GALEON‘BIIITISH will
Southern England Swept by a
Violent Storm. ‘
CHANNEL TRAFFIC STOPS
Much Damage Done Along. the Thames.
The City of London Storm Swept and
Great Destruction of Property and Life
Reported.
London, Dec. 28.--A terrific gale has
been raging along the south coast and
seas of exceptional height are running
before the wind in the channel.” The
French packets were unable to make
I landing at Dover yesterday, and the
passengers and mulls from France
were consequently landed at Folke-
stone.
The steamboat service between Dov-
er and Calais has been suspended. The
Ostend boats crossed the channel, but
were unable to land at Dover. The
crew of a wrecked schooner was res—
cued by the Campbelltown lifeboat yes—
terday morning.
A number of other wrecks are
ported.
In exciting scene was witnessed
3“ aterday at Broadstairs. A four-mas~
1 l shin showing distress signals was
en drifting inshore. A rowboat with
a pilot on board attempted to reach
her, but was swamped.
The crew of the boat were rescued
by a French fishing smack.
Then a lifeboat attempted to reach
the four—master, but was unable to do
so.
Finally tug boats succeeded in get—
taing near enough to her to get a tow
line aboard and she was towed out of
danger.
.A dispatch to Lloyds, from Little-
hampton, Sussex, says that a steam-
ship with two masts, a yellow funnel
with a black top, is riding four miles
southeast Of the harbor, and has sig-
nalled for assistance.
, A gale of great violence prevailed in
London yesterday, doing much dam:
age to property.
An extraordinary scene was presen-
ted along the lower Thames, where the
gale was the most severe since 1873.
Hundreds of men were employed in
recovering bales, boxes, casks and ar-
ticles of every description, which had
1'8-
been blown from the wharves and
sent adrift.
Many rowboats, barges and other
small craft broke from their moorings
and were carried away. Some of these
were recovered, but four barges were
swept out to sea and lost.
The general damage done by the
storm is very great. Twelve men are
missing, and it is reported that they
have been drowned. 3.,
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:9 - h DIOHII‘I‘ and Chidren Drown.
Alexandria Bay, N. Y.. Dec. 28.-—The
three children of Charles Hagerman
were playing on the‘ ice off the north
shore of Wells island in the St. Law-
rence river when they all fell in and
were drowned.
Mrs. Hagerman. whoendeavored to
rescue the children, was also drown-
ed.
Three Children Perish in lVIorris Canal.
Phillipsburg, N. J., Dec. 28.—Grover,
aged twelve; Lucy, aged eight, and
Pearl, aged six years, children of
Dewitt Geary, a Delaware, Lackawan-
pa and IVestcrn Railroad engineer,
were drowned in the Morris canal at
Port Colden, near Washington, this
county, 'Monday afternoon.
Bryan in Chicago.
Chicago, Dec. 28.—The Democratic
congressmen from Illinois, several pro-
minent state and local Democraticdea—
ders and Colonel W. J. Bryan held a
protracted meeting here yesterday.
Colonel Bryan left at night for Lin-
coln, Neb.
Stock Feeders Fail.
Abilene, Kan, Dec. 28.—XVord has
reached here that the Catlin brothers,
bankers and extensive stock feeders
of Miltonvale, have failed, with lia-
bilities that will run from $300,000 to
$500,000.
BITS OF NEWS.
Ex-GovernOr John P. Cochran of Del-
aware has just died in Middletown, in
that state.
Governor Black has refrised to par—
don {ensselaer county's defaulting
treasurer, Morrison.
Three hundred American flags were
floated over the school'houses of Porto
Rico Christmas day.
The Sherman opera house at New-
ark, N. J., was destroyed by fire at
three o’clock Tuesday morning.
The United Mine Workers of North
America will hold their convention in
Pittsburg the second Tuesday in Jan-
uary. _ .
While rabbit hunting on Tuesday
last Jacob Stewart accidentally shot
and killed his brother, near Schaelen-
berg, N. J.
The judges Of-the New York court of
general sessions sitting in the new
criminal court building, will appear in
gowns of black silk on and after Jan-
uary;3.. J
William A. E. Moore, convicted of
working the badger game on Martin-
Mahon in New York city, has been
sentenced to nineteen years' hard la-
bor at Sing Sing.
Six prisoners escaped from the Mich-
igan state House of Correction Tues-
day night. They were all convales-
cents and confined in the hospital.
They cut their way through a partition
wall to the knitting shop adjoining and
scaled the wall. ‘ _
Pleasant memories of the late Ham—
iiton Fish, Jr., were perpetuated am—
orig the members of Troop I, Roose-
velt's Rough Riders, by Christmas
gifes which were presented to them
by Mrs. Hamilton Fish, the mother
of young Fish, who was killed in the
charge of the Rough Riders at Lns.
