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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-08
$6S,211.52S 50

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Interest due and
accrued ....$ $4,000 81
Rents due and
accrued ..... 1913 So
Market value of
stocks md
bonds over
cost ....... 4SS,2S2 81
Net uncollected
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premiums go. 1858, 1872 "A
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FISHHO0KS OF MANY KINDS.
attempts to Give the Angler Just
What He Needs.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
AT recent meeting of the Anglers
Association of Onondaga, George
Barnes Wood of Syracuse read a pa
per on Fish Hooks" and told some
thlngs about them which will be news
10 many fishermen. Among other
things he said:
Prlmeval man hooked and caught
uisH by the aid of numerous devices,
the most important of which were
Sorges made of bronze or stone. The
IStter consisted of pieces of stone
apout an inch in length with groove
III the middle for a line. One of these
Sorses, a relic of the Stone Age, has
peeh discovered in France and is
dpout eight thousand years old. When
s,MalloWed by the fish it turned across
'He nsh's gullet and held it secure.
=. AFTER stone, bronze was used, and
sneh bone. The early Indians Ysed
oohe thorns and antlers, and later'im-
nails.
Pr The saying of Amos in the Old
testament established the fact that
Iisn hooks have been used nearly 200
EARS lie says, The days shall come
upoH you, that he will take you away
Slth hooks, and your posterity with
Asn hooks (Amos w., %
IL has been stated that the best
quality of hooks are made in this
country and that the imported hooks
1Ie inferior in temper and durability.
Inc lie facts are simply reversed. There
u n been but one factory in the United
yates that ever made the attempt
70 compete with the imported hooks,
t tua 1t gained fine reputation for
.uIuing out hooks which were COM
pared to pin hooks. with the excep-
ion OF their having a barb.
The reason why Americans do not
i inanutacture as good hooks as those
Imported is the same as why we cam
,iut make needles. We lack the expe-
renee in tempering, and, until recent
5seafs' have been unable to make steel
-, ~ compare with that of England. Ger
many and France.
There are over 200 different sorts Of
,DSooks' each having from twenty to
, rn'lty sizes, among which may be
mentioned:
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X endall.
Sneck bent,
Pencil rundown

Kendall. Kensey,
Sneck bent. Blacklist.
Pennell turndownl Sheepshead,
eye, WHITING,
| Eholmondeley-Pen- Virginia.
nell. Chestertown.
Gravitation cod. 'Shaughnessy,
Double brazed, Aberdeen.
Double black or Sproat,
japanned, Bayonet point,
Double brazed live Spear point,
bait. Hollow point.
Lip hook. Needle point,
Mahsen treble. Double.
Double reversed Treble.
Limerick, Quadruple,
Round bent sea Double safety pin,
hooks, Norway
Harwich sea hooks Yankee.
Exeter. Pothook.
Shark. Weedless.
Carlisle, Sockdolager,
Cincinnati bass. Automatic,
New York trout, Round bend,
New York bass, Pennsylvania, .
Perfect trout. Salmon.
Perfect bass, Crystal.
yankee inventions on fish hooks
have been numerous, but little atten-
ton has been given to efforts to change
the shape. l have examined the United
States Patent Office reports and find
119 patents were granted on fish hooks
from the year 1872 to 1908, an average
of about four each year. The banner
year was in 1899. there being fourteen
patents issued. Nearly all patents
have been on the principle of the
snap-and-catch-'em order none OF
which appeals to the true angler.
1.-THE Kirby is the oldest steel hook
made in England. Its name is derived
from its inventor, a Mr.. Kirby of Lon
don. Samuel Allcock of Redditch.
England, writes me that he remembers
the appearance of the Kirby hook six
ty-five years ago. This hook has a
curve in the body. is commonly called
a bent hook and does not lie fiat ON
level surface.
"The Limerick follows next in or
der. II is a straight hook and lies fiat
on the level. The bend is more acute
and the barb a trife longer than on
the Kirby hook. 1t was made in
Limerick, Ireland, hence its name.
''Shortly after it came out Mr..
Philips of Dublin, Ireland, made
slight alteration of the point. Instead
of a straight point, he caused the point
to stand out; he also made 1t not quite
So long. hence the name Dublin Lime
rick His claim was that upon strik-
ing the fish it was more sure OF hook
@The Kendall hook was first made in
Kendall, England, whence its name. IL
has an almost square bottom and is
bent like the Kirby, the shank pelng
about the same length.
Carlisle hooks were first maze AT
Carlisle, England. They have round
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Ratio of expenses of man.
agement to receipts in
lJU3 .......... ........ lZ.Oo per cent.
Policies in force Dec. 81,
1908, 70,15O, insuring. -. $3.50, 504, 1856 90
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~'>SOCiETY.~l


