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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-29
H. G. SHOBER,
Commissioner Of Insurance.
THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

department u illSuldilCS.
Company's Certificate of authority.
Whereas, The National Masonic Acc!-
dent Association, 4 corporation organized
under the laws Of Iowa, has filed in this
office a sworn statement exhibiting its
condition and business for the year end
ing December 81. 1902, conformable to the
requirements of the laws OF this state,
regulating the business Of insurance.; and
Whereas. The said company has filed IN
this office a duly certified copy of its char
ter, with certificate of organization, in
compliance with the requirements Of tho
Insurance law aforesaid;
Now, therefore, l, H. c. Shober. COM
missioner of Insurance Of the State Of
South Dakota, pursuant to the provisions
Of said laws, do hereby certify that tho
above named company Is fully empowered
through it's authorized agents to transact
its appropriate business of Assessment
Accident Insurance in this state, accord
ing to laws thereof. until the 31st day Of
December, A. D. 1903.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto
Set my hand and seal at Pierre, this oath
day Of February, A. d. 1908.
(Seal.) H. c. SHOBER,
Commissioner of Insurance..
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Memorial Day Sono.

Respectfully Dedicated to the G. A. RI
Where sleep in honor martyrs for our
nation,
Lend, o, ye flowers. lend your decorations;
While to Old Glory, giving salutation,
Sing we our choral lay.
Hail, o, Columbia! Like the morning
May adian freedom, light on thee be-
All lands illumine, and still brighter
growing,
Shine on to perfect day.
Hail to the People, who a trust receiving
From patriot fathers, liberty achieving,
grieving,
Will not their trust betray.
Hail to the Banner, freedoms fairest
token,
Flag of a union that can ne'er be broken,
While hearts heroic, strong as bulwarks
oaken,
Guard it on land an sea-
Rest, c, we heroes! Not In vain your
dying;
For, sons and daughters, on their God
relying,
Pledge like devotion; with yeu nobly
vying
In eve and loyalty.
Hail, Q; Columbia, every heart enslav-
Hail We, your Country. in her peril
saving.
Hail. peerless Banner, In all breezes
waving!
Flag of the brave and free!
Christian Intelligencer.
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Foolish Fears.

1t seems to US that some of the col
lege presidents are permitting their
apprehensiveness to get the better of
them when they express the fact that
the colleges will be s%tudentless In q
few years unles. the graduates raise
families and SEND their boys to alma
mater. 1t is easy to demonstrate that
any healthy boy can be taught a class
yell in fifteen minutes, II proper pa
tience and ingenuity are exercised.
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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,

InSuranCe DepartnHent.
I. II. G. Shober, Commissioner OF In
surance Of the State of South Dakota,
DO hereby certify that the above is a true
copy of the original Statement now on
file at this office.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of this
office at Pierre, this 18th day of April.
1903.
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ANNUAL STATEMENT


For t.e year ending December 81, A. D.
1902, of the condition and affairs of the
U. S, B2A4Gt PHOENIX AySURAN {
co lIlIrED, OF LONDON.
ORGANIZED undor the laws of the Kingdom
Of Great H"itain, made to the Commis-
Sioner Of Insurance Of the State Of
South paE"ta, in pursuance of the laws
of said State. Attorneys for service of
process in the state Of South Dakota
Information furnished by commissioner
OF I~nSurancel. Organized or tncorpo;
business October. 1879.
CAPITAL.
Capital stock actually pail in cash not
applicable in L. 5. Branch statement.
PROPERTY OR ASSETS OF THE COM
PANY.
CaSh IN ONCE ................ S265.2l
Cash on deposit .............. 276. 641. 81
Premiums in course Of collec-
ton 2S4, Sal "a
Stocks and bonds owned by
the co..pany .............. 2,46o,8 41.25
Interest due and accrued..... POOP. so
Reinsurance due on losses al
ready patd ................ 3.351.27
Total assets SO, o63. Asa. 90
LIABILITIES.
Losses vet unpaid. .......... $2s7,6s7,oO
Losses resisted .............. 21,S67OO
Amount OF unearned pre-
miums on all outstanding
zfiSAS l,7I5,SO4.O Oh
agents ....."."..:......... 7s,o72.5s
ployes ............,.......... 2,179.72
Other existing claims not in
cluded in above ............. 231. 614. o3
Total liabilities ......... 50, 397, 21s.4s
INCOME OF THE COMPANY DURING
THE YEAR.
Total premiums for the year. So, 2S7. $1,000
interest receipts ............. Sl,S93.22
Receipts from rents ..........
Receipts not included in
dbONS biD.tO
Total receipts ............... So, G9&, 72T. "a
EXPENDITURES OF THE COMPANY
DURING THE YEAR.
Losses paid 81, 77G. 563.s SO
Commissions paid to agents. 491, G07. SO
Salaries paid to officers and
employees ............... 15s,041.24
Return premiums and cancel
lations 500, 115.1o
Taxes and fees to insurance
departments minimum. 7 .4SS.O2
Printing and advertising... .. 2D,127.9S
Other expenditures ........... 1914, 9I5. 20
Total expenditures ........ s3,315,9 1s.s2
RISKS. /.
Risks outstanding at the date
OF preceding statement ..... S45S lit $50
Risks written since preceding
statement ................. 4O5, 935. 216
Total risks .$o64 ,oo2, 400
Risks cancelled and
expired during the
year =. $780,. $40. 465
Risks reinsured dur
ing the year ..... 101, 400 i1
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THE STATE OF SOETH DAKOTA.

