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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
INSURANCE. STATEMENT.

STATEMENT Of the condition OF the NEW YORK
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, SO and S4s
Broadway, New York. on the 3lst day OF Decem-
Der, 1857.
CanitaI stock ..--........... 1900. None.
Assets SUI us4, tto =
Liabilities . ...... SlS3. SIS, ;}35 70
surplus mot includ-
ing surplus reserv-
ed fund OF SI6,l95,-
g26} ............... I7,176.I15 40
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23

1t is hardly worth while to talk of
other influences while the Cuban COM
plcation is in its present acute stage.
There are no other influences. There
are several matters good and bad that
would have their effect under other cir
cumstances, but they may have passed
and been forgotten before Cuba is free
and Spain has been punished, and Wall
Street can breathe freely again. The
rate war between the transcontinental
roads is one of these matters. Ordinarily
this trouble would have been a tremen-
dous intluence for a good many weeks.
Now 81 is hardly thought about. How
ever, there is strong probability that
in this case the trouble will not have
disappeared for some weeks and that it
may live 10 have its effect.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
Chicago Grain and Frov1slon Mnrke

Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co..
members of the New York Stock Ex-
CHANGE 1927 T Street
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23

The drop yesterday was three points
almost everywhere. 1t leaves the mar
ket lower in most securities than at any
time before since the Maine disaster
People are talking, nevertheless, of ten
points more decline if there is war. This
will be a healthful and entirely salutary
event. The legitimate values then will
have been reached and the weak holders
all shaken out.
The Coconino sun., 1898-11-12
NAMES OF CANDIDATES.

For Delegate to Congress A. O. Brodie, R..........., ]. r. Wilson, D.... For Council
 E. T. Greenlaw, R.......... T. $. Bunch, D.. ......... For Assembly
 II. T. Ashurst, D..........
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
I.arge,t Mrteor Known.

A meteorite, described rs half the
size OF 81. Paul's Cathedral, London. II
said to have fallen at Port Alfred.
South Africa. II made a hole in the
ground fifty feet deep, 100 feet long and
sixty feet wide. which would make II
the largest known meteorito on record,
says the Independent. Being a single
piece, apparently, II was probably solid
iron, like other meteorites known,
some Of which have weighed a number
OF tons. but none Of this size Is record
ed. And yet there IL nc reason TO be-
lieve that multitudes very much larger
may not DO travelling In tho celestial
spaces; and II Is only good luck that
prevents our falling In with them.
There IL no inherent impossibility that
a meteorite or little asteroid az large a.
some Of the multitudes that revolve be-
tween Mars and Jupiter might come
within the sphere Of the earth's attrac-
ton large enough to cover an entire
State. They may be ever moving In
the track Of comets, although we know
perfectly well that the bulk of the mn.
terial Of comets ia very inconsiderable.
and the earth has more than oncs
passed through the tail Of o comet
without any o effect than a shower
Of falling stars. What the effect would
be OF striking the head Of q comet we
do not yet know.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
A Morocco Dainty.

There is no accounting for tastes.
What suits the palate OF one may be
little esteemed by another. An Eng
lish traveller and sportsman had rec
commended to him. when he was In Mo-
rocco. a variety of game which he
would not be very keen for at home.
His informant was a soldier, for no
foreigner Is allowed to travel In that
country without such attendance. He
began telling marvellous stories OF the
game In the neighborhood. OF the sui
tan's army. and Of his own Importance.
zone remark on c~ooking-for he was a
gourmand-is worth repeating. There
is." he said, only one kind of game
worth eating In Morocco-wildcat. Its
taste is as the taste OF all other va
rieties OF game mixed. When once You
have tasted wildcat, never will you eat
anything again with pleasure" Prob
ably not; l should think Il enough to
poison most people. but I dared not say
so. merely proposed in a weak voice
that ! preferred owl stewed with mus.
tard and sand. He said that ought 10
be good. too, but he had never tried IL.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
A Song Of the weet.


