RUSHOF pulling . Bursting Dam Carries Death and De- ' ‘struction Into a Valley. TWO BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY. List of Known Dead and Injured—Dutchess .-Jnnct-lon, N. Y., Suffered Severely. ‘ Heavy Rains Thought to Have ,Cauged “the Disaster. Newburg, N. Y., July '15.——The Mel- zingah dams, which ' supply Fishkill Landing and Matteawan with water, burst at an early hour today. The wa- ters rushed down the mountain, fol- lowing the old bed of the Melzingah brook. Two bridges were swept away. The great volume of water struck the little settlement occupied by the labor- ers of Frank Timoney’s brickyard at Dutchess Junction. . There were two floods. The first was not disastrous, but alarmed the inhab- itantS, most of ‘Whom left their houses. A short time later the second darn burst, pouring the flood down the mountain, carrying with it a great mass of debris, parts of buildings, etc. This struck the buildings in the rear of Timoney’s brickyard. One was a. boarding house conducted by'Patrick Murphy. This building contained five families—Mr. and Mrs. Con Murphy and five children, Mr. and Mrs. Pat- rick Murphy and four boys, John Con- roy, wife and two children; .an Italian family, man, wife and child, named Lourey, and Mrs. Ann Ferry, awidow, and her young son. None of [the Mur- phys was lost. The wife and two chil- dren of John Conroy perished. The Italian child, Lourey, died, and Mrs. Ann' Ferry and her child, Willie, were also‘lost. A short distance from the Murphy boarding house was a, building occupied by about 25 laborers, mostly Slavs, with a few Italians. One of the Italians named John .Zuica was killed. A Hungarian whose name and number are unknown is missing. His remains. are probably in the ruins. The Known Dead. Of those who perished these have been found: ‘ Mrs. Mary Conro ,,'-wife of the en— gineer of Timothy; child, Selena 'Lourey. The remaining bodies have not been found. Work- men ,are now digging for them in the debris, which extends for a distance of 1,000 feet on the tracks of the Hudson River railroad. _ - John Conroy, the engineer, whose arm was broken, was dazed by his losses and injuries and unable to say much about the‘*disaster. He, directed inquir- ers to Henry McGur'gaif’" and Michael Clark, two brickyard hands, who had been in one of the destroyed buildings. They and several other men were in the structure when it started from its foundations. Several of the men es- caped by jumping from the windows as the building was carried along by the flood. Clark remained in the floating structure until it struck one of the brickyard shanties, ‘which was moved from its foundation by the collision. When the current had swept the shan- ty near the shore, he jumped on the bank and escaped unharmed. McGur— gem, in attempting to reach the bank, fell under the building, which passed over him. He clung to roots of trees that had been uncovered by the torrent and climbed up the bank to a. place of safety. His back was severely injured. Timely Warning Disregarded. Zuica and hislbrother Martini, who had left their building after the first “big water,” as they called it, came down, returned to the building to save some of their effects. Martin Zuz‘ca, hearing the roar of the advancing wa- ters of the second flood, called to his brother and started for high ground. His brother, however, disregarded the warning and did not follow him and perished. Con Murphy, a brother of the engi- neer, says he slept until 1:30, when he was aroused-by the people in the house, who warned him of‘ the approaching flood. He came out and found most of the (people of the house on the stoop. The“ water was then about four feet deep. The men, wading through water up to their hips, began carrying women and children to places of safety. The first wave, Murphy says, swept the stoop away. The second carried the house down stream, piling up a mass of wreckage. In the debris there are trees that had been torn out by the roots, timbers and roofs of houses, bedding, dead pigs swept away with their pens, etc. On one roof were seen half a dozen live pigs. A barrel of flour converted into paste stood on a roof. On a chair standing on the roof near the pigs lay a water soaked volume. When opened, its title was found to be “Thrown on the World.” by Bertha M. Clay. In the side of themountain was a great furrow. which had been scooped out by the fic< d as it came down the bed of the brcolz. 