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i THE REPUBLIC: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1903. I- I FIFTV-SEVENTJ1 ANNUAL REPORT -OF THJ3- COMCTIC'JT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. To tlie Members: For many years the operations of tho Connecticut Stutual have, been assuming a more and more distinctive and peculiar Interest for Its members, for the American public and for the whole Insurance world, and for several remarkable reasons worth noting. For many years the groat majority of companies have been gradually swerving from the lines of practice which are native and Inherent In life In-mranco.

until at last many of the largest and most rapidly growing companies have openly abandoned tho motive of life Insurance as the motive to which they appeal for their business: they no lonscr offer the results of real life Insurance attained by them as the attraction to tho men whose farall'cs need IN protection and whose business they seek: they give their contracts other names; they suppress so far as possible the appearance of a life Insurance contract; they endeavor as far as possible to give them the appearance of a profitable lnestment for the Insured himself. He Is offered not a life Insurance policy for the sake of lta protection to those who need Its protection, but a "bond" as a money-making Investment for himself, trusting apparently to the general ignorance not to discover the unalterable facts which make such a thing impossible, so far as the great body of their clients Is concerned, and possible. If at all, only to a few at the undue expense of the many. IJfe Insurance undertakes to pay the money value of man's life to those dependent on It. whenever they may lose It by death.

While he lives ho contributes to pay the values of other men's lives by way of premium proportioned to his risk of dslng, according to his age. His risk of dying Increases each year, but his premium does not Increase; therefore It must be so calculated that a proper part of it can be put into a reserve fund to meet the future increase of the risk: this reserve is put at interest, a certain part of which is yearly added to tho reserve; an addition to his premium Is also made to provide for his share of the expenses. If the death losses are as heavy as was assumed In computing the premium. If the Interest earned is no higher than was assumed, and if the expenses are as much as was assumed, then the company will just pay Its losses as they occur, and there will be nothing over -for anybody; the cost of the Insurance will Just equal the Income; but if the losses an lighter, the interest rate higher, and the expenses less, than was assumed, a saving will be made on each of these Items of total cost, and that cost to tie company will be so much less than the assumed cost' Mutual life insurance undertakes to give each man his Insurance at only what It costs the "company; at his equal share of that total cost In proportion to his risk and to the premium be has paid In. It returns to htm.

therefore, his share of the savings. If It does this each year, then he pays each year only what his risk; has actually cost the company for that year. The more carefully the risks are selected, the better the rate of Interest earned; the smaller the expenses In proportion to the Income, the greater tho whole yearly saving; the less the total cost to the company, the greater each man's share of the total savings and the less his share of the total cost If he jets back his shore of the savings. That'ls Mutual Life Insurance. There Is no speculation In that; there is nothing In that to make It attractive to a man as a personal venture; It is a purs expense io him, and no one Is advantaged In any case except his beneficiaries, who get the money value of his life, which they would otherwise have lost by his death.

The only motlvs for man, to take a policy of mutual life therefore. Is the need of those dependent on hit lite for Its protection, and his duty to give that protection to those whom be has made, or who rightly are, dependent on bis life and its financial product, and his desire to get It at only Its actual, proper cost, The only way make a poller attractive as a personal venture to any man.ts to do away with mutuality, except in the premium charged; charge the full mutual premium, but Instead of giving back to each man his share of the yearly savings, divide them tip among only a few and make the rest go without. No man would accept such a proposition unless ha was either assured, or felt a con siderable degreo of confidence, that he was to be on 'of the few. So the thlnr (s nut m. his share of the savings with the company for, say.

twenty years; that if he dies meantime, his policy being still in force, all hla yaarly shares of savings which he might have had back ahaU be forfeited to the oomnanr for division among the final few: also. IX he does not keep nr his poller, his hare of the savings whUe It was in force shall so the same way. The division la supposed to take Dlaca at the end, of the twen-1 ty years among those who have survived so long and also have paid their full premiums straight through; but each one has had to agree beforehand to accept whatever the company allots to him aa his share; there la to be no statement of the size of the "pot" nor any accounting for its distribution. The expected value of the share in It 6t each of tha final few is set forth In the estimates of various "bonds" and other forma of contracts, tha specula feature of aU of which is the postponement of all dividends for some period of years. It la tha chance of being In at the final division, and getting what others have lost that la the attraction, addressed to the personal Interest of tha man and not to his aenae of duty and honor toward his dependent family.

That chance, as estimated by the companies originating the scheme, is about one in three. At least two-thirds wlU drop out by the way. Bach man expects to of the one-third. So bt stakes his own proper share of tha aavlngs for twenty yeara in the hope of helping divide what the other two-thirds must lose. And the company holda tha stakes without accountability to any one.

