!' .__,r\.~’, 1 -m m-— '1 1111' 11 v 111M G GAZETTE ‘ NTN- N9N4: 'w ._.__.____._..____.._.._._.._ ...-._.. v-.. _.._ .___ .. MANYNEN BUILDINGS Congress Provides For New York Custom Eouse. SUNDRY CIVIL BILL CONSIDERED. Repair or the House \Vherc Lincoln Died Is Authorized—[flxiliustering Tactics 'I‘lnvn'x-tcd—The Southern Mail Amendment Adopted. WASHINGTON March 1—-VVhen con- sideration of the st 11dr civil bill was resumed yesterday, amendments were ‘ agreed to as follows: Appropriating $5,000 to enable the secretary of agricul— ture to report on the physiological ac— tion and nutritive value cf alcohol and alcoholic beverages; appropriating $50,- p00 for bairacks and quarters for a bat- teiy of light aitillezy at Fort Leaven- worth, Kan. , app1cp11atlng $50. 000 for a military post near Sheridan. “.731, the whole cost not to exceed $360 000; an- thorizing the secreta: y of the interior to negotiate with the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians foi 1e1inquishn1ei1t of part of thei1 reservation; appropriating $3,833 to repair the house in this city in which-Abraham Lincoln died; authoriz— ing the payment from the Choctaw fund of outstanding warrants to the amount of $75,000; authorizing the pay- ment to the appraisers at the ports of Boston, Philadelphia Baltimoie and Chicago of $1 000 each pe1 an num in ad‘ dition to their present salaiies; confer— ring upon the secretary of the interior authority to cancel or to modify the boundaries of reservoir sites in the northwestern states; that the secretary of the interior negotiate through an in- spector with the Devil's lake band of Sioux Indians in North Dakota for a re— linquishment of their lands in that state and to adjust the boundaries of their reservation, and at the conclusion of the Hawaiian cable amendment the follow— ing: “For the construction and equip- ment of a repair steamer and for a spare cable, $350, 000. ” The sundry civil bill was temporarily laid aside. The following house bills providing for public buildings were then passed: To— ‘peka, $85,000 for an addition; Jackson, ‘Miss., $31,000 for an annex; Joliet, 1115., $100,000; Fitchburg,Mass., $100,000; Oma- ha, fixing limit of cost at $1,800,000; Du- '~buque, Ia., for: enlargement of building, "$100,000; Canton, 0., $15,000 for an addi- tion; Brunswick, Ga., $50,000; Abilene, $375,000; Lawrence, Mass, $100,000; Kan- :sas City, Kan, $150,000; Elgin,Ills., $100,- "000; Elizabeth City, N. 0., $50,000; New Brunswick, N. J., $100,000; Elmira, N. Y, $185,000; Jamestown, N. Y., $75,000; Springfield, Mass, extension, $20,000; Blair, Neb., $43, 000; Hastir gs, Neb, $10,- 000: Norfolk, Neb., $10, 000. The bill appropriating $20,000 for addi- tional land for the Brooklyn public building was also passed. A bill was passed supplemental to an act providing for a new custom house in New York city. It provides for the ac— quisition of the Bowling Green site for $750,000 in addition to the unexpended balance in the treasury, appropriates ‘$1.000,000 for the commencement of the work and limits the cost to $3,000,000. Mr. Perkins of California reported the fortifications appropriation bill, and it was placed on he calendar. ' At 5:30 the se ate took a recess until 8 p. m. At the beginning of the night session the following house public building bills were passed: New Iberia, La., $50,000; Newport, Vt., $50,000; Rome, N. Y., $50,- 000; Eau Claire, Wis., $50,000; Macon, Ga., to enlarge public building and add to the site, $58,000; Columbus, Ga., to purchase additional ground and extend the, building, $50,000. Consideration of the sundry civil bill was resumed. N The House Passes Building Bills. WASHINGTON, March 1.-—-The house spent practically the entire time of the seven hour session yesterday passing the public building bills favorably act— ed upon by the committee of the'whole ten days ago. The opposition sought in vain to consume time by roll call and other filibustering tactics at various times, but their numbers were so slim that in no case could they secure a roll call. At last their efforts to impede the passage of the bills was abandoned, and'they were passed with great ra- pidity. Sixty- -one bills in all were pass- ed, carrying $9 352,000, $750,000 of which, however (the. amount appropriated for the New York custom house), is to be repaid from the proceeds from the sale: of the old building. Only one bill fail- ed——-that of appropriating 325,000 for a building at Bluefirlrl, W. Va. The con- ference report upon the postoffice. ap- propriation bill agreeing to the senate amendment making an appropriation for the southern mail subsidy was adopted. The general deficiency appro- priation bill was reported and will be considered today. It is the last of the budgets to be acted upon by the house and will probably be passed under sus- pension of the rules. Nominations Confirmed. WASHINGTON, March 1.