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lAND ARGUi The Weather. Fair and continued cold tonight and Sunday. Five below tonight. Temper ature it 7 a. m. 9 below, at 3:30 p.mA J. M. SHERIER, Observer. All the JVctvs . All the Utme. Thar The Irgus. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1903.-FOURTEEX PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. VOL. LIV. NO. 7G. ROCK ISL END OF ANOTHER YEAR WILL SEE RUSSIA IN ASCENDANT , Czar Issues Rescript tended to Cheer Men at Front. COMMENDS BRAVERY Arrival of Gsn. Stoessel, Prisoner, in Japan Im pressive Evei.t. St. Petersburg. Jan. 14. Emperor Nicholas has addressed the following rescript to the army and navy: "Port Arthur ha passed into the hand of the enemy. During 11 months a fight had been going on in Its defense. More than seven months Its noble defenders had been out oil lrom the rest of the world. Without any positive assurance of relief, they continued to figat and did everything in their pow r to c heck the progress c;f the tin my. sparing neither life nor thir heart's blood te uphold the ho:i r of the Russian jeople. World toaadrd. "Russia with pride and admiration. foliowi each move in the content. The whole world was astounded at their gallantry, but daily their ranks were thinned, their powers of resist ance diminished and. under repealed attacks by the enemy, th-y were compelled to give wjy. Mrmry llvaorrd. "Peace. ho:ior and undying memory will be the portion of you Russians who have fallin in defense tif I'ort Ar thur. Far from home, you have laid your bodies upon alien soil i sacrifice to the dictates of vo ir own honor find demands of your emperor." "Iear, and honor be your ort ion. Always will you be o lie! 1 in our hearts and memory. "Honor to the living, Mav CimI re More you to health and strength and give patience to face this disaster with which you are confronted. I'vlata IM-M-dta-tla-trw. "My gallant troops anil pallors: Do not let this sorrow dismay you. Our neniy is strong and darinu. This fight against them occurs 7." miles from our home, but Russia is powerful. lu a thousand years of i's existence there has been st:II heavier trials, worse- and more threatening dangers, but Russia even rose from the trial with renewed force and strength. In not let our s-ouis be troubled by lack of success and heavy losses. Russiau Mrength grows with adversity. "With all Russia I join in the be lief that the time is coming vhcii Col will give strength to our glorious army and navy to arise and break the forces of the enemy. NIOint.AS." Nrnaiiaprra tdall llrurw. The New Year's reviews by the var ious newspapers admit frankly that the Japanese have had the l.ett r of the war so far. but the wind tone of the press is summed tip in the follow ing statement In the Russ: "They have done we'd but not well enough. They have entrenched thm selvcs in Korea as thorn: h they were at home, hare captured I'ort Arthur and made a conquct of southern Manchuria, but are face to face with a Russian army of equal number". They are checked. The new year will show the Russian flag rais-d again along the ttorde r of the warm water.' STOESSEL IN JAPAN: CEREMONIES ON HIS ARRIVAL ARE SAD Nagasaki. Jan. 1 1 -Tii Japaio.-e tram-port Kamakuru from I'ort Dulny Jan. 11 ih len. St'-- 1 and others on board arrived here today. After a prolong l quarantine inspection i.Iov. ruLw with the chit f officials of this port rnoei!ed e-n Iwmrd the Kani i.bnt-1 at S in the afterno..n. ton. ar.-I Madame S. " I. two Russian coin man ! r of his rnrsonul -.faff, and s v n ohr officer., two 'adit- sr I six or phan chiMr-n were landed in three team U:ncbe at !usa j. try. !n t ,.. !..-. rccHved b a ciard of IV" H!lce ami fewral officer of the gen damn's. mrr Ilia . r... Ru-otian c.-r-ral -ttired in a srey military imremt an t wore h word. He looked well an I walked mitS a atatelr sle-i. PreCed.I by a few it".lce offlcera an I f I.wed by hi rvtinuo lto.-s-l slowly w.-nde.l hi way up the hit! to the prettii-. situated bun-.alow .n Insa L.1I where be will bo qr.arteretl. Ha.f way there were mHiit ! 'f R'tss.afi otf- r find Ins that tVtr lat- chit f wan arriving (Continued vs face Six.) 