ALL MESSAGES TAKEN BY THIS COMPANY ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS: kes or delays; the sender of & message seouia order it repeated; that is; telegraphed back to the originating office for comparison: For this; one-half the unrepeated sees rate is charged n: To guard sgainst mista in addition, Unless otherwise indiosted on its face; this is he company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any for of any message received for t: i hundred dollars; nor for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, an unrepea’ message and paid for as such; in consideration whereof it is agreed bet Ween the sender of the message and this company as follows: mii ion at the ted rate beyond the sum of five at the ti rate beyond the sum of five thousand dollars, unless Gpecially valued; nor in any case for delays arising from unavoidable interruption in the working of its lines; nor for errors in cipher or obscure messages. 2. In any event the company shall not be liable for damages, or mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for the non-delivery, of any message, whether caused by the negligence of its servantsor otherwise, beyond the sum of five thousand dollars, at which amount each message is deemed to be valued, unless a greater value is stated in writing by the sender thereof at the time the message is tendered for trans- mission, and unless the repeated-message rate is paid or agreed to be paid, and an additional charge equal to one-tenth of one percent of the amount by which such valuation shall exceed five thousand dollars. 3. The company is hereby made the agent of the sender, without liability, to forward this message over the lines of any other company when necessary to reach its destination. 4. D tic m and i ing eable towns. Beyond these limits the company does not undertake to make delivery, but will, without liability, sonable price. will be delivered free within one-half mile of the company's office in towns of 5,000 population or less, and within one mile of such office in other cities or at the sender's request, as his agent aad at his expense, endeavor to contract for him for such delivery at a reae No responsibility attaches to this company eoucerning messages until the same are accepted at one of its transmitting offices; and if a message is sent to such office by one of the company’s messengers, he 5. acts for that purpose as the agent of the sender. The company will not be liable for damages or statutory penalties in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the company for transmission. It is agreed that in any action by the company to recover the tolls for any message or messages the prompt and correct transmission and delivery thereof shall be presumed, subject to rebuttal by competent Special terms governing the transmission of messages according to their classes, as enumerated. below; shall-apply-to-messagerin each of such respective classes in addition to all the foregoing terms. No ploy of the P is authorised to vary the foregoing. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED R. B. WHITE, PRESIDENT CLASSES OF SERVICE. _ : TELEGRAMS A full-rate expedited services NIGHT MESSAGES Accepted up to 2:00 a.m. at reduced rates to be sent during the night and delivered not earlier than the morning of the ensuing business day. Night Messages may at the option of the Telegraph Company be mailed at destination to the addressees, end the Company shall be deemed to have discharged its obligation in such cases with respect to deiivery by mailing such night messages at destination, postage prepaid. DAY LETTERS A deferred day service at rates lower than the standard telegram rates as follows: One and one-half times the standard night letter rate for the transmission of 50 words or less and one-fifth of the initial rates for each additional 10 words or less. sete SPECIAL TERMS APPLYING TO DAY LETTERS: In further consideration of the reduced rate for this special Day Letter service, the following special terms fin addition to those enumerated above are hereby agreed to: : a. Day Letters may be forwarded by the Telegraph Company as a deferred service and the transmission and delivery of such Day Letters, is, in all respects, subordinate to the priority of transmission and delivery of regular telegrams. B.. This Day Letter is received subject to the express understanding and t that the Company does not undertake that a Day Letter shall be delivered on the day of its date absolutely, and at all events; but that the Company’s obligation in this respect ia subject to the condition that there shall remain sufficient time for the transmission and delivery of such Day Letter on the day of its date during regular office hours, subject to the priority of the transmission of regular telegrams under the conditions named above. _ NIGHT LETTERS Accepted up to 2:00 a.m. for delivery on the morning of the ensuing business day, at rates still lower than standard night message rates, as.follows; The standard telegram rate for 10 words shall be charged for the transmission of 50 words or less, and one-fifth of such standard telegram rate for 10 words shall be charged for each additional 10 words or less. , SPECIAL TERMS APPLYING TO NIGHT LETTERS: In further consideration of the reduced rates for this special Night Letter service, the following special terms in addition to those enumerated above are hereby agreed to: Night Letters may at the option of the Telegraph Company be mailed at destination to the addressees, and the Company shall be deemed to have discharged its obligation in such cases with respect to delivery by mailing such Night Letters at destination, postage prepaid. FULL RATE CABLES An dited service throughout. Code 1 DEFERRED HALF-RATE CABLES Half-rate messages are subject to being deferred in favor of full rate messages for not exceeding 2 hours. Must be in plain language. permitted. ‘CABLE NIGHT LETTERS An overnight service for plain language communications, at one-third the full rate, or less. _Minim of 25 words charged for. Subject to delivery at the convenience of the Company within 24 hours. SHIP RADIOGRAMS TREAT A service to and from ships at cea, in all parts of the world. Plain language or code language may Uae Pee.