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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24
To Refund Government Bonds.

A circular issued by Secretary Cortel.
you announces the intention of the Treas.
ury Department to refund $50,O00, 900 OF
the per cent funded loan of 1907. This
series originally comprised 100000, ,Oo0.
OF this amount S25, 100000 was redeemed
some time ago to relieve the financial sit.
uation. The remaining $25,000,o00 will
be redeemed after July next. The new
bonds will bear interest at per cent and
will be exchanged for the old ones on
basis of per cent premium. They viii
run for twenty years.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24
Daily Duties.

The best part of ones life is the per.
formance of ones daily duties. All
higher motives, ideas, conceptions and
sentiments In a mans life are of little
value II they do not strengthen him
for the better discharge of the duties
which devolve upon him in the ordl.
nary affairs Of life.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

John D. Rockefeller says existing
stocks cannot be watered, and An
drew Carnegie declares that Wall
street Is the gambling headquarters of
America. These two gentlemen are
likely to lose the confidence of some
Of our most prominent financlers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

One Of the sons Of Emperor William
will, 1t Is reported, enter Harvard next
fall. He will be accompanied by a
military aid. and we are positively as
sured that it is his fixed intention not
to submit to any mollycoddling what
ever.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

~~ooo~~~~-o0o0
1242-Russians defeated the Swedes at
battle of Lake Peipus.
1497-Canada discovered by Cartier.
1513-Ponce de Leon called the country
discovered by him Florida"
1558-Marriage of the Dauphin Of
France to Mary Stuart, Queen of
Scots.
1609-Henry Hudson sailed from Hol-
land on his exploring expedition to
America.
32-Imperialists defeated; Tilly killed.
1663-Royal Society of England char
tered.
1762-Granada surrendered to the Brit
ish.
1789-Washington chosen President Of
the United States.
1791-Count Mirabeau, 'the grandest
figure Of the French Revolution"
died.
1792-United States mint established.
1s00-First United States bankrupt law
passed; repealed Dec. 10, 1903.
1S01-British fleet under Nelson bonn
barded Copenhagen.
1805-Emanuel Lisa founded the first
trading post in Nebraska.
1810-Napoleon married the Arch
duchess Maria Louisa.
1s11-James Monroe of Virginia became
Secretary of State.
1812-Badajos stormed and taken by
Lord Wellington.
1814-Napoleon Bonaparte sent to Elba
Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated
the throne of France.
1S19-The American Farmer, first agri-
cultural paper, issued at Baltimore.
1S29-Bolivian army invaded the repub-
lie of Peru.
1830-The Mormon church founded.
1S37-Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet
laureate of England, born.
1S44-The Fleet Prison in London abol-
l., ished.
1S47-Alvarado, Mexico, surrendered to
the Americans,
1S50-The celebrated Koh-i-noor dla-
mond sent as present to Queen
Victoria.
1S5S-Sir Hugh Rose defeated the In
dian rebels and took Jhansi. Gold
discovered In British Columbia.
1862-Federal army commenced siege of
Yorktown, Va.... First day Of the
battle of Shiloh.
1S65-University of Alabama, at Tusca-
loosa, burnt by Gen. Croxton. Pc
tersburg and Richmond, Va, occu-
pied by federal troops. Battle at
Selma, Ala.
at Antioch 1900 lives
lost.
1873-White Star steamer Atlantic
wrecked off Nova Scotia; 4S1 lives
lost.
trial begun of Will
liam w. Belknap, Secretary of War.
1S7S-victory of British at Futtehabad,
Afghanistan.
1SS5-Frog Lake massacre.
1SS7-First Colonial conference met in
London.
1SS9-Passengers and crew of steam
ship Danmark rescued by steamer
Missouri in mid-Atlantic.
1S94-Eleven strikers killed in riot at
'Connellsville, Pa. Louis Kossuth,
Hungarian patriot, buried in Buda-
pest.
1S95-Eightieth birthday of Prince Bis
marck celebrated throughout Ger
many.
96-Ex-President Harrison married
Mrs. Mary Scott Lord Dimmick.
1S97-Venezuela Congress ratified boun-
Diary arbitration treaty with Great
Britain.
1S9S-Many lives lost by the breaking
of the Ohio river levee at Shawnee
town, Ill.
1S99-Mataafa's forces In Samoa at
tackled American and British naval
squads.
1900-The Kentucky Court of Appeals
declared Beckham Governor. Queen
Victoria started on visit to Ire
land.
1901-Spanish cabinet approved of
treaty of friendship with the United
States.
1eo2-Million dollar fire In Atlantic
City, n. ].
1904-Religious emblems ordered re
moved from the French courts OF
justice. Attempt on the life Of
the King of Spain at Barcelona.
1905-President Roosevelt left Washing.
ton on trip to Texas and Colorado.
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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

