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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-17

1870 1905
b6th Annual Statement Of the
Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Company,
Of Newark, N. j.,
AMZI DODD. President.
RECEIPTS IN 1900.
Received for Premiums. 49, III ,362 II
Eee"i,"d for Interest and
Rcn.s. 3. ti2.S'9 ~
Total. si3.s.4.Ei ~
EXPENDITURES IN 1850.
paid PoIicyholdcrs
SOL. IA 80.
Taxes ana Internal Revenue
Expenses. including Agents
COMMISSIONS Advertising,
Salaries. SC. I.c97.2io FS
Proit and Loss Account. in
Guiding Preminms on Bonds
Purchased. and $21MW
charged on from Real Els
tate To cover possible dcpic-
ciation. eo8.9o; ~
Total. so. Az. sos %
ASSETS JANUARY Ist 1901.
Cash on hand and in banks. &93a.77o 30
Loans on Collateral, u. s.
Bonds and other Securities. 53l:. $50 o.
United States aud other
Bonds. par 1a.ss1.o:7 %
First Bonds and Mortgages on
Real Estate, $50 .S79 II
Real Estate 3..SG. III 2,
Loans on Policies In Force, lD.6Si.i23 -
Agents Balances and Cash
Obligations. $50 II
$,U.aJG, t62 x
Interest due and
accrued 81, 1S0.S.p 30
Net deferred and
unreported IRE
miums on Policies
In force. ST.. los *
2.On1. %? ~
Total, So 9JS. OF. q
Total Liabilities, is, lA6 log 81
Surplus, san .3ls 81
COMPANY'S STANDARD.
Surplus by Legal Standard OF
~. j., n. ", etc. based on
Market Value of Assets. 81. 1885, 81
Policies issued and revived In
in 1890. $3.50. insurinS So
Policies in force January LIST.
1891. 1l2.JG9. insuring $21s,-
III i36
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-17

WANTED-Iadies to sell the latest
basque shirt waist ANA skirt supporter
no sewing or extra belts: write for ter
ritory; sample. p cents. Missing Link
Novelty Co.. Manchester, \. II.
iIl,-l, dive
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-17

PIANOS AND ORGANS for rent by tn.
day. week, month or year. Inquire of {
S. Downing. 207 Water St apr2S, DIT
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-17

MEN to sell nursery. stock the coming
season. A complete assortment Of fruits
and ornamentals. Liberal terms. Good
references as to honesty required. Apply
now. A. s. chadoourne. Haiiow ". La Ne Ne;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-17

ONE TWO-STORY HOUSE. at y Oak
81 dac1dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-17

A KITCHEN AND A TABLE GIRL at
once at City Hotel, Augusta, Me.
,,,l,. IL 6
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-17
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.

LICE DRAKE. one
of the swifteSt and
gamieSt racers in
Eastern Maine. has
been sold by !. =.
LongfellOw of Ma
chias. to Geo.
Leavitt. the ia nous
hOrseman of BoS-
ton. This mare has
a record of 2.1SA
made in "A hard
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-17

CONVENIENT RENT. well located.
Apply to W. G. Boothby. kennebec Saw
ingS Bank
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-17

RELIABLE MEN TO SELL THE
best line of New England grown nursery
sion. Permanent situation. c. r. Burr x
Co, Hartford. Conn. iuly1U. eodl2t+
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-17
FOR SALE.

GRANITE QUARRY IN AUGUSTA.
or would leases, apply to c. p King, 10
Arsenal street Augusta. july1l ,d1w~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-17

FOR THE, LAFAYETTE BAND FOUR
men to play ciarinets, two saXophoneS
and one bassoon. first class Instruments
sold for cash or on the instalment plan
Apply 30 II. L. Strckla nd. iulNl3. div
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-17

AT % SENALL ST. MODERN TWO
STORY HOUSE in first-class repair. Hot
and cold water. bath room and furnace.
Location and surroundings unsurpassed
Enquire of Geo. w. Nickery.
i1neahtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-17

| FOR THE OLYMPIA BAND. two men
| to play Ciarnets. one alto and one cor
| net; iirSt-ClaSS instrument sold for cash
or on instruments. Apply to H. l..
Strickland. july13,d1w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-17
TO BUFFALO.

individual tours every day. All ar.
engagements made for board etc in 81
vance. Any price you want to pay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-17

CONVENIENT modern house; bath
room: hot and cold water; on East Side.
T. r. Randall. may2l.dI
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-26
The ABOLITION OF PASSES
ITS EFFECTS NOT so GENERAL AS
HAS BEEN UNDERSTOOD.
Views of "a Financial Paper on Rate
Cutting i'm the West-Scarcity of
Anthracite Coal Reported.

