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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-25

MILL OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY.
Home Office. Chicago. III lOrganised Ia 1851
+ Ieta n Wade president
s0'a' INSURANCE fNc SSmna III asei
Premiums other than from as
6eSsments .......l.s,. ...s.. s,,...s $66SlS.6O
Rents and interest .....,,... 80. !. 2.a0i so
Total income . ;ss.sls.5o
amount 1. paid Tor losses s. !. st1,sso.2s
Return premiums and other prof
Its to policy holders 49,. .-s ,lSA IL
Salaries OF officers and employees 2,926.N
taxes and fees ...,i...... I. 1880. 3SoN
All other disbursements ........ A s,3s0.76
Total disbursements -, j. -. SO, 1853.
Excess Of disbursements over in
0' ASSETS BIC 81 (; al, 1901 ''0''10's'
agssssfss e' 'sss' and i ssss.:.: stss
Accrued interest and rents ...., 8S9.72
Premiums in course OF collection 5,2a3.25
Total admitted a..st. !. ...,... ;sa5za.ss
Assets not admi It! q HIPS 191s
Losses adjusted and unadjusted.. S1s, $50 90
Reinsurance reserve !. as..s.s..,s 4t,5lt69
Total liabilities, including PER- s.s,
manent tund ST Isl, SO
IS EisRs s? zyp GkaaigNs 81 p.ss fss1.
Fire risks written during the 81
pl sss5 received thereon lps .s'ss?
Net amount in force 81 end Of
BGsTNEss IN 'MiNsNEsiofiXa ii sp ISL lew
Fire risks Written ]. s. =. az 90
Fire premiums received $1,000. <,lS793
Fire losses paid ..s... .s......... S,2O058
Fro losses incurred. !. s. S.300,53
Amount at risk. fire.. -. s. ....... a90,as000
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STATE OF MINNESOTA.
Department Of Insurance.
& ST. Paul Jan. 81 1902
Whereas, the Mill Owners Mutual Tire In
surnnce Company, q corporation organised
under the laws Of Illinois, has fully Complied
with the provisions Of the laws 81 this state
insurance companies Of ITS claus
Now, therefore, l, the undersigned. insur-
ance Commissioner, do hereby empower and
authorize the said abqvS-napiet company to
transact its appropriate busine3s OF hre tnSur.
ance. in the state Of Minnesota. according to
the laws thereof, until the thirty -6rSt day Of
January, A. u. 1903. unless said AUTHORITY 30
thereto. - ~ y ,'EssF s 49, y
my hand and afixsd my Official sif zeal st
Paul. this Stst day: Of January "A %. 1907
Insurance cemmtsslonsr
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1902-05-02
THE WoRk-A-pAY WORLD.

boys nrc being employed at Moor
bank, N. s. W.. picking cnterpillars
of vines and are being paid at the rate
cf six pence PEG quart, honest measure.
The long continuance OF the strike
in the glass factories has left the war~-
houses empty and created great de-
mnnd. The mer expect to have busy
season
A dozen new conJ mines have be~n
opened In Virginia and Tennessee, and
there Is n revival there Of the coal and
coke business. M well Ms an active de-
mnnd for miners.
Meslcnn women are never employed
as bookkeepers, cashiers, stcnograph-
era, typcwriteri or saleswomen or In
any branches o. industry wherein wom-
an can earn he' own living.
The mayor OF San Francisco has noti-
fled the trades assembly Of that city
that organized labor will liz represented
on the committee to be appointed to
prepare new city charter.
There are IL cotton factories In Az.
lnnta. Ga. that are now running ut full
capacity. They were never completely
idle during the panic and have paid uni
form wages all the time.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1902-05-02
Two DoLLARs Per YiAR
PROOF AGAINST INVASION.

