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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-14
Spirit of the Press
Big Men Needed.
Winston Sentinel.

Winston Sentinel.
In objecting TO the appointment of
certain man as Federal judge IN
West Virginia district Senator Bailey,
of Texas based his opposition on the
ground that the appointee in question
was not "a big enough man" for the
place.
We agree with the News and Obser-
Yer that the objection in question was
a good one There are many people
in public life against whose character
nothing can be said. Besides. they are
diligent and faithful in the discharge
of their duties. While nobody prob
ably can point to anything especially
Objectionable in their mode of con-
Quoting their offices there is a sus-
picion that the officials in question
are not "big enough men" for the
places they hold.
A public official should be big
man. figuratively speaking. and the
person who does not come up to TINS
requirement should not be placed IN
public office We have too many little
men in our political life already There
are too many in Congress. on the
bench and in other positions.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-14
WILL HAVE AS GOOD AS THEY
WANT.

The people of Raleigh desire bet
for city government-one that will en-
force the law better practice strlcter
economy and give more return to the
taxpayers for what they pay. At least,
they say they do. and We believe they
mean what they say. But do they
wish it sufficiently to work for it and
vote for it? DO they wish it enough
to make some sacrifice to secure it,
If the solid men of Raleigh wish good
and economical city government
enough to make some sacrifice to op-
tain it, they will get it, But II they
sit still and grumble they may be well
assured that the men with axes 10
grind will be busy and will capture
the new Board of Aldermen and con-
troll the city just as it has been con-
trolled in the main for some years.
The new charter, which is in the
nature OF an experiment, should prove
the solid men in Raleigh to obtain
control of every branch of city gov
eminent with a view of making 1t
better. Heretofore there have been
sixteen aldermen and We have mad
enough of the extravaganza and lack
of business and failure to- enforce the
laws against crime. In the future
there will be but eight aldermen, one
from each subdivision of ward. II
the good people of Raleigh wish good
city government they will exert them
selves to elect eight high grade men,
men of known public spirit and char
acter, who will go into the board with
out obligation to any man or set of
men,-men who will choose fit subor-
dinates, and be in fact as we'll as in
name City Fathers.
What sort of men ought to be elect
ed?
J. Men who cannot be used as the
agents of men who want city jobs. The
man who would pledge himself to
elect certain man as policeman or
to any other position is not the man
who will make the right sort of an
alderman.
q. Men who directly or indirectly
own stock in the Wake Water Com
pany whose character expires next No
vember. or men who can be domino
ted by such owners. cannot serve the
city impartially when the matter of
extending the charter to the Wake
Water Company is up for considera-
ton.
8. Men who say they favor city
ownership of water, but are ready to
let the owners put it off on the city at
more than it is worth are not the men
who are desired in the Board of Alder
men.
The men who will give the city good
government are solid men who have
no special interest to subserve, no ia
vorites To put on the city payroll, no
personal axe to grind. There are
plenty of such men.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-14
THE DANGER OF PEACE.

The resignation of General Kuropat-
kin, together with the concession that
the Russians connot hope to hold Tie
Pass against the japanese; the neces-
sity for further retreat on Hardin
and the improbability of holding that
point longer than it will take the army
of Oyama to concentrate for it's cap
ture, which will cause the downfall of
Vladivostock, the last remaining Rus
forbidding series of present and fore-
doomed disasters which on their face
make a peace more probable than it
has yet appeared.
The council of war called by the
Car is, too. a matter Of hope for
those who desire the ending of the
brutal war in Manchuria, and it may
be that out of that conference may
come belated recognition, bought
with wounds, of the natural rights Of
the brave yellow race which We're in
the beginning SO contemporary f1outed
by the Great White Bear
Peace to Russia. however, is
complicated DO IOilS DIS iict
armies are in the field. as the life
blood of the masses of the people is
being poured out for their country,
even in the cause of oppression and
tyranny, there remains a feeling
among the people which gives them
the sense of sharing in the government
under which they play the role of
serfs. However much it may be in the
heart of the great mass of the Russian
people to resent the brutality and in
justice of the conditions under which
they live, it is still their country and
their armies which are bleeding to
death in the East. While the war is
on, the Car may have good reason to
feel that the patriotism of the people
will prevent in its pride the full sweep
of the revolution towards which they
are ever the mere surely drifting.
Peace or war is, therefore, a question
with an edge to cut two ways in the
hide of the Bear. War is disastrous
enough. Would Peace mean merely
the transfer of the tired soldiers of
Manehuria from battles with the ma
chine-like Japs to struggles with the
frenzy of a people reused through
generations of mis-rule, to a bloody
stroke for independence?
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WHAT IS THERE
IN IT?

