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. THE HOBJxTKG OEEGCXSTLOT, SATTOtDAX, EEBETABX 23 1S95. KILLED A-LITTLE BOY CHARLES ROSE, OP -WALLA "WALLA, SHOT IX THE HEAD. Don Carlos Boyd. Arrested to Ans-ivcr the- Charse of Embezzlement and Forgery. TVAIJXA.TVALLA, Feb. 22. At 11 o'clock today Charles, the 6-year-old son of T. J. Rose, a. merchant of this city, "was shot In the head and killed by Arthur Isitt, a 13-year-old boy. Isitt used a 22-rifle, Various versions are given as to the in tention of Isitt. He says he shot acci detally, but a, companion says that Isitt had threatened Rose several times dur ing: the morning;. Isitt is In the county Jail, and will have a hearing; tomorrow. The father and mother of Rose are In the East. and. up to a late hour, their ad dress had not been found. Don Carlos Boyd T.-as arrested here today and lodged in Jail. He will be takei to Heppner to answer to a charge of em bezzlement and forgery made by the Pat terson Publishing Company. DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS. Those That Have Been Incorporated In "Washington State. OLYMPIA, Feb. 22. Articles for the following domestic corporations have been filed In the office of the secretary of state: Prosser, Sunnyside & Northern Railroad Company: Prosser, Yakima, county; cap ital, 11.000,000; 30,000 shares of $100 each; incorporators, J. G. Van llarter, jr., and Fred R. Reed: to operate a railroad from Prosser to a point on the Great Northern railroad. Central American Land & Development Company: Tacoma; capital, 5500,000; 50,000 shares of $10 each; incorporators, J. A. C. McCoy, F. JL Sammons. J. P. Nellls, H. C. Patrick, A. U. Mills, Lewis Ott and C. F. Owens; to conduct business of a gen eral character in Central America. Renton Co-operative Coal Company: Seattle; capital, $100,000; 1000 shares of $100 each; Incorporators, Rees P. Daniels, John A. Williams and others; to mine and mar ket coal. Tacoma Carriage & Baggage Transfer Company: Tacoma; capital, $40,000; 2000 shares of $20 each; incorporators, Joseph McCabe, S. J. Maxwell. S. M. Nolan, J. S. Tcrnes, L. S. Finnegan; to transfer pas sengers and baggage. The Ellensburg: Mining Company; El lenBburg; capital, $10,000; 100 shares of $100 each; incorporators, Austin Myers, W. G. Johnson, C V. Warner; to carry on the business of mining. The American Patriotic Memorial As sociation; New Whatcom: incorporators, H. B. Williams, Frank Cook and others; to conduct schools for the gratuitous in struction of the children of soldiers and sailors who served in the wars of the United States. "Selffert's," of Spokane; capital, $3000; 3000 shares of $1 each; incorporators, H. S. Selffert, G. Selffert, C. O. RInehard; to conduct a restaurant business. HELD CONFERENCE. Scbsion of Delegates of the People's Party at Olympla. OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 22. A confer ence of the people's party was held in this city today, and was attended by dele gates from various parts of the state. The special object of the meeting was to perfect the party organization. With this end in view it was determined to form what will be known as tho Initiative and Referendum Club of the people's party in every county, which will hold regular meetings and serve to strengthen the organization. Among the other sub jects to be taken up by these clubs, on the advice of the conference, is the liquor Araffi&jfOTith a view tonationalizing' the jquestloh? vAt the session this" evening a lesolution condemning the so-called high handed proceedings in depriving Maple of the office of treasurer of King county was carried unanimously by a rising vote. The conference adjourned sine-die tonight. SATISFACTION- AT CORVALLIS. Much Pleased There Over the Ap pointment of Mr. Yates. CORVALL1S, Or., Feb. 22. The recent appointments of regents to the agricul tural college by Governor Lord gives uni versal satisfaction here. This is partic ularly true of W. E. Yates, appointed from this county, and it is doubtful if a better selection could have been made. AH appointed are men of modern ideas, and the interest which they will take will potently assist in the advancement of the institution. There is but one member of the board of regents resident in Corvallis, and on him the remainder are dependent to a great extent for their information re garding the work and management of the college. To the members of the alumni of the college Mr. Yates' appointment is highly satisfactory. THE RUSH FOR ALASKA. A Great Many "Will Be Disappointed, However. While men continue to crowd the steam ers to Alaska, attracted by the low rates produced by the rate war, says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, warnings continue to come from experienced men in that coun try against too great a rush of immigra tion. The latest of these is contained in a letter from Richard Willoughby. of Ju neau, to his old partner, Richard Cameron, in this city, dated February 15, and sums up the situation in the following words: T am sorry to hear of such a large im migration coming to Alaska in the spring, for it will make times hard for some of them, for there are lots of idle men here now. unless they come prepared to get along for a while without having to go to work. I don't think that over 1030 men will get employment in this district this summer, and there are over that number here now. Several parties who came up on the last boat have returned, and others would go if they were able. Men who arc omlng to Alaska and depending on get ting work here should not come before the lirst of May. Capital is what is needed here at present, for there is no doubt as to the riches of "rhis country in quartz, but it takes experienced and moneyed men to start the ball rolling. There is a time in the near future when there will be thous ans of men employed here, but it will not be this summer. I am afraid: this sum mer is too early for laboring men." The gem of household helis Dr. Price's