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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-26
A YEAR OF SUCCESS.
The Mutual Reserve Fund Lille
Association Hold Their An.
nual Meeting.
A HAPPY PERIOD OF INTERCOt KSE
AND INTERCHANGE OF VIEWS.
4 Notable business Gdfh'r'h9'

TIL. Mrtual Ecs,rve Fund Life Association he'u
It's twelfth annual meeting Yesterday IN 'h' pn,,"
offices Of the Institution IN the Pt'trr n""'s
IN. idea 81 bringing together every year the me"
who ore actively engaged IN the laboiS oi pr'""s
this energetic business enterprise i !" "''o''
with fin, spIri, Which has marked I'll" dcNeiopn'"'
OF this company from the dat OF It's Or
f. b. HARPER the president. is man oil seen" i9''"
and impulses. His lcng life III the me''op'"' a" n
intimate associate with lis most sicccsSl"i p"'
men has demonstrated to him aS 1t has 10 h'''' wv"
the value Of elise relationship between inc vi"
trailing forces ut headquarters and me ope'
o,Inc forces in the field The posh'SS
~ ufe insurance especially links Itself WIN
numberless homes. II IL deu"rue j" 10
theory and 10 be successfully c>hdhc"o hi"'' 10
democratic in practice. These annual e~n'e"''o"'
OF coworh-rs in particular canse are Pr,"O n, y,
t,e most wholesome results Evidence Oh inns H' 10
sppar-nt In the histo Of every corporaoon' i"''N
IL roihing 50 stimulative along the lines OF i"Sor "
friendly and apprecativc int1srconrs" De'"e"" ,"s
superior officer aud the subordinate. ou' VI
grows Il broader comprehensivencSS OF ihoNi'"a' ""
,op responsibility and devotion. In ASCENDING tue
agents OF his Institution together every Nra'
Uatper not only imparts encouragement 10 MS I"
,olc,crs but receives encouragement from 'he"'
The meeting Yesterday was snpcrIauVe III '"'
srrce Of lis success There were enlarged rcs's io
all TO contemplate the product VI 'he'r "''' ,''u
there was an enlarged number 10 participate !" ""'
enioymrnt The big countlngroom was "'n'@e" .o'
the meeting ROOM aud il WAS Thoroughly pacheu VII"
men anxious TO take part In the eA"'a"'' ''' :"
year of Triumphant accomplishment.
The reading Of the reports was ue nrs' ia Wv
orar ~ exercses IN the progress Of the mee''hg an
election Of three directors took pinoc anu john -
German George W. Wooster and Charles ". Jackson
oil 81 ewYork City. were chosen on the cohcios'o"
Of the reading Of the reports calls were mhae upon
some present for speeches. Among those VINO ao
dressed the assemb,agc were T.. ~ Lhdwig' '"P"
iiteudent Of Agencies; ID. b. Woodwor'h hAn'"H'
y. s.: General Isaac Shields, Phhaocpma n,""'n
.rnar,,,.naen, Lamb. Ian,ingbnrg. ~ v: ID. T.
cameron. Dcrntv Treasurer. Toronto. Canada. and
E. NJ Costello. New York.
The sum Of 50 ocO was distributed among certain
agents I'm the following proportions as TESTIMONIALS l"
In, hnennsS:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-26
.yyr,1 DINNER or TIE UNITARIAN cLUE

The annuaI meeting and dinner Of the Unitarian Club
was held last evening the st. Denis Hotel De Borden
wlmot presided and James Warren was sccfet'ry Over
100 members and gu%ts present The subject under
discussion was "Amcrtan Art aud LtHr,;ur-Ther
Higher TendencIcs TIE speaker were Edward Egglss-
ton +. Edwin Bell aud J. Wells Champney.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-26
COMPARISON.

