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STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON
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THEPRESS, PULPIT AND PUBLIC
What Is Going on Here and There
That Is of Interest to hte Read
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Loto rnliiB havo put tho Ground In
splendid condition for fnll plowing.
Postal city delivery will begin In
McCook November 15.
. Tho Christian Sclontlsts nro build
jlng a church nt Nebraska City. '
Thieve? entered tho resldenco of J.
'W. Tnylor, nt Dale, about four miles
northeast of Arlington, and stole a
gold watch, a good sum of money and
other valuables.
Tom Mnrtln of Hnnover, Has., was
fuond lying In tho Hock Island yards
i at Fairbury with his head badly
! beaten up. A car pin lying near told
J tho weapon IiIb nssailant had used.
, Proceedings In bankruptcy have
'been commenced by David Diamond
of McCook. Mr. Diamond formerly
lived In Illinois and creditors there
havo been pushing him.
Andrew Carneglo has been pre
vailed upon to Increase his library do
nation for Fairbury from $10,000 to
$12,500, and tho contract for tho erec
tion of tho building will be lot at once.
Tho library will bo practically a dupli
cate of tho ono nt Kearney.
Tho Farmers' Institute toclety of
Cuming county has received subscrip
tions from the local business mon
amounting to $200 to be distributed as
premiums for the best exhibits of corn
raised In tho county.
Farmers should all havo telephones.
Write to us and learn how to get tho
best service for tho least money. Ne
braska Telephono Company, 18th and
Douglas streets, Omaha. "Use tho
noil."
Several of tho fnrmcrs of tho vi
cinity of Sutherland, who have ex
tremely low lands along tho bottoms
nro having drain ditches constructed.
A contractor from Colorado Is doing
tho work, employing a yoke of 21 head
of oxen to pull his machine.
United Stntcs Mnrshal Sides arrest
ed John Andrews of Herman, charged
with engaging In tho business of re
tail liquor dealing. Andrews wns
brought before United States Com
missioner SlnghaiiB and was bound
over to tho federal grand Jury.
A representativo cf tho supervising
architect of the treasury department
was In Fairbury Inspecting tho pro
posed sites for tho now postofllco
building for which $70,000 was approp
riated at tho last session of congress.
,lt is expected tho slto will be decided
upon in about two weeks.
A. F. Halsto, a graduato of Chicago
university, and a maroon star of '09
has been engaged to coach tho Has
tings collego football team. Ho comes
highly recommended from Coach
Stagg, and under his direction tho col
lego expects to Jiavo a sucaasful sea
son. A most unusual and dramatic sceno
took placo In district court at nroken
Dow when tho jury In tho caso of
Jnmes Carland, .charged with tho mur
der cf John Sanderson, March 28,
brought In a verdict of acquittal after
being out about thirty-six hours. Tho
trial Judgo was dumbfounded over tho
outcomo of tho jury's decision.
A drivo through tho country up and
down tho Loup valley convinces any
one thero Is ono of tho best corn crcps
In that valloy It over raised. Tho ears
aro long nnd woll filled and many esti
mate thnt several fields will mako
seventy bushels to tho acre and tho
average will certainly bo over fifty
bushels to tho acre. Two farms sold
in the last week ,ln tho vnlloy, ono at
$75 per aero, tho highest any quarter
has over sold near that, and ono at $G0
per Rcre.
The management, oxhlbitors nnd tho
imbllc generally aro much plensed
with tho success of tho Gage county
fair. Tho attendnnco was linger than
at any fair held In tho county for tho
last fifteen years, and owing to tho In
terest displayed tho management feels
justified In making improvements and
planning for larger premiums and ex
hibits novt year.
Hecomlng desperate after years of
abuse, Mrs. A. L, Onior, living just
north of Cairo, filed complaint ngalnst
her husband for assault and battery.
She wont to tho resldenco of Mnrshal
Clark in Cairo, for protection, being
badly bruised nnd marked In her body
from tho mistreatment. Her hubby Is
In duranco vjlo and ought to bo kept
there.
Mrs. W. P. Campbell and her daugh
ter, havo returned to Fairbury from
an extended trip with Campbell nros.'
circus, which has winter headquarters
In Fairbury, nnd thoy brought with
them a couplo of cub lions which wero
born slnco tho show openod Its season
last spring. The show will bo nlong
later and will again winter at Fair
bury. Farmers along tho Nemaha valley
adjaqont to Humboldt havo started a
movement to straighten tho channel of
tho Neninha betwoen Dawson and tho
Pawneo county line, following tho ex
ample of their neighbors toward tho
east end of tho county, who bnvo suc
cessfully passed through tho litigation
period and aro now lotting tho con
tract for tho actual work.
Tho Southwestern dental nocloty, In
session nt McCcok, olected theso offi
cers: President, J. M. Prime of Ox
ford; secretary, W. A. McHcnry of
Nelson; treasurer, .1. A. Galnsforth of
Holdrego.
