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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-27
HENDRICKS REPORT,
Condemns the Hydes, Alexander
and Other Officials of Equi-
table Life Society.
PRoFITED BY ILLEGAL ACTS
Superintendent Of Insurance Says
Those Guilty Should Make Rsstitu-
ton to Policy Holders--E1as No Faith
In Ryan Morton Deal to Restore
Public Confidence.

Public Confidence.
Condemning in unmeasured terms
the conduct of James H. Hyde, James
w. Alexander and other officials of the
Equitable Life Assurance society and
its subsidiary companies for alleged
betrayal of the interests Of the policy
holders, State Superintendent of In
surance Hendricks has filed with Gov
ernor Higgins and Attorney General
Mayer one of the most scathing re-
ports ever made against solvent life
insurance company
Not content with discussing the al
legged shortcomings of the living, Su-
perintendent Hendricks even went to
the extreme of dragging to the fore
front in his report Henry B. Hyde, the
dead founder of the society, show
ing that he had organized subsidiary
companies and negotiated leases in
New York and elsewhere which had re-
suited in the loss of many thousands
of dollars to the Equitable and its poll
cy holders for the alleged enrichment
of himself and his friends.
Commenting on the Hyde-R Ryan Nor
ton deal and its probable failure to re-
store confidence in the Equitable, su-
perintendent Hendricks says:
During the progress Of this investi
CATION change in the stock control of
the society has been made, and three
trustees have been empowered under a
deed of trust to partially mutualize the
society-that is, it is provided that
twenty eight of the directors should be
elected by the policy holders and TWEEN
ty-four by the stockholders, with the
promise that there would be a reduc-
ton. In the expenses of the company
and that the managers would institute
other reforms in the management of
the society which would inure to the
benefit Of the policy holders. do not
question but what this is the honest in
tention of those who have acquired the
control Of the stock Of the society
do not think, however, that this win go.
far toward restoring the confidence OF
the present policy holders or aid in pro-
curing new business for the society.
EMO superficial measures will correct
the existing evils in this society. A
cancer cannot be cured by treating the
symptoms. Complete naturalization,
with the elimination OF the stock, to be
paid for at price only commensurate
with Its dividends, is, In my opinion,
the only sure measure Of relief.
"In my opinion the only thing that
will restore that confidence and benefit
the company will be elimination of
stock control and, what l deem Of
equal Importance, the elimination Of
| Wall street control"
August Belmont resigned from the
directorate. Messrs. Alexander and
Hyde and Paul Morton declined to dis
cuss the Hendricks bombshell, while
Wall street decided that there is a
great need for changes in the society's
/ affairs
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-27
Bio Gun Firina Too Costly.

New York, June 27.-The pioneer six
teen inch breech loading coast defense
gun, which cost about 100000 to build,
is lying in a ditch, at Sandy Hook prov
ing grounds and may never be fired
again. The gun is only three years old
and has been discharged only about o
dozen times. One Of the strong claims
made for the gun is that with proper
elevation it is possible to fire it at Sam
dy Hook and land its ton weight pro-
jectile in City Hall park, twenty-one
miles away. Even If the gun is mount
ed again, it is said that similar rifle
will never be. built by the government,
because any extended firing, even In
practice, would make a big inroad on
the United States treasury.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-27
Peace MEETING For Aug. 10.

Washington June q. President
Roosevelt has been informed of the Sc
lections of the peace plenipotentiaries
from Russia and Japan 1t is authori-
tatively said that Aug. 10 has been
agreed on tentatively by the belllger-
ents as the date for the meeting of the
conference. Mr.. Takahira, the Japa-
nese minister here, has been substi-
tuted for Marquis Ito as one Of the
Japanese plenipotentiaries- The presi-
dent has expressed to both govern
ments the wish that the meeting
should take place If possible on the
list Of August. and If not ON that day
then at the earliest date thereafter.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-27