1t is stated that with the abolition Of
exchange passes on the trunk lines several
thousand agents will be affected. The
average travelling passenger or freight
agent must ride over 500 miles every
week and the railway managers will not
pay fares, consequently the soliciting
agents job. so far as the trunk lines are
concerned, is largely at an end. How to
get along without the travelling men Is
another problem that is perplexing the
general freight and passenger agents and
they cannot, so far, adapt themselves to
the revolution that is imminent. AS TO
whether the abolition of exchanges will
lead to the wiping out Of all other forms
of free transportation an official high in
position said: Not at all. and no one just
ly entitled to a pass will be affected"
1t could not and will not be done. Out
said of the politicians there are
individuals who, under certain cir
cumstances, are entitled to ride on a
railroad without paying fare as a matter
of actual and consistent reciprocity. The
companies can never hope to cut them off,
and neither wish nor expect to. They are
an exception TO the general rules Of dead
heads and the list includes newspaper
men who, unasked. give equivalent for
every cents worth OF Transportation given
them, and who rarely abuse the privilege.
Quite often railroad officers want some
thing in the newspapers which money can
not buy. To offer pecuniary compensation
TO the publisher or writer would be an in
suit that would be quickly and very prop
erly resented, but the publication can be
had simply because the matter is unobJect-
ionable and the newspaper publisher or
writer to whom it is presented in the prop
er way wishes to help a good cause"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-26
Personal, Local and General Notes.

After Jan. collectors will be carried in
all through trains of the Wabash.
superintendent Tydon. of the Denver G.
Rio Grande, has been given indefinite
leave of absence on account of i'll health.
Directors of the Pennsylvania Company
will meet to-day to select a second vice
president in place of ]. T. Brooks, de-
ceased.
has Christmas travel been so heavy as this
season. Extra cars have been hauled on
all trains TO accommodate the business.
Local lines did good deal yesterday in
the way of clearing up delayed freights
and relieving the congestion at division
points. and a few days of mild weather
will greatly relieve the situation.
George B. Horner, division passenger
agent of the Louisville * Nashville will
retire from that position on Jan. l. Mr..
Horner has been with the road ten years
and is we'll known in this territory
When Mr.. II. F. Houghton takes charge
of the Whitewater division of the Big Four
he will have under his supervision the main
line from Cincinnati to Chicago, the Mar
tinsville division and the Whitewater.
Colonel Samuel Moody. assistant general
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines.
is sending to his friends a beautiful Christ
mas card with a bunch of holly in one
corner and the motto, May Happiness Be
Yours"
Thirty-one years ago yesterday the
Richmond division of the Grand Rapids q
Indiana was opened for traffic. and Charles
ID. Gorham. father of Superintendent Cor
ham, of the Nickel-plate. was supern-
tendent.
DR. j. NJ. Dinner has been appointed
chief surgeon of the Fort Wayne division
of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton.
known as the Findlay. Fort Wayne &
Western.
The Chicago Great Western has found
trouble in gaining entrance TO Council
Bluffs and Omaha. All available property
about every approach has been bought by
spectators until every foot Of ground de-
sired has been secured by such persons
Col. Robert Andrews. who has just been
elected president of the Safety Car Heating
and Light Company. of St. Louis was
twenty years ago, general superintendent
OF the Wabash. and Andrews. a division
point was named through his influence
IL is officially announced that E T. JEFF
frey, president of the Denver & Rio Grande
will retire and viii be succeeded by Rus
sell Harding. who will have absolute con-
troll of the Western lines in the Gould sys-
tenn. with full authority as general man
ager Mr.. jeffrey will become financial
director of all the Western interests of Mr.
Gould.
Railway men who have represented
United States railways in Mexico have
been dealt a heavy blow by the new laws
or representatives of railroads in Mexico
must be able 10 speak the Spanish Lam
Puage and that all information to ship
pers and travellers by railways shall be
given in the Spanish language
District Passenger Agent Frank ID. Gid
ersleeve OF the Baltimore x Ohio South
western, has been appointed assistant gen
eral passenger agent, with headquarters
In 81. Louis. The appointment is effective
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-26
"SQUALID LONDON"
Candid EngIishman Compares 1t with
American Cities.

