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Loans on First Mortgages of Real Estate.... ............................................ $5,633.589 50 Premium Notes and cans on Policies in force .......................................... ..701 .263 61 Loans on Collateral ........................................................................ 5 60000 CostValue Of Real Estate owned by the Company. . . . . . .. . .. . .939 692 77 City and Mnncipal and Railroad Bonds and Stocks ........ . .......... 096,862 71 BankStoc-ks. ... ... . 57600 Cashin Ofiiee ............................ ................. . .............. ..... 5198 93 Cash Deposited in Banks,. . ...... .. . . ............................................. 376, 378 02 ADD ............................................................................ :9 919,061 54 Market Value of Stocks and Bonds over cost ........................... 9 51. 722 29 Interest accrued and .................................... ' .............. 1 23, 628. ~3 Net Deferred and Outstanding Premiums ................................ 130, 861 94 311,212 96 GROSS ASSETS, JANUARY 1. 1895 .......................................... $10,230,474 50 LIABILITIES. Reserve on Policies 1n force at 4 per cent interest, (Conn. and N.Y . standard .......................................................... 59, 209,959 00 Claims by death outstanding ....... ‘ ..................................... 18 249 00 Premiums paid 1n advance .............................................. 9,385 Special Policy and Investment Reserves .................... '. .. ....... 4—25.386 77 9 £62,980 43 i, , SURPLUS AT 4 PER CENT ........................... . ............. ...... $567,494,717 i 1892. 1893. 1894. Policies- issued ...................................... 3,355 4559 5428 Insurance written ... - . - ------- - . . ., . . . . . . $7,909,116 $8,835,062 - $9,960,858 New Premiums received ........ 21 .987 225,950 Total Premiums received ....... 925,735 11,027,092 1,198,561 Paid policy -holders .......... . ............... .. . . 1,079,537 1,093,421 1,087,556 Policies in force......................... ........... 19,788 21.420 22.797 Insurance in force ................................. . 30,549,306 33, 681, 523 36,381,049 ‘ This Company [ms paid since organization for ‘Deotb Losses, Watnred Endowments, Dividends to Polity-Holders and .510: rendered Policies, more than $35,000,000. JONATHAN B. BUNCE, President.‘ CHARLES H. LAWRENCE, Secretary JOHN M. HOLCOMBE, Vice-Pres. 'ARCHIBALD A. WELCH, Actuary. A. W. BARROWS, M. D., Medical Director. GEORGE S. MILLER, Supt. of Agencies. T ‘i H.011 Will The New Bonds the Subject of Earnest Debate In Congress. WILSON THE FIRST SPEAKER The Chairman of the _\Vays and Means Says That Secretary Sherman Often Did What This Administration Has Done—Mr. Hopkins’ Views. . WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Although it was known that an attempt would be made to- day to pass the resolution authorizing the issue of 3 per cent gold bonds in the house, the attendance on the floor was not large when the speaker called the house to order at 11 o 'ciock. This was probably due to the fact that many members supposed the house would meet at noon as usual. De- spite the small attendance, however, there was much excitement on the floor. As soon as the journal had been read Mr. Catchings, from the committee on rules, reported the special order under which the house was to operate. Mr. Catchings promptly demanded the previous question as soon as the reading of the resolution had been completed. On a rising vote the previous question was or- dered—56 to 11. Mr. Pickler (Rep, S. D.) made the point of no quorum, but with- drew it, and before time for debate could be claimed under the rule the vote recur- red on the adoption of the order. It re- sulted, 56 to 17. Mr. Simpson (Pop, Kan.) again made the point of no quorum. Mr. Simpson and Mr. Ca‘tchings, as tell- ers, took their places, and for over half an hour they waited patiently for the belated arrivals to make up the coveted quorum. With the arriving members came a stream of visitors into the galleries. and at 11:52, when Mr. Catchings reported a quorum, the hall of representatives presented an animated appearance. The vote had result- ed 152 to 28 in favor of the special order. Mr. Simpson. who