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The San Francisco call., 1903-09-30

37l-3 HATGHT ST. Mr.. WEBSTER.
T-hree-storF building. arranged IN mats OF
Is and 10 rooms and bath each. renting Tor $40
per month. l0t 25xl20 10 rear street; 5000
mortgage can remain III desired.
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Net amount OF Risks
written during the
year --.-- o.
Net amount of Risks
expired during the
year ...............
Net amount in force
December 81 1902. .
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INCOME.


Net cash actually received for
Fire premiums ................
Received for interest on Bonds
and Mortgages .-............-...
Received for interest and dividends
on Bonds, Stocks. Loans and
from all other sources. .........
Received for Rents. s........s.......
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ROOMS AND BOARD.

ELEGANT large sunny alc9ve room; also an
other; gas, bath, running water; hrst-class
board; private family; no children; phone.
1924 Golden Gate ave.
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EXPENDITTRES

Net amount paid for Fire Losses
Including $3.50. .274 50. losses OF
previous years) .................
Dividends to Stockholders. ........
Paid or allowed for Commission
or Brokerage .............
Paid for Salaries. Fees and other
charges for officers. clerks. etc.
Paid for State, National and Local
taxes ............-. .-...........-..
All other payments and expendi-
Total Expenditures ......
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- GTFRRER0 =. -. -.

Fine g-srorv bsv-uInd0w residence OF
r1enls and baths large sunny l1t, 5aElOO; NOR
gaze of 5000 can remain II desired
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also publish a monthly catalogue giving
particulars Of ali classes OF property for sale
IN al parts OF the city. Send for one.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-30

Risks and Premiums
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-30

ll.CL 7 ,.
Real Estate owned by COMPANY e..
Loans on Bonds and MORTGAGES.
Cash Market Value OF all Stocks
and Bonds owned BY Company. &.
Amount OF Ions secured by
pledge or Bonds. Stocks and
collateral . ..
Cash in COmpany's office. ...
Cash in Banks. ks.........-. ......
Interest due and accrued on all
Stocks and Loans. s.......
Interest due and accrued on
Bonds and Mortgages.
Premiums IN due course OF Col
lection
Rents due and accrued.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

Sixty thousand Butchered.

With the arrival of new and sensa-
tlola reports OF the wholesale mas
sacre OF Christians in Macedonia, the
situation in Sofia is becoming more
alarming. Ii the later messages which
state that 10000 Bulgarians have been
slaughtered In the districts OF Okryda
ana Leren. shall be confirmed, no
doubt exists that the government will.
be forced To order the mobilization OF
the army immediately.
According TO information brought by
4 courier TO the revolutionary paper.
Autononiye. Il force OF .Albanians
massed by the Turkish regular forces
acting under orders direct from Yil-
dlz kiosh. massacred the entire Bull
garian Christian population OF the
Okryda and Leren districts.
Fearful descriptions are given OF the
sights seen there. the soldiers slaugh-
terlng men. women and children in
every direction displaying Il barbarism
never before witnessed
Tile number az Killed is not stated
I'm the cOurier's dispatches. but. ac-
cording 10 reports from other sources.
the total number of the victims will
reach 10000.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17
The Pop~'s sisters.

The three sisters OF Pope Plus y
who lived with him in Venice and who
arrived Monday. have not found in
Rome quite what they expected. NOT
that they had any formulated desires.
Dut the sisters thought that they could
NOT fail 70 he certain of reSuming their
intimate relations with ne poliff. while
To thelr unaccustomad eyes all IL for
rlli'y. They shrunk from the curious
Chances east nj Them this morning
when they went all over Rome. The
sisters. however could see no beauty
in the ruins. having scarcely heard Of
them. What they liked best were the
electric street cars and the new wide
streets. 50 different from the narrow
lanes of Venice.
In the convent where the pOpe's sis
ters are stopping they are treated with
great respect and attention. having
their meals in their own dining room
ana not being allowed to do anything
for themselves
Speaking of the Vatican. one of the
sisters said:
How big il is. Beppi should not feel
he l. prisoner. But. how he can be
bothered with all these soldiers and
officials We cannot see"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

THE MICHIGAN NEWS
Showing What's Doing In oil Sections Of the State
A New Church.

