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WILL LIQUIDATE
SUSPENDED BANK
Commission Decides 16 Ask At
torney General to Petition
Court for Receiver
President of Institution Believes
Depositors Will Be Paid
Amounts Due in Full
The Market street ''bank closed its
doors yesterday morning after an un
successful attempt to readjust its dear
ing house arrangements. The refusal
. <5f the Union trust company to con
• tSnue to clear «or the institution
brought Jhe crisis and the suspension
followed.
After an examination of the books
of the bank Commissioner C. H. Ga
routte announced his belief in the sol
• rency of the institution. Nevertheless,
as a safeguard', to the 6,000 depositors,
. the commission will report its suspen
sion at once to Attorney General Webb,
with the suggestion that it be placed :
in liquidation. This will entail the ap
". pointment of a. receiver unless the
bank can make such a showing in i
• court that it will be given an op- ]
\u25a0- portunity to adjust its own affairs.
A crowd of 200 persons gathered ]
about the bank early yesterday morn
ing and remained there most of the ;
day. T, n er« was some inflammatory j
'""-nguage, but no demonstration of any
sort. Early in the day the following
notice was placed in the window:
On a«-»ont of tb* difficulty in tnakinj; collec
tions tritbout working great hardships upon nu
merous ' borrower* from this bant, who wonld
thereby lose their homes, we hare decided to
suspend further payment of depositors nntil a
sufficient cash reserre fund is accumulated to
«s**t all reqclrement* safelj.
The bank it absolutely solvent and e»err de
positor will be paid In full.
The name of A. F. Alartel. president
of the bank, was affixed to the notice.
As explained yesterday the difficul
ties of the bank were occasioned by
a lack of ready cash. T7ie bank has
been clearing through the Union trust
company, but the depletion of its bal
ances prompted the trust company to
discontinue the relations.
"It was a simple proposition," said
I. TV. Hellman Jr. of the Union trust
company. "As long as we could aot
with safety for the Irarket street bank
we did so, but as soon as it became
unsafe for us to act, we ceased to do
bol That was all there was to It."
The balance maintained by the Mar
ket street bank with the Union trust
company had been depleted to an
amount too small to meet, the gather
ing obligations.
ABLE TO PAY IV FUIX
\u25a0 • In financial circles the opinion was
.expressed yesterday that the Market
street bank would meet all its ob
ligations In full. It has real estate
:norlgagcs to the amount of $824,302.82
. and bonds to the amount of J153.300.50,
and other assets making a total of
$!.2'.6, 653.02. It owes its 6,000 deposit
fort $1,042,815.71. (
The depositors are almost entirely
-.working men and women with ac
counts varying from $25 to $1,000. Most
of the accounts are ror $100, $200 and
-5?0o.
• The $834,302.82 In real estate mort
. fciiges is divided into a large number of
.loans on individual homes, for the most
• part in San Francisco and „ San Mateo
• ounty. The bank did a big home
. business and advanced money to home
owners on one year notes. Although
tliesp notes are falling due every day
'- the bank is unable to collect. The
bank's Report for -December 28, 1907,
showed loans on real estate as follows:
Alameda county, $44,719.91; Contra
Costa, $18,468.85; Santa Clara, $51,200;
San Mateo, $319,213.53; Sonoma, $21,-
P6R.50: Maria, $1,750; San Francisco,
$371,090.19./;
A. F. Martel,* president of the bank.
*n<3 L. Q. Haven, cashier, were at the
bank nearly all day yesterday. The
officials held a long conference with
the bank commissioners and later went
over the books with Commissioners
Lynch and Garoutte, Martel said that
his one desire was to pay the depositors
In full.
"I believe," he said, "that with an
other day's time we could hay* made
arrangements which would hare al
lowed us to continue. Parties with
money had been negotiating with us,
hut owing to delays nothing had been
done. ; Had we been allowed but one
more day we would have had the Sat
, urday holiday and Sunday In which
to make some new arrangement, but
we could do nothing over night.
HOARDERS HURT BAXK
"It 1c my one hope that we may be
able to pay all our depositors, anfl I
believe we will. Everything Is open.
There is nothing secret about our
huslness. We coujld not collect from
the people to whom we have advanced
monfy. They are mostly people of
fmall means and we hold the mort
psgep on their homes. They could
have paid us in normaliimes, but since
the financial trouble they have not
hcen able to do so. At the same time
ther*» liav<» boon withdrawals from the
bank. Most of this money has gone
in r o the safe deposit boxes. j
"The bank has caused me great care
and \u25a0worry. We have ' had prosperous
years, but I have always felt the re
sponsibility of being the custodian of
oCjct peoples money. There Is noth
ing' that -will be left undone to' meet
\u25a0 the claims of all our depositors. I am
s=tUl hopeful that an arrangement will
- he made that will make this possible
before long."
Last year the bank did a commer
cial business In excess of $2,000,000,
snd the net profit from all sources
amounted, to $42,000. With the flush
times the real estate mortgage loans
were extended, but with the recent
financial contraction this asset has
proved the undoing of the bank. The
loans could not be converted Into cash
at a time when cash was the all im
portant element,
jriu.iox^ i.v boxes ]
It is figured that the safe deposit
boxes of the bank contain $8,000,000 1
withdrawn frbn> circulation during the
panic. The demand for boxes has been
so great that an extra lot of 1,000
\u25a0were installed recently.
