. -:; ,l DiPLOl/lACY MAY FAIL The Transvaal Trouble Not Yet Settled. MR. A. J. BALFOUR’S Flllll SPEECH. __—__———- It Was Made to Impress Kruger and Silence Rumors of Home Dissen- sions—Aspect of the South African Crisis‘Unehang‘ed. LONDON, July 2S.——The Right Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, first lord of the treas- ury, in an address to the Midland Union Conservative association, sad that un- happily the pledges for equal rights in the 'I‘ransvaaLhmI not been fulfilled. As a consequence of this all of the difficul- ties of Grcaf Britain in the Transvaal had arisen, and upon several occasions they had nearly led to war. He earnestly hoped that England would not have to send an army there, bllt the present posi- tion could not be prolonged indefinitely. If diplomacy proved inefficient to untie the knot. other means must be found. Personally, he said, he was more sanr- guine since the new proposals of the Transvaal were laid upon proper lines. He could not think that the Transvaal would be so shortsighted as to take back with one hand what it had given with the other, but at present it would be folly to say that the difiiculties were ended. The aspect of the South African crisis has been little changed by the latest news, bllt the question seems to have ar- rived at a deadlock. The blue book just issued. which brings the history of the case down to July 23, is chiefly interest- ing as showing that the Cape ministry approved President Kruger’s latest pro- posals as adequate and that the Trans- vaal refused friendly consultation with the British government before passing and promulgating the franchise bill. It is understood that negotiations have ceased since this period between Great Britain and the Transvaal. The firm speech of Mr. A. J. Balfour. first lord of the treasury and government » leader in the house of commons, at a Conservative luncheon yesterday after-' noon, which has been the subject of much discussion in the lobbies of the house of commons, had a double object—to im- press President Kruger with the necessi- ty for further concessions and to silence the rumors of a lack of solidarity in the British cabinet on the question. "" Referred i?) it Commission: “ ’PRETORIA, July 28.—Thc raad has --referred the dynamite question to a com- mission of five members for examination In conjunction with the government. with -a view of finding a satisfactory settle- meat. ‘35“ Epidemic of Bubbles. ALBANY, July SIS—According to the statement made yesterday by Commis- sioner “'citing of the state agricultural ‘department, the worst outbreak of rab- -bie_s reported in years is now raging in I-Eric county. where people, dogs, horses and cows are suffering from the disease. Four of the victims are now domiciled at the Pasteur institute, in New York city. A large St. Bernard dog. owned by a man named Cook, residing in Albion, is re- sponsible for the spread of the disease. The stricken animal was allowed to run amuck in its wild state some 40 miles be- fore it was shot to death at Looneyville, a day or two ago. Through it the rab— bies took root in the towns of ,Derby, East Aurora, “'ales Center, Looneyville and Lancaster, all in Erie county. The disease has also made its appearance in Buffalo. W r no». a? Nevr'fiundlng Collapses. PITTSBURG, July 28.-—The new pat- tern works of the Westinghouse Electric company in course of erection at East Pittsburg, Pa., collapsed late yesterday afternoon, burying a number of work- men in the ruins. One man was killed outright, and five others were seriously injured. The building was being erected by the Shifller Bridge company, and only the structural iron was in position when the accident occurred. Ten men were at work at the time, but four escaped un- hurt. Joseph Pfister of Kingsville, Md. was on the top of the building when it collapsed, and he was crushed almost be- yond recognition. Volunteer Regiments. PLATTSBURG, N. Y., July 28.—It is rumored in army circles here that the four volunteer regiments that are first to be ready for service in the Philippines will be sent to Manila from New York city on the transports that have recently been secured by the government. The Twenty-sixth regiment, at Plattsburg Barracks, is third in the number of enlist- ments. The men here are being drilled three times daily and are fast getting in— to shape. The strength of the regiment is now 39 officers and 749 enlisted men. Tuberculosis in Morton's Herd. MATTEA\VAN. N. Y.. July 28.—The sale of err—Governor Morton's valuable herd of Guernseys at Rhineclilf is indef- initely postponed in order to give the herd a clean bill of health. An official inspection was necessary. and it has been found as the result of this inspection that a large percentage _of the animals, 50 or iii) in all, was afflicted with tuberculosis. 'Larg‘e Antimony Mine Sold. RENO. Nev“ July 2'1..