4 l \‘i'. 'Iage Swept Down. The straw” was from 50 to 200 feet wide, am“ =1: 6‘. brought down with it great hoof. 1? trees, timbers and oth- er “’I‘CCITI". The railroad track had been ccv’iui by sand, mud and rocks, but had not been swept away, as at first reported. Half a mile up the mountain from the scene of the disaster was Cascade bridge. It originally cov- ered a gap 10 or 15 feet wide. The‘tor- rent swept the bridge away and en- larged the gap to a width of 75 feet and cut huge waterways in the earth and rocks. A few rods above Cascade bridge was a second bridge, which was also torn away. Near this section bridge is an almost perpendicular fall 50 feet high made by the flood. Melzingah brook always has more or less water, which comes from the res- ervoir. In a rainstorm ,it conveys con- siderable water to the Hudson, and last night during the heavy’storm the wa- ter was higher than usual, and the oc- ' cupants of the houses on the stream worked to keep the water from their basements. ‘ loss of life was not’ larger. Nothing was left of the Murphy boarding house except a portion of, the brick founda- tion. The building itself-was ground up into fragments. -A swiftly rushing stream a dozen feet wide was at noon today rushing over the sites of the touses-that had been ‘carried away. The body of Willie Ferry was the. first one recovered from the maSs of debris. . ,5 . .Qfickyard; John’- Zuica, Willie Ferny And the Italian" This"is the reason why the } Soon afterward the body of Mrs. Con- roy was found“ The hair was matted with mud, and she was bruised about the face. . . On the line of the flood was a large Stable, containing many horses" that were used in the brickyard. It was moved from its foundations and carried 30 feet‘down the stream with compara- tively little damage. The animals were not injured. . 'Murphy’s house was a brick struc- ture. The other two were frame. Undertakers removed the bodies which had been recovered and took them to Fishkill Landing. All wo'rk at the Dutchess Junction brickyards was suspended. Men with picks and axes stood knee deep in the water and mud, cutting away the tim- bers in their search for bodies. At noon the railway trackwas clear-; ed, and the many trains which had been stalled began to move. Great crowds of people from the neighboring villages were at the spot watching the operations of the men. PRISON FOR MRS. OAREW. Leave to Appeal Refused by the Com- mittee of the Privy Council. London, July Ill-The judicial com- mittee of the privy council has refused leave to appeal from the judgment en- tered at Yokohama on Feb. 1, sentenc- ing to death Mrs. Carew,- convicted of poisoning her husband, Walter Ray- mond Hallowell Carew, secretary of the Yokohama United club, which was sub— sequently commuted by the British min- ister to Japan, Sir E. M. Satow, to im- prisonment for life. ' The trial of Mrs. Carew last winter at- tracted much attention because of the prominence of Mr. and Mrs. Carew in society at Yokohama and because of a similarity of some features of the case to the Maybrick trial, which resulted in the sentencing of Mrs. Florence May- brick, an American, to life imprison- ment in England. The coroner’s jury did not hold Mrs. Carew responsible for her husband’s death, but the British minist’er caused her arrest last Novem- ber on the charge of murder, and her conviction and sentence followed. Hostmasters Appointed. Washington, July 15.—The fourth class postmasters appointed today were: Connecticut—East Thompson, Andrew Young. New Jersey—Wrightstown, J. B. Col- lins. .» i New York—Cato, C. E. Turner; Churchville, E. A. Brower; Clarkson, F. R. Hixson; Clifton Park, C. E. Boyce; North Hamlin, W. S: Mockford; Rich- ford, C. R. Finch. Pennsylvania—Buffalo Mills, W. H. Mowry; Clarks Mills, S. R. Turner; Cy- pher, E. G. Heffner; Hellam, J. W. Ga.- ble; Mahoningtown, L. D. Durban. The National Republican Clubs. Detroit, July 15.