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ARMY TROOPS AND POSTS
Vstsr Comprising Big Dsp&rtmtnt of the
luij'ouri Reorjanii'd.
6FFICERS IN COMMAND AT EACH PLACE
Kqelpmrat of the fotim, Wh Estab.
1 ll.hrd and mmarr of In
cidental Advantages of
Them All. .
f Ths mstr troops nerving Irt the tif w
Irmrtmpnt of the Missouri ha Just been
Insure! from the Omaha headquarters and It
contains a cc.nslderable amount of Interest-
I Inn Information.
The new department I comprised of the
i atatr of Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota,
Kansas, Missouri and Wyoming, except
that part of the last named state Included
i In the Ypllowstmie National park.
The department In at preset commanded
1 by Prlgadler General Camlllo C. C. Carr,
, U. S. A., and there la associated with him
this staff: Alde-de-camps, First Lieutenant
, George Williams, XHghth cavalry, and Bee
ond Lieutenant frank B. Edwards, Fourth
J cavalry; adjutant general. Major CharlnS
i R Noyes. Ninth Infantry; Judga advocate,
j Captain WH'lam O. TJonnei chief quarter
! master. Major J. Estcourt Bawyer; chief
' commissary. Major William H. Bean; chief
aurgeon. Colonel Charles n. nyrne; chief
paymaster, Lieutenant Colonel John C.
feorge Williams; signal officer. Captain
Charles 8. Wallace; Inspector of small arms
practice. Lieutenant Frank B. Edwards;
attached. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel H.
Urush, Eleventh Infantry.
(Half Oltlcers In Department.
. Btaff officers serving In the department:
Major Thomas Cruse, in charge quarter
master' depot at Bt. Louis; Major Daniel
E. McCarthy, In charge of construction of
publlo buildings at Fort Leavenworth;
Major Moses O. Zallnskl, assistant to chief
quartermaster. In charge of quartermaster's
depot at Omaha; Captain Charles B.
Vodgea. constructing quartermaster, Fort
Meade, a D.i Captain Thomas Bwobe, con
structing quartermaster, Fort McKensle,
Wyo.; Captain William T. Scott, construct
ing quartormaater. Fort A. V. Russoll,
;wvo Lieutenant Colonel Ablel L. Bmltn,
.'purchasing and shipping commissary. Bt
f i Loula; Captain Frank A. Cook, assistant to
chief quartermaster. Omaha; Captain wn
l jmi n. Grove, purchasing and shipping
commissary, Kaunas mjr, na.i ij..r
i Jerome A, Watrous, pay ' department,
' Omaha; Captain James Canby, pay depart-
went, Bt Loula; Captain John n. Inrh,
i,Py department, Omaha, and Captain
I Qeorga W. Moaea, pay department, Kansas
City, Mo, Tha medical department Is rep
' resented by Lieutenant Colonels John Van
K. Hoff, Fort Leavenworth; Louis H. Maus,
Fort Riley; Louis H. Crampton, Bt, Louis;
' Majora Adrian Polhemus, Fort Crook; raul
Bhlllock, Fort Meada; Thomas U. Raymond,
Jefferson Barracks; Captains Charles F.
, Kleffer, Fort Russell; George D. Deshon,
. Fort Dea Moines; Paul F. Btraub, John H.
' Btone, David Baker, Fort Leavenworth:
Elmer A. Dean, Fort Riley; Llewellyn P.
Williamson, JeTIsrson Bornujks; First Lleu
' tenanU James F. Edwards, Fort Leaven
worth; Henry II. Rutherford. Fort Mac
I'kenele; Patrick H. MeAndrew. Jefferson
r liarrark.; William W. Reno, Fort Crook;
John R. Devereux, Fort Meade; Peter O.
Field, Fort Robinson.' William L. Kel'.er,
Fort Riley: Ralph 8. Porter. Fort Leaven
. worth; Contracturgeons William H. Ram
laey. Omaha; Merttm A. Probert, Fort
? Crook; Harry C. Many. Fort Riley; James
B. Hall wood. Fort Leavenworth; John ID.
'Brooks. Fort Meade; Preston B. Kellogg.
fFort Robinson; Ira C. Brown, Fort Nlo
brara; Francla M. McCallum, Fort Russell;
'A. W. Barber, Fort Russell; Henry H.
