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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-08
PROBE FOR PHOENIX COMPANY
Illness Of President Sheldon Will Not
Prevent Criminal Prosecution.
LOANS TO INSURANCE OFFICIALS
to Inspectors Enabled sheldon
10 Avoid Examination for Twenty
Two Years-BoEus securi-
ties Are Found.

NEW YORK. Dec. THE fact that
George P. sheldon is 50 800 at his home IN
Connecticut, that he is expected to die will
not cause an abandonment Of the criminal
Investigation and prosecution in the matters
Of the Phoenix Insurance company Of
Brooklyn. from the presidency Of which
Sheldon was removed at the instiSation q
the state Insurance. department.
III department hiss placed the case In
the hands Of the district attorney and a
number Of men who have held office IN
the state insurance department will be
called as witnesses.
W. H. Hotchklss. superintendent OF the
insurance department. says the Phoenix
Insurance company. through its president.
had been in the habit Of lending consider
able sums to state insurance officials and
that for twenty-five years the company
had not been investigated by the depart
ment. -Four state insurance officials are
mentioned. whose loans from the Phoenix
aggregate $4,000.
The insurance department believes the
company's risks to the public are involved
and that the entire loss through loans
negotiated by Sheldon can b. balanced by
crossing off N.OoO,Oo0 Of the company's
s2.OOO.ON surplus.
Although the investigation shows that
Sheldon managed the affairs Of the com
pany alone and without consulting the
board Of directors. superintendent Hotch-
kiss delares that each OF the directors is
responsible under the law.
Investigation into the affairs OF the com
pany were begun today by the grand jury.
Henry Evans, who in this crisis has
been called by prominent stockholders 10
assume the Craftsmanship Of the executive
COMMITTEES OF the Phoenix Insurance com
pany, issued an official statement this aft
~ernoon-the first since the trouble was
made public-in which he declared his be-
lief that the c~ompany's capital Of S1,5Oo,O0
was intact and that there would be a net
surplus of about S00,OOo
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-08

II you have anything to sell or trade,
advertise in the Want Ad columns Of The
Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-08
sheldon Probably WIN Die.

GREENWICH, Conn. Dec. 7-Communi-
cation with George P. Sheldon. formerly
president Of the Phoenix Insurance com
pany of New York, concerning the affairs
Of that company is impossible owing to
his critical illness.
Mr.. Sheldon suffered ptonaine poisoning
six weeks ago. Today Mr.. Sheldon's
chances Of recovery were said to be slender.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-08
Camp Wants New Rules.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. THAT
there should he a revision Of the foot bali
rules with the view of minimizing the
chances Of serious accidents is the state
ment made here today by Walter Camp.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-08
o TALK

some fellow has written .ems miEhty clever stuff under the cap
ton Of The Business Sayings Of Ole Gordon Graham-AmonEo other
things he says 'Bsesuss there sint any rotten apples in the tSP
That is another way f saying RpRearanees- ar net always a safe
guide to worth rake clothes for eHample-You often &c many gar
ments displayed around town that look Epod enough to have M King
swanson label insde-eut It 70 what q. inside them. the rninss, the
clothes are a right inside as they are pessinG outside that We hSye
business in Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-08

for the clock. and praying the county
commissioners TO purchase the same,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-08

IDEAL Boilers will outlast
the building, as they do not
rust cut or wear out. They
will save money for you 20 the
end ofyouT days.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-08

A No. q IDEAL Boiler and 24o n. Of s.
10. AMERICAN Radiators, costing the
owner Sis, were used 10 Hot-Water
heat this cottage.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-08

No. sl2i DEAL Boiler and go A. Of s.
10. AMERICAN Radiators, costing The
owner SOS, were used 70 Hot-WateT
heat this cottage
Al these prices the goods can be bought {
not include cost ofiabor, pipe, valves, heigl
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Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07
UNCLE HORACE IN eLEE.

