The San Francisco call. [volume], November 19, 1897, Page 5, Image 5

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THE DENS
MAY NOT
BE CLOSED
Quincy Street House Owners
Fight for Their Reve
nue Producers.
REPORT OF A BIG COERI TTIOM FUiSD
Ten Thousand Dollars to Be
Raised for Attorneys and
Others.
PnOWDLE ACTIOS OF THE SUPERVISORS
!!_•- Faulist Fathers Address Four
Members of the Board and
Thank Them.
The friends of the movement for closing
the dens on Quincy street are greatly
alarmed Because they have heard that a;
the meeting of the Board of Supervisors,
io be held next Tuesday, the ordinance to
blot out the social iniquity in that quar
ter will be again postponed, which, they
assert, will practically Kill for tbe time
being their cause.
They understand that lie property
owners on Quincy street have been as
sessed $10 for every fifty feet of property
aligning the street. This exorbitant tax
is for the purpose of raising $10,000 to di
feat the closing movement.
The Paulist Fathers do not think that
the Board of Supervisors can be influenced
t>v money or tbe talk of highly paid at
torneys.
As a last effort the Paniis* Fathers have
addressed letters to Supervisors Dodge,
bheeban, Lackmann and Britt, the four
Supervisors who voted against the mo
tion io delay the passage of the ordinance
closing the dens at a recent meeting of the
board.
The following is a copy of the letter ad
dressed to Supervisor I . r : ; t :
■ San I'll.lM v- 0 Nov IS 1597.
To Hon. J. K. Urttt— HONORABLE ami Dear
Pin: We hereby express our gratitude ior tne
support you have given us in our struggle
against trie public nuisance by which we are
confronted, vie congratulate you on- the
stand which you have taken in voting against
the motioi for delay introduced by your ai-
tin'guisned colleague, the Hon. T. A", iloiuuzi.
We expected opposition from tnis supervisor,
but we had hoped he would he lhe only one
o.s the board wno would oppose the request
made by so many representative citizens.
As stated in our lormer communication to
.he members of the hoard we isbed to avoid
■ lieity and desired to have Ibis giaritiß
ition of the iaw quietly suppressed
: .' ielt the action ot the Honorable Board ol
.-. .. rviiors. It current rumors prove true
••hall have io abandon this ehei isaed hope
aud enter upon what wvll doubtle>s prove a
protracted aud harassing prosecution. The
issue ol this struggle we are assur< d by legal
autnonties must be in favor of law and mo
rality. Whatever the outcome may be we
thank you lor the goodwill shown and sup
port given, and beg to remain gratefully and
sincerely ours, The Pac list Fathers,
Per M. Otis, C. S. P.
CANTON TEA ADMITTED.
The Treasury Department Eas
Made a Standard for That
Grade.
Chinese Merchants Will Now Rejoice
and So Will Ten-Cent Res
taurants.
me weeks ago Collector of Customs
Jackson detained a lot of Canton tea which
had been r jected by the examiner of
teas because it did not rome up to the
standards established by the department,
there being no standard established for
Canton tea, which kind of tea is used
most exclusively by Chinese and by a
small fraction of the white population,
which is satisfied with a cheap and in
ferior article. Under the regulations thi-.
condemned stuff must be shipped out of
he United States within six months by
t lie owners, or in the event of their failure
to do so it must be burned by the Col
lector.
Yesterday the Collector received a cir
cular from the Treasury Department es
tablishing a standard for Carton tea, by
the following addition to section 19, after
the words -'extraneous matter":
"Provided that the sif lines from India
or Ceylon teas may be re-ified through a
number '2(5 sieve of 30 wire tj separate
nesdie leal from dust. The tea exa miner*
are instructed to compare all Hysons,
coarse leaf gunpowder and extra young
Hyson with ihe Hyson standard and all
other vomit* Hysons and powder- with
the young Hyson."
They must also take the flavor of teas as
Indicating their quality and fitness for
consumption rather than local character
istics.
fOR MUTUAL PROTECTION.
