WOMENFIIIIIIFOR CUBA
Reported Defeat of a Band of Insur-
gent Aniazons. : ‘
RED CROSS APPEAL FOR HELP
Miss Wilberforce Says Money Is Badly
Needed For Hospital Facilities—Sick
and Wounded Soldiers Return to
Spain —— Children Imprisoned.
. Havana, July 6.—A caustic editorial
in La Vose de Cuba, complaining of
Weyler’s illiberal application of the po-
litical amnesty decree in commemora-
tion of the king’s birthday, has brought
to the newspaper'prompt suppression.
The publisher has been fined, and the
editor is under arrest. The Madrid pic-
torial paper, Blanco y Negro, has been
excluded from circulation in Cuba on
‘account of its reproduction of American
caricatures ridiculing Weyler’s recon-
centration policy. '
Miss Wilberforce, the British Red
Cross delegate, who recently arrived in
Havana, has sent a strong x-appeal to
England for money contributions to en-
able the Spanish Red Cross association
to increase the hospital facilities in the
cities and towns and to extend the work
to the government outposts in the in-
terior.
Seven hundred and seventy ‘ill and
wounded Spanish troops were embark-
ed for home yesterday at General Wey—
ler’S request, to make room in the hos—
pitals for the new fever and smallpox
victims who are stricken down from
2day to day. '
~Miss Wilberforce still hopes to per-
suade General Weyler to permit the re—
ception at the hospitals and impartial
treatment of wounded Cubans who are
captured and held as prisoners of war.
awaiting court martial, sentences of
death or deportation in chains.
A Jucaro Moron dispatch to E1 Diaro
de la Marina reports the defeat of a
party of rebel amazons near the central
trocha and announced the capture of“
Senorita Florentina, their captain. The
moment the news reached General-
Weyler at Manzanillo he telegraphed
ordering her release.
Cuban Women Disappear.
Havana, via Jacksonville, Fla., July 6.—
Senors Borelles, Marandios, Natrones
and Diaz, weatlthy residents of Guana-
bacoa. were arrested at night Wednes-
day and hustled Off to jail. The next
night their homes were invaded by
troops and police, and their wives and
daughters were forced to go with the
men, hardly having a chance to dress.
Indeed, two of them, handsome girls of
16 and 18, were taken away in their
night garments, the soldiers indulging
in the coarsest jests regarding them
and their appearance.
These women have disappeared. and
‘to complaints -made in Guanabaooa and
Havana no attention is paid, save if the
complainants get too importunate a
significant hint is given that they had
better for their own sake be more com-
’ plaisant.
La Lucha reports that 14 children
from 6 to l5'years old have been put in
prison as “abetters of the rebellion."
La Lucha, El Comercio and Diario de
la Marina taunt the “Yankees” with
being “fiery on paper, but inactive in
work,” and they say Calhoun’s report is
“slumbering in a pigeonhole from
which McKinley will never dare to
withdraw it.” The American colony is
insulted daily in the papers, and many
sarcastic remarks are made regarding-
the “Americans’ sudden change of front
when Spain stood on her dignity.”
Smallpox In Montreal.
Montreal, July 6.—Two cases of small-
pox have developed in Montreal. A
few days ago J. A. Goddard, a well
known insurance agent, was removed
to Strong’s private hospital, where he
underwent treatment for typhoid fever,
but it has since been ascertained that it
was smallpox. Since then another case
has been discovered .on St. Andre street
in the east end, where the epidemic was
so bad in 1885.
Iron and Steel Works Burned. ‘
Akron, 0., July 6.—-The shafting de-
partment Of the Akron Iron and Steel
company’s works has been completely
destroyed by fire. The loss is $100,000;
fully covered by insurance. The build-
ing was 300 feet long and two stories
high. It was equipped with much valu-
able machinery, which, together with a
large amount of finished steel and iron,
was destroyed. The fire was caused by
the intense heat.
No Strike In Kansas.
Weir City, Kan, July 6.——No strike
has been ordered among'the miners of
this district. Should the men be or-
dered out, many would refuse to strike,
it is said, although most of them are
union men. They have no serious griev-
ance, except scarcity .of work. In 1893
they were out on a long and disastrous
strike, and time then they have re-
....“1<. regardless of. eastern
disturban: '; , g
Desperate Fighting In Brazil.
London, July 6.—-—The correspondent of
The Times at Rio Janeiro says: 'It is
reported here that the government
troops are attacking Antonio Consci-
heiro, the leader of the fanatics at
Canudos, Bahia, but have been thrice'
repulsed, losing over 1,000 men. Con—
selheiro’s losses are still greater. Fight-
ing has been continuous since June 27.
