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D 1 . . _ 1 _ , . - - . Tl OMAhA DAY DEE : MONDAY , FEBRUARY 25 , i8fl. - 5
PULSEOI ? WESTERN \ PROGRESS
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Good Ohanco for Sotlc nt the Opening of
the Uti Porc3 Rraton ,
PARTICULARS TO BE MAD : PUBLIC SOON
71.0 Now GOld Cnlrnt .tIlrirnbm-San Juan
1Inia ' Oohl-'Rhlnglon Coal
1lnf l'rOlutn ,
1lno % to Jo nnn on Ul" Co'Ullerntho
J'I.m- = - of the NortIitcst.
The Spokane Bureau ot Immigration has
taken up the opening of the Nez Perco In.
dla relervalon , and now has plana tinder
formalon thaI bid fair to brine Ibcl 0 big
rush by homPJeekerl to that garden spot of
the w st. Eeer-nry Dolter t at work gath-
erlne data relalve to the iegcrvatlon-the
trobable date of opening its resources , amount
.
ot hnd available , sol , clhnale , daptablt ) .
or the dllernt pnts to fruits , cereals , etc. ,
topography timber , terms of sale to actual
aeUles , etc. From this he wilt romplc 0 .
Itatement 10 be III before the transcon- I ,
Uncnl1 raIlroads , which will bo al.ed to
spread the information \ through the mlii.
dlo states and make that
, 1 $25 rate from lult
section to the gateways to the reservation ,
with 1 proJorlonalely low rate on seUhr'
Cftccts.
I Is believed that the reservation will be
opened some time In May the most delightful
period of the year , says the Spokane Spokes-
man.Hevlew , and Secretary Bolster Is confident -
dent that If the railroads will work for their '
Interests several thousand people can be
brought out Cram the cast and the scenes
flttendlng tlt3 opening or Oldahoma bo repeated -
peted here In a more orderly degree.
"I am reliably InfarmCI , " said ) Ir. Bolster ,
"that the arable land to be Opened to aettie-
meat Is sufficient to provide for 2.000 famIlies ,
and I Is eXIcctc1 , that others cn make atis-
factory leases : with the Indian holders. The
terms arc reasonable enough for uch land-
$3.76 per acre , 10 per cent down and the
balance on easy payments. The government
paid t an acre rIght through for the land ,
and congress . which at first thought the price
rather stcep : , after investigating concluded
( lint the land was well worth the price. The
land to be opened to settlement Is the garden
' - spot of America. Much of I I the best
fruit land In America. I we can have the
co-operation of the railroads , I am confident
that we can add a population of from 6,000 to
10,000 to North Idaho within the next year. "
GOLD IN SAN JUAN MIN ) S.
The "Silvery San Juan" Is not all silver ,
but has n golden lining to Its big white
coat. anll that gold Is enough to male the
mining of its ores an object. Last um-
mar more prospectors hunted over the his
about Slh'eron than visited that section In
many previous years , all the fact was ad-
/.i mltted that Slverton was livelier than for along
long time Past.
In Maggie gulch , opening Into the Animas
valley from the. , east 1 short distance ahtve
Ilowardsvliie. says the Denver Republican ,
many new leads or great promise were discovered -
covered late In the prospecting saron , and
_ r Bomo or these arc expected to develop Into
.4 , good mInes In the coring summer all add
largely to the output of San Juan couuty.
F. M. Jackson was up from Slverton , arid
he expresses belief that the camp will make
much substmtal : progress this ) 'ear. At
present tie snow lies so deep In the his that
only old miners provided with outlet over low
trais .nd well housed are able to work. The
new discoveries cannot be reached until the
snow goes.
John Henry made a number of locations In
. Maggie gulch last year , and ore from the
. ' \ surface and the discovery holes assayed as
- , hIgh as :00 ounces sliver and 2 * ounces gold
to the ton.
Gotleb & Connlrlmr opled D tellurium
streak In their nl\\ ' discovery , from which
they Blllpp a car last fa\ that netted ever
$2,000. I was surface ore. Assays gave as
'I high as 1.00 ounces silver and 22 of gold to
M the ton. .
' . - Mr. Jackson and his partners took out
are on their seven locations that was shipping -
ping grade front the first , and other Instances
of the kind were numerous In the same local-
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1 .O : SCARCITY OF FURS.
4 . \ The story . prInted In 0 New York daily
-:4 : w ' - paper and telegraphed west to the elect that
" : there was on enormous advance In the price
of .furs at the January sale In London Is
. . . pronounced to b Incorrect and misleading
, ' J. by W. F. Sheard. the exporter and importer
.A : ; of row furs and skins , who has made Tacoma
. ' 1 ; " ; his headquarters for a year past , says the
$ Ledger or thu city.
The New York says Its Inforalon
I bs 1 on private cablegrams from London.
Mr. Sierd received private cablegrms , as
usual , following the sale , nd according to
his cable report from the largest London
, . , dealers the following Is a correct companion
of prices , as shown by the January Bales :
Deaver 10 per cent lower than last Jan-
uary ; lynx , 16 per cent lower titan last March :
woU G per cent lower : raccoon 30 : ; skunle
10 : wildcat , 10 : : badger , 10 ; muskrat , 16 , all
lower than lut March : martIn , 60 per cent
higher ; mlulr. 10 per cent hIgher ; black bear ,
G i per cent lower ; brown bear , 30 per cent '
higher ; grizzly bear , 20 per cent higher :
Thlte fox , 130 per cent higher : red Cox. same
lS last March : grey fox , same as last March :
fur seals , the lS November 1894 , which was
lower than for many years. "
"It Is not title thai Cur bearing anl-
male are becoming extinct or nearly
so. In 1894 ' more valuable furs were
offered than 'In anyone previous 'e3r.
The year 1895 bids fair to Increase the
collections over 1894 , and particularly . so on
time Pacific coast. I Is twenty years since
the Hudson Day company carried on the fur I
. business on a large Bcale In this Becton of i
- ' country , and In that time tie number of fur
bearing animals bas largely Increased. Last
rear and this mlnerB , prospectors , farmers
and all classes or Idle men have gone to
trapping for want or something better to do ,
knowIng they can always get a few dollars
for Curs. Men have gone out In this way
as In aU well. the " Paclfo cast states and In Alaska .
F1ESTA . DE LOS ANGELES.
One of the most gorgeous spectacles that
can bt hnaglnPII will be the "Dotte or the
Flowers , " which occurs on time lat day of
the Fiesta de Los Angeles , 01 Los Angeles ,
Cal. , In Aliril . Around the IJlcturesque
lake at Westake Park In that beautiful city
Is A splendid boulevard. As a culminating
event or the carnival week there 1fl be I
feral parade , which will IJn8S In revIew on
the drive before an aSemhled multitude ,
who will occupy seats erected outside the
boulevard. Nature's most lavish feral gifts
have been showerl upon southern California ,
and the sPectacle will b an enchanting one.
I Is cstmated that there will be a solid mile
of floral .lsplays . , bewildering In their
variety and beauty. Generous prizes have
been offered for the hest displays and the
floral pageant will bo one lint can scarcely
be surpassed In the world
Arrangements are being made for a grand
military tournament to take Place during the
the carnival veck. The competitive drills
will be one of the Interesting features or time
carnival. and the umpires wl b ofcer or
the United States .
Unied State army.
One remarkable feature will b the hires-
ence of hands of Indians Cram Arizona ,
New Mexico and Mission Indians from Cal-
iornia reservations. The Indians take great
pride In these fiestas and Corm one of Its
most attractive spectacles. At one of the
reservations la an aged Minion Indian , who
has reached the ripe age or 125 ) ' ears , and
who still retains bls faculties with renmark-
able vigor. In spite of his mummified ap-
lJearanco lila participation In the lesta
pageant will be arranged for and time old
fellow Is looking forward to It as a great
event ,
JOHN hULL GUAnDNG FOR ALASKA.
