Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1895, Page 13

A POPULAR MOVE Rejoicing Over the Signing of Bill Joyce. RETURN OF THE ADVANCE GUARD Getting All Ready for the League Season. THE PITCHERS INSTRUCTED —_—_s——— There is great rejdicing among the local base ball cranks over the return of Bill Joyce and “Roaring Bill” Hassamer to the senatorial fold. There is no discount on the popularity of these two men, and their re-erlistment under the Wagnerian stand- ard has sent Washingtoa’s stock up sev- eral points in the estimation of the home peopie. The advance guard of the Wash- ingtons, including Jim McGuire, “Kid” Mercer, Al Maul, Stocksdale, Jack Crooks and Dan Mahoney, arrived heze Thursday from the “sunny south,” to await the re- turn of their comrades, who have yet to play a few exhibition games in Virginia. The outcome of the southern trip, so far as the Waskingtons are concerned, was not @ brilliant success, from a financial stand- point. Before the team started south, Earl Wagner announced that the profits of the southern expedition would be divided among the members of the team. It is un- derstood the club did not pay expenses. The trip was beneficial to the extent that it developed the weakness of several of the bead men, who were thought to be coming stars. Of all the new men, Nicholson, the little Penngylvanian; Danny Coogan, Collins, Boyd and Crooks showed up to the best advantage. There appears to be some un- certainty as to whether Crooks or Nichol- son will be stationed permanently at sec- ond bag. Now that Joyce is again in line he will displace Crooks on third, and the latter is likely to move down to sccond, with Nicholson going to short. Those who have seen Nicholson at work assert that he is a better man at second than Crocks, while the latter might do more effective service at short. These matters will be set- tled by the time the gong rings for the opening of the season. Practicing at National Park. Since their return Mercer, Maul and Stocksdale, with Jim McGuire, have been out limbering up at National Park. There was a number of local “rooters” within the inclosure to watch the trio of pitchers “putting ‘em over’ to Mac. It appears that none of the new pitching talent has shown up to the expected standard yet, and th bulk of the work in the beginning of the season will fall upon Mercer, Maul and Stocksdale. The new twirlers will be given ample opportunity to develop all the ability they may have in reserve before they are given the “marble heart” by Man- ager Schmelz. It will be recalled that it was not the weakness of the pitching department of the We shingtons last seuson that lost them so many games. Their principal trouble was in failing to connect with the ball at cpportune moments. It was not an infre- quent occurrence for the first Senator up to crack out a single, a two-bagger or a three-sacker, and then be ieft on base beg cause the men to follow failed to advance the runner, either by sacrificing or hitting beyond the infield. Many a game was lost by the lack of team work with the stick. Mercer was one of the best men in the team as an advance~ of a runner. A Lively Rivalry. There 1s a lively rivalry between the Washingtons end Pittsburgs as the result of the preliminary practice games down in the south. The Schmelzites declare that they did not exert themselves to “do up” the “Pirates,” but when the two teams meet in the struggle for the championship @ battle royal will take place. If the Sen- ators show 1p in the form that is expect- ed of them, McGuire predicts that Pitts- burg and Brooklyn will have a hard time to pass and keep ahead of the Washing- tons. Some extravagant wagers are said to have been recorded between Connie Mack and Kirslow on one side and Sel- bach and McGuire on the other as to the cutcome of the Washington-Pittsburg se- Ties. Collins, the utility’ man whom Mr. Schmelz picked up in the west, is said to be a comer. He has done some very clever work on the infield in the practice games and he is a good sticker and a fair base runner. Danny Coogan is no longer regarded as an experiment in league society. His gen- eral all-round work in the south was one of the features of the senatorial play, and the southern papers were unanimous in pronouncing him one of the most prom- ising youngsters of the season of 1895. Mercer will probably pitch the first game of the championship series against Boston. He has not exerted himself in any of the games in which he has played. All of the Pitchers have been under instructions from ‘Manager Schmelz to save themselves and restrain all ambition to win in the practice games. Handicapped by the Weather. None of the league clubs are enthusiastic over their preliminary season in the “land of cotton.” The weather was against ball playing most of the time they were in that section of the country. Pittsburg, Boston and all of the clubs lost money on the trip and the practice obtained was not of suf- ficient quantity to compensate them for the trouble. It is the opinion of several of the managers that