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JOIST BY FIVE
BLASTS, HE LIVES
Remarkable Escape of a
Tuolumne County
Miner.
Giant Powder Explodes Under
Him but His Life Is
Spared. t
Tossed by a Succession of Dis
charges at the Bottom of a
Small Shaft.
SONORA, Cal., Sept. 17.— Martin Bor
land, a miner 40 years of age, of tins
county, is probably the only man who was
ever in the bottom of a small shaft when
five blasts cf giant powder were exploded
under him and yet lives to tell the tale.
A few days ago he, in company with a
partner, was engaged in sinking a pros
pect shaft on Jackass Hill, near Tuttle
town. Borland attended to the work in
the shaft, while the other man handled
the windlass. The shaft had been driven
down to a considerable depth, and at one
point a little drift or level was run. Rock
was hauled to the surface in a bucket,
ovhile hanging ever within reach of the
■T.ner was another stationary rope that
jbad been knotted about every foot of its
length.
It had been Borland's practice to ex
plode several charges at once, and as soon
as he saw all the fuses burning to seize
the knotted rope and haul himself up
hand over hand to the drift but a few feet
above him, where he would be safe from
the flying rock.
On the day in question Borland had put
in and loaded five holes, spitted the fuses,
applied the maich to them and jumped
for the safety rope. To his horror be
found that it was not there. Looking up
the shaft he taw it high out cf his reach,
hanging on a jutting rock, where it had
been landed by getting fouled with an as
cending bucket of ore.
The scared man yelled to his partner to
lower the bucket, which was instantly
done, and Borland, jumping in, gave the
signal to hoist.
He had scarcely got four. feet on his up
ward journey when the first blast ex
ploded. The shock threw him out of the
bucket and he fell to the bottom of tbe
shaft. Then the remaining four blasts
exploded.
The man en top at once went down, ex
pecting to fina his partner blown to pieces,
but instead found him conscious but cov
ered with blood. Summoning assistance,
he had the injured mat: conveyed to the
surface. The surgeon who was summoned
found that the unfortunate man had, be
sides a broken ankle, a badly lacerated
scalp and a long and deep gash in his leg,
which required a dozen stitches. His en
tire body had been peppered with parti
cles of rock.
The escape from instant death by Bor
land was remarkable. He will recover.
CRIME IN IONE SCHOOL.
Amador Officials Frequently Called
h\ Upon to Arrest Incorrigible
v - Youths.
IONE, Cal., Sept. 17.— The new manage
ment of the Preston School of Industry
seems to be unable to reform the boys
sent there to be reformed. In the three
and a half months of Superintendent
R O'Brien's reign, Amador County has been
called upon to prosecute five inmates who
hi.ye committed overt acts at the school.
Quinn and Downing were arrested uoon
complaint of Superintendent O'Brien for
trying to burn tbe administration build
ings.and were sentenced, upon|their plead
ing guilty, -o six an.i five years, respec
tively, in Folsom. Not long afterward
another inmate named Trost was arrested
by ShTiff Gregory and taken to Jackson
to await his preliminary hearing upon a
charge of arson. He has been in jail now
for nearly two months, but his hearing
has not taken place. Tne inmate said to
have been implicated with him was re-
K turned to the "committing magistrate as
an incorrigible, and received a sentence of
six months in the House of Correction.
About two weeks ago a room in the ad
ministration building occupied by C. N.
Tbarsing, the gardener, was entered and
a gold watch, a diamond shirt stud, a
diamond ring and a $20 gold piece were |
taken. Suspicion fell upon an inmate
named Russell, who acknowledged that
he took the articles. He and another
cadet named Harvey hi d received them,
but Harvey and Russell stubbornly refused
to tell anything regarding their disposal
of 'he ar. ides.
Sheriff Gregory was again called upon
by Superintendent O'Brien and the two
lads were taken to Jackson and confined
in the County Jail. Yesterday they were
brought to lone, and the examination de
veloped some peculiar facts. Russell
pleaded guilty to the charge of grand lar
ceny. It jeeuis that Harvey had been told
that he would not be prosecuted if he
•(vould tell what he did with the stolen
Jl.roperty. He made the sensational state
"^[aent that he left the package containing
the jewelry and money at the office of G.
L. Crabtree, a prominent business man of
, this place, bat that no one was in the
* office at the time and that he met Crabtree
uuon the street a few moments afterward
and sni I to bim:
•' "I have jut left a package in your office
for you to take care off."
Crabtree replied, "AH right."
Crabtree was placed under arrest, but he
denies all knowledge of the package. It
seems very probable that Harvey secreted
the jewelry and money in some smalt
place known only to himself, so it will be j
ready for him at some future time. Crab- j
' tree has impioyed counsel and will fight
the charge aganst him.
