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RANCHER KILLED BY A
HALF-BREED INDIAN
William Devin Loses His Life as the
Result of a Quarrel on the
Vina Ranch.
$ VINA, Sept 27. — In a quarrel yesterday on the Vina Ranch William Q
• Devin was struck on the head with a club by a half-breed Indian named O
e2 if. Demphrey and died this morning from his injuries. Devin had at- g
.• 1 -ked a man named J. Dickey, who had mad. some remarks to which g
he ;ook exception, with a shovel, when the half-breed interfered in be- £}
•* half of Dickey, with whom he was working. Devin was a respected
£• citizen of Vina, having resided in this vicinity »for over forty years. Jf
th« city of New York, will follow side by
I, v. [ng order v. ill b«
; itected cruiser,
: 1. ar Admiral Howison; New
York, 1 rmored cruiser, flagship of Rear
Admiral Sampson
first class; Massachusetts, battleshl]
second
■ r . :\. armon d cruiser;
letta, gunb a Sc >r
cruiser; torpedo-boatfl
. . . Wtndom, ' Jush
mquin,
<;v> sham Wln li m, 1 >non<
wick, McPherson, McClellan; hospital
. sti ami r MOl mouth, witn
itives of N ' ■■■' of N< w
a-ed by other vess< is of the
.: Militia; offli lal boats of the city,
m and Glen island, with
■■/.,-i^: steanv rs
■ • . Warwick and Matt. wan.
Fii 'i ting 1 olumn, com
et am s : " hts
corns lore J. Pi rpont Mor
. ■ • .. Corsair. air
■ Erin will lead the I -
umn and Howard Gould's -V
.:: n. Among the other
yachts will b< the Josephine and Nour
il, the America and Sapphin
. and Marada. the Sultan.:, white
Lady* Wanda, Oneida, Katrina and
ad division of the escorting
in will be ■ 'f the merchant
tion will be preceded by
tura, the first prize cap
- inlsh war.
The first eight Ejections of the mercnani
marine will be <■ mposed ni venty
I four sections will
<-d of from thirty to forty pro
third division of the escorting
column will make up of nearly 100 barges,
tnattached vessels.
ROOSEVELT AND
STAFF TO VISIT
THE ADMIRAL
NEW YORK, Sept. 27.— Governor
Roosevelt with his staff, under escort of
the Na\al Militia of the State, will
make his official call upon Admiral
v ..n board the Oiympia at 1
o'clock to-morrow afternoon. He will
also pay bis respects to Rear Admirals
Howison and Sampson while at the
naval anchorage at Tompkinsvill.'.
I'ernoi Roosevelt, who will be ac
companied by Brigadier General Awry
D. Andrew.- Gem ral Greene and all the
former captains of Admiral Dewey's
fleet, will go down the bay on the steam
yacht Wild Duck from Pier A. North
River, at noon. The party will be es
■l by the steam yacht Alleen, com
manded by Captain J. W. Miller of the
Naval Militia, with headquarters staff
and Beveral of the Naval Militia
launch' s.
Arriving at Tompkinsville, salutes
will be exchanged with the Oiympia
and other warships. After Governor
Roosevelt's official « all. he vdll hold a
r< ceptlon on the old frigate New Hamp
shire, now used as headquarters of the
Naval Militia of the state of New
York, moored at Tompkinsville.
On Saturday morning after the cere
moni.-s at tho City Hall. Governor
Roosevelt, with Admiral Dewey and
Mayor Van Wyck. will board the
steamboat Sandy Hook at the pier of
the Fall River line on North River.
VAST THRONGS
CROWD STREETS
OF NEW YORK
NEW YORK. Sept. 27.— Thousands of
eager sightseers crowded Broadway to
day, with their eyes fixed upon the
Th 'V--V arch, which is now rapidly near-
Ing completion. It is announced that
irrow the final touches will be put
on th> Btructure, and that to-morrow
will witness the disappearance of the
I screens. As the task
of th-' modelers in white Btaff nears its
end th>.- more Interested the passers-by
become. The police also show good
natured forbearance in the handling of
crowds stuffed in wh<-n the current be
comes congested Before tho Fifth
Avenue Hotel and the Hoffman House
it is Impossible to pass in less than ten
minutes. Many of the sightseers were
women on shopping tours, and school
girls. They kept their eyes fastened on
the winged victory at the top of the
.irch and lingered ns long as they could.