King Edward has a collection Of 10
curious walking sticks, but he doesn't
get half as much fun out of them as
Mr.. Roosevelt does out of one big
atiak
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

A writer in the London Daily Mail
says a journey around the world can
now be accomplished in forty days
without any hardships. Perhaps he
doesn't regard tipping" a porter as
hardship.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

Senator Cullom would like to see Mr.
Hartman in Jail, but as it is not the
railroad manipulator's chief mission
In life to please others he will try to
keep out.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

Snakes are reported to be unusually
plentiful in New Jersey this year.
Perhaps it would be we'll for some
good blind-plg hunter to establish him
self In that State.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

AS might have been expected, Archie
Roosevelt has whipped the diphtheria
germ and hopes some day to be able to
tackle a mountain lion or bobcat.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

A Harvard professor says the earth
Is at least 1,0OO,O0O,OoOOO0 years old.
Think of that any time you are inclined
to imagine the earth couldn't get along
without you.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

The king of Siam has started on
pleasure trip accompanied by his
twelve wives. An entirely original
Idea of having a good time.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24
Vom.D,. Nyarlsed Do1vn 49,

Howell--You have sister older
than yourself, l believer
Powell-She was born first, but she
isn't older.--New York Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

Sometimes it looks as IL Providence
had provided just about enough ex-
tremely rich young men to serve the
world as horrible examples
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

1t doesn't seem right that human
life should be SO cheap when every
thing else is so high. The era is one
Of high living and quick dying.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

'sThlnk of the powerful influence that
great wealth gives" people say. "Sure-
" that must be source of great hap
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

Advice to criminal lawyers: When
In doubt try the brain storm.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

There isn't great deal of sunshine
in the smile a man produces when he
loseA.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

The man who wants to sell it is usu.
ally the one who has the least political
influence.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-09-21
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

Annual statement of the Lloyds Plate
Glass Insurance Company of New York,
in the State of New York. on the 31st
day of December, 1906. made to the In
surance superintendent of the State of
Illinois, pursuant to law.
Amount of capital stock paid.
up in cash ................$ 200 900 ti.
INCOME.
Premiums received during the.
year 1ot,ofV
Interest. rents and dividends 33,79S "a
Amount received from all 9th
er sources ................ DO W
Total income ....s AL, 1876 Sc
EXPENDITURES.
Losses paid during the years 159,315 70
wear 80 ........... so, 600 90
Commission or brokerage -. 1891 30
Salaries, fees and all other
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-09-21
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

Annual statement of the First Russian
Insurance Company of st. Petersburg
Russia, on the 31st day of December, 1906
made to the Insurance Superintendent of
the State of Illinois, pursuant to law.
CAPITAL.
Amount of deposit capital
stock paid up in cash .....$ 5000 90
Book value of bonds .......$ SOC, 200 90
Total admitted assets ....$4 SOC, 200 90
PAUL, e. RASOR,
United States Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 25th day of February. 1907.
(SeaD Chas. Morrow,
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
Annual statement of the United States
Branch of the Russian Reinsurance
Company of ST. Petersburg in Russia, on
the 31st day of December 1906, made to
the Insurance Superintendent of the
State of Illinois. pursuant to law
CAPITAL.
Amount of deposit capital IS 200, 900 90
LEDGER ASSETS.
Book value of bonds .........$ $4,000 90
Total admitted assets ......$. 512,3 90
PAUL f. RASOR,
United States Manager.
u. S. Manager.
u. S. Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
(seaD Chas. Morrow
Notary Public.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-09-21
oEEIcIAI PUBLICATION.