l sing OF the west, of the peerless west.
or the Eden where plenty rclgns.
Where the sunlight CLEANS on the crystal
streams.
And kisses the hills and plains.
Where the harvests laugh In the ranch
cr's face,
And the fruit on the bonding trees
IL all aflush with n rosy blush
From the kiss OF tho saucy breeze.
I sing OF the land where tho miners drill
Bites deep into natures heart,
Where the powder roars AZ Il rcnds the
To the golden treasure apart.
Where tho smoke from the hills rises M
and blends
With the clouds In its darkening nIsht.
ana the pack train which round tho tor
tuous bends
or the trail ON tho mountain height.
sing OF the wales whero the flowers
bloom,
or the forests no deep and dark.
Where the Wild deer plays through the
summer days.
Ana feeds In the grassy park,
Where the antlcred elk In Its majesty
The shade OF the pinon seeks.
And the mountain sheep In their antics
leap
From the crags OF the towering peaks.
sing OF the homes on the widespread
plains.
Or nesting amid the peaks,
Where the breozes play In their ,merriest
way,
And God through the songbird speaks.
Where the dove OF peace with Its snowy
wings,
IL perched over every hearth.
Where the hearts are Hight and tho eyes
bright,
And the echoes nrc rife with mirth.
Then hurrah for the west! for the peer
less west,
Hurrah for the homo of health!
Where the valleys CLEAN like "A golden
dream.
Aud the mountains are gorgod with
wealth,
Where the people dwell In content and
pence,
In tho wilds OF the busy towns.
Where the sun Is bright and the stars at
Night
~ . Jewels In natures crown
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04

around tho world In one direction and
Tour times In tho other, as evidenced
by self-reglstering barometers. These
waves went round the world once In
thirty-six hours. The dust cast up by
the crash was In the sky for several
years and caused the beautiful sunsets
that were SO much talked about. This
information al comes from Professor
Milne, who gives the ~consoling adden-
dun that there are volcanoes In Amer
lea and Europe that will some day be
cutting up similar capers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
satu rday, October go.

Yellow fever reports from the south
show a marked decrease In new cases.
Admiral Dewey has cabled 20 the
navy department that all is quiet Mt
Pekin, and everything is lovely at
Manila.
The Tonkin river boiler and engine
works in Oswego, N. Y, were de-
strcyed by fire. Loss Sl05, 900. Otto
Snyder, the night Waterman, persisted
In the building.
A gold excitement prevails Mt Mel.
vern, o. it Is claimed some assays Of
quartz show $50 to SEQ to the ton. A
big quaatz crusher will be In opera.
tion in a day or two.
The loss of the steamer l.. r. Doty,
with its entire crew of sixteen men,
during the gale on Lake Michigan Is
now conceded. Wrcclragc brought to
Chicago has been identified by Captain
Allison OF the steamer George Will
Jams, which belongs to the same line,
as having come from the Doty.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
Monday, October 81.

Paris has quoted down.
Great Britain Is preparing TO make
a naval denomination.
II is said the pope will soon issue an
encylical on a~narehism.
j.. II. Granfll, penniless, shot him
self in his room in n Chicago hotel.
Jim Davis, q notorious Arkansas
moonshiner. has been captured and is
o in Jail at Texarkana, Ark.
The French press Is beginning to
manifest n much more c~onciliatory
spirit regarding Fashoda, apparently
with a view to preparing the public
mind for the recall Of the Marchand
expedition.
At a meeting at San Juan, Porto
Rico, Of delegates from the chief towns
of the island, resolutions were adopted
demanding territorial rights, an eight
hour day for laborers, and the cessa-
ton of the present military rule and
the installation Of regular civil gov
erment.
Two bodies were taken from the
ruins of the Union elevator fire at To
ledo. One is thought to be that OF
Bert Wainwright, who Is still unac-
counted for. A total Of eighteen dead
Is the result of this fire, which oc
Cured September 20.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
l%lenehcont Nature.


A flower lover OF Upper Geyser Bas-
In. Yellowstone Park, owns a unique
dollhouse. II is built Of rough slabs OF
wood and has a glass roof. The build
Ing faces the east, explains the Waver-
ley Magazine. Tho heat Is furnished
by hot water from O 0ve-inch orlncc In
the ground at the south end Of the
building; II then flows north to the
center Of tho building. The water
comes from a geyser and at the time
OF It's exit ia almost at the boiling
point. The beds are raised from eight
cen inches to two feet for circulation
and to AFFORD a place for the growing OF
mushrooms. The result Of this high
temperature Is wonderful. The beds are
filled about three feet deep with rich
stable refuse mixed with one-third sill
lea formation from near by. The rich
soil, the suns light and the condensa-
ton Of steam from the hot water. make
an ideal combination for the growth OF
vegetation. Lettuce, II IL said, comes
up from the dry seed In two days and
good-sized heads Of lettuce were gath
cred In from fifteen to eighteen days
after planting. Cucumber vines grow
from twenty-five to ~thirty-hve feet In
length in less than sixty days. without
being watered. except for the moisture
In the air. On some Of the cucumber
vines Ave full-sized cucumbers were
gathered from a single joint. Three
pals OF water have been sufficient for
watering the plants in the greenhouse
on even the hottest day.
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white and still. not q sign betraying
that life still remained to them.

