Judge, 1899-06-03 · page 12 of 16
Judge — June 3, 1899 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a financial statement and advertisements, not political content. The only political element is a small cartoon captioned "A CLOSE POLITICAL HEAX" (hoax). The widow jokes: "Has this embalmed-beef board of inquiry discovered anything new?" The bed replies negatively. This references the 1898 Spanish-American War scandal where the U.S. Army's "embalmed beef" (chemically preserved rations) made soldiers sick. Congressional investigations followed. By 1899, when this appears, the investigation was seen as finding nothing substantive—hence "political hoax." The cartoon mocks continued inquiries into what was already known as a failure of military provisioning. The skeleton imagery suggests the controversy was "dead" but investigators kept rehashing it.
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America’s Leading CHAMPAGNE p Soest Dery “Beat.” American People APureWine Fermented in the Bottle. ‘More Geld Seal is sold thas any other Send for Mlustrated Booklet H. 1899—35th—1899 |= Annual Statement OF THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Chartered 1969, (Chock) Lif asd Accident Insurance, JAMES G. BATTERSON, Pres't. Hertford, Conn., January 1, 1899. PAID-UP CAPITAL, $1,000,000. ASSETS, Real Estate, = = $9,000,684.43 Cash on hand and ia Bank, >“ 1,810,000:17 Loans on bond aad mortage, real estate, B,788.923.99 Interest accrued but not due, Loans on collateral securit Coans on this Company Deferred Life Premiums, - Prems. due and unreported on Life Policies, 231.120. United States Bonds, = « 14,000.00, State, county, and municipal bonds, 3.014,032.58 Railroad stocks and bonds, 6.038, 373.37 Bank stocks, 1,086,122.80 Other stocks and bonds, 1,482 300,00 Total Assets, + + + + G25,315.442.46 LIABILITIES. Reserve, 4 per cent., Life Department, $18,007,806.00 Reserve for Re-insurance, Accident Dep't, 1,300,372.80 Present value Installment Life Policies, " '807,044.00 Reserve for Claims resisted for Employers, 480 Losses in process of adjustment, KicPremomspaid madvacce, Stars Special Reserve for unpaid taxes, renis, etc., 110,000.00 Special Reserve. Liability Department, 100,000.00 Reserve for anticipated change in rate of interest, = 409,000.00 Total Liabilities, -- BAUR00 6288 Races Security to Policy-holders, 108,817.10 Surplus to Stockholders, - + = $3,108,817. STATISTICS TO DATE. Live Derartuewr, Life Insurance in force, |= a ag” SW7.a88-881-08 New Lite Insurance written in 1808, 16,087.661.60 Insurance on installment plan at commuted Returned to Policy-holders 1n 1908, 3 322.008.05 Returned to Policy-holders since 1864, 389. Accipent Derarrwesr. Number Accident Claims paid in 1208, 16.200 Whole number Accident Claims paid, 334.280 Returned to Policy-holders in 1 8.1.254.600.81 Touals. Returned to Policy-holders in 1808, $2. Returned to Policy-holders since 1864, 36.996,956.27 $ Returned to Policy-bolders since 1804, 22.404.696.78 631 SYLVESTER C. DUNHAM, Vice-Pres't. JOHN E. MORRIS, Secretary. H, J. MESSENGER, Actuary. EDWARD V. PRESTON, Sup't of Agencies. J. B. LEWIS, M,D., Surgeon and Adjuster. A close political Heax —“* Has this embalmed-beef board of inguiry discovered anything new?” “They imagine so; The Supplies for an Outing incomplete without Sportsman's Stomach Sedative EVANS’ ALE h makes the most frugal Fepast a Banquet of Delight. KNOOKING AROUED WOX'T HUBT IT. 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