The following statement- was pre
pared yesterday by the bank commis
sion Bhowlng the condition of the
Market Btreet bank at the close' of
business February 20:
RESOURCES
Bond* $153,3rtf>.50
Mortgages •- • • ..... 534.302.fe2
Bills rec*trabJ« U4- overdrafts.'.... 1*3,553. 40
MoDPy on b*»4.- • 14,805.19
Ijue from banks... 11,300.82
Furniture, including safe deposit
bore* 42.184.17
Krpen*M and taxes 4,040.33
Other assets.:.'..-- 9,011.77
Interest uncollected. :. ., 5.540.72
Mn>wHMI9MMfIHBBH — \u25a0 —
Total resoneces .$1,256,533.03
LIABILITIES
Capital • $109,305.00
Surplus • 7.960.00
Depr*iU ..••••••• 1.N2.818.T1
Vw bank*-.... 60.051.97
Exchange, rent, c011ecti0n5......... .15,577.03
Profit and loss - ' J8.492.2S
wither 1i*WUt1e».. :.....'.." 10.915.49
Saftpew \u25a0•• 412 J»4
Total .'. .~. .: ; ....._. \u25a0 . .g1,236.533jQe
The first street to m* lighted by gas
was Pall Mali. This was in January,
1607 .V 1
Prominent participants in Stanford parlor's ball at the Fair
mont hotel last night— Miss Sylvia Berman (upper.left, Bush
nell photo), Mrs. Bernard J. Flood (upper right), Miss Beach
Dean" (Webster photo).
it
MEMBERS OF Y. M. I.
CELEBRATE TODAY
With religious and literary observ
ances the members of the Young Men's
institute will celebrate in this city to
day the silver jubilee of the formation
of the order. Services are to be held
in Catholic churches this morning and
the secular celebrations will begin in
the afternoon, when the members of
the order will congregate in Dream
land rink. Tonight a. ball will be given
in. Dreamland rink. >— VH
Members of the order will assemble
humbly in their churches. At 8 o'clock
requiem masses for the repose of the
souls of departed members of the insti
tute will be sung at St. Mary's cathe
dral and St Ignatius church.
The solemn high mass of thanksgiv
ing will be sung: at St. Mary's cathedral
at 10 o'clock. Members of the local
councils and of councils from Oakland,
Alameda and other cities will be pres
ent in a body. Professor R. J. Har
rison, organist of the cathedral, has
prepared a special program of \u25a0 music
for the mass. There will be sung se
lections from Haydn's imperial mass,
Zingarelli's "Laudate"' and the Gre
gorian te deum. The sermon will be
delivered by Rev. J. S.Sasla, president
of St. Ignatius college.
Judge Frank J. Murasky, past grand
president of the order, will be 't>rator
of the day at the literary exercises to
be held in Dreamland rink. A poem,
dedicated to the occasion by Frederick
J. Churchill of Phil Sheridan council
Xo. 72. will be read. Musical numbers
•will be given by Miss Julie Cotte 1 , so
prano; Mrs. M. E. Blanchard, mezzo
contralto: Charles F. Bulotti, tenor, and
August Hinrichs. violinist.
The following members will-consti
tute the reception committee at the lit
erary exercises:
I. D. Dwyer. Robert Tobin, E. R. Myrick, E.
C. Curtis. J. E. Richards Jr.. Alexfs Andlcr, A.
A. MeXelll. J. M. McLangblin. John W. Mc-
Carthy, R. E. Queen. T. H7 Fallon. P. J. Law
ler. J. F. Comyns. S. P. Kane, John P. Deneh.r.
T. P. O'Brien. J. H. Plnkham, George M. Kelly,
T. J. Moroney, John A. Dunleary. T. A.' Brooks,
A. Pilcoricli. George J. Olira, S. A.-Riley and J.
H. Plnkham.
The grand ball at Dreamland rink
in the evening win be directed by T.
P. O'Brien as floor manager, assisted
by S. .B. • Fugazl. and T. A. Brooks and
the following floor committees: '
Floor— J. J. Looney. W. ODea, J. F. Cal
laghan. George M. Kelly, J. P. Denehy, F. A.
McCarthy. E. D. , Sullivan. R. D. Blake. J. F.
Comyns, A. Pilcovieh, Mario Forno, L. T. Dic
bels, S. C. Cronln, H. R. McGulnn, V. A. Dodd
and R: Ramaschl.
Reception eommlttce-^Grand President J. B.
Queen, chs trman; F. J^Kierce. . J. J. Duddv. W.
J. Phelan, C. D. O'Connor, J. P. Duffy, M." Gat
tlno. Dr. J. A. Scannarino, M.- J. Connerton, M
L. Welch. E. O'Donnoll, V. G. Bonaly, A. Patrl "
J. P. Callaghan, J. 11. Sheehan, J. D\ Barry, D.
Barton.