remarked sarcastically sotto voce that he was trying to protect the president against the vindictive as- saults of Republicans. recreant Democrats and cuckoos, made no attempt to get the yeas and Days. and the special order was declared adopted. Mr. Wilson Opens the Debate. Before the debate begun the speaker an- nounced that he would recognize two members of the committee on ways and means, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Reed in the affirmative and Messrs. Hopkins (Rep, Ills.) and Bryan (Dem., N. J.) in the neg- ative to control four hours of the time al-V lotted for debate, the remaining time to be given to debate under the five minute rule. Mr. Wilson, chairman . of the ways and means committee. who opened the debate, cautioned the house at the very outset that unless the debate could be restricted to the resolution reported from the ways and means committee, to the exclusion of all partisanship, it would be impossible to vote intelligently on the question at its conclusion. Mr. Wilson then proceeded to carefully state the case, covering the ground traversed by his report to the house yesterday. He spent much time‘elaborat- igg the events leading up to and the con- tions which compelled the secretary of the treasury to make the conditional con- tract with the syndicate for the purchase of gold. He said that there was no dearth of revenues in the treasury. Today he do- ‘ clared there was an available cash balance in the treasury of 3165, 000,000, a larger balance than on June 30, 1892,‘by 336,-“ 000, 000, when it was $129, 000, 000, includ- ing the gold reserve. Today the gold re- serve stood at $42,213. 000. Mr. Wilson reviewed the history of the gold reser 0 established to insure the re- sumption of specie payments. That re~ serve had not been ,_ threatened until the panic of 1890, when in a single month (November) $24,000,000 of gold had been withdrawn. In the course of that panic (1890) the $54, 000. 000 of bank trust funds had been passed to the available assets of the treasury. Since then bonds had been sold three times to replenish the gold in the treasury—twice within six months. The previous operations of the treasury had resulted, he said. in the United States exchanging its own bonds for its own gold, and now Secretary Carlisle had done what Secretary Sherman did time and time again when he was refunding the public debt—he had purchased gold in other markets than her own. Mr. Wilson asserted that for 25 years the gold standard had been the practical money basis in this country; that gentle- men confused the standard of payment with the currency of payment. Two ex- periments had failed to give relief, and now the treasury had been obliged to re- sort, as it had under Secretary Sherman, to a special contract. Mr. McMillin (Dem., Tenn.) asked if it would not be possible to mid the gold re- serve in the future as it had been in the past “ Mr. Wilson replied that it has undoubt- .~ odly been possible since the first day of the resumption of specie payments, but said it would not be done if we can maintain con- fidence so that our currency will be as good as gold. Mr. Hopkins’ Views. . Mr. Hopkins (Rep, Ills.) said that the real question was whether the government at this late day should by the extraordinary methods of President Cleveland and his secretary of treasury change its establish- ed policy under 35 years of Republican rule and make its bonds payable in gold. Why did not the president, he asked,>call the attention of-thcse foreign capitalists to the fact that this country had a settled policy? If the statement Mr. Wilson had made, had been true, that coin was really as good as gold in the contract and meant the same thing, why had not the president told these capitalists so? “I oppose'this resolution because it will, in my judgment, destroy the credit of the United States. ” The government of the United States was like an individual in business. The moment a man walked into a-broker shop and ofiered a mortgage on his property for a loan his credit was destroyed. No other establishment would give him a loan with- out equally good security. So in the future it would be necessary to put the word gold into every future bond issue. In the Senate. When the senate met today, the high tension over 1: a financial situation was' clearly evident Tom the animated groups of senators who discussed the subject. From thisa rumor soon gained simulation that the suggestion had been made that a resolution be introduced, directing or ad- vislng the executive branch of the govern- ent to cancel the contract with bankers r the sale of 862, 400.000 of bonds.