Notwithstanding the fact that none ot the companies doing tnls sort of "Investment business have ever made a dividend which even approximated the estimates which attracted tha "investors," and that tktao dividends have steadily and rapidly ahrank through all the many years of their experience, it is true that they still succeed in attracting great numbers' to their membership. Personal interest in what is made to appear a "good thing," tor which some one else la expected to furnish the contents, la a motive far more easily appealed to, with leas effort, and with much readier success, than one's sober, unselfish duty to those he has made helpless and dependent, and whose protection he has no right to put in hazard. The point of view of tha companies gelling postponed dividend schemes is admirably revealed in the instruction recently given to ita agenta by one of the very largest of them; the italics are tha eompanya own: "Get the idea out of your own head, and keep it out of the Investor's head, that you are simply attiring kit H. Avoid that inadequate conception of the transaction View the matter accurately and You are selling a block of bonds that ls.the first Idea. To that you add the Idea of Insurance Insurance of what? Why.

Insurance of the intettment. It Is not, Uriel-ly life assurance any more than It is fire lirarance, or marine Insurance it is bond Insurance." "But your client may say: "The question of cost is a gamble after Well, you can, for the Fake of argument, admit that It a gamble. It may old you in selling jour bonds." It Is precisely because the great bulk of business now done by life Insurance companies Is made to appear and to be as llttlo like real life Insuranco as possible, and as much like a financial venturo of personal profit to tho as possible, that the operations of tho Connecticut Mutual take on a peculiar Interest to all whose families need the protection that pure life Insurance nlone can gie. Tor the Connecticut Mutual 13 not offering "Bonds" nor "Investments" which can bo made an actual lineament to one man only by taking what two other men have lost on their "gamble." It seeks out the men whose families need life Insurance; It offers them real life Insurance, in. its own name, on its own roper motile and basis; It do9 not expose Itself and Its business and tho protection of Its beneilclailes to complete destruction by policy contracts which permit nil the reserves to be drawn out In cash.

In any year, at the will of the policv-holders, Hko deposits In a bank; it holds and treats its funds In the only manner In which they can be held and treated for the proper protection of real life insurance contracts and with an eje single to the sure care of Its beneficiaries certain protection la tho only reason for the of a life Insurance company. Therefore, the Counectltcut Mutual re mains actually a mutual life Insurance com pany. It selects Its risks with great care. In a limited area where the conditions of life and health are well known; It seeks safety and fair returns on Its Investments; It keeps down Its expense ute as low a3 poss'ble; all In order to save as much as possible of the premiums received by It, tu be returned each ear to those from whom they were received, so that each man's ln- surance shall cost him as little as possible. i and what has cst the company; and i it seeks to deal in entire equity and the with thn.

good faith of true mutuality with those who lapse or die. so that no one Is plucked for the advantage of some one else. In a word. It is doing and seeks to do business as a real mutual life Insurance company, for life Insurance purposes, knowing that never before was pure life insurance so much needed as now, und all the more because so much has its placo been usurped by that which Is not pure life Insurance at all. and the funds for which cin no longer bo held with any certainty lor any purpose of life insurance.

It is in this light as a real mutual life insuranco company that its operations are to be viewed, and their results weighed. THE EXPBEJENCD OF 1002. In general, the experience of the company during the past year has been of that steady, even-going character which should characterize an old. thoroughly-grounded company, conservative In holding to the real purpose of life Insurance and to all that best effectuates It. and yet progressive in that which will the better commend It to those who want It only for that purpose.

"The new business taken on in 1W2 was somewhat more than that of the previous year. The old business has persisted in the usual remarkable degree, so that the amount of business In force at the end of the year shows the same steady gain as for several years past. The mortality cost for the year 1902 was 22.7 per less than that expected and provided for, effecting a saving of 45,256. The expenses of management for the year were less than for the year 100L INTEREST. For several years the abundance of money seeking conservative Investments has caused a progressive decline in the rate of Interest on good securities, and this company has been somewhat affected thereby In common with all other financial Institutions which derive their Interest income from investments of a permanent character.

Our interest Income has. however, been satisfactory, considering! existing conditions, and a considerable margin above riserve requirements has been saved. Owing to the very lowv rate of interest obtaining early in the year and during 1801, the market value of our bond holdings was very high, even on a conservative Mew of the market. During the year the money market so radically changed, carrying the rates of Interest so high, as to cause something- of a decrease in market values, though very slight as a percentage on our large holdings. Indicating their strong char PICKED UP BY POSTAL CREW.

B. O. Dicken Seriously Injured by a Broadway Car. A United States mall car on the Broadway line Waa broueht Into snrvlrn ns nn nmhn- lance yesterday morning to convey Uenja- mln O. Dicken of No.