'FREEZING DOWN NEAR THE GULFi COLD IS GENERAL Chicago. Jan. 14. Extreme cold pre vail over a preat part of 'be I nited j States today, freezing weather bein-; reported as far south as Texas. East of the Hookies, in the southwestern. aim-,!,!!, western and northwestern sec tions, the mercury ranges from ze; m Oklahoma to 20 below in northern Vi.f consin. Throughout the eastern state mi'id temperature prevails. TO CONTEST SEAT Postal Progress League Decides to Make Fight on Sna tcr Piatt. HE OPPOSES PARCELS POST Allegation Made That He Consults Merely Own Interests as Ex press Company President. New York, Jan. II. At the meeting of the Postal Progress le-amie in Coop er t'nion last night. Chairman Post, of Rattle Creek. Mich., said lie would ask the I'nited States, supreme court for a restraining order n prevent Senator Thomas C. Piatt from taking his seat. He said he would base this action on the ground that Senator Piatt subverts the interests of the people he has sworn to represent in the interests of a coriorat ion he really represents. The matter relates to the parcels post. Mr. Post made Ids announcement in the course of a sp eoh entitled "Our Errand Hoy." Saa IMnll In trnnL After having referred to the iostal deficit and the f;;ct that the people of the country pay annually to the rail roads Jio.nfto.ooo, he said: "Senator T. C. Piatt, of New York. is president of the l nited States ex press company. Word was passed around to other senators that no defi nite action should be taken on the post check money bill. Senator Plait was approached by my representatives to know his attitude on tin? question and he clearly defined the fact that he was opposed to the measure because it was contrary to the interests of the express coin panics. Isnnrm I'ultllr Itatrrrafa. "In other words, after having taken the oath of office to represent to the best of his ability the M-oplo of New- York, he ignores their interests or the interests of the public where those in terests conflict with his own company and would directly affect his own earn ings. In still further words, he is draw ing two salaries, one from the express company and tne inner irom me peo ple, and he is bribed by the express company money, paid to mm irom its earnings, to keep from the pe-ople their rights and deliver them over to his private interests. AIM tlfarka liabrrfa. "We met with strong opposition from a Aew torK state man in iosnion to lay some heavy Mocks in front of the wheels of progress Kllis H. Kolierts. treasurer or tlie I nited states, i ati me draw any connecting line between this New York state appointee and Stnator Piatt from New York?" Baseball Man Dead. Albany. X. Y.. Jan. 11 William 1 Quin'an. owner of the Albany baseball tiam died at his residence h'-re today. TRYING TO HOLD UP THE COMPANY American Concern Asks Government To Intervene Against Costa Rxa. Mobile. Ala . Jan. 1 1. The American It, nana company has asked the sfafe depart rt.ent at Wa.-hington to nter "ne in their behalf on account of al b-:-ed interference by tne Cista Riean government with the fruit company' pi.intinK. railroad buildini: and other o-HTation in the territory now be longing ! Panama, but at one time under the jurisdiction of CK-ta Rica. Tne povir.ment has at-ked for $2.21',- ' Reports Son Held as Slave. Parts. III.. Jan. 14. Charles Allen h.s animated to United States Manual Charles Hitch in thalf of his son. R. W. Allen, who wrote from a levi- con tractor's camp nar Vicksburg. Miss., that he was held in peonage. The fed eta! d.irict attorney at Vicksburg is. iuvcstiatA. . FOUR KILLED IN KENTUCKY FEUD BATTLE Whitesburg. Ky.. Jan. 11. At Hol man. this county. feud factions led re spectively by W. Roarck and Henry Hulconib. met and t'lose two and Jos eph Holcoinb were killed and Bit ford Roarck mortally wounded. The trou ble originated in the murder of one of the Roarcks years ago. a Hulcon.b be ing suspected. OVERRULE COURTS U ited States Takes Exception to Finding of Haytidn Tribt nal. AMERICAN WAS SENTENCED Word Sent Verdict Must Be nulled or Trouble May Follow. An- Port au Prince. Hayti. Jan. 14. Mr. Powell, the American minister, has in formed the government of llajti that the United States refuses to recognize the validitv of the sentence in contum acy to 15 years at hard labor pro-'. nounced by the Haytian court against Jaeuer Hubtr. an Ami rican citizen, for) alleged complicity in lwnd frauds charged against the administration of former President Simon Sam and offi cers of the Hank of Hayti. The I'nited States demands the