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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JANtJARY 18, 1000.
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at
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Telephone Orders Promptly DallvenU
SJj-317 Adams Avenue.
Scranton Transfer Co.,
Always Reliable.
All kinds ot transfer work
promptly nnd satisfactorily done.
Office 100 Lackawanna Ave.
Office Phone 525. Barn Phono 6082
HUNTINGTON'S BAKERY.
mil ices in mm fruits
420 Spruce Street.
Mnnnnls Tcinplo
C. S. SNYDER,
The Only Dentist
In tLot'lty Who inn Gradua'e in
Medicine.
42C-422 SPRUCE STREET.
Reduced pi lies for the nct 13 elajs as
follows:
Gold Crowns $2.50.
liold Fillings 50c.
Best Set of Teeth $4.00.
Silver Filling 50c.
down nuil bridge work a specialty. It
ou l.W-c nny Dental work to Ik iHiii call
mid have join tilth .imhml lrro of
vhurge. l'lilnU.'s cMi.icllon.
Dr. Edward "Reyer
64 SPPUCZ G7 O P. COURT HOUSZ.
DR. H. B. WARE,
SPECIALIST.
ye, Ear. Nose and Throat
Office Hours 9 a. m. to 1? 30 p. m.: S to 4
Williams Building, Opp. Postofflce.
CITY NOTES :
4
WILL L-KIIVi: SI PPDU -This ooulim
the l.iclk.-, tit Kim l'.nk iliuuli will bciwi
nipper.
D. A: II. PAYS The Delaware ami
Hudson compiiuy paid )oliiilnv on tint
.Miiim li lnaiRh ami at thu Clinton mines,
rou-t rit.N.
Al.Ur.iniAXK' MARRl.UH: -William
H. lit van ami Mil;- K. lii'iicillik wero
'J'uomKo Jolted lu marriage by Alderman
5Iron Kassuii.
JlAVUIl'S IWliL'USTrDY.-Aldermiin
Mjion Knssmr is hi.irlng eases In polioo
court during tho iilwince ot Major James
Jlolr from tlio city.
bkldct rorxi'ii. Mi:i:n.u.-seifct
council will nuit In tegular session tlili
evening when a repot t tmm thn speilul
commlttL'o un water intes lb lookrcl fur.
WILL CJIVI3 RL'ADING.-Mr.s. Ilutlt
MeUnerv Stunt will glvo a reading of
her dialect stotles In the llii-vclo club
homo Monday evening, January It.', at
li o'clock'.
Mrsic sdction mi:i:tin(? -'ino
nunde sictlon ot Ihe !u-in Utdge Wo.
men's club will hold no meeting until l'rl
tiny. Jiiiiuurv '.'I, when thu music of llaeh
will ho considered.
NRW OFFICDHB.-Tho stockholders of
urr.nuEsi ui.ri.Hr mi
" THE MODEL,"
DELICATESSEN tn'-OKIUU. 4.
Fresh Invoice of Hpcst table deli-
f cictex, lmportc I Hares, Landjiiger
f KuuHigc, Nova Scotia Salmon,
M rated of nil kinds., Imported and 4.
k. California Trillin and Jellies, Nald- X
J rnelHter Ddhutess Herring In T
L Wlno Fiucc, jtuiian Chestnuts. T
Cakes of nil descriptions, nnd full
lino ot fancy groceries for the f
iliolldavf. lateruiR meters token
Inow for the liolldavB. Dinner
Tnblo cl'Hoto. iirenKfast. Lunch-
fon nnd Supper n la parte. Oys- -f
i- served In nny ttvle. .
281-223 Washington Avenue.
U 4- "f -f -f
the Scranton Iron Fence company at ft
meeting held on Tuesday elected tho fol
low Inn olTlcem President, Ouu KrtiRer
tnnn: hecrelnry, A. I.. Frlnki treasurer,
Willis A. Kcmmcter.
8ALK Of AHTtCLKB.-'! he ymtn la
dies of tho Klrst lrcibtcrlnn church will
hold a sale of UKcful hounehold articles,
mich ns iiiirons, towiln. etc., at the par
poiuiRc, SiS Ollvo ctrcct, this afternoon,
tfom n until 6 o'clock.
ni'.V. IIURMiUflT TO rnEACH-'Ihe
meetings nt tho Second l'renbyteilan
chui eh will cnntlntto durlnsr thu week.
Itev. V. K. Hurlburt wilt slvo 11 llllito
readltiK this afternoon nt 4 o'clock, and
will preach at b o'clock this evening.
thhown rnoM ms wiii:nu-i:d-
ward Cotiroy wax, thrown from his bl
i'cln on WiiHhlnRton ueliuo near tho
po-.tofllcp stinlay inornliiK "ti'l s"'
tiilni'd several severe Rashes on his head,
which were drtsed In a nearby drug
Bturc.
