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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-01
New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, October S1-Cotton quiet
and steady; sales, 1850. Ordinary SIG;
good ordinary, 1916; low middling, SIS;
miadllng, Us; good middling, rs; middling
fair, 77-16 Receipts, PASS; stock, SO4 ,513.
Consolidated statement: Receipts, net,
1887; exports to Great Britain, 47,1O6;
France, 1871; Continent, 34,O75 stock, S47,-
Asa.
New Orleans, October 31.-Cotton futures
quiet. November, 6.74@6.76; December, 6.7S
Q6.SO; January, 683Q6.S4; February, 6.S6@
6.SS; March, 6.SSd6.S9; April, 6.91@693; May,
6.94Q6.95; June, 6.96Q6.9S; July, 6.9SQ7.OO.
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Birmingham City Bonds
Fruits and Produce

Fruits and Produce
Butter-Elgin, 25c: dairy, No. 1, zoe; dairy
No. 2, 15c; country, 12kc; cooking, 15c.
Potatoes-Irish, CSC.
Lemons-Choice, $.25d475; fancy s425
Poutry-Hens. 22Q22kc; fries, 15@22c;
small. SIC; ducks. Zoe; geese. zoe.
Eggs, 16c.
Tomatoes-25@35c.
Cabbage-1Ac per pound.
Onions, nc per pound.
Grapes-75@90c per crate.
Apples-$3. 00Q$3.25.
Local Staple Groceries
Flour-Best patent. a.s5; straight, $4.15;
full patents, A.00.
Sugar-Granulated. $50; Y. c., 51s@5Ac.
Coffee-Green, S@1115c; Arbuckle's pack
ages, 1880; Levering's packages, 5000;
Lyons packages, $1,000.
Lard-6kc.
Clear rib sides-5Bc.
Molasses Centrifugal, 159Se; sugar
house, 20635c.
RiceAQ61sc.
Corn-Mrxed, 4Sc; white, soc.
Pearl meal-90c.
Hay-Choice timothy, $3.50; No. 1, $3.50;
clover mixed, $14.50.
Oats-Mixed, 35c white, &c.
Bran-Mixed, $3.50; pure wheat, $3.50.
Cotton seed meal. $500.
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New York, October 31.-Commercial Ad-
yertiser's London financial cablegram:
1.-THE markets here were universally fiat
today on the disaster at Ladysmith which
was the absorbing topic. of conversation and
debate. Consequently business was neg
looted. There was trifing recovery on the
news that the war department is sending
three extra battalions and a mountain bat
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Chicago, October 31.-A smaller increase
in the worlds visible supply than expected,
together with dsquieting news from South
Africa strengthened wheat today, and De
cember closed with a gain of ss@1ac Corn
closed 1sc higher, and oats unchanged. Pro-
visions were irregular, and closed from a
shade higher to 214q71sc lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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Murphy 8 Company's Stock Letter

New York, October s1.-The stock market
opened weak and generally 1 per cent.
lower. London prices We're also easier and
/ to ~ lower than yesterdays close. The
high rate of money yesteray and today has
caused a large amount of reizing by long
holdsrs, Hiho heliege the msAkst u due q
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ARRIVALS.
Mo- from Macon. Columbus, Albany.
No from Savannah, Macon, Columbus
et 11,ogant through sIeepers between Dr.
,,ingham, Columbus. Macon and Savannah
on Naaction at Savannah with s,,,.ux
~ and passenger steamers of ~,
ocean steamship company from New York.
sro r,,ha and West Indies via Centre,
caoroia railway. By taking the Central VI oe
Georgia railway. close s,, connection IN, is made
and Havana
For further information apply to
SoIyON JACOBS, Commercial Aeent
,.cK w. JOHNSON,
Union Ticket Agent,
Birmingham, Ala.
r r. HALLE, General Passenger Agent.
T. n HINTON, Traffic Manager.
THEo. d. KLINE. General Sup't..
JoTIN N. EGAN. Yice-President.
Savannah. Ga.
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DEPRESSION In (
COTTON MARKET
Bearish Gables and Foreign Sell
ing Orders Predominated.
THE OPENING WAS EASY
Decided Weakness Revealed in Cables
on Other Side-Close Steady With
Prices from Four to Seven
Points Net Lower

