.'W th grated 11 aclmowledgment rant-.11
“ f
i
en‘ confidence
III! Ih'e 'y'm ended December 31,19'0778 ghgwing It 'IO ha‘m‘ has“
Bond‘s 890777Mortgit§es
616%
l.
8
377,7; . .-
41'11'7II'IH
of 65
90111116 96110188111 ihr'ce.
PhiIadol':
W" (mconebliArEo
THE DAILY AVERAGE of Business During 1908 was
emand'Loans oii Collateral .
1.1 77 , - . ,..'
116666460 Policy-holders
’1' HMMS, deferred and iii c9urse of collection (net)
16.001986 Interest Rents, owl.
" i'l‘ih
166356140 U Filthy:
.7 feet, the COMBINED POPU LATIO
'erican Unidn; line as to CITIES it excee
' e.N'e'wC'
I 11 . n
I o I l I I O 3 U
I I I
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gleanoiand Buffalo. ‘ ‘ .1 ,-
1..-
BY THE 'STATE OF NEW YORK. .
44-3, per day 111 Number :of Claims Paid.
6 ,343 per day
in Number of Policies Placed and P 1.id fun
1202 352377961" day 111 New Insurance Placed and Paid for.
166‘, 636. 89 per day Paid Policy-holders and Added to Resort 6.
$126 9961137 951' day in Increase of Assets.
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promises in dollars and
Eachipoboy is:
Borne system of Massachusetts.
ORDINARY DEPARTMENT ,
IN$URANCE IN FORCE, $526, 939, 3787
~The Company issues policies for from $1, 000 to $1, 000, 00 on individ-
cal lives, premiums payable quarterly, semi— —annually or annua ly. I 1
4 {All policies are non participating. They are plain business contracts
' -‘ which tell their whole story on their face; leave nothing to the imagination, '
’1' 1201601111. nothing from hope; require definite conditions and make definite
CCIltS.
7 PREMIWS ARE LOWER THAN ARE OFFERED BY ANY OTHER COMPANY
" "‘ ' {1:1,ng Intermediate Branch policies are adapted to the working classes.
for $500 and the rate lowet' than that offered by the Savings
Two Of the Metrbpdlitan 5 Intermediate
‘ dorms teden‘tly standardized by the New van, and Ma'ssac husetts Depart-
! ‘ elite prelude for attractive combinations of insurance and annuities at the
west ratesofie 7, dany‘lrherg'v'“" 7 .
«4 2.»:-
-"- -4 ». len 0.1
90, 795, 319 02
‘ . . . 22,444,62’7378
823592786113 7
ahngemeht may be fairly claimed in the number of Metro-
(it only greater than that of any othe1 company in America,
.but greater than that. oIZall the 'other, regular companies combined, less one. It exceeds in
N of24 of the States and Territories out olthe 52 form-
ds the combined population of Greater 7 7
phia, Boston, 51. Louis, Cleveland Cincinnati San Franciaeg
2,192,702.00-
4,775 ,988.’.79
8, 966, 362 78
5,300,922.97
2,820,502.29
The Metropolitan paid it;'. olrcy-holders.1n1908 for Death
71 Claims, Endowments ,An'nuities, Paid-up Policies, Divi-
1'; dends 801111885518: with the amount set aside on
their belie if as' increased Reserve .1
$50, 555 701.54
It has paid to its Policy-holders since organization, plus the ‘
amount invested and now on hand for their security
,$470,355,759.35
to the holders of lie 9 ,960, 106 Policies, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company presentsIthe follomng summary of its condition and affairs
THE BEST YEAR 111 THE COMPANY’S"HISTORY
OBLIGATIONS
v
(Nun?
Policies 77. -
All other Lia
STOCK COMPANY) 1
.. combined.
Reinsurance Fund and Special Reserve
Capital and Surplus
Dividends Apportioned p8yable 1909, on Partici-
paling Policies, Intermediate Branch
Same on Participating Policies, Ordinary Dept.