2601 South Broadway, ported another indictment against former who had been injured by a street car, to -Mayor A- Ames, now a fugitive from the South Side Dispensary. justice. He is now charged with receiving Dicken is employed as a watchman for b.r.'be.. 0l 1-9X rron J- C. Sodlnl for "pro-the American Car and Foundry Company at to several variety theaters run In No.

2800 DeKalb street. He left the facory violation of the law. at about 6 o'clock to go home. He walked i up De Kalb street and started to cross to jORKfhe Reverend Doctor Ar- the wcst Elde ot Broadway when struck PX northbound Broadway No. 17B and thrown twenty feet from the rails.

Just as the accident occurred a United States mall car. southbound, came along. Motorman Claude Cox and Conductor Hugh Enge of the car which had struck Dicktn picked him up. He was unconscious and bleeding from wounds in the head. The mall car lost no time, and for Ave minutes Uncle Sam's business was set aside At tne dispensary it was found that DIcK- vu a sAuii niu imLiuieu, lie was piuiru lit an ambulance and hurried to the rrftv Ho.

pltal, where Doctor Nletert pronounced the Injury senous. In Dlcken's pockets were Kt. a child's letter from Louis J. Bartels. of Bunker Hill, 111.

It was through this letter that Dicken was postlvely identified at the hospital, aa he was not known to those persons who witnessed the accident. The injured man, who Is 73 years old, formerly lived at Newport, and Is distantly related to Mrs. IV. It. Wilkinson of No 5313 Cabanne avenue, and Is a conln of H.

G. McBride. former Mayor of Alton. For fifteen years, up to a few months ago, he was a resident of Perry County. Missouri.

He is said to be a man of good habits and has been very active for one of his aga. MAJOR LOCKETTT IS HONORED. Cavalry Officers Give a Dinner at the Mercantile Club. Officers and ladies of the third struadron of the Fourth Regiment. United States Cavalry, last night gave a dinner at the MercantUt Club to Major nnd James Lockett of the Fourth Cavalry.

The regiment Is, stationed at Jefferson Barracks. There were twenty-two in the party. They came from and returned to the barracks on a special car, going back immediately alter tho dinner. Those present were: Captain O'Shea. Mr lockett.

Major Edwards. Mrs. Smith, Captain Benson, Mrs. Edwards. Lieutenant Mohn.

Mrs. Naylor. Lieutenant Martin, Miss Holcomb, Lieutenant Naylor. Mrs. Benson, Colonel Smith.

Miss Edwards, Ma jor ijcitett, Airs, tsnea. uapiain Hughis. Mlrs Naylor. Lieutenant Sterett. Mrs Martin.

Lieutenant Arnold nnd Miss Major Lockett. whose son recently enlisted In his father's old troop, was promoted to his present rank only a few days ago after long service In the army. He has been In many Indian campaigns, and served with distinction In the SpanMi-Amerlcan War and in the Philippines St. Louis Advertising Men's League. At a well attended meeting of the St.

JfOfls Advertising Men's League last night tnirty-flve new members weie elected. Among these were some of the most prominent of the 8t. Louis advertising men. representing large wholesale and retail houses. The league propores In the near future to equip and maintain permanent club quarters with cuisine, etc.

Although but recently organized, the league is growing. Hstd Many Pawn Tickets. powell. a negro, was arrested at No. SJ5 North Twentieth street esterday afternoon by Policeman Cudiht a.

It Is charged that Powell was trying to dispone of a pawn ticket for a rpalr of diamond earrings which had been pawned for C5 He offered Wnn searched at the Central District Station eight other pawn ticket were found in Powell's pock-eta, acter. Such changes do not affect at all the Income from them, and with a return of former conditions a return of former values is to be expected. With the exception of two items of Texas municipal bonds. Interest has been very closely collected on all securities. The real estate market in 1902 was not a very favorable one for selling, but the company disposed of eighty-nine pieces of foreclosed property, costing JS21.S03.46.

As our members are already aware, the company has during the last three years been erecting a new office building, which Is practically completed; it has also been making such changes In its old building as Increase Its capacity, add.greatly to Its convenience and attractiveness for tenants, and connect It with and adapt It to the new edi-flee. This work Is near completion, and tho whole seems likely to prove a Judicious undertaking to a satisfactory result. The surplus ut the end of the year stands at $6.379.992.13 by the legal standard it is over It was reduced during the Jear by the temporary shrinkage in market values of bonds already referred to, by a balance of profit and loss of $57,237 93 on sales of real estate and various other minor Items, and also by the fact that wo returned surplus to our policy-holders on the same scale of dividend that wo have maintained, for twentv-two ears. From 1SS1. when our surplus was $3,331.1:3, we not only returned this high rate of dividend.

