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To Leave Norwalk.
The laws of each of the several states
require of every Fire Insurance Com-
pany n chartered by such state, in
order to do business therein, to have a
paid up cash capital of at least 8200,-
, 000, and a cash surplus over all liabili-
bilities besides. The Norwalk I nsnr«
ance company has for over thirty years
had the net surplus but its capital has
been limited to $50,000, and so it has
not been able to do business in other
states than Connecticut. In July last
its stockholders had been convinced it
was desirable to increase its capital to
$200,000 and with it enter any or all of
the states of the Union, and do business
therein. By October the stockholders
had subscribed and paid in $250,000 in
cish thus raising its capital to $200,000
and giving a net surplus of $127,000.
To properly transact the extended
business it became practically necessary
to remove its underwriting department
to New York city, and that its secretary
should be at that office every day, when
not necessarily traveling among its
agencies. Mr. George R. Cowles, sec-
retary of the company from its start in
1860, decided that doing so. would in-
volve more labor and absence from
home than he was willing to incur, and
on the 3d instant resigned his secretary-
ship. While the directors accepted the
resignation and elected Mr. F. E. Shaw.
secretiry, they voted that the heme
and general office of the company
should remain in Nerwalk, and be con-
ducted by Mr. Cowles as resident-sec-
retary, and Mr. Cowles accented that
position. The underwriting depart-
ment of the company will be soon re-
moved to New York city and Mr. Sam-
uel L. Weed who has been connected
for eight years with the company, will
be transferred to its New York office.
At the meeting of the Directors Oct.
3, 1895 the following preamble and rcso-
lutions were unanimously passed by the
Board :
WHEREAS, intimation has been re-
ceived by tnis Board that Mr. Geo R.
Cowles, is unable to longer settle the
Company as its Active Secretary, there—
fore be it .
RESOLVED, That his retirement from
the post he has filled for the past 35
years With such high credit to himself
and a. corresponding benefit to the Com-
pany, the thanks of this Board are here--
by tendered him for the continuous ex;
ercise of excellent judgment and ability
in the administration of the Company
affairs.
RESOLVED, That it is with a sense of
appreciation and approval we learn that
Mr. Cowels’ retirement from the actiVe
Secretyship does not mean the sever-
ance of his connection With the Compa—
ny.
FRESOLVED, That Eda” mark of our per-
sonal an‘d ofiicial esteem these resolu-
tions be spread on the minutes of this
meeting, and that a copy of same duly
attested by the President be presented
toMr. Cowles.
State Conference.
The Second State Conference of the
Women’s Auxiliaries to the Young
Men’s Christian associatiOns of Con-
necticut will be held at Waterbury,
October 28, afternoon and evening, at
the Association building. In the after-
noon interesting papers will be read
and discussions will follow. Special
music will be provided. Dinner will
be served at 12:30 p. m. for all visiting
delegates. In the evening a question
drawer will be conducted by State Sec-
retary Bates, and an address will .be
given by Rev. George S.lAvery, of New
York City. The Y. M. C. A. orchestra
will be present at the evening ses-
sion, and solo and quartette singing
will also be a part of the programme.
Each Auxiliary in the State it expected
to send ten delegates. Reduced rates
will be given on the return trip over
the New York, New Haven and Hart-
ford and'the New England Railroads.
The Waterbury Auxiliary is arranging
for the entertainment of delegates, and
it is expected that this Second Confer-
ence of the Auxiliaries of the State will
be a very interesting occasion.
No Cause for Alarm.
The published reports of the visit
of Senator Ferris, Tallmadge Ba-
ker, Eben Hill and others to Presi-
dent Clark of the Consolidated railroad,
and the threatened filling in of Rail-
- road Square at South Norwalk and the
converting of the same into a freight
yard, were more on the scare order than
facts.
While it is true that the'Consolidated
officials positively refused to allow the
Street Railway company to place rails
on its property, the city of South Nor-
‘ walk will be treated far better.
