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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. \- '' 4 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. ADVEETISEMENTS. THINKING ABO Y U°T U GOING I) WjJM i CAMPING 4 ? We can save you a great deal of time and M W worry buying one of our || ,U Camping' • _ 1h&^ ml i w <^ f& W \ tfr^i?^ m - K