Increasing It somewhat In 1S92, but added to the surplus each year until 1S38. when It stod at J7.G21.909. Since then it has been more or less drawn upon each year In order that the cash payments by our policyholders need not be Increased, and In order to tide over, as far as may prove practicable, the conditions which are still unfavorable to so large a saving of surplus as was possible for so many jears. The maintenance of the low cost to our members during unfavorable years was one of the purposes of that great accumulation, und our present scale will be maintained until it shall seem expedient to draw no further on the surplus fund. Attention Is called to the list of assets and liabilities published elsewhere.

We also ask careful consideration of the following summary of our financial history oi nny-seven jears: J3 PDOOh 3 a a -o JT CG33C 3--i2 ft ft "as sUn-l i j2; ujpj 3. cn: 5 (.3 ss 0 3: tn 3 c. 22. Sn 3 ill I I I I I I I I I s-v wBll sags 2. 88S2 a esS! BSg ajssl ij'as "as'uis ioB fa.

t-W a 3S3 Of tho C22.022.&M.3T which The Connecticut Mutual has received from its pol'cy-holdcn. It has returned to them or paid to their beneficiaries C20.471H8.69, or 99.30 per cent. What it has so paid back and what it still holds as security for policy contracts, aggregates ESS 117 or 1S8.S7 nor cent of Us receipts from policy-holders. Thi" has been done at an expense rntio of only 9.21 per cent of the total receipts. This is a record of a Mutual Life Insurance Company doing actual Mutual Life Insurance, and It challenges comparison.

Respectfully submitted, JACOB L. GREENE. President Hartford, January 54. 1903. TELEGRAPH NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.

NEW TORK Alexander C. Humphreys was formally Inaugurated as president of Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken. MINNEAPOLIS The Grand Jury has re- iwui jjiuju, Hecreiary oi me irotestani Episcopal Board of Domestic and Foreign iILslon. has declined the call to be Bishop of Mississippi. OXFORD, N.

C-Mlss Ethel Rovster was drowned as the result of tha overturning of a buggy In a swollen stream. Her com- panions. Miss Mary Dean nnd William 111- I fit art 4icwi nml lt a 1 a. w.auu, vovflHiU UJ -UUUKUlg IU UU5II. CINCINNATI The national convention of the United Brewery Workers made J.

Geh- uaucr ot ot. ixuis cnairman and F. H. Chrlshman of Seattle vice halrman. The reconsideration of the New -l'ork c.ises and the expulsion of cx-Natlonal Secretary jjv.v,m.uiu ui iwuiieaier were uiscuaseu.

ROANOKE. VA. While attempting to rtTa swollen stream a loaded wagon. In which James and his brother. Jack-pon Morris, were riding, was overturned.

James Morris was dronned. SAN FRANCISCO-The New York banking-house of Brown Brrw. Co. has clised Its account with the underwriting syndicate of local and Eastern capitalists, which was organized last year to facilitate the and consolidation of the several San Francisco" street railway properties now embraced in the United Railroads Svstem. BERLIN The customs controversy regarding the American wheat, which, it was claimed, contained a mixture of Canadian wheat, has been sett'ed by the refunding of the extra duty.

The committee or Hamburg and Berlin grain experts, who were called In by the custom authorities, reported that It was impossible to move cases where Canadian was mixed with American heat. Soliciting Money Withont Authority. Mrs. Rowena Mason, president of the Chirstlan Orphans' Home at 915 Aubert avenue, announces to the public that jev-eral persons are alleged to be soliciting funds for that Institution without authority for such 'actions. Mrs.

Mason declares that the recent Are probably caused these persons to th nk the "publ'c wou'd freely contribute to the Home and that the opportunity to raise money for their personal good was ripe. Mrs. Mason warns the public against monev to anv nprann ex cepting a member of the Board of Directors of the Homo. Busy Bee Bargain Day To-Day. Blanched nut bar.

10c per pound. INCREASE CLERKS AND CARRIERS. Ilaumhoff Wires for Roster ot Employes to Readjust Salaries. REPUBLIC SPECIAL. Washington, Feb.

5. Postmaster Baura-hoft to-day wired to St. Louis for the roster of "employes of the Post Office, In order to readjust salaries under the next annual appropriation bill. There will be large Increases of clerks and. carriers, ahd many promotions will be made.

The changes will be recommended to the department as soon as the roster is received. Favor Reinstatement of Pendleton. Washington. Feb. E.

The Senate Commit-e on Military Affairs to-day authorized a favorable report on the bill to reinstate Alexander G. Pendleton aa cadet at Military Academy at West Point. Pendle-" Kansaa-deorge Del'anev. Axtell: Thomas a. "i11" Ms boreave-ton.

who, was appointed from Arizona! was Thomraon, HovrtVecharls siird1fc7 1n "aemhrance SVSJSJl: come under th. head of haaJng. LANHJLM URGES NEW ANTITRUST LAWS. In Special Message to Texas Legislature He Recommends Passage of Three Measures. DESIGNED TO MEET CONDITIONS Governor Says That in Many States Action on This Question Has Been Without Material Benefit to Public rtnpTTr.i.ic specula Austin, Feb.

