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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-05-26

ABSTRACT OF STATEMENT FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 81, 1904.
OF the condition and affairs of the Fire
mans. Fund Insurance Company, of San
state of California, made to the commissioner
of insurance of the state of North Dakota,
in pursuance of the laws of said state.
President, VIM. J: Dutton:
Vice President, Bernard Faymonvillc.
Secretary, Louis Weinmann.
Principal Office, 401-7 California ST., San
Francisco.
Attorney for service in the state of North
Dakota:
Name, COMMISSIONS of Insurance.
Location, Bismarck.
Organized or Incorporated, May 3, 1868.
Commenced business, June IS, 1868.
CAPITAL.
Amount Of capital stock paid
up IN tuH .s....... ...... 81, 900, 900. 90
Value Of real estate owned by
the company. .......... -. $ 517, $50. 90
Loans on bonds and mortgages 213, 400. 90
United States stocks and bonds,
railroad bonds and stocks.
STATE, city county and other
bonds, bank stocks and other
corporation stocks -. -. 4,00s ST.. SO
Eoan ,coiiateIai security .. 1928 $50. 90
Lasn On hand and in bank =. 456, SOY. 70
PREMIUMS, in course of collec.
ton and transmission 800. 156. 1o4 no
- AOI ludtuIeQ,
taken for marine and inland
RISKS, $40, 0l6 30; fire risks,
o,oio.o2 ....:... -. . so, OBJ. 81
AL other sums due the COM
Pany, due OH open accounts
ana from other companies on
losses PAID ........ ....... 17,003. so
.o!ai ..;.... .... ........ $G,541, 430. so
Unidentified assets, less deprc.
cations, agents. balances,
special deposits, eic, ,.. % ora 70
Total assets .::::..... &c. 1l $40. 90
Gross claims for
losses adjusted
and unpaid, not
Gross claims for
losses upon which
no action has
been taken -. 34H,15s.M
Losses resisted by
the company +. 6,aGG.G CT
Total gross amt
of claims for
losses -. -. $500, Bob
Deduct rcinsur-
ancc and salvage
claims thereon Jog ,624.16
Net amount of
unpaid losses & 900 80. a.
Amount of unearned premiums
on all outstanding risks :. 2],s75.75.34
Due for commissions and
brokerage 500. 80. ...... 94.143.9O
Total liabilities .... s, ,G, N. ~
REcE1PTs.
Premiums received during the Vi
year IN cash 1850. ..:..: 81, 2c5, 1897. so
R. aus'ng the year ....... 2O7,112.42
Mills received curing the year 10, 857. O2
iotai receipts - ..:.. 81, 492, 357. 27
Losses paid during the year >. So, 2es ,222. n
D D:Moeaas paid during the year 100, 900. 90
brokerage 1890. 80. -. 753, 1857. 70
Paid for salaries, fees and
other charges ...... ..... 800. 416 .O6
Paid for taxes on real estate
and personal property 49,. 80 1856. O7
Amount of all other disburse-
ments ...... 80. ........ 292 800. 90
Total disbursements .:.. s., s12 ,54s .2s
NORTH DAKOTA BUSINESS.
Total risks taken during the
year :...:. -: .c;..:. 81, s1s. Sol 90
the year ......... .. %. 4O6. "a
Total losses incurred during the
ryeaf ...... $3.50. ........ 1,419. II
Total amount of losses paid
during the year ...... 80. IA, s39. 81
-IJTt. -
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-05-26
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE.
1, Z. C.. Cooper, commissioner of insurance
of the state of North Dakota, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true abstract Of
the original statement now on file in this
Office.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of this Office at
Bismarck the goth day of April, 4. D: 1905.
(sEAL) Commissioner Of Insurance.
A. ROLLING, Deputy.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONERS OF INSURANCE.
COMPANIES GIEaRTdEIcATE OF
Whereas, The Northwestern National Life
Insurance Company. of Minneapolis, a cor.
%poration organized under the laws of Min
nesota, has filed in this Office a sworn state.
ment exhibiting its condition and business for
for1nable TO the requirements of the laws of
this state, regulating the business of insur.
ance; and,
Whereas, The. said company has filed in
this Office q duly certified copy of its charter
with certificate of organization in compliance
with the requirement of the insurance laws
aforesaid;
Now Therefore, I, E. c. Cooper, commits.
sioner of insurance of the state of North Da-
kota, pursuant to the provisions of said laws,
pany is fully empowered, through its au.
thorized' agents, to transact its appropriate
business of life insurance in this state ac.
cording to laws thereof, until the 3lst day
of December, A. D.. 1905.
In testimony whereof. I have h~ereunto set
of March, A. d. 1905.
(slAl) Commissioner of Insurance.
By A. RoLLIno, Deputy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-05-26