Onlookers find something extremely
fascinating in watching modelers put
ting the finishing touches upon the fig
urea of heroic size which adorn the
panels of the arch and columns at
eith< r end nf the approach. On the
group entitled "T\» Call to Arms"
the sculptor, Philip Martini, was still
busy. He had fashioned a group in its
full pizo out in his place in the country
and to-day he was putting together tho
pieces. Several of the sections were
broken, however, and work was delay
td. Mr. Martini expects to finish the
group to-morrow.
Nowhere could one obtain a better
idea of the magnitude of the present
occasion th.-in by a walk in Fifth Ave
nue this afternoon. Pavements wpre
filled from curb to • dge of grandstands.
Grandstands and boardol Btoops were
everywhere. Nearly all the standards
and banners and gilt flgun-s which fur
nish an approach to tho arch from
Thirty-fourth street are completed.
When the approach Is finished to-mor
row part of Fifth Avenue will look like
a medieval city in carnival time. White
and blue streamers, green garlands,
glistening ; ■ destals, gilt eagles with
spread wings, all will combine in giv
ing the avenue a gala day picturi b<lU< -
The crowd stopped along the line
of standards and watched the painters
and modelers at work.
If the throngs which filled the avenue
are an earnest of the crowds on the
day of th'- parade, there will be a solid
wall of humanity along the route. Even
fakers vith their programmes, flags,
helmets and buttons found difficulty to
day in plying their trade. It required
Ingenuity to keep their wares from be
ing brushed out of their hands and
trampled under foot.
Decorations were being put up all
over the city to-day. Large American
flags were placed over Broadway at in- 1
tervals, and thousands of smaller ban
ners made their first appearance. Por
traits of Dewey with variations, the re
sult of hasty painting, were Been over
many -a door. Old Trinity put on broad
stripes of blue and white, and th^ pil
lars of St. Paul were swathed In tri
colored bunting. Standards bearing
dragoons appeared in Chinatown, and
th flag of Italy was seen waving side
by side with the stars and stripes.
Stands for the sale of souvenirs were
'Stablished throughout tho city, and va
cant stores were utilized as headquar
ters for the army of programme ven
ders.
Down on the water front the ends of
piers wore decked in Hags and festoons.
Ferryboats carried flags, and each
craft which came across the river or
bay yesterday brought eager and ex
pectant visitors to tho city.
In all parts of New York the work of
building stands continues. Fifty-eight
implications for permits to erect stands
were made u>-day to the Building De
partment A Builder Inspector was de
tailed to every two or three blocks to
that the stands were being con
structed according to specifications and
rtith due regard for safety.
COLONEL SHAW'S
PLEA FOR GRAND
ARMY VETERANS
I
TOPEKA, Kans., Sept. 27.—Com
n!:imler-in-Chief Albert D. Shaw of the
Grand Army of the Republic spoke to
day at the State encampment and was
accorded a rousing reception. During
the day Colonel Shaw denied the pub
lished stories that he desired to head
the Dewey parade.
"These stories are Infamously false,"
he said. "I never thought of such a
thing. I wanted an escort of 2000 old J
soldiers to be a guard of honor to the •
admiral and to follow him in the
parade."
Later Colonel Shaw issued a state
ment to the public submitting facts
"in justification of requests made to I
Major General Roe that the veterans
be allowed to have the right of line
in the Dewey parade." Colonel Shaw
cites as precedents the place accorded
the veterans at the Chicago Jubilee and
at the reception to the Tenth Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers at Plttsburg
and adds:
"In the light f>f these comparatively
recent parades, the latter >n honor of
our gallant soldiers who served ln the
Philii pines and who possibly heard
some of Admiral Dewey's guns, I could
not but fuel that the Grand Army com
rades of New York, as representative
of the greatest State of the Union,
which sent more men than any other i
State to preserve the nation from ruin,
were as richly entitled to head the line
of the Dewey parade as were the com- j
rades of Pennsylvania to lead a simi- j
lar civic pageant in honor of our Span
ish-American war heroes. It gives me j
great pleasure to extend to Governor
Roosevelt, as the commander-in-chief
of 350,000 veterans of the Grand Army
of the Republic, a warm congratula
tion on the just and patriotic stand he
has taken in behalf of the aging veter
ans of the nation, in using his influence I
to have their just request granted that
they lead the parade in the city of New
York in honor of the great Admiral
Dewey, thus assuring to our newest
veterans that when they grow old in
their turn they shall not be the tail
of any public procession."
