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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18
GERMANY JA|LS ITS
INSURANCE GRAFTERS
PRIVATE CON ERNS ARE
STRICTLY SUPERVISED BY A
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT
APPOINTED FOR LIFE AND
FREE FROM ANY PERSONAL
INTEREST.

Special Correspondence to The
Press.
BERLIN, Dec. 1S.-Control Of
private life insurance societies in
Germany is intrusted 10 the min
istry for.the interior. About a doz-
en- permanent members of this Of
flee are appointed by the kaiser
on the advice of the federal coun-
Gil, and none of them may be in
any way connected with any in
surance society. They retain their
posts for life and have an excel
lent retiring pension. To meet tech
nical difficulties, they are assisted
by an advisory board, As directors
OF insurance companies.
No new company can commence
business in Germany ebfore it has
obtain permission. The imperial
control office requires every life
insurance society to keep its books
in certain way. 1t has the right
to examine every book and docu.
ment relating to the balance sheet
The most minute attention is given
to the reserve funds. These have
TO be kept perfectly distinct. es.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18
Tremendous Responsibility to be
Shou|dered by E|even-Year-0|e Boy

The limitless wealth destined to
fall into his small hands controls
the well being of at least $4,000
persons - men, women and chill
dren of all ages and conditions.
In the two immense stores own
ed by Mr.. Field are 5000 employees.
To this number is to be added the
fractional part of the total of en-
ployes in the scores of corpora
lions, banks and elevated railways
which will represent Mr.. Field S
fabulous investments.
In the service of the money the
elder Fields owns, increasingly en-
gagged in creating more wealth
each day for his young heir, are
trains speeding across the Ameri-
can continent; vessels plying a
hundred waterways to and from
remote lands; thousands of beasts
OF burden Stralnlng under precious
burdens; countless men, women
and children in the lace mills of
Europe, the rug factories of Tur-
key, hat manufacturing colonies of
South America; fur tanneries of
Alaska and Siberia; diamond
mines of Africa; silver and gold
mines of the entire world, silk
looms of China, shoe factories and
cotton mills of the north and
south; wherever commerce eX-
tends there human hands labor,
spin, delve, carve or ply, and the
wheels of machines turn to pro-
duce, improve, beautify and Gre
ate goods to be sold to make pro-
fits on the millions to be poured
into the lap of this little Croesus,
who already has more than a thou
sand boys could spend although
they lived in palaces amid the lux
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

tive expenses amounted to $780,
600, including rent, taxes, salaries.
commissions and the usual office.
travelling medical and other costs.
and the amount written off the
value OF the society's property. Ex-
ira fees to the amount of $4,000,
were distributed among the chief
off Gals of the society out of the
years surplus.
In the case of another important
Berlin society, with a premium rev.
enue in 1903 of $2,7O7,50 the ex-
penses of management amounted
to $4,000. In a third with a pre-
MUM revenue of $655,OOO the cost
OF management was $177,5O0. In
an old established provincial com
pany, with a premium income in
1903 of $2,227,625, the cost of man
agement was $36S,O00.
To insure a mans life at the age
of 40 in German insurance com.
pany for 800 to be paid at death
plus bonuses granted, an annual
premium of 1920 to about 1910
according to the society, is demand
ed. If the 500 plus bonuses are
to be paid on the attainment OF
the age Of 65, or death if this oc
ours earlier, the annual premium
varies with the society from SAFE
to s.. Larger sums can be assured
at exactly proportionately larger
premiums.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

the actual existence of every speci-
fed item in the list of items. No
portion of this fund may be re-
moved from the place where it is
kept without the authority of the
control of office, upon penalty OF
fine and Imprisonment.
An equally careful control is kept
over the directors fees, the invest
ments, loans, mortgages-in short
over everything that affects the in.
terest of the insurers. The direc-
tors cannot, without the saction of
the imperial control office, engage
in any other commercial pursuant.
These gentlemen can be called up
on to make good any losses falling
on the insurers in consequence of
any irregularity in the administra-
ton of the society's property and
funds. Violations of the regula-
tions mean that the company must
quit business.
One result of this careful con-
troll is that German life insurance
companies are managed compare
lively cheaply. The balance sheet
for 1904 of one large Berlin society
shows that with a premium reve.
nue. of s2,500,000, the administra'
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18
BR.EVlTlIS