WAS NOT l'i:si:NT.-ln the report
of thu walir rate meeting laid In tho
council ilmn.licr The Tribune mentioned
Marshall Keller, tho harness dealer, as
one nf the men piecnt. It was a mis
take in writing the first riittto. M irshalt
Keller was not tile Mr. Kelkr who ut
tended the meeting.
IN COMMON PLEAS.
Defense Opens in the Big Coal Case.
Verdict for tho Plaintiff The
May Habeas Corpus Case.
The plaintiff In tho big assumpsit
suit of tho Wlnton Coal company
against the Pnnco.ist Coal company
clrised yesterday morning and now tho
defendant's side Is piesntlng Its testi
mony. Kx-Judkc Knapp, In his opening for
tho defense, said it was proposed to
prove that tho Fischer title, on which
the plaintiff partly rests, was Invalid
by reason of having become obsolete,
and that the LSIdMck reservation was
effective. James Anderson, It was contendei',
owned only a half Interest In the coil,
and consequently when he sold out
to Allen Anderson and James Savage
he could only sell them each a ciuaiter
Interest, and Allen Anderson, ftotn
whom A. II. and W. "W. Wlnton se
cured title, could give them but an
eight nnleco.
The case will likely lie eloed today.
In the main court room, before Judge
lMwards, the entire day was consumed
in tho ttlal of Pfleffer against
Schubmehl. At adjourning tlmu tho
attorneys were arguing law points.
In the case of Mary A. Pulton ngalnst
I. C. Cobb the juty yestotdny returned
a verdict of $317.2S in favor of tho
plaintiff.
Judge Archbald yesterday dlschargel
the rule for a new trial In the case of
Connor against the traction company,
which was decided last week In favor
of the plaintiff.
Witness Against Her rather.
Tho hearing lu tho Maj habeas cor
pus ens?, which wa.s ccltc'lulul to take
plf.ee befui Judge Aiohbald. yester
day luoinlmr. 'ns posputied until this
morning nt t o'clock.
Mis, May May, wl.o Is ncctibcil of
spiriting nway Mamie May, the flfteen-yeai-old
daughter of the petitioner,
Mrs. Maiy Ann Mav, when In ought
Into 1 0111 1 by Deputy Sheiiff J. 11.
I'Vi ber, made positive denial of any
knowledge' of the wheieabouts of tho
child or that lu had any hand In
her disappearance. Tho petitioner
claimed to have half 11 dozen wit
nesses to prove that tho accusation
Is tine. Aecoicllngly, thu healing was
adjourned to give her an opportunity
of producing the witnesses'.
The child'" father wis Indicted by tho
Ian grand Juiy for an unnatui.il of
tens" against her. His wife wants to
have lilni pioeeuttd but his relatives.
It is claimed, are not similarly dis
posed. Mis Mav, the mother, allcg"t
that the girl has been spirited away
so that she can not appear agalnnt
her father at the til.il.
Suit in Equity Instituted.
Monioo Brown yesterday Instituted
.1 suit in equity to test the title of a,
pi opei ty at Pulls Head. Tho plaintiff
on Match 1. ISftfi, leased the lot for a
year front the Providence Store 1 om
p iny. A few d lys ago Nathan Thomp
son began excavations with a view of
dieting a building thereon.
The plaiutltf prays that Thompson
be compelled to tile an answer showing
by what light he tnteis upon the prop
erty. Maniago Licenses.
Albeit YaiosefsUI Scranton
Maty Tarba Scranton
Richard Hogget t .. .Jeisey City. N. J.
Nellie .Martin Jerinyn
Frank (leliski Avon
Fiane SMiilt Si ran ton
Mlelnel Olenlcz M lyfleltl
Uva Woduka Maytlold
Couit House News Note3.
The lounty tommis-.ioneia have cle
c ided to illo exceptions to the npoi t if
tho viewer. In the nia'tler of the con
demnation of the Illdgo turnpike.
Attorney 11 J. Houiko ycstciday tiled
an application for a chattel for tho
(let man Ladles' foiled, of S'uanton.
It is an organization which purposes
to Improve lis membtis and help
them In time of neeil. The subsvilh.
lug petitioners :ne Haikira Sho".
maker, Agatha How or, Theresa llrclg,
Maria Mat tin and Margaret Bruner.
The tiustceh uto Tlntisa Droit;. An
toinette Albrccht and Uarb.ira Shoe
maker. A Delightful Trip to Florida or
California.
