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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1904)
tite o:An. daily nun: i:nx;:.-nA v. FnrtmwuY 24. 1001. PROOF OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE The Number of Policies in force is greater than that of any other Company in America and greater than that of all the Regular Life Insurance Companies put together (less one) and can only be appreciated by comparison. It is agreater number than the COMBINED POPULATION of Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Delaware, Florida, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Nevada, Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Alaska, Arizona, New Klexico, District of Columbia, Indian Territory, Okla homa, Hawaii; or as to CITIES it is as many as the popu lation of Greater New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and St. Louis combined. This Company has more premium-paying business in force in the United States than any other Company, and for each of the last 10 years has had more New Insur ances accepted and issued than any other Company in the World. ASSETS - - $105,656,311.60 ; iilMSIIi life 1 0 " V) L Lirpst Office Buildlo( la (he World Midlsoo Avenue, Fourth Avenue, 2Jrd Street ml 24 tb Street, New York City. HOME OFFICE OF THE TT SIGNIFICANT FACTS This Company's Policylaims paid in 1903 averaged in number one for each minute and a third of each busi ness day of 8 hours each, and, in amount, $S9.00 a minute the year through. THE DAILY AVERAGE OF THE COMPANY'S BUSINESS DURING 1903 WAS: 350 per day in Number of Claims Paid. 6,297 per day in Number of Policies Issued. $1,303,559.06 per day in New Insurance Written. $98,582.76 per day in Payments to Policy-holders and addition to Reserve. $53,841.18 per day in Increase of Assets. Income in 1903 $40,887,804.11 Gain over 1902 0,551,520.50 Asset increase in 1903 16,475,402.61 TT o rx -iliJiv (INCORPORATED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK) ASSETS United States, City and R. R. Bonds and Stocks ...... Bonds and Mortgages , . . , , Real Estate . . . Cash Loans to Policyholders . . . . Premiums, deferred, and in course of collection (Net) Accrued Interest, Rents, etc . . . $48,175,913.27 31.814.193.06 14,835,140.61 5,301.220.90 1,850.144.14 3,000,401.30 679,298.32 5105.656,311.60 ' LIABILITIES Reinsurance Fund and Special Reserves ....... $94,008,251.00 All other Liabilities ..... 956,188.04 Capital and Surplus 1 0,69 1 .872.56 $105,656,311.60 The Company OF the People, BY the People, FOR the People Paid to Policyholders since Organization, plus (fc'JIQ OCiZ. OaQ Q. curity, ,pJU,-V7 Uj7 VJU.Uf the Amount now Invested for their Security, : $1,342,381,457.00 Number of Policies in Force . . . Amount of Outstanding Insurance . . Amount of Insurance Issued in 1903 7,523,915 : $398,889,074.00 In its Ordinary Department policies are issued for from $1,000 to $1,000,000 on individual lives, premiums payable annually, semi-annually and quarterly. In its Industrial Department policies are issued on all the insurable members of the family for weekly premiums. THIS COMPANY'S TOLtCIES ARE PLAIN BUSINESS CONTRACTS VHICH TELL THEIR WHOLE STORY UPON THEIR FACE; LEAVE NOTHING TO THE IMAGINATION; BORROW NOTHING FROM HOPE; REQUIRE DEFINITE CONDITIONS AND MAKE DEFINITE PROMISES IN DOLLARS AND CENTS. INCOMt 1883 $2,082,610.05 1803 15,210,236.65 1003 10,887,804.11 ASSETS RECORD OF GROWTH IN TEN YEAR PERIODS OUTSTANDING INSURANOI $63,425,107.00 1883 353,177,217.001803 1,342,381,457.00 1003 $2,186,622.24 10,343,705.06 105,656,311.60 SURPLUS $627,368.24 4,100,680.02 10,601,872.56 POLIOIgS IN FORCE 531,048 2,040,226 7,523,015 wlLLlAM L. K.1LLV, .Superintendent, 414 N. Y. Life Bldjf, 17th and Farnam Streets, Omaha, Neb. XENMURE O. nOFFATT, Asst. Supt, 43 Baldwin Block, Broaiway and Pearl Streets. Council Bluffs. Iowa. ARTHUR H. ELLIS, Asst. Supt, OLAF NELSON, Asst. Supt., 2512 North Street, South Omaha. Neb. FRANK A. GORDON, Asst. Supt., Liberty Block, Montgomery anl Mapla Streets, Creston, Iowa OFFICERS: John R. Hegeman, Haley Fiske, , Prmitnt Vict-Prttiitnl. George H. Gaston, George B. Woodward, Sttomi Vict Prtt. Third VlctPriM. Frank O. Ayres, James M. Craig, Fourth Viti-Pm. Actuary. James S. Roberts, John R. Hegeman, Jr., Srcrelary. Auittant Sn. J. J. Thompson, T. R. Richardson, Cathttr end Ant. Srt. Attiitant