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' A STRANGE TOMB. _
THE LAST RESTiN‘S PLACE OF JULIA,
HASD‘EN‘, *THE AUTHORESS.
' The Vault is Adorneh With Articles that
She Enjoyed 'in Life—Nothing Gr‘ew- ‘
. some About the Place, and is Visited
Daily by the @ther and Mother.
Bucharest has perhaps the strangest
tomb ever erected in a Civilized land:
it stands man the embalmed body of
Julia Hasden, a young authoress. Her
father, Professor Hasden, of the Uni-
.versity of Bucharest, believes he is_
able to communicate with his lost
child.
The tomb is constructed, so it is
claimed, in accordance with plans out-
lined to the father, by the daughter, af:
for death. It is in the Greek Ceme-
tery. The structure is of marble. Over ,,
the entrance and under the name
"Julia Hasden" is a. niche filled with
her well-worn schoolbooks. As one
enters he is greeted by strains of un-
earthly melody. At the entrance :1
huge slab of black marble bears an in-
scription which may be translated as
follows: “Let those who seek not
knowledge pass by this grave,. but
those who fain would learn the secret
of life in death descend!” .
The vault is paved with black and
white marble, with inscriptions in let-
ters of gold. These, according to Pro-
fessor Hasden, are remarks culled
from the conversations he has had with
his daughter since her death. Here and
there are quaint little triangular stools.
Close to the stairway stand two hand-
somely-”decorated mirrors. which form-
erly adorned Julia Hasden‘s bourdoir.
At the further end of the vault, behind
a white marble balustrade', is an ex-
quisitely carved sarcophagus con-tain-
ing the body of the young girl. The
coffin is so arranged that by drawing
back a slide the broken-hearted par-
ents may still gaze on the face of their
child.
tinually at either end of the sarcopha-
gus. .
. In the centre of the balustrade
stands a beautiful bust of the young
It represents her
as a handsome, clever-looking girl, at-
tired in modern evening dress. A white
veil is drawn over it to preserve it
from dust, and at the waist nestle a
few faded roses, held in place by long
satin ribbons that float to the ground.
They are the flowers and ribbons
which Julia Hasden wore at her last
ball.
On the walls hang photographs of
her at various ages. One small water-
color sketch, entitled “Son Dernier
J our Terreste” (Her last day on earth),
represents her tossing on her deathbed,
With feverish cheeks and sunken eyes.
On a table to the right lies a large
album, a few books and a block of
black marble, on which some lines of
music are engraved in gold; the title
tells you they form "a melody” com-
posed by Julia Hasden after her death,
and, listening to its mysterious tones,
one could almost believe it an echo
from spiritland.
The mechanism which reproduces
:the weird music above mentioned is
apparently concealed in the table. Visi-
tors are permitted to inscribe their
names in the great album, and .its
pages are full of touching expressions
of sympathy in every language.
There is nothing grewsome in this
remarkable tomb; the fresh air
streams in through the open doors car-
rying with it the perfume of flowers
and the merry song of the birds with—
out. _.
Here it is that Professor Hasden
passes almost all his spare time; it is
no strange thing to see him taking his
coffee here of a morning and smoking
his cigarette beside his child’s cofiln.
His wife comes in the afternOon and
remains until late in the evening.
Little Known Man Privilegés.
Many times people would like to re
call a letter after it has been mailed,
says the Washington Post. This can
be done, even after the letter has
reached the post oflice at at its
destination. 'At every post of-
fice there are what are called
“withdrawal blanks.”_ On application
they will be furnishedand, when a de-
posit is made to cover the expense, the
postmaster will telegraph to the post-
master at the letter’s destination ask-
ing that it be promptly returned. The
applicant first signs this agreement:
“It is hereby agreed that, if the letter
is returned to me, I will‘protect you
from any and all claims made against
you for such return, and will finally
indemnify you for any loss you may
sustain by reason of such action. And
. 1 herewith deposit $—— to cover all ex-
penses incurred and will deliver to you
the envelope of the letter returned.”
In many cases persons have made
remittances to fraudulent parties or ir-
. .responslble firms, not learning their
true character until after the letter had
gone, and have succeeded in recalling
them. .There is an instance where a
Kansas City merchant had remitted a
ishonest traveling man a draft for.
$175 and by means of a withdrawal
rescued the draft jost in time. '
A Precious ‘Vashlngton Urn.
One of the valuable relics intrusted to
the care of the grand master of Massa-
chusetts Masons is “the Washington
urn,” a small, golden urn containing a‘
lock of General thhington’s hair.