Philippine Islands “Pacifled” Again.
Madrid, July 6.—-Specia1 dispatches to
the government announce the complete
pacificationof the Philippine islands, and
on the strength Of these Marshal Primo
Rivera, the captain general at Manilla,
has been authorized to revoke the order
confiscating the property of rebels.
Star Pointer and Joe Patchen to Meet.
Chicago, July 6.—The following en-
tries have been received for the 35,000
free for all all pacing race to take place
at ‘Washington Park club Saturday, Ju-
ly 24: Star Pointer, 2:021/2; Joe Patchen,
2:03, and Frank Agan, 2:03%.
Trolley Car Men Strike.
Houston, July 6.—N.ot a trolley Car is
running in the city, the men having
struck to compel recognition of their
union. FIVe hundred men are affected.
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A HERMIT’S’LEDVE FOR JENNY LIND.
His Life Ruined by the Practical Jolie
/ of ~ ‘ me Young Lawyers. '
Jenny Lind is dead, but in’ a filthy
hovel on the road from Glasco,.. Ulster
‘County‘, to the. Hudson River, at Ul-
ster Landing, lives a lasting remem-
brance of her in a poor may hermit
who lost his mind through a practical
. joke, which aroused in him a violent
love for the great singer.
Early in the fifties, when Jenny Lind
was creating a mad furor here by her
wonderful singing, there lived in
Kingston, N. Y., a young carpenter
named Tobias Van Steenberg. He
never had a very strong mind, but was
a good and steady workman, thrifty
and prosperous. He had accumulated
several hundred dollars in the savings
bank, and had built himself a good
house. He was not the sort of a man
to make an enémy, but he was as good
a mark for a practical joke as a jester
could hope to find. Several young
lawyers in Kingston had noted Van;
Steenber’s peculiarities.
One day he was seen looking earmest~
1y at a cheap cut ofralenny Lind in one
Of the shop windows, and the young
lawyers saw an opportunity for anoth-
er practical joke, so they began to talk
to him about Jenny Lind, and soon
made him think she was in love with
him. They aftaeward managed to
have letters sent to him from New
York inviting him to visit the great
singer in the city. He at once drew
his money from the bank and disposing
of his property, started for New York
Cit .
ASS soon as he reached the city poor
Boot, as he was nicknamed, began to
haunt the hall where the famous sing-
er was appearing, and to follow her
carriage in the street. At one of her
public receptions at the Revere House
he declared his love before the crowd
present, and said he had come to New
York to marry her, and ended by grov-
elling on the floor at her feet. She had
never seen the man before, and, of
course, had him ejected from her
apartments.
He then began to haunt the hotel
lobby and attempt to speak to her as
she passed out of the hotel, until the
proprietors of the house had him put
into the street. His next move was to
place himself where he could watch
the singer’s windows, and he would
not move from his post for hours at a
time. Later on he seems to have got
an idea that Miss Lind would love him
better if he was a musician, and then
he appeared in front of the hotel with
a hand-organ, which he would grind
for hours at a time. He soon became
a public nuisance, and was arrested
and taken to the Tombs. . His friends
in Kingston were notified to come and
get him.
Boot was brought back to Kingston,
but his mind was destroyed, and he
would do nothing but wander about
town grinding his hand-organ. He soon
became such a plague to his native
town and to his own family that one
"of his brothers smashed the machine.
011 the first night that he saw her he
bought one hundred tickets to the con-
cert and took that number of people
whom he picked up from the sidewalk
in to hear the great singer. This is
said to be a fact, and when it was
brought to the attention of Miss Lind
she is said to have sent a substantial
check to his parents. ‘
The young lawyers whose practical
joke upset this man’s reason all lived
to become distinguished men. They
21c all dead now, however, while the
victim of their pleasahtries still lives.
—;\ew York Journal.
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Cause for Ia-regularity of Trees.
It has been pointed out by a natural.
is: that the irregular shapes of trees,
lliull' "anyhownessfi’ if we may use
the word. fulfils a most important pur-
;ws~.-. Tn'hen a gale is blowing the
his will be seen to sway in all
and their movements tend
so each other. Did they all
- l:._—‘_:4:[hel‘, the oscillations would
-..'...~ uproot the tree or despoil it of
.s branches.
