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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-11-06
ABSTRACT OF STATEMENT

ABSTRACT OF STATEMENT
For the year ending December 81,
A. D 1902.
OF the condition and affairs Of the
State Life Insuran % Company of
indianapolis, organized under the
laws of the State of Indiana,
made to the Commissioner
Of Insurance of the State
Of North Dakota, in pursuance Of
the laws Of said state.
President-Andrew M. Sweeney.
Secretary-Wilbur S. Wynn.
Vice PresidentESamuel Quinn.
Principal ofice-Indianapolis, In.
diana.
Attorney for service in the State of
North Dakota-Commissione r Of In
.surance, Bismarck, N. D.
Organized or incorporated September
4 1894.
Commenced business September "a,
1894.
. S1COG1Os "
Loans secured by deeds
of trust or mortgages
on real estate .......$ 076, 3lG 10
Loans secured by collat-
erals, including loans
on this co npany's
policies 202. $40 90
Premium notes and loans 2G, 1877 81
Cash on hand and in
bank 1916, 401 90
Interest due and accrued IA, $50 1G
Net amount Of deferred
and outstanding pre-
mluMs. ........ 140. 9S1 IS
Certifcats of dep sit. 30, 600 90
Amount Of all other admitted assets:
Agents balances $22. 300 80
Total uDadmitted
Assets ,...... SEP, 800 90 %, 800 90
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-11-06
sTRAYED

From my premises, four sheep,
F. w. COckburn.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-11-06
sources

Total income /. 81, $50, 6ss IS
EXPENDITURES.
Paid for losses aud adj
ditions. ......-.....s 1853, so5 90
Paid for surrendered
policies ....... $40 y
applied in payment of
premiums |, 1914 %
dividends paid to poll
cy holders. ..... o,4e1 50
Cash paid during the
year for commissions
and salaries. ...... 395, 75e 46
Rents paid during the
year.. $50. 1888 90
Taxes paid during the
1ear.............. 20, s1s os
Cash paid for advertise
ing ..-............ 4,ssa rs
Amout of all other cash
expenditures 77,4s7 4s
s ----
Total expenditure. sos, 4v7 So
MTSC,ETLANEOT1S Z
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-11-06

Whole number of poll
cies written in North
Dakota during the
year, I.
Total risks taken during
the year in in North
OakOCa ....... 81, 600 90
Total premiums received
during the year in !.
North Dakota ........ IS, 617 81
{ ~ o& North Dakota,
Office Of Commissioner of Insurance.
l, Fer1 Leutz, commissioner Of
Insurance If the State Of North Da-
kota, do hereby certify that the fore
going is a true abstract of the origi-
nal statement new on file in this Office
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand ana affixed the seal
of this Office at Bismarck this 18th
day of May, a. D. 1903.
-Ferd Leutz,
(SeaD Commissioner of Insur ance
w. c. Gilbreath, Deputy.
State of North Dakota,
Office of Commissioner of I%nsuranc
COMPANIES CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHORITY.
Whereas. The State Life Insurance
Comany. a corporation organized un-
der the laws of Indiana, has filled in
this office a sworn statement exhibit
ting it's condition and business for the
year ending December 81, 1902, confor.
maple 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 charter with GER
t~licate of organization in compliance
with the requirement of the insurance
laws aforesaid
Now therefore. I, Ferd Leutz, Com
missioner of Insurance of the State Of
North Dakota, pursuant to the provi-
sions of said laws, do hereby certify
that the above named company is fully
empowered, through it's authorized
agents to transact its appropriate bust
ness of life insurance in this state ac-
cording to laws thereof, until the 31st
day of December, A. D. 1908.
In testimony whereof, l have here
unto set my hand and seal at Bis
marck, this 4th day of February, A.
D. 1903. -Ferd Lutz,
Commissioner of Insurance.
by w. e. Gilpreuth,
DeuIty 81 SO, .
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
War Ships on the Lakes.