They do not realize in Washington
how much Uncle Horace Johnson of
Haddam has had to enjoy at the ex-
pense of the national weather bureau
since the 4th of March, when his ac-
curacy as a weather forecaster made
the capital and all the residents sit up
and take notice that Moore had been
outclassed.
Ever since the national weather bu-
reau has been constantly and severely
criticised, while Uncle Horace reads
and smiles and knocks the ashes from
the tip Of his cigar. A critic in Ev-
erybody's Magazine takes occasion to
say that the national weather bureau
is extravagantly conducted and unpro-
g1essive; that its attitude T. apollo
getic and its predictions Intentionally
ambiguous; and Boston critic says:
THE weather forecast for Boston says,
Wednesday increasing cloudiness,
probably fair Worcester's dictionary
defines the word fair 'cloudless.'
have noticed this once before In
weather forecast, and II puzzles me
very much"
The weather forecast has always
been q puzzler for the average man;
ana ne doesn't know now how to in
terpret local rains" SO often appear
ing in the report, not realizing that
they may be local to any spot within 80
or 40 miles. Connecticut people are
all smiling with Uncle Horace.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

remarkable ruler who was formally
removed from the throne Of the
caliphs yesterday had held his posi-
ton of great power for nearly thirty
three years. His age is 66.
At the beginning of his reign the
sultan found himself in opposition to
the young Turks, who were striving
cure advancement in government along
constitutional lines. Less liberal than
Abdul Aziz, or even his own father,
Sultan Abdul Medjid, whose long reign
ceased in 1851, Abdul Hamid did his
best to suppress the patriotic aspira-
lions OF enlightened Turks.
Forced early in his reign to grant to
the Turkish people a constitution and
a parliament, he took the first oppor-
tunity to suppress both. BY assassina-
ton and exile he removed enemies of
the old order from his path. Mass2-
ere of Christians played its part in
strengthening the bonds Of fanaticism
by which he bound the masses of the
Mussulmans to the holder of the cali
phate. Playing year after year a des-
perate game, he won many incredible
victories and so kept the old hulk Of
despotism afoat.
He has lost at last The young
Turks after all these years have
fought out VIGOROUSLY the battle Of
eHllSuIenneHL ana progress. Inc new
sultan, Mehmed V, brother of Sultans
Murad and Abdul Hamid. is not likely
to prove more than a lay figure IN the
government. The task of governing
wisely and effectively must be shout
dered by the men who have brought
about the revolution. Whether they
will succeed in quietfng the barbarous
provinces which Kill Christians as a
manifestation Of piety and which see
in all progress the polluting touch of
the inf1del is a question now causing
deep anxiety throughout Europe
Doubtless the progressive leaders in
Constantinople have done wisely in de-
posing abdul the Damned" There
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07
CIRCULATION
WOULD MAKE THE LAW FIT.

The endeavor of the mercantile es-
Establishments to procure an amendment
to the labor law which holds them to
factory time ought to succeed; and If
the legislators take a rational view
of the sense of their pleadings it will.
These establishments all honor the
58-hour per week clause; but they
show q necessity for working all en-
ployes more than ten hours a day on
Mondays and Saturdays of each week,
as much for public convenience as for
their own profit.
The working classes, as the hackers
Of the amendment to the law allege,
need two evenings a week in which
to do their trading; and the claim that
IS hours week is not more wearing
to women and minors when broken by
short and long days than when made a
straight nine and half-hour day, Is
logical and convincing.
Mercantile hours and factory hours
cannot well be made the same if the
true interests Of all concerned are to
be consulted. 1t is only just to both
classes, and to the people, to amend
this labor law so that It fits the sit
uRtion, since by SO doing no injustice
will be done to any one.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07
JAPANESE DEVOTION TO THE
STATE,

The Japanese people have such a
keen sense of duty toward the state
that what is pleasure to them would
be g. heavy burden to the people Of
any other nation. They pay without
complaint 30 per cent. of their in
come to support the state In the past
II years they have spent s34e, 900
for wars and are putting nearly $145,-
100000 annually into the army and
navy.
Sixty per cent. OF the $4,000, 600 pop
ulation till the soil; the miners dig up
$55,000,00O worth Of minerals a year;
the catch of the fishermen is worth
s1,500 600; exports amount to but
s216,206 ,4S6; only 612,l77 of the popu-
lation are employed in the 1851 fac
tories,
The revenues are derived from tax
alton and monopolies, as follows: Land
tax, S42,S5e,22s; liquor, S35,so4, s42;
income, S1S,7s5,757: textiles, 10000
900; sugar, $s,0o0,ooo; public under
takings and state properties, s72,140,-
612; pestals and telegraphs, $1s,272,
799; customs, s20,715,4e0; monopolies
25,2S6,000, and railways, $1S,527.00O
Total, $271, 491, 500.
There is no graft in the government
finance. By carrying out the finan
cial scheme Of the Katsura cabinet
japan will be entirely out of debt
within thirty years at the most.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07
WHERE rHs HEAVY TAX RESTS.