Baking Powder. The best made. The Italics Telephone Line. THE DALLES. Or.. Feb. 52,-The Dalles is becoming a network of wires. The ne teiephone company hus its poles up and is stretching its wires, while the Western Vnlon Telegraph Company is placing nev pol and wires through town. The lat ter is rebuilding its line from Huntington to Portland, and is now nt work here. The poles are very large, and are intended to withstand the winter storms. Sturgeon-fishing is proving a great in dustry now at The Dalles. A large num ber of men are catching them here and down the river, and a ready sale is found. Th fish are shipped by the Regulator to th Portland market. Tacoma Items. TACOMA. Feb. 21 OHt of the 1C largest export ports of this continent. Tacoma contributed one-ninth of the entire quan tity of flour exported. For the week end ing February !. . barrels were ex ported. TACOMA. Feb. 22. Nine families have bean poisoned by eating imported cheese. A number of the persons are critically ill. The Day at The Dalles. THE DALLES. Fob. 22. Washington's birthday was quietly observed in The Dalles today. In the afternoon all busi ness, houses closed, and. as the weather was pleasant, many people took an outing. The banks remained closed all day. The public schools continued work as asual and made no holiday. A day had been lost to the school work earlier in the week by the breaking of the furnace, so the scholars had their vacation then. This evening a large masquerade ball was given in the opera-house by the order of Woodmen. The floor was crowded with iancers and the receipts were quite large. VICTIMS OF FLAMES. Three Burned to Death at Hot Springs, Arlransna. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Feb. 22. Fire was discovered in the Ledgerwood bakery, on Ouachita avenue, at 4 A. M. It is in the southern part of the city, where boarding houses abound. In an hour, three women had been burned to death, and six boarding-houses, several stores and 15 cottages, in all worth $100,000, had been swept away. The dead are: Mrs. Laura Scannon, Mrs. Henry G. Mc Leod and Augustine Stlvetto. colored. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Brownson, of Ma con, Mo.; Mrs. Peacock, and others, were Injured, but none dangerously. A strong wind fanned the flames, but prevented them from moving in the direction of the big hotels and bath-houses. The streets covered by the Are were Ouachita, where it originated, Sealey, Malvern, Woodbine and Orange. The Ledgerwood bakery was a frame building, on the second story of which Mrs. Scannon had furnished apart ments. Charles Ledgerwood first saw the flames, and In his efforts to distinguish them, neg lected to warn the people in the neigh borhood. Nothing was heard of Mrs. Scannon until the fire was over, when her bones were found in the ashes of her house. Mrs. McLeod was a guest of the Laclede boarding-house. She was aroused, and with her husband started out of the house, but before reaching the door re membered some jewelry, and returned for it, against the advice of her husband. When she started back she found her way blocked by the flames. Her husband tried to reach her, and almost lost his life in the effort. She endeavored to rush through the flames, but fell down in them and per ished. The remain of the colored woman were found in a partly saved room in the house. Mr. and Mrs. Brownson, of Missouri, had a thrilling escape. They lived on the third floor of the Ouachita boarding-house, and when aroused found the house wrapped in flames. Escape by the stair way was cut off. They rushed to the win dows and cried to the people below for help, but none could be given them. Mrs. Brownson tied several sheets and blankets together, making a rope long enough to reach down to the window below. She went down first, entered the second floor window, and escaped by the back stair way. When her husband reached the sec ond floor the stairway was blocked by flames, and he had to jump. He received severe bruises, and the woman's hands were badly laceratedMn sliding down the rope. About 100 buildings were burned. Includ ing 15 cottages, of an aggregate value of $25,000. The boarding-houses destroyed are the Ouachita, Illinois. Laclede, Missouri and Bloomington. Each of these was worth $5000 with its contents. Three hun dred, men, women and children were driven to other quarters for lodging, and most of them lost all their clothing. For the Dying, Then for the Dead. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22. While the mangled body of a boy was pinned be neath the trucks of a" trolley-car last night, women who had attended the services in Old St. Augustine church, near by, came out, and kneeling on the pavement, prayed that his life might be spared. Before the little fellow was removed they were joined by men and women from the congregation of St. George's Methodist church, and in a long semi-circle, they all sent up fervent petitions while a tremendous crowd gath ered. The parents of the boy, whose name was Willie Jones, were among those who knelt, and it was not until the dead body of the little fellow was released that they learned who the victim was. When the kneeling women were told that the boy was dead, a prayer was offered for the re pose of his soul. The Babe Starved to Death. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22. The death from starvation of a four weeks' old child of Mrs. John Harklns, who lives in a miserable shanty on Oregon street, was reported to the coroner yesterday. Harklns has been unable to obtain work, and the family is poverty-stricken. The mother is bed-ridden through lack of nourishment. An Old Woman's Terrible Death. OXFORD. N. Y., Feb 22. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Whitman went out for a call last night, leaving the 65-year-old mother of Mr. Whitman alone. On their return the lamp was found to have exploded. The old woman was in the yard near a well, into which she had tried to jump while her clothing was afire. Her body was burned to a crisp. Victims of the Snow Storm. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 22. Among the casualties of the snow storm was the death of a hunting party in the woods on the Alliance plantation, 19 miles below New Orleans. They have been found frozen to death in a kneeling attitude. Strikes and boycotts never affect Dr. Price's Baking Powder. Everybody uses it. m QUIETLY BURIED. The Late First Secretary of the Rus sian Legation. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. As a result of cablo communication with his relatives in Moscow, the remains of Pierre Bogdanoff, the late first secretary of the Russian le gation, were quietly interred today in the Rock Creek cemetery, of this city. Mr. Bogdanoft. while suffering Intensely from neuralgia, shot himself "Wednesday morn ing last. What mystery, if any, was be hind this tragic taking off Is probably burled with him. The note that he left for relatives has been forwarded to them unopened. A priest of the Greek church came from New York and conducted, at the house of the deceased, the simple cere monies whi?h, und?r the circumstances, were all that could possibly be done in the way of religious ceremony. Prince Cantacuzene, the Russian minister, and all the members of the Russian legation and many other diplomats attended the services, but only a few personal friends followed the remains to the grave. Snlclde the Verdict. SAN RAFAEL. Cal.. Feb. 22. An In quest was held today upon the remains of Harry C. Stlllwell. late of the Califor nia bank, who committed suicide by shoot ing himself. The jury returned a verdict that he came to his death by a gunshot wound, self-inflicted, with suicidal intent. Died From His Injuries. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 Marco Hell man, the ex-baseball manager, who shot himself on Tuesday last, after learning that he was to be prosecuted for having negotiated spurious checks amounting to $500. died today from the effects of his injuries. California's Native Sons. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 22. The corner stone of the new building of the Native Sons of the Golden West, on Mason street. between Geary and Post, was laid with ap propriate exercises this morning. Previous to laying of the stone there was a grand parade, in which various local parlors of the Native Sons and several parlors from San Jose and Oakland, the second brigade national guard, a naval battalion, veterans of the Mexican war, veteran firemen and other organizations participated. Thous ands of people lined the route of the pro cession, and a vast crowd was present at the exercises. J. D. Sproul. grand presi dent of the order, officiated, and Joseph E. I O'Donnell delivered the oration. AT0T IN THE MANUAL LEGISLATIVE INCIDENTS AT GUTH RIE AND AT DENVER. Rough Treatment of a Populist "Who Tried to Force His Way Into a. Republican Caucus. GUTHRIE. O. T., Feb. 21 The first sensation of the Oklahoma legislature oc curred today. The republicans of the house. In the majority, were holding a caucus in the house- chamber,' discussing matters of party concern, when Represen tative Nesbltt, pop., and Representative Hails, dem., both of Cleveland county, demanded admittance, and were refused by the doorkeeper. They declared they had a right in, and could not be shut out by a republican caucus. Nesbltt secured a big ladder and proceeded to knock the door down. Representative George Vick ers, of Alva, was the first republican met, and his giant-like frame was soon rain ing blows on Nesbitt's head, who fled to the basement. A serious riot was nar rowly averted. The republicans, however, concluded their caucus undisturbed. A Fight in Denver. DENVER, Feb. 21 Senators Mills and Pease had a row on the floor of the sen ate today over an appointment to a minor clerkship. Mills called Pease a liar and Pease threw a paper-weight, which struck him in the side. Mills sprang at Pease, but was mt by the latter's son, a com mittee clerk, who struck him three times, cutting a gash in his face and blackening his eyes. The combatants were separated and the senate appointed a committee to investigate and report who was to blame. The senators are past the prime of life and are prominent leaders in the populist party. "WASHINGTON'S BILL. Some Comparisons "With, Appropria tions Two Years Ago. OLYMPIA, Feb. 21 The appropriation bill presented by Chairman Temple was received with a great deal of satisfaction by a majority of the members of both houses. Temple was chairman of the same committee at the last session, and his experience at that time assisted him materially in the work of this session. He recognized the general demands for economy, and though desirous of work ing in perfect accord with his committee, found that different Interests were ex erted to increase appropriations for dif ferent institutions. In order to do justice by all, without favoring one or discrimin ating against another, he prepared his own general appropriation bill and it is now in the house. Omitting all items vetoed in the general appropriations bill of two years ago, as well as all items for improvements in that bill, a comparison of the two for maintenance of public in stitutionsandofflces.alone, shows a saving to the state in this bill of about a quarter of a million dollars. A comparison of some of the more important items in the two appropriation bills follows. 1S23-5 1S95-7 Governor's office 5 13,000$ 32,500 Secretary state's office.... 20,700 18,600 Auditor's office 35.400 16,500 Treasurer's office 8,600 8,000 Attorney-general's office. 17,650 10,500 State board of education. 10,450 9,250 Supreme court 56,000 4S.000 Fish commissioner 8.000 7,100 Superior court 76,000 75,000 State librarian 5,400 3,700 Transporting insane, etc. 45,000 17,500 Cost in felony cases, su perior courts 70,000 20,000 Extradition expenses 5,000 3,000 Coal mine inspectors and expenses . S.000 5S00 Board of health.,.,. - 6,000 4m Western Insane asylum. 