Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 18, 1892, Page 5, Image 5
HONEY FOR THE POSIOFFICE Eonnto Passes an Additional Appropriation for Omaha's ' Building. PRESENT PLANS MAY NOW BE CHANGED Itntrmc'Mt of din .Hiiprrt Inlnir Arrliltt'ct on thr Sulijcrt It Now Ill-ill with Hop- rrii'iitntltn Itrjini to I'tinli tint nt'iiBU' opTiir. BET , ) r > ii : otjiiTunNTit Hriinnr , V WAIIIINCITOV , I ) . C. . Fob. 17. 1 This afternoon , nftcr lUo acnato had passed 'Mi bill Increasing to the extent of fSOO.OOO Vha ppropnaUon for the public bulldliiR nnu stto at Omnlm , maklnt ? the appropriation In nil even $ JXX,000 ( ) , Sen.itor Mnntlowot. slated \oTiiK Hiu : correspondent that ho bcllovod \vlth proper effort on the part of Ucpresenta- 'tlvo Ilryon thn measure could bo Rotten through the house In plenty of. tlmo to eimblo iho supervising architect of the treasury to niter lila ulans. The senator then snowed Tun BF.B corro- hpondcnt a loiter which had boon received by Ctmlrman Stanford of the sonnto comuilttuo ou public bulldlncfl mid grounds , wrlttou a few days ngo by Supervising Architect Jidbrookoln Vhhlch that oniclal says of the jiropniitlon to increase Iho appropriation by the adoption of the bill whiou passed the nonntu today "In view of the fact thnt tlio phins of the building huvo been so fur com pleted s to permit of the publication of ad vertisements for the completive proposals for furnishing nil of the labor and nmtorlals required to complete the foundation ! ) , baso- inent and urea walls , Iron beams , columns , otc. , which are based upon the plans which Imvo been prepared minor the present limit of cost of the building , viz. , $ SOUll)0 ) ) , nml the provisions of the net of March U , Ibh'.i ' , and the several federal statutes proscribing the limitation within which contract liabilities can bo established , It Is respectfully suggested that whatever no- lion congress may deeido to take In regard to rxtom.itii ! the limit of the cost of the buildIng - Ing should bo taUim as early as possible to avoid delay in the work for the reason that If the limit of the cost Is extended It will ho necessary to modify the drawings so as to provide such iv building : is can bo erected un der the extended limit of cash referred to. " The supervising architect then calls atten tion to his reference to the proposed exten sion of Iho appropriation made in his last an nual report and his statement that a further appropriation of f-tOO.OIX ) would bo asked In the forthcoming sundry civil appropriation bill to carry on the work during tlio next flf- teen months. The supervising architect nsks that what ho suys In this letter may not bo taken as u recommendation for thn uddl- . tional appropriation in tha bill passed by the sonnto today , but merely a statement of facts Krport nn Hie KiRht Hour l.iuv. ' Senator Carey from the committee on edu cation and labor today Hied an elaborate re port on the bill for the adjustment of the ac counts of laborers , workmen and mechanics under the eight hour law which is of special interest to Bins readers In Nebraska - braska as well as Wyoming. Ho states that under this law passed twenty- four years ago but few account * have lioon adjusted ; that a great wrong has been done by those who wore compelled to labor ten hours for a day's work when the law only required clcht hours employment ; taut ! t was the intention of congress that eight hours should constitute a day's labor. "It Is not worth while at this late hour , ' Senator Carey says , "to discuss the ex pediency of such a law. It is sufficient that it exists and there Is no reason why this large class of citizens who are entitled to full compensation for tnolr labor should bo deprived of their right to bring their claims toctoro a court of claims and have their ac counts adjusted and p.iid. A bill authoriz Ing this to bo done would olny do tardy Jus tleo to tln'.so men. " Of Interest to Veliriislmiis. This measure , if passed , will affect the In terest of many persons who have worurd in quartermaster's depot in Nebraska and Wy oming , besides these who have bean employed In the government arsenals , dockyards and ( run em I Improvements under the direction of the government. Ttio eight-hour law was enacted on Juno" ! , 1S08. and is in the follow ing words ; "Eight hours shall constitute u day's work for all laborers , workmen and indchnnics. who may bo employed bv or on behulf of the government of the United States. " ( Section 3T.J3 H. S. ) Great diniculty has been found in securing compliance with this statute on the part of onio of the executive oflicers of the govern ment and In the War and Navy departments especially. Claims have from tune to tlmo nrhen on the part of the wugoworkors em ployed by the government for labor rendered In excess of the daily eight hours which by law constituted a full day's work. "Some of these claims have been paid , continued Senator Carey , "whilo others re main outstanding and from time to time they ore pressed for payment. The object of this bill is to refer thn whoio matter to the court ot claims for adjudication on the theory that eight hours constitute a day's wont , and that each eight hours labor performed shall entitle the worker to receive pay for a full day's work. " .SI nil x City & I'lieltlr I.nlicl * . Secretary Noble today afllrmcd the de cision of the general land nlllco rejecting the attempted listing by the Sioux City & Paclllo Railroad company of an aggregate of Sfl'J& acres selected by the agent of tun company In May , Ibb4. In the Neligh land district of Nebraska. It is hold that the seventeenth section of the act of July ' . ' , ISlll , made a now grunt for this line upon the same terms and conditions as contained In the grant for the Union 1'uclllc , but the requirement