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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-02
THE STATE OF. SOUTH DAKOTA.
Ilara - ~ NJ IF TrrtsVa

Companys Certificate of Authority
Whereas, The Mutual Benefit Life In
surance &C., corporation organized
under the laws OF New Jersey, hes iled
In this office a sworn statement exhibit
ing it's condition and business for the
year ending December 81, 1902 conform
able 70 the requirements OF the laws OF
this State, regulating the business of in
surance and
Whereas The said Company has fled
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, 1. III. c. Shober, Com
missioner OF Insurance Of the State OF
South Dakota, pursuant 10 the provisions
~ said laws. DO hereby certify that the
above named Company is fully empow-
cred through Us authorized agents TO
transact its appropriate business OF Life
Insurance IN this State, according TO laws
A. ID, 1903.
In testimony whereof have hereuuto
set my hand and seal at Pierre this 10th
oay 81 February, A. ID. 1908.
tSeal D III. G. SHOBER
Commissioner of InSurance
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COOLEY OUT OF THE COOLER.
Wisconsin Editor Ceases to Edit His
Paper From a Cell.

Grand Rapids, Wis, March 81. -
John f. Cooley, editor of the Wiscon-
sin Valley Leader, was released from
his cell in the Wood county Jail last
night, after furnishing bonds in the
sum of $500. Cooley was arrested and
placed "a Jail about two months ago.
He refused to comply with an order Of
the court relative to paying alimony
to his divorced wife. Ever since that
time he has been editing his paper
from his cell.
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ale Deserved n"

Pittsburg, March 81. - William T..
Hartley shot and killed Ernest o.
Johnston in the barber shop of Harry
J Omrs Hartley said: II killed
Johnston because be deserved it," No
other excuse was given.
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t4urrIeane Knew his LImlts.

We learn from Bismarck, N D.,
that the recent hurricane did not
manifest its full force until the two
houses of the legislature had ad-
journed." This shows that the hurri-
cane knew better than to enter into
competition with a rival that could
beat 1t fifty miles per hour in the mat.
ter of wind.-Exchange
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MAYOR ON HIS MUSCLE.
His Honor Becomes Aneered at the
.-... Students. ...

stud ents.
Beloit, Wis, March 31.-Angered by
their refusal to obey his orders, Mayor
Simon Smith struck Wilfred Lewis, a
college freshman, in the face and
called Stanley Calland, senior, vile
name in a street fracas Saturday af-
ternoon. A crowd of students had
congregated in front Of the opera
house for the glee club concert seat
drawing. The mayor ordered them
off. They did not recognize him and
did not obey. This angered the may
or. The interference of bystanders
took place just in time to avert a
serious riot. Students and mayor
alike swear vengeance, and the city is
greatly excited.
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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,

Insurance Department. ..
Fl Q Shober, Commissioner OF In
,rrance of the State of South Dakota, do
hereby certify that the above Is true
COPY of the original statement now on
file at this office. , -.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set
INV baod and affixed the seal of this once
at Pierre, this 9th day Of February, l9O3.
"ISs,n - H G. SHOBER,
Commissioner of Insurance.
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OPERA HOUSE BONDS.

Volga, s. D. March 81. = At a
special election it was voted TO bond
the town for $4,000. $1,000 to be used
for q system of waterworks for fire
protection and $4,000 for an opera
house s.H
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Burned TO Death.

Dowagiac, Mich, March 31.--James
Bond. a real estate dealer, was burned
to death while trying to put out FIRE
in his cellar caused by a lamp thaI
dropped from his hands.
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STATE OF CALIFoRNIA.

