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The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

NEW LOT OF LIGHT GROCERY. AND CON:
fectionery stores just listed, u Great many
II bargains. Hamre. Norstrom & co21o New
York Life. ~ II 80 - - s% u 49, e.
FOR sALE-BoARDING HOUSE; WILL, SELL
part of furniture. 1S19 Western ay..E. h u "a.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

| RooMING.H HOUSE. ,WEIL FURNIsHED, CEN.
i trally located: strictly Inoderrf: very cheap.
| Money maker. Chas. NJ Morton Co.! 800 30ss
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-10-28
OPEN FIELD SAFEST PLACE.
Person Less Liable to Be Struck by
Lightning-Most Danger
Gus Places.

About the most dangerous place to
seek shelter in thunderstorm Is un.
der an oak or elm tree, as was proved
again by the experience OF dozen
persons in Prospect park. Brooklyn.
only a short time age This fact has
long been known to scientists, but
many persons are killed every year by
lightning because OF the lack or dis
regard of this knowledge.
The total annual loss of life by light.
ming Is not known, for complete statis.
tics on the subject have never been
kept. A few years ago the United
States weather bureau attempted
something of the kind in tentative
way. Its experts figured out the aver.
age number of persons killed by light.
ming yearly in the United States as
312. But this was not complete. From
several states In the union the wealth.
er bureau received no reports.
The reports received did show that
of all that lightning killed, only a
few were struck In the open field.
Most of the killed and injured, 1t was
found, had sought shelter from thun.
derstorms under trees. in doorways of
barns or near chimneys
While no record of the kinds Of trees
most often struck by lightning has
ever been kept In the United States.
the lightning rod conference held In
England In 1881 reported that IN the
United Kingdom the trees most often
struck were the elm, oak. ash and
poplar. 1t also said that the beech.
birch and maple we're seldom touched
by lightning. It was an elm that was
struck in Prospect park on July 8.
For period Of IL years In the prin.
cipality of Lippe- Detmold exhaustive
records were kept Of all trees struck
by lightning These showed that trees
standing near water seemed to be the
most likely to be hit and gave this
table Of comparative danger: Oaks,
100; elms, ~; pines. 33; frs. 10; fir
trees In general, 81; Seeches, by far
the safest Of all forest trees, 2.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-10-28

that I would like to look over this pa
per he wanted me to sign; whereupon,
| picked it up and placed it in my
pocket. OF course he objected strenu-
ously, but possession is nine-tenths of
the law, and did not propose to lose
out at that stage Of the game.
II explained to Mr.. Agent that was
in somewhat Of hurry; that had al
ready lost much valuable time waiting
for him, and IL he would be so kind as
to excuse me, would call him up at
my first opportunity.
"The loan of 1915 against the policy
only was so arranged in the body of
the application that the purchaser
would have no suspicious, thinking
that the company as an old line cor
poration, was surely free from fraud;
and the average applicant seldom
takes the precaution Of reading the ap-
plication blank thoroughly.
Had not been suspicious I, too,
would have been led into the trap, even
though Il had really intended taking
the policy.
"The loan note Of $975 embodied in
the application is accepted by the
company as the security necessary to
place with the state as the reserve on
seven years insurance. So long as
the policy Is kept In force, the loan
note against 1t is as good as the cash,
inasmuch as 1t carries five per cent.
compound interest.
"The face Of the policy was payable
at death only. The loan against It
would continue to increase, and II the
insured lived 30 years after buying the
policy his family would find that, in
stead Of the 5000 cash, which the
husband and father had depended on
to take care of his loved ones, they
would receive only 5000 less 1915,
with Eve per cent. compound interest
for 30 years. or $4.212, leaving q bal
ance of only $7SS due the estate.
ut is. needless to add that my
friend, when he understood fuzzy the
conditions of the policy, lost no time
In finding the agent who had sold him
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-10-28

went across that prairie on hcp.
skip and jump. and only touched the
high places.
Along towards noon we saw dust
in the road ahead. and pretty soon we
met mess OF Greek soldiers. With the
American consul at the he:d. aid told
them where the bandits were, drunk
and with their legs tied. and the con-
sui and some soldiers went back to
Athens with US, and the rest OF the
troops went on after the bandits. We
got to Athens before night, ard found
the woman under guard In the con-
sul's Office, and when she saw dad.
and he told her how he had ed the
bandits. she cried, and said ste wasn't
to blame. and wanted TO hug dad, bur
he said: Nay. nay, Pauline. and
then she said he was no gentleman
because the consul did not paw the ran
som, and dad told her he wrote to the
consul not to cough up, and she looked
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-10-28

