o s '. ” THH Hv HNING GAz ETTE .‘ ll s. .Silillirll GUILTI.l Justice Bradley Orders the Jury to Acquit Him. NO CONTEMPT Ill EVIDENCE. The Justice Declares That the Secretary of the Sugar ’I-‘rust Answered All the Legal Questions Asked Him. Washington, June 2.—Justice Brad- ley rendered his decision in the case of John E. Searles, who was accused of -being a recalcitrant witness before the sugar investigating committee. He or- dered the jury to find a verdict for the defendant. Mr. Seanles and his coun— sel were present in court, but the fa- miliar form of Mr. H. O. Havemeyer was missing, as well as thoseof the sen- ators and others who had'been present at the trials during the past week. Jus- tice Bradley, as soon as he opened court, took up the motion of Mr. Johnson for the defense, that the case be taken from the jury and a verdict returned for the defense. The arguments were heard on Friday, so that all that was necessary was the opinion of the judge. The Judge’s Opinion. Judge Bradley gave a review of the case from the beginning; of the investi- gation by the committee. He said that ‘ Mr. Searles had testified very, fully be- fore the committee and had testified that no funds had been contributed to the Democratic national campaign fund. The evidence showed that while con-' tributions had been made to the cam- paign funds in various cities and states no contributions had been made to se— cure or defeat federal legislation. Tak- ing up the report of the‘minority of the senate committee, made to the senate regarding the alleged contumacy of the witnesses, Justice Bradley referred to section 102 of the Revised, Statutes of the United States. This is the one under which all these prosecutions are conducted. He said that the state required all persons to be prosecuted where' they had been sum— moned by the senate to testify and had refused to answer questions pertinent to the matter under investigation. It was a Question for the court to de- termine whether the witness had de- clined to-answer a question which was pertinent to the investigation, and also whether the matter was within the power and jurisdiction of the senate. Questions Not Pertinent. The senate obviously had the power to conduct such an inquiry, according to the supreme court decision in the Chapman case, and as far as the ques- tions asked Chapman were concerned, they Were within the scope of the pow- ers of the senate. ‘ The justice then took up the relations between the Chapman case and that against Mr. Searles. It was apparent that the questions put to Mr. Searles were not pertinent to that branch of the inquiry regarding the allegation that senators had voted for the schedule on account of money given to the Democratic campaign fund. He held that the second sub- division of the resolution for investiga— tion relating to the contributions made to the Democratic party was under a reasonable construction, was within the power and jurisdiction of the senate. Continuing, he said that the right of corporations to make contributions to campaign funds could not be denied. He held that a reasonable construc- tion of the third subdivision of the res- olution required that it be considered in one, “to secure or defeat federal leg- islation,” being considered part of the preceding clause regarding the contri- butions to political parties. Under this construction the senate had the right to conduct such inquiry as was then being made. ‘ An Unwarranted Search. Certainly, the judge said, a. simple investigation as to whether the Sugar trust had contributed to a campaign fund would be an unwarranted search into the private affairs of the company and plainly beyond the power of the senate. Here he referred at length to the Kilbourne case. The senate com- mittee had reported that no testimony had been produced to show that the Sugar trust 'had made any contributions to any national campaign fund or for the purpose of affecting legislation. If money had gone for the purpose of electing members of state legislatures who in time would select a. United States senator, it was beyond the power of the United States to go be- hind the election ,of legislative mem- bers. If this were true as to state mat- ~ters, how much more true was it pf ‘ local elections. “How remotely specu— lative” was the way be characterized District Attorney Davis’ suggestion made in his argument that local and state contributions could have been traced to their ultimate destination. possibly into the pockets of United States senators, it, the defendant had given the names Of the persons to whom the moneys were first paid. It would be the wildest conjecture to assume that the money so contributed in amiiy way had gone to make up the sugar schedule. The cises of E. J. Edwards and John S. Shriver, the newspaper correspond- ents, were postponed until next Monday. Yellow FeEeT at New York. New York, June 2.—The Alli'anca of the Panama railroad steamship line has arrived from Colon and was detained \at quarantine because a second class passenger died of yellow fever on the voyage. The Alliance. left Colon on may 25. On the next day Angus Mc— Lennan, a mining engineer, was taken ill. He died of yellow fever on May 31. He was buried at sea in latitude 33.30, longitude 74. . Bernaral Blames Uncle Sam. Madrid, June 2.