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NON-UNION MILLMEN .
ARRIVE IN STOCKTON
¦ Captain Russell said: "Yes, I saw,
the boat sink. It went down at exacts
ly 3:15, just about fifteen minutes after,
it struck. We had no available boats
here, yet several of my guards volun~
tered to go put in a rowboat. We were,
about to start out, when we saw that
the life boats had left the vessel : and
headed the other way. If we had. had
a launch here we could have reached
the vessel soon after it struck.'"
The'Oil tank schooner Alton was
built in Stockton in 1900, is of 109 tons
register and valued at- $10,000. The fol
lowing were the'men on the Ill-fated
steamer: Captain, J. J. Denny;' engK
neer, David Blanchard; quartermaster,"
John Ryan ; firemen, Floyd and - Kep
ner; deckhand, John Escavera, and a
Japanese named Charles Okara. .
these same boats turned their course in
the direction of Point Richmond. Those
at San Quentin who witnessed the ca
tastrophe say the boat struck at 3
o'clock and within fifteen minutes was
out of sight. Guard F. B. MoHilton was
the first to notice the vessel.
In an interview he said: "I noticed
the boat as early as 2 o'clock. What
first attracted my attention to it was
that it seemed to be headed this way.
I knew there was no vessel due at San
Quentin and watched it. In a short
time the course was changed, heading
toward Point Richmond. In a few min- r
utes her nose pointed to us again. It
kept up this tacking for fully an hour.'
When it was just near 'The Hen and
Chickens Reef I saw it list to one side
and then swing around. It steadied it - r
self again. A while after a flag was
hoisted. I had notified Captain Rus
sell and he was preparing to go to the;
rescue. I could not see. the name of.
the vessel. I could see quite a number
of people on the top of the vessel, but
could not tell whether there were any
women on board or not." • ¦
WOULD SEND HELP.
When everything was in readiness to
start the guards in the watch tower re
ported the vessel had gone down . and
that two lifeboats were seen putting
oft in the direction of Red Rock. Later
crew of the boat hoisted a distress flaK.
Captain Russell immediately looked
about for means to go to the assistance
of those on board. There were only
two small rowboats at the prison
wharf, and even though there was a
heavy gale blowing two of the guards
volunteered to row out to the vessel,
which was thought to be upon the rocks
fully four miles distant
The Church of England enjoys an in
come of about one million dollars a
week.
WASHINGTON, May 24. — The
weekly crop report of the Weather
Bureau says: On the Pacific Coast
winter wheat sustained slight damage
from drying winds in California, but
the crop promises to do well in Oregon
and Washington. In Southern Minne
sota and Montana rain is needed to
guarantee the late spring wheat.
Drying Winds Damage Wheat.
CORONA, May 24.— Ray and Jerold,
aged 8 and 10 years, sons of W. D.
Powell of this city, were drowned be
tween 3 and 4 o'clock this afternoon
in Pedley's Dam, a mile northeast of
Corona. f
Four little boys left^for the dam
early in the afternoon, and while play
ing on an improvised raft fell into the
water. Two of them reached the bank,
the others losing their lives. The two
boys who were left notified a teamster
in the employ of the San Jacinto Land
Company of the occurrence, but the
man paid no • particular attention,
thinking it a joke. The boys then re
turned to town so badly frightened that
they said nothing about the matter. As
two of Pedley's men were en route for
town this evening they thought they
would jso to the dam and see if there
was any truth in the boys 1 story. They
discovered the little fellows' clothes on
the bank." and after a short search re
covered the bodies, which were brought
to town this evening at the father's re
quest. The Coroner at Riverside has
been notified and an inquest will be
held in the morning.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
WESTON, Or., May 24.— His clothing
stained a sickly yellow and redolent of
the odor of stale eggs, President Robert
C. French dodged across the campus
of the Eastern Oregon State Normal
School a night or: two since in an ef
fort to conceal an unpleasant-adven
ture with a number of men supposed
to be employes of the Weston brick
yard.
The effort at secrecy failed and the
story leaked out. At a faculty meeting
one of tne women teachers charged
President French with making unkind
remarks about her keeping company
with a young man employed in the.
brickyard. "No one but hoboes work
in a brickyard," was the unkind retort.
This slur was quickly repeated to the
one interested, and the fusillade of bad
eggs followed at the first opop^tunity.