It will be of special Intel est to thoso
contemplating a ttlp to tho Land of
Flow els or to tho Paeltlc Coast to
know that he under signed, or any tick
ot agent ot the Lackawanna railroad,
can sell round-trip tickets to all ptln
clpal points at tho veiy lowest rates.
AWo send to residences for baggago
nnd check same through to destina
tion. Deserving all sleeping car spncj
desired In advance; In short, furnish
maps, time-tables and full informa
tion. ltemember tho Lackawanna has
threo trains dally with thratigh sleep
ers and day coaches to Chicago. No
change of cars.
M. L. Smith. V. V. A..
Scranton, Pa.
Try a "Hotel Jermyn" cigar, 10c.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
Hns been used for over FJKTY YEAI18
be MILLIONS of MOTHKHS for thur
CHILnHKN WHILE TUUTHINO WITH
Pi:itFUCT BI1CCK&S. It SOOTHLS the
CHILD. SOFTHNS tho OU.M3. ALLAYS
all PAIN: OL'ULS WIND COLIC, and
Is the best remedy for DIAIUtUOKA,
Sold by all DiugglBttj In cvety part of tho
world. He sure and ask for "Mr.. Wins.
low'3 Soothing llyrup," and take no other
kind. Twerty-flvo cents a bottle.
SUPERIOR COURT
ENDS ITS SESSION
LARGE NUMBER OF OPINIONS
ARE HANDED DOWN.
Decisions of the Local Court in the
Matter of the Incorporation of tho
Boroughs of Old Forge and Moosic
Are Affirmed No Opinion Handed
Down in the Little Libel Case.
Most of the Opinions Affect Ap
peals from the County of Philadel
phia. After handing down n largo number
of opinions the superior court ad
journed nt 12:30 p. tn. yesterday to
meet February 12, In Wllllunrspoit.
Most of the opinions weto on n
pealu from Philadelphia county. Tho
only local decisions were in tho Old
Forge and Mooslo borough cases, In
both of which the local conn was af
firmed. Judge Archbald passed upon
the Old Foigo case and Judge Ed
wards on tho Moosic case. In tho
court of first Instance. The expected
opinion In the Llttlo libel c.nro was
not forthcoming and likely will not
be handed down till the end of tho
llllamsport session, which will be
about Fobiuaty 21.
lielow nre given In full the opinions
In the two local enscs, written by
Judge W. D. Porter, of Allegheny:
In re: lniorpoiatlc.ii of thu borough of
Old Force
T.'o. 2'J, January term. 1W0
Appeal trim the touit of quarter set
slceii. of Lackawanna lounty.
Opinion by W. D. Porter, J.
The conu'lalht ot tho Hist specification
of error Is that tho petition for Incor
poration was not verified by nihil i It. It
would certainly lie pn pi r to Inquire Into
the necessity for the veillluitlon of such
a petition by ntlldavlt, If the record pre
sented wmi lacking. The recoid shows
that thero wcro two nllldavits attached to
the petition lu the piesent case; one of
said aflldavits set forth thu total number
of freeholders residing within tho limits
of tho proposed borough, mil that moio
than a majority of said freeholders had
signed the petition, ali of whom resided
within the limits of the said proposed
borough; tho other ntlldavlt set forth
that nil the persors who signed the pe
tition for tho Incorporation did so sub
sequently to Si ptember 1, iys. These af
tldavlts alleged that the requisite num
ber of resident freeholders had, within
the time requiied bv law, signed tho pe
tition. 'J lil- was sufficient to Invoke tho
JiiiKlletlon of the coi.rt. Tho tlrst speci
fication of error Is without foundation.
SECOND SPECIF! CATION.
Tho second 'specification of error al
leges that tho petition was not i-lgncd by
a majority of the freehcldei.s ol the ln
eorpoiated district. This question was
lalscd In thu couit below bv an excep
tion to the petition. A largo amount of
testimony was taken and the court, af
ter careful eonsldi ration, overruled the
exception, tiling an opinion which tao
appellants have' not rrlnto'd.
ThU was a dotei miration of the ques
tion of tact adversely to the contention
of appellants. The neoid shows no tr
ior lu this disposition of the question,
and we must necept the conclusion.
'Iho court, i port petition, under the act
of April 1, Hot, P. L. 200, excluded ecrtaln
l.incl.t of the Delaware, Lackawanna aad
Western Kiiilroad company from tho bo
much, which action Is tho subjeet of tho
third speelllcatlon of error.