The statement is authoritatively
made from Washington that twelve
classes Of articles pay three-fourths
OF the three hundred million dollars
per annum collected as tariff duties
by the government Of the United
States. The duties collected under the
existing tariff laws have averaged over
three hundred million dollars per an
mum during the past three years, the
largest sum being in the fiscal year
1907, when the total collections
amounted to 329 million dollars. In
that year sugar paid sixty million dol
lars duty; cotton manufactures. thir-
ty-nine millions; leaf tobacco, twenty
two millions; manufactures of hbers,
twenty-five millions; manufactures
OF silk, twenty millions; manufactures
Of wool. twenty millions; raw wool
sixteen and one-half millions; spirits,
wine and malt liquors sixteen mil
lions; manufactures Of iron and steel.
Twelve millions; earthen and china
ware, eight millions; chemicals. drugs
and dyes, seven and one-half millions,
and fruits and nuts, seven millions
the total for these twelve articles or
groups being two hundred and fifty
million dollars. or just three-fourths
Of the 32s million dollars Of tariff du-
ties collected during the year 1907.
The most intricate feature Of the
tariff is the cotton goods schedule.
which is rated in so many different
ways that the work of the officers of
the government is greatly increased to
collect the exact duty payable on the
thousands of articles and many thou
sands Of grades Of goods. While It is
true that twelve different articles or
classes Of articles pay three fourths of
the duties collected. as heretofore stat
ed, the detail Of fixing the rates of du-
ty, and Of determining the amount ac-
tually collected, are, after all, most
difficult and tedious and explain, in
some degree, the difficulties of the task
OF making q new tariff. of collecting
the duties which 1t names. and of stat
ing in concrete form the results of
these operations.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07
Where New EnaIand Is Slow.

Forester Pinchot, addressing the gen.
eral assembly recently, reminded Rhode
Islanders of their neglect of natural
resources in respect of apples. With
out expanding the theme, his remark
that apples are regularly shipped into
this state from as far away as the
state Of Washington. entailing heavy
freight charges. sufficiently illustrated
the point. A Massachusetts expert
emphasizes 1t by declaring that apple
culture offers the greatest return and
is less hazardous than any other class
of orehardry to which New England is
adapted" The enduring apple trees
planted by generations that have
passed on-which successive genera
tons have done little for, except to
permit them to demonstrate endurance
suggest alike encouragement to ap-
pie enterprise and a lesson in neglect
This expert holds that New Englands
opportunities for apple growing are
practically unequalled on the continent
An abundance of cheap land is avail
able for the production OF a high quail
ity Of this kind of fruit, while an ap
preciative home market Is at our doors
and an export market on our coasts.
Such hints ought to bear fruit.-Provi-
dence Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07
NOT so EASY,

Governor Fort Of New Jersey, in
discussing the prospective ballot law
for that state, said that he would
make the ballot as easy to cut as a
piece Of pie" How easy to cut is a
piece of pie7 1t must be admitted
that this depends upon what the pie
is made of, and what the cutter knows
about pie. 1t is not probable that one
man in ten can cut pie right with
the best of tools and the plainest of
directions. Cutting pie may be as
easy to Governor Fort as 1t is to a
restaurant chef, but the fact is the
average man cuts pie about as he
cuts a figure in life. He pays little
attention to the exactness Of his lines,
but directs his knife as a convenience
to his appetite. Most men would soon
er cut a cheese than cut a pie. It is
thought that this declaration Of Gov
ernor Forts will live as a popular
phrase IN New Jersey, but in Connecti-
cut It would not. The men of Con-
necticut know deal more about eat
ing pie than they do about cutting it.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

AS we understand the purpose back
OF the bill, it is desire on the part Of
the merchants to get on to the statute
books law which will be definite in
its requirements. The present law has
been construed two ways, which leaves
the merchant in doubt as to whether
he is a law abiding citizen or a lawless
one. So far as the New Haven mer-
chants are concerned, and there is no
reason to view them differently from
other merchants elsewhere, they are
not asking for the privilege of eXer-
cising their own selfish judgment in
employing their help, from either a
monetary point of view or from an in
difference as to their physical welfare.
They want to arrange their hours of
service so that they may take advan-
tage of the demand on the part of a
large class of patrons on Saturday
evening, accommodate the purchasing
public during the week previous to
Christmas and to have their practice
of giving holidays and Friday half
holidays with pay recognized as an
earnest of their unselfish purpose. They
do not seek extraordinary favors or
dissent from the creditable interest of
earnest people in behalf of the worlds
workers. They plead human instinct
in the conduct of their business, on
the one hand and, on the other. ask to
have the conditions Of mercantile trade
appreciated by the lawmakers before
statute is enacted.-New Haven Jour
nall Courier.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07
The Health Dept.