"If the claim Bet Ull by tIme Drltsh Is
crrect , there Is a prospect tbat Juneau will
core within lie limits of the territory
clalld by the Briish under their Interllre-
toton of the description of the boundary "
says G. A. Carpenter , editor of the Alaska
News , In 1 recent Interview with 1 reporter
of the Soatlo PosL-Irilolilgemmcer. "This dcii-
cription sa.1 that , In the absence of a mountain -
tain range , the boundary shall bo within ten
marine leagues of the coat line. Tbe
American Idea 1 that time line shah follow
the ICnderlng of the ban and tnloll.
' "be Idea is , from what I can learn from
William Ogivie , who has charge of the
Canadian Burveylng llarty , and who was one
' ot time pioneer surveyors ot the Canadian
, cnrnent In znskiiig a report on the ,
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Yukon and its resources some ten years ago ,
that the U"mlnlon JOTOrnmell h now anx-
Ions to find out the mineral wealth of tM
Yukon valley In order to construct a goo
wagon road or a narrow gauge railway from
Salt Water , on time coast , to the head waters
ot the Yukon 'Iver. Last Scptunber Oflvle ,
with a nurc'lng party of nine CanadIans ,
stare front Juneau for the head of Taku
inlet to make 1 IJrelmlnay survey and 1
topographical report on the Takl route for
time construction at a road to the heal wAter
or the Yukon rh'er.
"Among nil classes of people In Alaska
I Is the universal opinion that I ngland
succeeds In getting this strip of territory
from the United States g'erntenl I will
be a steal pure and simple end anther vie-
tory British. for " the a/grenlve policy pursued by the
Mr. Carpenter also says the AmerIcan
boundary survey parties were negligent In
their work , not sending parties Into the In-
tenor , but merely making observations with
field glasses from the decks of their steamer ,
while time Calcdlan surveyors scaled the high
coast ranges to time very summit of the mcun-
tlns , In many cases subjecting the men to
11unlnenl danger to life and 1mb In order
to secure cact data , which would naturally
make and manic a boundary line. Mr. Car-
IIEnter says thin Ben.lng of Ogivie' . party
In midwinter Into the most dangerous part or
Alaska to report on the 'falm route Is sig-
imificant Ogivie will return by the middle
of March to make a hat ) . report to Ottawa ,
then return and fnIsh the boundary survey.
EXTENSIVE PLACERS LOCATlm.
Over In ulhweslern Colorado D. F. Grant ,
Heber J. Grant and associates have located
several thousand acres of placer grounds
Iong the banks of the Dear , Sand and
five other creek whlcb few down Cram
the Santa Cristo range Into the San Luis
valley . says the Sal rang Herald , and these
vast deposits of gohl.bearing sands arc to be
worked with the coating spring for the purpose -
pose of determining just what there Is In
them All Indications point to the suoeess-
tub termlnalon of the teats which were
commence a short . time ago and abandoned
for time prescnt on account or the cold
weather , and should the 10chino which the
locators are experimenting with prove all
that the Inventor claims for It , tben the
gentemen at time head of the enterprise ,
ham fortunes awaiting them In the sands I
of the seven creeks whIch have been located
Speaklmig of the proposition , D. F. Grant
stated that hundreds or assays and tests
made with Band from all or the locations
secured , by himself anti , associates gave re-
turns of front 60 cents to 76 cents per cubic
yard , amid the deposits are practically limit-
less. Some very rich spots h\o : been found
and these will be experlmenled upon In the
spring. The tests just made were for the
IJrlmary purpose or determining whether or I
nol the oxide of Iron In the sand carried .
the gold or whether the metal Is free. I i
was fully demonstrated that the ground Is
11ro placer all time gold rree. These gold
bearing sands arc evidently the wash from
the ledges of the great dIstricts surrounding
Cripple Cleel , . Time general formation of
time country Is as represented , decomposed
quartz and purphyry predominating. Should
the tests to be made within time next two
months prove fully successful , operations on
nn extensive scale are to bo commenced , and
the locators or the great stretches Dr sand
wi have n bonanza In the possession of the
properties.
propertcs.KEYSTONE
KEYSTONE WEALTH.
Test runs are being made here of the are
of the Crow Peak Mining company , says a
Deadwood special to the Sioux Pals Argus-
Leoder. Tests made with 0 pan and mortar
have given returns amounting to from $20
to $46 per ton. The company has a large
quantity of are already extracted and will
ship It to Cenlrllf latCoctory arrangement
can be made. On this test run depends the
erection of a large plant at the mine. Plans
have already been made out for the mill and
a great deal or work will be inaugurated I
the test Is successful. I is believed the
property will be a second Homestake. The
Keystone Mining company Is arranging to
pay the outstanding Indebtedness of the company -
pony and provide a fund for the purchase of
maclinery ' and for extensive development.
There IB no question now but that the Key-
stone wilt make and become a permanent
mine and a contnuous producer. The Key-
steno stands for the entire gold belt of time
huh. The fact that this mine bas shown
a cntnuous are . body to its present depth
of J50feet , that the ore while low grade . Is
It that ' depth undiminished In quality , Is the
best proof ' possible to prospective Investors
that the entire blt on which It IB located I
a safely profitable investment
A NEW GOLD CAMP.
The now gold camp at Alombra Is situated -
ated twenty-two miles above town , says a
Parkdale special to the Denver Republican.
from which there Is now a good wagon road
at water grade , the only wagon road now
open and In condition for levy freighting ,
beIng some eight or ten miles shorter titan
the route from Canon City , also lyIng on the
southern slope of tIe divide time entire distance -
tance , thus leaving I free tram snow tie
greater portion ot the winter. This road
will probably be Bhortened In length by cut-
ting tlrough Curran creek canyon , thereby
making the total distance tram Porkdale to
time camp nineteen miles.
Parties wlo are just In , Cram Alhambra
are exhibiting specimens of ore showing considerable -
slderahlo free gold , and which run from two
to five ounces to the ton Corbett camp
which Is located five miles this side of
Alhambra all thirteen miles northeast or
'Parkdale , also has some promising proper-
ties opened up thai are now shIpping some
ore which runs from one to three ounces
In gold.
I Is evident that the mineral belt on
whIch Alhambr Is located extends south
along Currant creek a far as this poInt.
Considerable prospecting has been done In
thIs vicinity during the past year , but as
yet nothing but low grade are has been en-
countered. Much faih , . however. Is being
shown by the fact that considerable develop-
meat work Is proposed for early spring , Bare
contracts haYing already .een let
A CO-OPERATIVE COAL MINE.
THe Renton coal mine , 'hich has been shut
down , for the past eight years will Boon b
reopened and worked by a co.operaUve companY -
panY , Time mine was owned by Mr. Simpson
of San Francisco , and was operated until the
miner went In a strike some eight years
.
ago , when Mr. Simpson closed It , says the
Seattle Post-Intehligencer.
Mm' Daniels , the chief promoter , said In
explanation of his project :
"The Renton coal mine property consists
of about 886 acres of land , 16 lots , 60x20
feet tn size and a few fractional lots In the
mot desirable portion of the original plat of
Henton : also between $3.000 and $5,000 of per-
pr.
Bonal property , consisting of nlucblnery , mine
car otc.
"l will require but o ' small expenditure to
place time mines on a shlpplnl basis. There
are four workable veins of frt class coal
The property Is known among miners aB bew
Ing a 'freo mine , ' thai Is , being entirely free
from fro and deadly gases. The mine Is
only about ten miles from Seattle. The Col-
umbia , & I'uget Sound railroad and the 'Belt
Ltno of the Norther Pacific railroad reach
the property , affording transportation to Set-
tie , Tacoma and tidewater .
