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KIGKIN G ABOUT OUR. TARIFF.
The Press Snarling About Revenge While
Admitting That Retailiation Would
Prove a BOomerang—Home News
via the German Capital.
Berlin, Aug. 2.-—Emperor William
reached Kiel on board the imperial
yacht Hohenzollern yesterday. On
Thursday next, accompanied by the
empress and by the entire fleet, under
command of Prince Henry Of Prussia,
his majesty will start for St. Peters-
burg to visit the czar. Prince Hohen-
lohe will join the emperor 'at Peterhof.
The municipal authorities of St. Pe-
tersburg will signalize the visit by pre-
senting to their majesties slices of bread
on a silver dish and salt in a saltcellar
both richly ornamented“ in the Russian
style and engraved with the joint arms
of St. Petersburg and Germany. Upon
the rim of the dish is the following in-
scription, “To their/majesties, the. em-
peror and empress of. Germany.” ‘
The grand autumn military maneu-
vers at Homburg will begin on Sept. 2
and will continue to the 10th. The
Prince of Wales will be among the
guests of the kaiser at the principal re-
views. He has modified his plans and
will take a course of the waters next
month at Marienbad instead Of at Hom-
as hitherto. This decision has
greatly elated the townsfolk at Mariell—
-bad and correspondingly depressed the
Homburg people who had'come to look
upon his visit as an annual fixture.
V The Egyptian Opthalmia.
Professor Hirschenberg, the well
known authority on opthalmia, has fin-
ished 'his examination into the causes
of Egyptian opthalmia, which is now
prevalent in many parts of Prussia.
In the course of his report to the gov—
ernment-he says: ’ q
“The old opinion that heat and dust
helped to propogate the disorder is no
longer tenable. The disease is most
prevalent along river valleys and in bog
and lake districts. It is never found in
the uplands: Out of the 7,000 cases
which have been examined under my
supervision I have found from 20 to 47
per cent among children in‘ village
schools, 10 to 15 per cent in town schools
and 5 per cent in high schools. The
chief remedy is an improvement of so-
cial conditions.”
Dr. Arthur Kortegarn, head master
of the celebrated school at Frankfort,
died suddenly at Interlaken last Mon-
day. He was 59 years of age, and until
within a few years was head master of
the well known school at Bonn, where
many prominent Americans and Eng-
lishmen have been educated. He was
a. leading authority on educational mat—
ters throughout Germany. .
' The empress has varied the monoto-
ny of her stay at Teguernsee by a visit<
to Munich. She was accompanied by,
the five princes, visited all the sights
and lunched with the prince regent,
who prOposed her majesty’s health, say-
ing, “1 am deeply touched by this dis-
tinguished visit which her majesty has
been good enough to make me. I beg
leave to propose her majesty’s health." ..
Prince Oscar celebrated his ninth
birthday on Tuesday at Teguernsee,
from which the empress and her chil-
dren have returned from Berlin.
American Affairs.
The rumors rife'in London concern-
ing the possible retirbment Of Secreta-
ry Sherman are echoed here, even in
Official German andeAmerican circles;
but with this diiference. that Mr. Sher-
man is to he succeeded not by Mr.
Whitelaw Reid. but by Embassador
White. Gossip even goes so far as to
attribute Mr. White’s hesitation to
leave Kaiserhof hotel for permanent
quarters to the. possibility of his having
soon to return to Washington.
The comments of the German press
upon the Dingley tariff are extremely
acrid, but great satisfaction is express-
ed at the fact that large quantities of,
German g00d§ were sent to the United
States in anticipation of the event.
While wishing to revenge themselves
upon the Americans the most chauven-
istic journals are not blind to the fact
that reprisals on the part of Germany
would surely prove boomerangs.
Prince Bismarck is in excellent health.
On Wednesday he received Prince
Schoenaich-Carolath, the new com—
mander of the Halberstadt cuirassiers,
of which regiment the prince is honora—
ry colonel. ,
Another Military Outrage.
Owing to the financial failure of the
Berlin exposition of 1896, the commit-
tee announced that the 50 per cent guar-
antee fund would have to be sacrificed.
This resulted in a large meeting of
signers of the guarantee on‘,,Monday.
