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RETURN OFWELLMAN

Successful Explorations Made
In Franz Josef Land.

MANY NEW ISLANDS DISCOVERED.

The Party Had Hopes of Reaching
the Pole, but a. Succession of
Disasters Forced Them
to Turn Back.

TROMSO, Island of Tromso, Nor—
way, Aug. 18.—Wa1ter Wellman and the
survivors of the polar expedition led by
him arrived here last evening on the
steamer Capella, having successfully
completed their explorations in Franz
Josef Land.

Mr. Wellman has discovered important
new lands and many islands.

 

 

 

The expedition brings a grim story or

arctic tragedy. In the autumn of 1898
an outpost called Fort _McKinley was
established i: latitude 81. It was a
house built of rocks and roofed over with
walrus hide. Two Norwegians, Paul
Bjoervig and Bert Bentzen, the latter of
whom was with Nansen on the Fram, re-
mained there.

The main party wintercd in a canvas
covered hut called Harmsworth House,
at Cape Tegethoff, on the southern point
of Hall’s island, latitude 80.

_ About the‘middle of February, before
the rise of the sun to its winter height,

Mr. Wellman, with 3 Norwegians and 45

dogs, started north. It was the earliest
. sledge journey on record in that high lati-

tude. .\

On reaching Fort McKinley Mr.
Wellman found Bentzen dead, but Bjoer-
vig, according to promise, had kept the
body in the house, sleeping beside it
through two months of arctic darkness.
Notwithstanding his terrible experience,
the surviv r was safe and cheerful.

Pushing northward through rough ice
and severe storms, with a continuous tem—
perature for ten days between 40 and

. 50 degrees below zero, the party found
new lands north of Freedom island,
where Nansen landed in 1895.

By the middle of March all hands were
coufident of reaching latitude 87 or 88,
if not the pole itself.

Then began a succession of disasters.
Mr. W'ellman, while leading the party,
fell into a snow covered crevasse, seri-
ously injuring one of his legs and com-
polling a retreat.

’1?‘>so days later the party was roused at
midnight by an icequake under them due
to pressure. In a few moments many
dogs were crushed and the sledges de-
5 'oyed. The members of the expedition
narrowly escaped with their lives, though
they managed to save their precious
sleeping bags and some dogs and pro-
vIs'Ions.

03 Mr. IVellman’s condition becoming
alarming. as inflammation set in, the
brave Norwegians dragged him on a
sledge. .- by forced marches, nearly 200
niiiéaj’i’o headquarters, arriving there ear—
ly'l'ast April.

Mr. \‘l'ellman is still unable to walk
and will probably be permanently crip-
pied.

After reaching headquarters other
members of the expedition explored re-
gions hitherto unknown, and important
scientific work was done by'Lieutenant
Evelyn B. Baldwin of the United States
weather bureau, Dr. Edward Hofman of
Grand Haven, Mich., and Mr. A. Har-
land of the United States coast survey.

The expedition killed 47 bears and
many walruses. "

The Capella arrived at Cape Teget—
hoff in search of the expedition on July
27 last. On Aug. 9 she met the Stella
Polar, bearing the expedition headed by
Prince Luigi, duke Of Abruzzi, which
had sailed from Archangel to reconnoi-
fer northwest of Franz Josef Land and
to meet, if possible, the Wellman expedi-
tion. .

Mr. Wellman and his companions
found no trace in Franz Josef Land of
the missing aeronaut, Professor Andree.
The Wellman expedition, headed by Mr.
Walter \Vellman, an American newspa-
per man who had already passed eight
months in the arctic regions, left Trom-
so on June 26, 1898.

The Strikers Parade.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 18.—There was
a” parade of the street railroad strik-
ers and their sympathizers last night.

 

and 2,000 or 3,000 men turned out. As 5

the procession was disbanding cars on?
’ pita] ship Relief, belonging to the med-

the Big Consoldiated lines were jeered
at. Then a few stones were thrown by
hoodlums without doing any damage.
The police tried to arrest the stone
throwers, but failed, and finally the
crowd was dispersed by a labor leader,
who made a speech in which he advised
against violence.

