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Evening journal., 1906-09-27
ROT ESSI0NAL Gus
READ AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

O. What day Of the month was that
Mrs. Reidolg
A. That was on a Saturday afternoon
/ could not ten the day of the month; il
j had only brought the paper with me
/ could tell. I have It down al the house.
II I had only brought
@. Interrupting winoss Was 1t last
year7
A. Yes sir
G. Was 81 " April or May7
A. / wish / had the paper here 1 have
got IL down at the house
c. Interrupting witnes0 Was 1t last
sprnsl
a. Yes sir.
G. Was 81 in April or March,
A Wen. IL was the FIRST day he came
here; he had just got here; L can't tell
just when Il was but you can find that
out by looking at the register at the
Hotel Wilmington.
@. Did Professor Hermann 80 to your
house9
A. l went there. You see Mrs. Bisselle
was the housekeeper at the Clayton
House
@. Qnterruptng witness) Did this man
here ever visit your house7
A. 1 went to see him and begged him
60 come and see my daughter.
@. Did this man here ever visit your
house. Mrs. ReideY
A. lie visited my house after / begged
him 10 do IT,
O. When was that2
A. That was-he visited my house-you
know / went there after him and asked
MIN n he could not be 80 kind as TO come
and see about my daughter ] begged him
to come and see my daughter.
O. Did he come ITO your house TO see
your daughters
A. Not the first time; you see
@ Onterrupting witness) Did he ever
come TO see your daughter7
A. / DON'T think he ever. saw her one
time In my house.
c. Did you ever pay Professor Herr
mann anything for what he did for your
daughter?
A. 1 paid him five dollars the first week
and three dollars the next week and the
next week three dollars. You see my
daughter was net at my house
c. Where was sho7
A. She was at 1906 West Seventh street.
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Q. Who occupied thnt place and why
was your daughter therea
A. You must ask Mrs. Walters that;
she was running that house. You see
Mrs. Walters had a hospital there and
my daughter was there.
@. Your daughter was at Mrs Walt
ers' house?
a. Yes sir; you See
@ Onterruptng witness) Did Pro-.
fessor Hermann ever treat your
daughter while she was at Mrs. Walt
ers?
A. Yes sir I got him to go out there
and see her and see II he could cure
her.
Q. Where did you pay him?
A. / paid him at my house
@. Did you pay him for treating your
daughter?
A. Yes sir; / did not pay him right
away; ! paid him fve dollars the first
week and three dollars the next week
and three dollars the next week.
@. Was your daughter sick2
A She was sick; yes sir
CROSS EXAMINATION.
BY Mr. Ball
\. Mrs. iteluel, When you went TO
see Professor Hermann about treat
ing your daughter did he tell you he
used drugs?
A. No sir; he did not use any drugs
at all
X. Did he treat her without the use
OF any drugs at all2
A. Yes sir; he did not use any drugs
at ALL went there with him to see my
daughter on saturday-no a Sunday
mornng-we went there and he asked
Mrs. Walters to get him hot. water
and sponge and that was all he h3d
and an he wanted
\. Did he use any drugs IN his treat
mcnt OF your daughter -
A. No sir; he did not use no drugs
at all. After he treated her he asked
her all the questions like a scholar
He just asked all the questions about
her Ike anyone else or any other
doctor would ask.
X. Did he give her prescription?
A. No sir; he did not
X Did he give you any prescription
for her?
A. No sir he did not give no pre-
scription at all
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the appointment OF the civilian member
OF the commission.
Mr.. Knowles stUted that he had been
with the President al the time he gave
his reason for appointing a Maryland
man.
Tho President stated that even before
the resolution for the appointment OF a
canal commission was passed and while
Congressman Burton was working hard
IN the house 10 secure i,s passage, and
while the so-called father OF the resolu-
ton, Congressman Mudd. was compare
lively Indifferent TO the success or fate
OF the resolution, the Maryland Congress-
man Went TO the President and exacted Of
him the promise that In the event OF the
passage of the resolution Congressman
Mudd would be allowed TO suggest the
civilian member Of the commission.
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Coming here a few years ago actively IN
terested in the Otto Gas Works and
cheaper light for tne CITY. he became
Identified with the board OF trade and was
one of It's live members. Looking about
for a subject in which to create interest
he hit upon the canal enterprise which
had been lying dormant for years. lie
gathered data from every available
rource. He sought engineering opinions;
be collected statistics. he got he board
OF trade Of the State TO endorse it. Then
he sought the authorities a. Washington
and interviewed personally ove- half The
members of the Fifty-third Congress. both
House and Senate; he saw every memDcr
OF the cabinet and saw the President IN
connection with the canal matter. with
assurances that the matter would re-
Continued on Pags Ska
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READ THESE lNDORSEM
A Few Of The Many
Wilmington Patients.