Van KtrlC Fort Waahaklo. and Contract
' Dental Burgeon Edwin F. Tignor, Fort
-Rl'.ey.
j- Mat of Military Posts.
f Tha military pos' department are;
Fort -Crook, Nebraska, located ten miles
south of Omaha, on the B. & M. and the
Missouri Pacltle railways. The post was
established In 1896. It has barrack capacity
for thirty-three officers. Including one field
. officers' and eight bachelors' quarters, one
I luh . house and four double aets of non
; commissioned ataff officers' Quarters; one
1 building, containing eight Beta of barracks
'.' for slgtyvtwo men each, one band barracks
for twenty-six men and two quartermas
ters' atablea for eighty animals, with full
' equipment of quartermaster and commis
sary storehouses, hospital and guardhouse.
The poet t present garrisoned by two
battallona .of the Thirtieth United Btates
. Infantry, comprising the headquarters of
the regiment, and Companies A, B, C, D, I,
K. L and M. Major George R. Cecil Is at
present In command of the post.
Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, located on
iJ Colorado Southern railroad, tnree
mllea distant from Cheyenne, on the main
tins of tha 1'nlon Farina railway. Fort
Russell wu established In ISM. It has
quarters for. twenty-five officers, Including
J,three Held officers and on, noncommls
, atoned staff officers' quarters: eight' In-
fantry barracks and one band barrack,
. with two artillery stables, hospital, guard
house and commissary and quartermaster's
storehouses. The post Is at present gar
risoned by the headquarters and one bat-
tallon of the Second Infantry, consisting of
Companies E. F. O and H. Troqp R. Tenth
' TTnltnd Btates cavalry, and the Thirteenth
battery field artillery. Colonel Francis W,
Mansfield, Second Infantry, commands the
post
Kew Post at Dea Moines.
Fort Dea Moines. Iowa, located five mllea
from Dea Moines, la. The post was estab
lished In liwS. It hue two double aeta of
officers' quarters and three sets of non
commissioned ataff officers' quarters, one
dmible barraeks for 2u0 men. one cavalry
atablea for ninety horses, on quartermas
ter' stables for thirty animals, with hos
pital, guardhouse and quartermaster and
commissary storehouses. There are now
under construction three double sets of
officers' quarters, one field offloer"a quar
ters, on steward's quarters, una double
barracks for too men and three cavalry
atablea for nln.ty horses each. The post Is
I this time garrisoned by Companies C
and L. Twenty-fifth Infantry, pending the
arrival of the F.Ievtnth cavalry. Captain
Joseph D. Leltch. Twenty-fifth Infantry, i
In command of the post. j
Jefferson barracks, Missouri, la located on
the Bt. Louis, Iron Mountain V Southern
railway, ten miles distant from Bt. Loula,
on a commanding Muff overlooking the Mis
sissippi river. An elertrlo railway extends
from Bt. Louis to the post. Jefferson bar
raeks was established In 1S27 and was a
military rendezvous twenty years before
the Mexican war. It has quarters for
thirty-one officers. Including one field offi
cer and eight bachelor quarters, three
double sets and one single set of noncom
missioned staff officers' quarters, five double
barrack buildings fisr 128 men each, one
band building for twenty-six men, hospital,
guardhouse, ample quartermaster and com
missary storehouses, eight buildings hold
ing seventy-two animals each, one quarter
master's stable for ninety-two animals and
post hall and library. .The post Is gar
risoned by the Headquarters and staff of
the. Eighth cavalry. Troops F- F, O, II,
Eighth cavalry; I. K. L. M, Fourth
cavalry, and Is at the same time the prin
cipal cavalry and artillery recruiting depot
of the west. The post Is commanded by
Colonel George B. Anderson, Kl&hth
cavalry.
Old Fort trsrenn-ortb,
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Is located on
the Kansas City, Wyandotte A Northwest
ern and Missouri Pacific railways, on a
high bluff overlooking the Mlvsourl. An
electric railway connects the post with the
clty of Leavenworth, thre and a half miles
distant, and also another with the Kansas
Citys. Fort Leavenworth was established
In t)ie year 1827 and has for over seventy
five years been one of the foremost mili
tary establishments of the country and has
had much to do with the development of
the west. It was an Important point of
rendesvou during the Mexican war and
has always been an Important military
point since. It in today one of the greatest
military establishments In the west If not
In th world. It has ti3 aets of officers'
quarters, twenty-nine single sets, Including
twelve sets of field officers' quarters and
four seta that are In one building; fifty-one
double sets of officers' quarters and seventy-two
bachelor qunrters. The barracks
buildings comprise three artillery barrack
or IW men each, one engineer barracks
for 444 men, four cavalry barracks for WO
men each, twelve Infantry barracks for 130
men each and one for 140 men, one band
barrack for twenty-eight men, a magnifi
cent hospital, guard houses, a great mili
tary prison, two engineer stable, seventy
two animals each; four cavalry stables, 110
animals. each; one quartermaster's stable
for ninety animals and ampin quartermas
ter and commissary store houses for so
great an etstabllphment. There is also' a
very handsome church edifice at the poet.