‘ With the several financial bills on the calendar and on the table it was felt that decisive action one way or the other was notifar o . Mr. Platt (Rep, Conn.) presented ape- '_.._..._ ' t)- -’: .,._ J' Newsboys wanted. -" ‘ " WEEKLY ._ Nonvrnlw it ‘ a law be pas Jed. giving an was and 1173.. .3 xi". lug bu’rbaro: 25 c- (a i n: in the Choctaw Indian country Hp said the facts, it known, Would sliu. srj the civilized world. as they presertci. l . -1h.11ltics unparalleled in this coun.1'y '11 c petition urged that ppeal to Unit- ed States couits from the Sindemnations of the Indian courts. Mr. Platt said the time had been reached when such a law was imperative in order to endthe shock- ing condition of affairs. A LABOR SENSATION. President McBride of the Federation of Labor Accused by Mark \Vlld. .. COLUMBUS. 0.. Feb. 15.—A sensation was sprung today in the meeting of the United Mine Workers of America. Mark Wild, district organizer of the American Railway union, under Mr. Debs, being granted the floor, stated that last summer. when the American Railway union was trying to stop the running of trains of the JOHN M’BRIDE. Hocking Valley railroad, John McBride, elected in December as Samuel Gompers’ successor as president of the American Federation of Labor. but at that time presi- dent Of the United Mine Workers, gave him $600 to induce a settlement of the strike of the railroad men on that road. Mr. McBride was not present when this statement was made, but upon coming into the convention said he did give Wild the money as a charitable donation from some of the coal opeartors, the strike on the road having been previously overcome by the railroad company. Mr. McBride said, “None of the money came from the railroad company. ” A committee was appointed by the min- ers’ convention to investigate and report upon the subject in controversy between Wild and McBride. Mr. McBride’s explanation to the con- vention today was that Mr. Wild had come to him during the railroad strike and be- sought him to pull the minors into a strike also. so the road would not have coal to haul. This Mr. McBride declined to do." Then. after the railroad company had de- feated Wild, who was one of its conduct- ors, the coal operators made up a purse amounting to what they assumed would be a year’s salary to Wild and asked Mc- Bride to give the money to him as a. char- itabledonation. Dared to Oppose the Porte. LONDON, Feb. 15.”—-A dispatch from Constantinople says that the first Arme- nian witness before the Turkish commis- sion sitting at Mush to investigate the Armenian outI ages entirely refuted the Mussulman evidence. It is hoped that his example will embolden other Armenians to testify, especially as the ports is already jubilant, pretending that a verdict of ac- duittal has virtually been secured. Siamese and French Clash. BANGKOK. Siam, Feb. 15.—Difficulties have arisen between the Siamese and the French on the left bank of _ the Mekong river, near Kammoun, and serious disturb- ances have occurred. At one place there wasa conflict between a number of Sia- mese people and a detachment of French troops, during which a. French officer was severely wounded. Unheard of \‘i’eather In Texas. FORT WORTH, Tex., Feb. 15.—Another snowstorm set in, and already fully six inches of snow has fallen, with no signs of a ccsslftion. Since the big snow of Jan. 27 there have been but two days when the mercury Was above freezing, and then only for a few hours. The Denver train is snowbound, and trains are 12 to 18 hours late. Put Robbers to Flight. TUCSON. A. T.. Feb. 15 —The stage brings news that three men entered the store at Alma, where old man Doll and his son were murdered, and attempted to hold up John Roach. Beach was too quick. Before they could use their guns he fired six shots, which brought one of the would be robbers tothe ground, and the others fled. Mrs. Wickcs Gets Her Divorce. CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—Mrs. Wickee. wife the Pullman Palace Cas- company, Was granted a divorce by default in Judge Tuthill’s court. Mrs. Wickes charged her husband with having kicked her. throw- ing a glass of water at her, striking her in the face and throwing food at her. Prince Ferdinand Not Expelled. BUCHAREST, Feb. 15.