Ohio guardsmen
are saved from
disappointment!
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 27.— For a
time to-day the proposed trip of tho
Ohio National Guard to New York to
participate in the Dewey celebration
wfis abandoned, but owing to the gen
.-r"=<ty of Governor Bushnell and John
R. McLean the trip will be made as
proposed. All arrangements had been
completed when, at a late hour last
night. Attorney General Monnett gave
an opinion that the funds of the State j
could not be used for defraying the ex
penses of the trip, and on the strength !
of that the adjutant general issued an I
order which knocked the whole thing in j
the head. When Mr. McLean heard of
the failure of the affair he called Gov
ernor Bushnell up by telephone and in- I
sisted that it would not do to have
Ohio unrepresented. He and the Gov
ernor then agreed to guarantee the ex
penses of the trip ln case there Bhould
be any difficulty in getting the money
from the State treasury.
S Next SUNDAY'S CALL will be a \
marvel of beautiful illustrations j
— its half-tone work being es- \
: pecially fine.
ADDITIONAL ADVICES
OF THE EARTHQUAKE
Thousands of People in Asia Minor
Are Killed and Eight Hun
dred Injured.
LONDON, Sept. 27.— Advices. have been
received here to the effect that the
earthquake in Asia Minor on September
20 was the most severe between Aldln and
Barakouy. Thousands of persons were
killed and 800 injured. Thousands of
houses were demolished. In some cases
entire villages were razed.
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PLAGUE AT ASUNCION.
Doctors Disagree as to the Occurrence
of New CRses.
Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald, Copyrighted, IMB, by Jame» Gordon
Bennett.
HT'ENOS AYRES, Sept. 27.— While Pa
raguayan official reports say there are no
now cases of plaque at Asuncion, Argen
tine, the sanitary delegates announce that
various new cases have occurred there
The Government at Rio de Janeiro has
revoked the commission of the Minister
at Asuncion who had failed to communi
cate the appearance of the plague there.
Advances made on furniture and piano*, trith
or without ramovai. J. Noonan, 1017-lO2S Mission.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1899.
DAMAGE WROUGHT
BY THE FLOODS
Three Hundred Lives
Were Lost.
REPORTS FROM CALCUTTA
SEVERAL DISTRICTS INUNDATED
BY THE DOWNPOUPw.
Natives Working With Horses to
Clear the Roads While the Mun
ster Regiment Searches
for Bodies.
SDecial Diwstcb to. The Call.
CALCUTTA, Sept. 27.— The great
storm of Sunday and Monday which
caused destructive landslides and floods
gathered at the head of the bay of Cal
cutta and then* moved north, giving
heavy rain in Calcutta, Dinajapur,
Rangpur and Jalpaiguri. Its greatest
' fury was felt" at Darjeeling. Simul
j taneously another storm gathered at
Rangrpur and passed westward from
Puma to Mongbyr. The usual weekly
reports have not been received by the
Government and there is reason to fear
thai the district named is flooded and
communication Interrupted.
It was estimated that between Dar-
Jeeling and Kurseong alone 300 persons
have lust their lives.
The line between Darjeeling and So
nada will be blocked probably for two
months. Both the upper and lower
Puglojhoras have been carried away.
A number of bodies have beoai re
covered on the Happy Valley estate.
The soldiers of the Munster Regiment
are searching for bodies and clearing ;
I the roads.
It is reported that the Teosta suspen- |
sioii bridge has been broken away by |
the floods and that Kaliinpong is then -
fore out off from communication. Gangs
of natives with horses are working to
clear the roads. The storm appears to j
have extended all over the northern
portion of Bengal,
Considerable damage has also been j
done at Sillguri, where a number of
wooden huts and the plague camp have
been destroyed. The subsidence of the j
hillside at Darjeeling continues and is j
causing alarm, as it threatens to de
stroy the \\ hole Liazaar.
Although the delayed reports from
many sections prevent accurate esti
mates, it is evident that the total fatal
ities far exceed 300. No fewer than 200 ;
persons were killed in the destruction j
of the Phool Bazaar alone, and as many j
as 100 at Darjeeling.