SECRETARY of the Treasury Shaw
plans to conduct Presidential cam
paign on lines parallel to those on
which Mckinley won the nomination
in 1896. He proposes to use the same
issue, to exploit it in much the same
way, and to stand or fall by it, just as
Mckinley did by the Mckinley bill.
The parallel between the attitudes of
Mckinley and Shaw is interesting,
Mckinley, following the passage OF
the Mckinley tariff law was defeated
in his Congressional district. The
country wenE overwhelmingly Demo
cratic, electtng a House with about
ninety Democratic majority, with the
Mckinley bill as the issue.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-27
TuE efforts Of President Roosevelt

THE efforts of President Roosevelt
to bring about peace between Japan
and Russia seem likely to be sue
cessful. The President has received
from both the Russian and Jap
anese Governments the statement
that the plenipotentiaries of the two
countries will meet in the United
States during the first ten days of
August, and the President has ex-
pressed to both Governments the wish
that the meeting should take place if
possible on the LIST Of August, and if
not on that day, then at the earliest
date thereafter. The indications are
that there viii be two plenipotentiar-
les from each country. Mr. Takahira
and Field Marshal Yamagata are to
be the Japanese representatives, and
M. Nelidoff, the Russian Ambassador
at Paris, and Baron Rosen, newly APP
pointed Ambassador from Russia to
the United States, are believed to be
the selections of the Russian Govern
loant
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-27

with the patient DR.. Cain said that
the members of Mr.. Hays family. were
greatly alarmed because of the fact
that the usual remedies failed to give
relief.
II understand" said Dr. Cain, that
Secretary Hays present illness is Of a
different kind from that for which he
went abroad FOR treatment and for
which he took the baths at Bad Maui
helm. Should attacks such as he expe-
rienced recur frequently there would
be justification for grave anxiety, but
Mr.. Hay certainly seems to have got
clear Of all danger in the present in
stance
Clarence Hay said, "There seems to
be no need Of further anxiety
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-27
Mr.. HAY BE TIER.
Suffered Attack Of uraenia, but Said
10 BE Out of Danger.

Newbury, N. H., June FL Secretary
of State John Hay was Frustrated by
an attack of uraemia at his summer
home here, but his condition was re-
lieved by DR.. ]. r. Cain, a local physi-
clan, and two specialists, Drs. Charles
L. Scudder and Fred T. Murphy, who
had come from Boston by special train,
and it is expected that he will soon re
cover. The attack, which was similar
to others experienced by Secretary
Hay during recent years, was attrib.
uted to cold contracted on his jour
ney from Washington 70 Newbury last
Saturday.
DR.. Murphy returned to Boston, and
Or. Scudder and DR. Cain remained
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-27
TIE FLOOD STATUTE.

In spite of the fact that the tax
payers of this section of Morris county
have been warned of the possibleenor-
nous burden that may be laid upon
them by the Passaic Valley torrential
flood law, there has been no movement
of any kind made toward contrasting
the law. The Newark News re-
Gently published an article which APP
plies even more strongly to Morris
town than to Newark, as we would
receive no possible benefits and will be
heavily taxed if the law goes into
effect. 1T says:
The law passed in 1904 and amend
ed by the last Legislature, providing
for the protection of the Passaic Val
ley from floods, has been enacted in
such form as to compel Newark to
take measures to protect itself. This
city recognizes and appreciates the
necessity of adequate walls, impound-
ing reservoirs, or whatever other
means will prevent repetition Of the
disasters of 1903 1t stands ready to
do its part toward so guarding the
Passaic Valley against floods that the
twenty-seven the district has suffered
since 1877 shall neither be increased in
number nor later ones permitted to
effect great devastation.
" But Newark and Essex county are
entitled to know what they will be
called upon to do, and for how much
of the cost they will be liable, before
they can reasonably be expectly to APP
prove of any such gigantic scheme as
that which is contemplated by the
flood statute, and until such informal
tion is forthcoming City Counsel Coult
and the Board of Trade are justified
in opposing the measure with all the
power and influence at their command. |
The scheme is of immense proper
tions. Nothing like it has been before
suggested. The trunk sewer plan was
something definable, its costs could |
be estimated with some degree of ac-
curacy, its details were outlined in adj
vance and it's effects were carefully
set forth. But the Passaic Valley
flood statute leaves everything at loose
ends. 1t involves a vastly larger dis
trict than the trunk sewer. 1t takes
in not only the cities on the Passaic
River, but the country round about.
And what is all this to cost? No
body knows or can know. Everything
is to be estimated by the men who are
to do the work, and the same commits
sioners are to estimate the benefits.
If the latter approximate the former,
the work is to proceed. 1t would SIM
ply be impossible to conceive of a flood !
commission, appointed to protect the
Passaic Valley, finding that the costs
exceed or even equal the benefits.
Whatever they guessed the costs to be,
they would inevitably guess the bene-
tits to be greater, and thus authorize
themselves to go ahead with the work. (
And thus Newark and Essex county /
would simply be at the mercy of a
however excellent, auth
orized to incur expenses of $1,000, 900
or 100000, 900, SO far as the terms Of |
the law are concerned, and all this
without any adequate detail
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-27
suielde Rather MAD sspsratL0n.