Fort Leavenworth Is garrisoned by tho
headquarters, field and staff of tha Sixth
United Btates Infantry, comprising Com
panies A, B. C, D, E), F, O, H, I, K, L and
M, Troops E. F. G, H, Fourth cavalry; tho
Sixteenth, Twentyz-elghth and Twenty-ninth
batteries field artillery and Companies A,
B, C, D, First battalion of engineers. The
post Is commanded by Colonel Joseph W,
Duncan, Sixth Infantry.
General Service and Staff follece.
Aside from Its Importance a a garrlon
post Fort I-eavenworth Is also distin
guished as being tho principal general serv
ice and staff college of the United States.
This college Is under command of Brigadier
General J. Franklin Bell and he Is as
sisted by a corps of six general instructors
and' about fifty assistant Instructors, all
officers of the army. About M0 young offi
cer now are student at the college of the
cavalry and Infantry branches of the
service.
Fort Mackenzie, Wyoming, Is located
about two and a half miles from Sheridan,
Wyo., on the B. A M. rnfiway. The post
waa established In lRf. It has two double
set of officers' quarters, one single and
one double set of noncommissioned .staff
officer' quarters, two single barracks, for
J men each, hospital, guard house, ouar
termaster and commissary store house,' two
cavairy stable and one quartermaster'
stable, the latter all temporary frame
buildings. There are under construction
ono field officers' quarters, three double
seta or line officer quarters, one double
barrack building for two companies and a
brick building for a bakery, which will be
eompleted April 1 of the present year. The
post Is at present garrisoned by two trooDS.
O and H, Tenth cavalry, and la commanded
by Major Robert D. Read, jr., Tenth eav.
airy.
Fort Meade, S. I).
Fort Meade, South Dakota, I located
two miles from Bturgls, 8. D., on the Fre
mont,' Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad
(Northwestern). The post waa established
in 1878. It has quarters for twenty-five of
ficers, Including feur field ' officers. There
are three stone barracks for 100 men each,
one double frame barrack for 100 men and
one band barrack for thirty-four men. One
new double barrack I under construction.
There I a fine hospital, quartermaster and
commissary store house, eight cavalry sta
ble for 612 horse, two quartermaster sta
ble, one for eighty-six and th other for
IK animals. There Is a fine water and
sewer system at this, a at all other post
In tha department. The post I at present
garrisoned by the headquartera, field and
ataff of the Sixth United Btates cavalry,
with troop A, B, C, D. E, F, O and H.
Colonel Allen Smith. Blxth cavalry, 1 In
command of tha post.
Fort Niobrara, Nebraska, is located, on
tha Fremont, Elkhorn A Missouri Valley
railway line, four and one. half miles dis
tant from Valentine, Neb. Th poet waa
established In 1880. It has quarter for
twenty-flv officers. Including two field of
ficers; four single and one double sets of
noncommissioned staff officers' quarter.
Ther are nine barrack building for lxty
five men each and one band barrack, four
cavalry tablea, eighty animal each, and
one old and unserviceable quartermaster's
corral. There 1s also a fine hospital build
ing and suitable quartermaster and com
missary store houses. The post Is at pres
ent garrisoned by the headquarters, Celd
and taff of the Twenty-fifth United
States Infantry (colored), with companies
A, B. D, I, K and M. Th post 1 at pres
ent commanded by Captain Joarpli P.
O'Neil, Twenty-fifth Infantry.
