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The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
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HI Old SkEPTIC.

I am weary of disbelieving: why should /
wound my love
To pleasure a sophist's pride in a craven
image Of truth?
1. VIII go back to my home, with the clouds
and the stars above,
And the Heaven | used TO know. and the
God of my buried youth.
! vii go back to the home where of old in
my boyish pride
| pierced my fathers heart with a MUIR
muir of unbelief;
He only looked in my face as | spoke, but
His mute eyes cried
Night after night in my dreams; and he
died in grief, in grief.
Oh, yes; l have read the books, the books
hat we write ourselves,
Extolling our love of an abstract truth
and our pride of debate:
l Will go back to the love of the cotter who
sings as he delves,
To that childish infinite love and the God
ABOVE fact and date.
To hat ignorant infinite God who colors
tie meaningless flowers,
To that lawless infinite Poet who matches
the law with the crime;
To the Weaver who covers the world with
a garment of wonderful hours,
Ard holds in His hand like threads the
antinomies of time.
Is the faith of the cotter so simple and mar
row as this? All, We'll,
1t is hardly so narrow as yours who daub
and plaster with dyes
The shining mirrors of Heaven, the shad-
owy mirrors of hell,
And blot out the dark, deep vision, if it
seem to be framed with lies.
No faith hurl against you, no fact to
freeze your sneers;
Only the doubt YOU taught me to we'd in
the fires of youth
Leaps to my hand like the flaming sword
of nineteen hundred years,
The sword Of the high Gods answer, o
Plate, what is truth?
Your laughter has killed more hearts than
ever were pierced with swords,
Ever YOU daub new mirrors and turn the
old to the wall;
And more than blood is lost in the weary
battle of words;
For creeds are many; but God is One,
ana contains them all.
1 will go back to my home and look at the
wayside flowers,
And hear from the wayside cabins the
sweet Old hymns again.
Where Christ holds out His arms in the
quiet evening hours,
And the light of the chapel porches
hroods on the peaceful lanes.
And there l shall hear men praying the
Geep old foolish prayers,
And there | shall see, once more, the fond
old faith confessed.
And the strange old light on their faces
who hear as a blind man hears;
Come unto Me, ye weary, and l will give
you rest.
l viii go back and believe in the deep old
foolish tales,
And pray the sweet old prayers that l
learned at my mothers knee,
Where the Sabbath tolls its peace thro'
the brcathless mountain wales,
And the sunsets evening hymn hallows
the wistful sea.
Alfred Moves, in Lordon Spectator.
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r. e. KENAH.

bought a bottle to try. 1 am pleased
that l did, for it brought speedy relief.
1t only took about two bottles, and 1
considered this money well spent.
You have a firm friend in me, and l
not only advise its use to my friends, but
have purchased several bottles to give
to those without the mean to buy, and
have noticed without exception that it
has brought about a speedy cure where
ever it has been used" Miss Rose
Gerbing.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,O.
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Death.

DR.. Lyman Abbott, speaking on
"The Beauty of DEATH" said: 81
would not live in a world that bore
no witness that material things are
transitory. Tragedy? Is death a
tragedy-or wholesale death more
tragic than individual deaths? A sim
gle blossom falls from the leaf. Then
a puff of wind ONE out from the
north and shakes the tree and a hun
dred blossoms follow. The one is not
more tragic than the other. Death?
What is it? We are in the theater
and one character comes upon the
stage and speaks his part and goes
off, and then another, and then an
other, and by and by the curtain falls
and the play stops-and then true life
begins. For death is life, come when
and how, and as it will. And we need
to be reminded that all things earth
ly are transitory, and yet, despite
destruction, do not learn the l~esson.'
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

\/OMEN should beware of contract
w ing catarrh. The cold wind and
rain, slush and mud of winter are espe-
cially conducive to catarrhal derange-
ments. Few women escape.
Upon the first symptoms of catching
cold Peruna should be taken. 1t forti-
fies the system against colds and ca
tarrh.
The following letter gives one young
woman's experience with Peruna:
Miss Rose Gerbing is a popular society
woman of Crown Point, Ind, and she
writes the following:
Recently l took a long drive in the
country, and being too thinly clad 1
caught a bad cold which settled on my
lungs, and which I could not seem to
shake off. had heard a great deal of
Peruna for colds and catarrh and l
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GodIiness Profitable.