Negro Assaults Two Whites.

MACON, Ga., Aug. 18.—A special to
The Telegraph from Bainbridge, Ga.,
says: “John Clark and \Villiam Love.
two prominent white farmers near here,
were assaulted by a negro yesterday
while searching for their hogs in a
swamp. Clark was clubbed to death and

...._____...._.- .

Love will hardly recover, but he was.
able to give the negro’s name as Noah -
; department yesterday awarded the con-
: tract for the six electric cranes for the

lit-Rae. The negro is being pursued.”

Cuban Troops Coming Home.

\\’A,SIIINGT()N. Aug. 18.—-Unitcd
States troops now serving in Cuba are
to. be brought to the United States for
the purpose of giving the men a change
of climate and an opportunity to recu-
perate. All the regiments will not be
brought home at once, but arrangenmnts
will be made so that a battalion of the
different organizations will be absent at
one time. ~

Forest Fires In Northern New York.

VVA'I‘EL‘.TO\VN, N. Y., Aug. 18.—A
large portion of northern New York, in-
cluding the counties of Jefferson, St.
Lawrence and Lewis, is being swept by
forest fires that have already destroyed
thousands of dollars’ worth of timber
and threaten to do more serious damage
unless quenched by a heavy rain.

Patrons of industry.

S'ARATOGA, Aug. 18.—Several thou-
sand of the county l’atrons of Industry
held their'annua‘. gathering at Saratoga
la‘lie yesterday. They were addressed by
(ax-State Superintendent of Public In-
struction I'eil Gilmour of Bullstou Spa

and D. A. Lockwood or Mechanicville.
Accepts a Chair at Amherst.

HARRISBURG, Pm, Aug. 18.——State

 

Economic Zoologist Fernand has ten-,

dered his resignation to take effect Sept,
1,‘ be having accepted a chair at Amherst
college. He will he succeeded by B. 1‘,
hiacCarthy of. J eflferson county.

TO BOOM VAN WYCK.

¢iratheI-lng' of Democrats In New York

 

City to Make Plans. 1
NEW YORK, Aug. 18.-—The Times
today says:

“Democrats interested in the nomina-
tion of Judge .Augustus Van IVka for
president are gathering at the Hoffman
House, it having been decided to hold the
conference there instead of at Saratoga.
Joseph J. Willett of Anniston, Ala., who
proposed Van Wyck’s name at the Tam-
many Fourth of July celebration and
who since has been his most conspicuous
advocate, was an early. arrival. "Mr.
Willett registered at the Hoffman House
and soon afterward gave out an inter-
view, in which he said: /

“ ‘The movement for Judge Van Wyck
is not a Tammany movement. We are
for Van Wyck because he is a clean man
and a broad man. There is.nothing nar-
row or sectional about him. He was
born in the south, he was educated in
New York, he lives in New York. As to
Tammany’s not being for him, it is a
historic fact that Tammany has not pick-
ed the winner in a presidential campaign
in 25 years. The fact that Tammany
does not indorsc Judge Van Wyck would
help him outside of New York. The
people of the south never have taken
much stock in Tammany, and the‘ or-
ganization has generally opposed the can-
didates the south favored. __

“ ‘Mr. Bryan, I understand, has been
negotiating with ,Richard Croker since
early last May. Oliver H. P. Belmont
first conducted these negotiations, as only
a Bryan diplomatist could. If Tammany
is satisfied with Mr. Croker declaring for
Bryan, next to Mr. Croker Mr. Belmont
is entitled to be considered the greatest
man in Tammany Hall and deserves the
second place on the ticket should Mr.
Croker and Mr. Bryan dominate the
next national convention.’ ”

PORTO RICO IN RUINS.

The Hurricane Has Left the Island
1n n. Pitiable Condition.