Other matters have caused dis
coTd among the members of the^ fac
ulty, and the people of, Weston arc
taking active sides. It. is alleged that
the attentions of Professor Cheesmon,
a youthful Instructor, to a teacher have
aroused the ire of the president. Chees
mon is supposed to.be engaged to the
sister of the president. The sister is a
resident of a* valley town, and Chees
mon's friends say his show of affection
to the Weston lady is purely platonlc.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Head of the Eastern Ore
gon Normal School Has a
Very Exciting Experience
Youngsters That .Were Play|
,ing on a Raft Fall Into the
Water and Are Drowned
EGGS SPATTER
A PRESIDENT
TWO BOYS LOSE
LIVES IN A DAM
Excursion to Kake Tahoe.
The first Tahoe excursion of the season will
leave San Francisco Saturday. May 28. at 8:05
p. m. Tickets will be good to /return on any
regular train. Overland Limited excepted. ar
riving aft San Francisco on or before June 3.
Round-trip rate, exclusive of sleeper accom
modations. $S 50. Tickets sold in Oakland and
San Francisco. Ask Southern Pacific agents.*
Scholars Visit "Wizard" Burbank.
SANTA ROSA, May 24.— Dr. David
Starr Jordan, and Professor Vernon L.
Kellogg. M. S., of Stanford University
are guests of Luther Burbank in this
city. They will remain until Wednes
day evening, when they will continue
their journey. into Lake County. They
came here to consult the world-re
nowned horticulturist on matters of
evolution in plant life. Dr. Jordan and
Professor Kellogg are collaborating: on
a scientific work along that line.
The dealers burned the veterans to
signalize the passing of this make of
instrument, which the trade has had to
take in exchange, but for which there
was a limited market.
Harry Edward Freund, who origi
nated the scheme as the event of a
convention of -piano dealers, applied the
flame to the pyramid, which had been
built in the form of a square in Chelsea
Heights, far..ejiou'gh removed from the
city to avoid danger from the sparks.
Mayor F. P. Stoy feared possible acci
dents, and as a result the site of the
bonfire was not announced until at
night, and then only to the tfiano men
themselves.
The pyre of tunemakers was set afire
at half-past 10 o'clock, with an engine
company and a squad of police on hand
to protect property and maintain order.
The pyramid ( Was a collection of in
struments worn to death in service. For
the occasion an ode had been prepared
and it was read as the flames reduced
the pile to ashes. . .
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 24.—
There were not a thousand square
pianos, but there were enough to make
a small mountain of old instruments
when a torchlight at Atlantic City put
the old heirlooms out of trade.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
PIANOS FUEL
FOR BONFIRE
NEWPORT, R. I., May 24.— Mr. and
Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt, who are go
ing to Philadelphia for the horse show
next week, have discovered that there
are-more ways than/one of making the
trip, which usually includes New' York
en route. They will leave here for
Boston next Friday and there will take
a steamship for Philadelphia, thus-giv
ing District Attorney Jerome and his
subpena servers the go-by.
Vanderbilt, who has remained con
sistently outside of New York ever
since the District Attorney obtained
the passage of an antl-gambllng bill to
make several men testify as to occur
rences at Richard Canfield's alleged
gambling-house in East Forty-fourth
street, New York City, will take sev
eral horses to Philadelphia. They also
will go by steamship, and not even the
"whisk of their tails will be allowed to
enter the vision of the District Attor
ney's detectives.
It is so seldom that any one leaves
here for Philadelphia' without taking
the conventional railroad route through
New York that Vanderbilt's plan for
his trip made some comment. It is
said that he Is disinclined to testify in
the examination which the District At
torney has had prepared for so many
months.
While District Attorney Jerome has
never named Vanderbilt as the person
whom he had in mind when he made
his remarks about the "son of a wealthy
family" who lost $400,000 in flve nights
in Canfield's exclusive place, some of
the New York State Senators In attack
ing the Jerome bill before its passage
entered Into a vigorous protest against
what they termed attacks upon the
Vanderbilt family.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
STILL DODGING
JEROME'S MEN
Several of the officers and guards at
Ban Quentin prison witnessed the sink
ing of the steamer and were first to re
port the vessel in distress. One of the
iruards first saw It and reported it
to Captain Russell. Shortly after the
SEEN AT SAN QUENTIN.
For three-quarters of a mile east of
the Fan Pablo dock the shore was coat
od with crude oil and wreckage from
the foundered steamer. Nowhere,
however, could anything be found bear
ing the name of the ill-fated vessel.
