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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-04-04
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
OFFICE OF STATE AUDIToR-DEPARrMENT
OF INSURANCE.

ComPASy's CERTIricArE or AUTHORITY.
Whereas, The Continental Insurance Uvm-
pauy, q corporation organized under the laws Of
New York, has lied in this ofilce sworn state
ment exhibiting its condition and business for
the year ending December 81, fs90, confornable
Ia the requirements OF the laws Of this State
regulating the business OF Insurance; and
Whereas, The said company has iied In this
certificate Of organization, in compliance with
the requirements of the Insurance laws aforesaid; ;
Now, Therefore, |, l.. G. Taylor, Auditor OF the
State OF South Dakota, pursuant TO the provis
ions of said laws do hereby certify that the
above named company Is fully empowered,
through Its authorized agents, to transact its
appropriate business of Fire Insurance In this
State, according 10 laws thereof, until the 3ist
day OF December. A. ID. 1891.
In testimony whereof, have herennto set my
hand and seal at Pierre, this 18th
[sEALl day Of March, A, ID. ls9i.
l.. q. TAYLOR, Auditor.
First publication April 4th
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Total Expenditures. 80.
VIII pI0E0

Gross amount OF risks
taken during the
year 1890. ...-..... 4,670,010.00
Gross amount 0f risks
taken In the State OF
South Dakota dur
Ing the year 1904 -. 2,914,G4750
Whole amount OF losses incurred
during the year 1850, including
those claimed and not yet due. :. l36,500 50
Whole amount Of losses incurred
during the year 1880, including
those claimed and not yet due, In
the State of South Dakota. ...... 6a505 i2
Number of agents In the State Of South Da-
kOta, 1S5.
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
County Of Bcadle, 5ss
Alonz0 Wardail, President, and g. d. Cooley,
Secretary Of the Alliance Hail ASSOCIATION, of
Huron, s. d., being duly sworn depose and say
that the foregoing Is q full, true and correct
statement Of the affairs Of said Company and
they are the above described officers Of said In
XLONzo wARDALI., President.
y. ID. COOLEY, Secretary.
subscribed and sworn TO before me this 30th
''' % a' ' EUGENE s. KANE.
Notasy Public. Beadle County, 8. d.
= sTATE Of>sOUTH DAKOTA.
AUDITORS OFFIcE<-INsuRANcE DEPART
n MINT.
II l.. c. Taylor, Auditor OF the State of South
Dakota, do hereby certify that the above Is a
true COPY, Of the original statement now on Gle
In Witness whereof, have hereunto get my
hand and affixed the seal Of this once
lsEALl at Pierre, this 25th day Of March.
L.C TAYLOR. Auditor
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-04-04

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
AUDITORS OFFIcE--INsURANcE DEPART
MENT.
I, L. G. Taylor, Auditor OF the State Of South
Dakota, do hereby certify that the above Is
true copy of the original statement now ON flle
In this oiiice.
In witness whereof, | have hereunt0 set my
hand and Affixed the seal Of this Office
[sEALl ut Pierre, this Goth day OF March, 1891,
i. G. TAYLOR. Auditor
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ANNUAL STATEMENT

For the year ending December 81, A. ID. $780, of
the condition aud affairs OF the
CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF NEW YORK,
Organized under the laws Of the State Of New
York made 10 the Auditor OF the State Of South
Dakota In pursuance OF the laws of said state.
President, II. G. Moore.
Vice President aud Secretary, Cyrus Peck.
end Vice President and Sec. Agency Dept,
Henry Evans.
Principal Office 100 and i02 Broadway, New
York.
ATTORNEYS FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE
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ANNUAL STATEMENT

