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OF NEW YORK.
177033 ARE A. McGURDYs President. ’ ‘
_ Statement for the Year Ending Dec. 31,’97.
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the ‘State of New York.
LNGGME.
Received for Premiums , . .y . . . $42,693,201 99:
From all other Sources . . . . . 11,469,406 24
‘ $54,162,608 23
DIQBUESEMENTSQ °
To Policy-holders for Claims by Death . ' . . $13,279,630 66
To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. . 12,712,424 76
For all other Accounts . . . . p . . 10,132,015; 57
$36, 124,060 99
ASSETQQ
United states Bonds and other Securities . - .
, $132,017,341 4.5
First Lien Loans .on Bond and Mortgage . . . 69,433,937 3;
Loans on'Stocks and Bonds . . . . 12,880,308 00
Real Estate . . . . . . . 21,618,454 as
Cash in‘Banks and Trust Companies . " . . 11,705,195 ,3,
Accrued'slnterest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. ' . . 6,141,300 '30
.-.‘ , ., ‘ ' ....> . , , WW
'riPoRcies and other Liabilities ' * . . 5253’786’437‘
Reserve‘ii‘v . 218,278,143 '07
Surplus -, . . . . . . $35,508,194 '80
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Insurance’ian‘d“ Annuities in Fe... ». . . $936,634.49 . a
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THE : “Tm, 1.1.3 [nuance la,
G G A} 2; T 1‘ a
ALMOST A SCANDAL.
Mrs. Hillyer turned upon her com-
paniOn with a flash of indignation in
her gray. eyes, and a briglrter pink
dyed her fair cl eeks.
she demanded in low tones which
trembled with feeding. .
,“What I said,
Lander, looking down upon her with
a peculiar sparkle in his sombre eyes.
"'I don’t wonder that it affects you so.
When I saw it, it was all I could do
to prevent myself from springing for-
ward and throttling that faithless
husband of. yours."
“You say that with your own‘eyes
you saw Robert IIillyer kiss a. wo-
man—that is the charge, is it?” in a
calm, measured way. -
“Yes. And you his wife! For this
man you trampled my love in the dust.
0h, Mildred, how I would have cher-
ished you 1”
2‘You forget yourself, Mr. Lander.”
“Yes, forgive me—I think only of
you.” . ,
“Can you tell me just when and
where you witnessed this remark-able
scene?”
“At Arlington’s ball. You know
where the Cupid and Psyche Stands?
I was having a solitary cigar in the
shadow of a. laurel, when he—your
husband-came along with a lady. I
saw him plainly, though I could not
tell who she was. They stopped
among the, palms just back of the
statuary, and—what is the matter?”
Mildred’s pink-lined sunshade con-
cealed her face from his view, but
the convulsive breathing, fluttering the
lace at her throat, told him that she
was greatly moved. ‘
“Mildred! I should have spared you,
but I'could not! ”Curse the infamous
wretch who has been the cause of
your unhappiness—who, having won
the loveliest woman on earth, wears
her so lightly—who—J'
as the pink-lined sunshade was slant-
e‘d hackand rammed arosy. dimming
face. . . -- .
“0h!” laughed Mrs. Hillyer. “I
can’t keep up my role of tragedy
queen, though I must congratulate
' you on.,the,'success you are in playing
the,,heavy;._vlllain. Mr. Lanrod,” more
lhave carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct: 1 seriously.,:§-'Eoul.are too good a friend
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER, AuditOr. \Of m-me- You Worry too much about
I From the Surplus a. dividend will be apportioned as usual
lleport of theExaminin‘g Committee.
A ' A Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
To THE HONORABLE, TEE BOARD OF TRUSTEES or
TIE MUTUAL LIFE IISIIIIAIIGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK.