Organization of Some of the Leading
Local interests.
An adjourned meeting of representa
tives of the local organizations was held
Wednesday afternoon at the headquarters
of the Retail Grocers' Protective Union,
214 California street, for the purpose of
perfecting a permanent organization for
mutual protection and the development
of the business interests of San Francisco.
The new organization is called the San
Francisco Protective Association.
■ The following organizations were repre
sented: the Landlords' Association, the
Retail Grocers, the German Saloon
keepers, the Pacific Coast Beer Bottlers'
Association, the Soda Water Manufac
turers, v- Brewers' Protective Associa
tion and the Coopers' Association.
Several other organizations have signified
/ their intention of jo ning the Protective
i Associaiion, and it is the calculation that
I one of the strongest iocr-1 organizations
V--:*- effected will result from this meet
jV't*.:
The following officers were elected:
President, J. T. Hurley of the Retail
Grocers' Protec ive Union; vice-presi
dent, John O. Haeler of the German
Saloon-keepers; secretary, ; M. Cleve of
the Pacific Coast Beer Bottlers' Associa
tion; treasurer, John Thode of tbe
Brewers' Association.
Church-Worker-.- Council.
A mess-meeting oi church-workers will be
held at the Central Methodist Episcopal
Church ou Mission street this evening. An
Interesting programme libs been prepared
f,r the occasion, for which selections have been
arranged by t;ie ministers having the enter
tainment in charge. J J. Morris will conduct
the musical selections, ai.lea by a choir.
HOME MECHANICS FIRST.
Labor Commissioner Fit 7. gem' d Wilt
Visit "Hash met on in the Interest
of the Workmen.
At the meeting of the Sati Francisco
Building Trades Council last nigh', Labor
Commissioner Fitzgerald was present by
invitation.
In a short address he stated that he was
about to visit Washington, D. C, and
while there, would use his best endeavors
to have the stone for the Postoffice cut in
t is State, and also that California men
and material be employed and used in the
construction of th- edifice.
He also stated that he would do all in
his Dower to have an exclusion act passed
by Congress prohibiting tne imJiigrat ou
01 Japanese into the Unit d States.
SETTING A WHALER OS FIRS.
Preliminary Examination of Oeignan,
Jones ami Krueger for Arson.
0. \V. Deignan, Harry J. Jones and F.
A. Krueger were examined before United
Slates Commis-doner [Heacock yesterday
morning on a charge of having sel fire to
the whaler John and Win thro last Au
gust.
The prosecution proved that the vessel
had been purposely set on lire by some
persons of the crew, and that Deignan
and Jones, after having been i laced in
irons and fed on bread and water for
eight or ten days, made written con
fessions to the effect that Krne-er bad
started the fires in pursuance of a plot to
burn the ship so that they might be en
abed to g*»i away to the Klondike.
Judge Heacock took the mater tinier
.ldvivni' nt, th.re being no evidence to
Corro 'orate that of the confessed c"iispira-
g-^®®®@®®(_v> aisSdisx^sstse^
I JUDGE DE HAVEN'S NEW VOCATION.
•ors. It is. understood that Jones and
Deignan wi'l assert that the concession
was ex orieJ from them by threats and
by imprisonment and starvation, and that
no conspiracy existed amoni; them.
PAVED BY THE COMPANY.
An Klectric lliiiitl That Save* Property-
Owners From Expense.
The San Francisco and San Mateo Elec
tric road was given permission yesterday
by the S'.reet Committee of the Board of
Supervi-ors lo pive Fourteenth street be.
tween 18-ward and Folsom. at its own ex
pense to conform to the tracks of the com
pany and the crown of the street.
When the company put the tracks down
on the block mentioned thrv were placed
at the official grade, making the existing
pavement lack conformity. In order not
to put the property-owners to expense the
company decided to do the work itself.
Gibson '■ Living P.utures.
