,. 1' l “Jr'luenergovernor genegal of the Soudan. mutt—_‘~ , ”_- i -- CHElllCliidTHl BEEF \ . ‘ , ' ' Government Expert Finds Boracic and Salicylic Acids. BLOW TO EAGAN’S DEEEEcE Results of the Chemical Analysis Regar- ded as a. Strong Point. in Support of Gen. Milcs’ ContentiOn That the Beef . Was Embalmed. - Washing-ton, D. 0., Jan. Ill—Chemi— cal analysis of the residuum beef tea made from the refrigerator beef suppli— ed to the army in Porto Rico bears out, the charge made by General Miles that the beef was chemically preserved. Professor F. W. Clarke, chemist of the Geological Survey, an expert select- ed by the W'ar Investigating Commis— sion, testified Saturday that he found evidences of boracic acid and salicy- lic acid in the residuum of the tea sub- mitted by Major Daly. Chemical an- alysis by which Professor Clarke deter- mined the presence of these acids was made by Professor Clark and Major Daly. . A: the case now,stands it is shown by the testimony of the government ext rt now connected with Ithe army, -m: > uonesnsaAuI 8111 &q paioeias pun mi sion, that the beef tea submitted ' by Major Daly-contained boracic and salicylic acids, and if this beef tea was made from refrigerated beef sent to Porto Rico for the use troops, as Major Daly swears it was, General Miles is vindicated. This has a direct bearing on the case of Commissary General Egan, whose only defence is that he was driven to the use of harsh language against General Miles by the latter’s criticism of his department and false statements that chemically prepared beef had been fed to the soldiers. The testi- l mony of Major Daly and Professor Clarke, it is believed, will go far to- _ward justifying all- that General Miles said, and will thus break down‘ the only defence General Egan has. Paymaster T. H. Hicks, of the navy, “who- had much to do with the purchase of supplies during the war, testified as to the good quality of the canned beef supplied to the navy. It was not shown, however, that the navy beef was the same quality as that bought for the army. Erofessor Clarke was closelyexamin- ed. He said the powder was of a Whrownish color, while the 'borax was ' white. but he (lid not explain the dif- Terence. ‘ _Yg’itness said he could say nothing Of the origin of the materials tested. nor could he state the probable amount of these chemical agents used that would be extracted in making tea from the beef without more material and longer " time. Large quantities of such chemi- cals for preservatives, however, he said. would ,be unneccessary, and would be an expensive waste. Boracic acid, he said, imparted no cdo‘ whatever to meat. The salicylic acid, also, he said, was odorless, and he could not say whether it formed any compound with the flesh of cattle that would produce odor. As to the effect on health Of using beef injected with the boracic acid, witness said it would be relatively harmless, but the USe of salicylic acid 'would be different and was prohibited byr‘must European countries. The use of the .boracic acid on meat furnished troops. in his opinion would be of very little importance from a. health View, but the salicylic acid would be objec- tionable. The effect of the preserva— lives he said, was to make the meat keep longer. If the meat were kept twenty-four hours after leaving the re- frigerator the chemicals might rotard putrefaction. Paymaster Hicks, assistant, store- keeper at the New York Navy Yard. testified that the tinned roast beef was satisfactory in the navy, was palat- able and good, and he saw no reason w r if it ShO'dLu' not be a good emergency ration for the army, as it was a regu- lar ration in the navy. " “Track on due Erie Road. Binghcmion, N. Y., January 23.— Erie passenger train No. 2, the fastest train on the Erie system, jumped the track a few yards east of the depot at Great Bend, Pa, Saturday afternoon. Fireman Ready was killed almost instantly, Engineer James Welch and an extra firing-an named Smith, who was “deadbeading” were badly injur- ed. ‘ ' All the passengers escaped unh-urt. At the point where the accident occur- rcd there is an embankment of twenty (Oct. Four coaches and the engine left the track. ’ w Butt-‘9 in the Backwoods. . Nashville, Tenn, January 23.-—-On the line between Lee County, Va., and Hancock County, Tenn., 3. station re- mote from the telegraph, a battle oc- curred on Friday between twenty members of the Eddy family of Vir- ginia and the Ramsey family of Ten- nessee. ' ' The battle lasted several hours which. :3. number of men on'both sides were killed and injured. A quarrel of long resulted in the fight, particulars of .«which are not at present obtainable. cm rgvd With Swlndiing. - ="hicago, 11]., January 23.—Mrs. D. E. F‘i‘zgeraid, alias Mme. Zingard, alias Elvira. Elizaeth Byron," wanted in New ‘;’:,ik, Boston, Philadelphia and Wor- . “zer, Mass, to answer charges of ex— LI‘rZ’On, was arrested here Saturday, at the request of Chief of Detectives lilrfiluskey of New York. Mrs. Fitz- ff—l‘lijd posed as a. medium and it is m. .