16S.960 150,000 Eastern asylum 105,000 87,600 Penitentiary 180,000 322,60 Reform school 52,000 49,640 School, defective youth.. SO.OOO 56,910 State board horticulture.. 10,000 7,000 State university 39,000 55,000 Ellensburg normal school 25,000 21,000 Contingent expenses agri cultural college 30,000 15,000 Soldiers' home 30,000 25,000 Public printing and bind ing 70,000 60,000 Books for state library... 8,000 13,000 Military 80,000 20.000 Land office fees, state lands 4,000 3,000 Appratsment and sale of school and other lands. 25,000 15,000 Total $1,251,760 $1.002,970 OLYMPIA, Feb. 22. The legislature was not in session today. Both houses will convene at 10 o'clock tomorrow. A ma jority of the members left the city today. Those remaining devoted their time to committee work. A AVillnpai Bay Protest. SOUTH BEND, Feb. 22. Remonstrances are being very generally signed by the oystermen on Willapa bay against the proposed amendment to house bill No. 5, which has passed the house and is now in the senate. The bill provides, among other things, that only actual residents and citizens can acquire title to oyster lands in this state. The bill is aimed at the Morgan Oyster Company, a Califor nia corporation, which has laid claim to and planted over 200 acres of the best oyster lands in Willapa bay for over 20 years, and thereby controlled the output and price of oysters. It has secured a monopoly of the sale of said oysters in Sen Francisco, its principal market. A powerful lobby is at work to secure an amendment in the senate allowing non residents to file upon and acquire title to said oyster grounds. During years past oystermen have had no title to their lands, but have held them by squatters' rights, pending legislation providing for their surveyand sale. The passage of such an amendment the oystermen regard as amounting to a destruction of their busi ness and the fastening of a monopoly upon themi They hold also that the oyster product of the bay would be far ther restricted, for the Morgan Oyster Company has ample oyster grounds in San Francisco bay for propagation, and would only hold Its oyster lands here to prevent competition at the only point on the coast where it is possible for oystering to assume any great propor tions. A good sum for a superior article is real economy. That is why Dr. Price's Baking Powder Is a good investment. NORTH CAROLINA ADJOURNMENT. 'Washington, Lee, Douglass, hut Douglass Is Greatest." RALEIGH. N. C Feb. 21 The News and Observer says editorially this morn ing in regard to the action of the house of representatives yesterday: "Several weeks ago a proposition was made in the general assembly to adjourn in honor of Robert E. Lee on the occasion of his birthday. This resolution was voted down, although byenactmentof a prior legislature General Lee's birthday is a public holiday in the state, and the public buildings are closed on that day. Yesterday a resolution was Introduced to adjourn until 10 o'clock Sat urday to pay respect to the memory of George Washington, 'whose birthday is also a legal holiday. This was voted down, At the session where the resolution to ad journ in honor of Washington was voted down, the follpwlng resolution. Introduced by Crews, colored, of Granville, was adopted: " 'Whereas, The late Frederick Douglass departed this life on the 20th inst.; and " 'Whereas, We greatly deplore the same; now, therefore, be it 'Resolved, That when this house ad journs it adjourn In respect to the memory of the deceased.' "These three dates, the birth of Lee. the birth of Washington and the death of Douglass are compassed in one month. This general assembly, deliberately and after debate, voted down the resolutions to nonor tne memory ot me -earner or his Country and Robert? E. Lee, who, with Grant, was among the heroes of Chepul tepec and the commander of the armies of the South, put on. record in the journals of the house a resolution of adjournment in respect to the memory of Frederick Dourfass- "The action Is equivalent to saying, j Washington, Lee, .uougiass. These three, but the greatest of these Is Douglass.' This action, more correctly than any other official proceeding of-thls legislature, shows the spirit of this .body." THE THEATER HAT. Comment Upon the Action of tho California Legislature. CHICAGO, Feb. 21 The Post has the following editorial: "The California leg islature Is the first to put in form the rage of the matinee man against the high theater hat. It has,passed a law forbid ding the wearing of hats In places of pub lic amusement and providing for a fins of $50 for its violation. "What a silly thing this California law Is. What puerile notion of their position must these assemblymen entertain who fancy their duties comprehend a censor ship over dress. In other times and other countries laws were seriously enacted for bidding this class or that from wearing beards, or allowing their hair to grow long, or appearing in public in certain colors, or donning blouses of a certain style, or boots of a certain length. But one would think that Americans of this century had gone beyond this sort of ex perimenting. Possibly the action of the Callfornians was tomfoolery which clownish legislators have engaged In of late. In which case it is doubly reprehensi ble." IN OTHER LEGISLATURES. One More Candidate at Dover. DOVER, Del., Feb. 21 One ballot was taken today in tho United States sena torial fight, as follows: Higgins, rep ..Tunnel, dem .1 Massey, rep 3Bayard, dem 1 Addlcks, rep 6iMartln, dem 2 Wolcott, dem 'l It Is Noiv a Law. ALBANY, N. Y Feb. 22.