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SACRAMENTO IS
FOR GOOD ROADS
Agitation of the Popular
Subject Taken Up
in Earnest.
What They Mean in a Finan
cial Way to the Ci'y
and County.
Commissioner Luhrs Warmly Fa
vors the Preposition to Issua
Bonds ttr the Work.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 11.— The good- '
road campaign has opened in earnest. A
meeting of the Capital City "Wheelmen
has teen called for to-night, when the
question of promoting a lavorable consid
eration of the project by the people wil
be fully discussed. In the meantime
the Foisom Highway Commission lias
been arranging for a complete and thor- ,
ough canvass of the country districts.
Con.raissioner Luhrs said to The Call
cor te«rondent tO-aay :
'^Tl . are very grateful for the assurances
civeu us of the hearty co-operation of The
Call. 1 feel that a defeat of this proposi
tion means sn everlasting disgrace to the
people of Sacramento County. For in
stance, within this county is located the
Capitol of California. Every two years
there is a session of the Legislature, and
during the interim various conventions of
political, religious, social, commercial, ag
ricultural and industrial bodies assemble
here. Now, if you not think that these
conventions are a source of great financial
gain to the city and county of Sacra
mento, just sit down some time and figure
up the amount of money that is left in
Sacramento at the close of a session of the
Legislature. It is simply enormous.
"Now, what does Sacramento provide
in return? What diversion or amusement
do we provide for these thousands of vis
itors who come here annually ? We have :
no parks, places of recreation, or a single
. resort where a person could pass the hours
of a Sunday or a holiday. What happens
svery winter during a session of the Leg
islature? Too members never arrive here
until they are compelled to, and they
leave just as quick as God will let them.
Look at tne trams going to San francisco
at the close of every week, tilled with
memoers trying to t-et out of the town.
"Now why is this? There is nothing for !
them io stay here for. And the last Leg
islature, realiz ng this, said to the people
of Sacramtntc, 'We will help you out.'
So tney provided us, as they supposed,
with the mean by which we could Dtiild
a boulevard, over which they could dr.ve
with iheir lamiiies and friends on a Sun- \
day or during a recess. Now what will
they say next winter when they come
here and find that Sacramento has re
jected their proposition and .refused to 1
profit from tue Stale's generosity? I won
der how long Los Angeles County would
he. ; .-.:ite on such .i proposition? I wonder i
hil a ~^nta Clara. Alameda or San Fran- j
cl. "o counties wou.d receive such an offer *
Inf :.'i tte fc:aie?
•\.\'ow, see here," continued Mr. Luhrs,
as he drew from bis desk two pictures.
"This is the present bridge as it crosres j
Willow Creek, and this is a structure ■
similar to the one whic'i is proposed in
the plans of our new road. What do you |
thinK of the contrast? Tne one is tem
porary, the other eternal. Tnere is no
bridge at this time over Alder Creek, ex
cept a small one built by the wheelmen,
ana that will wash out this winter if not !
removed beiore the high water comes. !
Across these streams will be constructed
magnificent granite structures which will ,
last for centuiies. As I said before, I do ]
not understand what motive pnmpts a
resident of Sacramento, city or county, to
vote against this proposition."
Commissioner Price of the State board
was busily engaged to-day in formulating
a letter which wili be addressed to the!
Chamber of Commerce, asking for their'
co-operation and support in the matter. |
Frank Miller of the bank of D. O. Mills is ;
an enthusiast on the subject, and will give
hi 3 hearty support to the counci 's of the
Capital City Wheelmen. J. A. Wcodsen,
editor of the Record-Union and a pioneer
in the good-road movement of the Stale,
is also ready to pui his unoulder to the
wheel of nrogress.
Mr. Woodsen personally superintended j ;
th» construction of the pre-ent 20-mile '
bicycic path between Sacramento and ! ,
Folsom, and on almo.-t any afternoon the i
veteran journalist may be seen on thel*
further *nd of this wheelway still going '
east, with no idea of returning until sun" j
down.
