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Milford chronicle., 1905-12-22
THE nc INSURANCE PRoRE
President Of Washington Company
Tells Of Reforms He Instituted.

President of Washington Compan,
Tells Of Reforms He Instituted.
New York, Dec. 20.-An inquiry into
the affairs of the Washington Life In.
strance company was begun by the
/ legislative insurance investigating
committee, when John Tatlock, presi-
1 dent of the company. was called to
the witness stand. Mr.. Tatlocl1 was
elected in December, 1904, after an
examination of the company by the
state insurance department, which re
suited in a reorganization of the man
agement of the company Mr. Tatlock
receives a salary of $4,000.
He detailed number Of reforms
that had been instituted since thfsee-
organization, among them the abolish
ing of a cash surrender value in poll
cies and the elimination Of the loan
feature. He expressed somewhat of
different sentiment from other life in
surance officers, in that his experience
had been that only about 5 per cent. of
loans were ever paid up and that
loan was but a deferred surrender of a
policy He viewed life insurance as
such and not as an investment.
No contributions for political pur-
poses had ever been made by the
Washington Life as far as the witness
had been able to learn.
Previous to calling Mr.. Tatlock,
President H. P. Townsley, of the Life
Association of America was called to
complete his testimony. He receives a |
salary of $4,000 a year. He said the
$5000O voted to him and Eugene Van
Schaick for organizing the company
had come under the observation of the |
insurance department, and that the /
general had notified them
that it would have to be paid back.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-22
Maryland Trust Company Resumes.

Baltimore, Md, Dec. 19.-The Mary
land Trust company resumed busi-
ness, with a balance of assets over
liabilities Of more thai s75O,OO0, after
having been in the hands of a receiver
since October 19, 1908, when its doors
we're closed. The principal business
transacted was the payment to credi-
tors of an amount In the neighborhood
Of $1,7OO,OOO. The first account opened
was with an elderly lady who had been
one of the creditors of the institution.
New York capital is largely interest
ed in the reorganized company.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-22
SAW HER SON ELEcTRocuTED
Friend Restraints Her From Rushing
to Save Him From Accident.

FIi~Uo nSSLTdiuS fleF : rom huSnln9
to Save Him From Accident.
Norfolk, Va, Dec 19.-Crawford C.
Cooke, aged 26 years, an electrician
employed in the Norfolk navy yard,
was electrocuted in the cellar of his
home in this city. Cooke went into
the cellar to look after his furnace
fire and attempted to turn on an cleo
trio light while standing on a damp
concrete floor, AS he did so he was
charged with 2SOO volts of electricity
and died while his aged mother looked
on and was only held back from rush
ing to his rescue and certain death
for herself by Mrs. Hattie Chase, who.
with the mother, had been attracted
to the cellar entrance by the shrieks
and groans of the dying man.
Several persons in the same neigh
borhood received light shocks when
they turned on their lights. but all but
Cooke were at the time standing on a
dry wooden surface.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-22
TROOPS AT RIGA REVOLT
Are Smelling the City, Which is said
To Be in Flames,


To Be in Flames.
Berlin, Dec ia dispatch to the
Lokal Anzeiger from Eydtkuhnen says
that the conductor of a morning train
from st. Petersburg asserts the troops
at Riga have Joined in the revolt, and
that the town is being shelled and is
burning. Between St. Petersburg and
Wilballen the flames, according to the
conductor, could be seen from several
places, and were often reflected by the
sky.
A dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger
from KOenigsberg, Prussia, says:
During the street fighting at Mitau.
the capital of Co
were killed. Adrland, 300 persons
"At
vopis -4ennewarden, in southern Ii
=. "a, the revOlutionists liberated all
prisoners and shot Assistant Dis
It Governor Petersen and M. Maxi
'owitch, his secretary, and threw
leir bodies into the river"
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-22
six MoonshIners cantured.

Gate City. Va, Dec. 10. - Deputy
United States Marshal R. H. Wisely.
assisted by posse of citizens, in a
raid on the line between Scott and
Russell counties, captured six men and
their distillery. The prisoners, who
were placed in Jail here, are Ma
thaniel Keith, Ebert Salyer, George
Dingus, Bud Casteel, William Casteel
and Jefferson Meade. They we're oper-
ating their still in a cave, which the
officers entered by a ladder.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-22
MEN HACKED TO PIECES
insurgents Kill Tukum Garrison and
Cut Up the Bodies.