-Governor Morton today approved, the act to pre vent the display of foreign flags upon public buildings in this state. Not in Session. BOISE, Feb. 22. The legislature Is not In session today. EMPTY HANDED. Missouri Trnlnrobbers' UoId-Up. Bootless SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Feb. 22. The eastbound train on the St. Louis & San Francisco road, due here at 10 o'clock to night, was held up by robbers near Au rora, 30 miles west of this city, at 7:30 o'clock. Three men boarded the engine when the train was five miles from Au rora, compelled the engineer and firemen at the point of revolvers to go back to the express-car and open it. The robbers, however, found, to their disgust, that the car' was empty, the safe locked and the messenger not in sight. He had disap peared in time, and the robbers left empty-handed. Much excitement was caused at Aurora and this city by the news. A posse of officers was organ ized and started in pursuit of the robbers. The train was delayed 35 minutes, and no one was injured. From the description given by the engineer, it is thought the robbers are the men who made an at tempt to hold up a train on that road near Monett some time ago. A Miser Tortured In Vain. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Feb. 22. W. Walsh, a mistr, was called .out of bed this morn ing by five masked men", who, at the point of pistols, -attempted to mskehlm -divulge the hiding place of his money. He re fused, and they set fire to his hair and beard, burning them off, and burned his body with a red-hot poker. He still re fused and they placed his feet over a fire and roasted them. "Upon his still refusing, they beat him into insensibility and, after ransacking the house, escaped. Blew Off His Head With a Shotgun. GUTHRIE. Feb. 22. Mrs. M. C. Taylor, a dressmaker, today blew off the head of William H. Harrison with a shotgun. She had applied for a divorce, and the case was set for tomorrow. She claims her husband hired Harrison to shadow her and secure evidence against her. Har rison, she says, has dogged her for weeks, and this morning entered her house. When she ordered him out and he refused to go she killed him. Rather Costly "Thank Yon, Sir." VICTORIA, Feb. 21 Justice Cras yes terday afternoon sentenced John Simp son and Peter Nelson to five years' im prisonment for robbery of the bonded warehouse at the outer wharf. As they were leaving the dock, Simpson observed, "Thank you, sir," for which, interpreted as contempt, he was brought back and given three years additional, a year for each word. Robbed by Chicago Footpads. CHICAGO, Feb. 21 Frank B. Earl, of Los Angeles, reported to the police today that he was robbed last night of notes and valuable papers, together with a con siderable amount of money. Earl was met by two footpads at Madison-street bridge and knocked senseless. When he regained consciousness he found his overcoat and the papers and money it contained miss ing. Victim of Chicago Footpads. CHICAGO, Feb. 21 Frank B. Earl, of Los Angeles, reported to the police today that he was robbed last night of notes and valuable papers, and a" considerable amount of money. Earl was met by two footpads at the Madison-street bridge and knocked senseless. When he regained consciousness his overcoat with papers and money was missing. Bold Bank Burglars. THOMASTON, Conn., Feb. 22. Three men blew off the doors of the Thomaston Savings bank vault with dynamite at 1 A. M. today, and secured all the cash in the vault. The citizens aroused by the explosion, were driven back at the muzzle of revolvers by the robbers. The bank officers say the amount secured was small. "The knave of hearts, ha stole those tarts," And no wonder, if they were made with Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder. No Verdict In the Ilo-nrgate Case. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 At U o'clock tonight the jury in the Howgate case re ported to Judge McComas that it was un able to reach a verdict. It was ordered locked up until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. A Kansas City Attorney Missing. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 21 Attorney Pope Higgins, one of the best-known lawyers in western Missouri, has been missing since February 2, and his friends believe he has ben murdered for his money. Gentry's Condition Improved. PHILADELPHIA, Feb 21 The condi tion of Gentry, who killed Miss Yorke, the actress, which was reported this morning to be much worse, is Improved tonight. T Frozen In the Cumberland Mountains RICHMOND, Ky.. Feb. 21 News has just reached here to the effect that two men were frozen to death near Pound Gap. in the Cumberland mountains, last week. One was named Sturgeon and the other A. C. Kelly. The latter was over come while feeding stock, only a short dis tance from his home. . A Blacksmith and His Razor. VICTORIA. Feb. 21 The body of Gar vin Andrews, a well-known blacksmith, was found last night In his room, a razor at hand indicating suicide. The cause Is unknown. FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPOBT OF THE Connecticut Mutual Lift Insurance Company. To the Members: Despite Its great general dullness the year ISM was, on the whole, a fairly prosperous one for your company. The hard times and the hungry competition of a certain class of companies made it somewhat more difficult than usual to do a large new business. Careful men are cautious in such times about taking on increased expenses. But just such times make the unselfish, tenderly provident and prudent husband and father realize the more clearly his family's need of a sure and constant protection and their depend ence on htm to provide It. It is only to that class that The Connecticut Mutual, with its simple, wholly businesslike and wholly non-speculative plans and meth ods, commends itself. It is not surpris ing, therefore, that while we wrote slight ly less in amount than in the previous year the number of persons insured was larger. The proportion of lapses and surren ders was extremely small, being only 3.67 per cent of the amount at risk at the beginning of the year and less than in the previous year; so that while the amount at risk has decreased a trifle, $307,627, the number of persons insured has Increased several hundred. The remarkable persist