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W HKX OtT OK TOWS,
labwrlbm Iravla lb rlty tvm
yararlly abal4 have Tli Ilea
mailed to them. Addreaa will be
cheated as olta aa Mo.aeated.
Nebraska farmers may have corn to
burn, but they do not have to burn It.
While Secretary bliaw may be right
in saying the democratic party is with
out hope, it surely does have pleasant
hallucinations.
When labor unions can find only fac
tional differences as-cause for strikes
they will have difficulty In enlisting
popular sympathy and support.
An atrocious .murder calls for swift
and sure punishment, but the punish
ment must come by .meting out the
penalty of the law through the regular
channels. .
John Redmond may have another
opportunity to express himself on the
' British government's plan for home
rule by installments when that plan
Is made public.
It Is greatly to be feared that the
restrictions thrown around the distilla
tion of denaturlzed alcohol will delay
the advent of the still as an adjunct
, to the potato pntch.
If "ApoHMe ' lxiwie succeeds in rais
ing 11,000,000 for Zion those disciples
who are now shouting for Vollva will
probably , be convinced that they are
'following a false prophet.
The denial of the engagement of
Princess Patricia to a Russian grand
duke t pleasing to those who hope to
keep the Romanoffs, as a family, apart
until It is really civilized.
Senator Penrose is said to have con- aB' -arring 4.uu passengers, now
ferred with others on the Pennsylvania j ha 304 tra'M each da- carrying 46.
situatlon. Quite a change from the I 000 Pngers In and out of the Chl-
days when Senator Quay's orders were
accepted without question.
Here is another riddle: If it takes
two years for the Union Pacific to get
a site for its promised new headquar
ters building, how long will it take be
fore the offices are duly Installed?
A Boston alderman has been In
dicted for "grafting," but while the of
fense is the' same the official charge
may be in more precise language since
the offense was committed in Boston.
tTterans of t lie war with Spain, now
lneeaaon at Washington, can look
with. Intelligent interest on affairs in
Cuba and rejoice to think that the
regulars will have no embalmed beef
scandal. ....
The palpable attempt of Mr. Hitch
cock's World-Herald to Incite a race
riot in Omaha should find no sympathy
among our law respecting clticens who
have the reputation of their commun
ity at heart.
; According to M. P. Harrington, gov
ernment ownership of railroads is the
(issue In Nebraska. That reminds us
Vhat has become of the new govern
ment ownership party which Mr. Har
rington started out to organize a year
or two ggo?
The selection of Governor Magoon
to go to Cuba, in the fare of Secre
tary Taft's desire for Wlntbrop. Indi
cates that Mr. Rooaevelt cannot com
plain, as Mr., Lincoln Is said to have
done, that he bad little Influence with
the administration.
Among other things that will be ex
pected of the legislature next winter
will be a series of laws regulating the
operations of the Insurance companies
ia Nebraska along the lines laid down
the legislation growing out ef the
New. Tork Insurance Investigation.
The ffort to modernlie the postal
trrvlre In making more rapid progr
than ever bpfore, giving proralae of
approximating the etonomy and ef
ficiency which iharatterUe great, auc
ceaiful private admlnlatratlona. The
tentative tlme-aavlng acheme of omit
ting the letter buck stamp, the eiten
alon of pneumatic tube and the de
sign of a model postofllce, all of which
expedients have reference to conditions
In large postal centers, are samples of
the practical sort of Improvement
which the department Is devoting Its
energies to carry out.
The selection Itself of the large pos
tal centers for such reform suggests
the practical wisdom of the effort, be
cause they are the strategic points In
regard to the mails, like the great
centers of commerce in regard to trans
portation. Indeed, the mail service Is
mainly a transportation service, and
It Is fortunate that at length the gov
ernment not only sees the vital Im
portance of the latest and best meth
ods evolved in the latter, but is Actu
ally adopting them as rapdlly as pos
sible. The new modeling of manipula
tions at the centers where vast mall ac
cumulations pile up will of course have
great influence upon methods and re
sults at all other places, at which also
the department is "imultaneotisly In
troducing beneficial changes. .
Moreover, no other branch of the
public service will be more notably af
fected by the cutting of red tape and
the introduction of rational business
by stern and other . economies for
which the Keep commission, appointed
by President Roosevelt more than a
year ago for the specific purpose, has
now devised a comprehensive plan.
