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THE NIIIITIIII BILL.
MOST IMPORTANT CHANGES.
The Amended Sugar Schedule and Its Col-
lateral Provisions—Cotton Ties Be-
stored to the Dutiable List.
Wool, Lumber, Etc. '
Washington, July 20.—The revised
tariff agreement was reported by Chair-
man Dingley to the house today.
The report proper is not yet printed,
but the bill is printed with, all the
amendments as they will stand, togeth-
er with notes explanatory of the house
rates. ,
The sugar schedule agreed upon is
neither the house schedule nor the sen-
ate schedule, but an entirely new one.
It will provide more revenue by from
$2,000,000 to $3,000,000 than the schedule
originally presented to the conference.
It reads as follows:
“Sugars not above No. 16 Dutch
standard in color, tank bottoms, sirups
of cane juice, melada, concentrated
melada, concrete and concentrated mo-
lasses, testing by the polariScope not
above 75 degrees, ninety-flVe—one—hun-
dredths of 1 cent per pound, and for
every additional degree shown by the
polariscopic test thirty-five—one-thou-
sandths of 1 cent per pound additional,
and fractions of a degree in proportion;
and on sugar above No. 16 Dutch stand-
ard in color, and on all sugar which has
gone through a process of refining, 1
cent and ninety-five-one-hundredths of
1 cent‘ per poUnd; molasses testing
above 40 degrees and not above 56
degrees, 3 cents per gallon; testing
56 degrees and above, 6 cents per gal-
lon; sugar drawings and sugar sweep-
ings shall be subject to duty as mo-
lasses or sugar, as the case may be, ac-
cording to polariscopic test.”
Tarifl‘ to Take Efl‘ect at Once.
The most important changes are as
follows: .
The bill is to take effect immediately
instead of on May 1.
. Barax, 5 cents per pound instead of 2
cents as under the present law and the
house bill. '
Sodaash also takes the senate amend-
ment of three—eighths of a cent per
pound. Arseniate of soda, 134 cents per
pound.
White pine lumber, $2 per 1,000.
The following provision is inserted as
a senate amendment:
“Provided that if any country or de—
pendency shall impose an export duty
upon saw logs, round, unmanufactured
timber, stave bolts, shingle bolts or
heading bolts exported to the United
States or a discriminating charge upon
boom sticks or chains used by Amer—
ican citizens in towing logs, the amount
of such export duty, tax or other
charge, as the case may be, shall be
added as an additional duty to the du-
ties imposed upon the articles mention-
:ed in this paragraph when imported
from such country or dependency.”
On maple sugar and sirup the house
rate of 4 cents per pound is retained.
and on sugar cane the house rate of 20
per cent ad valorem. ‘
Saccharine, $1.50 and 10 per cent ad
valorem.
Sugar candy and all confectionery not
specially provided for in this act, val-
ued at 15 cents per pound or less, and
on sugars after being refined, when
tinctured, colored or in any way adul—
terated, 4 cents per pound and 15
per cent ad valorem; valued at more
than 15 cents per pound, 50 per cent
ad valorem. The weight and the value
of the immediate coverings, other than
the outer package, case or other cover-
ing, shall be included in the dutiable
weight and the value of the merchan-
disc.
The conference amendment changes
the rate on unstemmed tobacco to $1.85
per pound and adopts the senate amend-
ment providing that the term wrapper
tobacco means that quality of tobacco
which is salable for cigar wrappers, and
the term filler tobacco means all other
leaf tobacco. The rate on all unspecified
tobacco is 35 cents per pound. '
Snuff, 55 cents per pound; cigars, cig-.
arettes and cheroots, $4.50 per pound
and 25 per cent ad valorem.
Wool, Wood Pulp and Coal.
First class wools, 11 cents per pound;
second class, 12 cents; third class, the
value of which shall be 12 cents or less
per pound, 4 cents per pound.
Third class wool at a value exceeding
12 cents per pound, 7 cents per pound.
The house made the dividing line 13
cents and senate 10 cents.
Mechanically ground wood pulp, one-
twelfth cent per pound; chemically un—
bleached, one—sixth cent; bleached, one-
fourth cerrt, dry weight, with a proviso
for an additional duty equal to the ex-
port duty imposed by any country.
