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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
German Fire Insurance Company
OF INDIANA.

The undersigned, constituting a majority OF
the board OF directors OF the German Fire In
surance Company OF Indiana" pursuant TO the
laws OF the state of Indiana. makes this. its
The amount OF cspital stock OF the company
is one hundred thousand dollars H10o.OOO, all
Said company has issued during the last cal
endsr year re zsoz5 policies aggresating the sum
standing on the slst day OF Deeemher 1903
aggregatng the sun, OF ss4Ss7 a5S4.
Said company takes risks Of the nature and
me transaction OF general Insurance business
This company has sustained losses within the
1-Losses sustained prior 10 Jan. 1, 1909,
a-Los s s1 Sustained pS since Jan. l. 1905 '''
s@iosses adjusted not NJ SIS Ss
4-LOsses unadJusted .................... 1925 IS
ASSETS.
l-cash in treasury and banks........... sSS.isO25
2-Reai estate
90 taken FOR mortgage IN
s-rrust oompany's certificates Of de ''''-'' -
post bsaring interest -; 100000
4-Ioans on bonds. mortgages and real
s-DeSts due for premiums in the hands ''''0'''' %
of sssnis -. sssaA55
cages ............................. 41s74s
s-siarEet value Of real estate. over ''''O
book value ........................... s.ias,s5
Total assets 500 Il
LIABILITIES.
Losses adjusted. not due. .......... $fa 6Ss Os
2-LOsses unadJusted ..-................ n 263 sS
S-AmOunt necessary 10 reinsure out
standing risks ..:.;;......;.....,.. 227.2ls2i
pany .....-..---....--.--.-.-......N None.
Total Liabilities s25s lss p
The greatest amount insured under any
one risk 100000
sured under any one risk--............. 10000 90
The condition OF the guarantees fund Is as fol-
lows. -
First mortgages upon real estate. s2s soo oo
We. the undersigned. Wilhelm KohIstaedt
William +. Kuhn, Ferdinand A. Mueller Theo-
Reyer Lorenz schmidt Frederick Sehrader
and Theodore Stein. constituting a majority ~
the board Of directors % the German Fire In
surance Company of Indiana. do hereby make
oath that the matters and facts set forth in the
foregoing report TO Dec. 81 1905. inclusive. are
true. ~
WILHELM KOHLsTAEDr
WILLIAM f. KUHN
FERDINAND A. MUELLER
THEODORE REYER,
LORENZ SCHMIDT,
FREDERICK SCHRADER
THEODORE STEIN.
Attested: LoRENz SCHMIDT. Secretary
STATE OF Indiana Marion county 50
Personally appeared before me- the under
and state. this 10Th day or January 1904
Thsodore Stein. William +. Kuhn. Ferdinand
A Mueller, Theodore Reyer. Lorenz Schnnidr
Frederick schrader and WilheI,,
lsEAL.I Kohlstaedt. and subscribed and rnaaa
oath to the forssoins report.
~ commission expires Sept. II. 1901
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22

Gas coke. SC ton Connellsvisle coke. Sc 50 q
ton Best quality coBuRN COAL CO.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22

2is N. Meridian. for sweet and dry wines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
CORY a HEIDENREICH. 30 n. ILL.,,
Good Clothes Makers.


Special prices on Suits and overeoats.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
COIOred PettiCOatS

Black Sateen Skirt. with l2-inch
flounce, made with wide flare. tailor
ed strap seams, also black Too
and white check, $1.25 kind. ~
MCGEE adjustable yoke Petticoat
double plated ruffle, with fancy
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
Specials for the Friday Sale

the items named sale to-day will good idea WI
goods will the
them besides tepces the items less than half value
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
ASSETS.

1-Cash in treasury and hanks .......... SIS 1905
2-Rea estate
ta) Company's building $50 10000
tb) Taken for mortgage in
deDtedness .............. 81. SOS 70 81. 32S 20
s-Trust company's certificates OF de-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
Total assets
LIABILITIES.