Mrs. Washington presented the lock to
the Grand Lodge, in 1800, and Grand
Master Paul Revere made the urn.—
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Resignation of Prince Hohenloheythc
Imperial Chancellor. ’
GERMAES TALK 0N TARIIT.
Customs War With This Country 15 Dep-
recated—A Decree Permitting Natu-
ralized American Citizens Only
Brief Visits to the Fatherland
Copyright,1397, by the Associated Press]
Berlin, April 19,—It is asserted that
Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial chan-
cellor, in a letter dated from Baden-
Baden, April 13, forwarded his resigna-
tion to Emperor William. ' A brisk ex-
Change of telegraphic messages follow-
ed. His majesty insisted upon the chan-
cellor retaining Office for the present,
in spite of the cogent reasons cited in
Prince Hohenlohe’s letter, urging that
‘his resignation at this juncture would
most seriously embarrass the emperor.
Prince Hohenlohe again and again in-
sisted that, apart from other serious
reasons, his health just now is of the
worst. Then, the prince suddenly went
to Paris, where his wife had preceded
him.
As reasons animating him to resign,
Prince Hohenlohe urges his inability to
carry out his solemn promise to sub-
mit to the reichstag and to the diet two
bills, one placing the Prussian law reg-
ulating political meetings upon akmere
liberal and modern basis, and the other
reforming the procedure of military
trials. The prince’s inability to carry
but his promise is said to be due to the
extreme reactionary attitude of Baron
von der Rocke von der Horst, the Prus-
sian minister for the interior. At this
moment it is impossible to say how the
crisis will end; but, in view of the crit-
ical situation of Europe, a change of
chancellor would now be most unfortu—
nate. The difficultyof including in the
associations bill the means of giving
greater freedom of political meeting and
at the same time providing measures
to suppress socialism, which the em-
peror desires, is believed to be the rea
Crux of the situation. ' »
The Tariff Is the Theme.
The United States tariff bill is just
now the favorite theme of the German
press, with the exception of the Agra-
rian press and especially The Kreuz
‘Zeitung and Deutsche Tages Zeitung.
The temper of these articles, however,
has cooled and a. tariff war is being
strongly discouraged by the entire lib-
eral and commercial press- The Kleins
Journal and The Tagerblatt say that
German industries would suffer more
through a tariff war than they have
already done. The Boersen Courier
contends the United States is perfectly
right to fix a tariff as it pleases, adding
that the Agrarians cannot deny this.
The National Zeitung thinks Germany
is not wise to select German sugar in- ,
terests as a handle to exert pressure on
America, as sugar is only a twentieth
part of German exfilrts to the United
States. The National Zeitung also
strongly deprecates a tariff war.
The Socialist Vorwaerts calls atten-
tion to Germany’s bad faith in the past
tariff dealings with America and says:
“We pretended American products were
frauds, denounced American'po'rk and
oxen as diseased and chased American
insurance companies out of the country.
Since 1890, while reducing our tariff, we
have increased the dues on American
products, such as cottonseed Oil and
fats. German workmen do not want a
tariff war with America.”
Against Naturalized Americans.
The Prussian minister of the interior
has issued a. new decree permitting only
a brief stay here of any Germans nat—
uralized in America who return to this
country. They were formally allowed
to remain here permanently, provided
no questions of military dereliction up-
on their part were involved. The Lib-
eral press points out that this decree
amounts to a nullification of the treaty
stipulations of 1868, whereby the perma—
nent return of naturalized German-
Americans was specially guaranteed.
The Liberal leaders Herren Richter and
Rickert and others will question the
government on the subject in the reich-
stag, and that body will thor’oughiy dis-
cuss the decree. ,
The naval authorities have just con-
cluded experiments undertaken with
the View of discovering the color best
suited to render men-of—war inconspic-
nous and have decided to follow the
American (?) example and paint theirl
vessels olive green.
The emperor and the imperial family
will remove to the new palace at Pots-
dam at beginning of May. ‘ -
Great satisfaction has been given to
south Germany by the decision of the
empress to spend the summer at Te—
gernsee with her chidiren.
Emperor Buys American Pictures.
The emperor on Tuesday purchased a
number of fine American etchings here.