Annual statement United States Branch
of the Norwich and London Accident In
surance Association of Norwich. England,
on the 31st day of December, 1906, made
to the Insurance Superintendent of the
State of Illinois, pursuant to law.
CAPITAL.
Amount of deposit capital IS 4S5, 900 90
INCOME.
Premiums received during
the year ............. 1,222,2 76 II
Interest. rents and dividends 6S.S42 10
Amount received from all 9TH
err sources ................ A 25
Total income ............. 81. 291. 1853 81
EXPENDITURES.
Losses paid during the years 722.911 60
Dividends paid during the
year Sb.Sl9 bo
Commission or brokerage -. 15701s 36
Salaries. fees and all other
charges of officers, clerks,
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-09-21
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

Annual statement of the Southern Ma
t,onal INSURANCE Company of Austin, in
December, 1906 made to the Insurance
SUPERINTENDENT of the State of Illinois,
pursuant to law CAp1rA1
Amount of capital stock paid
INCOME. ''' iOO000 "
Premiums received during the
year ......... .............$ 54347 70
Interest ......... ............ 1855 Is
Total income ..............$ sc,1S6 "a
Losses paid during the year s SS7S 81
commission or brokerage. 12,714 81
charges of officers, clerks
agents and employees 800. s.242 "a
Rents paid during the year. sos 90
All other taxes licenses and
insurance department fees. N 90
Amount of all other expendi-
lures 49, ........ 9,779 40
Total expenditures 1913 s7,ss7 40
LEDGER ASSETS.
Mortgage loans on real estate 5 lis, 413 At
Cash In bank .............. 45, 104 81
Agents debit balances ..... 1870 IS
Total ledger assets IS 1ss, 1855 So
NON-LEDGER AsSETS.
Interest accrued .........k 1880 73
Other non-ledger assets ..... 2.S09 Of
nEDUcT AssEiTs Nor A ..f rT1ifS1 %
Other Unidentified assets .....s 2,S09 OF
r. Total admitted assets IS 171119 35
LIABILITIES.
Losses adjusted and
unpaid -. $2.16S II
Losses in process of
adjustments or in
suspense -. ...... ,S46 IS
Total .s5.O14 35
Deduct reinsurance
due accrued -. TIA 81
Net amount of unpaid losses 1929 6S
Total unearned premiums -. 2S,S02 40
Total liabilities ...........s 1904 Os
IRA II. EVANS President
w. II. FOLTS, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
30th day of March, 1907
(Se'Lls LETTER r. Cprbitt
Notary Public
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-09-21
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

Annual statement of the Indiana Lum-
berman's Mutual Insurance Company of
indianapolis, in the State of Indiana. on
the 31st day of December, 1906 made to
the Insurance Superintendent of the State
OF Illinois. pursuant to law.
No capital, purely mutual
INCOME
Premiums received during the
interest and dividends 49,. 2,712 OF
Amount received from all 9TH
er sources ........... 49,. 3ss SO
Aggregate income .........s 105,541 As
EXPENDITURES
Losses paid during the years 43779 90
Dividends paid during the
year 1870. ........... 20,s1s 81
Commission or brokerage 1874 70
Salaries, fees and all other
charges of officers, clerks.
agents and employees ..... 1864 O6
Taxes, repairs and expenses
on real estate ............... 663 "a
lures ........ .........s... ss7s 81
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-09-21
Insurance Statements,