it would have been better had the clubs stayed at home and worked in the gymnasium, taking advantage of the “good da: to sneak in a little out- door practice. Some of the cranks are complaining be- cause the league clubs were permitted to play practice games with each ether in the south. It is claimed that such exhibitions are calculated to destroy interest in the championship games. There is no reason- ing in such a claim. The preliminary prac- tice is to train the various teams, and es- pecially those having young players, in the arts of the game. It is but poor and almost worthless practice to go up against a lot of “dub” picked nines. When a man wants to learn to play billiards, ten pins or any other game in which skill plays an import- ant part, he generally selects a trainer or a tompetitor who is his equal if not his.su- perior. In that way he learns something hew and improves his own stock of in- formation. Assignment of Umpires. At league headquarters President Young 1s fully prepared for the ball to start roll- ing. Next week he will officially announce the assignment of the staff of umpires for the opening games. The men have received their instructions and their designations will be sent to them later. President Young says he ts astonished at the remarkable development of the minor league system this season. Never before in the history of the national game has there been so many minor league organizations in the field at this time of the year under = - Wonderful Success In the Removing Sime SORT OF Facial Blemish. SEMMES has established permanent parlors a given below, where she will treat all manner of Skin imperfections and as well as diseases of the Scalp and Hair. CONSULTATION charges in all cases modest. J. Semmes, 704 7th st. 16-400 : _ THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. ; such 1.“9rable auspices. regularly ore league associations i national agreement. Heretotc~+ -the high- est number was five. During the past yo“? the minor leagues, who pay for protection and have the reserve rights, received over $15,000 from league clubs for the release of certain players who kave developed svf- fictent ability to enter into league company. CHESS, CHECKERS ‘AND WHIST. Netes Among the Players of Chess— Questions About the Championship. It is unfortunate that there should be any serious differences of opinion among the partisans of so harmless and peaceful a game as chess, which is supposed to be the very embodiment of calmness. Just when and how the factious feelings arose that led to this condition of affairs is not clear, nor very important, but the fact remains that there is a section of the chess amateurs composed of men who are not willing to accept the claims of the officials of the Washington Chess Club in regard to the titlesof local champion and the real value of the Libbey cup trophy, which is now the object of a third contest among somé of the best players of the District. Mr. D. A. Usina, formerly secretary of the club, says to The Star that the statements in the is- sue of last Saturday regarding the present tourney were not wholly accurate, accord- ing to his views and those of some other players. He says: : “The tourney began’ Wednesday, March 13,with seven entries, Messrs. F.M. ‘Dwight, P. O'Farrell, E. P. Hanna, F. B. Walker, W. A. Gwyer, L. Therp and L. Molsted. While these gentlemen are undoubtedly strong players, the idea that they represent the chess strength of Washington is little short of ridiculous. They are all members of the Washington Chess Club, which has @ membership of about one hundred. There are in Washington several thousand chess players, many of them of very great strength. The Capital Bicycle Club num- bers among its members nearly as many chess players as the Washington Chess Club, the Cosmos Club nearly half as many, and so forth. The ngth of the Chess Club itself is by no means represented. Messrs. Jas. Patterson, F. A. Cooley, Andrew Geddes, Jas. Hill, I. Bermann, A. Behrend, J. E. Macfarland, J. 8. Martin, jr., F. DuConin, Capt. Cooke, E. G. Walls, I. Y. Knight, C. Jackson and others should be in the con- test to make it fairly representative. In the Capital Bicycle Club Messrs. C. M. Bar- rick, Douglass, J. M. Borden, D. J. Carr, Falk, Macdaniel, J. Wirt, W. D. Wirt, E. Quackenbush, Rires, Wooten, Calver and many others should be considered in this matter. The Cosmos Club players have always had a good reputation for chess strength, but in the present contest are conspicuous by their absence. Among them Profs. Simon Newcomb, H. W. Wiley, B. E. Fernow, and Messrs. J. B. Tupper, J. B. Marvin, E. A. Schwartz, W. Thoran, H.W. Wilkinson and others would undoubtedly prove dangerous in a championship contest. There is also the great army of “fireside amateurs” not affiliated with any organi- zation where chess is played. Among them may be mentioned Messrs. E. J. Tibbetts, Jacob Frech, Andrew Braid, C. O. Brown, R. H. Goldsborough, A. Goldsborough, E. N. Southworth, L. H. Wieman, David At- well, Maj. Von Herrmann, 8. C. Dunham