Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 10

TO SIGNIICANT ACTS ASSETS i 'W A A' Largest Office Building in the Madison Avenue ourth Avenue 23rd Street and 24th Street New Toth Gt HOME OICE THE Metropolitan Life Insurance Co ft A ASSETS $10565631160 RECORD GROWTH IN TEN YEAR PERIODS $10565631160 ra EBES PONTIAC £1 WILL BE OPENED TUESDAY across he iv er from Ann DEATHS IN THE STATE SAGINAW a 'SHOT HIMSEL TWICE I Carafe' She elating that the ccnduetor had given it to ln TO TWELVE A YEAR her He was arrested for Egyptian Oil Jot 5 vvMaMg 4 rm! Iff I ps sY 'i very the confined to examination as been servinga( for assault and in jail I I I The Company the People BY the People OR the People 71 59400825100 95618804 1069187256 INTEREST IN TRACK WORK AT CENTRAL NORMAL MONDAY'S CELEBRATION BY LAW STUDENTS i a resident of Sun inter town sixty four years having al ways lived on the same farm where he died' EXPERT ADVICE OR OWNERS WOODLOTS MAKE THE KI SMUGGLE DIAMONDS $4988780411 655152050 1647540261 CHANCE TO SECURE IT WITHOUT EyPEXSE John Hegeman Thomas James Edward Wallace Haley iske Stewart Woodford rank Major James Craig Samuel Beard" i i Port Huron 31ich ebruary The Supreme Ladies of the Mac cabees of the "World' time ago appointed a special reraUngcommit tee which has ust closed an inter esting session at the: headquarters dhis MCity ut which ut plan ot rating was considered that "will be presented for egislatiive action at the triennial review of the supreme hive to be held in Detroit next July der direction of the 'executive officers PROPOSALS OR STATE AIR PERMAXEXT LOCATION Vice President George Woodward Third Vice Pret Jam'es Craig Actuary John Hegeman Jr Assistant See Richardson Assistant Sec Thomas Willard MD A edical Director Manners MD Asst Medical Director OUTSTANDING INSURANCE 35317721700 1893 a ii i RANK MALKIM Assistant Superintendent Room 1 Dawson Block Pontiac Mich JOHN KELLER Assistant Superintendent a 2135 River Street Delray Mich I 0 4 I i caught tire and burned up Baken Raise Prices high nricc 'of flour lard butter etc has been bothering the Milan ebruary Mrs Mary Grannis wife of Robert Gran nis living just south of this place is dead aged 65 years She was bom in this county anti has been a life long resident of this locality She was the mother of ten children nine of whom with Iter husband survive her The funeral will be held at the Methodist church at 10:30 o'clock Mon day Rev Geo Marsh officiating The CSRS" local bakers foi: some time and got together last night andJdepided a raise in the of thread must be made Hereafter tire staff of life will cost 5 cents straight ''instead of sixor a quarter No increase will be made at present in the price of cakes but the bakers Teel that they would be justified in a raise of 20 per cent in that line also ASSETS $218662224 1934370506 10565631160 PROPDSEDs TO RAISE ASSESS iJTEXTS IX NEITHER INJURED IN COLLISION DEATH CAME ATER MANY ILLNESS 1 4 Monroe Mich ebruary massacre of the River Raisin the ninety first anniversary which oc curred on January "21 22 marks the bloodiest and most appalling page in "the history of the morthwest The American force was composed almost entirely of Kentuckians The battle itself which took' place on the banks of the River Raisin resulted in the surrender of the entire force un 'der Gen "Winchester on the promise of Col Procter that' the prisoners Should be protected from the Indians A The Number of Policies in force is greater than that of otherGompany in America and greater than that of all the IRegular Life Insurance Companies put together (lessone) and can only be appreciated by corqparison It is areaternumber than the COMBINED POPULATION of ConnecticutVermont tNew Hampshire Rhode Island Delaware lorida Oregon Washington Wyoming Nevada Montana Idaho Dakota South Dakota Utah Alaska Arizona NewMexico District of Columbia Indian Territory Okla homa 'Hawaii or as to CITIES it is as many as the popu lation of Greater New Chicago Philadelphia Boston and St Louis combined i i'hArAfnr The bi 11 was passed and signed by Gov Bliss June IS 1903 The gover Bellcvue Mich ebruary 30 (Spe cial) After "thirty five years' illness a great deal of the time confined to tier bed Mrs Helen Berry wife of Dr Erastus Berry one of the pioneer physicians of th ts section passed away