Aggregate expenditures ...$ 79,437 OIL
ASSETS.
Mortgage loans on real estates 1880 90
Market value of bonds .... 10000 90
Cash in bank ................ 20,696 Ga
Interest due and accrued -. 974 SO
Gross premiums in course of
collection $50. ........... 6,492 "a
Total cash assets .........$ 90,S13 n
OTHER ASSETS.
Amount of prem lum or de-
post notes ................$ 307,53S 81
Aggregate assets ..........$ 1898, 1852 30
LIABILITIES.
Amount of unpaid losses ....$ 5000 90
Total unearned premiums -. 1856 AZ
Unpaid dividends ........... "a Al
Return premiums ......... 43 80
Total liabilities ...........$ 56,934 90
Net amount of premiums or
deposit notes .......... 3o7, 53S SO
Net cash surplus ...........$ 34,479 So
Aggregate assets .:........s 1896, 1862 I29
MISCELLANEOUS.
Risks taken during the year
in Illinois ~..................$ 23S725 90
Total premiums received dur
ing the year in Illinois -. 1865 ~
Total losses incurred during
the year in Illinois ....... 5000 Is
G. C. FOSTER President.
f. b. FOWLER, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day of May, 1907
(SeaD Edmund ". Herod,
Notary Public
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-09-21
Annual, Publications.

agents and employees .. 161 1853 76
Rents paid during the year. 1860 So
Taxes, repairs and expenses
on real estate .............. LOSS OF
All other taxes, licenses, in
surance depextment fees.
lures $50. ........... 2sS72s 81
Total expenditures ..... $1.221,24s SO
LEDGER ASSETS.
Book value of real estate
owned by the company ...$ 1850 90
Mortgage loans on real es-
stocks -. ........... 1,s5s,34s II
Cash on hand and in bank. 123,349 81
Total $3.50. $1.95S, 1923 GA
Deduct clerks fund .......... 1884 SO
Total ledger assets .....$1, 94S,33S rs
NON-LEDGER ASSETS.
Interest due and accrued IS 24,327 or
Due for reinsurance ........ 20,667 SO
Gross premiums in course of
collection ......... ........ 1856, 1874 81
Gross assets ...... ...... so, 1S9, 45S 80
MITTED.
D1 book Value of 'r real
estate, bonds and
STOCKS 49,. -. .$zo,SIJI
Gross premiums in
course of collec-
ton ...t..... ZO,I4I "a
Total ......~...........$ 46,219 56
Total admitted assets So 1882 "a
LIABILITIES.
Amount of unpaid losses ....$ 400, 1926 43
Total unearned premiums -. 59S,650 SO
Unpaid dividends ............ 20 81
Salaries, rents, bills, etc.,. 1876 Fl
Commission and brokerage :. 29,765 "a
Reinsurance premiums .... 1872 76
Total liabilities ........ $1,Os0,472 90
II. S. ROBINSON, President.
C. S. GILMAN, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day of May, 1907.
(SeaD Frederic r. Eaton,
Notary Public
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-09-21

Don't wait 10 hear what the public
thinks before you express your opin-
ion. Say what you think II you believe
you are right
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-09-21
OEElCIAL PUBLICATION.

Annual statement of the Travellers In
demnity Company of Hartford, in the
State of Connecticut, on the 31st day of
December, 1906, made to the Insurance
Superintendent of the State of Illinois,
pursuant to law.
CAPITAL.
Amount of capital stock paid
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-09-21
oFFIcIA. PUBLICATION.

Annual statement Of the Indiana and
Ohio Live Stock Insurance Company of
Charlottesville, in the State Of Indiana,
on the 31st day of december, 1906, made
to the Insurance Superintendent of the
State of Illinois, pursuant to law.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-09-21

United States Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me TINS
18th day of January. 1907.
lSean H. M Mcconnell
Notary Public.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-27
PASTORS DAUGHTER VICTIM.
Fourteen. Year.0id Abducted And Bound
To Tree AT Tufnersville.