Rug-ell was returned to the County Jail
to aw: it sentence. Harvey was returned
to the Preston School of Industry and
Crabtree's hearing will take place" next
Monday before Justice of the Peace
Coomts.
DRUNKENNESS COST HIM DEARLY.
lonoma Farmer Throws a Lamp at
his Wife — ft Exp odes and His
Home Is Burned.
« HEALDSBURG. Cal.. Sept. 17-— David
Lodge, a rich farmer, is confined in a tank
in th- City Jail here suffering extreme
pain and charged with assault with a
deadly weapon. To make his misery more
complete it is just dawning on him that
he has lost $2003 worth of properly, and
• altogether he should arrive at the conclu
sion that his last "jag" was expensive
V>ne.
Lodge came to HeaMsburg from his
farm yesterday and proceeded to till up
on lighting wbisK-y. At 9 o'clock last
night he evidently concluded he had
enough and went home, where lie pro
ceeded lo do up the family. His wife, a
highly respected woman, tried to pacify
him and in his drunken fury he seized a
lighted lamp and threw it at her.
The dangerous missile went wide of its
mark, but fell on a bed in the room and
exploded.
| The room was soon in a blaze, and Mrs. j
Lodge, taking up her two little children, !
escaped through a window. The intox
icated man was nor so fortunate.
Befoie he succeeded in making an exit
from the room he was terribly burned
about the hands and lower limbs, and be
fore assistance arrived the house with all
its contents, valr.ed at $2000, were de
stroyed. Lodge was arrested.
CRAZED BY A DAUGHTER'S SHAME.
Failing to Control His Wayward
Child, a Fort/and Man Ends
His Life.
PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 17.— Albert
Kahiin committed suicide at an early
hour t:.is morning by shooting himself
in the mouth at his home 618 East Twen
ty-fourth street.
Two weeks sgo Hedwig Kal.lin, the
eldest of Ktihlin's six children, accom
panied by her two brothers, aged 13 and
11 years, respectively, joined a crowd oi
other East Side children and set up a
camp in the Oisen bop yard, on Mount
Angel. The girl showed that the dances
and moonlight strolls were to occupy her
in preference to the picking. Her brother
Henry remonstrated, but without avail.
A number of young fellows from Van
couver were camped near by, and much
of the girl's time was spent at their camp.
When Heawig began to absent herself
at night, the brother set out to watch for
her safety. He was discovered by the
men of the 'Clarke County Camp." as it
| was named, and the cowardly ruffians —
! the youngest of them being over 20 years
of ag--— procured a rope and strung the
little fellow up by the neck to a tree limb,
threatening him with a beating with
whips unless he ceased his surveillance of
his sister. The frightened boy hurried
home and informed his father, wi'.h the
result that Hedwig was brought back
from the hop-fields and kept under the
eye of her parents.
Yesterday she managed to elude the
vigilance of her parents and escaped from
home. From that time she has not been
seen. Knhlin was a very sensitive man,
grieving over the slightest affront. He
imagined the worst as ,o the girl, and the
thought of having to answer questions
concerning her was more titan he could
endure- Last night he became crazed by
grief, and about 4:30 o'clock tbis morning
he went into the bedroom the cirl had oc
cupied. Returning from the room he
went to his own, and, procuring a rifle,
again made bis way to Hedwig's apart
ment. -Stretching himself on th** bed she
had slept upon the unhappy father placed
the muzzle of the rifle against the roof of
his mouth ana bred.
MARKSMEN AT MONTEREY.
Fifth Tournament of the Inanimate
Target Association to Begin
To- Day.
MONTEREY, Cal., Sept. 17.— The fifth
annual tournament of the California In-
animate Target Association, which is to
be held here to-morrow and Sunday,
promises to be the largest meet ever held
in the State.
Already over 100 contestants for the
prizes have arrired, and almost every
town of any size in the State is repre
sented.
To-day was devoted to practice shoot
i ing. The shooting is under the auspices of
! the Monterey Gun Club, and its grounds
lat I>el Monte Shooting Park have
been fitted out with latest appliances for
the accommodation of participants and
spectators. There are four sets of electric
traps and five traps to each set, so that
twenty men can be shooting without any
j delay.
The first day's programme will consist
;' of seven events, among them the Allen
i cup, the gold-dust diamond medal and
i the Overland Monthly trophy.
The programme for Sunday also in-
I eludes seven entries, among them the
! Golcher individual trophy, the California
j Inanimate Target Association champion
! ship medal, the Ross three-men team
| trophy and the association club cham
! pionship for 1897. Two hundred and fifty
I marksmen are expected to compete.