Losses adjusted not due............. $12 6Ss o6
Losses unadlusted ........-...-.....-. 1928 IS
5-AmOunt necessary 20 reinsure out
standing risks 227. 2ls "a
pany None.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22
a Roosevelt Game.

just as we thought, and the peace
loving element OF the United States
thought, President Roosevelt has
put his foot into it 10 the Oriental
trouble. The hero OF San Juan
hill ON has carried chip on his
shoulder for, months. He has I'M
questionably calculated that il he
can involve the country in trouble
at this time the old saw OF not
wrapping horses in the middle Of
the stream" will come up and he will
win votes by it, The sending OF the
torpedo boat Chsuncy in between
the Japanese and Russian vessels at
Shanghai yesterday was entirely un-
justified. Either one had the right
blow the American into smithereens
and we are surprised that it was not
done. But that very thing is what
Roosevelt was aiming for. He want
ed to bring or war, and with the
fool idea that the people would trust
him to finish it. But not so. The
people have another man in New
York State to whom they much
prefer to leave their troubles.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22
MONDAY, AUG. Y, 1904,
THE DELEGATB'S POSITION,


The greatest opposition to Iaukea
from the standpoint Of his own peo.
pie is the par. he pisyed in the over
throw of 1898 and then taking sides
against them and himself. But all
that can be easily overlooked il We
are to look at the coontry's interest
before our sentimental feelings. AS
sentiment will not help US sut any,
for who 10 there smong mouy OF US
that is free from tbe same stigma,
We must therefore look matters diff
ferently. We all have our faults and
we've all made errors, either OF COM
mission or OF Judgment, he is to be
commended for hayiag found him
self out aud accordingly retraoted.
Hawaiians cannot forget his past,
but they can forgive and overlook
the past, as we are not living in the
past, for that has gone beyond re-
call, but in the evef present. AS w
A Kinney said in Hawaiian at the
Orpheum last Saturday night: "The
Home Rulers rere looking bshiud
while Democ; ats looked ahead,
Home Rulers looked downward and
Democrats upwards; Home Rulers
we're among the deed in The GENE
terias while Democrats were OF the
quick" He hit ha nail 10 the right
spot on it's head ana fbas's just what
We believe Iaukss to be.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22

2-Chsa Ke; 3-W T Cellow; 4-E
M Watson, u Fl f Wolter; Sd K
PrenderRsst, B Naukana. q M
Watson, Chairman.
Resolution and Plstioru: TX
M Koshou, S w A Ksleihos; q
Burgess; 3--Psia MAXI, j w HI Moa-
moa; Nv A Kinney, G p Isukes;
Sd Emeluth, H j Mossman. w A
Kinney, Chairman.
\. Recess was taken ct 11:30 m to
2 p IN.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22
THE INTER
START BUSINESS.
Elect Temporary Of
fCerS and Select
Committees.

Vice Chairman. F Turrill Of the
Central COMMITTEES called the Con-
vsntion to order about 10:15 and
Rav e Eakoa, delegate from Hilo.
offered the invocation.
Col Chss j MCCARTHY placsd the
name of JAS L Coke for mporary
chairman. There being no other
nomination, he was elected as such.
After thanking the Convention for
the honor thrust upon him, Mr. Coke
said that the next business was the
election of temporary secretary. A
look around for available men failed
to 6pd any too willing to accept.
Col Iaukea nominated Henry West,
s Ell K Ne nominated r j Tesla aud
Col Mccarthy nominated Harry A
Juen. The frs. two declined. Tesla
said that as his distriet had wanted
him for the temporary craftsmanship
and had Withdrawn his name from
making contest, he felt that
it would not be proper for him to
accept. Harry Juen was finally
elected.
The next business was the APP
pointment Of Committees, each to
consist OF nine members, appointed
as follows First District, two; Sse-
ond, one; Third, two; Fourth, two,
and Fifth, two. The Sixth was left
ont, as there was no one preeent
from thars. A recess was taken so
as to give the chairman time to pick
out the committees. He asked the
Districts to submit names.
On order being again called, he
named the committees. Testa said
that he should only name the Gre
dentisls COMMITTEES and take Is-
cess, but he ruled that course OBJ
tanned as the sufficient guide, to
name the respective committees, Taxa
q recess and let the - all get to work
but the committee of credentials
must first report. That ruling pre-
vailed to avoid all teohnicalities.
The respective committees were
then given out by dissricts,.hs Chair
naming the chairman of each, as
follows:
Credentials: 1T n Nalsilehu a,
KIM Koahou; 2-Robt Makshalupa;
81 K Ksupu. f r Harvey; As K
| Kslos, Nj r Medeiros; Sc L Like,
Ulysses Jones. E l. Like, Chairman.
Permanent Organization; i
Harry Knell aud T N Ealeilehua;
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22
Russian Tactics,