at clock thls afternoon Hie de rAocnJ has qAPn wn men 1 dd in the and her death has been almost daily expected for more than a quarter of a century Income in 1903 Gain over 1902 Asset increase in 1903 OICERS: John Hegeman Haley iske George Gaston Second rank Ayres ourth Vice Pres James Roberts Secretary Thompson Cashier and Asst Sec Stewart Woodford Counsel Augustus Knight MD Medical Director Holden i'e Aitf Medical Director I Manager Ordinary Department valuation of the insurance eertifi cates carried in the order has been made to determine upon 'the adequacy of the present rates and as to what Increase if any is necpssarv to put the business on ii perfectly safe basis The data was submitted to antictuary the opinion given twelve as sessments "levied a yeax according 'to 'the present table of rates would be ample 'considering 'that fraternal insurance policies have no surrender value guarantee the! protectionpromised: Or the purpose1 of carrying into ef fect i recoramendatlons or ac tuary steps will he taken for amend ment ef the laws at the coming ire view raising the assessment devies tn i the stated The daws under which the 'organization is mow work ing povlde for the levying of only ten assessments within a year Jr 1 Jcnoc kea at tile instant they northhnnnri rnfrinr reversed started to buck off It soon" got under headway and went tearing southward at quite a speed andnugic have been going providing no other 'train claimed the right of way had pot the operator at South Adrian several miles south of the city thrown lhe interlockcr and pitched the engine na caooose mtn tne ditcn boose Pickings Electricity was placed to a' new nse here this morning at the residence of Dr Riker Other efforts to thaw out a frozen water pipe proved unavailing and an electrical current was turned through the rozetr pipe An a short time the ice xnelted The case of Amos Decker of Royal Oak has again been adjourned this time to ebruary 27 Decker livdd with his wire aiter ne was' divorced from and she had served tfme in the Detroit nouse of correction it and is now out on JIOOO bail Pontiac Knights of Pythjas will appear in comedy ar the opera house on the even ing of March 3 when they i will a bright bit of melo drama lth plenty of varieties The show will be for the benefit of the lodge andwill be in charge of Burdett Garfield of Buffala TBisCompanys Policy claims paid in 1903 aver a a in number each minute and a third of Pnrh ness day of 8 hours each and in amount $89 00nm the year through Washington ebruary 20 (Special) dire plot to client the govern ment out of untold wealth was brought to the attention of SecretaryScaw toesy in a letter written ny a resident oi" vansvirle Ind lite treasury officials refused to disclose tne name or allow copv of his letter to bs made but in ageneral wiy his taly 4is ns follows: lie claims to have overhtad two men lplotting to smuggle unrnoncls across from Ciuida at Detroit The plan they outlined was to hide the diamonds in small trankfur terasaus ages feed the latter to a dog which they would prepafe starving it for several days then take the canine across the river and slaughter it to regain possession of the jrrdsious stenes The writer was triithfui enough to admi' that the whole 'thing it sounded Grand Rapids Mich ebruary 20: Jud son Clark of the national bureau of forestry called upon Mr Garfield yester day for the purpose consulting upon a special work the bureau desires to db In Michigan during the next two or three months Mr Clark is here to Inspect farm woodlats and' areas of land set aside for forestry purposes having in view the giv ing of practical advice as to their man agement so as to give the targesb continu ous return He has several formal appli cations that have gone to the bureau through the Michigan forestry commission but inasmuch as he is here in the state he will be glad to receive applications direct from thr owners of woorllots and without expense to them he will visit them and give the owners Working plans for their management The state forestry commission will co operate with the na tional bureau in the purpose of making this special work as effective as possible Application can be sent to Judson Clark care state land commissioner Lan sing or to Charles Garfield president of ther forestry commission Grand