POLICV HOLDER! «•?«» •->" i INQUIRY V-Uneasy Over Transfer of Cosmo- politan Life. • *" - *7^ r v *•• "* • JlPPEM. TO THE GOVERNOR . v «' .? • fe\"? • ;:V#ar . .-Want to Know What Has Becgrr.tf of •13,000 in Mortgages--A»k State Insurance Commifaton *4 / Investigate. Springfield.--Policy holders In the Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Associa tion of Freeportj, which recently trans ferred its business to the Old Colony life Insurance Company, have formu lated a request to Gov. Deneen, the Atiate insurance commission and. the state's attorney of 43tei>heitsoik county to investigate the transfer. • According to a story which ema nated fromm Joliet, 300 Joliet policy hoiders believe there is a discrepancy q| $13,000 in mortgages which were •listed among the assets of the Cosmo politan. Also they are displeased over the fact that, according to the terms of the transfer, they must pay pre miums in the Old Colony on the hasls of "attained age," instead of continu ing the line of insurance for which they paid high premiums in the Cos mopolitan. One of the features of the Cosmo politan was a 20-year "ante-pAyment" policy. Attorney D. R. Anderson of Jqllet was appointed to represent the policy holders in the investigation. The Cosmopolitan company surren dered its charter September 21. Its president was W. W. Krate of Free- port, who organized the Knights of the Globe, a fraternal order. The Knights of the Globe went into the Cosmopolitan. President John H. Morse of the Old Colony stated that all the assets of the Cosmopolitan, as far as he knew, were turned over to his company. "According to my information," said Mr. Morse, "real estate assets amount ing to $59,099.99 and mortgages for $70,000, making a total of $129,099.99, Wiere turned over by the Cosmopolitan. The liabilities were given as $87,034.- 72. I was away most of the time that Hie transfer was taking place, and I know nothing about any $13,000 in mortgages being missing. "The Cosmopolitan claimed $17,000,- 600 of insurance and had 10,000 or 12,- policy holders in Wisconsin, Illi nois and some other states. It had no reserve or provision for a reserve. The Wisconsin insurance authorities forced it to give up its charter. The "Illinois authorities gave it, the choice Of making a reserve, going into a re- . ceiversiiip or reinsuring. A proposition to reinsure with the Old Colony was accepted. "All the Cosmopolitan policy holders get from the Old Colony is reinsurance without medical examination, but at the attained age." Furnish Antitoxin to All. Diphtheria antitoxin henceforth will be as free as the air to rich and poor alike in Chicago. The man who sells it will have to compete with the state, which will give it away free. If one insists upon buying the product he will stand a eliance of getting it from regular dealers for about $1.50 per 5,000 units fnsf^ad of the $7.50 which formerly obtained and which some times meant the loss of a life to a poor family. The practice of the health depart ment of the city in giving away anti toxin to .the poor and charging those able to pay for it has been super seded by distribution by the state board of health, which will be free in all cases. Culture boxes will be left m the police stations, but as soon as the present supply fn the stations has been used up no more antitoxin will be furnished through the police. The Btrti toxin, which " Secretary James A. Egan of the state board of health says will be of the highest quality, refined and concentrated and furnished by one of the leading manu facturers of the United States op erating under government license, comes in sterilized syringes, ready for immediate use. There will b$ no charge for either the syringe or the serum. It only will be necessary for the physician who obtains the anti toxin to give a receipt for it, and latrr to furnish the state board of health with a clinical report concerning the patient to whom the antitoxin was ad ministered. Distribution by the state was made possible by an appropriation passed by the last general assembly. Since 1907 the state board of health has sup plied antitoxin elsewhere in the state, but heretofore there has been no pro vision made for a supply in Chicago. Illinois and Massachusetts are the only states that furnish antitoxin free to all classes of citizens, but in Mas sachusetts the antitoxin is furnished in bottles, leaving the physician to find his own syringe. To Oust Risk Company. In a complaint charging violation of the state insurance laws, Insurance Commissioner Fred W. Potter asked the courts to revoke the charter of the United States Life Endowment Company, and to appoin| « receiver. He alleged it is insolvent. Against total liabilities of $475,528.