annulment of the sentence under pain of energetic inter vention. The demand has caused much excitement here. Admlniotrallou Otrrtlironii. The alleged fraud was in connection with a plan of the Sam admininist ra tion for consolidating the debt of the republic by issuing bonds. Refore the refunding scheme was consummated the administration of President Sam was overthrown, and President Nord caused the arrest of members of the Sam cabinet, officers of the Hank of Hayti. and others, on charm 3 of con spiracy and the fraudulent issue of from f20.Mo to $S50,lMtO of bonds. When the trial began Nov. 2S. lU'M, there were only i:i of the defendants present, th? others having fled the country. A HOSPITAL IS DfMAGED Patients Not Endangered in Fire at Montreal Loss $150,000. Montreal. .Ian. 14. Fire broke out iar!y to death in the kitchen of the Royal Victoria hospital but the firemen confined the flames to the center of the building. The damage is estimat ed at $15U"mi. There is no necessity for the removal of any of the patients. WOULD GO OUTSIDE ARMY AND NAVY TO BUILD CANAL President Sends Special Message to Congress Asking Authority to Make Changes in Isthmian Plans Taft's First Annual Report. Washingt'ui i. C, Jan. 14. Presi-jnot dent Roosevelt in i sin-cial message to congress asks for notable eimn. i,, in of the law governing the construction the Panama canal. The president says the present law requiring the canal to be built only by a Itoard of seven members is clumsy and incla.-tic. He wants a commis sion of five, or preferably three num bers, and wants authority to go out side the engineering corps of the army and navy to secure tnem. Afer the commission or five or three has decided upon t In? genera plans he proposes to place the work of executing them in the hands of an engineer in charge. '!! of tbt Mrmuier. The president's message? is as f.! lows: "To the Senate and House of Rt p t .-entatives: I transmit hen with the report of the iMhmian canal commis sion, accompanied by a ktf.r of the s-ecrefary of war. umbT hoso super vision 1 have by executive order p'.aced the work of the commission. I concur with the Mcretary of war in the view that the present provision of iaw. by which the work of building the canal has to lie done only through body of seven members, is in-la.-tic and clumt-y. and I earnestly recons mend a change wi that the president, who is charged with the reston?ibility of building the canal, may exercis.: greater discretion in the omanizat ion of the personnel through whom he tr io discharge this duty. "Actual experience has lonvinced me that it will ! impossible to obtain the best and ma-t effective service un der the limitations prescribe! by law. . The eeneral plans for the work mut be as reed upon with the a! I of the best engrneers of the country. wh- should act as an advisory or cfKisultin? body. pBiaOTr la me. Tho consulting engineers fehould CLASH BETWEEN SEARCHING FOR Lord Fitzwilliams' Forces old Gray, and Former Appeals to Costa Rica for Aid. Panama. Jan. 14. From Costa Rica comes news of an encounter between rival bands of treasure hunters on Cocos island, where the traditionary pirates' hoard of $lu0.000,ofio is said to be buried. FKstt illlnm Woratrd. The expedition under Lord Fitzwil liam was defeated by men under the command of Harold W. S. Gray. Fitz-v.-illiam and party reached the island Mi WHO ATTEMPTED TWO DYNAMITE OOTRAGES BELIEVED TO BE CAPTURED STRANGER ARRESTED AT PHILADELPHIA WITH INFERNAL MA CHINE RESEM3LES PERSON WHO PLACED BOMB ON STAT UE OF FREDERICK THE GREAT AT WASHINGTON. New York. Jan. 1 1. Inspector Me Clusky said today that the picture of Gessler Rosseau. the man' attested in Philadelphia yesterday, carrying an in fernal machine, was an excellent like ness of the man wanted by 'he police for attempting to blow up t'.ie Cun arder I'nibria in May, 19o;;. I'liierd llimilt at nnhhiKt Washington. Jan. 11. A pnotograp'i of Gessler Rosseau has btn i J.f'ntifici by tnree persons here asJ tint of the man who placed the bomb n the fence POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF LETTER CARRIERS TO BE INQUIRED INTO Washington. Jan. 14. The house to day adopted a resolution of inquiry relative to the political activity on the party of letter carriers introduced by Hearst. It calls upon the president and iKjstmaster general for information. Thr hom-e then