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    THE OMAHA DAILY RKE: FIJTDA Y. FEniUWTlY 10. 1001.
WILL BUILD ARMORY 'llERE!
Adjutant Gnral CuWsr otys Home Will
Go Dp for Thumtoti.
DENIES STORY OF SUCCESSOR TO BARRY
aye o Flection l to Be Held and
Recommends that I ommni1f t.
hip of Brlaadcp He
Abolished.
Adjutant Oenersl J. II. Culver, who w.is
In the rlty yeetirdav, Is authority f-jr i
the statement that fimnha will hiive a I
commodious armory to arrominndato thn
Thuraton Rifles, ho ure without a perma-
Itent home. He ald: !
i mixni lneerepi eeie- imuijip or 'rinniia
to know that ot.e of your trmpanir", till
Thuraton KlnVs, la nnw without a homo.
This has stimulated un to work up iui In
terest In serurlna the catabllshment of .1
aparloua armory here for all the Oniuha
companies and thus free them from the
dependence and expense of frequnt rhanir
liia of their quarter. It la n matter th.it
I have had under contemplation for some
time and Wednesday night atcpa were
taken that will, I thlnlc. reault In the
building of an armory in Omaha.
"Colonel Thomaa, a member of the gov
ernor's staff, and assistant ci.sliler of tha
t'nlon National bank of Omaha, la chair
man of the committee. The other mem
ber of the committee ara Captains Sues,
Falconer and Haehr. The preposition haa
met with the moat hearty lenponso by
many of your leading rltlzonH. and I fool
assured In aaylnit that an armory will
oon . be built In Omaha that will he .1
credit to your rlty and of the greatest
value to your excellent National Guard
companies.
Denies the Unry.
Adjutant General Culver. Major Mo
I,aiighlln of Beatrice and Captain Khcrly
of Stanton, Neb., are In the rlty aa mem
bers of a board of survey appointed to ex
amine Into the condition of the property
of the National Guard of Nebraska, In the
possession of the several National Guards
companies of Omaha.
"I was rather surprised," said General
Culver, "at the articles appearing In Omaha
papers relative to the controversy over the
brlgadlerahlp of the Nebraska National
Guards. The Intimation that the presence
of Captain Eberly and Major McLaughlin
In Omaha haa anything to do with the eler.
tlon of a brigadier general la absurd In the
extreme, pa la the statement that Governor
Mickey la particularly Interesting himself
In tha matter In the selection of any pre
ferred candidate for that office. The selec
tion of Major Mclaughlin as a member of
tha board of survey was mado wholly upon
his peculiar qualifications for the position
from the fact that he was formerly quar
termaster of the First Nebraska volunteers
and as such waa familiar with the require
ments for Inspecting military supplies.
Captain Kborly, an attorney, was formerly
In the cavalry service during the Spanish
American war and has frequently per
formed the duties of a member of a board
of survey and during the last two months
of his service had much to do with board
of survey duties. Hence both men were
especially qualified for the work assigned
them.
New More In Guard Affalra.
"The creation of boards of aurvey la a
new departure In National Ouard affairs.
But little effort has been rr.ade heretofore
to ascertain the location and condition of
the quartermaster supplies belonging to
tha state, and the accounts of the ad
jutant general's department, as' kept for
several years, gave very little Information
about them. It has "become my determina
tion to clean these matters up.
"Wednesday evening the officers of the
several companies were railed together
hera and the question was asked of them
by myself. If Major McLaughlin or Cap
tain Eberly had bt-eti soliciting; votes for
any candidate as charged. The answer
waa no, but that the officers had been
here strictly In the line of their duties, In
specting tha company supplies and nothing
else."
Adjutant General Culver charges that
General Barry Is responsible for the circu
lar letter which has been sent out, and
from which theae reports were made.
. "I think the scheme Is one Barry has
started to retain his Incumbency In offlce,"
he said.
VETERAN POLICEMAN DEAD
Jasaes H. Kirk, Turnkey at City Jail,
acenmbs to I'neantonla
Jitter Brief Illness.
Jamea H. Kirk, for manv veara turnkev
ai
at
at the elty Jail, died at 5 yesterday niorn
ng at hla late residence. 1IM Pheirm street
after a short Illness of nueumnnln. lie wm.
at hla work aa usual last Saturday, took
his regular two days off Bunduv and Mon
day and called at the Jail for a few minutes
Monday morning. Ills sudden death la a
shock to his many friends.