It is the intention of the Railroad of.
ficialsto begin condemnation proceed-
ings against the Whistleville property
and the money raised by the citizens of
South Norwalk will be turned over in
payment. As soon as this is accom-
plished the Railway company will deed
to the city, Railroad Square.
There ‘is no danger at present that a
freight yard 'will be made of Railroad
Square.
_._o.._._
Oscar Sherwood, son of Sarah and the
late Purdy Sherwood of Wilton, has
been missing from his home, 56 Bruen
street, Newark, for three weeks. His
family are destitute. The missing man
is a watch maker by trade and is 48
years of age, 5 feet 8 inches in height,
and weighs 170 pounds. He has blue
eyes, sandy moustache, florid complex-
ion, and is bald. He at one time work-
ed for L. Weed a Norwalk jeweller and
later conducted a jewelry store in New
,Canaan. He is a brother of Charles
Sherwood of East Norwalk.
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Tired and Nervous.
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tor, and always'and ever commands the
attgntion and respect of the people. He
ran at the last election as the people’s
candidate ' for governor. Such is the
high standing of the man, who. out of
his own experience, advises you to use
Dr. Greene’s Nervnra blood and nerve
remedy to be cured.
“We have used Dr. Greene's Nervura
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he says, “and think‘highly of it. ~{Vs
could plainly see that it had the desired
effect upon Mrs. McGinniss, and firmly
believe that, could we have persuaded
her to use the medicine, it would have
cured her entirely from her extremely
nervous condition, but she was greatly
benefitedas it was. _
“We have used it in our family with
good results, and have recommended it
to our friends, and know of many who
have used Dr. Greene’s Nervura blood
and nerve remedy with the best results.
I do not hesitite to recommend the
medicine to all. It is a wonderful med-
icine.” .
It must indeed be a great and good
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he can be consulted by anyone at anv
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The Wife of the Imprisoned Err-Con-
sul Reaches Hoboken.
ON HER WAY TO WASHINGTON
W'armly Praises Embasaador Eustls and
the Consul at Marseilles—French Vic-
tories at‘hladagaecnr Won’t
J Affect Concession
HOBOKEN, Oct. 18.——Mrs. Waller. wife
of the ex-United- States consul at Mada
gascar, her three daughters and son Were
passengers on the Netherlands-American
steamship Amsterdam, which arrived at
her pier today.
Mrs. Waller's husband is at presents
prisoner at Marseilles. She is on henway
to Washington to endeavor to persuade
the government to take action toward se—
curing his release.
The trip from South Africa, she said,
had been an extremely unpleasant one,
owing to high seas and bad weather. ‘
Mrs. Waller left Madagascar Sept. 22
and since Oct. 2 had been in ignorance
as to her husband’s fate until pilots board-
ed the shlp. .
Mrs. Waller talked freely to a reporter
on her .way from the pier at the foot of
West Twenty‘seventh street. where she
was lauded by the tug Theodbre Smith,
chartered by E. G. Woodford, to the Clar-
endon hotel, Twenty-seventh street and
Seventh avenue. She has light hair, a
thin face and apparently is not strong
physically.
“First of all, I am told that Minister
Eustis has been criticised by those who
sympathize with my husband, and I want
to correct any false impression that may
have obtained. Mr. Eustls treated us and
is treating my husband with the utmost
consideration and tenderness. He exerted
every possible influence for our assistance
and our benefit.
“Only red tape that binds the wheels of
state in France is to blamo'for our failure
to see my husband, and his solitary con-
finement is being made as easy and as
pleasant as possible by Mr. Eustis, who
sends to him newspapers, books, money,
tobacco, delicacies and all that is permit-
ted to be sent to a prisoner.
\Valler Is Very Feeble.
“I do not think my husband will live a.
year in the French prison, for he was ill
for a whole year before his arrest on
March 25 last. He had fever, contracted
at Inmatare, and is now quite feeble in
health, though only ~17 years old.
“He has only an hour or so of exercise
each day, in charge of a keeper of the
prison. which is seven hours by rail from
Paris, in the north of France.
