., 1
f . EVENING GAZETTE,
ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE IN NOR-
WALK AS A NEWSPAPER.
"" . MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS. _
DAILY—One year, :83; six months, $1.75;
three months, 8‘11; one month, 400.
WEEKLY—One year, in advance, 31; six
months. 600.; three months. 350.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1898.
Out Yellow-Kid Journalism.
We 2“:ng just' now in the midst of a
harvest for yellow-kid journalism The
rumors of war with Spain have created
intense interest throughout the entire-
.muntryq, and Opened the most inviting
field for. the reckless journalism that is
new struggling for mastery in some of
the leading cities, to flood the country
with sensational falsehoods relating to
the loss of the battleship Maine, and to
the probabilities of war between Spain
and the United States. I
The centre of the yellow-kid journal—
ism is in New York, but it is not con-
fied to that city, and it has a new sen-
sxtion for almost every hour of the day
is .ys the Philadelphia Times.
2-: half a score editions of yellow-kid
As man y
journals have been issued in one day,
each in most instances correcting some
falsehood in one of the former editions:
and yet furnishing a liberal supply of
new falsehoodsinvented with mingled
malignity and- cunning, to intensify the
war feeling of the country and increase
the: sale of what are by courtesy called
newspapers.
There hasnot been an honest state~
menarelating to the loss of the battle-
ship and the probabilities of war with
. Spain published in the leading yellow-
..litt-le ShOrt of ana1chy.
kid journals since the loss of" our war
vessel=in Cuban waters, with the single
exception of the official statements giv-
en out daily by the administration, and
made necessary by their false and sen-
The interests of
national tranquility and of truth com-
pel the President through the State or
Navy Departments, to give out daily
sational publications.
an official contradiction of the scores
of- sensational and generally utterly
false rumors of war which the yellow-
kid journals flaunt hourly into the
faces of the people.
Fortunately yellow-kid journalism
represents but a very insignificant part
There
fmeinaall the leading cities thoroughly
ofthe journalism of the nation.
representative American journals
which publish the truth for the sake of
the truth, and which make exhauSLive
effort regardless of coSt, to furnish all
.1191 news relating to 01111 Spanish st1u0-
gles, and print only what appears to
be prope1] y accredited. But for these
journals‘which adhere to the truth and
seek to restrain the passions and con_
serve the actions of the people, the
country tO-day would be in a condition
Values have
been wantonl-y disturbed, business
tranquility .inteirupted, and popular
prejudices inspired among the people
which may make it difficult for the
gpyernment to perform the duty that
the President in the end must perform
with fidelity, in dealing in even and
exact justice with Spain.
If there is cause for war, the govern-
ment will not shrink from declaring it.
if.there'is nor. cause for war, 'the gov“-
a-nment will not shrink from admit-
ting it, regardless of the floodtide of
sensational falsehood that comes from
the. putrid fountain of yellow—kid jour-
Halism. The people do not want to be
deceived, and if they would not be de-
ceived about our relations with Spain
they should resolutely. Spurn the yel-
low-kid journals Of the country which
seek success and profit by pandering
1‘10 anarchy.
The newspapers which present the
111 11th for the sake of the truth are well
known in eve1 v community, and they
Should be carefully studied by all
classes and conditions as they point the
way to national safety. Above all, let
eve1y decent citizen, and especially
every business man, resent the yellow-
kid journalism of to-day that seeks only
toinfiame and disturb when all self-
:especting journals and citizens should
seek to tranquilize and maifitain 'the
majesty of justice. ‘
‘ vvi‘
FEMININE CHAT.
Does any woman ever feel really at
ease in a new gown ? .
‘ F01 the period of forty days sacrifice
~ will be the reigning mode.
The best man at a wedding ought to
he the groom, but it doesn’t follow that
i h always' 18.
There is no more disagreeable guest
than the one who comes toamidday
_ dinner, just from a late breakfast,
Why will a man who has very few
neck-ties show a pronounced favorit-
ism in the matter of brilliant red ones?
To the woman of literary aspiration,
her first book is as important as the
wedding gown is to the average femi-
nine.