William Varley, an employe on the
"dock, thought the steamer intended to
, tie up there, and as she swung around
in*uch an erratic manner he watched
her heading across the ship channel.
When about a mile from shore she
again ehangred her course and ap
peared to be pitching badly. Though
the wisd was blowing a gale there was
considerable haze on the bay, and the
last Varley saw of her she appeared
•ro be sinking by the head and had con
siderable list to rtort.
•John Foley. also an employe on the
dock, had his attention called to the pe
culiar actions of the steamer when she
approached the landing. He said:
"It looked to me as if the Alton in
tended to tie up at the dock, but in
stead cf that she simply butted in and
then headed out into the channel. Her
great tanks stuck high into the air,
¦while the hull appeared to be very low
in the water. I watched her until Ehe
grot, out of sight in the haze, and just
as she disappeared I thought she had
gone down." '
L. Palrr.tag, engineer at the San
Pablo dock, tells the same story as the
other employes regarding the steam
er's disappearance, but adds that she
appeared to turn around and change
her course three or four times, as if her
steering gear had been damaged and
nil control of her headway lost.
James McKenzie had noticed the ves
* sfl before she headed in toward the
dock and later as she started on her
fatal trip toward the San Quentin
shore. When the wreckage began to
drift into the little cove half a mile
cast of the dock he was one of the first
to Investigate such articles as came
tshore. Half of a valise was found
which had evidently belonged to
Claude E. Kepner, as a package of let
ters addressed to that name! care of
the steamer Alton, was found among
its contents.
According to eye-witnesses the steam
•ef, was headed for San Fran
cisco, appeared to become unmanage
• able when near Point San Pablo dock,
f he was headed toward the San Quen
tin shore, but such a heavy sea was
running and the wind blowing with
Euch force that she made but little
progress.
Excitement was occasioned ¦ along
the water front yesterday afternoon
by the report that one of the river
steamers with a heavy passenger list
had struck Red Rock in San Pablo Bay
¦ #nd pone down in a few moments with
nearly all on board.
Rumors flew fast and as the bay was
very rough great apprehension was
. .felt by people who had relatives and
.frler.ds aboard any of the steamers.
The first report *vvas to the effect that
ijje Stockton steamer Herald had been
-lost in the accident.
'There " appeared to be no way to
'. verify or deny this rumor, as many erf
• ibe boatmen along the front declined
te -make the passage across Raccoon
"Straits on account of heavy seas.
Later Investigation developed the fact
'that it was the Pacific Ceast Oil Com
pany's steamer Alton, Captain James
J. -Denny, which had foundered near
Red Rock in San Pablo Bay at 3:30,
6ut without any loss of life.
John Escavera, one of the crew of
the Alton, stated there were seven men
on the steamer at the time of the
foundering and that all were saved.
His explanation of the foundering of
the steamer is as follows:
"We were coming down the bay emp
tj. The Jargre tanks, which carry about
25.000 gallons of oil, made her top-
Jieavy, and in the heavy sea she was
"strained so badly that she sprang a
leak. It was the intention to beach her
near San Pablo Point, but when we
reached there she became unmanage
• able and we drifted with the tide to-
V - ard Rod Rock. Signals of distress
were raised, and just a few seconds be
lore she toppled over and went down
. we launched the lifeboat, and after an
hour's hard work succeeded in reaching
tki.e rhore near the town of Point Rich
- mond."
- EYEWITNESSES' STORIES.
. Rumors of Loss of Lives
by Sinking of River Boat
Cause Anxiety, but Prove
Without Any Foundation
Miss Adams spent the day quietly
receiving old friends, who had known
her since she wns a little girl. She
visited the house where she was born
and drove about to see the sights fa
miliar to her childhood. Her mother
was waiting for her here and will go
on with her to San Francisco.
Miss Adams was born of Mormon
parents. Her mother has never sev
ered her connection with the church.
SALT LAKE, May 24.— Maude Ad
ams walked out on the stage of the
Salt Lake Theater to-night as Bab
bie in "The Little Minister" and a
crowded house gave a thunderclap of
applause. It was on the stage where
she made her debut as a child and
where her mother before her had first
played., jit was in the theater de
signed by Brigham Young, which her
grandfather helped to build. It was
in. the city of her birth, which had not
had a chance to welcome her in eight
years. ,
The house went wild. The ap
plause started with a crash. Miss
Adams must have been prepared in
some measure for what was coming,
but she looked startled— even afraid.