COXTRACTOR KELSO'S TROUBLE.
Sausalito Authorities to Bring Action
Against His Pond, men.
SAUSALITO, Cal., Sept. 17-— John Kel
so, the San Francisco contractor, has not
i only got into a peck of trouble in the me
-1 tropolis, but in Sausalito as well. The
town authorities are taking steps to pre
i ceed against his bondsmen. At the meet
! ing of the Trustees last night Kelso's
1 bonds were declared forfeited, and the
j clerk of the board was instructed to read
vertise for Mds for the work contracted to
' be done by Kelso, amounting to $11,000.
Some time ago the Trustees resolved to
j make extensive road innroveraents so as
| to get a highway connecting with the
j boulevard constructed by ihe Government,
i to Lime Point. Bids for the work weie ad
| vertised for, and five large firms sent in
I their estimates. Kelso's was the lowest —
• in fact it was lower than the estimated
I cost made by Town Engineer McCollough,
! and so Kelso got the job. He gave bonds,
; but at the last meeting of the board re
; quested that be be allowed to withdraw.
I This was denied him, and at the meeting
I last night the Trustees resolved to make
! him adhere to his agreement, and his
I bonds were declared forfeited.
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j Mrs. .1 cLell-ist in tan Quentln.
SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cal., Sept.
I 17. — Mrs. May McLeilan, who was sen
| tenced to serve a year in the San Quentin
i penitentiary for burglary committed in
'. Oakland, was brought to ihe prison last
! night.
She appeared cool and did not break
! down when she was compelled to don the
| suit of a convict.
For one year she will remain behind
j the walls of the penitentiary in almost
i close confinement, as the women in this
I prison receive few liberties. She swells
I the ranks of the women convicts to the
number of sixteen.
♦
found Unconscious on the Road,
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Sept. 17.— George
j Ross, a prominent young farmer living
near Forestville, met with a serious acci-
I dent near Sebastopol this afternoon. He
I was found lying unconscious in a pool of
j blood in the road. He had received severe
bruises about the head. It is believed his
horses ran away, throwing him out of the
wagon. At last accounts he was still un
conscious and considered in a critical
condition.
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j Jumbo Breaks His Record.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Sept. 17.— Jumbo,
the Indian who has long been known as the
"lightning hop-picker" of Sonoma County,
has outdone his former record.
One day tins week he ticked 400 pounds
of hops on the Miller & Purrington ranch.
He averages 350 pounds a day and bis
hops roll out of the sack like shot,
entirely clean. There are plenty of men
who will bites him against all comers.
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Death of the Lark Wendur.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.. Sept. 17.-
While the British bark Weudur, grain
laden, from Tacoma for the United King
dom, was towing out past Cape Fiattery
yesterday morninc, the second . mate,
wnose name could not be ascertained,
dropped dead of heart disease. The Wen
dur continued on her voyage, the captain
signaling that, the body would be buried
at sea. • »
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Guilty of Unjustifiable Homicide.
BANNING. Cal., Sept. 17.— The Coroner
held "an inquest to-day over the body of
8. J. Darrah. who was shot and killed
yesterday by Frank Milner during a dis
pute over water right?. The jury found
Milner guilty of "unjustifiable homicide."
His examination was set for next Monday, j
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1897.
BORNE AWAY ON
A FOREIGN BARK
Four American Sailors
Shanghaied Aboard' the
Cavour at Seattle.
The Vessel Nearly Wrecked Off
Callao, and Two Men Were
Drowned.
When the Oavour Arrived at Tahiti
the U. S. Consul Took Charge
of the Case.
A strange tale of shanghaiing and disas
ter was brought from Tahiti by the
steamer Homer yesterday. The Italian
bark Cavour was the vessel round which
the story centers, ana should Captain
Martin ever return to the Pacific Coast he
will have to answer for his crimes in one
of the United States courts.
In Way last the Cavour was at Seattle
loading lumber for Callao, Peru. She was
short of men and the captain applied to
William Scott and Tom Newman, two
boarding-house masters of Seattle, for the
necessary crew. They put four men on
board and the vessel sailed. How these
four men were secured is best told in their
own words.
"There were four of us shanghaied on
board the Cavour," said John E. White
yesterday. "Besides myself there were
Ed Noian, Thomas Ryan and John Ir
win. Scott and Newman approached us
on the water front in Seattle and asked us
if we wanted a ship. When we said we
did he told us that the Cavour was short
of men, and that he would taKe us out to
see what kind of a craft she was and what
terms we could get.