white and still. not q sign b~etraying
that life still remained to them.
The doctor examined them, and then
went away with a frown on his face,
returning shortly with a dapper little
Frenchman. who had made himself q
favortte with every one.
This gentleman will be able to set
your mind at rest. captain" remarked
the doctor. and the Frenchman, with
a careless smile, rapidly proceeded TO
u all the quiescent passengers. II
seemed that he was a professional
hypnotist. and that for q fee of one
guinea he agreed to send any one who
feared to undergo the pangs of sea-
sickness into q sound mesmerio sleep,
But for the Doctors interference, he
said. his patients would have slumber-
ed until the shores Of India were
sighted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
Friday. October e..

N. Dupuy has been asked to form "a
cabinet In succession to the Brisson
ministry.
Porto Ricans are taking kindly to
American ways and rapidly adapting
themselves to our ways.
The French Court of cessation will
probably declare Captain Dreyfus in
uocent and let him loose.
The Galois, n Paris paper, thinks
hostilities between Spain and tho
United States may be renewed.
General Wood, military governor OF
Santiago, has set his foot down ON the
importation to Santiago of pauper NO
gros from Hayti.
At a meeting Of the newly elected
board Of directors of tho Union Pacific
Railroad company at New York the
present officers were reelected.
President Mckinley has issued the
customary Thanksgiving proclama-
tion and names November "a as the
day.
William j. Nolan, at st. Louis, has
been acquitted on his second trial of
the murder of John Weinapd, an old
man, who was killed about u year ago
aud his house looted.
The general strike of the lasters'
In the boot and shoe factories Ia Brock
ten, Rockland, Middlebury. Stockton
and other towns in southeastern Mass
a~chusetta. which was begun about six
weeks ago, was declared off today and
the union has authorized the strikers
10 return to work.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
Life In Central America.

A writer in the Providence Journal
tells Of a conversation he once had
with q wealthy and educated Central
American coffee planter: Ills estate.
upon which more than half Of his time
was spent, was twenty miles from town
and postofice and reached only by .
bride path. All Of his coffee had to be
sent to shipping points by pack mule,
and household stores taken home In
the same way. l asked him II q q
riage road could not easily be built to
the district where he lived. Certainly
he replied, but what would be the usef
What better way II there to travel
than by horseback? We all love II. and
when we want to ride In carriages We
90 to Europe or the United States.'
But ! said. your coffee could than
be hauled In wagons and much expense
and Inconvenience be saved. And I
suppose you would want q postof1ce
nearer home and more frequent malta
He laughed heartily. I assure you. my
dear SIR he said, that we get our mail
quite often enough. / always dread the
dag on which It arrives. 1t means
work, for I have quite a correspond
ence. AS to the coffee, there ID profit
enough In II already, 80 why not let the
mules and muleteers have the jobr"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
Tuesday, November 4.


The Cubans are demanding that the
the United States urn over the offices
70 them.
At Toledo, O., . party Of boys play
Ing halloween pranks, frightened
Mrs. VIM. Sagur to death.
In the Fashoda affair France has
yielded to Great Britain, but 1t is pre-
dicted trouble will como later.
The whole Japanese cabinet has re-
signed because OF being unable to
agree upon the question of filling tho
portfolio Of education.
The Nicaraguan congress has unani-
mously approved the agreement made
between President Zelaya and the
American company in relation to the
i~nteroccanic canal.
Near Lake I~tasla, Minnesota. Mel
son Rust shot and killed his friend
VIM. McMullen. They were out hunt
ing together, and Rust mistook his
friend for a deer.
After n chase across two continents,
Lambert Wilt, chief comptroller of the
Bunglau Savings bank at Burglar,
Bohemia, was arrested at st. Louis on
the charge of having absconded with
l09,0 600 guldens, equivalent to SAL ,430.
The American commissioners at Paris
have told Spain what the United
States wants in the Philippines. They
presented q written expression OF the
purpose of the United States to take
the entire group of Philippine islands
md 70 assume such proportion OF the
Philippine debt AS has been spent for
the benefit of the islands or their in
habitants In public works, improve.
ments and permanent betterments.
The Spanish commissioners asked un.
I'll Friday to consult their government.
1t is said that 80, 500 soldiers, form.
ing tho volunteer b~attalious in the
province OF Havana. will next week
manifest to General Blanco, through
their chiefs, their desire to deliver up
their arms before November Is.
Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, was formally
arraigned In Justice Cooks court at
San Francisco yesterday and pleaded
not guilty to the charge of having
caused the death of Mrs, John T.. Dun.
ming Of Dover, Del.
The Peruvian government Is prepar.
ing a special book giving the history
of the MeCord claim with q view Co
showing that the. action by the United
States government Is unjust and un.
friendly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
Sunday. October 30.

