The evening world. Newspaper, February 6, 1900, Page 4

IADINER A ON TRIAL. Investigation of District- Attorney's Office Opened. Clty Club Men Who Made Them Denied Private Counsel. Ainsley Wilcox, the Commissioner ap- by Gov. Roosevelt to take tes Rimeny in the inquiry into the charges on ty by members of the City Club against District-Attorney Gardiner, be- work this morning. " Peampenenee ‘Wilcox, accompanted by Rev. Dr. Blicer and a dozen other City Club members, called at District-At- torney Gardiner's office, where the com- aaiesion was organized. Attorney-General Coyne had *aesigned by Attorney-General to conduct the prosecution, McMahon and E. ly. Lydecker, ot City Club, were counsel for the signers of the chargees Bamuel Untermeyer, counsel for the | District-Attorney, opposed the appear- @nce on the record of Messrs. McMahon x Lydecker's names. He said the acts the signers of the charges had been by the City Club. Wilcox ruled that ‘Meeers, McMahon and Lydecker should Bot be dliowed to go on record as pri- wate counsel. Mr. Coyne wanted the hearing ad- Seerned unt!l to-morrow. Mr, Untermeyer demurred. | Mr. Coyne said it was desired by the | @omplainants to amend certain specifi- MYSTERY IN NEW WAR PLAN ° WHEN BULLER REACHES LADYSMITH. ARY 6, LMT ~ AD ONE, | Threw Boy from Wagon) and Dashed Through East Side Streets. THE WORLD: TUKSDAY EVENING FEBR aN 5 yt > LONDON, Feb. 6,—-Absolute silence to move and that Gen. French is] remurding Gen. Builer's reerossing the | clearing the way for an advance, but | Tsela River, while Field Marshal Lord ~ *@ations, but he was not yet ready to Bame which ones. ‘Mr. Untermeyer claimed it was the Fight of the defense to know what they ‘Ghould have to meet. “Bome of the charges as they stat ere very vague,” Mr. Untermeyer « “No specifications ‘or amendment Commissioner Wilcox decided, ‘can be without the defense being prop: notified and an opportunity given them. , » in a jong harangue, sald < jen explanation e act $ he had assumed charge of the af keg Mr. Unter ; feaulty’ war atjoutied Unt Feb erm long, flerce argument by Mr. yer for an earlier hearing. CHICAGO STRIKE RIOTS. @ne Man Shet a Several Men f Benten in the Hullding ag ‘Tendes Trouble. an. Feb. 6—As a result of the trades strike begun yesterday @me man war shot to-day and several ‘Were beaten by strikers. ‘Mest of the rioting was among the i, empl by the Newman Plan: a Sompany. The poue ve - TAX SAYINGS BILL. Legisiators Object te It in Present " Shape—it Will Re | Amended. ALBANY, Feb. 6 — Assemblyman deposits in savings banks, which avorably reporjed by the Apsembly Committee on Taxation and Retrenchment, will be recommitted for amendm: The Cayug an who is respon- Gidle for the bill is not sanguine of Its es: ‘Mr. Treat feels to-day that he been Studied the question more deeply before fatroducing the measure. “T had no intention.” he sald, “to pase ‘eny law which would oppress the poor: | er class of depositors, My object war) to get at the people who have « iarge @mount of money divided among several @avings banks. These depositors do this simply to avoid the tox levied on de- Posits in Biate or national banks | had fm mind the prevention of this practice ‘I will try to have the bi to insure i+ parmage | ‘canvass of boli houses of the Legts- by The Evening World corres t shows that in the Senate oniy ost of thirty-five Senators present of the bil, wiille twenty. were Wand ten were nen-committal out of 1S present, 20 the dtl, % op i ‘Were elther doubtful or non-co1 Treat’s bill proper badly advise@ and should have | j mendes |” is still preserved by the War Office here as to the military operations in South Africa, The reason for this, it is now evident, is that the war offi- ciale do not know what is going on The campaign is being run by leld-Marshal Lord Roberts and Gen, Jord Kitchener, of Khartoum, from headquarters at the Cape, and where those headquarters are even js as much a mystery to the man in the street as the plan of campaign. One thing is absolutely