ence of our business is a most gratifying feature. On the one hand, it is due to tho. unparalleled low cost of insurance in this company, and, on the other, it helps to keep down that cost by making it needless to spend heavily for new business to replace- a heavy outdraf t. The mortality was somewhat higher than in the previous year, but was still far below that expected and provided for by our calculations. The gains In income, assets and surplus have been satisfactory. The expenses have been kept rigidly down to the same scale of economy which has always characterized the compapy and given-it an unique position among Institutions of its kind. The Increased dividends paid were fully earned, and there was left besides a sub stantial addition to the surplus which pro tects our large and all-important obliga tions, and which also materially assists in maintaining a steady rate of dividend unaffected by ordinary changes in general business conditions. In all that goes to affect the strength and permanency of your company and the cost of your insurance here, now and in the future, the results of the year are not only satisfactory, but, under the untoward general circumstances, gratifying. To speak In detail: FINANCIAL OPERATIONS. Received For premiums $4,677,972 SS For interest and rents 3,20S,40S 2S Balance profit and loss 19,377 2o Total income 57,905,75S -11 Disbursed For claims by death and matured en dowments $1,273,874 99 Surplus returned to policy-holders 1,263,415 20 Lapsed and surren dered policies 6C9.701 33 Total paid policy holders ?6,19S,991 52 Commissions to agents, salaries, medical examiners' fees, printing, ad vertising, legal, real estate, and all other expenses of management 7S6.039 93 Taxes 300,523 14 -$7,2S3.D59 61 Total income Total disbursements. $7,903,758 11 7.2S5.559 61 Balance carried to increase net or ledger assets $ 620,195 77 Add net-assets, Janvl; 1S91. ...... 59,926,199 59 Net assets. Jan. 1, 1895 $60,546,395 36 Add interest due and accrued, market values of stocks and bonds over cost, and net de ferred quarterly and semi annual premiums, as per itemized statement, herewith. 1.6SS.526 97 Gross assets, Jan. 1, 1895.... $62,234,925 33 Total liabilities 53,358,712 55 Surplus, January 1, 1S95 ? 6,876,212 73 INTEREST. We received for interest and dividends $2,909,965 F0; for rents, $268,442 43. On real estate loans of $37,484,848 18 the overdue interest at the end of the year was S98. 947 53, or 26-100 of 1 per cent. Nearly all of this small percentage is on loans on city property. On farm loans of $12,285, 527 04 in the "corn belt" only there was only $12,097 10 overdue interest. Our ex perience has steadily shown that the ability of good farms, in good hands, in the right localities, to pay interest promptly on a proper", that Is. a relativeiy small, loan, is less affected by hard times than is the case with city property of good character and of the average va riety: and yet we loan only in cities which are the great centers of commerce. All our loans are very conservatively dis tributed and placed. On bonds costing $12,256,890 23 there were two items of overdue interest, amounting to $1700. One of these is on bonds of the city of Austin, Texas, and the other on First Mortgage bonds of the Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad. In neither case do we apprehend a loss. LOANS ON REAL ESTATE. We loaned onreal estate during the year $6,880,007 81; loans were paid amounting to $7,054,654 51 FORECLOSURES AND SALES OF REAL ESTATE. It is not to be supDosed that over 11.000 loans aggregating over $37,500,000 could go through times of protracted and severe financial stringency and depression with out some defaults of payment and the necessity of enforcing our security in such cases. During the year we have taken in under foreclosure property cost ing us at decree $437,603 74. and have sold properties costing $230,331 33. leaving a net Increase of real estate held at a cost of $257,272 41. Of these sales $183,056 Gt rep resented the cost of properties which were entirely closed out at $203,463 93. a gain over cost of $17,409 31. The remainder represented sales of parts of properties. While we always regret the necessity of realizing on our security and do not wish to hold property any longer than is neces sary in order to sell it to your best ad vantage, we are governed by the fact that these are not the times to press real es tate to 6ale except at a sacrifice which we do not need to make. We are strong holders and can well await a normal market. A bit of history will illustrate. In the disastrous decade 1870-80 we took in prop erties costing $13,482,163 49 and valued by the then Insurance Commissioner at only $11,323,586 09; out of which properties cost ing $7,313,010 62 and valued at only $6,234. 007 94 have been sold for $8,721,216 .11. a gain over cost of $1,408,205 69 and $14S7, 2f8 37 over the Commissioner's valuation. And these properties came from loans made upon valuations representing the great currency inflation prevailing during and after the civil war, and suffering corre sponding shrinkage as the country ap proached a sound basis. That element of disturbance and danger is fortunately ab sent from the present situation. We can therefore contemplate such fore closures as have been and are likely to be made during this depression without se rious anxiety, while the higher rate of Interest realized from real estate loans makes them especially desirable for earn ing dividends. BONDS. No purchases of importance have been made during the year. Bonds have been paid off to the amount, at cost, of $173. 03S 30. We Tiow hold bonds of the par value of $11,S3S.S00, costing $12.256.800 23, and worth January 1. 