. oiutions now pending
PROSPECTS 01 1111111
Its Supporters Confident .of Sixty
Votes cn Monday.
SPEECHES ON
llIr. Wellington Leaves the Opposition
and Other senators Are Expected to
Follow Him—Vote on Resolutions Likely
To-day. I
\Vashingtcn, D. C., Feb. 4.--'l"he sup-
porters of the peace treaty show in-
creased confidence in their ability to
secure next Mpnday . the sixty votes
necessary to ratify that convention.
Senator Wellington’s announcement
‘that he will vote 1701 ratification has
withdrawu one more vote from the hos-
tile column.
neither Mr. Mason, M1. Hale nor- -Mr.
Jones of Nevada will be found with the
Opposition when the roll is called on
Monday.
Mr. Money of Mississippi and Mr.
Daniel of Virginia occupied so much
of the senate’s time yesterday aftei-
1: oon with speeches in opposition to the
assumption of sovereignty by this
country over the Philippines that no
vote could be'staken ont he various res—
which seek to
declare or define this gove1nment’ s fu-
ure policy in the far east.
Mr. Daniel did not finish his address.
which was an\ elaborate one, oratori—
caliy as well as argumentativeiy, until
after 5 o’clock. Th1ee more speeches
on the expansion issue will be made
to- day in open session—one by M1.
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.
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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.
No decision has been reached, except
that there will be as little metal as
possible on the hull of the Sham-
rock. .. , _ 1..” {_... ,1 ., ..
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The Peace Coating-ence.
Berlin, Feb. b-a'he- 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, therefore, that
we, too, should join the doubters, keep-
ing our powder dry.”
5 '1
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 Waterloo station ad-
dressed to Buffalo, the day before the
fire. The prisoners-were remanded.
The blizzard in ‘Vyoming.
Cheyenne, K’Vyo., Feb. 4.--The bliz—
zard seems to have spent its fury in
Wyoming and it is thought that the
Worst is over. In the opinion of the
best informed stocxmen 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 Hanged.
Lagrange, Ky., Feb. 4.—-William Mil-
ler, colored, was hanged here yester-
day in the jail yard and only about
fifty persons witnessed izt.
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’s Old Home.
London, Feb. 4.--There were exciting
scenes at a fire which occurred at the
birthplace of Macaulay, the historian
at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire. 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‘w'o Drown.
' Montrose, Cat, Feb. 4.—Two little
children of Will Carson; a. boy and a
girl, have been drowned in the Un-
compahgre river near here. They Weie
playing on the ice and broke through.
One of the bodies has been recovered.
Didn’t Sign the Mortgage.
Wichita, Kan. ., Feb. 4.--Lewis M.
Hoxler. a farmer living neal‘ Wichita,
dropped dead at the Office of a farm
‘ loan company just as he was about to
place his signature to a mortgage cov-
ering his homestead.
#EXPANSION T
It Iis also believed that
INDIAKS FIGHTING IN ALASKA.
Four of Them Killed and Four Deputy
Dial shale Wounded.
Vancouver, B. C., Feb. 4.——Indians
are reported to be On the war path in
Alaska, and fighting has taken place,-
.n ‘which four Indians were killed and
several wounded. Four American dept
uty marshals Were wounded. The In-
iians are drunk.-.
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. 0n promising good
behavior they wert liberated next day.
The pretended acquiescence was amuse.-
Filling themselves with liquor. the In-
dians planned the murder of every
member of the vigilance committee.
The attack was ,made at night. A
the treachery, and as the Siwashes ad-
vanced on the town with yells the offi-
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 011
the ground.
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Little Hope for Mrs. Place.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 4.--Governor
Roosevelt, in answer to an inquiry yes-
terday as to whether or not he had 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 discussion 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 t .1e governor, “are for the wrong-
ed and not for the wrongdoer. The
fact that the criminal is a woman
makes no differenceto 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.”
Surrogate Arnold Resigns.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. -4.--Surrogat'e
John H. V. Arnold of New York city
at noon yesterday had his resignation
of that Office filed with the secretary
of state.
Charles H Beckett of the firm of
Booraem, Hamilton & Beckett of New
York city will probably be appointed
by Governor Rooseveltas surrogate to
succeed Arnold. Mr. Beckett was the
assistant surrogate who went into of-
fice after the Roosevelt investigation
of 'the surrogate’s ofiiCe of New York
,city in 1884. He is considered the best
posted man in New York city on prac-
tice‘ in the sunrogate’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. ' . -.....
Expositmh for St. Louis.