It is generally understood that no op-
I — ■ ___ __ _____
(sne of the Improvements Sacramento's Good-Roads Advocates Have in View
position will come in the shape of an or
ganized effort, unless it be from the south
ern part of the county. The attidude of i
ti e people from that section, if correctly
reported, cannot be understood, as the
construction of the Folsom road will no ;
doubt lead to such legislation as will pro
vide for its extension to the city of
Stockton.
Itv that event lt would pass through
Flcviii, Elk Grove and Gait, three of the:
priil--Mi towns in the southern portion of
tbe-\;:nty. It is believed that wnen the
question is finally and thorouehly dis
cussed in that section the reported oppo
sition down there will be changed to the
support thoy will ask for when it comes to
extending the boulevard to Stockton. !
One or two members of the Board of
Fupervisors have been reported as being
*^igain«t ihe project, but up to the present !
nine The CALtcorrespondent has been un- ;
able to rind anything like such a feeling.
As each day passes, and the attention of
the people it more fully given to a con
jideration of the matter, an overwhelm
■^e vote in its favor grows more certain.
ONE MAN STOPS
TWO HUNDRED
j How a Miner Brought a
Railroad Company
to Terms.
With a Winchester He Levies
Toll for Right of Way
on His Claim.
John Carson Is Now Regarded as
Boss of the Randsburg
District.
Special Dispatch to Thk Call.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11— "The first
I man who makes a move on my claim is
going to get a ball in his frame that will
have to be dug out with a dredgar."
This was the remark John Carson
mnde as a gang of about '_' <i laborers wera
commencing to budd the railroad now in
I course of construction between Kramer
; and Rand-burg on his mining claim at St.
Elmo.
The men slopped their work and the
officials of the road attempted to persuade
Carson to give them right -jf wav over his
claim. All the while a compromise was
: being effected Carson remained on guard
' with his Winchester rifle in his hands,
■ ready to use it on the first attempt any
i one made to grade and lay track on his
claim.
The only rock-cutting on the Randsbu r g
line is at St. Eimo. No attention was paid
|to petting right of way across Carson's
claim until it was reached. Then Carson
appeared on deck and halted the work in
a peremptoiy manner. Chief Engineer J.
i A. Worthen nnd Superintendent of Con
struction W. T. Woodward were at once
summoned, and they a vanced to Car
son's cabin carrying a white Hag. Carson
kept his Winchester to tits shoulder, but
allowed the railroad officials to come
within talking distance of him.
Carson was obdurate and insisted upon
having $230 in casn and a written contract
to have all the gold ledges uncovered by
the blasting. He said he wanted to see
the railroad built, but he must have some
. thing in good hard raib for any right of
I way across his claim. Furthermore, he
announced to the officials tnat lie would
j kill the tirst trespasser who struck a pick
into any of his ground.
Chief Engineer Worthen arrived at the
conclusion that the company bad struck a
snag, and that the cheapest way out of
! t o difficulty was to accede to Carson's
' demand. The hardy and courageous
; prospector remained on guard until $250
in gold coin was placed in his hands, also
a written contract giving him the owner
ship of ail ledges uncovered in blasting,
for the grade.
Carson is now on watch from daylight to i
dark while the railroad-graders, with
giant powder and strong arms, are pros
pecting ins claim for him. In addition he
has $250 in his pocket, and among the 200 j
railroad men whom he cowed an.l intimi- 1
dated he is- looked upon as ihe boss of the j
Randsburg district. j
SUICIDE AT GRASS VALLEY.
Miss Clara re w hei la, a Popular
Young Woman, Ends Her Life
With a Bullet.
GRASS VALLEY, Cal , Nov. 11.— This
a term on at 4 o'clock the community was
startled by a report that Miss Clara Trew
hella, a young woman living with her
moiher and two brothers on Chapel street,
had committed suicide. She was found
in her brother's bedroom, I efore the bu
reau, with a 38-caiiber Smith & Wesson
clasped in ber right hand and a gaping
bullet wound in the right temple, the bul
let almost entirely tranversing the brain.
Two chambers were empty, one bullet
having lodged in the wall on the opposite
side. Death was instantaneous.
No cause is known lor the deed. Sbe
had pleasant home surroundings, and the
suicide, an intelligent, lovable young
lady, had just taken a cup of tea with her
mother ami was ready to go out to give a
mu-ic lesson. She was a native of Grass
Valley, ,';_' years old.
