F:— Life and Accident Insurance. 49m ANNUAL STATEMENT, Condensed. INSU-RA NCE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN, MORGAN G. BULKELEY, President: Assets, Jan. 1, 1899.... Liabilities to Policy holders (rescrve),and all other claims ..... Surplus as to Policy $0,227,020.81 42,981,968. 79 holders. Jan. 1. 1899. . 7,245,052.02 Payments to Policy - ‘ holders in 1898 ...... 4,764,460.71 Premium receipts in 1898 ................ 6,421,702.09 Interest receipts in I 1898.... ............... 2,442,193.00 Total receipts in 1898.. 8,863,895.09 Life, Endowment and Term Policies issued and revived in 1898, 11,609, insuring ...... Life, Endowment, and Term Insurance in force Jan. 1, 1899... Accident Insurance in force Jan. 1, 1899.... Paid Policy holders . since organization... 109,503,459.02 XETNA LIFE GAINS in 1898' 21,979,183.50 157,392,932.00 109,861,120.00 Increase 111 New Premium In- come ............ '. . . . $172,925.00 In Total Income ....... 366,343.00 In Assets .............. 2,642,053.00 In Surplus ............ 357,178.00 In Life, Term and En- dowment Insurance I , in force. . .. .......... 6,731,034.00 In Accident Insurance in force... .. .. 8,677,950.00 In number of Policy holders ............. . . 7,093 Total Increase In Insurance in force.. $15,403,984.00 F. E.. HALLOCK, General Agent, 3" Hubing‘er Building, New Haven, Norwalk Hotel Ct. 'HMIDAYS ARE HERE And as the year closes we naturally turn back. and ask what has been done. BEER is the subject upon which our thoughts dwell and we can truthfully claim “All Standards ' have been kept.” Highland over the bar or onthe bottle, means PUREST and BEST. PILSENER‘, BAVARIAN AND EXPORT LAGERS. GOLDEN STOCK AND CREAM ALES AND" PORTER. HIGHLAND MALT AND MALT WITH IRON- Hunter or Cor-stair Whiskies and Kentucky Taylor in full quarts for the holidays. C. H. Mumm’s Champagne and Domestic Wines. Highland Brewery Bottled Beer delivered to. families. l. 6. HAMILTON, Pronrielor. FALL AND WINTER SUiTlNGS TRDUS ER3 $5.50 UP.‘ 01d Suits made to look as good as new. . tepairing, Altering, Cleaning' and Pres-sing a Specialty. Fit and Workmanship guaranteed. FRANK Coon, 49 Main Street, - PNorwalk w. 1-1. l-IIAYWARD a; co. .1‘11111111111 1111111813 and 8011011018 109 East capitol 81ml, WASHINGTON. D. C all classes of claims prosecuted the" Interior. Department, “alerted pension claims a specialty before 0 .rrunpondence solicited. .1. 11. lemmas. ,* UNDERTAKER. no. 7 MAIN STREET. ”1116118111111. .111 OFFICE P ' 1. ——__.___. ~ ', THE PROSPECTS OF TREATY Its Supporters Confident of Sixty Votes Icn Monday. SPEECHES 0N EXPANSION Mr. Wellington Leaves the Opposilion P and Other Senators Are Expected to Follow flim~Vote on Resolutions Likely To-day. \Vashingtcn, D. C., Feb. 4.--The sup- porters of the peace treaty show in- creased confidence in their ability to secure next Monday the sixty votes necessary to ratify that convention. Senator Wellington’s announcement that he will vote for ratification has withdrawn one more vote from the hos- tile column. It is also believed that neither Mr. Mason, Mr. Hale nor Mr. Jones of Nevada will be found with the opposition when the roll is called on Monday. Mr. Money of Mississippi and IMr. Daniel of Virginia occupied so niuch of the senate’s time yesterday after- noon with speeches in opposition to the assumption of sovereignty by this country over the Philippines that no vote could be taken out he various res- olutions now pending which seek to declare 01' define this government’s fu- urc policy in the far east. Mr. Daniel did not finish his address. which was an elaborate one. oratori— cally as well as argumentatively, until after 5 o‘clock. Three more speeches on the expansion issue will be mad»: to—day in open session—one by Mr. VVolcott of Colorado, promising to at- tract wide attention. It is generally expected, however, that a vote on the Bacon and Sullivan resolutions. at least, can be reached before adojurnment. If such a vote is taken Mr. Sullivan‘s declaration, be— ing of too negative character to excite opposition, seems sure of adoption. Experimenting on the Shamrock. London, Feb. 4.