—Charles L. Taylor and John M. Fulton of lieno have bought from Samuel Hunt. Orin Bennett and S. I). Thacher the largest antilno.:_'.' mine ill the United States. lhele being over 20,000,000 pounds of high grade ore in sight. The price paid is unobtainable. The mine is ill Humboldt county, about 70 miles north of \Vinnemncca. Another Trolley Victim. NEW YORK. July 28.—.\Iiss Adeline. Muller, 22 years old, a public school- teacher of 110 North Oxford street. Brooklyn. while riding a bicycle on At- lantic avenue, that borough. yesterday afternoon. was run over by a trolley car. Both of her legs were cutoff above the knees. at 1:30 o’clock this morning. Coxey Buys 21 Mill PITTSBURG. July 23.—" lsneral" Ja- cob S. Coxey has purchased the llIlld steel plant of Graft. Bennett & Co. at .‘Iillvale. near here. and will remove it to Mas-sib- lon, 0. It is his intention to erect a large open hearth steel plant at a cost of $150,- 000. ment to 300 men. ‘ Weather Probabilities; Partly cloudy today; threatening Sat- urday; light to fresh west to southwest . avinds. She died in the Brooklyn hospital - The new Works will give employ- . BURIED IN A CHAIR. a Rocker. PAW’LING, N. Y., July 28.-—One of the most extraordinary funerals that ever occurred in this section of the coun— try has been held in this village. Mrs. George S. Norton, wife of a prominent 'contractor Of this place, was buried sit- ting: in a rocking chair which for months had been her only resting place and which she requested some time before her death should accompany her to the grave. It was not alone the sentiment of her attachment to the chair that prompted her to make this "strange request. but, being a large person, she had had for a long time a dread of being crushed into an ordinary coffin, and had a horror of having the earth falling and pressing up- on her. ~ About six months ago she comnlnnicat< her fears to Richard D. Kimlin, a neigh- bor and carpenter by trade, and“ asked him to build for her a box calculated to rocking chair. For two years she had been a sufferer from heart disease, which prevented her from lying down, and her nights as well as days were consequently passed in this chair. It was not strange, therefore. that the piece of furniture. next to her husband, should become the dearest thing she knew. The box, which was made Of seasoned chestnut. 4% feet high, 6 feet long and 2 feet 9 inches wide, was made in two sections. the lower divi‘ sion being 2 feet 6 inches deep and the upper part, a cover. 2 feet high. The body. dressed in black, with a bit of white lace around the throat, sat in the rocking chair, just in the position ill which Mrs. l’orton breathed her last on Monday, with hands folded across her lap and acalm expression on her face. The box. which. with its contents, weighed 500 pounds, was fitted with casters. . , TREATMENT OF A TRAITOR. End of Hayes, “filo Proved False to llis Country In the Philippines. KANSgXS CITY, July 28.—The tragic ch‘ne which attended the death of Cor- poral Leonard B. Hayes, America’s only traitor in the Philippines, was witnessed by Sergeant George A. Lamarsh of Com- pany H, Twentieth Kansas volunteers, now in this city. Corporal Hayes, he says. became en= amored of a Filipino beauty and, desert- ing his comrades, was placed in charge of a Filipino battery with the rank of lien- tenan . He met his death almost in the first engagement ill “Shit-ll he fought against his coulitgy. Speaking of this battle. Sergeant Lainarsh said: “\Ve had charged the Filipinos, driving them back, killing and wounding many. Among the wounded left on the field we found Hayes. He was recognized by several of the boys. One of the soldiers of the Second Oregon drove his bayonet through the body of the wounded traitor and lifted him above his head and held him there while the soldiers shot at him. ’The body was thrown into a trench and buried with several dead Filipinos. ‘Ve would have treated him worse if we had known him." Hayes was a corporal in Company I, First Colorado volunteers. BASEBALL SCORES. Results of Yesterday’s Games In the National League. At St. Louis— St.'Louls .......... 000000201—3 Brooklyn ......... 0 4 2 3 0 3 0 0 0—12 Hits—St. Louis, 7: Brooklyn, 16. Errors ——St. Louis, 3; Brooklyn, 2. Batteries— Donlin, Powell and Criger; McJames and McGuire. At Cincinnati— Clncinnati ........ 0 0 1 0 New York ......... 1 0 0 0 Hits—Cincinnati, 12; New York, 7. Er- rors—Cincinnati, 2; New York, 2.. Bat- teries—Hahn and Peitz; Meekln and War- ner. f 1 10 6—9 I 00 0 2 At Chicago— Chicago .......... 20110320*—9 Philadelphia. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—1 Hits—Chicago, 12; Philadelphia, 7. Er- rors—Chicago, 3; Philadelphia, 4. Bat- teries—Callahan and Chance; Magee and Douglass. At Baltimore— Baltimore ........ 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 ‘—8 Cleveland ........ 