Paterson, N. j.. June a. Unable to
endure the thought Of long separation
involved in the husband being ordered
on foreign service. Henry Eichenrodt,
bandmaster of the United States bat
tleship Alabama. and his young wife,
to whom he had been united less than
a year. committed suicide, dying in
each others arms An examination
showed that after turning on the gas
both had swallowed carbolic acid. Mrs.
Eichenrodt was twenty-six years old
and her husband two years older
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-27
ment.

THERE are six women now under
sentence Of death in the United States
for the murder Of their husbands, and
the probabilities are that not more
than one or two Of them win be exc
cuted owing to the mawkish sentiment
prevailing regarding the execution Of
women. Under the circumstances it
would seem that a woman who is tired
Of her husband can get rid Of him by
murder easier than BY divorce.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-27
Panama Raioioaa over Pure WaAer.

Panama. June AZ. The system OF
aqueducts which will give the lsthmus
a supply of pure water has been open
ca here, but will be officially maugurat-
ed on the Fourth Of July, when there
will be great rejoicing an over Pana-
ma
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-27

THE unfortunate scandel in connec-
tion with the American Minister in
Venezuela has ended in the dismissal
of III. w. Bowen and the exoneration
of LOOMS, his predecessor as Min
lister.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13
To Reduce Profanity.

Some of the haberdashers' shops
are showing the nickel-in-the-slot
collar button machine from which,
by inserted five,cents, the man who
wants may obtain one of those
very necessary adjuncts to the
toilet. One of several varieties
may be chosen, all those of one
kind being arranged in a vertical
column in such a way that by turn
ing the machine so that that column
comes opposite the outlet, one of
the desired style will be dropped.
The device is covered with glass so
that the various bottoms may be
plainly seen.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13

How does the weather suit you?
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13
Then he Must Pause.
Texas Mesquiter.

Texas Mesquiter.
There comes a time into the life
of every brainworker when from
continued mental strain he must
pause in his accustomed labors. At
such a time the fire of the brightest
intellect seems but a smouldering
heap, the intricate machinery of
the human mind is at a standstill,
the dynamos refuse to work, the
cogwheels of memory are clogged
and the connected and coherent,
for the time, becomes an impossib-
ility for nature in her wisdom has
called a halt.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13

IT is presumed the Austin staff
correspondent of the Houston Post
mas fixed everything to his own
satisfaction in moving Hon. F. w.
Seabury and others to Dallas, and
otherwise disposing of things pol
itical TO suit his own fastidious
fancy. We will now anxiously
await what the parties most vitality
concerned have to say in the mat
ter.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13

Three-year-old Myrtle, looking
critically at the new baby: Did
she have any sunbonnet on when
she canep"-Chicago News.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13
Funeral of J. n. Johnson.

