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Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15
NAMES LGNG LIST OF HEROES
Army BOa1d Honors Soldiers for Dir
tinguilhsd esrvicM.
PRtSIOENT APPROVES AL BUT oNI
Gives Brevet Rank TO Those Recon-
mended, excepting Only Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt for
Brisadier General.

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WASHINGTON. Feb. 14~.-Adjutant Gen.
erel Corbin today made public the report
OF the army board, Of which General Mac
Arthur was president appointed TO con-
slider and report the names OF officers and
enlisted men Of the army who distinguished
themselves during the recent campaigns In
Cuba, China and the Philippines, SO as 10
cntitle them 10, the award. either of medals
OF honor or certificates OF merit.
The officers recommended for brevet rank
for specially meritorlous services during
the same campaigns that had been nomi-
mated to the senate by the president. Mr..
Haler stated President Roosevelt has APP
proved all the recommendations made by
the Macarthur board for awards Of brevet,
medals Of honor and certificates Of merit
with the exception that Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt. be given the brevet rank OF
brigadier general for services at the battle
OF San Juan hill.
III list Of brevet will be made public
when it is sent to the senate. Medals OF
honor will be awarded In thlrty-three cases,
OF which ten go to commissioned officers
n twenty-three to non-commlssioned off,
GERS and privates.
only One for service in Cuba.
Only one medal was awarded on account
OF service in the Cuban service. two In the
case OF the Chinese campaign and thirty
in the Philippine war, The medal lisi
shows few names OF persons familiar to the
public, perhaps the most notable ones being
those Of Musician Calvin p. Titus, who wal
the nrst u scale the wall at Pekin and VIII;
efterward was sent to West Point; anC
Lieutenant NJ. A. Batson. who commanded
the Macskebe scouts.
The certificates OF smerit-are all awarded
TO non-eommissioned officers and privates
and OF the total number OF nfty-six, foul
are on account OF the Cuban campaign
forty-hve on account Of the Philippine
campaign and seven on account OF th'
Chinese trouble. The medals Of honor lis
10.
Edward Lee Bsker. sergeant, Fourteentl
Juan hill and for s~escuing under hre
wounded comrade from rowning In
stream.
Protected wounded ComFade.
Philippine Isiands-Captain @. w. Math
ews. assistant surgeon Thirty-sixth Yoiun
teer Infantry, for most distinguished gal
Der 2. 1889, In attending wounded under
heavy ire OF the enemy and seizinE a car
bine and beating on an attack upol
wounded officers and men under his charge
Lieutenant Colonel William Y. Grove
Thirty-sixth volunteer infantry. for mos
distinguished gallantry In action. nea
ADVANCE on his m ne rushed 10 III
assistance OF his colonel. charging. piste
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15

surplus income, and ~e shrunk our surplus
last year My tiS0,SE.
And our situation respecting the use OF
differs materially from hat OF most
companies In this. that the bulk OF theirs
IA held under a moral though not a legal or
contract lien for the deferred divtdeUde
hoped for by those who outstay the next
one to twenty years. II IS not so with US.
II IL not held as a speculation for a few,
but for the benefit ~ The business a. 4
whole.
record Of the operations of hfty.six years:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15

tarily carrying a message across a wide
and hre-swept space and returning TO his
command.
Private John n. Porter, company D..
Ninth infantry, for distinguished service
hcinE his life In endeavoring TO save his
wounded color-sergeant.
Private w. G. Price, Company r, Ninth
infantry, for gallantry In battle OF Tien
Tsin, China, July IS, 1900, in digging and
constructing a traverse for the protection
Of a wounded officer while under a severe
IRE at short range.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15
Entertaia EIks from Louisvime.

varbis and IL 9. %sdeEem6er Of LeuIs.
Vile, prominent EIks Of that city, spent
yesterday In Omaha on their way home
arrange for hotel accommodations for $50
Kentucky Elks who Will attend the grand
lodge meeting in August. They received
much attention during the day and were
In charge of a special from
Omaha odge, who entertained them al
distribution OF Elks' fair prizes in the
sfternoon and left for the east IN the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15