The two principal German fortrcssea
on the Baltic sen are at konigsberg md
panzig. Central Germany has three
frst-class fortresses, Spandou, Mndgc-
burg and kustrin; on the French from
tier. Metz and Stasburg; and on the
lklgin frontier Cologne aud koblenx.
The Cyclopean walls OF Baalbec were
defensive works built OF stones, SO great
In size that even the most elaborate en-
glncering appliances of the present day
would be taxed 20 transport them.
Some OF these stones aSc 90 feet long by
10 to i2 thick, and Of unknown width.
The wills Of Babylon were made Of
sun-dried brick. They are said to have
been 400 feet high. and wide enough at
the top for from three to five chariots to
drive abreast. The material, however,
was SO friablc that OF these gigantic
structures not trace now remains.
The walls Of the castles built In Eng
land by William the Conqueror were OF
remarkable thickness. The cnstle OF
Hastings and the keep or round tower
cf Windsor have walls upward of 30 feet
In thickness. Such fortiilcatlon was
imprgnoblc against all forms Of at
tack then in use.
In "rhe Voyages OF Capt. Cook" there
IL q statement to the effect that In New
Zealand the towns OF the natives were
all projected by stoclSades. In somc
cases these were formed OF double or
triple rows of trees, the spaces between
being lntticcd with wicker work and
filled with earth
Toward the close Of the civil war the
men on both SIDES became So e'i in
erecting temporary fortiflcni that
In few minutes an entire regiment,
halted In an or"n field, would disappear
from view behind breastworks thrown
up by the men.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1902-05-02
BEGINS HIS LIES WORK.
Problem Of Enrnina = Living with
e5O,00O,VO0 To start On.
Alfred Cwynns Vanderbilt, possessor

Alfred Gwynns Vanderbilt, possessor
Of $50, ,000,000 and head Of his house,
the other dny did the flrat days work
Of his life. Bright aud early ,e wns at
the Grand Central station. full Of zeal
and euthusiasm. 10 learn the railway
business. lie took his p.nce nmoi II the
other Young clerks In the treasuicr's
oilieo II ihc New \ o. X Central and with
them remained on duty iii four p. m.
with an hour OF fui luncheon. "llc Is n
young nam OF sense suid Treasurer
lios. itrf, "ni'd he itcls the responsible
ities that his wealth has brought upon
him. Like all the Nundcibiits, he wants
TO be n keen man 81 LUSH esq and 10 he
has started In to learn ia, WORDING 81
til. great property in which he has
such latge interest.
"lIe WI IL Is we k With the o hor
young men, who nre fine class Of
boys continued Mr. Rossifer. "rheir
snlngios average 20, week ! rnp'i
say what Mn Nnndefbllt's salary Will
be. OF cou se he won't have TO remain
during osicp hours. The great demands
OF his esintc viii take him from here
often. ] don't suppose he viii have to
hsk me wien he wants 10 go out for
half m hour
And Mr. llcssiter laughed at his Joke
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1902-05-02
WOMEN TO TAKE THE CENSUS.
One Indiana Supervisor Appoints
Two women In His DiAtrtct
aH Icnumcrators.

Census Supervisor j. ID. Poutch, OF
the New Albany tlnd.) district, has APP
pointed two female enumcrators In
his territory. One IN Mrs. Ruin Ellen
Funk, Of Iarrison county. and he oth-
er Miss Alta Ritter. Of OrnnPryille,
Orange county. Miss Ritter is ~ pres-
ent employed ms a teacher in the pub
lie schools Of kokomo. and Is nn ex-
crptionally bright young woman, says
local report. Mrs. Funk served ns
cnumeralor when the census was taken
ten years ago, and her work was high
ly satisfactory.
In speaking of the matter, Mr.
Poutch said: 'It has been ds mon
stfnied thnt woman can do cxcep
tionnlly good work Ms an enumerator,
as she is at all times painstaklng and
careful and her work Is. as u rule, a
model Of neainess, You will also no.
tice that | have nnmed Il great many
school.teachers for his work The rea-
ser for this " sunpose due princi-
pa.ly to the fact that the schools close
Just before The taking Of the census
begins, and the teachers make the APP
pIications 10 order 10 have something
to do during the vacation. | sent sam.
Pile blapks to all the applicants TO be
flled out. and naturally the teachers
were more successful than any Others
In filing these blanks, thus securing
the appointments.
"Probably about 60 per cent. Of the
enumerators 10 the country are school.
teachers. Al least this Is so In lndi-
ana. and, suppose. In other states over
the country. 1t requires much more
care to make successful enumcrator
than Is generally supposed. and the
supervisor is subjected to great many
trials and much trouble IN remedying
the defects. so that his position Is not
the pleasant and desirable one that
many persons suppose"
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1902-05-02
ENGINEMAKERS ANGRY.
the state Exhibits a. Amsrtss
Locomotive.