and several hundred others. Not one of these is contesting in the Libbey contest. “Chess in Washington has made great strides in the last few years,” continued Mr. Usina, “and the day has gone by in which a few amateurs or a single club could decide the chess championship of Washington. The era of snap judgments is past. The winner of-the Libbey Cup tourney will no more be the champion of the District than he will be the champion of the world. The claim to the champion- ship made by the Libbey tourney is an in- sult to every club where chess Is played and to every fireside amateur who does not care to enter a tourney under auspices strange to him and an authority which he does not recognize. By whom was the Lib- bey Cup tourney authorized to decide the city chess championship? Certainly not by the chess players of the District of Co- lumbla. Even less so by the clubs of the city. The conclusion is irresistible that the tourney players themselves have taken this opportunity to decide the champiorship in a tourney where the number of strong players is extremely lHmited. The argu- ment that because the tourney is open to all, the player winning secures a clear title cannot stand for a moment. Did Steinitz lose his claim to the championship when he drew out of the last international tourney in New York? By the subsequent chal- lenges of Gunsberg, Tschigorin and Lasker, it seems quite evident that the chess world at large considered his title as good as ever, whatever the tourney managers may have thought. It must be quite clear to every disinterested person that the winner of a tourney, whatever be its terms, the contestants in which represent but a small part of the recognized strength of the Dis- trict, has demonstrated his superiority over those players only with wnom he has con- tested, and that whatever be the reason of the failure of other players to enter.” * Notwithstandmg the antagonism that has developed among those players who do not fully acknowledge the value of the tourney as a test of the local strength, that event is progressing smoothly, with the final re- eult still in doubt. The first round of the championship tour- nament will be concluded next week. The result of the fine practice the Libbey Cup playcrs have had in the two former tourna- ments {s shown In the greater accuracy and brilliancy of the play in the present contest. The games have been exceeding- ly close and interesting, as a rule. This is shown by the number of games standin; adjourned after four hours’ Mr. Hanna has three such adjourned games on hand, with probably a winning position in each of them. Capt. O'Farrell now leads the tournament, having thus far lost no games, his draw with Walker being the only defect in his score. Mr. Wright is next, with one game lost, but his forces are in had shape in his adjourned game with Mr. Hanna. Walker is third, having lost 143 games. Tharp, Gwyer and Molstad are not fur from the leaders. The tourna- ment is too young yet to make predictions as_to the final result. ‘The minor tournament, now drawing to a close, in which Mr. Patterson is the win- ner, has proven so popular that another of like character will be commenced almost immediately. This tournament is open to all players, excepting only those who are competitors for the championship, and who are, therefore, expected to enter the Lib- bey Cup contest. At 3 o'clock this afternoon a most inter- esting whist match was started in the rooms of the Capital Bicycle Club, on 15th street, between the New York city whist team and the Washington. This is a part of the intercity whist tournament that has been in progress for some time between the crack players of Washington, Balti- more, Philadelphia and New York. The visiting team is composed of four players from the Continental Whist Club and as many more from the Knickerbocker Club, and the local team is made up of the fol- lowing players: Messrs. Wooten, Barrick, Britton, Carr, W. S. Harban, McComb, L. Harban and Fogg. The two teams are very evenly matched, as the same strength met at New York on the 23d of February, when the Washington team won by the very narrow margin of one trick. The New York team played in the me series in Philadelphia on Thursday and in Balti- mcre last night. After the play this even- ing the two teams and a number of the friends of each will sit down to a banquet at the Raleigh, given by the Capital Bicy- cle Club to the New York guests. The New Valkyrie. LONDON, April 6.