The United States is planning to
establish a naval station on the Great
Lakes, and Canada is building a. cruiser
to be used on these waters. Under
the sRush-Bagot agreement between
Great Britain and the United States
each nation is permitted to keep one
war vessel on the Great Lakes. This
agreement may be abrogated at any
time on one years notice by either
party. The United States has one war
vessel, the antiquated Michigan, on
the lakes now. The Canadians claim
that the esta b1ishnent of a naval sta
ton is virtual violation of the agree
ment. And, according to dispatch
from ottawa, which was published in
II h 6. J o urn a / yesterday. they don't
seem tc care much whether the agree
lnent is broken or not. At the same
time the have a perfect right to put
one war vessel on the lakes.
The situation will be quickly turned
to account by the lake shipbuilders.
They have long desired the abrogation
of the Rush -Bagot agreement, so that
they could compete for contracts for
building vessels for the navy. If Cam
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
WEDNESDAY EVENING,

ada assumes an Indifferent or cocky
attrtude atethis time, the shipbuilders
ere likely to have their way.
For our part, we hope they will
not The abrogation Of the treaty
Will be followed by the appearance
of British and American war vessels
on the lakes in considerable force, and
both Canada and the United States
will he burdened with a war charge
which they have got along without in
very comfortable fashion for about a
il.ndred years. The presence Of for
midable lighting machines on the
Great Lakes would stir up bellicose
feelings ON. both the northern and
southern shores and result in friction
that might grow into dangerous dis
Putes.
the fact that the British can bring
war vessels to the lakes thru the St.
Lawrence and the Welland canal is
no reason Why we should build them
there In the first place, there is no
DANCE, OF war with the British unless
we shall look for trouble. In the
second place, it would be very easy
matter to put the ST. Lawrence and
Welland: canals out Of service in case
there should be war.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
PRIOR TO PROSPERITY
New York Times.


Sir Thomas Shaughnessy was not ever
thus. This fact is brought out by story
that is going the rounds of Wall street
offices, having its origin with prominent
railroad official who claims to have been
witness of the events detailed
1t was on a visit the Canadian Pacific
president paid not long ago to Minneapo-
lis. Walking down the street with the
man who tell the story, Sir Thomas met
UP with" an old friend. AS they passed
they recognized one another
Tom Shaughnessy, by thunder!'' ex-
claimed the old man
Bill Smith, I declare!'' said the Cana
dian Pacific magnate, and l guess ]
haven't seen or heard of you for thirty
years. Let me see-when was it we
worked together on the old Manitoba
road d?''
Guess it's about thirty years. said the
other; but my name is the Hon. William
Smith. I represent my state in con-
gress!'
"And am Sir Thomas shaughnessy. at
your service.
Then they both laughed.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
Rescuing the Young.

A practical result Of the mass meet
ing. held at the Lyceum theater on a
recent Sunday afternoon, to consider
ways Of rescuing the young, and par
ticll]arly young girls, from the traps
set for the unwary in this city, is the
formation Of local advisory COM
niittee to work in connection with the
Anti-Saloon league. The committee
is announced in another column OF
this paper. The personnel OF the COM
mittee is sufficient guaranty Of its
serious purpose and Of the employ
ment of practical and effective meas
ures. This committee is to make use
Of the machinery Of the Anti-Saloon
league. which is already at work along
these lines elsewhere. 1t has means
Of obtafning information and prose-
cutting offenders which are all ready
for work and possesses expert agents
who will bring to the 1audab1e under
taking experience and knowledge not
easily acquired.
The committee will sustain an ad-
visory relation to- the work or the
league and afford to the local public
the necessary assurance that the
movement. which right thinking peo-
pie are expected to give such financial
as we'll as moral support as may be
needed, is properly and efficiently con-
Quoted. There isn't anything more
important to this community than this
noble work of shielding the young and
lvlrceptible from the evil influences
that surround them and resculng the
weak and the erring from the moral
degradation into which they may have
been thrust by the artful and diligent
emissaries of the devil. This is a
work which appeals to every moral
man and woman regardless Of all dis
tinctions of creed or no creed, religion
or no. religion, culture or no culture,
rich or poor. The man woman who
is not heartily in sympathy with this
work and ready to cooperate to the
limit of his ability has no title to mem
bership in the brotherhood Of man.
and the spirit Of the good Samaritan is
not in him.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
Not Enough, By Far.