On sunday there was dedicated tn
Battle Greek unique church and So
ciety. and ordained as pastor man
with a remarkable career, whose
marked personality promises to bring
him 10 the front az a leader in new
Independent religious movement. The
man is Rev Charles |. Clapp, who has
built, entirely at his own expense,
church building In the midst of the
worklngmen'; section OF the city. This
rev denomination has been christened
The Church of the Largest Hope.
Rev, Mr.. Clapp is II Battle Creek boy.
having been bern in this city May -,
1850 His family Is one of the Oldest,
wealthiest and most highly respected
in THE city. When young he belonged
10 the fast ser of young men. and
in time became 4 hard driuker and
very diSsipated The death of one Of
his own set of fast companions. who
had experienced religion and who died
in the presence Of Mr.. Clnpp express
sing joy, comfort and happiness In his
faith. completely changed Clapp. and
he joined the Methodist church and be-
gan Bible study. Clapp's change was
So sudden. 50 complete and so sincere,
that il created a great sensation
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17
a New Industry

II now looks as though the ruins
of the Benton Harbor sugar beet fac
tory. which was dSmantled in order
10 remove the machinery. would again
be utilized in the near future by IA
new industry about to he established
by the Baker Nawter Co., which is
moving TO the Harbor from Chicago.
This company has secured I'm option
on the sugar factory site for new
furniture and school supply factory. it
is stated. but the officials of the com
pany refuse to give out definite in
formation as to what they will use the
site for II they secure 1t. The reason
given by this company for moving is
to avoid labor troubles in Chicago.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

Five men. all of East Jordan. werr
drowned in PMe lake Saturday. even
ing In collision between the steam
Faeht Pilgrim ANA naphtha launch.
The Pilgrim plies regularly on Pine
lake. between East Jordan and Char
.eyoiX. When about half mile from
shore the Pilgrim rim down u launch
containing th'rtcen men returning
rom a ball game at Harbor Springs.
Fhe occupants Of the small boat were
thrown into the water ana. although
the yacht laid tD and began II search
FOR tie drowning men. only eight of
the thir-eeeu men were saved. Ii il
said the launch showed no lights until
just lefOre II was s'rlck by the Pill
-rin. Everything was done to rescue
The men. but despite every effort i've
were drowned
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17
Grenf Cranberry Cran.

The season for cranberries, which is
about TO open. will be one OF the great
est known in years. Within few
miles Of st. Joseph is one of the largest
and most productive cranberry marsh
es in Michigan. 1t Is estimated that it
will yield nearly 5000 bushels this
year and the harvest will begin in Il
week With the harvest ut its hight 800
pickerS will be needed and many will
be imported TO the fields. Through the
scarcity of the cranberry the market
price holds high This year the entire
crop has been contracted for ut $11
per barrel.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

President Roosevelt has been invited
to the unwilling Of a monument erected
TO the memory OF the late President
Mckinley on the battle ground of An
rletam. The monument is located on
the spot where Maj. Mckinley stopped
To eat his supper on the night following
the great battle.
After wandering around the globe
for IL years. forgetting even his birth
place and the names OF his parents
from whom he had been kidnapped
when Z years old. Marcus Heehtman.
now % years old. walked into the store
OF his father Mt Portland. Ore, and
waa recognised by the aged nan,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17
Detroit 10 Lake Michigan.

Judge A. J. Mills. Of Kalamazoo. OF
The Michigan Traction Co. announced
that direct traction line between
Gull lake and Kalamazoo will be built
through next spring. The South Haven
q KALAMAZOO line right of way Is now
complete, and construction will conl-
mence next spring. When finished this
will give through electric line connec-
lions between Detroit and Lake Michl-
gan.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17
CONDENSED NEWS.