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blood, low vitality, child
weakness and all wasting
diseases.
Wen send you a sample, free
SCOTT & BOVINE, 400 Pearl Street, New York.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-14
BETTER SHUT UP THE SHOPS.

The suggestion that the bucket
shops and their twin brothers. called
for responsibility. Legitimate ex-
changes" will continue in operation
pending litigation to test the constitu-
tionality of the Woodland law, is not
the correct mode of procedure. The
only correct presumption is that the
legislature did what it intended to do
to shut UP these gambling shops.
The laws of 1889 made these places
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-14

The terms of directors of the North
Carolina Railroad do not expire until
June goth, and no appointments will
be made until then. They are very
attractive places as they carry a pass
on the Southern Railway.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-14
Statement.
NATIONAL SURETY COMPANY OF
NEW YORK.
Statement.

NEW 4OIShs
Condition December S1st, 1904, as
Shown by Statement Filed.
Amount of capital paid up in cash,
$500, 100000.
Amount of ledger assets December
S1st of previous year, $1,706, 725.09.
Income-from policy-holders, 81,
025,373.11; miscellaneous, SOS, 727.1S;
total, $1,091,100,29.
Burglary, $34,1S1.19.
Fidelity and surety, $991,191.82.
Disbursements policy-holders,
$2S7 ,421.76; miscellaneous, $685.
614.32 total, $905.936.0S.
Burglary, $506.60.
Fidelity and Surety, 1886, 915.16.
Premiums Written or Renewed During
the Year.
Burglary, $69,077.26.
Fidelity, $701, 99S.94; surety, 1884,
1924.
Premiums i'm Force at End of Year
Burglary, $54,093.45.
Fidelity, $525,509.59; surety, $685.
412.01.
Book value of real es-
tate (less amount
of encumbrances) ....$ 162,2OS.55
Mortgage loans on real
estate 49,. 4,339.65
Loans secured by stocks,
bonds and other Sc
cuflty 30,00O.00
Book value of bonds and
stocks ... 1,164,364. SO
Interest due and accrued 6,935.05
Cash in Home Office and
deposited in banks -. 4S4,712.95
Premiums unpaid . 49,. 187,T12.95
Bills receivable :. :. 49,. 4,G80.05
All other assets, detailed
in statement 62,251.6o
Total !. :. .$2,O912O5.SO
Less assets, not adj
mitted ;. :. ). :. -. 146,669.17
Total assets admitted .$1,95o,536.13
liabilities.
Unpaid policy claims 80 159,S51.77
Unearned premiums -. 574,007.52
Commission, brokerage
and other charges due 26,779.12|
Contingent reserve y. 250,000.00
Trust funds, ETC., 49,. 122,053.0G
All other liabilities as de-
tailed in statement -. 7,932.29|
Total liabilities as to
policy-holders ...$1,140,623.76
Capital paid up in CASH. 500, 100000
Surplus beyond all liahil-
tiles 3O9.912.a7
Total liabilities :. Isl, 1905
&1tStAkCSS III INOELAR III AJU4s
neutrality-suspicious. received, $50:
losses paid, 0; losses incurred, 0.
Fidelity surety-premiums paid,
$G,309.73; losses paid, S2,739.83; losses
incurred, $7,364.S3.
Totals-premiums received, $6,-
1878; losses paid, $2,7S9.S3; losses
incurred, $7,364.S3
President--Wm B. Joyce.
Secretary-Samuel II. Shriver.
Home Office, SAG Broadway, New
York City.
General Agent for Service, Victor FL.
Boyden, Raleigh. n. @.
Business Manager for North Caro-
lima, Managed from Home Office.
State Of North Carolina,
Insurance Department
Raleigh, March 8, 1905.
I, James r. Young, Insurance Com
missioner, do hereby certify that the
above is a true and correct abstract
OF the statement Of the National Sur
ETY. Company, of New York, fled with
this department showing the c0ndi-
ton of said company on the 31st day
of December, 1904.
Witness my hand and official sea-
the day ana date above written
JAMES R. YOUNG,
Insurance Commissioner.
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MORNING TONIC.
(EnerSOn.)