The Mutual Reserve has now completed lis twelfth
year. without wishing to make inviious compar-
sons with other systems companies especially those
that weak ana feeble. nevertheless II IS pleasure
for 10 BE- able 70 present 10 you comparison Of
the results obtained BY me Mutual Reserve with those
ot tile greatest largest and best managed Lie Insurance
Companies transactiDg business under the old SYSTEM
and the fact that the Mutual Reserve secured more
business In the first twelve wears OF is existence.
paid more death claims. retained more business In
force than did all three OF these great LIE Insurance
Companies combined. nj the same period Of their
ISt~nce and experienced only nbont the same ratio
of Inpses or examinations o,r organizations Is
earnest OF continued prosperity and great success for
the Mutual Reserve In the future.
RECORD OF THE FIRST TWELVE YEARS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-26

In conclusion. I would state that We enter the ven
1903 under most suspicious circumstance ow
future prospects brighter than at me w.
ent moment. and We shall undoubtedly OBTAIN VIM"
any special effort volume Of business RI 1913 e''.'
At least To that obtained during other year In inc
history OF our Association.
To my ofncial associates, TO our many ioyai .s.
faithful agents in the field. as Well as 10 'he ny
than $50 employees In our Office. desire 10 asAno"'
edge my special obligations for the help an ana o.
sistapce which they have rendered III 'ae'r .s.,.
d.n,r,ments and to the many thousands OF members
located throughout our country Canada. Great priah
France. spain, Italy, Belgium, Germany. sweden .ne
fic West indies who have given us their loyal sux
mort in the great conflict which has been wseed sss''
MS. | extend my sincere thanks ana request W.
iiuuance OF their confidence and support
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD b. HARPER.
President Mutual Reserve Fund Aie hss"e'A"-'
New York, January e5th 1903.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-19

There must have been cases Of yellow
fever concealed in Brunswick fortnight ago
when 1t was declared free from the disease by
the emergency experts sent there by Surgeon
General WYMAS. The place Is q favorite resort
for tourists at this season OF tho year and I'm
the winter months. and it's people were very
DESTROYS that these profitable visitors should
not be frightened away from it, Concealment
has favored the spread OF an evil which would
probably have been quickly eXtirpated II all
cases OF 1t had been duly reported. Tho New
York policy. under which the community arc
promptly Informed VI every case OF epidemic
disease. 10 the wisest and tho safest.
The yellow fever Was brought TO Brunswick
this year about the end OF July by two infected
vessels from tho West Indies. and several
residents OF the place were attacked by It In
August. 1t was taken in hand at once by the
Marine Hospital Bureau. Several experts in
the service OF the bureau were sent there;
they lAbored with SURPRISING energy. and By
the end OF the month. during which there had
been but four or nys fatal cases. they made
report to Washington that the disease had
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-19
Blaine on Hawaii.

