'1 11E EVE n 1 N G:
G‘AZ FTTF.
THE CLOSING WEEK.
Senate and__—— House Wish to
Avoid an Extra Session.
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MUCH WORK STILL BEFORE CONGRESS
Senate Will Puss Anny and Appro-
priation Bills—House “fill Act on
Same llleasures—Fi-1ht on Canal
Amendment Will Be Bitter.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27,—The week
will open with the compiomise army
bill still before the senate, but it is im-
possible to say how long it will con-
tinue to demand the attention of that
body. The best opinion is to the effect
that a vote will be secured today, but
this depends largely upon the temper Of
Mr. Gorman and his friends, who insist
upon the amendment of the army bill
so as to further control the size of the
army in 1901. There is as yet no dan e1
of failure on either the army bill or the
appropriation bills. No senator can be
found who avows himself of desirous of
forcing 3. called session. Hence the
general belief that all these measures
will become laws and that when con-
gress ‘adjourns for the session on next
Saturday legislation will be in such
shape as to render it safe to permit the
legislators to remain at their homes un-
til next December.
The appropriation bills will demand
almost all the attention of the senate
,after the army bill is out of the way,
and the senate will have to materially
increase the length of sessions in order
to secure their enactment into law. The
bills in conference are those providing
appropriations for the Indian oflice,
postoffice and agricultural departments
and for the District of Columbia and
the improvements of rivers and har-
bors. The river and harbor bill carries
the Nicaragua canal provision and
other additions appropriating large
sums ofumoney. The five bills which
have not been reported to the senate are
the sundry civil, the naval, the army,
the fortifications and the general de-
ficiency. All are important and each
will require considerable time for dis-
pesal.
The house will devote practically all
of the closing week of the session to the
appropriation bills and conference re-
ports, and \the prospects are that every
minute of the time‘will be required to
get them through before noon.on March
'4. Everything except the‘appropriation
.and the army reorganization bills will
.go by the board in the final crush. A
few minor bills may go through by
unanimous consent; but _there 'is no
longer any time for the consideration of
important general business. The bill
.for the government of Hawaii has been
abandoned. The state of the appropria-
tion bills is such ,that the situation
Inight well cause alarm were it not for
the almost universal desire on both
sides of the house to obviate the neces-
sity- of an ex tra session of congress.
Only three of the 14 supply bills have
gone to the president—the pension, Mil-
, itary academy and consular and diplo-
matic.
Six bills were passed by both houses.
' Five of these—the legislative, executive
and judicial, the postoflice, the agricul-
tural, District of Columbia and Indian—
are in conference, where the represent-
atives of the two houses are seeking to
adjust their differences. .The river and
harbor bill has been referred to the
river and harbor committee of the
house. The sundry civil has passed the
house and is under consideration in the
senate. The naval bill has passed the
house, but has not yet been reported to
the senate. The army bill is being con-
sidered in the house, and two of the
. bills, the fortifications and general de-
ficiency, are yet to be acted upon by the
house. Most of the bills in conference
have problems thich will be more or
less difficult to ’solve, but none of these
differences, vexatious and serious as
they may be, promise a deadlock which
might result in their failure with the
single exception of the river and harbor
bill, and its loss would not necessitate
an extra session. The fight over the
Nicaragua canal amendment which the
senate placed upon-this bill as a rider
will be bitter and to the death.
A firosperous Showing.
.ALBANY, Feb. 27.——The annual report
of State Superintendent of Banks Kil-
burn on savings banks, safe deposit
companies and trust companies shows
the excess of assets over liabilities of
the safe deposit companies of the state
on the 1st of Januaiy, 1899, was larger
by $160,000 than one year. ago. The re-
sources of the t1 ust companies, exclu—
sive of those which came into existence
duling the y,ear increased over $80 000 —
000. and the new institutions added $15 -
300, 000, and the savings banks deposits
\\e1e augmented bv $49,590 000. ~ These
figures we eloque‘! of the good man-
agement and prosperity which the in-
stitutions in question enjoy and of the
improvement which the year has wit-
neSSSd in business and in the condition
of therpeople.‘
Cayman Islands Storm Swept.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. 27,—Fur-
ther advices from the Cayman islands,
situated 150 miles from here, as to the
terrible storm Of Feb. 13 and 14 say that
it was the longest and most severe in
the memory of the inhabitants, the seas
almost, overwhelming the islands.
Throughout the entire two days the
wind wasworking general destruction.
The full extent of the fatalities is not
yet reported, but it is known that about
20 persons are missing. The cargo of
the schooner Whitewater, from Mobil}
for the most partlumber, was salvage ,’
but the vessel itself has gone to pieces.
Superintendent Aldridge Reports.