City and County OF Sar Francisco-ss.
VIM. Dutton President, ana Louis
Weinmann, Secretary of the Fireman's
sworn. depose and say, and each for him.
self says that they are the above de-
scribed officers of the said company, ana
that on the thirty-frst day OF Decem-
Der last all Of the above described assets
were the absolute property of the said
company, free and clear from any liens
or claims thereon, except as above stated.
and that the foregoing statement, with
the schedules ana explanations hereunto
annexed and by them subscribed, are a
liabilities. income and expenditures and OF
the general condition and affairs of said
company on the said thrty-first day OF
that day. according to the best Of their
information, knowledge and belief re-
spectively.
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THEY MARRY FAST.

WHY edcheTs LTNe 20 TTUTu TOsTNIUHs
in Hand County.
Miller, S. D., March 31-The county
superintendent of schools here is be-
ing flooded with letters and applica-
tons for schools from teachers all
over the West on account of a report
that Hand county teachers had mostly
got married. Only one application is
from q male. Many of the applicants
say it is the novelty of teaching here
more than wages that prompts them
to write for a position.
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VIM. J. BUTTON,
LOFTS wEINMANN
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me- this
~. JAMES MASON.
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,

IWSUTdUVt iJtTldTIIUVIIts ---- Y n
I, II. G. Shober. Commissioner OF In
surance " 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 hernunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of this
office at Pierre, this 9th day of Febru-
airy 1903.
(Seall II. c. sHOBER, >
Commissioner OF Insurance.
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Loyal to His Father.

In one OF his orations Daniel Web
ster cried out, will any man dare
say?" and HIS little son In the gallery
impressed with the folly OF any per.
son contradicting his father. replied
in clear voice: mo, pal" :.
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bartender FataIIy Hurt.

Alma, Wis. March 81. Oscar
Brown, twenty-one years old, bar
tender. while getting off a fast
through freight fell and fractured his
skull. He cannot live.
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HARD COAL VEIN FOUND.

Rich Mine DIscoNeTed oouth OF
HaVre.
Havre, Mont, March 81. - A. G.
Staten has discovered rich anthTa-
cite coal mine about ten miles south
of Havre. The vein stands vertical
and is four feet thick and runs into
one of the highest mountain peaks in
the chain of Bear Paw mountains. A
specimen of the coal was sent to d
chemical laboratory and was pro.
nounced q superior grade of anthra-
cite.
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REBUkE TO LOBBYISTS.

WToIUTISIW LGYTsTdIUTS way FUTUIu
Them TO Be Naughty.
Madison, Wis, March 31.-The as
sembly bill prohibiting political lob
byists from attempting to influence
votes of members of the legislature or
candidates for any elective Office, and
from receiving or soliciting money
from corporation and other sources
for personal use in return for in
fluencing votes. was recommended for
passage. --# rsH ....
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-02
STATE OF souTH DAKoTA-1NsUR-

i. II 6. 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. have hereunto set
my hand and Affixed the seal of this of
fice at Pierre, this 18th day of February.
1903
tSeal) II. c. SHOBER,
Commissioner of Insurance.
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$l9.737.04
100000
COUNTY
sTATE o. ~ JERsEY