took $V the consid eration of private pension bills. I'rrnldriit onilDiitr H. Washington, Jan. 14. The president today sent to the senate the following nominations: ; Commissioner of pensions Vespas ian Warner, Illinois. j Associate justice of it he supreme court in the Philippine islands Charles A. Wiliard, Minnesota. Kind of 1.11 w W tin led. Washington, P. C, Jan 14. Sai.iu?! be put on the commission, which 'should be used only as an executive instrument for the executive and ad ministrative work. j "The actual work of txecuting the general plans agreed upon by the com mission, after receiving the conclu sions by the advising engineers, must lie done by an engineer in charge, an i we now have an excellent engineer. "It is in my judgment, inadvisable therefore to restrict tlx executives choice of commissioners' to represen tatives of the engineer corps of the army or the navy. "The commission shohld consist of five, or preferably of three, members, whose respective duties?, owers, an I salaries should be assigned to them by the president, and who should be placed under the member of the cab inet whom the president desires. Of these tin n the one apjointe-d as ad ministrator of the canal strip should also se rve as minister to Panama. "THEODORE RCOSKVELT." r-prlr Tuff IoMilt. Accomnanvins the message is the first annual rern.it of the Panama canal commission, toge'jier viih a let ter from S cretary of Tar Taft relat ing t3 Panama affairs. in his leite-r Secre tar Taft says the iomni:ssion has done a great deal of the work of organization, sanititioii. and preparation to build the canal. Th- chaotic condition of affairs in the isthmus, however, due to Ihe time wlieh has elapsed. shiK t'te new French canal company e-a.-f to work, the lack of care of the pan; si d equii tnent. and the rap'd growth ol. -egeta-tion in that soli and cl:ma'e t. -ought atioiit st;ch a state of confu-ioT that if will require several i restore protH-r eond'i :n - ;otit r.s t to i of the vork of canal building, Decided progress, however. ..a j made in the verification of the data ! obtained by the French engineers and in procuring new data, necessary to TWO RIVAL BANDS PIRATES' TREASURE Worsted by That of Har on the yacht Varonque. to find it had been preceded by the Gray expe'TItion on the yacht Rosemarine. The latter party claims to have the Costa Rican concession to search for the treasure. The right is said to have followed and Fitzwilliam's party was beaten oft". Send liunliont. The Costa Rican government has sent a gunboat to preserve order on the island. Fitzwilliams and Gray are both residents of London. surrounding the statue of Frederick the Great. Philadelphia. Jan. H. Armed with an infernal machine, a man who said lie was Gessler Rosseau. of Chicago, was arrested yesterday at tiie home of Patrick Kelly, brother of Owen Kelly, who mysteriously disappeared Oct. 25. Rosseau called on Patrick Kelly and said that he knew Owen was in New York and offered to take Patrick to him for $5M. Rosseau said he was a member of a Fenian society and had in his possession a machine that would enable him to blow up Rritish warships ;and merchantmen. Spencer yesttrday told the house com mittee on interstate commerce what kind of a law the railroads wanted. !t included the following features: First That river and lake freight steamer lines, fast freight lines, and private car lines all be brought under the jurisdiction of the interstate com merce commission. Second That railroads be relieved of the necessity of maintaining uni form rates. Third That tr.ifTie agreements should he presented in writing. Fourth That railroads should he "permitted to cooperate with each other in the way of making a rea sonable agreement among them selves." enable the engineers of the commis sion to determine the prope.-r plan for the canal. Secretary Taft says that the ques tion of labor is not free from diffi culty, and it will not be easy to securc all the Jamaica laborers required, as the governor of Jamaica is unwilling to consent to the commission's taking IO.imh) laborers except upon a bond of 5 sterling for e-ach I:ilwn r to pro tect the Jamaican government against the maintenance, under poor laws, of the lamilies left behind. Howe-vcr, a considerable voluntary emigration of labor is expected, and the- secie-ttiry says he hopes satisfactory labor also may be obtained in Porto Rico. Offe r.; al.