Then she smiled.
The applause rumbled on and on,
dying at times into sounds like the
crackle of musketry, then rising again
into salvos. Those who. were looking
at. Miss Adams through opera glasses
saw the tears pouring from her eyes.
She bowed ever so slightly and ran off
the stage. It was only a moment be
fore she came' back and the play went
on. No actress ever had a heartier
reception.
After the performance a loving cup
was presented to her by members of
the old amateur company with which
she once played. Governor Heber M.
Wells, formerly himself a member of
the company, made the presentation
speech.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
John D. Spreckels, George A. Knight
and M. A. Gunst of the transportation
committee will to-day send out a cir
cular to delegates and alternates, giv
ing advance information regarding the
trip.
The train will probably consist of one
baggage car, one composite car con
taining smoking-room and barber shop,
one dining car and three Pullman
sleepers.
J. Steppacher, secretary of the Cali
fornia delegation, was yesterday ad
vised by wire that one large room in
the Auditorium had been reserved for
headquarters of the delegation and fif
teen other rooms booked for delegates.
Word was wired that there were no
more rooms in the Auditorium. Hence
Californians, other than the delegates,
must look elsewhere for hotel accom
modations. :i :: ~,~i'-
The California delegation to the Re
publican National Convention will
travel from San Francisco to Chicago
on one of the best special trains ever
placed on the rail. It Is understood
that the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific
and Chicago and Northwestern manar
gers will see to it that no back number
Pullmans are put in. It is expected
that the train will be first class in
every detail and equal in all respects
to the cars provided for first-class spe
cial service between New York and
Chicago.
Already seventy passengers of the
required one hundred are listed for the
trip. Delegations fr/>m Nevada and
Hawaii will very nearly make up the
complement. Fulton G. Berry of Fres
no. Charles H. Spear of Alameda and
several other well-known Californians
have reserved accommodations on the
special.
A. Ruef, who is an artist in some
lines and particularly in the line of de
signing badges, fancies that the badge
of the California delegation, showing a
brilliant sunburst in the Golden Gate,
will not be surpassed in beauty and
Btyt£ by any other State emblem. The
btldge will also display the redoubtable
bear. Hammersmith & Field are mak
ing a limited number of these beautiful
and somewhat expensive badges. Each
delegate will have one for himself and
several for distribution as souvenirs of
the convention.
SPLENDID TRAIN ASSURED.
To-day Senators Perkins and Bard
will exchange greetings. There is an
impression in political circles that the
senior Senator will preserve strict neu
trality in the event of an animated
contest between Senator Bard and Mr.
Oxnard, but the inference is denied that
the junior Senator, on the grounds of
reciprocity, will expect something more
favorable and inspiring from Senator
Perkins than cold neutrality.
Senator Bard brings encouraging re
ports concerning the enthusiasm and
unity in Republican ranks of the East.
He would not be surprised if the nomi
nation for Vice President should fall to
Mr. Hitt. l
The aspiration of Henry T. Oxnard
to serve California in the Uniied States
Senate were spoken of and reference
was made to the fact that Mr: Oxnard,
in New York, some time ago, made
known his purpose to enter the con
test and received from the Senator an
assurance that such candidacy would
not in any sense disturb their friendly
relations.
OXXARDS ASPIRATIONS.
The Senator says very frankly that
he would appreciate the honor of re
e.'ection to tha United States Senate
and would take pleasure in serving the
State for another term in Congress. He
maintains, however, that he is hot an
active candidate, preferring that the
people of California should decide them
selves, without direct solicitation on
his part, whether they desire his re
election to the Senate. He • refers to
the correspondence published some time
ago regarding his attitude toward the
question of the Senatorship and admits
that several of his friends in the south
regret that he was not more explicit.
He feels, nevertheless, that his position
was fairly understood in Riverside,
where his candidacy was indorsed by
the convention.
Thomas R. Bard. United States Sen
ator, accompanied by Mrs. Bard, ar
rived In the city last evening from
Washington, D. C, and registered at
the Occidental Hotel. They will remain
in San Francisco until next Saturday
and then go to Hueneme, Ventura
County.
PORTLAND, Ore.,. May 24.—Disguis
ed In a baseball uniform and seated in
a buggy beside the man she loved.
Miss Bessie Anderson, 16 years old, and
reported to be of remarkable beauty,
fled from the home of her parents at
Turner, Oregon, and passed through
the center of that town without being
recognized by the people wno thronged
the streets Sunday.