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA.
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE.
I, E. c. Cooper, commissioner of insurance
of the state of North Dakota, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true abstract Of
the original statement now on file in this
Office. '"'
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of this office at
Bismarck, the goth day of April, A. d. 1905.
E.. c. COOPER,
(sEAL) Commissioner of Insurance.
A. ROLLING, Deputy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-05-26

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE.
COMPANY'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHORITY.
Whereas, The Fireman's Fund Insurance
COMPANY, of San Francisco, a corporation
organized under the laws of California, has
filed in this Office a sworn statement exhibiting
its condition and business for the year end.
ing December 81, 1904, conformable to the
requirements of the laws Of this state, regu.
lating the business of insurance.. and,
Whereas, The said company has filed in
this Office a duly certified copy of its charter
with certificate of organization in compliance
with the requirement Of the insurance laws
aforesaid;
Now Therefore, I, f. c. Cooper, commits
sloner of insurance of the state of North Da.
kota, pursuant to the provisions of said laws
do hereby certify that the above named com.
pany is fully empowered. through its au
thorized agents, to transact its appropriate
business of fire and tornado insurance in this
state according to laws thereof, until the 31st
day of December, A. d. 1906.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto SET
my hand and seal at Bismarck, this ed day
of February, A. D. 1905.
E. C. COOPER,
(sEAL) Commissioner of Insuranc &c.
by A. ROLLING, Deputy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-05-26

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE.
l, +. C.. Cooper, commissioner of insurance
of the state of North Dakota, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true abstract Of
the original statement now on file in this
Office.
In testimony whereof, I have hcreunto SET
my hand and affixed the seal of this office at
Bismarck, the 29th day of April, A. D. 1905.
F.. c. CoorER,
(sEAL) Commissioner of Insurance
A., ROLLING, Deputy.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

petition made it a losing game to grow.
them under glass.
Then you complain of the compe-
tition of the sun?'' asked Sir Richard
Cartwright.
Practically that. In the states
they can grow vegetables in the open
at times that we cannot possibly de
There was one plea, for free trade,
from the farmers of Huntingdon coun-
ty, one of the best agricultural dis
tricts of the Province of Quebec. Here
is the picture that the spokesman
drew:
"The average farm representing a
age a total Of $50 per year. t. To work
! such a farm requires two men at an
Expenditure Of $500 and one woman at
an expenditure of 500; add to this
board of laborers $216, total $672. Put
the blacksmith's and other expenses
at 800 and you have $772, leaving Il
balance of 1868 for the farmer. If the
manufacturers who come before the
commission lived as simple life as
the farmers, who were a voiceless null
tltude, they would not need to come
asking for aid. The farms in the
Province OF Quebec are. paying no in
! terest on the capital invested in them,
and the farmer is obliged to maintain
his family on his earnings as a laborer.
There are two results of high tariff
which press heavily on the farmers
One is the high price of labor, caused
by the workingmen leaving the coun
try places for the towns; the other is
that the freight rates for the farmers
products have been raised, because
ships instead Of coming here bringing
manufactures and taking back our pro
duce are coming empty and therefore
cannot carry back our products SC
cheaply.'' -
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

"I bought ffty-cent box of Pyra-
mid Pile Cure and used as directed with
the most unexpected results, complete
cure. ] have been troubled with piles
for thirty years and was in much dis
tress and passed much blood, but at
present am free from any kind of
piles" F. Mckay, Weaverville, Cal.
"Pyramid Pile Cure has been worth
thousands of dollars to me; it cured me
after using numbers of other remedies
and taking medicines from doctors. It
also cured my son, although he could
hardly walk, eat or sleep; he is now all
right.' B. Stringfellow, Postmaster,
Elko, 8. G.
By the use of Pyramid Pile Cure you
Will avoid an unnecessary, trying and
expensive examination by physician
and will rid yourself of your trouble in
the privacy Of your own home at trihing
expense.
After using the free trial package
which we gladly mail you, in perfect
ly plain wrapper, you can secure regular
full-size packages from druggists at 80
cents each, or we will mail direct in
plain package upon receipt of price
Pyramid Drug Co., GAO Pyramid Build
ing, Marshall, Mich.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19
F0RTY.TWO INCHES
TALL IS COMEDIAN