Emperor William Of Germany Is safe
at Jerusalem.
David A. Wells, tho noted economist,
is at the point Of death at his home in
Norwich, Conn.
Fall River manufacturers state that
the pooling aud curtailment by print
cloth mills is having q satisfactory CT.
feet.
The carders OF the Hargraves cotton
mills of Fall River, Mass, have decid-
ed to strike. The spinners are already
out.
The French court of cassation has
granted a revision of the Dreyfus case,
but the prisoner must, In the mean.
time, remain an exile.
The torpedo boat Farragut, in n
speed trial at San Francisco, attained
better than thirty knots speed. Her
governmental trial will take place this
week.
Isaac Stetson, n miser. was found
dead near his home ut Wahconah Falls,
Mass. He was probably murdered for
his money. 1t is estimated he was
worth $4,000.
Colonel Geo. L. Waring, jr., died
Of yellow fever in New York, where
he has been since his arrival from Ha-
ana He was sixty-seven years old.
Colonel Warning was sent TO Havana
by the government to ascertain the
sanitary condition Of the city.
In the United States circuit court at
Charleston, =. c., Judge Simonton
granted a perpetual injunction re-
straining the railroad commissioners
of that state from enforcing their or
der that the telegraph companies pay
the war t:x on messages sent In the
state.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
Wednesday, October 60.

heavy blizzard ragged in northern
Illinois yesterday.
The Spanish troops in Cuba are en-
barking for Spain as fast as they a
possibly secure ships.
The Shoshone Indians in Nevada
are showing signs of causing trouble,
and citizens fear an outbreak.
Lillian Russell has secured q divorce
from Signor ~Perugrini. 1t Is said she
contemplates marrying Chicago man.
Comptroller of Currency Dawes has
ordered the system Of semi-annual ex-
aminations Of national banks to be
resumed.
tuesdays statementof the condition
"a the treasury shows an available
cash balance Of 1905. 215,470, and gold
reserve of s240. 297, 9ol.
The Union Tobacco OF America with
n capital Of $40, O00, 900 has been formed
at Albany, N. y. 1t will be "a rival of
the American Tobacco Company.
Leslie %Carnett, aged twelve years,
while caring for n broncho, was kicked
by the animal and hi. leg was broken
near the hip. The break is a bad one.
England has issued q second blue
book and insists on absolute control
OF the Nile. England's answer to
France is virtually to get out or pre-
pare to fight.
Affairs in the Philippines ere far
from tranquil. The natives want in
dependence, and are near the danger
stage. The attitude of the insurgent
troops Is very menacing.
At Marquette, Mich, some miscreants
attempted to murder James Pendill,
an enthusiastic anti-saloon man, and
incidentally his entire family, by
blowing his house up with dynamite.
The charge was not heavy enough.
The time for the evacuation OF Cuba
has been extended from December l to
January !. The extension OF time was
given on advice of General Wade, who
said 1t would he impossible for all the
Spaniards to be sent home before then.
1t is generally reported in Manila
that the First Nebraska boys hold the
record for killing the most Spaniards
of any regiment; it being said that on
the night when they were most fierccly
attacked in the trenches, that they
did the Spanish for the greatest dam
age they sustained in the whole cam.
paign.
The crisis long brewing In France
came to n head yesterday. The meet
ing of the deputies was the signal for
an uproar. The Brisson ministry has
resigned. The government was de-
feated after a stormy session. Over
100, 900 people assembled in the Place
de la Concorde shouting "Vive rArme,"
and 'Down with the traitors" More
attention Is conferred in the Drcyfus
case than In the Fashoda affair. Some
500 arrests have been made.
II. o. Beatty, secretary Of the Oma-
ha Business Mems association, is send
!i5g out NOTICES Of q meeting held In
Omaha at which which representatives
Of different retail associations of the
state were in attendance when matters
were discussed pertaining to an organ
lied effort at the next session of the
legislature against department stores
and catalogue houses. Representa-
tives from many retailers associations
were present.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
AN INTERESTING KAFFiR.