certain— HO announcement will be made until whether Kitchener is at Modder che Menace aging asi River, Colesberg or in Natal with! tio, Gen. Buller is not known, In view of the latter's despatches !t As for Buller, no word has been |*eems hard to credit the clreumetantial made public of his movements for |"rts of (he engagement of Gen. Bul- ler's troops, Common sense now almost several days. inclines toward the decision that (here In a word, Roberts and Kitchener | are running the campaign as they are due to the wish being father of the thought. Supposition upon such a basis please, and the British Nation is behind them. s utterly futile. In other parts than the Tugela the Sr eee conditions of information are scarcely more satisfactory. There ix an inconclu- LONDON 1S PUZZLED sive vagueness regarding Gen. French's | i] reported intention to selse Norval's Pont ——-- with an overwhelming force of infantry. | something has happened. The min- berte Reporte fon Une] While news of sharp fighting In the! Isterial press, Cabinet ministers, chnnuetate w (2 neighvorhood of Colesberg can be fairly | members of Parliament are all kept expected within a few days, it ts not) Haller Received. [likely chat ft will me greater pro- equally in the dark. When Lords LONDON, Feb, 6—This hoping. fear Roberts and Kitchener strike the | mere reconnatesances and ing, doubting nation remains at the ‘or the purpose of holding fact will be known, but the blow WII] Kacey of every wild rumor. ‘The tm- ‘anced position of the forthcom- BOG belnaticipated. pression that Gen. Butler's forces are {!Ms main advance by way of Bloemfon- Military experts theorize on the! ieiscing will not die out, in spite of the Lt pyle French ts strategically pro- situation, and they seem to agree! continuous asseverations of the Wat | Piet (fom tanning any sertone rink thet Lord Kitchener, when he {s|(ftice that it har no news to sont, | Maeoas | Steyn creates an exeellent eard . | that beet. ) a salon here. » Lit RUS Ae Mallee a From Cape Town, under to-day's date, |, From, Kimberley and Mafeking there expected point. There is some Vi-| ing the statement that up to this |that the intermittent bombardment of| dence that Methuen's forces are ready | morning nothing has been heard thete | (here places continues FILIPINOS NOW ROOSRYBLT ON. WEBELER BRYAN HERE TO-MORROW. To Talk to W i |Geverner Wri Me Is Fond of Peet Confederate General Pread Ha of Confederate Valer | William J. Bryan, whe ts sti!) touring (Special to The Re Worl) the Bastern territory om his speech-! le) ATLANTA, In a letter to W. making campaign, ls due here to-mor C. Dodson, a private in Wheeler's Ci row morning. In the evening he —a— Jatry, Roorevelt, of New York beoture, unease rey of Wh | ‘Tam very fond of Gen Wheeler Beott Hancock, G Post. In Care jean assure you, my dear air, that youre vege Hall Seagal Gen. Pana Presses Our |\;; can hardly be provider of the Valor He will speak o vending Problems” ny y the Confed Hryan will talk at. Plainfel Troops So Hard Aid merican. 1 glor: esday afernoor Is Sent | M} soldiersh p.ehown by ihe wear. the same evening to att : | the ble and the home cf Dr. Sohn | 8 ud | ’. Bel ov Howe. of Texas, | hs ee. and Fathe ueey will make addresses, | MANIBA, Feb. 6-115 PO M—The In- surpents attacked the firet battalion of the Perty-fifth Infantry near Mac (7) A major and a captain were wounted BRYAN’S TOUR BRDING. , WII Try to Impress om Repebiican Delivers an Address at Hartford te |#Nl one sergeant killed Leaders That He Wants Neo Viee- : | Ships from Legaspl report that insure Pesan uta Wiieluation, nt jens mor 1 tee hi e Fee ee een ES] Gov. Roosevelt is expected in town HARTFORD, Conn, Feb. 6—Willlam {made a sharp Major Nae morning for a conference with Sen- e * Bry: o De fe jender, | Shipton + batt Jennings Bryan, the Dem va ntdniey’ whieh ‘ ical and concinded: Ki tour Of}Ramise, Lave naliag au’ sc Ca ject at the Gevernere visit is} Now England with two addresses in the | for Shipton impress upon the minds of