ALBANY, Feb. 27.—George W. Al-
dridge, superintendent of public works
under Governor Black, sent his annual
report to the legislature otoday. The
whole number of tons of freight carried
upon the canals during 1898 was 3,360,-
063, of which 2,314,050 tons went east-
ward and 1,046,013 west. There were
' 1,573,227 tons of through freight and
1,786,836 tons of way freight. The
amounts carried by the several canals
were as followa: Erie canal 2,338,020
tons, Champlain canal 804, 076, Oswego
canal 47, 662, Black River canal 69, 963,
Cayuga and Senaca canal 100, 342.
Fatal Dynamite Explosion.
{ whole matter will be thoroughly can-
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NEW YORK LEGISLATURE.
The Slutlook For Special Legislation
For the Greater City.
ALBANY, Feb. 27.-—Legislation for
the New York city police department
forms the topic of most absorbing in-
terest before the legislature this week.
Although it has been' agreed that the
bill drafted by Elihu Root: shall be
amended to deprive the governor of the
power of removal of the commissioner,
no dpfinite programme has been ar—
ranged for the further progress of the
bill. While this amendment removes
the objections of the two Republican
senators from New York city, Messrs.
Ford and Elsberg, yet there are known
to be three other Republican senators
who are unalterably opposed to the sin-
gle headed commissibn, and without
their votes the bill cannot pass. A con-
ference of the Republican senators will
be held during the week, when the
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vassed and an endeavor made to reach
some, sort of an agreement. Later a
caucus will be held and an effort made
to bind all to the support of the bill.
Should these three senators absent
themselves from this caucus the fate of
the bill is in doubt, and it may never
find its way from the committee. The
bill certainly will not be presented to
the senate until all the Republican sen—
ators are present.
Two other measures which will be
made party measures by the Demo'crats
are scheduled for consideration this
week. Senator Donnelly's antitrust bill
will be given a hearing before the judi-
ciary committee of the senate on
Wednesday, and on Thursday the as—
sembly ‘cities committee will give a
hearing on Mr. Harburger’s bill provid—
ing for 90 cent gas in New York city.
No consideration has yet been given
to the civil service bill or to the New
York rapid transit bill, and no hearings
upon either neasureuhave been an—
nounced.
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TROOPS WITH DRAWING.
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'l‘lier Force at Santiago \Vill Soon
Be Greatly Reduced.
SANTIAGO, Cuba, Feb. 27.—The Unit-
ed States transport Minnewaska will
leave, tomorrow, having on board the
Twenty-third Kansas volunteers. The
Roumania will probably leave on
Thursday with the Eighth Illinois regi»
ment. These troops, like the Ninth im—
munes, have of late had no special duty
to perform. The Third immunes, now
at Guantanamo, are under orders to be
mustered out and will withdraw about
March 15, leaving only three white vol-
unteer regiments and one regiment of
regulars available to? duty in the prov-
ince. At least one more regiment is
needed by the department, preferably:
cavalry, as during the rainy season it is
difficult to move infantry.
It was-recently reported to General
Leonard Wood, on reliable authority,
that a prominent Cuban holding a high
position in this province under the mili—
tary government had openly stated that
if the AmeiiCans did not “get out” by
July Cuba would declare w a1. Needless
to say, the military governor attaches
no importance to talk of this character.
Santiago province gave Havana last
month $50,000. All branches of the de-
partment government, civil and mili-
tary, complain that they are badly
hampered by orders from Havana. In
any, event improvements have practi—
cally ceased.
Major General Reynolds Dead.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.——Major Gen-
eral Joseph J. Reynolds, U. S. A., re-
tired, is dead, aged 77 years. A month
ago General Reynolds had an attack of
paralysis, which culminated in a cere-
bral hemorrhage. The remains will be
interred at Arlington Tuesday or
Wednesday. Major General Reynolds
was born in Kentucky Jan. 4, 1822, but
was appointed to the Military academy
from Indiana in 1839.
Georgia’s Fruit Crop Destroyed.
ATLANTA, Feb. 27.—The announce-
ment is made by State Fruit Commis-
sioner Scott of this state that Georgia's
entire commercial fruit crop was deé
stroyed by the recent unprecedented
freeze. Mr. Scott returned last night
from an extensive tour Of the state. He
states that not a single car of fruit will
leave the‘state during the ensuing sea-
son. .
The Khnlifa’s Raids.
CAIRO, Feb. 27.-——The war office has
issued a. statement indicating that the
khalifa’s recent movements have been
made for the purpose of raiding cattle
and grain. It is believed that the der-
vish force is still in the country .south-
west of Abbas island, 160 miles from
Omdurman. It is not proposed to send
re-enforcements to Khartum at present.