As the cost OF a mans policy in a mu-
tual insurance company is the difference
between the premiums charged and the
amount returned to him by way of a divi-
dend, the surplus earned and the surplus
divided become very important factors In
his experience with his company. Surplus
can be earned legtttmately in only three
ways; i, by smaller expenses than the pre-
MUM thsn PROVIDES ybStd. for; :. sy a less mortality
Of interest than Is assumed as probable
In computing premiums and reserves.
For many years the competition has had
a bad effect upon the expense account of
most companies; i has also led to a good
deal OF apparently doubtful experimental
ton in the selection of risks and in dealing
with hazards, and the steady decline In the
interest rate has eaten away much of q
very important item of possible surplus.
The matter IL of somewhat special in
agreeable task OF cutting dividends has
been in recent years and IL still being quite
largely performed by some companies, and
any reference to their reduced dividends In
comparison with the increasing scale main
tanned by the Connecticut Mutual for now
that this company, too, must presently cut
down its returns; that the rate of interest
is going down, and that Its surplus is al
ready diminishing.
We do not try to prejudice events. We pre-
fer to meet them, and our duty to you
under them, without pressure or prejudice
from wrong preconceptons,. or from having
put ourselves in a false position. When we
osn no longer earn the surplus we are dl-
upon the large existing surplus. kept up for
the purpose, 10 maintain the present rate
Of dividend, ~ shall not hesitate to say so
and to act as the facts may require.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15
REAL ESTATE, INTEREST AND IN
VEsTMENTs.

For the seven years prior to 1901 fore
closures of mortgages were in considerable
excess OF sales. During the last year, how
ever, the situation has changed; we took In
properties costing US $217, SASS, and sold
properties that had cost $685., SIe.26. Some
OF these sold at a profit and some at less
sold were among our older holdings In. To-
%calities where changes Of business centers
had permanently deprecated values. We
still have some properties In like situation,
which will probably sell for something less
than cost, and II Is our purpose to dispose
OF them as 1t can be done without un-
necessary loss, and so improve income and
reduce expense. Uron the greater body OF
expect some gain in a fair market. We
ave made a good deal OF money on the
whole on foreclosed real estate,
The large addition to the home once
building referred TO in our last report Is
nearing completion, and is being followed
by changes in and additions to the old
which will bring the two advantageously
together, with a good prospect OF a salts
The interest rate on desirable loans and
| securities has tended to a still further de-
cline, with a growing scarcity of satis-
factory investments for funds In the nature
of a trust. We have considerably reduced
loans on real estate and increased our
holding of first-class railway securities.
The balance or net profit Of the year upon
changes in securities and sale OF real estate
The market value of our securities has
increased considerably during the year,
and they are OF a character to be least
unfsvorably affected by market huctua-
lions.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15

.istretion. n IL because OF these things
the Connecticut Mutual has refused 20 be
led aside by the stress OF competition 20
deck out nfe insurance in the garb Of
else, has adhered TO the true
ana particular aim OF life insurance and
It's necessary method, and has thereby
accomplished it's INTENDED result of perfect
protection At low cost In 81 Incompatible
uegree. II Is because OF these things that
Il still so bases and frames and admins
ters It's contracts as to give TO it's bene-
iciaries sure protection at least cost and
at annual cost to the payer OF the pre-
miums, according to his own proper risk
from whatever cause, protecting him
against fraud by others and the cost OF IL
and not taking anything from him by any
device for the .beneht OF someone else.
IL Is In Its Sxs,rSSs so conceived, so
based and so ADMINISTERED hat your COM
pany has achieved that, great strength,
steady prosperity and hat steady and
great volume of operation that have en-
abled IL TO serve its members. to their
unique advantage; and Il is in holding to
the same sure conditions and In the full
~truition Of their consequences that II on
hdently hopes to render a future service
OF equal beneicence to dependent families
and of equal value to those whose duty
Il Is to protect them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15
EXPENSES OF MANAGEMENT.

The same careful economy has been ex-
ercised as in all the past. For the last two
or three years the expenses incident to the
care and repairs upon foreclosed real es-
tate, which nave been charged to expense
account rather than TO the property ac-
count, AYE carried our expense ratio tenn
porarily. higher h our usual standard.
This dinerence Will disappear as the prop
erty which. has. caused It IL disposed OF.
| 1900,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15
PRESENT COMPETITION.