VICTIM OP THUG DYI.VG
Manuel Varvarus, the . restaurant
keoper who was held up Thursday
night and seriously wounded by a. thusr,
was last night reported to be in a dy
ing condition by the physicians at tho
French hospital. Mark L. Noon, a rep
resentative of the district attorney's
office, was summoned to Varvarus* bed^
side to take a- postmortem statement
but Varvarus* refused to admit that he
believed he was going to die.
p . "Experience keeps a dear school, .but fools will learn in no other." gj
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I you handsomely. So do not I
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: JBDci 3AX FRMGISGO; GALL/ SATITRD^, FEBRHABY I 22; "1908.
COTILLON CLOSES
AMISTAD SEASON
In the ballroom of Commandery hall
La Amistad cotillon club closed its
fourth season last evening with a bril
liant dance. The ballroom was elab- v
orately decorated with palms and
masses of green and presented a gay
picture with the handsome "gowns-, of
the women under the bright lights of
the liall. » . \u25a0
The dancing continued until mid
night, when the hundred or more club
members and their guests went to an
uptown caie, wliere an elaborate supper
was served and toasts drunk to the suc
cess of the next season. Those present
were:
-Mr. snd^Hrs. Homer V. Mordhoff. Mr.' and
Mrs. Phil Kane, Miss Adele M. Ajureguy, Miss
Gertrude Baker, Miss Adelyn M. . Brlcklcr, Miss
Annie Barry. Miss May Barrie.- Mlfs Mazie
Cook, Miss KUa Cook, Miss. May. Cashman, Miss
Alma Carroll, : Miss Alice DeTlne, /Miss Marls
R. Flanigan, Miss Elsie A. Gill. > Miss Elizabeth
Gleason, Miss Viva L. Gill; Miss Laura < Oleasoa,
Mis* Cushle Harloe. Miss Mary A. ' Keneflck,
Miss Maud A. Kesslee. Miss'Bnlalia T. Kane,
! Miss Alma Lacombe, Miss Edna V. Leeuian, Mfas
1 Mac A. MurpSy. Mlrs , Mac O'Xell. . Miss Marl*
E. Otto. Miss Generiev.e. Peters, Miss Leah Ros
ser. Miss Florence Reddln, v "Mlss Josephine Rert
dln. Miss Generleve E.s Sullivan,' M lss - Ella"
Shaughnessy. Miss Martha -Tara. - Miss Frances
Watson. Miss Helena \ Watson. Misa Lulu Wil
liams, Miss \u25a0 Grace Wollpert; ; Miss Trta'Kcrvan,
if iss Anna Hansen. \u25a0 Miss Alice Williams. \u25a0- -
C. P. Adney, C. . F.-- Bulotti, Dr. -T. A. Bill, J.
E. Bulger, .T. • F. Casey, >T. :F. De'.ury. E. R.
Doherty, I/eslie Dignan, J. J. Foloy. Dr. L. A.
Gautior. T. F. Greely, Ray Gleaßon,"." Peter ; B."
Krne, Jack Manoney, George T. Mahoney. James
P. Martin, Dr. J. F.Meagher, W.L Mattofk.
Dr. A. H. MnNnlty, Alban W. Maglnis. W. H.
Murphy, William, \u25a0 McGrath. \u25a0 Jack J Hallahan,
Charles E. Pinkham, Robert Phillips. :W,* S.
Qnlnn.- Edward C Rice," S. A. Rllov, - Homer .V.
Rllipou. Alfred F. Spohn, John .SulHran Jr.: Ed-;
ward M. Smith. W. J. Watson. Walter ' Jones.
Walter G. Peanlman, GarrcttwM. S»ars. Walter
H. .Sulllran, Thomas F. Watson and;Georgc ,F.
Welch. : .. •. • : .-;->.
NATIVES JOIN IN
THE GAY REVELRY
Stanford Parlor Celebrates An=
. niversary With Ball at
the Fairmont
Sons and Daughters and
• Friends Attend Brilliant
Function
; Xative. Sons and Daughters. and their
friends joined last night in the' gay
revelry of a ball given by Stanford par
j lor No. 76 in the cream and-gold ball
room at the 'Fairmont' hotel. The dance
was given in celebration of th» twenty
second anniversary of the organization
of the parlor. '-'"^I . '- '
The mural beauty of "the room was
enhanced by ' the ; generous. Introduction
of palms, and^potted shrubs which lined
the walls, and . th« 'screen before the
musicians was banked \u25a0\u25a0'•\u25a0.with "foliage.
The receiving party J>tood in- a semi
circle at the; entrance. At midnight a
delicious supper was served, during, the
progress; of which the guests were en
tertained by.'a'program of toasts.'music
and' recitations. , .... v :
The 'committees, having/ the affair in
consisted of: ; \i
»r B Y. J </}°°&' Stable,; T. I. Fitapatrlck,
11. M. .Schmidt ' W. \u25a0-(>.. .Tlagemann. George Hic
comi.: 1... J. ; McMabon,-' J. G. Conlao, L. M.
Aguirre, C. A. Steiger, G. i A. MoraghaD. Philip
Heuer, F. Burgers, A.- Kleinbans, . George \X.