In the official section OF the machine
ry exhibit at Vincenncs IL locomotive
manufactured In America for the
state. The action OF the minister OF
public works, NJ. Pierre Baudin. In ex-
posing such an exhibit has aroused
considerable feeling among the French
engine builders. who were at first dis
pleased with the government for hav-
ing recourse to American skill md then
resented what they considered to be
~ official advertisement OF their Amer
lean competitors. NJ. Dansette, repub.
licnn member OF one Of the divisions Of
Lille. who represents important man.
ufacturing interests. voiced this dis
content the other day in the chamber
Of deputies, demanding to know why
the government was thus advertising
a foreign manufacturer ITO the dstTi.
ment OF French engineers"
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1902-05-02
MADE DESOLATE BY WAR.
Fieau Republics Drawa by Com
sui General stowe.

An interesting picture OF the Trans
vaal aud Free State in August, after
the wave OF war had passed over the
country is presented in report from
Consul General Stowe Mt Cape Town,
dated August n, lie had just returned
to the tapo from n trip through the
two republics, aud says that for hun
drcds of miles all the Wire fencing In
down and cannot be used again. The
posts have been burned for fuel and
must be replaced with iron posts, ow-
inR to Che scarcity OF timber,
The plowing in progress was limited
compared with former years. and
there will still he large market for
American cereals. BY March, 1901, ag-
Meat aud live stock will continue to
be imported, and Johannesburg had
only three days supply Of meat when
Mr. stowe lett ihe town.
While he Boors who have returned
are anxious to 70 to work, several
months must elapsc before things set
tie down TO normal basis, The gov
ernment is building n new line OF
railway from llarrlsmlth to connect
with The Orange Colony system, SO
that tie Netherlands railway. with
its goo per cent. d,idcnds, Will no
longer have a monopoly in the Trans
,aal. There VIII be a big demand for
bridge material and electrical machin-
cry aud supplies
Lord Roberts has appointed an adj
visory committee To assist him in the
reopenlng OF Johannesburg and Sc
cure the return of the mining popula-
tion, upon which the prosperity Of the
town depends. II ia questionable
whether the undesirable element COM
mon to all mining towns will be AL
lowed to return to Johannesburg.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1902-05-02

Many are the tales OF daring and cool
bravery told Of individuals at TANNERS
berg. On the first day OF the invest
mcnt a sergeant OF the G, NJ. X. was
wounded and carried of the held
by stretoher bearers. The fire was 50
hot that at one time the bearers
left their burden and sought cover,
This was noticed by Trumpeter Wash
ington, c. NJ. H.. who went up to the
iai.ea ,ual. -. Down or Ne "h"'i@t
side" and practically shielded him with
his body for several minutes until ths
bearers mustered courage to agsin take
up the stretcher and get out Of the
zone Of fire
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1902-05-02

goods reading lamps, toys with
storage batteries attached. etc. to b.
taken 10 the palace aud brought ta
the attention OF the sultan. The lHts
ter was much attracted BY The nov-
city OF the articles and bought tho
whole consignment for his personal
use. lie also authorized the importa~
tion OF similnr articles.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1902-05-02
ro,,s.Ia c.l.L.asi...

Col Girard. OF Nrufchatel SwitEsr-
land. on one and the ssms day eel<-
brated HIS eightieth birthday. his gold
en- wedding. the silver wedding OF his
daughter. and the marriage Of grand
daughter ~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-30
TRUSTS AND NEcEssARlEs.

People who live in cities have had
brought home to them with bitter en-
phasis, day after day, the kind of pros
perity which comes with trust domina-
ton. Every head of a household in
every city in the country where the
operation Of the syndicates and com
bines are felt has found the price of
the necessaries of life in almost all
cases to have advanced within the mast
year or so from rs to 100 per cent and
over. Potatoes and vegetables and
fruits of all kinds, milk, eggs, butter,
meats, fresh, salt and smoked, fish ana
poultry, have all shared in different
proportions in the advance Rents
have risen in the same period an aver
age OF 25 per cent and over, not only
in this city but in every community
throughout the country of over rs, OOo
population.
The result is due to combinations in
trade. These combinations are the prod
uct of the time. The example has
been set by the vast trusts which con-
troll the principal necessaries of life,
and the small dealers have not been
slow to avail themselves of the appar-
ent warrant offered to them They,
moreover, find themselves the victims
of the greed of the trusts which con-
troll the commodities they deal in. The
tendency toward increased prices has
not been confined to the necessaries
of life; but has extended along the
entire line of mercantile commodities.
Trustism has done it's work, and is con-
tinuing day after day to do it, with in
creased hardship. on the consuming
public.
Weather conditions make it reason
ably certain, as has been pointed out
in these columns, that certain lines
of agricultural products will be much
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-30