Jffc'ilT J.YKPECTO.Y AMJ MEAT MAtlKt.T.
Our farmers and slaughterers
should find encouragement in the de
liberate judgment of Sir Thomas Lip
ton, the world's largest dealer la provi
sions, that our stringent national in
spection law will make our meat pro-
j ducts more popular abroad than they
ever have been. He declares that even
before the new inspection law was
passed or thought of the fresh and
cured meats from Chicago were the
best in the world and far superior in
point of cleanliness and wholesome-'
ness to those from the British and
continental slaughter houses. This
opinion, which carries' the weight of
such high authority. Is more than
borne out by a series of disclosures
concerning slaughter and packing
house methods In the very countries
which have been the greatest consum
ers of our meats and in which pre
vious sensational publicity of American
abuses bad for the time been most
damaging to our trade.
In the light of these facts and of
the views of so experienced a judge aa
Sir Thomas Lip ton. the wisdom and
necessity of our new inspection code
stand out clearly. Though it were
true as he asserts that our meats were
previously the best in the world, .the
force of that fact would under the ilr
cumstances have been long and largely
lost upon foreign consumers without
the advertising and reassuring lnflu
ence of the new law. It is safe to
say that our own producers and
slaughterers of live stock will thus be
equal beneficiaries with the general
consuming public.
NORTH n ESTERXB CHICAGO STATION.
The 120,000,000' station to be built
In Chicago by the Chicago & North
western railroad belongs to the class o?
improvements, of which the New York
terminal of the Pennsylvania Central
is the most striking Instance, and is
a landmark In the general material
progress of the country. The North
western, which Just a quarter of a cen
tury ago had only fifty trains each
caSo station, the great terminal of Its
system of over 10,000 miles of main
track, with ramifications throughout
the rich northwestern states and ex
tending across the Transmlssourl
country into the mountains. It is, too,
only one of the half dozen great trans
portation systems radiating from Chl-
I cago westwardly and northwestwardly,
at once causes and instruments of the
unparalleled development of that vast
resourceful region.
.. 8uth colossal terminal plans, with
corresponding betterment on prac
tically every mile of these highway
systems, are proofs In the first place'
of the colossal aggregate of the trans
portation tolls which are levied on the
industrial energies of the empire in
which .they operate. . The projected
Northwestern station at Chicago alone
requires outlay of a magnitude to
which the revenues of few of the
greatest nations would ba equal, and
can only be sustained by a taxing
power that Is imperial.
In the second place the design is the
indubitable sign of. implicit confidence
In the certainty of our future Indus
trial growth and the solidity of our
social order, the scale of the work be
ing drawn to the requirements of the
coining century. Whatever pessimis
tic protests may be made in contro
versial heat against national effort to
regulate and control the corporation
managed transportation facilities of
commerce, the broadest and keenest
intellects engaged in railroad affairs
rest in assurance' of the good Intent,
good sense and good net result of
American government. If confidence
had failed, or were failing, such un
dertakings would be Impossible.
At the same time there Is sugges
tion enough that the public has not
too soon turned attention to its para
mount Interest In such tremendous
powers In private hands, when the
great state of Nebraska Itself would
ponder long as to means of revenue
snd method of expenditure before do
voting to any public improvement the
tenth part of the snm required for the
Northwestern station at Chicago.
l.tt THK 1.A HE Hi..
It has been many years since Omaha
baa been shocked by so brutal a mur
der as that just perpetrated almost in j
the heart of the city
The fact that the victim Is a help
less woman and the circumstances par
ticularly revolting naturally makes
public feeling run high and heightens
the demand for prompt and speedy
punishment.
While the murder is mysterious in
many respects and baffling In Its lack
of promising clues, no effort should be
spared to run down the criminal, if it
is possible and force him to answer for
his crime.
Should he be apprehended, however,
the law should be permitted to take
its course. His crime would not jus
tify a second crime, no matter how
positive the Identification might be,
nor even though his guilt were self-
confessed.
To assume or to infer that the mur
derer Is black or white, a resident of
the city or a stranger. In advance of
real evidence Is to prejudge the case
and possibly do an Innocent person
irreparable wrong. It Is for the police
first to ferret out the criminal and for
the prosecuting officers then to vindi
cate the law.