In your bodily system Is looked
after by millions Of little soldiers
In your blood - those eorpuscIss
constantly fighting for you.
If this army is well fed and kept
healthy and strong, by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla, it will destroy the uncount-
able horde of germ-enemies that are
attacking you every moment of your life.
Hoods Sarsaparilla will keep you
free from or viii cure you of scrofula,
eczema, rheumatism, catarrh, anemia,
that tired feeling and all such ailments.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07
Erom the Consular Reports.

Frances foreign trade is booming
again. That country's imports in jan
uary were in value s1040S0, 500, against
500, 291, $50 in January, 1908. The in
crease in raw materials purchased was
$S,952,413, while the imports of food
and manufactures were reduced. The
exports from France in January were
valued at s69.940,350 against $62,O3S, =
275 in January, 1908, both manufac-
lures and raw materials making large
advances.
Mexico's first modern normal school
has just been opened at Saltillo. The
event is believed to mark the begin
ming of an epoch in the history of Mex
lean education.
Wheeled vehicles and roads upon
which they can travel are matters of
the last fifty years in Japan.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07
ALlttIa storv With a Moral.

John Siber of Newkirk, Okla, was
sent to Jail, charged with tampering
with a switch. While there he read in
a newspaper of an offer OF So for the
most original want ad. Siber inserted
the following:
Wanted-Young man in fail wants to
get out: suggestions solicited that
might result in immediate release;
wants poets address who wrote "Stone
bars a cage" Address John L. Siber,
Kay County Jail.
He got the SO, lot of sympathy,
candy, flowers and pie and so much
attention in his case that 1t resulted
in an investigation proving his limo
cence, and he was released from Jail.
Moral-Advertise and do not wait
until you're put in jail.-Judicious Ad-
vertising.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07
fhe Circulation OF
The Bulletin.

The Bulletin has the largest cir
culation OF any paper in Eastern
Connecticut, and from three to four
times larger than that OF any In
Norwich. It is delivered to over
1000 OF the 4.o5S houses IN Nor
wlch, and read b.. ninety three per
cent. OF the people. In Windham
It is delivered to over zoe houses.
in Putnam and Danfelson TO over
LOO. ard in all of these places It
is considered the local daily.
Eastern Connecticut has forty
nine towns. one hundred and sixty
FIVE post office districts and forty
one rural free delivery routes.
The Bulletin is sold in every
town and on all OF the r. F. D.
routes In Eastern Connecticut.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

Young Brooke glanced up with sud-
den interest. did MARCIA tell what
was her favorite fiower?" he asked.
The only answer his sister granted
him was look Of blank disgust,
which threw him into a defensive at
titude.
Excuse the interruption, Polly" he
said. Pm interested In what you
were telling, but you mentioned that
all the girls told their favorite flow
ers, and naturally just wanted to
know"
1T had no bearing at all on what
1 was saying. Here I've sat half a
you while you were thinking of some
thing-no, somebody-else. You need
not deny 1t. might as well have been
silent until happened to mention that
MARCIA Stabler was at the luncheon.
Then you came to life. 1t exhausts
me, Wallace, to see you SO crazy over
a perfectly ordinary girl"
"Pauline, that isn't"
you don't frighten me q bit with
that big frown. Yes, she did tell her
favorite flower. Get out your fountain
pen and write 1t down. 1t was
And Polly impressively pronounced
the name OF it.
Young Brooke repeated It after her.
Those are white, aren't they?" he ask
ed, reverentially.
Eyes, of course"
I'D expect her to choose a white
flower" he mumured. with a senti-
mental softness that proved too much
for his sister.
Excuse me. please. I'm going up
stairs till you come out of your
trance"
Left alone, young Brooke took out
his notebook and carefully entered the
name OF the flower. Like many an
other ethyl bred man he had grown UP
without thinking much about flowers,
and though he knew a rose from
violet. and possibly a tulip from
nasturtium, he was not familiar with
Margia's favorite bloom. He pictur-
ed 1t, however, as a large white bloss-
ON on tall stalk Leaning back in
his chair, after Polly had left him, he
fell to dreaming Of the garden he would
plant some day with nothing in II but
Margia's flower. He could see her now
in that garden, coming toward him
with her arms full of those snowy
blossoms.
Down came his feet from the desk
with a Jerk. The telephone bell was
ringing.
Half an hour later, inward1y REBEL
ing against the demands Of business
he had said a hasty good-by to his
IdfIlfIy dHu was rushing LOI d tram
He was to be gone from town only
two days; but two days away from
MARCIA just then, he reflected unhap-
PLY, might mean everything. They
were not engaged-he had not even
asked her to marry him-but, having
got himself to the very point Of ask
ing. two days Of waiting seemed in
tertninable. Besides, there was no
telling how her feeling for him might
cool with delay.
At the corner he turned into q drug
store and made a dash for the tele-
phone booth. There was an unlimit-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07
EalI Of AhduI Aamid