Department of Insurance.
COmpany's Certificate OF Authority.
Whereas. The Phoenix Assurance Co,
Limited. a corporation organized unde 81
the laws of Great Britain, has filed N
this office a sworn statement exhibiting
it's condition and business for the year
ending December 81, 1902. conformable
to the requirements of the laws of this
State regulating the business Of insur-
ance; and
Whereas, The said Company has filed in
this office a duly certified copy Of its
charter, with certificate Of organization,
in compliance with the requirements Of
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now, Therefore. ], Fl. c.. Shober, Com
missioner of Insurance of the State OF
South Dakota, pursuant to the provisions
Of said laws, do hereby certify that the
above named Company is fully cmpow-
cred, through it's authorized agents, to
ransa it's appropriate business Of Fire
Insurance in this State, according to laws
thereof, until the 3lst day of december,
A. d. 1903.
In testimony whereof, I nave hereunto
set my hand and seal at Pierre. this 14th
day of February, A. d. 1903.
(Seal.) II. G. SHOBFR,
Commissioner Of Insurance.
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ASSESSMENT.

STATE OF low
County of POlk-SS.
ALI. Wingatc, President, and H. G. AL
version, Secretary of the National Masonic
Accident Association. being duly sworn.
depose and say, and each for himself
says, that they are the above described
officers of the said National Masonic Ac-
cident Association, and that on the thir-
ty-frst day of December last all of the
foregoing described assets were the abso-
lutte property Of the said National Mason-
ic Accident Association, free and clear
from any liens and claims thereon, ex-
cept as hereinbefOre stated: and that
the foregoing statement, with the sched-
ules and explanations hereunto annexed,
is a full and correct exhibit of all the
liabilities. and of the income and dis
b~ursemcnts, and of the general condition
and affairs of the said National Masonic
Accident Association on the said thirty
first day of December last, and for the
year ending on that day; and that all
the items, facts and answers therein writ
ten are fairly and correctly stated as
given, without evasion or reservation.
ALE. WINGATE,
President.
H. c. ALNERSON,
Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me. this
9th day Of January, A. d. 1909.
(Notarial Seal.) = GEO. f. USRY,
Notary Public
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GEO. o. RUGER,
Notary Public.
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
nnartmHn

Insurance Department.
/, II. G. ShOber. Commissioner Of In
surance of the State of South Dakota,
do hereby certify that the above Is a
true copy Of the original Statement now
on file at this office.
In witness whereof, l have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal Of this
office at Pierre, this 18th day of Febru-
airy. 1903.
(Seal.) Fl. c. SHOBER,
Com IA issiannr q . IMclrnnaa
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$555,27S, 7O6 555, 27S. TOO
Net amount of risks in

Net amount of risks in
loICS -. S0US, I rs. IJO
COMPANY'S STATEMENT OF BUSI-
NESS TRANSACTED IN THE STATE
OF SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE
YEAR.
Premiums on risks written... S6,O9S. 10
Amount of risks writ ten...... 34y, 351.UU
Losses incurred during the
year 3,2O4.54
Losses paid during the year. 3,454.54
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.Yust CAPABLE of one heroic aim, and
threw it in the thickest of the fight.
What matter? Since Aurora failed
him first"
It r R~row0inp
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-29
STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF

A. D. Irving. Manager of the u. 8.
Branch of the Phoenix Assurance Co.,
Limited, London, being duly sworn, de-
poses and says that the foregoing is a
full, true and correct statement Of the
affairs of said Company; that the said
Insurance Company is the bona-fde own
er of at least one hundred thousand dol
lars of actual cash capital, invested in
the State and United States Stocks and
Bonds, or in Bonds and Mortgages OF
Real Estate u~nincumbercd, and worth
double the amount for which the same is
mortgaged; and he is the above de-
scribed officer of said Insurance Com
pany.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-29

Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 2Sth day of January, 1903.
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Total actual liabilities ..... S14, O2o.OO
ASSETS
Cvercharges in Liabilities on
same eccCrnt S775.OO
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-31
PARKS IS GUILTY DOWN THRO' BRIDGE
G|ares at Jury as if Longing
to Chew Them
Up.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, Oct. 30.-For the second time
within two months Samuel ]. Parks, walk
ing delegate of Housesmiths and Bridge
mems Union, local, No. "a, was convicted
of the crime of extortion in the Court CT
General Sessions this afternoon. 1t took
the jury just twelve minutes during which
time they took two ballots, to agree on
the guilt of Parks in extorting $500 from
the Tiffany studios, firm Of contractors,
under threat of keeping them from con-
tinuing work on buildings last January
Il was shown at the trial that Parks had
obtained $500 from the Tiffany firm as
an Imitation fee" last January when
strike on three of the Tiffany contracts In
this city. Parks claimed that this mon
ey was a fine levied by his union. Later
the fact developed that Parks had been
dsloyal to his union inasmuch as he per~
mitted the Tiffany firm to employ nuIt-
union men on concern jobs after having
received the $500. This accusation was
not denied by the defendant or his cour
sci during the trial. but the latter con
tended that Parks had given the money
to the treasurer of his organization and
that the entire transaction was a bust;
ness deal which, instead of being a crime
afforded considerable business advantage
to the firm which paid the money.
In his charge Judge Newburger said that
it made no difference what disposition
Parks made OF the money after he had
obtained it from the representatives OF
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-31
No Make-Believe.

Miss Amelia Bingham, who is shortly to
present her latest success, The Frlsky
Mrs Joynson, a comedy by Clyde Fitch,
is stickler in the matter of properties.
As matter of actual fact. it is authorl-
tatively stated that she will use moth
ing on the stage that is not real. No
make believe props for her. In the first
and second acts of THE Frlsky Mrs
Johnson" there is used very expensive
set Of gold furniture and it is very doubt
full if any better can be found even IN
the home of the multi-millionaire. The
same can be said of the white set. whick
is used in the last act of the play. Both
of these sets of furniture were selected
by Miss Bingham at one of the most ex-
elusive and expensive furniture houses on
Fifth Avenue in New York city Miss
Bingham and her own New York company
arc to present THE Frisky Mrs. Johnson"
at the Academy of Music. next Friday
night. November 9Th.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-31
TEADER's LIFE IN BAD SHAPE.
Illinois Assessment Company With Policy
holders in Nor Carolina.

Insurance Commissioner Young asks us
to publish the attached article taken
from the United States Review, an insur-
ance journal, and requests that the State
press will unite in giving publicity to tie
He says that while the COM
pany referred to has never been licensed
in this State, some of the people of North
Carolina insured in it some years avh
and are still keeping up their policies.
The article says that the Traders Lii
is in bad snaps and is short nearly $5S,o0
in assets and is as follows:
"The examination of the Traders Lifc
OF Springfield, ILL.,, an assessment COM
pany, which was enjoined from dom:
business on Monday, shows the concern
to be in bad shape. The Insurance Depart
ment states that on August Il the net
ledger assets were $44 ,305 and the non.
ledger assets $7,317, and of this amount
s24, ,6S4 were not proper assets and could
not be admitted by the department. The
unpaid losses at that date were $5S,90D.
with other liabilities of over $25, 200, leav-
ing shortage in assets from the amount
needed to pay bills and protect contracts
of s57 1928. The officers Of the company
have filed motion to dissolve the iu-
junction.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-31
TROUBLE AT AUBURN.
Story of Chickens, Minks Railroads. Mr..
Troy Pool, Mr. Sam Watts