Yesterday afternoon at 4 O'Clock
all that was mortal of ]. II. John
son was laid to rest in the city
cemetery. Rev. w. II. Petty con-
Quoted the services.
Mr.. johnson was a man in the
prime of life, and up to a few
months ago was vigorous and APP
parently the embodiment of health.
But the insiduous inroads of Brights
disease sapped his strength, and at
last brought him to the lowly grave
where all must sooner or later be
laid away.
THE HERALD extends sincere
sympathy to the wife and two chill.
dren who are left to brave the flu
ture, and feels sure the God who
cares for the widow and orphan
will give them consolation.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13
LEAD DUAL LIVES.
The Way Some New York Doctors
Maintain Two Offices.

MAINTAIN Two Oflces.
"Why can't you come to see me
any more?" asked a physician with
an Office in a fashionable street Just
of Fifth avenue of a patient.
''To be frank, DOCTOR" was the
reply, 81 cannot afford it. / am a
salaried man. When / came to see
you as a specialist / believed it
would be only for a short time; but,
as you say, my case is an obstinate
one. l have already far exceeded
the amount / calculated to pay. You
have been very kind about arrears,
but don't wish it to continue fur
ther. The money must be paidsome
time, you know" the patient added,
with an attempt at cheerfulness.
The physician pondered, for a mo-
ment. Then he said:
"Mr. Blank, / am glad you have
been frank with me. / shall be
equally frank with you. will in
trust you with a secret. / am in
terested in your case for profession
al reasons. Go to this place." hand
ing over a card with an address far
downtown on the west side, "be-
tween and 6 o'clock in the after
noon, and / viii see you there. But
! must ask you not to go except be-
tween the hours named. Ny fee
there will be just one-third what it
is here, and you can take your time
about paying it."
"A great many doctors do that"
said a New York physician who is
so rich that he need not practice at
all unless he wishes. Il did it my
self once. If a doctor aspires to a
fashionable practice he must. live in
a fashionable neighborhood, among
other fashionable doctors, where
there are always plenty Of carriages
lined up on the street. Frequently
when a man moves into a house or
even an apartment, costing any
where from $4,000 to $4,000 a year,
his practice will not pay his rent
and living expenses.
~0f course he must keep up APP
Pearances in his uptown Office.
Downtown he may do as he pleases.
Uptown he is, for instance, DR.. Cav
endish-Jones, Office hours from Q
until IL a. m. and z until s p. m.
Downtown he is DR.. Jones, office
hours 4 to 6 p. m. frequently in
cases of this kind another physi-
clans plate is on the downtown win
dow, giving his hours as l to 3 p. m.
In this way DR.. Cavendish-Jones is
easily able TO meet the deficiency in
his uptown house expenses. He
makes his calls, of course, between
IL and and drives home to lunch
con in his brougham. The man who
pays his 81 a visit to DR.. Jones in
Greenwich village never dreams that
he is receiving the services of the
distinguished DR.. Cavendish-Jones,
whom he may have heard Of as a
specialist in his particular trouble,
but whose fees were prohibitory to
NEW York Press.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13
LIST OF LETTERS.

rhe uncalled for letters remain
ing in the postoffice of Brownsville,
for the week ending Saturday,
February Il, 1905, are as follows:
LADIES LIST.
Arismendez, Jacova
Gerrera, Sra. Angel
Gille, Miss Monwala
Jennings, Mrs. Robert
Medrano, Sra. Felicitas G.. de
GENTLEMEN's LIST.
Alcantar, Jose
Balboa, Pedro
Collins, Ed.
Egan, Martin
Fuentez, Refugio
Farias, YSauro
Garcia, Lorenzo
Guerra, Protasio
Cara, Santos
Hurlbert Hardware Co.
Hill, Jack
'Koonce, ]. L.
Moreno, Jose p.
Morton, w. S.
Rodriguez, Delhno
SaenZ, Manuel
Sanchez, Marcos
Salaz, Raymundo G..
Saucedo, Teoflo
Zamora, Andres
Persons calling for the above let
tiers please say advertised.
]. B. SHARPE. Postmaster.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13
Success And Failure.

