Daily press. [volume], January 24, 1907, Page 3, Image 3

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(INCORPORATED QY THE STATE OF NEW YORK, STOCK COMPANY)
JOHN R. H E O E M A N, President
Additional Voluntary Contribution to Industrial Policy-holders over and above all obligations expressed or implied in
their Policies. A Cash Dividend of $1,000,000 for Whole Life Policies Over Five Years Old. A Mortuary Dividend
of $1,000,000 on all 1907 Claims Under Policies Over Five Years Old. Benefits During Second Six Months Increased
100 per cent. Whole Life Policies Over 15 years in force whan the Insured is 80 years of age paid as Endowments
CASH DIVIDEND
Repeating its generous action of the last eight years, and doubling the amount
of the annual bonus, there has been declared by the Company this year a cash divi?
dend estimated at one million dollars. This dividend has been declared on all
Industrial Whole Life policies issued prior to .January 1, 1903. As has been tin?
Company's practice heretofore, there will be included in these benefits the Whole
Life Industrial policies of all those companies whose business has been assumed by
the Metropolitan.
A MORTUARY DIVIDEND
has he n declared in the Industrial Department, applicable to nil rton'ili olnlniH incurred during Ihn cur
rent yeni\ where policies on the tiny of death had been In force over ttvo years. The scale of dividends
Is n? follows: Where death occurs after policy has been in force.
DM
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ver 5 years, a Dividend of 5 per cont. Over 10 years, a Dividend of 15 per cent,
ver 10 years, a Dividend of 10 per cent. Over 20 years, a Dividend of 20 per oant.
Over 25 years, u Dividend of 25 per cent.
examples: A policy ror $2i;o, issued on January ti, 181)7, matures by death during 1007 on
January lL'th. The policy wns In Torce over ten years, and the Company will pay a Mortuary
of in per oenpi or ?20. the heirs receiving $28?, Instead of $2tit>, as mimed In the policy. Or a
? $.100, Issued February 7, 1K80; death occurs in 11107 on or after February 8th; the policy wns
over twentv-Nve yearn, the Company will pay the beneficiary a Mortuary Dividend of 2& por
'800. <?!? $7;.. making a total of $1170.
LIFE POLICIES RAID AS ENDOWMENTS
During the year 1907 any person insured in the Industrial Department of the
Metropolitan, who iB eighty years of age or over, and who has paid premiums for
fifteen years or more on any policy, may receive the face value of his or her ptvi y
in cash; or if a full paid-up policy is preferred, in order that the amount of insurant's
may be available as a burial fund" at time of death, the Company will issue a paid
up policy for the face of the policy.
This voluntary conversion of Whole Life policies into Endowments or into fully
paid-up insurance is one of the moBt liberal concessions ever made by any Industrial
Insurance Company
THIS MAKES $12.000,000 DISTRIBUTED VOLUNTARILY AMONG HOLD F. RS OF INDUSTRIAL POLICIES DURING THE PAST TWELVE
YEARS. IN EXCESS OF AMOUNTS CALLED FOR BY THE POLICY CONTRACTS.
INCREASE IN BENEFITS
New Tables with large increases of^ benefits in Industrial policies have been adopted. The payment of premiums on all new Industrial
policies will cease at age 75 Reductions have been made in the pre~\2ums charged for Ordinary policies.
The Company Wrote More Insurance Than Any Oilier Company In the World
The Company Gained More Insurance In Force Than Any Other Company In Ihe
World.
In M Ordinary Department the Company Wrote More Paid-far Business Than Any
Othar Csmpar.y ?ave One.
It Gained Ko'e Ordinary Business Than Any Other Company Save One
Its Expense Ratio Was Largely Reduced and Was the lowest in the Company's History
MORALHNSURE IN THE METROPOLITAN
INTERESTING UND
INSTRUCTIVE TALKS
Bade by Hers Hart, Ihomas
and Saucers Before liie
Educational Association.
ANOTHER OPEN MEETING TONIGHT
Councilmen, School Trustees, City
Officerc and Public Generally In?
vited to be Present and Hear
Messrs. riusseil and Maphis?Pleas?
ed With Local Schools.