The court found that the land In ques.
ttuii will" used exclusively for purposes
of farming, and did not belong to tho
vlllaga This was a matter In which
tho law Invested tl.n eotirt with discre
tion to determine all questions of fact
and cMiedlcnev. This court will not re
verse tho conclusion reached, unless for
an abusu of discretion, distinctly charged
ulid clearly established, or for error ap
pearing upon tho faco of tho teeonl
proper. Wo cannot consider the evl
di nee, and the record discloses no error
In the exclusion of the lands. Tho third
assignment of error cannot stand.
The court found "That the conditions
prosiilbeil by law have been fully coir.,
piled with, and that It Is expedient to
grant tho prajer of the petltloneis. This
was nlmost a, literal compliance with tho
provisions of the act of June 20. 1SJ", and
was all that was requited. Tho fourth
specification of error Is dismissed. Tho
record shows a plot or draft of tho pro
posd borough attached to the petition,
nnd tho fifth speelllcatlon of error must
have been tiled inadvertently.
A number of tho petitioners who had
Invoked tho Jurisdiction of tho court and
set In motion tho machinery of the law
tor the incorporation of tho borough,
subsequently dlrcoveted that they could
not coutiol the court, in the cxerclso of
Its discretion, In pissing upon tho petition
of the Delaware, L.-.ckawanna and Wcst
i rn Ilallruad company for tho exclusion
of farm land. Said petitlorers then slgneit
ii remonstranee ngaln-t thn Incorpora
tion. Tho court In determining whether
the original petition had been signed by
the required number of freeholders
counted as signers these turtles who hml
sUnrd hut changed tl.elr minds when the
proceeding was almost finished.
NOT TO I1D TOLUUATED.
Petition cannot thus play tast and
loose with tho court. Joining with other.
ro ma ko up tho number necissaiy to i un
lit' juilsdlctlon, and tl'en thnatm to de
prive thu limit of Jurisdiction by with
drawing, if all collateral questions niu
not diiidid as they stiggist, Fleinlngtoti
borougl, luS Pa. ii-lf. The sixth spiel
llcitlon of error has ro merit whaiuvn.
None of tho itmalnlng spciiiic.itlons are
worthy ol consideration. Thu assign,
ment! of en or ale all dlsinlssid
Dccito alllrined and appeal dismissed at
costs of uppi Hants,
in to: Incorporation of tho borough of
Moosic.
No. 1 J.muaiy term, lijj, appeal Horn
mint of common plias. of Lackawanna
count).
Opinion bv W. D. Porter, J.
Tho tlist assignment ot erior Is to the
action of thu couit In low on overruling
tho tlrst exception proscribed by uppell
atit Tho exception alleged that tho ar
tldavlt accompan.vlnr tho petition, which
set torth that all the signer. of the pe
tition were fret holders residing within
tho limits of tho tenitory specified in
tho petition, was by tho exceptants be
lleved to bo false. This raised a qilestton
of fact. Tho court overruled tho execp.
Hon, which was an adjudication of ties
lact contrary to the contention of up.
pellanls and. being one of thoso things
committed by the legislation to tho .lis.
cieiton of the quaiter sessions, wo have
no authoilty to roviuw that ilmllng.
Tho seronel specification ot eiror com
plains that tho boundaries of tho pro.
pored ImioUL'h am not cot forth ns ie
qtilied by law, lu that tho courses and
distances aro not set forth at length in
wauls.
Tho special defects relied upon nro tint
tho lines along Mill cresk ami the Lack
awanna river, respectively, slvo tho dis
tances anil tall tor low water mutk of
tho i.tteams as lliu hoiiml.itUn, but do
put give the courses of tho cmves of the
streams,
Tho purpose of tho requhemri.t of tho
statute that tho courses ami ellstan"ts of
the boundaiLs bo set forth in vardf. at
length, was that tho limits of the pro.
posed borough should be established with
uccuracy. nnd that idl persons might
know whether they wero within or with,
out tho lines, No boundaiy is easier to
fix than ono along tho ccurso nf a
stream, In this caso the streams seem to
bei well known and of considerable size.
Wo aro of opinion that tho boundaries
set forth In tho petition substantially
compiled with the stuUtte. Duqucsne bo
rough, 117 Pa. 58-
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Thu third ntilgnment of error Is to the
overruling of an exception to tho form
of publication of nutlco of tho presen
tation of tho petition. The appellants do
hot print tho notice In their paper book,
anil we must nssuino that tho action of
the court below was coirect.
Tho fourth, seventh, eighth nnd ninth
specifications or error relate to the action
of tho court below In pissing upon ques
tions of fart nnd expediency, which have
been by law committed to Its discretion.