In the matter of tiling a map of the Konoral route upon which a withdrawal was to bo ordered , was not a condition attached to tbo grant. The secretary says ho ls further strength/ * oncd in this position from the fact that as the road was short but 101 miles long , and was required to bo upon tbo most direct and practical route there wns'iio reason for the tiling of such n map. Ho therefore holds that the entrloi were properly allowed and bolng uncancollod at the date of the doflnlto location of the road , they served to defeat tlio grant , therefore the decision rejecting thn attempted listing by the company Is nf- hrmed. MiiiciilliiiH'imii. T. Young was to oy appointed postmaster of York Center , lowu county , la. , vice P. O. Iliirrington , resigned , and C. C , Bucknoll ut Alvo , L'nrr county , Nob. , vice H. Cashnvr , resigned. Upon tbo recommendation of Son u tor Man- derson CommUslomir Hiium today appointed the following pension board recently estab lished at 1'endor , Thurston county , Nob. : Drs. ( iarncr and John Stout of I'endor and Pr. M. U Ulldroth of Lyons. Kugeno A. Dye of Mlllotto , S. D. , is at the Johnson. _ 1 > , s. H. Wf" > tnrii I'uiisiniii. W.\sniNiTOV. ( D. C. , l-'ob. 17. f Special Tele- from to Tun BHB.J Ttia following 11U of pension- granted i roportoa by TUB HKB and Kxnmluor Bureau of Claims : Nebraska ; Original Uiohcson Walter , Jut.iv Bouifhinan , William H. Walter , Hiram I , . WUber. James H. Clspp. 1'ator Kamp , r.lljau O. Kiucad , Kdward I > . Otllotto. Jumna Roll , Thomas M. I'cntzon , 1'etor Wnlkcr , lirne l H. Hodman. John M Shepherd , ( Jeorgo Kljlott , Hody 7. , Ueuzor , William 1C. Cox , Sltnon Unrig , Newton M. Charles , James dray , George Babcock , John Llckh- tor , Archibald Steco , Uodney K. Johnson , M. L. MoWuinnoy , I.owla P. Starks , Hugh J , U'lynolds , Louis Wostermaun. Additional- James M. Hlgping , Itulph U. Yanners , Mans- ( leld M. lliy. KO.MUO Merits Kuhl. Orig inal Widows , etc.- Margaret McLotighlln , mother ; minor * of Jacob Davis , Christian Uarlr. Iowa : Original Isaau Morrow , Samuel n. Myrlck. John M. Huuer , Wallace K. Simmon , Thomas Mains , Hocrjr A. Dos , Andrew J. Copp , Thomas 1McMillan , James H. Woodor , William a Wlltse , Bon- Inmln BloaVuey , Abraham Hauna. Samuel Whcolor , Joseph Turner , Joseph Jones , Alphoiuo N. Nlcbols , John II. Kvans.elates M. UurlltiL'umo , Daniel U Iluly , Hoyt L , . Ilusted , Henry A. Baitoy , Alex Mclntosh Kraatus A. Uardnor , Jamus I. Cutler. Henry Hrunblln. Thoma * Hoyt , George P. S pence , Milton K. Campbell , Squire P. Brown , An- 1raw O. Wald , Uoorge Johnson , Thomas M. Bill- John E , Paurett , John A. Uermuth , Benjamin Q. Jonoi , George U. Kuudall. Charles H , Llnpcnfcltcr , James Hart , I.cvl H. Huffman , Jacob II. Onstott , John Weaver , Ocorgo W. McCartney , Andrew Nelson , Alva Brown , Ellin Kraiif- man , Louis M. Haws. Amos Hammnn , Christopher P. I'opKtns , Chauncoy S. War- ion , James E. Wilson. Henry O. Conklln , James Cowon. John H. Carter , Lewis K. Johnson. Chnrlcs Baldwin , Ooorgo 1C. Hldcr , Uobort O. Harris , Cicorgo H. Philips , Wil liam A. Llttlojoht , , Charles Yale. Hostorn- tlon Peter Muhs. IneroiHO Nnthniuol Wilson. Original , widows , etc. Lnclnda T. Hurloss , Marry J. ,1onos , Annie Alexan der ( mother ) , Abblo T Urnrto. Mary J. Hays. South Dakota : Original kymnii Leslie. ( Jeorgc Kunhlo , Daniel O. L-uvronce , Joel Until , Charles K. Fuller , Original widows , etc. Lev ! Little , Amanda D. Cocltran. 1 have used your Salvation oil for cracked heels , mange , and sand cracks with horses , and It gives perfect satisfaction. , CiiMtt.r.s W. Lnr. . 414 W. Baltimore st , , Baltimore , Md. The cost of Dr. Bull's cough syrup is only -5 cents. A bottle will convince nil of Its ex cellence. MOHE INDICTMENTS. ( Iniml ( Innir.i Itntitm K\lilriirri of Crltno on tlio P.irt of Thri'n > Ion. The grand jurors have again got In tholr work and have so rcportod to Judge Davis ot the criminal division of the district court. Just us the clock struck the hour of high noon the Jurors tiled Into the large court room and through the foreman , Gusti.vo Ander son , informed the court that they had some presentments to mako. Thrco tndlctmoiits were Handed up to the court. A smllu pissed over the Judicial fea tures of the man behind tbo bench as he de voured the contents of the documents. TurnIng - Ing them over to the sacred keeping ol Dis trict Court Cleric Moores , the court asked : "Have you concluded your labors , gentlemen of the Jury 1" "Notyet , " nnsworcd the foreman. "Then yon may retire , " was the response of the court. Again the Investigators of time took up the line of mnrcn , entered their room , and u few minutes later voted to adjourn until after dinner. During the afternoon the grand jurors wore examining witnesses for the purpose of Icnrnlti wholhor orfnot any ot the mem bers of the old council wcro tempted to look upon the glitter of the boodle of contractors and others. InJuredOjy u Cubltt Cur. In Judge Porguson's court the case of Mar garet Craig aalnst the Omaha Street Kail- way company is on trial. The plaintiff seeks to recover f7,000 on account ot personal in juries sustained. She charges thnt during the evening of September ! M , 1SS9 , she was a p.issongor on one ot dofend.int'3 ' cable cars on the Dodge and North Twentieth street line , her destination being Cuss strqot. She told the conductor where she desired to stop. The car was bronchi 10 a standstill , but bo- fnro she could alliiht the train was again started. She was thrown to the pavement with sufficient force to break and bruise her loft thigh , thereby rendering her u cripple for llfo. Court Xiitri. Tn the enso of the state against Frank Nice , who was charged with luring John Carlson , n drunken man. Into Syndicate