Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 6, 1883, Page 4

4 THE DAILY BEE-~OMAHA TUESDAY FEBRUARY ¢ The Omaha _Bee.l Published every morni oy. The enly Monds; roing daily, TERMS BY MAIL~— One Year....810.00 | Three Montha,£3.00 Bix Month 5,00 | One Month. ... 1,00 ¢HE WEEKLY BEE, published every We lneaday. TERMS POST PATD— One Year......82.00 | Three Months. Qix Months. ... 1.00 | One Month.... AMERICAN News Company, Sole Agents Newsdealers in the United States, CORRESPONDEN CE—All Oommuni. atfons relating to News and Editorial wmatters should be addressed to the Epiton or Tuk Ber, BUSINESS LETTERS—AIl Busines Letters and Remittances should be ad dressed to THE Bek PUBLISHING COMPANY JMAHA, Drafts, Checks and Postoffice Jrders to be made payable to the order of the Company. The BEE PUBLISHING CO., Props. E. ROSEWATER Editor. 50 20 Tue bill to retire General Grant with the rank of general of the army Is to be favorably reported to the house. Two years ago It would have passed ; now the prospects of ita passage are sald to be hopeless. ———— Ir will astonish nobody to learn that Vincent, the absconding Alabama treasurer was known as ‘‘an amateur of some pretenslons as a poker player.” Polk, of Tennessee, was afflicted in the same way, and the taxpayers of both states will have to pay the piper. EEEE——— Ir congress passed & law to make unsuocessful contestants for seats bear the expenses of the contest It would mave the government a great deal of money and diminish the number of ocontests, The contosted election cases brought before the present congress have cost the country §63,000. Such appropriations are a standing premium to the running up of hotel and bar bills at Washington. INDIANA wants nelther woman suf- frage nor prohibition, Both proposed amendments have been voted down In the state senate. The wave of com. pulsory teetotallsm does not seem to be galning strength, and the millen- fum of universal suffcage is as far dls- tant as over. Some reforms are prac- ticable and others are not. With our prosent system of leglalative ohecks and balanoes it s diflicult enough to secure those which can be enforced and which are of admltted publio nocesslty without wasting time on measares whose wisdom is to say the least very doubtful, Taz Sun is still calling for army reduction, It insista that our skele- ton army ought to be cut down to ten thousand men. Mr. Dana was not in favor of army reduction in the days when he used to travel from corps to corps as assietant mecretary of war under an armed guard. His disltke of the service dates from the day when General Grant refused to make him collecter of customs at Now York. Since then the Sun has ehone for everything else but the United States army, and Ita editor’s quill has never passed over a chance to stab the sor- vice, A few months residence on the frontler wounld work a change in Mr, Dana's convictions. It looks as if there was a great deal of triple tongued lying in Dablin, The stimulating rewards of thousands of pounds offered by the English gov- ernmont has developed an amazing crop of informers, who seem roady to swear away the llves of their nearent Twell cat off for the present at least Still all exporlence has shown that .|the presence f rich and lasting de posits of the precious metals is & won- derful st'mulus to entorprire. If the Yukon mines aro what they have been repretented, moasures sooner or later wiil be taken by consolida*ad capital (o effact permanent settlement, upon reg- ular lines of communication and es- tablish supply posts. When this ls done, a cold climate will prove no great bar to the entrance of the miners, Perhaps this la to prove the opening wedge to the permanent settlement and development of the country, To most of us Alaska ls still nearly as much & mystery asit was when Seward purchased it from Russia In 1867, It cost the United States $7,000,000 and the only rovenue which it has brought in is a small royalty of several thous- ands of dollars a year from the Alaska seal company who own the right to hunt in its waters under government protection. Alaska iy said to be heavily timbered and not deficient in agricaltural possibilities, If the gold dsposits hold out immigration will certainly sooner or later ba attracted to it in large numbers and the story of Qalifornis, Oolorado and the Black Hills is likely to be repeated. Mean- time, a territorlal government s greatly neoded and congress ought not be backward in glving it. RAILROAD LEGISLATION. Now that the senatorial contest is over the legisiature can oconcentrate