Life is a train of moods like string
of beads, and as we pass through
them they prove to be many colored
lenses which paint the world their
own hue and each shows only what
lies in it's focus.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-14

The homely girl with one beau
usually gets married sooner than the
pretty girl who has half a dozen on
the string.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-14
Statement
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF LOUISIANA.

Condition December 31st, 1904, as
shown by Statement Filed
Capital paid up in cash, s250,OOO.OO.
Amount Ledger Assets December
31st previous year, $794,79O-lO.
Ineome-From Policy holders,
$671,44716; Miscellaneous, $24,96l.23;
Total, s696. 40S.39.
Disbursements-T Policy-holders,
s4S8.419.71; Miscellaneous. $685.
672.89; Total, $694O92.6O.
Fire Risks-Written or renewed
during year, $56, 500, 641.00; In force,
$56,593.512.00.
Marine and Inland Risks-Wrltten
or renewed during year, $4,922,947.O0,
Assets
Book Value of Real Estate
less amount of encum-
brances) .............$ 4O,OOV.UU
Value of Bonds and Stocks. 592 ,4z5.OO
Cash in Home Office and
deposited in Banks. SS,928.O5
Agents balances repre-
senting business written
subsequent to Oct II,
1904 ............... S6,l2O.54
Total admitted Assets. .$S0777S.S9
Liabilities.
Losses and claims unpaid.s 55,738.20
Unearned Premiums. .... 400,024.31
All other Liabilities as de-
tailed in statement. $3.50. 16,O05,0O
Total Liabilities as to
Policy-holders $471,767.51
Capital paid up in cash. $3.50, 10000
surplus .............. .a...-..@ ootVV5soo
Total Liabilities. .. $S07, 1883
Business in North Carolina I'm 1904.
Fire Risks written, $576.241.00; Pre-
miums received, $12,023.64.
Losses incurred-F'ire, $S,7S6o0;
Paid, $7,6S6.O0.
Losses now unpaid, $1,100.
President, Albert p. Noll.
Secretary, Langbehm.
Home Office. 217 Camp Street, New
General Agent for service, Z. z.
Orleans. La.
Hay, Raleigh, N. G.
Business Manager for North Caro-
lima, II. T. Hay & Bro, Raleigh, N. G.
State of North Carolina,
Insurance Department,
Raleigh, Feb. is, 1905.
I, James r. Young Insurance Com
missioner, do hereby certify that the
above is a true and correct abstract Of
the statement of the Teutonia Insur-
ance Company, OF New Orleans. La.
fled with this Department, showing
the condition of said Company on the
31st dav Of December, 1904.
Witness my hand and official seal
the day and date above written.
JAMES R. YOUNG.
Insurance Commissioner
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-14

Nearly all men believe that honesty
in moderation is the best policy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-14

The Mothers Monthly is composed
of women who are not mothers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-14

This marvellous pain remedy
will quickly relieve the spasms
which wrack the tortured nerves,
and, if taken internally, will per-
manently cure the cause Of the
disease.
1T had been o sufferer for
years." writes Calvin z. Hill, Of
Marietta, Ga, from the frightful
pains of neuralgia and never
found any remedy that would give
me relief, until I tried Hamlins
Wizard Oil, which effected a per.
manent cure - Price SOC and ST.
For sale and recommended by
ALL DRUGGISTS.
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Statement
MUTUAL LIFE TNSUR
ANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK.