park and there robbing him of M3 and a gold watch , the jury this afternoon roturuod n voraict of not guilty. ftl. A. and Charlotte A. Ivoycs have filed n petition In tbo county court asking that Charles A. Humidors be appointed adminis trator of tbo estate of Charles Keyos. de ceased. The dcccasnd was a son of tlio petitioners and was killed In the Burlington yards July 'J'J ' , Ib'Jl , while acting intho , capacity of a switchman. The petition statas that the appointment is asked ror the pur pose that the administrator may bring a damage - ago .suit for $5.000 against tbo railroad com pany. In the case of H. L. Hobble against the city of Omaha , the jury returned n verdict , awarding the plaintiff damages in tha sum of $1,1-4.41) ) . The case grow out of the con struction of the Tenth street viaduct. Hobble owned property along the line of Tenth street and was awarded $41)0 ) damages by the city appraisers , but appealed. The jury in the case of iho state against John Tully returned n verdict of guilty. The prisoner , who was proven to have boon the father of Christina Hanson's child , was remanded to jail to await the sentence of the court. I.i ( irlppo Siiccuisfitlly Trmtcil. "I have Just recovered from a second attack of the grip this year , " snys Mr. James O. Jones , publisher of the Leader , Mexla , Tex. "In the latter case I used Chamber lain's Cough Remedy , and I think with con siderable success , only being in bed u little over two days against ten days for the flrst attack. The second attacu I am satisfied would have been equally as bad as the first but for the use of this remedy , as I had to go to bed in about six hours after being 'struck' with it , wbito in the llrst casn I was able to attend to business about two days before getting 'down. ' " 50 cent bottles for sale by druggists. TO SAVE DIXON. Attorney * Willing to Ciliu th Condemned Alan livery dinner. Clinton E. Dfxon , now conlinod in the county jail awaiting the 2.2nd day of April , when ho is to bo hanged , Is Just now , the sub ject ot some Interesting correspondence between - twoon Attorney General Miller and District Attorney Baker. Dlxon was convicted of murder at the last term of the United States court in this ulty. Ills attorney attempted to secure a now trial but failed. Dlxon has no money with which to pay the expenses of furnishing u tran script of the case to present to the supreme court for the purpobo of carrying It un. Ills attorney wrote Attorney General Miller to that cflect , and tbo attorney general wrote Mr. Baker for a statement of tbo situation. Baker answered tno attorney general's letter yesterday , stating that ho believed Mr. Dolan hud stated the truth when bo wrote tbo attorney general to tbo effect that Dlxon WHS without moans and could not pay for n transcript. Mr. Baker reviewed the cuso minutely , and in closing , said that bo believed Dlxon had been fairly and Impar tially tried find that ho had boon fairly and honestly convicted at deliberate murder. Notwithstanding all these facts , Mr. Baker said that bo thought , the government should furnish a transcript in all such cases where the condemned man hus not sufltclont money to pay for such u document , While Mr. Baker firmly believes that Dixon Is guilty of a deliberate murder yet ho thinks that ho should have the last obanco , seeing that it Is only a question of about * -00 ! , which will bo required to pay for tbo transcript. Mr. Dolan says ho has tbo hill of exceptions all ready to put In tha transcript us soon as It Is ordered. It the transcript Is furnished and the supiomo court should sustain the finding of the lower court In tbo case , then Mr. Dnlun will appeal to President Harrlaon for a commutation of tbo sentence. O Catarrh can bo cured snrnly , safely and pleasantly by PIso's remedy. It cures when all eLse falls. All druggists. SO cents. /.CM > / : / > fun .1 UKVORTKU , Tlio I'uku t'uctory In ( ircut Inii-er of Iiunlni ; a Man. NKIIIUIKA. CITV , Neb. , Peb. 17. To the Editor of THE BBK : Prompt action on your part may prevent a moat horrible catastrophe from overtaking tbo member of the World- Hurala force who reported the domocratiu Jublloa at Lincoln yesterday for his paper. Billy Plliieglng , a prominent republican of this city , with many others of bis political faith , went to Lincoln to see the fun. Tbo \V-H man , in bis Otoo county notes , s vs among other things about "our Blny' : " "When It comes to democracy , Bill has It branded In bis system. " Now Billy Is a re publican with the genuine trade mark all over him and the words blown in the bottle , and when that Item mot bis eye ho drew forth his trusty Winchester from lu renting place and with 400 rounds of solid snot and souio bushels of grape and canister , loft ou a special for Omului. As the W-H seems to have been losing everything else for months east , please ring tbo lire bell , blow tbo whistles , call the pollcoor do any other charitable act that will prevent thorn losing a man at this stage of the game. PIUNK K. HBI.VEV. Agate bearing scales , cofToo uillli with foot power , ffrocors refrigerators , butter coolers , uulalogua of Bordou & Bollock Co. , Chicago. FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT Of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company ! A VERY PROSPEROUS YEAR , Prrililfnt .l.irolt I , . ( Irrrno's Kppe > rt of Tills r.xei'lli'iit Coiupiiny Shows Vi'ry Coil" servutUo .Mitiuigrinrut mill Uirgo ItctHI-MS t 1'iillry Holder * ) , Til h Mrmlieifi The year 1SU1 has been one of healthful , steady growth and prosperity , und of line success In ovorv department of the company's business. It has promptly mot the mortality demand Incident ton old and thoroughly stable business , but which was some $450- 000 less than Iho tabular ox peeled