The deceased came to Omaha from At
lantic, la., about twenty-five year ago,
and after driving on tha old horse car
lines, working at the B. A M. baggage .
partment and acting aa special policeman
at the B. & M. depot, he entered the regu
lar police department October 1, IS!. He
has served ki patrolman, patrol conductor
and turnkey for the last fourteen years.
During the winter of ISM) Mr. Kirk se
cured a leave of absence and went to
southern California and Texas with the
hope of Improving his health. He returned
some better, but haa been mure or less
frail since thai time, lie received a serious
kick while making an arrest at Sixteenth
nd Cuming streets some years ago, which
accident ha said materially effected his
health.
H was a man of rarnekt convictions,
faithful to his duties snd with a host of
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oldest hHiiR at linker t'tty. Ore. Arrange
ments for the funernl will not be com
I r 1 -1 cl until the absent non l heard from.
.Mr. Kirk wan 4 years nf hkc and a mem
ber r.f ill.- Masonic frHternlty. r i1 Fellow
and the Anrlc.it Order rf t'nltrd Workmen
The pnlhfl station In draped In memory
rf the late turnkry and a representation
of the polli-e elepurtmont will be detal'ed
to attend the funeral.
PREPARE TO G0T0 ST. LOUIS
NrtirnskA Fair Commissioners Meet
to Fair City.
The Nebraska, commission to the Louis
iana riirrhase exposition will hold its
final meeting in this city Saturday, after
which the headquarter of the commission
will be located at St. Louis on the expo
sition grounds.
Secretary Shed.l will lnvc for St. Louis
Monday, and the shipment of the agricul
tural exhibits from the commission's store
house In this city will he made Immediately
following. There will be about three car
londs of thrse exhibits. The grass roller
tlon, which comprises 1; different varie
ties, consists of l.SuO bundles. There are
3"0 bundles of fine sheaf grain and about
5) bushels of fine corn, all of which com
prise the prize-taking specimens at the Ne
braska corn show at Lincoln and local
corn Fhows throughout the state.
The plans for the Nebraska booth have
been submitted to the exposition authori
ties for approval and contracts for the
building of the booth will be let shortly.
William James, a rrprrsentatlve of the
commission, Is now In the southeastern
psrt of the state, visiting farmers- insti
tutes end rorn shows In order to get the
verv best agricultural products exhibited
there for the Nebraska exhibit at St.
Louis
8. C. Hii am It of Gibbon, superintendent
of the dfilrv products and creamery ex
hibits for Nebraska, has gathered a fine
number of exhibits, nnd Nebraska has been
assigned refrigeration spare In the dairy
building nt St. Louis, next to the Iowa
and government experimental exhibits.
!,wjf.t Finn n wrn compy,
Home Insurance Company of Jiew
VorU the I.n rarest In the World.
This company has asset of tl.l.mo.nm and
a net surplus to policy holders of $10,000,0(10.
Its rtaltlniore loss was ItiOO.OTO. A small
c ompany known as the Home of Baltimore
recently failed; must not be confounded
with the Home Insurance Company of New
York. II. K. Palmer, Son & Co., Agents.
Announcements of the Theater.
"Tho Trlde of Jennlco" will be presented
for only two performances nt the Krug
theater next Sunday matinee and night.
Kriward R. Mawson. well known aa an
artor of the best Kchool, will have the title
role nnd he will be supported by a rompany
selected with the approval of Panlel Froh
man. A carload of special scenery la used
to give this romantic play the same com
plete success on Its present tour that It
has enjoyed heretofore. There will be 110
increase In prices, but the rrgular Knig
scale will prevail for the matinee and night.
Tills evening at the Boyd theater Mrs.
Lily Iungtry and her own company from
tho Imperial theater, Ixindon, will open a
short engagement at the Boyd theater, pre
senting "Mrs. Peering' Divorce" The
triumph Mrs. Ijjngtry has won In this new
est of comedies on her present tour of the
I'nlted States Is a sufficient guaranty of
both the play and the players. It will be
given tonight and nt a matinee tomorrow.
On Saturday evening Mrs. Langtry will
offer Sidney Grundy's surcesaful comedy,
"The Degenerates."