Ladies' play billiards and pool
every day and evening at Phster
billiard parlor.
No self-respecting man can afford
to take chances on being depend
ent in his old age, or on leaving
those dependent on him unproyid-
ed for at his death.
The 2 per cent interest allowed
in our checking department will
amount to $4,000 by December /.
making a total of over $500 cred
tied the past year. Let us enroll
you for the ensuing year.
Open Saturday evenings from 6
to o'clock.
Spokane & Eastern Trust Co.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

His life has not the firm tenure
of that of the normal boy. Unhap-
PLY he is possessed of a weakened
body rendered still more frail by an
almost fatal accident.
Last year the boy was riding with
his father over the country place
of former Ambassador Choate, near
Pittsfield, Mass, when he was
thrown from his horse He hov.
cred near death for weeks, attend
ed by surgeons of international
fame who were summoned from
New York on special trains.
He finally recovered and was
taken home. Shortly after his ar
rival the lad suffered a collapse
and again approached death. His
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

Marshall Field, the elder is rated
in commercial agencies at $780,
100000.
He is the largest stockholder in
two trunk lines of railroad, all of
the important street railways in
Chicago, two gas companies and
possesses blocks of real estate in
New York and Chicago.
Two massives squares Of granite,
one red and the other white, ap-
proximating 100000 feet of floor
space. 40 acres OF Chicago ground,
worth $4,000 a frontal foot, and
about $4,000 miles of railroad and
street car tracks comprise import
ant items in the estate.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18
FRA|L LAD TO INHERIT VAST
FORTUNE OF MERCHANT PRINCE

ury of oriental princes.
1t is not expected the young heir
will wish to adopt the vocation of
merchant. He may leave the i'm
mense mercantile establishments
destined for him in the hands of
the efficient lieutenants who now
manage them for his grandfather,
and seek enjoyment in travel.
He may study finance and emu
late George Goul, or like John ia
cob Aston he may content himself
with the millions he VIII receive
annually from rents, or as has been
suggested, become iawyer and en-
deavor to be a wizard in the money
world. When air castles are being
built for the fragile lad pathetic
element enters the thoughts OF
those who hold him dear.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18
FOR
TILL ACTORS
(Scripps News Association.)

BUTTE, Mont, Dec. ia hun.
dred men, delegation represent.
ing the Irish societies of this city,
are waiting at the railroad depot to
prevent theatrical troupe,
"Dreamland Burlesquers" schedul-
ed to arrive this afternoon, from
playing here. The delegation is the
result Of mass meeting yesterday
to protest against the bills posted
advertising the show in which is
depicted a disgusting caricature
of an Irishman chained to a negro.
The men have six cases of rotten
eggs to throw at the performers if
they insist on playing. Mayor Nc
Ginnis has been asked to stop the
performance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

grandfather fastened from New
York, where he had gone to attend
a meeting of millionaire stockhold-
ers in the Chicago street railways,
andd upon his arrival remained at
the boys bedside through sleepless
| nights.
The affecting scenes of his faith.
| er's death have depressed the boy
He is being given pleasant jour.
neys and changes of scenery to
prevent him from having an injur.
ious melancholia. When he is
again in a tranquil state of mind
young Field will resume his studies
under private tutors who pay daily
visits to his grandfather's mansion
at 1919 Prairie avenue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

(Scripps News Association.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 49,
Shanghai is practically under mar
tial law. All foreigners are armed.
Reports say $50 are killed and
many wounded. 1t is NOT discred-
tied.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18
f|h[ BRICK
Min $1,000
(scripps News Association.)