London Mail
a candid friend of London appeared last
night in the person of Mr.. Trevail, the new
president of the Society of Architects.
In his presidential address at st. James's
Hall. Mr.. Trevail said:
THE impression that always pals upon
one when returning from either the EURO
pean or American continents 10 LONDON is
the wretchedly narrow and insignificant
looking streets, with their low, mean small
shops and dwellings by contrast with what
we have just left behind us. 1t Is OF little
miles of the same sort of thing London con-
tains, more than does any other metropolis
In ChriSendOm or elsewhere.
THE fact still remains in your mind in
general sense that London looks squalid
and miserable by comparison and that feel
ing affects one for days until he once more
gets seasoned into the old haunts and re-
lapSeS into that comfortable frame or MIND
that after all even the Strand and Chanc-
cry lane, or Fleet street and Ludgate cir
Gus, with all their advertising denominations
look at least familiar and homely.
Take the city of London. 1t may have
some of the finest commercial palaces In
the world. rivaling those of old Venice her
self, but look how they are huddled to-
gether. There is positively not the space
TO appreciate their design. their proper
tons or their detail Compare the Champs
Elysees. Place de la Concorde, or the boule-
wards of Paris with our best streets and
squares and where are We?
Or, say, the Ringstrasse of Vienna, or
the Boulevard Andrassy at Budapest, or,
carrying our thoughts across the Atlantic,
to Broadway, Fifth avenue, Riverside and
Central Park, New York; the Common
wealth avenue, Boston; Victoria square,
Montreal; East avenue, Rochester; Della
ware avenue, Buffalo; DreXel boulevard,
Washington avenue or State street, Chi
cago; Pennsylvania avenue, Washington,
or dozens of others that might be named.
Alongside of these our Strand, our White
hall. our Victoria street, Regent street,
Piccadilly. Park lane, oxford street, etc,
are but wretched apologies for what lead
ing streets and thoroughfares should be.
If we except the Thames embankment,
Shaftesbury avenue and the new thorough
fare that Is about TO be made between the
Strand and Holborn, nothing of an ade-
Quate scale to the size and Importance of
this metropolis has yet been attempted.
With the dilapidated. rickety, old ram
shackle properties that see in some of
the best and most central parts of London,
what is wanted is a general rebuilding and
Improvement scheme fixed after mature de-
liberation by competent central authority
specially constituted by Parliament, after
consultation with the chief local authorities
and perhaps the representative societies
of architecture, sculpture and engineering,
with a special regard to it's qualifications
and fitness for the purpose.
This would be merely following the
example that has been set in such capitals
as Paris, Vienna and Washington"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-26
COLD WEATHER IN THE SOUTH.
Everything Allowed to Go by the
Board Until the Weather MOderates.
lmercial Advertiser.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Although the skies of the Southern
States remain bright and blue during those
months when the Northern cities are over
hung by gray snow clouds and though
persons living in that balmy cline may
boast that they pick Christmas roses and
vioiets out of their gardens, yet there
usually comes upon them, once during the
winter, a rigorous and genuine freeze
out. 1t may last three days or it may
last two weeks but it is no joke. 1t
causes despair and inconvenience beyond
the imagination of the Northerner, with
his furnace-heated house, and the whole
community gives itself UP more or less TO
suffering for the houses are never suffi-
GENTLY heated. The big rooms full of win
dows, are clammy and almost uninhabit-
able, and in the country towns, where
coal is a luxury only used in the kitchen
range, the mistress of the house shuts
up her parlor and the family eat and sit
exclusively in the dining room, where a
roaring wood fire is ever replenished. When
bedtime comes they all cover off to their
own rooms, the women and children muf-
fling up in ISL; shawls as they pass through
passed that bed is the only comfortable
place in such weather"
The persons who amply and practically
recognize this fact are the darby serv-
ants Such a cold spell is to them much
like the end Of the world All obligations
are forgotten; there is no tomorrow; they
reck not of consequences or inconvenience
and stay in bed, and they take it for
granted that no one can blame them for
such a perfectly natural proceeding. A
big, hearty young cOored woman in the
upper part of the State of Georgia, who
was employed as cook voiced this senti-
ment. One night up came a great wind,
then stiffness of cold, and in the morn
ing water, milk. everything fluid was fro
zen. Big, black Martha did not appear,
and for that morning and for five morn
ingS ensuing her mistress had TO go into
a cold kitchen, make up the range fire and
do all the cooking for her family together
with the homework When the cold wave
had passed and an ordinarily pleasant day
dawned big Martha came down as usual
at o'clock and resumed possession. When
her mistress appeared all was perfect,
floor scrubbed, coffee simmering. biscuits
in the oven.
"Mawn'in, Mis- gilbert" she said, with
her rich, deep giggle.
We'll Martha said the lady. you de-
serted me at a very bad time.
why, yo' didn't 'spect me, did yo Mis-
Culbret? Goody me! When cold like dat
come long l jes give up"
Northern woman, who was living in
the same town exclaimed, when this story
was told: well, didn't you dismiss her?''
"Oh, no. replied Mrs. Culbert "She is
a good cook; the next one might be a very
bad cook, and would do the same thing,
of course"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-26
MOnOn Gaining Prestige.