—The sen- ate has confirmed the following nomi-1 nationsi William R. Day of Ohio,- Unit- ed States circuit judge for the Sixth judicial circuit; Christian C. Kohlsaat of Illinois, United States district judge for the Northern district. of Illinois; James S. Sherman of New York, gen- eral appraiser of merchandise, and J. H. Holzshu, postmaster at Cumberland, Md. . Lived More Than a Century. CANAJOHARIE, N. Y., March 1.— Maria Roof Van Evera died here yes- terday, aged 102 years. .She was a daughter of Colonel John Roof and was born’ in 1797 in this city, where she spent nearly the whole of her life. She was a member of the original Daughters of the Revolution. . Died at the Card Table. MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., March 1.—Ho— tel Keeper Wilcox of Pine Island fell dead while playing at cards here yes- terday. In the midst of the game he fell forward upon the table, dying in- ,stantly. Heart-failure was the cause. Jen-e Jamel Acquitted. KANSAS CITY, March 1.—-The jury "in the Jesse James train robbery case has returned a. verdict of acquittal. \Veuther Probabilities. " Generally fair; colder in the extreme . , western portion; brisk south to west, y'wvinds. 4 " DlSSATlS FACTION AT SA NTIACO‘ The Action of the Havana Author!- ties May Cause Trouble. SANTIAGO, Cuba, March 1.—-Within the next few days a large number of 1a- borers will probably be thrown out of work in consequence of messages re- ceived from the military administration at Havanay regarding funds and of the apparent reduction in the financial al- lotment for this province. The state of affairs reflected by these conditions is regarded as serious. Gen- eral Leonard Wood, the military gov- ' crnor, and the chiefs of the departments decline to discuss the .matter, but the best informed Cubans express their re- gret openly, and there are many occur- rences going to show the growth of a feeling of antagonism on the part of the Cubans toward the Americans, which the former say is entirely due to the at- titude of Havana. ' A prominent Santiago merchant said yesterday, “Three months more of this same policy would plunge the island in— to complete chaos.’ Extravagant though this statement undoubtedly is, it reflects a widespread feeling of dissatisfaction at General Leonard W'ood’s inability to carry out the policy of public improvements which he so successfully inaugurated. To Search For Wellnlnn. CHRISTIANIA, March 1.—The Mor- gen Bladet says that arrangements ' have been concluded'by which a sealing vessel will search Franz-Josef Land for Walter VVellman and the members ‘of his expedition to Greenland unless the exporer returns shortly. The VVellman expedition left Tromsoe, Norway, on June 26 last for the purpose of exploring the aictic regions, and, after stopping at Solombola, near Arch— angel. the party sailed for Franz—Josef Land. 011 July 15 the Fridtjof. the steam whaler, having on board Well- man and his companions, arrived at Vardoe, and, after taking on coal, the- expedition left for the north on the fol- lowing day. I11 the party are Professor James H. Gove of Columbia university, Lieutenant Evelyn B. Baldwin, Dr. Ed— ward Hofina, Iuriof Harland and sev‘ eral Norwegian scientists. Japan Aiding Rebels. MADRID, March 1.-—The Reforma as- serts it has received letters from relia- ble sources at Manila. saying that 30 cannon, 30,000 rifles and several million cartridges from Japan have been landed at Sual, on the gulf of Lingayen, on the west coast of the island of Luzon and about 100 miles from Manila, and have been taken thence to Malolos, the seat of the rebel government. The Reforma adds, “Japan evidently intends to act toward the Americans in the Philippines as the Am'ericans acted toward the Spaniards in Cuba." The Sampson-Schley Trouble. WASHINGTON, March 1.—Another unsuccessful effort was made in the ex- ecutive session of the' senate yesterday to confirm the nominations advancing Admirals Sampson and Schley and oth- er officers who participated in the San- tiago campaign. This result was due to the objections of Senators Butler, Pettigrew and Stewart, who talked through the executive session, thus pre- venting the taking of a vote. Senator Butler made the principal speech of the session. Noted Actress Dead. BOSTON, March 1.