“My husband was charged with trea-
son, with aiding to arm the Hovas, and it
was set up that the grant of a concession
of 225 square miles of land in the south-
west part of the island of Madagascar was
the price he received for aiding the Mala-
gasy. "
“Now, in fact, the deed of gift was giv-
en months prior to the alleged acts, of astory in his own words
treason. and I Have forwarded to Secre-
tary Olney documentary evidence sufi‘i-
cicnt to completely prove the innocence of
Mr. Waller. . .
“Consul-Thomas at Marseilles
defatigable in his attentions to me. He
came out of his bed at 1 :30 in the morning
to meet me on the arrival of our steamship
from Mauritius; took me ashore and to a
hotel, and saw=us on our way next day to
Paris. -
“Bob Campbell, the United States rep-
resentative at Mauritius, was different.
My husband succeeded him at Madagascar
four years ago, and he has not forgiVen
him, apparently. Campbell was indiffer-
ent to our situation. He did not seem to
be interested in securing our passage to
France or home, and though he told me
he had cabled to Washington for assistance
for us, I learned subsequently that he had
only written by mail, andwhen I spoke of
it he said it was because he had no appro-
priation to cover the expense of cabling.
Thus we were detained two months in
Mauritius unnecessarily. ”
Mi's. Waller, her daughters, Minnie,
J ennio and Helen, her young son, John
L. Waller, .Tr., and her son by'hcr first
husband, Paul Bray, will go on to Wash-
ington at once.
\Valler's Lawyer In Confident.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.-Counsellcr Ken-
nedy of the Waller case is of the opinion
that the turn which the course of military
affairs hastaken in Madagascar in favor
of the Frenchwill not nnfavorably affect
the financial interests of the ex-consul in
that island. He holds that‘the ownership
of the land conceded to Mr. Waller by the
Hova government is a question entirely
separate from that of his guilt or inno-
cence of the charge of aiding and abetting
the Hovas in their war with the French.
He bases this opinion upon the fact that
the grant , was made previous to the
French conquest, and says that while
France at the time questioned the rights
of the Hovas to make the concession, the
government of the United States had not
conceded France's right to interfere with
the management of the internal affairs of
Madagascar.
When France assumes an undisputed
protectorate in the island, as it is pre-
sumed she will in view of the recent suc-
cess of her arms in that quarter. she will
find that various grants have been made
to citizens of other countries, notably of
England and Germany, and it is supposed
that the Waller grant will . be put on the
same basis as those. N o intimation has so
far been received here as to the light
thrown upon the imprisonment of Waller
by the record of his trial, which is now in
the hands of Embassador Eustis. It is he'-
lieved by Waller’s friends that even if it
should be made by this record to appear
that the court in which he was tried had
jurisdiction and the charges Were , not
without foundation, the French govern-
ment would be induced to grant the pris-
oner’s release as an act of international
comity, but the ex-consul’s friends will
demand a very thorough scrutiny of the
papers before allowing the request to be
made on this ground. '
.' The Cuban Rebellion.
HAVANA, Oct. 18.—The insurgents in
the province of Santa Clara have circulat—
ed pamphlets advising the inhabitants not
to use the railroads, as they have deter-
mined to blow them up with dynamite.
An Invalid Fatally Burned.
ROCHESTER, Oct. 18.—Miss L. Colton,
aged 36, an invalid, was fatally burned
at her home in West Webster. Her cloth~
ing caught fire at a stove.
Oxford’s Archdeacon Dead.
Lonnox, Oct. 18.—The Venerable Eg-
wln Palmer, D. D., archdeaoon of Oxfor ,
is dead.
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ABCHBISHOP WALSH’S LETTER.
Elle Plea For Irish Unity Thought to Have
Been Inspired by McCarthy.