Frederick Frelinghuysen. President,
and edward L. Dobbsns, Secretary OF the
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company,
being duly sworn each for himself de-
poses and says that they are the above
described officers of the said Company,
and that on the thirty first day of De-
cember last all the above described as
sets were the absolutt property Of the
said Company free and clear from any
liens and claims thereon, except as
above stated; and that the foregoing
statement with the schedules and eN-
plantations herein contained. annexed, or
referred to, are a fun and correct exhibit
of all the assets, liabilities. income and
disbursements, and OF the condition and
affairs of the said Company on the said
thiTty-ftrst day.of December last. and for
the year ending on that day according
TO the best or their Information, knowf-
edge and belief. respectively.
FREDERICK fFRELINGHUYS1sN
EDWARD l., DOBBINS.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th, day of February, A. ID. 1903
(Notarial SealD SYDNEY y. OGDEN,
Notary Public.
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Total income ............
EXPENDITURES DURING
Surrender values ........
Amount paid for death
claims apd additions ..
Amount paid for matured
endOwments and additions.
Amount OF other policy
claims paid ..,..,.......
Amount of dividends TO pol
icy holders .,..,-..........
Amount TO stockholders 80.
Amount ,of commissions. and
salaries paid 10 agents
and agencies ..a.....E....
Amount paid 10 officers and
home Office employees for
salaries and Other perquis-
ties ...-..... .-s.. ....ss.'s 49, {.
Amounts paid for taxes.
rents. advertising and de-
partmsnt fees ....~..,....
Amount of all other pay
ments and expenditures. /.
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Net amount of risks In
force NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SLbd,hi9,LEi
COMPANY'S STATEMENT OF BUSI-
NESS TRANSACTED IN THE STATE
OF SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE
1ororni,iyne ~, risl,s written. 500. col 20
hmount OF risks written...... 1879, 471.72
Losses incurred during the
year ..,..........s. ....'s-s ousoS,i
I.Sssas Maid during the year. l1,023SS
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Total expenditures ..s.,.
COMPANY'S STATEMENT
NESS TRANSACTED IN I
or SOUTH DAKOTA DU
YEAR
Who's emount Of premiums
received in or frOra the
State Of South Dakota dur
ing the year ........,.,
Amount paid for losses in
South Dakota during year
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sTATF OF NEW YORK..

County Of New Works.. .
William. y Kremer, President, and
Charles c. Smith, Secretary, of the Ger
man American Insurance Company, be-
ing duly sworn, depose and say that
the foregoing Is a fun, true and correct
statement OF the affairs of said COM
many: that the said Insurance Company
is the bona -fide owner OF at least one
hundred thousand dollars Of actual cash
capital, invested I'm the State and United
states Stocks and Bonds, or In BONDS
ana Mortgages Of Real Estate unincum-
hered and worth double the amount Tor
which the same Is mortgaged; and they
are the above described officers OF SAID
Insurance Company. r,r,,,,,r,,,
.... President.
c. G. SMITH,
.... Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me, inns
27th day OF january 1908
(Notarial SeaD ~ ,rrS
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Oldl .....ss...s .s....tssss
INCOME DURING THE
Amount Of cash premiums
received on new policies,
mo expense deductions ....
Amount of cash premiums
received on renewals, no
expense deductions 800.
Amount of surrender values
received applied to pur-
chase Of paid-up insurance
ana annultles .............
AIM u Al'H srss.. ssssss.s =.
All other receipts from pol
icy holders .,..,.........
Amount Of interest and rents
receiVed ...,..........
Amount received from all
other sources .s.........
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.SIi.167, 951.o
OF BIJSI-
THE STATE
IRING THE
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Total liabilities ........
Gross Invisible surplus. -.
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Risks cancelled and expired
during the year. ............ 1874, 1894, 456
Risks reinsured during the
year .................... 4s662, III
BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH
DAKOTA DURING THE YEAR 1902
Risks written . 1894 O35 90
Premiums received ........ 6T5i 50
Losses paid ............... 1,ujq.55
Losses incurred ............ lob 50
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Total liabilities ..,.........!
vi. RISKS.
Risks outstanding at the date
OF preceding statement. 49,.
Risks written since preceding
statement .....,..
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Surplus as regards policy
holders Observation-Disclosures. 50, T56, Z
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NIVN " WNT . - 80
Amount Of dividends unpaid
Amount Of all other existing
claims against the com
pany ........,. ...........
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Total amount Of all liabili-
ties, except capital stock. s
Capital actually
paid up IN cash. 81 900. 10000
Surplus beyond
capital and other
liabilities ,........$l,T J6, 1887
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Net reserve ...,..,..........!
Amount of losses in process
Of adjustment or adjusted
but not yet due ...-.....
Chains Tor matured en-
Z slgtx.. - .-s.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-04-04