In the days when Bismarck was
strenuous1y seeking to bring about
German unity by placing Prussia in
the leadership Of the. German states,
and binding their individual strength
into imperial solidarity, Prussians
used to say ''Noch lange nicht genug,
sagt Bismarck" Not enough by a
long way, says Bismarck And, to-
day, with the third emperor of the
empire founded by Bismarck, the man
of blood and iron," and the valor Of
German soldiers, on the throne, the
same thing may be said of, the pro-
gram OF, the reigning Hohenzollern
The kaiser, in effect, in all. his speeches
to-day, embodies that sentiment and
purpose-'Not enough by a long
way"
Bismarck, when he had fought Aus
tria out of the leadership of the Ger
man states. knew it was mot enough" :"
He made Prussia the leader and 1t was
still mot enough He saw thata big
war on, patriotic grounds could alone
unity the German people, and he
brought France to her knees, and
united Germany applauded the proc
lamation Of the empire. Bismarck
passed away after committing many
blunders, leaving Germany a big mill
tary power in the middle Of Europe,
under the necessity, as he believed, Of
keeping the peace by formidable
show of power by land and sea.
The present emperor is continual
ly saying mot enough" and insisting
upon imperial defense. which takes
the cream of the educated and
industrial classes into the military
service. In his last speech, the
kaiser called upon the nation to pay
more attention to its oversee inter
ests," the meaning Of which it is not
difficult to conjecture.
mot. enough by long way is not
a vicious sentiment It depends on
which way nation Is going. The
American nation has really acted on
the same principle and is so acting to-
day. A nation which folds it's arms
and acts on the assumption that it has
accomplished enough, is in a very poor
state of national health. The sooner
it dies the better. A nation w,Srh
would have flaming and devouring
existence, looking, like Macedonia, for
more worlds to conquer. for the very
lust Of conquest. is no better. A ma
tion which has much to give the world
in the way of national and progressive
and beneficent human freedom, is
never, at a point where 1t may pro-
claim that enough has been accom-
plished.
The American nation and it's
achievements astonish the civilized
world because it has moved forward
under the legend, Not enough by a
long way Even when we have con-
structed the Panama canal: when
there is a clear, deep channel from
Lake Superior to tidewater for steam
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
Discipline the Railways.

From two recent railway wrecks, In
which about a hundred people lost
their lives, the travelling public has
learned that it's 4ife Insurance policies
will be matured if a wind happens to
blow out a signal light or a pile of
lumber happens to fall from a freight
train on one track of a double-track
railway onto the other track.
1t Is the business Of railway com
pany to keep signal lights. from going
out and to keep the freight it is carry
ing, on freight trains from spilling off
In front of passenger trains. Yet the
,Pere Marquette people view the blow
ing out of the signal lights as an act Of
Providence, and General Superintend-
fent Loree Of the Baltimore & Ohio ex-
cuses the fearful disaster on his line
on the ground that it is apt to happen
on any double-track line.-
There is one way in which the num-
ber Of preventable railway accidents
could be greatly reduced. The state
should take a hint from the methods
of railway management. When bad
railway accident occurs the company
is apt to discharge everybody who
might be blamed :. for the. disaster,
without 1nquiring very closely to find
out who is at fault. That is the way
the company disciplines it's men. The
state would be no more arbitrary If it
arrested railway managers and su-
perintendents on a charge of man
slaughter every time a fatal accident
occurred on their lines on account Of
any cause that might be traced to the
management. s..- +
This would be drastic and it would
often be unjust, but it would surely
result in a din1inution iii the number
of accidents, Fewer. chances would be
taken on other peoples lives.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30

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A very interesting volume is the COLI
lection of addresses delivered at the con-
vention of employers and employees, held
in Minneapolis in September, 1902. Pro-
fessor Schaper, in his introduction, ex-
presses the belief that the serious discus
sion of social and economic problems at
that convention promoted a deal Of sane
thinking among leading employers, labor
Representatives. students and others who
have right to speak for the public.
In the fourteen addresses in this vol
ume the vital points in the labor r-capltal
question are pretty well covered, and
there is no better reading on the subject
than is found in them for those who
would give their best work for the pro-
motion of a plan to harmonize the indus
trial trial forces Of the country, SO that the
work Of, the country, may progress upon
a basis of peace.
Interesting is the address of Mr.. Kill
bourne. of the Kilbourne & Jacobs Manu-
featuring company of Columbus, Ohio,
who showed how his concern and it's en-
ployes had not experienced a dispute for
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
ON PRESSING BUSINESS
Philadelphia Post