"When we got on board they were hoist
ing the anchor, and Scott told us that we
might as well give the boys a hand. We
took off our coats, and when we were cat
ting the anchor somebody cried 'Here
comes the towboat.' As we attempted to
get on board the mate grabbed me by the
collar, threw me on the deck and ordered
me to go forward. 1 said I was going
ashore and he laughed at me, saying that
we were now members of the crew and
would have to stay by the ship. I again
attempted to get on the tu _ , and both the
mate and the captain pulled their guvs
and began beating me over the bead."
At this point White showed two large
scars on his left cheek, one under his left
eye and two on his left temple, all of
which he said — and the other men bore
him out— were made by the butt ends of
the pistols in the hands of the captain aud
mate.
"By the time the scrimmage was over,"
continued White, "we were in the Straits
of Juan de Fuca and there was no chance
of returning to shore. All the way to the
coast of Peru we were led on a mixture
of rice, macaroni and salt fish all boiled
together. We complained to Captain
Martin that we were not being fed prop
erly, and told him in plain words that we
had been shanghaied on board a ship and
would complain about him to the United
States Consul at the first port we made.
He only laughed at us again and said.
•Why. I bought you; you are mine. I
paid $40 in gold for each one of you, and
you, I'll do what I like with you.'
There being no redress all we could do
was to grin and bear it.
"When within a week's sail of Callao a
big storm came up. The vessel was not
properly found and we had a very bad
time of it. Early one Sunday morning
wnen a mountain ol sea was ruuning a
heavy squall struck the ship, and the
foremast snapped off close to the deck
and went over the starboard side. On the
jibboom trying to furl the sails were Mate
Cahrr and Fred Hanson, John ErecKson,
Harry Buttncr, John Ryan and myself.
"The fail of the foremast carried away
the jibboom and Mate Cahrr and H inson
were drowned. The rest of us were
caught in the chains and Lobstays and
had every stitch of clothes torn off us,
besides being kept half in and half out of
the water for over an hour before ~e were
rescued. A* we were being taken on
board the main royal came down with a
crash, and at one lime it looked as if the
mainmast would follow the foremast.
The gale abated, however, and we man
aged to get the wreckage cleared away. A
small amount of jury rigging was put up
and the Marquesas being the nearest
point we ran lor Jaluit.
"When we arrived there Captain Mar
tin lound that there was no means of re
pairing his ship, so he once more put to
sea and headed tor Tahiti, arriving at Pa
peete in du3 time. When the ship came to
anchor the captain refused to allow as to
go ashore. Errickson, however, borrowed
20 cents in Chilean money, and with it we
bribed a native orange-seller to take a let
ter ashore to the United States Consul.
Mr. Douty at once sent a boat out and
brought us ashore, at the same time or
dering Captain Martin to appear before
him. We told our story, and as the can
tain could not deny it he paid us each $20
in Chilean money and our faro back to
San Francisco on the Homer. We are
on our way to Seattle, and intend to see
whether or not we cannot obtain some re
dress against Scott and Newman."
The Cavour was the old British ship
Avonmore, built in 1881, and she left Se
attle for Callao on May 31 last with
1,112.370 feet "of lumber on loard. It is
doubtful whether she can be repaired in
Tahiti, and the chances were when the
Homer left that both vessel and cargo
would be sold.
EEPLY TO LABOR COUNCIL.
The Manufacturers' Association Resent
the Refusal to Co-Operate.
The board of directors of the Manu
facturers' and Producers' Association met
yesterday and transacted the routine
business of tbe month.
Referring to the refusal of the Labor
Council to co-operate with the association
in the tight aeainst prison-made shoes the
president, James W . Kerr, reviewed the
correspondence in regard to the matter
and read the letter be had sent to the
council in reply to one from them refusing
to co-operate. v .
In the letter. he stated that he did not
desire to belittle the value of union labels,
but that he thought the evil in question
could only be remedied by Ipp.is'ativ-J en
actments. He said in conclusion:
I would also state that since tbis nssociation
was organized there has always teen a labor
representative on our board of directors, the
lirat being M. McGyuu, who served until
compelled to leave the city on aceoun tof his
health, when '.his vacancy was filled by Mr.
McKee of the Ironinol'.ers' Union. Consider
ing the facts I have related, I do not feel justi
fied in asking ibis assccia ion to give any
further guarantee of its gord faith than its
record presents. I had hoped tbat in view of
the danger which threatens this State irom
the evil in question the time had come for
united action f.r the common good, but in
view of the distrust of the purposes of this as
sociation, an indicated in your insisting upon
a guarantee ot good faith, I feel that I have
made a mistske and that no good would result
from concerted action when such distrust
prevails, and 1 would thereupon a«k you to
consider our communication withdrawn.
This action by Mr. Kerr was approved
by the board.
