Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 11, 1877, Page 1

"I yoLUME XXXL CUSTONM PANTS. CHICAGO, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1877—SIXTEEN * PIANOS. American C: L4255 Dudles Jille N ke orders for 100 pairs per day. iser o e ept at the ssore for cash down. o eriect eatiafaction fn every as, ect Boston Square-Deali Kent Mills, Mason Mills, WILLOUGHBY, HILL & CO. | §TFINWAY - (UR NEW DEPARTURE, (USTOM PANTS TO ORDER IN 48 HOURS, "~ For $5.00, $5.00, $5.00, $5.00. ‘gasimeres of the following well-known Milla: it Uxbridge Mills, Conway Millt Tnterlarken Milts, Stillwater Mills: Stomhanicortie Our profit on them is so small that it will not allow or no sale. nyg for the Male Sex. FILLOUGHBY, HILL & CC, Proprietors, §. E. cor. Clark and Madison-sts. COAl JUST RECEIVED, A FULL LINE OF (hnice Woolens FOR SPRING WEAR, AT ). & CHAS, HALLA'S, 111 South Clark-st. - TO RENT. Store and Basement In the elegant New Building, Nos. 115 and 117 Fifth-av., near Madison- st. Inguire of HENRY GREENE- BAUM & CO., 76 and 78 Fifth-av. STORES FOR RENT. 254, 256. and 238 South Hal- el 1., comer Hazrison: just the epot for a good Ty Goods, Hat and Cap, and Grocery Store. To 42008, enerzetic pereon 4 reatonable rent and suc- guarsateed. Apply to = . LPREWMAY, Attantic Hotel I0K AT THIS. T2 owprr of lot on Madison-at., between Franklin 151 Lasae, ili halld a foir OF five-kiory business Hack for 3 responsible tenant fn constderation of s wkicga three or dve years' icase. Lut about 46 by 199 tratoalarge ciley. - Would m(l,;_r. bullting to require- Testof tenunt. ‘ribune oftice. .. TO RENT essonable to the right party, upper floors of our &iae, South Water-st., comer Dearborn, with ac- tommodation on first oor if desired. Rodmslight wipleasiot. Elevator. BOGARDUS BROS. "TO RENT. ELEGANT BUSINESS RUOMS on second floor. 18¢ E 1S, opp. Valmer liguse. Applyon prem- 9 11 C. 0. D. Clottler. RENT FREE. it hasement, FOX100 feet. suitable for manufactur- besioem, central'y located, with nsc of large engine B clerawrt. fn evasideratian of power furnished o lerof batiding. May make further concessions. Aidress A 57, Tribune offi 40,000 SUPERFICIAL FEET 0Soor room FOR RENT fn Rrick Luflding on Wash- Estoo-a., belxecn Clinton and Jeferson, In large or 31 rv0ms, w1k sicam power. A E BISHOP, 16 South Jeflerson-st. TO RENT. ress A 67, Covered Coal---Cle:m and Bry. PENSYLVANIA COATL CoO. PITTSTON COAL Cosl for the Country Trade direct from Mines or from IRON SHED in the city. Dealers, Manufacturers, or others inthe city, supplied at lowest prices Terms Cash. —Orders recelved only at Main Office. INDIANA-ST. BRIDGE, Branch Office. -92 WASHINGTON-ST. H. S. VAN INGEX, Sup't. Bugckeye Gannel IS THIZ BEST, Cleanest and moet cheerful for grate fire. s byton or car-load. BRACKEBUSH, DICKSON & CO., No. 1 West Randoloh-st., threcite and Bituminous For sale Miners and Shippers of A Coal. T E The Daily Graphic. THE ONLY ILLUSTRATED DAILY NEWSPA- PER IN THE WORLD. Four Pages of Type Mafiér, Including ail the Latest News, and Fonr Pages of Ninsirations Every Day. It is the Most Interesting Daily Issued. It has All the News. It Nlustrates Truthfally All Great Events. It is Independent. High-toned, and Respectable. It Pleases the Family better than all others, It is the Best. 1t has special correspondents everywhere, and it has a larger staff of writers 2ad news-gatherers than any other evening newspaper In New York. It is preserved for binding by hundreds of its .readers in city and country. The annual subscriber gets a pictorial history of the year, a volume of trventy-four hundred pages. constituting a valua- ble record of events and a graphic panorgma of our time and progresss TERMS: One Year, postpaid. $132.00 Six Months, postpaid. 6.00 Saturday Edition, one Year,postpaid 2.50 TRY IT. TRY IT. MERRIL LADD, Agent, Ofices frec of rent until May 1. After that, rent Rasomsble, at 46 ang 48 Sonth Clark-st. Be o SCOTT & GAGE, Room 3. FEINANCIAL. THE ILLINOIS Trust & Savings Baik, 122 & 124 Clarke-st., Eeepontiand and for sale securities bear- 2 8109 per cent interest, which are en- tirely safe and reliable, and on which the Eterestis prompuly paid. J. 5. GIBBS, C L ";4 & per cent loans on aporoved cltyreal estate made FRANCIS B. PEARODY Room 31, 116 Washington-st., Chicags. Moy Seonf Mo A HERSHEY HUSIC BALL, 83, 85 and 87 EAST MADISON-ST., and 42 SOUTH ANN-ST. LIFE INSURANCE. Double Victory! STEINWAT & SONS hnve been decreed the supreme recompense, viz: TWO MEDALS OF HONOR AND TIO DIPLOMAS OF MERIT, Lelng tncontestibly the highest honors bestowed upon any plano display a1 the Centcanfal Exhibition, no other pfano cxhibitor having recelved more than one_nedal and one diploma. T A STEINWAY oniy has