For the Year Ending December 81, A. ID. 1890,
OF the Condition and Affairs Of the
ALLIANCE HAIL ASSOCIATION, OF HU-
RON, SOUTH DAKOTA,
Organized under the laws OF the Territory Of
Dakota, made to the Auditor of the State of
South Dakota in pursuance OF the laws OF said
State.
President, Alonzo Wardali.
Secretary, 4. ID. Cooley
Vice President, w. q. Briggs
Principal Office, Huron South Dakota
Organized or Incorporated February 10th, 1887.
Commenced business March 2Sth, 1887.
~. PROPERTY OR ASSETS OF THE co.
The cash on hand In It's ONCE is....S 2o9 65
The cash on deposit In bank is...,.. G,090 81
The cash In hands of agents and In
course of transmission is.........,. JI33 50
Notes I'm course OF collection. ..,..... 1882 80
Office Furniture and Fixtures. $50 90
All other sums due the company
accounts. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 5i7 81
Total Assets. s........,........,.. 8 I06,t19 80
V. LIABILITIES.
Amount OF losses yet unpaid. ......S 65,293 45
Amount of money borrowed and re-
naming unpaid. ................. i,os5 s2
Amount OF all other existing claims 100 rs
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VI. INCOME DURING THE YEAR 1890.
Whole amount of cash premiums re-
celyed .....,, .,...;.:....'.'.... i23,soo W
Whole amount OF cash pre-
miuins received on poll
cies written In the State
OF South Dakota. .....S .S72, ,363d8
Whole amount OF Interest
money received. ......,.. 733 So
Whole amount OF interest
money received on loans
IN the State OF South Da~
kota OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 5Sy0
Whole amount of income received
from all other sources. ............ 1907 G3
Total Income. e.................,$ 3 125,6G7 %
VII. EXPENSES DURING THE YEAR 1890
Whole amo.it Of losses paid during
Amount accrued subse-
quent to preceding
statement ............s f3C, ,5GOS9
Amount OF losses paid
upon risks taken IN the
State Of South Dakota 36,i65.33
Amount OF losses accrued
subsequent 10 the pre-
ceding statement 80. 69.595.i2
Amount OF dividends paid during
Amount Of commissions and fees
the year 1890. ...............,...... ls,ooi o.
Money borrowed In 1889 repaid. 1850 90
Amount Of fees paid the Auditor Of
North Dakota and the Auditor of
the State of South Dakota during
the year 1890 mot including taAes)
auu Auditor OF Iowa. .............. 1856 20
Whole amount paid for salaries OF
officers and agents during the
year 1880 3OU0 10
Whole amount of all other expendi-
lures during the year fS9o......... $4,000 30
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The advocate., 1891-07-08

The Union Iron Works, Kansas City,
Mo-, manufacture everything necessary
for grain elevators. Power shelters, en-
gines and boilers and other machinery Of
the latest and most approved styles. They
furnish plans and make estimates for
Darties contemplating erecting elevators
free, and where contracts are awarded
superintend the construction and put
everything into successful operation.
Write them.
The advocate., 1891-07-08

London and New York would collect less
money than now on watered stock.
What hardship! / would provide for
them less literally, that is all. When
the farmer is water-logged, the sensible
farmer cuts ditch to the nearest river
and leaves the water to exercise it's own
option, to go or stay. Our water-logged
highways might be 80 managed by means
Of lower railroad charges to the public
and better wages and terms to the men.
Two hundred millions Of money per an
mum saved is an item worth mentioning
in any discussion. This leaves five bill
lions Of alleged bona fde capital in rail-
roads in this country at 4 per cent per
annum, with nothing for water; or per
cent. ON the whole ten billions, and the
corporations can divide their income as
they like.
We should quit paying two hundred
millions per annum on water. When
the farmers, merchants, railroad men and
the general public come to understand
this subject as the people understood
chattel slavery in the sixties, it is
safe to say that we will quit turning our
pockets inside out on the demand of
public robbers.
Under that fraternal state of prosper
ity, with better markets and cheaper
freights, 1t may be predicted that Ameri-
can farmers will cheerfully pay their
few hired men more wages than now,
making them, also, better customers for
all products of the farm, shops, mines
and factories. How nice and easy it is
to thus have one hand wash the other,
when once we show them the way,
though on the start 1t seemed impossible
that it could be done. When all laborers
on the farms, In the mines, in the shops
and factories, on the railroads and In the
business houses meet at the ballot-box,
intent on justice to themselves and their
families, with less respect and care for
their common enemies, times will be bet
ter here In America. We are all in the
same boat, and must sink or swim to-
gether. Divided, we are helpless.
United, our enemies will disappear as
dew disappears under the morning sun.
Their power of resistance to our will
when united Is as the breath Of an infant
to the fury of the cyclone. Let us study
this problem of three factors from the
bottom, and unite.
JOHN DAVIS, M. c.,
The advocate., 1891-07-08
To County COmmitteemen.
arrangements.