Sultan Abdul Aziz Of Turkey was
deposed as an incapable monarch on
May 80, 1876, being succeeded by his
nephew, Murad V. Three months later
on Sept. Z, Murad was deposed as Of
unsound mind and his younger brother
Abdul Halnid. succeeded him. Thus the
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

The old-fashioned woman used to
send for the preacher and tell her
troubles to him in secret; but the
new-fashioned woman sends for the
reporter that they may be put in the
limelight.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07
Store Keeping Hours.

That the hours of labor in mer-
camille establishments and in mills
should not necessarily r governed by
the same rule is too plain for argu-
ment. Nor is there any evidence that
ing opportunities to overwork their
employees. AS matter of fact the
hours of labor for women and minors
in our stores are less than the legal
maximum. All that the merchants are
asking of the legislature is the right
to keep their stores open when the
public demands that they shall be
open. 1t is a plain business PROPOSE
ton, requiring only the exercise Of
common sense in the recognition of un-
avoidable conditions. and the general
convenience of the whole community
Hartford Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

Six funerals of the emperor of China
have been held to date. Any hnger-
ing doubts among the loyal subjects Of
the Son of Heaven that he is really
dead might be dispelled by a coroner's
nouest.-Philadelph Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

Holland would have fred twice as
many guns for prince, but the Prin-
cess Of Orange may furnish it with
twice as many problems as a prince
would
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

The new remedy for heart trouble
is: xpropylendiscamilam Most
humans will prefer the mitten," and
call it square.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

John Bull should not get terrorized
over the Dreadnaughts, for it Is the
men on them who. are going to settle
the whole matter.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

The men who would not have the
public utilities act passed are likely
to. get something "in its midst" that
will paralyze it before 1t becomes a
law
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

A Mexican who went above on an
aeroplane did not know how to come
down. To be run away with in the
skies is a new and novel experience.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

Let's cheer up! Old time Is rolling
July 5th towards US, and no one can
prevent our wearing an American
made smile, anyhow.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

The men who cuss the voting ma
chine most Justify in New Jersey are
the ward heelers who favor political
school boards.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

Abdul Hamid has not been heard
to say yet: IF had my life to live
over again would do different" He
shows a gamy spirit.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

1t may be all right for the women
to remove their hats in church, but
how can they give attention to the
sermon with such punches Of beauty
In their laps.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

Happy thought for today: Do not
worry about the house-fy, for he will
devote himself to worrying you, before
long.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

Well, Speaker Cannon declined TO
make appointments for July 9Th be-
cause he said he would still be needed
in Washington. He knows.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

The man who lays up something for
rainy day must have noticed that
there are q good many of them Of
late.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

Theodore Roosevelt is being heard
from just as regularly as If he had
press agents with him. 1T do beat
ALL"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

May has given a very fine specimen
of what Maydays should be, and we
are willing to have as many Of them
as she can possibly make.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Arkansas needs the public sympa-
thy, with jeff Davis and Carrie Ma
ton permanently in her midst.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-07

The Texas girl who lost two $50
notes out Of a hole in her stocking
now realizes the excellence of the
judgment that prompts one to mend.