—At the opening of the convention of the National League of Republican Clubs today the commit- tee on rules reported that the rules of congress should prevail in the conven- tion. A telegram of regret was received from Senator Hanna. Colonel Dick Wood of South Dakota, in making the report of the committee on credentials, reported that delegates were present from 36 states. Ornaha was selected as the place for the next convention. Leonard J. Crawford of Kentucky was elected president of the league for the ensuing year. The Randall Bequests. Boston, July 15.—The sums soon to be distributed among various institutions by the trustees of a fund set aside by the late Miss Belinda Lull Randall of Roxbury will be as follows: ' Foxcroft club of Cambridge, $70,000; Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, $50,000; Children’s Aid society, $50,000; Radcliffe college, $20,000; Cambridge Prospect union, $20,000; Hampton (Va.) Normal institute, $25,000; Tuskegee (Ala.) insti- tute, $20,000; Calhoun (6a.) university, $10,000; reserved for a trades school, $959- 000. Precautions Against Anarchists. Paris, July 15.—In view of anarchist threats special precautions were taken for the protection of M. Faure, the president, while on route to the review today. Many suspects were arrested. The thicket near the cascade in the Bois de Boulogne, the scene of the last bomb outrage, was surrounded by de- tectives. More than 150 officers mounted on bicycles .were [ready at various points to carry out instructions and to pursue anarchists. The Portuguese Flag Incident. Monterey, Cal., July 15.—Henrique Laidley, Portuguese vice consul at San Francisco, has arrived here to investi- gate the incident of the tearing down and burning of the flag of Portugal, which Manuel Ortins, a Portuguese gro- cer, had hoisted over his place of busi- ness on the Fourth of July. Consul Laid- ley says that if the trouble cannot be satisfactorily explained Portugal will demand an apology from the United States. __—___.__. OI Release of Lady Selina Scott. London. July 15.—-Lady Selina Scott. better known as Lady Tina Scott, moth- er-in-law of Earl John Francis Russell, who in January last pleaded guilty to, the charge of criminally libeling the earl in conjunction with John Cooker- ton an engineer, and William Aylelott, a éhet, and was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment in Holloway jail. will be released tomorrow. ‘ Professor Andrea’s Balloon Trip. Stockholm, July 15.—According to a dispatch from Hammerfest, Norway, the officers of the steamer Lafoten vis- ited Mr. Andree, the aeronaut, at Dane’s island on the 10th. Mr. Andree said that he would not be ready to make the start by balloon for the north until July 15. A strong storm from the south nearly carried off the balloon on the 2d, he said. . Ministers Nominated. Washington, July -15.——-The president today sent the nominations to the sen- ate of William L. Merry of California to be minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador, Horace N. Allen of Ohio to be minister resident and consul general to Korea,“ and Perry M. De Leon of Georgia to be consul general at Guayaquil, Ecuador. ' John P. Lovell Stricken. . Boston, July Iii—John P. Lovell of the Lovell Arms company was stricken with paralysis today. ’ . ‘ u ( . FOUND chostus LETTER, ’ And other Interesting Relics of the Dis- coverer of America. W. C. Zimmerman; circuit court clerk of Citrus County, Florida, and an archaeologist of note, has recent- ‘ly reached Atlanta from San “Carlos, Bay islands, south of Fort Myers. where with a number of friends he has been on; a camp-hunt. On; one of the islands Zimmerman and his friends found the relics of a Spanish expedi- tion sent out from Cuba by Christo- pher Columbus when the great dis- coverer was Governor of that island. While hunting, the men passed a low mound, and at Zimmerman’s request an investigation was made. After a little digging, something hard was struck, and when: unearthed it was found to be a complete suit of armor. Further digging unearthed three more. suits of armor. Zimmerman pried open the helmet of one of the suits. and was shocked ' to see a skull. The entire suit was then Opened, ’and fouud to contain a skeleton. The oth- er suits were opened, and also found to contain skeletons. Four swords made in Toledo were found near the skeletons. Further digging brought to light an- iron box filled with. Spanish doubloons, worth $6,000, a few blun- derbuses, and cutlasses of antique