No right minded person can with
hold expression of abhorrence of the
foul deed, but neither can any law
respecting person demand anything
more than the rigid enforcement of the
law.
The humorous side of the campaign
is again exemplified by the contradic
tions of the local democratic organ.
In one column It tells what encourage
ment South Omaha democrats are
drawing from the dissatisfaction
springing from broken promises of re
publicans, and In another column of
the same Issue It prints a communica
tion from a South Omaha democrat
"noting with pleasure" the criticism of
the Omaha democratic city council for
failing to live up to its promises and
putting the democratic city administra
tion of South Omaha In the same boat.
"I am persuaded," he says, "that the
action or rather the Inaction of the
Omaha city council In a lesser degree
the administration of my own city la
having a depressing influence from a
democratic viewpoint on the state cam
paign." Now you see it, and now you
don't you pays your money and takes
your choice.
It takes the World-Herald to twist
every passing event Into political cap
ital for democratic office seekers.
Members of the republican legislative
ticket have foolishly issued a procla
mation that can be construed to mean
that they will vote against Nor lis
Brown for senator In order to make an
Omaha man. The World-Herald says:
"Repudiate them by voting for their
democratic opponents." Had tbey an
nounced that they would stay with
Norrls Brown the World-Herald would
have said "resent their yielding up the
senatorshlp, by voting for their demo
cratic opponents." It does not matter
how many drunkards, nor how many
crooks, nor how many blackmailers
may have gotten the democratic nomi
nation, the World-Herald finds some
excuse to advocate their election with
out discriminating between honest and
dishonest democrats.
When the negro voters of Omaha
come to cast their ballots next month
they will not likely forget that Q. M.
Hitchcock is a candidate' for congress,
nor that his paper i has wantonly
charged up an atrocious murder to
their race without waiting for the first
scintilla of evidence to Indicate who
the perpetrator may be. It may turn
out that the murderer Is a negro, but
even so, it would not justify charging
the crime upon a negro before even a
single clue had been run down.
Colonel Bryan's part in the Ne
braska campaign has been concluded,
with the possible exception of two or
three speeches on the eve of election.
Close inspection of' the trail of his
tour of Nebraska does not disclose any
Irreparable damage.
The king of France and ten thou
sand men marched up. the hill and
then marched down again. It might
not be a bad idea for the candidates
on the local republican legislative
ticket to follow this illustrious ex
ample. With Japan negotiating a new loan
and Rnssla complaining that It cannot
borrow money, financiers apparently
have determined which power really
won the recent war, although diplo
mats still profess to consider It a draw.
Tee IWaeb Thrift.
' lxiuiavllle Courier-Journal.
Senator Bailey seems to have precipi
tated a atorm by providing for
day.
A ovel Eaperleaee.
Philadelphia Press.
rainy
deaf, but It is not really certain they Willi
,11. a m -
know what to do with It.
Hluialiaed Spellta.
New Tork Tribune.
Th. !... rri. are rhrht. The 1em.wr.ito
party has merely adopted the new spelling.
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When It writes
Hearsed,
Jnkaalea the Saet
Indianapolis News. Hearst. Notwithstanding the remarkable t very successful as governor of the Panama
Not that Cuba's foreign trade now sentences with which the president strike I canal sone. while his long training as the
amounts to sne.OliO.nuO a year, with almost at the abuses of corporations and the I legal adviser of th War department In re
Illimitable proagecta. Then sty. if you '. dttngers of swollen wealth, yet his Harris- '. Ullon to Insular problems familiarised him
dare, that the Jingoes are not thoroughly J burg speech, when carefully read. Is seen (with Bpanleh civil Institutions. It is a happy
up-to-date patriot. j to be an appeal to the nation to protect , circumstance, too, that no srmy officer is
. Ilself against rluss hatred snd demagogic ' 13 made provision:! governor. Gen'.ril
A Wise Sieve.
St. Louis Repiipiic
A big American Insurance company Is to get rid f lh peril of Irresponsible I ward leveled at him. but the present situ
about to abandon business In Russia. monopoly and the abuses of corporate at Ion doe not call for the Wood style of
Everyone who really needs life insurance i power, ,. s aweesamesA. .
In the raar'a 1mlre te pretty wire to caah
In on the policy bf're the company-
profit tx-sln to grow.