been accorded by the unanimous verdict of the Judses, ** Tho hizhest degree of excellenco fu ail their stzlca, s shows by the fol; lowing official report of . the STEINWAY cxhibit of Grand, sSquare, and Upright Planos, Viz: - For greatcst concert capacity in Grand Planos, aa also highest degree of exceilence in all thelr styies of planos, viz: Lar¢est volume, purity and duration of {onc, dnd extriordinary carrying capacity, with procts- fon snd darablity of mechanism; sito -2 the strings and constructionand bracing of the metal After this, the renort minutely describes and ndorses thc six principal and most, valuable of STEINWATS peiented invcacions, which Lave made **TIIE STELN- The Standard Pianos of the World. STEINTAY & SONS being the only Plano makers who manufacture ** every portion * of the nstrument, includ:pz all the metal parts, were honored with an ad- ditfonal Meds} and Diploma of Merlt for ** the surcass- ing exceilence * of thefr Machinery Hall exhiblt, upon jbe Tollowins unanimous oficial report of tiS same oa: “*These articles of comporite metal show the highest rtcction of inish and workmanship. and the greatest rmness and uniformity of metal structure, a stcel-like and svunding quality, with tensflo atrength exceeding 5,000 pounds per square centimeter. as demonstra by actual tests. The full metal frames, of cupola shape, 10s<css an uncqualed degree of resistance, permitting a Yastly {ncreased tenslon of strings without the slightest danger of break or crack In sald Tetul frames, thereby consldorably increasing the vibrutors powers and aug- menting the lasting qualitics of their lustruments." 1 FInsT GoLp MxTAL oy Hoxor, Fiivr Brie MetaL, LoSboN EXIDIII0N. 1862, PN QIS LIMITED * GUAR E WITH EVERY 3 lliustrated Catalogues malled frec on application ON & HEALY, State and Monroe-sts. PHOTOGRAPHY. PHOTOGRAPHY, I am farnishing the finest Photo- graphs ever made in Chicago at the uniform price of $3.00 per dozen. Ladies' and Children's Pictures a spec- jalty. I have no interest in any Pho- tograph Gallery in the city except the Avenue Art Gallery, 396 Wabash-av. ROBERT F. HUGHES. STATEMBENT OF g MUTGAL LIFE TSURANCE CONPAR OF NEW YORK h : ) F.S. WINSTON, PRES, For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1876. 'ANNUITY ACCOUNT- No.1dnn. Payls. Xo.| Ann. Tayls In force, Jan. 1, 1576, 55[ $27,065. 72, |In force, Jan. 1, 1877 $20, 098, 88 Add premium annuities ,480.70]|Add premium annuitie: 6,303.46 Tasned ... 1,381.36{|Terminated.... ... +.- 8,335, | Total........ <eeeee80] $35.827.87I1 Total.... INSURANCE ACCOUNT. . ", No. | Amount. No. Amount. In force, Jan. 1, 1876 - 92,393 §305, 0: {In force, Jan. 1, 1887... 92,125($301, 278, 027 New risks. 9,344 . 32,12 Terminated.... 9,612| 35,806,877 Total.. - seeneeee 101, 737185337, 184, 014 Total.... . o vss....101,737/8337. 184,014 NOTE. —The amount of terminated policics is larger than usual, The increase was, in 8 great measure, caueed by the purchase of unmatured endowments, either paid up or due in less than five years, which were discounted at 7 per cent. . Dr. To balance from lastaccount. To Premjums receive To Interest and Rents REVENUE Cr. ..$75,414,023.42 138, 7 6 1 136, 703, 3¢ 4,878,260.34 ACCOUNT. 5,319,785.21 By paid Commissions (payment of Ccurrent and extingnishment of 676,907.49 56,100.85 By paid 6 5 Balance to New Account.... -...$05,429, 887,12 .-$05,420,887.12 Total...ovves cone semeoen Total..orares cosanne Dr. BALANCE SHEET. Cr. To Reserve at four per cent... ....877,502,082.00 || By Mortgage on Real Estate. ........ $60, 856, 200.18 To Claims by Death, not yet due. 610, 0 || By United States and State Bonds, To Premiumspaid in advance 24,372 &c. 12,673,596.33 To Contingent Guarantee Fund. 634,842,590 || By Real Estate........ 4,240,245.40 To Surplu for’ Divieion....... 3,508,161.57 || By Cush in Banks and ‘panies at interest. By Interestaccraed. By Premiums deferr and semi-annaal By Premiums in_transit, princi ally for December. Balances due by Agents. v .73 6 137,195.10 18,349.70 Totaleeeiorne consvansmsen. .. $82,360,188. 