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tLLlHSTXATSD By
J. Malvil.
HOP n nickel In tho slot
and get insured.
That Is the latost In tho
ancient art of betting be
tween corporation and in
dividual. In many of tho
country's largo railroad
depots you will find tho Insurance ma
chines, lly placing coins thoroln, the
Insurance company gives you long odds
that you will not bo killed before tho
end of your Journey. You wnger thnt
you will be killed and of course you
hope tho company wins, but at tlfb
Bamo tlmo you figure that your win
nings In caso you succumb may help
out your wlfo nnd babies to ,tlde oyer
tho Btrugglo that all widows must face.
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of course, tho rate to bo charged.
That Is a rather broad statement.
There Is just ono excoptlon In tho list of
things Insurable. That Is tho dlrectolro gown.
IJut there aro so many insurable things
Hint tho French creation itf hardly missed.
Hero's a few of tho things on whoso destruc
tion or snfety you may wager, at long odds,
with Insurance companies;
Lives, homes, births, deaths, marrlnge, do
mestic animals, livestock, barns, crops, circuses,
tho success of business, vessels, any sort of
conveyance, ngalnst Injuries, beauty, a suit of
clothes, any wenrlng apparel, Jewelry, falso
hair, teeth, health, athletic prowess, theatrical
productions, Ideas of all kinds, airships, bank
accounts, stocks, bonds, success in tho forma
tion of social organizations, elections of all
kinds, fluctuations of tho stock market, race
courses, importnnt messages, exploring expe
ditions, mining enterprises, rain, snow, heat,
cold, eyesight, bodily strength, sanity, etc.,
etc., etc.
I could keop up thnt string of things In
surable all day long, for In Lloyds' great insur
ance dlroctory In England thero are dozons
of gigantic ledgers which list tho articles and
human beings upon which thnt company nnd
other concorns aro wont to bet In relation to
tholr destruction or safety.
And out of theso Insurnnco propositions grow
n dozen sldo linos to each plnn. For Instance,
taking crops as an example: You can Insuro
your whont, corn, oats, barley, Ilax, boot sugar,
butter, eggs or cheoso ngalnst destruction by
firo, by cyclones, by oxcesslvo heat, excosslvo
cold, by robbers or by accident. Tho snmo
with your life. You may provide yoursolf with
insuranco against Injury on trains; If you nro
a sailor, against drowning; If you nro a rail
road llroman, against wrecks; If a minor,
against being entombed, and so forth, until tho
entire list has boon cxhnuatcd.
Hut tho shuath-dlrectolro gown won't lnsilro.
Tho why and whoreforo of this Is bocauso
Insurnnco cllquos bolievo that this artlclo of
wear Is destined to become decidedly unpop
ular In tho United States. In Paris this might
bo given consideration but In America tho
populnco Is givon credit for a Inrgo stock of
femlnlno modesty.
Only recently this tout was mado In Now
York. Lloyds received an application for a
$10,000 policy on u conslgnmant of shtnth
xowiiB from Paris, which were bought by a big
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Now York deimrtnient store, which, scolng a
boom in this article, "scooped" Its contempor
aries by securing nn early supply.
Tho merchants who secured tho goods folt
I rather skeptical themselves ns to whether tho
r latest Parisian costume would hold tho Gotham
womon's attention. As a consequent) a Now
York 'broker was instructed to securo an In
surnnco policy upon tho snlo of tho gowns
In fact, to Insuro tho popularity of tho cos
tume In America.
To tho surprise of the broker, lnerchnntH and
New Yorkers, the proposition wns turned down
fiat. Applications to other companies who
wero wont to bet upon almost anything which
seemed a "good risk" also proved In vain ami
tho New York merchant went to work by In
serting ndvortlBoments In tho nowspnpors,
through which method ho hoped to overcome
tho refusal of insurance.
This wns tho first Instance of its kind over
recorded, exports declare, in which Lloyds
havo turned down the proposition of Issuing a
policy. It probably was caused- by tho airy
pornlfiage hurled by tho male AmorlcniiH who
gave tho sheath gown tho loud "hnw-hnw"
when It nppeurod.
No buslnoss in tho history of tho world has
spread out iib tho Insurance ganio lins. It en
compasses everything. Ono insuranco man,
who rates himself quite a wag, asked another
whether Lloyds would Insure nn Iceberg from
melting.
"Why, job," tho hitter unsworod, "if you'd
tow It down to Plcndllly lane, where It could
bo washed by Lloyds."
Howovor, the sort of Insuranco about which
the avorngo American knows most Is lifo In
surnnco and this Industry alone hag reached
such a stago of development that, thero Is lit
tlo unexplored territory for It to enter. Thero aro
llfo Insurnnco agents everywhere. Statistics
say that for every hundred men of tho big
cities thero Is ono and sometimes two llfo In
surance attonts. So the reader can easily ills
corn thut thoro Is plenty of opportunity to pro
vide his or hur family with financial protection
after death.