Miss Sophie Lloyd. 1906 Maryland avenue, VIII
mington, cured Of rheumatism in thirty days af-
ter three physicians failed.
Miss Julia Reardn, South Wilmington, cured
Of hts in twenty days after five doctors failed.
Mr. George 4. Tnlman 221 Scott CT, city, cured
Of chronic indigestion.
A THOUSAND OTHERS WHOSE NAMES
CANNOT BE USED
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way with sufficient depth and breadth for
us TO feat the largest battleship and %
transfer them from one bay TO he other.
With this strong assurance OF sympathy
and support from senator DUPONT and
with similar Expressions from Senator Al
Flee our representation in Congress is now
unanimons IN favor Of the canal project
/ DR. Burton was again summoned to take
the floor and responded briefly.
those present at the dinner were Gen
eral Felix Agnus. Major c. A. +. Flagle-,
Lieutenant +. T. Chambers and Charles
AIeeker -on. behalf Of the commission;
Thomas II. savery. A. S. Reed. Frank j..
Williams. John W. Lawson, w. ID.
Brinckle. Jr. officers OF the Board Of
Trade; State Senator George W. Sparks.
Charles A. Rudolph. r. ]. Mclean. tho
Hon. II. r. Burton. william Lawton. VII
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X. You asked him to 60 there and see
E your Sdeigh5er9.
. "A ! begged him to go there and see
her.
X. Whose house was she in?
A. she wasr at Mrs. Walters, 1906
p West Seventh street
,,s X. Was she locked up in that house?
a. Yes sir.
\. Were YOU there every time Pro-
fessor Hermann was there?
A. Yes sir 90
X. Did he ever use drugs ?,-..--
A. No sir; he4never used no drGgs.
X. Did he ever give any prescrip-
ton to her?
A. No sir; he did not.
X. Did he ever giye any prescription
to you for her?
a. No sir; he1neyer did.
JOHN J. WINKLER.
John ]. Winkler. a witness. being
produced, sworn and examined on the
part and behalf Of the defendant, tes-
titles as follows:
BY Judge Bali.
G. Mr. wnkler. do you know Pro-
fessor Hermann?
A. Yes, sir
@ Did Professor Hermann treat you
at any time for any ailment?
A. Yes, sir. lie treated me for my
hand.
(Objected to by Mr.. Hastings. on the
ground that such testimony Is irrele-
want as the defendant is charged with
prescribing for Emma Reidel Objec-
tion overruled.)
o5r q. In the treatment Of your case by
Professor ,Herrmann, did he prescribe
any drugs or any remedies for you?
4,i A. No. sir.
@. During the whole Of the time that
II Professor Hewmann was treating you,
,fzhe .neYeF prescribed for you any drugs
9hn9Fi Performed, any surgical operation?
iass A. 30, sir he did not.
-sbissrc SS-lsXAAlINATION.
lnsal}y Mr. Hastings;
sdN. Did he order you to take salts
oifrQmy time 70 time2
ro-o A., lle said it would not hurt me TO
take what would 90 on the end of a
knife. l no more told him than he told
me. j had been taking it and asked
him Il it would hurt me to keep on TAX
Ing a. and. he told me a little bit on
the end of a knife would not hurt me.
X. He told you that while he was
treating you2
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rived 4 the dinner later in company with
Republican State Chairman r. Coleman
DUPONT and was warmly greeted by those
present
Being called upon for an express on Of
opinion on the canal subject he responded
in.p speech that grauhed those favoring
a deep wafer canal He said. among o.hcr
things, that for many years he had been
interested In this important matter and
considered it OF so great concern TO the
commercial industrial and marit me IN
terests Of this section Of the .coun Try that
heswill do everything in his power in the
senate to forward the early construction
OF the canal and the selection Of the route
RECOMMENDED by the commission.
he said that as a military man he had
Ions recognized the Strategic imporiarcs
Of the government having that water
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Congressman Burton was greatly disap-
pointed after his hard work upon the
resolution TO find tAat the President had
made such a pledge and the President