59 erred and in transit in the forezoing Balanco-Shect have been subjected to a_deduction by the Insurance Department for the estimated cost of collecting the same. See Ofticial o of 25 per cont. Report belor. NOTEIf the New Yotk Standard of 414 per cent, interest be used. thesurplus fs $10,262,87D. 44 From the Surplus for Divislon, as appears in the Balance-Sheet, a Dividend will be apportioned to each Folicy which hull be in force at its anniversary in1877. : examined the foregoing Statement, and find the same_correct. full; I S WAL J. EASTON, Auditor. Jan. 17, 1877, ‘NOTE-—By act of the Trustecs, the memberahip of this Company is limited to one hundred thousand insured lives. TRUSTEES. Samuel D. Babeock, Oliver 1. Palmer, Tenry A. Smythe, Henry E. Davies, William E. Dodge, Richard A. McCurdy, George §. Coe, Francis Skiddy, Wm. M. Vermilye, James C.,Holden, John E. Develin, Herman C. Von Post, Lucius Robinson, Martin Bates, Geo. C. Ricbardson, > Wm. A. Haines, Alex. H. Rice, Egzisto P, Fabbri, Seymour L. Husted, W. ¥. Dabeock, George H. Anderson. W, Smith Brown, RICITARD A. McCURDY, 'Vli:c-?rtfldent, % William H. Popham, T A. GRANNISS, 2d Vice-President. [SAAC F. LLOYD, Secretary. TR .11, PALIER, Solicitor. W.H C BARTLL";IT R. Ratchford Starr, Frederick H. Cosslit, Lowis May, Otiver Harriman, Thomas Dickson, Henry W, Smith, John H. Sherwood. Frederick S, Winston, John V. L. Pruyn, &t. H. McCurdy, William Betts, Samue] E. Sproalls, Samuel M., Cornell, JLOUSE-FURNISIHING GOODS. W. A. LOWELL & CO. ARE SELLING House Furnishing Goods ON EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS, Fine French Lounges, $10. Cane Scat Chalrs, $12doz. Tiest Slat Bed-Spring, $3. Nursery Chairs, 75¢. Woven Wire Bed Sprin: cod Ingraln Carpt, Sarple-Top Chaiber set. $55. Cooking Stoves, S16, warranzed. Ieating Stoves, §6. Parjor Suir, $40. nd 21 kinds of Firat-Class llonee Furnlshing Goods, AT PKICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. 736 WESE MADISON-ST. LAUNDRY. LAUNDRY. CUFFS, per pair. COLLARS HDKES. DRAWERS. UNDERSHIRTS. OFFICES -238 State-st. Tiwenty-sccond-st. and Waba: Grove-av.: 72 Madison-«! 372 1. 3 Laundry, State and Thirty-fourth-ste. 5 8 cts. State-st. ; cor. of -av.; 827 Cotfage BUSINESS CARDS. WE EIA OPENED A full ling of the celebrated Goouell Tiof-Water Proof the best in the world, Which we are of- Asct of atecl knives and forka for $1.25. flav 2 1n 3 ine Kook of Gold Watchew, Caiich aud Amethyst Lings, Casters from $1up. We sell a genuine EIzin Watch for $10. Cneapest place In town to buy Watches. It will fay yoil to step down to Jackson-st: when you want_anyihing in the way of Watches, Jewelrs, Plated Warc, Fancy Goods, etc. DALL, State and Jackson-sts. Chicago Carpet Cleaning Works (formerly PHILLIPS & GARNETT). 1I. CLARENCE EDDY, General Dircctor. W. 8. B. MATTHEWS, Vice Dircctor. 943 Wabash-av., near Trwenty-first-st. MRS, §. B. MERSHEY. Yocal Dircotor, Carpets_cleaned, renovated, called for, and de- = Jivered. - Feathers and Hair Mattresses renovated; made a5 good us e, : OC. N AMERICAN LINE. PHILADELPHIA AND LIVERPOOL. Cabin, intermediate, and steerage passage AT LOWEST RATES. flice, 138 La Salle-st., corner Madison. Gcnf’?’i‘flfl WRIGHT & SONS. General Acents. o DENTISERY - M. H ASPINWALL, DENTIST, Rexoven from First National Baok Euilding to 56 Washington-et., aver Gomge’s~ Special attantion to Bliing and prescrv W'hemmnmimuuw 1o tilling and preserv: It.E R. E. Carpenter Will occupy his New Dental icoome, UBSTATE-ST., corner of Quincy, MONDAY. Feb. 12, 1877. A2 repreacnied. 1 B, Qs Evini Biock, SBews ot PROPOSALS. " ONVICT LABOR. SO ST PRI v, ‘rece! el ropoeste Camprorosule whi be by the_ andersigned 20 mgom:nunou’ (ote. Penicentiary 1 enltentiary 1ip o £ One Den are able-bodied and adapted ta most any o 04 8 portlon of them bave been working P i ok machines. Ample shop rovin a0d sleam- Cnoetl be tarnishicd. torm Dot lomger than elghtsears. Ly acco! jed by 3 jood hmd.h ‘uo;;:rdiunnec :&u.m;nwnni'n and bond proj aceepted. I L T N Warden st the Prison, WOODRURY M. TAYLOL, JORN M. SOUTHWOKTH! HOBRRT D. NOLEMAN. Coromisutoners ilitn e CUNARD MAIL LINE. Saillni;hrac l:gncs 2 week 10snd from Britisa rts. Lowest Prices. ro.k;ply at Company's Office, norihwest corner L und Randolph-sts., ChiciZo. s RIS Goneral Western Agent. WHITE STAR LINE, the Mafl, between NEW YORK and LIVER: SO Wiy st Comngre o, L L dolphat: Scneral Western Agent ‘Drafts op Great. Britaln and Ircland. TELEGHRALIL INSTUTULE: Partics desirons of learnivg telegraphy should Lh rthwestern attend L G RAIH | INSTITUTE, Jancsville, Win, o b a §3 per week, and best instruction by E::’&E,’;'Lfin‘;g experience with Western Union Chinpany. This Institute furnihes operators em- loycd on Chicago City Lines, and refers to their ianager. W rite for particulars. VESSEL TOR SALE, <H. ¥. Merry, in good condition. T e eet. Toaded. | Bxpeclnily adspred to luinber drax® ¥ pquire of B K. BRUGE. 