.The meeting declared unanimously that
it did not recognize the right of the
committee to adopt, such a measure,
and a desperate- effort will be made to
place the tl'fianclal Responsibility upon
the shoulders of the commit ee.
The supposed infernal machine which
exploded in amall bag during thetrans-
fer of mails at~ the Pottsdam railway
station early in the week, turned out
to be only a package of large torpedoes
g; the kind used by, cyclists to frighten
1.1.535. .
The whole Liberal press is in arms
against the act of a sentry who killed
an escaping soldier under peculiarly
atrocious circumstances. The man, Sa-
remba, had overstepped the boundaries
of the fortifications at Dantzig and was
being taken to the guardhouse, when
he escaped and ran. The sentry fired,
and the bullet passed through Sarem-
ba’s head and two walls of_ an‘ iron
kiosk, burying itself in a brick wall.
This certainly proves the efficacy of the
German guns, but the incident adds
fuel to the flames of popular resent-
ment‘against military severity.
‘Vholuiale Druggists Indicted.
Nashville, Aug.'2.—-The grand jury
has returned indictments against .W.
W. Berry, J. A. Demoville, S. S. Whar-
tun, D. D. Phillips, E. M. Neal and T.
‘J. ”Webb, leading wholesale drug men,
charging them with violating the anti.
tlfist and combine law.
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Crushed to Death. ‘
Lawrence. Mass, Aug. 2,—Timothy
Minlhan was . crushed between two
fl eight cars yesterday and died an hour
later. He was 45 years old and leaves
a widow, and five children.
Ibeen legally separated.
AN .oUTRAGEous SACRILBGE.
That Is now They Characterize Adver-
> tising Genius In Liverpool.
,London, Aug. 2.—Advertising genius
of the American order has just been re-
buffed tO'the extent of £50 and 40 shill:
ings at the Liverpool assizes. Lord Nel-
cently fitted .out_as a Nelson museum,
exhibitions being given at the various
English seaports. This Nelson museum
was visited by the queen and many 0th.
er prominent persons.
On the night-of June 16 the old bat-
tleship was driven ashore at Blackpool
by a storm. In the morning the inhabi-
tants of that section were astonished to
see painted on the hull of the boat in
enormous letters, “England expects-ev-
ery man to do his duty.” In close
proximity to this maxim painted in let-
ters equally large appeared an adver-
tisement recommending a certain form
of pills. ,
The proprietor of the Nelson museum
sued the-proprietor of the patent medi-
cine and the man who painted the sign
for trespass. The jury .fixed the amount
of damages in the case Of the owner of
the patent remedy at £50 and in the
case of his agent, the painter, at 4C
shillings. Judge Kennedy declared that
the painting of the advertisement rec-
ommending the pill: upon the hull of
Nelson’s old battleship constituted an
outrageous sacrilege.
KILLED BY STRIKERS. ‘ ‘
The Nonunion Leader at the ’Scottldale
Iron Works Shot Dead.
Scottdale, Pa., Aug._ 2.—William Cum-
ings, the leader of the nonunion men-
brought here by the Scottdale Iron and
Steel company to take the places of the
strikers, was shot and instantly killed
Saturday evening in front of the Com-
mercial hotel.
Cummings and three companions, all
nonunion men, encountered a number
of strikers as they came out of the bar-
room, and a war of words ensued. Some
one fired a revolver, and a dozen shots
followed in _quick succession. Cum-
mings dropped dead with a bullet in his
right temple, and his three companions
fled to the mill, hotly pursued by an
angry crowd. When the nonunion men
reached the inclosure, the deputies on
guard surrounded them, and the mob
was forced to retreat. -
Word was at once sent to Sheriff Sea-
nor at Greensburg, and he came to this
city with- 50 armed deputies. Every-
thing was. then quiet, however, and
there was no fear of a further outbreak.
Reports as to how the shooting oc-
curred are conflicting. James Dolf, one
of the nonunion men who was with
Cummings, was arrested, and other ar-
rests will follow. The situation is very
much strained, and no one can predict
the outcome.
She Wants a Divorce.