E. Governor Lanham to-day sent In a lengthy message to the Legislature asking for legislation upon the question of trusts. Ho fcubmlts three bills through House members in lonnectlon with his message. In tho event that they should become laws, they will: First Dtflne. prohibit and declare Illegal trust, monopolies and conspiracies In restraint of trads and proscribe penalties for forming cr being- connected vi lth such trust, monopolies and conspiracies and provide for the suppression of the fcara.4 and promote tree competition In tho Stat of Texas.

Second artln). 1, f-tvll Statute of the State of Texas jo as to require wur timner oi a dORieflilc corporation to state tna lyiucn it proposes to transact ouainess aro. Third Require foreign corporation, before th'y uuuiii a permit uutnonzinr tnem is cnfrigu In builness within the Mate of Texas, to desls-nate the place at vhfch they propose to transact buslnebB. and prohibit foreign corporation! wiuun iub organirea ior a purpose ror wnien enr-poratlors cannot be formed under the laws cf the ul Aexas irom transacting Business within the State. UNHAII'S VIEWS.

Continuing, the Governor says: 'legislation ha-j been undertaken not onlv In the National Government, but In most of the States of tho American Union lor tho purpose of prcvendng any combination the object of which is to create a monopoly or to Increase or maintain prices by puppres-slon of competition, but unfortunate.y so far such legislation has generally proved to be Ineffective and in many Instances it would seem at If It had been designed to satisfy the public demand without being intended to seriously interfere with the operations of the organizations against which It was supposed to be enacted. has demonstrated that the evils which the measures I now commend to our favorable consideration aro intended to suppress are In three ways: "First By tho formatbn of trusts, by which a number, of per-sons, fii.Ts or corporations, agree to fir the price of their products or abstain from competition in their respective bufcincrscs. "This result may. of course, be accomplished In several different ways, as. for Instance, by those who manufacture or deal in certain commodities fixing prices below or above which they will not sell or buy; or by limiting the output of such commodities, thereby In effect fixing the price; or by a division of territory, an agreement not to deal In territory occup'ed by competitors.

It Is believed the first measure herein sugsest-ed. If It should become a law, will put an end to agreements of this character. FORMING MONOPOLIES. "Second By the fo-matlon pf monopolies which were formerly generally accom-pl shed, and which may still be occasionally accomplished, by placing the stock of competing corporations in the hands of trustees, or by some other mears bringlnc; under one management or control, competing concerns. "This method is no longjr usually retorted to.

but a much nnc effective means of accomplishing the same result Is the one which Is now In vopue. by having corporation buy up the nhjs'cnl properties of Us convnelltors. thur-uy creating a partial or complete moiiopo y. "My great to see effective legislation enacted wli ch ni'l prevent tho evils so universally re-ogn'rI ani condemned, will. I trust, be regarded us a --uf-ficlent reason for the earnrstr.ess with which I hav-f expressed my for the adoption of the mejturcs recommended." TOO MANY SOUGHT EXEMPTION'S.

Teim House linn Killed mil Itelatlnir to Jury service. Austin. Feb. 5. The House to-diy killed the Senate bill relating tocertaln exemptions from Jury service.

The bill ones Its death to the numerous amendments appended to It and sought to bo put In. Nearly every class of citizens was sought to be exempted from its provisions. Tne lawmakers warned to exempt tarmtrs. firemen, doctois and other professions. If all the amendments were adopted ani tho bill became law It wou.d be hard to find any one who Is not exempt irom duty on a Jury.

A resolution was Introduced In the House by Br.dgcs of El faso piovdlng for tho appointment of a committee from he Hou and Senate to lor ihe purcaajo of the famous pctuio of the Battle of bin Jacinto, by McArdle. In the Senate tlitre was nu.te a stir over resolutions piovidlng f.r ti.e appointment of subcommittees to vls.t the S.ate e.ee-mosvnary Institutions to atcerian wlut appropriations are neodel. asj a committe, to visit the State la and otfter lands suitable for su.h faims to work convicts. Much was uov eloped to these res-olut onK and bo.h of them were defeiied. Chairman Wlison of ti.o Finance Committee stated that from estimates received ot appropriations wanted by the dljercnt institutions it would take vvh ch Is about J3.000.OM more than can be appropriated and not create a deficiency.