Obviously one eannot anord to employ a
life insurance company with Its necessarily
high expense rate, to act as his savings
bank, nor to regard Its policies, however
phrased. as real investment bonds. nor TO
have his life insurance on which his family
depends exposed 10 the constant menace
of the wholesale withdrawal by others OF
the necessary reserves as they were
really mere deposits in bank.
Yet IL Is precisely along these lines thai
business Is most sought today, and the
companies seeking II most eagerly are those
that have the heaviest expense rate, and
the business Is secured In part at least
through misapprehension. The expense IL
concealed from the. policy holder for the
present by postponing dividends for long
periods OF years. with the expectation also
that meantime many forfeitures will occur
for the benefit OF those who on tstay the
period. the 70 per cent bond" sells through
concealment OF its real cost and OF the
fact that for the same money one pays FOR
a 10000 bond he could have instead SiS,-
900 cash down; and the companies turn
themselves practically into savings banks
trusting luck that the run. many never
come which would destroy them as insur-
ance companies.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15

Owing to the age of the company and the
remarkably small proportion of lapses and
surrenders and the consequent persistence
of its business, its risks have come to have
a greater average age than those of any
larger resources In the reserves held on
the amount at risk. Although from the
greater average age the mortality II neces-
sarily. large, II is far less than was ex-
pected and has been provided for by these
greater resources, a corresponding part OF
the expected losses. This saving during
the past year amounted to $685., Slg.
The volume OF risks, their excellent char
acter, their steady persistence, and the
care with which the new business Is Sc
lected to replace the old, all combine to
give a mortality experience very favorable
IN rate and very uniform on the average.
Throughout the entire history of the COM
pany its losses have been less than four
iifths OF those expected.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15

The "Royal Baker aud Pastry
Cook over 500 practical
and valuable cooking re-
ceipts free to every
patron. Send full address.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15
THE OPERATIONS OF THE YEAR.

In it's main results and In the conditions
affecting the future with which 1t closes,
the year 1901 was a satisfactory one. The
details are given SO fully elsewhere that
wo shall here deal only with the general
features of the years experience.
The new business written was larger in
amount than In the previous year; the
number of lapses and other examinations
was considerable smaller; the increase In
the amount OF business In force was con-
seQuently greater, with a corresponding
increase in premium income and in assets.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15

There are cheap baking pow
ders, made from alum, but
their astringent and cauter-
icing qualities add a
dangerous element to food
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15
THE SOUND POSITION.

II is because there Is but Just the one
thing that life insurance can 90 that no
other institution can do. and because. al
best, it's necessary cost Is relatively high.
and because any other financial operation
can be better and more eheapiy done by
own specific purpose, and because a life
insurance company cannot do anything
that other institutions specifically under-
take except at a disproportionate and ex-
cessive cost, n yet more, because any
other thing which other institutions under
take Is, In specific aim, method n met
dent in conflict with and more or less
destrucuye Of the proper aims, methods
n results Of life insurance and its admin
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15
LEssON oF ExPERIRNcE.

And yet one OF the most striking features
OF the experience Of the companies com
peting by these methods for great growth
for twenty-five years and more IL the fact
that. Notwithstanding the enormous Iansas
and forfeitures which have occurred aud
upon which they have depended Tor nm
usual profits TO those who outlfved ana
outstayed the deferred dividend period. me
expense has been so great that the aetna
dividends have not even Appropriated M
estimates upon which the business was
secured.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15

China-Sergeant A. s.. Bernheim, Com
pany ID, Ninth infantry, for distinguishsd
Eallantry In battle OF Ten Tsin, mir
July 70, 1900. in voluntarily carrying mes
saees across a wide and hre-swept space
and returning to his company.
Private j. A, Corning, Troop L, Sixth
ment with Chinese troops at Shang Ding
Chow, China, September 4, 1900. IN entering
an enclosure first and sinRly engaging sew
eral soldiers in a hand-to-hand hight.
Pfivates John Gallagher, Company C..
Ninth Infantry, and T. b.. Hickman, Com
pany G., Ninth infantry. for distinguished
service In battle OF Tier Tsin. China, July
Is. 1900, IN assisting two other comrades,
one Of whom was killed at the time. IN
under heavy hre-
sergeant John Peasants. Company B,
Ninth Infantry. for gallantry In. The battle
Of Tien Tsin, China, July 10, 1900. In volun-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15

nPr1yate William b IFembly' Company ID.
most distinguished gallantry in action in
kwtmmlnG the Rio Grande de .Pampanga in
face OF the enemy's hre and fastening a
rope to the occupies trenches. thereby
enabling the crossing OF the river and the
driving OF the enemy from his fortthed
Prvate Edward white. Company B..
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15

