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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-11
STATEMENT
Sun Insurance Office
or GREAT BRITAIN.

or GREAT BRITAIN.
Condition December 31st, 1902, at Shown
by Statement Filed.
Amount Ledger Assets, Dec.
31st previou year.........S 2454T62.51
Income-From Policy-hold-
ers, $l,996 430.2t Miscel-
Ianeous, 1922 ,O27.76; Total 2,21S, 45797
Disbursements-To Policy
holders. 1891 5000 Mis-
cellaneous, $SS4652.00
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l,SI6,642.0f
Fire ASSASSINATION or re-
newed during year, $241,
007 1890; In force .,..... $3.50, 400, 1876 90
ASSETS.
Value of Real Estate Qess
amount of encumbrances)$ 260,6S9.97
Mortgage Loans on Real
Estate ........-........ lSS, 600. 90
Value of Bonds and Stocks. 1878. 9S375
Interest and Rents due and
accrued ................ 24,12O63
Cash in Home Office and de-
posted in Banks. ....... 269. 22S %
Agents balance, represent
ing business written sub
sequent to Oct. /, 1902 $50 865.57
Agents balance. represent
ing business written prior
to October l. 19O2......., 1,9O9S7
IOtal ,............;e$ 2914 II
Less Assets, not admitted$ II, 599S4
Total admitted Assets ...$ 1902. 1857
LIABILITIES.
SLosses and claims unpaid. IS 179,1395S
Unearned Premiums. ...... 1,G77, 1865. "a
All other Liabilities as de-
tailed in statement........ S7,7S2.43
Total Liabilities as to
Policy holders ........,.$ 1914, 1876
Surplus Observation-Disclosures. 95I,7l1.22
Total Liabilities ..........$ 2.9O2.19S87
BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA
IN 1902.
Fire Risks written, $l,471 1880; Pre-
miums received. $13,6S129.
Losses incurred-Fire, 81, 1858; Paid,
$2.473.S5.
J. ]. Guile. Manager U. S. Branch.
Home Office, No. 81 Pine Street, New
York, n. Y.
General Agent for service, ]. NJ.
Broughton Raleigh, N. c..
Business Manager for North Carolina,
Managed from New York Office.
State of North Carolina,
Insurance Department.
Raleigh March Is, 1903
I, James R. Young Insurance Commits
sioner, do hereby certify that the above
is true and correct abstract of the
statement of the U. S. Branch Sun Insur-
anee Office of London, filed with this
Department showing the condition on the
31st day of December 1902.
Witness my hand and official seal, the
day and date above written.
JAMES r. YOUNG,
Insurance Commissioner.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-11
STATEMENT
Continental Insurance Co.

OF NEW YORK.
Condition December 3st, 1902, as Shown
by Statement Filed.
Capital-Paid in cash. ......$ 1000, 100000
Amount Ledger Assets Dec.
31st previous year. ........ 10,S50, 6S5.92
Income-From Policyhold-
ers, $5,4S2,27S.6S; Mis-
cellaneous, Site, S70.4O;
Total, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1886, las. 0S
Disbursements-To Policy
holders, $2686, 1923 80; Mis-
cellaneous, $2,270,142.12i
Total ............. 4,956, 465.9G
Fire ASSASSINATION or re-
newed during year, $641,-
All, 10000; In force ....... $50, 765, 1874 90
ASSETS.
Value of Real Estate Qess
amount of encumbrances) 1,105, 900. 90
Mortgage Loans on Real
Estate ............. 44S1O.OO
Value of Bonds and Stocks 10, O09, 500 90
Interest and Rents due and
accrued ................. 72,174.S7
Cash in Home Office and de-
posted in Banks. . 922,344.9f
Agents balance, represent
ing business written sub
sequent to October /,
lJOZ ...................... 1851 go
Agents balance, represent
ing business written prior
to October 1, 1902. . 123. 1854. 9S
All other Assets, detailed
in statement .......... 4O6, 23492
Iotal ....................$ ID Ale, 750. 80
Less Assets, not admitted 448, 500 Is
Total admitted Assets IS - 962 1870 70
LIABILITIES.
Losses and claims unpaid. IS 421 799. rs
Unearned Premiums .... $500, 07O 6S
All other Liabilities as de-
tailed in statement . 5O1. 29S. %
Total Liabilities as to
Policy holders ..,S 6.243 1853. Il
Capital Paid up .......... 1000 900. 90
surplus ................... Sis, 1861. 90
Total Liabilities .........$ II, 962, 1870. p
BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA
IN 1902.
Fire Risks written, $1929, $4,000; Pre-
miums received, $37, 1888.
Losses incurred-Fire, $1S,59O11; Paid,
$16,381.79
President, Henry Evans.
Secretary, E. L. Ballard
Home Office, 46 Cedar Street, New York,
N. Y.
General Agent for service C. j. Hunter,
Raleigh, N. C.
Business Manager for North Carolina,
+. w. Gregg, Petersburg, Va.
State of North Carolina.
Insurance Department.
Raleigh, March 20, 1908
/, James r. Young, Insurance Commits
sioner, do hereby certify that the above
is true and correct abstract of the
statement of the Continental Insurance
Company, of New York, filed with this
Department, showing the condition OF
said Company on the 31st day of Decem-
Der. 1902
witness my hand and official seal, the
day and date above written.
JAMES r. YOUNG,
Insurance Commissioner.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-11