"Tho capital stock of time company Is $100-
000 , In 1,030 shares of $100 each , non-as-
semmsabio .
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"The company proposes to' confine its mem-
bershllJ to competent workmen , to PY first- i
class wages and offer regular employment to
its shareimolders , who will have the preference
right of employment , making It an object for
good men to become Interested In the enter- .
prise ; to allow consumers or coal to acquire
shares , thereby maIling them Interested In
the welfare of the company and entitling
them to a share of the profits.
"The stock II being rapidly subscribed for
and there Is every evidence lint the miners
of King and Pierce counties bave become very
enthuslaslc In the movemeut. The mile will
require a superintendent , mine foreman , en.
glneers , machlnhts , blacksmihs , loggers , I
teamsters , and many laborers , with preference
right ot work to those who are atockimolders " !
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LOOKS LIKE A RAUD.
Private advices received here , says a' '
Santa Fe special to the Den\er News , are
to the erect that a London broker named
.
I.'ruzer , working through unlcown Amen-
can parties , II meetng with very great sue-
eesl In securing lubscrlllonl for what he
calls the Tolee IrrlgaUon company , to bring
under cultivation large tracts of land In time
Rio Grande valley , In New Mexico. Ue
claims to have his canal In project corn-
pleted and In operation "as far a Albu-
querque , " and on the strength of some ser
of pledge to guarantee enormous profits be
II said to be picking up any number ot sub-
scribers. I Is sid that ! 26,000 hiss ben
raised and lodged In banks In Lndon , and
tie American end of the concern , shrewdly
using tbl subscription 8 a bail , has gone
to Gagw , Scotland , . where he hopes to
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raise $100,000 aitionai. AI tar 1 can b
ascertained by inquiry this 18 1 fraud ot the
rankest sort There are any number ot
legitimate l enterprises rt this nature In New
Mexico that make
Mexc thot g begging ton capital to
them yield phelolenal preilts.
EXCITEMENT AT GOLD hiLt.
Anther strike In the Gold 11 mine at
Gold Ciy , the new mining comp near Sal
Lake City , sot all tou8ue8 wagging again
and revived the excl ment , which his cooled
somewhat , to rover heat The strike Is on
tIme properly of the company In which Wol-
ctonlllme amid Morris are Interested , says
the Salt Lake Herald.
The men working In the Gold 11 have
been sinking an ( Ight.fol shaft on the vein ,
and n day or two since conic to a point sev-
onleen feet Cram the surface , where , to all
appearances , the vein plnehell out lint
fortune favors time brave , and the men
worked on wih drooping chins Time nln
' 5 again encountered , and to the infinite
satsfnotou of all concerned , Instead of being
eight Inches wide It WM elgbteen , and very
rich at thot.
Mr. Morris said that prospects were now
very bright indeed So rich In cbarct r Is
the ore that Lhe company Intend sorting In
future. The frl.clss ore will go , so Mr.
Morris believes , about $200 per ton , while
tIme Inferior galle will run from $25 to $40
per ton Ever.bOI' In the neighborhood Is
rejoicing over the outlook .
"Tbere seems 10 bo a bit or inclination emi
the part or some to belittle this new CIII. "
said Lumberman Atwood or Murry. "I ,
imowever , have confidence enough In the con-
cern to warrant me In buying two lots , and I
base done so I al going to begin
Luslntss wih a lumber yard ami coal office
and a neighbor or mine will In a day or two
start a butcher simop. One restaurant opened
-In a tent , ot course They cannot build
houses until they get lumber "
A LUCKY UTAH MINE.
" 'orl came In from Eureka , says the Sal
Lake herald , to time erect that all previous
rich strikes In the Mammoth , which Is
famous for the extent and value or the gold-
silver ore belies which have been uncovered ,
bravo been discounted by one just mantle
on the 1,000-rool loyal , almost directly under ' .
the point of the 800-Coot level , where the 'I' '
great \ockel of gold are out or which most
or the compnn"B dividends were paid was
encountered. News or the strike has been
guarded very closely , ali every member
or the directory who line been npproached .
upon the subject hos either evaded a. dIrect
reply or male general denials. The strike
has been mambo just the snme , and It Is re-
portcd that limo new ore body ts constantly
Increasing In extent and becoming richer
with each root or development Agnu has
the Mammoth provcn Itself 0 gold as well
ns a silver mIne , for assays or the rock
now being taken cut of the pocket give I
overage returns of se\'enty-two ounces In ,
goll and a handsome showing In silver. I
Already 18,000 worth or the gold.slver
are has been taken out of the mine , and Is
now ready for Bhlpment. Extraction Is still
In progress and I Is evidently the Intention
oC the monagement to make some heavy amid
rich Bhlpllents at onec.
A CLAIM JUMPEH DLUFI ED.
The story has just leaked out of on atempt
to jump the famous War Eagle mine lu thl
Trail creek country In British Columbia says
a Spokane special to the Dmver News. Amen
named Toppings , a barkeeper , was found
surveying and staking out the ground on-
which the mine Is located He was ques-
toned by the mine superintendent what his
purpose was , and he informed him thot he was
locating the caim , os the preBent owners
had forfeited their rights to the mine by allowing -
lowing their miners' license to expire. This
was found to be true. Patsy Clarlr. the mmiii-
lonaire miner , wh Is president of the War
Eagle company , was wired at Spokane or the
desperate situation and danger of the mil }
being jumped. He , wih D C. Corbln , president -
dent of the Spokane Falls & Northern railroad -
rood , and also a slockhol.r In the mine ,
ordered out a special engIne and coach and a
mile a minute gait was struck for Nelson ,
D. C. , 200 miles north of here . where the necessary -
sary license was secured under the Canadian
mining laws. I. was necessary to take out
a license In order to hold or work any minIng
property. Clark then immediately returned
to the mines and showing Toppings the Ii-
cense , and running a good strong bluff , lie
Induced him to abandon his attempt to junip
the mine. The War Eagle Is a gold and cop.
per mine and Is valued at $1,000,000.
NEDRASKA. ,
Cumlng county teachers convene at 'Vest
Point on March 2. .
There Is talk of organizing a lawn tennis
club at Pawnee City.
Nebraska Clty's cereal mills have started
up with twenty-five men at work.
Work on the Farmers canal at Dayard Is
to commence In the early spring.
A Rebekal1 hedge with twenty-rour charter
members has been organized at Oaled'ale.
Frank Cheney's butchering establishment
at Hemlngrord has been destroyed by Ore.
Platte Center people are talking 'at organizing .
Izlng a lOdge of the Modern Women or
America.
Due Valley Congregational Sunday school
convention will be held ot Friend , Febru-
any 26 and 27.
Will Neb of Colox county had his left
hand cut off by a stalk cuter , only the
thumb remaining. )
Ora Kaln , a 14-year-old boy who was
found drunk on the streets , Is still In Jai
26. at Deatrlce. His trial Is fixed for February
TIle South Plate Poultry association will
hold its next meeting al Geneva on March 4 ,
for which day an interesting literary pro-
gram has been arranged. '
Dr. Keiper , the well known democratic
politician of Pierce and candidate for con-
gress three years ago , Is a candidate for the
superlnlendency of the asylum at Norrolk.
Sparks from the engine of a passing freight
train set fire t the stock yards bslonglng
to J. G. Molheson , near Pllger . A large
hog pen and corn crib were burned and
several hogs were cremated
Some boys at Stuart went Into 0 building
occupied by John Sklrvlng to smoke cigarettes -
etes where they would not be Interrupted ,
and one of them gathered some hay and
built a fire which consuml the buiding and
its contents.