Miss Anne Grower of Statesboro. who
mas been guest of Mrs A. S. Dem
mark for several days, left for home
Saturday.
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Admitted Assets, Dec.
81, 1903 ...................s6 4, 49,, 1854 81
Liabilities
Amount required
to re-insure all
gu S anding
policies, net,
company
standard $57,91S,S13 90
All other LA
bilities ..... 2,3S9,829 20
----s6O,S0 S. 142 20
Surplus A,629.S12 SIS
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$71,444,417 %


Disbursed in 1903
For claims by
death, matur-
ed endow-
ments and an
nuities .$4,7O7,279 AZ
Surplus return
ed to policy
holders ........ 1,359,S11 Al
Lapsed and sur
rendered poll
cies ......... 579,254 81
Total to policy
holders .....$6, SAC, 345 AZ
Commissions to
agents, sala-
ries, medical
exam ners'
fees, printing,
advertising, le-
gal, real es-
tate, all other
expenses ...... 99S, S12 II
Taxes ....... 422,645 rs
Profit and loss 1866, 5S5 4S
- -- S,2S2, SSS 81
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-25
MADMEN AT THE FRONT
Moscow Papers Print Painful Stories
Of the War.

LONDON, Oct. 25.-The Moscow
press continues to publish painful
stories Of lunacy and mania at the
front The Sibirsky Viestnik prints
the following story of soldier driven
mad by horror:
Into the Tomsk municipal hospital
is carried a wounded man of middle
age. He is covered with knife wounds,
one in the chest, another in the side,
and two in the stomach, the latter so
deep that his internal organs are Wis
ible. Paying no attention to his inju-
rieS he continues to relate triumph
antly how he has destroyed a whole
japanese corps. Another mailman
thinks he is the Car, and he bestOws
decorations of tinfOil on his keeper.
During the earlier fighting around
Liao-yang, two lunatics escaped and
went over to the Japanese. They We're
sent back next morning under the
white flag"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-25

tuition. books, ETC., and 500 besides.
1t would be only extra expense for
me to go to see you unless you can
comply with these terms because l
could not stay under any other condi-
tons.
$50, if those terms are satisfactory
to you, just make out statement
signed by yourself and some member
of the faculty, or some reliable bust
ness man in town, stating all the con-
ditions and terms. l am also willing to
sign an agreement l have seen forms
of college agreement for baseball this
year and it is so stated that nothing
could be brouhgt up against the school,
even if the agreement should be ex-
DO sed. OF course, l must have some
thing to show, that l may know just
where l am. If you wish to do this l
will come at once, as soon as l receive
the agreement. Very truly yours,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-25
Money Well Invested

Thirteen Of December. 1901. fo,,,
honest laboring men and woman
Eureka, CAL, organized the Ca)ifo,nV'
Cooperative Medical company c.n'
talized at s1.OOO.OOO. fifty tborsn",
shares at $50 each; all are equal. ,a
hold but one share. Purposes Of M.
company: To maintain Offices h..
pitfalls and sanitariums, employ nh
sicians to treat, cure and keen t,o,-
members and little ones well: 10 mai.
tain laboratories. stores and denots ;.
manufacture, advertise and sell mai;
cine. Dividends have averaged oro-
81 month from sales of "Oil of Faan.
and Sweet Spirits of Eden" inexpan.
sive cures for rheumatism, kidre,
stomach and nervous troubles; sold hr
best druggists; the company has now
nearly 1000 members: shares have ad
vanced to $35 and will rise again 500,
On payment Of one dollar down and
one dollar for "a consecutive weeks n.
company will issue one paid-up share
1nclose full name. nationality, birth.
place, age, height, with price of sbar.
to DR.. J. L. kELLETT. Pres. and Gen
Mgry 451 9Th ST., Oakland. Cal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-25
AGAINST COLLEGE AMATEURISM
President of Brown University Hands
Out Some Very Hot Shot.