——Gene'ral Bernaral, who 'has just returned to this city from Cuba, has informed the minister of \var, General Azearraga, that' the prolonging of the. rebellion in Cuba is only due to the assistance which the insurgents re— ceive from the United States. Ten Per Cent! Cut In \Vnges. Pittsburg. June 2.-——A 10 per cent cut in wages. affecting all men not under the Amalgamated scale, wasordered at Jones 8: Laughlin’s American Iron works, and about 200 men refused to go to work. The. fin. employs nearly 3.000 men. ‘ RECIPROGITY WITH HAWAII. ’ :Seuator Davis Introduces an Important Amendment to the Tarifi‘ Bill. . . Washington, June 2.—Senator Davis !has introduced a proposed amendment to thevtariff bill providing that nothing In the act shall be held to repeal or' im- pair the provisions of the reciprocity treaty with Hawaii. Senator Davis says that the treaty contains a solemn declaration that it should not be abro- gated except uponone year’s notice. The bill as it came from the house con- tained a provision substantially the same as the amendment of Senator Da- vis, but it was stricken out by the finance committee. The senator from South Carolina, J ohn'L. McLaurin, who succeeds thelate Senator Earle, was sworn in at the opening of the session. senate as it will remain for some time— viz: Republicans, 43; Democrats,- 34; Populists, 7: silver Republicans, 5; VS.- cancy, 1 (Oregon); total, 90. The tariff bill was taken up imme- diately after the disposal of the routine business. Mr. Aldrich, in charge of the bill, returned to paragraph 90, relating to china, porcelain, etc., and withdrew the proposedcoznmittee amendments, leaving the rates as reported by the house—viz: Decorated, 60 per cent ad valorem; undecorated, 55 per cent. Mr. Jones of Arkansas moved to re— duce these rates to 35 and 30 per cent respectively. Without debate a. vote was taken, and the proposed amend- ments were defeated—fleas. 23; nays, 34. The paragraph was amended to omit clock cases, and was then agreed to. Before leaving the paragraph Mr. Vest (Mo.,) stated briefly that the effect of the rates was to be absolutely prohibi- ery in ordinary household use. The committee amendments were withdrawn also on the paragraphs cov- ering “all other china. not specifically provided for,” leaving the house rates at 60 for decorated and 55 for undecorated. Mr. Jones again offered.an amend- ment similar to his former one. He supported it in a speech, stating that at the rates of the present law the pro- ducers claimed to doing a. prosperous business. ' _ Mr. Sewell (Rep., N. J.,) answered, reading a statement showing that many potteries had failed and. a large num— ber of pottery workers were outpf work as a result of the present low rates. The Jones amendment was defeated —yeas, 21; nays, 32. The committee offered a. substitute, which was agreed to, on the paragraph covering tiles, glazed or unglazed. It is practically the same as the house paragraph. When the house met after a recess in continuation of Monday’s session, Mr. Lewis (Wash) inquired of the speaker if he could temporarily withdraw his demand for the yeas and nays and read from the record of the Fifty-third con- gress to inform the house what took place at that time, which he said would show the basis of the claim that the res- olution was a matter of privilege. The speaker replied that he could not and directed the clerk to proceed with the call of the roll. This was the order of business on Thursday last when the house adjourned, the vote then taken having shown the lack of a quorum. The speaker on Thursday refused to entertain as a matter of privilege Mr. Lewis’- resolution regarding the right and duty of the house to act upon the Morgan resolution recognizing the bel- ligerency of the Cuban revolutionists,. and Mr. Lewis then appealed from that decision. Mr. Dingley moved to lay the appeal on the table, and on that motion a vote was taken. , The vote resulted—yeas, 88; nays, 56; present and not voting, 3?. The appeal was laid on thetable. Ensign Stone’s Case Dropped. the conduct of Ensign George L. P. Stone of the United States monitor Pu- Brooklyn, June 2.—The inquiry into ritan, in his love affair with Miss Marie Conde. has come to an abrupt termina- tion... The' inquiry is indefinitely post— has been patched up between Mr. Swits Conde. the father of the young woman, and Ensign Stone. It is asserted that Secretary Long has intimated that too much attention has been given to the case and that he wished it to be drop- ped. It is also said that the ensign will not be so demonstrative in the display of his affection for Miss Conde. En- sign Stone, however, his friends say, by no means intends to give up all in- tentions of winning the hand of Miss Conde. ' “Pushful Joe" Testifies. London, June 2.