Philadelphia Record.
In these times of agricultural proetwrtty
the tiaus-My farmer dictate, terms to the !
humble trader. The cotton rrowera ire .
going to reduce their production nnd ware- .
hoU) their cmr. nd If you wart cotton
you will have to link nicely for It The m- br p,np j,,, suddenly devol-
tual Protective Aasoclatlon of Hrtzht To- rp ,n ,verl atate Into a nrnctical t
hacco Growers of Virginia and North Caro- j tMnpt , aPOpmpig,h that result, and Mda
Una ha reaolved that It will hold It to- fB,r al prnt to hecom effective, without
harco until the American Tobacco company, , nr amendment to the conatitutlon. The
which la practically the only buyer. Is will- j
Ins; to pay a good price for the leaf. The ,
, huyera have concentrated themselves Into I
J one corporation, the producers will concen- j
trate themselves Into one association ano
prices will he advanced.
F.ranamy ad I nr Teased lararae.
Pprtngfleld Republican.
Although congress appropriated more
money Jor thla than for the last fiscal year,
the actual government expendlturea con
tinue to he less than a year m. They
were leas by a little over tl.lW.noo in Sep
tember, and are lss by about $2.W.r for
the three months of the ear. The saving
la being mainly effected In the War ar.d
Navy departments. Revenues meantime ex.
ceed those of last year, and thus republican
fears and democratic predictions of it deficit
are proving groundless. The surplus Tor
the last month amounts lo over $11,000,00",
and for the three months It approaches
lfi.000.000, against a deficit of tl7.i0.0u0 for
the same months last year.
CATHOLIC CHI RC H Ml SIC
Pope Pla f leara I a a Widespread
Mlseoareptlon.
New Tork Sun.
In convernulon with an American visitor
recently Plus X declared himself well sat
isfied with the progresa cf the rehabilita
tion of the Gregorian chant In the Roman
Catholic churches of this country- At the
same time he significantly asserted that he
was not In favor of the complete exclusion
of all church music other than the Gre
gorian; all that he aJied waa that there
ahould be nothing worldly. Doubtlees It
baa been the misfortune of the pope to hear
the intermeiso from "Cavallerla Ruatl
cana" tortured Into an "Ave Maria."
These utterance In regard to the use of
other music than the plain chant ought lo
serve ti clear up a misconception which
has been widespread. That Plus X would
try to throw back the march of musical
progresa more than three centuries wua
hardly to be believed. The Roman Catholic
church waa the another of modern music.
Musical 'aulencc waa first cultivated In
Europe by priests seeking to build up a
liturgy for their church. It waa Inavltablt
that in doing thla they ahould little by lit
tle discover the combinations of tones lying
at the basis of harmony and counterpoint.
It waa equally Inevitable that hsvlng found
them they ahould utilise them. Thus they
led the movement away from the plain
chant and carried music toward that
splendid era In which the works of Pales
trlna and Orlanflo dl Lasso were produced.
These compositions remain to this day
the models for all composers of llturglcs.1
music. They are heard often in the 8ts
tlne chapel, and bo man could dwell long
In the domain of the Vatican, without com
ing under their mighty sway. After the
Introduction of the orchestra and the solo
voice Into the Roman mass the descent'
from the lofty level of Palestrina was
gradual but aura. Styles of composition ut
terly out of keeping with the church spirit
were uaed, and even where there was a
feeling of profound religion there was an
absence of the Roman Catholic Idea, aa
notably in the ' case of Bach's great B
minor mass. ,. , .
Nevertheless since Palestrina's day many
admirable pieces " of ecclesiastical music
have been composed, snd It seemed alto
gether Improbable that the pope would be
1 willing to part' with theee and order his
church back to the monotonous proclama
tions of the plain chant. A part of every
service can be effectively delivered In plain
song, especially since the Soleames fathers
have restored the correct method of In
toning It. But there always should be room
for the employment In the service of the
church of the loftiest music that human
genius can create. To that the church Is
entitled by reason of Its position as the
mother of modern musfea! art.
4 TWP."DCEO SWORD.
President Roosevelt Cats Into Pleloe
racr and' Socialism.
Wall Street Journal.
President Roosevelt's address at Harris
bur g waa a two-edged sword cutting both
ways. It cut at plutocracy on the one side
and at socialism on the other.