The temperance wave spreads. Dam
Vile, Va, votes out the saloons by POS
majority. S. Ohio and the rest will not
find hospitable welcome in Virginia.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-11

The Mann bill will probably deter 5.
Ohio from going to Virginia. Rhamkatte
will be happy yet-you bet.-Rhamkatte
Rooster.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-11

Let us hope that the Supreme Court
will soon affirm this righteous decision
and that the pendulum, which has been
swinging so far toward the absolutism
healthy competition. 1t is darkest just
before dawn. Monopoly seemed firmly en-
the first ray of light since Mckinley s
first Inauguration. May it prove the
harbinger of a brighter day that shall
and brains an opportunity that monopoly
denies them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-11
A MORNING TONIC.


What a man sees only in his best mo
ments as truth is truth in all moments.
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STATEMENT
Virginia Fire and Marine
Insurance Company
STATEMENT
OF VIRGINIA.

Of' N1hG1NlAs
Condition December 31st, 1902, as Shown
by Statement Filed.
Capital-Paid in cash. .S $50, 10000
Amount Ledger Assets Dec.
S1st previous year. S5S,6O1.SO
Income-From policy hold
ers, $542, S63,9S Miscel-
laneous, $50, 265.5S; Total 75,129.51
Disbursements-To Policy
holders, $685., 27946; Mis-
cellaneous, $1S7,6O275;
Total .................. 544,SS2.2t
Fire Risks-Written or re-
newed during year, $42,-
677, $500; In force. ....... 1851, 001.00
ASSETS.
Value of Real Estate Qess
amount of encumbrances) 101, 1868
Mortgage Loans on Real
Estate ................ S7,5OS24
Loans on Stocks, Bonds and
other securities ..... 100000
Value of Bonds and Stocks. 511, $3.50
Interest and Rents due and
accrued ................. 2,96O.So
Cash in Home Office and de-
posted in Banks ......... 56,226.,l
Agents balance, represent
ing business written sub
sequent to Oct. /, 1907. 1873, 171.@9
All other Assets, detailed in
statement :. ...... 100000
IOIdl ..........'..s. ..''...p JUt, fJo:f1
Less Assets, not admitted S 10000
Total admitted Assets....$ 003, 1912
LIABILITIES.
Losses and claims unpaid.,$ 70.O25OO
Unearned Premiums ...... 43l,315.5o
Total Liabilities as to
Policy holders .........$ sol, 340'o3
Capital paid up .............$ zoo'OOo'uo
surplus ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS loI'o"-'''
Total Liabilities ..........S 9O3 l90.4z
BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA
IN 1902
Fire Risks written, $4.007, $1,000; Pre-
miums received, $40, 699.78.
Losses incurred-Fire, $4551000; Paid,
SAT, 154.43
President. W. H. Palmer.
Secretary, w H. Mccarthy
Home Office, 1915 E. Main Street, Rich
mond. Va.
General Agent for service, Insurance
Commissioner, Raleigh, n. I.
Business Manager for North Carolina,
Managed from Home Office.
State of North Carolina.
Insurance Department
Raleigh. March 49, 1903.
I. James R. Young, Insurance Commits
sioner. do hereby certify that the above
is a true and correct abstract of the
e+o+on,ant of the Virginia Fire and
Marine Insurance Company, of Richro
Witness my hand and official seal. the
day and date above written.
JAMES R YOUNG,
Insurance Commissioner.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-11