\Vhile viewing them his majesty re-
marked:
“ JreELt fellows, these Americans. They
are the coming great artists of the
WOrld.“
The strange death of the Grand Duke
of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at Cannes on
Saturday last has caused a. great dis
cussion. Dr. Langfeldt was sent to'
Cannes by the mi'nister~ of' justice of
Mecklenburg' with instructions to in-
quire into the circumstances. He re-
ports .that there is no doubt that the
-.
dent in falling over the parapet of a
bridge in the grounds of his residence
at Cannes. According to personal re-
ports made to the emperor by Baron
von Kai'herr of the grand duke’s suit.
the grand duke suffered horribly dur-
ing the last hour of his life from frac-
ture of the spine resulting from the
fall. He begged his physicians to re-
lieve his misery by administering quick
poison to him. His majesty was greatly
iy shocked and ordered the worst de—
tails to be withheld from the news-
papers.
The betrothal is announced of the
Princess Maria Dorothea of Saxe-Co-
burg-Gotha to Duke Gunther of Schles—
wig-Holstein. The bride, who is only 15
years of age, has not yet been presented
at court.
‘harged With Crookedncss,
Cincinnati, April 19.—Dr. J. W. Pren-
dergast, health officer of Cincinnati,
was held to answer to the grand jury
in the. sum of $1,000 by Magistratewm-
kler on a charge of attempting to se-
cure money from' the Fraser Tablet
company to suppress prosecution by the
pure food commissioner of the state.
As It. Is Understood In London.
London, April 19.——The Greco-Turkish
situation is understood here to be sub-
stantially as follows: War has not been
officially declared between Turkey and
Greece, but it has been declared Official-
1y to have "broken out.” The Turkish
cabinet has decided to sever diplomatic
relations with Greece and has ordered
Edhem Pasha, the commander o the
Turkish forces to take the offensive. It
is; considered in London that war be-
tween Turkey and Greece, has actually
begun, the Turkish declarations that
war has “broken out” being merely for
the purpose of diplomatically putting
the onus of the war upon the kingdom
of Greece. » "
DESIGNS ON HAWAII.
Japanese “Students” Immigrating to the
islands as Soldiers In Disguise.
San Francisco, April 19.—Advices
fron. Honolulu state that the fact has
come to light that the Japanese immi—
grants who have been pouring
dents are
Suspicion of this fact was first aroused
by their soidierdly bearing and their
military gait and movements, especially
when passing through the streets in
groups.” Yokohama having been de-
clared by the board of health to be an
infeéted port, the fumigating station at
quarantine disclosed unquestioned con-
firmation of this suspicion. In almost
every case their baggage contained the
whole or a portion of a Japanese mili—
tary uniform.
It is believed that these men,
have seen service in the recent Japan—
China war, are, sent to Hawaii for a
purpose.
Mainichi Shibun, a native Japanese
newspaper, a copy of which has just
been received there, gives the plans of
the Japanese naval department. The
programme provides for an expenditure
of 213,100,962 yen—a yen being qeual to
60 cents of American money—between
this time and the year 1906. Of this sum,
126,047,975 yen is for the building of new
ships, 66,927,491 yen for armament and
20,125,496 yen for improvement in docks
yards.
The shipbuilding programme includes
1 battleships of 15;140,tons each, 6 first
0nd class cruisers of 4,850 tons each,
2 third class cruisers of 3,200 tons each,
3 torpedo gunboats of-1,200 tons each,
a torpedo depot ship of 6,750 tons, 11
torpedo boat destroyers and 89 torpedo
boats. ,
If this plan is carried to completion,
Japan will, nine years hence, have a
fleet of 67 ships, aggregating 257,100
tons displacement, 11 torpedo boat. de-
stroyers and 115 torpedo boats. '
SPALDING ARRESTED.
The Latest Developments In the Globe
Savings Bank Scandal.
Chicago; April 19.—Charles W. Spald-
ing. president of the defunct Globe Sav-
ings bank, has been arrested on a charge
of [embezzlement'of the funds of the
treasurer. The warrant for his arrest
wasissued by‘Judge Dunne of the cir-
cuit court, and it was served by a dep-
uty sheriff, who found the bank presi-
dent at his home at the Plaza hotel.
Spalding was taken before Judge Dunne
and subsequently released on’bail.
Judge Dunne issued the warrant on a
complaint sworn to by George N. Mor-
gan. Morgan is one 'Of the alumni of
the university, and the prosecution of
the banker is backed by other gradu—
ates of the institution.
The complaint is based on the alleged
embezzlement of $100,000 of the appro-
priations made by the legislature for
the university. The complaint alleges
that Spalding received this amount of
money from the trustees of the univer-
sity to be used in and about the build-
ings and for the current expenses of the
university.
Hay Gets the Best of a. Bargain.