—It is semiofiicial- 1y announced here today that there is no truth in the rumor which was circulated in Berlin last evening thatPrince Ferdi- nand, the ruler of Bulgaria, had, been ex- pelled from that country and had fled to Roumania. Fined For Using Butterlne. HAVERHILL, Mass, Feb. 15.—F. H. Dawes, Ed N. Burke, J. B.-Shute, Justin Dumans, F. A. Thurston and Moses M. Simons, proprietors of hotels and restau‘ rants in this city, were fined $10 each to day for placing butterine on their tables. Cholera In Constantinople. CONSTANTINOI’LE, Feb. 15.—Between the 5th and 12th insts. there were 61 cases of cholera here and 29 deaths from that disease. ~ Andrews Succeeds Sheehan. NEW YORK. Feb. 15.—Avery D. An- drews was today appointed police commis- sioner to succeed John C. Sheehan, resign— ed. ' Five to Hang In One Day. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Feb. 15.—The supreme court here sentenced five mur- derers to be hanged on March 21. Chicago Gets ner‘nundlng. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. ——The president today signed the Chicago public building bill. Buy the Gamma.- fiifidetail's concerns" .' ‘ * southern Illinois. al Baku 11g WPOWder ABSOLUTELY PURE ,“ _._; HOW RADISAT 1(EPT AFLOAT. Illinois State Funds \Ver'e Used to Pay 011' His Debts. , CARLYLE, Ills, Feb. 15.—The astound- ing revelations communicated concerning the deficit of the late state treasurer. Ru- | fus N. Ramsay. are the one theme of con- versation. It has now developed that Ram- say intended to open a chain of banks in One had already been operated at Columbia. -Ills., but closed on the opening. day, caused by Ramsay’s death. The'safe and fixtures of the new bank were not paid for, and claims against the estate have been made. 'Several local capitalists were to be inte-ested in the new banks._ Ramsay, it is'said by his closest friends, had been carrying aheavy load of indebt- edness for ten years or more. His first financial embarrasment was caused by dealing in wheat and corn options on the St Louis board Of trade. He is reported to have been a heavy purchaser of options on ' the St. Louis board and to have been ' caught in a heavy slump. This was about . 1883. Several other persons residing here were connected with the deal. They lost about $30,000. 'It-is known that Ramsay lost a large amount in this transaction— possibly $40,000 to $50, 000. Ramsay was badly overloaded with Kansas lands and lots, having m'adeJ-bbavy purchases while the "boom” was in its palmiest days. He persistently held on , to these purchases. trusting in a higher market, ' which of course never came. ' When Ramsay took the oath of office as state treasurer, he was being pressed by one claim in particular. a St. Louis bank holding his note for $36, 000; also a num- ber of heavy Carlyle creditors were press- ing him for eash..=. Over $120, 000 of these claims have been paid since he was elected treasurer. Ramsay’ smethod of banking was a very one sided afl’air. He was always a bor- rower and seldom! made loans of any con« sequence. He secured a host of deposi- tors by pay: 11 g them ruinously high rates of interest. lie would" pay as high as 8 per cent on time depositspand if the money should be drawn .beforethe expiration of the time the depositor would lose the ac- crued interest. , The inventory of assets has not been filed, but it is said that a complete list will be forthcoming in a few days, when more light will probably be thrown on the affair. O’Brien Sued by His Lawyer. LONDON, Feb. 15.—The trial has begun of a suit by a solicitor against Mr. William O’ Brien, the well known Irish member of parliament. to recovera'bal'ance of £407, which the plaintiff claims is still due him for expenses incurred by him while acting on Mr. O’ Brien’ 3 side in the latter’ s fa- mous suit against Lord S.alisbury The case was concluded in the afternoon, when a verdict. was .givenninfavor of the . plaintiff. A New Peace Commission. LONDON, Feb. -,;15.