Sluc3 tho companies woru brought to lints
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laws, which fol
lowed tho fa
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investigation,
nearly all of tho
concorns which lived
through thnt scathing In
quiry nro up to scratch re
garding legal requirements. Nearly overy up
tn dato American possesses Insuranco upon his
life. If It is not $1,000 It may bo $500 or $100,
but among the richest clti.enu of the country
thoro aro seven mon who' carry $1,000,000 or
more upon tholr lives. Hodman Wnuninakor of
Philadelphia, a merchant prlnco, Is Insured to
tho amount of $1,000,000. Ho Is the most
heavily insured man In the world, for thoro Is
not a person, even among tho mouurrliH of
the old hemisphere, who can lay claim to In
suranco equivalent to ono-hnlf that amount.
Two men In tho United Stales carry $1,500,
000 upon tholr lives nnd thero aro four whoso
death would net tholr families $1,000,000,
enough to support several gonoratlons of fam
ilies. Among Now Yorkers Finnnclor James 11.
Colgate carries more insurance thnn any of
his neighbors In Gotham, his policies which
number nearly a score, aggregating $1,500,000.
However, that sleepy old Quaker 'city
Philadelphia shows tho world a thing or two
In providing for Us kin after the death of the
wage earner. The millionaires and multl-mll;
llonalros of that city in proportion to tholr
number have acquired far more life Insurnnco
than thosb of any other city in America and
probably In tho world.
Tho Insurance Press, an organ which has
devoted Itself this your to tho gathering of
a great volume of statistics on the subject,
has presented a mass of Information on. tho
subject. They nil toem with the dollar sign
and show JiiBt how much money thoro Is In
tho coffers of tho country's rich. The statis
tics touch only tho high spoiH in a general re
sume, but they show tho relations between
America's grout cities and glvo a lino on tho
general rainy-day provision whloh are. taken
by men of nation wide fame.
A synopsis of tho repot t follows:
"Ono hundred and eighty-four residents of
Philadelphia nro insured for $H,000.0p0, while
New York, with four times ss many million
aires, has -101 residents Insured for $57,000,000.
Chicago has 185 millionaires Insured for $21,
000,000. "Thoro aio 5,100 men in the nulled Htute
insured for $GO,000 or more, tho total of their
policies aggregating $R 10,007,000. Thoro nro
sovon lnsurud for tm.ovon million each; four
insured for $800,000 to $900,000; ton for
$700,001), nnd 20 for $500,000 to $000,000. Thero
nro l,l;lti men who carry from $100,000 to $150,
000 each nnd 271 who aro Insured for $200,000
to $300,000 each.
."Of tho seven mon who nro Insured for $1,
000,000, ono llvos In Georgia, ono In Illinois,
ono in Louisiana, two In Now York, ono n
Poiiiisylvniila and ono In Wisconsin.
"Now York city ban 15 men who aro insured
Tor from $400,000 to $1,500,000; Phllndolphin
haa 11 Insured for from $100,000 to $1,000,000.
Chicago hns five Insured for from $100,000 to
$1,000,000. Pittsburg hnR flvo Insured for from
$100,000 to $1,055,000. Haltlmoro has ton In
sured for from $300,000 to $C00,000. Unffalo haa
six Insured for from $200,000 to $S00,000. St.
Louis has 11 insured for from $200,000 to $C00,-
000. Detroit lias eight insured for from $200,000
to $50?),000. ' Snn Francisco linn five in that
class, Cincinnati has 17, Cleveland nix, nnd
Hoston 10, with two more whoso policies run
up to $000,000 each.
"Mllwaukeo has 10 who aro Insured for from
$200,000 to $1,000,000. Minneapolis flvo with
policies ranging from $200,000 to $800,000, and
Hnchester ;dx who aro Insured for from $200,
000 to $500,000." 4,
Thero nro lots of solfish porsdns who say:
"Woll, what's tho use of mo gottlng insured?
After I'm dead tho monoy derived cannot bo
of any more uso to mo. Therefore, plenso toll
mo why I should oxpond nny of theso hard
earned dollars for the sake of leaving a bono
of contention to bo fought over by my rela
tives." Partly for tho man who Is likely to mnko
that statement nnd partly for tho Individual
who would provide himsoir-nKUlnst tho Infirmi
ties of old ago,! great insurance companloa
havo devised policies whereby the party In
sured mny come Into his endowment when it
Is most needed.
The endowment policy Is tho ono which In
perhaps more populnr among young men of tho
age Hum nny which has yet boon put upon tho
market. This allows tho pay incut of a yearly
premium Into the company's coffers nnd at tho
end of 10, 20, 30, 10 or 50 years tho cntlro
amount for which tho policy holder was In
sured Is turned over to him or her. Tho rato
of Insurance vnilos with tho longth of tlmo.
The longer the period betwoen the pnymont of
tho first premium and tho final endowment tho
less tho rate, othor things bolng bqunl.
Just recently Insurance companies Intro
duced another nort of projiotltlon which is
Just the roorso of that of .lnsm-fug one'n llfo.