\'turl7v .1ll llnskomp 1113280111111 ll’V Policies Are Now -I"‘ar'.ticipding—issued
01 ion l 1118 ol premium )
Bonuses Apportioned', payable 1909, on Industrial
0 I I I o I e o I I -
bilities . . .
0' I I I o I
I
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. 7
mumber all the Industrial policies of all the other companies in the country "
Its Industrial policies
. $1,382,722.00
104,203.73
I I
2,650,000.00
$4,136,925.73
. 208,134,89100
2,532,637.34
22,122,907.12
78235927845149
I I
in force nearly equal in‘
HOME critics hummus
' Thclnrg'ost Olllce Building in the worl .1: Mmlison Ave. 41h Ave.
77 7231] and 2<l.l151'2, New Y1: rk City
»
. Till Bilifllii EXBBIISI ill Premium Illlifllllfl was “)8 IlIl‘lIlSi
ill Illfl Iilllill‘iillBS HISllllfl
being over 5‘ per cent. less than five years ago and more than
15 per cent. less 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
1?
' The number olp‘ollcics paid in 1908 averaged one for each sixty-five seconds
ofeach business day old hours, and in amount $128. 45 a minute the year through;
The value and timeliness ofits policy payments may be gleaned from the
1m that of the chums paid during the year, 3 479 were under polices less than
three months old 6 890w
.. ' 4 within the first year olinsu
£56: on policies under 6 months,
"I.
free after age 75
and 12,006 were i
or paid as end'0wments at age 80
70 on life, endowment and annuity plans.
JOHN it. HEGEMAN, President . 7 . 7,
7 ' COMPARISONS, ETC. 1,
Income in 1908 . . 7. . . . $76,732,343.Z4
Gain over'1907 . . . . . . $3,618,182.35
Surplus in 1908 . . . . . . $2,122,907.12
Increase OVer 1907. . . . . 7. $8,171,007.98 '- ';
Total Number of Policies in Force . 0 '. ' 9,960,106
ii Gain over 1907 . .' 340, 097 ‘ 5,5
Total Amount Outstanding Insurance, 31 861. 890, 803 00 1
INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT 7
INSURANCE in 50858 $1,334,951 ,425
Number of Industrial policies in force, 9,301,001-7—insuring over six and
a half millions of individual lives in the families of wage-earners. 7 While the
contracts are and always hays been non- -participating, the Company Will this ' '
year have spent nearly EIGHTEEN millions.of dollars in voluntary bonuses
and concessions to the holders of these policies" in thirteen years.
Cash bonu ,es 011‘ all whole life' policies are annually alloi‘vEd, amounting
to Over 8 per cent. of the premiums for a year. Additions of from 5 to 30 per
cent. are made to policies maturing as claimskaccording to time policies have
persisted. By the Company‘ 5 presont practice whole life policies are made
Industrial Insurance is Family Insurance, covering all ages from 1 to
cute ot' incorporation ol
lei-1H yat't 81 Miller H111 (‘om-
. Damn. Bet 51.11113 been filed with the
. secretary 0 state. The incorporutors
1119 11111151118" W Bates and William T
Miller} of Bglh‘e‘l and Joseph P Hyatt
‘ ’ or 11111311119 ‘ h'e‘ antljol'lzed capital
' 81817312 000,-1'1‘1‘1'8 company will slic-
ce'e'd Elites & Hyatt who are engaged
in the mauufactu‘r5‘ or hails in. the
1011311, on Gil-811811000 avenue. The of-
ficers or the 1.0111111111111111 President
Joseph W lffifittzi pr si’t‘leu't. Wil- .g
liam '1‘ Mil; ‘ berets y and trcasmei.
liuilantl B'a‘tia ' . .
It Can Be Done, so Scores of South
" ' " :Norwa‘lk‘ Citizens say.