Fort Klley la Kansas
Fort Riley, Kansas, Is another of th
greatest military establishment In the
United State. It 1 located on the Union
Pacific railway, four miles from Junction
City, Kan., by which It la connected by an
electrlo railway and la popularly presumed
to be In the geographical center of the
United Btates. The post was established In
1862. It has magnificent stone quarters for
forty-nine officers. Including five field of
ficers, and three double et of noneomm'
Inned staff officers' quarter; four build
ings, eighty-five men each; thre double
buildings, 170 men each; four buildings, 130
men each; no band barrack; five cavalry
stables, eventy-slx animal each; thre-
cavalry atablea, ninety animals each; four
old cavalry stables, eighty animals each;
five artillery stables, sixty-four animals
each; two artillery stables, sixty-eight ani
mals each, and one for 134 animals; one
quartermaster's stable for ninety-three ani
mals. In addition to the foregoing build
ings I a magnificent riding hall, 100 x 300
feet In the clear, built of atone; a fine
hospital, chapel and pott trader' store, all
of stone, with numerous quartermaster and
commissary store houses, also built of
stone. There Is under construction at this
post three additional field officer' quarters,
four double set of line officer' quarters,
one bachelor' quarters, two double eet of
noncommissioned staff officers' quarter,
one artillery barracks, two double cavalry
barracks, one artillery aigble, on gun hed,
and bid are but recently Inv41ed for sev
eral other additional building thit will ap
proximate I200.0U0 In cost. In addition to
being a garrison post F(ort Riley Is also a
school of application for field artillery and
cavalry. The post I at present garrisoned
by the headquarters, field staff and band
of the Fourth United States cavalry,
Troops A, B, C, D, also Troops I, K, L, M,
Eighth United Btatee cavalry; Sixth, Sev
enth, Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty
fifth batteries of field artillery. Ninth band
artillery corps and numerous Instructor
In the artillery and cavalry riding school.
Th post Is at present commanded by Col
onel Edgar Z. Steever, Fourth United
Btate cavalry.
Fort Robinson, el.
Fort Robinson, Neb., Is located on th
Fremont, Elkhorn A Missouri Valley rail
way (Northwestern), three miles west of
Crawford. Tho post was established In
1874. It has quarters for twenty-nine offi
cers, Including one field officer; six single
sets and. one double set noncommissioned
staff offliers' quarters; two buildings, sixty
men each, and six buildings, sixty-five men
each; six cavalry stables, sixty-four ani
mal each, and two cavalry stables, ev
enly animal each; one packer's stab!?,
twenty animals each; one quartermaster's
stable, 120 animals, with suitable hospltnl
building and quartermaster and commis
sary storehouse. The post la at present
garrisoned by headquarters field staff and
band. Tenth United State cavalry (col
ored), with Troops A, B, C. D. I, K, L, M.
Colonel Jacob A. Augur, Tenth cavalry,
commands the post.
Fort Washakie, Wyo., I located 147 miles
from Rawlins, Wyo. It ha no railroad
connection and can only be reached by a
thirty-three-mile stage ride from the near
est railroad point. Th post was estab
lished In 1881. It has quarters for nine offi
cer, including one field rfflcer; two Infan
try and two cavalry barrack and one cav
alry stable. Th post I at present gar
risoned by Troop F, Tenth Urtlted States
cavalry. Captain Thomas G. Carson com
mands the company and post.
The following Indian agencies ar located
In the Department of the Missouri; 8ic
and Fox agency, Toledo, ).; Pottawatomie
and Great Nemaha agency, Nadeau, Kan.;
Omaha, and Winnebago agency, Winnebago,
Neb.; Santee agency, Nebraska; Cheyenne
River agency, South Dakota; Slsseton
agency, Slsseton, S. D.; Pine Ridge agency,
South Dakota., (nearest railroad station
Rushvllle, Neb.); Rosebud agency, South
Dakota (Valentine, Neb., nearest railroad
station); Yankton agency, Greenwood, S.
D.; Crow Creek agency, South Dakota;
Lower Brule agency, South Dakota; Sho
shone agency, Fremont county, Wyo., near
Fort Washakie, Wyo.
There are two Indian training and
Industrial schools In the department. They
are the Genoa Institute at Genoa, Neb.,
and the Haskell Institute, at Lawrence,
Kan.
Ther are seven national cemeteries In the
department and are located at Fort Leav
enworth, Fort Mcpherson, Fort Bcott, Jef
ferson Barracks, Jefferson City, Keokuk
and Springfield, Mo.
There ate in the Department of the Mis
souri two branches of the National Home
for Disabled Volunteer. One of these Is
at Fort Leavenworth and the other at Hot
Springs, B. D. There are state soldier'
home at Fort Dodge, Kan.; Marshalltown,
la,; Grand Island and MJlford, Neb.; Hot
Springs, 8. D. and Cheyenne, Wyo.