—The Field says it is not likely that Lord Dunraven’s new yacht, Valkyrie III, will be completed early enough to allow her to take part in the re- gattas in the south, and that probably she will not race before the Clyde fortnight. It Is expected that the Vigilant will be floated at Southampton on Tuesday, pre- paratory to her return to New York. The winnings of Mr. Allen’s American-built ten- rater Dakotah in the recent Mediterranean regattas amounted to $3,250. Justice Martin Sues for.Slander. Police Justice Bernard F. Martin of New York has brought an action against Abram ©. Bernheim, a member of the committee of sev a trustee of the city club and a professor of Columbia College, to recover $10,000 damages for slander. Justice Mar- tin, in his complaint, alleges that at a meeting at the chamber of commerce, held on February 27, 1805, the defendant used following ‘Hbelous and slanderous “On the police bench at present nard F. Martin, commonly called ‘Barney,’ who was formerly in the Itquor business with ‘Red’ Leary, and his wife Kate, one of the most notorious burglars in the country. His salcon was the resort of the most disreputable classes in the community.” and equipped <tnor are *orking under the ized it will not be for want of suitable grounds. ~ The grounds are located at the south- east corner of 15th street and Columbia read, and are therefore readily accessible FOR OUTDOOR SPORT The Y. M. 0. A. Gets Possession of a New Athletic Park Adjacent to the City and Well Adapted te the Purpose—Prospects for Summer. Ever since the Atlantic Park, 17th and U streets, was given up by the Young Men’s Christian Association, all athletic events of an outdoor nature have been dispensed with, and in corsequence the wearers of the red triangle have been com- felled to devote all of their attention to work in the gymnasium. While this .is ieneficial in a great many respects and suffices for the winter, still nothing can take the place of an athletic field, and in consequence the association authorities have been in quest of suitable grounds for the past year or two. A month or two ago negotiations were entered into be- tween the athletic committee and the owner of the old Harkaway Paddocks, out on Columbia road beyond 15th street. The result is that the owner has agreed to rent the grounds to the Young Men's Christian Association for moderate terms, tut would not give a lease for any length of time. While this is in some respects a drawback, still any field is better than nore at all, and the wearers of the red triangle will be very glad to learn that er.ough turf exhibitions are contemplated to keep them busy all this summer and fall, and if a foot ball eleven is not organ- from the heart of the city. The field has a total length of 450 feet and is 150 feet wide. It is surreunded at present by a beard fence six or eight feet high, which is in good condition on three sides, but on the east some repairs will have to be made. A gate for visitors on foot will be erected near the northeast corner, while on the west side and not far from the club house a double gate will be built for the usé of carriages and teams. Beginning a few feet of the west fence a row of three regula- tion sized tennis courts will stretch across the field, leaving sufficient space on the east side to afford entrance to the other sections. The courts will be made by ex- cavation to a depth of several inches, and then large gravel with a finer grade on the top will be thrown in and firmly packed and rolled, thus affording sufficient hard- ness and smoothness of surface for all ordinary purposes. The Club House. One of the things that finally decided the committee in this location for a park was the fact that a building was already erect- ed which, with a few alterattons, will serve all ordinary purposes as club house. This structure is a two-story six-room brick with a wooden outbuilding at its eastern end. The lockers that were used at Atlantic Park will be placed within the larger structure and it is possible that one or two baths may also be added. More room will now be provided than in the space set apart in the old park for purposes of dressing rooms. Smaller items neces- sary to ald an athlete in training will also be put in from what remains of the former apparatus. The frame addition will serve as a storage room, and with the expendi- tire of a few dollars a very club room will be secured. To the south of the house a field for base tall and other pur- poscs 120 feet wide will ke laid off and will extend within fifteen feet of the southern extremity. The upper portion of the base ball grounds will serve as a place for pole vaulting and jumping. As the surface of the diamond is in as good condition as could be expected very little work will be needed to get the base ball field ready for practice. To the right of the field will be located a hundred yard dash with a width of fifteen feet, while on the opposite side and around the end, a running track will be laid out with the same width and hav- ing eight laps to the mile. At present it is not contemplated to put much attention on the track, but it is very probable that some extra efforts will be spent on making @ good’hundred yard dash. The idea in lay- ing out the grounds willbe to combine cheapness with sufficient room and space for out door athletic pursuits. The active preparations looking to the securing of the. grounds have been in the hands of the athletic committé of the us- sociation, and to Chairman Speiden is a good deal of the credit due that the Young Men's Christian Association have ut last secured another, athletic park. The com- mittee