The duty on bituminous coal and all
coal containing less than 92 per cent of
fixed carbon, 67 cents, with' a proviso
that on all imported coal used on ves-
sels of American register in trade with
foreign countries a drawback shall be
allowed equal to the amount of duty.
Hides 15 {:r cent‘ ad valorem, with a
prOyiso for a drawback equal to the
amount of duty on all leather exported
" mathrc: imported hides.
Sugar and molasses: The house
differen’.ial between raw and refined
sugars and the general features of the
.house schedule are preserved, and the
senate amendments increasing the dif-
ferential to one-fifth and providing for
a reduction of one-tenth of the duty on
raw sugars not above 87 degrees, which
would have given a duty of 1.39 on 88
degrees sugar and only 1.26 on 87 de-
grees sugar, are not adopted. In defer-
ence to the wishes of those interested
in beet sugar production, that the sen-,
ate rate of 1.95 on refined sugar might
be retained as an- increased encourage-
ment to this industry, the duty on raw
sugars is increased 7%-100, so as to
make the increase 'On them the same as
the increase on refined sugar and thus
leave the differential between raw sug-
ar and refined the same as in the house
bill. - -
And to meet the objection which has
been urged that the house rates on low
grade raw sug'ar show a higher ad va-
lorem than those on the higher grades.
‘the duty on 75 degree sugar is reduced
5-100 of a cent, and then the duty pew
degree increased regularly from 3-100.
as proposed in the house bil‘ ‘0 31/.»105
in order to raise the dul" l- sug-
ars the same as on refined. ,
Cotton ties, which were plat .w. t“-
j. ‘ist by the senate, are 7.. -. ~ .
the- dutiable list at a reduced duty of
5-10 of 1 cent. , ,
The Eflect on Sugar Stocks.
New York, July 20.—Another excited
market for the certificates of the Amer-
ican Sugar Refineries company was
witnessed on the Stock Exchange to-
day. |Under exceedingly »' large deal-
ings the certificates made a new record,
selling at 139, the previous highest price
they had ever sold at having been 137%
on Tuesday of last week. The news
from Washington that the tariff bill
conferees had reached an agreement
was the stimulating influence.
LIEUTENANT PEARY SAILS.
Start of the Arctic Expedition on the.
Hope From Boston.
Boston, July 20.—The steam sealing
bark Hope, with Lieutenant R. E.
Peary and party on board, bound for
northern Greenland, left this port to-
day, fully equipped for the voyage. The
work of provisioning the vessel was be-
gun as 'soon as she arrived in port last
Thursday, and, with the intermission of
Sunday, when the religious scruples of
the Canadian seamen who are emplOy-
ed were respected and operations were
suspended, was completed only a short
time before the vessel sailed.
The. object of the voyage is to bring
about the establishment of a settlement
at a remote northern point in Green-
land, which shall be used as a base of
supplies for an expedition in search of
the north pole under Lieutenant Peary
in 1898. To this end a party of Eskimos
will be located at the new settlement
and will, during the next year, be en-
gaged in making preparations for Lieu-
tenant Peary’s expe’dition.
In the party which left here today
are 43 persons, including, besides Lieu-
tenant and Mrs. Peary and their daugh-
ter, their servants and the crew, Mr.
and Mrs. H. J. Lee of Meriden, Conn.,
Robert Stein of the United States geo-
logical survey, Albert Operti, the scenic
artist; J. D. Figgins of Falls Church,
Va.,'taxidermist; Dr. Frederick Sohon,
surgeon, Washington, and several in—
vestigating parties—one under the di-
rection of Professor C. H. Hitchcock
of Dartmouth, who will study glaciers
and the relics of the old Norse colonists
from Iceland, and another from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technolo-
gygunder, R. W. Porter, who will re—
main in the north through the next
winter to hunt. There are also on
board two representatives of the Na-
tional museum. , .
The Hope will make direct for 'Syd—
ney, C. B., where she will take in coal
for the rest of the voyage. The ship
Will skirt the coast of Greenland, drop-
ping the scientific party at various
points, and taking Lieutenant Peary
to Whale sound, where his plans for es-
tablishing a settlement will be carried
out. The return. voyage will be begun,
it is expected, in about five weeks after
the Hope arrives, and‘the parties will
be picked up on the way back.