A concert programme interspersed with
living counterleits of Charles Dana Gibson's
illustrations :s announced to taki piece at the
Shermm <fc Clay Hall this evening. The
proceeds 01 the entertainment are tube de
voted to the furnishing mud of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church. Tin- following are those
who will p rtictpate in the concert: Mr-.
Florence Wymsn-Gardner, soprano; Mr?.
Eiith Scott Hasford, contralto; Frank S.
Mitchell, tenor; Miss L. Florence Heine, vio
linist; M.ss Ut-rtrude Wheaton, mando.in;
Protessor Samuel Adelstein, mandolin; Miss
Marie Heine and 11. B. Pasmore, accom
panists
Trouble Over a Transfer.
Mary Nolan tiled a suit yesterday against
the Market-street Railway Company to re
cover $5000 damages. She alleges ibat on the
sth inst. a conductor on a car of the Valencia
street line caused her to suffer great mental
anguish and humiliation by refusing to accept
a transfer irom her by the conductor "I an
electric car on the Fourteenth-street branch of
the road. _**_- :::;;".
To Cure a. Cod in One Day
Take .Laxative Brorno Quinine Tablets. All drug
gists reiund the niom-y if it falls to cure. -lie.
Tbe genuine has _ B. U. on each tablet.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1897.
SEARCHLIGHTS
FOR SUICIDES
Planning to Make the Goat
Island Route to Death
Unpopular.
A Bright Bay of Light to Assist
in Savin? Disappointed
Lovers.
Few Who Attempt Death From the
Boats at Night at Present
Are Rescued.
The managers of the Southern Pacific
; Company's ferryboats that run be
j tween San Francisco and Oakland and
i Alameda are seriously considering a plan
to pises searchlights on their vessels. The
main ot ject of the lights, the managers
say, will be to assist in rescuing people
from the bay who look for death in the
' water after nightfall. The captains of the
! ferryboats say that after dark it is impos
| sible to see a man struggling in the water
I a lew feet away from the side of the vessel
I and unless the drowning man keeps up a
Panic reigns in the Strathmore budd
ing, on the corner of Grove and Larkin
streets. In ad ition to panic there is
also chaos and consternation.
Judge J. J. de Haven is understudy lor
the •*uoy" who runs the ele*«a or. That
is his relaxation after a day spent in liv
ing belated lawyers and witnesses and
incidentally deciding cas»s.
After subsidizing tbe elevator-boy
with theater tickets the Judge takes full
char-re. and here is where the occupants
of that apartment-house are in a di
lemma. If they ride in the elevator
during the Judge's incumbency the in
surance companies will notify them that
they are "extrahazardous risks." If
they do not ride they incur the ill-will
of the Judge and may stiff in his court.
The terrors of the court prevail and
they ride, and thereby hangs a tale. In
fact, there are several tales. All sorts
of stories float out of tbe Strathmore
since the Judge turned elevator-boy.
They are of the kind that curdle the
blood and make the hair stand on bald
bends.
Dr. Day wait was tbe first to come in
contact with one of the Judge's peculiar
stops and there is still a dent in the
ceiling of tbe elevator where tbe dot
tor's silk hat wai crushed. Then No
tary Gates sat down so hard after one of
De Haven's starts that be now stands up
ali the time.
Agent Dorn, wbo has charge of the
building, thought he would try diplo
macy in order to prevail upon the
Jud.'e to seek some other relaxation,
but now he tries arnica and witch hazel
on himself.
To make matters worse the Judge dis
guises himself in the skull-cap of the
elevator-ooy and his best iriends fail to
recognize him. Tueytcold the elevator
boy for Ins carelessness and then are
dismayed when he turns his legal eye
upon them and withers them ns lie does
the inquisitive juror who takes upon
himseii the prerogatives of the court.
"Watch me reverse a decision and
then se» me revorse this elevator," say*
the Judge to those wbc labor to wean
him from his new fad. "Do you think
for a minute that a man who sits on the
bench ot the Circuit Court of the United
Stats is not capable of guiding a measly
elevator. Get in and let me show you
bow the thing work?."