——When the inquiry of the parliamentary committee into the Transvaal raid was resumed, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the secretary of state for the colonies, testified that he was convinced Dr. Harris had not said to him that a force of the British char- tered South Africa’s troops would be on the border ready to assist the uit- lariders if a rising occurred at Johan- nesburg. Such a statement, Mr. Cham- berlain added, would have aroused his attention at once.‘ In answer to La- bouchere’s question he declared that he did not know the Jameson raid was to occur. Doctors Celebrate Golden Jubilee. Philadelphia, June 2.—The American Medical association began the celebra- tion of its golden, jubilee in the Acad- emy of Music by a convention which will continue for four days. The con— vention was called to order by the pres- ident of the association, Dr. Nicholas Senn of Illinois, and members and their wives to the number ‘of over 3,000 were present. Mayor Warwick welcomed the association on behalf .of the city, and in the absence of Governor Has- tings Hon. Charles Emory Smith per— formed a similar duty on behalf of the state. - - A Young Jesse James. North Tonawanda, N. Y., June 2.— John VVichterman Of Shawnee, a. ham— let near this city, is a young fellow of 17 years, James. He shot little Johnny Kline in the head with a 22 caliber revolver out of pure wantonness. He then mOunted his father’s horse and galloped away. Warrants are out for young Wichter- man. Some time ago he tried to shoot a man with a‘rifle, but missed his aim. Japan’s Loan Popular. London, June 2.——The Japanese loan of 43,000,000 yen, equivalent to about $21,947,916, at 5 per cent, and payable in gold, the issue price of which is 1011,42, was subscribed to several times over within an hour. ' - ~Advertise in THE GAZETTE. This establishes the personnel of the~ .tory on the grades of china. and crockr A NEW VIEW or SIBHEIA. An Englishman Finds It Something of t _' Paradise 'For Russian Exiles. London, May 31.—Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Waters, the military attache of the British embassy at St. Petersburg, has .just returned from a. 4,000 mile sleigh ride from‘St. Petersburg‘to Vlad- ivostock, on the northern Pacific ocean, in midWinter. He gives a. very em- phatic denial of the stories told of Si- berian horrors. . During the Whole journey he saw nothing to justify the startling tales told on the subject and says that in, the depth of the Russian Winter, with 90 degrees of frost, he found the exiles, traveling in comfort, smoking and singing and in every case well clothed and well fed. Any prisoner falling ill or lame was placed in'a carriage and driven to the nearest hospital. In a. majority of cases, the colonel asserts, the Siberian exile is better off than if at home, and he adds that po- litical prisoners,.unless they have com- mitted a serious, nonpolitic-al crime, are not imprisoned, their heads are not shaved, and they are not fettered. Even the Poles exiled for taking part in in- surrections are now, according to Colo- nel Waters, in many cases free to re- turn to Russia, and several of them, are employed as goflrnment officials. DEATH IN A PANIC. Seven Killed and Seventeen Influx-ed at a Slight Fire In a Church. Pisa, Italy, May 31.—-During a. special service at the cathedral yesterday, up— on the occasion of the unveiling of an image of the Virgin, a candle fell, set- ting fire to the building and causing a great panic among the many persons present. During the rush for the doors seven persons were killed' and 17 others in- jured, three of them seriously. The fire was immediately extinguished. The damage was slight. The cathedral was closed, and the ceremonies ,were sus- pended. Great grief prevails in the town. . Phoebe Consents PrOtests. St. Louis, May 31.——I’ho’ebe W. Cousens is indignant over the connection of her— self with the Fair will ease, and as the result of a dispatch from San Francis- co stating that letters written by the late Senator James C. Fair to Miss Cousens were in existence, she sent the following telegram to Judge Slack, be- fore whose court the case is being tried: "No person in your city possesses any letters of mine in the Fair will case. I repudiate the use of my name in th. case and correspondence." —Advertisn‘in THE GAZETTE. DO YOU KNOW That you can save money by buying your Meats and Fish at F. W. SilllTll’S, 55 Main Slree Everything First Class. OPEN EVENINds poned, and it is understood that a truce ' llauirgiies Free. Furnlliile, llamas, 623i! Cloth and Linoleum Parlor Suits, Chamber Suits, iron and Brads Beds, Baby Carriages, Refrigerators, BEDDING, RUGS, JVIATTINGS. Send for Illustrated Catalogue of the kind of goods you want. Prices guaranteed to be the lowest. 