Lieutenant Murford Under Arrest.
St. Paul, July 20.-—~Second Lieutenant
William H. Murford, Third infantry,
United States army, is under arrest at
Camp Lake View, near Lake City,
Minn., where the Third infantry is
spending its summer encampment, on a
charge of conduct unbecoming an offi—
cer and a gentleman. The specifica-
tions are as yet unknown, but are re-
ported to be in connection with money
matters.
BishOp Butler’s Funeral.
Rome, July 20.—The funeral of Mgr.
Butler, recently elevated to the see of
Concordia, Kan., who died from intes—
tinal paralysis on Friday, took place
today. Among those present were a
number of members of English and
American sisterhoods and several
American Roman Catholic women. The
mass was conducted by Mgr. O’Connor,
rectorof the American college in Rome.
Disaster to French Cavalry.
Paris, July 20.-At today’s meeting of
the cabinet M. Lebon, minister of the
colonies, announced that a force of
French cavalry from Timbuktu, while
pursuing a band of robbers, met with a
serious disaster. Two European offi-
cers, 2 noncommissioned officers and 29
native spahis were killed or are miss-
mg.
McDowell Wins a float.
London, July 20.-—~The Metropolitan
amateur regatta was rowed at Putney
today. In the race for the London cup,
the first heat was won by Blackstaffe,
who beat Whiting. The second heat was
won by Dr. McDowell of Chicago, who
led from the start and beat Everett in
8m. 35s.
Lorillard’s Beryl Wins.
London, July 20.——At Leicester today
the Wigston 2-year—old Selling Plate,
five furlongs, was won by Mr. P. Loril-
lard's Beryl, by SensationeBelphoebe.
Mr; J. L. Dugdale’s Sheep, by The
Lambkin—Kirtella, was second, and
Desolee (pedigree not given) was third.
_————A—-——-—-———
Rev. Dr. Swallow Sentenced.
Harrisburg, July 20.——Rev. Dr. Silas
C. Swallow of this city, who was recent-
ly found guilty of libeling Captain John
C. Delany, superintendent of public
buildings and grounds, was today sen-
tenced by Judge Simonton to pay a fine
of $500 and costs.
El Paso Smelter Running Night and Day.
El Paso, Tex., July 20.—The El Paso
smelter is running night and day to its
full capacity and cannot begin to work
the ores shipped to it. A company is
talked of to build smelting works at
Jufrez, Mexico.
Sir E. Monson’s Family Poispned.
Paris, July 20.——Slr Edmond Monson,
the British embassador, Lady Monson
and their whole hOusehold were serious-
ly poisoned by a dish of shell fish served
for dinner. All will recover.
Japan Will Arbitrate.
'Yokohama, July 20.—The official pa-
pers here say that Japan will probably
agree to the Haivaiian proposal to sub-
mit the immigration dispute to arbi-
tration.
Famous ~Pleasure Resort Burned.
Colorado Springs, July 20.—-The fa-
mous Broadmoor casino, the $100,00t
pleasure resort ef‘Colorado Springs, was
buined to the ground today. Loss, $110,-
000. '
A Slugging Match For Troy.
Troy. N. Y., July 20.—Larry Burns 0:
Oohoes and Mike McManus of Albany
will meet in a 20 round bout at the Man-
hattan Athletic club tomorrow night.
IIISIIIIGITI IIIII?
Said to Have Been Seen In New York
After the Alleged Murder. A
AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
Her Husband, a Sausage Manufacturer,
Charged With Having Killed Her
and Disposed of the Body by
Putting It Into His Vats.
New York, July 21.—Some facts came
to light in this city today in the case of
Adolph L. Luetgert, the Chicago sau-
sage maker accused of killing his wife,
which go to show that Mrs. Luetgert
may not have been murdered, but is
alive and well.
The murder was Supposed to have.
been committed in Chicago on May 1.