The president argued in favor of a broad
fnternretattnn of the constitution and sn
Increase In the power of the federal gov-
ernment In order that there might be a
more comprehensive governmental regula-
tlon of the corporations. He declared that
ft is for the Interest of the people that
there ahould be adequate control over "the
business use of the swollen fortunes of
today." He asserted that the American
civilisation must not be "a mere banking
house. Wall street syndicate civilisation."
This Is the way he strikes at plutocracy.
Of course It ht rta those who believe In the
divine right of money to do as It pleases.
Of course It causes anger In the minds of
the Bourbons of finance because It means
the lessening of their power.
But see the president cut in the other
direction. He strikes at those who seek to
excite hostility to wealth, 'at demagogic
legislation, at class hatred and mob vio
lence that would mean the end of all civil
isation, at the agitators for government
ownership of . railroads and other socialis
tic proposals. The socialists, the apostles
of demagoglsm and revolution, those op
posed to the existing social order, and the
advocatea of . wild schemes for the public
ownership of agencies of commerce, will
be as angry at his address as any enemy
of government Interference In business
could possibly be.
Mr. Roosevelt therefore stands between
the two extremes, bet wen those who would
establish no check upon the great corpo
rations snd those who would have the cor
porations absorbed by the government; be
tween thoae who worship wealth and those
who preach that wealth Is crime.
While this exposes the prealdent to attack
; on both sides, It csnnot be disputed that he
occupies a position of great strength, for
the main dependence of this nation against
the propaganda of socialism, in all Its vaii
nua forma. Is the . ftoOHevelt ruillpv r.9
I .ran. Mnlllnn
Much as we may de-
' plore the concentration of political power
In the federal government which It In
volves, there can be no escape from the
conclusion that It Is absolutely necessary
" w" woum win m sum. greater con. I
1 r"rann. concentration Involved In
i government ownership.
The president's address, rightly Inter
preted. Is the answer of the great leader
of the republican party to Bryan and
;sttack on the right of private property
j by adopting those measures beet calculated
mri ur Ri.Krno. or f.tr.
A rtlaeitaalaa at the Leael Keel area
af the Qaeatlea.
Case and Comment, a puhlhutlon devoted
to the Inw. Alecumee. th lewal street of
(tie oueetlon of popular election of fnlted
ntit9 as follow:
Th, promwltlon atronlv advocated hy
ranj. p,pt n rerrnt yfnra. that the acp-
toPt of the -nnr4 Stntee nuaht to he
r!n v.ry .imp,,. t when elecllr
members of the legislature whi sre to
eh,,,, a fnlted Ftates senator, to vote alo
)rK.tly for th, candidate fr that oflW.
.,..,, ,h. r.nillntea for the
legislature have pleded themselves to
abide hy the result of the porulr rote.
Those whd do not thus pledge themselves,
nevertheless, have ahimdant reason. a a
matter of prudence, to vote as the peoplj
have directed.
The cause which has led to this popular
movement Is easily understood. It Ilea In
a distrust of the legislator. Kvery cltlion
know that too often the election of a sen
ator of the fnlted Btates by the state leg
islature Is a result of bargains between poli
ticians who, for consideration of various
kinds, particularly the promise of other
political favors, hafve united upon the are.
cessful candidate. Sometimes, also. It ha
happened, as all men know, that the suc
cessful candidate for the exalted office of
senator was Chosen solely because of the
lavish use of the corruption fund. No In
telligent man would need to hesitate, in
order to be able to name mn chosen to thet
i office, whose- only qualification waa th
ability to pay for It. Some men of great
wealth who have gone to that body have
been men also of statesmanship, who wor
thily filled the place; but some of them
have lacked every conceivable qualification
that would fit them for the position; they
got It because they "had the price." Be
cause politics have too often placed In the
aenate men whom the people would not
have chosen, and money has sometimes
placed there men whost presence was a
scandal, the movement for the popular elec
tion of senators has gained great headway.
The plan by which this change In the
election of senators has been attempted I
closely parallel to the plan by which the
constitutional mode for the choice of presi
dent by elector has become practically ob
solete, remaining only an empty form. This
change In the method of electing a presi
dent haa sometimes been spoken of aa an
amendment to the constitution, and soto
learned writer on the constitution haw
not hesitated so to denominate It. It I
obvious, however, that the constitution,
strictly speaking, haa not been amended In
this particular. At the very next election.