Twenty-one bodies have been recov
ered at Tamsongbatee, where it is be
lieved that another twenty persons j
have been killed. Advices from Rungli
show great destruction in the tea gar
dens around Poomong on Monday
night. The landslides continued over
th< Uungaroon forest, the constant roar
alarming the inhabitants.
FIGHT TO BREAK
MILLS WILL BEGINS
! The First Day Consumed in the
Drawing of a
Jury.
REDWOOD CITY, Sept. 27.— The
fight for the Mills fortune is now on ln,
the Superior Court at this place. The
! matter has been pending in one form
! or another for the past two years. The
suit promises to be one of the most sen
sational and most bitterly fought con
testa ever known in the history of the
j county.
Robert Mills died in this county in
j 1837. leaving a widow, two sifters and a
number of nephews and nieces. He left
no children. Now come Robert Scho
! field Chatham and Maria Elizabeth
I Chatham (Jardiner and claim to be the
J illegitimate children of Mills and Mrs.
' Chatham. By reason of the alleged re
, lationship these two seek to have two-
I thirds of the estate distributed to them.
A Jury was to-day chosen and sworn
in to try the issues of the case. The
i taking of testimony will bf-gin to-mor
i row morning at 9:30 o'clock and will
; probably consume the balance of this
i week and the whole of next and possi
-1 bly longer. \
The attorneys representing the
plaintiffs are Edward F. Fitzpatrick
and George C. Ross of this place and
Wilson & Wilson of San Francisco.
John E. Richards and John G. Jury of
San Jose, A. Kincaid of this place and
H. A. Powell of San Francisco repre
sent the defense. The jury is composed
of J. H. O'Keefe, A. J. Beer, M. Moran,
Joseph Paradi. L. M. CahiH, M.
O'Reilly, 11. M. Hawkins, P. J. Maioney,
W. G. Thompson, James Burke and
Eugene O'Neill.
SAW RANDALL SHOT.
Sensational Testimony of Mrs. Eades
at Pendleton's Hearing.
BEDDING, Sept 27.— John P.-udleton,
the miner held for the- shooting of Jake
Randall on a disputed claim, near Kes
wick, had his preliminary examination
here to-day and was held to answer for
murder.
A sensation was sprung at the examina
tion by Mrs. Ida Eades. Pendleton claims
that Randall made a movement as if to
draw a gun and then he shot him. Mrs.
Eadee testified she was standing on the
porch of a building several hundred yards
away watching Randall climb the hill. As
he passed the eubin, she says, she saw
him throw up his hands, stagger and fall
and she then saw Bmoke and heard a re
port. It had been supposed that there
were no witnesses to the tragedy. Mrs,
Eadee was searchingiy examined, but
clung to her statement, which tends to
show that the killing was cold-blooded.
ADDITIONAL SENTENCES.
Accomplices in the Plot to Kill li)[ilan
Severely Punished.
BELGRADE, Sept. 27.— Th,:- tribunal be
fore which the prisoners charg«xl with
complicity in the attempted assnuslnation
of ex-Kkig Milan of Servia were recently
tried to-day Imposed six additional sen
tencea for le?" majeste in connection with
the trial. The sentences ranged from two
to eight years' imprisonment. 5
POSTED AS MISSING.
The French Bark President Thiers Is
Long Overdue.
LONDON. Sept. 27.— The French bark
President Thiern, Captain Ohataki, from
San Francisco December 22 for Liverpool,
has been unheard of since she sailed and
has been posted at Lloyds as missing.
The Best Man Wins.
Prize flarhtinp may not be a pleasant subject,
but It teaches a lesson nevertheless — the Inabil
ity of man to hold the championship for any
length of time. How unlike that sn-at cham
pion of h«alth, Hustetter'a Stomach Bitters,
which has never been beaten, and for fifty
years has met and conquered the wont cases
of constipation, dyspepsia, biliousness and liver
trouble H«e that a private revenue stamp
coven the neck of the bottle.
BEEGHAM'S PILLS
For Bilious and Nervous Disorders
Are Without a Rival.
AmrtTAL SALES OVER 6,000>000 BOXES.
1O cents And SScenta, nt all drug atoroa.
FUTURE OF
THE STATE
UNIVERSITY
Professor Benjamin Ide
Wheeler Tells Something
About His Plans.