Sie. Stewart L. Woodford, Thomas H. Willard, M.D., Coour!. Midical Dlrietor. Augustus S. Knight, M.D., W. S. Manners, M.D., HI tdical Dine tor. A tit. M tdicml Dlrtetf. E. M. Holden, M. D., A fit. M tdical Dlrtctor, I. 3, Cahen, MJnagtr Ordinary DtpmrtmnL DIRECTORS i John R. Hegeman, Silas B. Dutcher, Thomas L. James, John M. Crane, , Edward C. Wallace, Joseph P. Knapp, Haley Fiske, George H. Gaston, Stewart L. Woodford, Benjamin DeP. Curtlss, Frank -H.Major, John A. McCall, James M. Craig, George B. Woodward, Samuel S. Beard, John R. Hegeman, Jr., Thomas G. Ritch. OMAHA CLUB PAYS TRIBUTE Annual Washington's B rchday Banquet Eclipses Its Predecessors.. ENLARGED FACILITIES ADD TO PLEASURE After Elaborate npper Unriti Listen to Flow of Oratory, Which la Both Prartlral and Entertaining;. Could the shado of the immortal Wash ington have occupied a secluded niche In the banquet room of the Omaha club Mon day night any doubt that may have cxlste.l in hla mind aa to lua place in war, peace or the hearts of lila countrymen, so far aa the memberehtp of thnt organization la con cerned, would certainly havo been raoit effectually dispelled and a prlilc that even the acumen of the father of hla country fluid hardly have withstood have tuken Its place. For years the natal day of the great American has been observed by this organisation with a dinner and observance that has come to be more and more elabo rate and more and more eagerly anticipated by the members as giving promise of nota ble refreshment for both mind and body, until now it has come to be the principal function of the club's calendar and Is con sidered and IrVated as such by all con cerned. I.ast night's affair was no excep tion to thin and was even more en.toyable than former occasions of the kind, owing to a recently completed addition to tho main suite of banquet rooms, which admits of all present being in the same apartment, rather than a part of them In the smaller breakfast rooms across the hall, that were necessarily formerly used In the event of largely attended gatherings. The banquet was, as always at this club, the best that a rerfect cuislno and splendid servicer could devise, and from wine to coffee, through a dozen elaborate courses, was hugely en Joyed by nearly IPO men. Plea for Offlre. At Its conclusion K. P. I'eck, president . af the club, called for order und In the ampacity of toaslmuster, without any pre liminary remarks, called upon E. H. Gur ney of Fremont as the llrst speaker of the venlng. His toast a announced y the toastmastcr was "A Plea, for Office," und Mr. Qurney said that In order-to be sure of the attention of those present he wanted .to announce In the beginning that It wasn't a (lea in his own behalf, us he was not a candidate for anything. After the effective telling of one or two mlrth-provoklng nar ratives he ald that the only proper pl-a for p.Tlce should bo one that would give 11 public office and public trust the dignity to which it is entitled as an American in stitution. He wished that every office in the land, great and small, might be admin istered In a way that, should Qeorge Wash ington come back to earth, he would find it in keeping with the lofty ideals that he proposed and lived and died in the further ance of. Hut he was afraid, he aaid, that in many instances he would not find such a state of affairs. The time has come V'hen the word postmaster In far too often justly associated with pull, legislator with graft and alderman, particularly in the eaVtern cities, with thief. This fact is not so much due to the prevalence of miscon duct as to the airing that public misdeeds get in these later days. "Where there Is a dishonest official and his deeds isscome known the whole world Is given the facts, while nothing Is said about the ninety and nine who administer the public's affairs with the same honesty and purpose of execution that they would exercise in their own private business. Baa news always travels fast and far, and In the sight of It we forget the faithful ones. We are prone to say and to think that we are retrograding, but it Is not so. The same vices existed In the time of Washington as exist now, only on a scale la pr.