1t is easy to throw the blame Of our
own failures upon the conditions under
which we are living, and surely it is
comforting, but the wise man thinks
twice before he accepts such a plea.
No one will deny that iniquity scores
many seeming successes, but the fact
remains that goodness is profitable for
this world, as well as the world to
come.-Rev. DR.. Raymond.
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Miss Florence E. Kenah, 434 Maria street, Ottawa, Ont, writes
"a few months sgO 4 caught 9 severe cold, which settled on my
lungs and remained there SO persisfenty that / became alarmed !
took medicine without benefit, until my digestive organs became
upset, and my head and back began to ache severely and frequently
"IWas advised to try Peruna, and although / had little faith /
felt so sick that 4 was ready to try anything. 1t brought me blessed
relief at once, and 1 felt that I had the right medicine at last Within
three weeks I was completely restored and have enjoyed perfect
health since.
81 now have the greatest faith in Peruna." r: E. KENAH.
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Three Disrraces.

Envy, malice and hatred are the three
graces of perditior.-United Presbyts
rian,
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$4,000 REWARD

will be paid to anyone who
can disprove this statement.
Because W. L. Douglas
isthe largest manufacturer
he can buy cheaper and
produce his shoes at a
lower cost than other con-
Germs, which enables him
to sell shoes for $3.50 and
$500 equal in every
way to those sold else
where for 81 and $500. H
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TT o1Era ~ " -"
cess of tanning the bottom soles produces abso-
lutely pure leather; more flexible and will wear
longer than any other tam age in the world.
The sales have more than doubled the past four
years. which proves its superiority. Why not
give W. I. Douglas shoes a trial and save money.
Notice Increase Os99 Sales: So, 2O3, 81
In business: o1S02 Sales: So, 90
gain of 81, 10 in Four Years.
W.. L. DOUGLAS Sa.oo GIL EDGE LINE,
Worth 5000 Compared with Other Makes.
The best imported and American feathers. HeyPS
Patent Gait. Enamel. Box Calf, Gait, Wei Kid, Corona
Colt, and National Kangaroo. Fast Color Eyeiets.
cauiion . The genuine have W. L. DOUGLAG
VQutiun name and price stamped on bottom.
Shoes 6v mail, Csc. ertrd. Has. CatdIogJree.
w. l.. lao UGLAS BROCKTON, MASS.
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vROOMANIS is SUED
Wife Brings an Action for
Divorce.
He Used Many Thousands of
Her Money.
SCHEMES COLLAPSED.
Many poonIo Iosf Vbo7r All IN
Many People Lost Their All in
" Peoples Movement"
Most of the Victims Live in
Kansas City.

Kansas City. May 1S-Walter
vrooman. head of the collapsed
Peoples trust. who has been
made the defendant in divorce suit
left Kansas City Saturday evening. He
told some of his friends that he would
be away about two weeks. but did not
tell them where he was going. So far
as is known he has discussed the di-
voree proceedings with no one and the
course he will follow with regard to the
suit. Tt is not considered likely, how
ever, that he will fight the case. Mrs.
Vrooman's attorneys say they have
such mass of evidence that the obtain
ing of a divorce is certain and that a
contest in court would merely give
publicity to matters which Vrooman
probably would prefer to not have
aired.
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A FLORAL CHARIOT
Conveys the Body of SybiI San
derson to the Church.

Paris. May 1s.-The funeral of Sybil
Sanderson took place today at the
Church of st. Honore D'Eylau and wss
largely attended by representatives of
the operate and theatrical world includ-
ing NJ. Moulierat. NJ Delmas, Mile
Jeanne Granier and M.Eugene NIsndiek,
operate artists: Sir Henry Austin Lee
of the British embassy; Admiral and
Nine. De Jonoui Peres. representatives
of the United States embassy and many
members of the American colony. The
floral offerings were so numerous that
the casket was buried in flowers aud
even the hearse was transformed into a
floral chariot The usual Catholic fun
eraI service was rendered The sur
pliced choir was augmented by an or
chestra and several prominent singers.
NJ Tisserand. the tenor sang the DE
Profundis'' and NJ. Reder. the baritone,
rendered Ego Sum" Crowds surround
ed the church and many persons were
unable to gain entrance to the build
ing.
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BRAKES FAILED.
Runaway Automobile Plunges
Into Lake Michigan.
Comes to a StandstlIl in Eight
Feet of Water.