Ne n leaders that he don't nomination for the Vice-Pres! nen while his Mabacalat re- Nutmeg § at Hartford tr the other to he at Bridgeport | cq, Donnelly who has made a the question, said to-day dozen persons who are at least $92.00 in cash who have ite of ) to $3.00 distributed in t savings banks, #0 whole amount is exempt from sonny see how @ law. euch as # contemplates ie the : those who have perhaps tatu wt comunitted | to the Commit a hearing Tete ake tak from the immediate cone a bi 34 Committee next 0 i — R FLAG IN BROOKLYN, fvem the Weuse of a Rela- of the Fighting Rox Pemity. Window fronting on Prospect files the fing of the by a relative of , Taree members of th Africa now with! measure will prod: | tile ever ee labialis ‘he Repub'iean national This appears nin Hart-| A nen for them vince them that he ford wae bis sec Perlite ta L kilied ere he ix and open for another ing the final he of the cam 1 paien of 18% Then he indulged in two engagement at the same extemporaneous speeches in the open E TART NAMED. 5 air Ty verel a set address in mbiy hall in Hartford Main siteet Ranker’ Ranqeet is from a MeMintey Makes Him Chairman ef the Phil to A BIMETALLIC CLAUSE Will Net ct WASHINGTON, Feb @ ~The x 4 ’ he Pleanciel mite| dent has appointed Circult Judge WASHINGTON, Feb, 6 Secretary Be ne Cincinnatl Chatrman oft |Gaxe wilt not attend the hankers’ ban- cquet in New York, as he nad intended He ‘= cuffering from a severe cold and his payeician har advised him that {t hi wo Cormmmission. He wit Jsco some time a © Taft's place in the Sixth Judicial Jcireutt, wil be Aled by Judge Sever ance, of Michigan. “SRBTHING” IN CUBA, Espects an in. aarrection. Fina ee CAMMEYER’S NEW BARGAIN. Mis Marked Dowa Wir: Shoe the Senen’ \ t ternational Now. Cammeyer, and er ways he knows what every. Wants in the way of show, Com. or says that what people want now Kat Dis $50 shoes that he's « fr Roa pair, MMe ts contident hat a took wlil mean a purchase. ‘The for women, but men will be » look at them. ae every one will make of the mort a weet oaniy, tuumnener tatee 8 ive 20 many years’ experlence Knvws ‘what he ‘etalk v just 00 pairs shoer niack Kid with pathet feather mes fia"tipa, button ana. tace eanae te yt paul, weliad ate They” ate nel mop! fahiona 4 ‘@ styles. por rs ody knows tween gold i COLOR LINE OM CARS Atlanta Ordinance to Separate the Races on SMreet-Care—Ne- wroes Aroused. (Bpecia! to The Rvening World) ATLANTA, Feb 6—-Por the first time | not say tn the history of this city the reparation — of aces on street carn will henceforth {CONSUL HAY ARRIVES AT KRUGER’S CAPITAL. be enforced. Rowdy conduct on part PRETORIA, Monday, Feb. 5 Adelbert “| 8 Hay, the new United States Consul and other race lead. |heTe, wae recelvel by the Tranew 1 and to Gow = presen fore the Ualted @tates Bg: credeminis. ‘ide created "na excedant White there is a placid surface in| me faire in Cuba.” said Major WR. Gra am. of the ymaster's Department, who returned from Havana on the Ward/ ine steamsaip Mexico to-day ere ie a seething undercurrent and I wo: 7 sed at an insurrection any bans want the | i Amerteans Cuba than this Major Graham woul! | Hi HUNDREDS IN HOT PURSUIT Caught After Neighborhood Had Been Worked Into Panic. A madman ina bakery wagon, furious ly lashing the horse and driving breakneck speed, startled hundreds of at people on Grand street this morning. When anot.er wagon turned a corner in hot pursult, two men urging the horse and shouting wildly to somebody to stop the fleeing one, everybody took up the chase, and soon Grand street near Fast Broadway was a perfect bediam ‘The madman was Moses Goldstein, twenty-one years old of 21 Pike street ‘The horse and wagon that he drove were in charge of David Bennett, 9 for Levy, a baker, of 7% Graham avenue, Brooklyn, and he had with him Hyman venthal, fourteen years old, of 10 Varet street, Brooklyn. He was delivering bread at 8 Division street at # o'clock when he left the horse and Wagon in charge of the boy. Goldstein happened along. He