The following words were penned by our
late Secretary OF State. JAMES q. BLAINE.
| as far back as 1881. in communication to
the American Minister to Hawaii, Mr..
JAMES N. Comfy:
Hawaii 10 part OF the productive and eommsrcls
system OF the American states 50 far as the staple
growths ports OF the islands TO- the reciprocity
| treaty makes them practically members OF an meri-
zolvsrsn, an outlying district Of the State of Cal
| ifornia"
In the Same document Mr.. BLAINE re-
ferred to Hawaiian Independence. saying
| that It " entirely depends on the perpetuity
OF the rule OF tho native race as an indie
pendent government. and that imperilled.
the whole framework OF our relations to
Hawaii Is changed. IL not destroyed" 1t
can ouly be destroyed by perpetuation OF
misrulo under the domination OF Mr.. CLAUS
SPgECKELs. who seems to think that his
interests are greater than those OF the
United States.
Again Mr.. BLAINE
"The decline OF the native Hawaiian element in the
presence OF newer and sturf1er growths. must be
accepted inevitable fact in view Of the teachings
OF chronological history. And refrigeration In the
of the islands be admitted with
serious deriment to American interests In tho North
Pacific. tho problem OF replenishment of the vital
forces OF HAWAII presents user Tor solution In an
Am sense. not in Asiatc n British sense"
Could Mr.. BLAINE have foreseen the I'M
holy alliance between Mr.. SPRECKELs and
Mr.. THEopHILCs DAVIES. the representative
OF British trade interests and tho agent OF
the Canadian-Pacitic system. how he would
have dashed these British-Chinese schemers
into subjection!
Once more Mr.. BLAINE:
There is little doubt that were the Hawaiian
Islands by annexation or distinct protection. part of
the territory otthe Union their fertile resources for
the growth OF rics and sugar would not only be
troed by American capital but so profitable ned OF
labor would attract intelligent workers thther from
the United States"
Mr.. BLAINE would have suppressed this
Chinese slave colony. and lie would have
made the islands attractive to intelligent
American workers.
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Nashonas whether the British liked It OF
not. Since then he has established two
impis In Mashonahand. has driven his cattle
into the central part of Matabeleland. a
| sure sign that he means mischief and the
British are preparing for the struggle
which they know is coming.
Some years ago MoNTAaU KERR. the first
white man to cross Mashonaland. described
the misery OF its people. He found their
| huts perched on the hilltops and the marrow
| pathways to them barricaded. They were
| constantly looking for the coming of tho
| enemy whom they were powerless to+resst.
They were an abject. broken-hearted peo-
| pie. weakened. physically and intellectually.
by the pressure OF constant terror. They
welcomed the coming OF the whites Us q
blessing from heaven. and had begun to
walk erect in hope and confidence. to till
the ground. and sell their produce to the
newcomers, when the old peril was SO I'M
expectedly renewed last summer.
The Matabele are OF Zulu origin though
not pure Zulus. In the half century since
their fathers left Zuznand large adj
mixture Of foreign blood has come into the
tribe through marriage with the women
they have captured They are to-day the
Their only law Is tho Kings will. Most OF
the able-bodied men are in the army. and
every regiment can be called together at
moments notice. Every young man is
ironically called "a girl" until he has
bathed his assesai In human blood. Their
forays for many years were carried far
north toward the Zambesi. and west through
Bcchuanaland; but their most hapless vic
tins were the Mashonas. who. though once
a powerful people and spread over large
territory. have been nearly extermimted.
Tho world was surprised. three years ago.
when LoBENGuLA at last consented to adj
NIT white colonists to Mashonaland. The
subsidy offered him was tempting. and he
swallowed the bait and let the white men
in. Before the day that miners thronged
into Mashonaland in crowds. only favored
hunter was now and then admitted to the
Kings domains. and n handful Of mission
aries. who had knocked at the doors for
years. were the only permanent white resi-
dents. The King had followed the example
OF his father. who said to the envoy
sent by the Transvaal Republic 10 ask
that miners be admitted to the country:
Load up Your wagons with these stones
You say contain gold. and go. Bait don't
you bring any Dutch women here or any
cattle, sheep. or goats. l won't have you
building houses in my country
Four thousand OF the whites are there
now. and they are going to stay. OF course
the raiding and massacre OF natives OF
Mashonaland. the part OF Matabeheland that
Is now under civilized rule. will not
be tolerated. n LORESGULA persists in
his foolhardy course. he will get u
lesson that will destroy his prestige in the
eyes Of his people. and there will be one
despot the less in Africa.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-19

To the question OF the BuFalo Courier.
Has anybody ever seen an elderly barber %
We reply. Yes A man is in danger of boing re-
garded as elderly when he is fifty. and there
are BARRIERS Of that age in New York, good
ones and busy ones too. skilful with both the
razor and the shears. Wo assure tho Courier.
that all BARRIERS are not short lived not in this
city NJ. VATET. who few years ago was the
most fashionable barber here, lived to n good
old age, and was both liCht-hearted and deft-
fingered all his lifo long. WHO ever saw n
gray-haired barber" tho Courier asks. More
than ono can be seen In New York. The
learned barber" himself whose fame knows
no shadow. is growing gray morc's the pity
The BARRIERS are merry lot
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The Coming War In South Africa.

The Matabele OF South Africa have never
been defeated in battle. War and pillags
are their business. and they think them
selves invincible. On the eve OF war with
the Imperial British South Africa Company.
they proclaim that ono Matabele warrior
can defeat four Englshmen. When the ty-
rant who rules them was told by mis-
sionary that "GoD Is greater than you"
the thunderOus response you lie." was
shouted back by the regiments around the
King. They have yet to test their yalor
and strength in struggle with white men.
and are likely to emerge from the conflict
with diminished ideas OF their I'm portance
The cause Of the trouble is that King Lo-
BENGULA. though he coded to the chartered
company the rich gold fields Of Mashona-
land. has resolved to assert his alleged right
to plumber and ensave the natives of that
district as his father did before him. Since
the cession Of Mashonaland the terrorlzed
natives have had a respite; but on July o
last. while missionary was holding scr
vices almost under the shadow Of Fort yIo-
toria. an impi or native regiment OF the
Matabele fell upon tho unsuspecting settle
ment, massacred the helpless people with
out mercy. burned their huts. and ran of
with their women and grain. When asked
to explain his conduct the King replied that
he had relinquished no right to do IS he
pleased with his vassals, and when he
wanted slaves or cattle, ~ ahSeld SAID Us
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-19
Spectators disappearing as Democrats