Springer. .Tameß C. Haybnrn. H. A.* Cahalan,
Ji. A.: Harris,. J. Greenl>erg, J. p. I^ucey, F. 3. \
Poran/'. A. -M. Sch!eicher. J.C.Herold, -Thomas
DlMini, Fred Kloeoml. C. 11. Kcndrlck, D. O'Cal
laghau and Leslie C.Jlubbe.
\u25a0 Among. the members of Stanford-par
lor and the;guests present were: ;-; i
President and Mrs. Bernard J.. Flood. Mr.
and Mrs.* Frank Atkins: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
P. Barry; Mr. and Mrs. George E. Bennett,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bogen. Mr. and Mrs. G. H.
Burgers. Mr. aud Mrs. -William M.i Cannou Dr.
and Mrs. CharJea Clark. Mr. - and : Mrs. I. S
Cole. Judge and Mrs. Charles T.Conlan, Mr.
and Mrs. \u25a0 H." Cordes, Mr.~ and Mrs. W r . R. D«t
enport. Mr. "and Mrs. Beach Dean, Mr. and
Mrs. T. I. Dillon, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Donlan,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Krnsf, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Flannery, Mr. and Mrs. Frauds J.- Foran, Judge
and Mrs. Thomas F. Graham, Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Greenberg. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Groez
inger, Mr. 5 and Mrs. George ; H. IrTlng,* Mr. and
Mrs.. Charles H." Kendrlck, Mr. and Mrs. Gus
Ktlborn. Mr. and Mrs.. Charles' A. Morarhan,
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Merilllon, Mr. and Mrs.
K. P. McAuliffe, . Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald
Mr. and Mrs. Dan O'Callaghan. Mr. and Mrs.
J. Orbison. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Perry, Mr. and
Mrs. H. B. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Richard L.
lUdke. Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. - Rat to, Mr. and
Mrs.. John M. Ratto, Mr. and \u25a0 Mrs. A. J. Rossi,
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Rnss.Mr. and Mrs. W. p.
Scott, Mr. and Mrs. George - Sneider. Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Springer. Mr." and Jlrs. t,. X;
Stelger, Mr. , and Mrs. Frank H. Bweeney, Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie C. Tubbs. Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam J. Wagner, Mr. . and Mrs. William Wester
feld, Mesdames Ferguson, Burns, B. H." Lucks,
M. McHenry and C. Poehlmann. \u25a0
:MlssesC. Bauer,' S. Behrmann, '\u25a0}.' J. Berman,
E. \u25a0 Brown, Hazel Brown, Irene Burns, •K. > Caw
ley, Ltna Conneau, Miss Crowe. S. I. 1 Cullen,
Rita Curtis. Lucy Cutler, C. de Boom, Miss Ede
son, Anne : Erikson. Miss Frue," Tasa.Grollman,"
Kthel : Hampton, Edith Hayden, Rose \ Hayten,
Florence Herold, May Horn, Eula Howard. :Ella
King, C. Leary, Alma a Kubben, Marie Uncke,
A. . Lnndy, Dolly Luody, Selma Lnttlckea, -T.
Madden, Veula Mattner, E. • Marshall. Els*
Mauch, Mary Miller, M. Mlrsky, M. Mogan,
Kthel McEvoy, Mabol McFaddeu,- Miss McOot
crn, Arllne Nesbitt, Ethyl Olson, Edna Perkins,
D. Plafiemann, 'R. \u25a0 Plagemann, Grace • Renner,
Claire . Schmidt. L.\ Schroeder, ; E. : Sheldon, Es
telle Simpson, Cecilia Sorbler, Edith Stadtf eld,
C. Stanton. Lucille - Stebblng, Dora Stelllng,
ICdith Swett.^Lnna Thomasou, Myrtle Van Orden,
Miss Wise and L. . Yarbrough. \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 : \u25a0•\u25a0.., , \u25a0-\u25a0.:. \u25a0: '
Messrs. Louis- M. Agulrre, Charles -Arata,
Gei>V(te W. Bauer.. A.. J. -Becker, H. D.- Bright,
F. W. Burgers, L. !>.• Byrnes. H. A. Cbalan,
James ,G. Conlan," John L. Conner, r Sidney.';' A:
Crook, John X. r Cunningham,". Hon./ Fletcher A.'
Cutler. Dr. i Percirsl Dolman, Robert Duk«, .Wil
liam ; Kdwards, Carl \u25a0;- F. "s;rnst. Lulgl • Ferrari/
Colonel George Fllmer, -J. E. , Fitzgerald, ' T.'- 1.
Fltzpatrlck, Edward A. Foley, T. , Waltar K"ra
nry, Reuben Haas. Thomas . Harlos, M^.' A. Har
ris, . E. - Harrey, James • C.'i Hayburn,"' J. Emmett
Hayden, " Joseph C. Herold, : Phil O. • Hener,
Joseph \u25a0 Hlckey," Fred \u25a0 Holman, W.- S. Johnson,
William M.' King, A. 'Kleinhans,- Ernest . KI«t«
sabl, Charles ;' E. ' Lackman, William ; Lac* don,
Charles Lareaga,': K. Lorentien, Joseph P. Lueey,
C. G. Lyons. \u25a0 Joseph Magee, AJan W. > Miglnis,
Dr. C. : J. Mogan, Hon. E. P. Mogan. A.W.