TORONTO, Oct. 18.-—Archbishop Walsh
of this city, who recently returned from
Ireland, has addressed to Edward Blake,
member of parliament for South Tyrone,
a letter on the question of Irish home
rule; in which he says: ”My suggestion is
this: Let a great national convention be
held in Dublin, composed of chosen repre-
sentatives of the clergy‘and people of Ire-
land and of an advisory representation of
the Irish race abroad. In the convention
let Ireland speak out her mind. Let not
‘ her voice be like a broken musical instru-
ment emitting discordant notes and jar-
ring sounds, but let it, on the contrary, be
clear, loud and emphatic, insisting on
unity and condemning faction. Let her
point out and uphold the parliamentary
representatives whose methods and con-
duct she approves, and let her mark out
and condemn those whose intolerance of
control and personal jealousies and ani-
mosities have done so much to break the
unity and waste the strength of the Na.-
tional party.” _
‘ To this- letter Mr. Blake replies by de-
ploring the want of unity in the Irish par-
ty, more especially at a time when they
are facing a government “which denies
the right and the capacity of Irishman to
direct their own afi‘dirs.”
The significance of Archbishop Walsh’s
letter arises from the belief that it was di-
rectly inspired. if not written, by Justin
McCarthy.
THE DURANT CASE.
General Dickinson Explains Why the Prio-
oner \Vas Allowed to Testify.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18.-,—-Durant’s at-
torneys eXpect to conclude the case of the
defense next Monday.
There is no truth in the report that the
counsel for Durant has disagreed and that
Deuprey was making an excuse of his op-
portune illness to get out of the case. The
most perfo-.r harmony exists between Gen-
eral Dicl; i-ion and Mr. Deuprey. In
speaking of the friendly feeling which ex-
ists between the attorneys General Dic‘k-
inson said: ”The defense has tried this
case fairly, and it is gratifying to know
that there is no vindictive spirit shown by
any one of the attorneys. We have de-
fended the accused to the best of our
ability, believing in his innocence from
the.- start. The case of the defense will
rest on the merits of its testimony. A
great many of the leading attorneys have
spoken to me about our action in putting
‘ Durant on the stand. We did that in order
to give the young man a chance to tell his
Thc’lcgal breth-
ren have been diSposed to criticise us for
permitting Durant to tell the story of the
unknown man and Of his going to the
ferry. The object in allowing him to re-
late it in his own way was to convince the
jury and the public that Durant was tell-
ing his own story and not repeating a
memorized statement. It was to show
that the young man was not coached.”
Our Biggest Gun.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18.—The biggest
gun over soon in San Francisco or any
part of the United States is in the railway
yards. The gun is heavier by ten tons than
the Montercy's “Big Betsy,” and four of
the same pattern are to occupy the two
main form 5 of the battleship.
Tax-bed mud Feathered In Cdlorndo.
DENVER, Oct. 18.—News has just reached
here that a. negro named Bob Marshall
was tarred and feathered at Greeley for .
having insulted Governor McIntyre at tho
Potato day celebration.
Savéd Three From Death.
CHICAGO, Oct. 18.—Fire caused a panic
in the. lodging house which was once
Bishop’s Court hotel. Mrs. James Man-
ning, Mrs. Frank Blanchard and Dick
Blanchard were rescued only by the heroic
efforts of Dick Furfey, a steam fitter, who
was himself nearly suffocated in the en-
deava.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
' Exchange.
NEW YORK, Oct. l7.—Money on call easy at 2
@256 per cent. Prime mercantile paper.‘ 4WG
per cent. Sterling exchange strong. with ac-
tual business in bankcrs' bills at 84.88%04.88%
for demand and $4.87%®4.88 for 60 days. Post-
ed rates. [email protected]% and [email protected]}§. Com-
mercial bills, 34.86%. Silver certificates; 67%@
68%: no sales. Government bonds steady. State
bonds inactive. Railroad bonds weak.