San Francisco, Aug. 2.—Jeannie
Young, otherwise known as the Baron-
ess von Turkheim, has commenced suit
for divorce against Charles J. Von Ar-
-nold, alias Robert Ludwig von Turk-
heim, upon the ground that at the time
'Of heralleged marriage Von Arnold, had
another wife, from whom he had not
In her com—
plaint Mrs. Young sets forth the cir-
cumstances under which she was in-
duced to marry Von Arnold, whom she
discovered to be a detective in the em-
ploy of C. K. Stillwell, and states that
she believes the marriage was a scheme
on the part of Attorney D. M. Delmas
to get her out of the country.
. Robert Moran Run Over. \
New York, Aug. 2.—Mr. Robert Moran
'of Bridgeport, Conn., while getting off
a down town Broadway cable car at
»midnight last night, stepped on therup-
town track right in front of a car going
in the opposite direction. Mr. Moran
was knocked down and the car ran
over him. He was picked up uncon-
scious, having an arm broken, his head
cut badly and the skull probably frac-
tured, besides other injuries. An am-
bulance took him to the Hudson Street
hospital. '
-A Lynching May Follow.
Texarkana, Ark., Aug. 2.—-The famous
16 to 1 saloon was the scene of another
sensational murder yesterday, both par-
ties to the tragedy being prominent
men. Wyley Balthrop, a'merchant, was
shot and instantly killed by J. W: Fos-
ter. Threats had been made by both
men. Balthrop was getting into his,
buggy, when Foster shot him through
the heart. Balthrop was very popular.
The murderer is under arrest and an
attempt may be made to lynch him.
Robbed and Murdered.
Seligman, Mo., Aug. 2.—Near a, rail-
two little girls found the dead bodies of
George Tucker and L. W. Harper, two
young men” whose homes are said to
have been near Hindsville, Ark. The
skulls of both men show marks of vio-
lence, and they are believed to have
been beaten to death and robbed.
Cotton Mills to Close.
Prowdence, Aug. 2.—The Goddard
cotton mills, operating 7,000 looms, with
350,000 spindles, and employing 5,000
people, announces a shutdown for the
week beginning Aug. 9. This will be
the second time within a monththat
this cotton plant has been obliged to
curtail production.
Sentenced to Be Hanged.
Atlanta, Aug. 2.—‘—Edwin Flanagan,
who has been on trial at Decatur for
the murder of Mrs. Nancy Allen and
Miss Ruth Slack on the evening of Dec.
31, 1896, has been found guilty by the
jury and sentenced by Judge Candler
to be hanged on Wednesday, Aug. 25.
Silver 'Coinage Stopped.
San Francisco, Aug. 2.—Thirty-two
employees of the mint have been dis—
charged in accordance with instructions
from Washington on account of the
stoppage of the, coinage of silver, the
appropriation for which is already ex-
hausted. .
Cleaning a Pistol.
Charleston, Aug. 2.—-Albert E. —Hertz,
a. well known phosphate mine contract-
or, accidentally killed himself near
Bees Ferry. Hertz was cleaning a pis-
tol, when it went off, the ball entering
his eye and ,causing almost instant
death.
A Girl's Horrible Death. ,
Niagara Falls, Aug. 2.——,Fannie Gaffln,
13 years Old. ascending in the elevator
of theCataract Paper 'cpmpany’s mill.
immediately killed, the head beingalé
most severed from the body. '
son’s old battleship Foudroyant was re?
road crossing three miles north Of here.
SOLOMON’S MINES YIELDING AGAIN.
.No Doubt .1... They Onco‘Belongc-dxo m.
' ' Great King. '
mysterious mines from which 'King
Solomon obtained this‘fabulous amount
of gold, copper and, other precious
metals are also being worked by mod-
ern miners! Even‘ after fully 4,000
years these ancient mines are still
yielding precious metal for the enrich
ment of man.
Wonderful, indeed, are these ancient
works that have witnessed the rise
and fall of empire and now remain as
a monument of Solomon’s
gineering skill.
They are near the town of Cardova,
Spain. What they were called in an-
cient times is unknown, but Of the
fact that they were King Solomon’s
own mines there is ‘no doubt. '-
a Professor Alexander Hill, one of the
greatestmining experts of‘the present
day, has carefully examined these
mines for the Spanish government, and
confirmed the theory that has for years
been held by scientists and schblars
of ancient research, that these ancient
workings were indeed King Solomon’s
mines.