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1—5 Hits—Baltimore. 13; Cleveland, 13. Er— rors—Baltimore. 3; Cleveland. 2. Batteries ——McGinlty, Howell and Robinson; Knep- per and Sugden. Second game— Baltlmore ........ 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 *—9 Cleveland ........ 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0—4 Hits—Baltimore. 13; Cleveland, 7. Er- rors—Baltlmore. 2; Cleveland, 4. Batteries —Hill and Robinson; Colllflower and Schreckengost. At Louisville—— Louisville ........ 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1—4 Boston ............ 021000000—3 Hits—Louisville. 12: Boston, 9 Errors— Louisville, 1: Boston, 2. Batteries— Dowling, Philippi and Powers; Nichols and Clarke. Second game— ' Louisville ............ 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0—6 Boston ............... 20010011—5 Hits—Louisville, 12; Boston, 15. Errors —I.ouisville, 0; Boston, 2. Batteries—Cun- ningham and Zimmer; Lewis and Clarke. Table of Percentages. W. L. P. C. Brooklyn ...................... 58 26 .690 Boston ......................... 52 33 .612 St. Louis ....................... 49 34 .590 Philadelphia. .................. 49 35 .580 Baltimore ...... . ................ 48 35 .57. Chicago ........................ 46 37 .554 Pittsburg ...................... 42 42 .500 Cincinnati ..................... 42 42 .500 New York ...................... 35 47 .427 Louisville ...................... 35 47 .427 Washington ................... 31 55 .360 Cleveland ...................... 15 70 .177 CONDENSED DISPATCHES. L'iirge copper deposits have been found in northern California. General Alger and Mrs. Alger went to New England for a two weeks‘ stay. Youngstown (0.) iron workers accepted an advance in wages and ended a strike. An overwhelming majority of votes for Australian federation was cast in Vic- toria. The striking ore handlers at Ashtabnla, 0.. won their fight and went back to work. Andrew Carnegie olfered $50,000 con- Hlitionally for a public library at San , illego, Cal. i Mrs. William Y. “Perot of Baltimore. .charged with abducting her daughter, was arrested at Liverpool. Kansas girls formed a club, agreeing to marry no man not a member of the i Twentieth Kansas regiment. i B. H.‘ Howell, the American oarsman, . won the \Vingfield silver sculls and the I amateur championship of the Thames. 1 Adolph Luetgert, the Chicago sausage E maker imprisoned for the murder of his wife, was found dead in his cell at Joliet, llls. . i A Novel Funeral—Collin Made. to Fit 4 hold her body as it sat in the favorite I. I llarll lo Exfllfih If This Had Occurred Any- where Else Than Nor- walk Our Readers Might Doubt It, It’s hard to explain how the public can continue to doubt in the face of such evidence. If this were published anywhere than in Norwalk if the state- ment given below went -the rounds of the press readers in Boston or New Orleans might doubt it». But It’s very difierent when the testimony . given comes from a friend perhaps a neigh- bor. It is public expression of a local citizen and can be easily investigated. Mr. A. C. White, Hatter of 47 River St.. says: “Mrs. White was so bad with headache that she could not at- tend the most trivml household duties, and on more than one occasion she was confined to her bed. Doan’s Kidney Pills came to her notice through read- ing the papers and thinking they might help her she went to Hale’s (now Glen- denings & Co. ’s) drug store and got a box. Although pretty bad at. the time, the pills took right hold and she pull- ed through the attack. Without giylng up completelyasomethlng she could not do before using Doau’s Kidney Pills. We can both recommend Dean’sKidney Pills; she from experience, J from 0b— servatiou. Doan’s Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers; price 50 cents a box. Mailed on receipt of price by .Foster-Milburu 00., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name—Dean’s—aud’ take no other. DEFICIENCIES PAID. Joint Meeting of the School Visitors and Select- men. A joint. meeting of the School Visit- ors and Selectmen, to appropriate money to pay the various school dis‘ trict deficiencies, was held Tuesday evening. The East. Norwalk district reported an appropriation of $7,500 and an ex- penditure of $7,518.28, leaving a defi- ciency of $18.23. This was ordered paid. . South Norwa‘k Union school district reported an appropriation of $18,030 and an expenditure for all purposes of $18,295.13, leaving a. deficiency of $265.13. It was ordered paid. Til 3 major portion of the deficiency was in teachers’ salaries. $249.50. There was a. surplus of one cent in the account for janitors, the figures standing: Appro- priations, $1,230; expenditures. $1,279- 99. There was a surplus of $28.25 in the stationery account, but a deficiency of $47.50 in another department. Several districts had a small surplus. The Over River district was credited