. The undersigned, a Committee appointed by your honorable body, on the twenty-
second day of December. I897,t0 examine the Annual Statement of the Company and
to verify the same, respectfully—fl . ,
REPORT
That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have at ' ‘
date of the said reference and the date of this Report, attended at the office of the Companyfaarilgulsiaiflizezebwéen the
by the Treasurer, the Comptroller,the Auditor, and the Cashier, together with the respective assistants of s v{fliltsed u
and have carefully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be 00:0 noflicers
have examined and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Compa‘ny and“ on. They
the prices at which the same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations, and find the same not Compared
such quotations—in fact, in many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mono-a eXceeding
property held by the Company, and find the same to be as stated. They have also verified the valuatio; gfet: on real
pany’s holdings — of real estate and have verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust 0 - 8 Com-
have counted the cash on hand held by the Cashier. compames, and
And the Committee certify that all the books, papers, documents, and evidence of title of every descr' t' .
sary in such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said officers and their as ie 1p Ion needs“
the same are accurate, in good Order, and well kept. s ‘WMS. and tlfit
And the Committee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a. high order and th t
and methods adOpted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to c a the System
All of which is respectfully submitted. CHAS. R. HENDERSON ELBRIDGE T. GERRY A N gymendation
NEW YORK. J anuary'Zl, - 1898. S. V. R. CRUGER J. HOBART HERRICK JAMES CAgfgfiE
, Board Of Trustees-
SAMUEL D. BARcock
RICHARD A. MCCUBDY
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON POST
WILLIAM J. SEWELL
OLIVER HARRIMAN
ROBERT OLYPRANT
GEORGE F.'BAKER
DUDLEY OLGOTT
HENRY H. ROGERS
JNo. W AUCHINGLOSS
THEODORE MORFOBD
WILLIAM BABCOOK
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB
1
ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President.
FREDERIG CROMWELL
J ULIEN T. DAVIES
A. N. \VATERHOUSE
S. V. R. CRUGER
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PECKHAM
J. HOBART HEBRIOK
WM. P. DIXON
ROBERT A. GRANNISS ,
GEORGE G. HAvEN
ADRIAN ISELIN JR. ‘
GEORGE S. BownorN
WILLIAM C. VVHI'I'NEY
WILLIAM ROCKEEELLER
JAMES N. JARVIE
CHAS D. DICKEY JR
ELBRIDGE T GERRY
JAMES SPEYERJ
. , ' 7’ . .WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager.
IEIAIfIfiEMLJJ%YD: ‘2d .Vice-Presdent DUElt du-P. BRECK. Corresponding Secretary
3 - . ASION, Secretary. FREDERIC CROMWISIIIIEETRT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary.
. _ , reasurer. ' . »
WE}; IAA 315(3):.“ng Ass1s‘tantn'TreasurerL' JAMES” TIME‘SON. 2d Assistant 'Treusuier.
_. b DS, Cashier. ‘ - EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
J OgiglIgRTYthgCKLlJNTOCK, Actuary.
7 . _ . A , ta,Assistant Actuar . I '
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. . .WILLIAM Wy. RICHARDS, Comptroller
C. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER. Assistant Auditor. HENRY-S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller "
~ JOHN. C. ELLIOI‘, Superintendent Of Domestic Agencies. ' '
_4 EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor.
- :MEDICAL DIRECTORS:
ELIAS J. MARSH. M. D' GRANVILLE II WHITE. ‘3 D
G. s. WINSTON M. D. Consulting. . ’
* A. ERCAMPyLocal Agent.“
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trifles. I- shall give Robert «a lecture,
and I am sure it will never happen
any more.”
“.You are different from what i
thought you if you can let such a
thing pass so lightly."
is so unconventional. He thought
there would be no scandal if he stole
a kiss from his wife in the dark.”
_ “It was you?" he asked, forcing a
smile to his pale l'ips. “How infernal-
Can you ever forgive me?”
“Yes, and forget you, too. Your
Very protective, watchful friendship
is wholly unnecessary, Mr. Lander.
Robert dearly loves to take care of
me, and you are superfluous. Be
good enough to transfer your kindly
offices to some woman who will up-
preciate them more.”
Landor bowed. His best-laid plan
had “gang aglee." -
New Engagement. Ring.
Even the engagement ring, of the
New York girl tells the story of the
times she is living in. It might not- be
thought that lovers, generally all suffi-
cient unto themselves, Would be influ-
enced by consideration of patriotism
and memories of the war that has just
come to an end, but there are evi-
dences that they are. The new en-
gagement ring is patriotic in the ex-
treme, and several engaged girls are
proudly wearing it.
~It displays the three national colors
and is really three rings. These are
quite separate and distinct. Each is a
very narrow band of gold, on which is
set seven very small stones. There
must be no display. Each must he ex~
tremely simple, and the combined ef-
fect of the three very quiet and ele—
gant.