sum Parks Dor union I'm New
York has been suspended by Interna-
ti0nal President Frank Buchanan. -
Olga Roosevelt. cousin Of the presV-
dent. has become heiress TO $2oOOOO
left by Lorenzo q. Woodhousc In New
York.
Assault on Il 4-year-old negro girl
by Robert Gunnels. white. ut West
Greenville. $. C.. came near ending In
n, lynchlno at the hands Of incensed
blacks.
With a birthday present gun, Stewart
Johnson. aged 13, shot and killed his
sister. Mabel. aged 16, at Chicago. The
bullet pierced her heart and the lad Is
almost craZed with grief.
A modest hero, Geo. Lane, grabbed
up three children in the street in New
York and saved them from death un-
der the feet of runaway horse. but
was fatally hurt, his skull being
crushed
Wholesale mutlny is threatened by
sailors OH the United States cruiser
Kearsarge. which reached New York
with 100 men imprisoned because or
mutinous conduct They have rechris-
tened the batteship the 'Cursehard.
T.. s. Senator Simmons father, aged
~ was found foully murdered by be-
ing shot several times with shotgun
and thrown into the river near Pol
louisville. Jones county, y. g. Ii Is
supposed he was slain by some tres
passing hunter.
BY clipping with n liveryman, Miss
Cloyetta Brownlow. daughter of the
congressman at Bristol Tenn, las
created sensation. The young lady
was a favorite in Washington social =
circles during the past season, when I
she made ne: deblt.
Doctored ice cream poisoned more
that 90 tourists in Colorado Springs
and Manitou, Col, several of them
critically so. The cream. which was
the basis Of the dish, sent from IA big
dairy near Denver. was charged with
formaldehyde Arrests will be made.
An airship about 80 feet long and
conta lining two men passed over In
dianapois Sunday afternoon. 1t cir
cled over the southern part OF the
city at Il hight of 100 feet and disap-
peared In an easterIy direction. Sew
eral hundred people watched 1t, many
of them with field glasses.
Counterfeting in state prison has
been discovered at the East Pennsyl-
yauia institution at Philadelphia The
discovery was made several days ago
and United States secret service Of
ficals are trying TO find out whether
there was collision between the con-
yicts and employees of the institution
Dimes. quarters and half dollars were
the coins manufactured.
Henry II. Rogers, the Standard OIL
magnate was captured by process
server after three days hunt at New
Bedford Mass. and compelled 10 APP
pear i'm court to testify in the case OF
Torrey Wardner. former managing edi-
tor of the Boston Traveller. against Al
bet c. Burrage for $4,000 for services.
Mr.. Rogers is expected TO tell things
under oath which will disclose the al
legged use of Standard Oil money in
Mnssa chusetts politics and gas fran
chise deals.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

The first step towards the beginning
Of Il suit by the United States govern
ment against the city OF Snult Ste
Marie. Mich TO recover damages for
the loss of the barracks at Fort Brady
January ) last. Ivy lire. is the presenta-
ton OF ciaim Cor SGS.j 03 2l The
government had Il contract with the
city for the maintenance Of II supply
of water in the fort II; II pressure Of
~ 10 30 pounds. ana It is asserted thar
on the night OF the fire practically no
water was obtainnbe, otherwise the
BARRACKS would not have been de-
stroyed The council Will diSallow the
claim aud the government will sue
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

a desperate, Lewellyn Felker. the
most dangerous OF the six prisoners
who escaped from the county jail at
Butte. Mont. August u. walked into
the sheriffs office Sunday night and
gave himself up.
For attempting suicide. having stab
bed himself five times with an ice pick.
Chas. drumming was taken TO court i'm
New YORK. He overpowered the po-
liceman and rushed out on the eleva ted
railway station. where. after a fight
with the guards. who sought TO re-
strain him, he threw himself undev
. traln and was literally cut to pieces
before hundreds of spectators,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

\ castle which is believed TO have
existed 400 years before Christ has
been brought To light near Casscl, Ger
many.
American Negroes Will hold a cor
vcntion in Brooklyn OF October | and
FOR the purpose Of organizing a
permanent national organization
which viii provide for the uplifting If
the Negro race along all lines"
Because several members OF the VI
f.. church ut MiShawaka acted rs spies
during the carnival There. causing the
arrest of many liquor men and gam
blers, personal violence has been
threat tened them by the accused
The German sergeant recently ar
rested at Metz with six privates for
selling two bombs, with newly pat
ented fuse attached. 10 French
agent, has confessed that he was to
receive $500 for reasonable conduct
An auto dropped through bridge
over the Erie canal at Syracuse. car
rying DIR. John G.. Lyman, the owner,
and w. T. Rynard into the water. 4.
W. Brand jumped into the canal with
an injured leg. The other two swan
ashore and rescued Brand. All three
are wealthy New York clubmen.
The body Of the Blackfoot Chief
White Calf. who died at Washington
last February, has been stolen from
the burial house of the tribe near
Great Falls. Mont. White Calf was 80
years old and the great war chief Of
his tribe before no became friendly To
the whites. 1t is believed his body
was stolen by curio hunters
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

NEWS OF THE WORLD
Brief Chronicle Of Ill Important Happenings
Turkish Barbarity.