with a. surplus of about $100. SCATTEREO 'Tl-IE CROWD. Constable Ladrigan Puts aCrowd' of Toughs to Flight. About ten or fifteen young, tonghs who came up from New YOI‘K on an ex- cursion boat to Columbus grove Mou- day, walked over to Rowayton and made nuisances of themselves. Cou- st-able Ladrigan heard of their actions and jumped into his wagon and started after them. He found them amusing themselves by trying to stone out the glass in the lamp post in front of the residence of Captain Smith. Bespoke to the ringleader and received an in- sulting reply. Quick as a flash Ladri- gan jumped from his wagon and dealt the tough a blow in the face. In a. second there was a. lively scrap in pro- gress, but. although the constable has but one arm he soon had the entire party in flight towards their steam- boat. ‘-A ‘ Tried Next Monday. The case of Scobell, the keeper of the elder mill in Darien, which was raided a. few weeks ago, by the Law and Order League, a at which has been postponed once or twice, will come up for trial next Monday, according to the present arrangement. . 4“ ‘w Insurance Officers Reelected. At the annual meeting of the, Not- walk Fire Insurance company, held in the offices of Cowles &Merrill on Wed- nesday, the old Officers and board of directors were reelected. Major Fitch has ordered a battalion drill of D and F companies at the Arm- ory on ‘August 18th, at which time Captain Coates. regimental adjutant, will conduct guard mount. fi‘ I ZLEBRATED S BLOOD a f full of vitality ”23’ comes from the use of Hostet- ter‘s Stomach Bitters. It cures Dyhpepsla indigestion, and constipa- tion. See that: a. “PrivateRPV euue Stamp” covers the 3 Blif-“l-‘EHRS m ck of every bottle. l" g I p Received for Premiums From all other Sources 3’ For all other Accounts Policly Reserves, etc.,' SAMUEL D. Bannock RICHARD A MOCUBDI J AMES 0. HOLDEN HEBMANN C. VON Poss WILLIAM J. SEWELL ' OLIVER BARRIMAR ROBERT OLYPHAN!’ GEononF. BAKER DC-LLEY Oncor'r \ . WILLIAM J. EASTUN, Secretary. OF NEW YORK. I‘i INCOME. O O O ASSETS. Contingent Guarantee Funh, . . . . -- . . Divisible Surplus . . . . . insurance and Annuities in Force . . FREDEBIo CROMWELL J ULIEN T. DAVIEs A. N. WATERHOUSE CHARLES R. HENDERSON RUFUS W. PEOKHAM J. HOBART HERRIOK WM. 1’. DIXON ROBERT A. GRANNIss GnoaaE G. HAVEN ISAAC I5". LLOYD, 2d Vice-President JOHN A. FONDA. Assistant Treasurer WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier. JOHN TATLOCK, JIL, Assistant Actuary. WILLIAM W . RICHARDS, Comptroller. CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller. 0 OLD! FORD GRE’I‘SII‘. GER, Aegistant Auditor. JOHN C. ELLIO I‘, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. E 3 W ARD LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor. ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D' ’1 STUYVESANT FISH l O DISK URSEMENTS. To Policyaholders for Claims by Death . . To Policy's-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. United States Bonds and other Securities . First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage . V . Loans on Bonds and other Securities, . Real Estate, appraised by Insurance Superintendents at $23,534,826.88: Book Value . . Cash in Banks and Trust Companies . . Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . HENRY H. ROGERS Jim. W A‘JOHINOLOSG THEODORE MORFOBD WILLIAM BABCOOK AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD CHARLES E. MILLER WALTER R. GILLETTE H. WALTER W EBB WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. DUE“ du—P. BRECK, Correspon ‘ing Secretm, lHMUlUlLllE INSURANCE EllMPAN.‘ RIGHARD A... McGUBDY, President. According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York. LIAIILITIES. O From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as new: — 2 .4? Statement fol he Year Ellding Dec. 31,08. . l /‘\ ,.._.~—.,r~,.».._’-«_.. . .. 542,318,749 5! 19,687,880 92 $55,006,629 43 5 1 3,265,908 00 x 1.485.751 35 W L535r345r038 88 $160,956,141 33 68,503,580 90 ' if 9.396.619 oo "20,604,649 61 11,621,377 36 $277,517,325 36 133,058,640 68 ' . 42.238,684 68 $2,220,000 00 277, 1 .32 6 $971,711,997 79 lhavo carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct liabilities “calculated by the Insurance Department. _ CHARLES A. PRELLER, Audito: Board. of Trustees- ADRIAN ISELIN J ii GEORGE S. Bownon. WILLIAM C. Warner WILLIAM BOOKErELLI-L JAMES N. JABVIE CHAS D. Dxcxsr J3 ELBRIDGE T. GERRY J AMEB SPEYER, ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President. J _ ALBERT KLAMHUTH, Assistan Secretary '2 FBEDERIC CROMW ELL, Treasurer. EMORY MOCLINTOCK, Actuary. MEDICAL DIRECTORS: G. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting. GRANVILLE M. WHITE, M D A... E. @AME, Local Argent. JAMES TIMI. SON. 2d Assistant Treasure . EDWARD I'. hULDEN, Assistant Cashier. arduous c crooner, conceal Agents
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