- 42, the present value of which is $268,£02.47, the company has, accord ing to the commissioner's complaint, Only $32,887.87 worth of assets. It is made to appear that the com pany's operations have been carried on with the knowledge, but under the protest, of the commissioner. Before his drastic action he at tempted ^aindjrffee the concern to change itsv^SeWCcta and call in the tuitions of dollars' \ orth of alleged objectionable insurarace that already had been written. Ti^e result of the commissioner's policy^ of regulation and repression is stated in his bill of cor»plaint. "Contrary to the promise to proving a proper reserve fund within six months from January 9, 1909," the bill reads, "and although more than ten months has now elapsed, the de fendant still has outstanding liabil ities on matured endowment claims, proven and allowed by the defendant, of $462,735.42, the present vahie of which is $256,893.57, and liabilities on matured^ accidents claims, proven and allowed by the defendant, of $12,793, the present value of which is $11,- 808.90, while its assets at this time are only $32,887.87." According to the commissioner the company is engaged in the business of writing $5,000 endowment policies for a premium of one dollar a month and of paying off the matured poli cies on the monthly installment plan. The contracts, it is said, make it liable only for the monthly install ments instead of the full face of the policy. This, Mr. Potter says, is un law fuL Dog Saves Woman from Bull. Attacked by a maddened bull which she was trying to drive into an inclo- sure on her farm near Rockford, Mrs. George Cook was saved by the family dog from being gored to death. The first rush of the bull hurled Mrs. Cook to the ground, breaking her left arm near the elbow. Her young son. hearing her cries, came with the dog, which, seeing its mistress prostrate, made a furious at tack on the bull. While the animals were fighting, Mrs. Cook managed to escape. School Oistrict Starved to Deatti. ' There is in Illinois a school ^Strict which is unable to hold school for the period required by law. It is too poor. Near this unfortunate district are 32 others which are barely able to comply with the state's statute. "All are in Hardin county. - This county, located down on the Xjjphio river, cut off from the more pros perous sections of the state and con- twining few institutions of wealth, has "' a hard time maintaining schools at «U. New Guard Orders Out. Special guard orders were issued from the office of Acting Adj. Gen Dickson. Upon his own request First Lieut. Horace H. Sheets, assistant sur geon, Third infantry, is placed on the retired list. An election is ordered in Company A, Sixth infantry, Monday morning, November 8, 1909, for first lieutenant, and to fill such other va cancies as may exist at the time of the election. Capt. H. H. Dunavin, Sixth Infantry, will preside. The following discharges without honor from the military service of the state are ordered, the cause being ab sence without leave from the annual tour of instruction: Company G, Sec ond infantry, Privates Fred Kelsey and Elmer Wilson; Company N, Sec ond Infantry, Private John Placieki; Company L, Second infantry, Privates Hugh Archer, Robert Doran, Frank Desousa and Peter Pauser. Troop L, First cavalry, Private Frank D. York; Signal corps. Privates Vincent R. Berkaian, Clay N. Foster, Carl Kraigsmann, Walter A. Mensotr and Edw.trd C. Carter. The following enlisted men were dis charged from the military service of the state: Honorably discharged--Private A1- fred Trafolet, on surgeon's certificate of disability; Company C, First in fantry; Privates Frank S. Cullen and Edward A. Holeton, Company F, Sixth infantry; Commissary Sergeant J. Gray Lucas, Eighth infantry; Private Lawrence Green, on surgeon's certifi cate of disability, Company V, Eighth infantry; Private Paul L. Keck, on surgeon's certificate of disability, Sig nal corps. Without honor--Privates Vern Buley and Frank Campbell, Company N, Fifth infantry. Pellagra Subsides. Pellagra, the nation's new disease, which developed a scare In the corn belt, is beginning to disappear in the insane hospitals at Dunning and Elf,in, where it flourished during the summer months. Only a few cases are being treated at these institutions. At Dunning four patients now are afflicted with pellagra. A total of 26 patients were treated there since the disease first was discovered, 14 of whom died. In the other. 12 caaes the malady has subsided. . At Elgin only two cases remain. The approach of winter is believed to be the cause of the disappearance of the disease. Doctors studying i>el- lagra at the two hospitals are unable to state positively whether the disap pearance of the disease is temporary or permanent. S ILLINOIS* HAPPENINGS Committee Asks Labor Inquiry. Gov. Deneen has been requested to include in his call for a special session of the legislature the appointment of a commission to investigate and re port to the next legislature upon the subject of employers' liability and workmen's compensation. A letter to this effect has been sent to the state executive by the Chicago City club committee on labor condi tions. It is signed by James P. Hall, chairman. Negress Gets Riot Damages. Mattie Walker, colored, whose household furniture. was burned by the mob during the Springfield race riot August, 1908, was awarded a ver dict of $268 against the city in the cir cuit court. It was the first verdict for damages against the city cm claims growing out of the riot City officials believe the verdict is a victory for the city, as the jury found the city guilty under the 1887 statute, which allows recovery of three-fourths damage, and not under the 1905 act, perjjiittipg recovery of full ' ' : Board of Review Wins Victory. , In an opinion handed down bf^tht Supreme court in the case of tht board of assessors of Cook count; against the board of review it is belt that the board of review has fr.ll pow er to correct assessments made by thf assessors in cases in which the own era of property failed to file schedules and in which penalties were added by the assessors. The optnicmaaTB." "We think it clear that it was the intention of the general assembly that the board of review should have the power to review all assessments." Chicago.