The decision is far reaching. 1t Will
not only prevent the monopoly in the
Northwestern transportation, but it kills
in its cradle the infant Southern Securi-
ties Company which was ready to stran-
gle competition in Southern transporta-
ton. That baby will now die in the arr1s
of nurse Pierpont. The court goes very
far in its definition of combinations 'in
restraint of trade or commerce" and if
this decision is upheld the door is wide
open for the prevention of further mo-
Eopolies and for ending some of those
already in operation. 1t would seem that
under that decision the Consolidated To-
bacco Company is clearly illegal and can
not stand, for it is a holding company
like the Northern Securities Company Or
ganized lin restraint of trade and COM
merce" and to effect monopoly There
are other like monopolistic corporations
which must bite the dust or find some
way to evade the clear decision OF the
court.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-11
THE NORTHERN SECURITIES
DECISION.


cult Court of Appeals adverse to the
Northern Securities Company is the most
important judicial delverance of this
decade. 1t will be hailed with gratif-
cation by all who have been alarmed
at the steady and unimpeded growth of
monopolies. They will feel Ito thank
God and take courage" in their hostility
10 the agencies that would destroy com
petition and monopolize all trade and
transportation.
When the Northern Securities Company
was formed ii carried CONSERVATION to
the whole country, particularly TO the
people of the Northwest. They saw that
it meant a greatly increased transpor-
tation tax On their products. con-
vention of the Governors living in the
territory of the railroads that the North
ern Securities Company proposed to con-
solidate was called by Governor Van
as were practicable to prevent the con
summation of 1.-The proposed monopoly,
and they invoked the aid of the Federal
government to that end. The indignant
protests against this longest step to mo-
nopoly were so loud and came from so
many sources that the President could
not shut his cars to the just. demand
FOR the enforcement of the law. Pro-
ceedngs were instituted, after the At
torney General had given the President
an opinion that the Northern Securities
Company, which had secured control of
the Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Railways, was an unlawful combination
in restraint of commerce between the
States and a monopoly. The unanimous
decision of the court, if upheld by the
ration into its original elements. 1t will
settle the policy of this government that
lines of transportation for person an.
property, under competition, shall be
kept open.
In view of the decision, it is well to
recall the fact that when the independent
public demand that the officers of the
government should institute proceedings
to prevent the consummation of the
most gigantic and destructive monopoly
ever attempted the muzzled and subsidized
press was pointing out the benefits of
consolidation. They advised the Western
farmers to go in with the railroad kings
and quit kicking against what they called
necessary consultations" When brave
Governor Van SAINT called all the Gov
errors in the Northwest to meet at
Helena, Montana, they laughed at him.
But, when the authorities found that
back of Van SAINT and the other protest
ing Governors were the great bulk OF
people of the Northwest of all callings,
the administration saw that the time had
ccme when it must invite destruction if
it did not stand with the people in the
last contest against monopoly. All hon
or to Van SAINT. He is well named. He
had the sand in his craw to lead the
fight and compel the national administra-
tion to prosecute the suit. He is not a
lawyer. He cared less for the presidents
and legal technicalities than for the eter-
raj principles of equity
The decision is far reaching. 1t Will
not only prevent the monopoly in the
Northwestern transportation, but it kills
in its cradle the infant Southern Securi-
ties Company which was ready to stran-
ton. That baby will now die in the arr1s
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-11

OF LONDON, ENGLAND
Condition December S1st 1902, as Shown
by Statement Filed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-11
MYSTERY is EXPLAINED.
Paul Martin Accidentally Shot Himself
IT Ida Avenue.