Jtenth of a I'ioneer at Banford.
HANFORD, Nov. 11.— Henry N. Howe, j
a native ot Maine, died at his home in the
Cross Creek distr ct yesterday nt the age
of 77 years. Deceased was a pioneer. He
came to California from his native State
in 1330 and settled in San Jose. In lfc76
lie moved to tins (then Tulare) county
with his family and settled, where tie '
died. He leaves a family of seven chil- !
dren and a widow.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1897.
LOOKS BRIGHTER
FOR LEAVITT
Perhaps the Blind Man
Did Not Strangle
Alice Brown.
Small Hands That Could Not
Have Made the Marks on
the Girl's Throat.
Larpe Fortune Cla m d by the
Accused Vender That May
Aid His Defense.
(Special Dlsoatch to The Call.
BOSTON, Nov. 11.— To-day saw a sur
prising turn in the Alice Brown murder
case. It no longer looks so black for the
blind song-vender, who is charged with
the killing ty tbe only weapons possib'e
to a blind man — his hand". Two bright
I young lawyers have been retained, rely
ing for their nay upon Leavitt's claim
upon a legacy cf $70.000 left by his foster
father, who cut him off with a paltry live
dollar note.
The mystery in the case is deepened by
l the claim that the small hands of the
blind man could not have made the marks
; on the throat of the murdered woman, If
this is so, who was tho murderer? The
; body of Mary Alice Kuderban, or Alice
| Brown, as she was better known, has not
1 yet been buried. William F. Ruderhan, her
brother, claimed the body, and was going
to take it to Rindge, N. 11. , to-day and
consign it to a grave beside her mother's
; in the village churchyard, but a sensa
tional move made by the attorneys for
; William C. Leavitt, ths blind song-vender,
j will prevent any attempt to remove the
body. Early this morning the lawyers ap
pealed to District Attorney Oliver Stevens
to restrain any persons from burying the
body until they have had an opportunity
to photograph the linger-marks on the
j young girl's throat. A photographer, a
j physician imd nn expert in measuring
f visited the Morgue. Every mark on the
girl's threat was closely scrutinized, every
portion of the body was separately photo
' grabbed.
This move is considered to be important
and suggestive. It means that an attempt
will be made to prove that the hands which
. so powerfully clutched the throat of Alice
Brown were not those of the blind song
', vender. The blind song-vender claims
that the finger-marks on the throat of
! Alice Brown were too large to have been
■ made by him. The measurements were
made for the purpose of proving this.
Leavitt has a peculiar thumb on his left
I hand. The attorneys clam that the de
scription of the thumb-mark does not tally
with that of one which L.'a vilt's thumb
wouid make. L*av:tt al-o cairns that he
was not near Alice Brown's room when it
, is supposed the crime was committed.
His attorneys were at the Coming-street
hou«e and tried to find a man for whom
: the blind vender opened '.he door to let in
the house that night. They will account
for Leavitt's appearance m the ball by his
going to the door to let this man into the
house.
Leavitt thinks he has a fighting chance
to get a share of the fori une left by his
loster-father, Herbert D. Leavitt, which is
estimated at $7.3,000. If he succeeds in
clearing himself from the charge of mur
der it is his intention, he says, to try to
upset the will i f his benefactor. L?avitt
is understood to hive in his possession
allegtd facts regarding a conversation that
a woman living near the Leavitt family in
Melrose overheard about the time the will
was made. By the will of Herbert D.
L-avitt, tiled for probate at the Middles sex
County Court house, Fast Cambridge,
February 3, 1893, and drawn March 18,"
1891. the adopted son, William Craw
ford Leavitt. was cut on with a bequest
of lii.
PATRICK FLmNNLLLY'S WILL.
Filed tor Probate at Redwood City.
The Murdered Man Leaves All
to His Wife.
REDWOOD CITY. Nov. U. _ The
will ot Patrick F.anneUy, who was mur
dered by his son on October 'Hi last, wrs
yesterday tiled for probate in tho Supe
rior Court. The estate disposed of i,
quite larpe, the amount of which will not
be known until < Hie ally apprai ci. All
of his property, bo.h real end pnr-onal, is
given to his wife, Catherine Fianneily.