Cut up the Bodies.
Tukum, Courland, Sunday, Dec. 18,
A via Stettin, Prussia, Dec. 2O.-A spe-
cial staff correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press, who has just arrived
here, learns that mobs of Lithuanians
and Esthonians attacked 100 Cossacks
and dragons, the only military force
stationed in Tulum. The mobs after
wild fighting killed the soldiers to the
last man, cut off their arms and legs
and ripped open their bodies. The
streets were strewn with bodies and
dismembered parts.
Six hundred troops arrived here
with three guns. shelled the place and
charged the mobs of peasants, who
surrendered or were dispersed.
Order has now been re-established
and the soldiers are burying the bod
ies of the slain and caring for the
wounded.
In all $40 soldiers and peasants
were killed and many were wounded.
Most of the remaining population
have fed to Riga, which now is the
safest town in this part of Russia.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-22
THREE CHICAGO
BANK2
Institutions Involved in
of John r. Walsh
DEPO8ITOR8 LOSE MOI.

Chicago, Dec 19-Three of thu
largest financial institutions in thl
west the Chicago National Bank. ths
Home Savings Bank and the Equit1ble
Trust company, all of them controlled
by John R. Walsh of Chicago End in
great measure owned by hiH have
suspended operations. Theft affairs
will be liquidated as rapidly as possi.
bic and they will go out ofl6usiness.
Mr.. Walsh, who was the president
of the Chicago National Bank and of
the Equitable Trust colhpany, and all
the other officers and all the directors
of the Chicago National Bank have re-
signed. National Bank hammer C. H.
Boworth has succeeded Mr.. Walsh as
the head of the Chicago National Bank,
and the~nlaces of the directors have
been filed by men appoiated by the
/ Chicago Clearing House.
Back of the new management stand
the allied banks of Chicago. which
I have pledged their resources that
every depositor shall be paid to the
last cent, and that no customer of any
one Of the three institutions shall lose
anything by reason of the suspension.
This action prevented disastrous
financial panic.
The immediate cause of the collapse
Of the institutions controlled by Mr.
Walsh-is said to be the large amount
of money which they have lent to
various private enterprises of his, no
tably the Southern Indiana railway and
the Bedford Quarries company, of In
diana Mr. Walsh says that if he
could have had a little more time and
been left untrammeled in his oper-
ations he could have saved his banks |
and made enormous profits for himself
and his associates. He bases this state
ment on his estimate of the value Of |
the bonds of the Southern Indiana |
Railroad company.
The liabilities of the three institu-
tions are estimated in the aggregate
at $4,000, ,000. Against this amount the
banks and the trust company have re-
sources that are. on a conservative es-
innate, worth s16,O0O00O. The bonds
of the Southern Indiana Railroad COM
Dany are estimated by Mr.. Walsh at
s16,000,000. They are considered by
the comptroller. the state auditor and
the clearing house committee to be
worth a little more than half of that
sum.
The directors of the two banks. as
we'll as Mr.. Walsh, who has turned all
of his private property as we'll as that
standing in the name of Mrs Walsh.
have pledged real estate and securities
valued at S5,O00,0O0, making a total in
assets of S290O0.00O. estimating the
railroad bonds at $4,000 against
500 100000 liabilities.
The deposits in the bank were s14-
$4,000 and there is due to other banks
s2,03SS51. F
The following statement was issued
~ Comptroller Ridgely:
"a misunderstanding seems to ex-
st as to what has happened to the
'hicago National Bank. This bank has
lot failed or closed its doors. 1t has
een embarrassed by the investment
4 its assets in unavailable securities.
ut the banks of Chicago have come
D its relief. and have guaranteed the
ayment in full on demand. of all the
reditors of the Chicago National -
ank. The bank is open for business
s usual, with these guarantees be. =
ind 1t that 1t will meet all its obli- y
ations and every dollar at once"
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-22
Hotel Burned During Blizzard.

Richmond, Va, Dec. 1s.-The Hotel
McAden, at South Hill, Va, was
burned to the ground, its 80 or more
guests being turned out into the
blizzard-like weather which has pre-
vailed in Virginia since last Friday.
The town was threatened for a time.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-22
Two Killed BY Hlqhwaymen.

