The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 17, 1909, Page 3

WIGKERSHAM TO P worst woman in Seattle, having been nent fonstantly in jall for the past four years, bu Forestry building of the University will structure } } PORTLAND, Ore, Pot, (7K. i firma and maritime Interests |that it will burn out, This will] VANCOUVER, Wash. Feb. 17 Harriman's sudden determination to necessitate the moving of trains anterfelt $6 and $10 go } | 8 Ixeop tho promise he mad to the| TUNNEL FIRE CONTINUES. |, ind Che wale y have been putin efreals - sine si {pes ple of rape nm lage ny tr, wher HMLENA, Mont, Feb. 17—By U.| Wa but will not rt ilhere during the past 10 day = riceaeeeenenome he vinited this state, and conatruct | + ivicen received (od the rvice save t number « | have been reported | GLENN HALL WILL BE THE $0 a railroad along the Deschute nanan that the Teton tunnel on the Great) he tunr ight fire|to tt partment, bu i LOIST AT SCHUBERT CLUB jriver through Central Oregon, willl gH AMBER OF COMMERCE| Northern tine, south of Havre from an engine's cinder arremt been made | CONCERT MONDAY caleation can. amin enon WANTS MORE PROTEC. | . to the Kw the} TION FOR SHIPPING. | Reoemee - JUNBAL, Alaska, Feb, 17.—Ry t At the musicale to be givere Mon ntate te 1” RIVE 3 ed | Pe-Last night in the Elka’ hall, May afternoon at the Moor 1 Runents woh an under| I aino“wnh the ros Baie ° J e Delewate to Congress Jy James | takine re dation at which hundr JAPANESE. POACHERS "i": the Chamber of Gommores je and his appear 2 See, Aaa a ed resolutions ask wi ith reat antici WANT RELEASE, ing the government bitwh alt owing program will be “ “4 ‘ VALDEZ, Alaska, Feb. 17.—By U.| harbor of refuge for shipping tn Q I f T SOG id |g pee p ERD Anche. Bee. HBr U.[heraoe ot vetuan ter peias el » Quartered pecial for Tomorrow (b) “The Dusk Witch Ambrose Jopposing the application for rete trapte | 0, h T kere eaves tod ae * wus made by the Japanese poachers| T pi@porition has been agitat- |i} Mr. W ickersham leav tay for! Aria trom Onaway serving 100 days, The latter have | ed 4 soMbral years, and ts in line |f]| a op —at— Seattle on the Steamer Jefferson Awake Jasked for thelr relow on . the | withthe Miplicy of affordin tte | The Chorus and Mr. Hall y The préfeet war AT LOCAL RESCUE |e) ktncese Jonsen cannot pay thelr tin }the far @Bpartin (b) “Freundticne Vision Strauss | 1900 an The result j(c) “Bo Schnell Vergessen | FINDS A BIBLE Investigats ms HOME ST RE eerie f | When Deputy Sheriff C, B, Pey-| time, but f © reason 1 a Mr, Hall MR. GLENN HALL, THE GREAT |ton yesterday opened the trunk |ha# ever been provided to It » cofie tn’ and tne To the Editor (a) “Have You Seen My Own AMERICAN TENOR, | belo: ging to Evan Collins, at the | on the work ‘ te . on stureday evening February! ‘True Lover “* a» | Hotel Nethoriande expecting to The project of providing a refuge This Hand ble, like sp t pn child re are offering , mY wife and myself visited reli Schmidt-Hemberger | (b) “Love Has Byes", Ol giinh d the gold ry, *n en-| harbor at Neah bay meets with the ‘ 4 } mae, at 1800 Kilbourne av.,|(o) “You Stole My Love naikaatel 3 h Bros., | hel ' y . she i tah, eietinndnw atte nd op Phere wo met Mr. and Mrs snaores | 4a)’ Mibotnae Wh" Saba ee | wee caused Collins’ arrest for Ae el I a I el. High stationa and equipped ‘elton, the manage The Chor Mr. Mall embe ment, he found on the very | The Glor pattert Only a dtr th a guaranteed steel fabric spring. After >» who are lately from (a) “Drink to Me Only With Thine German Dance Schubert | t schoo teacher's | 1 ! t t ; ar reset, L; alec Kyes Old Engtish ! The Chorus and Mr. Hall nit s olse, except al and while the ql t t v the price of th rib