NEW YORK, Aug. '18.-Dr. H. K.
Carroll, President McKinley’s commis-
sioner to Porto Rico, who is now at
Plainfield, N. J., preparing his report,
has received from his interpreter, Alfred
Solomon, who is still in San Juan, a let—
ter detailing the destruction wrought by
the hurricane. It reads in part;

“The temporary ruin of Porto Rico is
complete. Even after two days we have
no communication with the greater part
of he’islandfi. The cntjggcrops Of the is-
lan are destro_ td, and people are abso-
lutely withput food. The seriousness of
the situation is that no one has the
money to buy afresh. NO planting can
be undertaken nor mills built. I see no
real remedy except a large loan to be
immediately employed in public works
and also the free entry of food stuffs.

“I understand that all taxes on agri-
culture will be at once remitted. This is
gratuitous, as it would be impossible to
collect anything where there is nothing,
but it at least prevents action being tak-
en against holdings for the nonpayment
of taxes.

“The market is bare. Nothingcomes
in for sale. A little milk that came in
sold for 25 cents a bottle. The day after
the storm I offered $1 for the same thing

 

in Mallorquina cafe, and it was refused

me at that price. The city lamps are all
broken, leaving the city in temporary
darkness. Every vessel in Ponce is
ashore, and the warehouses and custom
house are partially under water.”

 

Jimenez Elndcs His Watchers.

HAVANA, Aug. 18.——Colonel Bacal‘
lao, chief of the police detectives, re-
ported to General Ludlow shortly before
9 o’clock last evening that General Jim-
enez was still in Havana. Unless he has
returned this is a mistake, for a press
correspondent saw him enter the train
in the morning and the train move off
with him aboard. Up to 6 o’clock his de-
parture was still unknown to a majority
of the people of Havana, and at that
hour two detectives were watching his
house to learn the exact moment of his
leaving. A little later the Heraldo is~
sued an extra announcing that he had
gone. It appears that during the last
few days General Jimenez has received,
American credits amounting to nearly
$1,000,000, which were much needed to
further his plans. His son is much elat-
ed over the father’s success in leaving
the city without being discovered while
so many were watching him.

 

Hospital Supplies For Manila.
\VASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—The hos-

ical department of the army, will sail for
Manila about the 28th of this month
with a full load Of medical supplies and
20 female nurses. The hOSpital ship Mis-
souri, which is now being refitted in
New York, will sail about the end of
this month, via Suez, for Manila. She"
also will carry a big cargo of medical
supplies and a detachment of the hos-
pital corps numbering 150 men. Sur~
geon General Sternberg said yesterday
that medical officers in the Philippines
and the hospitals at Manila now have
the greatest abundance of medicines and
supplies on hand.

 

Electric Cranes Ordered.
“'ASHINGTON. Aug. 18.—The navy

New York navy yard to the Morgan
company of Alliance, 0., and the Niles
Tool works of Hamilton, 0. The total
cost of the six cranes will be $35,080.
NO decision has yet been reached on the
bids for the power plant.

 

’ New York Markets. ,

FLOUR—State and western ruled firmer
on a fair demand for standard grades;
winter patents, [email protected]: winter straights,
[email protected]; Minnesota patents, [email protected];
winter extras. $2.45(g‘2.80.

WHEAT—No. 2 red opened strong and
continued so on higher cables, bullish In-
dian crop news and a scare of shorts;

September, 76%@77e. ; December, 79%@
703’0. .
NYE—Steady; state, 65%c.: No. 2 west-

afloat, spot.

rm with Wheat, helped

also by reported large cable‘clearances.
OATS—No. 2 quiet, but steady; track,

white state, 27@35¢.; track, white, west-

ern. .@35c. .
PORK—Steady; mess, [email protected]; family,

5’1@12.
LARD—Firm;

rn, 59%! c.. f. o. b.
e CORN—No. 2 ti

prime western steam,

£5.55.

BUTTER—Steady; state dairy, 14@18‘/2c.;
state creamery. 17((i21c.

CHEESE —— Quiet; large, white, 9%c.;
small, White, 9%0-

EGGS—Steady: state and Pennsylvania,
13717186.; western, ungraded. 11@150.

SUGAR—Raw firm, quiet and held high-

er; fair refining. 40.: centrifugal, 96 test,
“fill; refined firm: crushed, 60.; powdered,

5 c.