BRILLIANT PROSPECT
The California Inst tution Destined
to Hoid a Leading Placi Among
the Colleges oi the World.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
CHICAGO, Sept. 27.— Benjamin Ide
Wheeler, new president of the Univer
: sity of California, left Chicago' this
afternoon for Berkeley, Cal., accom
panied by Mrs. Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler
was called from the chair of Greek at
Cornell University last spring by the
Californians to become the head of
, their State institution.
Professor Wheeler is enthusiastic
over his new work and speaks in the
I warmest terms of the coast institution
lof learning. He will continue the pres
ent ideas of the university, one of the
; chiefest and most interesting of which
looks to the increase of power of th 6
State as representative of a great sec
tion of the nation.
"I am much pleased with the pros
pect before me," he said just before
leaving for the Northwestern depot
to catch the overland train. "The
University of California even now
ranks hi.^h among the great seats of
learning in this country, it is, how
ever, I believe, destined to forge much
farther ahead. Through the generosity
of Mrs. Hearst the institution is as
sured of magnificent new quarters.
General plans for new buildings have
been drawn, as you know, and work
will go ahead rapidly. The first build
ing to be erected will be that of the
mining and engineering department. I
cannot say positively when work on
this structure will commence, but it
will be very soon.
"While the work on this is going on
architects will be completing plans and
drawings for other buildings and these
will be taken up in order. The esti
mated coast of the buildings is between
$7,000,000 and $10,000,000. There will be
no trouble about funds; I feel sure of
that. The people of California are in
tensely devoted to the State institution,
and there will be ample money forth
coming for all contemplated work.
"It will be one of the aims of the
university for a considerable time to
promote the interests of the State in
lines of diplomacy and commerce. Cal
ifornia may be said to represent the
great western shore of this country. As
such its place is beside the State of
New York as a commerce promoter.
Yes. it is even ahead of that State, for
New York must divide her strength in
this district with many other common
wealths. California, however, stretch
ing fipr hundreds of miles along the
Pacific Ocean and standing as care- !
taker of commerce with the Eastern
world, has felt she roust rear men pe
culiarly Qualified in commerce and di
plomacy that she may fitly serve the i
purp< sOs of the nation."
McKENZIE'S TRIAL.
Eighteen Witnesses Examined but No
New Facts Brought Out.
BUIBUN, Sept. 27.— At the McKenzie
trial to-day the first witness of Impor
tance was I. Metcalf. who stood by Mc-
Kenzie in the stable at the time it was
alleged Walters shot Cook. Witness
heard shots, but immediately left the j
premises. The next witness testified as |
to seeing Walters leaving the stable in a
limpingoondition. Sheriff Dunlap was next
called and testified that he took the cloth- i
Ing and effects of Cook to his office nnd
there examined them without notification
to defendant's attorney. Defense objected
to the clothing and effects being offered
in evidence, and the objection was sus
tained.
I oroner Keyser was the next witness
He admitted under cross-examination
that the clothing worn by Cook at the
time of the homicide ha<l been burned the
flay after the killing and could not he
offered in evidence. Drs. Osborn and
Hauhn of Napa testified as to the condi
tion of the body of Cook at the autopsy
performed by them. Another witness ad
mitted In cross-examination that he had
solicited subscriptions to secure the ser
vices of a prominent attorney to aid the
prosecution. Nothing of a sensational
nature, has as yet developed. Eighteen
witnesses were examined during the day.
Costly Torpedo Recovered.
BAUSAX.ITO, Sept. 27. -The torpedo
which was lost while the sailors aboard
the torpedo-boat destroyer Farragut were
engaged ii practice work last week \v;is
found yesterday. It was buried in three
feet of mini and was located with a steel
rod in the hands of a diver after a search
lasting rive days. The torpedo Is worth
$3000 and would have been no trifling loss
to Incle Sam if the divers had not
found it.
Died From a Beating.
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 27.-Frank Mc-
Donald, a laborer, died at the County
Hospital to-night from the efforts of a
beating received on Saturday night at the
hands of an unknown person or persons
He was found unconscious Sunday morn
ing on the street and never regained his
senses.
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IRRIGATIONS
HAVE ADJOURNED
Close of the Eighth
Annual Session.
RECLAMATION OF LANDS
FAVORABLE MOTION PASSED
ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY.