CHICAGO, Dec. 18.-The "brick
trust" cases were called today in
Judge Smiths court. The defend
ants were accused of a violation of
the state antitrust laws and did
not deny their guilt. They were
fined $4,000 each as follows: ILL
nois, American, Chicago brick COM
panies; George G. Prussing, Presi.
lent Mines, Edwin ]. Tomlins, John
Gray, Sales Agents companies.
Patrick McMann and Charles
Hank, agent of the brick workers
union.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18
HENRY M0|R
ON STAND
(Scripps News Association. :,

(Scrlpps News ASsociatiOn.)
NEW YORK, Dec. IS. - Henry
Moir, actuary of the Provident Saw
ings Insurance company, was a wit
ness before the insurance investi-
cation this morning. He present.
ed financial statement.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1S.-The
state supreme court today affirmed
the sentence to eight months in
prison of Dominick O'Malley, pro-
prietor of the Daily item, convicted
of criminaHy libeling Mayor Behr-
man in that paper.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 1e.-A
plot was discovered to blow un the
winter palace. An Internal ma.
chine was found in the postoffice
at Moscow.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

NUTRITO, the twentieth century
cereal coffee, served free at the
Emporium Dry Goods Co. Tuesday.
Everybody likes it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

The first oysters grown in Brit
ish Columbia will be placed on the
market in a few days; $50 acres
are now under cultivation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-Bentamin
F. Chadsway, lawyer, alias Paul
Hamilton, was sentenced to one
year for Incorporating $500
from woman client.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 18.-It
is reported a military train carry
ing troops to Oret was dynamited
and 200 Cossacks killed and many
injured. It is understood the troops
at Riga have Joined the rebels and
the town is being bombarded, and
is afire in many places. Hundreds
are fleeing to Germany. An awful
reign of bloodshed Is on in the
Saratoff district, where Maxine
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

Pullman college Ministries gave a
very successful and pleasing per-
Torrance in the college auditorium
last night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18
(Scripps News Association.)

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 1e.-A
train bearing 125,OOO,00O roubIes,
due at II o'clock Saturday night,
has not arrived. 1t was strongly
guarded by soldiers but it is fear
ed it is lost. The casualties re-
ported at Riga are 700 killed and
1900 wounded; Mitau, 200 killed
and 600 wounded; Dorpat, $50 kill
ed and 400 wounded; WoImar, 200
killed and 100 wounded; other
places, go were killed and hundreds
wounded.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 49,
British marines were landed at
Shanghai and English ships in the
harbOr cleared their decks for &C.
ton
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18
HUNDREDS
ARE KILLED
(Scripps News Association.)

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 49,
The state department was inform
ed this morning by cable from the
American consul at Shanghai that
riots have been resumed. The
death of several foreigners and
two Chinese were killed and a
number Of buildings burned. No
Americans are reported killed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.-The attempt
to secure jury in packers case was
continued today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

The Press delivered at your door
for 26c per month. Phone 375.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18
TRESURE TRAIN
HAS BEEN LOST

Witch is trying to suppress the re-
volt, following the assassination of
Sakharoff.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

Morley has men of years exper
fence employed only
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-18

Kendrick, Idaho, is vegetable
hungry, contractors building rail.
way from Palouse buying up all
vegetables in sight at high prices,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
Malcolm Convicted OF Murder.

A dispatch from Glasgow announces
that J James Malcolm, who has been on
trial on the Valley county district
court the past week, was convicted OF
murder in the second degree. The
evidence against the accused was
largely circumstantial, but it was
sufficient to convince the jury of the
guilt OF the defendan
Malcolm was charged with shooting
and killing w. W. Greer, otherwise
known a the ''duck man." at the
ranch of the latter on Big Muddy, on
or about January 26. He is alleged
to have confessed Il q fellow prisoner
that he killed Greer, but claimed be
did it in self defense as Greer accused
him of stealing horses and threatened
to shoot him. At the trial of the case
the principal evidence on behalf of the
accused a. TO the effect that he was
mentally incompetent, but in the opin.
ion OF the jury he was sufficiently sane
to be held responsible for hi. murder.
Gus deed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10