El Paso. Tex, Dec. 2O.-Two men
aamed Sutherford and Murray, both
Irom Philadelphia, were killed by
aishwaymen on a ranch at Diaz, a
nmnll settlement in chihuahua, Mex
leo A man named Finsted, of Los An
aies. and another known as Shorty" ="
tere wounded. The robbers escaped.
Ne details of the fight have been re-
Fed.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-22
v. G. CRAWFORD CONVICTED
ormer Postal Official Found Guilty Of
Conspiracy.

Washington, Dec. 2O.-The jury in
the case OF William G. Crawford, the
former deputy auditor for the post
office department, who was indicted
on a charge of conspiracy with August
w, Machen and George E. Lorenz, to
defraud the United States in connec-
ton with a contract for supplying the
postofice department with letter car
fiers' satchels and straps, returned a
verdict of guilty
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-22
A pARlNe ROBBERY
Thieves Knock Down Woman anc
Loot Jewelry- Store.

Thieves Knock Down Woman and
Loot JeweIry Store.
Philadelphia. Dec. 20. - sensa.
tlcnal robbery, in which the robbers
stole about $2098 worth OF tewelry.
occurredsln IN t5@ jewelry store of Mrs.
Mary Liggins. 1909 North 11th street.
Two men, whose identity is not known.
entered the store while Mrs. Liggins
was alone, knocked her down. bolted
the doors and proceeded to rob the
place. They were interrupted by a po
liceman and fed from the store by
way of a back door, taking all sorts Of
jewelry with them. Mrs Liggins was
found unconscious on the floor The
police have no trace of the robbers.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-22
Chicago "BrIok Trust" Fined $4,000.

Chicago, Dec. 19. - The so-cal,ed
"brick trust" of Chicago made a com
plete surrender to States Attorney
Healty in court and a number of its
officials and several labor union Off
GERS were fined an aggregate of $18.-
coo. The company and some of its Of
icers. together with two labor leaders,
were indicted for conspiracy to do an
illegal act to prevent competition and
to restrict the production and sale of
bricks in the Chicago market
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-22
Accidentally Killed by stepson.

Gate City, Va. Dec. 19-At Stony
Point, Hawkins. county. Tenn, Mrs.
w. M. Carr, wife of a householder, was
shot and killed by her stepson, aged
12 years. It is understood the shoot
ing was accidental.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-22
S 3 E D
I M E

Ife experienced farmer
has learned that some
grains require far differ
ent soil than others
some crops need differ
enthandling than others.
He knows that a great
deal depends upon right
planting at the right
time, and that the soil
must be kept enriched.
No use of complaining
in summer about a mis-
take made in the spring.
Decide before the seed
is planted.
G6e best time to reme-
dy wasting conditions in
the human body is be-
fore the evil is too deep
rooted. At the first evil
dence of loss of flesh
Scott's Emulsion
should be taken imme-
diately. There is Moth
ing that will repair
wasted tbs sue more
quickly or replace lost
flesh more abundantly
} than SCOTS Emulsion.
It nourishes and builds
up the body when ordi-
nary 70 cd absolutely
fail.
We hill send you = sample free.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-22
Our Motto :-"THE BEST OF EVERYTHING"

Our display of high-grade Foreign and
Domestic Fruits, and new crop Nuts
OF all kinds Figs, Raisins, ETC., and the
Finest Connections of all kinds: Fancy
Package goods in Chocolates and as
sorted, at all prices and our full line of
the finest Tafies and Nut goods made,
excel anything ever opened here in the
past.
The best goods at the lowest prices
consistent with quality.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
HUNTED CATS WITH
R0OSEYELT'S GUIDE

With mountain lion somewhere in
front Of him and foot and a half Of
snow under foot, @. G. Hildebrand rode
thirty miles thru the Montana Rockies
and spent the night in foodless camp
in the snow. The dogs freed the game,
but were driven from their position by
the intense cold before Mr.. Hildebrand
and his guide came up. Mr.. Hide
brand is the sales manager of the auto
mobile department Of the Stevens Arms
& Tool company. He left for the east
last night after spending two days in
Minneapolis with 81. E. Pence, the COM
pany's agent here.
Speaking of his week in the noun
tains, Mr.. Hildebrand said: THAT was
certainly living. There is something
about the hardship and exposure which
is celebrating and makes one feel that
life is worth living. ! spent a week III
camp about twenty miles from Gardner,
Mont, with Ed Croft, the guide who di.
rected President Roosevelt's recent
hunt. We had no tents but slept behind
a canvas windbreak.
eThe hunt was very successful.
got my first mountain sheep, wildcat
| and lynx, and shall go back next year
and try to get lion. The performance
Of Groff's dogs is wonderful, and tho
president has not told half there is tc
/ tell about them in his story of the hunt
They followed a bobcat eight miles ont
afternoon and took up the trail agail
the next morning and ran it ffteel
more. They are so well trained tina
they will not run any game except cat
and will not look at elk or deer"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13