The Monon operates $50 miles of road
between Chicago and Louisville and Indian
apolis and Michigan City, and as an indie
pendent company is steadily gaining in
prestige. In commenting the financial
condition of the company the Boston Ad-
vertiser says: Much favorable talk is
heard of late on Monon common stock,
on which no dividends have yet been paid,
in selling at about 4S12, while the preferred,
paying per cent, sells at about To- Dur
ing the past fiscal year MOnon earned
$652, TIA for dividends, and during the first
quarter of the current fiscal year increased
net by $114243. If this increase is held,
dividend earnings for the year will be about
1851, 600. This is equivalent TO over 10 per
cent. on the preferred, or to the full 4
per cent. on that issue and over per cent.
on the common. The preferred, will
be seen, is in very strong position, and
1t is extremely improbable that earnings
under any circumstances will decrease
enough to disturb the regular dividends
this stock. At IS, therefore, netting
1-3 per cent, Monon preferred seems to
be an attractive investment While the
common is not at present in receipt of
dividends, the above figures suggest that
payment is likely not TO be long deferred"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-26
SEALED PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS FOR MILITARY SUPPLIES
chief Quartermasters Office. Chicago I'M
Dee. Il. .9Ol Sealed proposals. in tripIicate
VIII be received al this Office until II o'cIock
noon Jan To- 1902. for delivery al either ne
Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia or san F'ranctsco.
depots or the Ouartermaster's Department ~
Arctic Overshoes. muskrat caps. muskrat CANT
lets. jean drawers. campaign hats necEff-s
knit wool drawers. knit wool uudershirts 49,,
stockings. white muslin shirts scr,,bhir,
brushes. company books. pos. books. reCimeDfai
books. rubber ponchos. and :. b Kerse- -
forming 10 standard samples and specffcatIons
Government reserves right 20 reject or 49,,
any or al proposals or any part thereof Prefer
ence given 10 articles OF domestic production or
manufacture, conditions OF quality and prico a., .
GLIDING TN the price OF foreign productions ana
manufactures the duty thereOnJ being eousI
Particulars and blanks for proposals will be f,Ir
nished on application Envelopes containing pro-
posais TO be indorsed Proposals for Nillfar,
Supplies. 10 be opened Jan To- 1902 and al
dressed 10 COLONEL r. b ATWOOD CHER
Ouartermasfer N"icA
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-26
Thought Schwab Was Ireland.
New York Times.


Charles NJ. Schwab was totally uncon-
scious of the veneration which he excited
as he left the Civic Federation conference
with Senator Hanna last Monday
1t was all because there was an Arch
bishop in the building, and the benignant
expression on the clean-shaven face of the
president of the steel trust led a group of
typewritists to mistake him for the prelate
he passed through the corridor of the
building, with his black overcoat closely
buttoned. cOncealing his secular garb
The elevator man told the girls that
Archbishop Ireland was at the meeting in
the rooms of the Board of Trade and
Transportation, and when they hurried i'm
from luncheon they waited in the corridor
to catch a glimpse of the ecclesiastic when
ne left the conference.
When the ruddy-faced steel magnate ap-
peared arm in arm with the Ohio senator
one of the typewritists exclaimed:
There he is! He looks like Father Kel-
lyi'
And with that five devout Catholics rev.
erently genufiected and then hurried TO
the elevator TO get back to their work and
no one spoiled their satisfaction by telling
them of their error.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-26

ductors on the Big Four lines are anxious
as to the results OF their falling TO report
for duty during the recent cold weather
So many sent in excuses that they were
unable to work account OF illness that
the superintendent thought it his duty
10 call and see If they needed aid of any
kind and he visited their homes. To his
surprise. he found that four of the num-
Der were out rabbit hunting, and others
were off visiting. He was so indignant
over the matter that he has summoned
them to his office TO see what excuse they
have to offer before taking further action
in the matter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-26