The children, of whom there are seven
living, are intentionally lett nothing by
the terms of the will. All former wills
made by him are revoked.
A BULL TAKEN
BY THE HORNS
Councilmen of San Jose
Proceed to Abate a
Nuisance.
Open Sewer Trenches Left by
Unpiid Contractors Being
Filled Up.
In Anticipation cf Trouble a Squid
of Pollca Is Guarding the
Workm in.
Special Dispatch to The (.'ai.i.
SAN JOSE, Nov. 11 — What has been a
menace and an eyesore to the residents
of a considerable portion of Julian street
for two months will have disappeared by
to-morrow morning. This afternoon
Councilmen J. P. Fay and William T.
Noltiug took summary measures toward
having the deep sewer tenches thru have
blockaded Julian street from First to
' Tnird tilled in. The trenches are live feet
across at the surface of the ground and
' three at the bottom, and are lrom twenty
| to twenty-live feet deep. The dirt thrown
out of them has obstructed nearly the en
tire width of the street since the contrac
tors two months ago refuse 1 to go on
with the work, owing to the complica
tions that have arisen over the payment
for work already done in connection with
the manner in which the contract was
secured by May bury and Farrell.
The investigation yesterday by the
Council of the charges of collusion be
tween the successful contractors and the
others who had bid for the work ended
without result and the settlement of the
entire sewer problem is apparently as
j far off to-day as on theday it became a
j problem. Frequent protests hail been
' made by the residents of Julian street.
i between First and Third, to the Council
I relative to the dangerous and unsightly
condition of the street in front of their
I houses, but it has been impossible to pet
• any relief from the Council, as it is evenly
i divided on the sut-ject and Mayor Koch
| has no vote, even m decide a tie.
For this reason Fay and Nolting early
] this afternoon pot a large force of men at
j woik, under the supervision of Street
I Commissioner George Morrison, tilling in
the trench. They are at work to-night
and will be kept to their task wi hout in
terruption until the street is once more in
proper condition.
It was feared that the contractors might
attempt to interfere with the work, so tho
police patrol wa-.-on was ordered to the
scene, but there was no occasion for the
services of the guardians of ihe peace.
Serious complications are expected to re
sult.
SAN JOSE PROMISED
A SENSATIONAL CASE
Lively Family Contest Over the
Estate of the Late Eleazer
Frost.
Battle Royal Over Alleged Burled
Treasure Will Be Commenced
To-Day.
Special Dispatch to Tiik Cam,
SAN JOSE, Cau, Nov. 11.— Sensational
developments are promised in the cele
brated Frost estate case in Lorigan's
court to-morrow afternoon. It has been
repeatedly and persistently claimed by
the two sons of the late Eleazer Frost
that their father had buried about $40,000
on the grouud about the River-street
bouse in which ihe Frosts lived. This
i has bean strenuously denied by the
widow of Elea/ar Frost and his daughter,
Mrs. Sarah Wissman, who are the execu
trices of the estate.
In the course of testimony given before
Judge Lorigan last week in connection
with an accounting of the estate, it was
unexpectedly disclosed that about $0000
had been unearthed and taken possession
of by i lie execute ices, who claimed that
| the decease J had in ide gifts of this
i !• mount to '.hem by in --ns of notes he had
left instructing them wh re to dig for this
money.
Erwln Frost, one of the brothers, who
has been opposed to his stepmother and
his sister in this matter, claims that this
money is part of the estate and should
have been recounted for by the ex
ecutrices. His attorneys to-morrow will
ask the court to remove the erfcutrices
and to reluse to allow them $3200 due as
fees. it will also be claime I by Erwin
Frost that a much larger sum than $0000
whs secured by the executrices as the re- !
suit of their digging up the premises on
River street. Roth sides have made prep
arations for a battle royal to-morrow,
when the hearing on the accounting is to
b : resumed.
liostcell Uill It- l-isrlmro'd.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 11.— George E.
Boswell, First Infantry, Presidio, will be
discharged from the army by order of the
Secretary of War.
HAYTI MUST
MAKE REDRESS
Germany Sends a Ship
of War to Port au
Prince.