' ' I' ’ *-
i To cure an aching. book. a
Theepsins 0t rheumatism,
The tire out feelings
.‘74You mu$ r'eu'ch the 590
i cans.
t'éget. at tile
691 11111188 I
Dean 11 Kidney
lift
9'
me first} fluid '0; wall.-
l1 do eh 8.111899171981117 h; a
1111 ‘ 4181147114111 car 1137
' 77 .Igodnefillls highly slit‘lken of,'
718 Pluistedfs' drug" store
li lh‘ujg‘h other
» Irle'd 'It'tl lied. to give
i Dennis Kidney Pills 1117 once
ll} tie'nt or my 11-0 915' Mid
7 finished the coil «into or
“9931111" .7111 my Brick had
tei'ttenl. lcbptlnued
663906 more anil' 1110578
I7LW7as' fun or the' trbuble
1811 attack, of rheuma-
'two y are and I give
817 Pills he 'c'redlt'j.“
eby a'll dealer. Price 1'10
.. ”'li‘os'telaMllburn l..o 1111111118
”$60”? sole agents for the United
' il'eiid 1071'
. 'niovmuonl' and it is hoped that.
NORTl'i B'RO'CKFIELD 'Ma'lss.
17.-Br5a‘king n"llH51:01ds in New. 13 ng
land mill lilstoiv the Oktdrd Linen
Mills of this plu‘ce have in the-ii first
year of operation been placed on 11
profit making bbs’is. After ouly élglit
anbnibs or operation under its new pm-
'duc‘t's were in Eguch demand that the
co‘nipam had established trade cou-
Ineot‘loné throughout the country so
ant’nable that the surplus earning-i
the quarter
Elsi ‘ .
”The company 5 business has so in-
' creased that. the present will capacity
111 not Equal to the immediate demand,
uhd plans have been made for exten-
sl‘i'e additions to the plant as soon as
the Weather permits building to be-
in. '
g The great. advantage enjoyed by the
.Okfmd Mills is that its combined
chemical and mechanical m-oceusos .10-
-complish in twelve home what it takes
European peasants and 1nlll-woi-"keis
sixteen Weeks to pei'f01m——lhatls con-
7llnen fibre ready for spinning
it possible for America to compétc
with 51411117111111.1111, Belgium or France
.in the man'ul’aptu‘re of line linen in.
splle of cheap labor abroad The 51101-
mous duty 71.111111114178511 linen is outflow
of linenfi 111117 hero.
THE UNIVERSITY CLUB.
The University Club held a regular
meeting on Mondav evening last at
the High School. AlthOugh the atl'é'u-
dance was 81111111 oiling lo the bud
Weather further progress was made 111
51811111118898.1111 meetings 1 ill be
held hereafter on the third Monday of
each month At the' meeting this week
a committee was appointed to 11113115le
11 list of candidates for oiiicers of the
club. This committee 411111 report at
the grit meeting] which will be held
at tl'liel'ii ébSchool on (many even-
iiig, M'zi‘i'ch 1 1111. A cuns'ldcrmble mun
’bei of resident college 1117811 .11141 wom-
en have expressed interest in this
ii.
cmonibb‘r' the 11.111" 'iloun's wand
Wino o'tilI-‘l'
goodly number will ul'luud thu
gee-11111,, 11171117 0011191011; 70170 91911112111101,
Feb. '
11688 of linen making, the mills pro-
hwfe made it possible to pay 11. divi- .
"Ming March; 'tryiug to dodge ii 'ti'aln here, yester-
vert flax straw ox tow into 11. perfect 7
90 great an edononiy of time makes ‘
1v ”51.14.8719 the additional advantage 7
d .
CHICAGO Fob.l7.—l‘dwln (1.01mi
4171' who has been offered the plosi-
'ldoucy of 0.‘ Boston Publishing Com
puny will not withdraw his resigna-
<1lon as superintendent or Chicago
schools. The board of education Mou-
day night sought to have lilm recon-
elder his determination to quit; but ur-
tor deliberation 115 has addressed 11 lot-
tor to the board, nuiklug his resigna-
11011 final.