In Addition to the military post In th
department there is an extensive and costly
quartermaster and commissary storehouse
and depot at Omaha and an arsenal and
powder depot at St Louis that hav nu
merous costly buildings.
There were formerly other military posts
la the department, but they have long since
ben abandoned. They were Fort Marker,
Dodge, Hays and Wallace, Kan.; Omaha,
Kearney, Sidney, McPherson, Neb.; Lara
mie, Tetterman, Camper, Reno and Phil
Kearny, Wyo.; Custer und Yankton, B. D.
There is scarcely a vestige of these old
forts left and In the cases of Forts Fetter
man, Casper and Reno, Wyo., their very
site have been forgotten.
PRATTLE OF THE) VOl'KGSTERI.
Mother Goldfish Where hav you been,
WIllieT
Willie Only Just around th globe, ma.
Teacher All blrda are bipeds that is,
Ihey hav two feet.
Tommy The duok ain't.
Teacher Oh, yea, th duck has two feet
Tommy No, ma'am, I'll bet they're oar.
'"Owan'pa,'' said l-yekr-old Elsie, who
mamma had been reading Bible stories to
her, "wa 'oo In so arkT"
"Certainly not, my dear," replied th old
gentleman.
"Zen." continued the small Inquisitor,
"why fildn't 'oo det dwound?"- -Chicago
New.
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B at It I -S-
A member of the Rlttcnhouae club I tell
ing a good story on himself. It goes thl
way: His little eon very little and whnr
than he knows was taking his dally walk
In the square on day with nurse, who I
amiable and answers all his question to
the best of her ability. A sprinkler came
along laytng the dust and it Interested th
little lad greatly. .
"Nursle. what is that?" he aaked. ,
"That' the water wagon, my dear," she
answered.
"I that th one papa fell off of, hurtle T"
Philadelphia Press.
Gladys had lost two front teeth. She had
been told that God would give her eom
new one. She , waa to take part In the
Easter exercises at Sunday achool. In
pit of all wishing, however, the teeth
refused to put In ao appears noe, and
Easter waa at hand.
One night Gladys' mother heard her talk
ing after she had put her to bed. She
went back and saw her kneeling beside her
bed In, the moonlight
"Oh, God." she was saying, . "If you
haven't got my new teeth done won't you
please drop my old one down until after
Easter?" February Llpplncott'a.
OMAHA GOOD FORTHE HEALTH
Ttkei Hifotr Bank Thin Btforo Tor Low
Death Kate
CONDITIONS BETTER NOW THAN EVER
The Rale of the Casse.
They were playing. little aoctal game
of poker In the parlor, the young gentle
man acting a Instructor rb the ladles.
"It la not your turn to bet now. Miss
Primlelgh." he remarked; 'you hare the
advantage of not having to bet until the
others have all said."
"Why so?" ah Inquired.
"Because you have th ag on us," he re
sponded. Eh wa his bitterest enemy from that
Urn New Orlsana T Ltnea-Ssnvaara C
Dr. Ralph In Annual Report Recom
mends More Money to U.qolp and
Saatala Laboratory 1
Better Work. '
Th health of Omaha for 1903 was re
markably good, according to the annual re
port of Health Commissioner Ralph, which
ha Just been Submitted to Mayor Moore.
During the year there were but 967 deaths,
seventy-three lesa than In 1902. reducing the
mortality rate to 9.38 per thousand on a
population basis of 103,000, whereas It Is a
fact that the actual number of people Is
much greater. The births numbered 1,773,
Increasing 157 over the previous year. These
statistics show Omaha to be among the
lowest In point of mortality and highest as
to the birth rate in th list or cltle of 100,
000 population or greater.
Th report says:
flier hav been no epldemies of con
tagious diseases during the year. With
ine unsettled condition of the garbage
question we have all we can reasonably
expect from a sanitary point of view. The
city has been subjected to a great expense
from an epidemic of -smallpox covering a
period of four years prior to 1A03. It is with
satisfaction that I state that not a case
has originated in the city since September.
Jf we expect to avoid a similar experience
In the future, the people should avail them
selves or the absolute preventative success
ful vsccinatlon.
That the proper disposal of garbage and
all refuse matter la a problem, Is the ex
perience of all r.ltles. Omaha is no ex
ception. It always has been my Judgment
that the gathering and disposal of ell
refuse should bo nt the expense of the
city, the same as the cleaning of Streets.