We understand that Road Super
visor Sam johnson had spies in the
Dsmocratic meeting Saturday night
to report. the names OF any employ.
ees of his department who might be
present, presumably with view to
discbsrgiug them. This is Russian
way of doing business brought
squarely down to date. 1t is getting
high time that this Russian exile be
put out of commission. Governor
Garter and Secretary Atkinson have
shown themselves in favor of fair
dealing in politics. Johnson's tactics
are at variance with any such policy,
and for the good of their admins
tratiou they had best let the noto.
rious character slide. Russian polit-
les will not go in Hawaii. and Gov
ernor Carter: will find it out to his
sorrow if he tolsrates it any farther
in his government.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22
! TOPICS Or raE DAY.

The Maui News reports FIRE in
the cemetery at Waikiki. Csn-it he
possible that the gods have decided
that the punishment in the hot
place is not sufficient for Wailuku
people and have started in to burn
their tombstoDes
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22

We quite agree with W A Kinney
that ''if Kuhio runs on the Repub-
lican ticket, Motley on the Home
Rule and Iaukea OF the Democratic,
we have pre.eminently the hest
man." Sure kela, in every way. But
will he be able TO win outs That's
yet to be seen.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22

Texas or almost anywhere else on
the mainland. II does not require
"knocker" to pu, a stronger on to
this. He sees it at a glance.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22

Telephone 815l Blue. PostoRcs
Box Slss Il
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22

You know you'll need ice; you
know it's a necessity in hot weather
we believe you are anxious to get
that Joe which will give you salts
faction, and we'd like TO supply
you. Order from
Ths Oahu loo 4 Flsst'is Co.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22

p The spesoh OF j l. Coke 10 the
ratifcslion meeting at the Orpheum
Saturday evening was one OF the
leading features OF the occasion. In
it Mr. Coke ahowed himself to be q
co"ciss aud olssr thinker and good
orator. He would not, probably, be
bad mau for Maui to send TO the
Senate.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22

On the premises OF the Ssritar
Steam Laundry Co., Ltd, between
South and Queen streets,
The buildings are supplied with
hot and cold water and electric
lights. Artssian water. Perfect
Eanitation.
For particulars apply to
j. I.TGMTro)7r,
On the premises, or st the ofioe 0
J, A. Macon. es-tf
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22


There was nothing 'small" about
the Democratic ratification meeting
Saturday night, and if Parker and
Davis could have been there it
would have done their hearts good.
In comparison the Republican ratifi.
cation meeting of week before
looked like thirty cents. The latter
was an affair devoid OF enthusiasm;
the former was one full OF enthu-
siasm from start to finish. As a
whole the Democratic rally was o
greet event 10 the campaign and one
in which the party OF the people
may we'll take pride.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22

LAND Knockers" as Beney's re-
port and the Advertiser put it, is
good. We are not aware OF the
presence in this country of any land
knockers. The facts are that all the
land worth anything is held by large
corporations, aud it 10 held at such
high figure that stranger has to
pay about as much for hundred
acres as whole county OF good
wheat land could be bought for 10
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22


It's really too bad that w A Kin
ney, in bis Orpheum speech at the
Democratic ratification OF Saturday
night, should have given out his
reasons for endorsing Col G 2 Tau
kea as "pre-eminently the best man"
for Delegate to Congress, that was
his past career. He rightly said that
"thers never had been any intima-
ton against the financial integrity
OF Curtis p Isuksa" And further
thet mot the shadow OF suspicion
exists against him." Pololei n
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-22

Kentucsy'a famous Jessse Moore
Whiskey, unequallsd for its purity
and excellence. On ssls at any Of
tbs saloons and at Jaoveioy q 90
aiatgihutiag sgshts toE the Hawaiia
Islssds
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-06-24
WAS NEAR TO DEATH.
Ohio Murderer Within Two Minutes OF
Execution Through Governors
F~orgetfuIness,