Closing prices:
Atchison .......... 21% New England..... 52%
Bur.& Quincy.... 86 N.J.Central......112
North American" 5%
0., C., C. & St. L.. 4451;
Chesapeake & 0.. 195g Northern Pacific" 4%
Chicago Gas ..... . 68% Do. pref.... ....... 10
Cordage .......... . 8% N. Y. Central ..... 100%
Cotton Oil ........ . 23 Omaha ............ 43%
Del. & Hudson.. . .132% Ontario 6’: West. . 181-6
Distillers’ Trust.. 23% Pacific Mall....... 29%
Erie.... ........... . 11% Reading........... 20%
Rock Island....... 77%
Silver Bullion..... 68%
St. Paul........... 76%
Sugar Refining” .1006
Texas Pacific...... 10%
Union P, flc..... 14%
Wabash p 62...... 22%
Western Union... 92%
General Electric.. 37%
Hocking Valley.. . 24%
Lackawanna. ..... 168%;
Lake Shore ..... . . .151
Dead .............. 35
Louisville & Nash 61%
Missouri Pacific.. 36%
Northwestern . . . .106}§
General Markets.
New YORK. Oct. 17.——FLOUR—State and
western quiet: holds firm on advance in wheat:
city mills patents. [email protected]: winter patents.
$3.50fl3.70:. city mills clears, [email protected]: winter
straights, s3.25®3.40.
'WHEAT—No. 2 red opened firmrbut ruled
quiet, advancing half a cent with light trading:
steady at noon; May. 7011-16@70%c.; October,
66%c.
CORN—No. 2 firmer, but quiet: receipts
light west. checking offerings here; November,
370.: December. 35 11-16c. ‘
OATS—No. 2 firm. but quiet all forenoon;
no speculation whatever: no quotations. '
PORK—Quiet: new mess. [email protected]; family,
$11.50@12.,
. LARD—Dull: prime western steam. $6.05
nominal. . ,
BUTTER—Steady: state dairy. 14@21c.; state
CHEESE—Quiet:
6%934“
small. 7@10%c.
EGGS—Steady: state and Pennsylvania. 2133
21%“ western, 1812200.
SUGAR—Raw quiet: fair refinin2.3%c.: cen-
trlfugal, 96 test, 3%c.; refined quiet: crushed.
5%04 powdered. 5c.
TURPENTINE-Firm; 28%@QC.
MOLASSES—Quiet: ‘Vew Orleans. 20@3‘Jc.
RICE—Steady: domestic, 317436;“; Japan.
WWéc- .'
TALLOVY—Quiet; city. 454m country, ”to.
HAY—Steady: shipping. 70%.: good to
choice. male. ' ‘ _
' creamery. 22%@23c.
state, large.
' was startled by a loud explosion.
NATIONALllllVENUES.
Mr. Ford Estimates .That There Will .
Be No Treasury Dcfidit.
THE VALUE OF DUTY ON TEA
Prominent Merchants Favor It to Shut
Out Chroma Crockery Dealers -— No
Beoommendatlon For Increas-
ed Taxation Probable.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—-It is impossible
to get any one directly connected with the
administration to stand sponsor for the
prophecy that the treasury balance for the
current fiscal year will show a deficit. On
' the contrary, the prevailing feeling is
cheerful, notwithstanding the fact that
the daily statement has for a fortnight
shown an average excess of expenditures
over receipts of about $500,000: The only
persons who are drawing a poor mouth on
the strength of this unfavorable detail
are treasury subordinates, for whom these
daily figures fill the whole foreground, and .
who are unable to take a broad perspective
view of the situation. Even they estimate
the deficit at not to exceed $20,000,000.
The higher officers of the department, on
the other hand. are of a decidedly hopeful
mind at the present time. The estimate
"made by Worthington C. Ford, the expert »
statistician, which placed the revenues
from all sources at $351,000,000—a sum
sufficient to meet all ordinary necessities
and leave a small balance on the right
side of the ledger—was worked out from
the cold data. at his command and in spite
of a predisposition to look at the matter
in a. less cheerful light. Every prominent
treasury officer who has examined the ba-
sis of this estimate carefully admits the
impossibility of overthrowing it. This
does not mean that it is infallible, but
that present conditions would warrant no
other inference.