losses , It lias mndo satisfactory gains In premium in come , assets , surplus and business In force , while mnlnlnlnlug its old llmo and unrivaled economy ot management , In consequence of which It has not only strengthened itself In every particular , but has felt Itself nblo to nilont n somewhat more liberal scale of divi dend out of Its growing surplus , thus fur ther deoreaslnc the current , cost of Its in surance , wbllo paying duo heed to future safoty. During the year the company received ; Per premiums ? l , 301,314.53 Kor interest and rents lI.'JlS.U.'il.'J" " Balance profit" and loss 81,310.13 Total income $ " , S04,170.00 Durini ; tha year It paid out : Per claims by death and matured en dowments -51,120,017.24 Surplus rctnrnou to * policy holders l,101'JU.r > 0 Lapsed nml surren dered policies .VJ7S4 .2 } Total paid policy holders. . . } nSir.t71.0'J : Commission to agon ts , salaries , medical tnmlner.s' fees , printing , ad vertising , legal , real estate , anil nil other expenses of nmnngamont 773,0:19.74 : Taxes 'JO 1,707.4 ! ) Total disbursements ? 0SS. > ,778.10 Balance carries to Increase net orlodgoi- assets $ ' .MS.700.Sl Add not assets Jan. I , IS'Jl. ' . r > 7,2S',0'J4.01 ) ' Not assets Jan. I , ISM $ . 18,207,79t.8S Add interest , duo nnd accrued market value of stocks and bonds over cost , and not de ferred quarterly and semiannual nual premiums , as per itemized statement boiowilb 1,530.095.07 Gross assets Jan. 1 , 1S93 $ TJ,7iS : > ,170.H3 Total liabilities J,070,324.14 Surplus Jan. 1 , 1802 . S 0,050,155.81 . oi-Kit VTIO.VS. The intcsest received in 1 Sill was 3J.SS3.- ' 40.71. Interest collections have been very close nnd are In a very satisfactory condition , On mortgage loans aggreBatinir6.iO,4l7i72.S7 : tboro was past duo and unpaid interest on January 1 , Ib'.U ' , only $ U,97.'Jj ! , or one-ninth of one per cent. IIHNTS in 1S91 wore fl34,0l3.5l ) , a decrease from the former year of J3,4G1.4S , on a decreased hold ing of real ostnto of nearly $500,000. Our rent account doe ; , not include any construc tive receipts or payments for the Company's use of its homo ofllco building. THIS I'UOFIT AND LOSS balance for IbOl was the result of the follow ing transactions : A gain from real estate sales of $ iy5,74U.40 , and from sundiv items f5f > 73.07 , a total of $141,32IU3 ; on the other hand , a loss on certain real estate sales of $4,05.78 ! , nnd n shrinkage of premium ou bonds soul or matured and paid at less than cost , f55U77.17 ; n total of foO.0 12.05 ; balance In company's favor , $81,310.18. The balance in IS'.IJ ' was very much larger , owing to the more active real estate market of that year. lll'.AI. EVTW. During IS'.U the company has closed out for$597,70li.35 pircols of real estate which cost it * 4IBua. > .07. Since 1871) ) it has sold property taken under foreclosure nt a cost of $ S.UItiSU.UO , for $ 'J.740,012.04 ; a gum of * 1,4IW,025.14 , nnd a gain over the Commissioner's , valuation In that year of $2,730,775,03. Our present holding of real eslnto taken under foreclosure Is $0,3.l > 5,234.70. Wo be lieve that as a whole it will at leusl realize its cost to the company , uoxns. The company has had paid or has sold during tbo year , bonds costing It $7I ! > ,5CO.S3 ; it has bought bonds costing it $1,015,000. It holds bonds costing Sll,42db'.H.3 ! ) , and worth. Tun. 1. 181)2 ) , by a cousorvatluo val uation , $11.7. > IUJO.i4. ! Special attention is asked to the items ot those bonds in the detailed statement. LOANS ON IIBAI , ESTATE. During the year loans have been paid oft to the amount ol S5 , ( > 5,928.38 ( ' , aim now loam have been made to the amount of $0,393,715.- 72 ; tbo amount outstanding being ,10,417- ! IJ.87. Wo bohovo them to ba tboroughly secured , and have already noted tbo ulosn payment of Interest on them. INSt'llAXCK OrEltATIOS'3 I.V 1S91. MOUTAUTV. The death losses In 1S91 cost the companv less than 80 percent of the tabular or ex- peeled cost.maklng a .savlng.as already stated , of some $450,000 ; a very favoriiblooxporionco , showing the far-reaching effect of enrol ul .selection of business , both as to Individual risks and as to localities and cilruutosas well. The death losses of tboConnuctlcnt Mutual have benn adversely criticised by the tontine companies , and some ot the younger non- tontine companies , as larger than their own in proportion to amount at risk , or to some oth'er assumed measure. Those criticisms proceed upon so false a basis , and so Ignore fundamental facts well known to the com panies , but not kndwn to the public , that a word of explanation may bo useful. The chance of death Increases with ago. As a given body of men grow oldor.tho faster they will die , and the greater will bo the amount of their death losses. That is what every llfo insurance company experiences , wbut it expects , what its premiums and re serves provide for. It oxpacts that the men who go In at twenty , nnd thirty , and forty , , to. . will , some of them , live to be sixty , eighty and ninety ; and that at these ages tbo death' rate will bo much greater than when the men wore younger ; nnd not only that , but they aUo expect that as tbo company gains ago , if It Keeps Its business on Its books , it will huvo an Increas ing body of men urowlng always older , and having , therefore , a higher average douth i-ato and a larger amount of death losses. This Is precisely what they bavu provided against , and they nave forecast the actual flruresof the loss they may oxpbct. The question with any company In , therefore , not what Its losses are , but how they com pare In amount and in ratio with tbo 'losses which It expected ou tao business when it was written. A young comp'tny may have a small apparent amount of losses , and yet their proportion to the