NE WORK Oct. 25.-Amateurism
in New York has been joke for a
long time now to those on the inside
and the fact that the head of the a. a.
L. asked for an official position at the
Giants benefit at the Polo grounds and
was turned down did not help increase
respect for amateur status" Now
President w. II. p. Faunce of Brown
university. comes out in Worlds Work
and strikes q staggering blow at the
fictitious system of amateursm in
American colleges. This university
president says:
We are living in a time when col
lege athletics are honeycombed with
falsehood, and when the professions
of amateurism are usually hypocrisy.
No college team ever meets another
! today with actual faith in the others
eligibility.
At recent baseball contest the
captain Of one team said to a friend
of mine: Do you see our aggrega-
ton out there? Hardly one of them is
entitled to play under the rules
Every college player knows that the
one will give evidence. for the reason
that inhabitants of glass houses do
not throw stones When the evidences
however, becomes public and notorious
then with a flourish of trumpets the
! offending player is dropped. and hav
ing refurbished their reputation for
athletic virtue the teams go on until
more evidence becomes public.
The fine sense of personal honor
which would scorn TO take advantage
of an opponent by subterfuge has been
replaced by the ostentatious flinging of
F., sop to the Cerberus of public opin-
| ion.
The damaging results of all this in
college life need not be pointed out.
Young men trained in such devices
cannot be expected in after years to
| show great sensitivenesS of conscience
| in the commercial or political arena.
| Men thoroughly instructed in the
art of evaling rules they do not like
| will not easily in later life be found
| in the ranks of municipal reform or
| civic virtue. If we allow them to re-
main in such conditions, can we ask
that they become the moral leaders of
| their generation?
| But the effect on our secondary
schools is still more to be deprecated.
| If the letters that pass between col
| lege athletic managers and secondary
school boys could be published they
would startle the country. Here is a
| specimen. one CT the thousands, writ
| ten 10 the manager of a baseball team
| by a boy who was selecting his col
| lege:
Dear Sir: You said, Come i'm
mediately." Now l cannot come unless
| we can agree on the terms l tele-
graphed to you Wednesday,; that is, all
! expenses during the year, board, ROOM
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-25
The BEST DOCTOR.

Rev. B. c. Horton, Sulphur Springs,
Texas writes, July 10Th, 1899: Il have
used in my family Billiards. Snow Lini-
have proved certainly satisfactory. The
liniment is the best we have ever used
for headache and pains. The cough
syrup has been our doctor for the last
eight years." csc, soc, $1.O0.
Sold by The Upington drug store.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-25
MINOR CLUBS IN SESSION

NEW YORK. Oct. 25.-The presi-
dents or other officials of all the y:.....or
baseball leagues of the country were
present today at the opening of the
annual meeting of the National Asso-
cation of Minor League clubs. The
principal purpose of the meeting. in
addition to reviewing the work of the
past season. is to discuss changes for
the coming season which it is thought
VIII work to the mutual interest of
the minor leagues President Powers
OF the eastern league is presiding over
the meeting
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-25
POSE IN SOCIETY AS NYMPHS
Partisan Women Take Part In Repro
duction of Startling Pictures.

PARIS, Oct. 25.-Some extraordi-
nary scenes We're enacted few days
ago in the grounds of the famous Pal
ace of Versailles.
BY some occult influence a firm of
biograph or cinematograph manufac-
turers managed to secure permission
to operate in the palace grounds. At
9 o'clock on Friday morning the party
dressed with a hundred Supernumera
ries dressed in costumes of the time of
Louis XIV.
The omnibuses containing these
people were rapidly driven into ,he
park and the gates closed, so that
the public should not know what was
going on.
Some of the ancient Louis XIV. car
riages had been brought from the
querade, and, with the palace as a
background, a scene representing
a ballet or advertisement was cine
photographed. To add to the effect the
magnificent fountains, which are only
allowed to play on special occasions
were set to work
The party then proceeded to the ia
nous Colonnade grove. In the beauti-
full marble bath with its fountain a
number of women in the scantiest
costume were cinematOgraphed as a
group representing Proserpine being
carried off by Pluto, the women rep
resenting water nymphs.
Next they proceeded to the spot that
is known as Apollo's Bath. and here a
scene of a scandalous character, sup
posed to have taken place in the pres
ence of Louis XIV. consisting of duels
fought between women, was cinema
tographed.
The entire proceedings lasted nom
8 a. m. to p. m. during which time
the public We're excluded from the
palace. At 4 o'clock the motley COM
pany of costumed people returned to
Paris.
The affair has caused considerable
cOmmOtion al Versailles but the cura =
tor of the museum and the architect
of the palace We're powerless to in
terfere. having received ordrs from a
high state official.
Inquiry was made at the office of the
minister of public education and it
was stated that the firm of cinemato-
graph manufacturers were given the
necessary authorization on their rep
resentation that they desired to re-
constitute scenes of historical inte-
rest for the benefit of public school
children.
1t is hardly likely. however. that the
scenes taken in the Colonnade and
Anollo'~ Bath are intended for the ed
ucation of children.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-25
lican candidates for the legislature by
name in his campaign speeches.
Situation In King Serious.