, “The mines,” he says. “were worked
by the Phoenicians in 2,000 B. 0., and
it was here.,>that King Solomon un-
dou-btedly obtained mulch 9f the metal
for the Temple. In my investigations
of these ancient mines I discovered
many wonderful things.
“It was wonderful to perceive how
much this ancient people knew about
mining. I was astonished to see how
systematically their tunnels and drifts
were run. Kng Solomon’s miners
were evidently magnificent engineers,
as good as any we have at the present
day, and they carried on their work
on the most scientific principles.
“Their tunnels were‘much the same
as our own. There was no shoddy
work in cutting them out of the living
rock. Many of the timbers originally
put in these mines by ‘the ancient
workers are yet preserved. They
stand there, covered with the accumu-
lated dirt and metallic coatings of
ages, in- the same position they were
placed in when the metal for the Tem-
ple was being taken out.
“From out of a deep and weird pas-
sage, four hundred feet under the
earth, we took one of the oak water
wheels and carried it to the surface,
where the copper was taken Off. The
wheel was found to be in perfect con-
dition. Time had evidently 'not
wrought its ravages upon this ancient
mining device. Living hands once
more grasped the long levers, as they
were held when in daily operation for-
ty hundred years ago.”
discover these treasure caves. Neither
history nor the Bible makes any ref-
erence to the manner in which he
found them. They were far away
from the place of his birth. It-is
thought more thun‘likely that Hiram,
King of Tyre, was the real finder, and
that he communicated the discovery to
Solomon, who at once proceeded to ex-
tract the metal. What is now South~
ern Spain was then the richest and
most valued of the Phoenician. posses-
sions. The land was a mine of wealth
to them, afid Hiram was well ac-
quainted with its great caves and
riches. So great was its wealth in
gold, silver, copper and precious met-
als that éven “the ships of the Phoe-
nicianls carried Silver anchors.”
It was at this time that Hiram
journeyed to Jerusalem, where he met
Solomon and took part in the building
of the Temple. He became a gold-
smith, as it were, to Solomon, and it
was he that furnished the Temple
with such stores of precious metals
from the mines of Spain that silver
soon became so common that it “ac-
counted as nothing in the Temple,”
as we read in the first book, of Kings.
-—New York- Herald.
The Art of Breathing.
How do you breathe? is now the
question. Do you breathe through the
mouth or nostrils? It makes a won-
derful diiference.
When not speaking, the lips should
be well closed, and the breathing
should be entirely by the nostrils; but
this is not all. The habit of slow,
measured, deep breathing that covers
the entirelung surface is, of moi-evalue
and importance than yOu will ever be-
lieve until you have tried it; and when
you have established the habit of
breathing in this manner you will say
some very remarkable things in its
favor. .
If you have been subject to any kind
of throat or bronchial affection, you
will pronounce deep nostril breathing
“a wonderful discovery” fOr you.
From often being very hearse. every
winter you may. have the happiness
of being entirely free from this afllic-
tion. And the advantage will not stop
here It will reach other points of your
physical. system. All the benefits that
occur from a healthyconlditiom of the
blood will, in a greater or less degr ,
be you-rs, for the manner and comple e-
ness with which the inspired air comes
In contact with the blood in the lungs
IS of the utmost importance to every
vital process.+Bhiladelphia Ledger.
I
Well Equipped—“Is your daughter
properly equipped for litbrary work?”
asked the: editor.
“Equipped? I’ve bought her a Louis
somebody desk, 11 fountain-pen, a sil-
ver inks-tand and a mother-of—pearl
penholder, besides the most expensive
stationery on the market.
comes pretty near being a literary out-
lit.”—Detroit Free Press.
“Bobby asked me what a contin-ug
nus”, performance was.” .
“What did you tell him?”
' put her head out of the door and was ‘
_ p cagio Record.
“I said thattli‘etariif. discussion was
As near 2.81 could come tour—Chi-
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Strange as it may seem, the same
great en-
It is strange how Solomon'came to
. SAMUEL D, BABCOCK
I guess that '
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. OF NEW YORK.
RIOIIARD A.McG'Ll’RDY,21~esidem-,. .
