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THE ADVOCATE AND NEWS. 1898. 3 Connecticut Fire Insurance Company flethods. Superintendent McNall has the follow ing to say of the last insurance company which has taken a notion to have fun with him: "The Connecticut Fire Insurance Com pany is the company that Issued a pol icy of Insurance on April 16, 1894, to Edgar M. Bird, of Arkansas City, upon a two-story frame building, In the sum of $2,500. On November 11, 1895, the property was totally destroyed by fire. The company very magnaminously paid to Edgar M. Bird $2,050, being shy in the sum of $450. This was a direct vio lation of the valued policy law of this State that was in force at that time. Complaint was made to this department and the Connecticut Fire was required to pay to Mr. Bird the additional amount of $450. "The above matter has been in con troversy for some time, and the com pany at one time sent its general agent from Omaha, Neb., to present Its de fense for not paying the claim and com plying with the law. This department holds that it was no defense. While this matter was in controversy an investiga tion of the assets of the company was ordered. The company said it was will ing to permit an examination of the as sets of the company, but refused to pay any expenses on account of the same. "The department is of the opinion that any insurance company authorized to transact business, in this State that fails to comply with the valued policy law in paying losses in full where the same aro total, without criminal fault on the part of the assured or false or fraudu lent representations at the time of mak ing application for the insurance, is in an insolvent condition, and every one of them should be examined, the same an an individual in this State the min ute that he goes to shaving and dis counting his bills 25, 50 or 75 per cent, is placed in the hands of a receiver. "The salary of the president of this company is $10,000, vice president $5,000, secretary $5,000. It took out of Kansas last year $40,444.43, paid back in losses $18,420.05." Bankruptcy Referee Districts Estab lished. Under the new bankruptcy law ref erees are appointed by the Federal Judge, to whom all applications and proceedings under the law are referred. Judge Foster has not yet named the referees for Kansas but he has dis tricted the State for that purpose, the districts being as follows: Kansas City, Kas., district Counties of Wyandotte, Leavenworth, Jefferson, Atchison, Doniphan, Brown, Nemaha, Johnson and Miami. Topeka district Counties of Shawnee, Jackson, Marshall, Washington, Riley, Pottawatomie, Geary, Wabaunsee, Mor ris, Lyon, Osage, Douglas and Franklin. Fort Scott district Counties of Green wood, Coffey, Anderson, Linn, Woodson, Allen, Bourbon, Elk, Wilson, Neosho, Crawford, Chautauqua, Montgomery, La bette and Cherokee. Salina district Counties of Clay, Dickinson, McPherson, Saline, Ottawa, Cloud, Republic, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Mitchell, Jewell, Russell, Osborne, Smith, Ellis, Rooks, Phillips, Trego, Graham, Norton, Gove, Sheridan, De catur, Logan, Thomas, Rawlins, Wallace, Sherman and Cheyenne. Wichita district Counties of Cowley, Butler, Chase, Marion, Harvey, Sedg wick, Sumner, Harper, Kingman, Reno, Rice, Barton, Stafford, Pratt, Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Ness, Hodgeman, Ford, Clark, Meade, Gray, Lane, Scott, Finney, Has kell, Seward, Stevens, Grant, Kearny, Wichita, Greeley, Hamilton, Stanton and Morton. Leedy Stands By Kansas Soldiers. Ohio has a battalion of colored troops. Kansas has two. Three battalions make a regiment. It was natural that con solidation of the troops from the two States should be proposed. Governor Leedy wrote to Governor Bushnell sug gesting the matter. He was astounded when the reply came. Mr. Bushnell evi dently thought he was doing Kansas a kindness, but no Kansan would look at it that way. He said that he would con sent to consolidation on two conditions. They were that the regiment should bear the name of Ohio and that Gov ernor Bushnell should be allowed to name all of the regimental officers. Such an exhibition of gall was so surprising to Kansas' patriotic Governor that he thought there must be some misunder standing, so he wrote Bushnell and said he would consent to have him appoint his proper proportion of the regimental officers, but that as two-thirds of the regiment would be Kansas boys it must be known as the Twenty-third Kansas. Bushnell would not listen to this propo sition and the negotiations were ter mlnated. If Governor Leedy did not write him and say that Kansans did not believe in the tall wagging the dog he might have done so with propriety. Paris Discusses Municipal Insurance