Sunday afternoon Charlotte Tittle will
begin her engagement at the Boyd, pre
senting "The Cavalier."
There are hut three more performances
of the Orpheum road show at the Orpheum
tonight and Saturday matinee and night.
A rumor was afloat that the seats were nil
sold, which Is an error, a there tlll re
main unsold f.ome desirable seats for all
three of these performances.
Tho women of the First Presbyterian
church will give a ctlcken pie Ivnrheon In
the church parlors on Friday from 11 30 to
1:30.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
""" "' "ly. Neb.. C. C. Jones of Salt
"Sh-rK,7onnd 8a,"r of n'nv"
John R. Benson of Ornnd Island. J M
h """worth of Oothenherg. Mr. and Mra'.
llllam McQulston, Kd McQulston nf
Pender. C. K. Way of Lincoln, I, p Owen
f f Beatrice. D. V. Freey and J. E. Ulttr
of Brock are at the Merchants.
Railway Votes and Personala.
C. J Wilson, superintendent of the Rock
Island at Folrhury. Is in the city.
i't,iInJI,.x'irK,'nrr"1 nasse,'Ber agent of
the 1 nlon Pacific, has gone east.
C. Stockham. rate clerk of the I'nion Pa
ton returned from a trip to Washlng-
T,K',.!1' Grlm."' cneral agent of the fnlon
I acltlr at Denver, came In Wednesday
evening.
Samuel B. Jones, district passenger agent
1 ii?" Northwestern at Cedar Rapids, Is
In the city.
P. Simons, representative of the Hamburg-American
Bteatnaliip lines. was a
a,at ''' icea of the Wabash.
Mr. Simons lives In Chicago.
For the Kullerton Chautauqua, to be held
i'1.'' ,& 5' he railroads have named
f,,, '.':' V"" tKr" l'llls 60 r-n for the
ofTuiiu.Te.::'' "oln, wlthin r, '."':
1,''''.''"!.'""' , K"n "l have an annual
live "lock sale February and -1 for
which the railroads have ma.le a rate of
one unci one-third fare for the round tr"n
P,Z. Kansas and ColoradS
taViff ha,leuihv'J!Rr transcontinental
a reduction of o cents pel hundred on
J,yr.,.T,.f,om. Missouri river to PorM md"
"" K'l-r north coast points The
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CUT IN GENERAL FREIGHTAGE
Northwestern E-lajhes Grain Rates A;ain
and AI Tariffs May Feel It.
DIFFERENTIAL NOW OF THREE CENTS
Railroad Men Reaard Till Action as
First Move Toward Contemplated
tphcatal In All Classes of
Commodity Rates.
After a hit! of two days news from the
front Indicates hostilities are renewed.
Another cut of 2 cents per TO in through
grain rates from Nebraska xlnt to Chi
cago was announced by the Northwestern
yesterday. It was not made In the usual
way, but waa announced aa a reduction In
the differential of 6 cents which hiu here
tofore applied between the Mlselssli.pl river
and Chicago. Under the new tariff the dif
ferential will be 3 cents. Thla action sim
ply amounts to a cut of 2 cents In the
through rate
In cose the fight I continued by the
road which have been favorable to Omaiia
It will now he necessary for them to make
rates of 6 cents on wheat and 5 cents on
corn from Omaha to Chicago.
A telegram fiom headquarters In Chicago
waa received at the local offices of one of
the roads running from Omaha to that
point quoting a rate of 104 cents on l.nsced
oil from Missouri river points to Chicago.
The best rate In effect prior to this time
on this commodity was 7 cents. Whilo
nothing definite Is known In this city be
yond the fact that tills big cut has been
made, it i the genetal upposltlon that It
l the first move In extending thu grain
rate war to other commodities. Linseed oil
being a grain product, It is only natural
that It should be one of the first things
considered In tariff reductions arising from
the grain rate situation.
"It Is only natural thla fluht should ex
tend to other commodities than 'grain,"
said a 1c cal official, "und I believe wo will
find when the truth comes out that this
cut In the linseed oil rate Is entirely duo
to the grain rate fight now In progre s.
It Is my opinion that within the next few
days we phall receive notices of cuts In
the rates applying to other commodities.
As near as I can ascertain there Is no
prospect of a let up In the fight, and, as
the grain rates have been cut to the bot
tom, some other kind of ammunition will
now be considered und, If It la found neces
sary, used.''