KILLED DODGING A TRAIN.
OAKLAND, Cal. Feb. 17. --Wl1lle
'day, Matthew E. Gosbcc, of Boston
"the 09 cells direction and suffered
injuries from which he died 1171 11 short
dime- f, , . 1 . .
Simple Way Ior the Thin and Pale in
be Plump and Rosy '
Stii'nose can hardly be. termed 11 111011
icine; it is in reality a flesh forming
food. Taken before 411111181 media it
hnlugles with the food you eat, enub'les
it to assimilate: uiid '1eudlly' digest, so
11's to make ilcli blood and pleasing
diumpnesii
After Saniose has been used a week
or ten days a noticeable gain in weight
is see‘n. ’l‘he Sallow complexion will
become rosy. the sunken checks will
have 11 ruddy glow the eyes Will be
bright, the ,'7bieuth sweet and the stop
elastic.
With the ielurn of 'go'od health 'l'ol-
lowing the use of 'Samoso; cma'clallon
is overcome, and the‘ thin and scrawny
are once more plump 11nd rosy.
F‘. H. Baxter‘s, customers have told
him of the remarkable results follow-
lug the use of 80111058 the 1,1 out liosb-
f01 niing food and he is so thoroughly
convinced of its reliability that. he is
selling it under his personal guarantee
to refund the money if it does not do
all that is claimed for it, Yen who
Mulch llrt'lllnl; 11 500 box 01‘
are thin and in poor health cunnot ul-
l‘m'il to let‘ unothei day pass without
jsuuloso 011 111080
IVI'IIIlI- 7 7
. a... . ..,,. MM . 1..-..-» l
l
was s lick by an engine 80111111511011. "
INBREISES WEIGHI [llllfllll
.HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIA-
.lugtcs relirGSenting the various district
high schools of former years has been
41111 work for several weeks upon a. plan
every graduate in pucb an organiza-
tion for the pleasure and satisfaction
community.
fed to return an income in public spirit.
committee for next Friday evening 711i
Ibcgiu organizl
Former Resident of South Norwaik
Wedded Yesterday in Marathon. N. Y. '
In Mumllion, N Y.
February 115111 111 S: 30 11.1171
on ’l‘ucsdzu
the 111111-
rlngo of Georgia ll Dickinson to Di Ipuni' was held yesterday zifleinoou 1111139,.- F N Stockdalc yesterday, In an'
'(‘. \\' ilbur Spencer “1175 (luluill' solemn-
.lzed 111' the bump or the bride Rev.
\\.
A Currlnulou ol‘ the Prusbvl ici'iuu;
Church oiliclullug Following IIlt' cor— 1
emouv a budding breakfast His son
ed to the immediate rclnllrrs and per-
sonal l‘.ri1'nds 1.)). and Mrs. Spencer I
will take 1111 extended eastern trip and I
win be "111 3101110‘ to their friends after.
April 15
Mrs. Spencer was l"'oimeil\ Miss
(luorglu ll. \\iutcrnian. of this city. a
sistei ol Mrs \\i. ll Swords who is ill
present 111 the home of her sis-tel. Min.
\. Phelps in Marathon, Cuillnnd
County, N. Y '
Duusnnm:
Il.’ 5 what 1"01101111 do all Mr lime with Gold
Medal Flour that counts. Try it. “4:1: LA
'fION. I _
A committee of High School grud-
for organizing n7Higb School Alumni
Association. It is hoped to interest
it will afford its members and for the
good influence it will siii'cly have
upon the best interesls ol‘ the whole
Here is an opportunity
for those whom the town has educat-
A general meeting of all high school
alumni in the town is called by the
8 o clock 11111141» new High School build
ing At this gathering it is hoped to
" anulumni association
and to secure t 5- names and addresses
of many future members Former
graduates have been reached in con-
sldcrable numbers either by personal
message or by 111.111.1111: quite 11 few
have doubtless beei'i unintentionally
missed. All aminvlted to attend the
meeting on Friday evening and to reg-
ister themselves wlth the secretary.