\Vashington, D. C., Feb. 4.--A dele-
gation of St. Louis citizens, among
whom were ex-Governor Francis and
Richard C. Kerens, visited the presi-
dent yesterday morning in behalf of
the proposed exposition to be held in
St. Louis in 1903. V
The Object of the exposition, as the
delegation explained to the president,
will be to Celebrate the centennial a11-
niV ersary 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
purchased 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’ 8: 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-~
corporators 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
hundred and twenty 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. - -
Panama 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~
squire the canal. The authority in ques-
tion said:
“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.Nlcaraguan affair
because all the evidence proves the ad-
vantages of the Panama. route."
Pierced Her Hea‘rt,
New Britain, Conn., «Feb. 4.--Mrs. Ed.
ward Dudley, wife of a. well known
Hartford tobacé'onist. committed ini-
cide in her apartments on Thursday
evening by piercing her heart with a
bread kni'fe. ' '
. 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 tgsremove
the knife. She was about forty years
of age. ' ‘
Bank of Germany’s Statement.
Berlin, Feb. 4.~—The weekly statement
of the Imperial Bank of Germany
Shows the following changes:' Cash in
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, 000
marks.
The steamer Cutch brought the news ;
friendly Indian Warned the 'whites of.
. trouble.
lllGllT’S 11031110 91111115.
Keeps Thousands Awake
in and Around
the Norwalks.
The plague of the night.
Keeps you awake: can’t sleep a. wink.
Bad enough to lose your rest.
But it is harder still to bear at work.
Breeds misery by night, profanity by
' day. ‘
Know what it is. 9 .
The b e of all classes Of apeople—-
Itchi g Piles.
Itch. Itch. hob. Nearly drives
you crazy.
Hard to bear, hard to walk, hard to
sit. dOwn.
Itching away in any position, any
time.
Don’ t. stand it any longer.
- There is a 1elief for every one,
prompt and permanent.
Doan’ s Ointment relieves- at- once.
Doan’ s Ointment cures permanently.
Piles. eczema. and all skin disorders.
Read this case:
Mr. Lewis SnOw, of 33 Prospect
street, Webster. Mass. , says: "There
was a bad case of bleeding piles in my
iamily, which had resisted ordinaxy
efforts to cute We weie so favorably
..mpressed with the results obtained
11 om us1ng Doan s Kidney Pills that we
reasoned if what is claimed for them is
~10 thoroughly cairied out why should
not the 1 epi esenta‘tions made for Doan‘ s
Ointment be equally true. We got a.
box at. a d1u0‘ $1010. and it stopped the
We” consider both Doan’s
Ointment and Doan’ s Kidney Pills val-
uable iemedies and have no hesitation
in Iecommeudimr them.
Just. such emphatic endorsement is
plentiful in Norv .11k. D10p into Glen-
dening & Co.’ 5 drug st01e and hear
what their customers: 1ep01t to them.
Doan’s Ointment f01 sale by all deal-‘
ers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-
Milbuin CO., Bufiaio, N Y., sole agents
for the U. :5. Remember the name
'Doan’s and take no substitute.
HIS HARD LUCK.
How He ‘Von Lioney
Quarter.
“Talk about hard luck stories,” said
a reformed western gambler, “I think
I can discount anything you ever heard
in that line. It was in the early days
of Leadville, just about this time of
the year, and I tell you it does get cold
up in the hills along-about now.
“Well, I was broke, didn’t have a
copper, and had strolled into a gamb-
ling house to get a warm-up. There
were several games going on, and
when I had thawed out a‘ little I walk-
ed over to the faro layout where I
went broke the night before. As I
said, it was a very cold night, and
on a llIystical
feeling a great draught at my feet, I»
happened to glance down at the floor
to see where it came from, and there
by the side of my right foot was lying _
what I thought to be a quarter.
“I had been watching the game close-
ly, making imaginary plays. ‘I’ll play
‘25 cents open on the ace,’ 1 said to the.
dealer, and in a moment more it won.
“The dealer handed me two white
chips. I played again and again won,
and before the end of the deal I had a
nice stack of chips. It seemed to me
I couldn’t lose a deal, and in half an
hour I-had a couple of hundred dollars’
worth of chips before me.
“I concluded to cash in, and stacked
my chips, pushing them toward the
dealer. He counted them, and looking
up at me, said: ‘W here’s that quarter
you .made your first bet on?‘ I had for-
gotten all about it. I looked on the
floor; the quarter was gone. Then I
lit a match and saw that what I had
supposed to be a quarter was simply :1
wet spot. It was originally a bit of
ice, but' the heat from my boot melted
it. Of course the dealer promptly re-
fused to cash the chips.”—St. Louis
Glo-beDemocrat.
Plenty on Board.
He had just returned from a trans-
Atl-an-tic voyage and he let all know
it. ‘
“Yes,” he said pompously to the old
gentleman with the silk hat and the
grey whiskers, who sat opposite" “we
had a most eventful trip: there was a
marriage on board. ,two deaths, and-—-"
“Any births?” interrogated the old
gentleman, with a twinkle in his
eye.
