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THE MUTUAL 1.1m 11131111111161.1110.
RICHARD A. MCGURDY, Precident.
Statement for the Year Ending December 3Ist, l896.
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.
INCOME,
Received for Premiums - -
From all other Sources -
I
6 39,693,414 2o
l0,‘l09,28l o1
S 49,102.695 21
DISBURSHMENTS,
'I'o Policy-holders 'for Blaims by Death - . - -
To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc.
For all OtherAccounts - - - -
ASSETS.
nited States Bonds and other Securities - - -' -
First lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage - -- -
Loans on Stocks and Bonds - — - . - .
Real Estate ‘ - - - - - . -
(lash in Banks and Trust companies - - - - .
Accrued Interest, Ilet Deferred Premiums, elc- - . -
S l2,595,||3 39
I2,842,456 I
l0,18l,005 64
_ $36,2l8,5155;l4
s I I 6,126,032 16
11,643,929 66
11,o91,626 96
22,161,666 66
12,630,390 on
6,636,666 06
s 234,144,143 42
~ zo_6,o1o,633 12
s 29,133,5I4 To
3 9l8,698.338 45
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities ’
Surplus 1- - - - - -
Insurance and Annuities in, force
l h ave carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correc
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor.
From the Surplus a. dividend will be apportioned as usual ‘
Report of the Examining Committee.
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
To THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES or
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YOIIK
The undersigned, a Committee apppointed by your honorable body on the twenty-
third day of December, 1896, to examine the Annual Statement of the Company, and to
verify the same, .espectfully
REPORT
ursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have at various dates between the date of the
d the date of this Report attend~d at the office of the Company, and have been waited on by the Treasurer,
the Auditor and and the Cashier, together with the the respective asmstants of such officers, and have care-
fully gone Over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be correct. They have examined
and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared the price at which the
same are carried in said Statement With the market quotations and find the same not exceeding such quotations—1n fact, in
many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real property held by the Company,
and find the same to be as stated. They have also verified the valuations of the Company’s holdings of real estate and have
verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust companies, and have counted the cash on hand held by the
caSIléefild the Committee certify that all the books, papers. documents and evidences of title of every description necessary in
such examination have been freeiy submitted to the Committee by the said oihcers and their aSSistants, and that the same are
' 0' order and well 'e t .
accugfi§,t1filebgggmittee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the system and
methods adopted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation
ROBERT OLYPEIAN'I‘ J. HOBART HERRIOK
JAMES N. JARVIE CHARLES D'. DIUKE Y. JR.
JAMES C. HOLDEN CHARLES R. HENDERSON
That, p
said reference an
the Comptroller,
All of which is respectfully submitted
NEW YORK. J ANUARY 25, 1897.
The company has issued an order whereby women can be insured without the extra
charge heretofore required. More definite information on the subject Wlll be furnished by
the local agent, Mr. A H. Camp, .
‘ Board. of Trustees
GEORGE G. HAVEN
ADRIAN ISELIN JR.
GEORGE S. BO‘WDOIN
THEO. A. HAVEMEYER
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY
W'ILLIAM ROCKERELLER
JAMES N. JARVIE '
CHAS D. DIOKEY JR.
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
HENRY H. ROGERS .
JNO. W AUCHINCLOSS
'I HEODORE MORFORD
WILLIAM BABCOCK
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB
SAIimEL D, BABCOCR
RICHARD A. MCCURDY
JAMES ‘C. HOLDEN
HIRMANN C. VON POST
LIWIS MAY
OLIVER HARRIMAN
ROBmT OLYPHANT
GEORGE F. BAKER
DUDLEY OLCOTT
FREDERIC CROMWELL ‘
J ULIEN T. DAVIES
ROBERT SEWELL
S, V. R. CRUGER
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PECKEAM
J. HOBART HERRIOK
WM P DIXON ‘
ROBERT A. GRANNISS
ROBERT A GRANNISS, Vice-President.
WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager.
ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President, HENRY E. DUNCANSJR, Corresponding Secretary
WILLIASA J. EASTON, Secretary. ALBERT KLAMROTH, ASSistant Secretary.
. FREDERIC CROMWELL. Treasurer. ‘
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant. Treasurer. JAMES TIMESON. 2d Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P, SANDS, Cashier. EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Ass1stant. Lashier
, EMORY M CCLINTOUK, Actuary.
JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Ass1stant Actuary. .
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. ‘ WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
C. CLIFFORD GRETS LN GE R, ASAistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller.
JOHN C. ELLIO 1‘, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. '
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS: ‘
ELIAS J. MARSH, M. “D' GRANVILLE MWWHITE, M, D
GUSTAVUS s. WINSTON, M. D."
tie'neral Agent for
I3.011“. W' NICHOLS in" II-avetn, State of Gonnecllcut.
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on! Friday. .
THE EVENING GAZETTE;
BERLIN CABLE LETTER
Our Proposed Tariff Bill Is Amusing
Fierce Animosity.
THE NAVY FIGHT QUICKBNS.
In Consequence, Von Bollmunn \Vants to
Resign. and Prince Hohenlohe Is Like-
wise Tired of Office—Emperor Wil-
llani’s Grave Eccentricities.
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BERLIN, March 92.——The German press
displays special interest in the new Amer-
ican tarifl‘. The Cologne Gazette pub-
lishes the full text of the bill, and all the
leading newspapers publish extracts from
it and editorials on the subject. The lat-
ter breathe a spirit of fierce animosity and
strong desire for reprisals. The Kleines
Journal says:
“If this bill becomes law, Europe, es-
pecially Germany, must feel it to be an
intentional blow in the face. A large part:
of our experts are thereby prohibited, and
another part is rendered extremely difii-
cult. Many of our industries will be forced
to completely reorganize their system of
production, raise the quality of their goods
and specialize. This will require a. period
of experiments and delays. In the mean-
while much of the commerce willlbe lost. ”
Referring to the currency plans of the
United States government, the Kleines
Journal remarks:
“We deem Silver to be a. danger to gold
countries, especially to Germany, even
greater than the tariff danger.
mainder of our commerce in America. will
be put upon a shifting basis of values, and
what losses, too, are threatened to our
financial investments in the United States!
Our holdings in the Northern Pacific rail-
road alone amount to 200,000,000 marks,
and milliards of German capital will be
imperiled. ”
The Tageblatt, National Zeitung, Co-
logne Gazette, Weser Zeitung and Ham-
burger Nachrichten publish similar arti-
cles. ~
“’illiam’s Eccentricities.
In regard to the stories of Emperor Wil-
liam’s insanity, it is stated privately by
men who know him more or less intimate-
ly, such as a score of members of the dip-
lomatic corps, court officials and others
Who have accompanied him on board the.
imperial yacht ‘Hchenzollern during his
summer trips, that his majesty is very
nervousand irritable, his features twitch-
ing frequently. He seems to have a ten-
decy to epilepsy or some similar nervous
disorder, but his behavior has always been
that of a person mentally sound and re-
sponsible. They admit that the emperor
has certain eccentricities, chiefly inordi-
nate vanity, concerning which many queer
anecdotes are in circulation.
The naval’ crisis still monopolizcs atten-
tion in inner political circles, and intense
interest was shown in the fact that for the
first time this session members of the
rcichstag flock to Berlin from all parts of
Germany. The fioOr and galleries of. the
reichstag on Thursday were packed with
people.