It was alleged that Luetgert had killed
his wife, with whom he had quarreled,
and to cover up his crime placed her
body in one of his vats and destroyed
it with powerful acids. It was said that
screams were heard in the boiler room ‘
on the night of May 1, and the police,
who made a thorough search of the
premises after Mrs. Luetgert was re—
ported to be missing, said that they
discovered two gold rings, some teeth,
pieces of bone and hair on the floor of
the vat. These facts the Chicago police
MRS. LUETGERT.
have been relying upon to prove the
charge of murder against Luetgert,
who all along has maintained his inno-
cence.
A. W'. C. Grottey of 14 West One Hun-
dred and Fifteenth street, a traveling
salesman, for Richard L. Shulhof, a fur—
rier, is positive that he met and talked
with Mrs. Luetgert in this city on May
7, six days after it is alleged that Luet-
gert killed his wife. Grottey says that
he met the woman in Chicago on his
trips several years ago. He was un-
married then, and so was Mrs. Luet-
gert, her maiden name being Louise
Bicknese. He became well acquainted
with her, and she gave him her photo-
graph, The young woman was pretty
and was popular with traveling men,
Grottey had not seen the woman for
several years, but was nevertheless
positive today that ~he saw her on
Broadway on the night of May 7. He
was standing in front of.a ticket office
with Mr. Shulhof and Robert Schintzel
of 52 Prince street.
Spoke to Mrs. Luetgert.
He is sure of the day, as he went to
the office to get tickets for a friend
who sailed on May 9. Mrs. Luetgert,
he said, was accompanied by another
woman. He instantly recognized her
and spoke with her for about ten min-
utes. He told her of his marriage and
that he was keeping house up in Har-
lem. He asked her to dinner, but she
refused the invitation on the plea that
she was in a hurry. She appeared ex-
cited and nervous and kept turning
around and looking at a man who was
standing near by and who seemed to
be with her, though he made no at-
tempt to join in the conversation.
The incident passed out of Grottey's
'mind until he read some days later that
Mrs. Luetgert had disappeared from
her home in Chicago and that her hus-
band was suspected Of having murdered
her. He mentioned his meeting the
woman to some of his friends, and they
advised him to notify the police.
Accordingly he told the stOry to Cap-
tain Groo of the Mercer street station
about May 15.’ Captain Groo took him
to the detective bureau after listening
to the story and Grottey repeated it tc
Detective Sergeant McCauley. > A letter
containing Grottey’s statement was
written to the Chicago police.
Grottey says that he also wrote tL
William A. Vincent of Chicago, counsel
for Luetgert, giving him the facts, but
had heard nothing from him.
Grottey also consulted Willard & Mil-
ler, a legal fii'm on Nassau st‘reet, con-
cerning the case. He was positive 'to-
day that. the Mrs. Luetgert who Wa:
said to have been murdered was the
same woman whom he used to know as
Louise Bichnese. He was familiar with
the circumstances of her marriage tc
Adolph L. Luetgert, and she had told
him that she was unhappy with hex
husband.
Grottey’s Theory. _
Grottey expressed his belief that the
woman had gone to Germany and hac
come to this city to prepare for her trii
when he met her. He said that he hac‘
been working up the facts quietly, as he
was rather reluctant to go to Chicago.
Actii‘lg Inspector O'Brien said today
that Grottey went to headquarters wit]:
Captain Groo and saw Chief Conlin
who turned them over to the detective.
O’Brien was away, and his
atement ii
bureau.
secretary took Grottey’s
the presence of Detective
Cauley.
“I thought, when I read the state-
ment, that Grottey was mistaken," saic
Acting Inspector O’Brien today, “so I
forwarded it to Chief Joseph Kipley o.
the Chicago police for what it wa:
worth.
”I did not attach much importance ti
Grottey’s statement because. I think ht
had not seen the woman for so long I.
time that he probably recOgnized an
other woman as Mrs. Luetgert."
New Russian Embaosador to Turkey.
St. Petersburg, July 21.—The appoint
ment of M. ZinOview, Russian embassa.
dor at Stockholm, to succeed Count da
Nelidoff as Russianembassador at Con
stantinople, together with. the latter’.
transfer from Constantinople to Rome.
is officially gazetted.
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Received for Premiums . - - - _
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01":- NEW" YORK. "
RICHARD A. McG‘UBDY, President. . p
Statement III III Year Elllllllli December 3l'sl,‘l89
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State Of New York.