A strong association 701‘ high school
' 0d:
ulunmi will be a splendid boglnuing
tor unity of spirit in our community.
1
Frank Comstook Secretary
and Treasurer.
'l no 1111111111] meeting 01’
the stock-
Trout That Answer the Snapping of
Fingers Described by Preacher.
P1 osulenr Roosevelt was attacked
' 7 -. . 2,. .. ._ . w - 2-..- .. J _____ --_ 2-86,“.
N'EW' LINEN MILLS EAR'N DIVI-_ WILL NO'T WITHDRAW RESIGNA~' SPENCER—DICKINSON. N'O'RWALK BRASS COMPANY. ‘ NATURE FAKERS CHA'MPIONED. | NEW WHISTL’ES FOR MOTOR
’ 'r 1- .
DEND '~N FIRS YEA“ TION ' Wallace Dann Elected Persldent and BOATS
1 What is the proper motor boat whis-
lie? This is a question that as yet
admits or no definite answer although
holders of the Norwulk Brass Com i in a mild ministerial nm'tmc'r by the II has been one 5117118 topics 01’ discus-
2 o'kcloc . 111. 1111: oliice in Mocllanlci
slit'el, \‘oi'unlk.
Iilt‘ directors for lil-t‘ ensuing year i
ucie elected ’lbc r'cpmls of the olii-‘
70013 101' the work 01 the past. your
showud that in spite of the financial
doplcsslon and slack business the. 1:011-
001‘“ was in a \‘1‘l)’ flourishing and
prosperous condition
'lbe following diluclors were dicot-
E. lilll. E. Hill. .li'._ Wallace llann.
ll. E. Dunn, w. A. Curtis. 0. ii. Banks
and Howard Mpssman.
The directors incl immediately 111'-
ler the adjournment of the stockhold-
ei's‘ meeting. and elected the following
oliicers:
President—Wullace Dunn.
Secretary and 'l‘i'easui'er—Franit
Conislock.
'1
Tlielliospitul Whist will hold 11
social with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Als
tbcrue, Suaview avenue. East Nor-
wulk, Friday evening of this week.
‘ 1 11nd trouble \umit‘n my bowels which 1.11111an
blood Impurc. My 1110!! was covered M h pimp
whliel 1 no oxtc'rnn remedy could mmnv. 1 41416.66
yvlll' l‘rwuorst I an or root was my .109 When the
fltzhwdielllnpoiltfie‘d Ilte‘r It lnunth‘ u sthll use.
hue l‘rucm ’1191719171 "919 “gm-Uh.“ to all my Irish 3 and
6:66.] Pu 111117. lull lurk Arm. fNow York Gill! N. Y.
1.».-.,.
58.4.1 for
The bowels
918118.111. 11119111180811.1811“...4100.1. Do Goof
mffli .‘ Vnuken or0.lll1:..sllo too
cold buklk l‘ha unhulno tnhl'ot 16.1109ch
Gil-unload to cure or your mono? bu ilk
.._ Bterlinmfilomedy C74», Chleegoor tilt-717611.
“"6
A'IIIIIAL S'ALE. IEII MILLION 80166
, l
I, 77 7 1.