‘zed has swindled victims out of Law $25,000 within the past twenty— fl- years. Three Emperors for Peace. London, Jan. 23.——-A despatch from Vienna to the Central News says the report gains credit in official and dip- lomatic circles that Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, ‘the German Emper— ‘or and the Emperor of Russia haVe ar— rived at an understanding contemplat- ing a prolonged maintenance of peace. Kitchener to Govern the Soudan. Cairo, Jan. 23.-—A_decree has been signed appointing General Lord Kitch ) 1ADJUSTll-TCNT CF SAMOA‘N TRCUBLE to Repuillatc the Action of Her Consul. 7 . \Vashinglon, D. C., Jan. 23.—-It can be stated authoritatively that if the published reports of the events at Apia are true. the acts of the German con- sul, Rose, and o fthe president of the municipal cOuncil, Raffel, were not‘the result of instructions from the German government, and so far as these acts were violative of the treaty of Berlin, it is not believed at the state depart- ment that they will receive the appro- val of the German government. The German ambassador, Dr.°von Iiolieben, called on Secretary Hay at the state department 'and presented two important dispatches from the German government relating to the critical condition of affairs in Samoa. Following this an extended conference was held between Mr. Hay and the ambassador, and then between Mr. Hay and the British ambassador, Sir Julian Pauncefote. The dispatches communicated by the German ambassador dealt not only with the question of'policy involved, but are understood to have presented in detail 'the facts of the recent col- l-‘sion in Samoa, as viewed from the German standpoint, They differ in many essential particulars from the statements made heretofore, _All of the parties to [the treaty are laboring under a. lack of exact infor- fl'mation as to what actually occurred at Apia. The statements coming from American “and German sources vary in some most important essentials, or at least leave unmentioned facts that would largely qualify the matters of complaint. - . _It is not known here just why Ma: taafa was disqualified by Chief Jus- tice Chambers, nor just why the proi visional government was recognized b ythe three consuls after that legal disqualification. The most important fact that thedepartment of state is confident of isLthat the question of the succession to the throne was submit- ted to the chief justice for that was stated in the reports received in the mail preceding the last dispatches. The submission according to the treaty of the question would seem to indicate a recognition on the part of the consuls of the right of the chief justice to ad— judicate it, and the treaty expressly binds all three parties to the obliga- tion to execute the judgment rendered by the chief justice. It is not even to be guessed here, therefore, how the German representatives could have found it consistent with their obliga— tions-Und-er the treaty to support the Mataafa party to the extent that hey did. The Oregon is not going to Samoa, but is going straight ahead to Manila, after taking coal at Honolulu, accord- ing to the officials at the navy depart- ment. i\ G ermany San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 3.—-Admiral Kautz of the Philadelphia says he ex- pects to sail direct from this port for Apia next Thursday. The ship is rap- idly being provisioned and will be coaled at once. fleaith of Cuban Cities. Washington, Jan. 23.--Reports frOm oflicers of the Marine Hospital service show that the sanitary condition of Santiago, under the strict supervision ordered by the military authorities, is still further improving. In the whole population of the place there were only 58 deaths during the last week in De- cember and that was a. decided im- provement over the sanitary record of the week before. Reports from Havana are to the ef- fect that the cleaning of streets, which is now practiced daily, has shown im- portant results already in the health 01‘ the inhabitants, and that the other measures taken for the cleaning of the city promise to bring a radical im- provement in the health of the soldiers and of the'people. Precautions regard- ing the cleansing of vessels plying be- tween Havana and the United States are being observed rigidly. Trips to and from Manila. Washington, Jan. 23.--The navy de- partment has decided to use the for- mer hospital ship Solace and the crui- ser Buffalo for service in carrying am— munit'ion. provisions, ship stores and sailors and marines to and from Ma- nna and the United States. The Solace will go over the route from New York to Manila and the Buffalo will ply be— tween San Francisco and Manila. Each vessel will make the trip every six months, so as to insure the arrival of one transport at Manila once every »three months. Sick seamen and ma- rines will‘ be brought back to the Uni- ted States from the Philippines, Guam and Hawaii on these ships. TheSolace is at Norfolk, Va... where she is being fitted out for her voyage. The Buffalo sailed from Colombo, Cey- lon, for Singapore Friday. French Talk of War, London, Jan. 23.