It seems‘strange, but there are many
persons who think that the best way to
celebrate a holiday is to spend it in a
cemetery.
The fad of wearing a ring on the
thumb makes us think that the custom
of the Romans must be coming into
ding circlet on the thumb.
And now we hear of a man who on a
wager ate ten pounds of chocolate
creams at one sitting. His life is in
danger, but we are happy to say that
such action 111101 es that women are not
the only ones 11 ho hav e a foolish fond-
ness for sweets.
If you want a good picture of the
baby, don’t take all the family along to
see how cute it will act ‘when it is be-
ing photographed.
The hardest thing in the world ,to
realize is that the friends we thought
the most dependable are the least so."
T0 RENT.
O RENT or For Sale—House, 38
W’ard street, N orwalk, 12 rooms.
Apply to Mrs. Hull on premises.
F18 1w
O RENT—A large hall in the GA-
ZET’I‘E Building. Apply to Charles
Olmstead, Masonic Building. N30 tf
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE—On N ewtownv avenue, a
fine house of 10 rooms, hot and cold
1vate11,'fu11nace, etc. Lot 9511400. Will
be sold cheap if taken at once. W. H.
Byington, Insurance, GAZETTE Build-
ing. D29 tf
- OR SALE—«Three fine building lots
on Wilton avenue. 0. E. Wilson,
Insurance, GAZETTE Building. N30 tf
FOR SALE—T110 building lots on
Newtownavenue, 60x200. W. H. By-
ington. Insurance, GAZETTE Building.
D29 tf
OR SALE—One ofthe best building
lots in the city; five minutes walk
from Bridge. Water and gas on street.
W. H.‘ Byington, Insurance, GAZETTE
Building. N30 tf
OR SA LE—A house on lVilton ave-
hue, 6 1ooms. Will be sold cheap.
V) H. 81 inc ton, Insu1 ance GAZETTE
Building ' N30 tf'
WANTED.
BY women. each withan infant or
young child, situations in the
country (general housework, . plain
cooking, etc) Small wages expectod.
Apply State Charities Aid Association.
105 East Twenty-second Street, New
York City. F12 1w
ANTED—Houses and Real Estate
to sell. W. H. By ington, Insur-
ance, GAZETTE Building. N30 tf
‘ TANTED—«Contractors to know
that the Fidelity and Deposit
('0.. ofMaryland, furnishes suiety. W.
H. Byington, agent. GAZETTE Build-
ing. N30 tf
@Jdlll/dfl/M’
Tax Collector’s Sale.
OTICE is hereby given that the
undersigned. Collector of Taxes,
under and by virtue of a certain tax
warrant, duly executed and signed by
proper authority and directed to. the
unde1s1gned commanding him to levy
and collect of Sarah, wife of William
Lawlor and othe1 persons named in the
rate book, on the list to said warrant
annexed, their several proportions of
the sum total .as therein stated, said
sum being a tax or assessment laid
upon the assessment list made
in 1892 by the inhabitants of the
town of Norwalk regularly and legally
assembled to wit: —On the 28th day of
Decembei, A. D. 1892 met for the
purpose of providing for the indebted-
ness of said town, levies upon the fol-
lowing described real estate of said
Sarah, wife of William Lawlor, situat-
ed in town of N01 walk and bounded
as follows, to wit: —-—being 55 feet in
front and rear and 202 feet more or less
in depth on Westerly side, and 193 feet,
more or less' on Eesterly side, with the
buildings thereon, and bounded North-
erly by land of Anna H. Olmstead,
Easterly by land now 01- late of the es-
tate 0f MaryE. S. Chichester, deceased,
Southeily by the Connecticut Turn-
pike and Westerly by highway called
Glenwood avenue.
And I shall sell at Public Auction,
on the premises hereinbefore described,
on the 15th day of Ap1il, A. D. 1898, at
12 o’clock, noon, so much the1eof as
will 1aise the sum of Eight Dollars and
Sixty Cents, ($8. 60) that being the pro-
portion of the said Sarah, wife of Wil-
liam Lawlo1, of the sum total' 1n said
list. together with the charges of levy.
sale, etc. , GEO B. ST JOHN,
Tax Collector, List of ]892.