I
address on "Nature Stories and:
'1 hen Meaning," belmc the Mcthodisti
Preachers Conference al.1\'o. 150 Fifth
avunne, Neu’7Y01'k. _
'i'no‘r‘tev? Mr. Stockdale is
of the Willis Avenue chinchilla said
111111 be 1111417711 high roga‘rd for some
of the so-culled "nature hikers.“ Who
took tile trudblo to observe unlm
11111. closely. He said that one nature
writer, Rev. Dr, Long, who was as-
slgned to tho-“nature takers" class
bv President ROOSCYLIt had been 111'-
nocont and‘ had known" what he was
writing' about. while John Burroughs,
who had supported the president's
antl-naturelaking crusade, had been
wrong.‘ '
Mr. Stockdale told the story or a
spider that had trained itself to re-
spond to a. whistle or u call. 'He also
said he know 11 man who could make
trout come by.snapplng his fingers.
’ pasmr
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.
Oliver H. Jennings, of Greene "Farms,
7 Will ‘Wed West Virginia Belle,
Mrs. P. O.’Sim'pson, of Charleston.
West Virginia, has; announced the. en-
gagement of 1101 daughter, Miss brace
ll. Nutter. l'o Oliicr ll Junnings or
Greens Farms. Miss Nuttei- comes or
0119. of the most prominent of the old
Virginia lumilles She inherited 11 1'7er
largo fortune from her father, who died
several 3111119. ago Miss Nutter is a
beautiful girl and a favorite in the so-
ciety of the capital of the state, and
also in Washington. Mr Jennings is
wol'] known in this city. He is the
son or the late John Henry Jennings,
oi" Greens Farms He is one of the
nblcsl and most enthusiastic yachts1
men in the north. .1 \mebel‘l of the
Bridgeport, Norwulk and Larchn'imu'
Yuclit Clubs. The Wedding wilt take.
1111100 in Charleston after Luster Mr.
Jennings will make extensive alter-it
lions in 1114‘. 41100811111 11111114111141": in
lrvnns F'iums for the lCtdlItItll‘l of his
b71100.
slon by motor boa't organizations in
connection with the new g'o'vepn'lnent
regulations regarding the control and
equipment of power craft All sorts of
whistles die in use; some are worked
b_\ an air pump atta'ched to the shaft.-
of the engine. others by a small hand
pump, while- in many-muses horns are
used blown by the e‘xhaust. 011 Long .
Islan'd Sound last summer all the big
Fall River steamers replied to the sa-
lutes of a l‘wenty4foot boat, and there
\vas nothing to‘ do to make the whistle
blow but pull the cord. This was a gas
whistle, and 1113 one or the important
exhibits at the Motor Boat Show, in
Madison Square Garden this week. it
consists of an air cooled 'cbeck .valve
and relief vent screwed ‘ in lhejr‘e'lier
vent. Opening of the engine. From this
valve :1 quarter inch pipe loads to‘ a
storage pipe to which the whistle is
attached The valve is opened just part
.of a turn 80 that the amount. of ex-
plosive power consumed by the whistle
is considerably less than would 7go
through a l 04 inch opening. The cord
which bldwe the whistle is near the
heImSman‘ 8 hand and it can be bloWn
instantly without any trouble.
BURIAL 0F T—HE MAINE VICTIMS.
WASHINGTON. 11'1»h;17.-1r1he blll
introduced by llcp'i'cscntatlvo (.iouldon, 7
of New York. unlimilzing the prog-
dent in canal: llie raisin-7' the the bat-
tl‘cship Mable from Havana Harbor bo-
cables a law, unlisted men who lost.
their lives in the disaster and whose
bodies are recovered when the wreck
is rinsed will find 11 final resting place
‘ln the National Cemetery at Arlington.
The measure provides for as much
money as may be necessary, and
makes it immediately available.
ActlQl‘llckly
if you have s sudden chill-76 you 11qu
c DIIO, cramp or dion'litno—tlon’t wail. 11 min.
uto. Take a touspoonfnl of Perry Dnvio’
Painkiller in half 113111.111 of 1106 Writer or milk
You’ll be 1: :1 the 101111 to quick 1'01 ovary
Have this tried remedy 11111411.,111141118.
dialousn. Tit-int: prepare is halt the but
llo. New size bottles J50" also 111 601;. Dino. -
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