--The P ris corres- pondent of the Chronicle says that the virtual. adjustment of the disputes be- tween Franct and Great Brita/in through negotiations upon lines laid down by Sir Edmund Morison, the Bri- tish ambassador, in his interview with M. Delcasse, minister of foreign af- fairs, fails to satisfy the Chauvim‘sts. The Echo de Paris quotes Colonel Guerin, parliamentary reporter or the Army Commission, aarexpressing the belief that war between France and England within a. short time is inevi- table. , - It was this feeling, he says, that in~ fluenccd the measures voted in the 'Chamber of Deputies yesterday for the defence of Algiers and Tunis. . ' Killed Wife and Himself. Philadelphia. Jan. 23.--Crazed, it is supposed, by poverty, James Mullen, a former brakeman on the Reading Rail- way, 'who was'out of work and in poor health, cut his wife’s throat with a. ra- zor and then his own, Saturday, in their attic bedroom at 307 North 11th street. Mullen was 31 years old and his wife was 28. They had never had any discord as far as known. Smallpox at a Fort. Cincinnati, 0., January 23.——There are new two cases of smallpox in the pest house at Fort Thomas, Ky. Private Nest was stricken three days ago and another case developed Friday. The name of the second man is not known. . \ ‘ came. TH E E v E n l N, c. GA 2' E: T 'r a s “ - , THE SAME cw STORY. . manta.-." ‘1'cld on the Streets cf Norwalk as Well as Elsewhere. _ .. / Some things you cannot. tell too often. Repetiton g‘ivesthem added st ngth. The same old story is pleasant o hear When it Tan-lugs happiness to home, Brings joy’ to the afflicted, Tells bow b n'dens can be raised, How the b. k can be relieved, Ali the pains and aches removed. Proves how easily it’s done. Norwalk people tell the story. Friends and neighbors talk of it. They tell about. their kidney ills. ' How they suffered, how the cures What they think of Doan’s Kidney Pills. ..: 1 what a citizen says : Mrs. C. Malone, who resides at. No.31 Plattsville avenue, has reached the allotted span of life, being over seventy years Of age and is the mother of eight. childrcn. She says: "I had kidney and urinary troubles for years. Added to that. were severe headaches and se- cretioas. I got'Doau’s Kidney Pills at Hale’s drug store (now Glendening & Co.’s) I did not. take them all for I did not need them. They cured me and I am glad to recommend them to anyone who suffers as I did.” as directed. They tone up the kidneys and force them to perform their func— tions properly They actually cure the most stubborn cases of kidney disease. DOELD’S Kidney Pills act at. once. You can feel their effect. in an hour or so. Try them for a weak or lame back. ,, Dean’s Pills for sale by all deaL ers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster- Milburn C0., Buffalo, N. Y.,sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Doau’s and take no substitute. THE SAMOAN TROUBLE. Efforts to Settle the Kingship Disputom Powers to‘ Hold Conference. Washington, D. 0., Jan. 21.--The state department is directing all its efforts in the Samoan matter to the use of lawful and regular means to settle the kingship dispute. In fact, it was its insistence upon the compli- ance of all of the parties to the tri- partite treaty with the terms of that document so long as it stood unde- nounced and unamended that has made its position so strong legally at this juncture. There is still a lack of’ofl'icial reports upon the details of the events at Apia. A brief statement of these events has reached the department through the United States agent at San Francisco, but so far as can be gathered it is not yet known just why Chief Justice Cham JGI‘S decided that Mataafa, the German candidate for the succession to the throne of Samoa, was ineligible. It is suspected here that the decision was based on the use of improper in- fluences by outside but interested pan- ties in the election of the king.- That, if established, would be suffi- cient to disqualify Mataafa under the strict terms of the treaty, which ex- pressly provides for an untrammeled choice by the natives accordng to their own established customs. - The navy department’sorders to the Philadelphia did not go out to Admiral Kautz until yesterday. They were in the shape of instructions to take on a full supply of coal and make ready for a cruise to Samoa. There was notan explicitbrder to start, but simply to make ready for the voyage. ' If.the admiral, as reported in the press dispatches, finds that his ship’s bottom is so foul through her cruise in southern waters as to be unfit for the. voyage to Samoa, he probably will be authorized to use “'divers to clean the hull, for the department‘ has de- cided that the ship ‘should not be sent to the Mare Island navy yard’ to be fitted out. It is stated here that it must be pre- sumed that whatever overt action was taken by the German consul in Apia was not with the knowledge or_consent of his sovereign, but rather was taken on his own account, and that such' ac- tion, should it be found to amount to an unjust usurpation of authority un- der the treaty, will be promptly disa- voWed by the German government. It is believed that the conference of the three powers will be held at Berlin and at an early date. ' JUST CAUSE EOR‘II KICK.