WRIGHT STATES HIS VIEWS
City Attorney Kxplains Position on
Matter of Municipal Finances,
Particularly the Tax l.evj.
OMAHA. Feb. 17. To the Kditor of The
Bee, Omaha, Neb.: Dear Sir In vour
editorial of this evening, In refe once to
tho H-mlll levy, you state that the levy
will yh'ld ll.4D0.0W) of taxes when the actual
expenses of the city government are and
should bo limited to 11,000,000.
In your editorial of February 9 you also
state that "the fair average of the amount
necessary for carrying on the municipal
government of Omaha Is $1,000,000 a year."
A careful examination of tho figures you
present In your editorial Dhows that In the
editorial of February 9 you have made a
mistake of your footings of lloo.OOfl. "our
rtatement In The Evening Bee of February
I shows that the actual expenses of Tun
ing the city for 1903 were 11.129,316. In
your computations you have made an error
of 1100.000. The several Items mentioned as
the expenses of 1908 amount to LOasiS. .To
be added to thla should be $!M,:ri9'for waiter
hydrant rental, which would make $1,123,
616 Instead of $l,223,61ti, aa you have It In The
Bee of February 9. It Is but' fair, too, that
you call attention to the fact that these
Items of expense do not Include the ex
penses of the school board, which Is ope
rated Independent of the city.
In your editorial of today you make no
deduction from the amount of the levy
of the amount raised for the school board,
which Is approximately $n55.000. The Im
pression given by your editorial of tonight
is that the H-mlll levy, producing $1,400,.
000, Is to tie used In runnlr g the expenses
I of the city, which ought not to be above
I $1,000,000. Tou must of course acknowledge
that the levy for the purpose of raising
the school fund Is beyond the control of
the city officials, nnd out of this $1,400,000
there will be available for the use of the
city of Omaha $1,045,000, If all of the same
was collected, and $100,000 of this amount
must be uaed for the purpose of paying
last year's water bills, leaving about $950,
Oon for the ensuing year's expenses. After
deduct Ing' the mills ordered by the
school board and the 1 mill to ray last
year's water bills. It makes a levy of about
9H mills for city purposes, out of which
must be puld the limning expenses of the
city for the year 1904 and an overlap of
$110,000 on salaries for the firemen, police
men and city officials. There are also
a number of ether bills for the last two
or three months of the year 1903 which
must be provided for nut of the 1904 funds,
amounting In all to something more than
$50,000. It will thua be seen, that taking
90 per cent of the levy, the city can tie.
pend upon receiving about $v.w.0u0. From
this, for expenses already Incurred, we
must deduct $140,000, leaving available for
the year 1904 about $715,000. On this there
Is a. fixed charge of over $'15.0Mi for In
tereat upon our bonded Indebtedness, so
that there will he left for the manage
ment of the city approximately $500,000. The
fire and police board, which controls the
number of firemen and policemen, nnd the
expenses of those departments, will he
entitled to draw $2,(VO of this money for
those items alone, at least It will be
necessary to use that much In the fire and
police protection if the presutit s'andard
of efficiency is maintained, because the
salaries of firemen and policemen have
been absolutely . fixed by the legislature.
There will thus be left about $JtO,0OO. out
of which to pay the general expenses of
tha city, the Judgments, the maintenance
of the library, tiie eewer, the park, the
lighting, the health, the cleaning and
sweeping, and the curbing, guttering and
paving of the city. If you can point out
In what fund the city council could rea
sonably have made any deduction from
the levy, I should be pleased to know
where, you would make the cut. The
park fund must be levied because the char
ter specifically requires $10,000 as the
minimum, which was approximately the
amount levied by the council. The Judg
ment levy of this year Is not sufficient to
pay the old Judgments of the city which
were outstanding when the present city
nfiWra were Installed. The cleaning and
sweeping fund and the curbing, gutterli.g
and paving might probably be scaled a
quarter to a half a mill, but If they were
so reduced It would be at the expense of
the efficiency of those departments.