Take away; woman and Jon couldn't find mans
other troubles with microscope.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
SENIORS CAPS AND
GOWNS ARE STOLEN

Three hundred caps and gowns, or
dered by university seniors. and deliv-
cred at the, library building at the
university by an expressman, mys-
teriously disappeared today, and an up
pereass war may result. The gowns,
packed in large wooden box, on which
was emblazoned, tsSenior Gowns. Prop
erty Of 1907. To ---, with 'O6," were
later located on the porch Of the old
main building, but smaller box con-
tanning 800 senior academic caps has
not been recovered.
The two boxes were delivered at the
university last night and owing to their
size, were left in the library corridors,
where they remained until after chapel
time. During the third hour, when most
Of the academic students e are at class
cuse several juniors Of the theft, and
unless the caps are returned today tro'
BILE is promised.
This is the first time in the history
Of the university that the senior class
has been the victim Of a college prank
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
BRGINs TO LOOK LIKE
MATRIMONIAL BUREAU

SUPERINTENDENT Louis Levy Of the
state free employment bureau "a ana ms ms
he 0 converted into matrimonial bureau.
A few days ago Mr.. Levy made publlc
the fact that he had a correspondent.
widow lady in good circumstances, with
matrimonial aspirations. The result mas
been to supply the office with some e. en-,
PERTAINING reading matter, Of which the
following are fair examples:
81 should like to hear from the Lady
PERSONAL. I are 40 Of ageI5 tt 2 inch men
ii height weight ITO a church member.
lett me hear from Lady PERSONAL. ),
tsdear fren / will now tell you that
if this Weedo is Widout children d 1s
sweed or norwagen and is onder 81
wears old if she is dis will you pleas
give her dis address,.
The first epistle is from, man, and
Judging from his name he is German.
The latter is from woman. What her
game may be is not disclosed. She
certainly can It marry the widow her
self, but it may be that she is conduct
ing little marriage bureau OF her own
and has a customer for whom she IS
seeking a wife.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
TO MAKE TWINE
international Flax Irvine Company
Buys Minnie Harvester Plant.

The International Flax Irvine COM
pany, Minnesota corporation, has ac-
CURED the old plant Of the Minnie Har-
Vester company at Hazel Park and ex-
poets soon to have in operation a plant
for the manufacture of fax Irvine that
will eventually employ thousand men.
The company will make binder Irvine
out of flax thru a new method, which
it is claimed will be much cheaper than
the Irvine now in use made from the
expensive imported product, and will be
just as satisfactory for use by the farm
ers.
H. T.. Daniels of Chicago, represent
ing the International Harvester COM
pany, will be manager. f. L. Otis, who
was identified with the Minnie Har-
vester company. will have charge To-
cally. The malleable iron business
which was CARED on formerly at the
Minnie plant will be continued by the
Northern Malleable Iron company, a
Minnesota corporation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
.CHIPPEWA'S HISTORY
ON A BUFFALO ROBE

ANY one who can translate Indian
hieroSlyphics may be able to unravel
some valuable history Of the early Chip
peWa Indians of this part of the coun-
try by inspecting handsome buffalo
robe on exhibit at the West hotel. The
robe is the property Of T: 7. Speed Of
ilv for two generations, packed away
and unused, both because Of its his
torical and material value. The robe is
q magnificent specimen Of Indian tan
ming, nearly eight feet square.
On the under side, in vari- colored In
dian paints, is written a history Of a
chief of the early Chippewas who was
it's original owner. The writing is the
usual lot Of Indian pictures, representa-
tive Of wars, the chase, and important
tribal events.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
VALUATION TOO HIGH,
SAYS GREAT NORTHERN

The Great Northern officials are far
from satisfied with the report of the
commissioners appointed to appraise the
value of the seven acres in Bryn Mawr
that the company is condemning for
yard purposes. An appeal will be made
and new evidence submitted.
cessive., said a Great Northern Off
cial. ''With the cost figured at this
amount, the property, by the time it
Is put in the shape where we can use
it, will cost the company about $4,000.
The land was veritable bed of quick
sand It has cost just about 1923 800
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
WHERE THE SNOW rs
Weather Bureau Bulletin Shows Where
the Beautiful Is Thickest.