“ Ofiice Boy—Please, sir, I’ve acorn- plaint to make. The bookkeeper kicked me, sir. I don’t wa:t no book“ keeper to kick me. _ _ Boss—0t .course, he kicked you. You don’t expect me to attend to every- thing, do you? I can’t look after every little detail in the business myself. T’s—EASY ~~ to break down the health by hard work' and neglect, but it’s just about as easy to get strong and well again. that. attack of a y S pe psia‘ Hi 3 S'l‘E’l‘TEIt’S indigestion, b i 1 i 0115- STOMACH before you know it. P Doan’s Kidney Pills do this if taken . Take Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, and mess, constipation, nerv- BITTERS A oneness or malaria will be gone almost TEE 1' UTUA LIEE INSURANL'E RIGHARD A. ‘ accuser, President. Statement lOPlllll Year Ending Dec. 315% . . According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York. . ENODME. ‘ W ' Received'for remlums '. . . . $42,693,201 99 From all other Sources . . . . . 11,469,406 24 $54, 162,608 23 , BISEUBSEMEN’ESQ To oil cy-holders for Claims by Death ,. . . $13,279,630 To olicy-holdem for Endowments, Dividends, etc. ' . 12,712,424 76 For all other Accounts. . . . “E . . . . . 10,132,005 57 $36, 124,060 99 ASSETSg United States Bonds and other Securities . . $132,017,341 45 First Llen Loans 011 Bond and Mortgage . > . . 69,423,937 31 Loans on Stocks and Bonds . . . ' '. . 12,880,308 00 Real Estate . , . . '- . . . . 21,618,454 88 Cash in Banks and Trust Companies . . . ‘ 11,705,195 82 Accrued Interest, Net Deferred.Prcmlums. etc. . . 6,141,200 20 Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities » . . $333333; 3‘; Surplus . . ' . _ . . . . $35,508,194 59 insurance and Annuities in Force . . . $936,634,496 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 usua Report of the Examining Committee. Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. 'l‘o THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD or TRUSTEES or THE MUTUAL .\I.IFE ’IHSUHAHSE COMPANY OF NEW YGHK. The undersigned, a Committee appointed‘by your honorable body, on the twenty- second day of December, I897,to examine the Annual Statement of the Company and to verify the same. resloe<:1:fulIy-----——r 4 . 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 office 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 cor-re on. They have examined and counted every certificate of stock,lbond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared the prices at. which the sameare carried in 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 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 deposited 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 oificers’ and their assistants, and than the same are accurate, in good order, and well kept. l 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 ELBRIDGE'T. GERRY J. HOBART HERRICK CHAS. R. HENDERSON S. V. R. CRUGER. A. N. WATERHOUSE All of which is respectfully submitted. JAMES C. HOLDEN NEW YORK, January 21, 1898. Board of Trustees- GEORGE G. HAVEN ADRIAN ISELIN J a. , GEOEGE S. Bownom WILLIAM C. WHITNEY W' ILLIAM ROOKEFELLEII JAMES N. JARVIE CHAS D. DICKEY JR ELBRIDGE T GERRY JAMES Spam, HENRY H. ROGERS J no. W A'JCBINCLOSB THEODORE MORFORD WILLIAM BABCOCK STUYVESANT FISIl AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIABD CHARLES E. MILLER WALTER R. GILLETTE H. WALTER WEBB SAMUEL D. Baecocx RICHARD A. MOOURDY JAMES C. HOLDEN Hummus 0. Von Poem" WILLIAM J. SEWELL OLIVER HARRIMAZ: ROBERT 01.2?an GEORGE F. BAKER DgnLEv Oncorr ‘ J ULIEN '1‘. DAVIES A. N. WATERHOUSE S. V. BJCRUGER CHARLES R. HENDERsos Euros W. PECKHAM J. HOBART HERRIOK WM. 1’. DIXON |, ROBERT A. GRANNISS . ' ' I FREDERIO CROMWELL .. l ROBERT A. 'GRAN'ISS, Vice-President. ' W ALTER. R. GILLETTE, General Manager. lSAsC l". LLOYD. 2d Vice-President. DUEH du—P. BRECK, Corresponding Secretary WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. - ‘ . ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary, . . FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. ' JOHN A. FONDA,.Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMPSON. 2d Assistant Treasurer. WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier. EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier"; ' . EMORY. MOCLINTOOK, Actuary. . ‘ ' JOHN TATLOCK, JR, Assistant Actuary. CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor ' . WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. , U. CLIEFORD'GRETSINGER, Assistant Auditor. HENRY S. BRO WN,.Assistant Comptroller} JOHN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. ' ' ED WARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor. ‘ . MEDICAL DIRECTORS: ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D' GRANVILLE 3.1. WHITE. * G. S. WINSTON M.‘ D. Consulting. ‘ MD a EIGHDLS a crooner, General Agents. [J Agelflve ’ 7 I ’ AefiefiAMBalfifigam
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