Mr.. Troy Pool, of Auburn, was in the
city yesterday and ne brought the dis
tressing information that the minks have
taken possession of thirty or more of his
fancy fowls and that other persons have
suffered losses also.
He says that Mr.. Sam Watts reports
that mink while crossing the Southern
Railway track saw train coming and
dropped the chicken it had swiped from
Mr.. Watts belongings, the train doing the
finishing act to the fowl by cutting off
its head. Mr.. Pool is not informed as to
whether or not suit against the railro'a
will be entered and he regrets that he did
rot catch that mink in the box he set for
it the next night.
The chicken crop and the egg market
at Auburn have a gloomy outlook according
to his statement, as the minks are chicken
hungry and keep on doing business. 1t
is Mr. Pools earnest conviction that :
mink lynching party will have - bo had
in order to rid Auburn of the terrors OF
ihe hen GOODS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-31
A NEW PATRIOTIC SONG.
In when Johnny Comes Marching Home" 1t
Wins the Encores.

In when Johnny Comes Marching
Home" the new comic opera by Stanslaus
Strange and Julian Edwards that the
Whitney Opera Company will present at
the Academy of Music next Thursday
night, November 5th., Julian Edwards. the
composer, has written a new patriotic
song which has already become enormous
ly popular. II is in a vein that appeals
to the masses and eyokes repeated encores
at every performance. There is noble
dignity to the words as well as the music
that has caused it TO be taken up i'll the
public schools where it is sung by the
children every day There is a strong
movement on foot also, to have Congress
proclaim it as the national anthem. The
title of the song is MY Own United
States" and these are the words:
"The Poet sings of sunny France. talr
olive-lad Spain.
The Grecian Isles, Italia smiles, and In-
dia's torrid plain,
OF Egypt, countless ages old, dark Africa S
palms and dates.
Let me acclaim the land l name, my Own
United States.
The poet sings of Switzerland, Draw Scot
lands heathercd moor,
The shimmering sheen of Ireland's green,
Old England's rock bound shore,
Quaint Holland and the Fatherland, their
chorus in verse relates,
Let me acclaim tho land name, My Own
United States.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-31

er were given important commands. Ev-
cry section of the country was brought
together in the interest of the union-no
North, no South, no East, no West.
"A little more than two years have
elapsed since that deplorable tragedy at
Buffalo which deprived the nation of a
great President. Mr.. Roosevelt succeeded
to the presidency In his anxiety to be
constantly doing something he has made
mistakes | believe of him, as / have
believed of all Presidents, that he is sin
cere and patriotic. But every man in
public position is liable to mistakes
None could be more serious than the one
made by him in his attempt to force again
to the front the question of equality, So
cial and political, of the negro race.
Thoughtful citizens both North and
South regret such an issue. They dread
and will evade it, if possible. But if the
President and his party drive the issue
it must be met and the responsibility
must rest upon them.
1.-The President is the leader of his par
ty now and will be next year. The poll
ticians of his party may advise him that
the solid negro vote (for in voting they
are indivisible) holds the balance of power
in the great central States of the Union,
and that in the States of New York, New
Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana, and
Illinois, it is essential to his party's sue
cess. In Maryland, where the negro vote
constitutes two-thirds of the Republican
party, it is an absolute necessity, woh
without it the State is hopelessly lost to
the Republicans.
Unless I mistake the temper of the
people of this country, there will be the
same revolution in public sentiment and
the same protect that was recorded in
1892 by the white people of the entire
Union against the administration of Pres
ident Harrison for his attempt to force
negro domination upon the South, and
thus destroy that section and paralyZe
the industries of the whole United States.
"Our opponents in this State tell us we
are in no danger of being dominated by
negroes that the whites outnumber the
blacks. In one sense this is true, but in
another it is a mere dodge
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-31