SECURITY MUTUAL LIFE TNSUR-
ANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK.
Condition December 81, 1904. as
Shown by Statement Filed.
Amount ledger assets
Dec. Slst previous
year ....,...........$ zoos, 676.4l
Income (life)-from pol
icy-holders, $1,475,-
S54.77: miscellaneous.
$40, 969.70 ... 2,3I6,S24.47
Disbursements (life)--to
policy-holders, $780,
22S.35; miscellaneous,
s78s,0ia.77 .. 1,27724s.12
Life business in force
$3.50 ........ 41o44.s57oo
Life written during year
number of policies
500 ASSETS. : : -s-''V
Book value of real es-
tate (Iess amount of
encumbrances) ..... 374,557.S5
Ne estate tstss lo',ns % aos.95s.Oo
Loans secured by pledge
Of bonds, stocks or
other collateral. $500. 25,500.0O
Loans to policy-holders
on this company's pol
icies assigned as coli
lateral .......,..7.-,.. 1,4 4,oVV'fA
Premium notes On poll
cies in force COT which
$2,08O.54 is for first
years prcmiums) 1S,7O9.4S
Book value of stocks and
bonds (U. s.. State,
etc.), ..,.....,........ 544,V0V.DV
Cash in home Office and
deposited in banks and
trust companies 1890. 227, 246.40
Interest and rents due
and accrued ......... 5O.71Z6z
Premiums unpaid 16O,7OS.42
All other assets, detailed
in statement .. 136,412.Tl
Total ........$8.s4s.s7s.sO
's9 mitted ............$ 2sO.88s.s7
Total admitted assets. s 8, 069,34O.45
LIABILITIES.
puted .,........... .$2,42S,477oO
Other reserve and special
funds ............. 65,90t.IS
Net policy claims 1880. 44,OfI.5O
Premiums paid in adj
vance ............... 0'9oo'9S
All other liabilities as de-
tailed in statement. 24,0l9.49
Total liabilities as to
policy-holders .... 2,56S,bIS,S1
Unassigned funds (sur-
plus) ...............$ oVo'ozl'oV
Total liabilities ..ss.O6s.s40.48
BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA
Policies Cife) in force
December 31st of pre-
vious year, number -
Policies (life) written
and revived in 1904,
number 1873 ....... 217,456.OO
Policies Cife) in force
December 31st, num-
Der sol conferences. 656,966.UV
Losses and claims (life)
incurred during the
year, number 2... 2,OOO.OO
Losses and claims (life)
paid during the year,
number .......,.. 1'VVV'VV
Total amount premiums
collected and secured
(ife) .............. 1V,VO7'VS
President-Charles M. Turner.
Registrar-Charles A. LaDue.
Home office-Court and Chenango
streets Binghamton, n. Y.
General agent for service. w.
Forbes. Tarboro, n. G.
Business manager for North Caro-
iina-Managed from home office.
State of North Carolina.
Insurance Department,
Raleigh, March 8. 1905
I, James r. Young, insurance COM
missioner. do hereby certify that the
above is a true and correct abstract
Of the statement of the Security
Mutual Life Insurance Company, OF
Binghamton, N. Y, filed with this
department, showing the condition OF
said company on the 31st day or De-
cember, 1904.
Witness my hand and official seal.
tha day and date above written.
JAMES r. YOUNG,
Insurance Commissioner.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18

existence apart from Austrian DONNA
tiCn only waits the passing os the agr'i
Emperor Francis joseph to become an
accomplished fact. The conflict of ten
denotes is not so apparent in Germany
perhaps because it is part of Imperial
policy to Germanise the doubtful pro-
Vinces like Silesia, Schleswig- HOlstien
and the Prussian portion of Poland.
But the rigour of the measures adopted
there is a sign in itself of the recogni-
ton of danger, or at least of the policy
of counteracting racial aspirations,
which in time may become a source of
mischief and trouble to the central
authority. The disaffection of one
part is recognised as a weakness of the
whole, and one likely to manifest itself
in times of national embodiment"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18

THE esteemed Star is still busy
publishing the Frick report and may
be expected to get to the Hyde-Rejane
dinner in due time."-Advertiser
There is reason to believe that the
Advertiser in this quotation and the
remainder of the paragraph from
which it is taken intended to intimate
that the Prick report is not live news.
Still even the Advertiser will have to
admit it is much newer than
columns of the boiler plate" with
which the Advertiser regales its read
ers. On the whole, judging by the
latest files of the mainland papers it
is "A pretty new subject there.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18

Kuropatkin probably realizes by this
time the mistake he made in staying
with the army instead of returning to
st. Petersburg and getting into the
thick of the fight. AleXieff and Alexis,
who left the Far East about the time
the fighting began seem to have done
pretty will in the matter of good jobs.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18

intention to fully investigate the vol
canoes on Hawaii, after which they
will go into Kau district to examine
the soil which has been found so fer
tile by the various sugar plantations
established there"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18
W. G. Irwin & Go.
AGENTS FOR THE

Royal Insurance Co., of Liverpool, Eng.
Alliance Assurance Co., Of London, Eng,
Scottish Union & National ms. Co., of
Edinburg, Scotland
Fire Association of Philadelphia.
Alliance Insurance Corporation Ltd.
Wnhelma of Magdeburg General ms.
Company.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18