Guasimas on June 24. The gifes were
silver mounted knives, inscribed on
one side “Las Guasimas, June 24, 1898,”
and on the other side “Souvenir of
Hamilton Fish to his comrades in
13:00:) I, It. R. R.”
GOVERNOR-ELECT ROCSCV 2LT.
Il‘o be Entertainer] with His Family at ’
Dinner by Gov. Black
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 28.—Arrange-
ments have been completed for the
advent in Albany of Governor-elect
Roosevelt and his family and the in-
auguration ceremonies. _
Colonel Roosevelt will arrive Friday
afternoon. He will go with his family
direct to the executive mansion, where
as will be entertained at a family din-
ner by Governor and Mrs. Black.
There will be no guests outside of the.
Vtwo families, unless it be the private
secretaries, Colonel William E. 'Grif-
fith and Colonel William J. Youngs.
Secretary of State Palmer will ad-
minister the oath of Office to Colonel
Roosevelt Sunday noon at the execu-
tive mansion as a mere formality, the
ceremony to be repeated at the inaug-
uration ceremonies the next day.
Sunday afternoon at four o’clock the-
governor will attend all Saints’ cathe—
dral, where Troop A is to listen to its
chaplain.
The inauguration ceremonies will
take place in the assembly chamber
Monday, being so timed that the oath
of Office will be administered at noon.
Secretary of State Palmer will be the
presiding officer, Bishop Doane will of-
fer prayer and then Governor Black
will make an address. ‘
The oath Of office will be adminis-
tered and then Governor Roosevelt will
make his inaugural address.
Following the inaugural ceremonies
the governor will hold a general re-
ception in the executive chamber.
HANNA’S SUBSIDY BILL.
—
Author Feels Confident that the Senate
\Vill Pass the Measure.
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 28.—Senator
Hanna believes that his bill for the
protection of the American merchant
marine will be passed during the pres-
ent session of Congress.
The majority of the senators, Mr.
Hanna states, feel favorably toward
the measure, and he has reason to be-
lieve that the House of Representa-
tives will pass the bill.
The bill was introduced in the Senate
last week by Mr. Hanna, and 'in brief
provides that subsidies shall be paid
to certain freight carrying vessels built
in America.
“I think the merchant marine inter—
ests of the United States should be
given protection as well as the steel
interests, for instance,” said Senator
Hanna.
“Here we are exporting steel to all
parts of the world, and especially to
England, simply because we have giv-
en that industry protection. Several
generations ago the American mer-
chant marine would compare favora-
bly with the commerce carrying ves-
sels of the other countries of the world,
but latterly we have been dropping
behind untila-t present only six per
cent. of the American freight is carried
in American bottoms.
”The cause for this condition lies
largely in the fact that England, Ger-
many and France and other European
countries have protected their mari-
time interests by granting the vessel
companies subsidies. The only natu-
ral thing for us to do if we wish to
build up our maritime interests is to
do the same thing.”
Stock Exchange Record Broke.
New York, Dec. 2S.—-Dealings in the
first hour of business on the Stock EX»
change yesterday morning were on
an almost unprecedented scale. of ac-
tivity. An enormous mass of buying
orders had accumulated in the hands
of commission brokerage firms over
the Christmas holidays.
When the chairman rapped for the
trading to begin on the floor, the
scores of waiting brokers at the trad-
Ing posts, who were loaded with orders
to be executed, looked to the uniniatedi
observers in the visitors’ gallery like
so many shouting maniacs. .
At the close of the day’s business it
was announced that the record of the
year for the total number of shares
sold on the exchange had been broken.
The total sales of stock for the day
amounted to about 950,840 shares.
German Ambassador Returns.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 28.—The Ger—
man ambassador, Dr. Von Holleben,
has returned to \Vashington after an
extended absence, during which he
held several important conferences
with the authorities at Berlin relative
to American affairs.
The ambassador denied himself to all
callers yesterday. . .
It is expected, however, that his
return will soon bring about exchanges
with the state department. and per-
haps directly with the president, rela~
tive to a number Of current questions
in which both countries are interest-
ed.
Ahnm mal French ~Duel.
Paris, Dec. '28.——The duel with swords
which was fought at Puteaux Monday
between M. Leplc, one of the editors of
Les Droits de l'Homme, and Max Re-
gis, the anti-Semite mayor of Algiers,
with the result that after six rounds
both combatants were exhausted, but
neither was wounded, was renewed at
Neuilly at three o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon.
M. Leoic was wounded in the abdo-
men and Regis received a slight punc-
ture from his adversary’s sword.
FA Fatal Joke.
Riverhead, L. 1., Dec. 28.—K5.rl Kin-
dler, an aged blacksmith of this vil-
lage, has just died from inhaling coal
gas.