''It is certainly a small crop" SAID d
wholesale merchant of Raleigh yesterday
who is in close touch with the cotton
planters. My customers have said this
repeatedly, and on my own farm this is
also true. In this section the crop IS Oft
from usual crop about % per cent.
There Is but little cotton left aud / do
not expect such another big rush as we
had on two days this week.
The market is undoubtedly advancing,
and this at a time over the country when
supplies are the greatest. In Europe
there is active purchasing parties there
having taken millions as against a hitherto
hold off policy. There is only one expla-
nation of this, and it is that it is now
recognized that the crop is a short one.
estimates as low as 10, 300 900 bales having
been made
Along this same line yesterday 81 mem
bors OF the Savannah Cotton Exchange
made an average estimate of 10,504 900
bales as the cotton crop. The movement
o. cotton in sight for November is less
by 100000 bales this year as against iast
year. The Egyptian and Indian crop Is
reported as being much less than last
year and this, too, is affecting the price.
Il believe there are indications of
cotton famine before the season Is over
sad cotton dealer here yesterday. The
many new uses TO which cotton Is beng
put has vastly increased the need for She
staple, and unless the rise III price pre-
vents its use there will be need Tor eleven
and quarter million bales, with possi-
bly, only ten and a half as the production.
It looks to me as if there would be Is cent
cotton when the summer months come
along.
The farmers who have been wise enough
to hold their cotton, as this paper hd
urged them to do, are now getting better
prices, and if all signs do not fail the
price is going to bet yet higher. The part
OF wisdom is for the farmers to hold where
ii is possible and not to rush the re-
mainder of their crop on the market
Mr.. J. ~ Atwater OF Chatham, VINO
was here yesterday says chat III Chatham
county the crop is fully onc-third OF OF
the usual crop and that as he mas Seeh
it. in Wake the decrease here is almost
as great He finds that most OF the col
ton is already out of the country
The condition as it stands, is rosy with
promise to the cotton planters. The mar
kct is advancing aud today IS expected
to take a safe lead over 10 cents. Ine
only pity is that the farmers who solf
at lower rates did not hold on to their
cotton.
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the Tiffany firm, il in the belief of the
iurymen he had obtained it under threat
direct Or implied, as that fact would con.
stitute extortion, the crime charged
against the prisoner.
When the jury was polled and the ver-
dict rendered Parks glared at the jury
men with the same look of defiance which
he maintained during this, as well as his
previous trial.
He was remanded for sentence week
hence. Parks is now awaiting the de-
cison of the higher courts on a writ
of error. having been sentenced after ms
first trial TO a term Of not less than two
and a half nor more than three and g
half years in Sing Sing prison.
The charge on which his former con
viction was secured also was extortior.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-31
COTTON MARKET ON AN UPWARD MOVE
Over Ten Cents For some Bales Yesterday
More is Expected To-day.

The cotton market took rise in Raleigh
yesterday and few bales sold here put
this market at the head of the list.
The general price paid was from 3-i
to 10 cents, but the market was steadier
than the day before and in some cases
cotton was bought at ten and one eighth
cents a pound.
This price and the steady market so
impressed the cotton buyers here that 1t
was freely said last night that it was ex-
pected that today cotton would bring ten
and one-slxteenth and ten and an eighth.
This is good news to the farmers.
The offerings here yesterday fell OF.
as only about 100 bales were brought 20
the city. With the upward tendency OF
the market this is an index of the size
OF the crop yet unsold, and It is that the
crop is short as has all along been said.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-31
Said Guire Confessed the Crimo.
Especial to News and Observer.)

Especial to News and Observer
Salisbury, n. c., Oct. 30.-Mr. W. L..
Ray, who resides at Spencer, and whose
daughter married Mr. o. s. CURE, of Ashe-
vile, states that the latter prior to com
mitting suicide confessed to him the fact
of his defalcations in connection with the
Southern Railway at the latter place. 1t
is believed by many that Mr.. CURE saved
the money while others think he had
spent it. There are also two theories
with reference to suicidc--one to the effect
that deceased did not suicide. and the
other to the contrary.
1t is learned that the board of aldermen
of this city, is arranging to dispose Of
about 10 per cent of the 100000 of city
bonds, recently authorized, at par. This,
is done in order that the work OF i'm
proving the streets and other pressing
matters may receive prompt attention,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-31
0 LIGHTNING LOUISE
All North Carolina Records
Tumble Before This
Young Trotter.
Especial to News and Observer

Charlotte, NJ c., Oct. 30.-Another rec.
ord was smashed at the Mecklcnburg Fair
Grounds this afternoon when Louise Pur-
cell. driven by C. A. Pussey, made the
fastest time ever made in North Caro-
lima in the 2:17, trotting class, winning
heat in 2:16 IA The announcements
that all previous records in the State mad
been lowered was received with enthu-
siastc applause.
The following horses were entered fo?
the 2:17 trotting race: Petronell, George
M. Hardin; Lady Thelma, James Morrow;
Louise Purcell, c. A. Pusscy.