The horrors Of the Turkish campaign
against the Macedonians are revealed
III private advices from Monastr Since
the arriyal OF Hilmi Pasha. from
whom much was expected by the
Christians. the most brutal excesses
have been committed.
The Turkish soldiers assault young
girls In the presence of their parents,
and men stop funeral professions to
strip the corpses of the new clothes
In which, according to the Macedon-
ian custom, they are dressed. The
priests yestments are seized, affairs
robbed, and the plumber sold openly.
the officers apparently consenting.
The people i'm the district of Neles
are reported to be in terrible condi-
zion. Nearly all their villages have
been plundered and destroyed. The
old men. women and children were
brntally logged by the soldiers. and
many were Killed. the bashi-baZouks
leaving the bodies unburied.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17
boys broke Jail.

Walter Chambers and Robert Espy.
the Juvenile burglars who confessed
having entered the confectionery store
of James Basso. of Niles. when they
carried away $50, made their escape
from the city hail Someone had Snug
gled hatchct TO them. and they dug
tunnel under the door Of their cell.
Chambers. who is over Ii years of age.
WAS 10 have been held TO the circuit
court for trial, but Espey. being under
that age. was to have been sent TO the
re Orm school
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17
Rohhed nj g3 900.

While Frank Battle, engineer Of the
Sassar and Owendale branch. was
making the run on an excursion train.
his rooms over Olin x Sons drug
store, at Caro- were entered, Il dinkey
safe blown open and $500 taken. No
clue, Bailey owns the store and this
money was what he received for one
he had just sold. His intention was to
run one more year. take his accumula-
tons, buy homestead in Canada, and
take life easy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17
Telephone Rss~s Soar.

~ recent meeting of the directors
of the Citizens Telephone Co, of Bat
lie Creek. it was decided TO advances
the rates 10 the maximum limit al
loved under the company's present
franchise. The present rate Is $40 for
IA residence and $50 for business
phones. The new rate. which will taks
effect January |, will be $24 for resi-
dence and $50 for business telephones.
The company begins next Monday to
install its new automatic system ana
expects to have everything ready for
operation within few weeks.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17
second crop Strawberries

Stra wberrics are an unusual crop to
have OH the market at this season of
the year. but Berren county is not to
be denied and Fred Runge. of Royal
ton township, is now picking his see
ond crop for this season and brought
a ease of luscious berries 10 this city.
The berries were sold in hurry at
- cents per quart.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17
Light whent Crop.

According 10 the monthly crop re-
port. the average yield Of wheat for
the state will be III bushels to the acre.
Oats will average 81 bushels. The
weather during August was favorable
for corn, but warm dry weather is
needed. however, to rlpen the crop be-
fore frosts. The condition OF the crop
will average "a per cent OF a normal
crop. Beans Will average so and po-
tatoes 80 per cent.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17
September Straub berries

VIII Granger. n berry grower living
few miles from Benton Harbor.
shipped two cases of fine stra wberrier
To Chicago ana received - cents
quart The berries are of the Haviland
variety ana local growers will make
an effort 20 grow IL September crop of
s.riwbtrries on large scale next
~ .ir
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

Kerosene oil has risen again The
consumers might play even by going
back to tallow candles were IL not
Tor the melancholy fact that the
packing house combine has the tallow
cornered
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17
ATTACHMENTS IN DETROIT

WttK tHuIHK sept. To,
DETROIT OPERA HoUsE-"Mrs. lie Moyne"-
Saturday Matinee at ,; Evenings ats.
LYCEuM THEATER- Tess of the D'Urbervilles"
Sat Matinee 2oc Evenings loo 25c, SOC, 75c-
WHITNEY THEATER- AT Cripple Creek
Matinee lOc loo and sc; Eve lOc. zoe and 3Oc
TEMPLE THEATEa AND WoNDERLAND-After-
moons .:l1, lOc to 2oc; Evenings 5:lo. loo TO QUO
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