VTURPENTINE—Flrm at 521mm.
MOLASSES—Flrm; New Orleans, 32117366-
RICE—Flrm; domestic, 4%@7l;éc.; Japan,

4%@5%c.
TALLOW—Quiet; 4155c. ;

4 c.
%HAY—Flrm; ashlpplng, 50@600.:
choice, 75@90C:

city, country,

WEEKLYaygfiw‘

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Applied to Ffresenl: Condi-
‘ tions. Interesting

to Our Read- ,
ers,

 

It’s a. singular thing how trifling an
incident will often change the wo‘I-ld’s
history. If a country gentleman living,r
in Cheshire, England had not by acci-
dent been thrown from his coach into
the lap of a young lady, the pair might
never have married, or emigrated to
the American colonies,’ and thus the
world would never have known of
George Washington as the father of
our country. So it. is in the daily life
of everyone “little things” occur which
affect the future.

Mr. G. R. Millard of 51West avenue,
South Nor-walk, knows well how for-
tune smiles at. times on the afflicted, in
showing hOw relief is near at hand.
His experience and advice is -given in
the following words. Mr. Millard says
"I had kidney trduble for years and
took so much medicine and was under
the care of physicians so often that. I
ought to be authority on the question.
I seemed to‘be rid of my trouble for a
time but it. showed signs of returning,
and I wanted to check it. I nOIiced
some published statement about Dean’s
Kidney Pills and procured a box at
Hale’s drug store (now Glendemng &
Co.’s) in Norwalk. They helped me
greatly. ”

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

Remember the name—Dean’s—and
take no other.

GERMAN PRESS SEVERE.

 

 

Refusal to Adjourn Dreyfus Court
Meets \Vith Adverse Comment.

BERLIN, Aug. 17.—The refusal to
adjourn the Ramos trial pending the re-
covery of M. Labor-i is severely com-
mented upon here. Captain Dreyfus is
compared to a man in the stocks—at the
mercy of anybody choosing to pelt him
and without means of self defense.

The German press. hitherto reserved
and moderate, now expresses its feel-
ings strongly on the subject of the evi-
dence of Generals Mercier and Billot.
Keen anlysis and criticism characteri—
zes every comment. The references by
General Mercicr to Germany are de-
nounced as “inaccurate, mendacious and
puerile.” They will not be Officially con-
tradicted, “because Germany cannot be
held responsible for the casuistry of-
French generals." ‘

It is equally improbable that Mercier’s
statement will be denied in the reichstag
or that any steps will be taken which
would imply interference in the domestic
affairs of France beyond what has al-
ready been done in the name of humani-
;y to prove that Captain Dreyfus had
no connection with Germany. The press
of Berlin is practically unanimous on
this point.

Miller and the Canal.

CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—Former Senator
Warner Miller of New York, now pro-
moter of the Nicaragua inter-oceanic ca-
nal, passed through Chicago yesterday
on his way home from the west, where
‘he has been for some months. Regard-
ing the article of Engineer Nimmo which
appeared in The North American Re-
view, in which he declared the financial
possibilities Of a canal to be more than
dubious, Mr. Miller remarked: “Nimmo
writes for pay. As long as the trans-
continental railwayscan buy writers or
delay the work so long will they con-
tiuue to block the making of the canal.
I can get contractors to undertake the
execution of the plan at $100,000,000. I
can borrow the capital at 3 per cent,
making the interest $3,000,000. Say it
takes another million to negotiate the
deal. By an outlay of such an amount
the canal can be cut and put in operation.
Enough traffic to pay dividends at the
rate of the Suez tolls can be secured the
first year.”

 

 

 

Kelley Arraigned "For Perju‘i-y.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Aug. 17. -
William. Kelley was arraigned in the
city court yesterday, charged with per-
jury, and the case was continued until
Saturday under bonds of $500. Kelley
is the man who swore falsely beforo.Cor-
oner Doten several days ago that he was
on the ill fated car which plunged from
Peek’s bridge, on the Shelton line, Sun-
day, Aug. 6. The jury in the inquest as
to the cause of the trolley disaster, after
having been out since noon, at 5 O’clock
yesterday afternoon adjourned until
10:50 o’clock tomorrow morning without
having reached a verdict.