A. Massachusetts Boy.
' PITTSFLELD. Mass, Feb. 27.——Edward
Hampton of Company H, Second Ore—
gon regiment, who was killed near Ma-
nila. on Feb. 22. is thought to be the
Son of F. Hampton of this city. Young
Hampton left home for the Klondike
about two years ago, and the first his
father knew of his enlistment was when
he read the account of his death.
'Fire In New Orleans.
. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 27.—‘Overcharg-
ed electric light Wires caused destruc-
tive fires on St. Charles avenue .yester-
day morning. Three residences, with
contents, were destroyed. They were
those of Morris Stern, J. B. Hobson and
James Legendre. Loss, $150,000. Insur-
ance, $120,000. Many other residences
were damaged. -
The Roanoke 01! For Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27.——The sup-
ply steamer Roanoke started for Manila
yesterday. Besides a general cargo of
supplies for the troops in the Philip-
pines the Roanoke carried 17 recruits
for the Fourteenth infantry, 11 men for
the Twentieth infantry and two men
and 57 recruits for the Third infantry.
Kipling’s Condition Very Serious.
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—Rudyard Kip-
ling's condition has reached a. crisis.
Yesterday, the sixth day since the au-
thor was taken ill from inflammation
of the lungs at the HotelGrenoble, found
him worse, and very much worse. At
latest reports he was said to be very
low and unconscious. .
Dixon’s Farewell.
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—Rev. Thomas
Dixon, Jr., preached his farewell ser-
mon yesterday to the congregation Of
the People’s church in the Grand Opera
BERN, Feb. 27,—Six men were killed ,
by a dynamite explosion at the, Eiger
tunnel works, on the Jungfrau railway.
It is supposed that the explosion was
the result of an accident.
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1 House.
With that service the- church
ceased to exist, lack of financial aid be-
ing the cause assigned for its dissolu-
tion. .
5:111: SMART REPORTER.
I2 “'11; Willing to Give Information
About. Ducks Free of
Charge.
It was two o‘clock in the m'orning.
All of the reporters but one had gone
home, says the Detroit Free Press. The
night. editor sat at his desk reading
‘over the copy of the last remaining re-.
porter. There hadn’t been a word-
Spoken for a half-hour. The rumbling
of the distant presses and the clicking
of the typewriter were the only sounds
that broke the silence of the night.
The telephone bell gave a loud, long
peal.
“Hello,” cried the night editor, as he
jammed the potato-masher to his left
ear.
“Say,” said the telephone, “we are
having a little discussion down here in-
Hogan’s place and we want to know
which can fly the faster. :1 canvnsback
duck or a’redheaded woodpecker.
‘f‘Say. Bill," yelled the night. editor to
the solitary reporter, “which can fly,
the faster, a canvasback duck or a red—
headed woodpecker?”
“Duck,” laconically answered the re-
porter.
The night editor turned to the tele-
phone and told it that the duck was
much the swifter aerial navigator of
the two. .
“How much faster?" asked the tele-
phone.
“How much 1": :101 Bill?"
“I ight miles $1111 110m in warm “euth-
er and ten miles 11” it 5 cold.” ,
“Eight miles an hour,” repeated the
night editor.
, “Why is it?” asked the telephone.
“Why is it, Bill ‘3"
“Because he spreads his canvas. The
woodpecker hasn’t any."
Ting-a-ling-a—ling.
NATURE OF THE ALLIGATOR.
The Reptile Described in Detail by
One \Vho Knows Its Habits
and Peculiarities.
An alligator is notan attractive crea-
ture. He has not a single virtue that
can be named. He is cowardly, treach-
erous, hideous. He is neither graceful
nor even respectable inappearance. He
is not even amusing or grotesque in
his ungainliness, for as a brute-a brute
unqualified—he is always so intensely
real that one shrinks from him with
loathing, and a laugh at. his expense
while in his presence would seem curi-
ously out of place, says Appleton’s
Monthly. _
llis peisonaliiy, too is strong. Once
catch the steadfast gaze of a flee, adult
alligator’s wicked eyes with their odd
vertical pupils 11th full upon yOur
own. and the significance of the ex-
pression “evil eye" and the mysteries
of snake charming. liypnotlsm andhoo-
dooism Mill be readily understood, for
his bruiish merciless, unflinching stare
is simply blood- chilling.
Zoological,ly the alligator belongs to
the genus crocodilus, and he has all the
hideousuess of that family, lacking
samewliat its bloodthirstiness, although
' the American alligator is carnivorous
by nature, and occasionally cannibal-
istic. Strictly speaking, however, the
true alligator is much less dangerous
than his relatives of the old W or,1d and
he is correspondingly less courageous.
THE SEA’S PHOSPHORESCENCE.