The new municipal council of Paris is considering the advisability of the cre ation of an office for municipal Insur ance against fire, says the New Time, The nineteen principal insurance com panics of Paris received, during 1896 premiums of 101,340,457 francs, which with receipts from other sources, made a total Income of 109,771,673 francs. Fire losses were but 49,335,496 francs, which, together with other expenses, made a total of 84.259,858 francs. The profits were 24,901,825 francs, or $5,980,356 Under the circumstances It is considered that the present Insurance premiums are exorbitant. If the municipality had the conduct of the business, the 24,027,224 francs spent for commissions would be unnecessary. Actual Are losses and cler ical expenses would then be but one-half of the receipts, and if the municipality conducted the business without an eye to revenue, insurance rates could be cut In half. Small Policy Holders Are Protected. Some days ago a policyholder in a fire company wrote to Superintendent McNall that he had suffered a total loss under a $400 policy and that he had been compelled to settle for $275. McNall wrote to him to go to the agent and get the number of the policy and send it and he would compel the company to pay the full amount. The policyholder replied that the agent said he had no record showing the policy number and could not therefore give It. Webb re plied instructing him to go. to the agent and tell him to go to his record book, get that number from it and send it in. He also added that he might say to the agent that he knew he had such a rec ord book because he (McNall) used to be agent for the same company tiimself and that he knew agents were required to make and keep such a record. McNall added that if the agent did not give the Information promptly he would revoke his license. The information came promptly and the policyholder got his money. It pays to have an Insurance Superintendent who looks after the in terests of the small policy holder who cannot afford to litigate. More Dismal Reports From Spain. New York, July 14. A World dispatch from Madrid says: If the war party in Spain persists, in spite of th.e advice of the Pope and the powers, the govern ment will make known soon how scant are provisions and ammunition among the Spanish forces in Cuba and Porto Rico on confession of the governors themselves. Moreover, it will publish a financial statement showing that all Spain's sources of supply have been drained, that all the advances made by the Bank of Spain are exhausted, and that the only recourse now is to stop the payment of the interest on the debt and of the sinking fund, and to issue bonds at 5 per cent. Interest with the double guaranty of the the Spanish treasury and the Bank of Spain. In the court and official quarters it is believed that if such extreme arguments are resorted to the army, at least, will see that the game is up and will assent to peace. But General Blanco cannot undertake to procure the submission of the Span ish volunteers and irregulars in Cuba. They intimated to him when consulted that if the Spanish government made peace they would fight on. guerilla fash- Ion. Are the Corporations Laying Off? It is commonly rumored that the Re publican State committee is eoine to have to get along this year without cor poration contributions of cash. The story is doubted, but such things as the ronowing, taken from the Clay Center Times, which is edited by a member of the Republican State committee, Indi cates that the disposition exhibited bv Republican papers towards corporations is not what it has been. The Times says: "Suppose you were a man and sunnose you were in the Legislature. SunDose you had a chance to-morrow to vote a tax on the express companies, the West ern Union, the railroads, Insurance com panies who are by subterfuge and mean ness evading the war tax? And wouldn't the tax be a good health v one? It's such cowardly. un-American nroceedlnes that build up prejudice all over this big coun try against corporations." The colored people of Topeka gave the colored volunteers a pleasant reception at Topeka last Wednesday night Republicans Wail About Corporations. Judging from the observations of rep resentative Republican papers, the cor porations are trying to dodge assessments levied by the Republican State commit tee after the same fashion as they dodge the war tax. If they were not disposed to be dodging the former no such stuff as the following, from the Clay Center Times (Rep.), would be circulating: "The big corporations are trying to dodge the war tax; that is, many of them are. If we don't miss our guess on the temper and disposition of the people of Kansas they will even up with the corporations