The fac-simile srf s/0 . * ** r *» on. every wrapper
signature of Ota^^M^Ql^ of CASTOEIA.
RAILROAD WORK
NEAR STOCKTON
Corps of Valley Road En
gineers Surveying in
Tule Lands.
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Seeking a Course That May
Save Twenty Miles to
the Bay.
Route Determined Irom Pacheco
Landing to Point Richmond.
Other Progress.
The Valley Railway Company has put
its engineers to work in the tule lands
west of Stockton to survey a proposed
course for the extension of the road this
way toward the bay.
A cons of fifteen men is already on the
ground running lines, sounding channels
and making borings at different places to
ascertain the depth to a solid foundation.
T.i determine the course westward of
S:ockton lo Pacheco Landing in Contra
Costa County is prrctically the final stop
preparatory to actual construction of the
road frcm Stockton to Richmond Point on
the buy shore.
There are about twenty miles of tule
lands to be traversed. If the engineers'
investigations warrant it the company
will build its road directly through the
tules at an additional expense, but at a
saving of from fifteen to twenty miles
over the cheaper course, which is round
by the way followed by the Southern
Pacific.
It will require almost three months for
the suiveying corps to complete its in
vestigations of all possible and practicable
courses. Then rights .of wav will be
hastily obtained and actual work prob
ably begun.
From Pacheco Landing to Point Rich
mond, which is the proposed bay ter
minus, the course has already been defi
nitely determined upon. It has all been
staked off. The road will be irom Pacheco
Landing up grade to the mouth of Frann
lin Canyon, where it crosses Alhambra
Valley; it will follow up Franklin Canyon
to the mouth of a proposed tunnel, a mile
long, through to Rodeo Valley, will follow
Roueo Valley down to Pinole, and thence
this way it will run parallel to the South
ern Pacific line as far as San Pablo, where
it will turn off to Point Richmond.
Work on this long connecting link be
tween the bay and the present terminus
at Stockton may be begun within the next
four months.
In the meantime road-building and
tracK-laying will continue down the val
ley from the temporary terminus at
Angiola, beyond Merced, to Bakersfield, a
distance of sixty miles, the first twenty
of which are already graded. At the
same time the track recently completed
to'Visalia will be extended a distance of
twenty miles to the proposed junction
about nine miles north of Angiola. The
work of construction is now steadily
going on.
The Valley road has occasioned a con
siderable cut in freight and passenger
rates wherever it has come in direct com
petition with the Sontheru Pacific).. For
instance, before the Valley. road was re
cently completed to Visalia a little pri
vate line was maintained from Goshen
Junction to Visalia, and everything trans
lerred to it from the Southern Pacific was
charged an additicnal rate, from twenty
five cents a package to $5 a carload. The
Southern Pacitic has had to buy this line
and reduce i:s through rates to'Visalia to
meet the rates adopted by the alley road.
Formerly the Southern Pacific could
charge almost what 'it pleased for freight to
Visnlia, as long as it was not so high as
to be opposed by wagon train competi
tion. The former passenger rate from
here to Visalia was $7 40 by the Southern
Pacific, it is now $5.
The following list shows the Southern
Pacific's former freight rates to Goshen
Junction — not counting the extra charge
by the branch line — and it also shows he
new rates through to Visaliaand caused
by Valley road competition:
First class— 79 cents a Hundred pounds, j
new 66. Second class Then 74. now 61. j
Third class— Then (39, vow 57. Fourth class — i
T.ien 65, now 54. Fifth Cl»M— Then $12 40 a j
ton. now $8 70. Tiasi Then $12 40, now '
$8 05. Clhs*. B— Then $7. now $5 45. Class I
—Then $6 20. now $4 80. CUss Then I
.$4 70, now $4 15. UUuu X— Then $4 70, now i
$3 45. '
ARE SAILORS ABUSED?
They Object to Their Treat
ment at the Marine
Hospital,
San Francisco Labor Council Takes
the Matter in Hand and Will
Investigate.
The regular meeting of San Francisco
Labor Council was held in Union Hall last
evening with President Hall in the chair
and a good representation present from
the trades unions.
A communication was received from the
Stereotypers' Union staling that they
would send delegates to the Labor Coun
cil. , ■•
Mr. Furuseth of the Sailors' Union re
ported that members of the Sailers' Union
and sailors who were not union members
had been complaining against the treat
ment received by them Iron a new doctor
in the Marine Hospital. One of their
members, Albert Wool-haw, had met with
an accident which necessitated the ampu
tation of one of bis lingers.
He was taken to the hospital, where the
member was removed and bandaged, as
he says, in a very crude manner. Before
the wound was healed he was ordered to
do some woric,. which he was unable to do
on account or the pain in his hand, and
he was accordingly turned out. Mr.