“No—er—no births.”- answered the
other. in a manner which implied they
could have had one or two if they so
desired.
“Dear me, that’s very strange!” ex-
claimed the grey side whiskers.
"W'lmlt is strange?” ,
“W-fiy, no births. I have crossed
forty-three times, and there have al-
ways been births on board.”
The pompous note in the new fledged
traveller's voice gave place to a tinge
of reverence as the other mentioned
the figures, but he asked:
“Well, wharf. do you calla number of-
births? Two, three, four, or—" ‘
“No, indeed. Why, the last time 1
crossed there were over five hundred.
.‘Whalt, babies?”
“Babies? No, berths, sleeping berths.
Here’s my street. Good bye." '
A Health—
Maker
saver. It makes the blood .pure, the
muscles strong, the brain clear, t‘e
appetite keen, the liver active, the
digestion perfect, the nerves strong
and steady.
12.31.11. Hostetler’s
Stomach '
Bitters
Hostetter’s Stomach
Bitters is a. health-
lhe Stomach;
a healthy.
‘ 11026 the rest
Estomach
maker and a. health - .
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01-" NEW YORK.
RICHARD A. McO'UBDY, '. President.
Statement for he Year Ending Dec. 31,’98.
According tovthe Standard of the Insurance Department Of‘ the State of New York.
ii
. l ‘ \ -
_ INCOME.-
Received for Premiums . . - 9 - . V
From all. other Sources ' . . ~ . . - . . stigggzggg 3;
$55,006,629 43
DISBUESIRIM EN 1‘59
To Policy-holders for Claims by Death ' SI 26
. . 08
To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. . {2,482,251 2;
For all other Accounts . . _. . . ' . [0:493:379 53
...... .. 535,245,033 88
\
Measure.
United States Bonds and other Securities . .
/ $I6o 6 I I
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage . . . 68::33,5§o 3:
Loans on Bonds and other Securities, . . 9,396:619 on
Real Estate, appraised by Insurance Superintendents
. at $23,534,826.as: Book Value . ~. . . 20 6o 6
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies . . ..., 11:6‘2::3;S7’ g;
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . . 6,434,957 Io
$277,517,325 36
, LIABILITIES.
Policly Reserves etc. . . . .
Contingent GuaIfante’e Fund, , . . . . 223,253’3530 g:
Divisible Surplus . . . . . . . . 2:221:00: 00
A
. ' 2 .
Insurance and Annuities in Force . . . 3932:;iigzg g:
I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the sam
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PREiltoEge 2213;3-
From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usua
Board of Trustees-
I
HENRY H. ROGERS
J N0. W AUCHINCLoss
THEODORE MORFORD
WILLIAM BABCOOK
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER B GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB
ADRIAN ISELn .l r.
GEORGE S. BOWDOIN
WILLIAM C Warm“
WILLIAM ROCEEEELLEE
JAMEs N. JARVIE
CHAS D. DIOKEY JR
ELBRIDGE T. Gunny
J AMEs SPEYER)
FREDERIC CROMWELL
J ULIEN T. DAVIES
A. N. W'ATERECUSE
CHARLES R. HENDERSON .
RUE‘Us W. PECKHAM
J. HOBART HERRICK
WM. 1’. DIXON _
ROBERT A. GRANNISS .
] GEORGE G. HAVEN ,
SAMUEL D. BABCOCE
RICHARD A. MCCURDY
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON POST
WILLIAM J. SEWELL
OLIVER HARRIMAR
ROBERT OLYPHAN'I
GEORGE F. BAKER '
Don. I OLCCT-r
0.
ROBERT A. GRANIS S, Vic 3- President.
ls E L CY 26 V P (WALTER. R. GILLETTE, General Manager. - .
AAC ‘ L l), 1ce- res: ent DUES du—P BRECK, Corres ondin S t
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Se%r0::;.ary
JOHN A FONDA A FP IEDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer.
esistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMt SON, 2d Assistant Tressur .
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier. EDWARD 1’. HOLDEN, Assistant (.‘ashie‘Ie:~
EMORY MCOLJNI‘OUK, Actuary.
CHARLES A PRELLEP JOdElN TATLOCK‘, JR, Assistant Ac
, b, An Itor. . ‘ WILL A—M Vt. RICHARDS Com 1: ll .
C. CLIFF 0RD GRETSINGER, Asuistaut Auditor. ' HENR :3. BROWN, Assistaint Cogggroellel
- * JOHN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
EUW ARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor.
' ' MEDICAL DIRECTORS: .
It} iAS J. MARSH, M l)‘ GRANVILLE M
‘. G. S. WIN SCION M. D. Consulting
WHITE. M D
siliceous a measure, Genet-a1 Agents.
- .1 roar/1r Local Agent.
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