The first band or ring has rubies for
its sevenstones. These are ranged in
a row. The second. ring, of‘seven Oth-
er stones similarly placed, is of dia-
monds, the whitest that can be found.
The third ring, shows blue in its seven
sapphires. _.
All this is rather expehsive, despite
the fact that the stones necessarily
are small ones. So it can safely be
. said that not many engaged girls will
be able to.“.sport" a ring or rings of
this variety. It is a betrothal present,
however, that any girl who once sets
eyes on one of them will envy."—New
York Herald.
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“Knots” and Miles.
The use of the word “knot” in con-
nection with the speed and distance
sailed or steamed by a Ship in a given
time is open to miscong‘truction. The
difference between the geographical
mile. as the term is usedby landsimen.
and a-nuutical mile is that the latter
measures 6,080 feet, or 800 feet more
than the land "mile. Thus, when ,we
read of a war ship making 20 knots, it
means that she is covering 23 ordin-
ary miles in an hour.—‘—,New,York Her-
ald. .. : I
Soldier’s Miagiianinious Act.-
The war with Mexico is a part of
and'DayIS and Lee came out of it’imx
mortal. The epic of‘tliat great strug-
gle was; the storming of Chapultepec.
Thatufrotrning fortress was the Gib-
raltar olellexico. Its massive walls
Qigsccmed impreghuble.‘ --But American.
‘1, trial-lug knewnoobstacles, and un’iu- .
trcpid "99.33.7697 volunteers Was? chosen
to {scaleund assault it. ‘ " " " -
:33“ .’I" ‘."l.‘.‘:;'-
“What do you mean, Mr. Land-or?” .
of course,” replied y
Lander stopped Short in amazement
“It was bad‘form, but the dear boy
ly stupid I was not to have known it! .
our martial history. Tiylor and Scott.-
4'
THE CA Mr FIRE.
After a. good day’s SD01't_W€ dr'eysv
around the camp-fire and told stories.
When every one had contributed his
' personal quota, we looked slyly at the
colonel. . '
l “I suppose you fellows expect me to
say something now?” was his inter-
roga-tion.
. We expressed ourselves as anxious
. to that effect, and he gave me a long,
lsteady look, as if studying my fea—
ltures. Then, glancing out into the
: darkness, ‘he began:
“It was while I still were the shoul-
der~straps of a lieutenant that we had
a hot fight with the Johnny Rebs in
the eastern part of Kentucky.
“Our forces came out victorious, and
among the prisoners was a dashing,
handsome lieutenant that I congratu-
lated myself upon taking. Looking
me in the eye he threw back his coat
and said: ‘Lieutenant, you would
never have taken me but for this.’ And
I saw a bullet hole just above his
heart.
“I must say that I felt a sharp pain
shoot through my heart. He was in
the very flower of manhood. Stepping
up to him’, I put my arm around his
body to support him. urging him to lie
down. He shook his head and said,
1
.BY
O
foes.’ Then a spasm of pain contort-
ed his face, and he whispered: ‘Lieu-
tenant, you look like an honest man,
and when the last roll shall be called
it will be as men that we shall an-
swer—only men. Then, as a man, I
shall ask a favor of you.’ His utter—
ance grew thick for a moment, but
with an effort be continued: ‘Yout'
forces are pushing on to S——. I know
it, and I want you when there to de-
liver this package of letters'—taking
them from his pocket. ‘They are from
my wife—tell her~tell——her—I died
thinking of her.’ He kissed a picture
that was in the package, then looking
appealingly at me' he gasped: ‘Will
you deliver them? God bless—bless’
wand with blurred eyes and shaking
arm I laid him gently down, for he
never finished {his sentence.
“I glanced at the letters and saw
that they were addressed to Lieu-ten-
ant Russell,
should attempt to tell you of the
beauty of that face, you would think
heart to deliver the letters and mes-
sage to his wife.
“I had not long to wait for an op-
portunity. In two weeks we were in
possession of the town of S——’—, and in
widow. I learned that she was not
yet aware of her husband‘s fate.
“Gently as 1 could I gave her to un-
wounded, but her intuition told her
the truth. \Vith a heart-lending cry
she fell fainting. The other inmates
of the house rushed "to the room. I
remained lopg enough to give my name
and a-ske-d'to be called upon if. I at
any time could be of assistance. Then,
leaving the letters, I went back to
camp.