New York, October 31.-Today's cotton
market was depressed by an aggregation
of beaIEsn cables and a number of foreign
selling orders, leading to furry of active
liquidation of local accounts around the
opening and general heaviness throughout
the rest of the session. The opening was
easier, wdua prices to points lower. 1lnis
5Q7 points, from which level there was a
slight reaction.
The tone at the close was steady, With
prices net 4 to points lower. Considering
The pronounced strength manifested by our
market last night and the bullish tenor OF
reports from the cotton belt. room traders
had looked for substantial response by
Liverpool this morning. Contrary to ex-
pectations, the cables revealed decided
weakness in futures ON ule other side. The
unexpected turn of affairs In the English
market was attributed Ito several causes,
prominent among Which was the setback
I'm South Africa to English arms. News
from Bombay ITO the effect that owing to
am over-production mills were running only
half time added ito the ground feeling of
unrest in speculative circles abroad
Private adyices from the cotton belt re-
ported increased buHish sentiment, owing
to I.le exceptionally sn1ala movement To-
days receipts were decidedly larger than
earlier in the week and the average OF late,
but this was attributed to the extra efforts
made at the close of each month to rush
tue cotton forward.
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Liverpool, October 31.-4 p. m.-Cotton:
Spot, fair demand: prices favor buyers.
American middling, 13-32d the sales of
the day Were 1000 bales, of which 900 were
for speculation and export, and included
$500 American. Receipts, $780, all AIneui-
can. Futures opened steady and closed
quiet and steady. American middling L.
M. c.: November, 356d3.57s; November
December, 3.55Q3.56b; December-January,
3.55s; January-F February, 3.54s; February
March, 3.53qS54s; Maroh-April, S.53b; April
May, 353b; May-June, 3.55b June-July,
S.53s; July-August, 35Ss; August-Septem-
Der, 3.50Q3.51b.
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Daily Statement

Memphis-Steady; mddling, z; receipts
receipts, 4,710; sales, $500; shipments, 5,OS1;
stock, 29,S14.
Galveston-Firm; middling, u sales, 1850;
receipts, 1888; stock, 1879 467.
Mobile-Quiet; middling, 1916; sales,
500; receipts, 1856; stock, 31,62S
Savannah-Quiet; middling, 6A; sales, 957;
receipts, S,657; stock, 6,7sO.
harleston-Firm; middling, 613-16 bid;
receipts, 2343; stock, q sos.
Wilmington-Firm; middling, 71s; receipts,
1892; stock, 49, 4.
Norfolk-Steady; middling. 71-16; sales,
631; receipts, 2,442; stock, 290O6.
misunderstanding; middling, 7 SIG; re-
ceipts, 215 stock, 14,10S.
Boston-Quiet and steady; middling, 7%;
receipts, net, 61S; gross, 1853.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; middling, 7ssI re-
ceipts, 971; stock, actual. 2.764.
ST. Louis-Steady; middling, Z; sales, 357;
receipts, 1913; stock. S3.O92.
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Souvenir Books

The Alabama State Fair has issued a
handsome souvenir book which contains
ten admission tickets to the State Fair
This book is now on SALE and the lady
selling the greatest number will be pre-
scented by c. C. Ellis Buggy and Harness
company with handsome phaeton and
horse, valued at $3.50. The book and tickets
sell for 5. OF this amount the Woman's
club and the canvasser gets 81 on every
book sold. Ladies desiring to sell books
will please call at the State Fair headquar-
tiers, POI Nineteenth street, North, and con-
fer with the mama cement.
J. A. ROUNTREE,
Secretary Alabama State Fair.
1927 tt
s--sz-
Texie Cigars are the best
the purest.
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New York, October 31.-Cotton steady;
middling 7ssc; net receipts, 1O8 gross, 5,4C1;
sales, 1,91O; STOCK 107,S11; continent, 143
Total today: Net receipts, 81 939; exports
to Great Britain, II ,163; to the continent,
6,793; stock, S47 ,454.
Consolidated: Net receipts, 1857; ex-
ports ITO Great Britain, 47,1O6: to France,
1913; to the continent, 1905.
Total since September 1: Net receipts, L.
s01 ,4O4; exports to Great Britain, $40, 617; to
France, 1888; to the continent, sos, 1898.
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Godden's Drug Store. bulb headeuartsrs.
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tBy Private Wire to Talbot & Palmer)
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0caI Cotton MARK
Middling, 6%Q67sc.
Local Stocks and Bonds

Corrected daily by D. f. Allen & Co.. 103
Twentieth street Telephone 3S1)
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22
Gunners, Patron, Saint.