16 Chamber of, Co e 1AL W. NASON. Room 1t Vortiand Hjock: smported glass, hygicnic Tesults, tore. LD arranged in nice for sale at 220 48 East Madison. The genuine frames for best o HATS AND FUR HATS--FURS £ 27 now recaiving s [ ving the SpringStsles of Men's Bors’ Hate, Parsof every kind closinz out at J. 8. BARNES & CO., & 70 Madison-st. : REAL ESTATE. T0 CAPITALISTS. JrEale, 2 firgt-clas 5 store on West Madison-st. the best comers in the city, and & good for 2 term of yearsat a fair E. R. BOWEN, 92 LaSalle-st., Fireman's Insurapce Company. i SITUATION WINTED e o T o e elerical vosition: drsi-class clty P otes: salary moderate., Address CASIL care e OR & CO.. 110 Dearbora st citr. __ SCALES. o FAIRBANKS’ oo oF ALL KINDS. FAIRBANKS, MORSE & 00, 111 &118 Lake St., Chicago. - Becarcfultobryonly the Geaine, Packers’ and Butchers' Knives, Steels, Iooks, ete.,of our own make and warrant- ed ?Ilnlll): Tools of ‘all kinds finund. repaired, or made to ‘ order. CILA RLES H. PATCHEL, 92 Dearborn-st. THE FINEST Qnalities of genuine Florida Oranzes and_Aspin- wall Bananas (as well as other fruit), in this mar- Ket, just reccived at A. LINO'S, 58 State-et., north of Randolph. i GO TO JOXIN JONES, No. 119 DEARBORN-ST., And get your Clothes thoroughly cleaned and neatly repaired, GROCERTES. CASH BUYERS Should avail themselves of Low Prices at FREXCH'S CASH GROCERY HOUSE, 72 North_Clark: GENERAL NOTICES. The Stloho-Carbolate of Soda The new prophylactic. a remedy preventing the diacases DIPHTIERIA and SCAKLET FEVER, canbe had of Dr. T. D. WILLIAMS, at the West Side Homeopathic Pharmacy, or st Room 26 Nixon Building, cor. LaSalle and Monroc-s Policyholders of the Tate Continental Life-Tn- surance Co., of New York, Can have thelr intercsta protected an d clatms eoliected by thorouzhly respausibic partics free of charge. This will pay to investigate. Cali on LEMUEL FREEMAN, 90 Washington-st., ti00m €. (e (o Mg, Dich & Fliming Compary. DRARROLY-ST., Cuticaco. ¥eb. 8, 1877. The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Coin- Tara e hed o thelr otice on TUURSDAY. (ALCH, 1, 1877, 8t 10 0'¢lock 2. m. JONN A. PHILLIPS, Secretary. Public Notice 1s hereby given that Mr. IT. Rasky 15 not authorized to buy for my acconnt from this day. s JOSEPIl ULLMANN. OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS. DIANASSE, OPTICLAN, Tribune Baildiog. Fine Spectacles ciples. . Opers and acopes, Baroms suited to all sights on sclentific prin- Fé!‘_l‘fl G‘lls‘u, Telescopes. lIv{’l.kg- TRazors, Scissors, Cutlery, and_Edzé TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK: The underslmed, (he Aunual Committee, appofnted_pursuant to the By-Laws of the Company, on the 20th day of December, 1876, to examine at the close of each fiscal year the accounts and asscts of the Company, . Hebpestrally regort, Thatthey have caretally examined sl the ssset, investments, and securities of the Company, and find: ‘That It had on ‘the 1st day of January, 1877, stocks in_the form of Bonds of the United Statcs, and of New York and other citles, 350, amounting in par'value to $12, ,, and in market valne to $12,673, - 56,33, and that this Iatter sum is immedintely convertible and’ available in cash. That of these secari- Sios 87,473,550 are in Unitéd States registered bonds. and 84,580,000 chiefly [ncity bonds. They are 211 spotifiod In the accompanying schedules are all genuine; and, in the opinton of the Committce, are 311 jhdizions and perfectly sccare favestments. ‘The Committee further report: - v 'fl.\:t nun Jan. 1, 1877, the E‘ampfln}'hld invested 1n Bond and Mortmage upon real estate in fee, which us appraised ot the tite of each Investment to be worth, at least, twicé the amount loaned, the'sum of 60, 856, 200. 1 S o romittve have examincd each Bond and Mortgaze and find the same corroct, as atated on the P:Id with great books of the Company. The Committce find that the interest on_these bonds ha been Dunctuality, and that the arrears of interest for the last sl months are only a very small percentage on the amotmt due- A 'In addition to the scurity of the land covered by the Morteagen. the Company holds insurance on the ‘buildings thereon, as collateral, in solvent and responsfble Firo-Insurance Companics, amounting to the e Committse fusther report ) . e Committee further report: That the Company now e property formerly pledzed to it in Bonds and Mortzazes to the extent of £335,893.07: that this is the total amount of all property purchased by it since its organization on Fore- Cclosures, and held by it at the close of the last fiscal year, and the Committee belleve thut this property il be =0ld without incurring any considerabledeficit. This sum bears a small ratio to the total amount of the Company's assets, being about onc (.01015) per cent thereof. i L ‘In addition to this Real Estate, the Company owns for the transaction of its business in the Cities of New York, Boston, and Philadciphin, valuabie real estate, coating the sum of $3,410.454,84. The building in New York pays 8 per cent on its cost, charging a fair rent for the part occupied by the Com- punv. Srhat in Boston is incomplete, and that in Philadelphia has recently been finished. The Committee have aecertained that the cash on hand on the 1st day of January, 1877. was 82,188, - 001.73. This sum, added to the securities immedintely convertible into cash, mskes a total of cash as- scts cqual to 514, 56, 571,06 immediately available. ; ' We have ascerfuined that the expenaes of the Company for acquiring its business arc nearly a quarter n"‘nd !ge explnn!u! hnf cundnct(r;;.’ llm’hnslne!s. wl: ch lg‘ expenscs of every kind, except claims by death, are less than ,one-quarter of onc per cent on the :}:‘;“.l: R, hich, n]l?‘l! Teer than onc-half of ‘one per-cent upon the sum insured (.4£24), and is ‘six and seven-tenths (6.701) per cent upon the income of the year. While the Committce were making investigation, the Supcrintendent of the Insurance Department, Arelstants, and experts, wan also enguzed in cxamining the afairs of the Compang a5 - Tie is still at work, examining not only into the liabilitics of the Company, but lik ples upon which its bueiness is conducted and its liabilitics are deter- presented In.a report which of one (.2233) per cent upon the sum nsured, with bis Depnts, required by law. A wike futo the mathematical princiy mined. This examination will be thorough and exhaustive, and its results Wil be published in due time and to whic h the Committee refer. “All of whict s respectfully submitted. Dated a0 37" mExny E. DavISS, WILLIAM I, POPHAM, GEORGE 8. COE, IL C. N POST, SAMUEL M. CORNELL. GEORGE H. ANDREWS. DUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, The Report of the Examination by the Insurance Department. ; Arpasy, Feb. 2, 1877 ‘0 the Editors of the Erening Journal: i T ot Ylaytag cansed a thoronsh personal examination to be made of the condition and affsirs of the Mutual Life Tnsurance Company of New York. during the month of January, by the Hon. John & Stecall, gr., Deputy Superintendent, in which cxamination the Acting Snperintendent has also per- somijy participated, Tdcem it for the pRbIiC intcrests that the resait of said investigation should be pub- lished. ‘therefore inclose the same for publication. - Yours, very respectfully. : t v WILLIAM SMYTH, Actmg-Superintendent. e pepartments ALBFT Febu 1, 1877, Hon. William Smyth, Acting Superinfendent Nélo Insurance Department: O ctordance with jnstructions received from you under appointment No. 363, T report the completion of the exnorination into the affairs of the Mutual Life Invurance Company of New York. ; ‘Made at a time when tho annual investigation by the Trustees—as called for by the Company's char- torowas In progress, the work was considerably facilitated by each department representative acting with one of the rald Trusteos, thus givinga double foree, witha check that was invaluzble ay 1o the cor- rectness of the labor performed. e Paations of the poficiesin force have heen made in the Department undes the supersision of Mr. D11, Keefer, our Actuary, and bave occupied his attention, with that of the rest of our actuarial force not engaged in New York. _ Fhe fnvextments of the Company, with other admissible assets, make a total of $82.076.706.87. That the Company has heen successfully mannzed is everywhere conceded; and it s very mecessary that tlie castodians of this sacred trust fund should be men eminently cometent to gaard zealonsly the Thoneys that In the fature afford the protection guarantecd by contracts with the holders of ninety-two thousand one hundred and twenty-Gve policies. . he Company docs not need any other indorsement by the Department than is shown fn the assets and. Jibilitics cuumerated below, exhibiting a surplus, as regards policy-bolders, of 510,262,871, 44, "\ schedule siving In detail the information necessary for valuation of property, verification of title, ot of ‘cach of the seven thonsand one hundred and 8fty-six (7.156) mortzages, has been compiled, aud, with 7 11t of uncollected and deferred premiums, is now on file in the Department. “The folluiwing was the condition of the Company on Dec. I, 18763 Stocks and Bonds. initcd States bonds, registered.., New York City bonds, registered Boston Water bonds, registered. . Providence (R. I.) bonds, reyistered.. Cherry Valley Town bonds City of Yonkers bonds Builalo City bonds Elmira City bonds. Missouri S1ate bouds. San Francisco bonds Union Coanty (N. J. Pluinfleld (N. J.) bonds. Totaleeennre Cash in banks and trust companies. Interest due and accraed.... Net uncollected and deferred premiums. .. Total admitted assets......... 3 LIABIL ot value of ontstanding policies and additions Tnnaid Josses not yet due tincluding resieted Premiums paid in advance:. . Total liabilitice...... Surplus £s regards poli -holders.. .$71, 031 . 788, ). 00 24,372.43 ..