—-It is believed that no further progress in the construc- tion of the new cup challenger Sham- rock than 'the joining of the skeleton together has yet been made. Will Fife, the designer of the boat, comes to Thorneycroft's yards at Chis- wick from Glasgow every week and the experiments with metals are still pro- ceeding. ‘ Sir Thomas Lipton, the owner of the. new cutter, has noted the accounts of knuckle jointing the defender, and has conferred with the designer and build- ers of the Shamrock on. the subject INo decision has been reached, except that there will be as little metal as possible on the hull of the Sham— rock. ‘ The Peace Conference. Berlin, Feb. 4.—-'1"ne Cologne Gazette in an inspired communication, fore- shadows the collapse of the peace con- ference, and publishes the following expression of opinion under a. St. Pe— tersburg date: “It is difficult to judge whether the new idea, which unexpectedly appear- ed, and according to which a confer- ence is only possible when based upon conditions created by the existing trea- ties, will survive a change of persons. People of sober judgment doubt this eventually. It is well, thelefore, that u e, too. should join the doubte15,keep- ing our powder dry.” a -,__..-__... A Countess Arrested. Berlin, Feb. 4.--Countess Von Webe- neau and her' nephew, Herman Bolder— hausen, were arrested Thursday night charged with conspiracy to defraud the Merchants“ Fire Insurance Com- pany. ~ The prisoners put in a claim for two thousand dollars for their goods, which they alleged were. destroyed by. the fire on Tuesday morning. It now turns out that they had Sixteen large cases of goods at the IVaterloo station ad» dressed to Bufialo, the day before the fire. The prisoners were remanded. The Blizzard 11‘. Wyoming. Cheyenne, V‘Vyo., Feb. 4.——The bliz- zard seems to have spent its fury in Vi'yoming and it is thought that the worst is over. In the opinion of the best informed stockmen the losses of stock on the ranges will be found to be great. No wind of sufficient power to blow the deep snows off the feeding ground has prevailed, and as a conse—' quence, it is argued, the cattle and sheep Which have not been driven to cover and fed are bound to have per- ished in great numbers. Kentucky Negro flanged. Lagrange, Ky., Feb. 4.--William Mil- ler, colored was hanged here yester- day in the jail yard and only about fifty persons witnessed it. Miller professed religion and said he was ready to die. He was not quite seventeen years old. The crime for, which Miller was hanged was a crimi- nal assault committed September 1 on Mrs. Gertrude Lett, wife of a farmer. Fire at Macaulay'e Old Home. London, Feb. 4.--There were exciting scenes at a fire which occurred at the birthplace of Macaulay. the historian. at Rothley Temple, Lelcestershire. The villagers for miles around oflcked to the scene and aided in removing the contents of the building. Fortunately the flames were confin— ed to the new wing and the historical portion escaped. Ice Broke; l'wo Drown. Montrose, 0211.. Feb. 4.—-Two little children of Will Carson, a boy and a. girl, have been drowned in the Un- compahgre river near here. They Were playingon the ice and broke through. One of the bodies has been recovered. Didn’t Sign the Mortgage. Wichita, Ham, Feb; 4.--Lewis M. Hoxler. a farmer living near Wichita, dropped dead at the Office of a farm loan company just as he was about to place his signature to a mortgage cov-' eriug h.s homestead. INDIAM‘S FlGHTlNG 1N ALASKA. Four of Them Killed and tour De'pulyI 111111511315 Wounded. . I I Vancouver, B. 0., Feb. 4.—Indians are repoxted to be on the war path i;1 Alaska, and. fighting has taken plact, 'n which four Indians were killed and several wounded. Four American dep- uty marshals were u oundcd The In- iians are drunk. _ The steamer Cutch brought the news of the fight which took place at Ju- neau. An Indian was killed by United States Marshal McGuire in self de- fence. Fearing the man’s death would be avenged, by his friends, a. vigilance committee was formed, which promptly captured the ' malcontents and took them to prison. On. promising good behavior they wert liberated next day. The pretended acquiescence was a._ruse. Filling themselves with liquor, the In- dians planned the murder of every member of the vigilance committee. The attack was made at night. A friendly Indian warned the whites of the treachery, and as the Siwashes ad- vanced on the town with yells the ofil‘ cers warned them back. They still came forward, opening fire, which the whites promptly returned. The .Unit- ed' States marshal and his followers having the advantage of position were able to pour in a deadly fire. After the first fusilade the savages stamped- ed hurriedly into the darkness leaving their dead and wounded comrades on the ground. ,._ 1,9 Little Hope for Mrs. Place. Albany. N. “2., Feb. 4.