The old man lived alone in rooms
adjoining his shop, and on Friday
morning someone, for a. joke, stuffed
the chimney hole full of rags so that
the draft was completely cut off. _
The next morning Kindler was found
in an unconscious state and he died
later, though everything possible was
done for him. \~
Burglar’s Big Haul.
Baltimore, Dec. 28.-—The dry goods
store of Henry Wessels at Hamburg
and Charles streets, this city, was en-
tered by burglars last night and rob-
bed of money and checks aggregating
$7,000.
WAR LEFT TI-EEM SO.
‘ :zat Btft'” a VAN-an of the Civil War
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Long Afier His Discharge.
An old colonial soldier lying in a
hospital iuipi'ovlzui‘d for the occasion ai-
ier the battle of Saratoga was patient-
1 waiting until his time came for ex-
amination. When the physicians sur-
rounded his humble pallet to probe for
a lullet in his chest, he Opened his
shirt bosom. shut his eyes and said,
“I’m ready.” Neither groan, sigh or
cry escaped him, but as the probe
reached the piece of lead he opened his
eyes and said : “Doctor, an inch deep-
er and you will find General VVushing-
ington.” In the Revolution and Civil
War the American soldier withstood
hardships that almost equalled those
u hen Napoleon retreated from Moscow,
and Sir John Moore retired to Cor-runa.
Disease left its mark and shattered
the strong constitutions of the best.
No organ‘ of the human body suffered
‘more than the kidneys, and veteran
W. R. Green, of 44 Spring,r street.
South Nor-walk, engineer at Crofut &
Knapp’s hat factory. only echoes the
experience of thousands of his com-
rziui-s, when he says "I was a. boy‘when
.l enlisted in the army, and exposure
and hardships weakened me physically.
In the factory we use under the boilers
about two tons of coal per day, and us I
do my own firing I have. to bandleit. It
was quite a. job for a man who had
trouble with his kidneys. and I was al-
ways anxious to get- rid of it. Slight
urinary difficulty set 1n and as I no—
ticed an advertisement about Doan’s
Kidney Pills curing such cases I got a
box and took them. After taking the
first box my back did not. ache. I felt.
so much better, and the secretions were
naturall am recon)mendiugDoan’s Kid-
ney Pills to the workmen of the factory.
Donn’s Pills for sale by all deal.
ers. Price :30 cents. Mailed by Foster-
Milburn 00., Buffalo, N. Y.,sole agents
for the U. S. 'Remember the name
Doan’s and take no Substitute.
"-doonb—m
THE PERSIAN JEWELS.
A Descriptlon of Their Splendor Reads
Like 3 Fairy Tale.
A writer in the Illustrated Magazine
says: Who has not heard of the Per-
sian jewels—their glory, their num-
ber, their priceless worth? When the
doors were unlocked and I was taken
into the peacock throne room I found
myself surrounded thy a mass of
wealth unequalled in the world. No-
where are such treasures, but nowhere
also is there such an accumulation of
rubbish. I will, however, dismiss the
rubbish and refer only to the treas-
ures. Down each side of the room
were chairs entirely covered with
sheeted gold, and at intervals there
were tables of gold nailed, and I shud-
dered to note, with the commonest of
black headed tacks.
At the far end of the room was the
wonder of the world, the peacock
throne. Whether it is one Of' the
seven thrones of tlhe great Mogul and
was brought from Delhi, I don’t know,
but it is certainly rtIhe most costly or-
nament that the eye can look upon.
I inspected it most carefully. It is en—
tirely of silver, a great camp—bed
structure, but modeled in lovely de-
signs. It is encrusted from end to
end and from top to bottom with dia-
monds. .
At the back is a star of .brilliants
that makes you blink. The rug on
which the. shah sits is edged "with
precious stones. and the pillow on
which he reclincs is covered with
pearls. I could keep on writing about
the dazzling beauty of the throne of.
the king of kings, but I never could
get beyond declaring it to be a superb
jewel. .
But although the peacock throne is
the magnum opus of the Persian
crown jewels, it by no means extin~
guislies the magnificence Of the other
treasures. Who can attempt, howev-
er, to recount the number of bejewel-
ed arms, the royal arms, the flashing
aigrets, the trays \piled up with cut
and uncut stones and the bowls filled
with pearls that you can run through
your fingers like a handful of rice?
Every one has heard of the Daria-i-
Nur, or Sea of Light, sister-diamond
of the Kohinoor, or Mountain of
Light. Every one has also heard
about the Globe of the World, made of
seventy-five pounds of pure gold and
51,320 gems—the sea of emeralds, Per-
sia Of turquoises, India of amethysts,
Africa of rubies, England and France
of diamonds.