—The death of Sara Jewett, at one time a prominent figure on the American stage, was announced yesterday. Miss Jewett had been crit- ically ill for the past two weeks at the home of William A. Hayes second, in Cambridge. Miss Jewett was born in Buffalo and was educated in Cincinnati and Washington. She made her debut on Sept. 3 1872 at the Fifth Avenue theater, New York. Chairman For_ the Mediation Board. ALBANY, March 1,—Governor Roose- velt states that he has tendered the of- fice of chairman of the state board of mediation and arbitration to Charles S. Fairchilds, but that gentleman has de- clined to serve. The governor has under consideration a large number of names for the office and says that it will be some two weeks before he will be ready to make any announcement. A New Line to Liverpool. PORTLAND, Me., March 1.—It is an— nounced that the, Thomson-line will run steamers between this port and Liv- erpool all summer. The arrangements call for six first class steamers. ~This is an important addition to traffic from Portland. Dubois For Supreme Court Judge. . PROVIDEl'CE, March 1.—The gener- al assembly in grandrcommittee has elected E. C. Dubois judge of the su- preme court to succeed the late Judge B. M. Bosworth. Rosebery Succeeds Gladstone. LONDON, March 1.——The Earl of Rosebery was last evening elected pres- ident of the Eighty club in succession to the late Mr. Gladstone by 50 voted against 11. New York Marketa. FLOUR—State and western quiet, but steady; winter patents. $3.75@4; winter straights, [email protected]: Minnesota patents, [email protected]; winter extras, [email protected]. WHEAT—1N0. 2 red dull. but ad- vancad on higher cables. and crop ap- prehensions; March, 84%@84 9-16c.; May, 77%@78‘/¢c. 0 em, 67c., 1.0. b., afloat. CORN—No. 2 higher on covering, in- spired by liberal clearance: and cash inquiry; May, 41%@41 11-16c.; July, 42@ 42%c. OATS—No. 2 quiet:~ track, white. state. 361/2@40%c.; track. white, west- ern, 36%@401/ac. PORK—Dull; $10. 50@11. LARD—Easier; prime western steam, $5. 47%, nominal. BUTTER~Steady: State dairy, 13@ 20c.; state Creamery, 16@21c. CHEESE—Very firm; large, white, 101/2@10%c.: small, white, 11%@111/2C. EGGS—Excited and weak: state and Pennsylvania, 26@26%c.;' western, 260. SUGAR—Raw steady: fair refining, mess, $9.25@10; family, steady; crushed, 51/20.: powdered, 5%c. RICE—Firm; domestic, 4%@7c. , Jan pan, 5@5%c. TURPENTINE—Steady at 46@46%c. TALLOW—Steady; city, 41/40., coun- try, 4%@4%c. HAY—Quiet; shipping, iBQ‘SOcq good to choice, 5562660. RYE—Steady: state, 63c.; No. 2 west: '3%c.; centrifugal, 96 test, 4%c.; refined - 12H}: 32.1111111- REPORTER. In “’as Willing to Give Information About Ducks Free of . Chur gc. It was‘ two o‘clock in the morning. 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.1 “Hello, " eiiecl 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, a canrasback duck or a. redhe-aded woodpecker. “Say. Bill.” yelled the night. editor to the solitary reporter, “which can fly the faster, :1 canvasback duck or a. red- headed woodpecker?” “Duck," laconically answered the rev port-er. I 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 faster, Bill?” “Eight miles an hour in warm weath- er and ten miles if it’s cold.” “Eight miles an hour,” repeated the night editm. "Why is it‘?”:1.sl<ed the telephone. “‘Why is it, Bill. ”’ “Because he spreads his canvas. The woodpeckc1 hasn’t any." Ting-a- ling-a -li11g , THE ALLIGATOR. “~‘Mh~”-——‘_ ..._ . ‘._._____..~_, NATURE OF The Reptile Described in Detail by One “(110 Knows Its Habits and Peculialrities. An alligator is not an 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 in appearance. He is not even amusing or grotesque in his ungainlin e-ss, for as a brute—a. brute unqualified—he is always so intensely real that. one shrinks from him with loathing, and a launh 2-1’0 his expense while in his presence woulduseem curi- ously out of place, says Appleton’s Monthly. I-lis personality, too, is strong. Once catch the steadfast gaze of a free, adult alligator’s wicked eyes with their odd vertical pupils fixed full upon your own. and the significance of the ex~ pression “evil eye" and the mysteries of snake charming 11y pnotism and hoo- dooism v ill be readily understood, {01 his brutish, merciless, unflinching stare is simply blood—chilling. Zoologically, the alligator belongs to the genus crocodilus, and he