George H. Maxwell of California i
Elected National Lecturer and
Member of the Executive
Committee.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
MISSOULA. Mont.. Sept. 27.— The Na
tional Irrigation Congress has finished j
its eighth annual session and adjourned
to meet next year ln Chicago, the date
to be fixed by the executive committee, j
There was but one dissenting' vote in j
the resolution urging the reclamation
of the arid lands, indicating that the j
West is at last united upon this great
work.
At the morning session to-day a pa
per by Professor Fortier of the Mon
tana State College of Agriculture was i
read, presenting in an able manner the
subject of settlement of water right
difficulties.
Judge Stillwell of Arizona said that
he believed that the time had come
when the tilling of the soil in these ;
arid land States should be taken out of j
the hands of tho lawyers, and that now '
irrigation regulations are necessary, j
This matter was discussed by several I
other delegates, and a motion finally !
prevailed t<> refer the paper to the com
mittee on resolutions.
Ex-Governor McCord nf Arizona de- i
livered a twenty minutes address upon j
the needs and conditions of arid re- I
gions. Governor McCord's Introduction
dealt briefly with the development of
the reclamation of arid lands, and hia
description of what ha.s been done was
comprehensive and complete. At the
conclusion of Governor MeCord's ad
dress the conference adjourned till 1:30 :
in the afternoon.
The afternoon session was opened by
the delivery of an able paper on the
conservation of water supply, by J. B.
Collins of Montana, superintendent of
the forest reserve system in Montana.
Professor J. W. Toumy of Arizona,
representing the national forestry divi- !
sion, read an important paper upon the |
general object of forest reserve sys
tem. At the conclusion of Professor
Toumy's paper the report of the com
mittee on nominations was received j
and adopted unanimously, the secre
tary casting the vote of the congress
for the following officers:
President, Elwood Mead, Wyoming:
vice president, S. M. Emery, Montana:
second vice president. L. W. Shurtlieff, I
Utah; third vice president, C. B. Hurtt,
Idaho; secretary, H. B. Maxson, Ne
vada.
On motion, George H. Maxwell of
California was elected national lec
turer and ex-officio a member of the
executive committee.
9 The 'Call's Home Study Circle f
♦ series will consist of — ' ?
♦ Popular Studies in Shakes- ? ;
fpeare. ♦
♦ The World's Great Artists. ♦
£ Desk Studies for Girls. £
£ Shop and Trade Studies for £
ss Boys. I
ss Great American Statesmen. a
s? Home Science and Household $
f Economy. ?
M'KINLEY'S WESTERN TRIP.
J Bryanites Say He Will Come for Po
litical Reasons.
OMAHA, Sept. 27.— 0n behalf of the
managers of the Greater America Expo
! sition. Senator Thiirston and Edward
Rosewater callod upon President McKin
-1 ley at the White, House yesterday and
i tendered a formal invitation to the Presl
' dent to visit Omaha upon his proposed
tour into Minnesota and South Dakota..
A Washington dispatch Bays the Presi
dent is disposed to accept. This announce
ment has angered the Bryanite news
paper in Omaha, which says:
"As a matter of fact, the effort to take
McKinley into Nebraska is political and
i the invitation is in reality a Macedonian
cry from Republican campaign managers
>in Nebraska. Bryan's brilliant campaign j
in Nebraska is arousing so much Demo- !
cratic enthusiasm that the administration j
is besought to help in counteracting it."
The exposition managers resent this at
tack.
Cold Storage Plant.
MARYSVILLE, Sept. 27.-Ground has
been broken for an artificial ice and cold
storage plant that will occupy the lots
iat the corner of A and Ninth streets
1 heretofore known as the c oughlan nurs
; cry. Three large buildings are to be
1 erected with a view to doubling their ca
! pacity when business warrants. A swim- 1
I ming tank may be made a feature next i
summer.
-' ADVERTISEMENTS. \
1146 /VV^rkLet Street.
I Have just received a large shipment !
I' of LADIES' and MISSES' GOLF CAPES I
I in all the latest styles and colorings. I
I These goods will be placed on sale |
1 this morning at the following prices: |
I $2.50, $4.50, $5.50, $750, $9 up to $20. |
I -;• We have also received a large |
I shipment of LADIES' GOLF SHAWLS, ;
I new designs and colorings, at $10,
I $12,50, $16.50, $20 and $25. j
I Ladies' Silk Skirts from $5 to $35 I
I Ladies' Silk Waists from $5 to $20 j
I Tailor-Made Suits from $7.50 to $65 |
I Suits made to order. Perfect fit guaranteed. f
I
! All Goods Marked in Plain Figures. |
I Ladies wiH*do well to examine our goods 1
I before purchasing elsewhere, as our STOCK IS I
I ENTIRELY NEW. Our prices will be found low, |
J.O'BRIEN&CO.