Jan. l. 1t is announced that ]. z. DaVen-
port, city passenger agent Of the l.. & n,
will succeed George 3. Horner. division
passenger agent Of that road with head
quarters in St. Louis. effective Jan. l.
BY the terms Of a decree in foreclosure
the property Of the Duluth Transfer Rail-
way Company will be sold at auction Jan.
? The property comprises railway tracks,
switching yards and right of way from the
union depot to New Duluth. Capt L. H.
Pressnell has been designated as special
master in chancery to conduct the sale,
and his instructions state he is not TO con-
slider any bid of less than 100000. The
company was originally bonded to the eX-
tent of $11SO.OOO and the amount of in
debtedness is 81, 2S4. 22l.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-26
Rate Cutting in the West.
Wall Street Journal.

Wall Street Journal.
There has been a good deal of surprise
in Wall street and elsewhere that while
there is a car famine there should yet be
in progress a considerable disturbance of
rates almost everywhere. No one has at
tempted to explain this remarkable phe-
nomenon in any serious way. Some have
treated ii evidence that the community
of interests principle failure and that
the roads could not be held together by
any means. Others in the spirit OF levity
have contended that the rate cutting was
the outcome of sympathy for the shippers,
that the railroads. not being able TO give
shippers cars, made it up to them on rates.
1t is at least conceivable that there may
be reason found for the widely advertised
rate disturbances in the possibilities of
state or federal legislation, or, at least,
the agitation looking to such end 1t
is certain from this point of view more
oppOrtune time could we'll be found for
public demonstration of the futility of re-
cent railroad combination. 1t is conceiv
ably possible that when the legislatures
adjourn the rate situation may improve.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-26
A Christmas Prayer.

LORD. for the lonely heart
/ pray apart
Now. for the son Of sorrow
Whom this tomorrow
RejOiCeth not. q Lord.
Hear my weak word!
For lives too bitter to be borne.
For the tempted and the torn,
For the prisoner in the cell,
For the shame lip doth not tell,
For the haggard suicide.
Peace. peace. this Christmastide.
Into the desert, trod
BY the long sick. o God:
Into the patient gloom
OF that small room
Where lies the child OF pain.
OF all neglected most-be fam
To enter. healing. and remain.
Now. al the fall OF day.
| bow and pray.
For those who cannot sleep
\ watch I keep.
Oh. let the starving brain
BE fed. and fed again.
At Thy behest
The tortured nerve find rest.
| see the vacant chair
Father OF souls. prepare
Ny poor thoughts feeble power
To plead this hour:
For the empty. aching home.
Where the silent footsteps come.
Where the unseen face looks on.
Where the hand-clasp Is not felt.
Where the dearest eyes are gone.
Where the portrait on the wall
Stirs and struggles as 10 speak
Where the light breath from the hsII
calls the color 20 the cheek
Where the voice breaks In the hymn
When the sunset burneth dim.
Where the late, large tear will start.
Frozen by the broken heart.
Where tho lesson Is 10 learn
How 10 live. 10 grieve. 10 yearn,
How 20 bear. and how 10 bow.
Oh. the Christmas that Is fed!
Lord Of living and OF dead.
Comfort Thou
-EIIZahefh Sfnarf phaL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-26
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
ELECTION notice.

Terre Haute & indianapolis Railroad Compan,.
Secretary's ONCE 'lo"S .
Terre Haute. Ind. Dec 10 1901
The annual meeting Of the stockholders Of this
company viii be held at the companv's oe5ca
Room No. 4. Union Passenger station. IN tbs
city OF Ierre Haute. Ind, on "Wednesday lar
Is. 1879, between the hours OF and III -o'ciorL
a m, for the election Of seven 90 directors and
be brought before the meeting 10y
GEORGE r HARRINGTON. Secretary.
NOTICE OF sEIZURE.-Notice Is hereby gfver
or the seizure OF 90 suits OF clothes
two 90 extra pairs OF trousers and one
Cd fancy vest the 9th day Of No
vember 1901, al the city Of Indiana polls courf,,
OF Marion. and state OF Indiana which were ~
legally brought into the United States ia viola
ton OF Sec. 10sz. Y. s. ANY person CLAIMING
such articles. any. either OF them shall
appear and file such claim for same within
twenty days from the 18th day 81 December 1901
- A YOUNG. Surveyor of Customs.