Satisfaction Demanded forthe
Imprisonment of Herr
Lueders.
An Unju>t Fine and Detention That
Will Cause the Island Repub
lic Much Trouble.
peclal Dispatch to The Call
BERLIN, Nov. IL— The German war
ship G lion in under orders to sail for Port
an Prince. Hayti, this month, in order to
insist upon redress for the arrest, there of
Herr Lueders, a German subjcc, and his
unlawful imprisonment, for which Count
Schwerein, the German Minister at Port
au Prince, has demanded an indemnity.
Lueders is now believed to be In Germany,
having escaped from prison, the natives
of Port au nee having threatened to
mob the German legation and Lueders.
The fitting out of the warship is being
hastened as much as possible. Tho offi
cials of the German Foreign Office do not
believe the matter will be justed lor
some time to come, because the haytian
Government has formed a stubborn atti
tude.
The German newspapers are blaming
the Government for the delay in bringing
Haytt to terms. The German version of
this affair is that Lueders was sentenced
to pay a fine of $48 and to undergo a
month's imprisonment for resisting a
policeman, which Lueders denied. There
upon he demanded a second trial, ob
tained it, and witnesses testified that they
had not seen him Mrike ti.e policeman,
but in spite of Ihis Luedsrs was resen
tencea, this time to pay a tine of $500 and
to undergo a year's imprisonment. The
original trouble between Lueders and the
police, it is claimed in his brief, was due
to the latter forcing his way into his resi
dence, contrary to law, in order to arrest
one of-his servants.
After Lueders' second trial the German
Minister took the matter in hand
and on October 17 he went to the Presi
dent of Hayti, liresias Simon Sam, and
cemanded in the name of the German
Emperor that Lueders be set at liberty
and also demanded that lor every day the
latter had spent in prison, twenty-three
days in all, an indemnity of $1000 in gold.
The Minister added for every other
day Lueders was kept a prisoner after Oc
tooer 17 Jie, the representative of Ger
many, would demand an indemnity of
$5000 in gold.
President Sam at first refn°ed to grant
the Minister's demand and Lueders re
mained in prison six days longer. There
upon the German Minister notified the
Haytian Government that he had hauled
down his ting and had sent the archives of
the German legation to the legation of
the United States, thus severing all diplo
matic relations with the Government of
Hayti. The action of the German Minis
ter caused a great deal of excitement at
Port nu Prince. There weie threats to
lynch the prisoner. The life of the Ger
man Minister was threatened, and it was
proposed to attack the legation. Acting
upon the advice of his counselors, who
were not desirous of precipitating further
trouble, the President released Lueders.
He reached New York on October 30 and
sailed for Europe the same day.
AUBURN'S FLU RAL FESTIVAL.
Over a Hundred Varieties of the
Chrysanthemum on Exhibition.
Social Buds as Managers.
AUBURN, Nov. 11. — Auburn's an
nual chrysanthemum festival opened to
night at the Pavilion under the auspices
of the Congregational ladies. Tbe build
ing is a perfect mass of the prevailing
flower, and over a hundred different va
rieties are shown. The largest exhibits
are made by Mrs. F. A. Birce, Mrs. P. W.
Smith and William Watts. The enter
tainment features are represented by the
various booths, including farces and tab
leaux presented in the Spanish booth.
The prettiest social buds of the foothills
are installed in the latter. Those in
charge are:
Mr--. Willman, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. McCnl
louga and Mrs. Kobie, decorators oi the Span
isn booth; Mesriames E. O. Smith, F. L. Sun
der?, G. W. Hamilton. W. L Jones, Misses Lily
Davis, Cora and Mabel Bronson, Lily Coker.
Nettie Schnabal, Minnie Corre... Hose Free
man; Little 80-Peep booth— Mesdames Bisseli
and Shepard; Queen ol Hearts— Mes lames
Graham and L-iwrence; flower i>o.>th — Mrs.
Chamberlain and Miss Wil litis; farmers' wives
—Mesdames ltuo'ity and Hughes; doll booth
— Misses Hazel Clark nnd Ethel Seavev; Klon
dike booth —Mesdames Williams, Noe and
Biggs and Misses Spauiding and Mead; re
freshment booth— Mesdames Hcdje, McGuire,
Wood, Fellows, Ward and Misses vey,
Headman, Urown, Fuller, Skinner, Llniuger.