$71,813,827.43 10202, 570,48 +ee...882,076, 700.87" JOLN A.McCALL, Jr., - L Depnty Saperintendent. The Superintendent in person was present during the examination of the - United States sccurities, bonds, and mortzaes, and other stocks and bonds owned by the Company, and took part [n eaid exami nation. Yie desizes 10 join with his Deputy in assuring the public that (he’ system of managemient and Becurucy of Gotail, as well a3 the ehecks and individual responsibilitics imposed on exch person who has anything to do with the loaning or investing of the funds of the Company. ‘command his most hmn&' 29- Toval, - The President and all other slicers of the Company were mast prompt and conrteous in atford- ng every information: while eo perfect is the orpanization of each department that any epecial item re- red weae at once furnishied, ‘with ail its neceasaty and satisfactors vouchers. This will account for the fact that a corporation of such vast magnitude and importance could be fally and satisfactorily examined H jred asmany months.” ' . in & few weeks, which, under ordinary circumstances, w«;&l have -; ‘;r ¥n.‘..& ::“Lln g’Snp e adent, 3 J. W. MEAKER, Agent, 2 101 Washington street, Chicago 3 MERRELL & FERGUSON, S i eBigag, In ] i d - Minnesots, Ot SO, s iy Thests, I 88 S, PEEACTE, Aggregate.... 9 Al of whicfiis respectfuily sabmitzed. NORE T0O FOLLOW. Namely, on the Road Taken by the Florida Elect- ¢ oral Vote. Such’a Result Indicated by Justice Bradley’s Ar=- gument. The Electoral College the Sole Judge of an Elector’s - | Eligibility. A Curious Medley of Sound and Sentiment from the - Tilden Camp, Noticeable Prevalence of Ir- ritability Among Ex- pectant Dem- ocrats. In Their Distressed Condition Some Again Hint at Revolution. But the Majority are Inclined to Submit to the Inevitable. A Full History of the Watts Case, Proving His Eligibility. The Louisiana Electors also i Prove Their Title Clear. Gov. Stearns an Unprofitable Wit~ ness for Field’s Com- mittee. : KICKING. A PASTIME IN WHICH THE DEMOCRATS ARE DULGING. Special Dispateh to The Tribune. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 10.—The crisis in the Presidential question was reached last night. It has not yet cnded. The Democratic leaders were sdvised of an expression of opinion of Justice Bradley within the ftribunal from which they infer that Bradley has formed a conclusion which will result in his voting aguinst Tilden ia both the Louisiana and Oregon cases. That opinion is represented to have been expressed in the form of an obiter dictum in the Florida case, in which Lhe is understoed to have snid. that the question of the eli- gibility of an Elector is to be de- termined by the Electoral College of a State, and that if the question is not raised by the State cuthorities before the Electoral vote was cast, the United States Government is barred from making the inquiry. There is rea- son to believe that Justice Bradiey did avow such an opinion, if notin the set terms. It is this avowal which has created ) CONSTERNATION IN DEMOCRATIC CIECLES, and rendered Democratic leaders desperate. The fact was reported late last evening. There were two conferences -of prominent Democrats n session most of the evening. SpeakerRandall, Proctor Kunott, and Lynde of Wisconsin, were in very earnest consultation in the Speaker’s room at the Capitol until nearly. 10 o’clock. At that hour a messenger was dispatched bearing a I~ 14 package to the hotel where Pelton, Tilden’s ad- jutant, has his headquarters. To this place Speaker Randall and the persons named soon proceeded, and found therc several Democratic members of the Electoral Commission, the most prominent Northern Democratic leaders, David Dudley Fietd, and the principal counsel for Til- den. Ostensibly the purpose of the conference was to determine upon the DETAILS OF TE PROTEST which was presented to-day against the approval of theaward of the Electoral tribunaliv the Florida case. Thereal purpose of the consul- tation was to consider the situation, and to sce whether any plan could be formed to defeat the award of the Electoral tribunal, if it should be- come certuin that its judgment would insure the inauguration of Hayes. During the evening several telegrams were received from Tilden aaking, it s said, very earnest inquiries as to Re situation, and intimiting that SOMETHING OGGHT TO BE DOSE to prevent the tribunal from giving its decision 1 favor of Hayes, or of defeatingsuch a decision it it should be made. ' Various_ plans are understood to have been suegested by which the leading point conld be accomplished. The first was by Slibustering. The language -of the Electoral law which cre- ated the trbunal would - permit a recess to be taken until 10 o’clock the succeeding day whenever a contest §s imade