ea'en three tons Of hay, which 10 pos.
s'o!y a high estimate, it allows the
FEEDER about $500 per ton for his hay
On tne ranch, which Is equal to $l2.O 90
or sl4.W per ton on the market.
IL would have been very interesting
10 nave known the weight of these
Steers when put on feed, as after $50
Gays they represented the appearance
OF corn fed beef. The buy ers in the
east seem very anxious to get this hay
led beef, as it is reported that they
out about s to s per cent more
than do the grass fed range cattle.
1t would seem that this hay feeding
Is a profitable venture and one that
should be more extensively INDUCED
In In some portions of Montana. 1t is
customary for many Of our cattle men
70 snip large numbers Of grass fed
cattle to the Chicago market each fall.
Inc cattle arrive % the market at a
time when it is generally glutted with
cattle which sell at a figure that is fire.
quently Improbable even for range
stun. a review of the stock marke,
tor the past few years reveals the fac,
That the Chicago price for beef is from
one to three cents higher during the
spring than it was during the previous
fall.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
Affecting Final Proofs.

New rules have recently been made
by the general land Office by which it
is proposed to secure satisfact.
DRY evidence in the making of final
proofs. The new regulations are sub.
stantially to this effect:
Hereafter all final proofs must be
made at the time and place as pub
lished, between the hours OF s Il. m.
and 6 p. m. All claimants and wit.
nesses must testify separately without
the hearing of each other, each being
duly sworn the same as witnesses Civ.
ing testimony in court
Claimants and witnesses must give
full, specific and unevasive answers
to such questions prOpounded by the
U. S. commissioners, showing the
validity of the entry and OF the entry.
mans compliance with the Law. Com.
m%is,ioners are required to inform
claimants and witnesses of the law
and penalties for false swearing and
OF the governments purpose to hold
all persons to stric. accountability
for any statements made by them uu.
der oath.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
Profit In Winter Feeding.

Discussing a recent shipment OF
hayfed steers from the Big Hole
basin, and the prices realized by
feeders, S. W. Mcclure says it con.
sisted of about 200 head Of four.year.
olds, which averaged about l,459 lbs.
at the Montgomery ranch. They were
high-grade Shorthorns, purchased in
Idaho last October and put in the
feed lots November 10Th. Mr.. Mont.
gomery fed them on hay, one.third
timothy, One-third clover and one.
third wild hay. The cattle cost about
S332.5 so last fal! and had been on hay
just five months. II Is estim ated by
the owner that these cattle consumed
almost three tons of hay per head
during the feeding period, which al.
lows them 40 pounds per head per
day. This bunch of cattle cos &:32. Sc
and after $50 days of hay feeding
were sold at the ranch for $500 per
head, showing a difference of s25. go
in favor OF the feeding.
C%onceding that these cattle have
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
Sheep and Wool GOSSIP.

A sheep deal At the highest price Of
the season has just been closed in this
vicinity. G. Il. Ragland purchasing
about 5000 head from Mrs. j. F. Pat.
terson. The outfit consists of straight
two.year.old ewes and wethers, and ia
understood to have changed hands at
"a. Is per head.
The past week was another busy
time in local wool markets, the buy.
ers having now made contracts for
nearly all the Montana wool that Is
for sale at curren: quotations.. Prices
have made a slight ad vance, and the
trans actions reported the past week
were generally at % to 234 cents. The
list of sales include several at Chi
nook and other northern Montana
points within this range of quotations.
There Is no definite information as
to the highest price paid for Montana
wool this season. a. both buyers and
sellers are unusually reticent in re.
gard to the deals that are made. 1t
has been stated that the Bower Bros.
clip brought PAT cents, but Mr.. Esch.
leman, who was the purchaser, in-
forms the River Press that the price
named Is not correct. 1t is supposed
to be One.eighth OF IL cent wide of the
mark, but whether IL is more or less
than the true amount cannot be
learned.
1t Is announced from Great Falls
that the 10000 pound clip of the Sage
Creek Sheep company has been sold,
the price being reported as % cents,
but no statement to tina, effect has
been made by buyer or seller.
Those who estimated thi, YEARS
Montana wool clip at 10, 600, 600 pounds
have reduced their guess % per
cent. II will probably develop that
the clip will slightly exceed 80, 900, coo
pounds. According 20 Dr.. Ramsey,
federal inspector Of livestock ship.
ments from this state, about a million
sheep aud lambs were shipped out OF
Montana last year, which will effect a
slight decrease in the number to be
shOrn this season.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10