Frank Davis, a resident of. Turner,
and a Deputy Sheriff of Linn County
are in Portland to-day searching for
the girl and Vance Nodlne, who is al
leged to have accompanied her in her
flight. The searchers struck the trail
of the fleeing couple shortly after their
sensational elopement and followed
them to the foothills of the Santlam
country, but there their trail was lost.
It is believed that they took the train
and came to Portland.
Nodine is a married man and left a
family at Tillamook when he started
forth to see the world in company with
a 16-year-old girl, whose trousseau con
sisted of a pair of knee trousers and
other baseball regalia. The missing
girl is the daughter of John Anderson,
section foreman of Turner.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
HIGH SEAS DAMAGE
HER STEERING GEAR
Demonstration Occurs in the
•Theater Where She Made
Her Debut as a Child
Companion of the Runaway
Is Said to Be a Mar
ried Man of Tillamook
CITY OF HER BIRTH
OFFICER ES T PUK3UIT
Delegates to the Bepublican
National Convention Will
Engage a Special Train
ATTITUDE OF PEBKINS
Oil Tank Steamer Founders
Near lied Bock in San Pab-
Jo Bay. but. Crew Succeeds
• in 3Iaking Shore in Boat
long as they have money— the others
are sent.
Suppose your firemen leave your
ship at some port. What are you going
to do? Hire Asiatics, and the result Is
that, while you are nominally sailing
under the American flag you are sail
ing under a foreign one. You might
just as well try to catch a blackbird in
the air as to make those firemen come
back. . - . - • :
"A foreigner might come in and take
away our coast trade. But let me tell
you that on the lakes the lowest rates
are paid that are paid anywhere in the
world. Six. years ago wages were high,
but ingenuity and dispatch gave the
best service in the world."
McDermott pressed the question of
governmental aid.
"But is the Government able to go
far enough?" asked Hill. "If you will
admit foreign-built ships free,". said
he, "you will get a. merchant marine
quickly." , *
"How are we/ going to get. back a
merchant marine?" asked McDermott.
"If you are willing to put a tonnage
tax on- all that goes to a foreign mar
ket, everything that goes out of the
country, even to new markets, I think
you would get the ships. That would
come out of the people.
"The ship subsidy started in about
thirty minutes. I had induced the
Japanese to take -our cotton to mix
with theirs so lhat it would make bet
ter yarn. The Boer war broke out
and we could not get ships on the
Pacific Coast. I had to cancel an
order for 60,000 bales in December.
I carhe East and saw Senator Fair
banks, and Senator Hanna. I asked
why -we could not get ships to- carry
our goods. Senator Hanna said he
would see me in the morning, and he
did. The result was that he opened
his campaign in. Ohio on the ship sub
sidy." .
"Then your remedy," asked McDer
mott, "is an export bounty?"
"Yes, that is it."
HILL IS PESSIMISTIC.
' "You seem to be very pessimistic
over the outlook." said Senator Gal
linger. /
"That is because I have looked at
it from a purely business standpoint.
I built those two ships simply as a
regulator to try the experiment.
"There are only two courses open
either an export bounty or Govern
ment assistance, which would rise
into very large figures."
"Then you are convinced that we
shall have to give some sort of Gov
ernment aid or go out of business?"
asked Senator Lodge.
"Exactly. If you fix a limit of ten
years on the subsidies the favored'
party must make the cost of his plant
in ten years. Otherwise he will sell
out to the other fellow."
"How much do you think would be
required for subsidy?" asked Senator
Mallory.
"Olv 510,000,000 or $15,000,000
would get a lot of tonnage. You might
take it out of the river and. harbor
bill.
"That Japanese line you speak of,"
asked Senator Lodge, "is very skill
fully subsidized, is it not?"
"I talked to Ito about this: he was
with me two or three days and is very
capable. If there is a bounty for the
line It is so skillfully covered up that I
was not able to discoVer it."
The hearing will continue ¦ to-mor
row. ¦'.' ¦'":.'• .--.¦ . r
In answer to a question of. Represen
tative McDermott, Hill said that his
two big ships cost 10 to 20 per cent
more to build here than abroad, add
ing:
"We have very few sailors, even on
pleasure ships. Go to Puget Sound—
the heads of the unions are the board
ing-house keepers. A man who is dead
broke and broken down by excesses is
the man sent to us. Same way along
shore. You hire 200 men as stevedores,
good, competent men, and tell them to
come next day; they don't come as
"I don't think you will make much of
a success of buying merchant marine;
it won't stay with you. You must get
people interested, but there does not
seem to be much disposition on the
part of the people to go into shipping."