,i I.J"\',
. Bad dreams dis
tress the man whose
digestion is out of
order. Consti ation
creates more cam:
than are in the infer
nal regions. Peo 1!
who are troubledwrth
constipation sleep
badly and restlessly.
Sometimes they can-
not sleep at all, and
when they do sleep,
' the dreams come. It
I doesn’t take so very
long to wear a man
. - ' out with that sort of
thing. He gets 11
in the morning fee -
’ \ l“, in worse than he
—-. di when he went
to bed. He is listless and without energy.
The chances are he is dizzy, has “heart-
burn,” palpitation, sees black spots be-
fore his eyes, has headache and is bilioug,
What nonsense it is to let a— condition of
that sort continue. Nine-tenths of all
the sickness in the world comes from
constipation and neglect of it. It is a
Simple thing to cure it you go about it
right. It’s a bad thing and a serious thing
if you don’t take the right medicine. Dr.
Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are designed for
the cure of constipation. The “ Pellets"
are tiny, sugar-Coated granules. One is
a laxative, two a mild cathartic. Every-
body, who has ever used them has a good
word for them. They have prevented
-.more serious illness than any other
remedy ever sold. " Druggists sell them,
and an honest druggist will not try to
sell you something else. '
Dr. Piercc’s Common Sense
viser is the greatest family doctor book ever
published. It ex‘plains human physiology
and the laws of l fe and health 'in plain yel
scientific language. It has had a tremen-
dous sale; 680,000 copies at $I.5o each, bound
in cloth; The present free edition is the
same in all respects except that it is bound
in strong manilla paper cayers. A copy will
be absolutely given away to anyone who
sends ‘21 one-cent stamps to pay cost of
mailing only, to World's Dispensary Med.
lc’al Association, No- 663 " Main Street,
. Buffalo, 31. Y.
- pounds of gold.
Medical Ad-
A May Queen.
A gallant captain was called up by
his colonelto explain his lass-suiting
the sentry on his return to barracks
after. dinner on the previous night.
The captain had forgotten the incident
entirely. The sentry declared that the
officer was evidently drunk. The cap-
tain’s Irish soldier servant, however,
emphatically protested that his master
was sober. “HOW is it that you are
so sure that he was sober?” asked the
colonel. “Did he speak to you?” “He
did, sorr." “What did he say?” “He
tould me to be sure and call him early
in the morning, sorr.” “That seems all
right,” said the colonel; “and did—ah
—did the captain say why he wished,a
to be called early-'2” “He did, sorr. He
May.”——‘—The Wave.
A “'ond crful Scale.
The grand balance, or scale, used in
the Bank of England is probably the
most wonderful piece of mechanism
in the world. It stands about seven
feet high and weighs probably two
tons. The whole is under a huge glass
case, access to it being gained by a
sliding panel. This scale is so per-
fectly adjusted that it can be made to
weigh a grain of dust or four hundred?
A- postage stamp
placed on one at the two weighing
ledger-S will move the indexasix inches.
If the weight placed upon the scales
is beyond its capacity, an electric bell
is set to ringing, the machine, almost
with human voice, declining to execute
a task of which it is incapable.
‘Uli
I 1".
You are thirsty—the heat and
dust parches your throat—makes
you weary—ordinary drinks don’t
touch the Spot—your stomach de-
mands a pure and healthful drink
in summer, something to coun-
teract the heat effect. Williams’
Root Beer combines healthful
qualitieswith a peculiar, rich, de-
licious flavor, giving solid enjoy-
ment with every thirst quenching.
It costs but a trifle to buy the
extract and make
\VILLIAMS & CARLETON C0,, PROPS.
HARTFORD, CONN.
AT IIOIIE.
Don't go out of town to
have your Awnings
madu when you can get
them right here at
home just as cheap.
If you want a canopy
for a party or a wed-
ding, I will supply it at
two hours’, notice.
A letter or postal card
will receive prompt at-
tention.
P. E. CALLAHAN,
Awning Maker,
53 Cross St., Norwalk.
HALE’ .
BALSAM
25C}i
Ask Your Druggist
IIERE’S 'voun OIIIIIOE.
A fine'building lot on Wilton ave-
nue. _ If you intend to build, look at
this before purchasing.
Water, gas and sewer on the avenue.
will be sold at a Bargain.
W. H. BYINGTON,
Real Estate and Insurance
Room ”I . Gazette B’I'cl. '
said that he was going to be Queen of .