wore no overcoat. Without ado he jumped into the wagon, shoving the boy one aide, and, taking up the reins, started the horse. Bennett ran out of the house to see the wagon disappear into Forsyth atreet. le kave chase, but the horse war travel- ting very rapidly by this time, with Goldstein whipping the animal to make him go faster. ‘The horse was turned into Grand street by Goldstein, and by this time he war running at top speed. There was a good-sized crowd of people moving through the streets on the way to work and these took up the chase The boy tried to get possession of the reins and was thrust out of the wagon. He fell to the atreet and was badly hurt Bennett had jumped into another wagon, and after 4 hot pursult caught Up with Goldstein and had him arrested It was plain that he was demented and when arraigned in Essex Market Court Magistrate Mayo sent him to Bellevue Hospital, His mother was in court and sald he disappeared from home jast| night, PULLAR GAS SENSATION Alleged the Plaine Sensational developments are expected to-day in the 630,000 » of Joseph W. Pullar against ex-Goy, Thomas M. Wal- Jer and Alfred R. Page before Jus ice | Bischoff in the Supreme Court | Counsel for the defense will, it is be! lieved, follow up a line started yesterday | tement of Mr Page on the About the death of Mrs, Pullar N ————_— TIME FOR M’DONALD. le He WII Be Ready by Feb, te Qualify for the Tun- mel Work. ‘Tunne| Contractor McDonald, who has bad the time in which he must quality tended until Feb. 2. saya hi porttive he will be able to Tangements by that time, on the underground will i] who voucher for Mc- a special committee it Boa ra rd to discuss ite concerning the bonds a to guarantee the work. PULLIAN VILLA SOLD. Leng Branch Residence of fon of Palace-¢ Me Under the Hammer, ‘Tre Long Branch residence of young George Pullman, son of the late patace- "lear magnate of Chicago, wae sold to-day by the Sheriff under an execution for ‘was bid in for $380 on be- of Oakhurst, who astumer other de- fed to him al LA BOURGOGNE DAMAGES, Lawyers Say They Don't Fear the French Necteion Exomerating the Steamehinp ¢ 7 Lawyers in this city who are interested tn «i net the French line grow. te anaeene me, rover a million dollars have againat the Frencn line by —— teteh Nationalists Kleet Jobe to head Party in Par. Hament. LONDON, Feb, &—John Redmond, the! Parnelitte eader, memder of Parliament “Hy. Srune Casita "or The Untied "Tewh A a comes a Team ot fuse of Commons * rr May Recover from Nie Wound. Wititam Moore, who, {t was claimed by ACCUSED BY STEP-PATHER. FORTIETH ANNUAL STATEMENT OF The Equitable Life Assurance Society _ Of the United States, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 3, I899, gil " | INCOME. Bonds and ae 36,994, 231.92 | Premium Receipts........ $42,366,814, peed ieabae Bl ing Pic Cash received for Interest and * cheie akiar teiltlone ol from other sources...... 11,511,386.51 pra 24,914,870.61 | Income...........--. $53,878,200. ited States, State, City and ahi at Raiivead Bonds, and other DISBURSEMENTS. investments, as per market Death Claims $13,871,482.8 uotations Dec. 30, 1 see? ant tet ped Haehe§ . taattat value over pd Matured and Discounted En- 66 os Aes FB 159,969,062.00 SOC RE) ++ 1,406,192.91 } $13,717,213.45) Loans secured 2,863,315.00 Stocks (market value Dec. * 40, oA 931,418,995.00) .. 17,134,800.00 Annuities... .. 586,358.58 Policy Loans....... sees. 2)671,489.17 | Surrender Values ........ — 2,265,382.42 Real Estate outside the State Dividends paid to Policy- of New York, including pur- holders.............+. 3:054,809,68 office i a = 13,717,386.50 | Paid Policyholders .. $24,107,541.44 Cash in Banks and Trust Com- Commissions, advertising, . panies at interest... .. .. 18,271,871.74 | postagéandexchange.... 5,412,843.86 : seal de foo sane. 0 643,128.99 a oe I Uneaifgh Morria : Scie and accruadl pi | tions, gemeralexpenses, &c, 5,020,500,69 git scars $94,895.87 | Sekine pence miums due and in process 8 pur- of collection......+.+.. 