oxpoolod losses may make them excessive a thing they will not speak of , A great Tontine company , which Is rushing In great numbers of new men In order that tboy maj drop out later and leave their money behind them for the pool , and so Is shifting its membership rapidly and keep ing down the averau'o ago of Its Insured , may have a less aggregate loss than a company which builds up a stable business ; and yut its losses may bo far greater In proportion to its expectation and cost it far more , and leave l : s surplus , than the greater apparent losses of tto more stable company. The business of the Connecticut Muttml Is peculiarly stable , Wo do builiieis upon plans and by methods winch promote persis tence. We write comparatively little endow ment business which does not keep man In long enough to grow old , and no policies for Tontine puriods , at the end of which most men go out , If tboy have been luckv enough to stay through. The stability of our business is strikingly evidenced by these facts ; Only ono-u.uurlor of It U on men under acre of forty-four ; another quarter Is on men from forty-four to llfty-threo ; another quarter on men from tifty-tbroo to sixty-one , and ono-quartorof It on men nvurslxty-ono. And the mortality on our older ft-us u further below the expecta- lion than that on the joimgor ones. Wo are saving more money on them for dividends than on tha younger nptis. V the safety or prosperity of llfo Insurance depended In the lonst degree on keeping the business young , It ou bt to bo legislated out of existence ns wholly irisccuro. M\V iu/i > iSrs . Our members arc wiU-awaro that wo are less anxious to gain ncivinombcr , < rnnlaly , erin in great numbers , than togivoour present lareo membership thqj t possible results on their business. Wq have , therefore , not Increased our proportion of expenditure for i now business - whichVmlld have boon nt the oxponio of the present ! members but wo have , nolwlthstnndlnglttnndn n fair gain over tbo business of the preceding year nnd made n considerable addition to tbo amount of business In force , which now amounts to $ I55HI3.055. None of this was out tor col loci Ion In the hands of agents when our books were closed. It was nil paid for. IIM'BNSR ACCOUNT , Wo have practiced the woutml anil tradi tional economy ot the company In every di rection ; nnd yet havu allowed no true Inter est > o sutler from fplso economy. The ratio ofoxpensoof m.inagemont to income for the year wtis IUS ) per cent ; a ratio materially loss than that of any other company. It Is qulto iho fashion for our rivals to ex hibit expense ratios based on the amount at rlsx , or on the amount of now business writ ten , or some sctot figures other than tha In come , But expenses do not coma out ot the amount at risk , nor out of unv'lilni ' ; olsu in the world than tha Income as long as thnt Is large cnouch for expanses nnd other things ; fnlllnc thnt , thov come out of the assets , It is to bo regretted that the most pushing companies no longer publish , e.\coi > t in the reports to Insurance departments , such stnto- menls of tholr nlTnirs ns show thn Hems of Income nnd oxpondlluro.und ns would rnahlu iho public lo judge of the LOSI nt which they oru transacting business. COMMISSIONS. Ill the llcht of the revelations now being made to the nubile of practices existing in certain great companies it sucins proper to infoimour members that the commissions paid by this company for business arostilctly maintained nt the couscrvattvo standard of former vears ; that our contracts with agents do not L'lvo them a future contiol over those commissions ; when nn agency ceases , the remuneration for thn ngont censes , and such commissions as tire then llxod upon the exist ing business of that agency go to the now ngont to assist him in bis work ; wo do not add to the cost of paying men who are at work for us by paying also mou who huvo worked for us"attor they got tlirough : wo do not submit to pay enormous commissions on new business in order to let an at'ont who bar got through working continue receiving commissions ou old business ; wo have no contracts for future commission * ugainst which "advances" or "loans" or "commuted commissions" can be nmdoaml charged up to the agent , to make "rebates" out ot , or pay absurd commission * nnd brokerages out of , on u business which will presently bo "twisted" inio some other liberal comuatiy by tbo same competitive measures , leaving old members to pay for the ambitious ex ploit. The resources of this company are not mortgaged to anybody. It is true that in these days of llerco enter prise und competition it has not been ousy for us to secure agents against the tremendous deus temptations held out by the "Iliicors. " But wo havu been nnd are slowly gutting men who believe with us , that success In life Insurnnco menus nnd can only mean giving pure nnd absolute protection to fam- I1IO3 nt Its loncst possible cost ; und that compotilivo methods worthy of a lottery scheme are poor credentials for n compiny asking men to commit It to the most sacred of secular trusts. So the agents wo hhve nnd get are true men , and the business they got stays , and nays. M'COKdS. Insurance Is indemnity1 against loss. It Is nnd cun be made nothing else. To give per fect Indemnity nt tbo lowest true cost is perfect success ; not a brilliant success nor one gratifying to an " 'ambitious manager" perhaps , but it is the only success tboro is in the matter , and anvthlng else thnt is substi tuted for it , however brilliantly it mav suc ceed for the time being and until it has worked itself out , will ultimately como to naught. - Tnlsact is slowly coihlUK to tbo light in the case of the great TONTJNK CKMP V.NIKS. Ill order to "boom" their nusinoss they rcased to loach men the