The Senate passtd a bll providing a uniform system for printing ballots in places wheic the Auatialiau badot svstem is not used. The Galveston and Harris County Court bill was passed finally. THREE MEDICAL BOARDS PROVIDED Arknuanx Senate Pimics I11II, House Concurring In Amendments. nnpuuLic speclvl. Llttlo Rock, Feb.

tx The Senate today passed the Daniel bill providing for three State Medical Examining Boards, representing the allopathy homeopatns and eclectics. An amendment was adopted providing that tho act go into effect thirty dais after passage. This was concurred In by the House. The committee reports were submitted In the Senate on the King antitrust bill. The majority report recommends the passage of the bill, after being amended so as not to apply to fire insurance companies.

The minority favored the passage of the bill intact and submitted an argument In favor of that position. By a vote of 19 to 15 tho Senate excluded the argumentative portion from the record. Representat.vo Bryant offered in the Houbo a bill taxtng life insurance policies having a cash surrender value. The House indefinitely postponfed a bill authorizing Prosecuting Attorneys to appoint a deputy In each county of their districts. A bill was pasued providing that wheat ahail do bought and sold by weight and not by measure, and prohibiting tha use of the brass tester.

Professor Woodward to Lecture. Professor C. M. Woodward of Washlng-lHn UnlVersltv will deliver a lecture on "Hydraulics, and the Bui, ding of the Eads at the meeting of the National Association of Stationary Engineers, No. 2, of Missouri, in Fraternal Hall, Eleventh and Iranklln avenue, to-morrow night.

Monument for Prohibition Leader. REPUBLIC SPECIAL. Springfield, Feb. E. The Prohibition State central Committee met In thia city to-day in connection with a State conference of Prohibition workers.

The retiring secretary of the committee, Alonzo Wil-ron of Chicago, was elected chairman, I F. Qumbart of Macomb secretary, and a H. Tuesberg of Pontlao treasurer. The Hale Johnson Memorial Association was organized, the object being to erect a monument to the memory of Hale Johnson, candidate for Vice President on the Prohibition ticket In 1300. dominations Sent to the Senate.

Washington. Feb. 5. The President to-dar sent the following nominations to the Senate: Moneys at Wakeenar. Ka.

POSTMASTERS: Rardonhmk. Uirn iowa Aoruam Wllkln. Kaomna: 1 North Cavalier: Gas- PROGRESS IS SHOWN BY HUMANE SOCIETY Vigorous Efforts in Tear Past to Protect Little Children and Dumb Animals. CLOSE WATCH ON OFFENDERS. Prosecutions for Cruelty, President Says, Have Had Good Effect in Preventing Increase of Crime.

EXTRACTS FROM REPORT OF HUMANE SOCIETY. 4 Children. Cases reported 133 Children involved 231 Homes found 12 Given to relatives 22 Sent to House of Refuse 8 Parents warned 51 Convictions obtained 5 Animals. WARNINGS. For beating and whipping 270 For overloading 201 For abandoning 65 PROSECUTIONS.

For working galled horses 21 For working galled mules 21 For beating mules or horses 19 Convicted 67 Bonds forfeited 2 a An annual election of the Humane Society of Missouri was held yesterday afternoon at the offices of the society and reports of tho officers wero received and adopted. Tho election resulted as follows: President, Henry Wood; vice presidents, Joseph Franklin, William Barr. Charles Parsons, George D. Barnard, E. C.

Simmons, John A. Holmes, George J. Tansey, Hansford Crawford, Edwin Harrison, R. S. Brookings.

D. C. Nugent, John T. Davis, D. D.

Walker, William A. Stickney, A. Haas. H. E.

Bridge, John W. Kauffmann. William I.emp, Daniel Catlln and A. L. Shaplelgh; secretary.

John H. Holmes; treasurer. Walker Hill. Executive Committee Doctor T. G.

Comstock, C. H. Sampson, William F. Nolker, Edwin Hayden, E. E.

Souther, IL N. Davis and R. H. Whitelaw Commit-teo on Wpys and Means-Joseph Franklin, A. L.

Shaplelgh, E. Malllnckrodt, D. D. Walker, It. McK.

Jones, N. O. Nelson. W. A.

Zukosky, John B. Kennard, H. A. Blos-Eom, Charles H. Bailey, Benjamin Etscman, Frank A.

Drew, C. H. Sampson and Paul Brown. The report of the president. H.

N. Davis, showed that the work of the society has greatly Increased and that there is an advance In the public appreciation of the efforts of the agents of the society. The report follows, lu part: GOOD INFLUENCE OF SOCIETY. "The work of the agents, as shown by the report, is but very small part of the real benefit conferred on objects of our humane efforts. The fact that there exists a society hiving for Its object the pieventlon of cruelty to children and animals, that dots follow and punish the wrongdoer, accomplishes much in deterring the wicked and cruel from allowing their full sway.

"During the ye-i- much has been done In the caro of abused children o.id many of them have found homes. Every case brought to the knowledge of the society has been caiefullv lnvcstliritpil. niirlmr rhi year L14S complaints have been entered at our oiUce, a larger number than ever before hi a like pjrlod. "Tho ev Us which called Into existence this society ntlli exist, and wo must keep up war against them. Let us go forward with the gocd work, hopeful ot the highest possible bticcess." The tlnanUal report of the Humane 3i-clety was ai Ealanco on hand February 1.