QUESTION OF SAILORS.
"We cannot comply with the regula
tions placed on us and compete with
ships of other nations. We have been
forced out.
"They can build ships in England
much cheaper than here. Citizens of
other countries have owned ships for
the last forty years to a greater extent
than we. v*
"I have had experience in building
two ships— the largest frieght carrying
vessels in the World— and I don't want
any more.
"I would rather undertake to build
1000 miles of railroad than two ships.
It has taken four years instead of two.
"If we are going to buy a merchant
marine out of the treasury of the coun
try it won't last long. We must give
people confidence to invest.
"In Japan they have built up a large
marine; they have protected tonnage,
but I do not remember the details.
"Our business on the Pacific is hard;
we have to compete with all nations,
and they are fighting Arery hard tor the
Oriental trade. And I think that we
have placed obstructions in the way of
this trade.
A COSTLY EXPERIMENT.
NEW YORK, May 24.— James J. Hill,
president of the Northern Securities
Company and of the Great Northern
Railway, appeared this afternoon as a
witness before the Merchant Marine
Commission, the joint Congressional
commission which is investigating the
causes of the decline of American ship
ping in order to suggest measures for
remedial legislation.
"The first thing necessary," said Hill,
"is to create a desire in the people of
this country to own ships. It is a
purely commercial question. If there is
a profit in it people will engage in it;
if a loss, it is a question how long the
people will stick. Our conditions on the
high seas as a nation appear hard to
meet. On land, in spite of the high rates
of labor, the United States has been
able to work out a system without an
equal.
"Why we are not able to do this on
the high seas is not clear to me, and as
far as I have investigated it I believe
that no amount of direct bonuses will
build it into a life worth living.
"What the country wants is a mar
ket. Outside of our agricultural prod
ucts — cotton, grain and oil — there are
very few things we can export, be
cause the cost of production is so high.
We cannot sell them. If we would carry
those products in our own bottoms it
would be a source of great profit.
Young Girl of Oregon Wears
a Baseball Uniform and
Escapes With Her Lover
Maude Adams Is Given a
Eemarkable Welcome by
an Audience in Salt Lake
lie-election to the Senate
of the United States Would
Afford Him Great Pleasure
Railway Chieftain Declares That the People Must Become
Interested in Snipping as a Commercial Proposition Be
f.-n? Industry Can Be Re-Established on a Sound Base
SENATOR BARD
COMES HOME
OLD NEIGHBORS
CHEER ACTRESS
DISGUISE AIDS
ELOPING MAID
HILL NOT ENTHUSIASTIC
ABOUT MERCHANT MARINE
ALTON GOES
TO BOTTOM
IN A GALE
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, TJ04.
Baggage transferred to and from all trains,
steamers, | etc.. at "low rates. One trunk (sin
gle trip) 35 cents; round trip 50 cents.* Morton
Special Delivery. SOS Taylor." 650 Market, Oak
land , Ferry Depot. Phone JExcharurp 40. . •
Notice' to Passengers.
SAN JOSE. May 24.— The- police
are looking for a genteel- appearing
man who -registered at- the Russ
House here yesterday as W. * B. Wiley
of Normal, 111., and who paid for his
meal with a dollar greenback which
had been raised to ten dolars by? put
ting a cipher . after^the one. To-day
the same man worked" the ; same
scheme at Bercovitch's cigar" store.
Police Search for a Swindler.
STOCKTON, May 24.— Twenty non
union men arrived from San Francisco
this' morning to take the places of
those- locked out of the mills and
warehouses, but the strike committee
declares that they were successful in
prevailing upon several of • the . score
not to go to work. The men declare
that they were misinformed as to the
conditions here. The Sperry Flour Mill
started up this morning, however, with
sufficient men, according to the state
ment of Manager W. P. Steinbeck.
The strikers declare they will be
able to keep. the mills and warehouses
from running in a satisfactory man/
ner through lack of operatives. The
owners, however, "state that they have
all the men they need, as this is the
quiet part of the season. i.-'*
Strikers Declare That Establishments
Cannot Hun Satisfactorily, but /
Owners "Appear. Content. \- ''
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ADVERTISEMENTS. ;%-'
STATEMENT
¦^ -
OF THE
~ . ¦- v ;-,... ¦
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
AMERICAN FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA, IX THE STATE OF
Pennsylvania, on the 31st day of December.