Thirty eight years Of age. only three
feet, six inches in height, but in full
possession Of all the faculties enjoyed
by larger persons and decidedly more
content with his. lot than many who
are endowed with more imposing stat
ure, Franz Ebert comedian, has ar
rived in Minneapolis. After much trou.-
BILE. the clerks Of the Rogers hotel found
a room that met with the exacting re-
quirements of Mr.. Ebert and his wife,
who is only a head taller than her hus-
band. The two, with Miss Eva Graugh,
who appears with them,1 are resting pre-
paratory to their appearance at the Or
pheum next week. 9sg2 ..~E .. 60. 81. g..
SCI have been in the theatrical bust
Eess twenty three years. said Mr..
Ebert. "and my experiences have been
I began stage life in Germany, where l
was born, as member of Rosenfeld g
Lilliputians and came to America with
that company. I played in Minneapo-
lis with it, When he,company re,
work here. My success has been all
that l.could expect, but stage life is not
the life%for me. My wife has tired Of
it, too, and we already are planning to
Hunting and fishing are the favorite
pastimes Of this little man.
Ever 60 bear hunting2' was asked.
"Well, no. replied Mr.. Ebert after
hearty laugh. ct have bagge6 a
good many ducks for man of my size.
tho, and in the. Isaac Walton sport can
claim more catches Of fish of over half
my length than any Minneapolis man
can boast. I've never got one 50 big
that I could not pull him in unaided
tho, I'll admit. That beats some other
fishermen, tOO.'
Tho he is the target of hundreds OF
curious eyes. that overstep the limits
of modesty in gazing upon this small
man, Mr.. Ebert is not embarrassed
when in public. He has small trunks
and other articles Of proportionate size
especially made, but when travelling
! he demands no conveniences not en-
joyed by others. He can mount chair
the seat Of which is nearly as high az
his shoulders, with ease and handl,
ordinary knives and forks, at ordinary
hotel tables as well as his taller breth
rem.
Mr.. Ebert is the only member of hi
family Of Lilliputian size. One Of hi
brothers, strong six-footer. is mem
Der of the German gendarmes. Hi
mother, who is still living in Germany
is of average size, and his father was
large man. #@ d. b..
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

faithful public servants than ever. was
known, before in the. history OF the
world.
There are more men in Chicago who
give unselfshly of their time and money
to all that is best in our social life than
in any other city on the continent. We
have. more people who love pure drama
for it's own sake and who aid in sup
porting great temples devoted to the
best in music for the common people
than any other city of the union.
There should be no tone of pessi-
mism in a recital of. the signs of the
come, as farias n 1fRh tRis sityis ii 'Ds Concerned
We should not stop doing our best stc
improve conditions. ;, 2
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19
CIGAR men SCORE
CANADIAN TARIFF
Protests Against Duty on Pianos,
and on Collars and Cuffs,
. Are Presented.
Special to The Journal.


Montreal, Nov. ls.-The Canadian.
prises during the Montreal session. One
was on the cigar question, when cigar
manufacturers asked for more protec-
tion. Mr. Fielding, the chairman,
pointed out that there was already the
enormous duty Of $50 thousand on all
Imported cigars. Did they not think
that enough9
The. deputation asked that the taxes
on cigars made in Canada from i'm
ported leaf tobacco be reduced from
So a thousand to at least Sc a thou
sand, saying that the extra charge i'm
posed in 1897 has seriously curtailed
the consumption.
Mr.. Brodeur, minister Of inland rev.
enue, pointed out that if the tax were
reduced, the competition against Can
adian leaf and the Canadian farmers
who grow that leaf would be greater.
The delegates said that many who
did not now smoke at all would do 81
IT they were cheaper. . III
Mr.. Fielding-That raises moral
question.
The delegate-We don It want to do
| that, or we would have to go out of
business.
Proceeding, one Of the manufacturers
said that as good cigars could be made
from Canadian leaf as from any tobac-
co grown in the United States. One of
his standing jokes was to offer con
latter had said how good it was, be.
lieving it to be a costly imported smoke
tell him just what it was. 81 tell you
! gentlemen," he concluded, cit s wise
man that knows what he is smoking. -
The shirt and collar men asked for a
duty equal to so per cent, which Mr.
Fielding. characterized as pretty heavy
considering that according to bluebook
figures. Canadian manufacturers ha6
nine tenths of the Canadian trade. The
spok kesman said that travellers from the
United States offered goods at such
prices as prevented Canadian factories
get ting fair pro ofit on their goods.
Another surprise came when the piano
men asked that no further duty bs
placed on pianos and that on compo
nent parts of pianos the duty be re
the largest house in Canada, said tha
every factory was behind with orders
but that instead Of enlarging, tn
; prices. They would welcome competi
tion as a relief. The importation O
) American pianos they regard as o
: great educational value, because "i
it had not been for the high grad
American piano imported into Canad
i during the past twenty-five years as
) sort Of object lesson to Canadian mar
ufacturers, we would not have the e,
) celelnt pianos that we have. Their
are certain makes of United States
| pianos which we are obliged to admi
have not yet been equalled in Ca1
ada.'
A deputation Of market gardener
complained of the competition c
n American growers, who sent surplr
t stock to be sold here at very To-
6 prices. These vegetables could only
grown here part of the year. The con
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