mad at dad and said: You think you
are smart. don't your and then she
was taken to jail. and dad and took
an account of the stuff we robbed the
bandits of, and found we had several
hundred dollars. and besides. dad filed
a claim against Greece for half a mil
lion dollars, for lacerated feeliLgs, and
left 1t with the consul to collect. so
II you ever hear OF American warships
going to Greece, you will know what Is
the matter.
The next morning the soldiers came
into Athens with the bandits tied to
mules. and they threatened to kill dad
on sight. SO we skipped out. Dut dad
got his pants back. and so Re didn't
have to sail with petticoats on. but
whenever dad meets a Greek gentle
man around home here 1t is all can
do to keep him from. robbing the
Greek. Say, give me another slice OF
that cheese" and the bad boy got up
and stretched himself and yawned.
The old groceryman looked at ths
bad boy for a minute, and then said:
Either your father ought 10 be In
the penitentiary or else you are the
condemndest liar in America"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-10-28

know that there can be no bargains
in company that is straightforward
In its methods.
"'My dear sir said I, any company
that will offer that kind OF PROPOSE
tion Is a good company-to leave en-
tirely alone
"Unshaken In his faith, he offered
to show me the policy which he
had just purchased, giving a 9o-day
note as payment of the first premium.
Upon our arrival at his office, he
spread before me a large, imposing
contract. 1t was almost completely
covered with apparently sworn state
ments from state officials, as to the
sound financial standing OF the COM
pany, and there was paragraph stat
ing that II anyone ever said the policy
was not all right, to see the agents,
and not some disinterested party.
"This suggestion was, in my opin-
ion, an evidence of weakness some
where.
"Tf this company Is 30 sound and
strong asked, turning to the young
man, why is It necessary that such q
clause should be inserted? 1t is moth
ing more nor less than bolstering-up
proposition"
"It should be remembered that In
each and every policy issued by any
company, good or bad, is written:
This contract Is issued In considera-
tion of the statements and agreements
in the application, hereby made part
hereof, etc. The application is. there
fore, as binding as the policy you hold,
but very few companies issue a copy
Of 1t to the purchaser.
upon my inquiring for the applica-
tion, my friend informed me that he
had no such article, but he guessed he
dtd sign some sort of paper which the
agent explained was q mere old line
legal reserve form, and really had
nothing to do with the policy itself.
II could find nothing unusual In
the contract, but 1t was plain to me
that there was snake In the grass
somewhere. and was not long In max
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-10-28

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
Ex-Governor OF Wisconsin. Former Ed
itor OF 'Peck's Sum" Author of
"Peck's Bad Boy etc.)
Copyright. 1906. by Joseph b. Bowles)
We'll. suppose you have got your
European airs worn of, so you can
come down to plain American living
again." said the old groceryman to the
bad boy when he came into the grocery
with q kerosene can, and sat down on
the barrel OF dried apples, and reached
into the barrel Of lump sugar. and filed
his pocket. The old man had Just cut
q new cheese. and he sliced of q thin
piece Of cheese and laid 1t On a big
square cracker and handed It to the
boy, saying: Just lay that inside
your ribs and tell me II you got any
thing to eat In Europe that could hold
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-10-28