1893, $11700,017 by a most conservative use of market quota tions. An inspection of the list will dis close their high character. We have been at a good deal of pains to get our holdings Into bonds having a long time to run. Insurance Operations. MORTALITY. The death losses in 1894. were somewhat higher in amount and ratio than those in the previous year, but were still so far within the amount anticipated "by our pre miums and reserves as to give us a net saving of about $3S5,000. REVIVALS. , A good feature of the year's business was the revival- of a considerable num ber of policies which lapsed in the pres sure of the panic of 1SS3. It is far the cheapest way la which persons who still need Insurance and are still insurable risks can resume carrying policies. Our agents are instructed to give particular attention to such cases. DIVIDENDS. The dividends paid to policy-holders in 1894 were larger than those paid in 1893. The cost of their insurance was therefore less. A like increase will be made in the dividends on policies renewing in 1S95. SURPLUS. Notwithstanding the large dividends paid in 1S94. the surplus held increased from $5,443,027 S7 January 1. 1894. to $S.S7o. 212 78 January 1. 1S95. a gain of $42S.1S4 91. But $261618 SO of tliis was due to the in crease in the market values of stocks and bonds over those of the previous year, leaving a gain to surplus of $165,350 11 from the actual operations of the year. Out of this surplus must ultimately come the difference between the par and market values of our bonds If they are held to maturity. For the rest, it pro tects the assets and the business against unforseen loss and disaster, and aids ma terially in earning current dividends and keeping them steady, while each maturing policy as it retires from the company re ceives its apportioned share. Our surplus would be over $1,000,000 larger than we count it if we tested our own strength by the legal standard used by the state departments and by other companies. Computed by them our sur plus would be about $8,000,000. NEW BUSINESS. We have steadily adhered to our time honored principle of seeking only such good, safe business, in the healthy parts of our own country only, as could be had without increasing our expenses and so In creasing the cost of insurance. So great stress has been laid by certain compan ies, laDoring under certain necessities or their own creation, on the Imoeratlve need of a great volume of new business every year, and they so violently criticise those who do not follow their lead, that not a few managers regard themselves justified in meeting hard times with a great ex penditure rather than allow a falling off in amount at risk. An appearance of en terprise is to be maintained at whatever cost to their policy-holders. Dividends must not stand in the way. The Connecticut Mutual is so large and its business so stable that it does not need to make size or growth a matter of other than secondary importance. Its first aim is to make its policies secure; Its second, to make them cost as little as possible through economy and prudence; and then, from such business as a low rate of ex pense will secure without making vs cut policy-holders' dividends, it takes on growth in easy times and in hard times it takes it or not, as may happen. Cost to the present members is so vital a matter in life Insurance that, in our view. If that element be properly taken care of the matter of growth is not a thing to be anxious about. It will take care of it self in the sense that it needs no sacri fice of existing interests. OUR EXPENSE ACCOUNT, in 1S91 was only 9.94 per cent of the in come, a ratio materially less than that of any competitor and much less than half that of the most pushing companies. The cost of our insurance is correspond ingly less than in those companies. The cost of our insurance is and for a long time has been decreasing each year; the cost of theirs is and for a long time has been increasing. COMPETITION. The Tontine schsmes of one sort or an otherinuse by so many companies require extraordinary profits to make the extraor dinary dividends promised in but post poned to the future. These profits are to come from forfeitures, and a great many are needed, for large amounts, for the success of the plan. A great new busi ness to furnish great forfeitures to the pool seems to be the central idea and aim of the scheme. It is the one end to which every nerve is strained. The new busi ness must be kept ahead of the for feitures. This makes competition exceed ingly sharp. For example, one New York company wrote in 1894 the enormous amount of $200,000,000 and over in new business. But It also had lapsed and surrendered, be sides its death losses and endowments of about $10,000,000, the great sum of over $155,000,000; over 20 per cent of what it had in force at the beginning of the year. Several other companies are striving to outdo if possible or at least equal this one. Its expense account Is 23 per cent of Its Income, and has been as high as that for many years. Its rivals are not behind in liberality of plan or expenditure. It is useless to look for honest, legitimate competition an examination of real merit unrier such conditions. The busi ness is solicited upon cunningly devised plans, upon deceptive estimates of profit able "investment" which have never been fulfilled, and Is usually secured by a heavy rebate on the premium. Whoever nays one of these companies any large part of his first year's premium is prob ably being discriminated against by the agent. Under these conditions the Connecticut Mutual still offere plain life Insurance, as protection to the family, and tries to make it attractive simply by making it perfect to that end and by keening ite cost down to the Iovest possible point. It tries to realize the Ideal results of a legiti mate business, and it seeks to attract to its membership only those who want only such results and do not want a speculation on their family's protection. And it does not try to make one man think he is get ting his insurance cheaper than any other man, or at the expense of any one else, or at less than its true cost. "INVESTMENT" INSURANCE. But plain life insurance has