LOWELL, MASS, Apr. I'm pref
erence to fighting the textile unions of
Lowell the agents of seven big cotton
mills ordered an entire suspen-
sion Of work for an indefinite period
Two days ago these agents officially
announced that a canvass of the help
showed that upward of eighty per cent
were non-union and were opposed to a
strike
Sentiment Changed.
This sentiment changed yesterday,
and when a second canvass was taken
of the loom fixers, mulespinners, card
ers, nappers, weavers and beamers this
morning it was seen that the textile
council was able to fulfill it's threat
and strike in the mills on Monday.
Without delay, notices of shutdown
to take effect at once were posted on
the gates, and as piece hands COM
pleted their work they were told to
leave.
Seventeen Thousand Idle.
When speed went down at noon fully
1900 operatives had been forced into
idleness:> The length of the shut down
il problema atical,, but it is likely tos ! last.
- ht ~
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JOHNNY TO THE 'FRONT.':
Judge Retu<ned From Europe Wa
.-. Asked to Mention Him.

Judge Returned From Europe Wa.
Asked to Mention Him.
From the Detroit Free Press:
II had been abroad for three years, !"
said the judge, "and as. the people III,
my native town labored under the idea
that ] was man. of some consequence
they welcomed me home with a brass
band and a dinner. I was about to
reply to the address of welcome when
the village cooper approached me with
extended hand and said:
$50 you've got, back home, eh !?
Say, judge, when you went away I
was. doing all my own work and had
my shop: in the wood she'd, Now I've
: turned a hoss barn into cooper shop
and. am bossings two Journeymen and
making fifty barrels a week. Don't
,forget31to say that :whil:e you've been
I wasting your time in Europe, John Y.
Higgins has come right to the front at
home. s 81: ==555>s z >5* a Ill I: <s f.
5s5zs IN My little speech. L e g my fellow
/ towns men q not ] arouse much en-:
zthnsiasm,;, said the jud e, and q that
cooper IS blame for1 i. sc. simply
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JUST LIKE PULLMAN.
Brewery Workers in PennsyIvani,
Will Not Arbitrate and Are
Idle. -
Is $500 enough to live on?

MAHONEY CITY, PA, April g.
Refusing to submit their grievances to
arbitration as proposed by the -
breweries controlled by the anthra-
cite brewers association, the United
Brewery Workers, to the number OF
about 1000 went on strike today.
The brewers association wanted the
differences settled by a board OF arbi-
tration to consist of five persons. two
each to be selected by the parties to
the controversy and these four to name
the fifth arbitrator who should be- a
prominent member Of the United Mine
Workers union. This proposition was
rejected BY the brewery employees, who
said: there was nothing to arbitrate.,
The chief dernand Of the union lis Tor
an increasesinsw wages. @ . . A..:;s .$
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trial degenerate. He is a clog obstruct-
ing the progress Of labor. It is not
question Of his right to sell his labor as
he chooses, but when he attempts to
practice his right after his own met
hods he becomes involved in the COM
petition with others endowed with
equal rights, and who are hoping to
make them real instead of visionary,
the ultimate success Of which promises
equal reward to the strike breaker and
the trade unionist
Until such time as labor and capital
realize that their interests are recipro-
cal there must be periodical disturb
ances, and the strike breaker continues
to be an instrument welded by CAPT.
tai to perpetuate the evils which or
ganfzed labor strives to remedy. AS
such he defeats the immediate purpose
of an organized body Of workingmen
to secure higher wages and better con-
ditions, but the evil effects Of the strike
breaker extends far deeper than this
We have no right to expect that after
defeating the attempt of his fellow
workmen and forcing them ito accept
his standard of wages and necessarily
of living that a recurrence of strikes or
lockouts will not find him again low
ering the standard and rendering i'm
possible the establishment iof muni-
mum standard Of living for all wage
workers consistent with a broadening
education and higher aspirations. The
strike breaker incenses the employed
against the employer perpetuates the
suspicion with which each regards the
other and animates each to take ad-
vantage Of any temporary weakness
Of the other resulting in amicable re-
lations between the two factors being
we'll nigh impossible. He is demoral-
izing Of dicipline in all trade unions
and distinctly hinders the educational
movement Of organized labor in be-
half Of the unorganized. He is opposed
to progress as outlined by organization
and is representative Of nothing but in
dividual selfishness. He does not rep
resent the unorganized, neither does he
represent the unemployed.
It now seems that every industrial in
terest on the Great Lakes has been
appeased but the tug captains and the
engineers. Every other union has
made satisfactory arrangements with
| the Lake Carriers Association. AL
| last week the tug mems union officials
were in conference with the Lake Car.
riers, and before we go to press ar
f7greement may be reached. 1t has
been generally limited about that the
trust wishes keep lat outs
M
IA
he idea IS to force force
high freight rates. II this is true ther
| those responsible for the present delay
in adjusting differences with the tug
men are not only cowardly but enemies
to business prosperity as we'll. The,
are cowardly for attempting to fix the
| responsibility upon innocent parties
They are enemies to business prosper.
ity because the early movement OF
freight will relieve shortage of goods
that ought to be shipped now. Here's
hoping that they will get their 4medi-
cine for their iniquitous methods.
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Tor ths.lS Iorid, IL.
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LABOR NEWS AND Comments.
PERSONAL, ORGANIZATION AND LEGISLATIVE.