llCan CdHuludltS IOI The leS lSldtuIc Ny
name in his campaign speeches.
Situation In King Serious.
Although King county republicans
are very anxious to secure the sena
torship for King county man the
are beginning to take effect so deeply
that the republican situation in this
county is daily becoming more serious.
The action of Mr.. Wilson a few nights
ago in seeking to take from Judge
Turner the credit for securing the bat
tleship contract, by charging that it
was done for fee of $500, has had
the effect of arousing much indignation
against Mr.. Wilson, and his action in
contributing in every possible man
ner to the elimination of Mr.. Piles
from the senatorial contest has arous-
ed against him and his candidate for
governor many of the men who still
remain loyal to Mr.. Piles and his can
didacy.
Even those who are most anxious to
see Mr. Piles elected hesitate to vote
for Mr.. Mead knowing the obligations
Mr.. Mead is under to lend the inf1u-
ence of the executive office to Mr..
Wilson's candidacy. A few days ago
supporter of Mr.. Piles approached
John H. Powell, chairman of the re-
publican state convention Of 1902, with
the request that he aid in the fight for
Mr.. Meads election on the plea that
his election would advance the sena-
torial candidac of Mr.. Piles. Mr.. Pow
ell replied:
If Mr.. Mead will make a public
statement that he is for Mr.. Piles l
will do all | can conveniently do to
assist in his election. In the absence
of such a declaration | must follow
the obvious logic of known facts
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-25
HEARING OF IMPORTANT CASE
COMMENCED TODAY IN THE
SUPREME COURT.
Involves the ConstitutionaIity of the
Spooner Act for Construction
of the Ditch.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 25.-The
case of Warren B. Wilson, of Hinsdale,
Ill.,, against Secretary of the Treas
ury Shaw, which was called for hear
ing today in the supreme court of the
District of Columbia, has attracted
keen attention from the fact that it in
wolves the constitutionality of the
Spooner act for the construction of
the Panama canal, and, in fact, the
entire proceedings of the United
States in the purchase of the canal
and the work upon it's construction.
The suit is for the purpose of pre-
venting Secretary Shaw from paying
out any money for the construction of
money to continue the construction.
1t is asserted in the petition that
the Spooner act is unconstitutional
and invalid, both in Panama and in
the United States; that even if it were
a valid and legal enactment it's terms
and conditions have not been complied
with and do not purpOrt to authorize
the payments that are now being
made; that the payments being made
are unauthorized and unwarranted, vi
Olating the provisions of the cOnstitu-
ton, which state that no money shall
be drawn from the treasury except
upon appropriation made by law. -.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-25
Wilson a Bolter.


In the strictest political sense Mr..
Wilson is Il boiler from the King coun-
~ republican ticket. At the county
convention held in this county in Nav
the republicans of the county endorsed
as the county's senatorial candidate
Samuel II. Piles. Since that time the
Post-lntelligencer has hardly once
mentioned Mr.. Piles name in connec-
non with the senatorship and the
WILSON, Palmer Railroad state central
committee has thus far refrained from
sending Mr.. Piles outside of King
county to participate in the state cam
paign, although Mr. Piles is one of the
party's abIest spellbinders.
Mr. Piles action in the Tacoma con-
Nention in refusing to make a combi-
nation which would win him legislative
votes Though instructed by his coun-
" convention to do so). and in turning
ms hlng county delegation over to J.
H. Fafrell for use in defeating Mcbride
and the railroad commission plank
has seriously endangered the election
OF the Piles legislative candidate in
TINS county and Mr.. Piles. left at home
by the Wilson, Palmer state conmittaa
Is deNoting his spellbinding energies
To an effort to secure the election of
the county ticket nominated in his
name. ticket which is notoriouslv
weak in spots. particularly in The
candidate for sheriff.
the Nilson-Parker state committee
not satisfied with thus slishtinp Mr.
rules and Wrecklng the republican mar
y III Pierce county by making Mr.
Mead the Wilson candidate for COVER
nor has now undertaken to iniura rbe
S''''oiiai prospects of both Senate,
roster and of Charles Sweeny of Sno-
ahe by permitting the circulation q,
ne story that both of those candidates
'"Fe formed combinations with The
democrats III certain counties of The
tate
AT the same time, having arravef
themselves on the side of and anlistad
ne support of the railroad forces o,
'ne state the Wilson combination is
living little or no aid to the commits
sion republican candidates for III.
'siS'a'ure. Even Mr.. Mead, though
pretending to be a commission man is
contributing to this campaign bv re-
using TO mention commission repub-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-25
Cures ChiIls and Fever,