The Rev. Simon p. Sihlali OF Tenn
buland. who returned recently to South
Africa from England. III doubtless the
most interesting Kafir who has visit
ed England for some years. He was
the first Kafir to matrlculate a. the
Cape university. and also the first to
represent officially the churches OF
South Africa at the Congregational
union of England and Wales. This
he did In May last. Mr.. Sihlali, who
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04

a'sh
who know him are not surprised at the
stand he took. He always wears a
Prince Albert, and he says that he was
married in such q coat: was naugu
rated In such a coat and has worn q
similar garment at all functions where
his office has demanded his attendance,
and that he does not propose to give IT
up now. He is "a man Of the people
lie was born In st. Louis county and
has always resided either In the coun-
ty or city. His wife, also. Is from the
county and there his children were
porn. His tastes are few and simple.
d lact that he Is the chief executive
has not changed him. and today he
visits and dimes with the humble cit
izens who knew him before his induc-
ton into Office. When the mayor is In
his office at the city hall he Is always
unapprJachable AS q general rule he
STANDS In the reception-room. hears
what his callers have to say, and n
swers them at once. During the hot
weather he received visitors in his
shirt sleeves and In very warm weather
left on his vest. He Is over six feet
In height. smooth shaver and with
full, fat ford face. There Is usually
a smile on his lips and a merry twin
kle In his eye. lie dresses modestly.
wearing a Prince Albert coat. with
trousers and vest Of similar cloth;
white linen and a plain black tie. There
Is but one oddly and that is his hat.
His hats are patterned after those of
the Quakers Of PENIS day, and the
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04


During a very rough trip across tho
Atlantic, a well-dressed gentleman sat
down In the center Of the wave-washed
deck, produced a photograph. and star
ed hard at II for hours. Passengers
who were In a condition to notice his
strange conduct thought he was gazing
upon the face OF his best girl, and
winked knowingly at one another; but
their surmise was an one.
The photograph was really a repre-
sentation OF the gentleman's worst en-
envy. and he firmly believed that, II he
glared at 1t long enough the bitter
thought aroused In his mind by the
sight OF It would ward off sea-sickness.
FIX your mind upon some one you
hate" no explained, and you will
never be III while at sea-"
There was q wild commotion on
board another vessel one morning, for
the captain found that some thief had
broken into his cabin that night and
stolen his best uniform. A hue and
cry was at once raised. and the rough
sailors, secretly enjoying the joke.
questioned every one on board, not
even sparing the first-class passengers.
At last, however, the missing uni
form walked unsteadily from the
cooks galley. and the person inside
mad a bee line for the bulwarks. u
always thought the toys captains wore
were q preventative Of sea-sickness."
he suffered. but I'm afraid I've been
laboring under q deluslon. Tell the
skipper III let him have 'em back In
half a minute-they're no good to me-"
One OF the sailors on a vessel out
ward bound for India rushed en- deck
with q livid face. and startled the cap
tain by stating that seven passengers
had been found dead In their berths,
Instantly assuming that there had been
foul play. the captain aroused the doc
tor, and they went together to visit tho
stricken sleeping places. To all ap-
pearance the frightened sailor had
spoken the truth for passengers lay
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
Thursday, October ~

The Indian scare in Nevada Is sub
siding.
The well known car building firm Of
John Stevenson & Co., of New York,
has gone into the hands Of a receiver.
A heavy gale prevailed over Lake
Michigan, and many lake craft ere
in peril, and some were badly dam
aged.
L. z. Letter has purchased . hand
some residence in London and present
ed it to his daughter, Lady Curxon Of
Keddleston, vicerine Of India. The
price was S200, 900.
The American liner City Of Paris,
known during the war as the auxili-
airy cruiser Yale, has been restored to
the condition of a merchantmen, and
left New York yesterday for South
ampton.
The trial Of Jesse James, IT,, for
completely in the train robbery at
Leeds IN September 20 last, has begun.
Sentiment at Kansas City Is In favor
Of the prisoner.
The upheaval in France may affect
the peace commissions negotiations.
The Madrid cabinet crisis has been
avoided by the fact that General Cor
rea, war minister, has been prevailed
upon to withdraw his resignation and
remain In tho cabinet.