International Tennis.

HOMBURG, Aug. 17.—The Duke of
1ambridge, the crown prince of Greece,
a number of German princes and a
crowd of English visitors were among
those present yesterday at the interna-
tional lawn tennis tournament, which
opened here Monday. H. S. Mahoney
won the match for the championship of
Europe over C. Hobart, the American
player, the score being 6-4, 12-10. Miss
Cooper won the ladies’ singles handicap.

 

Professor Hench Dead.
BOSTON, Aug. 17.—Professor George
A. Hench of Ann Arbor, Mich., ~who
was injured by a fall from a bicycle at
Franconia, N. H., Saturday and who
was brought to the Boston City hospi-
tal Tuesday suflferingfrom a fractured
skull, died at that institution just be-
fore noon yesterday. Professor Hench
was an instructor in the Lniversity of
Michigan and was passing his vacation

in the White mountain region. .

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Statement for the Year; EndingDec. 31598.

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‘ According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.

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rNooME. ‘ _ .
‘ 543931897;8 5l

1~2,687,880 92
555.006.629 43

Received for Premiums
From all other Sources

nrsnumsnmnmms.

To Policy'sholders for Claims by Death
To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc.
For all other Accounts

$13,265,908 00
11,485.75! 35
10,493,379 53

53593459038 88

ASSETS.

United States Bonds and other Securities
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage
Loans on Bonds and other Securities, .. .
Real Estate, appraised by Insurance Superintendents I
at $23,534,826.88 : Book Value
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc.

$160,956.14! 33
68,503,580 90
993969619 00 '

20,604,649 61
11,621,377 36
M512
$277,517,325 36

LIABILITIES.

3339058’640 68 '
42.238,684 68
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277.5! .325 so
$971,711,997 79

Policiy Reserves, etc.,
Contingent Guarantee
Divisible Surplus

Fund,

insurance and Annuities in Force

 

lhave carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor

 

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Board. of Trustees-

ADRIAN IBELIN J a
GEORGE S. Bownon.
WILLIAM C. WmTius
WILLIAM ROOKEFELLH
JAMES N. J ABVIE
CHAS D. DICKEY J3.
ELBRIDGE T. GEnnv
JAMES SPEYEBJ

HENRY H. Rooms

J no. W AUCHINOLOBS
THEODORE MOBFORD
WILLIAM BABCOCX
STUTVE'SANT FISH
Aucusrus D. J UILLIABD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB

FEEDEan CROMWELL

J ULIEN T. DAVIES

A.‘ N. \VATEanousE

CHARLES R. HENDERSON

Burns W. PECKHAM '
!

SAMUEL D. BABGOOK

RICHARD A MOCUEDI

James C. HOLDEN

HEBMANN C. VON PosT

WILLIAM J. SEWELL '

OLIan HARBIMAN J. HOBART HEBBICK
I Wu. P. DIXON

ROBERT A. GRANNIBS

l GEORGE G. Hsvns

ROBERT OLYPHAN'I'
GEORGE F. BAKER
DUDLEY OLCO'I‘T

 

 

 

ROBERT A. GRANIss, Vice-President.

 

 

W ALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. ,
[SAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President DUEB du-P. BRECK, Gorrespon ‘ing Secrets“,
WILLIAM J. EAS' ‘ON, Secretary. ALBERT KLAMILUTH, Assistan’ Secretary
FREDERIC CROM WELL, Treasurer. -
J OHN-A. FONDA. Assistant Treasurer JAMES TIMI-SON, 2d Assistant Treasure .
WILLIAM P. SAN DS, Cashier. r EDWARD 1’. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
, EMORY MOCLINTOCK, Actuary. . '
JOHN TATLOCK, JE, Assistant Actuary. . ,
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
C CLIFFORD GRETSIN GER, Assistant Auditor. HENRY :5. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller
JOHN C. ELLIO i‘, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. -
EC) WARD LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor. "
MEDIOAI. DIRECTORS: .
ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D' GtiANVILLE 31. WHITE, M D
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