The other day the Judge remarked:
"1 have always longed lo ri«e in lie
wo-dd :uid sh<ill I let siip this opportun
ity? No! Who knows what day I may
be thrown upon the cold and unchari
table world and compelled to earn a
livelihcoi by manual labor. Now let
iliat erstwhiie dreaded day come and it
has no terrors for me. I have found a
vocation at last and the ups and downs
of life no longer till mv soul with dismay.
I am getting accustomed to them and
must say that I like them."
But while the Judge is enjoying hire
«elf with his relaxation, and the eleva
tor-boy gets a much-needed rest, saying
nothing of the improvement ot the
business of neighboring drugstores, the
lessees of the building *cc bankruptcy
and ruin sinrinc then- in lhe face. , They
dare not offend the Judge by ordering
n.m to cease using their elevator as his
playground, yet unless something inter
venes the Strathmore wi 1 be in a condi
lion where both elevator and boy will
be useless appendages.
Some ni.bt. the ropes will be cut when
the cag" is at the top of the shaft, and
the mangled remains of the Judge will
be taken from the wreck at the bottom.
®®®®®®<S>® S«*S<S_J®®® <__<_x_-_<m®_
lusty yell for belp after he goes overboard
the boats lowered to the rescue stund a
poor chance of finding him. With a
searchlight the crews of the rescuing
beats could be directed in their search for
the drowning man, and many a disap
pointed lover or other demented persons
who sought death by the Goat Island
route could be saved.
Had the Bay City been provided with a
searchlight J. M. Berkley, who lound a
way to death in the bay on Wednesday
night, would probably now bis alive.
When he went overboard the ferryboat
was stopped as quickly as possible and a
boat lowered, hut in tne darkness the crew
of tbe boat could lind no trace of the
missing man, and now the water-front
ghouls are looking for his body.
Scores of people attempt suicide every
year by jumping from the Oakland anil
Alameda ler.y-boats, but few, considering
the dangers of the currents of the bay and
the difficulties of rescue, make a success
of their efforts unless the attempt Is made
after dark; then unless the rescuers are
directed in their work by the drowning
person's cries their bodies will find a
resting-place beneath the waves. The
feiry-boats as they are are equipped with
the most modern app'iances for saving
lives in such an emergency and their
crews are well drilled in their uses, but
they are handicapped by darkness in their
efforts to save suicides, and the search
lights, it is thought, will be a great aid.
The steel ferry-boat that is soon to be
built for the Oakland service will be the
first to be titled with the searchlight, and
when all the vessels of the beet are so
equipped rert-ons with suicidal intentions
will have io seek some other route if they
want tc make a sure thing of meeting
death. jSMHB
Unknown Man Died on the Street."
A man, whose identity is not known, died of
hemorrhage of the lungs at the corner of Broad
way and Powell at 9:30 last evening. Eddie
O'Brien, a biy living ai 328 Broadway, saw
him fall and notified a policeman, who had the
body taken to the Morgue. The dead man was
fairly well dressed, .was about 40 years old
and appeared to have been a consumptive.
IT WILL BE A GREAT GAME.
In to-day's game at Recreation Park between Baltimore and All-America
there will be many attractions.
It will be a ladies' day, and ladies will be admitted free to all parts of the
grounds.
The cranks will have an opportunity of seeing Wheeler, the deceptive pitcher
of the Olympics, send the ball over the plate for the heavy hitters of All-America.
The Pickaninny band "In Old Kentucky" will furnish music on tbe grounds.
Prior to the game there will be a procession headed by the band.
There has been much discussion about what showing the local teams will
make when they cross bats with the great league players. There is bardlv a local
team, strong as some of them are, that can defeat either Baltimore or All-Amer
ica, unless it be, as the pugilists say, by "an accidental blow"; that is, a series of
costly errors, poor stick work and wretched playing on the part of the visitors and
brilliant playing by the locals. In the judgment of baseball experts All-America
or Baltimore, in games with local clubs, should put out six men in each inning
before the side is retired. This would make & good game. It is probable that All-
America and Baltimore will agree to this proposition.