G. w. Writ, Nacogorohes, Texas,
says: His daughter had chills and
fever for three years; he could not find
anything that would help her till he
used Herbine. His wife will not keep
much for it." SOC
Sold by The Upington drug store.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-25
pEpuRllcAN CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR UNDER oeLIGA-
TONS TO WILSON.
Handicapped by the Heavy Load Mead
Is Losing Votes in the
State.

SEATTLE, Wash, oct. 25.-John l..
Wilson's inordinate and perpetual am
bition to be returned to the United
States senate and the obligation he
towards the realization OF that am
bition is proving Mr.. Mead's heaviest
handicap in his campaign for the gov
ernorship. Day by day as the cam
Daign progresses this obligation of
Mr.. Mead to Mr.. Wilson for support
and assistance in the campaign is
growing greater and greater until it is
now fully appreciated by all persons
at all well informed on political mat
ters that, if elected, Mr.. Mead can
not forget the obligation, and cannot
refuse to give Mr.. Wilson every assist
ance in his power.
In order to cement the obligation of
Mr.. Mead and make the burden of it
so heavy that it cannot be overlooked
or forgotten Mr.. Wilson is sending the
city editor of the Post mtelligencer,
Mr. A. n Brown. with Mr. Mead on all
of his campaign tours. AS he goes over
the state Mr.. Brown reports each of
the Mead meetings by wire to the
Post-Intelligencer, which paper, pub
fishes them in prominent positions day
by day.
Men who are we'll Informed on po
ltical matters. men who have oh
served that from the inauguration of
the campaign the Post-ntelligencer
has given space in its news columns
only to speakers who are supporting
Mr.. Wilson for the senate, see and
appreciate that the apparent motive of
Mr.. Wilson is to advance his own po-
litical fortune.
Pierce county republican leaders
have for weeks, appreciated that the
election of Mr.. Mead would advance
the candidacy of Mr.. Wilson ana to
this fact as much as to any other ele-
ment of the situation is due the abso-
lutte decentralization of the republican
campaign in that county. The Pierce
county leaders are anxious to retain
the senatorship in that county and
they are unable to see how they are
going To do SO by electing a guberna-
torial candidate who will throw his in
tluence towards the election of Mr.
Wilson.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-25

Fine new c,ct!1s for lady's tailor
made suits, cloaks, skirts, etc. Rock
the tailor. All garments made to order
Come In and examine our line. Jones
building, Second street.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-21
ARE AGAINST DUNN
HamIln, of Duluth, Says Travel.
Ing Men Turn Him Down


The absurdity of the claim of H. A..
Hamlin, a Duluth travelling man, that
80 per cent of the Minnesota travelling
men are for r. C. Dunn for governor, is
disputed by numbers of travelling men
familiar with political sentiment of
their fellows e.
One of the best known travelling men
in the state writing from Red Lake
Falls, under date of Oct. 19, says:
The man quoted must have been dream
travelling men are for Dunn. Since Sept
1 4 have visited every point on the rail
roads, and many necessary to drive to
in the effort to reach Anola, Stearns
Sherburne Benton. Crow Wing, ST. Louis,
Itasca, Beltrami, Hubbard. Winona, Clear
water and Polk counties. Not per cent
of the travelling men l have encountered
are for Dunn. l was in Fertile, Mcintosh,
Mentor and Erskine yesterday. Those
points are all in Polk county, which is
claimed by some of Mr.. Dunn's managers
by 2,800 plurality. l have talked with
people in all walks of life, and the best
information obtainable is that Mr.. Dunn
will not get ten votes in either Erskine
or Mentor.
The Fertile Republican rally last night
was enthusiastic on national issues and
Judge Collins name was Justify cheered,
but only few scattering handclaps met
the mention of Mr.. Dunn's name. My
best Judgment is that the Republican
managers will be very much disappointed
when the returns come in from this sec
ton of the state.