all its energles to the work of law makicg. By all odds the most im- portant problem before the legislature is the enactment of well digested and practioal laws, There is no further use in trylng to investigate the conduot of Nebraska railroads, Through the efforts of the oorporate managers asslsted by a willing tool In the person of Speaker Humphrey the late investigation was turned Into a farce. A majority of the committee was packed with men opponed to any inquiry that would expose the abuses of the present system. Every effort of the minority who were honestly inolined to bring out the facts was throttled. The rallway managers instead of giving frank and candid answers to the ques- tlons asked, blocked the investigation through hired attorneys who inter- posea objeotions to any pertinent in- quiry, and when they did answer their response waa, for the most part, friv- olous, evasive and minleading. In view of such conduct by the rail- way managers, further trifling by the leglslature would be oriminal. Enough is known about the outrageous exac- tions and highway robberies to which our people are mercilessly subjected to leave the legislature no room for doubt as to ita duty to devise measures of rellef. The opinion of the supreme oourt has effoctually disposed of every prop- osition to create a railroad commission with executive power, The scctlon ot the constitation which devolves upon the legislature the duty of passing laws regulating and restricting the railroads, makes it equally impossible for that body to delogate its powers] to a commiselon oven if it should be composed of state «ffisers, Nothing, therefore, remalns for the legislature but to draft and pass laws, which direotly regulated the freight and passenger charges on rallroads operating in this state, This was the plaiu Intention of the consti tution which the leglslature cannot shirk, Thero need not be as much diffi- relatives to secure patronage and plun- der from the lord lieutenant. Such glib tongued confessions aro very sus- ploious, They ought not to be no- oepted unless strongly corroborated by outside testimony, There is a wide spread impression that many iunocent men have been hung in Ireland on informers’ testimony, No guilty man ought to escape, but it is better that ten guilty men should evade the pen- alty of law than that oune ivnocent creature should suffer for the gullty, — GOLD YN ALASKA. Gold has been discovered in the Yukon valley in Alacka, and combina- tions cf capitalists are forming for the establishment of the necessary ma chioery and mills to conduct op.ra- tlous on a large scale. The reporia pronounce the deposits exceedingly rleh, the quarlz belng easily distln. gulshed, and much of it of a froe mill- ing g A large area of placers has”ulso boen diccovered. The news has croated great excitement on the Pacilic coast, and it is predicted that o stampede of fortune-seekers will at once set Alaskawards. One report states that within three months thero will be 10,000 men on the grouud from Qalifornia and Novada, While there are good grounds for belleving that the newa of rich gold discoverics In Alusks s true, we doubt whether any great stampede oan set in very soon for the new gold fields, Alaska is & lcng wsy distant from California, and the Yakon val- ley I8 not the most accessible part of the country, The cost of outfitting 1s s0 great, the transportation s> un- certaln, the country so difficult, the climate s> sever, and, above all, the season In which placer mining and prospecting can be carried on s so short, that the usual ecrowd of for- wune honters would seem to be pretty oulty i drawing up such a railroad bill a8 many suppose. Other etates have already enacted laws to regulate the rallroad chargos, and the measures they have adopted, with such changes as may be suggested by the conditions of settiomoent and traflio in our state, may be used as guides. The first thing to be considered is & proper clussifioation of frelghts, arranged ac- oording to their buik, weight, and the risk of their carrlage. The next mat- ter is the adjustment of the tariffs ac- cording to such clasaification, Public seutiment is very well agreed thut the passenger rate ought not to exoned three conts o mile. No argu- ments have been advanced by the rall- road managors to show th.t such a rate would work any injustice to the roads That it would temporarily slightly diminish their revenues is nelther hero nor there, 1In the end a fairly low rate invariably stimulates travel and pays the best. Texas, which {s more sparsely settled than Nobraska