Morgenstern. John E. McDoogald,' T. McOorem,
John F. McKenna. Leo J. McMahon, 0.: J. Nle»
lal. Mark E. Noon, -. Thomas O'Callaghan, •D.
O'Hara, : W. O. Plagemann, Hugo Poheim, O. H.
Porter. James I. Regan. Fred J. Rlccoml, Gtorg*
L. F niccoml. Walter -t Robinson, Hngh Roddan,
A. F. Schleicher, . Hugo M. , Schmidt, ;" Robert
Pchord; Edward Shafter. Fred H. Stanle, Edgu
fjtoltz, : A.- Wiener, M; : H. Wise, -W. , H. Warden
and Fred.H. Jnng. \u0084 .
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The First National Bank of
San Francisco, California
At San Francisco, in the State of California, at the
Close of Business, February 14th, 1908 1
Loans /and Di5c0unt5 ................. 1 .?i. ?i .$10,264,922.78
Overdraft?.; secured and unsecured. .... . 1 ..'.....-. ....'.. . ;;?' 810.53
U. S. ; Bonds :to secure circulation \u0084. ..... ..^..... . . . 1,974,000.00
Other Bonds to secure U.S. Dep05it5. . ... . . . . . . . .•; . ... ........ : 250,000.00
Premium son U.U .' S. 80nd5 ...... . 7 ...............;:.. ....... 30,000.00
Bonds. Securities, etc. .. . . . . ....... v .>....:. .....:......... 167,070.18
BankingsijouscV.; Furniture* and Fixtures.'. ';: V.'.-;" .. '.'. \u25a0'.* '.*...":'.". *. ..":'." ; 198,000.00
Due froniTNational Banks Chotrreserve ; agent 5 ). ... ... . .. . . 327,096.92
Due from. State Banks"and Bankers.-. ......;";.. .... . . . . . . ..... . . 372,734.96
Due from -Approved Reserve Agents. ..... ...^ ,1,159,752.92
Exchanges; for! Clearing House. :'; . ; . ... ............. ...... ..... 332,720.88
Notes of -other National; Banks. 1 . . . : . V; . \\ . . . . ...... . 6,290.00
•Fractional [Paper Currency.^Nickels and- Cents. . \u0084v;;. . . . . . .,.".. 3,333.85
• Lawful, Money in' Bank, viz.: , • •
Specie". ... \u25a0 • ::'?.\u25a0•-. ••• • • • • :.....;.:... .......;..... .$1,352,295.00 '?
LegaF Tender Notes. ... . . . . . . .... ..:....,. .9,245.00
•\u25a0..:-;-. .-:,.-. : \- : .' \u25a0 - ' . : 1,361.540.00
Clearing Hou?e: Loan Certificates of other Banks. ... ........ 63,000.00
Clearing House Currency . 1 1...... ;;•; . : . . . . ... . .". . ••• • . ?:f^^^ft 1.063.00
Redemption Fund \ \vitl\ U. S. Treasurer ' (5% of circulation) ...*.' 98,700.00
T0ta1. .. ....:. • f ...... .... . . . .... .A................. A . ............... .$16,611,036.02
Surplus; 'Fund . . . . •; . : . . .... . . . . ... . .... ...... ... . . . . ': ..... . . . . . ,1.500,000.00
,Undivided>Pronts.":lcs? expenses and, taxes paid. . :.......... /. . 259,216.35
\u25a0National, Bank Notes outstanding. . . . .'. .". /. . . . . ..':.. :. ........ . 1.975,000.00
Dve s tO';other":Nati6nal' 8ank5. . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . ;^ ..-. .... . ; . . . .-. . 1,785,818.25
Due;to> ; State Banks • and ;• Bankers . v . .':.'.. ":~. . v . .... .'v. ??:. '. . .. . . . : 622,247.82
?Diieito;Trust?Companies and Saving-8ank5.'.. ; ....... .;'.'.[:..: .". . 1,389,427.30
DivideTids^unpaidv'.f:. . ./;.;;. .v./.:. ............ ..V. .......
jlndividuaHDepositsjsubject t0Xheck. ............ .. ....... .... . 5,386,875.13
Demaiidi-Ceftificates of Dep05it! . . . ...:. ."....:.. IV.-. ............ , 344,258.89
Certified \u25a0 . . . : ..:........... . . :. ..... ... ..;....... . . ... 18,192.50
CashiersvCHecks-0ut5tandingK:;;:v. .;;....;.......;....... ' 3,117.06
United^States : . ..... 1 ;.;.v. ....:.. . . : 1. . . \u25a0'. .... ..... 226,487.72
Deposit of the Treasurer of 'the StateTof California 1 . . . .'. .'. . \u25a0 100,000.00
1 ota i. ... ....... .^ . ? y. $10,0 l 1,035.02
StateVof- Calif ornia, . City, and C6unty t of : ; San jFrancisco.^ ss4- \u25a0
,:;• j-J;J.^K.rMoffitt,- Cashier, or the.abo^
the . above; statement ;is true to 'the .best • of ; my i knowledge and belief.
Subscribed ' and - sworn , to before me '; this 21st 'day , of February, - 1908.