goes back to a oat Im the rescue work. an: . ‘ ow ¢ f f r pr $7 Fexoucd = w 1 gmily | © a fow Chickering Pianos! aving on one, as the regular pr 0, $7.50 ” FORESTRY BUILDING T0 Pee UC: PROSPERITY WANT—Rooms, furnished or un rivate Asher, of the 160th Coast |p cnished. See name 6 oe] me eam] BE A STRIKING [iihriesore stots mere | ms wold ony ne to a Customer ne to a Customer , ‘ 00 a few days ago, and Private | to ahe te . | G | Miah received some ney, all o . . | Ba fe Nanya FEATURE _|sisn'san'tn'taittad'st [Special Sale of Sinks, | D, §, JOHNSTON CO. | Mime for four yeare that she has | fiers und they left the fort on a $1.60 Up | Bronk, which rain ter er NE | Built of huge logs, five feet in| anit Tia ager oe yg Me Bne ee WARP OVERETOCKRD The Pioneer Piano House fe conversion to God; af Giameter, 40 feet long and standing | their uniforme in the dressing room || "C24? BWO., @ PLummNe Third and Universit i} testified that she “had upright with the bark still on, the | of the store and disappeared. Be. 68 Beediid hve, ‘Reeth ‘ the money arrived both me: peared to }with thel of Washington at Seattle the most striking the most va be and forestry life contatr exhibit o n the world eras thie The nm is erecting FUND GROWING, ational ch the butid The fund fc me t earnestly a exhibit at the be built by ieee thet th Chriatian asace wiation made for at least a portion if Mot entire, support of tt I believe that it will be the exposition the huge structu university and is gre are atte home and $4 s to the ve chean Fir, hemlock, cedar and spruce ad nost effective w of din 1 effort te betn ot m very large pes cent of| Will be used in the butlding, which | place for gir e | 95 of criminal prarecutions. | Will be composed entirely of|tie during the exposition pw, permit a wv Of extor. | products of the state of Washing: | » Christian pe ton. The materials will be utilized) py cheer a 19a: a rics ie Uppertuatt me in every way that shows thelr val-| 014 weather-beaten illicit still was The Student’s or Center Table shown here faith by our works. We undersian.) | “** And rugged beauty to the be unearthed at Lynden Friday, and Fresh, New, Pretty, Washable Cotton Goods is a Missi < ered oak Mhat the rescuers have no salary or | Possible advantage. The building | today government inapectors placed be) . ’ on e a est o-Car comipensation other than thelr bare |!# rectangular in — ve Milo Rittenburg, upon whose prop A Fine Showing for Early Buyers | The tor by 3 es, and it has one 4 oe long anc . < wiee erty the still is located, under ¢ ld \ | 1 It te a great encouragement to| The entrance wil a large | Ory 993 S 9 —A mercerized fat dr t and well made, and a Bab them fo have ail classes of Christian | aren.” A'porticn at the Tear aftoras |" Meer, Sc ot ee, ee rn ca UE iadld bey 1 Oe We we ede 4 eee come fm. | “ : r ric, in colors of brown, blue, rec sreen ane Bau 2 a ee reguls &@ magnificent view of Lake Wash * . ' , ’ & | jo all good to see wha he. olon: ; 1 meted PI great things God ‘hath Wrought *| ington, the tall, uncut forests across C leap C ist Tickets white; full 32 inches wide} washable: yard .. \1 Respectfully, the lake and the snow-capped Cas-| Will be id again this spring. “ Of 1 DR. AL HULIT. | cade mountains In the distan westbo m Oregon RR. ANav |B sees cee wesc ee ceeetes wanes ; 25¢ s igetten Comping’ plothrenaee line, BIJOU—A new cotton fabric; silk stripe effect; | ne to a Customer vring Ma an br m : similis OY AND HUNDRED be 6 | Chicago, $3 St. Louls, $30.50 a real novelty for spring seasc all colors; DOLLARS GONE. P Omaha, Kansas City, St. Paul and yard 50¢ | ‘ I! Missourt river points, $25.00 | dime vag Sarmvel Cartman, aged 18 years, | of agriculture