delegate.
The amendment passed this body by a
ballot as follows: Ayes 133, noes 11. ._
While awaiting the counting of the vote
Rev. Dr. W. T. Smith, missionary secre
tary, took up a collection for paying the
missionary debt of the M. B. church and
$1180 was raised.
On motion the visitors from other con
ferences were received as guests of me
California conference. _
The annual conference of the lav
association of the California Conference
began its ninth session this afternoon in
the assembly hall. It was called to order
by President Henry Tregoniiig. The com
mittee on nominations presented tne fol
lowing names: For president, Harry
Norton,' San Jose; vice-presidents,
George Vincent, Grass Valley, and
Mrs. C. C. Lombard, OaKland; recording
secretary, L J. Norton, Napa; correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. Henry V. Jones, San
Francisco; treasurer, H. E. Snook," San
Francisco. The nominees were elected by
acclamation.
The first address of the afternoon was
delivered by Rolla V. Watt, of San Fran
cisco on '-Church Debt." In studying
this question he said one should app'v the
same rules one applied to private affairs,
and, while I c argued against excessive
debt, he said there had belter be a moder
ate debt than no church.
The evening session opened with a praise
service led by Miss Lake. Two addresses
characterized the programme. The first,
by J. J. Norton of Napa, dealt with the dis
puted question of equal representation of
laymen" and ministers in general conference
and the second, by Rev. Dr. Eli McClish,
was on the place of the school in the edu
cational system. After the adoption of
resolutions, chief among which was the
recommendation that the conference shall
continue to be held in Pacific Grove, the
session adjourned for the year.
Children Burned io Death.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 17.— Near
the little "town of Richmond, in Little
new to-dat:
A Deficiency in
from any csuse __ . #
dan a .e w rs d- Heart Action
Miles' New Sysiem of Restorative Remediei
are accomplishing wonders in regulating the
heart notion. For relieving thnt feeling of
choking and smotherini; shortness of the
breath, fluttering or palpitation, weak and
hungry spells, irregular or lntermitte Jt pulse,
any of which are symptoms of heart disease,
y^ _J*| ' 1 There is but one sci.
I If* iY-llP***-* entitle remedy that
WJm • ITIII^O has stood thetest. Itis
Book on the ■■ M _->
sss. ??. d Heart Cure
Address the • y r
DR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
STATEMENT
....OF THE.... , , ,
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
'" ....OF THE.... .'.'.-■"■ : *"° °'"°. ". '?<
ALLIANCE
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK, IN THE STATE OF NEW
York, at the beginning of business, February
11. 1897, as male to the Insurance Commis-
sioner of tho Slat« of Calliornla. puisuant to the
provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Polit-
ical Code, condensed as per blank turnisbed by
the Commissioner.
CAPITAL.
Amount of Capital Stock, paid up ln
Cash .9200.000 00
ASSJE.S.
Cash Market Value of all Stocks and
Bonds owned by Company...... 9306.250 00
Cash in Ban 4,509 58
Total Assets 9310,759 58
LIABILITIES.
Due and to become due for borrowed ."
money.. 94,955 00
Total Liabilities.... 94.95". 00
ERNEST L. ALLEN, Vice-President.
WM. N. KREMER, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this loth
day of Fecruart*, 1897.
CHARLES EDGAR MILLS,
Commissioner tor California in New Yoric.
AGENTS
— IN ALL
Towns and Villages.
Losses
Paid
In
Cash
P"_"^ _ • ' -." sS
Through
Pacific
Depart
; - ■ . . '.'■"-.'■ •.■- ■' .■■-. - '■ '
River Connty, Mariah Billingsley, col
ored, went to church, leaving her five
children, the oldest being 11 years old,
locked in the -'house. About 10 i v *ir_g
the house caught tire and burned to thljjfl
ground, the five children being burned to '
death.
Forger Grayson Captured.
TULARE, Cal., Sept. 17.— Chris Gray
son, charged with forging orders upon
Tulare merchants, was captured to-day at
Exeter.