One of the curious things in life
is to note now some men succeed
where others fail. Call it tact,
luck. judgment, business sense,
what you will, the fact remains
that one man will start a new bust
ness, run il for a short time, be-
come discouraged, sell out and
seek a new field, and his successor,
with the same surroundings with
the same people from whom to
draw his trade, makes a success of
the business. OF course the diff
ference in the business training Of
the two men and the methods they
adopt, their manners, address and
personal popularity may have
something to do with the failure Of
one and the success Of the other,
but you have all noticed cases of
the kind mentioned. Many such
cases have come under our observa-
ton, and one recently occurred
right here in our own community.
There is some reason, some cause
for this success of one and failure
of onother, but this reason is not
apparent to the world, and such
eases will continue to exile wonder
and surprise. Alice Echo.
Our old friend, John S. Hord,
who now holds the responsible
position of Collector of Internal
Revenue for the Philippine Islands,
has sent us a batch of Manila news
papers containing much matter of
interest on the question of internal
revenue in our island possessions.
AS was natural to be expected, the
collection of the tax on spirits and
tobacco in the islands caused much
stir and some opposition, but we
infer from the papers received. the
opposition is not serious, and that
the business element of the Philip
,,,,,ac - ctro,,orlxs -, fax-or Of fha
system. One of the papers contains
the report of Collector Hord in
full. 1t does us good when we hear
of an old Rio Grande boy coming
to the front. -Hidalgo Advance.
Three-year-old Myrtle, looking
critically at the new baby: Did
she have any sunbonnet on when
she camel"-Chicago News.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13

A writer in an English automo-
bile paper claims that roads could
be kept permanently damp by the
application of strong solutions of
calcium chloride, and that this
would be cheaper than oils and
without their Objectionable oClors.
The number of cattle destroyed
by wild beasts in India last year
exceeded $4,000.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13

How 90 Make brown Bread Ice Cream
Toast three slices OF brown bread in
n cool oven. then roll and sift II through
a fine sieve. Put pint Of cream In the
farina kettle on the Ere; add bali a
pound Of sugar and stir until dissolved:
add the remaining cream and set away
% cool When cold. freeze: when fro
zen. beat IN the brown bread. Set away
two bours.-Club Woman.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13

How 60 Prepare an Easy Dessert.
A cup OF coarsely chopped hickory
nuts or English walnuts added TO a
pint OF whipped cream. sweetened and
poured over dozen lady fingers. makes
q toothsome and acceptable dessert.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13

A HERALD representative yester-
day met Chas. B. Clarke, of the
Clarke Dredging company, which
is now engaged in digging a chan
mel inside the bar at Point Isabel,
and from him learned that the
work of dredging the turning basin
at the wharf commenced on Feb.
5th, but the bad weather interrupt
ed for two days, but was resumed
last Tuesday morning, and is being
prosecuted night and day since
that time. The turning basin when
completed will be 3O0x400 feet,
and eleven feet deep, and will be
finished i'll about two days more.
The company is now dredging the
basin 20Ox40O, and when the chan
mel is finished to the bar, the
dredging outfit will return to the
wharf and complete the extra hun
dred feet. The bottom is of
clayey mixture, and Mr.. Clarke
thinks it will hold well. There
will be about 1000 feet of what is
known as shifting sand, but it is
thought the action of the current
will keep the channel cut out to
the required depth. All the work
called for by the contract is 20 be
done within the bar, and it takes a
amount of foresight
to figure out just what lasting good
may be expected to result. unless
a supplementary appropriation be
made, and as no such appropria
ton has been made by the present
the work now being done
will stand until congress can be
convinced that money spent at this
point would be a good investment.
The work now under contract will
be completed about the end of
April, so Mr.. Clarke informed THE
HERALD man.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13

WITH the thermometer register
ing thirteen. degrees at San An
tonic, and lower at other places,
THE HERALD still feels that the
Brownsville country with IFS p
degrees, is still a much favored
section.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13

DID you hear that dull thud last
night? II was only the mercury
hitting the bottom. Didn't hurt
anything much and She is going
up again now.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-13

QUESTION of the hour: How are
your onions?