The so-called tariff hearings before the
Ways and Means Committee are not merely
Ridiculous; they arc positively painful. The
protected manufacturers. denounced as rob-
bers by the Democratic national platform.
have procured. whenever possible. pro-
tected manufacturers nominaly c!assed as
Democrats. to go before the committee and
defend robbery Thus on Friday the Presi-
don't OF plush manufacturing company In
Connecticut was introduced to the commit
teo az Democrat by n Democratic Repre-
sentative. and made plea that the people
might continue to be robbed by means OF u
protective duty on pushes anu vclvets.
He read petition signed by some resi-
dents OF Bridgeport calling themselves Dem
ocrats, q petition in favor OF unconstitu-
tional robbery. On the same day a man
from Detroit calling himself n Democrat.
urged that the people should be robbed for
the benefit OF the pearl button industry.
This man, calling himself II Democrat had
the impudence to declare that n protective
tariff Is necessary TO tine maintenance OF
the pearl button industry. Asked by Res
publican member OF the committee II lie
didn't think p protective duty on pearl but
tons unconstitutional. he was forced to
shuttle and crawl in n most pitabIe fashion.
On Saturday the indecent exhibition was
continued. so-caicd Democratic Repre-
sentative from Ohio pleaded for robbery by
means OF a protective duty on pottery. So
called Democrats from Vermont wanted the
United States to go on robbing the public
for the special benefit o! the Vermont mar
BILE quarrymen.
OF course the Republicans get great enjoy
ment out Of this sort Of thing, and they hope
that the robber tariff can be saved by the
selfish particuarsm OF such so-called DEM
ocrats as are among the benehclaries OF
robbery. But the Democratic party. faith
full to the constitutional tariff. will not give
up the great fundamental principle at the
call OF few spectators unworthy OF the
name OF Democrats. An unregenerato
protected " manufacturer cannot be Dem
ocrut. He may call himself a Democrat.
but be cannot be one until he renounces
spoliation and accepts the Democratic doc
trine Of tariff for revenue only. AS longas
he clings to protection he is Republican.
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I
resoiutcly refused to give las In the case oil the
| Choctaws and Creeks) any - per cent. TO pdt
! IL through. For these reasons ut the close Of
the last Congress IL looked as u the sale w"uil
| fail. but the railroad cornoFati"h' took II On
! their shoulders and forced II through.
! The horse and loot race settlement WHAT q
sooner" attachment. hai hnd TWO "NE".'.
ments. and tho law was shaped 50" toir'Ht
! n third Tho new Administration. io"ry".
much or little 1t knew oil lis abuses cnd"'rGcl
at first to change tao Plan. lana I"i'"ry
was suggested Tickets win w" h"n'."t- "
each quarter section were TO- ne r"' W. b lN.;,
and IL there shoulh be moro ahih'Hh'~ 'hho
quarter sections, tlanks'wcro !" DO h"t maui
drawing held. Alas INC i""SH'ons wan =
maker had made war on an lotteries 'r c''-
bling devices, and the lnhei states t"'"i..
mcnt was surrounded with su'h lain ~
morality TINT tho lottery was NOT 70 "c 'h"uEht
OIL Asystem OF registration was rcs"f''i -.
but TINS was done "ndcr no sfe'i"' Jaw II Was
n great inconvenience I" h"h"s' ee'"e'S t"d
me "erisioh OF INC ""o'ners "n" u" s"'h''A'
why sack rh"c' "r a''inG 'no anus " " iIi
,or c"mpe','Ne eAam'"n',"n' was nor
'nnnEht o. Is ihco,upr""e"s ,
i"o LOOT rae p'''. n' "''s',''s an
'"e s"'h'rS nnn 'i'e i"'''o." anu "I"''t
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-19