To Poli‘cy-holders‘l‘lor Endowmenls, Dividends, elc. - - '-
l , . 7 . I All? Hm GAME“
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HE Hum. :IPB- INSURA u
oFNEW-Yoaz. _ j "
{ RIOHARD A. MgoURDY, President." «5 ,A
Statement for the Year Ending December '3‘lsl, l89
- According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State Of New York.
. INCOME, . ,
Received for Premiums ’ - -, -_ - $ 39,593,414 20
From all Olher Sources . - - - - .- IO,lOB,28l 07
WERE—27
DISBURSEMENTSh”
To Policy-holders for Olaims Ivy-lean. . ,_ . - “2,595,”,339
I2,842,456 ll
l0,18l,005 64-
$36,218.515 M
For all Other Accounts . - - - - - .
ASSETS.
United Slates Bonds and olher Securities .- - - - ‘sno,|25,osz I4
Filsi lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage , ,_ - 1|,543,929
Loans on Slacks and Bonds - , .-‘ - - - ll,09l,525 00
Real Estate -" - - - - - - 22,161,666 60
Oash in Banks and Trusl Olimpanies - - - -“ - l2,SOO,390 on
6,535,555, 06
Accrued lnleresl, llel Deferred Premiums, elc- - -- - _ -
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities - - ' - . -
Surplus .
Insurance and Annuilies in force - - . . .‘
6 2” 333314—11)
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 Committ ( e '-
V Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
To THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES or
TIIE MUTUAL LIFE IIISURAIIOE OOMPAIIY OF IIEVI YORK
The undersigned, a Committee apppointed by your honorable body on the twentv-
third day of December, I896, to examine the Annual Statement of the Company, an :1
REPORT ,
That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have .at various dates between‘t . ate of the
said reference and the date of this Report attended at the office Of the Company, and have been waited on by the Treasurer,
the Comptroller, the Auditor and and the Cashier, together With the the respective assistants 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 ce _
same are carried in em
verify the same, respectfully
(1 Statement with the market quotations and find the same not exceeding such quotations—in fact, in
many cases below 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 holdings 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
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caSllAfid the Committee certify that all the books, papers. documents and evidences of title of every description necessary in
such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said Officers and their assistants, 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
'n recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation
methods adopted by the Company 1
1 f h' h is Ies ectfully submitted 'ROBERT OLYPHANT J. HOBART HERRI K
Al 0 w 1c p JAMES N. JARVIE CHARLES D. DIOKcEY, J3.
NEW YORK. JANUARY 25, 1897. JAMES C. HOLDEN CHARLES R. HENDERSON
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. ..
Boardof Trustees
GEORGE G. HAVEN
ADRIAN ISELIN J R:
GEORGE S. BOWDOIN
THEO. A. HAVEMEYER
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY
WILLIAM RooxEEELLER
JAMES N. JARVIE
CHAS D. DICKEY JR.
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
HENRY H. ROGERS
JNo. W AUCHINCLOSS
THEODORE ' MOREORD
WILLIAM BABcoox
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R. GILLETTE
H. WALTER 'WEDE
FREDERIC CROMWRLL
J ULIEN T. DAVIES
ROBERT SEWELL
S, V. R. CRUGER ‘
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PEOKHAM
J. HOBART HERRICR
WM P DIXON
ROBERT A. GRANNISS
ROBERT A GRAN N 183 Vice-President.
_ WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. .
ISAAC F. LLOYD, 26 Vice-President. HENRY E. DUNCAN, JR, Corresponding Secretary
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. . ALBERT KLAMROTH, ASSISlsant Secretary.
‘ . . FREDERIC CROMW ELL, Treasurer. -
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMPSON. 2d Assistant Treasurer. "
WILLIAM P, SANDS, Cashier. EDWARD P. HOLDEN,- Assistant Cashier.
' EMORY MCCLINTOOK, Actuary. . _‘ ’
~JOHN TATLOCK, J R, Assistant Actuary. ,
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
‘ C. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER, ASsistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Ass1stant Comptroller
JOHN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
ED WARD LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS:
ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D" GRANVILLEJLLWHITE, A;
SAMUEL D, BABCOCK
RICHARD A. MCCURDY
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON POST
LEWIS MAY
OLIVER HARRIMAN
ROBERT OLYPHANT
GEORGE F. BAKER
DUDLEY OLCOTT
GUSTAVUS S. WINSTON, M. D.
JOHN ' WI NICHOLS I”, llllvsn,
General Agent lorl
Slate of Oonnocllcvl
Local-Agent.
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S 9l8,698,338 45..
rtificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared the price at Which the ‘
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