3,005,246.00 | chased at a premium. ia 342,040.00 ; Deferred Premiums....... 2,274,334.00 Disbursements ...... $34,882,925.99 15 00 Total Assets.......$280,191,286.80 We hereby certify that, after a personal exam- ination of the securities and accounts described in the foregoing statement for the year 1899, we find the same to be true and correct as stated, The stocks and bonds in the above statements are valued at the market price De- cember 30, , a Alfred W. and Auditor. LIABILITIES. Assurance Fund (or Reserve) on all existing policies by Society's valuation (Compu- tation by N. Y. Insurance Department $216, 225,257. See Superintendent's certifi- ASSURANCE. USTALMENY POLICIES SPATED AT THEI COMmUTED "LL9ER Outstanding Assur- QNCE........065. $1,054,416,422.00 pplied . for in wig vevess $23'7,356,610.00 and D clined le- tesesseeeee _34,054778.00 New ‘Assurance Tesued.......... $203,301 ,832.00 We, the undersi appointed by the Board of Directors of ee Baciukle woh in accord- ance with its by-laws, to revise and verify all its affairs for the year 1 bereby corte tant we have, in person. ca: eaumined the ac- counts, and counted anu casunue i detail the cate) oo... eee ++ +++ $216,384.975.00 | Assets of the Society, and do hereby certify All other Liabilities... . 2,688,834.03 be lrg 709 My statement is true Total Liabilities ... $219,073,809.03 | F'poorino: Colt.) H. Dunham, ) gw Surplus. vee» $65,197,477-77 [é: Sen 4 aa arcu, | Face In the foregoing Statement the rate of interest assumed for the future in computing the reserve on each class of policies c is with the rate which was employed in computing the premiums on the same, as stated in the Superintendent's certificate below. If, in computing the Reserve on all outstanding policies, it should be assumed that only 3¢ will be realized in the future, the Surplus Assets, after dean ing all liabilities, would be $38,903, 704. The Society holds a larger amount of Assets in excess of Total Liabilities than any other life assurance company in the United States or Europe on similar computations. All interest actually realized in excess of the rates assumed, will be added to surplus for the benefit of the policyholders. An apportionment of profits will be made as usual to policyholders during the year 1900 im the manner specified in their licies. We hereby certify to the correctness of the above statement. J. G. Van Cise, Actuary. R. G. Hann, Assistant Actuary, Starz or New Yors, Insurance Department, ALsany, January 31, 1900 I hereby certify that, in accordance with the provisions of Section Eighty-four of the Insur- ance Law of the State of New York, and in conformity with the rates assumed in the calculation of premiums on the so valued, I have caused ¢! of the Equitable Life Assurance the United States, outstanding on the 3oth of December, 1899, to be valued as per the Combined Table of Mortality, at four per cent. interest; and by American E: Table of Mortality, with interest at three per cent., and at three and a half per cent., as assumed rates; and I find the same to be $216,225, 257. Louis F. Payn, Superintendent of Insurance. DIRECTORS. james W. Alexander, james H. Hyde, ohn A. Stewart, Levi P. Mort ie Fit ; i Coolidge, T. Lincoin, August Belmont, Chauncey M. Depew, om H. Schiff, D. O. Mills, Thomas T, Eckert, Wm. A. Wheelock, im. A. Tower, H. C. Haarstick, be H, Dunham, Marcellus Hartley, ohn Jacob Astor, ohn Sloane, D. Ripley, A. J.C Tarbell, 'm. Alexander, ohn McCook, Cornelius N, Bliss, ae * Sout, Marvin Hughitt, ‘ohn E. Searles, poerG. Marquand, A. Van Santvoord, H. ‘ uel M. Inman, Geo. H, Squire Edward W. Lambert, M. E. Ingalls, Geo, W. Carleton, Thos. D. Jordan, Geo, T. David H. Moffat, E. Boudinot Colt, C. B. Alexander, Sir W. C. Ven Bra; Ives, Joseph T. Low, Charles S. Smith, H. M. Alexander, c. Blair, Alanson Trask, ° Thomas &, Young, T. DeWitt Cuyler, A. Van Bergen, J. F. De Navarre, OFFICERS. the police of the Leonar! street station, shot by ae S was accidentally Mavertamp's revolver falling from his