New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-24
PEABODY REELECTED
Again President of Mutual-Case
of "C0nScrptiOnS" IN.

The Mutual Lies board of trustees at lis
first meeting yesterday reelected President Pea
uody and received the designations Of Henry
Phipps and Hamilton Mex Twomby. as an
nounced already in The Tribune. Judge Gray. q
Delaware also sent his expected resignation. The
board reelected all the other officers. including
Nice-President Emory McCllntock. who has been
absent from his office for than six months
Aside from the reelection Of officers. insurance
interest in the annual meeting centred largely in
the cases OF Judge Gray. Harlow y. Hig!nbotham.
OF Chicago. Colonel \. NJ. Shook. OF Tennessee.
and General benjamin +. Tracy. the four lnterna-
tional committeeman alleged to have been con
scripted' the administration ticket None Of
these present a. the meeting Judge GRAY.
under date Of April 20 sent in his resignation 10
Of April o. "a brief telegraph message to Scc-
rotary Dix. saying merely: impossible for to
attend meeting tomorrow"
Colonel Shook visited the Mutual Life Building
earlier in the day. but after expressing certain 81
his views departed from the building without Mt
tending the meeting General Tracy the other alb
sentee. told Tribune reporter last night that
Messrs. Higubotham. Shook and himself would
confer soon NJ. Eiginbotham should arrive
here. to decide whether they would serve on the
board. Meantime. forty minute session. the
trustees while films no vacancies on the board
and ignoring deaths. designations etc. elected the
following committees:
Fnance-Georre F. Baker Dumout Clarke Au-
gustus D. JuiiliaTd. Thomas Muirv and Ben
Real eytate-charles s Brown William p Dixon
stern D Di'key Charles r Henderson and Louis
Insurance ana aPercios-Jllien T Davies. Barlow
y. HiEnhotham. William ". lambert. Henry w
Taft and William a. Truesdale
Springs and Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Auditng-John W. Auchlncloss. GEORGE P. Miller.
Theodore Morford and Alfred Shook.
The board divided ITSELF by into two two
classes, "a required by law. with this result:
l,{rI.
Morford Charles = Miller Thomas NJ Mulry. Au-
gus'us y. Juniard. Dumont Clarke. Hamilton Mex
SprinE, Wiili2m II LAM 'omP'rt Harlow HIgin-
Henry " Taft. Alfred NJ shook CYRUS II *. Cur
GAS Of i95sNW'nian, G Mcmillan Louis Stern.
BENJAMIN +. Tracy. William i. Truesdale, Hugo
Barring Henry Phinps charles A. Peabody. Charles
IF,mory Mcc4nloch Frederic Cromwell Charles r.
p. Dixon. George G. Rand and Sir Hiram Maxim
The board elected Mr.. Barker chairman of the
finance committee. Mr.. Brown Of tho real estate
committee Mr. Davies Of the committee insur-
ance and agencies, Mr. Barring Of the mortuary
committee and Mr. AucEncloss OF the auditing
committee
The designations Of Judge Grar ana Mr. Phipps
ana the Death OF Mr. McAIilan Leave three racan-
Giles to be hll,d il the class Of 1893 aad Mr Twom
bly's resignation leayes vacancy IN the class
of 1865. Mr.. Tnipps's resignation IL tie form
Of letter from John s Phpps his saying
that lie had received cable message from his
father in Europe. sitting thot he is absent
from New YORK SO much Of his time I've has de-
c.ded 10 resign from The directorate IF the Mutual
Life"
Judge Gray's letter to Ar. PEABODY in part fol-
lows
very much appreciate YOUR kindly expressed
wish that ! should conclude 20 Join you IN the
! might he if differently situated 40 accede to this
wish, / feel that my distance from New York and
my judicial position forbid my doing SO. and l
must. therefore beg that YOU will present the
clUsion At which l have arrived after careful
consideration to your board at its next meeting.
IT, under the law. this should Ice said in some
more formal manner please notify me
1t is expected that President Peabody and two
others with constitute committee vacancy
the three committeeman shali have
nounced their decision to resign. Accord
ing to the international committee none Of the
three will the board. As to Mr.. McClln-
took, it is expected that the board will take
any action in his case for several weeks least,
and. that I'm view Of his long and faithful service
he will have the longest possible time in which TO
recover.