The Inspector OF Immigrants at Milwau-
kee has made report that many European pan
rsteach that city every year by way OF Can
ada. They get there. after they have been
landed at Quebec. 10y means OF the boats run
ming on the lakes. ard it is very hard to hunt
them up when once they are ashore.
Congress ought to make provision that all
European immigrants coming to this country
as settlers must enter 1t by an American port,
at which they can be inspected by American
inspectors. Wecannot continue to let in those
undesirable immigrants who come hero by tho
Canadian route because they would not be
permitted to land il they came to tho port OF
New York. Canada has the impudcnce to say
that they will be sent here. irrespective of our
interests. and that she will not give us tho
privilege OF inspecting them upon her terri
tory. To this Canadian impudence We can
make but one answer We must put a stop to
European immigration through Canada; We
must enact a law that those European immi-
grants who desire to settle here shall take shin
for an American port.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-19

Il hate the Irish" said an Englshman.
Il hate the jews" said an anti-Semite. "I
hate the Germans" said Fronchmnn. Il
hate the Turks" said Russian. Il hate
the blacks" said Il white man. Il hate the
New Workers." said q Chicago babbler. II
hate the Chinese" said n Californian. II hate
men," said n silly young woman. II hate the
Choctaws." said q Cherokee. II hate the
French Canadians" said An English Canadian
II hate the bears" said a Wall street bull. II
hate the Catholics" said Protestant. Il hate
the senegambians." said an Ashantee. II
hate the ialensians" said a prlncstonian. Il
hate old toaistools." said n young toad Il
hate foreigners" said native. II hate
the Kansans." said Nebraskan. "Ihate tho
devil" said an Internal imp. II hate the gro
GER on tho opposite corner" said a grocer on
the other corner. II hate fat men," said n
living skeleton. Il hate the cobblcrs." said a
shoemaker. II hate the newspapers" said
follow who was buying one OF them. Il hate
old women" said q blackguard.
We tell all these haters. excepting the In
formal imp. that they are in the wrong
Brethren. let us love one another" hating
only tho devil. his imps. his imitators. and his
hackers or abettors. and all their works
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-19

the house Of LUxEMBURd. 1t would com'
prise also Prussian Sllesia andthat part Of
Prussan Saxony formerly known as Lusa-
tia. Even such impossible acquisitions as
the last-named figure In the dreams OF the
Young Czechs. who detest the Prnssians
even moro intensely than they do the Aus
TRANS. That the Czech demand for the
Same powers. granted to the MaRyars can
only be obtained by force Is obvious. 1t IL
one thing for German princes like the
HAPsBuRas, dwelling in a German capital.
to permit the oppression OF Slavs by Hun
Rarlans in the Trans Lothian division OF
their empire; it is quite another thing to
suffer the oppression Of their fellow Ger
mans by Czechs in Bohemia. Moreover.
oven II FRANCIS JOSEPH were disposed
home rule, such O disposition would
excite the most vehement protest from
the Berlin Government. which regards him
as only holding Bohemia in trust for the
German empire. The Prussinn military
party have never quite forgiven BISMARCK
for not keeping Bohemia when 1t lay in his
grasp after Sadowa. and a like regret Is
said to be felt by the German minority in
that country.
without an appeal to force the Young
Czech programme cannot be carried out.
ard such an appeal would be useless under
existing circumstances. II Bohemia Is ever
to regain her national independence. 1t will
be when the defeat of tho Triple Alliance
by France and Russia is followed by gem
eral reconstruction OF central Europe.
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been exterminsted. The officials Of the place
had. however as they now admit kept some
cases beyond their reach. and thus it happens
that the Infection has been secretly spreading
during the past fortnight, until. on Saturday
last. the local Health Board was compelled to
give notice that yellow fever is epidemic in
Brunswick. There is repetition OF the panic
that occurred in.Julv. when half OF the popu-
lation took to flight and now again the terror
struck fugitives are prohibited from entering
any OF tho adjacent towns. They are forced to
Keep within tho sanitary Gordon which has
been established and there IL shotgun
quarantine" on every road A sentence OF one
OF our dispatches Is in these words: 1T will
probably take n military force TO keep tho
maddcned people in order" The officials who
but recently sighted the services rendered to
them by Surgeon General wYMAN. are implor-
ing him to come to their relief. The experts OF
his bureau have renewed their labors. and will
not again leave Brunswick while a case OF the
disease exists there.
We may hone that tho yellow fever will not
spread to Savannah or Charleston. though
there Is no doubt that n condition OF things IA
vorabe to It was created by tho recent terrible
cyclone along that part OF the seaboard. We
may also hope that its ravagcs will not last long.
asst is rarely prevalent in the colder months OF
the year.