Peoples party committeeman, in coun-
ties having Swedish settlements, who
may desire Swedish lecturer to work in
such settlements, are requested to cor
respond with Nels Anderson, box $40,
Topeka, Kan.
The advocate., 1891-07-08

bklO S6AMO EO9au6 1lA AA bnG cHaAA0 DAdAA AO4
two-thiFds Of that distancel If a Car
load of wheat can be carried from points
in southern California to San Francisco
for $40, it surely cannot be just and
equitable to charge $500 for car load OF
alfalfa seed from the same points to the
same markell If newly-arrived Euro
peans can be carried from New York to
Chicago at 81 per head, 1t must certainly
be unfair to charge native-bOrn Ameri-
cans eighteen times as much over the
same roads between the same points.
Yet these rehearsals are but the common
place occurrences under our present rob-
Der management They have the drop
on the public, and, as rule, levy tribute
at will, all the traffic will bear, on all our
vast industries.
Having raised freights on the one side
and suppressed wages on the other until
the margin Of profits is large, then comes
the opportunity to swell capitalization
by the sale Of manufactured or forged
stocks and bonds. These are known as
watered stocks. An agent Of the COM
pany orders printed blank stock certif-
Gates and blank bonds. These blanks,
which cost merely the price of printing,
are then filed out with large amounts,
signed, and sold for cash in the market
at the market price-at par, more or less.
II sold ut only 30 cents on the dollar, the
transaction is bold robbery. A bit of
paper costing the company only cent
may be sold for $4,000 (cash to the cor
poration). Then, after that sale; there
will be 100000 more capitalization" for
the public to pay interest or dividends
upon. To meet this increased demand
freights are crowded a little higher
and employees are crushed little lower,
"ln order to provide for the obligations
of theCOmpany!" In this way the rail
road burdens of the United States
amounted In 1889 to $9,031, ,453,l LAG. AS
the amount Is increasing over a half bill
lion annually, it is within the truth to
call the present total burden ten billions.
According to the best railroad authOri-
ties, one-half of this incomprehensible
sum is -watered stocksl Five
billions of waterl II sold at par 1t
brought enough to make 5000 new mil
lionaires! AT 4 per cent. per annum the
income is enough to make 300 new mil
llonaires each year from this watered
capitalization, which represents no hon.
est value.
The proposition that / make now is
this: Let US cut down the freights and
fares on the railroads in the interest of
the farmers; in the interest Of all mer-
chants and business men; in the interest
Of all the men, women and children In
this broad land who eat victuals and
wear clothes; also at the same time let us
shorten the hours of railroad working
men until about 80 per cent more men
are employed, and raise wages until
about $t00,O0O,0O0 more money shall go
into their pockets than now finds its way
there. ] would do this shortening of
hours and raising Of wages, primarily, In
the interest Of the laboringmen; second
arily, In the interest Of the farmers, max
Ing larger and better markets for farm
products; and, thirdly, in the interest of
The advocate., 1891-07-08
Make Your Own Bitters

On receipt OF SOC, U. 5. Stamps, will send to
any address one package Steketee's Dry Bit
ters. One package makes one gallon besg tonic
knOtUgl Cures stomach and kidney diseases. Ad-
dress GEO. q. STKKRrRK. Grand BapAds, Mich.
The advocate., 1891-07-08
JOHN DAVIS, M. c.,
Junction City, Kan.

Ayers Ague cure is warranted spe-
ci6c for all malarial diseases and hillary
deranRements.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-05-15
lie Looked After the Baggage.
(From Tuesday's Daily.l

Like the devoted husband and father
that he is Tom Burns accompanied Mrs.
Burns and the little one on their way te
ST. Paul as far as Aberdeen yesterday
afternoon to make sure that the bag
gage was all right, etc. He saw. the
trunk safely loaded on here and got the
family comfortably settled into double
seat just as the train started. He ther
sat down with a consciousness Of duty
we'll performed and as the train sped on
toward Letcher, occasion arose for the
contents Of the valise which contained
all the toilet paraphernalia of mother
and babe, to say nothing of Mrs. BIS
purse and her jewelry. The valise was
nowhere to be found and then it flashed
over Tom that he had last seen it in 8
corner of the Mitchell waiting room
where it still was. Words failed him,
but he wired Frank Clemans to secure
it over night and today it followed Mrs
Burns by express. on TOMS return
from Aberdeen.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-05-15
South Dakota In the East.