—-G0vernor Roosevelt, in answer to an inquiry yes- terday as to whether or not hehad re- ceived a petition from the women of Brooklyn asking executive clemency for Mrs. Martha Place of Brooklyn, who has been sentenced to death, ,re- plied that he had not.- In connection with the dist1USsion of the case the governor said that it was absolutely idle work to send him peti- tions in the woman's case.” *“My sympathies in criminal cases,” said the governor, “are for the wrong- ed and not for the wrongdoer. fact that the criminal is a woman makes no difference to me. I am al~ ways ready to try’to see that justice is done. In ordinary cases, if a woman is found precisely as blameworthy as a man, I would punish the woman ex- actly as much as the man.” S u rrogai (1 Arnold Resigns. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 4.--Surrogate John H. V. Arnold of New York city at noon yesterday had his resignation of that ofiice filed with the secretary of state. ,7 Charles E. Beckett of the firm .of Booraem. Hamilton & Beckett of New York city will probably be appointed by Governor Roosevelt as surrogate to succeed Arnold. Mr. Beckett was the assistant surrogate who went. into of- fice after the Roosevelt investigation of the surrogate’s office of New York city in 188-1. He is considered the best posted man in New York city on prac- tice in the surrogate’s courts, and is understood to have the hearty backing )f the Republican organization as well IS the Independents in the New York City Bar AssociatiOn. Expositmn fox St. Louis. \K'ashington, D. C'., Bela. gation of St. Louis citizens, among whom were (ex—Governor Francis and 3.ichar‘d C. Kerens, visited the presi- dent yesterday morning in behalf of. the proposed exposition to be held in St. Louis in 1903. The object of the exposition, as the delegation explained to the president, will be to celebrate the centennial an— niversary of the Louisiana purchase. It is proposed to make the fair of in- 'tlnational interest, but it is to be held under the special auspices of the states now included in the territory puichased from France in the year 1803. The president expressed interest in the project and said he hoped it would be successful. ‘ Whiskey Concern’s Big Capital Trenton, N. J., Feb. 4.--The certifi- cate of incorporation of the Kentucky Distillers’ & Warehouse Company, formed to control the Kentucky whis- key output, was filed yesterday after- noon with the secretary of. state. The total capital stock is placed ,at thirty-two million dollars, and the in- c-orporators given on the certificate are E F. C. Young and 'A. Q. Garretson of Jersey City and Edson Bradley of New York. The stock is to be divided into three hund1ed and t“ enty thousand shares. one hundred and twenty thousand of which are to be preferred, and pay a -seven per cent. dividend. The fee for filing the certificate was sixty-four hundred dollars. .. Pan-nun Canal Negotiations. London. Feb. 4.--The Paris corres» pondent of the Daily Mail telegraphs that he has consulted with a high French authority regarding the Pana- ma Company’s negotiations to induce the United States government to ac- quire the canal. The authority in ques- tion said: P "I regard the negotiations as a mere game of bluff between the Panama. company and the Washington author- ities. The company is really anxious to effect a. virtual sale, while Congress is not serious in the Nicaraguan affair because all the evidence proves the ad« vantages of the Panama route.” I’iefree-d Her Heart. New Britain, Conn., Feb. 4.--Mrs. Ed‘ ward Dudley. wife of a. well known Hartford tobacconlst, committed spi— cide in her apartments on Thursday evening by. piercing her heart with :1 bread knife. . The knife was dull and required much strength to make the incision. Mrs. Dudley, who was seated in a. re- clining chair, allowed herself to bleed to death and made no effort to remove the knife. She was about forty years of age. Bank of t'lcrmuny‘s Statement. Berlin, Feb. 4.