Statement" IIII HIE “Year Endini Dacem‘her‘llst I89. ‘
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York. -
INCOME,
"3‘ 39,593,414 20
l0,I08,28I 07
‘. {197752735537
DISBURSEMENTS, ‘ A ‘ ‘
To Policy-holders for claims by neuh . t l2,595,l l 3 39
To Policy-holders for Endowments. Dividends, etc. l2,842,466 u
Fur all Other Accounts - - l0,1’8l,00-5 64
ASSETS. - ' ”M81515”.
Received for Premiums
From all Other Sources
United States Bonds and other Securilie - . -- - S l l 0,I26,082 l4
First lien Loans on Bond and Norigage - - - - "543,929
Loans on Stocks and Bonds. - — - - - ",09
Real Estate . - - - - - - - . ' 22,161,666 60
cash in Banks and Trust companies ‘ - - - - - I2,680,390 00
Accued lnieesi, Nei Deieed Pemiums, eic- ' - ' - - - 6,535,555, 06
$ 2374:?47l:4_8_83
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities - - - ~ - gamma 12
s 29,133,547]
Surplus . _ __
' . . - - '89I8.696,336 45
Insurance and Annuities in force
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 Committe e
Office Of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
To THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ..
, TNE NIITIIAL LIFE INSURANEE COMPANY OF NEW YORK , ,,
The undersigned, a Committee apppointed by ydur honorable body on the twentv- .-
third day of December, I896, to examine the Annual Statement of the company, an d
R-EPORT
ower and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have at various dates betw‘eent - ate of the
f this Report attended atthe 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 care1
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 exceeding such quotations—in fact, in
manv 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
Cashier. ' .
And 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 omcers and their assistants, and that the same are
accurate, in/good order and well kept. _ \
. d the Committee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the system and .
An _ . . . . .
methods adopted by the Company in recording its transactions and canng for the assets are entitled to commendation
verify the same, reapectfully
That, pursuant to the p
said reference and the date c
All of which is respectfully submitted ROBERT OLYPHANT J. HOBART HERRTCK
' 2 JAMES N. JARVIE CHARLES D DICKEY. JR.
JAMES C. HOLDEN CHARLES R. HENDERSON
NEW YORK. JANUARY 25, 1897.
. 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. HAVEMEYEB
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY
HENRY H. ROGERS
JNO. W AUOHINOLOSS
THEODORE MOREORD
WILLIAM BABCOCK
STUYVESANT FISH'
FREDERIO CROMWHLL
J ULIEN T. DAVIES
ROBERT SEWELI.
S, V. R. CRUGER»
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RICHARD A. MOCURDY .
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON POST
LEWIS MAY
OLIVER HARRIMAN RUFUS W. PECKHAM ~ AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD ‘WILLIAM ROOKEEELLER
ROBERT OLYPHAN'I J. HOBART HERRIOK CHARLES E. MILLER ' JAMES N. JARVIE
GEORGE F. BAKER WM P DIXON WALTER R GILLETTE CHAS D. DICKEY JR.
ROBERT A. GRANNISS H. WALTER WEBB ELDRIDGE T. GERRY
' ROBERT A GRANNISS Vice-President. .,
- , WALTER R'r GILLETTE,‘General Manager.
ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President. ' ; HENRY E. DUNCAN, JR, Corresponding Secretary
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. . . ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary ‘ .
. FBEDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. ' ' _. ’
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMPSON‘. 26! Assistant Treasurer.
CAVILLIAM P, SANDS,‘CaShier. ' EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
-’ EMORY MOCLINTOCK, Actuary. ‘ . '
. JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant Actuary; ‘ . , . .
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. . . WILLIAM ,W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
C. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER, ASsistant Auditon HENRY 8. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller
- ‘ JOHN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. . ,
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor.
MEDIOAL DIRECTORS: .
ELIAS J. MARSH,M£ D' GRANVILLEzlL-JVHITE, As i
DUDLEY OLOOTT
GUSTAVUS s. WINSTON, M. D.
JOHN W. NICHOLS If” Haven. amgglo‘d.g§mcllc.uv '
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fl ,. As H. GAME" . Luoal’Agu‘niAW
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