Dated at Norwalk, Feb’y. 9, A. D.. 1898.
Tax Collector’s Sale.
OTICE is he1eby given that the
undersigned, Collector of Taxes,
under and by virtue ofa certain tax
warrant, duly executed and signed by
proper authority and di1ected to the un-
de1 signed, commanding him to levy and
collect of Saiah, wife of William Law-
lor and other persons named in the
rate book, on the list to said warrant
vogue, those ancients wearing the wed--
/
annexed,their several proportions of the
.sum total as therein stated, said. sum
being a; tax or assessment laid upon the
assessment list made 1n 1893 bv the in-
habitants of the town of Norwalk, 1 egu—
la1ly and legally assembled. to wit: —-on
the 28th day DofDecembei. A. D.. 1893, met
for the pu1pose of providing fOr the in-
debtedness of said town, levies upon
the following described 1eal estate of
sa1d Sarah, wife of William Lawlo1 sit-
uated 1n town of N011 walk, being 55 feet
in float and 111ea-1 and 202 feet 1110113 01
less 1n depth on Westerly side, and 193
feet, m01 e 011 less, on Easterly side
with the buildings the1 con, and bound-
ed N01 theily by land of Anna H. Olm-
stead, Easteily by land now 01 late of
the estate Of Mary E. S. Chicheste1.
deceased, Southei 1y b1 the Connecti-
Cut Tu1 npike and Westerly by highway
called Glenwood avenue.
And I shall sell at Public Auction,
on the premises hereinbefore described.
11 o’clock, forenoon. so much thereof as
will raise the sum of Twelve Dolla1s
and F01ty-fiV e Cents, ($12 .45) that being
the proportion of the said Sarah, wife of
William Lawlor, of the sum total 1n
said list, togethe1 with the charges of
levy. sale, etc. GEO. B. ST JOHN.
Tax Collector List of 1893.
Dated atN01 walk, Feb’ y. 9, A D. 1898.
Tax Collector’s Sale,
OTICE is hereby given that
the undersigned, Collector of
Taxes under and by virtue of a cer-
tain tax wa11ant, duly executed and
signed by proper authority and diiect-
'ed to the undersigned, commanding
him to levy and collect of $3.1 ah, 1V ife of
William Law101, and other persons
named in the 1 ate book, on the list to
said wa1 rant annexed, theii sev e1 a1
proportions of the sum total as therein
stated, said sum being a tax or assess
ment laid upon the assessment list made
in 1894, by the inhabitants of the town
of Norwalk, legula-r ly and legally as~
sembled to wit: —-on the 1st day of
March, A. D, 1895, met f01 the purpose
of pi oviding fo1 the indebtedness of
said town, levies upon the follow 1ng (le-
sc1ibed real estate of said Sam ah, wife
of William Lawlor, situated in town of
Nor walk, and bounded as follows, to
wit ——being 55 feet in front and 1ear
and 202 feet moi e 011 less in depth on
Weste1lv Side and 193 feet, more 011 less.
on Easterly Side, with the buildings
the1 eon, and bounded Northeily by
land of Anna H. Olmstead, Easte1ly bv
land now orlate of the estate of Mary
E. S. Chichester deceased, Southerly by
the Connecticut Turnpike and VVester-
ly by highway called Glenwood avenue.
And I shall sell at Public Auction on
the premises he1 e1nbefo1 e desc1ibed,
on the 15th day of April, A. D., 1898
atll: 150’ clock, for enoon so much thereof
as will raise the sumof Nine Dollars and 1
Seventy-six Cents, ($9.76) that being
the proportion of the said Sarah, wife
of William Lawlor, of the sum total in
said list, togethei with the charges of
lev1, sale, etc. G110. B. ST JOHN. .
Tax Collector. List of 18914.
Dated at N01walk. Feb 1. 9. A.D..1898.
Tax COlle'ctor’s Sale...