—A,. dispatch from Tientsin says that the recall of the Chi- nese peace envoys will be" followed soon by the appointment 'of Li- Hung Chang and either Prince. Kong or Sir Robert Hart. inspector general of the Chinese cus- toms, to act as high commissioners and plenipotentiarlesto arrange terms of peace. This step is taken onthe advice of the ministers of the foreign powers. “'hisky, Men’s Rebate. CINCINNATI. Fab. 15.—Judge Taft of the United States court of appeals issued an order today to allow the regular 2 per cent claims for rebate to all distributing agents of the Whisky trust whose claims matured on or before Jan. 31. Those whose claims mature later are ordered to pay the trust in full. without prejudice and afterward submit their claims for rebate to the court for adjudication. our Bonds In Demand. LONDON, Feb. .c15.-.—The Times in its financial article this morning says that French operators am preparing to take in the American loan. No gold, however, is likely to be taken from the Bank of France and very little from the Bank of England. The paper adds that it is rumored that the Indian government meditates increasing the import duty'bn silver. Against Ladies and Negroes. ST. LOUIS, Feb. i15. —At a special meet- ing of the Missouri division. L. A. W., the delegate to the national meeting was in- of Thomas H Wickes vice president of - structed to vote against! the admission of negroes into the league. He was also in- structed to opposeladies’ racing meetings. It is probable that the Missouri division will secede min: the league if negroes are admitted to membership. A Specimen Of MOorish Civilization. TANGIER. Marocco, Feb 15. —A detach- ment of Moor1sh= caValry has arrived at the town of Casa Blanca, a seaport of Marco- 00, on its way to Fez, with some ghastly trophies of war for the sultan. These con- sist of two cartlo'ads of human heads which had been obtained during a recent punitive expedition against, the Bahama rebels. snvér' Scattered Broadcast. TRINIDAD, Colo ., Feb.15.—An east bound Atchison freight train was wrecked at Thatcher, 40 miles east of here, by a broken brake beam. Three cars of silver bullion were derailed and part of their contents scattei‘ed over the ground. No one was hurt. Prigefighters Go to Jail. PUEBLO, 0010.. Feb. 15. —Under Sher- iff Moses stopped a. finish prize fight be tween Jack Davis; champion of the north- wast. and Gus German, alleged champion of the Pacific cgaat. The principals and backers werecseut to jail. Theater Hat slough Subject. JEFFERSON CITY, --Mo., Feb. 15.—The house committee on criminal jurisprudence reported that it had considererd for ,nine. hours the bill to prevent the wearing of hats at public gatherings, and that it could not agree. , . Dunhaven Getting Ready. GLASGOW, iFeb.15 -—-The keel of the Dunraven syndicate’ s new yacht, Valkyrie III, which is. to contest for the America’ a cup in New York waters next fall, will - be laid here early next week. '5 Nor As Ban AS FEARED. Cattle Have Not Sun'erml Very Greatly r.‘ the “fest. ST. PAUL, Feb. 15.—Reports from the cattle ranges of Montana and North Da-' kota are much more favorable than were ~ expected. considering the excessively cold' weather, which has lasted since Jan. 20‘. ' In Montana there has been less snow than for many years, and most of the ranges are now bare. The losses have mainly occurred because of frozen streams. In the Gallatin and Milk river valleys the cattle are looking better than for three seasons.> On the Yellowstone the cattle have suffered seriously the last ten days. and the losses may run from 2 to 5 per cent. There are also losses reported along the Little Missouri in North Dakota. The ' weather all over the Dakotas, Montana and Manitoba is the warmest tonight in 22 days. St. Paul and Calgary are the only points showing a subzero tempera— ture. A rise of 20 to 30 degrees' 1s expected . by noon tomorrow. In Nebraska. OMAHA, Feb. 15.,——The late cold weather has not been as hard on cattle as might have been supposed. and so far no reports of losses have come in. The snowfall was not very heavy, and what there was drift- ed so much’ that animals compelled toda- pend upon range forage were still able to get at their feed. The extreme cold mid. scarcity of sustaining food, however, have considerably weakened them, and should: heavy snows follow the loss will be much“ greater, as the animals will not have Sufi? cient strength to rustle for food. Up to date cattle which have depended on the range solely have probably sufiered more for lack of sufficient water than for any other cause. The weakened condition of the cattle will have an ultimate effect upon the industry by cutting of! the increase in the spring. m 0 Sndermann’ 5 Play In Paris. LONDON. Feb. 15. —A dispatch from Paris records an immense gathering of Germans at the Renaissance theater to wit uses a dress rehearsal of a French translef . tion of Sudermann’s ‘.