To-day's game will demonstrate what showing the sloggers can make with
a local pitcher, but behind heeler will ba the great aggregation of Baltimore.
Wheeler, the pickaninnies, the ladies and the great Eastern players should form
attractions enouih for one day's sport on the diamond.
On Tuesday. November 3o. the ereat game for charity will be played.
BALL SCHEDULE
NOW ARRANGED
The California Nines to
Meet the Crack East
ern Teams.
The first of the Series to
Be Played on the
28th.
Fifty Dollais to the State Team
Beating the Visitors on tin
Diamond.
The management of the clubs compos
ing the California League met J. Frank
Eline, business manager of All-America
and Baltimore, last evening. At the meet
ing a schedule was perfected ior the two
crack teams to play the league clubs.
Prior to the arrangement of the sched
ule, Manager Eiine stated that for each
and every game in which All-Amvrica or
Baltimore was beaten he would give the
club administering the walloping $50 in
.iddiiion to the percentage of the gate te
ceipts. This sum will be deposited with
I*. L. Lilienthal, manager of the Anglo-
California Bank.
The last name of the series between All-
America and Baltimore in this city will
be played en November 27. But on Tues
day, November .0, the clubs will play for
charity.
While Baltimore is playing the local
clubs in this city, All-America will tour
the State, and when the last-named team
is playing In town Baltimore will tour the
interior. All the games in the appended
schedule will be played in this city.
November 28. Baltimore vs. Reliance;
December 2, Baltimore vs. Olympic; 4th,
Baltimore vs. Stockton; sin, Baltimore
vs. Gdi Edge; inn, All America vs. Re
liance; 11th, All America vs. Stockton;
12ih, All America vs. Olympic; llitb, All
America vs. Gilt Eigp.
At the conclusion of this schedule on
December 18 Baltimore will meet a team
known as All-California, comprising a
nine selected by the managers of the Cali
fornia c libs belonging to the league and
composed of the strongest players in the
several teams. On December 19 All-Amer
ica will play All-California.
Should All-Calilornia fail to defeat Bal
timore or All-America, Manager Kline
wiil give the team the services of the Cali
fornians playing in the Baltimore and
All-America teams, namely, Corbett,
Lmge, Reins and Clarke.
On Tuesday, November 23, Baltimore
will play Napa at Nap. On tue Thursday
following Baltimore will play Gilt Edge
at Sacramento, and on the same day All
America crosses bats with the Fresno Re
publicans at Fresno. On the day follow
ing Baltimore and All-America play at
Santa Rosa.
NOVELTY IN WEDDINGS.
Mother and Daughter Are Until Married
on the Same Night.
Mother and daughter both wedded on
the same night. This peculiar coincidence
took place Wednesday night when Captain
Sannett of the pilot-boat Bonita and
Frank Briihifeld, one of the crew of the
same boat, were united to Mrs. and Miss
Billings at the residence of the brides,
23103/2 Taylor street.
A lew months ago Miss Katie Billings
confessed to her mother that she had been
struck by one of Cupid's arrows, and thai
Frank Brightfeld hid also been struck
with a similar missile, and hoped that
there would be no maternal objections to
a speedy entry into the holy bonds of
wetl lock.
Much to the daughter's surprise, instead
of any objec ions being made, as is the
general rule in such cases, she was in
formed that hers was not : lie only case,
and was given an intimation that ther**
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might be a double instead of single wed
ding.
Accordingly the date was set for last
night, and the Key. Mr. Buehler was en
gaged to perform the ceremony. A few of
the most intimate friends of both families
were invited to the wedding, Henry Ahl
ers acting as best man and Miss May Das
sonville as bridesmaid. After the cere
mony all sat down to a bountiful repast,
an I t he happy brides and groom** departed
■or Monterey amid showers of rice, old
shoes and other tokens which promise
good luck to the newly wedded.