Rapids This is an opportunity that fanners should certainly utilize toi'the utmost! bound to "put the secretary in possession of tle information Secretary Shaw turned letter over to Chief 1 NVilki of the secret service and sleuths have been or ceied to Detroit with instructions to Ann Arbor Mich ebruary The students of the law department of the university will celebrate birthday ty appropriate in University hall on Monday at 2 tn ITof 'Stanley and the Glee and Man dolin clubs of the university will take part in the program The address will be delivered bv Hon John Webster Omaha Neb 'onWashington and the Mr lias a national reputa tion as an orator and is a lawyer of HORRIBLE DEATH of AN AL PENA MAX YESTERDAY Saginaw Mich ebruary red eriek Uptondahl 85 years living at 123 South Third street shot him self some time during last nigitf with suicidal intent i He was found this morning in bed with two wounds in hisi right temple 'His death is only a mat ter xyf: hours die was twice married but all his relatives so far as known aie ceao AVill Be Exnntined Trorribley ois county jail pending an 'to his sanity 7He has term in the county jail'battery upon liis wife he threatened to kill his wife and fam ily as oon as released MICHIGAN'S MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO ELL IN THE RIVER RAISIN MASSACRE Is Dangerously Ill I Mich ebruary 20 Charles A Sessions one of the most prominent business men here uiud for many years supervisor of Novi before coming here is dangerously i 1 nrvnnH iri TT a a nhmi 50 years of age and as this is his second attack grave fears are en Pertained INCOME $208261905 1893 1521623665 4988780411 SURPLUS POLICIES IN ORCE $62736824 531048 410968992 2940226 1069187256 7523915 ALL1DEXT WITH SOME PECLE1AH EATURES THOMAS HEATHCOTE 401 4 erguson Building 234 Woodward Avenue Detroit Mich RANCIS HARVEY Superintendent Room 1423Majestic Building Detroit Mich THE DAILY AVERAGE THE COMPANY BUSINESS DURING 1903 WAS 359 per day in Number of Claims Paid 6297 per day in Number of Policies Issued 4 $130355906 per day in New Insurance Written $9858270 per day in Payments to Policy holder and addition to Reserve $5384118 per day in Increase of Assets DIRECTORS: Silas Dutcher John Crane Joseph Knapp George Gaston Benjamin De Curtiss John A McCall George Woodward John Hegeman Jr Thomas GRitch MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED AT MONROE The i ed the appeals of victims the' hones of the Kentuckians rest) a mon ODD igCHEHE DISCLOSED TO TKfelASVKY CT1CER5 Alpena Mich ebruary Edward Breitkritz ar empW of the Northern Extract works' cooked to death today Brellljr'' charge of the leaches and whle was repairing a leak in one doors it is presumed 'struck the latch for the door fl and Breitkritz was in ered In the hot liquid ecen juries fiom which he The leach is about ynine feet tained liquid to the deoth The fluid was heated to a it of 190 decrees jumps 4 JI will undouDtedlj irnr EL AThall nraetice nas uQj en veloped two good tennis and games are played even Tlie science department at present The unknowns from Ann Arbor and the test tnem cwwu' eH show well bow thoroughly th A County Teaches" be held at the Normal next No school Monday and man? students and others are ta ja3 vantage of the few xlays to make a trip to their horn COOKED IN HOT LYE Christian Landnu Birmingham Mich ebruary Christian Landau an old pioneer of Oakland dounty died last night at his home in Roval Oak nhnnf T1 WBI1A woo Vi ami leaves a Wid ow ana seven children The funeral will be held Monday at 11 from his late home and at 12 o'clock at the German Lutheran church in Royal Oak i Merritt A Hopkins" Romeo Mich ebruary 20 Merritt A Hopkins died at his home on Ben jamin street last night aged 48 years He is survived by a widow an aged mother a brother and a "sister He whs a member ofc Company A Third Michigan Infantry and a pensioner The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at fl 'V' 1 Doetor Committed Snicide Kalafno'Mlch ebruary Dr D'C Jones shot and killed himself last night xt his home hero The cause supposed to bate beta domestic infelcttw Sore Throat JJaargenoss Bronchitis i JEffgctiueiy Relieusd amerey Pontiac Mich ebruary 20 The locat ing committee of the Michigan State Agri cultural society will meet here Tuesday and open the proposals