T. s. Outram, director Of the local
weather office, has issued an interest
ing report as to the amount. OF snow on
the ground at various points in the
with twelve inches, and Houghton,
Mich, stands second with ten inches.
Minneapolis stands low in the list with
only one inch Of the beautiful.
The complete report, showing snow
conditions at Z am. yesterday, is as
Hinckley, Mimi, 9 @; Alexandria, Mimi,
90; Detroit City, Mimi, o; Crookston
Mimi, 60; Maple Plain, Mimi, SO;
Morris, Mimi, 40; Duluth, Mimi, 30;
Minneapolis, 10; st. Paul, l:Oi Va
basha, Mimi, 90; Bismarck, N D, 81;
I2.O; Pierre, 8. D., 10; Huron, 8. D.
trace; Helena. Mont, 40; Havre, Mont.
l82.0; Miles City, Mont, trace; Houghton
Mich, 100; Escanaba. Mich, 10.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
DID MANS WORK

Married at the tender age Of 16, Ida
May Hughes finds herself at ~ an un-
happy wife and mother and has begun
an action in the district court to be
separated from Herbert Hughes. The
plaintiff alleges that her husband has
cruelty treated her for years. She says
that he has forced her to do a man s
work in the fields, to hoe and pillow and
TO work on the river scaling logs. There
are three children.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
BUT HE MUST co
Insane Alien Likes Land Of the Free
and Brave.

Robert Davis, immigration inspector.
leaves tonight for Fergus Falls, where
he will take charge Of Emil Holmgren,
an insane alien, and convey him to New
York for deportation.
He1mgren landed at New York over q
year ago and from there went to st.
Louis county, Minnesota, where he de
veloped insanity from causes existing
prior to his landing. He ls OF SWed-
ish birth and "a. The authorities at
the Fergus Falls asylum report that his
insanity is mild and that he is very
tractable, but add that he will have to
be watched closely, as he objects to be
ING deported and will attempt to escape.
He will be returned to Stockholm by q
steamer Of the White Star line sailing
from New York on Dec. 15.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
CHAMPIONS DEAD MAN
Attorney Cary Maintains that Craw
~ ford Is Legally Alive.

Altho unable to save G. D. Crawford
from the gallows, Attorney E.. S. Gary
now, after his client has been hanged,
announces that he is not thru fighting
the case and that he will complete an
appeal to the supreme court and test
the constitutionality Of the law giving
the pardoning board the right to grant
q stay Of execution. According to Mr
was illegal and therefore Crawford was
legally dead after Aug. Is and all sub
sequent orders in his case and acts
against him were illegal.
F.
GH-# Cutlery, Skates, Skis.
Gardner Hardware Co., 3O4-6 Hem. av
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13

exclusive Of the original cost Of the
gravel used, to make it solid. To bring
it up to the level where it will be Of
use to us will cost $4,000 more. Our
testimony showed that the land was
not worth more than $1,000 an acre,
and that, it seems to us, is fair price
for it. - ,.s- 1 ...s~ - : T..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13

Gardner Hardware Co., 3O4-6 HEM. av.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13

Do not despair Of curing your sick
headache when you can SO easily OBJ
tain Carter 8 Little Liver Pills. They
will effect prompt and permanent cure.
Their action is mild and natural.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13
THE ALCAZAR BEAUTIES.

T. W. Dinkins always brings good show to
the Dewey, but his latest venture. the Alcazar
Beauties, is by far the best of his attractions
Tow playing the burlesque wheel" The chorus
is composed Of pretty show girls who sing and
dance we'll The olio is composed Of some Of the
best vaudeville features quite to patrons
Of burlesuue. '~ - :.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-13

"Surpass the Past. THE best Of
your past successes should not be ac-
copied as future standards. You may
have used good whiskey, but never the
best unless it was Pickwick Rye.