over any point as to the counting of the vete of a State. Itwas even thought by some that it would be possible to take ; . A RECESS FIOM DAY TO DAT, and to prevent any action whatever until the 4th of March, when the House could declare there had been no clection, and could pro- ¢laim Tilden elected. Others denicd that the law could be so construed, but maintained that the Speaker could rule that a recess could be taken for every new objection, and as the 4th- of March comes three weeks from to-mor- row (Sunday) there are States cnough yet to be counted to entirely consume thetime without completing the Presidential count. Others sug- gested that rather than assent to the election of Hayes the time to the 4thof March should be consumed, and the chances taken of © A NEW ELECTION. o in November under the law of 1793, with the President pro tem. of .the Senate as acting President. One other plan was sugeested,which is reported to bave come from the fertile, in- genious, desperate criminal lawyer, Dudley Ficld. That was that the Electoral Conunission should be broken up by sccurjng the resignation of all the Democratic members. It wonld not suffice that the Democratic Judges, for such most emphatfeally Field and Clifford bave proved themselves to be, should resign. The Elcctoral law provides that in casc of the death of cither of the Judges the remaining Judges shall. immediately fill the vacanty from . the Judges of the Supreme Court. There would remain two Judzes, Swayne and ‘Hunt, who would be cligible, both of whom are Republicans. The Democrats, P COULD GAIN NOTRING from any, fuch cxperiment, bat if the Demo- cratic members of the Commission should all resign, the House might absolutely refuse to £l1 their places or consume 80 much time in filibustering, while ostensibly engaged in doing this, as to completcly nuilify the operations of the Electoral act and the tribunal until March PRICE FIVE CENTS. 2 ?lk plan received, it fs understood, the d:‘s earnest. advocacy- of Dudley Field; who ; ms -t0 - be the speclal representative of Tilden, and o have in charge . the Dcmncraun.: party. Nothiog could be agreed upon definitely last night at cither of these cau- cuses, except that the aebato upon the Florida decision of the tribunal shonld not be proceed- C({ With to-day, and that a recess should be teken until Monday. Meanswhile, the plan was that the leadersof the conference should decide :::;:u !‘bc_v e:.;onm £o with the sinister schemes referred to; to W el H hat extent they could TO DEFY THE PCBLIC SENTIMENT of the country whick approved the compromise plan, a0d how far they could rely upon massing the Democratic strength of the House in favor ot any such revolutionary proceeding. m'l"lh\‘- Programme here outlined was exeented D ay. The House met at 10 o'clock. The Jemocrats moved an additional rocess until 1 o'clock, o substantial reason beinz assigned except the declaration that such was the yish of the majority. . When 1 o’clock arrived the Joint Convention assembled. The brief decision of the Electoral tribunal giving Florida to Hases was read. Protests were -called for, and Field sent up the lawyers pratest agreed upon at the conference last night. This doge, the two _‘Huusu separated, whereupon # - LYNDE, OF WISCONSIN, BT who had been in conference with Randall -last' uight, and hopes to be appointed to' Davis’ place on the Supreme Bench “In the event of Tilden’s success, placed himself in the front row of geats far distant from bis own, easily caught the cye of the Speaker, evidently in ac- cordance with o previous plan, and moved that the House take a recess until Monday. The ‘Republicans were quick with their protests and earnest with their.arguments that such ad- Jjournment was in violation of the spirit of the compromise, E P A DEFIANCE OF THE CONSTITUTION, . - an encroachment upon the terms of the Elect~ oral bill, and an unpatriotic movement which bhad’ possibly ~for its- motive a desire to defeat the action of the Electoral tribunal. The Democrats made very zood arguments on the language of the law strictly, thatone recess could be taken,and Speaker Randall was fair cnough to.intimate that he could not entertain a motion for another Tecess upon the Florida question, so 3 A RECESS WAS ORDERED until Monday, but the precedent was established that a recess can be taken upon every substane tial objection-to the count of the State at every stage of the proceedings. This principle ¢stab- lished, the Democratic majority has the power, if it darc exercise it, to defeat the coms promise. One reason assigned for desiring that delay was that Springer ‘might have an oppor- tunity for preparing his protest:to the Illinois Electors from papers which he expected might