If the people choose to do so, thev can Ig
nore party nominations and name In each
state a nonpartisan ticket of electors who
should have no mandate from the people,
but be absolutely unpledged and unln
structed in their choice of president. If
the constitution were In fact amended by
the custom that has been followed for
nearly a century, the constitution aa thus
amended would have to be followed until
thla so-called amendment ahould be abro
gated. That cannot be a part of the con
stitution which the people are entirely at
liberty at any time, without a moment's
notice, to disregard.
Some of the Journals that have discussed
this new project lor the election ot sena
tors have culied It an evasion of the con
aUlution. if ao, U la oul- ait evaaion of
Ute same kind as that by wlilch presiden
tial (lectors are choaen under the consti
tutional form, but are nevertheless in
struoied by the popular vote with respect
to . their choice of the president, and are
not chosen with any Intent on the part of
the people, or of the electors themselves,
that they ahall exercise an Independent
Judgment such as the constitution un
doubtedly conlemplal'al In . the choice of
president. The mandate of the people in
the choice of electors Is identically the
same In lie relation to the constitution as
the mandate of the people will be In the
election of legislators with respect to their
choice of a senator.
It Is more satisfactory, perhaps, to speak
of ibis control of the action of the electors
by popular vote as a feature ingrafted
upon the constitution rather than an eva
sion of It; but, whatever word is uaed. It
la undeniable that. In substance, the ex
isting method is a departure from that
which was contemplated by the makers of
the constitution. They expected the elec
tors would exercise their own independent
Judgment in choosing the president. In
fart, the exercise of choice has been en
tirely taken away from them by the cus
tom of electing them on a party ticket.
to represent the will of the people ex-
i preened by popular vote
In favor of a
definitely named candidate. The only dlf-
'rence In the situation between the choice
of senator by a legislature, which a
Popular vote has Inatructed at the time
' ,he memht rs were chosen, and the choice
of the president by electors who are
choaen to represent the will of the suc
cessful party, la that the latter la sup
ported by a custom that has existed foe
nearly a century.
It Is still an unsolved question aa to
what would be the effect lf an elector
dlaregardtd the expressed will of the people
who elected him, and voted contrary to his
Instructions In choosing s president.
Whether the courts. If audi a case should
unfortunately arise, would hold that the
electors still had the legal right, aa con
templated by the constitution, to exercise
an independent Judgment, It might be rash
to predict. The court might say that by
the long established cuatom under which
the elector was chosen he was clothed
with the trust to execute the will of the
people exprtssed by their vote, anil that
to violate his Instructions would be to
perpetrate a fraud. The same contention
could be made in case a legislator dis
obeyed the mandate of the people with
respect to the choice of a senator, (hough
In that case the effect of a long estab
lished custom would not be Involved. 1'n
lees some question of this kind arise by
reason of the disobedience of the popular
mandate tby a legislator, It la possible that
the choice of United States senators. In
some of the states st leaat. may be revolu
tionised and made efteccive by popular
vote. The attempt to do this Is still an
other manifestation of the growing de
termination of the people to exercise In
telligently and effectively, for the public
good, the duties which belong to th peo-
pie. and not to Wave them .to be exercised
hy professions! politicians for the further
anc of their own schemes.
The Mas aad the Plaee.
Springfield Republican.
The appointment of Mr. Magoon aa pro
visional governor of Cuba, to pureed ?e?
retary Tart, will plure at Havana perhaps
the ablest man for the position that could
have been found. Mr. Magoon has beei
' Wood made a reputation as Cuban military
! governor. In spit of th crlticls n after-
BANKERS RESERVE LIFE COMPANY
The New Business, Premium Income and
Assets for the Nine Months' Period
EXCEEDS THAT OF ENTIRE PREVIOUS YEAR
Dividends Allowed Exceeds Death Claims Paid-The Offirill
Financial Statement for Third Quarter 190C. j
Leda-er. Cash and Bank Balances. Dec.
INCOME IK KIMl lOOfl TO HKPT. BOTH
Premiums Collected 8tf.:i.0T
Interest Received on Invested Securities 10.113.44
Premiums Paid In Advance and Policy Fees 2,042.72 40P.7WS.la
Total v. , f1,2M.04
niSIll'RSKMENTS IU'RIXCJ IfXXI TO 8KIT. 0.