-portion to the time and circumstance! in which he lived. If we follow a political corpse there la only one place where we shall inevitably land and that Is underground. We muit not do that. We must follow such men ii h the one whose life this day and occa sion suggests. To tell of the bad politicians In our country would take hours and to tell of the good ones would be as tu try to dip up the waters of the ocean." In this connection Mr. Ourney paid glow ing tribute to the memory and political principles of Mark Manna. His entire ad dress was frequently interrupted with en thusiastic applause. Kitting o Pay Trlbnt. Frank K. Uanies of tins city delivered a particularly fluent and polished address with regard to what the war -t the revo lution meant to the I'ulted States today. Gratitude, he mid. Iuib been called the fairest flower that blooms and it la emi nently Itttlng that this day In every year should be dedicated to the study and adora tion of the heroism of those who were heroes when this country needed heroism most and when that alone' could save and make it. It is but natural thai the green vine of everlasting love and adoration should twine around the memory of Wash luglon. It Is so In all countries, said Mr. Cialnes, and it Is good that it Is so. He spoke of England's Cromwell, of Switzer land's Willi im Tell and of the liero-s of many other countries, even to undent Itome. to the conclusion that the Almighty in Ills infinite wisdom and Justice always brought forth a niun to fight for and win the cause of the wronged and oppressed. The shots at Islington revolutionised the world and it showed to it that sovereignty belongs to the people. Lafayette Young of Des Moines responded to the toast "Work," and In so masterly and eloquent a fashion aa to win unstinted applause. His name was greeted with much enthusiasm and when it subsided he extended his thanks "In the name of John llaldwln and 2,600,000 other Iowans." While he was born In Iowa he had filed a request, he asserted, that if he were to be born again that It be In Nebraska. Hut any of the United States were good enough for any man to be born In. He had never lost faith In this republic and never would. "I have heard the calamity howlers nf all kinds and conditions, crops have failed and grasshoppers have come, but never has there been a time when my faith in Uncle Sum has wnvered for one moment, nor has there been a time when over and above it all I was not ready to take off my hat and hurrah for the United States. The question of work Is not the wage problem, nor ono of hours. The man who dynamites the train is the one who Is trying to avoid work, the hlghwaymun who steals your purse is the man who is trying to avoid work, the stock waterer, the unrighteous speculator, the man mudly grasping for great wealth is the man who is trying to avoid work. The trying to avoid work Is the misfortune and the curse of the 'Ameri can people." The speaker maintained that it was a crime to sow discontent, but that discontent should not be confounded with ambition, and that good, honest, hard work was the saving and making of a man, no matter what his walk in life. John N. llaldwln was the next and last speaker, and while no toast was announced as his subject, he spoke briefly of Wash ington, taking up with eloquent fnlrness the principles that he j-olced and stood for aa applied to the existing conditions of to day. His conclusion was that were Wash ington's policy to be followed now it would result In great embarrassment to the coun try. Washington never dreamed of the ex tent and greatness to which this country would attain and for that reason could not voice a sentiment and policy that would wisely apply to these times and conditions JOHN WALKER'S LOVED ONES Late Keoluie Claimed as Relative by In creaiingly Large Nnrpber, ALL WANT FINGER IN THE ESTATE Wife, Mother, Three Sisters, Ilrolher, I nrle, Nrphrnn and Meres All Seem to He Strange to Kneh Other. TO STOP SPITTING IN CARS Chief Donnhne Responds to Appeals for Strict Enforcement of Clly Ordinance. Billionaire's Song a Big Hit WIirRE THE SIL TRY COLORADO WENPS IIS WAY. Whk,C a'sco&iiMS. aw, estates ivmi T'4 SUTIAIN. IZm One of the hits of the bill at the orpheym this wtt k la the rvnde-iicg of "Where the Sllv'ry Colorado Wends Its Way" br Charlotte JJuyer ticorge. This song ha re- jitiy Dee ii jeelorea tne purest, sweetest and imnit neart-w inning ballad before the Wtieliran public," and those who have heard Miss George ring It declared that the rrlUcUra is not too broad. The