Furuseth further states that this was not
the only case of this kind, as similar com
plaints were continually coming in. The
matter was referred to the executive com
mittee with instructions to interview the
proper authorities on the subject.
During the meeting the lact leaked out
that many union cigar-makers are send
ing out goods without the union label,
and it is almost impossible for a union
man to tell whether he is buying -union
made goods or not. . .
A resolution was accordingly introduced
by C. E. Hawkes, instructing- delegates to
request members of affiliated unions to ac
cept the word of no merchant as to the
character of he goods he sells and only
accent ; the union label as a guarantee of
fair labor.
Messrs. Bailing an I Webster were then
introduced and cave short addresses on
the subject of Hawaiian annexation.
"EQUISINE" OR
"ASS ININE"
Dr. d'Evelyn Scored for Mak
ing a Scientific Dis
covery.
A Correspondent in a Medical
Journal Hauls Him Over
the Coals.
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His Objection Is That the Discovery
Was First Announced in the
Public Press.
•
The announcement made a few weeks
ago that Dr. Fred W. d'Evelyn had dis
covered a s-rum for the inoculation of
drunkards or those who are cursed with
a hereditary taint of alcoholism in their
blood attracted widespread attention, par
ticularly in the columns of the local press.
Medical men, however, were not so quick
to accept the merits of the "equisine," as
the serum was termed.
An anonymous writer in a late issuo of
the Pacific Me lical Journal round
scores Dr. d'Evelyn in at» article beaded
"An Ethical Hound on a Hunt for
Heresy." The writer seems shocked that
Dr. ii' Evelyn should have the audacity to
make such a discovery and, that having
made it, he should give it out to the pub
lic through the columns of the press in
stead of "revealing it to tcient-nc men
through scientific media."
The writer who siens himself "Medicus"
is apparently too busy to attempt to prove
that the equisine is worthless, as he has
been very busy looking un Dr. d'Evelyn's
past career, and has made the stirtling
discovery that when he commenced his
ntific researches he was not a surgeon
in her .Majesty's army, as sated in the
press, but was only a "high private in her
Majesty's volunteers, and did not receive
his medical degree, or degrees, until seven
years later."
After having made this wonderful dis
covery, thai some years ago Dr. d'Evelyn
had al-o been guilty of having some 'half
a dczen of our very highly respected mem
bers of the County Medical Society
"hauled over the coals' for permitting
their names to te usei in the interests of
a private hospital which an ener
getic young physician was attempting to
establish," "Medicus''. coos on to regret
that "so noble an animal as the horse
should have been sacrificed for these ex
periments." He condescend*- also to offer
advice to one who has been guilty of mak
ing scientific res-arches before he had at
tained the decree of Doctor qf Medicine,
and suggests that "the same results could
have been accomplished by using an ass,
and then the cquisine could nave been
termed 'assinine.' "
"Medicus" si eras to have forgotten an
important thing, however, as he has not
explained either to the public or "scien
tific men" whether the equisine is a valu
able scientific discovery or no, and if it is,
why does (he fact that it was first made
known to the public through the press
subject its discoverer to rebuke in the col
umns of "scientific media"? And if this
fact is also an excuse -for having a man's
private life brought before the public in
its worst po-siblo light. -
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locked Up a Yountj Barkeeper for Per
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Robert Turner yesterday came near
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Tbe .old assault and battery case in
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was up for a second trial before Jul?e Low
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man down with a chair and nearly brain
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was just behind the bar at the time.
This seemed so palpably absurd to
Judge Low that he ordered the witness
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An hour later, when court adjourned and
appeals had been made lor Turner, the
Judge cot. eluded to pive him the benefit
of the doubt and relented. Gome below
he ordered Turner re'eased. and the
frightened boy felt better. The jury in
the case disagreed and the case was con
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STATEMENT
OF THE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
— OF THE
AMERICAN FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA, IN THE STATE OF
Pennsylvania, on the Hist ay or December.
A.D. 1896. and tor the year endinz on tha day, as
made to the Insurance Commissioner of the Mate
of California, pursuant to the provisions of sec-
tions 610 and 611 of the Political ode, condensed
as per blanlt furnished by the Commlisloner.
CAPITAL.
Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in
Ca5h...... 500,000 00
ASiKIS.