Wanta More Money,
The commissioner asks for more money
for the department and asserts:
In order to get good results the Board
of Health must have at Its disposal a suffi
cient amount of money, hacked bv the
combined efforts of til good citizens. I
rromlse that every dollar appropriated for
his department will be used Judiciously
for the tetterraent of nil branches.
The Installation of a laboratory and the
employment of an attendant chemist find
bacte:1ologlst. Is urged, the expenses for
equipment being estimated at SuOO and tha
salary at $1,800 a year. Concerning this
feature the commissioner says In rart:
Having good reason to believe that all
coses of diphtheria reported to this office
were not tru diphtheria, and knowing that
we have a positive test In the culture tube
system, I have adopted .this system of
culture tube tests, commencing January 1,
1SK3. at the moderate expense of t'10 for
material. The bacteriological work was
done free of cost to the board by Prof.
T-angfeld of Crelghton unlvrrslty, which
has proven so ratlsfaclory to the physi
cians and the families afflicted, to whom
I am Indebted for his skillful and pains
taking work, and In behalf of the city, I
xtend to him my hearty thanks.
Kxample of the tystem.
That you may fully comprehend the re
sult of each system, I present to you cer
tain work with a comparison of statistic
for the years 1902 and 1903. From January,
1902. inclusive, ninety-live cuses of diph
theria were reported, all based on a clin
ical diagnosis. From January to Decpm
ber. '193, Inclusive, eighty-six cases were
reported. Each of the I9ICI series waa sub-
Incted - to a culture tube test, showing
.oeffier's bacilli (that Is tho diphtheria
germ) present In fifiy-eight and absent in
twenty-eight of the cases.
I request thot an amount of money be
firovlded this department to equip and us
aln a laboratory.
Departmental receipts for 1903 were
W.302.99 and the total expenditures $7.78(5.38,
leaving a balance of $1,516.61. It is the one
municipal department that did not use all
or more than the funds provided.
OIT OF THE ORDINARY,
Three daughters of Bryan Lawrence, a
hotel keeper of Augusta, Ga., were simul
taneously prostrated with appendicitis last
week and submitted to operations. Mr.
Lawrence was himself operated upon for
tha same complaint about three months
gt.
Experience is sometimes demonstrative
and ecoentrlc in Instructing the human
family. It has been sscertalncd that a
frozen pumpkin will explode. A woman
living at Fayette, Mo., put a frozen pump
kin in the stove to thaw and went Into the
pantry to get dough to make a pie. The
pumpkin blew the stove up.
Alston Gibson .of Calera. Ala., who has
Just reached the remarkable age of. 110
years, Is still In full possession of
all his faculties. He fought In the battle
of New Orleans under Andrew Jackson,
waa a soldier dn the Creek and Seminole
wars and tried to enlist In the confederate
army In 1861, but waa rejected on account
of his age.
One of the highest authorities on lunacy
statistics George Brown, for many years
a member of the New York State Board of
Lunacy says the Inmates of the asylums
of that state are Increasing at the rate of
700 a year and that one-halt of them are
bornln European countries. He makes a
prediction that In ten year the alien In
sane In the t'nltrd Btates will cost the
people $50,000,000 annually.
The entire fortune of Moses B. Clement
of Portland, Me., amounting to about $100.
(X, ha been left to trustees who are di
rected to distribute it "to benefit society,
relieve distress and assist worthy and de
rerving religious, charitable and benevolent
cssoclatlons, objects and Individuals" The
matter of distribution is left entirely to the
discretion of the executors, the only re
striction being that they shall have dis
posed of-the'entlre estate in the manner
indicated within ten years.
Miss Edith D. Lawrence, now a teacher
In a missionary school at Tabris, Persia,
writing, to friends in Oklahoma and tell
ing of a shipment of books, etc.. from
home, r,aid: "Last night I picked up an
American history and found forty pages
about the revolution torn out. They will
not allow anything like that to pass
through. The sultan will not allow such
Sunduy tholl lessons as Ahsolom's re
bellion to be studied. Instead of publish
ing such lessons they put In a lesson from
a psalm."
market r.rlre of human flesh In f jinnrk I
III. On this basis tb Chicago, Burlington
& Qulncy Railroad company settled with
W. A. Giles of Savanna, who was recently
injured in a railroad accident on that
road. Mr. Giles was riding In a caboose
attached to a Burlington freight train near
I-anHrk. when a collision threw him to
the floor. He sustained serious Injuries to
tha spine and as a result of the Illness
following he claimed he lost twenty-six
pounds in weight. Mr. Giles demanded
$100 for each pound of flesh lost ana the
railway company's representatives pre
sented him with a check for $2,000.