The budget committee rejected 12,000,-
000 marks of next year’snaval demands
on the ground of the unfavorable condi-
tion of finances, but the government claims
this is untrue and that there will be a sur-
plus of 59,000,000 marks at the end of
1898, of~ which sum 45,000,000 will be
available for interior purposes. The con~
trast of this statement is the fact that the
bundesrath, to which body the finances of
the empire are also known, struck off even
larger amounts from the naval budget
than did the budget commission of the
reichstag. This double mark of disfavor
with his plans was the reason for the de-
sire of the secretary of the navy, Vice Ad-
miral von Hollmann, to resign, and it is
currently reporter] that the imperial chan-
cellor, Prince Hohenlohe, is likewise tired
of Office, owing to his recent inconsiderate
treatment by the emperor in matters where
the constitutional responsibility rests
wholly with the chancellor. It is under-
stood that during a conference on Wednes-
day his Iiiajesty’adjustcd the matter and
(lid his best to dissuade Prin’ce Hohenlohe
from resigning.
Germans For Germany.
The emigration bill now before the
reichstag contains paragraphs evidently
aimed at emigration to the United States.
The government. in an accompanying
memoranda. : iglores the act. that large
numbers of poople annually go‘ to the
United States, "where they become wholly
lostto the political and economic interests
of Germany, " and incidentally speaks fa-
vorably of emigration to Mexico and South
America.
In the “Colonial Year Book,” just pub
lished, Herr Hesse, a high government
official and leading member of the Coloni-
al society, proposes legislation to prohibit
German subject's from ever giving up their'
political allegiance.
The Cretan question arouses little on-
thusiasm here. Prince Bismarck, in the
Hamburger Nechrichten, continues to
deprecate interference in behalf of “Cre-
tan Sheep stealers or Greek thieves."
The Socialists in the reichstng will
shortly formally protest against Germany
joining in the coercion of the Cretans.
The Socialists and Radicals commemo-
rated on Thursday last the uprising of
1846 by decorating the graves of [the vic-
tims. The police seized several red flags.
The Socialist leaders addressed nine mass
meetings in the evening. The speakers in.
cluded Herren Bebel and Liebknecht.
Lieutenant W. S. Sims. the new United
States naval “attache at St. Petersburg
and Paris. spent a few days in Berlin dur-
ing the Week.
Miss Siege]. a graduate of the Milwau-
kee university and the first female pupil
of the state clinic of Prussia, has just
been admitted to the University Of Breslau.
To Make More Money.
NEW YORK, March 22.—’l‘he announce-
ment is made that. Julia. Marlowe and
Robert Taber will organize separate com-
panieslnext season. This arrangement is
entered into for business reasons. it. being
considered disadvantageous for two Stars
to appear together.
Looks Like Foul Play.
SYRACUSE, March 22.—John Halusky,
a Hungarian living seven miles from this
city at Split Rock, was found dead at- the
'foot of a steep embankment near-his home
yesterday. There was a deep gash ‘On the
side of his head, and it. looks like foul play.
Town Clerk Braintreo‘ Dead.
BRAINTREE, Muss, March 22.—Snmuel
,A. Bates, for the past 25 years tov’vn clerk
of Bmlntree, died at his home in South
Braintree yesterday, aged 75 years.
; - Terrell and the Sultan.
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 22.- United
States Minister to Turkey Alexander—Ter-
rell had a private audience with the sultan
The re--
KILLED IN A WREGK.
Body Washed Away.
OAKLAND. Md, March 22.-—-A passenger
train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
ran off the track on the bridgea mile west
of here. The first. sleeper rolled into the
Youghiogheny river. _ .
General J. S. Fullerton was carried
down in the Pullman car and killed. A
search was made for the body, but it; could
not be found. His clothing was found in
the wrecked car.
General Fullerton occupied section 6 of
the wrecked sleeper and was in the end of
the car which went into the deepest- water.
It is supposed that- he was rendered un-
conscious and was drowned and that his
body fell through a window and was wash-
ed away. His identity was established by
papers found in his clothing. which was.
left. in the sleeper.