Mr. Ford’s estimate of customs duties is
$190, 000, 000, in which sugar figures at
about $21,000, 000. It is probable that this
total will be considerably increased. The
war in Cuba has already stiffened prices
and seems bound to raise them materially.
Since the passage of the German sugar
tariff they have been abnormally low, a‘v-
eraging less than 2 cents a pound, a fall—
ing ofi‘? of some 34 per- cent from the prices
ruling prior toi'tha't legislation. If this
psrcentago'were restored by the war, the
revenue from sugar alone would probably
be increased at least $7, 000,000.
The Tax on Spirits.
The estimate of $85,000,000 from the
internal tax on distilled spirits, set down
..by Mr. Ford, is probably quite within
bounds. The revenue from this source
has begun to pick up at a very lively rate.
In the first half of the month of October
as much money has fiOWed in as during
the whole of the corresponding month last
year, so that if this rate is maintained
the whole month will show an advance of
from $6,000,000 to $7, 000, 000 over Octo-
ber, 1894. It is probable that some of this
increase is due to the first energy of recu—
peration after along period of dullness,
and that there will follow, if not a reac-
tion, a slight subsidence. Against this,
however, must be reckoned the fact that
the distilleries of the reorganized trust
will start up next month and give some
additional activity to the trade. The beer'
tax and the tax on cigarettes have held up‘
well, though the greatest life has been
manifested in distilled spirits.
In VICW’ of the fair prospect Of coming
out even or a little better, there is much
doubt whether the administration will ex-
pose itself to assaults from a. hostile con-
gress by recommending any specific meas-
ures for an increase of the revenues. The
chances are rather, if existing conditions
continue down to the time when the presi-
dent’s message and the report of the score-
tary of the treasury are made ready, that
nothing will be said about the need of
more revenues for the present, but that
past recommendations will be renewed for
the protection of the treasury against un-
foreseen stringency by a law authorizing
the secretary in emergencies to issue tem—
porary credit bills. If taxes of any sort
are recommended, an additional tax on
beer and a restoration of the stamp tax on
bank checks and drafts are among the
most probable forms. If it were not for
the near approach of a presidential can-
vass, there would probably be a suggestion
of a restoration of the duties on tea or
coffee, or both.
Tea Trade Would Welcome 9 Tax.
The legitimate tea trade itselr. .i .s be-
lieved, would welcome, a. duty as one aid
toward shutting out the bad stuff which '
comes into our market and stimulates an
unfair competition. When tea that costs,
including transportation, an average of 3
or 4 cents a pound can be sold for 50
cents, it is scarcely wonderful that the
firms which handle it can aflord to lure
custom with offers of pictures, statues
and sets of crockery or with shares in a.
radio for grand pianos and suits of fur-
niture. This is a hard pace for men ens
gaged in honest trade to keep up with, and
if a tax on imports would help to break it
they would welcome the relief. With the
increased effectiveness of: local antiadul-
teration laws less complaint comes from
the coffee dealers, and a tax on their im-
ports is not so strongly urged.
As to bank checks and other instru-
ments and vouchers, the probability is
that any recommendation made will fix
the cost of the stamps much lower than
the figures of the war era. It is supposed
that at least 20 checks are drawn now to
where one was drawn a generation ago.
There are not only more banks and more
depositors. but depositors have come to
make more general use of the convenience.
Many persons who used to pay their small
living expenses in cash now run up short
term bills and pay them by check, thus
saving themselves the trouble of keeping
itemiZed accounts. A stamp of 1 cent, .
therefore, or even half a cent, would raise
a much larger revenue than was ever
draWn from the same source under the old
system. ,
_ Nashville Shaken Up.
NASHVILLE, Oct. 18.-—The entire city
A box
of dynamite exploded where a new sewer
was being built, but no lives were lost. A
few shanties were wrecked and glass in
windows broken for several blocks.
Norwalk Chronicler