In proportion to ita ares, restricts all Its railroads to o maximum rate of three cents per mile. There is no reason why our leglsla- ture should permit a greater one, The maximum tariff should ba en- forced by proper penaltios, and pub- lisity shou'd be given to eatablished rates. Tho attornsy general and the respeotive district attorney, should be charged with prosecuting violators of the law. It Is recognized that statis- tles bearing upon the management of rallroad systems are valuable In Indi- oating the operation of Jaws regulating the railrouds and Iu furnlshing wate- rial for their ameudmont or extenslon, With this end in view It would be well for the leglslatare to delegate to the secretary of state the power to collect and tabolate such statlstios by send- fog out snnually to each rall- rosd in Nebraska blangs with guestions relating to the equipment f the roads, the paesengers and freight transported, the expenses and re- celpts, the cost per ton per mile, rev- enue from fast freight, vxpress, sleep- ing cars aud telegraph, eto. This would make the secretary of state a supervisor of railways, just as the auditor 1s now supervisor of ineurance, The servise would be purely minis terial, and on this account would in no way confliet with the constitutional mandate. It would perform all the dutles which any commission created in Nebraska could peiform. It was twenty-five cents a mile by Holllday's overland stage line across the plains, and people had to grin and bear it when the U. P. charged ten cents amile, To reduce passenger fares below four cents a mile simply means ruin and starvation to poor $16,000 a year mavagers like Tom Kimball, ENS—— Reroru Is necersary in the Kearney reform achool for boys. The firststep in the direction of reform must be the dismissal of the girls from the lustita- tion, Taue trouble with the Kearney re- form achool is that the boys are a trifle fast and the girls a trifls loose, p— The return of the Matual Life In. surance company of New York, for the year 1882, will be found in our advertising columns to-day. The ex: hiblt of this, the largest of the life comppraies, is cortainly In the highest degree encouraging, and shows that the confidence with which the company is regarded by the public is deserved and rests upon a sure foundation, excellent management, ample reserves and finan- clal resources of great strength, At the beginning of 1882 the number of policles in force waa 101,490; now the number is 186,214, The amount of insurance outstanding has risen from $315,000,137 on the lst of January, 1882, to $329,604,174 at the present time. The assets of the compang, which in the previous year had reached the lurge aggregate of §94,702,957, were during the year still further aug- mented, and are now up to almost 98 milllons (897,961,318), These assets comprise over 47 millions of real estate mortgages, 204 millions of government and other bonds, 17 mil- lions of loans on collaterals, pretty nearly 8 millions invested in real ea- tate, almost 3 millions of cash, and va- rious other items. Oourt vs. Commission, David City Republican, The Kwple of Nebraska do not want laws which are liable to be ploked to pleces by the supreme and lower courts, as being unconstitutienal, When a bill is introduced for passage be the leglslature, one of the first duties of the member, In our oplnion, is to ascertain whether or mnot such proposed law would, if passcd, stand the test of the twisting arguments ot keen and shrewd lawyers before the oourts, J. 0. Roberts, representative from this county, having doubts of a law creating a board cf rallroad com- mieeioners being oonstitutional, intro- duced a resolution in the house, there- by asking the opinion of the supreme court on this pvint. Tho chief justice aud judges of the court rendered thetr oplnion in & communication to the house on the £6th, which ought to put a stop to all farther ar- gument favoring tho creation of rail- way commission, bat it seoms that the railroad tools disregard this dacision, and are yot advocating the passage of such a law. The State Journal of last Saturday, in a colamn article, attompts to make its readers belicve that this decision amounts to nothing, and would have the legislature such a bill. The Journal is a first clags paper, but we believe it should guard the interests of the people as well as those of the rallroais. But ‘The Journal is not alone in atiempting to sot aside the decislon of the opinion of the highest authority on the inter- pretation of our statutes. Senator But- ler, of Pawnee, who has