Inhabitants, can only be guessed by
comparison with animal nature on this
small sphere of ours. More important
to us is a knowledge of ourselves.
"KNOW THYSELF" was an old Greek
thought. How to take care of ones
own body is not SC simple as some think;
the human mechanism is a wonderful
thing and requires watching.
One man who has done more to teach
the American people how to care for their
bodies than almost any other, is DR.. X. v.
Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, the Author of the
Common Sense Medical Adviser" He
says: 1t is not the quantity of the food
eaten which produces strength and health
meagre diet), but it is how much food is
absorbed and assimilated by the blood and
carried to nourish every organ of the body.
It is, therefore, vitality necessary for the
body that the stomach be in a healthy
state. If disease of the stomach, or what is
nutrition then the heart, liver, lungs, and
kidneys do not get proper fOod-they are
not fed on rich red blood, and in conse.
quence, begin to show signs of distress.
Outwardly these signs may be pimples
and eruptions on skin, pale face, ~sleepless
nights, tired, languid feelings, or, by reason
of the nerves not being fed on pure blood,
they become starved, and we receive a
wavning in the pain we call neuralgia.
Rheumatism, too. is a blood disease. After
years of practice and study DR.. Pierce
found that an Alternative Extract, which he
named "Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, :" made from the extracts of several
plants, invariably produced a tonic effect
upon the system. 1t helped the process of
absorption of the healthy elements in the
food and increased the red corpuscles of
the blood, as we'll as eliminated the poisous
from the system.
Business is business. No time for head.
aches. Constipation cause them. Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure them by cur.
ing the cause. Laxative and mild.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10

guest of relatives in this city for sew
eral days past, returned to her home
at Columbia Falls this morning.
It is reported from Great Falls that
drilling machinery is being taken to
the Bannatyne oil district on the Te.
ton, and work will begin as soon as
possible.
Cleanse your system of all impuri.
ties this month. Now is the time to
take HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea.
1t will keep you we'll all summer. So
cents, Tea or Tablets. D. G.. Lock.
wood.
A suit has been filed in the district
court by Joseph Gu%ssenhoven VS.. j as.
A. Mitchell, of Ravre, to recover an
Indebtedness of about S4l6. This
amount Is said to be the balance due
on a note executed by the defendant.
Articles Of Incorporation of the
Malta Zortman Telephone company
have been filed ia the county clerks
Office by J. F. Kildutf. Philip Cassel.
berg. John Survaut and Geo. w.
Clay. The company has a capital
stock Of $40 $1,000.
L Heyn, photographer from the
Elite studio, will be in For, Benton
on Saturd ay, May Ilth, for three days
only. This will positively be your
last chance to get your photographs
taken. Come in and see the work we
took 90 our last visit.
Miss Atkinson, county school su
p~erintendeut, hal the
eighth grade examination IN the Fort
Benton and Chinook public schools
will be held May p and 26. The
change of date has been authorized
by the state superintendent.
The arrival of shipments of hay.
fed Montana cattle continues to be a
feature of the Chicago beef market.
Several hundred head were on the
market last Week, selling a, 1925 to
s.. 40, a price which compares fav.
OEdU1J VIII Tue EcucTdI WdrkcL NJ"
ures.
The board of stock commissioners
has issued au order that the western
half of Chouteau county be declared
a quarantine district for horses, mules
and asses. Animals in the district
that are affected with mango or
that have been exposed to the dis.
ease must be given treatment pre-
scribed by the board. The order APP.
pears III the River Press.
1t is reported from Havre that
Hoang Ark, a Chinese merchant who
has been conducting an opium joint
in aavre for some time under the
guise Of a confectionery store, has
been sentenced to thirty days in the
county Jail and fined $50 and costs
upon a complaint Of running an OPT
um joint. Warrants are out for other
Cinnamon on a similar charge.