The Equitable
Life Assurance Society
Of the United States
a
HENRY B. HYDE, Founder.
Forty-fourth Annua! Statement for the Year Ending December 31, 1903.
ASSETS.
Honda nnd Mortgage f 74,345,110.94
KoiU Estate In New York,
Including the Equitable Building.. lj I l,tU4.1o
United States, Statej City
and Railroad Bonds and other In
vestments (market value over coat, in- j-i nnn nn
$15.005,206.00) , lUj,4o4,yuo.OO
Loans secured by Ronds and ' 000 AA nn
Stocks (market value, $3.WS,755.00) U,o33,o00.00
Toliey Loans 18,834,127.74
Kenl Estate outside of New ifr ion no .
Turk, Including 12 office buildings.. JO,43y,2Sl.o4
Cash in Banks and Trust
Companies at interest 25,625, 1 69.16
Balance-due from agents.. 1,521,245.95
Interest and Bents
. (Due $110,rt.9J Accrued $122,125.14) 232,803,07
Premiums due and in pro- .,,,
cess of collection 5,153,164.00
Deferred Premiums 2,509,473.00
Total Asset $381,226,035.53
INCOME.
Premium Receipts $oS,637,SS9.63
Interest, Bents, etc 15,0S0,461.30
Income $73,718,350.93
DISBURSEMENTS.
Death Claims $18,318,482.94
Endowments and deferred sMO(,MJ1
dividend pedicle i ,Da-,U8J.4
Annuities 883,278.00
Surrender Values 2,383,532.34
Dividends to Policyholders C,f 82,295.55
Paid Policyholders ...... .$34,949,672.27
Commissions, advertising,
postage and .xchang
Ml other disbursements...
7,734,569.13
6.808,7C9.75
Disbursements $49,493,011.15
W hereby certify to the correctness of the above statement.
FRANCIS W. JACKSON. Auditor. II. R. COURSBJf, Aslstant Auditor. A W. MAUTO, Aaaoclate Auditor.
LIABILITIES..
Atfeurance Fund(or Reserve)f"03.4?i7,838.00
All other Liabilities 4,414,059.50
Total Liabilities $307,871,897.50
Surplus ...... $73,354,138.03
ASSURANCE.
Instalment Follcle Stated at Their Commuted Value
Outstanding Assor
ance.... $1,409.918. 742.00
New Assurance $322; 047, 968. 00
.u r" hTrCby C,r,lfy lno ewectnea of the above statement. Th Reserve as per the Independent valuation of
the N. "i. Insurance Department. I $301.63J,1M. For Superintendent certificate see Detailed Statement
J. Q. VAN CISB. Actuary. ROB'T HENDERSON, Assistant Actuary. R. O. HANN. Associate Actuary.
mt'8 haV" xamlned tha account n the Society, and certify' to the correctness of the foregoln Ute-
WM. A. WHEELOCK,
V. P. SNYDER,
C. LEDTARD BLAIR. GEO. II. BQUIRB.
Special Committee of the Board of Director
JAMES W. ALEXANDER, President.
OAOK Vj. TARBELL, Second V. P.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Sec,
II. R. WINTHROP, Asst. Sec.
EDWARD W. LAMBERT. M. D.,
Consulting Medical Director,
JAMES II. HYDE, Vice President.
GEO. T. WILSON, Third V. P. f WM. H. MoINTYRE, Fourth V. T,
THOMAS D. JORDAN, Comptroller. SIDNEY j. RIPLEY, Treaa.
M. MURRAY", Cashier. w. B BREMNER. Asst. Treaa.
S. C. BOLI INO, Superintended of Agencl, ,1
, R. BROS8, M. D. and ARTHUR PELL, M. D.,
Medical Director.
DIRECTORS.
LOt'Ifl FITZGERALD, .
CHAUNCKY M. IlKPHfr,
WM. A. WHKKLOCK,
H. C. PR MING,
t'OHNKUt H N. DUBS,
OKO. H. gQt'IRB.