Introducyd a bill providing for & board of ratiroad commissloners, spys that he oares no more for the opinion of the supreme court than for the opiulon of the humblest citizen of the swate, and declares the bill shonld pass, We would ask, in the name of common cenas, what kind of a position is this for a law-maker to take? Is it the people who interpret law, or is it tha courts? Sonator Butler was elected to his preaent position sa an Anti Mono- polist, but his action in this matter would indicate that he has been either converted tc the other side of the house, or that he is one of thoss fel lowa}who *‘must bs queen or he won't play,” and probably the lattor is true of this honorable Senator. It would soem 80, at least, from h's action concerning his resolution which he wishes the savate to yass providing for furnishing tho offisers of the eonate with five papers, five one cent wrap- pera and fivo throe cent stamps, Dur. ing the eession of the 24'h, on the nonato refuaing to pass this resolution, this hot-headed ex sor, gave the membera fair war.ing that taey should vote on the resolutlon every dsy dur- log the session, “‘Now without questionirg the pro. priety of the resolution, is it justics to his constituents for Butler to pre sent the thing every day and waate valuablo time, simply to gratify his boyishnesst More work aud less play is what the people want. Wo bcltwn that Mr. Butler, as an auti-monopolist will bear watching. Regulating hallway Oharges. The Minuesota legislature has taken hold of the matter of railway charges with & vigorous hand, 8o far there have been Introduced as many as six bills for that purpose, with & proba. bility that mm‘ more will follow, Ona Introduced by P. H, Robilly, & farmer from the southern part of the state, will give u fair idea of the gen- oral character of the others: Tt provides that all railroad com- panios ahail carry freights tor ‘:qu-l and reasonable rates, and prescribes a penalty of §1,000, recoverable by an action in court for either exceeding such rates or refueing to acceptfreights offered, The bill prescribes what shall be considerod as reasonable rates a8 followe: For fourth class freight, including grain, flour, potatoes, meats, and heavy groceries, for distances not exoeeding 10 miles, 6 cents per ton per mile; 10 and not exceading 20 miles, 4 cents per ton per mile; 20 and not to exceed 30 miles, 3 cents per ton per mile; 30 and not to exceed 40 miles 24 cents per ton per mile; over 50 and not to exceed 60 miles, 1 cent per ton per mile; over 60 and not to exceed 70 miles, seven-eighths of 1 cent per mile; over 70 and not to ex- ceed 80 miles, three-quarters of 1 cent per mile; 80 miles aud not over three- uarters of 1 cent per ton per mile, }ur other classes of freight the charges which the companies may make are 1imited to 3 cents per mile per ton for firat class, 24 conts per mile per ton for second class, and £ cents per mile per ton for third oclass for all dis- tanoes, — Taxing Rolllng S8tock in Texas. Procesdings of Texas Legislature. House bill 166, introduced by Mr. Chenoweth, chairman ot committee on Internal improvements, providing for & board of assessment and equalization of rolling stock and other movable roperty of railroad companies operat- rnz in the limits of the State of Texas, was taken up as special order, Mr. Chenoweth said he desired to make a fow remarks in explanation of the objects of the bill. All laws should be uniform and equal. There was no recognized tribunal for the as- sessment and equalization of this species of rallroad property. He read from the report of the Comptroller on the subject in support of this position. The two should be proportioned to the counties through which the roads pass. Under the law the railroad officers made such sworn reports to asseesors a8 showed ¢reat inequality. They have reported their aggregated expen- ditures for building at $160,000,000, to say nothln&ol the rollivg stock that passes over them. Thelr entire re- port, showing only $4,691,000 mova- ble property, soulless as corporations are ninrto , was one that should put them to the blush, It was a shame and an outrage. Even our common road wagons and carriages pay on an assessment of $64,000,000, I find the assessment of the Houston end Texas Central 1s $880,000 only. There is no rallroad cflicer that should not blush at such an outrage to the people of Toxas. The Galf and Colorado, too, returns an assessment of but $458,000, The International and Great Norihern, which traverses so wuch of the State, and has received ac much at the hands of the legislature, reports that they have only $316,000 worth of rolllng stock. I find the reported assessment of the Gilveston, Houston and Hen- derson, $125,000. Why, great God! the splendid coach which the Galves- ton News says was switched off here during the session, to appeal to us with thelr splendor, cost as much as the en- tire assesament of the county. [The bill has since passed both houses of the Texas legislature. ] The National Park Contract Cheyenne Bun. 