263 Sixth Ave. I itttluwww 9 Hill St.. N. Y. HAlE’S BALSAM .25CS Ask Your Driiggist. who aspires to be a Jesse“ J‘Ene'svoun GHANGE. A fine building lot on Wilton ave- nue. If you intend to build, 1001: at this before purchasing. Water, gas and sewer on the avenue. Will be sold at a Bargain. w. H. "moron, Real Estate ”and In surance. Room I. Gazette B’l’d. l THE [ITEM LIFE Imam RICHARD A. MGGUBDY, President. \ 40E::0. Statement for the Year Endilu December 3Isl, I89. According to the Standard of the Insurance'Department of the State of New York. Received for Premiums From all Other Sources . INCOME,‘ v - , .. MATT 3 49,162,696 21 ‘ DISBURSEMENTS, : To Policy-holders for claims by Death 6 To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, elc. - For all Other Accounts ASSETS. niled Slates Bonds and other Securities - - - First lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage - . - Loans on Stocks and Bonds. Real Estate I - - flash in Banks and Trust companies - - - Accrued Interest, llel Deferred Premiums, elc- - 4 Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities - Surplus - — Insurance and Annuities in force - _ ,- - O - $ |2,’595,||3 39' I2,842,456 ll‘ - - “1.19.096 64 six—6,219,615 m- - ’ _s I I O,l25,082 l4 - 1|,543,929 64 - u,o9|,626 no - ’ 22,161,666 66 - l2,680,390 no - - 6,635,663 1’9 3 234,144,I48 42 205,0IO.633 12 ————'_—'_h__._—-——- -- " s 29,133,6I4 I! - s 9l8.698,338 46 l 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 Committc Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Companyof New York ’10 THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES or THE MUTUAL LIFE IHSOBAHOE OOMPAHY OF NEW YORK The undersigned, a Committeeapppointed by your honorable body on the twenty- thi verify the same, respectfully That, pursuant to The p0 said reference and the date c the Comptroller, the Auditor and and t fully gone over all t and counted every certificate of stock, bon same are carried in said Statement With t many cases below them. and find the same to be as stated. T verified the deposits of money in the various 11 the books, papers. documents and evidences of title of every description necessary in bmitted to the Committee by the said oiiicers and their assistants, and that the same are Cashier. . And the Committee certify that a such examination have been freely su accurate, in good order and well kept. And the Committee further certify 1 methods adopted by the Company in recor All of which is respectfully submitted NEW YORK. JANUARY 25, 1897. The company ilias charge heretofore reqmred. REPORT he items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be correct. d and other obligation held by the Company, and compared the price at which the he market quotations and find the same not exceeding such quotations—in fact, in They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real property held by the Company, hey have also verified the valuations of the Company ’S holdings of real estate 'and have banks and trust companies, and have counted the cash on hand held by the ROBERI‘ OLYPHANT JAMES N. JARVIE JAMES C. HOLDEN the local agent, Mr. A H. Camp, V Board of Trustees SAMUEL D, BABCOCK RICHARD A. MCCURDY JAMES C. HOLDEN HERMANN C. VON POST LEWIS MAY OLIVER HARRIMAN ROBERT OLYPHANT GEORGE F. BAKER DUDLEY OLCOTT FREDERIC CROMWELL J ULIEN '1‘. DAVIES ROBERT SEWELL S, V. R. CRUGER CHARLES R. HENDERSON RUFUS W. PECKHAM . J. HOBART HERRICK' ‘WM P DIXON ROBERT A. GRANNIss HENRY H. ROGERS WILLIAM BABCOCK STUYVESANT FISH H. WALTER WEBB Jim. W AUOHINCLOSS THEODORE MORFOBD AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD CHARLES E. MILLER WALTER R GILLETTE rd day of December, [896, to examine the Annual Statement of_the Company, and to war and authority-thereby conferred, the Committee have at various dates between the date of the f this Report attended at the office of the Company, and have been waited on by the Treasurer, he Cashier, together With the the respective assmtams of such officers, and have care- They have examined hat the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the system and ding its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation J. HOBART BERRICK CHARLES D. DICKEY. JR. CHARLES R. HENDERSON issued an order whereby women can be insured without the extra More definite information on the subject will be furnished by GEORGE G. HAVEN ADRIAN ISELIN JR. GEORGE S. BCWDOIN THEO. A.'HAVEM_EYER WILLIAM C. WHITNEY WILLIAM ROCKEEELLEB JAMES N. JARVIE CHAS D. DICKEY JR. ELBRIDGE‘T. GERRY ’ ~ ROBERT A GRANNISS Vice-PreSident. , WALTER R. GILLETTE, GeneralManager. ISAAC F. LLOYD. 2d Vice-President. , WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. ' JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer . WILLIAM P, SANDS, Cashier. JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant Actuary. . __ ' WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptrollerf S , PRELLER, Auditor. . ‘ CHARLE A HENRY S. BROWN, ASSIstant Comptroller. C. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER, Aesistant Auditor. EMORY MCCLINTOOK, Actuary. HENRY E. DUNCAN, JR, Corresponding Secretary ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary. FEEDER-IO CROMWELL. Treasurer. ' JAMES TIMPSON. 2d Assistant Treasurer. ' EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier. JOHN CKELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. ED W ARD GUSTAVUS S. WINSTON, M. D. JOHN MEDICAL DIRECTORS: ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D’ z" LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor. GRANVILLE M.|WHITE, m ,. W1. 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