OTICE is herebV given that
the undersigned, Collecto1 of
Taxes, under and bV virtue of a cei-
tain tax warrant, duly executed and
.signed by prope1 auth011t1 and directed
’tob the undersigned, cemmandin-g him
la y and collect of Sarah, wife Of Wil-
_liam Lawlor,
named 1n the rate book, on the list to '
said warrant annexed, their severdl
proportions of the sum total as; therein
and other persons
stated, said sum being a. tax or aSséss-
ment laid upon the assessment list made
in 1896, by the inhabitants 'of the town
January,A. D., 1896, met fair the pur-
pose ‘of providing for- the indebtedness
of said town levies upon the following
described real estate of- said- Sarah,-
wife of William Lawlor, situated ‘in'
town of Norwalk, and bounded as fol-
lows, to wit: —being 55 feet' 111 front and
rear and 202 feet more or less 111 depth
on Westerly side, and 193 feet, mOre or
less, on Easterly side, with the build-
ings thereon, and bounded Northerly
by land of Anna H. Olmstead, Easterly
by land no“ or late of the Estate of
Maiy E. S. Chichester, deceased,
Southerly by the Connecticut Tuin-
pike and Westerly by highway called
Glenwood avenue.
AndI shall sell at Public Auction, on
the premises hereinbefore desmibed.
on the 15th day of April, A. D., 1898.
at 11:30 0 ’c,lock forenoon, so much
thereof as will raise the sum of Nine
Dollars. and Fifty-n ine Cents, ($9.59)
that being the proportion of the said
Sarah, wife of William Lawlo1, of the
sum total in said list, together with the
charges of levy, sale, etc.
GEO. B. ST OHN,
Tax Collector, List of 1895.
Dated at Norwalk, Feb’y. 9, A. D., 1898.
Tax Collector’s Sale.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
unde1signed, Collector of Taxes.
under and by virtue of 3. cm tam tax
war1 ant, duly executed and signed by
proper auth01ity and directed to the
unde1 signed commanding him to levy
and collect of Sarah, wife of William
Lawlor, and other persons named in
the rate book, on the list to said war-
1ant annexed, their seve1 a1 proportions
0f the sum total as therein stated.
said sum being a tax 011 assessment laid
upon the assessment list made in 1896
by the inhabitants of the Town of N01-
walk, regularly and legally assembled
to wit: —on the 26th day of Janua11y_A, .
D., 1897 met fo1 th pu1 pose of provid-
ing 101 the indebt eedness of said 'town,
levies upon the following described
1 cal estate of said Sarah, wife Of Wil-r
liam Lawlor, situated in town of N01-
Walk and bounded as follows to wit:--be-
ing 55 feet in front and rear and 202'
feet more or less in depth on Westerly
side, and 193 feet more less on Easterly
side, with the buildings thereon, and
bounded Northerly by land of Anna H.
Olmstead, Easterly by land now or late
of the Estate of Mary 4E. S. Chichester,
deceased, Southerly by the Connecti-
cut Turnpike and Westerly by highway
called Glenwood avenue.
And I shall sell at Public Auction,
on the premises hei einbefm 3 described,
on the 15th day of April, A. D., 1898,
at 11:45 O clock, forenoon. so much
thereof as will raise the sumvof Eight
Dolla1s and Thirty Cents, ($8. 30) that
being the proportion of' the said Sal ah,
of levy, sale. etc. GEO. B. ST JOHN,
. Tax- Collecto1. List of 1896.
\.
on the 15th day of April, A. D.‘, 1898, at"
of N01 walk 1egularly and legally a‘S- 1 '-
sembled, to wit: —on the 20th day of 3'
wife of Wilham Lawlor, of the sum total ,
in said list, togethez with the charges .
Dated at Nat-walk, Feb’y. 9, A. I). ,1898.
property h
J AMES C. HOLDEN
OLIVER Hummus
ROBERT OLYPHANT
GEORGE F. Bums
DUDLEY 01.00111?
SAMUEL D. BABcocx . .
RICHARD A. MCCUSDT
HEBMANN C. VON POST
WILLIAM J. SEWELL
UTUAL
Received for Premiums
From all other Sources
IS
OF NEW YORK.