old, 1t is a safe guess that the candi-
date who is most active IN his own in
terest is the one who is most likely to
secure the coveted nomination.
This latter consideration suggests
another serious disadvantage of the
system, which is that it involves prac-
tically two candidates. for the Office.
and must act as deterrent against a
certain class of the most desirable men
appearing as candidates for Office.
1t is a fair general conclusion, from
all that we know of the system In OPP
GRAFTON, that the excellent principle
which it embodies, of allowing the peo-
pie to control the nominations of their
own candidates for Office against the
Intervention of politicians or political
combinations, ought to be preserved,
even at the hazard of much more seri-
Gus drawbacks than any which have
manifested themselves thus far.
No final conclusion can be reached
on the subject, however, until we have
had a larger and wider experience of
the operation of the plan.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-30
THE DIRECT PRIMARY SYSTEM

- vi.
For some reason not quite apparent,
the system Of direct primary voting is
under general discussion at this time.
Notwithstanding that no Immediate
substantial good can arise from it's
discussion, and Notwithstanding that
its application will not be observed
again in any state for many weeks to
come. The general trend of the dis
cussion cannot be regarded as partic-
ularly luminous by any person who has
studied the system in practical oper
alton.
Thus far the system in this state
cannot be regarded as a marked sue
cess. 1t is responsible for the lament
able result of giving A A. Ames the
nomination of his party for navor of
Minneapolis, although II ought to be
said that that result is claimed bv
many to have been the result of frauds
on the system. When Ames was nom
mated the system was limited in on
GRAFTON to Minneapolis, and it con-
tanned no precaution against the mem
bers of given party forcing the nom
ination of a given man on the opposi-
ton party. That defecJ mas since been
remedied in the extension of the sys-
tenn to the entire state by the provision
which makes the voter declare his
party political predictions remedy.
by the way, which is as bad as, if not
worse than, the disease to which it was
applied. A very simple amendment
providing that the names of candidates
of each party be printed on a separate
ticket, and that the voter, while being
provided with both tickets, must vote
only for the names set forth on one of
the tickets, will dispose of this defect.
which is about the worst of those still
observable.
Another serious defect of the system
is that where there are large number
of candidates for the nomination OF a
given party for a given office the sue
cessful candidate may represent the
preferences of but d proportionately
small fragment of voters of that
party. That, was the case when F. B.
Doran was nominated last spring as
the Republican candidate for mayor
in this city.
Laying aside the claim that the ex-
tension of the system to the state was
mistake, claim which has yet to be
sustained by actual results, it can be
truly said that our experience of the
system is far from discouraging. In
this city, it has operated in selecting
almost without exception, the most de-
sirabIe of those who presented them
selves as candidates for nomination.
But with the new system, as with the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-30

more plentiful this year than they were
last. This will be true of potatoes and
vegetables generally, as well as of
fruits of all kinds. The circumstances
must. of course, operate to secure ma
terial reductions in the prices which
have prevailed fof-those commodities.
Too much dependence must not be
placed by householders on existing
conditions for the needed relief.
Commercial conditions in every line
are abnormal. Prices are being forced
by devices never before known in trade
Competition in the past operated to
bring down prices sometimes below a
normal level. Such a possibility does
possibility of enforcing the natural law
of supply and demand in any line of
commodities; the supply of which is
not in their nature, DIS IN the case of
fresh vegetables, materially restricted
to comparatively brief periods of time.
The trusts are in control. They are
defying the laws of nature and trade
alike. They are making the laws of the
state and enforcing them in many
cases. They have the consuming pub
lie absolutely by the throat, and they
are eXacting the last dollar of profit
which they think an ail-enduring
American public will submit to. They
know that each man in trade will shift
! the burden from his shoulders to that
| of the next man, until it has finally
| to be borne by the consumer. And
| the consumer does not in all cases real
| ize the relation which is borne by the
| increase which he may have realized
| in his income and that which he is met
| with at every turn in the purchase
of the necessaries of life for his family.
These conditions will continue, modi-
fed of course by favorable natural
circumstances. The certainty that the
exactions of the trusts and combines
in trade will continue TO be felt has
not been lessened in the slightest pos
sible degree by any conditions that we
know of up to the present, applying
to the market for general household
supplies.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-30
new YORK CITY GOSSIP
SKY scRAPING COMPANIES GUAR.
REL OVER BUILDING LINE
Old Stokes Homestead Offered to City
Father Wynne Says Friars in Phil
ippines Hard to Replace, as Our
Priests Are Unacquainted With Dia-
lsEects.