Velvet Very Fashionable.
Velvet in all shades and varieties will
be fashionable, both as an accessory
and for the‘ making of redingotes, un-
der-dresses, and complete costumes.
Black undoubtedly takes precedence,
but marked favor is shown to new, very
elegant shades in Russian green, dam-
son, orchid purple—a. superb color,
with glow of crimson in it—to dark
sumac red, and a complete grade of
rich, becoming browns, which include
the Havana, cedar, seal,““chestnut, and
mrquise dyes. *
”Do you believe in corporal p’unish-
ment?" asked the lady whose children
are Old enough. to go to school, accord—
ing to the Washington Star.
“No." answered the young man who
had been a private. “It wasn't the
fault of the Corporal. If anybody’s to
blame it‘s some one a good deal higher
up in rank.” _ .
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ter’s Stomach Bitters
makes people hungry
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nutrition out. of food.
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NE W YORK.
RICHARD A. MQS‘U’RDY, President.
Statement for It lea * End in: Dec. 31,07.
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the. State of New York.
INCOME...
Received for remiums . . . . —. $42,693,201 99
AM
From all other Sources . . . _. .
5549 {62,608 23
To 011 cy-holders for Claims by Death . . . - $13,279,630 6
To alloy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. . 12,712,424 76
For all other Accounts . . . . . w
$36,124,060 99
United States Bonds and other Securities .. . $132,017,341 45
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage . . . 69,423,937 3;
Loans on Stocks and Bonds , . . . . . 12,880,308 00
Real Estate . .. . . . . 21,618,454 88
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies . . . 11,705,195 33
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . ‘ . M200 ,0
$253,786,437 6'6
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities . . 218,278,243 07
Surplus . . . . . . $35,508,194 59
Insurance and Annuities in Force . . . . $936,634,496 63
Ihave 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
Hepom 10f the Examining Committee. I
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
fl 0 THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES on
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURAHGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. .
The undersigned, a Committee appointed by your honorable body, on theétwenty-
second day of December, I897,to examine the Annual Statement of the Company and
to verify the same. respectfully——
REPORT
That, pursuant to the power. and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have, at various dates between the
date 'of the said reference and the date of this Report, attended at the ofiice of the Company, and have been waited on
by the Treasurer, the Comptroller,the Auditor, and the Cashier, together with the respective assistants of such officers
and have carefully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be corre ct. They
have examined and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared
the prices at which the same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations, and find the some 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 valuation of the Com-
pany’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 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 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 commendatmn
All of which is respectfully submittcd. CHAS. R. HENDERSON ELBRIDGE T. GERRY A. N. WATERHOUSE
NEW YORK, January 21, 1898. S. V. R. CRUGER J. HOBART HERRICK JAMES C. HOLDEN
Board. of Trustees-
GEORGE G. HAVEN
ADRIAN ISELIN JR.
GEORGE S. BOWDOIN
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY
WILLIAM BOOKEFELLEB
JAMES N. JARVIE
CHAS D. DIOKEY J R ~
,ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
JAMES SPEYER;
HENRY H. ROGERS
JNO. W AUOHINOLoss
THEODORE MORFORD
WILLIAM BABCOCK
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIABD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER B GILLETTE
. H. WALTER WEBB
EREDERIO CROMWELL
JULIEN T. DAVIES
A. N. VVATERHOUSE
S. V. R. CRUGER
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
Rurus W. PECKHAM
J. HOBART HERRIOR
WM. P. DIXON
| ROBERT A. GRANNISS
SAMUEL D. Bannock
RICHARD A. MCCURDY
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON Pos'r
WILLIAM J. SEWELL
OLIVER HARRIMAN
honrn'r ULYPHANT
GEORGE F. BAKER
DUDLEY OLOOTT
ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President:
WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager.
ISAAC i“. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President. DUEti du—P. BRECK, Corresponding Secretary
W [LLIAH J. EAS'I‘UN, Secretary. ALBERT KLAMBOTH, Assistant Secretary.
FBEDERIG CROMW ELL, Treasurer.- _ ‘
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. ' JAMES TIM t’SON. 2d Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. CJANDS, Cashier. EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.5
EMORY MOCLINTOGK, Actuary. -
, JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant Actuary.
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
U. CLIFFORD GRETSIN GER, As-Iistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller ,1 _,
JOHN C. ELLIO l‘, Superintendent of Domestic, Agencies.
,3. E') W ARI) LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor. ‘
~ MEDICAL DIRECTORS: '
ELIAS J. MARSH, M D' GRANVILLE )1. WHITE, M D, .r
(i. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting.
NIGHQLS do @ILBERT, General Agents.
A... "H. onus, Local. Agent.
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Norwalk Chronicler