“Some weeks later she sent for me.
When I called, I~found~ her in the same
room where I had seen her before,
but she was in an invalid‘s chair, and
beside her sat a black mammy with
an infant in her lap. If her face had
been beautiful before, it had some-
thing of heaven in it then. She mo-
tioned me to a seat, then begged me
to tell her everything about the death
Of her husband.
“There was little to tell, yet I went
over the death scene, while the tears
streamed from her lovely eyes. When
I finished, she lay back as if she could
bear no more, yet. reaching out her
hand to me, she said:
“I thank you, Lieutenant N———. You
have been very kind. I should want
to die, too, but that now I have our
child to live for-.’ And she looked at
the child witha world of love in her
eyes.
“When the war ended I sought the
town of S——. In her house 1 found
strangers, and inquiries brought out
the facts that she had gone to her
home in Louisiana, and word had
come of her death from fever, con-
tracted by nursing sick soldiers.
“And now, young gentlemen,
know my romancieuand'why I have
never married,” said the colonel, get-
ting up hastily before anyone could
speak. He walked out into the dark-
ness. _
“A sentimental old chap,” remarked
Tom.
‘:S»liut up. you fool." I said savagely.
Soxhething was choking me. I, too,
got up and wentinto the mysterious
shadows.
\Vhen the other fellows had. crept
into their beds in the tent, I Still wait.
~ ed for him. At last he approached.
“Colonel,” 1 called softly, and he
ture? May I see it?”
W \ walked toi'drd each other and
met over the dying camp-fire. He
.drew out a. picture and struck a match
and the word “Mother!” burst from my
picture of 'her many a. time. He
caught me in his strong grasp.
“Boy, boy, is this so? Prove it is
so, and my fortune is yours for her
sake. You have her hair and eyes—
thalt’s why I have'loved you all along.
You remind me of her, ‘but can you
proveit?” . »
"I’ll let mother herself prove it,” I
answered.
' andeeand—ahandsomer.” .
' That’s all, except that now
a rightto call the colonelfather land
have. plenty of cash .all,,.the time. but
it would never haveuliappened'but f0)
“cinuuti'TlPost. ’ ‘ ,,
‘I shall die standing and facing my-
and the picture—if . 1'
me in my dotage. I put it and the let-3f,
ters' into my pocket, and from that ,’
momenta burning desire arose in my”
my-first leisure I set out to find the"
derstan'd that her husband had been
you _
started: “Colongl, have you her pic:
that I might see. I gave one glance.-
lips. I had seen just such a faded
I ii-ia've, .
"taken to that institution.
"'caiised.;_souie excitement, among the
"assembled throngs, and causeda brief 2 _
' Itoppage'bf‘the-parade} ' - ‘i . '
.iH'
the- stories oyer the camp-fire..- Cinf
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. EXCIII‘NGTIMES m was" , '41
European Complications arnd-‘Demanrfi
' Mark Prices Up Sharply. I'_
New York, October 21,—There was a
decided flurry in wheat y'eSterday and
for a. time after the market opened the
scenes in the pit were of the same ex-
citing nature as they were ,last spring
during the progress of the Deiter deal.
.The foreign markets were'respo'hsible
for the unusual advances both here‘
and at Chicago, as the December and ~—
March options at Liverpool were .8811". ,
i113 four pence higher than yesterday
when trading began hére in the morna
ing. This sudden bulge was entirely
unexpected, and early traders on the
“curb" covered their short contracts,
with great alacrity. In the open mar-
ket the Speculative futures started the
day at a. two cent gain over the day
before, and as the pendulum on the
big dial under the gallery which re«
cords quotations made a. complete cir—
cuit twice; inactive traders, cheered
and active traders bellowed and per—
formed amusing contortions in their
efforts to sell or buy at an advanta—
geous figure. .
The political Situation abroad, which
was regarded as more serious than
ever, combined with the immense ex-
port demand from nearly every large
European country, has caused the up-
turn in wheat prices. Sales are daily
being made in this city and at. Balti-
more and Philadelphia of from 1.000.-
000 bushels to 1,500,000 bushels of wheat
and corn. This is greater than the
amount .of new wheat that is at the
seaport cities, or is due to arrive in
some time. The greater part of these
sales are fer the United Kingdom and
for the Continent. The flour sales also
are enormous.