1146 7VY<ark.e>t Street.
UNITED STATES BRANCH.
STATEMENT
OF THE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
ALLIANCE
ASSURANCE COMPANY
OF LONDON. ENGLAND. ON THE 31ST
day of December. A. D. 189 K. and for the
I year ending on that day, as made to the In-
-1 surance Commissioner of the State of Callfor-
-1 nia, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 610
I and Cll of the Political Code, condensed as per
blank furnished by the Commissioner.
CAPITAL.
I Amount of Capital Stock, paid up In
I Cash
ASSETS.
Real Estate owned by Company $163.170 87
: Loans on Bonds and Mortgages 10,000 00
i Cash Market Value of all Stocks and
j Bonds owned by Company 597,460 00
j Amount of Loans secured by pledge of
Bonds, Stocks and other marketable
securities as collateral
; Cash in Company's Office
! Cash in Banks 45,061 75
I Interest due and accrued on all Stocks
and Loans , 1,750 00
I Interest due and accrued on Bonds and
j Mortgages
i Premiums in due Course of Collection. 32,683 86
I Bills receivable, not Matured, taken
for Fire and Marine Risks 214 70
Rents due and accrued 475 00
I Due from other Companies for Rein-
• surance on losses already paid
Total Assets. $850,796 IS
LIABILITIES.
Losees adjusted and unpaid $ 670 00
Losses in process of adjustment or ln
Suspense 8,075 00
Lr.sses resisted, including expenses
I Gross premiums on Fire Risks running
one yec.r or less, $146,277 09; reinsur-
ance 50 per cent 73,138 65
Gross permiums on Flre Risks running
more than one year, $32,999 09; rein-
surance pro rata 63,646 02
I Gross premium on Marine and Inland
I Navigation Risks, % ; reln-
-1 surance 100 per cent
' Gross premiums on Marine Time
j RJFks. $ ; reinsurance 50 per
cent
All other demands against the Com-
P an y ' 7,219 24
Total Liabilities $137,648 81
INCOME.
Net Cash actually received for Fire
! preml-jms $200,767 29
Net Cnsh actually received for Marine
I premiums
' Received for interest on Bonds and
i Mortgages
Received for Interest and dividends on
Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from all
other sources 20.429 45
Received for Rents 10,102 45 !
Total Income $231,299 19
EXPENDITURES.
Net amount paid for Fire Losses (In-
cluding $SlO2 40. losses of previous
years) 91 687 U
Net amount paid for Marine Losses
I (including $ . losses of pre-
| vious years)
I Dividends to Stockholders
Paid or allowed for Commission "or
Brokerage 48 «*■; m
Paid for Salaries, Fees and other
charges for officers, clerks, etc... M_iri us !
Paid for State. National and locai
taxes « ooA n7
All other payments and expenditure*!'. 4i, - 554 15 '
Total Expenditures .$196 018 67
Losses Incurred during the year $87452*71
Risks and Premiums. | Fire Risks. Premiums"
| Net amount of , Risks
j written during ■ the
Ne^arnounroVßisks 93 - 8 M 1369 '" 9 27
I expired during the
ar amount"in'-fo-rc-e 375 ' 632 2 *°- «
December 31. 1898..... 17,307,708 229,276 18
SAUL. R. WEED of Weed & Kennedy.
Subscribed and sworn to before me^thhf
day of January, 1899. GEO. H. COREY
Commissioner for California.
C. F. MULLINS, Manager,
PACIF C COAST BRANCH,
416-418 California Street,
BAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
'The Hotels
The covered passageway connecting these
two immense structures places under one
management 1400 rooms, more than half of
which have baths attached.
Those who ' appreciate exclusive clientele, -
perfection in cooking, efficient service, and
close proximity, to business and amusement
centers can obtain these requirements here. .
B European plan, $1.00 up. American plan,
fc°°UP. JoHKCKi^xaiCK, .
-..'" Manager.