1SC2. Total receipts for the year. 25. Total disbursements for year endlcg Januarv I9B. Ji.74J.4S.

Balance on hand February 1, 1W3. J475.49. During the year the society Investigated 2.S3o cases regarding nnlnisK The number of cases reported tit the office, 1 000, exceed the number reported in any other jear. and is very gratifying to those In charge of the work. CONVICTIONS IN MAJORITY OF CASES.

The follow Inir Prosecutions wpri entered by the society: For ilrivintr or nnrklnir trailed or lamed horse-. Zil for wnrWlnir or lamed mules. 21: for overdriving or ovcnoaaing, ror Dcatlng horses or mules. fcr coss, for beating ami maiming dogs, for mistreating a dog. for fichtin dogs, 8: for hanging dng.

1. Of the oiehtv-four rnses n.nsrcni(.i hi th-. pcclety. rlxty-wven convictions were obtained. Two forfeited bonds, fourteen were discharged and one is still pending.

There were twenty-nine nrrets made by policemen during the vear und 1,378 cases wore icunu on mo streets remedied. Tht- ambulance Installed by the society continues to gtvo satisfaction, and It Is reported that during the past year relief has been afforded to a large number of horses, many of which have been saved by Its use. The society does not exact the fee of J3. charged for the use of the ambulance, from those who are unable to meet this expense. CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT B.

F. Browning Is Arrested at Macon for Kentucky Officer. REPUBLIC SPECIAL. Macon, Feb. 5.

B. F. Browning-, a railroad man, was arrested here to-day by Sheriff Gils trap on a war: ant from Bourbon County, Kentucky, charging him with for-Eery. Tho case was worked up through information furnished by A. J.

Klllman of Cain Ridge, Bourbon County, who wrote that Browning had forged notes on him from somewhere between $830 and $1,000 and left the country. Klllman learned that Browning had come to Macon County and had his household poods shipped here. The Sheriff notified Sheriff Gllstrap that he was on the way to Missouri with requisition papers. Browning la man of 35 and has a wife and two children. Texas Court of Appeal.

REPUBLIC SrECIAL. aSr of tha State Court or Criminal Appeals at Dallaa, February 4, were as follows: Submitted on motion to dismiss appeaJt A. L. Douthltt, from Somervell. vl''1 Submitted on briefs for the Statti Era McDonald, from III1L Joe Gul cs, Fail Hood (two easea) fram nnn Burt Latham and r.

ZB a. J. Barnes, from Archer, Tm RusmII. from Bomar-Tom Gray, frcm Dallas. VV.

Hawk, from Parker. Submitted on brier fn tvitt, i twS. W-ar a John nankins, from Somenrall. J. M.

Salter, from Clay. Mart Martin, from 9om-Mark Branrtaa. from Rill. 9ubmltted on brlefa for appellant! Henry Fuller, from Parker. bortbpartiS: vnl for W.

T. Simmons, J. I. McLeod, Fred McAnally (two cases) and O. R.

McCoy. iwnujr Jim Head and Arthur Freeman, from Frath a. T. Ball, from Parker. Alf Cofdell.

Homer Atchison. J. L. Wilson and exparte It. Richards, from Hill county.

C. Harklns, from Llrueston. V. Potts, from Milam. Submitted on motion for rehearloa'! Gtcrga Taylon from Dallas.

Charlie from Lamar. In Memory of Vincent P. Ulnar. At a special meeting of tho Executive Committee of the Alumni Association of St. Louis University, yesterday, the following resolutions in respect to the memory of Vincent P.

Ring, who died at El Paso Tex. February 23. were adopted: Resolved. That, with all submission to the divine decree, we deplore hu iot wm, tlnem sw. "Aet-nlvtM.

That tha aa-Mrtfttf-n, ts tha family and relatives of tha deceased Sliest iS2: ahisa. ln.Hr." ait-t .1,7 1 rha 0BB o-ssraaS Neighbors Mackerel tea, cheese, kerosene and soda crackers live together at the store Mackerel, tea, cheese and kerosene have strong flavors Soda crackers have a delicate flavor All exposed to the air together What's the result? The soda crackers lose their own flavor and absorb the flavor of their neighbors Unless the soda crackers Biscuit hx the In-er-seal Package with tvi and white seal, which protects their flavor and.keeps them fresh NATIOHAX BISCUIT COMPANY AODIGKS GIVES UP FIGHT FOR TOGA, Delaware Republican Boss Announces His Intention at Caucus of His Supporters. EFFORT TO UNITE FACTIONS. "Regulars" Invited to Confer With Men to Select Candidates' Representative of the Partv. Dover, Feb.