'he dispatches thls morning refer to the report of General Sherman regard- Ing the Yellowstone park. i‘he general assembly of Illincis has entered & protest agaiust the lease of the Yellowstone park. It came up in the form of a resolution addressed to the congressional delegation from that state. It originated in the senate and passed both houses. As the lease was the work of an Illinois ex-leglslator, Mr Joslyn, there was spocial propriety in the action tuken, and it ought to have weight. It locks now as if the Hatoh eonemeo had received its death blow, but there shiuld be no aban- doument « f the opposition until assur- anco on this point is ample and in- dubltable. The agitation has brought to lluht a saggestive letter from an army officer! General J. 8. Brilsbin, This man of gore i more noted for his business sa- sity than for mastial exploits. He y be a good soldier, he certainly is & good writer on cattle ralsing and wool growing on the plains. Hehas done much to make the public appreciate the ranche business. It scom that he has a quick eye for other sources of revenue. The letter in guestion re- lates to the navigation of the Yel. lowstone lake. ‘e wants the privi- legs of facilitating travel upon that remote body of water, evidently thinking it & very big thing, ‘‘Next year,” he says, writing under date of September 25, ‘30,000 tourists will bo tn the park, and 100,000 annually thereafter. The navigation of the Yollowstone lake for ten years is worth $1,000,000 to the holders;” and he udds, ‘‘do anything, judge, do overything to secure this right.” The lotter is to a member of congress, Judge Belford, of Colorado. Now, if the interlor department does its duty (aud it certainly looks as if 1t would), no such monopoly as Brishin dreams of will bs granted to any- hody, The bueiness should be thrown open to competition. It Is of great importance that the Hatches snd Brisbins of the country should under- stand distloetly that no wmonopoly privileges of any kind will be granted. The people own that park, and these who cater for the tourists must be content with reasonabie compensation, and not attempt any gouge game, It will not be tolerated, Geueral Brisbin is bighly indignant at the acting eecretary of the interior for meking the contract he did with the Hateh elique, “We have & rule in the army” ho eays, ‘‘that a commandiog offiver, belag temporarily absent from his command, an cffiser who succeeds hiw {n command shall not issue, grant favors, ete., but shallconfine himself to the discharge of merely routine duties This would be a good rule to adopt in the departments in Washwgton,” This is a very good suggestion, but the general would do well to rcmember that *‘we have a rule in the army” that officers shall attend to their legiti- mate buslness and not go Into outside spoculations, especially when the scheme requires governmental l*m for its suggostiun, T tion of the Yullowstone lake s not a part of the responsibilitics ot the army. i is not charged that Asslataut Sec. rotary Joslyn is a ringster or that he "bar. has any other than honorable motives in this Hateh arrsngement, He was “too fresh.” Uncle Rufus knew he was from the sucker state, and played him sccordingly. H s eye teeth have been cut by this tima, From the qaiet retreat of a rural ffice to the glar: of the interior department wos a daz- zling, not to say dazing., Like the boy who had been kicked by a mule, he knows more than he did. Beoretary Toiler is familiar with frontier sharpnces and Wall street sleekness. Ho will look to it while he I8 in charge of the intericr departmen that no monopolies are granted. But he will not be there alwaye, and sub- sequent secrotarics may be liss com- petent o protect the public sgainet the sharks, Leglalation should be s oured which will, so far as poesible, protect the park from being made the proy of speculators. The warning already given onght to be sufficlent to secure tho necessary ssfe-guurds, —_— FIGHTING A LIONESS. A Keeper's Struggle for Life — The Fierce Beast at Large—A Nar- row Escape. Philadelphia Times, A monster lioness