made by Michigan cities that desire the permanent locationof the state fair Pontiac Saginaw Ypsi Uanti and Charlotte have made propositions and others may be at hand at that time Today is the: last day for receiving pro posals according to the action of the com mittee at Its last meeting When the pro posals have been considered the committee will visit each of the: cities making pro posals President Howland will call a meeting of the board of directors probably the last of next week at Kalamazoo where the permanent location: of the fair will" he decided Pontiac has made what is considered a very liberal offer and it is believed here that Pontiac will keep lair The matter is up to the directors to decide however Courthouse Progress The building committee of the board of supervisors concluded a ses sion here today and will be back in the city some time next week it 13 expect ed They have listened to the propo sitions aven architects what they had to offer and looked at the plans submitted At the next meeting plans will all be gone over again and a report be prepared to be presented tothe board ofc supervisors which will hold its next meeting here ebruary 29 In dications are that bids for new county building will be asked early in March Sew High School Matter Advocates of a new high school build Zng to be located in the central part of the city are making vigorous efforts to get the people interested and to have them turn eut at a special election which is to be held ebruary 29 and vote the necessary authority to the board of education Many reasons are advanced as to the necessity of a new building chief among which is that It will do away with the necessity for a new eight room building for the grades which had been planned for the western stria of the city The present building used by the high school will be devoted to the grades it a new high school building is voted Charged "Witla Larceny Mrs Anna Carlyle of Orchard Lake ave nue was arra'gncd In Justice Snowdon's court today on apharge of larceny Mrs red Ncward returned from Detroit on a car bringing a basket of china valued at $75 The car was crowded and when she left it in this city the china was gone Officers found the china at Mrs Wonderful Cure for Lameness Dr Colwell's Jl gic Egyrtisn Oil is a matchy household for croup grip ad theria diarrhea and ic grains 14 tOad refund'd monej OLD TS1ED TO COMMIT SLICIDE Reinsurance und and Special Reserve's All other Liabilities CapitalandSurplus This Company has more premium paying business in force in the United States than any other Company and for each of the last 10 years has had mord NervInsur ances accepted and issued than any other Company in the World I the wounded taken care of the dead irones of their friends and kindred to i uui a very HMWMIVL4 ttvit CIV lUUL LILLIE Immediately ''after the surrender pn 4110 old cemetery where 'they crn a of 1 settlement The iferocities of the sav ages who were unrestrained shy the British were fiendish prisoners were tomahawked the wounded barbarous ly tormented the inhabitants of the village' were tortured or murdered while officers receiving the ssurrender violated every promise and disregard 'cemetery where the Paid to Policyholders since Organization plus (U'J QQ fil Number oLPolicies 7 the Amount now Invested for their Security in orce Insurance $134238145700 $39888907400 In its Ordinary Department policies are issued for from $1000 to $1000000 on individual lives premiums payable annually semi annually and quarterly In its Industrial Department policies "are issued on all the insurable members of thefamily for weekly premiums THIS POLICIES ARE PLAIN "BUSINESS CONTRACTS WHICH TEEL THEIR WHOLE STORY UPON THEIR ACE LEAVE NOTHING TO THE IMAGINATION BORROW 'NOTHING ROM HOPE REQUIRE DEINITE CONDITIONS AND MAKE DEINITE PROMISES IN DOLLARS AND CENTS $10565631160 i'j 'TTTTi' rir'rr DriTTi pnpcc PRRRUAItY" 1904 A JL1X i JL Mount Pleasant Mich ebruary lecture given Thursday nigh by Col Ham was enjoyed by a hrgi audience The speaker subject was Times in Two other members have been se cured for the lecture course bj tbs committee of the school The neil is to foe a lectiye by Henry Waiter son and instead of the Maro the magick will appear March 8 The school was favored by a piece of music riday morning chapel It was