-o have' been made to supply on trial l.ouo Chinamen and a similar number of Japanese- coIie-.s. lt-iort I'Jiu.-il tiiniiiianiiin. The re iert of the canal commission recites that its first visit to the canal zone was in April last, ilitring which j time the only work in pregre.ss was j the e-xcavation. of the Culebra cut. Neither th equipment nor the organ-, ization eif the f.rce- was i f hsidere I j adequate' or in any way fitted for iho prompt removal of the gica" mass of niait rial in the cut. The French surveys. al'hoMgii scie-n titic'illy e-ondneted, were found tt b? of little; value on account of the changes which have taken place, not' only in the size; of vessels 'iui in ti.ej exist intr conditions and methods of i onst ruction. I'nde r these- cirwlitiotnj it was deeideel that the nios effectual! step toward progress was the iiumed-j into organization of surveying ponies) r determine among other tliing.-, th'-l practicability of a sea level canal. Thf repoit rays that the d-rveh-. ti'.ent of the final plans for lioti. the deep water channel anil ihe inner har bor at either end of the canal, includ ing about a mile; of the canal lire-, w ill lie; cemclude-d within the next two or three months. IK MAKE FIGHT TWO DIVORCEES .MAY IT REMARRY Ifi CYCLONE STATE Kansas Citv. Jan. 1 I. Cvorv K;is- copal clergyman of the dioce: fas City has signed an agtv to marry any pen-on who ha o of Ka'i :n:e:it n.i been d -' r party to vorced for any cause, if eithv the divorce is living. HOLD NO HEARING Episcopalian Board Decides it Hcs No Power io Pass on Talbot Cas. NEW LAW IS APPLICABLE Another Presentment Expected to Ob viate Defects of Present One. Keaditu chapter i Pa., Jan. 11.--An .tnpoi taii; the famous lrvine-Talbot church controversy passed into history yesterday when more than a quorum of the boarel ef inquiry appointed to probe into the charges against Right Rev.' Kthe Ibert Talbot, bishop of cen tral Pennsylvania, met in this city and tinuliy de-cieied. after a conference ef live- hours, that the committee was tin csinc.nicaliy constituted and could not enter into the merits of the ease that 1 as agitated the church for severa.' years. i;e-l rv l'r-K-it HK-nt. The board simply found itself pow erless under the existing cane:i. which went into eoVei Jan. 1 last, to proee-ed to a cnnsieleTation ef the" charges ante liatin.; it, and illegnliy constituted as t th - deputies appointed lrom Ne w York. Some of t he members intimated that they expected another present ment to be drawn up that would be in strict observance' of the new canons, and would also contain charges other than those' based on the I'pjo'an letter. The staving off eif any action thnt might have be-cn construe d as unfavor able to Rishop Talbot is due to the efforts of Francis l.ynde' Ste-lsou of New York and Rev. Edgar A. Enos ef the diocese of Albany. Mr. Stetson is an attorney close to J. Pierpont Mor gan, and is one ef the; most prominent eccie'siastical lawyers in the country. I .'lit in- I'iihi ft Irtvrd. It was le-irne-d that the board we-nt over the entire situation, starting with the troubles in Huntingdon and coin ing down to tiie i.imou.s i pjotin jeiier written by P.ishop Talbot and on which the- charges against him were base-d. Much inte-rest was arouse-d by thr publieation of the lette-r from Rev. Dr. Irvine to tlu board. None of the mem bers saw the- let r until the-y read it in the- newspapers. None eif the; men who are charged by Dr. Irvine with being prejueliced ligainst him would discuss his b'tter for pubbeation. Their friends, however, declare the attack upon them to be entirely unjustifiable?. Not i:ud-d. Sj Irvine. Philadelphia. Jan. F!. When Dr. Ir vine was inf'irnied that the board of inquiry had deeideil that i: elid not have canonical authority to take up his charges against Rishop Talbot, lie said that the aeiion of the board did not end the- fight. What th present ers would do ho said lie was not pre pared to say. His friends, he added, would meet in a fe-w days to deci le what course to pursue1. BRISTOW QUITS THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT Appointed Special Commissioner Investigate Trade Conditions. East and West. to Wa.-hiii te:i. Jan. II. After an e x- '.. nd-d cemfe-reiice la'e- yest-rday b- t ll Piesideiit ltooseeit. Secretary j .-.i v.'