Why was ST.. Barbara chosen to be
the patron saintess of all gunners It is
one Of those things which are to be
known and which one ought to know,
but does not. Meanwhile there is the
fact that she does inte1cede for all gun
ners by land or sea- In the old French
navy the Ste. Barbe was the gun
room, and the name may be found with
that meaning attached to it in all die
tionaries. Moreover, in France she is
the saint not only Of gunners, but Of all
fire brigades- The sapeurs pompiers,
who, for some mysterious reason, are a
regular chopping block for jokes, hold
their holiday on the day Of her feast. =
Pittsburg Dispatch.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22
Horticulture versus TheoIogy.

Small Johnny had on his best clothes,
and his mamma told him not to play in
the dirt with them on.
''Don't they have any dirt in heaven
to play in?'' he asked.
mo, Of course not, y replied his
mother.
'sThen what do little boys do up
there?'' queried Johnny.
ooh, they play harps and sing and
sit under beautiful trees. " was the re-
ply.
s WELL said the little fellow, IT
don't see how they can have trees if
there ain no dirt. Houston Post.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22
Naval Heroes In the Abbey.

The well known saying, "Westmin-
ster abbey or glorious victory attrib-
uted to Nelson when he boarded the
San Josef at the battle of Cape Vim
cent, seems to point to the hero's own
wishes as to an abbey grave. But for
some unknown reason, when the end
came at the famous battle at Trafalgar
(1S05), Nelson was buried at ST. PauIs,
and the abbey authorities, finding
crowds going there to gaze on his last
resting place, had an effgy made Of
him and set it up near Kempenfelt's
monument, in order to attract people
back to Westminster, with the desired
result. - Cd. s-s.rt -.-.- ~ L. !
The figure now stands in the Islip
Chantry chapel with the other funeral
ehgies, and is very lifelike and good
representation Of the great man., It is
said to have been copied from smaller
figure for which Nelson sat, in all the
clothes except the coat he actually wore.
Maclise, who borrowed the. hat for his
picture of the s'Death of Nelson found
the marks Of the eye patch on the inner
lining and the stamp Of the period in
the crown. Pail Mall Magazine
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22
DENs OF HORROR.
The Prisons Of Morocco Are Hotbeds
- OF Deadly Disease.

Inc Prisons of Morocco Are HOfbeds
OF Deadly Disease.
The prison system and treatment Of
prisoners are worse In Morocco than in
any other country in the world
Men are arrested-often merely to
spite some one whom they have Eeen so
unfortunate as to offend and who pos
ssesses some power-and flung into pris-
s.on,where they would be left to starve did
NOT heir relat vesor friends. bring them
.food, for go .arIanee msuIltt Nhatever ne
made by the author ifas the: feeding
Of prisoners. ALI that Is provided 5s 9
prison. generally crowded with prison
ers dying in the most loathsome and IN
fictitious diseases, dark and unventilated,
and custodians who are quite as brutal
and savage as the prison system itself.
Prisoners are cast into these hotbeds
of disease, generally without the most
farcical pretense Of trial, to die and
rot if their crimes are light or their
enemies impotent Otherwise they are
probably tortured in some way or an
other. Starving merely is too good for
them In the opinion of the authorities.
Not long ago merchant who had
dared to claim payment for goods sup
piled to friend of one Of the court off,
Gals was cast into prison without trial,
and after suffering torments in the
midst of a mass of diseased humanity
for months was taken out, showed into
a barrel. fitted with long spikes and
rolled down high steep hill. The bar
rel eventually plunged into the sea with
it's torn and mangled cargo. Imprison-
ment, torture and death for daring to
present his billl-Cincinnati Enquirer.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22
THE "GREEN RAY"
To Be Seen Frequently at the Delta
of the Nile. --- e..

'EO BE seen Frequently AT the DGft0
of the. Nile. --- -.
The "green ray" an optical phenom-
enon which has been made the founda-
ton of a story by Jules Verne, is a
flash Of greenish light seen as the limb
Of the sun rises or sets under certain
conditions Of the atmosphere. The sea
horizon is good for observing it, but
the effect is occasionally seen in the Alps
or other mountains, and, according to
Plot Bey in paper to the Academic des
Sciences, Paris, it is often to be observ-
ed in Egypt from the point of the del
ia to Alexandria or Suez. either at rise
or set Of sun.
The ray is distinctly visible, and al
ways of an emerald green, which Is
brighter as rule at sunrise than sun
set. At sunset, when the eye can follow
the effect better, the ray sometimes ap-
pears longer and ultimately takes blue
tinge. This blue ray has also been OBJ
served preceding the "green ray" at sun
rise, for example, by Mr.. William Calf,
near the ruins Of Memphis, not far from
the stepped pyramid Of Saggarah. He
even thinks the ancient Egyptians were
familiar with it, because in monuments
Of the fifth dynasty and others the sign
Of "Kha,' representing the rising sun,
has the outer streak of blue color and
the two inner streaks are green. Their
writings also speak of the greenness of
the sun on rising, and they liken it to
an emerald. ~
It is evident from all this that the
'green ray" is an objective, not sub
jective, phenomenon, and that the hori-
zon of the sea has nothing to do with it
Nevertheless, the state Of the atmos-
phere evidently has to do with It, and
that Of Egypt, ordinarily pure, seems to
have much, for the ray is seldom seen
elsewhere on land. ....-... -
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22