Two old timers have died at Decatur
within tIme past week. Elijah WalerB
came to the state with therst Mormon
outfit that crete the Missouri. and his
funeral services were conducted by a Mor-
mon. Ie was over 90 years old. A. D.
Fler settled In Burt county when Decatur
was a rival of Omaha .
AlIce Ianltna , a Nance county girl of '
17 years , whose mind bad become overbal-
oncell by hard study , has been taken to the
Norfolk asylum Eighteen 1 months ago site
was considered one of the brightest girls In
the sclmool Lately sue has taken to sitting
for hours In her room declining to speak to
membrs or he family.
A mad dog whose owner had been Ieep-
Ing the animal chained up to watch the
progress of the disease , broke loose and
create considerable excitement In Fair-
bury the other day and time mayor Immedl-
atdy called a meetng of the city council ,
which passed nn ordinance that all dogs tbat
were allowed to run ot large emi the streets
ahould bo muzzled.
IOWA.
The dotes of the Waterloo Cbautauqua
have been fixed for Juno 20 to July 4.
Judge hosted set the hearing of the An-
cleat Order of Unied Workmen case at Uu-
buque for May 7.
There have been fifty conversions . al
Livermore as the result of time revIval meel-
lags conducted by Evangelist Capp of Doane.
Charles Gallop of Charles City Is In for a ,
Bhare In a .000,000 estate to which his . .
aunt , Mra. D. S. Casey of Minneapolis , imas .
fallen belr.
I Is now practically settled that the Des
Moines river land setters wi hue to walt
another year before they will \e compensated -
Bated for their losses.
Ernest Iemsch , who was working for
Peter Smih , three mie north of Mount
Pleasant. has been missing over a week.
lie Is 21 years of age , five feet and eight
Inches tall , weighs about 176 pounds and
has a smootb foce. lie left 10it of lila
clothes. There Is no reason given for his
sudden dllappeoronel.
Serious results from hydrollhobla were narrowly -
rowly averted by the lJresenee of mind at
Mrs. J. A. Haset at Jefferson . She was
holding a pet dog In her lap , when sud.
donly the animal jumped to the floor and began .
gan running abut the rom , at the Bare
( mime frtblng at tbe nlouth and snapping
viciously at everything. Mrs. htasmett , realizing .
Izlng In a moment bat ( the dog was mad and
that unless It Was killed the children would
b bitten , gabbed the dog by the neck with
both hand , and choked It until alma was
able to throw It outs of doors , when 1 wa
killed. A Ilhysielan pronounces II 0 cue of
genuine bydropbob'.Glrbe dog had shown
no signs oC mstbiq&l I up 10 the time 1
Jump to the foorllw\lh \ foaming jaws
Al an auction sf1e at Cherokee blooded
horses sold at the , st prices ever known
thMe. One bcutll' ' I"-'ear-old , sired by
Iowa Jim , went fql .fO . ; a 2-year-old by
German Boy , $ 9.0 : one sJlan of 4.'ea.olds by
Zanthus , good drh"P $38 anti I 2-year.old
Westal fly , $5. 10lhes sold as low a $
and sales were slo\1 and not many buen.
SOUTH DA1OTA.
A creamery all jMrtor are soon to b
built at Hurley. I r J
A very large go1"Jhlgglt " of the value of
$49.60 was found bJ a .Jaeer miner on Caste
creek. . . '
One hundred thOj hnll acres Dr land In
the Crow creek r s'tr\-ton wi bo opened
for settlement title Iprlng.
The Huron Creamery company has been
organized anll will bo Incorporated with a
capital of 5,000 In shares oC $25 each
Whlt Cloull , the squaw accusC1 of at-
temptng to murder her husband , atempted
suicide at Pine Ridge ngencr , since whlcb
her ease has been dismissed .
Time Western Agricultural society , wih
headquarters nt Aberdeen , has moon organ-
Ized. The object of the association Is to
elevate the BtaI1ng of agriculture.
Beadle county commissioners have pur-
chacd 30,000 bushels or seed wheat for dis-
tributon among farmers the coming Heason
The bushels. demaUI will probably reach about 50,000
At a meeting or tIme poulrr breeders of
South Dakota , hehl at Canton on the Gth
instant , a State Poulry ns oclaton was or-
Ianlzed , and It was decided to hold a show
In November next
The late cold snap has caused stoppage or
prospective work In Yellow Creek dlslrlct.
Time clnhn owner who braved the clements
are getting good resuls and are preparing
for large shlpmenls or ore.
Prof. A. H. Whealon or the dairy depart- '
mont or the State Aglemiltum'ai culege and
president or the South Dakota Dairymen's
assoclnton. nnnounces the net annual meet-
lug of the assoclnlon ot ladlson on the 12th
of Marcim . .
A large body or rich gold ore IB saId to
have been recently slrucl In time MontezurJ
mlno ne3r Hochor . The strike was made
In the old tunnel run afoot . fourteen years
ago , where a fourten.rool vein was encoun-
lered , the are or which assays $25 per ton.
Messrs Ingram & lcBacheron , who are
buldln a c'nnlde plant at Keystone , one-
hot nub from the 1101) ' Terror mine , sluclt
n body or ore while grading for the plant.
Development work has been pushed 01 the
fInd and a streak of are was encountered
whih was so rich In gold that armed guards i
are kept during the tme that the mine .
Is not worked The are Is extremely rich
II free gold and time vein Is growing wider
os the shaft Is sunlr. This find Is a second
" . "
101) Terror.
Thot portion or the Great Sioux reservation
which remnlns unsettled aCer the 10th of
this month will be disposed or ot the rate
or 50 cents on acre , according to the law of
February 10 , 1889. That law provides that
thnt portion or the Great Sioux reservaton
which lies west or Pierre thnt at the end
les 11
of fire years still remained unsettled should
then be opened to setters at 50 cents nn
acre The time Is now come to secure this
cheap land. Already many hove selected
their lhem. lands amid are now willing to file upon
COLORADO.
A stag line has beR established between
Cripple Creek and 11 ambro.
The reported rich strike in the Anaconda
hns slmmerell do0 'nly a ral streak.
The ramous I3acheboIs In the biggest and
best ore bodies since UB existence as a min.
The Rico Sun epors thirty cars or are
shipped from that Falp during the first week
In February.
I ' : , 'J
A test rUI of twelve tons of are has been
made by the Gold Dividend Mining and Miii-
lag company.a Crestoie. A retort of twenty
ounces of gold was j'tbi result.
Rich ' specimens brought In from late pros-
pectng along the 1hllia. of time Cebola river
show free gold ad.lle : parties behave they .
struck what will I a'pay mine.
'As soon' as praclcdl1e work 1vl be commenced -
menced on tIme Eureka extension or the Silver-
ton railroad . Time \ worwIll gIve employment
to a large' nmi1mbem-f filed ' ' I'n1 the line will be
about nine miles long ) ,
)
' long
Georgetown IB workef UI overa sack of ore
recently sold to one of the samplers by T.
Reynolds and claimed , to have brought , $1.600.
I Is supposed to have come tram a new prop
erty on Jrwln's Peak.
L F. Baxter has sold the Excelsior mine ,
northwest of Crested Butte . for 20000. This
property has a very rich vein of silver , and ,
like the famous Augusta and other noted
mines near by , carries well In gold.
The lessees on the Dolly Varden , Cripple
Creek , who ha'e been drifting from the bottom -
tom of the shaft for the vein , have broken
Into I once more , and find the quality and
quantity to be as good as over. They expect
to Bhlp at least $25,000 worth of are this
month.