Brown nad Dick-ion.
11 1. n Hypothetic il Quemtion.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 11. — Attorney-
General McKenna has notified Secretary
Gage that he cannot pus • upon the ques
tion of ihe -status of Deputy Collectors
and Deputy Marshals for the reason that
he is asked to decide a hypothetical ques
tion. Secretary Gage some time ago re
ferred to the Attorney-General the ques
tion raised by Collector Brady of Virginia,
who appointed a number oi deputy col
lectors without consulting the civil ser
vice list. The Secretary of the Treasury
has been unable to decide the matter and
asked the Attoriiev-General to give an
o| inion whether the terms of deputy col
lectors expire with the term of the collec
tor, as held by Collector Brady; if the
terms so expired, whether the successors
should be appointed from a civil servic;
list or by the collector himself.
Assistant Attorney-General Boyd first
took the matter in hand and wrote an
opinion to the effect that Deputy Col
lectors aro not within the provisions of
the civil service law. This opinion was
submitted to the Attorney-General for his
approval or rejection. Instead of doing
either, the Attorney-General declines to
pass upon the question on tho ground
mentioned. ' _
The Treasury Department has now
turned the question over to Mr. O'Con
nell, the Solicitor of the Treasury. When
his opinion i-< obtained Secretary Gage
will give the matter further consideration
and will issue instructions to Collectors
throughout the country as to what steps
to take in these appointment--.
toi'ett hu frrrerae iFitte.
SACRAMENTO. Nov.ll — After Stephen
Baumanii had killed his wife, last Satur
day, he was taken to the Receiving Hos
pital to b2 treated for the bullet wound in
his own. jaw, produced by himself. Per
verse fate wou.d not permit him to die,
and Baumann got along so well that
on Monday he was removed to the County
Hospital. There he progres-ed rapdly
toward recovery. To-day a complaint
was sworn out charging nim with murder,
and he will have his preliminary examina
tion to-morning.
KEW TO-DAT — CLOTHING^
T H r~" ffi***^lg»^ ~■^j^^BPc^^^^^j^a>"^» ,^^ ?. j^^^^ jaii»i^>*^^'^*-**^trthifc^^*
PUBLIC ARE PULLING WITH THE TIDE
AND IT CARRIES THEM DIRECTLY TO
OUR STORE.
Henry Ward Beecher once remarked: "Xo one
ever prospered in the world by luck— unless it was
the luck of getting up early, working hard and
maintaining honor and integrity."
This is exactly what we are doing.
n^gi MßMr^BMße aa W e g e^ U P early to attend
For 0.00 we sell you a
swell Overcoat, fly front, in a Kersey, Beaver,
Melton, Cheviot or Worsted, whichever suits your
fancy. Its value is double. For the same price
you can purchase a Single-breasted or Double-
breasted Sack Suit, or 3-button Cutaway, in any
color or weave imaginable. Good values for
$15.00 and $17.50.
S. N. WOOD & CO.,
ColumlDianWooleii ills
7(8 and 722 Market Street,
A.NXD
Corner Powell and Eddy.
GOOD TEMPLARS AT PASADENA.
Election of C flicers and Mass-Meeting
for the Benefit of the Vallejo
Orphans' Home.
PASADEN-A, Nov. IF— The tliird
day's session of the thirty-eighth annual
convention of the 1. 0. G. T. to-day
elected ollicers as follows:
Theodore D. KHtiouse of Troplco. chief tem
nlnr; Rev. F. K. Coulter of Seima, councilor;
Mis* 'l'uli of Fresno, grand vice-templar;
\V. P. Ncilierton of Santa Cruz, eraud secre- c
tory; Volney Taylor of Bryan, grand treas
urer; Mrs. 'i. M. North, grand secretary of
j.iveniie work. Trustees ol the Grand Lodge—
A.M. Drew, Fresno; A. A. Smith, Fresno;
Fred 11. Taft, banta Monica. Trustees ol Home
lor Orphans— Mrs. Kelloge, Ju.i«e J. M. Wall
lug, Mrs. E. M. North, William Sims.