Ancient Writings Contain No Men-
tion of This Most Striking
Phenomenon.
It is peculiar that so striking aphe-
nomenon as the phosphorescence of the
sea. should remain almost unnoted by
the ancient writers. There are several
leasons for this. The ancients seldom
ventured far away from the coast;
they hugged the shore by day and
pulled up at night on some convenient
beach, hence they did: not often see
phosphorescence at all. Their ships
were merely boats, not, built or rigged
for sailing close to the wind, Which' Is
the most favorable position for observ-
ing this phenomenon. All such occur-
Iences V\ are regarded by the ancients
as being of evil bomen—the superstition
with regard to St. Elmo 5 fire isasur-
Vival of this belief—and hence the ap-
pearances when seen were not much
talked of. Then, too, .the ancients, sav-
ing, perhaps, only the Phoenicians,
hated the sea and all its works, and
seem to have been curiously insensible
to the beauties of nature. It is still
probably a fact that. the minute organ-
isms which produce phosphorescence
are infinitely more plentiful in those
seas which were known to the ancients
than they were then, in consequence
of the extermination of Whales and
other marine animals which preyed
upon them.
Hens and 'l‘helr Keeper. ‘
it is really surprising how much bet,
ter a lot ofhens do if they are on good
terms with the one who takes carv
of them. They have a‘ way of sizing
their keeper up that is astonishing.
If they like him they are profit-able:
if they do not, thereis something wrong
with the keeper. It is a pretty good
thing to get on speaking terms with
the’hens. They have a language that
is easy to learn, and are great talkers
.if properly encouraged. — Farmers'
Voice.
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tem. It is the
starting point
of many dis-
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According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.
INGQ’MEO
542.3 18.748 5
12,687,880 9:-
555,006.629 4.
Received for Premiums
From all other Sources.
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DISH UESEMEN'I‘SQ
To Policy-holders for Claims by Death
To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc.
For all other Accounts
$13,265,908 01-
11,485,751 3.1
10,403,379 5.":-
$35,245,038 33*
ASSETS.
United States Bonds and other Securities
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage
Loans on Bonds and other Securities,
Real Estate, appraised by Insurance Superintendents
at $213,534,826.88 : Book Value
Cash in Banksand Trust Companies _
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc.
$160,956.14! 32*
68,503,580 9(
9,396,619 06
20,604,649 61
11,621,377 30
Wu
527795 I 79335 36
233,058,640 68
42.238,684 68
$2,220,000 00
377,517-§2§ 36
$971,711,997 79
LIABILITIES.
Contingent Guarantee Fund,
Divisible Surplus
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insurance and. Annuities in Force
l 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
Board of Trustees-
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ADRIAN ISEL1\ .21.
GEORGE S. Bowcou
WILLIAM C. W 111111121131,
W ILLIAn Robust-mun
JAMES N. JAEVIE
CHAS D. DICKEY J11.
ELBRIDOE T GERRY
' .JAMES SPEYEB;
HENRY H. ROGERS
JNO. W Aucnmcmss-
THEODORE MORFORD
WILLIAM ' BABCOCK
STUYVF-SANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIABD,
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB
FBEDEBIO CEOMWELL
J ULIEN T. DAVIES
A. N. VVATERHOUSE
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PEGKHAM‘
J. HOBART HERRIGK
WM. 1’. DIXON '
ROBERT A.‘ GRANNISS
GIORGE G. HAVEN ' ,
SAMUEL D. BABCOCIV
n'IanRD A MCCURDI‘
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON POST -
WILLIAM J. SEWELL
OLIVER 31111111111111
ROBERT OLYPHAN'I'
GEORGE F. BAKER
Donner 01.001111 ,
ROI-313.. RT A. GRAND: S, Vic e- -Presiclent.
WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Managei.
lSAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice- i’lesident DUEH du-P. BREOK, Goiiespor 111g Secretar,
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretmy. ‘ ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant. Secretary
FliEDERlC CROMW ELL, T1 easurer. .3
JOHN A. FON DA, Assistant. Treasurer. JAMES TIMt SON. ‘Zd Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM B. SADDS, Cashier. ' EDWARD P. iflULDEN, Assistant Cashier.
. ' EMORY MoCLiNTOOK, Actuary.
JOHN TATLOCK, JR, Assistan‘ Actuary
CHARLE A, PRELLElt,Aud1tor. WILLIAM .W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
UGLIFB‘UHD GRETSIN GER, ASuistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptrollel
JOHN G. ELLIOT, superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
E )W ABID LYMAN SHORT General Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS:
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ELL-1:. J. MARSH. M ,1) GRAN VILLE 11 WHITE .1... .0 r
U. S. WINSfl UN M. D. Consulting. 1
arduous e crusher, sensual Agents.
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