——The weekly statement of the Imperial Bank of ,Germany shows the following changes: Cash 111 hand decreased 9,420,000 marks; treas- ’ ury notes decreased 100, 000 marks, oth- er securities increased 12 100, 000 marks, notes in circulation increased 15,180, (:00 marks. ~.___ VENINGP -ovel'done._ The ' 4 -— A dele- I yesterday . quash the indictment against Anna 112; the rulin I to 1'11... ' was - DUN’S WEEKLY REPORT, Failures During the Month of Jaz121"y Very E111 :.'.l. New York. I.v‘eb.c!.-—F;1ilurcs in Jan~ uary were mna‘ier than in any pre- vious month except August, 1898, and July, 1897, and the proportion of sol- vent Daymcnts to clearing house ex- changes is smaller than in any month of which records exist. In January they were but 86 cents per $1,000 clear- ing house payments, and the smallest in any previous month had been about $1. 08 per $1. 000. The manufacturing failures were the smallest excepting August, 1898. Considering that January is usually .one of the largest months of the year in failures, the return is surprising as well as encouraging. There is an epidemic of consolida- tions. Never before have so many organizations of that sort been in op- eration or in progress. While ignorant pdejudice condemns all though many are beneficial, it seems probable that the business is at present being .much Some of the most impor- tant; corporations are wisely. and "con- servat‘ively managed. But others are hoisting prices without much reason or sense after paying for'properties more than they were worth to pre- vious owners. In some cases the pur- chases will prove unprofitable. The most remarkable feature of the week has been the decline of 5 cents in wheat, with only half a cent in corn and only a sixteenth in cotton. The Goveinment estimate of the wheat crop, six hundred at d seventy- ~five mil- lion bushels, has more influence than any other from that source for a number of years becauSe it is recog— nized as the result of [seat efforts to get at the truth, and is therefore con- s1dered about the lowest estimate ad- missible. - A very stiong market for cotton goods has prevailed, and prevents raw cotton ‘ from declining. 'The advance in- goods has been unusual, and is sus- tained by heavy buying especially of print cloths and kindred products. A better tone appears in the woolen goods market also, with sdme impor- tant grades which were opened at a great reduction in prices recently ad— vanced, which has stimulated the de~ mand for all grades. The iron industry is advancing prices of products rather than of materials. Pig has remained without change this week, anticipating that six or seven furnaces will be put into blast as soon as possible. The demand is strong. but not apparently urgent at the chief markets. As yet the prices of products do not seem to disturb the foreign dwemand which is yet strong, but in all the mi- nor metals the London market is sin— gularly uncertain. Money does not change in demand, although foreign exchange has ad— vanced with heavy sales of stocks, for everybody knows that the balance due this country on merchandise account has been so large that no stock trans— actions can even approximately bal— ance the account. Imports at New York have been 5.1 per cent. larger than last year for January, although exports have been 23 per cent; larger, indicating an ex- cess of exports over imports for the month of more than fifty million dol- lars. Failures for the. week have been 221’ in the United States, against 335 last year, and 25 in Canada against 39 last year. , A FILIPINO MANiFESTO. The Aineric' .m Administiation Said to be W" 01150 Than that of Spain. Hong Kong, Feb. 4.—The Filipino junta here has issued the following statement; “Simultaneously with the proclama— tion of the republic, ed the Spanish war prisoners as‘an act of grace. “The Spanish imposition of the poll tax is enforced by the Americans with greater severity. Formtrly the poor— est paid $2 and the rich 837. Now the lou'est pay $5 and the rich $100, which is greatly exasperating the people. “Gambling, cock fighting, bribing. squeezing and the American abuses of the customs are causing demoraliza~ tion. The Spanish corrupt, despotic system seems to be the moral of the American executive. “The Manila Filipinos are indignant at the notion of the American journals that they will tamely submit to be ex- perimented with by amateur colonial administrators, and hope the' decision of the United States Senate on Mon- day will be of a. nature to satisfy their aspirations as frequently expressed.” , Fou: Killed by a T:ain. Pittsburg. Pa., Feb. 4.