realized that he had been induced TO make
a regrettable promise but having made il
he felt he should keep II unless the civil
Ian recommended TO him by Maryland
Congressman would not in his judgment.
be proper man for the position.
Were IL not for the unfair haste OF
Congressman Mudd there could be no
question but Congressman Burton 'and
Senator Alice would have been permitted
to appoint the civilian member Of the
commission.
Senator dupont For Il
Senator Henry A. DUPONT. whose bus
mess had called him 10 Philadelphia, ar
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A. l would not. know whether you
call it him telling me or me telling him.
X. How else did he treat you?
A. He rubbed my hand and arm with
some kind Of a powerful linament and
it cured me all right.
REDIRECT EXAMINATION.
BY Mr.. Pail:
Ro You say that Professor Herr
mann cured you?
A. Yes, sir
RQ. Did you ever try any doctors be-
fore you tried Professor Hermann?
A. Yes. sir; 1 tried physicians in
Baltimore and here, but they did not do
me any good. Professor Hermann
cured me in little while.
LOUISA REIDEL.
(Called by the defendant)
BY Mr.. Ball:
Q. Mrs. Reidel, you have been sworn.
! ask you if Mrs. Walters did not say
to you at the time that Professor
Hermann was treating your daughter
Ella, Il don't want Professor Herr
mann to have your daughters if he
takes her away from my institution
and cures her, it will ruin my business?
A. She did; yes, sir. she did.
Q. Did she ever call at your house
for money!
A. Yes, sir;ashe did. She called there
and wanted sixty dollars and said If
you will furnish forty dollars it will be
all right, and that she would give me
an order on the association; and she
said that she was going to see Mr..
Isenschmidt about it,
No Cross Examination.
WILLIAM c. PIERCE.
William c. Pierce, witness, being
produced, sworn and examined on the
part and behalf Of the defendant, tes-
titles as follows:
BY Mr.. Ball;
@. You are practicins physician in
this city2
A. ! am
@. How long have you been practic-
ing, Doctor?
@. Seventoen or eighteen years. n
@. Do you know Professor Herr
mann?
A. have met him.
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State VS.. Lawson Hermann. -Practic-
ing medicine without proper license.
Transcript Of the Testimony taken IN.
the above stated case at a hearing held
before George II. Hollis, Justice Of the
Peace, at his office, No. East Ninth
street. Wilmington. Delaware, August g.
1906 at .. m.
Daniel o. Hastings. ESQ. Deputy-At-
torney-General for the State.
J. Frank Ball, ESQ., for the defend
ant.
LOUISA REIDEL
Louisa Reidei. witness being produced,
sworn and examined on the part Of the
State. testified as follows:
By Mir. Hastings:
o. Where do you live, Mrs. Reidei7
a. I live ct No 3O5 East Fourth street.
@. In this city, Wilmington Delawarol
A. Yes sir.
@. How long have you lived there9
a. Pretty nearly TO four years-going on
to four years
@. DO you know man called Professor
Herrmanny
A. Yes sir; do.
Q. DO you see him here7
A. Yes sir.
O. Where is hef
That's him there. Cndicating)
c. The man sitting back Of Judge Ball7
A. Yes sir: that's him right there.
O. Did he ever visit your houseg
A. I Wished him.
Q. Whercl
A. At the Hotel Wilmington.
Q. How did You come 20 visit him there7
A. A friend OF mine brought me
paper and said Mrs. Reldel. have got
something here for you 10 read" I was
busy and said: II amt got time 10 read
anything now" and she said drop every
thing and take time, for you ought to
read IT," Wen. ] took the paper and l
read the notice Professor Hermann
printed IN Il, and when I read IT,
G. Qnterrupting witness). AS the re-
suit Of your reading his advertisement in
that paper, did you visit Professor Herr
mannf
a. I did, yes sir.
O Where7 ..tu4.l- .i+a...-
A. went to see him at the Whining
ton Hotel.
@ When?
A. on Saturday afternoon about four
o'clock.
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Some of Prof. Herrmann's
Living Testimonials !:

Dr. H. C. Brown (Paralyss), coilinsville, Conn;
Mr.. Jas. NJ Beden CRheumatism) 200 East
street, New Britain; Miss Katie Morrison. Poquo-
mock. Conn. CRheumatism); Mrs Orr. Al Wells
street SO. Manchester (sheumatism) Mrs Mer-
ritt seakerson, 2S4 Pearl street Hartford, CRheu-
matism) Mrs j. II. Van Arminge. II Pear street.
New Haven Oliver Complaint); Mrs Katie Rus
SELL Berlin, Conn. CParalysis) Mr.. w. ]. Decker,
Pleasant street, West Hartford CRheumatsm);
Mrs William II. Parmaleo. Colinsville. Conn.
Oliver complainD; Mrs. Neil. 81 Columbia street.
New Britain; Mr.. George Blal. Buckland Conn.
Paraysis); Mrs. Grace Donohue, Forestville.
Conn. (Nervous Prostrauon); Mr. VIM H. Par
malice. coninsvine. Conn. CBrights Disease): Miss
A. Abramson. coninsvilie, Conn. Paralysis); Miss
Jessie Gardner. &C Knowles avenue. Brooklyn, n.
Y. (Paralysis).
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@. Do you know Bertha Fisher7
A. Yes.
Q. Did you request Professor Herr
mann to see Bertha Fisher?
A. Well, ! will have to make a story
OF that incident to give you the nfor-
nation about il.
Some two or three years ago Pro-
fessor Hermann was performing here
at Dockstader's Theatre, then at Sew
enth and Shipley streets. was called
to see Bertha Fisher, who was afflict-
ed with nervous disorder; she was
here in company with a number Of
other immigrants and came from Nor
rocco, believe; she had an attack
OF Spasmodic Laryngtis, and pre-
seribod anti spasmodies and gave her
bromide of potassium with no results
that ] could discover, and then remem-
bering Professor Hermann, ! asked
him to come down and see the girl. He
came there about quarter to eleven and
put the girl to sleep and when she had
not awakened in the morning when
visited her ! took her pulse and it was
normal and the girl seemed all right
and did not try to awaken her and
she slept until four o'clock that after
noon and when shs awakened the spell
had passed of.
@. Did Professor Hermann cure her
of the spell?
A. ! don't know whether he cured her
or whether il was the medicine that
effected the cure. will say that the
girl was not cured Of her spell when
he treated her and put her to sleep and
she was cured Of the spell when she
awakened.
O. But you were not jealous Of the
cure and claimed it was you that cured
herr
A. No, sir; thought that he was en-
titled to the credit Of it, and ! said so.
@. And you gave the credit Of il to
him in an interview with reporter Of
the Morning News?
A. ! thought that he was entitled to
the credit of il and said so.
O. Did he use any drugs?
A. No, sir. ,a.-
o. He did not use any drugs in ef-
fectins the cure Of that girl or pre-
scribe any drugs for her?
A. No; he did not use any drugs.
@. And you think he was entitled to
the credit Of curing her Of that spell?
A. Yes; ! did, and do.
No cross examination.
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STATE UNITED
FOR BIG CANAL
tc0ntIaued Fr0m FIrst rags.,