In hand. seven insurgents and compelling
surrender of all not killed or wounded.
Captain Harry Bell, Thirty-sixth volun-
teer infantry, for most conspicuous gal
lantry. In action near Porac, Luzon, October
IL, 1899, in leading a successful charge
against a superior force, capturing and dis
posing the enemy and relieving otf.er MEM
bers Of his regiment from a perilous po-
sition.
Sharp County record., 1902-05-16
The Grim Reaper.

The Grim Reaper, whose re.
morseless stroke spares neither
king nor potentate, has been re.
markedly active recently, de-
cimating the ranks of our public
men. Following close upon the
death of ex.Gov. John p. Aitgeld
there were others Of less promin.
ence called to the bar of eternal
judgment, and now within a peri.
cd of less than ten days the dis
patches have recorded the death
of Hon. j. Sterling Morton,
Archbishop Corrigan, Potter Pal
mer, Congressman Otey OF Vir-
ginla, Congressman Salmon of
New Jersey, Sol Smith Russell
the great actor, Bret Harte the
humorist, 7. r. Stockton, Con.
gresham Amos j. Cummings of
New York, andlast, Rear Admiral
VIM. T. Sampson. Arkansas
Democrat.
Sharp County record., 1902-05-16
Schley Rearels Simpsons Death.

Washington, May 7.-Admiral
Schley today made the following
statement regarding the death of
Admiral Sampson:
"Fregret very much the death
IF Admiral Sampson, and | SYM
pathize with the family. No one
aver heard me utter che unkind
word about him.
On account Of his death I re-
luested my friends in Baltimore
postpone the delivery to me,
which was intended to have ia.
,en place tonight, Of the Cristo.
'al Colon service silver, and they
ccepted my request"
Sharp County record., 1902-05-16
Ht1%9 rhs.r csllre.

The town of Jonesboro IL in the
'hroes OF a religious quarrel" Of
no little magnitude, if we are &c
accept the word of the local press
This means, according to the
evidences at hand, that ministers
OF different denominations have @
serious disagreement concerning
the plan Of salvation which they
are presenting to the people
They probably began by discuss
ing the beliefs of their respective
denominations in public for the
benefit OF their parishioners and
have carried the matter 80 far
that harsh language and uncom.
plimentary terms are applied
freely to each other. The people
are more frequently to blame fol-
these religious disagreements. II
they would refuse to encourage
them in the first place with their
presence, the misguided ministers
who would indulge in them would
refrain. That class of sensational
itinerants who subsist partially
by arousing religious prejudice
should be forced into other avoca.
tions. Some of them have missed
their calling anyway. An inst
ance is related of a young man
VINO began on these lines and
when questioned by an old deacon
he gave as an excuse for his eff.
fort that he had had a vision on
three seperate occasions, when
he had seen the letters G, P. C.,
burning as it were on the firma.
ment, and, interpreting them to
mean Go Preach Christ, he had
accordingly embarked i'll the
ministry. 'It is quite evident
said the Old deacon, "that your
misinterpreted the vision. In
your case the letters G, P. c.
could have meant nothing else
but Go Pick Cotton" Likewise
it is true of some of these sensa-
tional itinerants that they have
missed their calling, They
should be sent about the work for
which they are best fitted.-Ar.
kansas Democrat.
Sharp County record., 1902-05-16

Senator McLaurin of South
Carolina, whose term Of of flee
expires next March, and whose
candidacy has been announced
for several weeks, is out of it,
says an exchange. His with
drawal from the race was not I'M
expected in well-informed politi-
cal circles, for it was understood
that he had no earthly chance to
succeed. The South Carolina
delegation in congress affect to
believe that McLaurin will 60 into
the Republican party, bag and
baggage.
Sharp County record., 1902-05-16
1.-The Best Is the Cheapest