An Execution Carnival
Vancouver, B. C.. Oct. 21.—-According
to the latest advices from China, eight
subordinate leaders of the Kwangski
rebellion have been beheaded at Wu
Chow. They we're carried in “baskets
through the principal streets as a.
warning spectacle amid the laughter
and jeers of men, ‘women and children.
Ten thousand people witnelsed the
decapitation and made it a. gala day.
Little children copied their parents.
who joked at the dying rebels a. second
before the axe fell. When all was over
the children played among the head-
less. bleeding corpses and made Sport
[with the black, disfigured heads.
' ‘ Mandarlns and headsmen' improvised
a sort of May pole and the heads of the
frebeis were'pla'cedon'tOp. the children
dancing around ftliem." The governor
advised the ‘ma'r'idérini 'to ‘ make the
"beheading as‘testive'u pessl‘ble, so as
to insure "disg'IISt ’for -the‘rebels in the
hearts of‘the' people. 'A' banquet was
afterward spread. ' ,
The "Japan'MaiW says a. petition has
been sent to the government by foreign
consuls requesting that beheading be
discontinued. ' '
American Capital in China.
San Francisco, Oct. 20—Wllllam Bar-
clay Parsons, who represents the New
York syndicate that is to build the new
railroad from Hankow to Canton, is in'
this city, and will sail on the China.
accompanied by several engineers, to
make a reconnaisance of the route.
. The American syndicate is to receIVe
in bonds guaranteed by the Chinese
Government, the entire cost. of the
road, and an agreement upon percent-
age to cover supervision and a. profit.
The syndicate is also to receive twenty
per cent. of the net earnings of the
road for fojty—flve years, the other
eighty peritént. going to the Chinese
Government?“ During the forty-five
years the American syndicate has the
right to appoint all the officials and
manage the road. At the end of the
forty-five years the road'goes abso-
lutely to the Chinese Government.
Asylum Buildlng Contract.
Albany, Oct. 21.—The State Lunacy
Commission announces the award to
Miles Leonard of Binghamton for
$697,707 of the contract for the erection
and finishing of buildings at Central
Islip to be connected with the Man-
hattan State Hospital, and designed
to accommodate 2,250 insane patients.
Leonard's bid‘was the lowest for
semi-lire proof construction, involving
fire-proof connecting corridors and en-
tire tire-proof main cottage. Thelbids
for entire fire-proof construction ex-
ceeded the amount available for the
work. ’ ' ‘ -
Nova Scotln Gold Mining Deal
Halifax, Oct. 20.——Negotiations for
the sale Of‘several Nova Scotlagold
mines to an English syndicate are now
on. .
The Picton and Jubilee mines at
Renfrew, the Oland, Shephard,. Fer-
guson and Salisbury mines at Mon-
tagua, and the Gus Wilson mine 'at
Waverley, together with water power,
tract of land, a chlorination plant, a
hotel and other buildings are included
in the. deal. -
Gold from the Klondike.
Seattle, Wash., October 21.—The re-
ceipts of the Seattle assay Office, and
the San Francisco mint of the clean-up
of the season’s output of Klondike gold
are $8,000,000. Supe tepdent"Wi¢ng’of .
the former Said th', ”his Office had ta-
ken in $4,400,000, and the San Francigcn
» mint $3,800,000. Besides this, it is esti-
mated that dust equalling $500,000 was
'sent to Philadelphia, Denver, and Hel-
ena. The local assay‘ofl‘lc'e has advices
‘of a single consignment of $663,000 now
en route here.
Reviewing Stand Falls. .,
Elizabeth, N. J ., OCt. ‘21.—During the”
progress of the Elizabeth firemen’s an—
nual ' parade yesterday afternoon the”
reviewing stand on which were about
one hundred; officials from' Elizabeth,
new-mt; ‘ Railway; ’ BayOnne 'and ‘New
', Brunswick, suddenly collapsed, precip-
‘j' itating them all in a. heap to the street.
“She did not die as was "
reported, but is still alive and well,‘
Two dozen of them were more or less
bruised, but none seriously.
‘Arnica was in greatpdemand after
the taccidentL’. '1‘ ‘ The j‘Eliz'aIbeth » HOspital
iambulan‘c'e was quickly 'at the scene, ,
but no one was hurt enough to be
The crash '
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