While the guests were gathered about
the club rooms chatting In an informal
manner after the departure Of the COM
missioners other speeches were made.
About Civilian Appointment
Horace 9. Knowles was called upon TO
make an address and explained why II
was that Delaware, whose congressional
representatives labored 20 hard and faith
fully In the cause of the canal did not get
Evening journal., 1906-09-27

Miss Sophie Lloyd. 1906 Maryland ave-
nue., Wilmington, cured Of rheumatism
IN thirty days after thee physicians
failed.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-24
Beef Trust, Medicine Trust, Pure Food
Foes, Patent Medicine fiends Con.
troll State Legislation.
Illinois Is the Only State in the
Union Where the People
Are Asleep.

Beef Trusts and other Corporations
that are crooked or that want much
from the Legislature without letting the
people get on to the fact; and patent
medicine trusts that IRE afraid the
people will learn that they are selling
poisons have discovered a new way of
controlling public opinion without
showing their own hand. They do
their business through professional
advertising agents, who claim to be
able to handle the daily and country
press. In turn the advertising agents
put In large ads. for the Beef Trust,
the Medicine Trust or some other trust
as the case may be, always stipulating
In their contracts that all contracts
for advertising are void II the State
Legislature passes any law inimical to
the Beef Trust, Medicine Trust. That
Is about as comprehensive, as frank.
~ impudent scheme Of controlling
legislation as It IL possible to imag.
iIe. And 30 the Patent Medi.
cine Trust Of America, for one.
maintains lawyer In Chicago. and a
permanent secretary. office and stan.
In every State capital In the United
States 1t maintains an agent whose
| business II Is to watch during the ses.
sion Of the Legislature each days
batch Of new bills, and whenever q
bill affecting patent medicines shows
Its head to telegraph the bill. yer
batim. to headquarters. There some
scores Of printed copies Of the bill are
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-24

ago that Chicago business associatNno
deplored the attacks on the Reef Tr,Ds
because they were just rs guilty them
selves.
~SA
Thanks to the Beef Trust mcthotA
cancer numbered I.101 victims In Chi
cago In 1905, or o. more than In 1909
an increase OF the rate per 1900 q
population Of 2.03 per cent.
The increase In deaths from ca1ees
In Chicago In 1905 over the avsraeW
for the decade ended In 1904 was iNn
per cent. and over the average rate -
tho decade ended In 1874 was Si.i psv
cenri
Hogs that go to England ana tho
United States are not examined f0V
trlchina. All hogs for Germany.
France and Austria are. Some escnpG.
though.
%cA
The Reef Trust will get It's deserts
before many years roll by. The Tr,,ss
press cannot hide the truth from tho
people. Little by little they will learn
the facts, and when they do wal up
you will hear an explosion.
~
Why In Illln0is Nraid to tackle the
Reef Trust'
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-24

made, and copy Is sent to every
each manufacturer looks up the list Of
papers In the threatened State with
which he has the contracts describoD
above. And to each newspaper bs
sends a peremptory telegram calling
the publishers attention to the oblign-
tons Of his contract, and commanding
him to go to work to defeat the nntS.
patent.medicine bill. In practice, this
organization works with smooth per-
lection and well.oiled accuracy 10 de-
feat the public health Legislation
which is introduced by boards %
henlth In over a score Of States every
year.
Watch the daily newspapers when
ever a trust Il being assailei and S0o
how the advertising columns are load.
ed with glaring calls to partnke Of
wonderful dellcacies.
In this connection, and In the al.
sence Of any reference to the ''hrcnke
fast dclicacics" Of the Beef Trnsk.
where there Is life. there Is soap
The Trust press of Chicago cnrcfnf1
eliminates from the reports Of the Cha
cago Health Department which II puss
lishos, all reference to the coixixnso.
ton Of tubercular and cnHsronS
cattle ut the Union Stock Yards. Ths
aim OF the Trust press Is to keep thu
people In ignorance Of true, but svfu1
conditions which menace their henlteA
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-24