To Pollcv Holders:
For Death Claims 24,000.00
Dividends Paid 23,!W.o2
Surrender Values, Premium Note... 18,fMW.04 I6S.01I.M
State Licenses, Fees and Taxea 9
Re-Insurance Premiums paid other companies. . . .
Medical Examinations and Inspections....
Salaries Officers and Employees
Rent, Advertising, Printing and Postage
Furniture and Fixtures
Exchanges, Express, Freight, Telephone, Telegraph.
Legal, tJfflce and Investment Expenses ,
traveling ana Agency expenses. . . 4 ,
Commissions and Compensation Mangrs.
LEDGER ASSETS KKPTEMBER 80, I POO
Invested as Follows:
Registered. County, Municipal and School Bonds...
First Mortgage Loans on Improved Real Estate...
Loans to Policy Holders on Policies In
Renewal Premium Notes
Cash In Banks to credit of Company
Cash in Office
Agents Net Debit Balances
Total
RESOURCES SEPT. 80TH. IPOfl.
Registered County, Municipal and School Bonds. .. .9258,197.70'
First Mortgage Loans on Improved Real Estate.
Loans to Policy Holders on Policies In force. .....
Renewal Premium Notes
Cash In Banks to Credit of Company
Cash In Office
Accrued Interest on Securities
Premiums In process of collection and deferred on
which reserve is charged in liabilities
Agents Net Debit Balances ,
Furniture and Fixtures '
Gross Assets
ASSETS NOT
Premiums Paid In Advance
Furniture and Fixtures
Total Admitted Assets
LIABILITIES.
Net Mean Reserve Liability on all Policies In force
computed on the Actuaries Table of Mortality with
4 per cent Interest
Death Losses Reported or Unpaid "one
Unasslgned Funds (Surplus) on basis of Mean Rev
BerV 135,994.24
Total
Insurance In force Sept. 30th, 1906
Policies issued and Paid for in 1106 to Wt.' Voth'-! ! ! 1' ! ! ! siirlo'o
First Tor? AMV" durtnv" 10. 1906.
r irax Mortgage ixans on Improved Real Estate
tne mate or Nebraska Sept. 30th. 1906 . 7.7. 77 $100 100 Ot
era, Igtnrjlb-lral
nes. Personally and through Other Agent. g Apply to 7 BU"
DASCOM H. RODISON, PRESIDENT.
Home Office, 15th and Farnam Sts., Omaha, Nebraska,
PERSONAL NOTES.
Mexico Is about to shoot three Americana
who combined insurance swindling with
murder. Thla ought to promote Interna
tional good wllL
At the expenditure of 20 cents for post
age a Kanaaa man got a commission aa
general in the Cuban army. It waa rea
clnded as soon as Taft took charge, but
the general's pay amounted to $1,175.
When asked how to Improve the Indian
Quanah Parker, chief of the Comanche,
said at Cache: "Mix the blood. Put white
man's blood In Indian. Then In a few
years you will have a better class of In
dians." Dr. Pred A. Cook of Brooklyn has
reached the summit of Mount McKinley,
which ia 29,464 feet above the Pacific ocean
and is believed to be the highest point on
the American continent His Is the flrat
aacent of the mountain on record.
. General Bingham, commissioner of police
in New York, reiterates his denial that he
haa any Intention of resigning. He ac
knowledges that be does not like the posi
tion, but adds: "It's a sturdy man's Job,
though, and I'm going to hang on to It"
Oonxalo de Quesada, the Cuban minister,
haa written to Secretary Root, replying to
Mr. Root's letter of October 1 tisklng the
minister to reconsider hla letter of reslg
nation. In which he agrees to reconsider
and continue to represent the Cuban re
public in a diplomatic capacity In Wash
ington. A St Loula landlady had her antlclpa
tlons of treasure worked up to a fine pitch
by the discovery of a locked box left by
a deceased boarder. An expert locksmltl
opened the chest revealing a large assor;
ment of medicine bottles. Later on th.
landlady's temper was whetted to a keet
edge when she found that the eeteetnet
boarder's notes for 11,62 were not wort I
the paper. It Isn't ladylike for a land
lady to utter burning words, but unde
theae clrcumatancea a few hot liners woulc
prove a great relief.