belonging J. B, Doria's Irtor-Oceau Olrous created he sensation of #he year in the win‘e- quarters of the show in Frankford on Monday evening. Numerous addi- tions bave been lately made to the menagerie of the inter Ocean show, and the animals occupy several build- ings on Harrison street. The tropical animals are kept in a room by them- selves, This apartment is 50 fzet square, and three of the walls aro masked in by heavy oak and fron eages, There are three tiors of these massive dens, and rehind the bars of each are from one to three specimens of rare wild animals, The lions, tigers, leopards, panthers and hyenas are imprisoned in the low- er dens, while the smaller anlmals and tropical birds oconpy the upper tlers. Ia the center of the room 18 an im- mense stove, which Is kept red hot night and day, A tame pelican, three crested cockatoos, & flamingo, half a dozen monkeys, and a family of per- forming dogs formed a drowsy circlo aronnd the glowing stove yestsrday afternoon. A row of elephuats along the east wall stood up to their kunees in fragrant hay, and in stslls near by were a score of other herLivorous ani- mals from South Africa, High above the tiern of caycs are the sleeping bunks of the attendants of the ani- mals, The dozen lions in the collection are as fine specimon as have ever bzen seen in captivity. Juno, the largest lioness of the lot, is five years oid. Until la1t summer she wan regardedsas ons of the bust dispositionsd bu‘.hl( f her species, 1n June, 1882, auother lionees in the menagerie broame the mother of threo cubs. Juno, who occupled an adjoining cage during the travels of the Inter Ocean show, be came greatly interested in the cubs and was in tho habit of watchihg them for hours at a tlme, Lasc fi!l te mother of the cubs dled and thoy |- were ralsed by hand, Juno's intereet in the leoaine bables tnoreased after the death of their mother, and finally she booame 80 jealous that when any one approached the cubs she would be- come furlous with rage, In the anl. mal house Juno ocsuples a cage in the lower tler in the north wall. Tae cubs, which now weigh about fifteen pounds each, are lodged in the lower tlor at the eust wall. This enablcs Juuo to have an unobstructed view of their cage. . Just before dark on Mouday even- ing Mr. Marvin was fecding the and mals, He gave the cubs their share of liver, und paused a moment to fon. dle them. 'This pus Juno in a fright- ful rage. Marvin turned to qaiet her, and as he advanced towara the cage he stombled and foll agrinst the bars To an inetant she seized his right arm above the elbow. Ia order to protect his head and body the man foll, and with his left hend grasped the bottomn of the cage. Juno he'd h's right arm with one paw and strack through the bars at his head with the other, A lad named Donahue grabbed an iron bar and tried to make Juno drop Marvin, The boy's efforts ounly lncrepsed the roge of the boast. By this time every arvimal in the place was wildly excited, and thoir rours and crics were heard rquares away. To tncrense tue din the ani- mals of O'Brien’s circus in an adjoin- ing butlding added their voices to~ the ohorus, Dunshue ran out of the building, shouting for help, As there is & small army of workmen about the place the lion house was soon sur- rounded with men, i Juno had torn the flaeh from Marvin's arm, struck him several wicked blows on the shoulder, and ‘then allowed him to drop to the ground and crawl away. Justas the rescuers reached the doors they heard a sound of crashing timbers accompanied by a serfes o1 blood freeziug roars, Juno had thrown her body againat the bars and broken through, The approach cf night made the interior of tha buildirg dark, and no one oared to venture in, They heard Jano charging around the placs and thoy hesitated. They sup- posed Marvin was dead. He, how ever, managed to reach the rack in which the heavy iron bara used to clean the cages are kept, and, enatch- ing one, boldly advanced on Jano, who crouched ina corner, All this time the other animals were making the most frightful noice. Above the din the men at the doors, to their as‘on- ishment, heard Marvin ordering the lioness back to her cage. This re- assured them aud they started to en- ter. As Lhedoors opened, Juno eprang »wer Marvin's head and took refugein o stall near the blauw boks, Marvin shouted to close the doors, and, fol- lowing the now partially cowed lion- ecn, struck her twico with the iron Then he poked her oat, and with an angry roar she vaulted back into her cage and thedanger waa over New bars were quick'y fitted