The labor record Of the Congress
that recently adjourned is easily writ
ten. 1t did absolutely nothing. The
Eight-Hour Bill met it's usual fate in
the Senate. The anti-junction bill was
lost in the House, and every other
worthy labor measure was pigeon
holed. Labor will be required to begin
all over again at the next session Of
congress. An examination Of the new
list OF congressman shows many new
friends of labor, and it is possible that
some good will be done. Labor can
expect but little, however as long as it
votes for luke-warmed; Indifferent
friends.
Are the interests of capital and labor
Identical? No question has been SO
thoroughly discussed in and out of
trade unions. President Mitchell says
that If they are not identical, they are
at least reciprocal. The Socialists con-
tends that their interests are naturally
opposed to each other. One is buyer
Of labor and the other is seller. Now
comes a writer in the Cigarmakers'
Journal who contends that the interests
of capital and labor are Identical, but
that those of labor and monopoly can
never be Identical. He gives as an ex-
ample the fight Of the cigarmakers'
union in behalf Of the Individual deal
ers and tobacco manufacturers, as
against the tobacco trust.
If any of our readers are losing heart
because of the supposition that the
trade union movement is too slow, let
them get courage from recent attain
ments. Down in Mankato but two
years ago there was a poisoned senti-
ment against organized labor. Now
there are sixteen unions there, and g.
Trades Assembly and Building Trades
Council. This has all taken place since
September 1902. Mr.Garfleld E. Nor
rison, the Federation's organizer there,
writes that he expects to have four new
unions in the course Of a month. The
clerks have secured an early closing Of
stores, and candidates for office have
declared themselves in favor of union
labor. What's the matter with Man.
kato, and what's the matter with your
town?
President M. E. Neary Of the State
Federation Of Labor was at Mankato
new plumbers union Of that city. He
evidently blew into town, and then out
again, for our enterprising organizer
there was unable to locate him. But
he met a number Of union men and
urged them to send a full delegation
to Little Falls. They all fell in with
his suggestion and now sst ere *xss is GA
- II f
ii, fiITd a 1a
There is a whole lot Of sympathy
wasted on the outside for the strike
breaker. No one recognizes mans
right to work better than trade
unionist. Every man has a legal righ
to work wherever he can secure it. bu1
we sometimes wonder about his mora
right to do SO on certain occasions.
After all it is the moral law that is the
more effective. 1t controls men, even
when there are plenty of statutes to
hold them.
The strike breaker is a moral indus