Real Estate owned by Company..... $265,753 49
Loans ou Bonds and .Mortgages 1,147,666-9
Cash Marke. Value of a l Stooks a d
Bo:. ds owned iy .omiany 796,224 66
Amount of Loans secured liv pledge : > /-f
of Bonds, -Stoc-cs and other mar-
ketable se -urittes as collateral 43,700 00
Cash in Company's Office 11. 1. 0 70
Cash In Banks 104,923 65
Interest due and accrued on all
stocks and loans 26*38
Intere t due and accrued on Bonds
and Mortgages..... 26.943 34
Premiums in due Course of Collection 100,8 J 4 01
Bents due a-d «cc ued l,:*!9d 69
Uround rents well secured 21,970 75
Total Assets.. <•--, 25,9 3 9a
LIABIJLiriE •.
Lt> sses adjusted and unpaid $18,385 17
Losses in process of Adjustment or
in Suspense 85,194 74
Losies resisted, including expenses. 18,523
oross premiums on Fire Bisks run- :
ning one year orless, {960,063 8 J:
reinsurance !*0 p*r cent 480,031 90
Gross i ren.iums on Fire Kisks run- .
ning more than one year, $834,- - -
198 75: reinsurance pro rata 375,91805
Amoun. rrcalmable by the insured .
on perpetual Fire Insurance -
Folicie.... 564,56187
Commissions and Brokerage due
and to tecome due. 17,438 78 .
Total Liabilities... '. .$1,560,066 66 :
~
INCOME.
Net Cash actually received for Fire
premiums - $1,220,300 74
K< celved for interest on Bonds and
, Mortgage.::..... - 69,51339
Kec*tved for interest and dividends
on Bonds, stocks, I. us and from
a. I other souros 39,970 87
Keclved for Rents 7,11203
Received for net Perpetual Pre-
mium*. 1.2163J
Received for Gain on Perpetual Pol-
cies Canceled 1,70405
Received for Policies, Survey* and '
Transters 33h OO
Total Income $1,130. 153 38
EXPE DITCHES.
Wet amount pnid ior Fire Looses (in-
cluding $170,234. 11, losses of
previous years) $735,389 65
Dividends to Stockholders....'. 30.000 00
Paid or a: lowed lor Commissioner
Br..ker,ge ..:........... 228,845 24
Paid lor f*aiarie», ■ Fees and other
charges for officers, clerks, etc. ... . 105,250 00
Paid ior National and Local
.Taxe5....... £7,91649
All other payments and expendi-
tures 95,95474
Total Expenditures ....$1,22.-1.356 12 |
*■ ■ —
Losses incurred durin: tbe year (fire).. 5661,8 7 54
RISKS AND PREMIUMS I ...
Kllire lilSJfca.j I'HKMII'MS.
Net amennt of Risks
written' during the! - *
year........ ; $123,123,289 $1,511,766 97
Net amount of Kisks
expired during the
year............ ! 122,021,43' 1.555.01188
Net amount in fore-*
December ',1896 | 146,336.055 1,794.26245
TJ OS. H. MONTGOMERY; President.
RKHAKD MARIS. Secretary.
Subscribed and -.worn to before me this I9th
day of January, 1n97.
H. F. KFARDEN, Notary Public.
EDW. BROWN & SON, \;
General Agents Pacific Coast,
407 and 409 Montgomery St., S. JE\, Cal.
xrw to-dat:
EIGHTY-SEVENTH
ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF THE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS *
OF THE
HARTFORD FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
(-)¥ HARTFORD, IN THE STATE OF CONNER.
v -' ticut. on the 31st day of December, A. D.
1896. and for the year eliding on that day, as made
to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of
California, pursuant to the provisions of sections
610 and '111 of the Political ode, condensed as per
blank furnished by the Commissioner.
CAPITA!,.
Amount of Capital Stock, paid np in
Cash... «1,250,00000
ASSETS.
Real Estate owned by Company ♦i55**5Z5?5
Loaison Bonds and Mortgages ■• 1,3*5,50000
lash Market Value of all Stocks and __,__,_
Bonds owned by Company....... - 6,049,26. 00
Amount of Loans secured by pledge or ' •■, *
Bonds, Stocks and other marketable ,„,-. -,
securities as collateral . ia_22"2_
Cash in Company's Office JLvSgl 88
< ash in Banks - 965^16 85
Interest due and accrued on Bonds and -j'~\z „_
Mortgages 25,131 03
Premiums in due Course of Collection.. 1,091.613 «.*>
Rents dueand accrued . 845 53
Total Assets $10^004.697 55
"LIABILITIES.
Losses Adjusted and Unpaid $112,183 40
Losses in process of Adjustment or in
Suspense 339.667 03
Losses Resisted. including expenses.... 72,798 13'
Gross Premiums on Fire Risks running
one yeir <r less. *4.501.104 02; re-
insurance 50 percent .' 2,295,552 01
Gross Premiums on Fire Risks running
more than one year, 15.037,525 71; re-
insurance pro rata 2.598,854 83
Comm ssinns and Brokerage due and to
become due 71.2.T0 00
Total Liabilities .***'" .♦?