avng has uh tiuutfUhlly pretty melody and Is full of entlmcnt, and aa It la sang by Miss tieorgs It leaves nothing else to be desired. All of tha Omaha music nous,- hav this beautiful ballad on sale, but for the accommo dation of those not tcnwnlent to' these 'houses the publishers. The Tolhert K. In fraa Music Co., Peaver, Colo, will send a copy poet pa id anywhere for S cvnia, As a result of numerous complaints received by Chief of Police Donahue from persons, particularly women, who are uu uoyed at the continued and growing prac tice of men expectorating in street cars, that official has announced that the evil will be stopped so fur as the law will permit. Special Instructions have been Issued to every member of the pollee force to strictly enforce the city ordinance re garding spitting in street cars, or other places provided for by the ordinance. Whether on or off duty the officers havo been ordered to be vigilant In the matter. The chief has been assured of the support and assistance of the street car company. "While the law will I) enforced." said the chief, "of course a certain amount nf discretion will be used In the mutter by the arresting officer; for lnstaiue, a stranger within our galea will be leniently dealt with on the first offense should he be Ignorant of the ordinance, but with per sistent violuters, toward whom the ordinance is particularly directed. It will le made clear that the ordinance Is a live issue." A fine of Si to 1:0 is the penalty for violating this ordinance. Tb Beat t ore for Colds la lr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption. Sure, pleasant, safe and guar anteed to aoon cure, or no pay. 60c, 11.00. For sale by Kuhn Co. The crop 0f heira to the property and money of the Inte John Walker of South Omaha la increasing in at fashion that puts the bean garden of Jack-the-Giant-Kilier clearly in the hade so far as rapidity of development U concerned. Mr. Walkef lived more or less the life of a recluse and died Intestate the early part of the winter. Intersewn In va:ious parts of his clothing was found nearly 110. 0U0 in money and securities. This was ut once turned over to tho proper authorities and a search was begun for the heirs of the dead man or to ascertain If there were any relatives who could Justly lay claim to his estate. To say that this search has been pro ductive Is putting It very mildly, indeed, for thus far one mother, three sisters, two njeces and four nephews have made claim that Walker was their "really and truly, much beloved and lung lost" son, brother or uncle, as the case happened to be, and each claims to be amply able to prove it. This might not be bo strange were It not for the fact that Kachael J. Dixon of Hal tlmore, who says she is Walker's "sure enough mother," dues not know and is In no wise related to Catherine Herr of Hos ton, who Is positive that Walker was her brother; and Isubel Scram of Ontario, Can ada, who claims to be aide to prove be yond the peradventure of a doubt that Walker also was her brother, never heard until now of Rachel J. Dixon, who Is sure she was his mother, or of Catherine Herr of Boston, who feeta jiositlve she was the dead tjiian'a only sister. Kin of Old Hllkenu). The nephews and nieces are John, Thomus, Matthew und Martin ' Lafflln. all of County Kilkenny, Ireland, and Mary McCanbery and Ellen Whiteby of this side of the ocean. Catherine Herr of Kostun was at the county clerk's office bright and early Tues day and spoke with mueh sadness of the demise of her "brother." Incidentally, a remonstrance was 'tiled by her to the ap pointing of Martin Fahoy of South Omaha as administrator of his estate. She was accompanied by one or two of her living relatives and the attorneys for the other claimants to the estute also were there in the Interests of their clients. Perspiration poured from the usually mobile brow of Clerk Sundblud as he tried to figure out who was who until finally, by agreement, the whole matter was put ever for two weeks and the corridors were sluwly cleared of relatives and attorneys The woman who some time ago filed a claim against the estate on the ground that she was Walker's wife was not pres ent at the gathering, much to the relief It was freely confessed, of all the others concerned. It Is believed by the other claimants that she will not appear further to enforce her claims and thus