Chicago, June 21.-Had it tagen Gov
srnor Myron T. Herrick Of Ohio two
minutes longer to get from the Union
League club to a. long distance tele-
phone last night, Charles Stimmen, a
prisoner in the pen at Columbus, Ohio,
would have paid the penalty for the
delay with his life.
While Governor Herrick was hasten
Ing as rapidly as he could be driven
from the club to the Auditorium
hotel, q few minutes before midnight,
Stinmel sat strapped in the death
awaiting the shock that would
him into eternity.
His execution had been set for mid
night. Governor Herrick nae granted
a reprieve, but the papers had failed
to reach the warden or the peniten-
tiary, who vas left with no other re-
source than to carry out the order Of
the court.
At 1895 a message was received at
Auditorium telling Governor Her.
rick that the reprieve had not beer re-
cefved and that unless it arrived be-
midnight the sentence would be
carried out. At 11:40 the governor was
found.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-06-24
.LAFOLLETTE MEN TO
FIGHT TO A FINISH
Their State Chairman Says
They Expected to Lose in
Natl Committee.
ISSUE is RAILROAD RULE
And Chairman Conner Declares Tina,
the La Toilette People Will Carry
the State, in the Greatest
Fight Ever Known.

Milwaukee,, Wis, June 21.--Concern.
Ing the effect OF the action Of the Ma.
tional republican committee in seating.
the stalwart republican delegation in
the national convention, State Chair.
man w. ID. Conner said today:
"A meeting OF the republican state
committee will be called for Friday,
June "a, and plans will then be made
for the opening of the campaign in
Wisconsin at oEce. l cannot now say
where the first meeting will b. held, nor
asure all republicans that the issue
which has been made by the boilers. in
refusing to submit to the majority Of
the party. Will be tried out before the
They will be given the opportunity
to decide the contest. and 1 nave such
faith In the fairness, honesty and man
hood Of the people of Wisconsin. as to
believe this will win rs against judg-
ment delivered without reading the evi-
dence;; and the decision will be in &c
cordance with the facts and not be-
cause of the reputation of any man.
n republican who has stood by the
party In it's efforts to fulfil the pledges
made in the state platforms of 1898,
1900 and 1902, need fear the result. We
are going to win because the facts are
IN our favor, and because the party is
right and the people believe In 1t.
An Unprecedented Campaign.
The fight is on. and 1t will be. fought all
summer. Wisconsin will experience such
q campaign as has never been put up in
the history of politics in the state. Gov
ernor LaFollete will go on the stump and
lead in the battle: and he will have tho
assistance Of every republican who be-
teves with the majority and who is
against railroad domination in the state.
The issue is clear cut.
''Friends of the governor, while regret
ting the action of the national committee.
are not disappointed, as they had reliable
Information in advance that the majority
Of the committee had prejudged the Wis
:onsin case and that the result before
that body was a foregone conclusion, for
the benefit of Senators Spooner and
Quarles."
1t is we'll known that the LaF'olette peo-
sle expect to make a great effort. to car
,ry the legislature and if they do it is prac-
tically certain that the governor will be
The senator to succeed Quarles. If LaFol-
cite wins, as most politicians expect him
10 do, it will be a death blow to the pres
;ige of Spooner, Payne and Quarles in tho
state. The corporations of Milwaukee,
:he railroads and other big industrial in
.erests are determined that they must
Town the governor now or submit to him
indefinitely. and the result Will be the
hardest fight that any state in the union
will see this fall.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-06-24
The Shark and His Slaves.