INCOME.
Net Cash actually received for Fire
Premiums *5,841,971 83
Receive i for interest on Bonds and
Mortgage.*; 72,679 14
Received for interest and dividends on ..*..
Bonds.Stocks .Loans and irom all other
sources 287.734 M
Receivedfor Rents 5,296 73
Total Income ,»6,207,682 00
EXPENDITURES.
Net amonnt paid for Fire Losses (in-
cluding *542,531 53, losses of previous
years) $3,082232 69
Dividends to Stockholders 350,0 00
Paid or allowed for Commission or
Brokerage 955,450 55
Paid for Salaries. Fees and other
charges for officers, clerks, etc 431,052 60
Paid for State, National and Local Taxes 125,156 00
All other payments and expenditures.. 561,209 3t!
Total Expenditures $5,485,101 20
■
Losses incurred during the /ear (fire).. 52,987300 17
Risks asd Premiums. | Fire Risks. | Premiums.
Net amount of Risks j
wiitten' during the
year..... $535,493,051 *7,173,438 97
Net aim. of Risks ex-
pired during the year. 494,787,028 0,185,199 91
Net amount in force De-
cember 31. 1800 I 788.511.325 I 9.628,629 73
SET SURPLUS $3 264 392.15
Surplus to Micy-holders . $4,514,392.15
GEORGE L. CHASE. President.
P. C. ROYCE, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 14th day
of January, 1807. r
M.B. SCOTT, Notary Public
PACIFIC DEPARTMENT,
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
H. K. BELDEN. Manager.
WHITNEY PALACHE, Assistant Manager. .
STATEMENT
OF THE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
OF THK
SVEA FIRE AND LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN, ON THE
31st day of December, A. IX 1896, and for t a
year ending on ilia day, as made to the Insurance
Commissioner or the Mate of California, pur-uant
to the provisions of section* 610 and 611 of the
Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished
by the Commissioner.
CAPITAL.
Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in
Cash 5533,333 SS
ASSETS.
Real Estate owned by Company $662,533 33
Loans on Bonds and Mortgages. 2,125,129 26
Cash Market Value of all Stocks and
Bonds owned by Company 2,006,077 64
Amount of Loans secured by pledee *>,-
of Bonds, stocks ami otner market-
able securities as collaieral 860,003 49
Cast- in company's Office and in
Banks - 97,286 97
Interest doe and accrued on all
blocks and Loans 60.396 81
Premiums in due Course of Collec-
tion 36,564 M
Rents due and accrued. Jue from
Company's Agents 145,940 70
Due from other Companies 146.199 19
Total Assets .*6.138.131 51
LIABILITIES.
Losses in process of Adjustment or
In suspense 593,333 33
Gross premiums' on Fire Risks') .**,."•.
running one year or less; rein* |
surauce 60 per cent j_ „,o <.--, nt
Gross premiums on lire Risks f * iv - "■»
running more than one year, re- |
' Insurance pio tat a J
Liability under L.fe department 4,171.00170
Cash dividends remaining unpaid... 6,045 33
Ail other demands against the lorn-
' pany..... 131,376 56
Total Liabilities. t4,831,419 97
' INCOME.
Net Cash actually received for Fire
premiums f 1,187,767 05
Received for interest and dividends . ;_■.',"
on Bonds, stocks, Loans aud from
' all other sources :......... 431.826 29
Received for Life Insurance pre-
miums 620,183 74
Total Incoma »2,239,777 08
EXPENDITURES.
Net amount paid for Fire Losses... ' f 55.667 77
Dividends to Bloc holders 32,000 00
Paid or allowed for Commission or
Brokerage ...'. :... t\ 317,118 60
Pad for salaries. lees, and other
charges for officers, clerks, etc . . . 153,07 33
Paldtor State, National and I. cal
taxe5....:....... 16,99118
All other payments and expendi-
tures 1,127,654 74
Total Expenditures 92,210,404 60
Losses Incurred during the year (lire) .$553,567 77
RISK' AND PREMIUMS.
. KIKE BISKS I PKEMimS.
Netaniount of Risks
written during the '
year ...... $341,927,819 51,586,788 27
Set amount of Bisks
expirea during the
year .... 198,005,284 526,570 34
Net amount in force
.-. December 31, 1896. 154,797.348 718 771
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T. FUK-TKNBURU. Vlce-Pres.
M. OIBER*'. secrtarv.
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of April, 1b97. - *
UUDM. A. KEBMARK, Notary Public. .
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