.. '\u25a0 : : ' " ;•::" :\u25a0 \u25a0• , 'J :,{ -: '< ; JAM ES> MASON,^Notary,; Public^: '
Correct — Attest: , \u25a0;\u25a0-;, \^HHHHHS^^5Sj^3f^^&V . ' ' .
'\u25a0 i; rA\fFS "'T)'PHPT- ! A V - ' '" \u25a0 : \u25a0-.«"*! r ;
THREE BLOCKS
"RAT HEAVENS"
Sanitary Experts Want Biitcher
town Districts Cleaned
or Condemned'
Marine Hospital Surgeons Visit
Section and Find Veritable
Dens of Filth
in Butchertown wnich
may be condemned by the courts as un
sanitary and menaces , to public safety
at the " instigation of the • federal and
healtluauthorities: -
• C. Nonnemann, corner Fourth: ave
nue and M street. •
Heller ;&:: Dahr. Fourth avenue and
M street -.occupied- by ; ,Hansen&\Hilde-.
br'andt : and sublet to a" score of Chl
neee. v : ; !&§f§§|£|i^§|
Bazzini tallow ,works,;corner of Fifth
avenue and M street. \ \
'.Firtotallow works, Fifth avenue and
M street.
/C. N'onnemann, Fifth avenue and M
street; stables -and tallow works.
1 William. Coen. -Fifth avenue between
M ;and.'N streets; \u25a0 occupied by John
Wagner and . conducted as slaughter
house.
'. Standard manufacturing; and supply
company; reduction works; branch of
Sanitary reduction .works.
: Clayburg & Co., Fifth avenue and M
street. : : /
M. Sullivan estate, ' Fourth and Rall
road.ayeniies; used as a hidehouse. '.;,
Above Include almost three square
blocks and are erected partly upon un
accepted public streets; contrary to or
dinances.
,Three square city blocks, in jtbeopln
ion^of -the. federal and health authori
ties, veritable : "rat havens," reeking
with filth J. and emitting the : most In
describable odors, may be^condemned
by 'the courts within another week as
public? nuisances, unsanitary to the ex
treme and menaces to public safety and
health." ' ; '"-\u25a0 '-\u25a0; V:^'-\^ \u25a0-'^''\u25a0^-/.- : £'?
Headed by Dr. Hurley of the- federal
service, Drs. Hassler, Jones and Gun.
of the board -of health, with Captain
Colby of the Potrero police, swooped
down: on the dens of filth In Butcher
town' yesterday^ afternoon- - and made
known "to the proprietors and occu
pants" thereof, in no "unmistakable
terms, tfieir opinions of the conditions
that exist there, and :that immediate
action, to condemn the different "prem
ises would be taken. , :
Primarily the object of ..yesterday's
visit to Butchertown by Dr. Hurley was
for the purpose of pointing .out to the
local r health*' authorities the favorable
conditions which existed there for. rats
and the grave danger, to not- only that
community but the city should plague
infected rats ' ever find a home ' in \u25a0 that
district.- - - v
Not only was the main 'object of the
Inspection | of , the different establish
ments J accomplished; ] but . conditions of
the most'revoltlng character were un
covered. In -the opinion of Dr. Hur
ley and the health officers there is, not
one. square foot, in .the entire three
\u25a0 square blocks that does not present
' the : most favorable : conditions , f or
rodents; in which,, to establish them
selves permanently and live on undia
: turbed.V-.v '.'-.. \u25a0; : - " ; - \u25a0\u25a0-' \u25a0•\u25a0''<-
ij ' .That the dreaded distributors, of the
plague do "exist in that community by
the thousands was evidenced by hun
dreds of - rat Wholes and: scores of run
ways ; which \u25a0 lead i. to fdark corners and
nooks, wherein they may hide them
selves-by day and creep out by night
and i feed . on refuse and offal, : which is."
according the. inspectors, thrown
around indiscriminately. V _ ">
Since the last visit of the federal offl
cers to Butchertown about two weeks
a.go,£ when* warnings -,were' given . the
proprietors, barrels of whitewash have
been .freely- splashed about, which .yes
t«rday*B •\u25a0 visitors declared to . be efforts
to /'cover-up a multitude of sins,";but
which i has/ utterly failed ;to make the
different establishments "ratproof." In
1 ess v than,' a" dozen t places,, where hun
dreds -were needed, were found baited
traps. "These grave evidences of hav
ing served of :l/ttle use, : as ; the"balt in
most instances' bad -hardened to such
an extent that - the * most healthy , and
sturdy rodents '\u25a0 would probably * fall to
even make an Impression ; on; it.
The coming: of the federal and health
officers . to : make the '' final Inspections
had evidently been heralded many days
before.v. tori scores* of workmen were
busily, engaged In - many - places "rat
proofing/, which consisted chiefly In
lining the- walls of several of the com
partments with galvanized ; sheet iron.
Along ; the main -street many windows
close to -thY, ground were found with
large apertures through which ' rats
could easily enter the premtses.;Numer
ous' knotholes, also offered favorable
entrances for the rodents.