Ing up my mind what to do next.
told my friend that I would see him
again about four p. m, and Immediate
ly left his Office.
1T occurred to me that 1t would be
a good plan to have my own life in
sured by this old line legal reserve
company, and thereby learn their
methods In detail. Accordingly, tele-
phoned the local agency OF the COM
pany that l was In the market for
about $4,000 insurance; that I under
stood they could give me seven annual
premiums on 20-payment life policy,
and asked II they would please send
q representative to my Office, as /
wanted my protection to begin at once.
Very soon asuave, well-dressed gentle
man made his appearance, and after In
PRODUCING himself. informed me that he
had just received telegram from the
home Office Of his company, to the ef-
feet that the particular policy want
ed was to be Immediately withdrawn
from the market, that the company
was losing money through 1t. How
ever, he would try to put my applica-
tion through. a. could not we'll afford
to lose the opportunity Of securing such
q very desirable proposition.
II, of course, appeared very ig.
norant of the forms and phrases. COM
mon to insurance. and simply said that
I desired the best l could get for the
least money, and that I wanted II
right away: whereupon, he produced
the application blank (the document
for which had been so anxiously
waiting). In It was embodied In very
fne print, the following:
Certificate of loan ($975.00). jan
uary 81, 1905. This certifies that the
.......... company. OF ........... has
loaned on policy No. 1921 nine hun
dred and seventy-ave dollars ($975.00).
being a part of the premium on said
policy which, with any additional
loan, shall be a lien on the policy only
until paid; interest at five per cent.
per annum on the same, to be payable
on the 21st day Of January in each
year, the amount Of the existing loan
to be endorsed hereon.
"'The assured has the privilege of
paying the loan prior to the termina-
ton of the policy.
"It is understood and agreed that
IL the interest shall not be paid when
due. 1t shall be added to the pri:.cipal
Of the loan.
(Signed) )...................
II suddenly decided that, after all,
I could manage to get along few days
longer without the $4,000 protection;
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-10-28

Picking up a menu card Of a hotel
in Yokohama. one sees thereon q mu-
sic programme. made up entirely Of
compositions by Beethoven. Flotow.
Haydn. Strauss and Liszt. Which
proves that the Japanese know good
music and evidently like 1t, else the
hotel management rould not make up
Its programme from Composers of this
grade. This Is an Improvement ON the
American taste, which goes In for
'.ragtime" or such chasta works a.
"Bedelia." Smoky Mokes," "The st.
Louis Tickle" The more we hear
and see OF Japan and its people the
more we are inclined to the view that
In many respects they represent
higher degree Of civilization than
boastful America and Americans have
yet reached.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-10-28

when they all got asleep, and / began
to cry. and wish was dead. dad woke
up and said: Now won, do a
thing to your Creeks and he went
around to the sleeping bandits and
took all their knives and all their
money. and he took on the petticoat
they had given him to wear and tied
. blanket around his waist, a-d he
tied their legs together with strings
on the saddles Of the mules, and Just
before daylight on the second morning
dad and got on the biggest mule and
started down the trail, and when We
struck level ground We maulei that
mule and he got . move on him and
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-10-28

The Bad Boy and His Dad at Chris
tian Science Boarding House-The
Bad Boy Tells His Uncle How They
Were Kidnapped in Greece-Dad
Sang "Hot Time" In the Bandits
Cave and When They Were Asleep
Escaped on Mule.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-10-28

Copyright. 1906. by Joseph B. BowIes.)
During my experience as life in
surance salesman" q friend of mine
remarked recently, my greatest trouble
was not In the keen competition which
exists among the good old line COM
panies, but with the young, so-called
legal reserve companies, who fiaunt
the signature Of the state auditor, and
possibly the seal of the state, as abso-
Lutte proof that they are-to quote their
own statement-'as safe as a national
bank note
THE average man thinks that the
old line legal reserve clause means
absolute security, whereas advantage is
sometimes taken of this idea by un-
scrupulous agents, representing ire
sponsible companies, to defraud the
unsuspecting purchaser Of insurance.
"One morning an acquaintance
whom had unsuccessfully solicited
for insurance hailed me, and said:
Jim, do not see how you can ever
expect to sell your old cut-and-dried
proposition, when the - company, of
-, is selling a 20-payment life
contract, wherein you make only 13
payments, clear saving of seven an
nual premiums Cat his age, about
SIS per $1,000 Of insurance)
Now, am thoroughly familiar with
all the phases Of the business, and
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-10-28
LIFE INSURANCE swINDLE.