‘Heimath.- ” in which Sarah Bernhardt had the chief part. The greatest enthusiasm was manifested. and the applause was phenomenal. Victims of the Lynn Fire. LYNN, Mass. Feb. 15.—Nicholas Weber, one of the men who, it was thought, Was not seriously injured at last night’s fire, is suffering from a broken neck and is in a critical condition. Lorenzo Alley, anoth- er victim, is also on the dangerous list, suffering'from a fractured skull. The Mohican at Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, England, Feb. 15.—The schooner yacht Mohican, which sailed from New York in the'latter part of N Ovember,3 with Dr. Herring and his bride and, it is supposed. a young woman named Letitia. Thompson, has arrived here by the way of St. Michaels, Azores. Harry Polhemus Dead. BROOKLYN, Feb. 15.—Henry D. Polhe— mus, one of Brooklyn’s best known club- men and financiers, died 'at his home,’88 Remsen street, today from pneumonia. Mr. Polhemus,*who was 78 years of age, was a prominent figure in society for near- ly half a century. Rev. Fathen O’Connor Dead. BOSTON, Feb. 15.—Rev. Father Corneli- us M. O’Connor of St. Vincent’s church died today of pneumonia after a brief ill- ness. London Has a. Cold Snap. LONDON, Feb. 15.—At the Braemar ob- servatory the instruments registered 17 degrees below zero. The Weather. Generally fair; westerly winds. FINANCIAL AND CORIMERCIAL. Closing Quotations of the New York Stock Exchange. NEW YORK. Feb. 14. —\Ioney on call easy at 1K®2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3K@5 per cent. Sterling exchange steady to firm” with actual business in bankers’ bills at 84. 88K @4.88K for demand and at $4.86%@4.87 for 0‘! days. Posted rates, [email protected] and 84.8% 4.8935. Commercial bills. $4.85%@4.86. Silver certificates, 59% bid; no sales. Bar silver, 59K. Government bonds firm. State bonds dull. Railroad bonds firm. Closing prices. Atchison .......... 4% New England ..... EM Bur. &Quincy.. .7034 N. J. Ce1..r~1l ..... 86K 0., C., C. & St. L. 36 North Amour-.11. 3% Chesapeake & 0. 16K Northern Pacific. 3 Chicago Gas ...... 73“ Do. pref .......... . 16 Cordage .......... . 3% N. Y. Central .99“ Cotton Oil ........ 18K Omah a. ... .. .30V Del. & Hud...’....128 Ontario 8; West... 10% Distillers’ Trust. . 8% Pacific Mail. Erie ............... 103/ K Reading ......... . 9% General Electric. . 28% Rock Island...... 01% Hocking Valley.. 19% Silver Bullion. .59“ Lackawanna ...... 159 St. Paul ........... 55V Lake Shore ....... 137 Sugar Refining“ .89“ .............. Texas Pacific. . . . . 8% Louisville& Nash 523% Union Par 0 ..... 9K Missouri Pacific” 21%. Wabash pref ..... 12% Northwestern 90% Western Union. .87K General Markets. NEW YORK, Feb.‘ l4.—FLOUR—State‘ and western steady. but quiet: city mills patents. ”@415: winter patents, [email protected]; city mills clears, $3. 35; winter straights. 82. W. 75. \VHEAT—No. 2 red opened dull and weaker , under easier cables. but rallied with corn later; March. 570.: May, 58%@58Kc. RYE—Nominal: carlots, 550.: boatloads. 55@ 560. CORN—No. 2 opened weak. but rallied sharp- ’- ly on light offeringsc and empathy with the west: May. 4W9 OATS-No. 2 'quiect. but steady; May. 33@ 33500.: track. white state, b7@410. PORK—Dull: new mess, $11.25@12; family. 811. mm. LARD~Steady: prime western steam. 86.90. nominal. BUTTER-Easier: state dairy,lltm17K0.:state creamery. 13@19c. CHEESE—More active and firmer: large 9@ 11Kc..small,9K@120. EGGS—Weak; state and Pennsylvania. 270. .. western, 25@260. SUGAR—Raw quiet; fair refining, 2 11-160: .. centrifugal. 96 test, 30.: refined quiet. but :tfidy: crushed. 456034 9-180.:powdered. 40 60. TURPENTINE—Steady at 31@31Kc. MOLASSES—Steady: New Orleans. M330. RICE—Firm: domestic. W: Japan. 4“ - @4960 TALLOW—Dull: citY. 4360.: country. “(0. HAY—Quiet: shipping, “@5004 good choice,56@700.
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