Managers and "foremen of several of
the departments had as many excuses
to offer ; the officers why steps to '"rat
proof* had'not* been 'taken and sought
to impressHhe officers- with:., /
'.. "Any suggestions 1 which you have to
make, will certainly be carried' out
within the next' two weeks, or if not.
we will "gladly permit you to close us
down and prosecute to the "limit."
In the shacks, owned by Halier &
Dahr. and occupied by Harisen & Hilde
brandt and subleased 'to . a scori» ; of
Chinese, who manufacture bologna
casings, the floors were; found "under
lined •with hundreds of fold castbff cas
ings. From the dozen or more cramped
and dark compartments \ran scores of
runways, /upon the . rats race
back and forth/in big droves at night.
Tn construction the majority of the
shacks "were found in ' such condition
that they are ready^ to tumble like, a
house of "cards with the first strong
breeze. The statement »as made that
to attempt to tear down ; the structures
would be exceedingly dangerous to
workmen and. that the only, safe course
was destruction by fire/: The latter
course, Dr. Hassler stated, involved too
much danger to the community and for
that reason was Impracticable.
Following the action which will be
taken against the - nine", premises next
Friday additional suits in condemnation
will follow. The federal and health
authorities stated last night that the
crusade in Butchertown has only com
menced and that in the course of an
other few weeks it will have assumed
enormous proportions. Those who will
be called upon to answer charges of
conducting unsanitary and unsafe
establishments are: C. Nonnenemann,
Heller ,&. Dahr, Bazzini tallow works
company, Firto tallow works company,
w IHiamf Coen, Standard manufacturing
and supply company, Clayburg & Co.
and M. Sullivan.
Aln \u25a0 all \u25a0 °f the larger establishments
on the main street steps to concrete the
floors and remove thin wooden walls
have been started. This is in accord
ance with the Instructions and sugges
tions made by the Inspectors. i
CI.UB FIGHTS RATS
The members of trie Haight and Ash
bury streets improvement club are
taking an active Interest In the cru
sade against rats. -Last night the club
held a mass, meeting in the Young
Men's Hebrew association hall in Page
street near Stanyan to discuss sanita
tion. The -hall was crowded to the
doors by the residents of the district,
.who listened with eagerness to the
speakers.
Nearly nine-tenths of the world's as
bestos supply is mined In Canada, the
mines about Quebec producing 60,000
tons per annum. '
LIVE MERCHANTS
lIV AIND NEAR
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— — — — \u25a0 — — : \u25a0
iYICAI iVIAKKC 1 ckNTRATj 31-4RKET. 2344-224S Fnimore «t. «»r.
- Clay. POXTACQ BROS.. Props. Phone We«t 43Z. Dealers In ibe choicest
and beat Stall Fed Meats. Telephone orders promptly attended to.
Aor AKAUUS Special this wrek: S. A TT. C010»m1,.3 t!n« $1.25. do*. 54.75|
Griffin* I,arß<» Wblte. 3 ttn» $1.00; Catsup, Ssc bottle for 20c. H. WREDEX
\u25a0 & CO., Grocers, 2234-58 Flllmore st. at Clay. Phone West 187.
HEALTH. FOODS st> Helena Sanitarium's 84 Foods for Brats awl
. Boily. Dried FrnJta. Xatn. Date*, Flr«. Health Bread. Special today. Fratt
Crisps, 10c lb. Sanltarlnm Health Food Store, 9=S FUlmore. Tel. Pace 0SO«.
ROBERTS .CANDIES Formerlr o* Polk and Bush fame. JTow
at 1530 Flllmore st. between Gcarr and O'Farrell. Telephone West 1340.
. We deliver Ice Cream, etc., as of old. - Established ISTB.
UfcrlN 1 KAL JYIAKKC I BEtl.I KRO<.. 2244-48 Finmoro st. Vet.
Sacramento and Clay. Tel. We»t SBOB. Freiih Fruit, Vegetables. Poultry.
- Game, Lucca Oil lmptd by F. Bertolll. First class soods. Prompt deli-very.
tSAI\.CKY o. K. BAKERY, SCHMCHTTVG A COIEMAV, 1D23 Flllm*re
st. TeL West 39. Weddlnp, Birthday Cakes and Tortea our specialty.
Shipped or delivered at short notice. Try our Mine* PJes.
*JC*»I^U mnyiiinCJ phOßfp hOBf We*t 5147. .TUlt .the IIXGER
STORR. 1032 FUlmore Mtreet.vThere you will find the larce*t assortmeat
of hlsh grade Machines In the city. Will nave you *5 to flO In purchasing.
. F. Ij. HEIM, Sole Asent Dr. Reed's Cushion Shoes. 1558 Flllmore «t. cor.
.V Geary.- -
DELICATESSEN STORE Tt^\ mtUft , tl((tlll<e of Impnrt^ Do .
. mestlc. Delicacies. Snladw. Imported sletterwurs»t. ««p<?eial this -vreekt
Canned Fruit 5c less than resrulnr price. KERSTE.VS, ISOB FUlmore st.