Austin I. Mcl.'arI3nd has on exhibiton ot
the city ticket office or the Rio Grande ot
Denver 1 handsome pIece of ore from the
Little Johnny mime "at Lcadviiie. I Is well
blQtched over with leaf gold and shows the
yellow stuff In Its native Corm and to good
nd\'antage. The ore Is estimated to be worth
$40,000 a ton. .
The Johnson mine at Fulord camp , Eagle
county Is Improving as depth Is gained and
can now be termed a gold mine , the stamp
mill being kept running steadiy on the are
from this and the Polar Star , which Is also
hooking well. Only the best or ore from both
mines is being milled at present , time recent
heavy snowCals mnklng transportation too ex-
pensive for time low grade material.
The MalachIte mine , six miles northwest
of Morrison , Jefferson county , Is about to be
operated by a New York company , of which
Judge Deweese Is It Denver egenl. The
mIne was operated twenty years ago by a
Boston comalmany which erected treatment
works In Golden. There Is a tunnel In the
mine 365 feet In length and considerable ore
Is blocked out. A plant of machinery haB
been ordered and new buildings ! will be erected
for time accommodaton or the men. The ore
carries 1 per cent nickel , with fair values In
gold and copper.
copper.WYOUNG. .
There are now at the state fsh hatchery
800.000 young trout , Just hotched out and
In fine condition .
The block Springs Miner states that there
'Is a stampede among the citizens of that
city 10 take out coal chums just north or
time city.
Time machinery for the oil refinery lt Cas-
per has been Bhlpped anti tIme export chemist
or time PennBylvanla COlpany Is on hand to
hut It In lilace
The Saratoga Sun states that 1 flock of
600 sage chickens came down from the head
waters or time IlnUe the olhe day on ae-
connl or the heavy snow In that vicinity.
The Big Her people are to be congrntu-
hated The prospect pr a speedy orgammiza.
ton or the county null that the Burlington
will Boon build Intdmmtimo basin Is enough
to give thut regl6n I boomn
I Is predctfd thtyomlng will become
an Important factor r gold production In
future A large amoup $ t , or prelminary work
was done last year whmcim ? should brIng fruit
In large yields of , kobd' lhlB year.
Parties from Cheyei1ne were operating In
the vicinity of Mr. ncer's ronch ant the
Laramie rIver last sCaBon and found fine
gold In cnslderablb quonUtes lodged In the
gravel which had b et' elloslted by the river ,
Within the last t1mirt days there has been
filed In tine county clerk's office at 'onder
a $2,600,000 artcle fat Incorporation , another
of $2,000,000 and t\q timer corlloatons of
smaler omOnll ! to'beln ' In tIme mining bUBI-
ness In J'remon Ouhty.
Several Bhlpment > f dirt from the Green
River placer groundsl1'rvc been sent to San
Francisco during tbe' ' past few days amid
there are rumors afloat that machines will
be Illaeed In operation that will save the Ammo
gold I the dirt proves worthy.
Big Horn counly wi b ! organlteJ as soon
0 possIble. The decision or the sUl1reme
court that the county can ba organized as Boon
as I ha a populaton or 100 ; was received
with great joy , and as the territory to be
Included In the new county cast 1.200 . votes
last fail the Ilro\'lo Is already complied
witim.
Information 1 wanted of Joshua D. Rus-
sell. who ran freight outlt from Cbeenne
to Buffalo In 1883 and who afterwards went
to the Ute reservatIon , where ho was last
heard from. Husel has fallen heir 10 considerable .
slderabll property by the death of his fathl
and the admInistrators of the estate are unable -
able to locl hIm.
,
FORTi.NINH ANNUU REPORTer
Of limo Connecticut atutmiat f4fo JnBtrnte
Com'11' '
T the Members :
Ieeple its generAl dullness , time year HOt
was , on the whole , a fairly prosperous one
for yotmr company The hard tm ! IUI the
hnngry competition of a certain claM of cent-
panics made It somewhat ! ore difficult than
usual to 110 a large new Ilslne s. Cnrolli
inen are cautious In-uch times about taking
on Increasell expenses But Just ucb tlne1
make the unselfish , tenderly provhltnt nnll
prudent husband and father realze the more
clearly his family's need ef a sure and con-
stant protecton ell their delJtollcnce on
him to pro\'lde I. I Is only to that class
that the Connectcut Mutual , with its .Impl ,
wholly businesslike and wholy iion.spc'culat-
lye plans anti melhods , commends Itself. I
Is not surprisIng , Ihererore , that , whlo0
wrote slightly less In amount than In the IJre.
vlous . year , the number of lersor.a . Insured
wa larger.
The prcporton or lapses and lurren ers
was extremely smal , being only 3.67 per
cent or time amount at risk at time beginning
or the year , anti less than In the IJrr\out :
year , @o tll while the amount al risk has
decreased n trifle . UOT,627 , the numb r or
persons Insured has Increase several hmrnm-
dred The remarkble perEstenc : c our bus-
Ines Is I most gr3tifylng featurc. On time :
enl hand , It I due to the unparalelc1 low I
cost of Insurance In this company , anti , cn I
the other , II helps to keep ( Io\n ) that cost !
b ) maldng It needless to spend , healy ; for
new busines to replace a heavy oUllrn !
Time 10rtalt ) . was somewhat higher lmn
.
In the previous year , hut was still far below
thai eXIete and provided for by our caicu-
lations.
Thl gaIns In Inceme , assets and surplus
have been satisfactory .
Time expenses hove been kept rigidly down
10 the same scale or lconomy which has nl-
ways charcterlzld the compan and given
II an unique posilon among Insttutons or
Its klmmd
The increased dlvhends paid were fully
)
earned . amid there was left besides a sub-
stantial addition to the surplus hlch pro-
toots our large and al-lmlortan obligations .
and which , also , materialy assists In main-
tainlmmg a stenlly rate of dividend unlected
by ordinary changes In general business con-
ditlons.
In all that goes to affect time strcngth anti
permoneney or your compnn all the cost
. )
of your Insurance here , now amid In the future -
ture , the resuls or the year are not only
satisfactory , but , under the untoward gen-
ere ! circumstances , gratlng.
To 811Enk In let31 :
FINANCIAL OlImATJ S.
necelved-
For premlmIR. . . . . . . . $1.677.972,8
For Icrest nnd rents. 3,208,408.28
Dalancc prolt and loss 19,377.23
Total immcome . . . . . S 7,93.,75S.1
Disburetl-
DlsbuI'lcII-
For claims 1) ' death
and matured endowments -
ments . . . . . . . . . . $1.273.87,1.9
.
Surplus rlnrned to P0i- .
icy holders. . . . . . . . 1,2C,415.2G
LapRel1 nnd surrendered
policies . . . . . . . . . 659.701 :
.
Total paid policy
holders . . . . . . IJolc . . . $6,193,991.52 .
CommlHlons to agents .
s3larles. medical cx-
amlners' fees , print-
ing advertising , legal .
real estate and al \
other expenses ot
management . . . . . . 786.039,98
Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . 30,52,1
$ 7,2S5.559.G
Total Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7.\O,758.1 ! \ :
Total disbursements. . . . . . . . . 7,2&,559.61
Balance carried to increase net
or ledger assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . $ /20.19S.7
Add net assets January 1 , 1891. . 69,926.199,59
Net assets January 1 , 1895. . . $60,5i6,398.36
Add Interest due and accrued .
market values or stocks and
bonds O\'el cost and net deferred -
ferred Quarterly miami semi-
annual premiums as per itemized -
Ized statement , herewith. . . . . 1.8.526.9
Gross assets. ' January 1 , 189.G2.21.92.31
Total ! ! Januar . . . _ . . . . . . . . & : ,38,712,5
Surplus , January 1. 185. . . . $ 6,86.212.7
'INTEREST.