INCOME,
$ 39,593,4I4 20
I0,I08;28l 07
4—__._._.—__—.
From all Other Sources . - . V . _
DISBURSEMENTS,
To Policy-holders for claims by Deth - - -
To Policy-holders forgEndowmenls. Dividends, elc. - - -
For all Other Accounts - - - - - .
ASSETS.
United Slates Bonds and other Securilie . - - - - '
Firsl lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage - - -
Loans on Stocks and Bonds — - -‘ - .
8 I2,595,||3 39
I2,‘842,456 ll
IUTTBITUUS 64
836,2”,515 l4
6 I I o,I25,062 I4
1I,643,929 '
ll,09l,52
22,161,666 60
l2.680.390 0.0
6,535,555, 06
$ 234,744, 483%
Ileal Estate - - - - - .
(lash in Banks and Trust componies - -
Accrued Interest, llel Deferred Premiums, elc. - - - -
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities - - -
’ ' zfifll‘iaai‘LL
surplus " " ' ' ' ' ' ' ' s l9}133g5|4 1!
" 3‘9|3;593533‘8 45
Insurance and Annuities in force - - ’ .
l have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department CHARLES A. PRELLE-R, 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
Io THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
TIIE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE GUIAPAIIY 0F IIEVI YUIIK
The undersigned, a Committee apppointed by your honorable body on the twentv-
third day of December, l896, to examine the Annual Statement of the Company, an J
verify the same, respectfully
REPORT
That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have at various dates betweent '~ ate of the
said reference and the date cf this Report attended at the office of the Company, and have been waited on by the treasurer
the Comptroller, the Auditor and and the Cashier, together With the the respective assistants 0" 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—in 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 havé
verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust companies, and have counted the cash on hand held by the
Cashier. '
.And the Committee certify that all the books, papers. documents and evidences of title of every description necessary in'
such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said ofiicers and their assistants, and that the same are
accurate, in good order and well kept. _ ' ‘ ~
And the Committee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the System and
methods adopted by the Company 111 recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation
ROBERT OLYPHANT J. HOBART HERRTCK
JAMES N. JARVIE CHARLES D DICKEY, Jn.
JAMES C. HOLDEN CHARLES R. HENDERSON
All of which is respectfully submitted
NEW YORK. JANUARY 25; 1897.
The company has issued an order whereby women can be insuredfivithout the extra
charge heretofore required. More definite information on the subject will be furnished by
the local agent, Mr. A H. Camp. - .
Board. of Trustees
GEORGE G. HAvEN
ADRIAN ISELIN J a:
GEORGE S. BOWDOIN
THEO. A. HAVEMEYER
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY
WILLIAM ROCEEEELLEE
JAMES N. JARVIE
CHAS D. DICKEY JR.
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
HENRY H. ROGERS
JNo. W AUOHINOLOSS
THEODORE MOREORD
WILLIAM BABCOCK
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB
FREDERIO CROMWELL
JULIEN T. DAVIES
ROBERT SEWELL
S, V. R. CRUGER .
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PECKHAM
J. HOBART HERRIOK
WM P. DIXON
ROBERT A. GRANNISS
ROBERT A GRAN N 188 Vic'efPreside'nt. '
' , ‘WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. ‘ —
ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President. HENRY E. DUNCAN, JR, Corresponding Secretary .
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. . ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary.
. FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. .
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMP SON. 2d Assistant Treasurer
WILLIAM P, SANDS, Cashier. EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistantflashier.
' EMORY McCLINTOCK, Actuary.
' JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant Actuary. . -
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller;
C. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER. Aggistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller
. JOHN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. , -
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor. ' ‘
MEDICAL DIRECTORS: _, . ,
ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D' GRANVILLENJWHITE, Al 2
SAMUEL D. BABCOOE
RICHARD~A. MOCURDY
JAMESC. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON POST
LEWIS MAY
OLIVER HARRIMAN
ROBERT OLYPHAN'I'
GEORGE F. BAKER
DUDLEY OLCO’I‘T
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GUSTAVU/ S S. WINSTON, M. D.
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