Commander Peary has started for tho
North Pole again, and now the ques-
ton has been raised. Who will own
it when it is found? Canada has put
forth claim that the Dominion ex-
tends to and includes the North Pole,
and insists that it's rights are prior
to those Of discovery.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18
Hawaiian Bonds;
National Banks

Government bonds, up ninety per OF their value
would scarcely be possible compress and
of space National Banks National
Bank which circulate currency and in order them
the National Banks security The banks the
security the treasury department the United States does the
accepting From the beginning of the National Bank
during the civil very recently the only the banks
allowed that the department would
United States bonds The this
demand for United States bonds when they selling be
OF late there been thus artCiay
demand United bonds they have gone
In the curtai the National
Bank circulation the profits the banks their bank
circulation does recompense they
have lock low bonds the circulation The
has therefore made Hawaiian Territorial bonds
certain acceptable the treasury security from National
Banks their bank rather of bank
For National Bank permitted replace the
United States bonds has deposited circulation with Ha
bonds the United States bonds for other pur-
poses But if bank desires increase its bank circulation
may do deposng Hawaiian bonds which rate
netting instead United bonds for which
would have pay that would it perhaps than
authorized to- desiring increase its
circulation say 100000 do by dpostng 100000
par Hawaiian bonds Its then will yield the in
receives Of Hawaiian bonds say four per
whatever loanng 100000 national
bank which circulate
will thus be that the further by the Advertiser
Acting Atkinson received word rom the Secretary
Treasury notifying him OF the acceptance OF the bonds for de-
National Banks the open
ing statement OF the article, which is quoted above.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18

The esteemed Advertiser this morn
ing illumines its first page with a
picture of an American naval officer in
uniform and labels it IN. De Witte,
Russia's Peace Envoy"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18
Two Centuries
Compared


teenh century consolidate the nations of Europe historians con-
fate of the early part of the twentieth
that consolidation single touch of remote from the out
side has national fabrics shaking showing what
the forces dntegaon had already prepared the The
sudden shock like the revolutionary
breaks of 88 which European thrones oterng and put
motion tendencies which have less gradually changed the
face of the Continent has been the growth of but the
in the Far East has weakened the obstacles which delayed the
process Russia of course the first Power feel its influence
The absorption Finland had Just its finishing touches when
the whole Muscoe began through experience that
quickly sought its weak points, and the eversumbeng dis
affection in Poland its chance while it encouraged manifestations
racial spirit the Caucasian provinces and elsewhere The bonds
military rule momntary sackened and the ndvduasc spirit
OF the crushed began to experience the spring of rebound 1t
be doubted that the separation in the Scandinavian
peninsula which had been proceeding quietly enough for about
years previously suddenly head when the fear of Russian
interference removed by the events the Far East The trouble
Balkan provinces grows from day the
and the struggle OF Hungary towards ndpenden naona
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18

De Witte IS quoted as saying that
he feared the terms offered by Japan
would be such that the commissioners
Of the two countries would be unable
to come to AN agreement. In that
case Oyama may have to be lured on
a little nearer st. Petersburg
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Every married man is in favor of a
heavy tax on bachelors.
He who laughs last laughs best be-
cause he knows what tickles him.
An average man Is generous to a
fault-if it doesn't belong to other men,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18

1t begins to look as though Governor
Carter was taking his rest before he
went to see Roosevelt, instead of after
wards.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18

Somebody ought to present the Ad-
vertiser with an elementary geography
of Hawaii, Speaking of the proposed
visit to the big island Of Prof Perkins
and Prof, Hitchcock it says 1T is their
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18

John Galbraith's proposal to attract
immigrants hither from Great Britain,
as he outlined it i'm Saturdays issue
of The Star, seems feasible, and is
certainly desirable.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18
Castle Z COOKE. LID.
Commission MerchantsS
Sugar Factors.
AGENTS FOR

The Eva Plantation Company,
The Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd.
The Kohala Sugar Company.
The Waimea Sugar Mill Company.
The Fulton Iron Works, st. Louis, Mo.
The Standard Oil Company.
The George F. Blake Steam Pumps.
Weston's Centrifugals.
The New England Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of Boston.
The Aetna Fire Insurance Company Of
Hartford, Conn.
The Alliance Assurance Company Of
London.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-18

Why, oh why was NJ. de White mas
querading as an American naval officer
when he had his photograph taken for
the Advertiser?