'Ve received for Interest and dividends
$2.939,965,80 : for rents , $268,442.48. On real
estate leans of 37,484,848.18 time overdue
interest at the end or the year was $98-
947.63 or 26-100 of 1 per cent. Nearly all .
of this small percentage Is on loans on city
property. On farm loans of $12.266.527.04 In
the "corn belt" only there was ollly $12-
097.10 overdue Interest. Our experience has
steadily shown that the ability of good Carms.
In good hands In time right localities , to pay
goo prompty on 0 proper that Is . a rela-
tvely Bmal loan , Is less affected by hard
tmea than Is the case wIth city property 01
good character and of the average variety :
and yet we loan only In cites which aTe the
great centers of commerce. All our loans are
very conservatively distributed and placed.
On bonds costing 12.266,890,25 there were
two Items of overdue interest amountng to
$4,70. One of these II on bonds or the city
of Austn , Tex. . and the olher on first mortgage -
gage bonds of time Detroit , Lansing & North-
cnn railroad. In neither case do we alpre-
hend 0 loss.
LOANS ON REAL ESTAT
We loaned on real estate during the year
$6,880,007.84 : loans were Paid amountng to
$7,064,654.52.
FORECLOSURES AND SALES OF REAL
ES1'A TE.
I Ie not to be uppoed thai over 1.000
loans , aggregating over $37,500,000. could go
through tmes cf protracted and severe Inm-
cia I stringency and depression 1\hout some
defaults of pnymenl , and the nEcessity of
enforcing our security In such cases During
the year we Ilave taken In under foreclosure
property . cot'ng 19 at decree $ t87 ,603:7 : 4 , and
have sold . properles costIng its $230,331.68 ,
Isavlng a let Increase of real estate held at
a cost of $257,27.4. at thesl sales $18G.
056,64 represented the cost of prop ! rtes ! which
were entirely closed out at $203,465,95 , a
gain over cst of $17,409.31. Tie remainder
rCllreselted sales . of parts of properties.
While we always regret tie nec Ely or
realizing on our security , and do act wlsb
tb hold property any longer than Is ntcfs -
&ry In order to sell It to your beat advantage
we are governed by the fact that these are
not the times to prLE real estate to 1le
except at a sacrifice , which we do not need
to make. We are strong bolder and can
wel await 1 ne"lal marllet.
A bit of history wi illustrate . In the
disastrous decade 1870-80 we took In pro II-
ertes eoUng t13,48lG3,49 , and valued by ,
the then Insurance commissioner nt only
$11,323GS6.09 . : out ot which properties costing -
Ing $7,313,010.62 , and valued at only $6.234-
007.11 , have hmeemi Bold for 8721216.31 , a
gain over cost of $1,408,20,69 , and $2,137-
208,37 over the oommlssloner's , valuation
And these IlroperUes Clml Cram loans mad"
upon valuations representing the great cur-
rency Intaton prevailing during and aftertime
the civil war , and suffering corresllondlng
shrlnllage al the country approached a
sound blSls. That clement of disturbance
and ( danger' I fortunately absent frm the
present situation.
We can therefore , conlemplate Eueh fore-
closure os hnve been ant are likely to be
made .Iurlng this depression wlhout serious
anxiety , whie the higher rate at Interest
realized rrom real estate loans makes timemem
especishiy desirable for ea rnlng dividends.
IIONIS.
No purchtames of Importance Imavo heemm
mmiade during tIme year. Bomds : hmave Imeeni
paid off to time aimiount , at cost , of $173-
038.30. We now imoid bommde of time imar value
of $1 1,838,800 , costing $12,256.890,25 , and
worth January 1 , 1895 , $12,700,047 by a most
conservative use of mimarhiet quotations. An
immapectiomi. of time list will dlaclosa timehr high
character , We have been at. a good deal of
pains to get cur holdings into bommds lmayinmg
a long time to run.
lnaurmmmiee Operatini.
MOILTALITY ,
The death losses in 3894 irene somewhat
lmigimer itt amount anti ratio timan timose in time
previous year , but were still so far within
( lie amount anticIpated by our i'remniumns ' amid
reserves as to give us a net aavhmmg of about
385,000 ,
ILE Vi VAtS.
A good feature of time year's hualness was
time revival of a considerable mmummmber of poll-
dcii wimich lapsed In the pressure of time lmanic
of 1893. It is far time cheapest way in wimich
persons wimo still riced insurance end are
stIll insurable niiks can resunnme carryIng hail-
9
else , Our agents are instrurteil to give particular -
ticular attention to uIm cases ,
Dt'iDENI'S.
This thlyidemids imnil to policy holders in
1SOI were ierger titan timoo imalmi in 1893. The
cost of timoir insurance itmms therefore less , A
like increase will be nmsmle itt time dividmmds cu
Imehiclea renewing in ISOS ,
SUittLUS.
Notwltimetanihing time large dividends psi' ' !
in 1891 , tIme surplus held immcreseth frtmmn
$ dluS,02T.S7 January 1 , 1891 , to $6,876,212.78
January 1 , 1595 , a gain of $ l28ISI.91. But
$262,618.80 of thmis seas due to time Increase in
the mimarket values of stacks and bonds over
those of time prevIous yctir , leaving a gain to
sumrpbnms of $166,566.11 frommi the actumal opera-
tiomis cit time year.
Out of tlmis surpitma nutmet uitlmatcly comae
time difference betweemm ( lie par amid market
values of our buds If they are hold to matu.
nlty , For time rest , it protects time assets anti
the buiImm ngalmmst tmimforesecmi loss and die.
aster , and miltie nmstcnlnhly in earning current
dividends ammO keeping them steady , while
each immnturing policy as it retires from the
commipammy receives Its upportiommeth share ,
Our surpius wotmhh be over $1,000,000 larger
tlmall we cotmr.t it It we tstei our own strenfithm
by time legal stanthanit imsed hy time state tIe-
lartnmemmts amid by other conmmiiammles , Coma.
lumted by themmi our surplus would be about
cS'oOooOo.
NEBUSINESS. .
\\'o Imavo atcadlly edimereti to otmr time-
hammered principle of seekitmg only suchm good ,
safe bmmcinese , inn limo healthy 1mar15 of our
nminm commnmtry 0111) ' , 05 could be imad wIthmommt
immcmcaslmmg our expemmscs and so Immcreasinmg
time cost of instmrammce , So great stress lmmms
been mini by centnimm commilmanics , labonimig tmmm
den certaimi necessities of tlmeir owmm creati.n ,
omm time itmiperative mmeeth of a great s'olmmmmie of
mmcmv bimslmies every year , mmmd they so yb.
hently cnitlelsa thmoio alma do not follow their
heath , ( limit not a few mmianngcrs regard timemn.
selves jumetified fri mmmeeting hmard titmice with a
great exhmeimdlttmre ratimer tlmamm allow a fail-
immg of 1mm nlmmomimit at risk. Amm aphienramice of
eutcm'pnlse is to ime mmumlntaiimed at wtmatever
cost to theIr policy Imolders , Divldemmds miiust
not stamid 1mm time may.
The Conmnecticmmt 2iltmtmmal Is so large ammd its
business so stable that It tines not need to
mmmalte size or growth a matter of other thmamm
secondary inmiimortanmce , Its first alma Is to
tmmake Its liohicics aecmmro ; its secommmj , to make
tlmcmmi cost as little as liossiimle timrougim ccomm-
ommm ) ' ammd i'rudenmce ' : and timon , frommi etnehi
busimmess as a low rate of expense wIll secure
m Ithmout immaklmmg us cut lmolic molders' dlvi.
demimis , it takes 0mm growth 1mm easy tlmmies amid
imi imard timmies it ( shea IL or not , as mmiay
happen , Cost to time lmrcsemit mmmemmibers is so
'i'iab a mmiattcr 1mm lIfe immsmmrammce that , 1mm our
view , it that ehemnemit lie properly takeni care
of lime nmatter of growthm Is not a Llmimmg to be
anmxious about. It wIll tahce care of itself In
time souse that it needs tie sacnlflca of exist.
lag Interests.