sacred duty of pro tecting their families by life insurance1 , und began instead to show them estimates of the prollts that might bo made out of the forfeit ure of protection. Their experience had bliowu that. In their companies , out of u thou sand mon of middle UBO taking policies , only about one-third would pay premiums for , say , twenty years ; about onp hundred of them would dlo , out nearly six hundred of them would lapse give up paying. So Ihey proposed that no one should have any divi dends for , say twenty years , but pay his pre miums in full ; that If any one died ho should gut tbo face of his policy , leaving behind all tbo dividends his policy bad earned ; and if unv man lapsed couldn't pay ho should for feit all ho had paid , both the dividends earned and Iho rcsoivos on his pollcp ; nt the end of the twenty years those who hud boon lucky enough lo live and pay through should divide up wbnt the unlucky ones had left. This was called "Tontiuo Insurance ; " this , or a modification of it , as to the amount for feited , is now usually called "Investment In surance. " It took mightily. Tno estimated prollts were very largo , and people did not realize , and perhaps some of them did noc care , that the profit they might maun was the loss of other men and of their families , and that in order to get a chance at It tboy bad to risk tholr own monev and the protection of tholr own families. The reckoning day was far off , and agents were templed by tremendous commission ! * nnd byconlracts thnt allowed of "advuucos" nnd "commutations , " by mort gaging the company's margins ot premiums for many yours ahead. Business increased In the most brilliant manner : such increase became the one criterion nf success. It was liard for plain conservatives to mauo head against tbo swift rush. The elittor of big figures and the rebates qulto overbore such sober facts as the multiplication tublo and the moral law. But In order to cot lapses and forfeitures enough thev bad to force the speed , and to force the speed they bavo had to burn their own cargo. They competed with each other for business by increasing rebates , and they competed for each other's agents by Increas ing commissions and bonuses , and this sort ot thing has gone on until It swallows up practically all of the first premiums , leaving nothing to cover the cost ot insurance ; the forfeitures to tbo Tonttno or Investment fund are drawn on to pay douth losses anu pro vide jeservos lu place of tha premiums swal lowed up in competition ; the soltlomont of Toutlna prolits now bolng made ore less than one-half wnat they were estimated nt , and tboy are decreasing nearly every year ; andu'l ' yet tboy are advertised as results "suIlk-iontly tempt ing to warrant men /j / | betting their own money and their families , ' prelection to got a clunco ut the climinisljmc pool. Oroat ni are tlio figures of iiup'ui cdvort sjd by these companies , they are less than half what they wora expected to bo. The lM i soltlomonts nro nt n notable reduction from these of 1S9I , In certain companies nt lonat. But hundreds of thousands of policies have con * trlbuted tholr earned surplus ( \nd reserves , which ought to have cone lo protect families , to pay tha growing expenses and the dwin dling settlements. The more their busl.ioss grows the moro their expenses must grow and the greater must be Iho mortgage on tbo future by way of "advances , " etc. , to como out of policy holders , The mnnncors of the great racers recosnlza this ; nnd while In ono bronth they gloilfv themselves ovnr their great volumeot businos * , lu tlio next they accuse each of compelling the other to raise the commis sions to keep agents from bilng stolen , to enable them still In sle.it ngonts.nnd to kcop up the rebates. Kach confesses the nbsoUlto necesilly nt reform , Iho last phu o of which is tbo proposition to ix-.lt the legislature of Now York to Interfere mid forbid any of them to go beyond n llxcd limit of amount nt risk , so that no ono can got ahead of tno others. What moro startling suggestion can bo ma-Jo of tbo tremendous strain which they find themselves under , and of their own con scious Inability to roforml It reminds ono of the debauchee who asks to ba put under restraint until ho can recover sobriety and self-control. bo the world learns ncnln by slow and painful oxnorlonco that the dull , plain truth is trim and mono U abiding ; and that the only thing in Insurance worth paying for , and the onlv thing worth trying to got out ot It , Is Insurance nnd nothing moro CONDITION OK HIP. ( .OMl'lNY. The real strenulb of iho company ! s not fully stated In the llgures of Its assets and surplus , largo ns these nro nnd certainly worth as they nro their full face. On the ono band , our assets mo conservatively valued ; ou Iho olhor hand our llabllilles nro comput ed by a far .stricter standard nnd at a much Inrgor relative amount than Is the cnso in any other comptny. Our reserve liability on all business written since April , ISS2 , is comput ed on the assumption that wo will earn onlv 3 per cant Interest , instead of I per cent , as is assumed bv all other companies and by tlio suverul State Insurance Departments. Wo carry in a liability , therefore , in reserve for the future protection of our contracts , some WiJOil ( ) ) ) moro than any other company would do on tholr present basis , nnd more than the law requires ; nnd Ihis difference In our strength Increases rapidly eai-h your. When it is ronii'intiered that many ot the contracts wo make loJay % vill not maluro for fifty , sixty or even seventy years hence , tbo 1m- portuucj nf basing tlioni on n into of interest that is cortiii'i to bo earned till that time can not be overestimated. Nor can tlio forecast , of thoclmncos of adverse chnngo bo made lee early. II is n ceaseless satisfaction to us that this buttress was so early added to our structure and Is already carrying so much of its bulk. Wo can look forward to the future turo without anxiety. SjfMMUlV. In the forty-six years of its existence the Coniiecltcul Mutual has Ilaooivod lor premiums $103,703,703.32 Hecuivcd for interest and ren ts 07,739,009.51 Hccalvcd for balance profit nnd loss 1,048,430.00 Total receipts $2.17,551,803.53 It has Paid out for death losses and endowments $ 81,330,001.12 Paid out for dividends 49,703,012.00 Paid out for surrendered poli cies 2(1,5150,128.04 ( Total paid policy holders. . SI51,050,70I Si Expenses ; . . . . 