A. D. 1!)C3. and for the year ending on that
day, aa made to the Insurance Commissioner of
the State of California, pursuant to tho pro-
visions of sections 610 and till of the Political
; Code, condensed as per blank fuxnishedi by the
Commissioner:
CAPITAL.
Amount of Capital Stock paid up
In Cash J30O.00O 00
ASSETS.
Real Estate owned by Company J399.08O 21
Loans en Bonds and Mortgages 761,212 40
Cash Market Value of all Stocks
and Bonds owned by Company... 1,137,674 96
Amount ct Loans secured by pledge
of Bonds. Stocks. an<J other mar-
ketable t ecurlties as collateral.. 150.210 00
Cash in Company's Of nee 8.217 21
Cash In Banks 97.233 00
Interest due and accrued on Bonds
and Mortgages 11.808 37
Premiums in due Course of Collec-
tion 22S.S393«
Rents due and accrued 2.13929
Interest and rents due 2.08121
Ground rents.- 18,000 00
Total Assets $2.865,504 41
LIABILITIES. —————
Losses adjusted and unpaid f 32.283 22
Losses in process of Adjustment or
in Suspense 93.138 91
Losses resisted. Including expenses. 16.283 38
Gross premiums on Fire Risks run-
ning one year or less. $1,174,-
00.190; reinsurance 50 per cent.. 687.001 »•
Gross premiums on Fire Risks run-
ning more than one year, $1,156,-
es«38; reinsurance pro rata 634,072 OS
Amounts reclaimable by the In-
sured on perpetual fire Insurance
policies ...' 671,035 01
Commissions and Brokerage, due
and to become due..' 32.684 Of
Total Liabilities '. .$2.011.473 63
IXCOME. ~~
Net cash actually received for Flr»
premiums $1,677,298 tt
Received for Interest on Bonds and
Mortgages _ S8.811 24
Received for Interest and dividends
on Bonds. Stocks. Loans, and
from all other sources 84.23S 83
Received for rents 9.900 84
Profit on sale of Ledger Asuets. ... 9.136 78
Income from all other sources 2,333 73
Total Income $1,791.96007
EXPENDITURES.
Net amount paid for Fire Losses
(including $144,3S2 82. losses of
previous years) $770,112*7
Dividends tt> Stx-kholrjers 30,000 00
Paid or allowed for Commission or
Brokerage 373.084 91
Paid for Salaries, Fees and other
charges for officers, clerks, etc... 127,773 93
Paid fcr State. National and Local
taxes 40.1361*
All other payments and expendi-
tures 92.4S0M
Total Expenditures $1,442,593 11
~~ Fire"
LOSSES incurred during the year... $777, 2S9 34
Risks and Premiums.! Fire Risks.. Premiums.
Net amount of Risks)
written during the)
year f $130,803,985 $2,035,459 49
Net amount of Risks
expired during the
year 142.213,304 1.873.37130
Net amount In force
December SI, 1903.. 187.556.239 2.330, «90. 28
THOMAS H. MONTGOMERY. President.
JOHN H. PACKARD Jr.. Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me. thts 29th
day of January 19O4.
JOHN STOCKBURGER, Notary Public
PACIFIC DEPARTMENT:
EDWARD BROWN & SONS
GENERAL AGENTS
411 and 413 California St
SAM FRANCISCO, CAL
C. A. HENRY & GO, CITY AGENTS
215 SANSOME ST.. S. F., CAL,
OF THE
CONDITION" AND AFFAIRS
OF THE
AGRICULTURAL
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF WATERTOWN. IN THE STATE OV
New York, on tho 31st day of December.
A. D. 1903. and for the year ending on that
day. as made to the Insurance Commissioner
of the State of California, pursuant to the pro-
vlP-ons of sections 610 and 611 of the Political
Cofle, condensed as per blank furnished by taa
Commissioner:
CAPITAL.