ton lis turning to the home OF its thu
sers. Among the old residents on. the.
street are Marshall Field, whose home
it is expected will be a leading social
man, Mrs. P. D. Armour and Mrs. H.
O. Stone
Nine. Bernhardt opens, her American
season in Chicago Monday, remaining
but week and giving change Of bill
at each performances. Her Chicago g plays
g9s4o gsonbo Aarisllne 1f fSnvneur Fswma s.
Claude = and "Phedre, - in the order
named.
George Cohan .tersely put the situa-
ton in regard to the unbrokens hold that
Fay Templeton is enjoying in Forty
five Minutes from Broadway, when
he said "Miss Templeton is having
good time and I think she will con
tinue about eighteen hours from Broad
way for an indefinite time.''
votes last week: was one indorsing the
act of the legislature giving the city
the express right to regulate the price
of gas and electricity Mayor Dunno
lost no time in presenting an ordi-
nance that provide that the maximum
price of gas for the next five years
shall be seventy-fve cents a thousand
feet Of illuminant that shall give a
light of twenty
Chicago Has Right two candle pow
er. The proposed
to Fix ordinance does not
|, affect the litiga-
Lighting Prices ton over <, gas
..s-.a rates now. pend
ing. In 1900 the city council unani-
mously passed an ordinance fixing a
seventy-fv cent rate for gas. ID. o.
Mills, a stockholder Of the gas COM
pany secured an injunction preventing
the city from. enforcing the ordinance
on the ground that the city had no
. authority from the legislature to reg
ulate the price of gas. While awaiting
the decision on which depends the right
of consumers to refund Of the ex.
cess they have been paying since Jan.
final steps in securing the express right
to rate regulation on which the pro.
posed ordinance is based.
A new liberal organization of Chi
cago is known as the Spencer Whit
man center. Its services are held in
the Grand opera house and they were
inaugurated recently by Hugh O
Pentecost Of New York. The center
IS TO nave no regular pastor or lee
turer. It has a rather interesting scheme
that will be given it's first trial Nov. 26
| next Sunday. Five people connected
with the center will visit certain Sc
lected churches Of the city, which hav,
been notified of their coming, and max,
notes of the sermons. The following
Sunday reports will be made on thes,
visits at the center meeting. 4
Civic optimism Or. as as practica
creed, "boosting Chicago" was tn
keynote of an address delivered las
Sunday by David Geer at a neighbor
, hood meeting in a little church. HI
address has met with most cordial re
ception and is being indorsed on ever,
hand. "We shoul
Boosting the City feel encouraged an
not discourage
Keynote over ", Chicago,
said Mr. Gee1
of Church Address "when it, is remem
: bered that ther
} is more generosity and philanthropy O
{ the right sort in Chicago than in an
l other city Of it's size on the globe. W
5 have here more homes. churches, club.
3 more private virtue, more forbearanc
with distempered conditions and u1
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19
THE WEEK IN CHICAGO