General Joseph S. Fullerton was born
in December, 1835, at Chi-llicothe, 0. He
had distinguished family connections, and
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison and Mrs. Ruth-
erford B. Hayes Were first cousins. He
was educated at Oxford, 0., and practiced
law at. St. Louis. Shortly after the war
broke out he entered the volunteer service
as a captain on the stafi of General Gordon
Granger and served several years with
conspi’cuous gallantry, participating in
Clickamauga and in other notable en-
gagements. During the regime of Presi-
dent Andrew JOhnson he was postmaster
at St. Louis. President Harrison appoint—
ed mm president of the Chickamauga park
commission, and since then he has spent
most Of his time in Washington. He was
secretary of the Society of the Army of the
Cumberland and for years was prominent
ly identified with the Loyal legion. He
leaves a sister, Miss Madge Fullerton, and
a daughter aged 9, both of Washington.
THE RAGING FLOODS.
Western and Southern States Under Water
and the Worst: Yet to Come.
CHICAGO, March 22.—-Raging waters
continue their work of ruin. Dams and
levees are crushed, lives taken, crops swept
away, stock is drowned, homes and shel-
ters are crumbled, trees are torn out by
the roots, railroad tracks are submerged,
bridges go out in the torrent, and despair
settles down with the uncontrollable wa-
ters. In the country districts and in the
towns the situation grows more alarming
day by day. Illinois is suffering now. At
Carmi Jacob Zeigler was drowned in the
backwaters of the Little Wabash.
The south is in a. bad way. The Mom—
phis people have made their city a haven
of refuge for the flood stricken ones. A
committee is looking after the needs of the
unfortunate who have lost their homes
and lands, and everything is being done
to relieve their sufferings.
Wisconsin towns are under water. In
some cases factory fires are out and city
lighting plants are submerged. Tales of
p‘eril and hardship and gloomy outlook
come from Fond du Lac, Ripon, Sheboy-
gun, Beloit, Racine, Plainfield and other
cities. At Fond du Lac . all the business
section is flooded, and basements are full
of water.
Iowa is suffering intensely. At Sioux
City all the lowland is submerged, and
the Floyd river is on a rampage. Every
bridge on the Big Sioux between Sioux
City and Hawarden has been swept out,
and thousands of acres of farm lands along
the river are under the torrent. Towns
which are suffering most are Rock Val-
ley, Charles City, Dubuque and l- . okuk,
reports from these places indicatingr that
the worst is yet to come.
GOLD IN PBNNSYLVAN IA.
High Grade Quartz Said to Have Been
Struck In Tussey Mountain.
BEDFORD, Pa.., March 22.-—There is
great excitement in this region over the
discovery of gold in the Tussey mountain.
P. H. Schuss and D. Y. Swayne of
Huntington and C. M. Haldcrman of Bed-
ford have sunk a shaft to adepth of 80 feet,
which reveals a bed of heavy red shale con-
taining 20 per cent of copper and some
gold. From the side of the mountain two
tunnels. each 100 feet in length, have been
dug, and in them is found a. gray quartz
which contains a high percentage of gold.
Professor M. C. lhlseng, mining engi.
user at the Pennsylvania state college. as-
sayed a sealed check sample containing
$513 in gold per ton. .
Professor Ililseng said: “I do not know
that the sample I assayed came from Tus-
sey. mountain. though I believe the person
who sent into me is confident that; it did.
“I assayed another rock which showed
only $11 worth of gold to the ton. Even
if the gold does not run higher than that
the mine will pay if properly worked. "
It iswthe intention of the owners to con-
tinue prospecting and investigating.
Neal Dow’s Birthday.
PORTLAND, Me, March 22.——The ninety-
third anniversary of the Hon. Neal Dow,
the father of prohibition, was duly observ-
ed last night by an audience which com-
pletely filled city hall. Owing to the in-
clemency of the weather the patriarch was
not. able to attend, but sent. a brief letter
of thanks, in which he stated that he
thought he should not live to see prohibi-
tion an accomplished fact.