THOMAS I). JUHDAM,
C. H. ALKXANDKH,
V. P. 8NYDKR.
SAMUEL M. INMAN. '
J. W.
JOHN A. STEWART,
A. 3. CAS1ATT,
ROBT. T. LINCOLN,
J J. A8TOR,
OAOR JC. TARRELL,
MARVIN HIOHITT,
WM. H. MrlNTTRB,
M. HARTLEY DODO 8.
DRAYTON IVES,
BHADUH JOHNSON,
J AMKS J. HILL,
ITH,
ALEXANDER. JAMES H. HYDE.
LEVI P. MORTON, JACOB H. rHI
WM. A. TU. UK,
I). O. MILLS,
OBO. J. OOt'LT),
OKO. T. WILSON,
T. I). WITT Cl'YtEtt.
E. W. LAMn'CRT.
M M. ALEXANDER.
J. r. d NAVARRO,
m. m. IMUALLS,
CHAR. . SMI'
PrcNRT C. FRIrK,
W'M. ALEXANDER,
JOHN J. IdcCOOK,
H. C. HAARBTK'K,
DAVID H. MOKFAT,
S1DNET D. RIPLEY,
JOHN SLOANg.
K. H. harrimaW,
ALFRED O. VANDKSBILT,
T. JEFFERSON COOLlDOa.
Al'OI'ST BELMONT.
Sir WM. C. VAN HORNS.
THOMAS T. KOKEKT,
C. t.EDYARD BLAIR,
WM. H. BALDWIN, Jr.,
JAMES R. fOROAN,
JOSEPH T. LOW.
N. 13. For Further Particulars See Detailed Statement.
I D. NEELY, M&n&rfet,
Merchants National Bank Building.
"Strongest in the World."
WILL POSITIVELY ft RE
Kidney and Liver Disease, Rheumatism,
Mirk Headache, Erysipelas, BcrofulH, Ca
tarrh, Indigestion, Neuralgia, Nervous
ness, Dyspepsia, Syphilitic Diseases, Con
stipation. 12,26 650 people were treated In
1903. 26c. All druggists.
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MILWAUKEE
' "Com.riri tMsttofsoar onnt
ry77ier Blitz the embodiment
of honest components and
consummate skill m the art of
brewing. Has character and taite
that s mdescribably pleasing.
Ask tor down town.
Send a case
home. "
&naha struck liU Douglas 8L TeL ltML
syr,
Quaker
maid
Rye
In flavor an)
test, Quaker
Maid aaa ao
mat
At all leading bars,
afM, drag .tores
. HIBSCH OO.
KANSAS 01TT, MO,
WE GIVE YOU
AN AIR RIFLE
Ftr Mtllng 25 rolled gold Initial atlck
pint, perfume amulets and brooche
at 10 cents each. Thla atrong,
well-made, ahootlngatrtght
to-the-tnark weapon fine
for hunting or target
practice can be
earned by few
hear' work
among your
friends.
Send us your
name and address,
and we will forward
you the pins Immediately.
Begin at once selling them
very one you meet will buy, as
they are well worth ten cents.
When all are sold, return us $2.10
and the rifle will be shipped to you
Immediately. If you prefer other pre
mlums, we give dolls, umbrellas, type
writers, printing press, etc
CORNELIA SUPPLY COMPANY,
41 CORNELIA ST, NEW YORK CITY.
iYIH
Ml
THE
MYOICNIC
LOTION
H. as AH UaaesJ Sel.4ehae,
NO FAIN. NO. STAIN.
NO STRICTURE, f REt SYRINGE.
STl Saw re MT.afllaisn.'ei
Bent te aay ad drees (or (L00.
SHERMAN MeCOSRELI
aUlrear BUS- Ok.
New
Orleans
$3150
Mobile,
AW.
Relieve Kidney
& Bladder
trouble at once.
Cures In
48 Hours"
URINARY
DISCHARGES
Ech Co.
tuny
bad return
$30.35
Tickets on sals February th to 14th
Lone Limits and itopovers.
Lear Omaha (Union Station) 6:30 p. m.
Leare Council Bluffs (Transfer Stnlion) 6:45 p. m.
Arrive St. Louis (Union Station) 7:25 a, m.
Reduced rates every day to all winter resorts.
The Only Lino With Station at Main
Entrance to World's Fair Grounds,
giving full view of buildings and grounds from car win
dows. For rates, descriptive matter and all Information,
call at Wabash Corner, 1601 Farnam St., or address
HARRY E. MOORES,
QemM Agt. Pass. Dept.
OMAHA.