.r T.i ft .losenh I.. Urtsteiw fourth' assistant postmaster ge neral, and Sen- j at'.r Ij:; e.f Kansas, the; announce- n-ei.t was made- that Mr. P.ristow "ia' ! t. -.,!( rerl the uiesidoit his re-slgna t ion i as sin officer of tiie postal scrvie-c and. . in , e(Iiau!y following bad been deM. Ditch Send Admiral to Command ,is.ted by the prt-sldent as a special. West Indian Squadron. commissioner !' make an :nvestiga- Tiie Hague, Jan. 14 Rear Admiral fun intei the pre-vent trade conditions ln-tha'ge- li htartlng hurriedly for th and freight rateB between the Atlantic Dutch Ea;t Indies to take command and Pacific coasts and between theVf the squadron there charged with the west coa.-t of South America and the maiRtcnahco of Dutch neutrality. m .... I I c -.,. . . I eHSI coast OI l!;e imen .nai.- oii'i j Eurooe to rietermnie tne; nest; policy i of managing the Panama railread. Earl of Cairns Expires. Cairns. Jan. 14. The Karl of Cairns was found dead in bed at th; I'liim club here tejday. Heart disease. READY FOR YEARS HENCE The National Convention Opens Monday at Indianapolis. GET ON A WAR FOOTING Will Provide Large Fund and Strengthen the Organi zation. Indianapolis. Ind., Jan. II. Miners i f bit mniuous and anthracite coal aro arranging for their national convention which will begin Monday. On account of the two-year agreement, no joint meeting with the operators will beheld this year to fix a scale. lr"Hr l-'or Mruunlr. It is anticipated that precautionary preparations for another great strug gle between the anthracite coal opera tors and the union mine workers will he laid. The convention, will devote artof its time to planning for a war f Kiting for the organization so that It will be able to meet and make demands ,,f ,,. an,hraeite operators on April 1. lii'Mk Miner' I r inn nil. T.ie miners want : RiH'ognitiou of the union. A joint contract, such as is exist lug in the principal bituminous districts, e:eringut least a year. The adoption of the- check elay off syste-m by the ant hrae-ilo companies, by which the-y .as the bituminous oper aters now elo, are able tei collcct union dues at the mines. Will i::iflier n I'll ml. Plans to put the organization on a war footing provide for a full $Unti,00( treasury fund, a thorough organization in the anthracite elistricts and the pit ting of the; bituminous operators against the anthracite operators. MORGAN REPORTED TO PLAN AID FOR CATHOLICS Cardinal Gibbons Hopes Rumor of Loan of $1,000,000 to University is True, But Knows Nothing. Rail iinore. Md., Jan. II. Cardinal (iibbons was asked last e'vening as . the truth of the re-port that J. Pier pout Morgan had offi-red to assist tho Catholie- university by advancing a loan of $!,iMM,noo or by making a purchase- of the Weiodley propeTty, tile; ti tle to which was claimed by the unl crsiy under a deed ef trust executed to Thomas E. Wsiggaman. The; cardi nal said: "I have heard the rumor and I hope it may prove to be- true, but be-yond that I do not know anything of the; natter. I had Ihe pleasure of dining villi -Mr. Morgan a few days age, but 1 e made no ivfercnce to the affairs e.f the unUe-isity." Tie story is strongly aflirme-d In Washington that Morgan will ceune tej the aid ejf the university, although the; accouiits differ sis to the mean.- he will adopl te. elo so. L00MIS LEAVES THE BANK Resigns From National City as Result of Stock Washing Scandal. New York. Jan. 1 1. As a result 'if tiie- Montre al and lioston Copper steick washing scandal Archibald . lAiomis, vice pie--id!)t of the National City lu-ti k. has tendered ids re-sigusit ion of that post and sis a diree tor of the bank to his fellow-dire e tors. It is under stood his r-sigtiat ion will be- accepted at a m-(-t!:.g of tie direeton next Tues.day. COMPANIES "CO N SO L I D AT E Combined Capital of Freeport Concern is $200,000. Springfield. 111.. Jan. 14. I he Itlack Hawk Insurance company and the tier man Insurance company, both loeatuel at Free Krt, have- fileil a certifW-ate of conholidation. unde-r the name of tun ';,'al' Insurance- company of r ree- iort, with a capital htock of $l'uo,uoo. MfriiTp ijy N fcu I n A LI I T IS IN DANGER With the Banks. Ne w Vork. Jan. !!. Weekly bank statement: Iians decreasd $5,450, lie; deosits increased 9.Wi.lW. ro srve increased $l5.21.9bfi; surplun increased I:51.J25; ex. U. S. depos its lucreaned HZ.iW.SOU.