IPWPI FP A OPTICIAN
•JCWCL.CK. auri >viAi> wm. guxdeiutv. jfwh^ nnA
Optician, 1532 Flllmore *t-, 5. F. Tel. West TBCO. Eatabllshed IMS. E^. V
.* pert -Watch Rcoalrine, Optical Goods. (Formerly Examiner Buildlns;.>
THE SUCCESS RENOVATORY . TO . mX -^. M
more st. Phone West Cleaning, Dyelns and Repalrtn*. I>a<tlea*
• >. xrork a specialty. Ladlea' garments altered, r Sloathly contracts SUSO.
UPHOLSTERING AND CARPET LAYING ~ m £££
p^^^S^t^^-^^ l^^, Crpets'bW^
FISH, POULTRY AND OYSTERS F o
; st. near FUlmore. Phone Park 1188. Game, Crabs.* Clams aad Shrtmo. l»
season. Oyster Cocktails a specialty. w a " a SBrtlao « *»
e/broderick, grocer~~~~Z
ROIYIA iVIARKm .\u25a0\u25a0•": GHIAJVDA * PrcCT>EI,i,I BROS.,' 'dealers tn
\u25a0Choice Meats, Poultry. Game. Frnlts and Vegetable*. Goods delrrered to
all parts of the city. * 713-715 FUlmore st. near Hayes. Phone Park 238.
SEWING MACHINES SOLD, REPAIRED Ai^D RENTED
mokes, nipr hnrsnlni. . Nrrr mnohlnr*, $!7 upi »ffnnd hand. 95 upw -J"J
'\u25a0\u25a0UeXAIAiYt White Sewing; Machine Agency. 20S Flllmore. Phone Park Bo£
ELLICOTT, EXPERT REPAIRMAN AND KEY FITTER v y.«
* need your Lock, ; Door, Opener/ Electric Bell, Bicycle. ' Motor Cycle or aif.
\u25a0 . thing vtortii repalriae phone' Market 3544. I am the doctor. 715 14th sC
'""'\u25a0 '-''\u25a0 ' " • /
kbDAKS-^RIGTURE FRAMING Developing and Printr-r.
1 . ' " Lotvest' Prices on -Framing; and .Kodak Work, la." the city. * ".r-.-
El.'G. VALL. 2207 Flllmore st. near. Sacrameato. . J. F. KlX3lA?r
HAIQHT ST^FLQ^AL CO. & FlUmor< . St . Bear Hal3ht .
Phoned Fell i 5531. Cvt i Flowers and Floral •- Designs tor ; all , occasions.
\ ."\u25a0\u25a0 Greenhouse and *Xursery stock. Sliipplos urde.** prvm^ily executed.
? TANCY; DR V GOO DS Y . j/CBOV* CO. Wholesale and Retail.
Ladies' Silk Underwear, < Kimoaas. aad Fancy: Waists'* to 'order: and ready
made at very low prices. 2312 Flllmore n. bet. Clar and Wasolaeton.
LAUNCHES LOSE IN
RACE WITH DEATH
Three Strive to Save Chinese
Sailor Who Drowns As
Help Nears Him
Celestial's Shipmates Prostrated
by . Grief—Cannot Make
Head Against Tide ; '&;•
/ Steam launches from th« battleship
Nebraska and the cruisers "Washington
and Tennessee had an exciting race
on- the bay yesterday shortly before
noon with a drowning man as the
goal." The Tennessee's launch was
ahead, but just as H.Muejacket reached
\u25a0down to grab him the man In the
water sank and was drowned. The un
fortunate was a Chinese seaman. Lee
Kong by name, and a member of the
crew of the British steamer Gymerlc.
which Is anchored a few ship's lengths)
from the Tennessee.
Lee Fongr fell from a staginff on
which, he had been at work chipping
rust from the Gymerlc's side. A strong
flood tide was running and the man
was swept rapidly away from the
steamer. A life buoy was thrown to
him. but Instead of taking hold of it
the Celestial struggled to reach the
ship's side. The sight of their ship
mate's plight caused panic to seize
the Chinese crew of the tramp and It
was only by the use of force that the"
officers persuaded them to man and
launch the lifeboat.
The boat. In. charge of Third Officer
James Hope 'and manned by five
Chinese, followed the navy launches.
Only three of the Chinese could handle
oars and they were weeping and moan-
Ing to such an extent that the lifeboat's
headway was due more to th« tide than
to the rowers.
The lifeboat left the Gymeric about
11:30 a. m. and- when Lee FongT dis
appeared the boat was headed - back
for the Gymeric. but the Asiatic oars
men were useless, and after the tld«
had carried the boat for more than a
mile Hope managed to gprab the chain
of an anchored ship and there they
stayed until slack water. It was 3
o'clock In the afternoon before the
Itfeboat got back to the Gymeric and
then the Chinese refused to do any
more work, but devoted the rest of
j the day to bewailing the fate of their
j shipmate.
6PERATIOX CTOE3 nOBBEIt
NAPA. Feb. 21. — Charles Helnschmidt
of Orovllle, who was sent to the state
hospital for the insane while under
charges of burglary, was discharged
today, following an operation which re
lieved* his. brain of the pressure of a
bullet In his head, and which Superin
tendent E. E. Stone said cured him of
a mania for stealing. Helnschmidt had
been accidentally shot a short. ttxne be
fore* commltlng ths robbery for which
he was arrested.
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