pat- tern bearing the name Sebastian Ve- lasquez ,and the date 1490. Zimmer- man continued to dig, and was reward- ed by unearthing ‘auoth'er iron box, which proved the most interesting find of all. In- thlis box were found a portrait of a beautiful woman painted on an ivory, a medallion dated 1497, on which was a raised figure of Chris- topherColumbus, and a roll of parch- ment cOvered with- writing. Zimmer- man, who is a linguist, soon saw that the parchment was a letter from Col- umbus to Sebastian Velasquez, and re- lated to an expedition which the lat- ter was to lead from Cuba to explore the coasts of Florida. The letter was one of instructions, and was signed by Columbus as Governor of Cuba. The Atlanta Constitution further says that the doubloons will be divided among members of the party, and the relics disposed of to the government, or to one of the universities. THE BRITISH SOLDIER’S CLOTHES. England’s Outlay Much Less than that of Germany or France. It costs the British government $7,— 250,000 annually for the clothing fur- nished to its army all over the world. Each of the foreign. possession-s, how- ever, has to pay back, to a certain ex- tent, the amount which the uniforms of the troops stationed or sent there has cost, and this entails no end of bookkeeping. India pays for clothing of its own troops, and also for the uni- forms " of the men which England sends there. The latter item is about $675,000 annually. Onthle other hand, when a regiment comes here fro-m I-n- dia, that country has to be paid back the full value of the clothes it wears. The government sells old worn-out ar- ticles to the second-hand dealers, who, ‘ by-the-way, usually accumulate for- tunes, in a short tme. The value of cast-off clothes so disposed of is about $150,000 yearly. The best quality of everything is used in the manufacture of uniforms. In fact, it is said they are too good for durable wear. A huge. factory in Pimlico niakes a large share of the furnishings, but vast quanti- ties of foot and head gear are bought ready made. Boots and leggings, for example, cost $1,165,000, and head- dresses $250,000. The thousands of “ iies (lf flannel, linen, calico, cloth, velvet, etc, the millons of buttons, the ton-s of cottonwool, the billions of yards of sewing—cotton, that are made into tunics, trousers, and shirts, cost '2,500,(§00, and the wages paid 1301- making these up are over $5,000 a week. But all this vast expense is much less than the annual outlay that France‘or Germany makes for keeping its soldiers. In Germany every man in the army has four‘ complete suits of military clothing—Harper’s Round Table. An African Duel. In the Boer war of 1881, a Mr. Samp- son and Bothaa found themselves be- hind stones on a level plain, shooting at each, other. Sampson made sure that he had hit Bo-tha, and raised his head, when a bullet ploughed through his neck. ‘ - “My man-is dead,” cried Botha, and exposed himself. Just then a bullet from Sampson’s rifle struck "him. "This time I’ve got him!” shouted Sampson, and raised himself up; but a bullet grazed his side, aridhe dropped. Bothanow had no doubt that he had ended his antagonist, and jumped upon his feet, only 'to be again laid low. Though the men Were now past fighting, with two bad wounds apiece, both recovered, and when Sampson settled in the Transvaal they became great friends, and often chaffed each other about this e=ncounter.—Harper’s Round Table. (l Swollen of keenest satisfaction comes with every glass of Williams’ Root 'Beer. Keep it in the house ready to quench your thirst. Your whole family will enjoy it. It is a temperance drink, clear, bright and sparkling. You are drinking to your own health When'you drink T H E E v E N IN G CA ZE TAT E‘ l 1,. THE ’MUTUA“ LIFE. INS‘U f m} .. ' RICHARD A. McGURDY, President. Statement for lheYear Endiu 'Ilecemhel 3Isl, l89 , According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York. INCOME, Received for Premiums _- - - - .— From all Other Sources - - . . . $ 39,593,4l4 20' l0,l08,28l 07 DISBURSEMENTS, To Policy-holders for claims by Ilealh ' - . - ' To Policy-holders for Endowments. Dividends, etc. For all Other Accounts ' - - = - - - . ASSETS. United Slates Bonds and olherSecurilie - - . First lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage _ - - _ ; Loans on Stocks and Bonds - Real Estate - - ,- - - - - cash in Banks and Trust companies A - - - - . llcc‘ruell Interest, Nel Deferred Premiums, elc- - - slz,595,ll3 39 lz,m,456 u "types 64 $5,218,515 u S I I. (”25,082 l4 II,543,929 ' ll,09l,52 22.161.566 603 6,535,555, 06 ———__.