4 Specially Attractive Proposition
Which Proved to Be Fraudulent
Loan Note Hidden in Small Type
In the Application Form-A "Small
Change 0rafter''-Posed az Col
lector - Cleared $4,000 in Four
1onths-Finally Came to Grief.
The Washington times., 1905-05-29
MURPHYaIS GOING
TO PENNSYLVANIA

PHILADELPHIA. May ga man
prominently connected with Penn's
athletic affairs today made the state
nent that during Mike Murphy's visit
to this city in connection with the in
tercollegiates. the present Yale coach
and the former developer @of the Red
and Blues track and field teams had
made an agreement to come back to
Pennsylvania next year.
Murphy has never been satisfied at
Yale, and the srumor of his return at
the expiration of his contract has per-
sisted in spite of all denials. He could
not be reached last night, and no one at
Penn would talk, hut the source of the
Information is of a character that
makes il credible.
The Washington times., 1905-05-29
JEALOUS HUSBAND
KILLS A BOARD[R
Then Sets Fire to House and Barn 70
Cover His Escape-Has Not Been
Appreheaded.

BEVERLY, Mass, May 29.-Jealous
because OF the attentions he believed
were paid his wife by boarder. Fos-
Ter W. Wardell, forty -eight years old,
husband Of Mrs. Mary W. WardeIi,
who conducts a lodging house in the
Collier block. IS Cabot street. shot Fred
>. hayes, twenty-seyea. a shoemaker,
single. about O'Clock last night In his
room at that address.
Two shots took effect. one In the
brain and the other In the thigh Hayes
aied just after o'clock this morning
-Four fires, enc OF which caused heavy
carnage IN the house where the shoot
ing occurred, and another which 9s-
s1foysd barn IN the rear Of the build
ing, ToiIowed the shooting. All are be-
lleved a 10 nave been set by warden 20
cover up the traces Of his crime.
Wardel made his escape and has not
been apprehended,
The Washington times., 1905-05-29
En- Route
For the Home Games
Chastened But Not Disheartened, StahI's
Braves Leave St Louis and It's Blue Law
Sunday-patten Lost Game.

| ST. LOUIS. May q (En route to home
and creditors).-Our chastened but not
disheartened Nationals left St. Louis and
| its blue law Sunday last night at II
| O'Clock, and will arrive in Washington
| tomorrow morning at about 7:50. At 1879
they give battle to the Boston team at
National Park, and in the afternoon will
again meet the slaves of the Big Bean
at O'Clock, and that's quite a heap Of
| jumping around Boston will have an
advantage in that its men will get a
| nights sleep in Washington. while the
Nationals viii go to the grounds after
two nights and a day on the road.
Yesterdays contest has been avoided
as far as possible In these preliminary
| remarks, for it is a sad and depressing
subject. It's recital is a tale of how Pat
ten. who thought he was in especially
| good shape. threw away his own game
by two most unseenly and untfmely er-
rors. He rather prides himself upon his
fielding, and is ever eager to cover first
base or make an assist.
Case Out of Plumb.
Yesterday his aim was about as true
as that of Chinese bandit with a
matchbox. ST. Louis made five runs
and in four Of them his deficiency in the
sense of location figured like a literary
lion at pink tea. In the first round
with koehler on first Frisk sacrificed.
Patten threw to second. but didn't give
Mil credit for ability to reach the bag
in time. The ball went to NiiIs left,
and before it was recovered Koehler
second to first, and all would have been
well but for the life to F'risk. Wallace
next created a disturbance by a single
to right which scored koehler and
Frisk. Moran was easy. Two runs at
tributable solely TO Patten.
The second brace of tallies was even
more so. Koehier drew pass, with one
out. Again Frisk sacrificed. and again
Patten made a wild throw. this time to
first, the ball slipping 2ut Of his hand
Koehler went to third, and F'risk to
second. They skeedaddled home on Tom
Jones bang to center. Those were
mighty hard pickings.
Another Gift.
st, Louis fifth run was likewise a gift
Gleason walked and was sacrificed by
Weaver. Petty ballooned to center. and
Gleason scored on Stones single
By the same token Washington had
no moral right TO its lonely run. IIill
doubled in the first inning When he
stole third Weaver threw badly and
the Texan scored. In the fifth inning
Washington got two hits but nothing
developed In the seventh NIL and
Cassaday started with safeties, but Kit
tredge flied to snort and Patten to right,
while Jones died pitcher to first
St. Louis three times made two hits
in the same inning and twice it hap
pened in the inning Patten selected to
go wrong.
While Washington made four errors
The Washington times., 1905-05-29