They have discovered a new microbe In
New Tork and It Is quite popular among
actors and society women. It Is called the
chrorr.ophage, its lepeclal function being to
turn the hair gray at a comparatively early
age. The handsome act' r who haa those
white hairs on his ten pie that the women
! sdniire so la full of the chromophage
Bald-headed men are Immune from th
microbe. He only attack the hair and
a man without hair need not worry about
th chromophage. For year it was thought
that a process of the blood killed the color
ing matter of the hair cells, but acalp
ologlsts In New York combat that theory.
They soy It I the chromophage. The
microbe do-a not like hea and for that
reason the woman who uses the curling
tongs Is less likely to have gray hair than )
the one who puts her hair up In papera. j
Your Hair i
Is
It
C, new improved formul
VJllLI Lit U I it belongs. Aa
P rbsge
S-' th solrf of t. ir.
new
at"
31st. 105 . . . . W06,4IT
0. 108.64
4.014.92
,374.07
14.ft8!).r3
7.4AOJI1
1,211.71
1,422.44
1.742.21
A.88O.01
and Agta. . .1109,441.87 229.II27.19
92A0.1P7.7O
242,500.00
03,488.50
87.032.48
88,740.08
17P.S7
408.96
force
680,438.8
010,281.
242,500.00
05,488.50
87,982.45
ft3.74O.08
179.57
9,185.70
8,868.41
408.96
. . . 5,030.09
7.034.81
9707,488.05
ADMITTED.
.
2,004.72
5,030.09
9700,453.24
SEPT. BOTH. 1POO.
9700.453.24
918,554,805.00
PASSING PLEAS AJ TRUCK.
",lmWlat would you think. If Id
evening Propose to you tomorrow
.1,Lrrr.rr. apneas' sake! Don
't ask tii
future!- ?
h. ln,"g rs In the
Chicago Kecord-Herald.
Maln"1 my vacat,on travelln' through
V.l?ow'!.tn" toPOgraphy of thoae parts?"
iifnt,to ?' half tn time." LouU
vllle Courier-Journal. ye
"Tell me," he pleaded,
not be mine."
"why you wllj
"Well, if you must know." she ieplle.1
"you're not at all like the hero orat V
News sellers." Indlanapolli
"I think." said the reporter, ."that th
public would like to know how vou man
aged to live to uch a great age."
' By perseverance." replied the centenar-
," ."IJ,Mt 'pt on livln'." 1'iitladel.
phla Ledger.
The food Inspector's wife waa looking
over her husbsnd's note-book.
"George," ahe said, "how do you pro
nounce the last syllable of this word
'butterlne'?"
"The last syllable," the Inspector an
swered, "Is alwaya silent." t Lou I
Olobe-lemocrst.
Inquiring Friend-Was your uncle In hit
right mind when he died?"
Poor Kelatlon We can't fell about that,
of course, until we hear hla will read."
Chicago Tribune.
Towns He seems to have . a compiles
tlon of diaeases.
Browne Bo he belle vea.
Towns How do you account for It?
Browne I guess he's been reading a
rwit-ni medicine ad vertlaement. i'luU
delphla Press.
Hostess (of swell party) Henry, who
are all thoae strange men?
Host Half of them are deteatlvea, ni"
dear. The others are reporters. They are
watching the detectives. Chicago Tri
bune. A BOSK SO.
(Frank Dempster Sherman In X. Y. Sun.)
A little bud waa I
I'pon the vine, alone:
I felt lb breese go by.
Across th garden blown;
And once as morning csme
A poet called my name
A scrap of winged aky
Hang Rose, be thou mine own!
This merry heart of mine
With sudden rapture stirred;
I danced upon th vine
I nit! th sun w blurred:
A lid rlannn, m
A crimson rose I grew,
O take me, love, for thine!
I told my poet bird.
Dear lady, on whose breast
It I my bile lo be
Another Roses guest.
trove's Ivseon learn of nie.
I nto your happy heart
My red Hp can Impart
Til tender truth he presd
. One kiss will set It free.
it inclined to run away? Don't punisli
with a cruel brush and comb! Feed it.
nourish it, save It with Ayer's Hair Vigor, ft.
improved formula. Then our pair
on your head, Just
clcgsnt dressing.
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