OUR EXPENSE ACCOUNT
iii ISDi was only 9.111 per cent of time. In.
coimme , , a ratio immaterially less tItan that of
ammy comimpetitor nmmd mmmucii less timmtmm half timmit
of time mimost imushmlnmg comnpamiies.
Time cost of our lmmsmnrimmmce Is correspondluigly
less thmamm in thmose campaniles. Time coat of our
Itmsuratmce is amid for a long timmie imn beemi
thecreaslnig eaclm ) 'emmr tIme cost of timeirs Is
and for a lomig timmie Imas been increasimig.
COM1'ETITION.
Time tomitinmo scimemmies of ommo sort or aim-
other In useby so many coumipanles require
extraordimiary itrcflts to mmmahte thai exraordl- (
nary dlvldemmtbs lironilsed In Lut peetponed tim
( him tmmture. Timese profits are to come from
forfeitures , and a great many are needed ,
for large aimmotmnts , for time success of time
lilan. A great new business to fur-
fish great forfeitures to time pooh
seems to be time central idea and
aim of time scimeme. It is time omme end to
wlmich every nerve be strained. The new but-
Incas mnmmst be kept ahead of time forfeitures.
Thus imiakes competition exceedbmigiy zimarp.
For example , one New Yonlc compammy
wrote in 1894 the enormous amnount qf $200-
000,000 and over in new business. But it
also had lapsed end surrendered , beside its
deatlm lessee and endowments of about $10-
000,000. the great suni of over $156,000,000 ,
over 20 per cent of what it hail in force at
time beginning of time year. Several other
comnpanlcs'are striving to outdo If possible , or
at least equal , limbs one. Its expense account
is 23 per cent of its Income , amid lmas been
as imigh as that for many years. Its rivals
are mmot behind in liberality of plan or cx-
iemmdlture. It is useless to look for honest ,
legitimate competitIon-an examination -of
real mmmerlt-tmnder such conditions. The hue-
Incas is solicited upon cunmmimigby deveed !
plans , upon deceptive estlnmatea of profitable
' 'Investnimemmt' ' whm'clm imave never been Eel-
Ailed , and is ucumally secured by a lmeavy rebate -
bate on time pretniummii'hosver pays omme of
thmee ccmmipammies nmm large part of lmls fIrst
yenr'a premium is probably beIng discnimmi-
inatemi against by time agenmt ,
Umuier timeac commdltIons time Connecticut
imlutimal still offers Imlahli life Insuranmce , as
lirotectbon to time famnliy , anti tries to make
It attractive milninly by making it perfect
to ( hint end and by keepimig its cost down
to tIme lowest possible point. It tries to
rcallze time ideal results of a legitimate bust-
ness , and It seeks to attract to its member-
simip only timoso 'ivimo want only such results
mmmd do riot want a shieculation on their lam-
Iiy's protection. Anti It does not try to
mnahce one muon tlmink lie is getting imhii insurance -
surance cimeaper titan any oUter mann , or nit
time expemmee of ammy one else , or at less titan
its trite cost.
"INVESTMENT" INSURANCE.
But plaiC life insuranee'lmas to commtest time
field with so-called "lmivestmmmcnt , insurance. "
As if anythmlnmg lIke ' 'Inmventmmient' ' could
come out of commipammles that. take from 15 to
25 cents for expenses out of every dollar timot
cones : in. Time lock of foummmiatiun Is con-
cealemi from ordimmary eyes by an arrange-
imment to hiestlione all divldcmithii for ten or
tWemmt3' years-time lommger time tinme time iilghmcr
the commmmnission to tlm@ agent and time , rebate
to time applicant. Whoever dies ieavs be-
imind imiun all time surpimms lila imrenilums Imave
earmmcd abovc tIme proor cost of carryiimg
lila immamiranco vhmile lie lived , and those ts'Imo
lapse forfeit their smmrplus amid mmlso all , or a
barge hart. of tIme reserves accummiuhmted from
their preummlumne , 1mm the hope that time for-
febtures viil be so mnaumy mmmi to 1111 up time
hmoie made by great cxpcnies ammd furnilsim
great dividends to thmoso who live tlmrouglm
Limo termmm and keep up theIr hialides. Tbrn
inmnmortality anti cruelty of settIng macmm to
aimeculato on i'btat ougimt to be absolutely
sacred to time lirottctlon of their own amid
other macn's fammmliles Is obvious , But tIme
' 'estImates" amid 'Iiinmstrmmtions" imave
temimptemi a immultitude , but only to disappoint-
macmit.
To illustrate : One of time great plommoera
in ( lila sort of sieeulattvo life Inn.uranmce is
settling title year , ISDS , time dIvidend on
tonmtimio halIdes Ihsued twemmty years ago.
Its thou estinmiate of that ilvimhemid cmi a
imobicy of $10,000 anmmmmmai life premniunmia , age
40 , was $9,556 ; It Is iiaying only $3,794 ; juU
39.70 per emit of its "estinimate. " Scores of
mnilllonmm of tholiars of reserves amid accummmmm-
latetl surplus on lapsed policies that ommgimt
to immive pane to gIve iomime remnnant of pro-
tectian to time fanmmilies of timose who lapsed
cm. to cimaimle thmemmi to keep up their pchi-
des hmmmve beam forfeited to the tcnmttne pool ;
bilL time great expemmsea incidenmt to doIng a
speculative busIness oil over time world have
entemi up time "umrofltb" and left hint that
pltifmnl outconmme
Mark , now , imomi tine dbviclemid-producimmg
hOWCm' Cf ( hits speculation is steadily wamming.
TIme company referred to began issuIng timeae
tivc'nty-yemmr tontlues 1mm 1871 , anmmh , timere-
fore , first paid a tweniy.ymxmr tommtlne dlvi-
dommil In 1801. On policies like the one jmmel
Cited ( list dividend was estlrnntcd sit $ GSIG.
Hero are tue dividends i'altlm 0mm vliclei
Isuc'mi in 1871 the dividenml In iSOt was
$4,076 , or 52.07 per cent of the estimnate ; on
policies issued in 1872 time dIvIdend ImaiJ in
1892 'i'as $4,456 , or 46,63 mer cent of tIme
estlmunte : emi policies lesumemi in 1873
time dividenmil pall In 1893 was $4.36' , or
15.67 lien cent of tIme estimate ; on policIes
Isticd 1mm 1874 time dlvimlend paid In 1894 was
$4,106 , or 42.G per cent of time estimate ;
on polbclemi hemmed in 18Th time dividend paid
in ISOS is $394 , or 30.70 per cemit of the
estimnate. l'erimaps time company Itself fur.
imlime time bt comnnmemt on this history in
Its PrOfaco to its book of "Estimates" miseii
by agentel ' 9Viii1e time results of the future
maLlet necessarily depend on the exp'nienco
of time future ' figues based oa past
experience fmmrntah time bst attainable data
impon vimch ! to jmmuhge of the nianagememit of
time socIety and time value of Its ( online as-
suranee. "
When these policIes hmaye received their one
( online dividend they fall back Into the
annual dlvidemimh class. Amid time annual "dlvi.
dcnd" are slight ,
As the "iniyestmnent" qualIty hies otmt Iii
form Is attractively varied to conceal the
ivant of eubstanmce ami to create the Illusion
of givIng niucim for little. Time hmohicirs are
mimatle to hare an alipearatice of liberality as
to condlticmnis. isimichi is false In part , and for
timc rest hart deatrtmctive of honest nmmmituaitty' '
anti of hubhlc mmioraiity.