Chicago. May 1s.-With brakes that
failed to work gasoline runabout
owned and occupied by DR.. A K Lowen
dashed down a steep hill at Ninety-hfth
street last night and plunged into Lake
Michigan
For twenty or more feet it SKINNED
the surface of the water and then.
losing its impetus, began to plow be-
low. When it came to a stop it was
forty feet out from the shore and was
resting on the lakes bottom at point
where the water was eight feet deep.
DR. Lowen clambered to the seat, and
with his head barely out of the water
cried for help. A rope was thrown to
him and the physician and his machine
were dragged to the shore The auto
mobile was found to be Sractically
ruined
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(a) -in-law.
(b) Sons.

A table of the receipts and disburse-
ments of the company by states down
TO 1900, which was as late as these de-
tails were kept show that while the re-
ceipts exceeded the disbursements in
Kansas by S434 .84750 on business done
outside of Kansas. covering twenty-one
states, the disbursements were s23, 1872. 81
greater than the receipts. With a prop
er proportion of expenses added to this
loss, the business outside of Kansas was
done at an actual loss of S205, ,432- IS
Deducting from the excess of receipts
over disbursements in Kansas a proper
share of the expense. leaves an actual
profit on Kansas business up to Deem
ber 81. 1900, of S349. .399. 81
After giving various tables showing
receipts and disbursements which are
afterwards given in a summary, the
trustees say:
Inquiries have come to US. relative
to the disbursement of the lapse fund
of the policy plan of 1886 Also. as to
the disposition of the reserve fund and
the mortuary fund of the plans of 1885,
1888 and 1889. as well as the uniform
premium plan of 1889.
The contract as set forth in the poll
cies of the plan of 1886 provides that
from the premiums paid. there shall be
set aside seventy-five cents per thous-
and each quarter for expenses, 20 per
cent of the remainder to the guarantee
reserve fund and the balance to the
mortuary fund.
The contract in the policies Of the
plan Of 1855 and 1889 provides that from
the premiums paid there shall be set
aside one dollar per thousand each
quarter for expenses. % per cent of the
remainder to the guarantee reserve fund
and the balance to the mortuary fund
In the uniform premium plan Of 1883,
the contract provides that there shall be
set aside one dollar per one thousand
each quarter for expenses; so much
thereof as may be required for its share
Of death losses shall be placed to the
credit of the mOTtuary fund and used
for the settlement of death claims the
remainder thereof shall be held in trust
as a surplus and guarantee reserve
fund 1t also provides that when such
guarantee reserve fund shall have ac-
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PRESIDENT T.
He Will Direct Course of Satur-
day Night Club.

The Saturday Night club at the final
meeting of the season Saturday evening
elected the following officers who viii
take their offices al the beginning of
the next years work in September:
President, William NJ. Davidson; vice
president, John F. Switzer; secretary
and treasurer, Burton H. Pugh.
The paper of the evening was read by
A. W. Dana His subject was The
Utility of Education" and mis- essay v
was one of the most scholarly ever pre-
sented to the club.
It was decided to postpone the annual
banquet from Wednesday evening, May
90 to Monday evening, May 25. This
was done because several member of
the club would be absent from the city
this week
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ALBANIANS GIVE UP.
Send Word to the Sultan That
They Will Be Good.

Constantinople, May 1s.-The Turkish
officials observe much reserve regarding
the details of the fighting which Or
CURED during the advance of the Turk
ish troops in Ipek, Albania, which was
occupied May Is. Several hundred Al
banians are now reported to have reen
killed or wounded The Albanians. il is
declared. have telegraphed to the sultan
announcing their submission and ex-
pressing their fidelity and readiness TO
accept the measures necessary for the
pacification. of Albania.
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LET OUT TOO SOON.
Discharged Convict Kills a Wo-
man and Himself.

Blairsville, Pa, May 1S-At Bairds-
town, on the Conemaugh river. near
here. Albert Palmer, a recently dis
charged convict from the western peni-
Tertiary shot and killed Mollie Beck
with whom he had been keeping com-
pany. He then tried to kill the girls
mother but the bullet missed its mark,
afterward he shot himself through the
heart.
The cause of the tragedy was ealousy
and the refusal of the young woman to
marry him while she had a husband
still living.
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WOMEN FLASH KNIVES.
One Had a StilettO Two Feet
Long.

called out today to quen a riot at
Broadway and Sixty-eighth street,
where several italian women. evidently
strike sympathizers, had been intimidat-
ing the men at work on the subway.
Stones were thrown Unfortunately
and the women flashed huge scflettos.
F'our-of the women were arrested Two
of them had stilettos. one of which was
tow feet long.
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Bond are very anxious now to with
draw their names from those papers
They don't want TO stand for the state
ments which they signed. They were
hauled up there before Judge Hazen,
and made to believe that they were un-
dergoing some sort of judicial investI-
CATION They were afraid to refuse to
sign the affidavits, and they are sorry
now that they did So"
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Thiaf.Waa Very Thirsty.