SILVER STAR KINDERGARTEN.
A Successful Bene tit Wat- Given for It
Last Night at the Schoolrooms.
The benefit given for tbe Silver State
Kindergarten last night was a decided
success. The rooms on Sansome street
were crowded to the doors with the
parents and friends of the little ones and
their teachers. The principal and her as
sistants worked very hard to make ihe
affair a success, and we e congratulated
on every side. Those who participated
were Miss Elizabeth H. Wainwright,
principal. Miss Beth Laughton, Mis- Ida
yen Bargeu and Mrs. M. Lee Abbott.
Pn gramme : Overture, Italian Orchestra;
ation, Miss Ida Chase Lee; Hawaiian
Quintet; character sketches, Messrs.
Schwartz ana Foster and M-*-ter Lee Ab
bott: vocal solo, Miss Grac<- Wa-*on; reci
tation, Miss Nettie Cox, "coon" songs in
character by Miss Addie Ring, both pupils
of Miss Lee; trio, banjos and guitars,
Messrs. Kelly, Holbrooke and Hacks;
vocal solo, Mr. Schwartz; harmonica solo,
Mr. Broderick.
PICTURES AND MUSIC.
The Hopkins Art Exhibition
Opened With a Large
Reception,
Pictures That Were Admired by
Those Who Attended the
Opening.
The thirty - eighth annual winter
exhibition o: the San Francisco Art
Association opened at Mark Hop
kins Institute of Art ltst evening
with a reception and promenade concert,
at which a large number of members and
their friend? were in attendance.
So great was tbe crush during the latter
part of the evening that it was almost im
possible to view the pictures.
The music was under the direction of
Henry heymati, and the selections were
admirably rendered by the ochestra.
Following is the programme for last
evening :
March, "Boa Mil," Moszkowsky; festival
overturn, Keler Belu; waltz, "Wife, Wine and
Song," Straus*; concert piece, "JE yes at Play,"
Greenwald; (a) .sextet, "Lucia," Donizetti;
b) quartet, "Bigoletio," Verdi ; "The Village
Blacksmith," I'lierner; fantasia, *-My Old
Kentucky Home." Canuey: waltz. "Souvenir
de erne." Ke er: Intermezzo Kranke ;
"Echoes from the Opera." Tobanl; (a) "Toies
dore and Andaloose" (6) "l'echetir Xeapoll
'nine." Rubinstein; Hungarian dances,
Brahms.
There is a splendid exhibit this fa!i,
among the pictures provoking the most
favorable comment being those of Yates,
Keith, • Stanton, Mersfelder, Yelland,
Francis Sleth, Annie Francis Briggs and
Helen Hyde.
The Toland collection, consisting of
original designs for the illustrations of tho
poems of Mrs. M. B. M. Toland, be
queathed to the association by the author,
contains some of the works of the great
est American artists.
' Fetirde Print em ps by P. Bourgogne,
and loaned by Dr. Louis Bazet of this city,
is one of the best, if not the finest, picture
in the whole pjchib.l. The picture was
exhibited at lhe Paris Salon during the
year 1893 and it has taken several prizes.
Bourgogne is now at Sevres Porcelain
Factory, where he does all tbe fine flower
work.
Tho first concert of this winter's exhibit
will take place on Wednesday evening,
November 21, and will be continued every
Thursday evening, closing on Thursday
evening, Decern bar 23.
Mrs. Kellogg Discharged.
Mrs. Alice Louise Kellogg, wife of John G.
Kellogg, employed in the passenger depart
ment oi the Southern Pacific Company, who
was arrested Tuesday nivrht on a chirge of in
sanity, was disehnreed from custody Wednes
day by the Commissioners of Insanity. There
was absolutely no evidence to show "thai she
was in any way mentally afflicted.
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DRY GOODS COMPANY
This store will be open for the
inspection of our patrons and
friends on
Saturday Evening, Nov. 20,
From 7:30 P. M. to 0:30 P. M.