The Hon. Champ Clark recently told
of a case brought up in Missouri in which
one of the lawyers engaged tried to serve
his client by throwing suspicion on a GER
tain witness during the course of his cross
examination.
The first question put was:
ou admit that you were at the pris-
oner's home every evening during this
period?'
Yes, sir, replied the witness.
State whether you and he were inters
ested in any special transaction such az
for instance, business or otherwise
Yes, sir, We were
ooh, ho!' exclaimed the willy attorney
''Then you will no doubt be good enough
to inform US how and to what extent. also
the nature of the business in which you
were jointly interested
Il haven't the least objection in the
world" cheerily answered the obliging
witness. IF YOU want to knowII was
counting his daughter"
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
How the Audience Failed,

",
To the Editor of The Journal.
+ Some one has said that it takes two
! parties to preach a good ser1non-the
preacher and his congregation. From the
same point Of view it takes two parties
70 give good rendition of such a. produc-
El1on ,l.a as me ne Messiah Judged by this
I'standard, "The Messiah as rendered
Christmas night at the Auditorium, was
| a sad FAILURE. The chorus and the solo
lists did their part; the director, Profes-
sor Oberhoffer, did his part with credit to
both himself and the city IN which he
f.l1sEes l1sEes q the orchestra did not fail in~any
particular. But the audience was q, dis
NAL failure that is,1 the third of the
audience that went out, out, tramp, tramp
tramp down the halls and stairs until the
two thirds that remained could not hear
MI. Martin when he sang his closing part
Ihe trumpet shall sound and the dead
| be raised,,' and kept it up until even 'the
chorus could not much more than he
heard above the din, compelling Professor
Oberhoffer to stop his singers in the yery
midst OF that inspiring chorus with which
the oratorio closes =
| can understand how a savage might
take MS club and smash the angelic figure
that some artist has just carved out from
nlarole: lie does not know any better
l can understand how a barbarian might
| take a handful of mud and daub the face
OF god Just as some painter was putting.
the finishing touches to it. He knows : Z
petter But L cannot understand that
portion OF a Minhea polls audience that
VIII SIT thru the greater part of the rem
dltlon OF such a masterpiece as Handlers
The Messiah" and then file out fifteen
minutes before the climax toward which
| all preceding it has been pointing. Such
proceeding shows a. lack of sense of
obligation to the musicians contributing,
their time and talent, to the director.
whose heart is possessed with burning
desire to help others feel what he feels,
and to that part Of the audience that
would like to enjoy with at least some
measure of freedom the inspiring music
and sentiment, and confesses to the world
ignorance both Of courtesies that ought TO
belong to even ordinary breeding and Of
the finest things in music and thought
Let US hope that some day even obtuse
people will know better. SO when the ten
| thousand times ten thousand shall sing
| bout the throne of God and the hsrmonI,
| for which the divine. heart has been hun
gering all down the ages shall break upon
! the universe, they will not rise up and
go out when it is half over In the mean
i time cannot something be done to create
a public sentiment and sense of obliga-
| ton to those who serve US so unselfshly
| in every realm of life that shall make it
unWise for any one who values the re-
spect of our best citizens to have a part
]! in repetition of the disgraceful conduct
sof Friday nights audiencee ala.-s 1.' :
Henry Holmes,
Pastor Lowry Hill Congregational Church.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
A WOMAN ON MAN

The Ideal Man" was toasted at din
ner of federated women in ST. Paul the
other day. ''The Federated Woman who
responded to the toast said: Man is the
paragon of animals. On his own ground
he surpasses the lion in magnanimity, the
fox in acumen, the parrot in repartee the
monkey in versatility. the ant in thrift the
fish in self-control the spider III all that
goes to make up a valued member of so
ciety. daresay that, if all the facts were
known. man is more of an absolute sue
cess than the mule
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
SLEEPS ON PoRcH IN. WINTER

William KlanensIi, living on West Water
street, Waukegan, ILL.,, is trying the fresh
air cure for lung trouble and is surprising
his neighbors by sleeping outdoors in the
cold weather. He inclosed "a porch with
canvas so as to hide his couch but give
the free. access to fresh breezes, and there
he sleeps. He is 25 years of age and is
said to be benefited by his strange pro-
cedure and has no idea of going indoors
to sleep this winter.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
THE INFINITE
Gladstone called this the greatest short
ha \