As Paul Martin a son of John Martin.
who lives at % Lulu avenue. was re-
turning home Wednesday night. in COM
pany with a friend. he accidentally shot
a hole through the palm of his hand with
a SS-calibre revolver. The accidental
shooting occurred at the southwest cor
ner of Ida and Douglas avenues at 10:15
in the evening Martins companion
bound his wounded hand as best he could
and after throwing the revolver away.
they separated. Martin going east on
Douglas and his companion south on Ida.
Several people living in the vicinity heard
the shot and when a revolver. an empty
cartridge and a trail of blood was dis
covered there was all kinds of specula-
tions afioat and the police were notified
After the firing of the shot several peo-
pie went 70 their windows, but as they
heard no one running and no cries they
returned to bed AS Bob Jones. a pin
setter in one of the bowling alleys. was
returning 10 his home al about o'clock
he saw a revolver lying at the edge Of
the walk and a pool OF blood. He went
10 his home in the next block and with
his father returned 70 get the revolver.
II was "a p American bulldog and was
in poor working order In the morning
MI Jones followed the trail Of blood
two and half blocks and then lost IL
near the alley in the first block south
Of Douglas on Pattie. The empty car
fridge was found little later. These
mysterious findings caused "a good deal II
excitement in the cas-. end \ few be-
lieved IL was an accidental shooting. but
the general opinion was that robbery OF
suicide had been attempted. and the ind
ing Of the revolver supported this theory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-11
WARRANT FOR SAMPLE.
Is Charged With Obtaining Money on
False PretenseS

Yesterday afternoon a warrant was
sworn out by E. II. Stevens in the city
court for the arrest of Charles Sample,
a former employe of the Fargo
Express company in which he is charged
with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. Sample was arrested several
days ago by the police force but was re-
leased the following day because no war
rant was issued for him He was re-
leased on his own recognizance and was
still in the city last night
The crime with which Sample is
charged is said to have been committed
September l. 1902, and the express COM
pany alleges that it is but one of the
many similar offeDses. The plan which
Sample is alleged to have followed was
TO deliver an express package and re-
present that the charges We're higher
than they We're in reality. then to keep
for himself the difference between the real
charges and those represented by him
The case sighted in the complaint filed
yesterday is one in which Sample is al
legged to have defrauded the firm of Wal
lenstein & Cohn out of 1927 1t is al
legged that he delivered a package to that
firm which had been shipped from Phila-
delphia and upon which the charges were
$40 and that he represented the ex-
press charges to be 1851 He was paid
the last named charges and it is al
legged that only $40 was turned over
to the express company thereby de-
frauding Wallenstein & Cohn out of s1.27.
The company alleges that Sample has
been carrying on this sort of business
for several years and that the loss to
their customers is considerable. 1t is
not known whether or not any other
complaints will be filed against Sample.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-11
AGENTS AND POLICE
Have Combined 70 Keep Hackman
Away From Stations.

It was announced yesterday that war
is TO be made on the hack and baggage
men who go on the railroad platforms
and in waiting rooms of depots in pursuit
of their trades. All of the railroads of
the city have combined and are making
a united effort TO keep the hack and bag
gage men of their premises They will
have the cooperation of the police de-
partment. Chief Burt said yesterday
that the hack drivers and baggage men
are TO be arrested when found in waiting
rooms or on the platforms of stations,
practicinS their vocations. line is to
be made near the edge of the sidewalk
along the street at the various stations
and hackmen must stand outside OF this.
by the doors of their hacks.
The railroad men give as their reasons
for this action that baggagemen have
become a nuisance at the stations and
patrons of the roads have been making
frequent complaints because they were
compelled TO elbow their way through
the crowd of drivers. with hackmen on
each side yelling hack in their ears.
The agents Of the different roads say
the hackmen must stay off the premises
Of the roads. They expect little objec-
ton to be made te the new arrangement.
as all the drivers win fare alike. but
they believe it viii be a great accom-
mediation to the travelling public.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-11
NOTED CHARACTER DEAD.
Ham Sanders, ex-SIave, Lived 1903
Years,