Amount of Capital Stock, paid up
In cash --_$30a000 00
ASSET^ ""' " ==
Real Estate owned by Company... $306,273 00
Loans on Bonds and Mortgages.... 673,289 73
Cash Market Value of all Stocks
and Bonds owned by Company... 841,511 75
Amount of Loans secured by pledge
of Bonds. Stocks, and other mar-
kAable securities as collateral... 443.211 64
Cash in Company's Office _. 8,931 29
Cash in Banks 133.308 3*
Interest due and accrued on all
Stocks and Loans 17.600 57
Interest due and accrued on Bonds
and Mortgages 12,265 37
Premium* In due Course of Col-
lection 234.00389
Due from other Companies for Re-
Insurance on losses already paid. 1.010 29
* Total Assets I2.66S.355 21
LIABILTTTES. —======*
Losses adjusted and unpaid $26,069 M "
Losses in process of Adjustment
or In Suspense S8.041 59
Losses resisted. Including expense*. 13,633 00
Gross premiums on Fire Risks run-
ning one year or less. $913,625 00;
reinsurance 50 per cent 456,313 54
Gross premiums o« Fire Risks run-
ning more than one year. $1,613.-
hCO 00; reinsurance pro rata 840.520 06
Commission and Brokerage due and
to become due 60,799 44
All other Liabilities 6.333 32
Total Liabilities 436, 958 63
. -¦ " INCOME. — ~— —
• Net cash actually received for Flr»
Premiums • $1,210,343 44
Received fcr interest on Bonds and
Mortgages : 29,83017
Received for interest and dividends
on Bonds. Stocks. Loans, and
from all other sources 63,231 0*
Received fcr Henta. 4.312 41
Total Income .jl.312.917 13
EXPENDITURES. ¦;
Net amount paid for "Fire Losses
(including $08.711 49. losses of
psevious years) : $572.083 97
Dividends to Stockholders 50,000 CO
Paid or allowed for Commission or '
Brokerage 264,047 67
Paid for Salaries. Fees, and ether ,
charges for officers, clerks, etc. .. 86,738 e3
Paid for State." National and Local „„»
taxes 49.1000S
A15 other payments and expendi-
tures .,...-...i 93.03183
Total Expenditures ._$1.115.133 10
"FlreT
Losses Incurred during the year. . . $581.208 00
Risks and Premiums. I Fire Risks. Premiums.
Net amount ¦ of Risks
written during the
jZir $162,639,700 $1,783,643
Nel amount of Risks
expired durlns the
year ". '...•¦ 153.164.700 1.WT.911
Net amount In force
Pecember 31. 1903... 231.372.200 2.527.4.T4
~~ ~~ A H SAWYER. President.
W. H. STEVENS. Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me. this 21st
day of January. 1004.
L. B. COOKE. Notary Public.
PACIFIC DEPARTMENT:
EDWARD BRCWM & SONS '
GcNTrUL AGINTS
411 and 413 California St.
SAN f RANCISCO, CAL.
GEO. A. MURDOCH & SON, CITY AS NTS
4(0 CALIFORNIA ST., S. fj, CAL.
v S « LES Room of
SHAINWALD, BUCKBEE & CO.
Thursday, June 9th, At ' 2 °' ciock - Woon
BUSINESS PROPERTIES OF THE
JOSE GUARDIOLA ESTATE
APniNISTRATOR'S SALE
; . ' "' —1—'
. Northeast corner California and Sansome streets, lot 45x90
ft. Improvements, three-story and basement brick building'.
Annual rents $12,390. Ko leases. , „ — . '
Nos. 34 to 53 Sills street. I»ot 90x137:6 ft. Improvements,
modern four-story and basement brick bulldinir. Stores, lofts
s ~ and offices above. Annual rents $17,800. no leases.
3— '" . .,. . '
Nos. 117-119 Pine st. Lot 50x91 :8 ft. Three-story and base-
ment brick building;; Just vacated. Former rent $3600 per an-
num. - Seasonable amount spent in renovation ' will produce
.- largely increajed rent. "^V-v ' •*- ¦-•'¦ '.
. ; - Uos. 318-320 O Tar r ell street, near Mason. Iiot 55x137:6 ft.
Three-story and basement brick building-. (Palo Alto Stable.)
Bent $2100 per annum. No lease. Present rent nominal. Can
be materially advanced' by srivinir lease.
N03 9-11 Barley place (off OYarrell street, between Grant '
-' avenue and Stockton street). Lot 42:6x60 ft. Pour-story and ¦
basement brick building;, rented as a piano warehouse at $1800
per aaarnn.
— The incomes on all of the above properties can b« largely
Increased Immediately by giving leases.
- The "Heredia Tract," containing- 1522 acres of land is
Placer -County, California. ' ¦>
~r« SHAINWALD, BUCKBEE & GO;
218-220 Montgomery St. Mills Building
ADVERTISEMENTS.
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