is composed of the following xen- tlemen: Chairman, Albert ‘Speiden; secre- tary, George H. Maxwell; W. E. Buell, Ba- ward H. Grove, John G. Muir, Dr. George Jobson, E. A. Playter, J. W. Sims and James E. Pugh, ex-officio. The ¥.M.C. A. Prospecs. ‘* It is probable that a series of pentathlon games will be given some time in May. The pentathlon games consist of five events, as follows: Hundred-yard dash, pole vault, high jump, throwing twelve-pound ham- mer, and mile run. It is possible that something will be done in a week or so looking to a definite urderstanding in re- gard to this field day, as athletes will have to begin training at once in order to be in condition. Professor Sims has a number of candidates in view for a base ball nine, aud as soon as the park is in suitable condi- tion he expects to get down to actual work. In the fall he expects to get a fine foot ball team together, and it is thought that many of the old men will be in their fcrmer places on it. At present the park is not suited fer playing a-regular game, as the house stands in the.way. By xutumn, however, it is thought that the house will Pe snowed peck ee fence, and in at case, a foot of regulation length and width will be secured. 2 The work of puttin proper condition will be: a week or so, and, as the preparatigns ‘contemplated are not very extensive, active work will be going on at the park Wy the Ist of May. #1 park into tert THE TENNIS SEASON. International Contests to Be Inau- gurated This Summer. With the coming of spring, the swing of the tennis racquet will be seen in the land, and the present month will witness the opening of the season in Washington. The progress made by the tennis players of this city, during the past three years, is both gratifying and remarkable. The prediction was made in the columns of ‘The Star two years ago that the younger element would forge to the front and make it warm for our local experts. This opin- jon has been verified, and we now find such recent players as Geoghegan, Shields, Clark and Morven Thompson close upon the heels of such veterans as Davidson, Mc- Pherson, Woodward and Chilton. Local interest in this pastime has not abated, and several new courts are already in process of construction. The tennis mecca of the city 1s, of course, the Bachelors’ Club, with five superb courts on M street near lith, where the District and Southern Associa- ation tournaments will be held next month. Practice will begin about April 15. A matter of interest to tennis players is the fact that quite a large number of foreign experts will participate in the con- tests throughout the country this sum- mer. The showing made by Goodbody last year and his defeat of the crack, Larned, is still fresh in the memory of our players. ‘Among the forelgn contingent who will shortly sall for America, may be men- tioned Mr. and Mrs. Hillyard, Mr. Bar- low, Mr. Pimm, Mr. Meers, Mr. Stoker, Mr. Chatterton (who is an authority on ten- nis) and Mr. Lewis. Mr. Lewis is one of the shining foreign lights, and inherits his love for and knowledge of the game from his father, who was, in his day, one of the cracks of England. His greatest strength lies in the volley, which he places straight across the court with almost unerring cer- tainty. His game is steady, with accurate returns, cleverly varied, until the oppor- tunity comes for ending the play in his own favor. He rarely resorts to “lobbing, and tis may be said of most of the prém- inent foreign players, with perhaps the ex- ception of Mr. Barlow. It is possible that Mr. company the English players. His name is familiar to every tennis devotee, as he was the originator of the Lawford stroke. Mrs. Hillyard has often held the single jJadies’ championship of England, and with Miss Dod has repeatedly won the double Jadies’ championship. Her husband is in the front rank of the foreign players. Advantages of the Handicap. America is still behind in the game with Great Britain. There tennis has been played for a quarter of a century, and tennis courts are as thick as flies in sum- mer. The English devote more time to athletic sport, which seems to be a neces- sary adjunct to their life. Racing, cricket, racquets, golf and tennis. are discussed in the clubs, theaters, trains, on boats, on the street, and, indeed, where not? America is following in the footsteps of England in holding handicap tournaments, which were practically unknown here five years ago. The wisdom and utility of handicaps nas been abundantly proven here by the fact that this is the only method of play where- py the less skillful player is able to com- pete with his stronger opponent. Many players who have escaped from the “gar- den party stage” of development have be- come efficient players by means of the handicap. Playing one match is far better than watching a dozen. Difficult strokes cannot be fully appreciated by the on- Icoker, and one must participate in a game in order to get the full benefit or knowl- edge of skillful strokes. By handicaps players acquire precision of stroke and