has all the hideousness of that) family, lacking somewhatitsbloodthirstiness,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 world, and ‘he is correspondingly less courageous. THE SEA’S PHOSPHORESCENCE. Ancient Writings Contain No Men- tion of This Montstriking Phenomenon. It is peculiar that so striking a. phe- nomenon as the phosphorescence of the sea. should remain almost unnoted by the ancient writers. There are several reasons 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 favor able position for observ- ing this phenomenon. All such occur- lences were regarded by the ancients as being of evil aomen—the superstition with regard to St. Elmo's fire isa sur- vival of this belief—and hence the ap- pearances when seen were not much I talked of.‘ Then, too, the ancients, sav- ing, perhaps, only the Phoenicians, hated the sea and allits 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. Ben. and The" Keeper. It is really surprising how much bet» ter a ”lot of hens do if they are on good terms with the one who takes care of them. They have a way of sizing their keeper up that is astonishing If they like him they are profitable: if they do not there is 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. £13,191 NNNNE A disordered EH?“ stomach upsets y) the whole 8y8* tam. It is the starting point of many dis- eases. Stomach ' H08TETTER’8 .. BITTERS puts a dis-inland stomach imo gout; workm” oruer again, Nu STOMACH - Salt IRS cumin dyspep- _ sir, DLEISr‘ATED I I n I I ‘ [INSURANEILDMPANY 1 7 . i” m ', . . . E - RISE-ear .11... McG'U'RDY, President. 111111111111. 11111111111111.3118. According to. the Standard of the 1115111 ance Department of the State of New York. IN (90 GENE. ' ' , . - . n - . 542.318.7411 51 . ‘ 12,687,880 92 _-._;._ $55,006,629 43 ' Received for Premiums From all other Sburces '. . . . , ITS URSEM ENT‘QQ .1':}1.~'L‘; .3, ' -‘ To Policy-holders for Claims by Death . . . . $13,165,903 00 To Policy=holdere for Endowments, Dividends, etc. . 11,485,751 35 For all other Accounts . . . . . - 10,493,379 53 E W 31 ASSETS. United States Bonds and other Securities . . $160,!) 56 14'; 33 First Lieu Loans on Bond and Mortgage . . . 68,503,580 90 Loans on Bonds and other Securities, . ‘ - 9,396 619 06 f Real Estate, appraised by Insurance Superintendents at $23,534,826. 88: Book Value . . . 20,604,649, 6; Cash in Banks and Trust Companies . . . , , 11,621,377 3:: Adorned Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . . 6,434,957 to .1 SW’ LIABILITIES. Policiy Reserves, etc , . . . . . 233,058 640 68. _ Contingent Guarantee Fund, , . . . . 42.238,684 ca. Divisible Surplus . . . . . . $2,220,000 011 ‘ I . - 37295‘7-a3 iéd Insurance and Annuities in Force- . . . $971,711,997 7g. lhave 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 'I'ruS‘bees- Ania/1N ISELIS‘ J 11 Geckos S. Bownom \\-’1L1.1.1M 0. Warren \\'1L1.1.\u ROCKEFELLEB James N. JARVIE , CHAS D. DICKEY J3 Empires '1‘. GERRY J AMES \rEYEB; ' . HENRY H. ROGERS Jso. W AacnmoLoss 'l HEODOBE Monrom) WILLIAM BABCOCK STUYVESANT FISH Acobsrus D. J UILLIARD ‘ I I FRLDLRIC ChonwsLL ‘JULIEN 'l‘. Davms A. N. W ATERBOUSE CHARLES R. HENDERsor: SAMUEL I). 181111130011 i .. RUFUS W . PECKHAM . E I RICHARD A MoC-mmr JAMES 0. Homes HERMANN 0. You P081 .11 ILLIAM J. 'SEWELL OLIVER HARRIMAN ROBERT OLYPHAN'I GEORGE F. bAKEB Donuts Onoo'r'r J. HOBART HERRICK‘ WM. P. DIXON ROBERT A. GRAnxrss GIORGE G. HAvrs CHARLES E. M ILLER WALTERR GILLET'l‘E H. WALTER W EBB \ 11 iLTEh‘ R. GILLETTE, General ii wager. . ib’ 11C I". LLOYD, 2d Vice 1’1 es1rle11t DUE“ du—l’ BBECK, Guuespoc 111g Secretary NV lLLIAM J. EAS’ ‘ON, Secretmy. ALBE HT KLAluli-UTH, Assistasz 'lacr'etary. FhEDLRiC CROMW ELL, Tieaiu'rer. ‘ JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. , JAMES TIM. SON, 23 Assistant. T1 eusmer. W ILLIAIh l’. SA \ US, Lashier. EDWARD 1‘. HOLDEN, Assistant Lashier. ' EMORY Mo‘ULiNTOOK, Actuary. ' ‘ JOHN TATLOCiS, J13” , Assistan. Actuary. WILLIAM \\. RICHARDS, Comptroller. CHARLE-f A, PhELLLll, Auditor. ' C. CLIFB‘U 1.1.1) (filth T51 \(iEli, Aguistant Auditor. HENRY :5. BROWN, Assistant ( ‘omptrollet 3, Juli & U ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. "‘ )\l Ali-D LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor. MEDICAL 1311112011011 . .‘rlA Brili, M U- utsAN VILLE )1 .11'111'1'11: "M .U {Ll Lin J'. . 0. 1‘5. \NINb'lUN M. D. Consulting ‘ Iii“ crawled do GALE 1 ABET, General Agents conetipa- , , ll m, bilguusnoas. » A9? 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