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I STATEMENT
. OF THE
„- CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
- — OF THE "
United States Fire
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK. IN THE STATE OF NEW
York, on the Slst day of December. A. D.
1896, and or the year ending on that day. as
made to the insurance Commissioner of th elate
of California pursuant to the. provisions of sec-
tions 610 and 611 of the Political Cole, condensed
as per blank furnished by tbe cozumlsMouer.
CAPITAL.
Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in
Cash 9250,000 00
ASSETS. '
Loans on Bonds and Mortgages...... 9431,500 00
Cash Market Value of a.i stocks and
Bonds owned by Company.... 174.983 60.
Cash ln Company's Office 4.1W9 60
Cash in Ban Its. .... 7,28107
Interest due and accrued on all
Stocks and Loans... .' — 2,132 00
Interest due and acrued on Bonds
and Mortgages. 2,174 34
Pr mlums in due Course of Collec-
tion .....:......... 64,906 40
Duo from other Companies for Rein- ,
surance ox losses ready paid . 387 33
Total Assets 9677.653 27
LIABILITIES.
Losses adj ist ed and unpaid ' (4.862 21
Losses in process of Adjustment or
in Suspense ....:.... 13,186 98
Losses r-*sis.e °, including expense-*-. 14,129 73
Gross premiums on Fire Kisks run- -- , -.;*_•
- ning one year or less. #'-0 I.oUJI 22;
reinsurance 50 per cent:.....'.. 10°.', 61
Gross premiums on I* ire liisks run- .'.; ■•*•'-
ning more than one year. $222,-
-102 03; reinsurance pro rata 106,102 34
Gross Premiums' on Murine audi*-. '
l«»ud Navigation Kisks, 9 3,- ■-.* •VV* '.*.
064 64; rei isurance low p*r cent.. ■ 23,064 61
Due and accrued for salaiiei, rent, .
etc................:... 1,905 06
All o.her demands against the com- :
pany ' '19.52464
' ..' Total Liabilities 9285,027 21
INCOME..
Net Cash actually received for Fire
Premiums,. 9268,754 '-'5
Net Cash actually received lor Ma-
rine premiums 24,765 84
Receivedfor inteiest ou Bonds and
Mortgages :........... 18,613 91
Received for interest and divilenls :'f
on Bonds, Mocks, Loans, and from
a.i other sources .- 6,740 61
Total Income 9318.874 61)
ySyy'yy . , . EXPEXDIT V KES.'V*:
Net amount pi-Id for Fire Losses. 9156,526 63
Net amount paid for Marine Looses.. 9.972 M
Dividends to stockholders....... 15.0 J0 00
Paid or a lowed tut Commission or
Brokerage 72,072 27
Paid' fir salaries, Fe<-s, and other ■ •'■•' '
char-res lor oilicers, c erks, etc. .... 24,687 95.
Paid for state, national and local
, taxe5....... ;; 4,678 73
All other payments and expendi-
tures 25.868 23
Total Expenditures 9308,806 33
Losses incurred during the year
. (Bre) ...:........ 9129.H64 09
Risks - and Pbk-
mums. Fire Risks. | Premiums.
Net amount of risks
• written during the
year..............;. 934,524,623 9338 110 23
Net amount of risks ■
1 expired during the rff-> ;■--',
year.....;.......:.. 35.545.721 394 436 63
Net amount in force . .-, .
s. December 31. 1896 [ 42,2*^1.626 4-6.605 25
Risks : and Pbe- ~~ y •
-.yyuxvus.'- Marine Risks Premiums.
Net amount of risks "".,.* - ;**;,•"•-
-writt-u during the
year..*.:.,.*....-...-. 9997,628 927,35112
Ne: amount of ris °s
s expired durin; the v. '*-".
.year...;... -. 831,002 22,697 14
Net amount In force
December 31, 1891* .730, 23.064 64
. SAM DUL M. CRAFT. Vice-President-
W. H; GRIFFE.V, secretary.
I -Subscribed* and « worn' io* before me this 271h
day of January, 1897.
JOdEPH L. WHITE,' Notary Public.
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