doing business under and by virtue of the laws of Kansas next winter when the Legislature meets. The gospel of retaliation is richer, riper, more manly and more truly religious sometimes than the gospel of good-natured and Christian liberality." War Notes. British newspapers highly praise the American army and navy for its fighting ability. The reports that the turrets of the Iowa have been injured are not believed at Washington. A Kansas City colored woman ha3 presented the two colored battalions with a fine flag. Most of the European papers are heap ing compliments on the American navy for its fighting ability. In the destruction of Cervera's fleet, the New York, Admiral Sampson's flag ship, fired but two shots. After their July pay day the boys in Company K of the Twenty-first Kansas sent $1,000 home in one day. New Mexico is short two companies under the second call for troops and Arizona wants to furnish them. An Atchison volunteer, In a letter home, names a number of promotions in his company and includes in the list two boys who have been sent to the guard house. Spanish newspapers were Baying early last week that peace would be desirable to that country if it could be secured by the evacuation of Cuba, but that nothing more would be given. The War department says that up to July 12 neither the American nor the Spanish government had begun peace negotiations and the talk in that line was regarded as premature. Roy Neely, of Topeka, and Walter Wood, of Concordia, both privates in the Twenty-second Kansas volunteers, are now attached to the staff of General Miles. Neely Is stenographer and Wood acts as messenger. They were intro duced to General Miles, who took a lik ing to them and had them detailed for service at headquarters. As the result of an agreement on the part of the President and Cabinet offi cers, all of the mines in American har bors will be removed. This action is taken primarily at the urgent request of commercial and shipping interests. With the mines intact vessels could not enter a harbor between sunset and sun rise. The action is also taken to mean I Blood physical and digestive strength. If you are ner vous, enrich and purify your blood with Hood's Saraaparilla. If you are weak, have no appetite and desire to be strong, healthy and vigorous, take Hood's Bar saparllla, which will tone your stomach,, create an appetite and build you op. 1 3 Gnrsn- S partita Tho nost-ln fact tho One True Blood Purifier. lAi r!ll cure nausea, Indigestion, nOOU S PlIIS biliousness. I'riceUe. that the government is confident that there is no danger of disturbance at our ports. General J. K. Hudson has been as signed to command the Second brig ade of the Second division of the Fourth army corps. The regiments In his brig ade are the First District of Columbia, the Second New York and the Fifth Maryland. General Snider is his di vision commander and Gen. Cnnnl has command of the corps. The Twenty-second Kansas has not been tossed around from one brigade to another, as certain lineal desrendnntn nf the old copperheads, who have been un- auio 10 secure commissioned offices, would lead people to believe. This reg iment is In the same brigade that it was originally assigned to and no regiment, which arrived after it did. has gone to the front. Few of the regiments which came to the camp before It did, have' been ordered out. COOL BREEZES BLOW over Minnesota's ten thousand lakes,, and the delights of a summer vacation spent In the North need to be expe rienced to be appreciated. The splendid! resorts of Mlnnetonka, White Bear, Leech Lake and many others less widely known offer recreation, rest and health. The Chicago Great Western (Maple Leaf Route), with its 'splendidly equipped! eighteen-hour trains to St. Paul and Minneapolis, is the best route to reach theRe resorts. Tickets will be made good returning via Omaha, with stop-over privilege for tin Trans-Mississippi Exposition, with out extra charge. Tho Great Western's excursion routes also include trips through the Great Lakes, down the Misslsslpl, to Yellow stone Park, up north to Alaska, in fact everywhere. Geo. W. Lincon, Traveling Passenger Agent, Chicago Great West ern Railway, 7 West Ninth St., Kansas City Mo., will be pleased to furnish time tables and printed matter regarding ho tels and resorts and answer Inquiries relative to rates and routes for circuit tours. Send to this office for clubbing rates with other papers. We can save you money. SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO'S PRINCIPAL HARBOR. The principal harbor and city of the inland of Puerto Rico i San Juan. A fair view of the city, allowing aonie of ita chief buildings, is given in the illtutratioo, with an outline of tbe harbor ia the diatanoe.