Manager Robert Grau certainly has
courage Of two kinds to offer to- Mne.
Mary Anderson de Navarro 1925 900
for series OF $50 readings in the
United States, from Shakspere and
other poets.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

The Berlin royal academy Is aston
ished at the mental force OF Prof
Mommsen the historian, who recently
cad a paper on the inscriptions found
among the ruins OF Baalbek. Syria
md YET he is only Is years old.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

A boy is never 50 happy as when
the family is moving and he can
walk through the streets to his new
house wearing a chair on his head
That's the only way most boys can
ait on a chair
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

Many legs were broken by the col
lapse OF grand stand containing I.5OO,
people witnessing the sham battle OF
L. :. regulars at the Leavenworth
reservation. Three Of the "a badly in
jured will die.
FIR. Lochman, pastor OF Our Lady or
Lourdes church. the English-speaki king
Roman Catholic congregati on OF Mari
nette. Wis. has made the announces.
ment from the pulpit that any boy oc
girl i'm the parochisl school keeping
company" will be Immediately ex.
PEELED. and they attend any dancev
during me sehoo, year they will sufrer
the same puaishmenA
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17
Special session of Congress.

After mltlr eonSidera ton and con
sultation in person and by mail with
members of both of the senate and
house Of representatives. President
Roosevelt has abandoned the sugges-
ton that congress he called into eX-
traordinary session in October The ex-
traordinary session. which he announc-
ed many months ago would be held
this fall. Will be called according to
present plans ON November .. which
was the date tentatively fixed some
time ago. Ii Is expected that the form
al call for the session will not be is
sued until after the president shall
have returned to Washington.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

Sir Thomas Liptons pursuit Of the
cup ia proof that the race for dollars
IL not the only incentive Of life. One
may race TO lose EN- and have lots
OF fun
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

Two more American heiresses. Miss
May Goelet and Miss Gladys Deacon,
are to become the wives OF English
iIkes in the near future. IT, simply
wonderful how the supply Of English
ysEkes holds out
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

Stock IN the company that Is to
publish the new women's paper in
New York is now offered TO the pub
iIc. Have you any money that IL
would not inconvenience you TO lose,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

here. and yet whenever the average
man wants to express recordbreaking
speeds he says. for instance, He was
Going il 2:40."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

IN the course OF instruction at the
projected college of journalism the
functions of that useful animal. the
Office cat, should be clearly and &C
curately defined
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

When a rich old man marries
young wife and expects her to keep
ais memory green later on he is the
victim Of homemade green goods
game.-Chicago News
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

The zebrula is to replace the army
mule because il is immune To the bite
OF the tsetse fly. But has the zebrula
catered the ring yet with the Jersey
mosquito?
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

The runaway marriage OF Lillian
Russells daughter has served among
other things to recall the inquiry once
made by perplexed philosopher:
why do people marry Lillian Rus.
gell2"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

The price OF coal is not likely to
@ 90 any higher because it is now sat.
isPactory To ;the producers. or course
the consumers have nothing to say
about it
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

At no time does a man have a great
ar respect for womankind than when
MS daughter gives him points on the
way TO hold her baby.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

we note the headline, Cop Went
on a Tear" in the New York Sun
which used to be noted for It's correct,
though always vigorous. English.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

Newport society is now going to en-
pIoy Ministries to amuse it, Even
monkeys, tigers and dOnkeys begin TO
pal after awhile
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

Recent portraits OF Pitcher RUDE
Waddell seem TO Justify the action
of the Philadelphia club in releasing
him.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

No mans ignorance ever prevented
him from giving advice.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

How time does fly The young
Jockey who rode the winner Of the
great Futurity race at Sheepshead bay
i3 named Grover Cleveland Fuller.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

Ever remark, asks the Atchison
Globe. that those who become noted
n the world are hard working psopisf
Well, there's HARRY L>shr.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

The genius that devised the wire
less telegraph will find a way to keep
the messages from being pied" while
Ia the air
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-17

rt he could borrow a Yankee crew
aud a Yankee yacht builder Sir
Thomas might be tempted to try
again.