--A sealed verdict finding Edward Donovan, business agent of the Marine Firemen's union, and John Connors guilty of mayhem was re turned in Judge McEwen's court. Three co-defendants arraigned with them on a charge of mayhem and as sault with intent to murder Charles Smith, a sailor living in South Chi cago, were found not guilty. A mo tion for a new trial was entered by Attorney Daniel L. Cruice and argu ments will be heard November 6. , The three men acquitted were William O'Connor, Joseph Malloy and Thomas McDonald. The five defendants were sailors in the recent lake strike and in a street fight in South Chicago on La bor day they attacked Smith. In the struggle his left ear was bitten off. The ear was introdueed in court, but was not allowed in evidence. It >yas visible to the jurors as .it lay in a quart of alcohol on the counsel table. Chicago.--Believing that the woman believed to be Mrs. Hilda Schmidt, who was found with a bullet wound in her head in Waldheim cemetery at Forest Park, attempted her life In the vicinity of. th« grave of some loved one, the police of the suburb are en deavoring to clear up the mystery of her identity. She is still unconscious at the Oak Pari hospital with a bullet wround in her right temple and phy sicians say she cannot recover. The only clew to the woman's name was a scrawl on a slip of paper found in her pocket. No address was given and she is said to be a stranger in the neighborhood. The revolver with which the shot was fired was found beside her. Chicago.--Jefferson Greenletch res cued his wife and child from a burn ing building at 3566 Archer avenue. The mother and her baby were partly overcome by smoke, but goon revived wiaen taken into the fresh air. Green letch has a saloon on the first floor of the building and lives on the second. Fire broke out bebind the bar after the saloon was closed and the flames spread rapidly. Smoke filled the room in which the salo«nkeeper and his wife and child were sleeping on the second floor. Greenletch was awakened and, although almost overcome by the smoke himself, aroused his wife and their baby and assisted them from the building. Champaign.--After a battle of al most an hour the sophomores won the push ball contest and supremacy for the year, this event practically end ing the hazing by which freshmen are introduced to university life. The con test was directed by officers selected by the "students' union," which did much to rob it of the terrors of the old-time color rush, but fights were numerous and many students were put out of commission for a time; none were seriously injured. The bleach ers on Illinois field were filled with thousands of spectators. Chicago.--A new county hospital, to replace the old buildings which have stood since 1874 may be the result of the trip through the county institu tions by the October grand jury. After a tour of the hospital wards and its giounds by the inquisitorial body the consensus of opinion seemed to be that the buildings were too old, for the sake of safety, to be used in the capacity of hospital. It is expected that the jury will recommend a $4,000,- 000 bond issue looking toward new buildings. Rockford.--"Your bulldog is a so ciable fellow; treat him nice; he and 1 struck up quite a friendship and I hated to leave him. Burglar." That note written on perfumed stationery taken from her writing desk, the desk from which the burglar had stolen her gold watch, was found by Mrs. Wil liam Johnson of 1224 S»outh West Btreet, on her return home from a shopping expedition. The dog that had been left to guard the house was sleeping on a rug. Chicago.--One hundred and twenty- two students, frfeshmen at the Uni versity of Chicago, have appeared on the campus wearing a button signify ing their "pledge" to join some one of the 16 fraternities at the Midway school. This is the largest number of treBhmen ever taken in by the fra ternities ami each of the organizations is looking forward to a banner year because of the abundance of promis ing men. Kewanee.--Stricken by an epileptic fit, Henry Earnest fell Into a car of sand at Buda and died from suffoca tion. He was working near the car door when he fell and his face was buried in the sand. Aurora.--Congressman Howard M. Snapp of Joliet has confided to friends thnt he has virtually decided not to make the race for the Republican con gressional nomination in the Eleventh district next spring. Kewanee.--A Jury in Stark county circuit court brought in a verdict of $5,000 for George Ewing of Wyoming, who Bued Simon Cox, aged 68, on a charge of breaking up his home. Morris.--Capt. Streeter of the Car rie J. will keep the boat in Morris until the springtime and will winter in Morris. He decided it would be impossible to get his gunboat in readi ness to sail upon Chicago before his vessel is embraced in the icy grip of the Illinois and Michigan canal. The captain will go to Chicago by rail. Sterling.