The telegraph messengers tn populous
French towns use bicycles for the dis
hibution Of their kilograms
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22
IRA s LDIER.
Lieutenant Colonel Forrest, to Whor.
War Meant killing.

Ldeutenant Colonel Forrest, to Whom
War Meant killing.
Soldier by nature, from earliest boy
hood at home on horseback, with firm,
erect and easy seat, rode at the head Of
the column an ideal Of the beau sabreur.
From beneath the wide and slightly up
turned brim of the soft felt hat, which
bore no tawdry plumes, the large, deep
set blue eyes We're peering with more
than usual alertness. The look Of kind
Illness which came in moments Of repose
or gentler mood was gone, and some
thing hard and almost savage had re-.
placed it. The broad, high forehead, the
shaggy brows, prominent cheek bones
and bold assertive nose told not only;
the story Of his Gaelic origin, but the
bulldog tenacity Of the man.
About the ears and neck heavy half
curling tufts Of deep black hair hung SO
stiff1y and stubbornly that they were
scarcely swayed by the strong, cold wind
which swept the snowfakes in minia-
ture clouds from the tree tops and sent
them scurrying to the ground. The dark
mustache and heavy short chin beard
were gray with frozen moisture of the
expired air. The massive, firm set jaw
told Of the strength Of will which mas
tered all. The compressed lip and deep
flush Of the face bespoke the bloody
business of the hour. Six feet and two
inches in stature, broad shouldered and
of athletic frame, well might one say
there was in him
A combination and form indeed
Where every god did seem to set his seal
To give the world assurance of man.
A plain capped overcoat of coarse, heavy
homemade gray, close buttoned to the
throat, reached amply beyond the knees.
About the waist, and buckled on the
outside for quick and ready use, there
was broad black belt in which two
"navy SKIES" showed and from which
hung that famous saber, heavy and long
and, against all military rules, ground
to razor edge, and swinging from the
right side of the cavalier. No regulation
saber or school drilled swordsman, this
left handed scion Of the American pio-
neer, but in all our war there was none
other that did such bloody work. To his
scrudea and earnest mind "war means
fighting and fighting means killing. :
He could cut or thrust deeper WI
sharp than with d dull sword, and sc tn
the melee heS ia ! 3 iasa ,pen 70 hit one
Of his own, II was all intended fozs ise
good of the cause. g 81 Lieutenant Colo1
mel Forrest at Fort Donelson, - by John
A. Wyeth, M. d., in Harper's Maya
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22
JUST A GLiMPSE.


Il Man Of Mature Years Sees q
q Strangely Familiar Face Ina Mirror.
Here, said g man Of mature years
twas an experience that fancy others
have had. You know we don't realize
the change in our own appearance as
the years go by. We feel young, all
right, and imagine that we look SO, and
never realize that we don t. But COM
ing down from an upper story Of a tall
building in an elevator the other day
and thinking Of something else I hap
pened to see face ia mirror in the
side Of the car. 5.
Tt had curious interest for me
somehow. It was the face Of man Of
middle age, tolerably well preserved,
but with hair pretty gray and with
marks at the outer corners of his eyes
showing where the crow had stepped
on him lightly, to be sure, but the
marks Of crows feet nevertheless, the
face Of a man of years. But, old and
gray, the most curious and fascinating
thing about it was its striking resem-
blance to my own. This was almost
startling, but moment later, when as
I looked at it I saw slight turn of my
own head reprodu with correspond
ing movement by the head in the mir
Tor, realized that what saw was in
deed reflection of my own face, and
that for moment I had seen myself as
I was.
..But when got home I looked in
the glass there. And did see any mid
die aged folks now? Not by. a joyful !
saw the man wanted to see. A little
gray perhaps2 Yes. little gray Crow
feet? Yes, if you want to call EN- SO.
I'm no spring chicken. don't set out
to be that-that is, not this spring
but I'm q young man still fer all that,
and I'm going to remain SO for many
years to come despite what the mirror
in the elevator said ." New York Sun.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22
Explaining 1t.