H. Mccormick, who has just returned
from New York City. tells The REPUB-
LIcAN that he found indications of a
reaction in favor of real estate invest
ments in South Dakota. A great many
of the loan companies which withdrew
last year have discovered that they
were more scared than hurt, and they
are again looking this way for a field
for investments, which, however, will
be more judiciously made than hereto
fore. 1t is Mr.. McCormick's judgment
that the merits of the state from this on
will receive more careful attention from
eastern capitalists, who will neither be
deceived by boom estimates nor alarmed
by exaggerated statements of an unfavor.
able sort. All of which argues we'll for
this section of the state, which has
nothing to fear from having its condi'
ton and resources thoroughly investi.
gated.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-05-15

The 'speanut" politics of David Ben
nett Hill, New York's Senato,-Govermor
or Governor-Senator, are aptlv illus
trated in the failure of his legislature
to pass Worlds Fair appropriation.
The last Tammany victory in New York
city was won on the line of opposition to
the Republican party because it is al
legged to have located the Fair at Chi
cago, and Gov. Fill, who is thinking
seriously of running again this fall,
doubles figures it that ''no appropria-
ton Tor the Republican Worlds Fair
will afford him a shibboleth to win
with. 1t remains to be seen whether
the citizens of the magnificent Empire
state will suffer themselves to be put in
such a contemplate light before the
nations of the earth, to say nothing Of
their own fellow citizens.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-05-15
THE WEEKLY CAPITAL.

The recent enlargement of THE
MITCHELL CAPITAL to twelve pages as
a permanent thing has called out the
following kindly notices from the pa
pers of the state:
Chamberlain Register: The MITCH
ELL CAPITAL comes out with twelve
pages. Show us town that backs up
its newspapers and whose newspapers
are prosperous, and editors carry an
independent kind of smile on their
faces. and we will show you a town
whose funeral obsequies you will never
be called upon to attend. but which on
the contrary, is not only going to make
a squirt to get to the front but whose
business men have the material in them
to keep their town in the lead.
Redfield Journal: TIE MITCHELL
CAPITAL gives it's readers twelve pages
of six columns each Of choice editorial,
news and miscellaneous matter. Mitch
ell is to be congratulated on having
such an excellent weekly, to say moth
ing of its daily, and Bros. Wheelock
and Dean, the publishers, deserve the
success with which they are meeting.
Nermillion Republican: THE M1TcH-
ELL CAPITAL. has enlarged to twelve
pages. From the way the people OF
Dawson county are supporting their
favorite paper. we Judge they not only
know q good thing but take pleasure in
manifesting thei!. appreciation for it.
THE CAPITALS Il most excellent jour-
nal.
Klmball Graphic: The MITCHELL
CAPITAL has been enlarged to twelve
pages. 1t is a mighty slick weekly.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-05-15
The Secret of success.

s. b. scallin, druggist, believes that
the secret Of success is perseverance.
Therefore he persists in keeping the
finest line of perfumeries, toilet arti-
cles, cosmetics, drugs and chemicals on
the market. He especially invites all
persons who have palpitation, short
breath, weak or hungry spells, pain in
side or shoulder, oppression, nightmare,
dry cough, smothering, dropsy or heart
disease, to try DR.. Miles uequaled New
Heart Cure, before it is too late. 1t has
the largest sale OF any similar remedy.
Fine book of testimonials free. DR..
Miles Restorative Nervine is unsur-
passed for sleeplessness, headache. fits,
ETC., and it contains no opi&tfs
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-05-15

The special irrigation or rather artes-
ian edition which Editor Bushnell OF
the Dakota Farmer has in press and ad-
vance sheets of which we have examin-
ed promises to accomplish results not
attainable otherwise, not only in calling
the attention of the outside world to
the inexhaustible and easily available
moisture resources of the James River
valley, but also in directing the atten.
ton of the people of South Dakota
themselves to the value of the great un.
derlying artesian basin. In short, Mr.
Bushnell's enterprise will not only in
duce settlers from other states but il
will encourage those who are already
here to take fresh heart. 1t is to be
hoped that every town in the valley viii
lend hand in giving this edition 6
wide circulation at home and abroad.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-05-15