'I'ime hegitimato btmsImies of a Ute Insurance
conipany is time hma'mmiemmt of mhctii loseni otmt
of time premmmitmnmis pal' by Its immenihers , Aside
( remit imiaking its contracts obrolutely jmimmt
amid secure , tIme great mmmcnit 1mm ad-
tmmlnmlstratiomm is to take as little mmmommey
as Possible frotmi Its nmemmibera : to th ( ho
hmmmsiness as cimeaply its possible ; to nmmmtlco 4
timeir annual imalmilelits as smmiali as Imomsiblo.
To nssmmmmie to comivert time payment of Isse
of ammy sort into an lnvestimmemmt ohmeratiomi 4
is an abmmmtllty. Amiy advnntmige to a favored
few c.mi 'be imami emily by tIme wholly micedlesa
sacrifices of nmmultlttmtles , eacit one of whmonma
lmopcs to be of time favoreml fei' .
CONIIT1ON OF TilE COMPANY.
Time assets January 1 , 1SOS , are $62,234 , .
92i.23 by a mimost cotmscrvatlye valtmntlomm , an
increase of $871,520.72 durimig time year , Time
liability for rcbnisuranmce reserve arm business
biased 0mm time mmsstmmmmptiomi of earning 4 tier
cent mmmmnuzil interest ( prior to AprIl , 1882) )
is $41,208SS2 : 0mm bmmsbness based 0mm time 3 per
ccmit iimtercat asstmmmmptlon ( nil since Almnti ,
1892) ) it Is $9,912,209. This latt itenm of ro.
serve Is conmabderabbe over $1,000,000 mmioro
Luau it would be emi a 4 per cent interest
basis , TIme commmpamm3' Is ito much stronger
thmmini nmiy legal etnummlard requires , or thman ammy.
conmimetllor. As the rate of immterest tends to - '
gravitate dowmmvard our losItIomi in title mmiat-
tar iii ammo of comigratuhmttiomm to our policy
imohilers ammd of satlsfactlomm to tIme mnamiage-
mmiont.
TIme other liabilities nra $ l,137,62i,55 , ieav-
imig a surplmms of $6,376,212.78 , wimich has been
referred to elsewimere.
CONIENS10l ) STATEMENT.
1mm fort9'-rmimie years of business the Con.
ncctbcmmt Mumtual has
lieceiveml-
Fom' premnitmmns . . . . . . $182,687,130.61
interest , rents , nnd
balance Prolit and , I
loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,421.172,53
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25141S,612.20
Disbtmria'd- - .
Deatim claims and
endownmoimtmt . . . . . . . $ 93,93,207.42
1)ividemiml' . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,449,157.09
Stmvmemiderod policies. 22,3SbO3.9l
Total hiuid lialicy
imoidens . . . . . . . . . . . . $169,630,888.45
Idxhieiises . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.099,810.01
'l'axes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,211,535.38
200,572,213.84 . i
l3nlance , net or ledger assets ,
January 1 , 1895 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ G0SiG,398.36
We commimmmend tlmla record to your careful
scrut I ny.
In Its busimmess conceptions , Plans and
nmitimods , its etrengtim , econommiy , equity , and
unparalleled results to its nmemmmbena , time
Conimecticut Mutual stands in Its totality the
matured fruIt of time , experience , and conservative -
servative admmilnistration , carrying in Itself
time vigorous amid heaitlmy seed of a beneficent -
cent future. ltemmpectfuily stmbmltted ,
JACOB L. GREENE , President.
Wi5 L1 OLA $
g'1' ISTHE9EST.
I , & FIT FOP. AiING , ,
COFDOVAN ,
" ' &CNAMELLEO CAmS.
483P FiNECAir&IcAnaa (
i'-I" 3..PPOUCE,3S0LES.
4- ? : $ ; $ LW0RKiNcMEf1
. 2l7. BDYS'SCIIOGLSHOEa ,
.f ? iL..ADlJ : .
t4. :
. ,
Over One Miiilo.a People wear the
w , , L. touglas $3 & $4 S1ioe - ;
All our S1t0C3 are equally satlsftsctory
Timey gIve time best value for the money.
They equal custom Shoes In style and fit.
TliIr wearing quahltlemm ore unsurpensed.
fits prices ore uniform-.stnmped en role.
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r'mii .t ) dii nvrr r r"rk-r.
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.lby
A.W. owmanCo. , N(6thSt. ( .
c.J. Carl son , t218 N. 24thSt.
w. w , Fisher , Parker and
Leavenworth St.
J , Newman , 424 S , 13th St.
Kelley , Stleer & Co. . Farnam
andl5thSt.
T. S. Cressey , 2509 N St. , South
Omaha ,
I
Teeth' Without Plates
BAILEY ,
' - , , , ' -'I , . DENTIIT.
, J ! i'axmnmm hihocic ,
Jk ltbtlmmmnd Farmiiuu Sti.
Tel JO4'8.
Pull Set Tcctlj.$3 00 I Silver Flhiiimgs.$1 00
imcm4t Teeth. . . . . . . . . . 7 51) ) I i'mmrt , ( told Fillings 2 0(1 (
Timimm 1'Iatu. . . . . . . . . 10 00 I Gout Crowjms-ii2k , U (10 (
l'almmhmum ( Extnmmct'mm SOc I Iim'idgu Tooth-tooth U 00
Teeth Out In rtIorning ,
New Teeth Same Day
2intieo Ii , hticUtioitlcr , ' ,
Tiu ammmmai timeetlrtg of nmtocC'imIi'rs .n
'rite Bee l'miblhsumlmim ; * : onmipany will be imolmi
at their olilce , cotnrr 17th nail lrtmrniani
streets , iii time city of Onmumima , emi Idoimminmy ,
Mmmrchm ith , 1895 , mIt 4 i/clock jm. in , , ( or Limo
iurimose of eiectlrmg m board of directors
unci such other hiummimmeimmi mis nmmmmy lie pro-
mmemmted for conmmiderntiomm , lly order of the
presldeim t.
mSEORGE I1. TZSCIIUCK. 9ecretmmry.
1'Z8mn&e10 (
t4IocKlimhdns' , Mucflng.
Notice Is hereby given timut time m'egulni
mummiual mneeiimmp of time stockimolders of liii
lioutim Platte Land comupany will be hmeid itt -t
Lime 0111cc of said company , in Linmcoln , Nab. ,
at 11 o'clock u. m. , Oti time first Wedmmesday
, n Mimnclm , 1895 , being time 6th day of time
month.
fly order of time Board of hirectors.
a. o , PIIILLI1'S , Secretary.
Lincoln. Neb. . Feb. 4 , 1.895. F4m30t
: .
PLANTERS 1-IOTIL , St. Louis.
Time Planters hotel , which was conmpleted amid opened last fall , Is one of tIme finest buildings
of Its kimmil 1mm Ammmerica , IL is ton stories higim , abiOlutely fireproof timroughout.aud replete
with every mmiodern convenience. Ahou two mmiililonm dollars were Silent by thq hotel company
mm the erection and furnisiming of title mnnmgullbcemmt structure. aud luxury amid ease are its
uirethommmlnatimmg features and charactonietIci , The style Is renaissance , antI time docoratiomis are
artistic iii time uxtromno , It Iv rumi on iiotim time Amnonlcan amid iuropcan iiiamms , under time
experienced npsmmageament of Mr. henry Weaver 1'nico range from 3.50 a day mip , On the
Awonicami 1)13mm , amid $1.60 mm day up , on tlmo ituropenu Imlaim ,
itlnmgrmiiieenithy eqmipmed Turitlaha hulls Ilooms ona the ground floor.
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