at W wahiagton city, | al) Mi potnta, 81 oo 4 = Swho bias bean employed by the man-|The timber testing machines are | Deposits taken at Union Ticket of || COTTON TAFFETA— All colors; silk tripe; Buy Now ment off¥.0 Lambardi Opera|only duplicated in the national for BRE shadow effects; full 28 inches w willl ; yard .25¢ Sol The “gompany t ‘sell libret af the op- | eat service 2 j " ary i e Pay later Mins written his employer stat- |" Abrii 1 is the date for the com POPLINS—All colors; usually sold at 35c; our Uhat he has taken a sum of his : 5 Sellers Place Thich he has lost in poker |Pletion of the building. The est! OEICE, FORO. cc cedniws eee 30¢ gemes. In “is letter he promises to Mated cost ts $100,000. | Work and return the money taken - | Monarch : to The bey disappeared last Saturday Teddy as Kaiser's Guest. con Avenue a All the Credit <¢ : after G been given $100 with) BERLIN, Feb. 17. — President | anges. ve. Tea a fo et on invoice of books 8t | Roosevelt will remain at Berit sev: | Pea ° You Want ; eral weeks as the quest of Kateer || WANT—To buy a horse. See page | Wilhelm, according to an annownce- °°? iment today United States, City and R. R. Bonds, and Stocks . Bonds and Mortgages . . « » » « + » + 90,795,319.02 NE ee a eee YK A Slides Liens on Coliatinel ‘cee os Cee MS lab g 2h oe Y 4,775,988.79 : Loans to Policy-holders . «1 « » « + « « 8,966,362.78 a Premiums, deferred and in course of collection (net) 5,300,922.97 4 Accrued Interest, Rents, etc. . . 2,820,502.20 $236,927,361.19 $99,630,935.56 A REASONABLE INDICATION OF THE DESERVED POPULARITY of ite plans and of faith in ite management may be fairly claimed in the number of Metro- feng nd policies in force, It is not only greater than that of any other company in America, is ter than that of all the other regular companies combined, lees one. it exceeds, in 4 fen tbe the COMBINED POPULATION of 24 of the States and Territories out of the $2 form- i the American Union ; and as to CITIES, it exceeds the combined population of Greater York, Chicago, Philadelpbia, Boston, St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, San Fi gh, Baltimore, New Orleans and Buffalo. AMERICAN TENOR TO be perfectly satisfied wa rm OR “pte to Harriman, Dainty Collection Spring Cotton and James St. itan paid its Policy-holders in 1908 for Death Claims, Endowments, Annuities, Paid-up Policies, Divi- dends, Bonuses, etc., with the amount set aside on their behalf as increased Reserve $50,656,701.34 It has paid to its Policy-holders since tion, plus the amount invested and now on hand for their security $470,366,769.36 unqualified Approval of shipping | wi on tire and the fdadiostiqns are Splendid Value SECOND AND UNION, With grateful acknowledgment for their confidence to the holders of its 9,960,106 Policies, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company presents the following sutimary of its condition and affairs for the year ended December 31, 1908, showing it to have been THE BEST YEAR IN THE COMPANY'S HISTORY OBLIGATIONS Dividends Apportioned, payable 1909, on Partici- pating Policies, Intermediate Branch . . . . $1,382,722.00 Same on Participating Policies, Ordinary Dept. . 