Ham Sanders. an eX-slaYe and one OF
the greatest characters in this section OF
the country, died Wednesday night at the
poor farm at the age of l03 years.
Sanders. it will be remembered. is the
old man who was brought to this city
about two months ago from Belle Plaine
in such weakened condition that il was
necessary to call the ambulance to take
him to the poor farm. He remained at
the poor farm Just two days when he
mysteriously disappeared during the
night. The officers were put out on
/. search for him and after four days of
searching it was learned that he had
walked to this city from the poor farm
and was living with colored man named
Morrison on Central avenue. He was
taken back but the spirit that gave him
the strength to walk the five miles be-
tween the poor farm and Wichita was
broken and he sank rapidly He has been
unable to take any nourishment for sew
eral days and since the first OF the week
has been in an unconscious condition.
Those who were present when he passed
away say that he died peaceful death
and experienced no suffering.
Ham Sanders has been a we'll known
character II TINS county since 1910 VntU
he came here from New London, MISSOURI.
He looked his leg years when he diedA but
those who knew him in the early DAYS
say he had not changed in the least since
the day he set foot in SedgUick county.
He was q slave in Virginia until a few
years before the war. when his old mas
ter died and Sanders was brought by one
of the sons TO New London, Mo. After
he was liberated ne came to Kansas and
. in 76 came TO Wichita. He worked any
place and every place and few people in
this part OF the county did not know Ham
Sanders. Shortly afterwards he went TO
Garden Plain and took up a claim. His
wife died about twelve years ago and
since then until he was brought to this
city he lived alone in a little cottage at
Garden Plain. doing odd jobs around
over the country He dislilled the idea Of
being placed in poor house and il was
only after he became seriously i'll that
he was persuaded 10 be brought 10 Wich-
tia. His only living relative in the west
is a step-daughter named Clark who lives
in the city. The old body was laid to rest
yesterday afternoon in Highland Gene
.tNry.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-11
B. F. DUNN RESIGNED
FROM FRISCO line
\ After Nearly 20 Years Contin-
uOuS Service.
BEGIN COMMERCIAL LIFE
Resignation Is 10 Become e.
feCtive at Once.

.. T. Dunn, division passenger agent of
the St Louis and San Francisco, after
lore than twenty years of almost con-
tinuous service for the company handed
in his resignation 10 take effect as soon
as his successor can be appointed and
reach this city
The announcement of Mr.. Dumas resig
nation yesterday came as a surprise TO
the hundreds of people in this city. Very
few knew that he was even thinking OF
leaving the railroad after his long service
but Mr.. Dunn stated last night that he
had been considering the matter for a
month or more
The cause of the resignation was the
desire of Mr.. Dunn to take up commercial
life and he viii engage in a general mer-
chandise business at Cherryvale, Kan.
While his plans have not been definitely
settled for the future he has decided TO
go into a mercantile business and is con-
sidering propositions from a number of
points to own and control a store but has
about decided to close up the deal at
CherryvaIe.
o. + DOllU IS one OF the most NlutlS
known railroad men Of the Frisco sys-
TEN in which he had control of the COM
pany's business in Kansas and Oklahoma
which gave him a wide experience and a
broad acquaintance among both railroad
people and business men throughout the
west ana southwest During only -four
years of the twenty-five years service
with railroad companies has he been en-
ployed by any other road He has held
almost every position in the passenger
service of the line up to his present one
in which he was entrusted to secure for
the Frisco company their share OF sthe
passenger business of the state and terri
tory covered by hundreds of miles of their
own lines. As reward for efficient
service he was made division passenger
agent more than ssx years ago. His gen
flemanly and courteous treatment Of his
patrons and his work with the news
paper men of his division has been such
that his leaving the service will be re-
GREETED.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-11
RAN AWAY FROM HOME.
Boys Did Not Want to Go to School
ar Woodward.

On August 27 the Eagle published an
article about two boys who claimed that
their names were Palmer and that they
were going from woodward, o. T. to
their father at Phillipsburg, Kan. They
said that their mother was dead.
Yesterday the Eagle received a letter
from II. \. Wales of Woodward, saying
that one of the boys was his own and
the other was his wife's. He states that
the boys had planned clever ruse to
run away from home to keep from going
to school. The largest of the two boys
was Mr.. Wales son and was named
Claude. The mother has been dead seven
years. The other lad is named Charles
Palmer and his mother is Mr.. Wales
wife. Mr.. Wales runs bakery at Wood
ward and he has not been able TO To-
cate the children.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-11
mNJUNS" WERE TIPSY.
Cops" Had a jolly Time With the
Redskins.

The southbound Santa Fe passenger
train Wednesday evening carried bunch
of Indians who had imbibed little too
much of fire water and become very
bcisterous The trainmen and passengers
became frightened and the police here
We're asked to assist in quoting the red
men. officer Dennis got on the train and
went south to Udall, where he had quiet
ed the Indians to some extent. At Udall
there was a country dance, which the
Wichita officer attended and created quite
a sensation.
When he came back that night some Of
his brother officers met him at the depot
each loaded with a tin lid which they
pounded with their clubs and they gave
a very good imitation of a war dance
with the wells thrown in. Dennis swal-
lowed hard and tumbled to the fun and
let tho boys have their laugh.