20,345,5511.31 Tuxes 7,347,090.43 , Total disbursements $179.H4OOb.04 ! Balance not assets , Jan. 1,1892. . ? 58,207,791.88 Wo ask attention to several notable fea tures of this record. The company has already ' ready returned to Us policy holders'89.b5 per cent of all tne premiums it has received from lliem ; what it has returned to them and the not assets held to protect existing policies , aggregating ? J09S5b,5")5.b3. exceed what it has. received from them by sMl,191,7112.50 ; what it lias returned to them , and wb-it it holds for them in net assets alone , omlitlnc SI,530OS5.B7 Ihat go to make -ip the loliil assets , nro 121.3 per cent of what it has re ceived from them ; Its receipts from invest ments are nearly three and one-half times its ox pen so account , ivhlch is only 8.5'i ' per cent of its total receipts ; a record of usefulness , economy , conservatism and strencth to which wo challciiL'e comnarison. Respectfully t > ub- mlllod , JACOIJ L. GHCRXE , President. A VICTIM OF TBEMENS. rule ol nn lJnrortiin.it rrlsnner AVitli no I'liico to Itotft. Charles Anderson , a victim of delirium tremens - mons , who has been locked UD at Iho clly jail for Iho rmsl two { days , attempted to butt out his bruins against the bars of bis cell yester day morning and succeeded in injuring himself very severely. IIo .vns or dered taken to the county jail , but after reaching there the jailor refused fused to receive him us the necessary pa yers did not accompany the patient , and bo was driven back to the city jail in nn uncon scious condition. The old wrangle between Iho city nn < 1 county as to the responsibility of caring for unfortunate strurigors or paunor.s was at the bbttom , and it b by no means ' improbable tb.it the side man1 ! , llfo will be bounced out of his bodv while being huwlted about the rity in the patrol wngnn to give the city and county oQlcials time to settle their differ ences , Dr. Blrnoy euros cutiirrti. HUE bldjj Very Aniiii.vlii'Misriilii . ) , Tuesday afternoon , just before time for thu uper to go to press , a telephone message was received at Tut : BISK odlco announcing the sudden death ol Put Hlnuhoy , the vet eran policeman. The partv receiving Iho moss ago uudurslood it as Pat lloafoy and a brief notion was inserted slating that Pat Houfey , the well known undertaker , had died suddenly. Tbo publication crealed great surprise among Mr. Hoafey's friends , particularly as the item slutod that the deceased left a wife and ton children. The statement was trur * as applied lo Mr. lllncboy , out did not fit Mr. Hoafoy's ' case nt all , ns ho Is yet n bacholbr. Ho very much regrets the p'ubll- callon , which bos caused him no end of an- novanco , Van liouton's Oaso-i-Tni ori < i nal , most soluble. ISulIilliiK I'itrmltK. Tba following permits were issued yesterday day by the suporlntondonl of buildings : J. A. llaiighroy , onu-story frarmicottnk'o , 371.1 North Nineteenth street $ 1000 llnu-li McC'alVioy , cliiiiicn of stort ) front. WlHoillllMUVCIltllhtlOUl M ) Tutul , - , o Hot Griddle Cakes. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Pmvdcr possesses a peculial merit not approached by that of any other baking powder. It produces'i'jtjie ' hot buckwheat , Indian or wheat cakes , hot biscuit , do $ jyuits , waflles or inuflins. Any of these tasteful things may be eaten when hot with impunity by persons of the most delicate digestive organs. Dr. Price's Cream Bak ing Powder leavens without fermentation or decomposition. In its preparation none but the purest of cream of tartar , so da , etc. is used , nnd in such exact equivalents as to always guarantee'a ' perfectly ne'tttral result , thereby giving the natu ral and sweet flavor peculiar to buckwheat and other flour that may be used , the natural flavor so much desired and ap preciated by all. The oldest patrons of Dr. Prices powder tell the story , that they can never get the same results from any other leavening agent , that their griddle cakes , biscuits , etc. are never so light and never .taste so sweet or so good &t wben raised with Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder , OWES ITS REPUTATION ANC SUCCESS. TO ITS OWN /MERITS. IT IS PURE , UNADULTERATED.ANDFOR RAPID CLEANSING POWER HAS NOEQUAL , IT IS INVALUABLE IN I ITCHEN & LAUNDRY. SOLD BY ALL CHICAGO. LEAVES A DELICATE AND LASTING ODOR. An Ideal Complexion Soap. ForfmlotiynllFniirnncI KnncyOno < 1 < ! lpnl < > rsnr1f nnntilo to procure tills IVmiilrrl'iil fiimp ppnil 8(1 cent * In stamps iiml receive n cnkt * by return inntl. JAS. S. KIRK & CO. , Chicago. Nl'r.OIAT.