104,203.73 Neariy all (his Company® Ordiaary Poboes are Non-Participating—tesued at low rates of premium Bonuses Apportioned, payable 1909, on Industrial PO 6 RRS Ce ee ee 2,650,000.00 $4,136,925.73 Reinsurance Fund and Special Reserve . . + 208,134,891.00 All other Liabilities . . + 2,532,637.34 Capital and Surplus . . + 22,122,907.12 $236,927,361.19 The Metropolitan has more premium paying business in force in the United States than any other company. The Metropolitan has in force one third of all the legal reserve policies in force in the United States. Its Industrial policies in force nearly equal in number all the Industrial policies of all the other companies in the country combined, The Company OF the People, Metropolitan BY the People, FOR the People Life Ins. Co. (INCORPORATED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE DAILY AVERAGE of Business During 1908 was 441 per day in Number of Claims Paid. 6,343 per day in Number of Policies Placed and Paid for, every per day in New Insurance Placed and Paid for. 166,633.89 per day Paid Policy-holders and Added to Reserve. 126,996.37 per day in Increase of Assets. ORDINARY DEPARTMENT INSURANCE IN FORCE, $526,939,376 The Company issues policies for from $1,000 to $1,000,000 on individ- ual lives, premiums payable quarterly, semi-annually or annually, All policies are non-participating. They are plain business contracts which tell their whole story on their face; leave nothing to the imagination ; ; borrow nothing from hope; require definite conditions and make definite promises in dollars and cents. PREMIUMS ARE LOWER THAN ARE OFFERED BY ANY OTHER COMPANY In the Intermediate Branch policies are adapted to the working classes, Each policy is for $500 and the rate lower than that offered by the Savings Bank system of Massachusetts. Two of the Metropolitan's Intermediate forms recently standardized by the New York aid Massachusetts Depart- ments provide for attractive combinations of insurance and annuities at the lowest rates offered anywhere. ‘ STOCK COMPANY) HOME OFFICE BUILDING ‘The Office Building in the workd; Madison Ave, 4th A rue OMe Tintnemertate The Batio of Expense (0 Premium Income was the Lowest in the Company's History boing oven A peeane lose than five years ago and more than 5 per cent, lose than ten years ago The Company wrote more business in 1908 than any other Company in the world, and this for the fifteenth consecutive year The number of policies paid in 1908 averaged one for each sixty-five seconds of each business day of 6 hours, and in amount $128.48 a minute, the year through. The value and timeliness of ite gerd payments may be gleaned from the fact that of the claime paid during the year, 3,479 were under polices lese than thfee months old, 6,890 were on policies under 6 months, and 12,806 were within the first year of insurance. JOHN R. HEGEMAN, President COMPARISONS, ETC, Income in 1908 ° . Gain over 1907 ° . Surplugin 1908 ° . Increase over 1907 , ° . Total Number of Policies in Force 9,960,106 Gain over 1907, 340,097 Total Amount Outstanding Insurance, $1, 861, 890,803. 00 INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT INSURANCE IN FORCE, $1,334,951,425 Number of Industrial policies in force, 9,301 9,301,001—insuring over six and a half millions of individual lives in the families of wage-earners. While the contracts are and always have been non-participating, the Company will this year have spent hearly EIGHTEEN millions of dollars in voluntary bonuses and concessions to the holders of these policies in thirteen years. Cash bonuses on all whole life policies are annually allowed, amounting to over 8 per cent. of the premiums for a year. Additions of from § to 30 per cent, are made to policies maturing as claims, according to time policies have persisted. By the Company's present practice whole life policies are made free after age 75 or paid as endowments at age 80. Industrial Insurance is Family Insurance, covering all ages from 1 to 70 on life, endowment and annuity plans. $76,732,343.24 $3,618,182.35 $22,122,907.12 $8,171,007.98 oF fc. THOMPSON, Superintendent 304-5-6-7 White Buiting: Cor. Fourth and Union ~ Seattle, Wash. bugis Money Ciroulates.