To-ni*;ht a grand muss-meeting was j
held for the benefit of the Orphan-' Home
at Vallejo. The convention will cose to- I
morrow.
Aril' California I'oslntastera.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 11.— The follow
ing California post masters were appointed
to-day: At YuDa, Sutter County, Lulu
Arant, vice W. T. Smith, res. coed; at
Capay, Yolo County, Sam eel bemvab,
v.cc AI. C. Nurse, removed; at Exeter,
Filiate County, H. R. Stephens, vice
Henry Newman, remove!; at Piru Clly,
Ventura Couniy, Fred K. Woods, vice K.
Sampson, resigned ; at Paulina, Butie
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STATEMENT
OF THE— —
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
OF TIIE
HANOVER FIRE
Insurance Company
■OF NEW YORK. IX THE STATE OF NEW
v - York, on the Hist flay of December, A. P.
1806, and for the year ending on that day, as made
I to ihe Insurance Commissioner of the State of
(alifornia, pursuant to i he. provisions of section!
610 and (111 of The l\> itieal < ode. condensed as per
| blank lurnished by the Commissioner.
CAPITAL.
Amount of Capital Stock, paid up In
Cash ♦1,000.000 (X)
ASSETS.
Real Estate owned by Company »450.000 00
Loa -i son Bonds and MortgaKes 7,000 03
I ash Market Value -of all Stocks and
Bonds owned by Company 1,864,334 30
Amount of Loans secnred by iil">ij;p of
Bonds, Stocks and other marketable
securities as collateral 4.00000
Casn 111 Company's Office 62,944 80
' ash in Banks 20.101 86
Interest cine and accrued on all Stocks
and Loans 12.940 00
Interest fine ami accrued on Bonds and
Mortgages 20 11;
i Premiums in due Course of Collection.. lTO.aso fifl
Rents due anil rued 1,127 50
Due from other Companies for Re-
insurance on losses already paid 2,244 77
Total Assets «2.095.801 85
Liabilities.
Losses Adjusted and Unpaid *f64,270 67
Losses in process of .Adjustment or in
Suspense 61.733 35
Losses Reslsted.inclndinKexpenses.... 18,8812 33
Gross Premiums on Fire Risks running
one yeir ■ r less, * i.i. vi oor. 17 ; re-
insurance SO per cent.... . 570,532 73
I Gross Premiums on Fire Risks running
j mote than one year. 41,033,142 85; re-
i insurance pro rrtta 552.724 12
I Comni nsions and Brokerage due and to
| Lecome due 20.525 Ot
Total Liabilities .306.663 '-'4
INCOME.
| Net Cash nctuallv received for ire Pre-
miums «1,514570 12
Receive i tor interest un Bonds and .
Mortgages 704 10
Received tor interest and dividends on
Bonds. Stocks, Loans anil irom all
' other, sources 80.474 30
Reieived for Rents 14.47157
Total Income ♦1,010,520 18
» -~
EXPENDITURES.
Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in-
! eluding ♦185,070 05 losses of previous
years) (856.102 13
; Dividends to Stockholders 70.000 00
i laid or allowed lor I ononis, ion or
j Brokerage 274.14153
I Paid for Salaries. Pees and oilier
1 charges fo- officers, clerks, etc 143.058 00
! Paid for State, National and Local Taxes 37,7*0 HO
' All other payments and expenditures.. 127,711 73
Total Expenditures 11.508,884 08
Fire.
LOSSES incurred during the year (814,53* 41
Risks ani>Pi:emii:ms.j Fire Risks, l Premiums.
Net ainoun r of Risks j
wiitlen during the
. Jf»* ; ■■; i,. •*,- *152.750,333 (1,701,511 50
.Net amount of Bisks ex-
■ pit cd during tie- year. I 150.364, 547 1,770,253 3.5
>.-t amount in force Hit-
cember 31, 1806 J 101.706.315 2.102.208 32
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23d day
of January, 1807.
I. REMSEN lane. President.
C. L. ROE, Secretary.
PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT,
CE>Lll BFRTIIEIU, Manager,
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