--Mayor A. R. Hendrlckj has cramped the "lid" tight here. He has ordered screens removed from sa loon windows after hours and on Sun- day« and ordered that lights be kept in saloons after closing hours to se cure a full viej?r of the interior. Mattoon.--During a dispute over some hogs Dr. J. P. Deckard, a promi nent country practitioner, shot and al most instantly killed Ralph L. Web ster, a neighbor, at the former's home, eight miles southwest of this city. There were no eye-witnesses. Dr. Deckard claimed self-defense when he surrendered to the sheriff. Bloomington.--An old-time fox hunt through southern McLean county proved a great event for central IMi- nois sportsmen. Several animals weiv uncovered by the hounds and cap cured after an exciting chasf. A bus- becue ended the day's sport. PARISH AS BIG AS NEW YORK ' i-;' v Rev. Leonard J. Christler lr WW* Range Divine With Political Aft nnrrsttal clergyman is fh #t. Paul --one whose parish is 400 miles long and about 100 wilcB wide, auu coutains j twenty-two lue^tlug pi&ces. His name is Leonard, J. Chrlstler, and besides being a minister he is a member of the Montana legislature, a Democrat who was elected in a district that is strongly Republican. Mr. Christler became a lawmaker because of his great enthusiasm for the state into which he moved only three years ago. "Two train loads of homeseekers are going from St. Paul to Montana next Tuesday," said Mr. Christler yester day. "They'll help make the state grow greater, and help make the church grow stronger." His parish line runs generally east and west along the Great Northern, and he can also iise the Montana Cen tral road toward the south. But ihere are several towns not on either line, and to these he makes his visits by stage or on horseback, distances of from forty to seventy miles. ADDED TO THE MISFORTUNE Discarded Auto Simply Acted as De coy to Bring Other Unde» sirables. Asa Paine, vice-president of the American Automobile association, said in St. Augustine of the automobile industry: "Cars are now made to last. The rich man no longer finds his 1907 car unfashionable, like his 1907 coat, in 1909. "At the beginning of the industry a car was antiquated in no time--so antiquated that people laughed at It. "They tell a story in Detroit about a dealer who had, in 1900, an anti quated 1895 car. He tried vainly to sell this car. He put lower and lower price tags on it--$100, $50, $10--and finally he put. on a tag to the effect that the car was to be given away. "Even then there were no takers. "So one evening, desperate, the dealer left the 1895 car in a vacant lot beside his shop, hoping that some one would steal It In the night. But when he came down to work the next morning, not only was the old car still there, but another one of similar pattern had been placed beside it." •;,r . • RASH ALL OVER BOY'S BODY. Awful, Crusted, Weeping Eczema on Little Sufferer--A 8core of Trsafr mente Prove Dismal Failures. Cum Achieved by Cutleura. "My little boy had an awful rash til over his body and- the doctor said it was eczema. It was terrible, and used to water awfully. Any place the water went it would form another sore and it would become crusted. A score or more physicians failed utterly and dis mally In their efforts to remove the trouble. Then I was told to use the Cutleura Remedies. I got a cake of Cuticura Soap, a box of Cutleura Oint ment and a bottle of Cuticura Her solvent, and before we had used half the Resolvent I could see a change in him. In about two months he was en tirely well. George F. Lambert, 139 West Centre St., Mahanoy City, Pa,. Sept. 26 and Nov. 4, 1907." Potter Drag A Cbem. Corp^ Bole Props* DOUBLE SARCASM. Old Crab--Whatbeyeuoin araound this place, eh? Wanter buy it? Nervy Nicholas--Why, I'se de spe cial agent of Andrew Morganfeller and I'se lookin' fer a site ter lay out his enormous estate on. I'll offer yer t'ree plunks fer dis place if ye'll trow off 90 per cent, fer cash. 8UFFERED TERRIBLY. How Relief from Distressing Kidney Trouble Was Found. Mrs. Elizabeth Wolf, 388 W. Morgan St., Tipton, Mo., says: "Inflammation o f t h e b l a d d e r reached its climax last spring and I suf fered terribly. Mjt b a c k a c h e d a n d pained so I could hardly get around and the secretions were scanty, fre quent of passage and painful. I was tired all the time and very nervous. I begun using Doan's Kidney Pills, and after taking a few boxes was cured and have been well ever since." Remember the name--Doan's. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster* Mliburn Co., Buffalo, N. T. A Long-Panter. Mary, aged 14, was found one day by an older sister sobbing and crying. "What is the matter?" she asked, with great concern. "Three boys have asked me to go to the dance to-night," was the unex pected reply. "Well, my dear child, certainly that is not such a terrible misfortune." "Yes; but I told the first one I would go with him, and the last one was a long-pan ter"--Harper'sr 7 Important to Mothern^;' Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for irifauts and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. •Inherited. "Willie Holt seems to be deiMloping into a very fast young man." • "What else oould be expected in Ins case? 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