GREENvILLE, PA Aug, sd,--lt Is
reported that tramp who assaulted
Anna Whitehead, the ltycsr'old daugh'
ter OF Rev j. NJ. Whitehead, Methodist
clergyman in tho woods near Turner
willie. has been caught BY a posse near
Wleklitfe. Ohio. and lyhched
The girl was forrihly abducted from the
streets Of Tumersvillc and bound to a
tree. TO be released only when the Sab.
bath dawnel. The girl was repeatedly
assaulted
The pursuit started when the little
girl, exhausted and bruised, staggered
into her parents home this morning
and told Of the tramp's seiring her In
the street when she had been sent to a
neighhor's an an rrrand at 7 o'clock
Saturday evening Of his thrusting a bag
over her head and then carrying her to
tho woods
The man. who had fed, leaving her all
but unconscious on the ground aud
with his threa, Of death Il she told OF
his treatment of her, was seen on the
Lake Shore track. and the posse. swelled
now to hundreds and led By Chief Of
Police Flower of this city and Sheriff
Williams of Meadville. Pa. and guided
by bloodhounds, rapidly narrowed the
search to swamp on the Ben Jones
farm. near Wicklldc, Ohio 2s miles from
here.
The dogs followed the scent to the
swamp, but could not pick II up later,
and the farmers, posting sentinels about
the swamp with orders to shoot on
sight, plunged into the shNb,covcrcd
low ground intent on taking a life for
the fcndish attack on the little girl.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-27
INVESTIGATING CONCRETE
FAILURES.
Government Takes Matter 10 Hand and
Looks For Information

Washington, Aug. e1,--1hrough the
Geological Survey. tho United State,
Government Ia making thorough lnyrs'
,igatiou Into the eollapses Of reinforced
eoneis,o buildings. Richard l. lmmph'
rcy. expert IN charge of the L, \ Geo
logical Surveys Sirnelnral Material
Laboratories In ~, Louis aud Norfolk,
ha. directed the examination OF con.
crete buildings which have lately col
lapsed, Tests have been made primarily
for the Government, but the results
win bc published for the benefit Of
builders In general. '''fhc danger Of
careless concrete construction" says
Mr.. Humphrey, 'confronts nearly every
city Of the country and Il Is a miracle
20 me that more concrete buildings have
not collapsed. Ia order 10 meet this
problem squarcly every city In The
United States should revise its building
laws In such maner that either owner
or contractor OF concrete building
'hal be compelled TO employ competent
Inspector 10 follow every detail Of con
Atrnction.
Great loss OF lie and property through
collapscs OF concrete buildings In the
last year or two, inspired the Govern
mcus to make an investigation Of the
causes by spreading eorrco. iuforma'
tion ~ to the risks Involved In concrete
construction the experts hope to avert
further calamities. This Is In line with
the campaign OF education already be-
gun by the International Society OF
State and Municipal Building Commits
sionCra
Mr.. Humphrey haS examined care.
fully nearly every one OF the buildings
that have collapsed In the last year.
He found evidences not only OF care.
lessness but OF ignorance. "The sci.
enoe Of concrete construction 10 not yet
thoroughly settled and until II is the
greatest care should be taken In the
use Of materials" he says.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-27
INDIAN WILL ENTERTAIN

Muskogee, /. T, August 25,--A. G,
Trumble, Vice Chairman of the Execu.
tive Committe OF the Trans. Missis.
ippi Commercial Congress, has appoint.
ed Chief Pleasant Porter host for all
the Indians who may attend the Con.
gress in November, both of the five Civ.
ilized Tribes and Of the Usage Nation
Chief Porter is one of the picturesque
characters of the Southwest He is the
last Chief Of the Creek Nation, and has
always been regarded as one Of the lead.
ing councillors Of his tribe in every.
thing which pertains to progress.
General Porter will entertain the dis.
tinguished visitors to the Congress with
the same lavish hand which has mark.
ed his career in the Indian Territory.
He will not only be chairman of the
committee on Indian entertainment, but
he will serve on several other commit.
tees as well.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-27
The Limit Of Life.

The most eminent medical scientists
are unanimous in the conclusion that
the generally accepted limitation Of
human Life is many years below the at
tainment possible with the advanced
knowledge of which the race Is now
possessed. The critical period, that de-
termines its duration, seems to be be.
tween so and 90; the proper care OF the
body during this decade cannot be too
strongly urged; careleSsness then being
fatal to longevity. Natures best helper
after 80 Is Electric Bitters, the scientific
tonic medicine that revitalizes every or.
gan Of the body. Guaranteed by
Charles Rogers, druggist. Soc.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-27
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING.
TAIL0RS.

ANDREW SIpoIA HAS MOVED HIS
tailor shop across the street and will
now be found at 4Ss Commercial street,
Your patronage solicited, All work guar
anteed, Fall samples are now on dis
play. s.s.tf.
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HELP WANTED.

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