Kansas City. Kan. May 1S-A thief
who must have had an unquencha bic
thirst visited the saloon Of Ike Tim
norman near Fourth street and Central
avenue Saturday night after che place
was closed He took a three gallon jug
of whisky five bottles of gin one bottle
of blackberry wine and one bottle of
port wine. He also took two boxes of
ri
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-18

New Haven. Conn. Nay 1S.-Rev- H.
P. Dewey of Brooklyn in a sermon to
Yale students declared that President
Roosevelt's refusal to shoot animals for
sport was indicative Of the larger
heart which Is gradually coming in
among the American people.
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Weather Indications.

Chicago. May 1s.-Forecast for Kar~
sas: Partly cloudy tonight and Tues
day. with probably local showers in
northeast portion; cooler in west por~
ton tonight; cooler Tuesday; southeriy
winds shifting to northerly.
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Temneraturea of Larpe Cities.

Chicago, May 18.-7 a. m. tempera-
lures: New York. 81: Boston, 68; Phila-
20: Minneapolis. e6; Cincinnati, Sc; St.
Louis. sc.
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liner Umbria arrived here she was
searched but no arrests were made. Her
passengers We're not aware Of the dyna-
mite affair until they reached Queens
town.
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HAS A BAD LOOK.
Trustees Report on Condition of
Kansas Mutual.
The Big Salary Lists Are Made
Public.
DETAILS ARE GIVEN.
Shows That j. P. Davis Has
Drawn SS7,22s.
This Covers the Entire Life of
the Company.
EXPENSES WERE LARGE
In 1902 They Were SO Per
Cent of Income.
Not Yet Too Late to PrOtec
POlicyholders.
This Covers the Entire Life of
the Company.
EXPENSES WERELARGE
In 1902 They Were 36 Per
Cent of Income.
Not Yet Too Late to PrOtec
POlicyholders.

The trustees Of the Kansas Mutual
Life Insurance company today filed
their report in the United states circuit
court. Copies have also been printed
to be sent out to the policy holders of
the company. 1t fills pamphlet of so
pages. and sets out the business of the
company since its organization in 1882
up to February 20. 1903. The report re-
fleets on the management of the COM
pany The trustees say that it has ap-
parently been run as a close corporation.
chiefly for the benefit of the officers and
their friends and families. and tables
are incorporated in the report to prove
this.
With the report a circular letter is
being sent to the policy holders. calling
a meeting for June to consider the
future OF the company. With the letter
are sent the bids which have been filed
by other companies with the trustees,
setting forth proposals to reinsure the
Kansas Mutual policy holders. Three
companies have filed bids, the Kansas
City Life. the National Life and the IL
lnois Life
In the Introductory to the report to
the court the trustees say:
The trustees appointed by this hon
orable court on the 5th day of Febru-
ary, 1903 submitted a preliminary re-
port on the 18th day of February, 1903
Of the assets and liabilities of the kan
sas Mutual Life Insurance company as
on the 18th day of December. 1902 A
copy OF said preliminary report was
sent to each policy holder. At than time
we carefully checked over the assets of
said company and used the statement
furnished us by the officers of said COM
pany, together with the report of the
actuary, showing the liabilities of the
kansas Mutual Life Insurance company
On the 18th day of December. 1902
we now herewith submit full and
complete report Of the assets and liza
bihties Of the Kansas Mutual Life In
surance company, as shown by the rec
ords of said company on the 20th lay
of February, 1903. We have carefully
checked over the affairs of this COM
pany since its Incorporation in 1882 In
order to do this thoroughly it has re-
quired much more time than was first
anticipated. We trust. however, that
this report is made clear full and com
plete. and in a manner that viii meet
with your approval and the approval of
all policy holders"
GROSS ASSETS.
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Total expense 1902 .-....--......s1

Total EXPENSE ~ -.---------.- 81 4, Ut
Total disbursements for death
losses, endowments. dividends
and surrender values. .......-...-. us. SOP. II
Total disbursements ..---..--.-- S353, lS4- S3
salary list of the officers clerks and
agents of The Kansas Mutual Life Insur
ance company. furnished the trustees by
lohn Z. Noon. secretary.
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The trustees also add the following
note to this reca ritnlation.