a chorus taken irw Daughter ana Ki fine delivery reflects crecit Maybee and members or the cho Wednesday morning at chap gave a chorus from 'by1 1 entitled "And the Glory ot the Work lias been begun in the nasium preparatory to ha team in the spring A few mdnrf each day devoted to the diAUk runners and the chool also hope participate in the hammer shot put and the tumps Track an letics and tennis will unoouDtet I the outdoor entertainments spring Basketball practice has Tue5hT verv bsf have con efforts definite In juries proved atal Jackson "ebruary (Spe Ed Ixtmbard the electrical engineer struck bv a Michigan Cen tral passenger engine Thursday morn ing died 'from the effects of his in juries at 2 this afternoon Mr: Lombard was about 35 years of agea nephew of Jules Dombard and brother of Warren Lombard both well known singers came from' Injuries jto the brain A Will Erect Bis ail dins NIles Midh ebruary Grayofthis ity wiji erect a $300000 twelve story building at 111 tn 119 Plymouth place Chicago to be devoted to jhepublishing and print ing business are being pre pared tand rwoHc Will Commence in the spring United States City and Bonds and Stocks $481759137 Bonds and Mortgages 3181419306 Real Estate 1483514061 Cash 53012090 Loans to Policyholders 185014414 Premiums deferred and in course of collection (Net) 300049130 Accrued Interest Rents etc 67929832 Palmer Rieltarda Carleton Mich ebruary 20 Palmer Richards one of the first settlers of Sumpter township is dead at his hnrnn vnorc Ua tmuc nor at once appointed ex Tleut Gov (known and a highly respected citi Jolm Strong of South Rockwood: ex i zen Mrs Rlohards still survives him Secretary of State A Conant of at the age of 80 years Mr Richards luuiu cenaior nicnara 1 naa peen Robbins tof Adrian as members nf xhtnr fnr the River Raisin rftioaument commis sion Designs were advertised' for a monument br cost the full $5000 the design to he submitted on or before ebruary 1 1904 The design accepted is that of the JJoyd Brothers Co ofToledo to whom a contract was giv en It 4b a large massive affair of granite with seals of the states 'of Michigan and Kentucky appearing on the front and will be afitting me morial to the brave men who here gave up their lives in the earlv pioneer days" Jt Is expected that the monument will be unveiled some tfT jn Au yurt next The governor of Michigan and governor of Kentucky togetherwith bis staff and leading citizens of the state Will be nr esent It is ex pectfed that the day of the Unveiling of the monumejit will be a gala one In the history of Monroe protection promised The surviving ument to their memory and making wvieuiuivieu uu iniuugu an upprcpriaiion 'ot wtw the deen snow anrl itkoee wKr a 1 unable to stand the latigue and the extreme cold were ibutchered by their inhuman captors Altogether there were lefton the sceneof this tragedy upwards of 400 of the while the Joss of the "British and stheIndians exceeded Tire following spring the remains were gathered up and buried in' a tract of ground the site of which is believed to be near the corner of irstand Monroe streets on the west side thg latter A rterwafds a delegationfrom jKentucky arrived to remove the I (their soil a very large inumber were at that time reinterred fi terror in the hapless 'an where the jnonument to im ii ui juui nni uu leu 1 On various occasions abortive at ktmp(s have been made "for the erec tion ofa monument in memory of the I heroes of the battle ef the River Rai On January 38 1903 Senator Sim eon Van Akin of this county Intro duced a bill in the state senate which provided for placing ln PROO PUBLIC CONIDENCE Adrian Mich ebruary A tpeculiai accident happened on Detroit Southern railroad this morn i Ing About 10:30 a northbound engine anti caboose collided with a southbound switch engine on the curve i ear Merrick street in this city The engineer and fireman on the rrorth lhrd engine seeing that a collisionwas inevitable reversed their engine and wmned The two engutes came nr nr 1 a wiiii i uidMi iiut HCitiLCL i TnvTinr rxitr ir from the track and almost 1 usjble tn him so he felt in consol i ii i ttaLf i tiir which had been 1 UNp 5 I I I I Tf 'v i 1 7 6 1 iiMMMi iilli I Lrhraiimiii 'X ilfcj V'TWIs gMMaBraiBWIWBMiamlBI gMjSi A r' 'rmfilWi 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