A Wolf in Sleeps Cloth
ing nowadays is the ner-
eerized cotton suit under
an all-wooI representation.
Looks to the eye like the
real article, /" but it doesn t
take wear long to discover
the disguise. Your protec-
tion against any chances of
not buying the right suit at
the right price is q suit
bearing the Bieber-Kauf-
man label. It means fit,
fashion, and fabric, and
must live up to every claim
we make.
Tomorrow's Decoration
Day. and still it's rot too
late for purchases. Prob
ably you've overlooked
some article Of furnishing
goods, or may be decided to
select a suit or separate pair
nf Tpoy7ecrs
Anything you need can
be procured here at a saw
ing. For your convenience
the store will be open to
morrow until / O o'clock.
The Washington times., 1905-05-29

Two-base hits-HiIl, Huelsman, and
hittredge. Sacrifice hits-Weaver and
Gleason, Double plays-Koehler to
Weaver; Patten TO Cassidy 10 StahI
Stolen bases-Ioran and Hill Hit by
pitcher-By Petty, Stah1 Wild pitch
Patten. Bases on balIs-OH Petty, i,
on Patten, 2 Struck out-By Petty,
s; by Patten, 2. Left on bases-St. Louis
Z; Washington, I. UmDire-Mr. Connol-
~; Time of game-1 hour and 81
minutes.
The Washington times., 1905-05-29
BLUE AND GRAY
MEETS FORDHAM
One of Hardest Games of
Trip.
BRENNAN OPPOSES M'LEAN
Players Not Discouraged by Showing
at Yale-CurTy's Good Work.
Notes.
BRENNAN OPPOSES M'LEAN

NEW YORK. May 29.-The George
town team returned to New York yes
terday and will today play the strong.
FordhaTn team.
They will also play the same team on
Decoration Day, and the faculty Of
FOrdham say it will be a record-breaker
as far as the crowd is concerned.
Fordham has at present the strongest
aggregation of college players Of the
year, and no team in the college world
has a license to beat them. Mclean.
their pitcher, is considered one OF the
best in the college ranks.
Badly Crippled.
Georgetown is severely crippled, and
the worst of It all is that 1t is running
'up against the strongest teams After
the two games here with Fordham the
Blue and Gray makes the long jump TO
Worcester, where they are to go
against Holy Cross. and then go to
Andover, who just now are playing
champion college ball. But the men
are hopeful at that.
The Yale defeat did not cast much
of a gloom over the players. as tradi-
ton recalls that Georgetown never has
played its game on the Yale field. Tt
is a hoodoo to them every year, and
Saturday was no exception. There were
several plays pulled off that ordinarily
would never have occurred. while In
two instances plays of omission were
made by Larkin and McGettgan that
gave the sons OF Old Eli unearned runs.
There were three %aTexas Leaguers" and
two inf1eld singles that went for hits.
SIt was the hoodoo of Yale f1eld.'' says
Captain Morgan. and that's all there is
10 it.
Tim Murnane, s.fl1e pithy and general
basebaIla man offthe Boston Globe, wit
messed the Yale game and came down
from New Haven to New York. He is
on his waysto Washington to do specials
for fhe-GIobeain the Boston Washington
series.
Murnane In speaking Of the game
said it was up to Georgetown to lose
to Yale because nothing broke their
way. Everything went toward Yale.
and that's baseball Murnane was very
much pleased withS the GeorgetoWners.
especially SO when he learned of their
crippled condition ana that it was
young Curry's first game in big COM
pany.
Seth Sheppard and JosacK Miller.
formerly Of Georgetown. were with the
learn Mii4ie at new raven, SO were
and Brother Bill.
+. The boys are very much pleased with
the first showing of Curry. He handled
himself admirably and the yelling of
the rootecs had no visible effect on
him.
If the team breaks, even with Ford
ham this week they will be doing all
that can be expected.
Pitcher brennan will join the team
today andswin pitch against Eordhan.
Manager Joe Lawler did not accom-
pany the team, so DR.. Burns is acting
in the capacity Of manager.
Harry Carlen, '05, manager Of the
team Of last season, was with the team
IL New HaEan I'D NLa... Xnr.lc
The Washington times., 1905-05-29
TWO EVILS.

You're such d wretched writer it's
= wonder you wouldn't get a typeWrit-
ing machine -
at would, only that would show what
a miserable speller am. m."-Philadelphi
Press.