arrive here before Monday. Another was that the lawyers might more thoroughly prepare the Louisiana case upon which the Tilden people in- tend to make their - LAST DESPERATE STRUGGLE. To-night.the Democratic leaders were in con- ference at Hewitt’s house to a very late hour to see what plan, if any, they should adopt, and to ascertain, If possible, how far they conld rely upon the united Democratic vote. Upon tha latter subject the Northern ' Tilden lcaders have very scrious apprehensions. They are afraid of the yote from the Cotton States. There has been a great deal more in the talk of the Haycs movement South tnan has generally been believed. The Northern Democratic leaders understand it better than their Republican opponents. The common fear is thut there are perbaps forty-tive votes from the cotton and rice States which would be st with the Republicans solid against any revolu- tionary scheme to defcat the peaceful deter- mination of the results of the Presidential elev- tion contemplatea’ by the framers of the compromise measure. ~This force, joined with' the few Northern Democrats who could not be.whipped into any revolu- tionary scheme with the Republicans would be enough to defeat the desperate schemes of the ‘Tilden conspirators: No plan will probably be agreed upon,before Monday. It is scarcely probable that whatever resolution the conspirators may adopt, NO SERIQUS ATTEMPT - will be made to interfere with the operations of the tribunal uutil after the Loulsiana caseis de- cided. Bayard, of the Commission, and others of the Democrats, have strong hopes that Jus- tice Brudley will vote to give Louisiana to Tilden, or to throw it out, aud, until that is decided, the attempt to steal the Presidency by this parlinmentary resolutionmay not be put into execation. The danger of the situation is that such a plot exists; that it is conceived and conducted by those who are the immediate representatives of the Tilden. inter- est, and that there arc desperato men enough " EAGER FOR THE SPOILS to become associated in such a conspiracy to threaten to destroy all which the people have hoped of the compromise. If anybody. has a voice tobe heard at Washington to protest against the infamy which is mow be- ing planned, that voice should be heard lere without an hour’s delay. The best- informed Republicans do not thini that such a desverate attempt can exist, but there is danger 50 Jong as it is contemplated. - It is a8 striking fact that possibly a majority of the Democratic Bouse is unwilling to abide by the decision of the Electoral Tribunal unless that decision in- sures the success of Tilden. e The fact that the signatures of Lamar and Senator Stevenson have been aflixed to an agrecment, the practical effect of which is that the caucuses of the two parties shall be bound to carry out the spirit of the compromisc measure, is a very scrious obstacle to Dudley Ficld’s conspiracy to break down the Commis- sion.” That agrecment, if. carried out in its “spirit, will be a bar to the success of any such conspiracy. The Democrats will . . . MAKE THEIR GREAT FIGHT # on Louisiana. Thelegal returns from Louisiana will be contested mainly on three grounds: the alleged unconstitutionality of the Returning Board; the presumed defect of its composi- tion in' having fafled to M1l the vacasey in its membership, and the absencc of’ power on .the part of the - Electoral College to fill the vacancles caused by thie in- cligibility of two Eleetors. It is not easy tosee how arguments on the Loulsfuns case'can be allowed to trayel bejond the limited range, and itis. cqiplly difficult to understand how the Commission ca ‘do " otherwise than accept the votes cast by the Republican Electors. LEMOYNE. " It must be said for LeMoyne that bhe voted to-day with the Republicans against postponing | vounting the Electoral vote. r THE PLORIDA DECISION. To the Western Assuciated Press. ‘WASHINGTOX, D. C., Feb. 10.—The Electoral Commission state the grounds of thelr decision in the case of Florida as follows: That it is not competent under the Coustitution and law as it existed at the date of the passage of the act coustituting the Commission to gointo evidence aliunde the papers opened by the President of the Senate in the presence of the two Honses to prove that ather persons than those regularly certified to by the Governor of Florida, according to the determination and: dec- laration of thelr appointment by.the Board of State Canvassers prior to the time required for the performpnce of their duties, had been _appointed Electors, or by counter proof to show . they had not, and that all proceedings of Courts or actg of ‘the Legislature, or - of the Executive «of Florids, subsequent to the casting of tb" : L