matters will be simplified to a certain extent. BUYS BIG TRACT INKANSAS R. C. Peters Jk Co. Secures Twenty Thousand Acres of Lantl for Colonisation. The real estate concern of R. C. Peters & Co. of this city has Just succeeded In consummating, in Its own behalf, one of the largest real estate deals that has been made in Omaha for many a day, and by means of it will ho enabled to carry out a long cherished plan of the concern to es tablish a new department In Its already complicated business the immigration de partment. The deal referred to consists of the pur chase of a tract of land In the wheat belt of Kansas, consisting of more than 20,000 acres near Colby, the county seat of Thomas county. For many weeks and even months R. C. Peters & Co., have had two experts in the persona of R. C. Butler and F. J. Fitzgerald on the lookout for Just such a tract of low-priced land as they have now (secured. All that Texas, Okla homa, and other places have had to offer has been Inspected and rejected in favor of the advantages of tho Kansas property. Mr. Ilutler was Identified for fifteen years with the Rock Island and the Union Pa cific railroads and Is well fitted to have charge of tho "department of Immigration." Mr. Fitzgerald's experience In land matters Is widely known and deferred to. Th sale was negotiated through Frank lin K. Brooke, president of the Security and Investment company of Cedar Rapids, and involves an approximate outlay on the part of the Omaha concern of more than $100,000. R. C. Peters & Co. will at once proceied to colonize this section and have little or no misgivings aa to the success of their enterprise, many homeseekera and Investors having already opened negotia tions, even before the plana are entirely perfected for putting the land upon the market. AT THE PLAYHOUSES! MOW IS THE TIME To Visit Hot sprlugta, Arkansas, Via the Iron Mountain Route, The season at the Great National Health and Pleasure resort is now in full blast. Climate unsurpassed. Hot Springs Special leaves St. Louis dally at 8:20 p. m , making the run in less than twelve hours. Three other faM trains dally. Handsome de scriptive literature can be obtained free by calling on or addressing T. F. Godfrey, City Passenger and Ticket Agent, 8. E. Cor. lllh and Douglas St., Omaha, Neb. BROWN'S Bronchial Troches Quick, Sure Rollot for COUGHS AND COLDS. Sold la sWssaofg. LOW ItATES Til KW IOHK. For Merchants' Association ftprina; Meeting la Lake Shore Jt MlchU ana Southern Hallway. Tickets will be sold from Chicago to New York and return, February 27. 38. 29 and March 1. at one and one-third fare for the round trip on the certificate plan. Return limit 3u days, i'icketa good going on all trains, Including the Twentieth Century Limited and the Iike Shore Limited. For Information comtrnli'g train service, sleep ing car reservations, etc., address M 8. Giles. T. I. A., Chicago, or C. F. Daly. Chief A. C. I'. A., Chicago. 'For Her Children's Sake- at Kruura. Theodore Kremer . certainly pulled "er wide open when he started out to write the climax of "For Hor Children's Rake." If you ran conceive of a more thrilling situation than a heavy-voiced vlllian forc ing a sick iiother to deny her father and go Into a circus ring to do a daring ride, while her girlhood rival gloats and her fond true lover sobs In Impotent anguish and rage; and then when the wife and mother falls under the' stumbling horse and Is carried from the ring In a dying condition, to have this same girlhood rival taunt her with her condition, and the hovy-volced villain come in and curse her In his deepest note because the horse Is dead, pick up her lit tle girl and toss her across the stage llko a bundle . of rags, and then strike the dying woman with a heavy, horsewhip. If you can fix up anything warmer thun this, all you have to do' Is to write two intro ductory acts and you'll have the warmest thing In the way of a melodrama now on the road. And, just as the he-villaln is about to strike the suffering heroine a second time as she lies on her couch, her son, hardly more than a bauy, shoots the cruel monster and opens the way to his mother' future happiness. This all winds up the second act of the play. A prologue and one act Introduces the story, and lha third act sees all set right again. Beryl Hope, who heads the company, Is well known hereabouts as a capable emo tional