One of tin; most interesting fea?
tures of the visit of the State school
examiners to the city was the meet?
ing held at the High school building
last night, under the auspices of the
Newport News Educational Associa?
tion. Examiners Hart. Thomas and
Saunders made addresses that were
highly Instructive as well as enter?
taining and ihe pleasure of those
present was only marred by the rath?
er small attendance.
Mayor Buxton. acting for Mrs. John
B. Locke, president of Ihe associa?
tion, presided and- introduced the
speakers. Several enjoyable musical
.selection were rendered during the
evening.
Open Meeting Tonight.
Tonight thero will be an open meet?
ing at the Hl?lt school nt which the
members of ihe school board, board
of aldermen nnd common council and
city officials will attend and to which
j the public generally Is invited.
Examiner Maphls will speak on the
, subject, "Education as a Business |
Proposition" and Examiner Russell ?
I will discuss "The School?the Peo-j
' pie's Institution." These nddresses ;
promise to he well worth hearing I
j and, like those of hist night, will be]
of especial value to teachers and to j
; ?/inrcnts who have children in the
' schools.
j All of the examiners aeein to be ;
' gifted in the way of speech-making
and anyone interested in education
cannot afford to miss their talks.
Mr. Eggleston Detained.
I Superintendent of Public Instruc
j lion Eggleston was expected to be
j present, at last, nights meeting, but
i he was detained in Richmond and
i telegraphed his regrets at the last
j moment.
In order that they may attend the
! sessions of the State board of ednca
i tion, the examiners will have to leave
i here tomorrow morning instead of
j in the afternoon. For this reason the
i High School Literary Society will
i hold its open meeting this afternoon
I instead of tomorrow. The examiners i
: will be the guests of honor at this .
; meeting.
Pleased With Schools.
The examiners have . expressed
; themselves as l-oing well pleased
' with what they have seen and heard
. during their visits to the local
KcdlCOlS.
A business session of the board
I was held at Hotel _ Warwick vest or
! day afternoon.
CHAIRMAN SHONTS OUT
OF PANAMA CANAL WORK
I s WASHINGTON, D. 0., .Ian. 23.?
Chairman Shouts of the Isthmian
Cannl Commission has resigned. Mr.,
Shouts resigns to assume charge of,
the Ryan-Bolniont rapid transit in-'
' tcrests in New York. It has: been .
i determined to establish the hend
1 quarters of the rnmmh's!on on the;
I; hum:; and Chief Engineer Stcv
ens undoubtedly will b? in charge.
1 '
Major BIngti?m Eslabtistied Kejsd
quarters In Sllsby Building.
KO KIORE TROOPS FOB CUBA
General Staff Announces That Addi?
tional Troops Will Not be Sent ta
Island in Near Future Unless Un?
expected Trouble Arises.
The main offices of the quarter
master's depot, in Newport N'cw.t
have been moved from 210:212 Twen?
ty-third street to rooms HOG, :!07 and
309 in the Silsby bull linjj, corner
Washington ?vehh'? an-' Twenty-sev?
enth street. Major (J. H. Utnghani.
superintendent in charge of the de?
pot and the nrmy transport service,
will have his headquarters in the new
offices.
The building on Twenty-third
street In Which 'he offices have been
located since the permanent depot
was established here, will in the fu?
ture be used for storing ship's stores
and supplies for the army transports
stationed at this port.
Troops Not Coming.
It was learned yesterday that the
pen era) army staff lids announced
that ho additional troops will 1-3 sent
to Cuba to join the Army of Cuban
Pacification in the near future. It
wns announced some time ago that,
about 6,000 n Idltlonnl frcops would
be sent to Cnia .if t 1;< f< n- the olec
IIons on the inland in .Inne rnd laal
week's report fjpd it that these troop?>
would be star Led to Cuba through
Newport News this week.
A pnrtv r f ;!'r.:i ,i ;i n i .. \:< ? r : will
be sent to Cuba In the near futnr.i
ami relief squads to replace Home of
t.hb troops now serving in Cuba '^ill
bg sent to the island through New
pert New-; from time to time, but It
sit-ins to be definitely settled t.int
another army will not go to Cuba
unless nnlooked for trouble arises
tin re.
CIREAT FI6HT FOR LIFE
QF HARRY THAW BEGUN
(Continued from Page One).
sessions concluding each afternoon at
five o'clock.
Police Barred Crowds.