-SlmnrtrmltPlli Wnll * ( tlio iinpular Soclotj Wnltzspnt ) I'HiP. In nmono tumaluu UG Uirca wrnp-iura ut Shnmtim Dells Sonp. DOCTOR IT WILL CURE A GOLD IN TWELVE HOURS ; A 85 cent Bottle maysavo you $100 in Doctor's bills-may save your life. Ask your Druggist for it. IT TASTES GOOD. PURE PINK PILLS. Dr. Acker's English Pills OIIKK niMOUSNKSS. Sinnll , pU'uonnt. u t'uvurlto ulth tlio ladled. W. II. I1OOKEII CO , 1(1 ( Wfrt nroadwny , N. Y. ? For sale by Ktihn & Co. , ana Shormnn & McConnell , Omaha. THE DREADED "GRIPPfc. RELIEF AND CURE. A HEN'SOX'S PLASTER pliicod o\cr tlio Clicst ami unotlier ono between the Shon.iliTS Insuies not only Immediate relief , but quick est euro for these Muscular Pains tliut accompany tlio Orlppo ; all Hheunmtlo Pains pass nwayliko ma ic. We.u WlJISNSON'S Plasters prc vents the Orlppo durlnc n contagion. It lathe only true medicinal porous plaster. It U not a nostrum In any sense. Indorsed uy oror0.000 Puyt-l- clans nnd Druiru'lsts. Don't allow Commercial DniKKHis to palin off cheap substi tutions. Get the Renuliu' BKNSON'S and you will nul bo disappointed. Who Sball Wear the CROWN OF- SUCCESS ? Shall It bo be who" founds cities , builds rail- roadH , develops new countries , amasbes n co lossal fortune In the money centers and fills a position of honor In the. councils of the nation ? Or Rhall U be those who duvote their time , their energy , their talents , their very lives to the welfare ot sulTcrlng humanity ! Shall It be such men aa / \ \ Drs. Betts & Belts who , In their philanthropic endeavor to bring health and happiness to the afflicted , have at tlm game time won fame and fortune for them selves , ns well as that still greater reward , the gratitude of the many thousands they have restored to health ? ixt thn answer come from those happy people themselves. In every caw of Chronic on Private Diseases They efffct speedy and permanent cures , Send cents for handsomely Illustrated 120 page book. _ _ [ Consultation freo. Call upon or address with stamp , Drs. Betts & Betts no south must , N w > > - or m anil Dou 'lrw Sta. Omaha , Sore Throat Lameness Sore Ey < Sorenggi Cat ; Bn Cu1 Piles Female Complaints" Rheumatism AND ALL Inflammation Sold only In our own bot'let. All drug-gists. POND'S EXTRACT CO,7G5thAve.N.Y. QUICKLY , THOnOUOHLY. FOREVER CURED br a ticir perfected nclontltlo method tlmt cannot full unlcna the case la boynnil huiuim nlil. Yon foul Improved tlio first dnr , feel n beno- Ut everyday : soon know ronrbcif u klim araanpt men lu body , mind nnd I hcnrt. Umtnsandloasca cmloil. Kvorr olnmclo to hnppy innrrlad llfo ro- mnvcil. Nerve force , wlll.ouprpf , brnln power , wlion falling or lost nru rcstorc < l by this treat ment. Allsmntlnndwcatc tlio body en- Eirtlnnsof rued und Blrcnulhuncil * Victims of nbiuca nnd oscc' . ci. reclaim your tnniilutod' SutTororifnmi lolly.ovcmurk.lll hunlth , rcKnln your visor ! Don't , ( li'spnlr.avcn If In tlio lust otnKC * ! . Don't bo ftbhcnrt rnod If quacks hnvoiob- bcd you. l.t'tiiMshowyuil that tucthcal uclciico una tinilnf.ilhonor BtlH crl. tLhoro co liiiinj In hand. AVrlto Itir our lioult with e plunntlonaft proof i , xuatlcilvvitltiil riuea Over jtt.OOO rcrcrcnccv * ERIB MEDICAL CO. , BUFFALO. W. Y , I ) K T. FK1.1.X nOlMlAUD'H OUIKNTA I , CHKA.M. Olt MAU1CAI. IIKAUU'IKH lemovoi Tnn , Ion , Moth Patch * un. 1'urtu anil Skin Dlsoiisua , nnd every blum lib on beauty , Hmlilelk'a del co Hon. . It hui ntooil tlioto-tol 40 yenn , and ! Au hitrDiluns * TU tnitu , to ba nitra It la properly mnile Accopl n o conn'orfoll ofslinll.ir MBMiu , Ur U A fnypr nnlil to n lady of ttio limit ton ( n patlont ) : * 'Aj you lailUa wlllUHOtlumt lu'coinrnonfl ' ( iouriiuil'i ' Lronin'as the lonit liurmfulof ull lha Kkln pit'pnratlonn " For mlii by nil IriiKirl ti nnrt l-'nncv Oiiodi llo.llora lu tlio UnltoJ bliitca , L'Himilai anil I'uropo KUK1IT lI01'KIN8l'rop'rarcntJonu38t. ; . N. V SANDAI\VOOI ) OAl'riULBs nro Ilia DOCUTAS nnd ( inly cnptulus prairlbud by i-KUlnr phyilclnnt for tlio curj ot Gen rrh j nnd l-.clmrno fromttiu urlimry orifini : ver oet ui8i/3lM.r > days M.iiU | > ur liux All il DR. J. E. McGBEW , THE SPECIALIST , IH iitisnrpussud In tlit * trotinrtiit of all catiuio FKIVATK DISEASES , und nil illmmlura and dohllltlosof youth und in.inhood. . ITyoiuV vxi.urlunco. Ilia losourcot. nnd faollltlos are pruutlu illy iinllinltud , Thu llootor U rui-om- inumtud l > y the pruHj , unit cncloisei ! In the otronjiiistturiiiH uy the noon o for fair tri'ul- rni'iit and IIOIIL-NI profttaslmiHl ndvlou. Tint most pont-rful runutdlnu known lit imrlorn H-IUIIOU for the biiccuaiful truiitniunt of the followlnirdhunfcu * : GONORRHOEA Imiiicdlutn rullnf. A coni- Dliito euro without the loss of un hour'it tlino from limitless. OJ.J3ET Ono of tlio most coiuplolo und * uo- ctissul treatments for Kltxit mil "II annuylnx il ] > cliHr iyet known to thn medical profos- vlon , The roMilU are truly womlurful , Thu most Hliilibiirn andehroiilo canon whore tha dlftoharco hnd oxlitml for ynuro. entirely oun- trolled Inaruniurkiilily short tlmo. STRICTURE-J real eat known rentudy for the trmttmontof Htrlctnro , without piUn , ( "it- tlnx , or dilating , A inoHreinarkiihloroinerly. 8YPHILIB No troiilini'iit for thm turrlbla blond ( llssiisii hus ever hnuii moro nici-Crfaful , or Iiml btronuur emlorscmeuU. In tha light of modern KOlonco thU UUtmntj IN poxitlrt'ly mi rat ) I o and o\ury Iraoeof tlio pol < m imtlruly romovud from thn blood , 1'ho euro U complete ainlperinuncnk , LOST MANHOOD , and ambition , nnrvonx- nuts , timidity , despondency anil ull lilluhtlin iitfccW of early vlue. Itulluf olitulned at unro. Thu wiitikKrovTitrnnK. and thodvgpondentbu- coiiiuulitirrful nml Iupn- . BKIN DISEASES , und nil dlicahotot lliu blood , liver , kldnovs undlj luddui uru truutud mu'ocs'.fiilly with thourimtostiii'jwtirumi-Jles ( forthuse dBOJb.j : . Write for circulars and < iii ( * tlon lUtfrco. DIHJiASKS OF THE STOMACH - l > r Mollrow'a tro.itmeiit for illttoidcr-i of tuu stonmch , hm the umiuulllludiiiilordiiicnt of tlinou who huvo IKHHI cured. Cities that had nulforud for yttarn und iimitilu lo Vtoitic or r.ir without InureiuhiK their niU.ury , unUrnlv uurod. Tbu ruiuoillox uit > jiliiu , unt , uid pal- utahlu to Ilia most ( Ifllontostonmch. lltli and I'anuiiii bU. , ( Jniutjit , Nub , Dutruncoou glthor mreol.