Not how cheap, but how good, is the question. The
TWICE.A.W WEEK REPUBLIC is not cheap
socae3 newspapers But it is cheap as is pos
sbe to sell hrsclass newspaper 1t prints all the news
that is worth printing, If you read all the year round
you posted all the important and interesting affairs
of the world 1t is the best and most reliable newspaper
that money and brains produce those should be
the Distinguishing traits of The newspaper that designed
to be read by all members of the family. Subscription
price, 81 year Any newsdeaer, newspaper or post
will receive your subscription, You mail it
direct to
THE REPUBLIC,
St. Lewis No
Sharp County record., 1902-05-16

81? Oh, there are severa,
things about her l don't like al
ALL"
"Such as
SIN the first place, her gait is
very bad" Oh, you villain
SIN the second, her ears, are al
together too large to indicate good
breeding" You scoundrel !!
"Then that large head at the end
of a long neck
threw open the shutter with a
bang and stood confronting Mr..
Thomas Baxter with flashing
eyes. Papa's back was turned,
OF I should have annihilated him
too.
81 you want to know, sir,
whether | have a temper, you
may apply to me personally.
will show you my disposition at
first hand
He sat looking at me, stupefied.
Papa turned and also surveyed
me with a troubled countenance.
Daughter, are you ill?'
"Ill? No-insulted,, every
feeling outraged. Temper! Bad
gait! Big head at the end of a
long neck! And you," turning
to Tom, "are the man to whom
but for this revelation | might
have been tied for life!"
"Happy escaped" muttered
Tom.
whats the matter, Kit?"
asked papa.
"Matter? Matter enough
And you, papa"-my voice trem-
bled-"how could you describe
your own Kate as you would a
horse?'
81 have described a horse.
Tom wished to know whether he
had better buy Martins bay filly
for you to drive after you are
married"
| collapsed. The first thing
did was to cover my burning
cheeks with my hands, the Sec
ond to rush up stairs to my room,
the third to bury my face in a
pillow.
The hext day Tom Baxter
went abroad. When six months
after the lamentable occurrence
swallowed my pride and wrote
him that | would forgive him for
his inattention if he would come
back, he wrote me in reply:
"Too skittish. Only the kind
and gentle will do for family
use."
l am forty and an old maid. -
New York World.
Sharp County record., 1902-05-16

The state Of Mississippi has
etermined to reproduce at the
'orld's Fair in st. Louis Beau
Dir, the home of the late Presi-
snt Jefferson Davis, The plans
ave been approved and this ia
lnounced as the final determine.
IN. No more attractive state
Hiding could be erected by tina,
,te and she may depend upon il
Q structure will be viewed with
cat interest BY millions of visi.
s,--Ex.
Sharp County record., 1902-05-16
No Loss OfTifnc.

| have sold Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and D,srrhoea Remedy for
years and would rather be out of
coffee and sugar than 1t. sold FIVE
bottles Of It yesterday to tbreshers
that could go no father, and they
are at work again this morning. III.
r. Phelps, Plymouth, Oklahoma.
As will be seen by the above the
threshers were able to keep on with
their work without losing a single
days time, You should keep bot.
tie Of this remedy IN your home.
For sale by Snow the druggist,
Sharp County record., 1902-05-16
=, - - ="
WANTED!

Reliable man for Manager OF a
Branch Office we wish to open in
this vicinity, Here is q good
opening for the right man. Kind
ly give good reference when
writing.
THE A. T. NORRIS WHOLESALE
HOUSE, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Illustrated catalogue. 4 cents
in stamps.
Sharp County record., 1902-05-16
Attorney General +. C. Gro

Attorney General E. c. Crow
of Missouri, who instituted suits
against several large concerns
under the provisions of a law
identical with that which stands
on our statutes and recovered
somewhere in the neighborhood
of 100000 in fines, has instituted
proceedings against the beef
trust in Missouri, and it is safe to
say he will drive the monster
Sharp County record., 1902-05-16
The set frrss'!s.!oa fss x,l,,.a,

The Bet frrHnsaoa hs x,l,,.a.
lls and fever is a bottle Of
ve'a Tastelcss Chill Tonic. 1t is
ply iron and quin,ne m a ,asteless
!. No cure-po pay. Price
ents.