Larrieu to Be Liberated.
HAVANA, March 22.—The case against
Francisco J. Larrieu, a naturalized Amer~
ican, who was arrested In Matanzas on a
charge of conspiracy, has been released.
The government authorities ordered that:
Larrieu be liberated and placed at the dis-
position ot Consul General Lee. Larr‘ieu
has agreed to leave the island.
McCaIlum Succeeds Bryan.
WASHINGTON,
Sherman has turned over to James Mc-
Callum his son-in-la“. the work of edit-
ing and distrihuriug the statutes of each
session of congress a place filled ever since
SecretaryBayard sadministration by Har-
ry Bryan, formerly Mr Bayard‘s private
secretary.
Shot Himself Dead.
BOSTON, March ‘22.-—Charles C. Grant,
95 years old. residing at Natick. Mass.
committed suicide at. the Castle Square
_ hotel. this city, yesterday by Sheeting him-
self in the breast.
Killed by a Train.
EVERETT, Mass, March 22.-——Waltcr F.
Henderson. 22 years old and unmarried. of
this city was killed last night by being
struck by a passenger train at East Everett.
A \Vomau Burned to Dentin.
MEDFORD, Mass, March 22,—Mrs. Mar-
garet McDonald was burned to death at
her home last night. her clothes having
taken fire tom an overturned lamp.
Canada’s Papal Delegate.
LIVERPOOL, M rch 2:3.-—Mgr. Merry del
Val, the papal
sailed for New York on board the Cunard
Illne steamer Umbria. ' . ’. .
Ethan! J. S. Fullerton Drowned and His
March 22. — Secretary
elegance to Canada, has"
work to do, write to us.
. When im .
knocks at a. wo-
man ’ 5 heart he
usually comes in
disguise. Doesn’t
- want ‘it known
"what he’s up to.
I f 'she knew all
about the lr‘ttle
rascal,'would .she
let him in ? That’s a question.
Women are apt to look upon
=. love and marriage as puter
‘1- a matter of sentiment and af-
fection. That is pretty nearly
right; et there is a practical
sideto it too - and the best way
to‘preserve t 'e ideal aspect of
marriage and mateynity is not
to forget the practical part of
it. Awoman cannot be a. than
on hly happy wifeoand mother
un ess the istinctive physical
organism of her sex is m a
healthy and Vigorous condi-
tion. The best friend that we-
man ever had is the “ Favorite
: 9-, Prescription,” of Dr. R. V.
5' Pierce, Chief Consulting Phy-
3’ Lsician of the Invahds’ Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Buflalo,
~ M N. Y. 'The “Prescription,” 15
a perfect and infallible remedy for every
form of “female weakness.” It cures by
restoring health and strength to the Inter-
nal organism, which cannot be reached by-
“ local applications ;” thus the cure is radi-
cal, complete and constitutional. .
D'r. Pierce’s eminent reputation as a phy-
sician of wide learning; and .hismspecml
knowledge of the-delicate and Intricate or.
ganism of women, accounts for the unpar-
alleled confidence, which women place In
his “Favorite Prescription,” over every
other remedy. Its use obv1_ates the neces-
sity of dreaded “examinattror’i’s” and the
ot "‘local treatmen s. _ .
stgfie {define Dear Sir :———I suffered fourteen
years with female weakness, nervousness and
general debilit , trying everything I coul 511th
to help me—a to no avail. I then heard 0
Dr. Pierce’s medicines and although I was thor-
oughly discouraged, I thought I would try ope:
more to find relief. I took your “ GoldminMedica.
Discovery" and “ Favorite Prescription, _ and to:
great praise cannot be given for t e rapid relie
they gave me. I am now free from the forms
troubles. Very sincerely yours,
(Mrs) w]. ..' W
Box 46, Saratoza. _
Santa Clara (20.. C84
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