INCOMES
\
ASHE is.
United States Bonds and other Securities .-
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage . .
Loans on Stocks and Bond's . . ~ ' .
Real Estate . . . . .
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies . .
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. .
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities .
Surplus , . . . .. . .
Insurance. and Annuities in Force . ' .
RSEMENTSQ
To Policy=holders for Claims by Death '. .
To Policy=holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc.
For'all other Accounts
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RICHARD A.McGURDY,Pre51dent
31111111110111.111111111111111. 31,97
According to the Standard of the. Insurance Department of the State-0f New York.
0
. , $42,693,201 99
- 11,469,406 24.
$54,162,608 '23
. $13,279,630 66 '
. 12,712,424 76
. . 10,132,005 57
' $36,124,060 99
$132,017.34! 45'
o I $5,, 6994239937 31
. ' 12,880,308 00
. 21,618,454 88
. 11,705,195 82
. " 6,141,200 20
$253,783,437 66 .
. 218,278,243 07
. $35,508,194 59
. ’ ' $936,634,493 63
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 130- .s-RD or Tnns'rnns or
III! MUTUAL LIFE IIISIIMIGE GDIIMIY If 11:11 YORK.
pany’s holdings of- real estate and have v
have counted the cash on hand held by the Cashie1.|
And the Committee certify that all the books. papers, documents, and evidence of title of every description neces-
sary 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 Cempany me 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 respectfully submitted.
NEW YORK, Jammy 21,1898.
ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President.
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary.
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurei.
WILLIAM F SANDS, Cashier.
JOHN TATLOCK, J11, Assistant Actuary.
WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
CHARLES A PRELLER, Audit01.
HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptrollel
C. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER, ASsistant Auditor.
'to verify the same, respectfully——
REPORT
CHAS. R. HENDERSON
S. V. R‘CRUGER
Fxsmzmo CROMWELL-
J nuns T. DAVIES
_ . . VVATERHOUSL
‘S. V. R. Canaan
CHARLES ,R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PECXHAM
J. HOBART HERRIOK
, W11. 1:". DIXON
’ ' ROBERT A. Gunman
STUYVESANT FISH
IVALTER R GILLETTE, Generai Manager.
DUES du-P. BRECK, COrresponding Secretary.
ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary
FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer.
JAMES TIMPSO‘I. 2d Assistant Treasurer.
EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier. -
EMORY MoCLINTOCK, Actuary.
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
J. HOBART HERRICK
HENRY 11.110.12.15
JNO. W AUCHINCLOSS
THEODORE Monronn
WILLIAM Bmocx
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB '
, ' The undersigned, a Cowlmittee appointed by your honorable body, on the twenty-
second day at December, I897,to examinethe Annual Statement of the Company ans!
, That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have, at various dates between the
date of the said 1eference and the date of this RépOr 1;, attended at the office ofthe Company, andi have been waited on
by the Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Auditor, and the Cashier, together with the respective assistants off such officers
and have carefully gone over all the items contained 111 the— said Statement, and hairs found the same to be correct. They
have examined and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and cOmpdred
the prices at which the same are carried 1n said 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
eld by the Company, and find the same to be as stated. They have also verified the valuation of the Com-
erified the deposits of money. in the various banks and.- trust companies, and
A. N. WATERHOUSE
JAMES C. HOLDEN
Board. of Trustees-
GEORGE G. HAVEN
ADRIAN ISELm J B
GEORGE S. Bownom
1‘ WILLIAM C. WHITNEY..
WILLIAM Rocxsrm
JAMES N. JABYIE
CHAS D. chuny 'Jn.
ELBRIDGE T. Gunny
JAMES 8111111111
ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President.
JOHN. C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
ELIAS J. MARGSHé M. D
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS:
.WINSTON M. D. Consulting.
JOHN w. NICHOLS lewllann,
A. is @AME..L...11.... ”
GRANVILLE M. WHITE, M D. ,
Sonora! 1.1.111...
Stat. of counselled.
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Norwalk Chronicler