E. The sudden announcement this afternoon that J. Edward Addicks had withdrawn from the candidacy for United States Senator, which he has urged so persistently since 1S95, created an immense sensation. The belief is general that the refusal of the United States Senate to confirm Unitd States 'District Attorney William M. Byrne had the effect of bringing about Mr.

Addlcks's withdrawal. The Union Repub-cans" choice for Senator In place of Ad-d'eks probably will be Governor Hunn or Secretary of State Layton. State Senator Alee, tlie Addicks leader, has repeatedly declared that he would not accept the United States scnatorship. This afternoon tho Union Renuhllean members of the Legislature held a caucus at which Addicks was proer.t." After tho meeting Representative Jones said that Mr. Addlcki had made a statement to thoe present at the caucus in which he had for- i mally withdrawn from the senatorial contest, conditioned on the selection of a candidate by a caucus of Republicans.

i Mr. Jones added that the Union Rcpub- I Hcans had decided to hold a caucus for tlia nomination of two candidates for Senator, and that notices would be sent to the Regular Republican members Inviting them to attend. In the nomination of candidates with the caucus, he said, the majority rule would prevail. Vnndnlln-Pcnnsylvnnln Lines, St. Louis to the East.

Three dally trains, leaving St Louis 8 44 a. 1 p. 11:33 p. m. Thr-ugh sle prs an! dining cirs.

Ticket offices Seventh and Olive and Union Station. YOUNG Humane GIRL IS RESCUED. Society Officer Takes Iena Barr in Charge. Lena Barr, 10 jears old, was taken from her home at No. 4233 North Broadway yes- terday afternoon by J.H.

Wischmeyer, an officer of the Missouri Humane Society, who conveyed her to the Four Courts and gavo her Into the custody of Matron Kintzlng. The ch'M Is the daughter of Mrs. Lena Barr, whose husband was killed about a ear ago by falling from a tank at the Anheuser-Busch brewery. Neighbors of Mrs. Barr reported to the soe'ety that the child was belrg cruelly treated.

Mrs. Klntz'ng found unon examining tho child that both of her eyes were discolored and Bhe was suffering from scalp wounds that had not been dressed. The girl declared that they had been inflicted by a man whose name she did not know. The Humano Society will find a home for the girl. renalons for Sonthvvesternera.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL. Washington, Feb. 5. Pensions have heer, awarded Missourians. as follows- Burton.

Korth Salm. ju: wm. a BUctaor 0 HOblnr. JleDlibllC. IS 1410.

110 Jamf r.i-v1a:nn to. Moore, ftr. Tt( tn. tolYr forati J. Butler.

KAims vi ly. w. 1 il llf llBBIHiR) ln BTlf ilia I II liil fiUflin awi II: rSsmaaTsBSsTflMv i 2 su aaav jsr5Bi I I'l nCT If; mun. EaVVJ- 71ME 0a7SiVU Jr 1LT I IP during the wildest storm. It protects, for it prevents.

It for it cures. If you are weak and nervous and are tired all the time, take Ayer's Sarsaparilla and know what it is to be well and strong. Keep the liver active with Ayer's Pills. Purely vegetable, gently laxative, a great aid to the Sarsaparilla. your doctor about these medi-cines.

He knows. He has the wS2- are Uneeda 3 Sweet Pure Clean SwifK jersey Butterine QLEOMARGASUHtl SSbaw Swms jersey made from the very choicest materials ingredients in daily use in every kitchen. Put up in one and two-pound prints in printed paper wrapper like illustration. Swift Company, Chicago Kansas GrT Omaha St-Locb SLJoxpa St. Fad FLWartV STRIKE COMMISSION CLOSES HEARING OF TESTIMONY.

Evidence) of FMty-Oae Davre' leaslstaa Conn Approximately 0,200 or About 2,400,000 Words. Philadelphia, Feb. 6V-After a alttta of. exactly fifty-one days tha Anthraclta Coal strike Commission closed th hearing of witnesses ar! o'clock thia afternoon and adjourned until next Monday, when it will begin to hear the artrumenta of counsel representing; the several sides. The arguments will take up five and a half days, the operators having; three days and the miners the remainder ot the time.

To-day's sessions were taken up In hearing the, last witnesses presented by tha miners in rebuttal. Much of it related to the alleged unequal distribution of mlna cars, nearly a dozen witnesses testifying that they could load mora cars than tha companies furnished them. In all, the commission heard RS witnesses, Mn of these were called by the commission, 219 by the union miners, IK by tha nonunion miners and IBS by the operators. The stenographers took down, approxlmata-iv. 9j typewritten pages of testimony, or swiSs! 1 BjasB I v.jfea There is safety in Ayer's Sar-saparilla.

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