Weak Men and Women 1
S^^Me^an^me^^rvirShTn^d
strength to sexual organ,. Depot. J23 Jtakit j
UNITED STATES BRANCH.
STATEMENT
OF THE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
OF THE
COMMERCIAL UNION
ASSURANCE COMPANY, Limited,
OF LONDON, ENGLAND. ON THE IIST
day of December, A. D. UM, and for the
year ending on that day, as made to the In-
surance Commissioner of the State of Califor-
nia^ pursuant to the provisions of sections 610
and Gil of the Political Code, condensed as per
blank furnished by the Commissioner.
CAPITAL.
Amount of Capital Stock, paid up In
Cash yrrr......
ASSETS.
' Real Estate owned by Company.. . . $^S.I4S 83
Loans on Bonds and Mortgages - \DOO 00
i Cash Market Value of all Stocks and
Bonds owned by Company 1,737,615 00
Amount of Loans secured by pledge
of Bonds, Stocks, and other mar-
ketable securities as collateral
Cash in Company's Office 16.026 55
Cash in Banks 459.123 09
Interest due and accrued on all
Stocks and Loans 26,654 U
Interest due and accrued on Bonds
and Mortgages 3,759 05
I Premiums in due Course of Collec-
i tion 399,08758
Bills receivable, not- Matured, taken
for Fire and Marine Risks 1.54S 50
Rents due and accrued 7,414 54
Due from other Companies for Re-
Insurance on losses already paid.. 3,278 5?
Total Assets .$3.803.155 Si
LIABILITIES.
Losses adjusted and unpaid $59,073 73
Losses ln process of Adjustment or
in Suspense 158,835 00
Losses resisted, Including expenses.. 23.575 00
Gross premiums. on Fire Risks run-
ning one year or less, $1,680,194 S3;
re-Insurance 50 per cent 840,097 41
Gross premiums on Fire Risks run-
ning more than one year, $1,845.-
-110 75; re-Insurance pro rata 974,207 77
Gross oremiums on Marine and In- ■
land "Navigation Risks, $15,064 55;
re-ipeurance 100 per cent 15,064 65
Gross premiums on Marine Time
Risks, $105 00; re-insurance 50 per
cent 52 50 L
Amount reclalmable by the insured '
on perpetual flre Insurance policies 91,349 21
All other demands against the Com-
pany ....« ..#.... ■ 57.478 $&
Total Liabilities $2,220,034 23
INCOME.
Net Cash actually received for Fire
premiums $2,235,875 0*
Net Cash actually received for Ma-
rine premiums 100,270 59
Received for interest on Bonds and
Mortgages 6,048 S3
Received for Interest and dividends
on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, and from
all other sources 78,03174
Received for Rents 22,56« 6.
Total Income ....$2.442.793
EXPENDITURES.
Net amount paid for Fire Losses (In-
cluding losses of previous year5)... 51,243, '"1 35
Net amount paid for Marine Losses
(including losses of previous years. ' 55. 051 <*>
Dividends to Stockholders ....
j Paid or allowed for Commission or
Brokerage ' 4JS.&B 21
I Paid for Salaries. Fees and other
i charges for officers, clerks, etc 159.595 01
Paid for State. National and local
taxes ~.. 71.J04 M
All other payments and expenditures 16. 310 74
Total Expenditures 43,089,431 37
Flre. Marine.
Losses Incurred during .the
year $1,274,171 73 $48,191 CO
Risks and Premiums . Fire Risks. ■ Premiums.
Net amount of Risks
■written during - the
year $301,740,820 $2,809,230 SS
Net amount of Risks
expired during the
year 284, 151. 702! 2.893.079 53
Net amount in force
December 31, 1898.. 370,706,075 1 3,525,305 1%
Risks and Premiums. Mar. Risks Premium*.
Net -' amount of Risks
written during the
year $40,675,776 $220,96151
Net ' amount of Risks
expired during the
year ; 43,892,482 261,954 '5
Net amount in force!
December 31, 1898 | 1,135,476 15,163 55
_ 2 '■■■ \. A. H. WRAY. U. 8. Manager
Subscribed . and sworn to before me this 23d
day of February. 1899.
•" ! ; _ EDWIN F. COREY,
Commissioner for California.
C. F. MULLINS, Manager,
PACIFIC COAST BRANCH,
416 "* 1 a California street.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
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