to contest the field with so-called "investment in surance." As if anything like "invest ment" could come out of companies that take from fifteen to twenty-five cents for expenses out of every dollar that comes in. The lack of foundation is concealed from ordinary eyes by an arrangement to postpone all dividends for ten or twenty years the longer the time the higher the commission to the agent and the rebate to the applicant. Whoever dies leaves :-e-hind him all the surplus his premiums have earned above the proper cost of carrying his insurance while he lived, and those who lapse forfeit their surplus and also all or a large part of the reserves accumulated from their premiums, in the hope that the forfeitures will be ro many as to fill up the hole made by great ex penses and furnish great dividends to those who live through the term an! keep up their policies. The immorality and cruelty of setting men to speculate on what ought to be absolutely sacred to the protection of their own and other men's families is obvious. But the "estimates" and "illustrations" have tempted a multi tude, but only to disappointment. To illustrate: One of the great pioneers in this sort of speculative life insurance Is settling this year, 1893, the dividend on Tontine policies issued twenty years ago. Its then estimate of that dividend on a policy of $10,000 annual life premiums, age 40, was $9556; it is paying only $3?; ju&t 39.70 per cent of its "estimate." Scores of millions of dollars of reserves and ac cumulated surplus on lapsed policies that ought have gone to give some remnant of protection to the families of those who lapaed or to enable them to keep up their policies, havA been forfeited to the Tontine pool: but the great expenses incident to doing a speculative business all over the world have eaten up the "profits" and left but that pitiful outcome. Mark, now, how tne- dividend-producing power of this speculation is steadily wan ing. The company referred to began is suing these twenty-year Tontines in 1S71, and therefore first paid a twenty-year Tontine dividend in 1851. On policies like the one just cited that dividend was es timated at $9556. Here are the dividends paid: On policies Issued in 1871 the divi dend in 1891 was $4976. or 52.07 per cent of the .estimate: on policies issued in 1S72 the dividend paid in 1892 was $4455, or 45.63 per cent of the estimate: on policies issued in 1873 the dividend paid in 1S93 was $4365, or 45.67 per cent of the estimate; on poli cies issued in 1874 the dividend paid in 1834 was $4108, or 4198 per cent of the estimate; on policies issued In 1875 the dividend paid In 1895 is $3794, or 39.70 per cent of the es timate. Perhaps the company itsjlf fur nishes the best comment on this -history in its preface to its book of "Estimates" used by agents: "While the results of the future must necessarily depend on the ex perience of the future, figures based on past experience furnish the best attainable data upon which to judge of the management of the Society and the value of its Tontine assurance." When these policies hae received their one Tontine dividend they fall back into the annual dividend class. And the an nual dividends are slight. As the "investment" quality dies out its form is attractively varied to conceal the want of substance and to create the il lusion of giving much for little. The pol icies are made to have an appearance of liberality as to conditions which is false in part and for the rest part destructive of honest mutuality and of public moral ity. The legitimate business of a life insur ance company is the payment of death losses out of the premiums paid by It3 members. Aside from making Us con tracts absolutely Just and secure, tho great merit In administration is to take as little money as possible from its mem bers; to do the business as cheaply as possible: to make their annual payments as small as possible. To assume to con vert the payment of losses of any sort Into an Investment operation is an ab surdity. Any advantage to a favored few can be had only by the wholly reedles3 sacrifice of multitudes, each one of whom hoped to be of the favored few. CONDITION OF THE COMPANY. The assets January 1, 1S93. are $61234, 923 33 by a most conservative valuation, an increase of $S71,520 72 during the year. The liability for reinsurance reserve on business based on the assumption of earn ing 4 per cent annual Interest (prior to -April, 1SS2). is S44.S0S.SS2; on business based on the 3 per cent interest assumption (all since April, 1SS21, it is $9.911209. This last item of reserve Is considerably over $1,000. C00 more than it would be on a 4 per cent interest basis. The company is so much stronger than any legal standard requires, or than any competitor. As the rate of Interest tends to gravitate downward our position in this matter is one of con gratulation to our policy-holders and of satisfaction to the management. The other liabilities are $1,137,621 53. leav ing a surplus of $6,876,212 73, which has been referred to elsewhere. CONDENSED STATEMENT. In forty-nine years of business the Con necticut Mutual has Received For premiums $1S2,6S7,133 61 Interest, rents, and bal. profit and loss 73,431,472 59 Total $261,US,612 20 Disbursed Death claims and endowments ....$ 93,793,207 42 Dividends 53,449.157 CO Surrendered pol icies 22,388,503 94 Total paid policy-holders ....$169,630,S68 45 Expenses 22.699.S10 01 Taxes S.241,535 SS 200,571213 S4 Balance, net or ledger as sets, Jan. 1. 1893 $ 60,546,393 35 We commend this record to your careful scrutiny. In its business conceptions, plans and methods, its strength, economy, equity and unparalleled results to its members. The Connecticut Mutual stands in its totality the matured fruit of time, ex perience and conservative administration: carrying In itself the vigorous and health ful seed of a beneficent future. Respectfully submitted. JACOB L. GREENE. 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