Gladstone called this the greatest short
poem he knew
Ever dear to me wa:: this barren hillside.
And the hedgerow, too. that SO great a
The ultimate far skyline shuts out from
my view.
Yet while in contemplation, peaceful T sit
Here. my restless thoughts keep picturing
to me
Spa ces inter..1inable. and sovereign
Silences ard profound quiet; which at
My heart fears not. But whene'er hear
he wind
Thru this great plain go sweeping on. I
compare
It's mighty voice. with silence infinite and
The recall eternity, and death, and life.
And all the sounds of,Iiving And thus
in this
Barren immensity my thoughts are swal-s
lowed up
And sweet indeed is ,shipwreck in such.
a sea. -Giacomo Leopard.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
FINE BLIND SETTER
DanVille. KY.. Advocate.

Jim Davis, Of color residing on Dun
cans hill, is the owner of a most remark
able dog. She.,is a setter. and went blind
last year after a severe case of distem per.
Altho her eyesight is entirely DESTROYED
she hunts as well as, if she could see, and
gets over the ground very fast. Occa-
sionally she will run into a fence. but stops
quick enough TO keep from inj,lring her
self. She has a perfect nose and will find
a flock of birds as quick as any other dog
in the field.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
DANA'S TEN BOOKS

Charles A. Dana once made list of ten
indispensable books. They We're the
Bible, Shakspere. the Declara tion of Inde-
pendence, the Constitution Of the United
States, Bancroft's History of the United
States. Irving's Life of Washington.
Franklins Autobiography, Channng's Es-
say on Napoleon Bonaparte, Gibbons De-
cline and Fall of the Roman Empire and
Tarbell'S EarlY Life of Lincoln.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
u. S. ISSUES MOST PATENTS

: The United States. patent office issues
one third of the whole number of patents
issued in the world, or nearly as many as
France, Germany and Great Britain com
bined and four and a half times as many
as Germany. the only one of our ear com
petitors which makes novelty researches
before granting patents
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30

The principal trouble with Chicago is
that she has too many bad and vicious
people, In his Pony Tracks, Frederick
Remington reformed Chicago with the aid
Of the regular army and a vigilance COM
naittee. The rerna ms of the bad citizens
were piled up like cordwood after it was
all over and hauled out on fiat cars to
be burned. .-.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30

The drift seems to be plainly toward
ply makes such a war inevitable. If 1t
does not begin now it will be because
one or the other of the conbatants thinks
it's interests will be better served by
delay. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30

La Toilette is out for third term as
governor of Wisconsin. To hear some OF
the 'stalwarts" it would be thought that
II the state gets two years more of La Fol-
lette they will move out
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30

The New York Post thinks it has found
an honorable way out Of the Panama af-
fair. 1t suggests that after the treaty with
Panama has been ratified, the United
States shall use its good offices, toysecure
the reunion Of Panama with Colombia. it
being provided that Colombia shall recog-
n1ze the validity of the treaty and all other
acts of the independent government OF
Panama If the United States has robbed
Colombia, as the Post insists, to pursue
the course the Post suggests would be as
if a footpad were to try to soothe the
| feelings of his victim without returning
his purse.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
AT THE THEATERS
Foyer Chat.


THE Sleepy king is attra citing large
audiences at the Metropolitan. The piece
will continue thruout the week. with ma ti-
nees on New Years Day and Saturday.
The Metropolitan engagement of ben
Hur' for the week opening next Monday
evening, is attracting unusual interest, and
the sale Of seats, which begins Tomorrow
will no doubt exceed that recorded last
year.
Theater goers are enjoying this week
the presentment at the Bijou- of 1.-The
Chaperons, which overf1ows with tune
full music and wholesome mirth. A spe-
cial matinee will be given New Years Day
at 8 o'clock
THE Lighthouse by the Sea-, the new
sensational me1odran1a, comes to the Bijou
next week. The piece is said to tell a
story Of strong human interest, with eli
makes thrillingly sensational. The scenic
equipment is elaborate.
The Ferris Stock company's production
of "An Innocent Sinner" with Grace HAY
ward In the leading role, was witnessed
by two large audiences at the I.yceum
yesterday. Commencing tomorrow there
will be matinee every day the rest of
the week
pear in the leading roles of last season S
great success, "Graustark,n which is to be
presented at the Lyceum all next week