--A two—horse wagon loaded with furniture. on which new six pe1sons. five men and a young woman was struck yeste1day by .1. fast Baltimole and Ohio freight. tiain at the crossing at Rivexton station. just above McKeespor-t. Four of the men were killed and the, othhrman and the .young woman were so badly injured that they will prob- ably die. 1“ rs. George Must be Tried. Canton, Ohio, Feb. 4.--Judge Taylor overruled the motion to George. Attorney Sterling was not 1.1 court. Attorney rWelty noted exceptions to g. and gave notice of the filing of a plea in abatement. The plea will probably be filed next week. Mrs. George was in court. Kaiser and the Dreyfus Case. London. Feb. 4.--A dispatch from Paris to the Exchange Telegraph Com- pany alleges that the German emperor has indirectiy urged the court of cas- sation -to examine General Sehneeg‘ans .and Colonel Stoffel of the German ar- my respecting the forged letters pur- Iporting to have been written by the kaiser. ' Not wimp.- (Tonrict Rocqlpturcd Riiziiln_tliln\\'1i. N. 31"., Feb. Ila—White Ram.- .-.‘.1..1,, 1:1 the most notoiious crim— inals .s.’ .1313111‘1‘11 New York? who es- caped from the EsSex county jail las: fall, was c11_1:=1.rd ut Clintonville on Th .11 1\ 1'1 1.31:: by Deputy Sherlll' (‘11.111. sl. .1; 116.11 of Jay and taken back a A 1181' 1 r. 3, 011mm CLOTH STREET COSTUME FROM HARPER'S BAZAR Green Cloth Street Costume. A simple but very handsometvalking costume, is designed in green cloth. The bodice is tight fitting, simulating a. coat; the narrow turned-down collar reveals a. tucked cream-white vest with big standing collar. The skirt, made with apointed tunic, is joined to the bodice by a narrow stitched belt of the material, so that the effect is that of a pr1ncesse gown. Rows of machine . stitching and crys- tal buttons form the sole trimming. The machine-stitched cuffs are lined with cream-white silk, as is also the tunic. In cutting the material for this dress, the design of which we have re- produced from HARPER’S BAZAR, the use of the cut paper patterns published by that periodical will be necessary. OU read this advertisement. If it had been yours and others had read it, how much Aguinaldo releas—- .21; good it might have done. Send in your adv i“ and we will do the rest. Rates on application. 1851. 1899. FORTY-EIGIITH ANNUAL STATEMENT 01" TH F. 1111111111 1111111111111 INSU RANGE COM PANY. or HARTFORD, CONN, JANUARY 1, 1899. Assets: Loans on First Mortgages of Real Estate.‘ - Premium Notes and Loans on Policies 1n 1'01 cc, Loans on Collate1,11 - Cost Value of Real Estate owned by the Company, - City and Municipal and Railroad Bonds and Stocks, Bank Stocks, - - _ _ Cash in Office, - ‘ - Cash Deposited in Banks, - ADD: Market Value of Stocks and Bonds cost, - - - Interest accrued and due, - - 85,447,686 .11 768,179 7 - . _ 6, 600 00 1 102, 365 no 8', 220 339 4-5 1911:3241 00 478 58 512,598 08 $1 1,257,572 16 O\'(‘l‘ ' v 8 7.895 07 7 - 136,911 32 Net Deferred and Outstauding Premi- ums, - - ~ . 188,7 50 20 - $402, 559 5‘ Gross Assets January I, 1899, $1 1,660,13 II 7 . Liabilities. Reserve on Policies 111 force at 4 per cent. interest. - - 810 769, 943 00 Claims by death outstanding and notified, - - - \ 38,691 00 Premiums paid in Advance, — 8,131 00 Special Reserves, - . - 177,045 00 $10,993,810 O Surplus at 4 per cent” - - $666,321.7 1896. 1897. 1898. Policies issued, 5,506 6,570 7,55 Insu ‘ance written, 8 9,871,601 811 ,7 70, 989 $13,068,71 New Premiums received, 268,651 315,307 368,6 Total Premiums leceiVed, 1,430, 228 1,589,531 1, 920,2 Policies in f01ce 25,981 28, 269 31, 5 ' Insuiance in f01ce, 42,216,841 46,021,069 51,170,? " o This Company has paid since organization fou BEAT LOSSES. MATURED ENDOWMENTS, DIVIDENDS T POLICY HOLDERS, and SURRENDERED POLICIES mor than $39, 000. 000. 00. \ JONATHAN B. BUNCE, President. TOHN M. HOLCOMB, Vice- Prest. ARCHIBALD A. VVELCH. Actuary. GEORGES hMII LL CHARLES H. LAWRENCE, secretary. WILLIAM A. MOORE. Asst. Secretary WILLIAM D MORGAN, Med. Director. ‘R, Supt.I of Agencies-I
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