destroyed ?.794.O8s pounds Of meat. as
being unit for food: all Of which
would have been sold In the city Of Chi.
cago. and for which the purchaser
would have paid first-clsss prices"
"From these fgures It IL very evident
that Inspection by the city Of all food
products II Of untold value, not only
from u financial but from sanitary
ana hygienic standpoint"
"Thc following will show how neces.
sary city inspection Is ut the Union
Stock Yards:
"The city meat inspectors have con.
denned In the coolers and on the cut.
ting floors AFTER PASSING GOV.
EMINENT INSPECTION:
"I25 cattle. cause. nctinOmycosis.
'O1 cattle. cause. emaclatiOn.
"22l cattle, cause, tuberculosis. evi.
dcnce Of disease having been trimmed
out.
40 cattle. cause. 'downers.'
"27 sheep. cause, pneumonia.
'"N+ hogs. cause pynemIa and tubercu.
losis.
ATTIC pounds of cut meats shipped
from ST. Louis. Omaha. etc. Tor can.
ming. This meat was sour and shiny"
~6A
Beef Trust apolog.sts say that most
Of the criticism Of their methods IL
due to dramatic license" Is there
any dramatic license" In the condem.
nation Of over 100000 pounds Of beef
containing tuberculosis In the short
space Of three mOnthsI IL there any
dramatic license" about ofiicIal health
department reportsf
%6A
The following from the Bulletin OF
the Health Department for month OF
May: "rhe meat inspectors ut the
st0ckyards condemned and destroyed q
total Of 4Sl.706 pounds Of beet, pork.
veal and mutton"
~
The Reef Trust mas caused q big
raise IN the price OF shoea. The NJ.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-24
The Beef Trust counts upon electing
q majority Of the Illinois delegation to
Congress next year.
Talk about government Inspection!
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

ANIMAL STATEMENT Of the Retail
Merchants Association Mutual Fire lnsur.
ance Company Of Springfield. 10 the State
1908, made 10 the Insurance Superintend-
ent Of the state OF Illinois. pursuant to
law.
Cash on hand and in bank ....S 23,sl3,06
Gross premiums In course OF
collection aluminium. 9,IO4,@I
Total cash assets ,,,,,,..,.x 2s,5lS,l9
OTHER RESOURCES.
Amount of premium or deposit
notes, less assessments ....$ 2i8,328.73
Aggregate amount OF assets,
Including premium or de-
'''" "' IIABII.ITiEs.
Total unearned premiums ...& 25,s83,37
Total liabilities S it;;o;H;iE;'"'' s''sos's7
Received for premiums or as
Interest on Treasurers bal
ances ....a.,,.,.......... 462ls
Total income during year g 523l92I
EXPENDITURES.
losses paid during the year - 1880, 70
Cash dividends paid to men,
beers 49,, ..,,.,,,,''''' Il,300S 81
Commission or brokerage -. S,535,22
Salaries, fees and all other
charges Of officers, clerks,
agents and employees ...... l2,S23,OO
State, national and local taxes. lO2.50
Amount OF all other expendi-
lures, viz. General expense,
$70?.l9; printing, S445.l4;
adjusting, S397. advertis'
Ing, Sli6.25 postage. $433..
90 rents, S7s5.O6; fixtures,
S555l3 ........ .,,....,. 3,552.43
Total expenditures during
the year ........,......$ oo,1lO.7d
MISCELLANEOUS.
Total risks taken during the
year In Illinois .......... .eo,7 1877 ,0SS.0 90
Total premiums received dur.
Ing the year In Illinois -. bI,sb7.Os
Total losses incurred during
the year In Illinois ....... SS.l08.70
GEO. o. CONNnLLY, President.
W. W. SWEET, yR., Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before ne thll
"a day Of January, 1909.
EDITH n. RICHARDS,
(osAll Nets7 Publis.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-24

ANNUAL STATEMENT Of the Protection
Mutual Fire Insurance Company Of Chicago,
In the State OF Illinois, on the Sist day
OF December, 1908. made to the Insurance
Superintendent Of the State Of Illinois, pur-
suant to law.
No canital lnuiAly mufual.