Chicago Journal: If anything can be
more vicious than the trade of the person
who squeeZes usurious interest from the
unfortunate or thriftless it's discovery will
reveal unsupported depths of human de-
pravity. No sympathy or consideration
is due the person who engages in this
species of money lending. Sympathy and
consideration are words not found in the
usurcr's vocabulary. Cruelty, subtlety,
avarice and cowardice are the corner
stones upon which his business is built.
The widow and the orphan, the sick and
the ignorant, the guileiess, the confid-
ing, the friendless and generally unfor-
tunate, are his clientele. Their need is
his opportunity. His purpose is to leech
them of life blood. He is like the tropical
land crab which crawls out under cover
of night to gnaw at the wounded soldier
lying helpless on the field of battle. He
is less respectable than the hycna who
is willing to wait for his victims death.
His disposition is that of the leech: his
habitat that of the gudgeon which lies in
the mud and fattens on the city's sewage:
his methods are those of the spider weav-
ing webs and lying in wait for the weak.
He partakes of the characteristics of all
these examples from the natural world,
oo& l." siiSutdiiy dcllClcIIl II any
type which will even Approximate the
whole of this manifestation of human viii
lainy.
The most noxious species of the usurer
is the salary loan usurer. He is a compar-
atively recent development. The pawn
pledge man is known Of old. The chattel
mortgage shark has become familiar.
There are laws framed to protect the Gus
toners of each from imposition. But tho
idea of pledging future earnings-of put-
ting the salary in pawn-is comparatively
new In the development of usury. Its OPP
portunities are vast, its conception ideal,
as viewed by the usurer. There is no prop
erty to be converted, as in the case of the
pawn Loan: money Is the pledge for money,
and the security subsists so long as the
debtor lives and works. The transaction
is a d%iscounting of the future: and there
is nothing SO readily discounted or put
in pledge by the thriftlcss. and yet moth
ing SO certain, In a way, or so valuable.
The right to collect another's earnings
is the chief incident to human slavery, and
the creation Of such a step Is the first
step toward the establishment Of peonage.
man or woman who cannot possess
the returns for his or her labors is de-
prived Of q chief essential OF personal lib
erty. A slight extension and enlargement
Of the condition Will bring about a re-
turn OF the social and industrial state
which f1ourfshed In Greece and Rome and
during the Christian era among the Jews
when a debtor was accustomed to sell
himself into slavery for life to the credi-
or. A debtor who mortgages his future
tarnins power, TO pay an impossible debt,
is in little better position than was the
lave who offered his ear to be pinned to
he doorpost. 1t only remains to make
The service personal, and the status Is
complete.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-06-24
HONOR FOR GEN. PORTER
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor Is
Conferred on Ambassador
to Paris.

Paris, June 21.-President Loubet to-
DAY conferred upon the American am
b~assador, General Horace Porter, the
grand cross of the legion of honor.
which is the highest grade Of that his
'toric der. 1t is an honor rarely be-
slowed even on chiefs Of state and am
bassadcrs. n this is the first time
It has been offered a representative of
America. That the American ambas-
sador should have been singled out for
so notable an honor is considered to be
another evidence Of the cordial septi-
nent of the French government to-
wards America. The acceptance of the
honor must be approved by. the Amer
a congress
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MANY INJURED.
Collision on the Baltimore and Ohio al
Vincennes, Ind, Results
sCer;oueJv

Nincennes. Ind. June 21.-Thundering
down a steep grade yesterday, the Bal
ttmore n Ohio passenger No. /, west
bound ran through an open switch, col
Hiding with a freight train of thirty
cars, resulting in the injury of sixteen
persons. three of whom ma die.
Seriously injured:
John Eisenhart. 9 years, with Phila-
delphia party Ell route to st. Louis,
head badly cut; internally injured;
may die.
J.tL. Wilmer. of Cincinnati. head cut,
internally injured; ma die.
Ed Mason. C~oNington, KY, porter on
dining car; internal injuries and
wounded on head; may die.
Severely injured:
Miss Maud %Steinhart, Burlington, Ia,
face badly cut.
Peter Miller, Cincinnati.
Crawford Corner, Elkhart, Ind.
Mrs. w. Il. Dryer. Pittston, Pa.
Dew. NJ. NJ. Porter, vincennes. Ind.
II. G.. Humphrey, Gordon, Mo.
Captain Geo. w. Van Dusen, artillery
corps, Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
High Cox, Washington, Ind.
c. w. Brown, Dallas, Tex.
r. L. Phillips. fireman on passenger.
James Eastridge. fireman on freight
train.
James Kennedy, engineer on freight
train.
Many others were slightly injured.
Engineer Walters OF the passenger
train estimates that his train was run
ming at The rate of fifty miles an hour
when he discovered that the switch was
turned. He says he at once APP
piled the air and Immediately jumped
from his engine. The interior of the
dining car, which was the most dam
aged, was despatched with blood and
the furniture was a mass Of debris.
,&~ hoo So ~-~tk - al
the local physicians were administering
the first aid to the injured the wrecking
crew hurriedly cleared the rae in or
der that the injured might be taken to
st. Louis for hospital attention.
An engine was brought from Flora
and attached to the passenger train,
which proceeded to st. Louis.
The cars in the passenger train We're
new n SO constructed as to make 1t
a1most impossible to telescope them.