Before the hour ol trial arrived
this morning the police lines bad |
been extended to corrldorn adjacent
to the court, room to Include the,
entire first floor of the Criminal
'Court's building. The public had
been warned in advance not to at-'
tempt to get into the court room'
aud few appeared.
There were numerous clashes h?r
tween r< pomers and correspondents
and the I police. There were 200
newspaper men trying to get in
and there was a policeman for each.
The great squaA of blue coats was
commanded 'by ^ police inspector.
Only about fifty \ew?paper writers
finally were admitted, the remainder
of the space befhg roserved for
tr?e Two hundred talesnvn sum
nion.'d for the special jury panel.
Justice Phlppen of the 'Court o
Appeals, province of Maalaoba. wa.
one of ihe pew persons not directly
int?r fit( 1 in tho case wh'j succeed?
ed in saining admission to the court
ror.m. H<- w nt there its the pueat
of 'District Attorney .Jerome. The
Justice Raid the case had attracted
grout attention In ilio Northwest
an.i that ho was extremely nnxl??v
to be present at. tho opening of
tho trial.
Tv/o Alienists There.
There wob a decided stir when
'two prominent alienists, Dr. Curios
McDonald and Dr. Austin Flint were
escorted Into court and given t-eatu
Inside the clerk's rail. They wero
soon In consultation with Mr. Jer?
ome, and It. was paid they had been
engaged by him to watch the ease
from the very start to be prepared
to give testimony whenever It might
be required. Those i ame doctors
represented the district attorney
when the Josephine Torranoya trial
trial was stopped In order that a
test mlghi b'- mude of nor sanity.
When1 District Attorney Jerome was
asked what hit purpose was In]
having alienists he replied with some j
feeling -i will answer no nuestloilSj
connected in anyway with this case ?
and 1 wi I tn-'ke. no stai amsnt shout
any phase of it until the cud of
the trial."
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!st Marine Notes 5*
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Wednesday, January 23, 1907.
Arrived.
Steamer Indrani (Dr.,) Martin,
C'.lasgow and Norfolk?to United
States Shipping Company with mer?
chandise and steamer In distress.
Steamer Savan (Dr..j Hunter. Be?
lize?to nerwIndWhito Coal Com?
pany for hunker eonl.
Steamer Nantucket, Nickerson, Bal?
timore?to Merchants and Miners'
Transportation Company, with pas?
sengers and merchandise.
Steamer Jamestown, Hiller, New
York and Norfolk?to* Old Dominion
Steamship Company with merchand?
ise. .
Schqoner ChnrleB 0. Endlcott, Bail?
ey, 'New York?to White Oak Coal
Company In bnllnst.
Cleared.
? Steamer Savnn (Br.,) Hunter, HaVv
re and London?Berwlnd-Whlte Coal
Compnny.
Sailed.
Steamer Nantucket, Nlokerson,
Norfolk and Boston; Monroe. Hul
phera, Norfolk and New York.
Schooner Henry L. Pcckham', Hard?
ing, SnJem.
Calendar For This Day.
Sun rises.7:13 a. m.
Sun 8ets. 6:22 p. rri.
High water-0:20 a. m.; 7:02 p. m.
Low water- a. m.; 1:02 p. m.
Delayed For Repairs.
The reported arrival Tuesday of the
Norwoglnn steamer Urd from Balti?
more was an error. The vessel la
still at Baltimore, having been de?
tained there for the completion of ne?
cessary . repairs. The vessel's tail
shnft waB found to be defective find'
will bo replaced by a !new one be?
fore she comes here to load a full car?
go of coal,
Indiana Towed In. ^ ~"
The i Irl fish steamer Indrnnl arriv?
ed In port from Norfolk at 3:40
o'clock yesterday afternoon In ? tow
of the tugs Edna V. Crew and Joseph
Clarke. The vossel was towed,to the
shipyard, whero her tail-end shaft will
bo drawn and repaired and two new
blades placed on her propeller.
Notices to Mariners,
The lighthouse board has iBsued the
following notices:
Hampton Roads, Va. Fairway Low?
er Buoy, a B and WPS lst-class can.
found missing, was replaced January
21.
Elizabeth River, Va. Channel
Buoy. 8. n spar, found broken off, was
replaced January 21.
A woman makes as much fuss over
finding the picture of a pretty dreac
in ? magazine-as a man would over
finding a gold mine.