‘London, April 19.—When the agents
leased Lord Caledon’s house in Carlton
Hou‘se terrace to Colonel John Hay, the
newly appointed United States embas~
sador to the court of St. James, they
evidently overlooked the fact that the
premises commanded a superb view of
the queen’s jubilee procession. Recently
the agents called at the embassy and
offered the same.sum‘for’the one week
of the jubilee that Colonel Hay pays'for
his three months of tenancy. The offer
grandflukejs cleatlt'r'as Sea to an acci-
:W'
was, of course, refused.
into,
these islands under the guise of stu-'
in reality trained soldiers.'
who
class cruisers of 9,000 tons each, 3 sec--
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1- GP NEW YORK.
RICHARD A. MCGURDY, President. .
Statement for the Year Ending: ”December 3Isi. l89.
According to the~ Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.
INCOME,
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Received for Premium: V - - - - i. -
From all Other Sources - - .. .'
s. 39.93.4II to
Menu o1
— , , . s 49.10fi'éEfi
V, DISBURSEMENTS, ' '
To Policy-holders for claims by Death _ - . - -
To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. - -' -
S l2,595,l|3 39
ӣ42,456 5|
l0,18l,005 64
For all Other Accounts j - - - — - .
' ' ' $36,2l8,515 I4
, 'ASSETS.
niied Slates Bonds. and other Securities - -' - -
First lien loans on Bond and Mortgage .. 'h - - .-
Loans on Stocks amli Bonds -
lleal Estate .
Gash in Banks and Trust companies , - - - V - .
Accrued Interest, Not llefei'red Premiums, eio- -
s ll0,l25,082 l5
1|,543,929 o
. "mom's 00
22,161,666 65
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- 655555 on
s 234.144J43 42
205,0l0,633 12
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829,133,5l4 10
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S 9l8.698,338 45
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities -‘ I- -
[Surplus - — - - . . ,’ .
Insurance and Annuities in force - . j .
I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor.
From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual
‘ Report Of the Examining Committee.
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
TO THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES or ' ' _
TNE MIITIML LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
The undersigned, a Committee apppointed by your honorable body on the twenty-
third day of December, I 896,719 examine the Annual Statement of the Company, and to
.verify the same, .especgful-ly . .
' ' ’ REPORT
That pursuant to'the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have at various dates between the date of the
said refer’ence and the date cf this Report attended at the office of the Company, and have been walted on by the Treasurer,
the Comptroller, the Auditor and and the Cashier, together wrth the the respecuve aklstants of such officers, and 'have care.
fully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be correct. They have examined
and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared the price at which the
same are carried in said Statement With the market quotations and find the same not exceedmg such quotations—um fact, in
manv cases bel w them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real property-held by the Company,
and find the same to be as stated‘. They have also verified the valuations of the Company’s hoidm gs of real estate and have
verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust companies, and have counted the cash on hand held by the
casfiird the Committ'e'e certify that all the books, papers. documents and evidences of title of every description necessary in
such examination have been freely subm1tted to the Committee by the said officers and their assastants, and that the same are
accurate, in good order and well kept. _ ' .
And the Committee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the system and
methods adopted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendatmn
. . tf 11 submutea J. HOBART BERRIOK
All ofwhlch1519-5Pec “ Y CHARLES D. DICKEY, .13.:
CHARLES R, HENDERSON
ROBER I‘ OLYPHANT
JAMES N. J ARVIE
NEW YORK. JANUARY 25, 1897. JAMES C. HOLDEN
The company has issued an order whereby women can be insured withOut the extra
charge heretofore'required. More definite information on the subject Will'be furnished by
the local agent, Mr. A H. Camp. .1 — , .
Board of Trustees
GEORGE G. HAVEN
ADRIAN ISELIN JR.
GEORGE S. BOWDOIN
THEO. A. HAVEMEYER
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY
WILLIAM ROCKEEELLER
JAMES, N. JARVIE
CHAS D. _DIG‘KEY'JB.
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
H ENR! H. ROGERS
'JNo. W AUCHINCLOSS
THEODORE MORFORD
WILLIAM BABCOCK
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R GILLETTE
H. Vl ALTER WEBB
FREDERIC CROMWELL
J ULIEN ’1‘: DAVIES
ROBERT SEWELL
S, V. R'. CRUGER
, CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W». PECKHAM
J. HOBART HERRICK
Wu P DIXON
, ROBERT A. GRANNISS
_ ROBERT A GRANNISS Vice-President.
W'ALTER. R. GILLETTE,Glgneé'aigll
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