party at the home of Mrs. Caleb Harlan
daughter, Miss Mary Candy, who is
one of the youngest debutantes of the
season. The other members of the par
ty were Miss Pauline Morton, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Paul Morton of New
York, but, formerly of Chicago, and
Miss Margaret Swindell, of Baltimore.
Miss Candy was introduced at a very
pretty and elaborate tea last Saturday
at which her guests assisted. This
at dinner and .theater party on Mon
day by Mrs. II. R. Moron and on We'd
nesday at a matinee party by Mrs. j.
A. Edwards. r.. -+ s"
The marriage took place in Chicago
this week Of Morgan Hewitt Stafford,
Of Minneapolis, and Miss Mary Eliza
David s. Scoville, Of 1947 Deming place,
where the ceremony was read by Rev. j.
II. Edwards. a. .@
The bride was attended by her sis
ter, Miss Evelyn Scoville. as maid of
honor, and Miss Marjorie Daw, Miss
Caroline spaulding, Miss jewel Len
drum and Miss Margaret Deveneau
formed ribbon aisle through which the
wedding party passed. Percy Homer
Among the important musical SOCIAL
tveens coming are a series of Sunday af.
ternoon twilight musicals to be given at
the Virginia hotel in December. Mrs
Helen Hall Upham and Chris Ander.
son will furnish the program for the
third, the principal features of the 9th
er two programs being George Hamlin
and the Bruno Stein'de1 trio.
Study classes are social factors here
One Of these, called a Current Topics
class, has been formed by Miss Mildred
--@:,,. Wells, Of Mich
Study Glasses as igan avenue, anc
| =. is led by Miss
! Chicago Clara Wheeler, Of
| -. the University Of
Social Factors Chicago, an alum
ma Of the Univer
sity Of Chicago and formerly one of thu
prominent members of the University
lace, of the University of Chicago
whose family live in Minneapolis, wher,
she frequently visits, was chaperon thi
week Of a large party Of her pupils a
the French play Gle Monde au POI
s S'ennin,' given Tuesday at Steinwa,
hall. Chicago seems to be French dat
fly if one may judge by the number an
prominence Of the plays, readings an
lectures in that language. There are tw
theaters where a series of plays are civ
en- accompanied by public rehearsal
and explanatory lectures, besides man.
readings from the plays to be perform
ed and others. The Bernhardt engage
ment is also causing an extra furry
lectures and readings.
Miss Nellie Grant Sartoris Of Ne,
York, daughter Of Gen. U. S.. Gran
and her son, -Algernon Sartoris, and hi
wife from Paris, are at the Virgini
Hotel. They will remain in the cit
about two weeks.
According to keen observers a move
ment has begun that heralds the recru
iesence of Prairie avenue as a fashion
! able residence street. Many Of the ole
er social leaders have never given u
: their stately homes on this avenue. bu
the members Of the younger generatio
have generally established themselve
! on the north side. This movement ha
} been checked and the second. geners
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

u Chicago, Nov. lS.-At the norGn emu
ssof Jackson park, in low but commo,
s dious building Of it's own, is housed
the New Voice,
John G. Wooley the property OF
& J. G. Wooley, who
Campaigns for years was a
prominent citizen
IN New Zealand of Minneapolis. A
Il visit to the office
Z elected the news that Mr.. Wooley IS
sin New Zealand, throwing himself heart
& and soul into a remarkable prohibition
y campaign which will close this month.
s Mr.. Wooley left in April, accompanied
Shy Mrs. Wooley, for the southern con-
Z Y tinent, and will not return to Chicago
until spring. Two circumstances con-
B spired to take Mr.. Wooley to those far,
/ off islands. Last spring he was Obliged
3 to go to Battle Creek to- recuperate
s from the work and worry of two heavy
avised at a time when strong pressure
was being brought to bear to induce
{ him to make this trip. This is MT
sWooley's second visit to New Zealand
sssthe previous visit having been made
afour years ago. Then, as now, an I'M
&portant prohibition campaign was pc
ling waged. His services were so I'M
{ important in that campaign that ne
has been besought every year since to
q 4 IL. L PSoAS~S~~~
have been signed by practically every
S.non-conformist preacher in the colony
supported by many others of influence
The colony votes once in three, years
on the three following propositions:
First-Shall the license system con
tinue7
# second-shall the number of licenses
be diminished9 '...
Third-shall the license system b,
abolished9 =
& On these three propositions the won
en- vote the same as men. .'.. ,
Mr.. Wooley felt that this was to b'
the greatest campaign that had eve
been fought in the movement to which
his life is devoted and his inclination
were strong to go, making him welcome
the combination of circumstances tha
made it seem advisable.
En- route to New Zealand, Mr.. ant
Hawaiian islands and three weeks II
{ Hamaiian islands and three wees Ill
i Samoa, arriving in Auckland June 3
Since that time Mr.. Wooley has visite'
every part of the islands, making for
NAL address each day, for which he /
paid $1,000 a month. After the clos
L of the campaign Mr.. and Mrs. Woole,
will 40 to Australia.
/ ley family, only John R. is living i
Chicago, and he is in the employ o
Marshall Field Edwin Wooley is a
instructor in the department of Ems
lish literature at the University Of Wis
consin and Paul G.. Wooley is mec
ical missionary at Manila.
Mrs. Lawrence W. Viles, formerl
Miss Glee Jamison of Minneapolis, ha
been formally presented to Chicago sc
Sciety in delightful manner: Mr.. an
Mrs. James Viles of Lake Forest CAV
reception and musical in honor {
their son and his bride the evening G
Nov. II. The musical program we
given by George Hamlin, whose pos
tion as the leading Chicago singer
practically uncontested. The fact ths
Mr.. Hamlin has just returned from
long stay abroad gives zest to the il
terest in his performances.
The Misses Dumsmoor have bee
guests this week and last at hous