CITY OF PARIS DRY GOODS CO,
SE. COR. GEARY AND STOCKTON STS.,
UNION SQUARE.
Store closes at 5 P. M. Saturday afternoon.
STATEMENT
....OF THE....
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
PEHHSYLVANIA FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF PHILADELPHIA, IN THE STATE OF
PeDnsvlvania, on the 31st day of December,
A. D.. 1896, and for the year ending ou that
day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner or
the state of Calliornia. pursuant to the provisions
of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, con-
densed as per blank furnished by the Commis-
sioner.
j CAPITAL.
Amount of Capital Slock paid up in
ash $400,000 00
ASSETS.
Ileal Estate owned by Company . ... $181.500 00
Loans on Bonds and Mortgages 879,070 00
Lash Market Value of all stocs and
Bonds owned by Company 2,998,165 00
Ann unt of Loans secured by pledge
of Bunas. Stocks, and other mar-
ketable securities as collateral.. 191,950 00
Cash In Company's Office 1,079 66
Cash in Banks 226,b83 83
Interest due and accrued on all
I stuck sand Loans . 2,078 14
1 Interest due and accrued on Bonds
and Mortgages 13,806 66
! Premiums in due course of collec-
tion 261,685 68
Total asiets $4.759.0-:4 97
'
LIABILITIES.
Losses adjusted and unpaid $15,553 00
Losses in process of Adjustment or
j instspense 134,237 00
! Losses resisted, Including expenses. 12,674 00
Cross premiums on Fire Bisks run-
ning one i en- or less, $1,491,-
-581 11: reinsurance 60 per cent.. 745,292 05
Gross prmiums on Fire Bissis run-
ning more than one year, .*l.-
-301,021 76; | reinsurance pro
rata 675,51126
Amount reclaimable by the insured
on Perpetual Fire Insurance
Policies 805,307 85
All other demands against the Com-
pany 4.000 00
Total liabilities $2,:-92,r>75 16
IN COM E.-
Net Cash actually received for Fire
premiums $1,715,193 42 j
Beceived for interest on Bonds and
Mortgages 42,111 98 ■
Bee- Ived for Interest aud dividenos !
on Bonds, stocks, Loans, and j
from alt other sources ... 156,137 39 I
Peceived for items 2.701 j
Total Income $1,916 144 71
EXPENDITURES.
Net amount d for Fire Losses — $«89,140 28
Dividends to Mo i,o;ders ■ - 80,000 00
Paid or allowed for commission or
Brokerare 429.701 64
Paiu for Salaries. Fees, and other
charges for officers, clerks, etc.. 102,160 00 I
Paid for Slate, National and local
taxes . 36,812 48
All oiner payments and expendi-
tures 101,440 08
Total expeudltuies $1,639,254-48
1.0-ses Incurred during
ihe year.... (-....5878,000 00
Bisks am> Pre-
miums Fire Bisks. ' Premiums.
Net amount of risKS
written during the
year. $212,902,563 $2,190,66193
Net amount of inks
expired during the i
year.... 182,729,491 1,969.219 29 !
Net amount in lon e
December HI. 1850 291.765.633 2.792.20587
B. DAL- BEYS >A. -President.
\V. GAIIDNEB CP.O ■<■ J-.LL. secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to nefore m-*, this 21st
day of January, 1897 GEO. W. HUNT,
Commissioner for California at Philadelphia.
PACIFIC DEPARTMENT,
Offit 436 California Street,
T. EDW. POPE, Manager.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
REGISTRATION FOB THE SPF.CIA L ELEC-
X- tion to be held December 27, 1897. will com-
mence at the office of the Registrar, In the City
Hall, on November 27 aud continue till December
11, inclusive.
he fo lowing persons are enti. lei to register:
First — All persons not registered at the last gen-
eral election, bat who were entitled thereto.
■ second All persons who were registered, but by-
moving out of the.r "spec Ul Election Precinct,"
or otberwis -, have loit inelr right to vote.