'tNow, = said the physician who was
examining an applicant for life insur-
ance, II shall have to ascertain your
chest expansion. !"
''My what :" asked the applicant.
'e'fYour chest expansion. y
.'He means. interposed friend who
had come in with him, 'sthe difference
between what you measure when your
chest isn't inflated and what you meas
Ire when it is inflated =
tOh," said the applicant, beginning
dimly to understand. ..Ten years ago I
measured around her" indicating his
rotund stomach 3'only 80 inches. I
measure 48 now. I guess what you call
my chest expansion is Is inches. p"
Youth s Companion.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22
THE EXCEL ENCE> OF SYRUP OF FIGS

is due not only to the originality and
simplicity Of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the Importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. AS the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co.
only, knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the CALI
FoRNIA FIG SYRUP Co. with the medi-
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of it's remedy. 1t is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not grippe nor
nauseate. In order to get it's beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company -. @s--~-. -
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK, N. z.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22
Knew Her Business.

Lady wish to get birthday pres
emit for my husband.
Shopwalker How long have you
been married, madam
Ten years -
Bargain counter to the right, mad
am Boston Traveller
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22
SIS. ST. e Blood
MINNEAPOLIS, NEW ULM & SOUTH
ss...z... WESTERN RAILROAD. -

z<4.z.z,..- WESTERN RAILROAD. -..
& Departure Of Trains.
No. Is ST Paul, NJ pls Pass 6 80 a. NJ.
i No..s1ss8 Paul, Tpla 2asss1 III o. III.
No. 50 Winthrop Acc ation a 100 z. N.
Arrival of Trains. So.
No. "a Winthrop Acc dation 3 90 a. u.
No. 80 st. Paua Mpls Pass 2:20 P. N.
No. liz St. Paul, Mpls Pass $3.50 P. M,
All Daily Except Sunday.
No. Is arrives Mpls $50 A. NJ. St Paul
1920 A. NJ.
No. 16 leaves St. Paul 500 P. NJ. Mpls.
5:35 P. NJ
No change of cars between New Tim,
st. Paul & Mpls.
Close connections for Chicago Mil
,wauKee and all points East.
For full particulars apply to
JOHN RYCZEK, Agent.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22
BY Another Name

Dakota Woman know I can never
stand it, doctor, to have that tooth
pulled.
Dentist can divorce you from that
tooth. madam. il FIVE seconds,
Dakota Woman Oh. well, go aheadi
Chicago Tribune.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22
The Absent Dodge.

Fuzzy They say that Faddist has
become Christian Scientist and is
successfully giving the absent treat
ment.
Wuzzy-I guess that's So He Dor
rowed $50 from me month ago, and
whenever call to ask for it he's out.
New York Tribune.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22
Some. Advice.

81 would advise the young man. =
said the corn fed philosopher, ito form
his friendships among men older than
himself By the time he is at middle
age they will all be dead and can't bor-
row his money. Indianapolis jour
nal
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22

In an article on Picking DR.. Goldbaum
declares that pawnshop, where he can
put up his wardrobe, seems to be an in
dispensable institution to the Chinese
merchant
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-22

The Christian era was not introduced
as basis Of reckoning time until the
sixth century.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-04
INSURANCE TAXATION.
REPORT OF Superintendent of Insur
ance orear Shows Increase of
Business All Around.

JEFFERSON CITY, April ,s.-(special.)
state Superintendent of Insurance Ed T.
orear to-day delivered to the state treas
urer his abstract of taxes levied by the SUI
perintendent against insurance companies
organized under the laws of other states,
which are doing business in Missouri. The
law imposes per cent tax on the gross
amount of premiums received by such COM
panies and also provides for an additional
tax in retaliation against any company or
Ganized under the laws of state imposing
a higher tax. The abstract shows thai
there were IS foreign fire Insurance COM
panies doing business in Missouri last wear.
showing 25S2S5.% premium receipts,
upon which the tax is s25. .164.!0; 122 United
States fire companies. showing S. 29S 9I2 0S
premium receipts in 1888. upon which the
tax is s66. Sf2. II: q miscellaneous stock COM
panies, doing fidelity, surety. steam boiler.
plate glass and casualty business showing
so'S Us premium receipts during the year.
upon which the tax is ll.49O.l2; a life in.
surance companies. which received during
the year is lSss So on policies in Missouri the
sum OF s6.992.52s.5 in premiums upon which
the sum of $1,000 IS tax is levied Total
tax against all companies shown by the
abstract is s2iS. Ssh. Total premiums coll
lected by the companies. s12.l22 739 "a.