__.__. $ 234,744, 48- 82 205,0").633 12 3 29,133,547] — —..____,_ S-Ql8.598.338 45 Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities - . - - Surplus - f - ' '- . - . _. - Insuranée and Annuities in force - l have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct liabilities calculated by the Insurancepepartment CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual .Report of the Examining Commit'tc c Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. To THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD or TRUSTEES or _ THE murun LIFE Insunllllet comm or new YORK The undersigned, a Committee apppointed by your honorable body on the twenty- third day of December, I 896, to examine the Annual Statement ofthe company, an .1 Verify the same, respectfully \ REPORT .. That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have at various dates betw'eent - ate of the said reference and the date of this Report attended at the cflice of the Company, and have been waited on by the freasurer the Comptroller, the Auditor'an'd and the Cashier, together With the the respective assistants 0’ such oflicers, and have care: fully gone over all the items contained in the said Statementnglud 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 exceeding such quotations—Tn fact in many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real. property held‘by the Compalny 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 Ca‘hier. , _ a ttee certify that all the books, papers. documents and ev1dences of title of every description necessary in And the Commi . . _ _ _ such examination have been freely submitted to the (.ommittee 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 methods adopted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation All of which is ,espectfuny submltted ROBERT OLYPHANT J. HOBART HERRI . JAMES N. JARVIE CHARLES D. DICK‘EE. J3. NEW YORK. J ANUABY 25, 1897. J AMES 0. 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. . ‘ Board. of Trustees GEORGE G. HAVEN ADRIAN ISELIN JR: GEORGE S. BOWDOIN THEO. A. HAVEMEYER WILLIAM C. WHITNEY WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER JAMES N. JARVIE CHAS D. DICKEY JR. ELBRIDGE T. GERRI HENRY H. ROGERS ‘ JNO. 'W AUCHINCLOSS THEODORE MORFORD , WILLIAM BABCOCK STUYVESANT FISH AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD CHARLES E. MILLER WALTER R GILLETTE H. WALTER WEBB FREDERIC CROMWELL 7 J ULIEN T. DAVIES ROBERT SEWELL ' S, V. R. CRUGER CHARLES R. HENDERSON RUFUS W. PECKHAM J. ’HOBART HERRICE WM P DIxON ROBERT A. GRANNISS A ROBERT A GRAN N 188 Vice-President. WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. - . ‘ ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President. HENRY E. DUNCAN, JR, Corresponding Secretary WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. g ALBERT KLAMROTH, AsSistant Secretary - FBEDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. . . JAMES TIME SON. 2d Assistant. Treasurer. EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier. SAMUEL D, BABCOCK RICHARD A. MCCURDY JAMES C. HOLDEN HERMANN C. VON POST LEWIS MAY OLIVER HARRIMAN ROBERT OLYPHANT GEORGE F. BAKER DUDLEY OLCOTT JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. WILLIAM P, SANDS, Cashier. . . EMORY MCCLINTOCK, Actuary. ' , " JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant Actuary. - CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. O. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER, Aesistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant COmptroll'eI- _ ~ JOHN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. . ‘ ED WARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor. MEDICAL DIRECTORS: _ . ' f ' ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D' GRANVILLE:M.|WHITE, M l JOHN WI, NICHOLS I?" Haven. _ , AB Him @AMPu Y, ,_local‘lg,m General Agent tori WEE—537 . l2.680.390 no, Slain of llonnecllcul‘ fill. " \ .r
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