. Third— All native male zens not registered
and a'l naturniiz -d cl izens (not registired) who
have become sacn prior to eep'ember 29. 1897,
anl are otherwise qualified acrording to law.
A'l qualified electors who were r> gisiered at the
last geneiat election, and who will have continued
to reside within their respective "Special Election
Piei Incts," shall be entitled io vote withou-. addi-
tional registration.
Office open from 9 a. m. to 10 P. M.
By order of Board of E ection i onimLsioners.
W. M. iIINION Begistrarof Voers
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STATEMENT
I
OF THE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
OF THE
xjisrionsr
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA, IN THE STATE OF
Pennsylvania, on the 31st day of December,
A . D. 1896. and for the yea.- ending on that day, as
muds to tue Insurance Commissioner of the stale
( of > aliforni.i, pursuant to the provisions of sec-
tions 610 and till of the Political Cooe, condensed
as per blank furnished by i lie Commissioner.
CAPITAL.
: Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in
Cash $2C0,000 00
ASSETS.
; Pea! Estate owned by Company $160,000 (10
! Loans on Bonds and Mortgages 9,900 00
| ( fish Market Value of all Sleeks and
■ Bonds owned by Company 368, 50
| Amount of Loans secured by pledge of
I Bonds, stocks, and other marketable
j securities as collateral 19 xt (in
: Cash In Company's Office 1-1,968 Mi
I Cash in Banks 18,422 42
I Interest due and accrued on all Stocks
j and Loans 1,240 84
I Interest due and accrued on Bonds
! anil Mortgages. 97 50
! Premiums in due Course of Collection. 59,012 21
! Bills receivable, not Matured, taken
for Fire and > arine Bisks 1,010 00
, Bents due and acciued '. 38 54
i Due from perpetual Insurance on
Building 742 50
Total Assets $642,127 90
LIABILITIES.
i Bosses adjusted and unpaid $10,365 58
■ Losses iv process of Adjustment or in
• suspense 21,225 25
1 osses resisted, Including expenses 400 00
Dross premiums 'in Fire Kisks running
one year or less, $-44,175 81; re-
insurance 50 percent 122,087 90
Gross premiums on lire Bisks running;
more than oneyear, $171,228 65; re-
insurance prorata 92,915 10
Amount reclaimable by the insured on
perpeiual Fire Insurance Policies.';: 34.8.0 87
Cash Dividends remaining v paid 1,659 44
All other demands against the Com-
pany 18,521 79
Total Liabilities $296,995 93
INCOME.
Net Cash actually received for Fire
premiums $313,715 91
Received for interest on Bonds and
Mortgages 495 00
Bees ived for interest and dividends on
Bonds, stocks, Loans, and trom all
other sources 18,824 67
Received for Bents 2.697 88
To.al Income $335,733 46
EXPENDITURES
Net amount paid for Fire Losses (In-
cluding $3J.282 43, losses of pre-
vious.* ears) $169,278 76
IHvidenas to stockholder* 11,740 53
Paid or allowed for Commission or
Brokerage 60,202 90
Paid for Salaries. Fees, and other
charges for officers, clerks, etc 37,195 20
Paid for state, National, and local
taxes..... 10.178 83
All oilier payments and expenditures 31,844 79
Total Expenditures $320,441 01
Losses incurred during
tne year, fire $157,074 57
Bisks ash Pk» : ~~
miims | Fire Bisks, j Premiums.
Net amount or Bisks j
written duiiug the;
year $31,983,274 $370,203 73
Net amoun: of Risks v.'-V-
-■ xpired dining the!
year 32.375,235 376,618 21
N-t amount in force
December 31, 1896.. ..; 37,186,833! 115.404 3tt
C. S. OIL IX SHE AI>, President,
1-. B. DaNNKLs, Secretary.
Su Dscrl bed and sworn to belore me. ibis 20trt
day of lebiuary, 1897. BICH'D 11. KEILLY.
Notary Public.
PACIFIC. DEPARTMENT,
Office 436 California Street.
T. EDW. POPE, Manager.
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