You mention In your editorial the fact
that collections may be made from the en
forcement of the scavenger law. In my
view of the matter under the uncertainty
as to the validity of that law It would be
bad busiurss management for the city to
rely upon receipts from this source, be
cause if we do not receive the receipts an
ticipated, the city must py 7 p(.r P,nt upon
the deferr.d claims. But tven if the money
uggeted should he received from the en
forcment cf the scavmg,r law It cannot
reasonably t,e expected to be available
the year ISM. The commencement of
n
arleg ,jf ,he. u,t not he h.d ..n...
ouviw up a u . te.io
to be realltrd from sales it will be nearly
the beginning of 190'.
No one regrets more than the present rlty
officials what appeared to them to be the
Imperative necessity of making a high levy,
but because a high ley Is made does not
necessarily mei.n extravagance In the man
agement of the city affairs I said to the
Improvement club that I did not believe
the city council was In any minner cen
surable for the present levy. If they
should not expend it economically and care
fully, they should be censured for the ex
penditure of the money and not for making
provisions for the certain expenses of the
city.
I do not make this statement In any con
troversial uplrlt. but with the thought that
the public is entitled to know the reasons
which render so largo a levy necessary.
Respectfully, C. C. WRIGHT.
HELD ON ROBBERY CHARGE
Thomas Cnrter Hound Over as Suspect
In (inning Street Store
Holdup.
The preliminary hearing of Thomas Car
ter, who was brought from Council Bluffs
hist Monday by Detectives Drummy nnd
Maloney on requisition pac.rs, was con
cluded In police, court yesterday. The
prisoner was bound over to the district
court on bonds nf $1.2nn.
Carter Is charged with being Implicated
In the robbery of floldenberg Hninsteln's
grocery store. 2704 Cuming street, on the)
evening of February s. The robbery was
committed about S:30 p. m. Saturday, when
the, street cars were tied up for an hour
and other conditions favorable for the deed.
About $2't0 was taken from tho cash regis
ter of the store and a small amount from :i
customer by two men, one short nnd the
01 her long.
Carter was represented in police court by
Attorney Ltutz, who tried to estitbll.sh an
nllbl for his client by offering to show that
the prisoner was In Council Bluffs contin
uously from the Thursday before until tho
Sunday after the time of the robbery.
Tho alibi was weakened, however, by cvl
dc nee showing that Carter waa In Heating's
saloon and South Omaha during the) evening
of the robbery.
The prisoner gave vent to team when his
counsel was pleading In hla behalf.
FUNERAL OF GARRETT COTTER
Services Held Over I.nte Pioneer
St.' John'a Chnrcli nnrlnl at
Holy Septilrher.
The funeral of Onrrett Cotter, an Omaha
pioneer, took place yesterday nnd the
body was burled at the Holy Sepulchre
cemetery. The. remnlns were borne from
the late residence. 2109 Chicago street, to
St. John's Catholic church. Twenty-fifth
and California atreets, where the services
were conducted. High mass was celebrated
by the pastor. Father Bronsgeest. Father
Dowllng, president of Crelghton university:
Count Crcighton. Mother Magdalene and
Sister Irene of St. Bernard hospital. Coun
cil Bluffs, were present In the sanctuary.
The pallbearers were: J. A. Schenek,
Richard Mullen, Timothy Ryan, V. J. D:il
ton. P. O'Mal'ey. J. Smith.
Deceased waa a native of Ireland, waa 73
years of age and had been a resident of
Omaha for a long period of years.
Illgln and Waltham watches at your own
price?.
Adler's auction sale of UTedcemed
riedgts.
B E. Cor. llta end Farnam Sts.
There wll'. be a card party g!ven by the
George Ciook V. R: C In Idlewlld hall.
24th and Grant streets, Thursday night,
FeDruary is. All pools and dorps and titelr
friends are cordlalljjnvlted.
A. B. Huberman, only direct diamond Im
porter In the west, 13th and Douglas.
nil: ij.
Mt'MOOX- Peorge P., ased 69 years, of
heart disease, at his late residence, SSlM
N. 2f,th street, February 17. 19u4.
Leaves a 'vlfe and one daughter. Mamie.
Funeral Saturday morning at ! o clock
from the Sacred Heart church, 22d and Bin
ney streets, interment at St. Mary's cem
etery. South omaha.
T! sljin on the atore
read: ''Wlicn you can't
gee tlil ft nit. don't try to
foid the river."