actress, and she1 puts much power Into her role. John R. Ince, Jr., who han dles the heroic role, Is acceptable, and Kdwin Walter, the deep-voiced villain, ex cels anything of the sort seen In Omaha this or any other season. The company as a whole' Is a good one, the two chil dren being particularly worthy of praise. The piece will remain until after Wednes day night, with a matinee Wednesday. CHANCE FOR TWENTY-NINERS General Analrcrsary for All Who Have Birthdays Only When Leap Year Comes. The "Mutual Society of Twenty-nlners." or, In plainer terms, those persons In Omaha who were born February 1"9. will meet for mutun! consolation next Monday evening at the Puxton cafe. This much of the celebration previously announced in The Bee has been decided on. The entire aramgements will be announced liter when they are made. A banquet will begin at 8 p. m and it Is the plan to perfect a permanent organiza tion afterward. All peraona who, because of Inherent misfortune, have been deprived of a birthday anniversary aince lts9i. young and old, rich and poor, have been urged to present themselves on this occasion and mingle their exultations. GOSSIP OF COMMISSION ROW Hens Are Firm and Kgas Settled Dow a Sonic Since the Weather Has Reformed. Hens are very firm. Three hundred and eleven persons have e'ommented on thla con dition of the hen during recent months. Especially have those with false teeth the individuals, not the hens noticed the prize ring-like condition of the fowls. But the firmness has now extended to the mar ket. Ten cents Is the wholesale price. I-tght springs debutantes of 1C03 are well liked at cents, but the customer Is wrinkling his brow at the heavy spring chicken with the changing voice.. He looks almost like the 6-cent rooster of commerce, There the demand Is slack. High-class tur keys are doing a nice little business with tho hotels at 17 cents for the well-dressewl bird having the accomplishments to make It a fitting companion for the cold bottle. Private houses are buying few turkeys. Eggs are coming In from the country. Thu warmer weather has broken the mar ket and the egg now wholesalea at 24 cents per. Even a sharp, snappy, cold wave will not put the egg In the deplorable condition which prevailed during the midwinter period. The stored eggs, practically all, have been marketed and the public now de pends on the regular dally editions, with occasional extras. The butter situation has cleared up Im mensely. The eastern markets are not glutted aa they were, and Omaha'' is work ing off Its surplus. Numerous cars have been sent out during the last three weeks. The prospect for cheap butter this summer is good, for some of the men who have formerly been eager to make collections of butter, showing all possible specimens of the Nebraska and Iowa flora, have got over the mania and decline to collect this yeur, because they have hud to unload this win ter at a loss. WILL HEAR THE LAND OWNERS tloarrt of (ommlsslonera Heady for Pinna to Curb the Bin; Maddr. Tha Board f County Commissioners will meet this afternoon to give a hearing to fhe South and East Omaha land owners who have petitioned the board that dikes be constructed to k p the Mis souri river from encroaching upon and washing away their land. An official sur vey of the situation has been completed and will be submitted to the board at this meeting. Beware of av Cold. Every cold weakens the lungs, lowers the vitality and paves the way for more aerloua diseases. Colds are quickly cured by ChaoV berlaln's Cough Remedy and all dai gef avoided. t sterling teaspoons 13. a. EUlioim, Je'l'r. Card of Thanks. I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to the members of Omaha Typographical I'nlon, No. 190, the I-adiea' Auxiliary and the many friends on The Bee for their kind ness and sympathy during the illness and death of my husband. MR3. W. A. KUNKl.ES. NO TROUBLE NO WORRY to look after invegtiiientH when they arc jdacetl with tho Conservative Savings nnd Loan Association, 205 SOUTH KIXTKKXTII KTKKKT, OMAHA. All invctstiiU'iitH of $100 to $5,000 are scruml by tirat mortgage ou improved real estate, Mtuatetl in this county, each mortgage growing better by monthly payments; also protected by a growiug reserve, present amount of which in $.'10,000. Have never paid less than per cent in twelve years' biifinesH CALL OK WIUTi: roit JXFOHMATION.