in, and the cage was made doubly socurs by the addition of new iron bracea. Marvin e lnjurles were attended to by & physiclan, whosays he will not loose the uee of his arm. After Juuo was caged it was noticed that oneof tha b'suw boks was trembliug llke a leaf, aud togrs (rickled down the frizhtened beast's fico. Ten minutes latter it . | was dead. Decline of Man. Nervous Weaknees, Dyspepels, Im- ?oul.oc. Sexual Debility, oured by ‘Wells' Health Reonewer.” $1. m—— DOTELIT AINI SENGHGLE AN KN POWER AND HAND Stearn Pumps, Engine Trimmings, INIMG MACHIRERY, BELTING, Q0SK, BRASS AND [RON FITTINGS PIER. iiR4 AALLADAY-WIHD-BILLS GHURCRANDG3THUBLLRELLY Cor. Farnam and 10th Streets Omaha, Neb. SPECIAL NOTICE TO Growers of Live Stock and Others. WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR Ground Oil Cake. It is the best and cheapest food for stock of any kind. One pound is equal to three pounds of corn. Stock fed with Ground Oil Cake in the fall and win- ter, instead of running down, will increase in weight and be in good market- able condition in the spring. Dairymen as well as others who use it can tes- tify to its merits, Try it and judge for yourselves. Prico $256.00 per ton; no charge for sacks, Address o4-e0d-me WOOODMAN LINSEED OIL CO., Omaha, Neb. STATEMENT THE MUTUAL LIFE INSUBANOR COMPARY GF BEW YORK. F. 8. WINSTON, President. For the year ending December 3lst, 1882, ABEUTE. o RN TR R AR $07,061,817.79, e e — 2 nunity Account. ~o|an, raynts, Nojan, Payats Anauities In foros, Jan, 1.1882..58 | §2(,1%9 81 || Annultiss in force, Jun, 1, 1883, 55§19 870 o1 Prewium Annuitiss 4,331 20 || Premium Avouitis 110 44 Anuitles lesued. ... 2 480 68 || Annuities Terminated. b 045 84 00| 25,0 69 co| 425,055 69 Insurance Account. No. | Amount. | No | Amonn, Policlean torce, J: 101,400 ($315,000, 137 || Policles in force Jan. 1°83..108,214| 320,854 174 R ess Asaume 1,416 | 87,234,458 | Risks terminated 679 | 23,230,421 113,9 6 [¥358,134,605 |/ 1120613 353 595 Dr. Revenue Acoount. Cr. To balance from,lass 9,61, 4743168 40 2,805, 92 86 1,283,750 80 ** Toterest and Reut: 5,078,765 79, 24,049 56 8,189,310 68 3,653,864 66 (psyment ot extinguish M0t of fULUre).,o.mes Contingent Guarantes A 't Taxen aud Amecsmenta. Exj ena:s. 3 Balance to New Accoun | i | 9107,£42,772 62| 107,542,772 62 Halance Sheet. Dr. Cr. To Reterve ut four per c'nt......% 92,46),069 00/ By Bonde sec:ied by morteage on 2 CTaciia by Dondirnot yct duc.. 80,130 ol ¥ eal Estato............ $ 47,50.317 83 & Pr'm-uma paid in advane 19,796 65|| * United Stetes «nd otner bonds 2),t 18,686 00 « Agents' Balsnce 10023 31)| '+ Losns on Collrt. ral 17,0 9,930 €0 i« 4l : Cfl Rl estute. ... 7,851,516 89 sanjee Fuud, 4,611,414 86|| Cash in Banks ano Trus 1 =) panics at intorent. 2,729 336 87 0 Interest aoc 1,236,781 63 | * Premiums dify and serai-annu 2 969,242 61 * Promiums 1o tracsit, princi- paliy for Dec:mber. ........ 115,597 40 [) gl N 3 2 1t the new York Btancard of four and half per ccnt in.eiest be used, the Sncplus is Gver 312,000,000 Feom tiao én plus, a8 appe*rs in the Balanco Sheet, divilend will bo apporticned 4 each par- Mclpating Polliy whch bl bs i1 ‘orce at ity enniv riary in 1683, €& ihe Proniium raies charge for it surance in this comnany were reduced in 1879 abcut 15 per cent on crdinary sife poiicies, ASTETS s Nouw Youx, January 18, 1888, BOA®D OF TRUSTEE Soymour L, Husted, |Fredenck H. Corsits, 0 iver g7, Pa'mor. ewls May, Richard A, McCurdy, [O'ivar Barriman, eeen 997,001,817 78 Frederick 8, Winston, Sanusl E Sproulls, Lucius Robiu on, Ben), B. Sherman, Jos Taompson, Ludley Oticott, samusl D. Bahcsck. |Jawes C. Hclden, Thomas Dicksip, Ann Stager, Wiilis'a Srith Brown, Q.vo1 vost,, |Henry W. Bamith, Frederick Cromwell, Heney A. S;jshe, Joan'H_Sherwood, [Jullen T. Davice, Wi'llym E, Dodge, inorge H. Andrews, | Zobert Sowell, Gecr, o 8. Coe, Rober: Ol phant, Jonn E. Develin, b GeorgeF. Paker, 'W. F. ALLEN, General Agent, COor. Farnam and 13th Sta, aver First Natinnal Bank, M. Hellman & Co. WHOLESALE OLOTHIERS, 1301 and 1303 Farnam £t. Cor. |13th OMAHA, NEB, McNAMARA & DUNCAN, WHOLE3.\LE DEALERS IN KENTUCKY AND PENNSYLViNIA W hiskieS! in Fond or Free. Also dirsct Importers of WINES, BRANDIES AND ALES, Jobbers and Manufacturers of Fine CIGARS Agents for Jos. Schlitz’ Milwaukee Beer, Bottled and 1n Kegs. WG-_A_TE (e i g b PLANING MILLS. MANUFACTURERS OF Carpenter’'s Materials ALSO SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, STAIRS, alusters, Window rames, Etc. ll kindes of Mouldings, Painting sad will bs prsmr}h executed. OYER, Prop rie ( o