ac- curate ideas of placing, both of which are indispensable to a skillful game. ‘The visit of foreign players to the United States will be a most important step to- ward increasing the strength of our play- ers, and the interest of the public in tennis contests. With the establishment of inter- national tennis tournaments every year,al- ternating in the two countries, the game will receive a new impetus. Several years ago predictions were freely made that tennis would be destined to early extinction. This opinion is now en- tirely gainsaid, for at no time in its history bas tennis been more popular than at pres- ent, and indications now point to a long continued lease of I!fe. Nothing will con- tribute more largely to this happy condi- tion than the coming together every year of the leading tennis players of England and the United States. Se Morgan Given More Time. Charles A. Morgan, the Aquia Creek train robber, in jail at Fredericksburg, Va., has peen granted, by Judge Ashton, a further suspension of the execution of his sentence, for fifteen days, to enable his counsel to perfect the appeal they expect to take. Lawford may ac- ST. ASAPH’S FOREIGN ‘BOOK. Prospects of the Track “Losing Its + Kdeense. Ceremony was the only, fayorite to win at the St. Asaph track yesterday, and the sixteen gentlemen behind the’slates carried home about all the money ‘thé talent took cut to the track. The track was fast, the attendance was large ‘and: fii’ racing more than interésting, ey The foretgn book was’ operated, notwith-: standing the threat of the Natiqnal Jockey Club to revoke the Virginfa' Jockey Club’s license unless the running of the foreign book was at once stopped. It may be, as the Virginia club contends, that, strictly speaking, the’ book is not rin by the club or on its grounds, but there is no doubt whatever that the running of the foreign book just outside a high fence, on what was last fall the grounds of the club, is clearly a violation of the spirit of that law of the National Jockey Club which posi- tively prohibits the running of a foreign book. The national turf organization un- doubtedly well knows the facts in the mat- ter, and there fs little, if any, doubt that it will revoke the Virginia club's license if the foreign book is not discontinued. The winners yesterday were: Cadiz, 5 to 1; Midstar, 8 to 1; Captain T., 5 to 1; Soll- taire, 8 to 1; Premier, 5 to 1, and Cere- mony, even money. Se STONE’S SCORE THE HIGHEST. Bowling of the Big Six at the C. A. ©. House. The “big six” set of the second ser'es last night bowled its quota of four games in the championship contest going on at the Columbia Athletic Club, and the match Proved most interesting, as it determined who would go into this set for the third and final series. Below ts the record of each player in last night's assignment, with the strikes, spares, total pins, averages and the high- est individual scores: Total Highest Sp pins. Arr. score, 1 "659 «164% 202 17 630 «157% 172 19 605 151% 170 19 ‘595 «(148164 18 558 18914 184 u 253 59 4 18 602 1: a ‘On Monday Ing the “kindergarten” set will close the second series, and will consist of William R. King, Thomas Wil- kerson, jr. Claas Denekas, Charles W. Schneider, Louis S. Wells, jr.. and Noi man Bestor, and this match will prove in- teresting, as it will show the probable win- ner of the “booby” medal. ‘ FIRST GAME TODAY. Georgetown College Boys Open Their Fine New Field. The new athletic field at Georgetown Col- lege will be opened today .with a game be- tween the Georgetown and Murray Hill teams. All the coming games will be played on these grounds. On Monday next there will be a game with Rutgers. Lehigh comes on Wednesday, Yale on Thursday, Wash- ington league on Saturday and Monday, and Princeton on Tuesday and Wednesday following. ‘McCreery will make his debut as a Georgetown pitcher today, playing the first five innings in the box. Mahoney will fin- ish out the game. < The annual spring field and track events at Georgetown College will take place on Wednesday, May 1. Gold»medals for first and second places in all-round work and valuable trophies for indiyidual events will be offered by the athletic committee. Showing the advantage of a big sleeve during a shopping tour.—Harper’s Bazar. 18 | MUTUAL: RESERVE VICTOR Charges Against the Famous Life Association Refated by the Findings of Superintendent Pierce SUSTAINED IN EVERY VITAL POINT Hurls Defiance at: Petty disailants, and Stands Stronger and More Progressive Than Ever Before. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Assoctation . ((NCORPORATED.) EDWARD B. HARPER, President. BROADWAY AND DUANE STREET. To Our Policy-Holders: ‘NEW YORK, April 3, 1895. Gentlemen:—A systematic, malicious attempt is being made'to ihjare the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association apd its members. The management pronounces every assertion reflecting upon the soundness of the institution, its honesty of management, its fairness in the settlement of death claims, an intentional falsehood, and it challenges the men who are making the assault to come out from cover and take a manly, open position. ‘This is simply a renewal of the fight against the people’s system of insurance. It is the last attempt to destroy Ife insurance conducted as 8 protest against the old-line monopoly system. Mill- fons of money are ranked against the Mutual Reserve because it continues to sell life insurance ‘at cost and will not down at the bidding of the men who handle the hundreds of millions of money that have been needlessly collected from the people under the pretense of giving them sound insur- ance. ‘What purports to be a transcript of ‘the recently issued report of the New York Insurance De- partment has been widely circulated. This purported transcript 1s a falsehood, made up of a few criticisms of minor details taken from the report, interwoven with the exploded charges of a thoroughly irresponsible sheet, which has been yelping for months at the heels of the management. ‘The charges made by this shvet are refuted by the report of Superintendent Pierce, yet, with supreme impudence and mendacity, these would-be assassins seek to substitute these charges for ‘Mr. Pierce's findings. It has been telegraphed abroad that a certain lawyer, whose name derives prominence only by association with the Mutual Reserve Fund, has applied for the appointment of a receiver. THE ASSERTION IS A LIE FROM BEGINNING TO END. NO SUCH APPLICATION TIAS BEEN MADB ‘TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. NO FACTS EXIST THAT WOULD SUSTAIN SUCH AN APPLICA- ‘TION. The Association is ready to meet these falsifiers im court or elsewhere, where their real character can be revealed und their identity established. ‘The points in the And™ug of the Ne ‘The financial condition. 2. The care of receipts and disbursements. 8. ‘Ipe selection of risks. 4. The payment of death clattos. York Department, which are of vital interest to members, On these points the report Itself has testimony as follows: 1. The Association's statement at end of 1894 claimed gross assets to be the amount of $5,536,115.59. ‘The Department report places them at $5,757, 229.32. . ‘The Association gave its Mabilities at the end of 1894 as $2,259,936.10. ‘The Department report places them at $2,143,072.48. ‘The Association claimed a surplus at the end of 1894 of $3,276,179.89. ‘The Department report places it at $3,614,156.84. 2. Department Examiner Appleton says on oath: “The system of payment and retention of vouchers is such as to enable a perfect audit of dis- bursements."" . “The cash receipts of the Association are carefully guarded and the audit of same is most thor- ough and complete.”” Insurance Superintendent Pierce says: “A perfect syst ough and complete. em of keeping the vouchers exists and the auditing of the recelpts 8 most thor “This showing is most satisfactory and shouJd be commended.’* * 8. Medical Inspector and Examiner Fleming says: “I am constrained to state that it 1s certainly the entitlerzent ef this Association to record that well-merited praise is due the Medical Bureau for the admirable and efficient system under which it is managed.” Examiner Appleton says: “This important department 1s conducted in a most commendable and satisfactory manner, and every precaution is taken in the inspection of the risks assumed by the Association.” 4. Examiner Appleton says under oath: “All vouchers belonging to death claims paid for the years 1893 and 1894 have been thoroughly examined and duly verified, and In every instance where the amount paid was less than the face of the certificate, all papers, ete., in connection with the claims have béen considered for the purpose of determining whether unfair settlements have been made with beneficiaries. Euch claim is strictly fnvestigated by the proper officers, and every claim for the above years, on which a full payment has not been made, was of 2 character such us to make it the duty of the Association to compro- mise same.” “The total claims paid for 1893 and 1894 show but a very small percentage of compromised claims.”” Insurance Superintendent Pierce says: “All proper claims are paid in full.” Thus it will be seen, THE MANAGEMENT IS SUSTAINED IN EVERY VITAL POINT BY THB OFFICIAL EXAMINATION. It receives with pleasure the suggestion of minor changes in detail, and will give them full weight, always, however, having in mind that the principles which have pre- vailed in the paét have carried the Association, under President E. B. Harper, who still stands at the helm, to the proudest success that was ever attained by a life insurance organization. ‘Today it is stronger, more progressive, more hoptful for the future than ever before in its history. It has the confidence of its members, the loyalty of Its agents, and, strong in them, can well defy the petty assaults of men too selfish to regard the rights of one hundred thousand members, too cowardly to fight save under the cover of irresponsible persons, By order of the Board of Directors. ©. W. 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