Asignificant and hopeful sign of the
times is the earnest attempt at munich
pal reform which has been made by the
newly elected mayors of such cities as
Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo,
and other places where change of adj
ministration was made at the spring
elections. And while the newly elected
officers are all Republicans. there can
be no politics in move of this sort, any
more than the enforcement oil health
or quarantine laws can be made polit-
ical affair. The truth of the matter is
that municipal corruption in the great
centers of this country has grown to
such dangerous proportions that
nothing but the most vigorous
efforts can check it and in time remove
it. There is no more reason why the
government OF a great city should be
dominated by the criminal elements
than that the business of a private COR
poration should be turned over to the
most dissolute and shiftless of it's EN-
plOyes.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-05-15

Sioux City Journal: 1t is amusing to
see some of the Iowa Democratic Or
gans vehemently denouncing the decis-
ion OF the supreme court of Nebraska,
which takes Mr.. Boyd out of the gov
ernor's Office, to (which he was elected by
a slender plurality.
Herein lies the marked difference in
the position of the Republican press,
almost without exception, in comment
ing on this matter. The latter have
deprecated the fact that a fairly cleo
ted officer, even though of opposite pol
itics, had to forfeit his place because OF
his own neglect to make sure of his
eligibility. Still the fact remains that
the decision of the court is the best sort
OF law. The laws of this great and glo-
rious republic are so liberal and COM
prehensive and plain in the matter OF
acquiring the rights of citizenship that
there is absolutely no excuse for any
man to fail to comply with them: and
any further straining of them where the
equities seem to be so largely in favor
of such construction as in the case I'm.
der discussion would open the way tc
almost unlimited abuses.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-05-15

pany in the state is entitled to send a
delegate. An interesting program
is outlined. Matters of vital import
ance to every bank and banker in the
state will be discussed: especially the
new bank and revenue laws passed by
the last legislature, and also to decide
what action, if any, to take regarding
them. The local members expect a
large attendance, and are making prep
parations for the proper entertainment
Of their guests.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-05-15

Chamberlain Democrat: Human na-
ture is peculiar critter. Here IS SEN
ator Reagan voluntarily resigned MS
seat in the senate that many would pay
a fortune to secure, in order to accept a
state position.
Not peculiar after all, whenyoucon-
slider that Senator Reagan resigns a
seat in the Senate having but two years
/ to run and paying but S., 1000 for s10,-
con msition which will last for six
wears Even ~ Democrat in Texas has
no life lease on q senatorshlp ana The
Younger men in the party have shown
symptoms of yearning for Reagan's toga
for some time.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-05-15

When the fnicky and hypercritical
Mugwump editor of Harpers Weekly
feels constrained to speak in the high
est terms of the tour of President Har.
rison as to the spirit of his speeches
and their salutary effect on the country
and the Republican party, it certainly
looks as though the friends of the Ad,
ministration had ght to feel reason.
ably satisfied with its course thus far.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-05-15

Up in Grant county some Of the vic
tins of the peculiar management of
the Alliance Hail Company are still
puzzling their heads over the explain
alton of Mr.. Wardall that the reason
they failed to get their just dues last
season was, their names came so far
down on the alphabet there was not
money enough left to go around. An
insurance company which adjusts losses
on an alphabetical basis is certainly a
conception worthy the widest flights
of the minds which propose to make
men rich by legislation and which argue
that you increase mans prosperity by
taking his money for nothing and loan
ing it back to him at two per cent.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-05-15
That school Election.

Supt. Bras has received acircular
from State Superintendent Salmon rel
ative to the new school law, which con,
tains the following suggestions bearing
directly on this city:
1t is doubtful whether elective officers
whose terms of Office have not expired
can be legislated out OF Office.
In cities divided into wards having
one member OF tho board from each
ward, whose term of Office will not ex-
pire until in the spring of 1892, post
pone the election until some time be-
tween January lst, 1892. and May LIST,
1892.