NEW YORK, July 29.-AI1 on ac-
count of a leaning building there is
war between the Union Trust compa-
ny and the Century Building company
owners of skscrapers, which may re-
suit shortly in suit for $4,000 dam
ages.
1t is alleged that the building Of the
Union Trust company leans five inches
from the perpendicular and thus en-
croaches upon the real estate owned
by the Century company. This is only
an incident in a war in which have
figured hot words, steam and tons of
brick. Now the president Of the build
ing company, looking down the court
yard, beholds a band of workmen erect
ing what he terms a spite wall. 1t will
shut off the light of many of the win
doWs in the Century buildings lower
floors.
George W. Arthur, president of the
Century Building company, says that
the foundations of the Union Trust
building were only twenty feet below
the surface Of Broadway. He asked
that the trust company bear part of the
expense of saving the wall. This the
company refused to do, although Mr..
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-30
AMENDING THE CHARTER.

The distressing condition which has
attended the management of the pub
lie parks of the city has at last re-
ceived official recognition, and the peo-
pie will be given the opportunity to
so amend the city charter as to ena-
BILE the park department to secure con-
troll of the funds which are designed
for its use.
In deciding to submit a proposed
amendment demanded by the park
board, the charter commission merely
recognizes a public demand which did
not admit of any further denial. It's en-
forced recognition is due mostly to the
insistence of President Wheelock,
whose work in behalf of adequate park
facilities for the city will always en-
title him to the gratitude or the COM
munity
The departure thus made by the
park commission, while commendable
in itself, ought to be followed by like
action in certain wen-defned diree-
tons. The demands of the several city
departments are growing more and
more insistent each succeeding day for
increased appropriations. Needed pub
lie improvements are made impossible
by the present condition OF the law.
Life and property will continue made
quately guarded as long as those de-
mands are ignored. The vast burdens
which are imposed on the taxpayers
in meeting anything like the require
ments of the city today in the direc-
ton of Expenditures for needed public
improvements are becoming intolerabIe.
The charter commission has had
brought home to it frequently the force
Of this truth. The step which has
been taken to secure the relief sought
by the park department must be fol-
lowed up by needed action in the other
directions which are now universally
recognized.
The charter commission has felt it
self called on to exercise the utmost
caution in giving It's sanction to
amendments Of the charter It's action
with reference to the park department
may or may not belthe prelude to it's
recognition of the need of more ex-
tended system of amendment But,
whether the commission gives or with
holds its assent the city authorities
should see to it that the proper action
is taken which will enable the neces-
sary amendments to be submitted to
the people.
Mayor Smith called attention to the
urgent public need in this regard
through his inaugural message. He
should, if necessary, follow this action
up by emphasizing the duty of the
common council to authorize steps to
be taken which will enable the city
to make intelligent financial provision
for the making Of needed public i'm
| provements. The initiative ought, in
the judgment of T he Globe, to be
taken by the charter commission If
that body adheres to it's original DO
sition in the matter then the mayor
| and common council should see that
| the needed action is taken.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-30
FORTS ON THE SOUND
ARE IN GOOD SHAPE
Those On Long Island Are Inspected
BY Sanger and Macarthur.

Secretary Sanger returned to the war
department today, having spent yes
terday in company with Gen. MacAr-
thur and other officers of the army,
who were making a tour Of the forts
forming the defenses of the Eastern
entrance of Long Island Sound, which
is to be the scene of the army and
navy maneuvers. They found every
thing in excellent condition to meet
the navy in the coming engagement
Gables connecting all the forts have
been tested and found in good order,
and arrangements have been made for
a complete signal system. The fire
control system and other features of
defense coming under the signal corps
We're, found in good condition, and be-
fore the maneuvering begins it is ex-
pected that it win be perfect.
Gen. Macarthur is very much in
terested in the coming maneuvers and
is giving the same care and attention
to the defense as he would if the
maneuvers We're not mimic warfare.