When you can't gee thp
.Miict'nriliy lithe!, don't buy
the unit. Whore the label
in. iiuiility IS.
t'tin we say uiore than
Hint, though this
Fall Stock Reducing Sale
Is puttiiii; $H und 17 Trou
gei'H cm those who put $5
Into our till- hnncllni
out $H Trousers to those
who hand ut $t-$'J Trou
sers for 7-$IO Trousers
for $H and $2 Trousers
for $'.i each pair hears the
Mact'urthy label.
Sole KncU February 2fth.
MacCarthy Tailoring
Company,
J04-J00 3. loth it,
Next door te
Wabash Ticket Uffioe.
heee IS81.
Boi8Liza
Semi-Anthracite
You will need another
ton of Furnace Coal
Try Bonanza
No Smoke. No Soot.
$8.00
Per Ton
.'hllrnUTDII mil o. onvr on i
UUML 00 UUrVL UU.
Phooej y.-Mi. 402 Sou.u I5tb Street.
WRIGHT ON SHORT PAY FUNDS
City Attorney Urgei Economy t Com
pensate for tha IJeGeit.
BLAMES, LARGELY, REVISERS OF CHARTER
IHsrnaaea Flnnneea lth Board of
Fire and Police Commissioners,
Whose Oepnrtment la VI
tally Affected.
City Attorney Wright has addressed a
note to the Board of Fire ami Police Com
mlhsioncrs. railing attention to the fait
th'it the funds available for the tire and po
lice depurtnienta for the current year will
be entirely luadoiiuate to maintain the
forces on their present fooling after paying
the mlary deficits of 1:I. He urges en
forcetni'nl of the strhest economy and has
expressed the hope that the communication
will do some good In keeping down ex
penses. The attorney points out the fact that
$::n.0iC must come from tho fire fund to
satisfy salary diflclls of the lat year, and
he has figured out that there will be not to
exc eed $110,010 left to pay the estimated sal
aries of the present force for tho year, the
amount being $121,000. In addition It la cal
culated $.4,40 per annum will be reiulrei! to
maintain and operate the new houses. Vu
paid ch'lm-, for IW amounting to $7,000 and
H.Oot) Interest on warm 11 n have not been
taken Into consideration.
Deficit In Police Pay Fnnd.
The estimated puyroll of the police de
partment for 1904 Is flill.oio. Deducting
$20.0ti for 1;K1 ralary elelicit tr un the sum
which will be raised by taxation and only
$V'0 Is left to meet all expenses.
Mr. Wright shows part of the deficit is
clue to the lack 1 f equitable railway taxes
and a portion, he sas, can be charged to
the arbitrary increase In the salaries of
policemen and firemen by tho last legisla
ture without a corn spoiullng provision ena
bling the city to raise money to pay the
men. The fire fund was advanced $25,000.
but wages in thi.e department were pushed
up to an aggregate of $17,000 yearly.
Senator Charles L. Saunders, one of
Douglas county's politicians responsible for
this revise d chnrte r. declared the other dny
tho city li,ni mcely been "enabled" to In
crease salaries, but City Attorney Wright
contends the advance was obligatory.
"Our Baltimore losses are only $200,000.
about oiie-twenty-flfth of our annual In
come, and will be paid its promptly as
though wo wcro Involved for one-tenth the
miount.
"I'henix lnsuraj.ee Co., of Brooklyn.".
"We have no agency In Baltimore, and
our lusseH will not bu excessive.
"New York Fire. Ins. Co."
"STRONG AS T11K STRONGEST."
"Our loss of $700,000 wlil e promptly met
on presentation of proofs, by remittance
from the London office, so as to leave the
funds lr. the V. S. inliiet.
"Northern Assurance Co., of Knf land.'
"It will net cause a ripple or disturb the
company's methods of underwriting In the
slightest degree.
"Milwaukee Mechanics In; "irance Co."
I represent tho following companies:
Phenix, of Brooklyn,
Northern Assurance, of England,
American, of Iiorton,
New York Fire, of New York,
Milwaukee Mechanics, of Wisconsin,
Notwlch Union, of, England.
These companies have sustained an esti
mated !oas of over $1,00,000 In the Balti
more Are. Their combined assets are over
(100.000.000, and all losses will be raid when
due, or before, adjusters now being at
work. This is another lesson that It pays
to buy Insurance that Insures.,
JOHN G. LUND, Agent,
Telephone L-2S32. 217 Karbaeh Building.
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