The trustees also add the follOwirg
note to this reca a9itulation:
BY way Of explanation in the manner
of taking funds in 1889, 1890. 1891 and 1892
and crediting to back salaries of officers
for the year 1882, 1888 1884. 1885, 1886,
1887. 1888 and 1888 we consider an
irregularity if not an illegal transac-
ton AS to renewal commissions, new
commissions, per diem. additional salary
and salary as trustee. paid to the reg.
ular salaried officers in addition to fixed
to the justice and legal status of this,
it is left for the policy holders and the
court to decide"
There have been numerous inquiries
as to the amount which has been paid
to the members of Mr.. Davis family
and the following statement is given.
showing that they have received a total
Of over S167, ,0O0 from the company for
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tai gross assets leaves s72766114 total ad-
mitted net assets.
The statement of the business of the
company shows that there were in force
on FEBRUARY 20. 1908 1913 policies
dgeregating 81. GIG. .46012. with reserve
value at 4 ner cent. of $544254 of the
policies there had been reinsured s1S4.-
500. with a reserve value OF S127l The
renort then continues:
"A great many questions have been
asked the trustees by the policy hold
ers. by letter and in person. relative Il,
the affairs Of this company particularly
as to the expense Of management. which
we have been unable to answer until
now for the season that our time was
wholly taken ZIP preparing this report
and carrying on the business of the
10 answer these questions in this re.
port which are covered in the folIowina-
statenants as shown by the records ia
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Nav Malone. y day at SzVV per 9
w. r. Curry. 500 per day
Pearl Dumenil. Sl66 per day
AGENTS
AGENTS.
Temporary clerks. not included in above

Temporary clerks. not included in above
per day. S5-66-
Detailed statements are given showing
the amounts paid by years since the or
ganization of the company to J. P. Da-
Wis. president. John E Moon. secretary
w NJ. Welcome vice president X. T.
Herrick. attorney and H. g. H.
Schwarzkopf, special agent
Mr. Davis began with a salary OF 81
500 ia 1893 which was gradually IN.
creased to $1,000 IN 1902. Beginning IN
1889 and extending through four years
80 200 was paid him as salary as trustee
during the early years Of the company.
in addition to his salary as president.
From 1858 to 1902 the sum of So 463S1
was paid Mr. Davis as expense money,
and from 1891 to 1902 he received 81,
'377. al in renewal commissions These
renewal commissions for 1902 alone
amounted to SO 3434.75. and this added to
his 5000 salary and Sl04.57 expense ac-
count gave him a total of $S53o.32 in
come from the company in 1902 A re-
cauitulation of these various tables in
cluding salaries. expense accounts and
commissions for Davis. Moon. Well
come and Schwarzkopf and per diem
and additional salary for Herrick as at
torney. is as follows:
j. P. Davis. president, from 1888 to
February 20, 1903 -...--..------....s S 81, 22S 8
tom to Feb e So % 1908 -io' 100 7ss4ssa
w NJ Welcome. vice president
1850 to Feb 90 1908 ........-....... 44694.60
r T. Herrick, attorney, 1892 to
Feb 20 1903 ...................... 375S1.78
agent. from 1892 to FEB. 20, 1903 l119s.s2
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lContinued 81 Page 50
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GROss AssETs.


DEDUCT ASSETS NOT ADMITTED.
Loans on policies in excess of re-
serve -..... ...-....................s 1856
First premium and renewal pre-
MUM notes and interest thereon 4402 81
Bills receivable. interest thereon. 3.993. 0i
Pratt Co. bonds and Interest,". 1.47OV
Furniture books office supplies. 3.035 81
Ledger balances Observation-Disclosures. 1854 Sd
Cash in hands of court...-....-...- 340t5
Claims in hands of receivers of
Hutchinson National and Wichi-
Ia National anks................. 1875
Amount due from Kansas Union
Life Insurance Co........-........ 19. 1915
Deferred premiums in excess of
reserve ...... .....-...-............ a. 1926
Outstanding and unpaid premi-
ums in excess Of reserve 4.3S3-97