In thu absenco of nn abusu of that dis
cretion, tho determination of such ques.
tlons by tho court of quarter sessions Is
riot renew able. Sco Svvoyorvilto borough,
recently decided by this court.
Tho fifth nnd sixth assignments of er
ror refer to thu action of the court be
low In overruling tho fifth and sixth ex
ceptions 111c ct by tho present applicants.
These exceptions set forth that tho ter
ritory proposed to bo Incorporated con
tains four or five widely separated set
tlements, and n largo amount of farm
or wild land not appurtenant to any of
said settlements. There were thus raised
questions of fact which were to bo de
termined upon evidence, and questions
of expediency which were tho subject of
tho discretion of tho court below,
DUTY Or THU COUDT.
Upon then) exceptors It was tho right
of tho rnrtlcs, respectively, to produce
evidence, iiiid It was tho duty ol the
court, upon consideration of the ovl
elence, to determine, whether the terrl
toiy was composed of teveinl distinct vil
lager having dlverso Interest, or was, In
fact, ono village, whir Its properly appur
tenant lauds.
Tho extent and character of tho lands
aro not, per so, controlling elements In
tho determination of tho question, itor
ough of Dloomlug Valley, Sfi P.u 6G. It Is
tho duty of tho court of quarter sessions
to exercise a wise discretion In passing
upon theso questions, and carefully uvolil
Joining In nn Incorporated borough two
or moro separate and distinct villages.
Tho Judgment orrlvicl at Is not renew -nblo
bv tho appellant court unless an
uhtiso of discretion by tho court below is
distinctly charged ar.rt, clearly estab
lished. In tho present caso thcro Is no
suggestion of an nbuso of discretion. As
to tho farming lands alleged to bo Im
properly Included within tho limits of the
borough, it is most significant that not
a single owner presented a petition, under
tho act or Apill 1. 1SH3, P. U 2u0, asking
that his lands bo excluded. Tho Inhab
itants of the proposed borough are prac
tically unanimous In desiring Its Incor
poration. Wo ate not convinced that
thero was error in overruling tho excep
tions. The tenth nssirnment cf error alleged
that tho court elli regarded tho lemon
Htt.inccs filed against tho incorpotntlon
of tho borough. Wo can not llnd from
the lecord that court did not consider tho
lenionstruncc. That tho court did not
d"cldo In favor of tho remonstrants does
not establish that tt did not give their
represent itlons all tho weight which they
merited.
Tl.e remonstraecs set forth facts, which
required the support of evidence, or made
suggestions ns to expediency, which were
merrlv arguments. All tho assignments
of error are dismissed.
Dei ree affirmed nnd appeal dismissed
at costs of tho appellants.
FULL LIST OF DECISIONS.
Tho full list of the decisions follows:
Per Curiam:
Thomas against Knights of Birming
ham, Philadelphia county; rulo dis
charged. i'alor against Piatt, Slontogomcry
county; affirmed.
Sheeiian against Rosen, common pleas
No. I, Philadelphia county; atllrmed.
Suler against Doss, common pleas No.
I, Philadelphia county; atllrmed.
Hulahan against Cassidy, common pleas
No. 4; ulllrmed.
Falrbank's company against City
Trusts, common pleas No. 1, Philadelphia
county; ulllrmcd.
1 eager ng ilnst Castldy, Lancaster coun
ty; atllrmed.
By nice, P. J.:
Buckvv alter against County, Lancaster
count, ; l everted.
Turner against Larkln, Delaware coun
ty: dismissed.
Palethoipe against Schmidt, No. 3 Phil
adelphia county; reversed.
Fischer against Duch, common pleas
No. 2. Philadelphia county; iifilrmcd.
Be ment against Birch, common pleas
No. 2, Philadelphia, county; afllimcd.
Haster agalnrt the city, common pleas
No. 1, Philadelphia county; atllrmed.
Quirk against thu Insuiatico company,
common pleas No. 3, Philadelphia coun
ty; atllrmed.
Bo id in Manhelm township, Lancaster
county; utllrmtd.
Wether III against Erwln, Northampton
county; alllimed.
Yo.ist ngalnst Beatty. common picas.
No. 4. Philadelphia county; quashed.
By Beaver. J.:
Jonea estate. Doano's appeal, Potter
ceiinty; atllrmed.
Hayes against Lentz, Montgomery
county; atllrmed.
McCnbo iikiIimc the city, common pleas
Nn 4, Phlliiltlphia county; levcrsed,
Ellis u'r.ilnst the elt, common ideas
No I, Philadelphia county; leversed.
Spaik.. against tho Brick company.com
inon pleas No. 1, Philadelphia county,
l oversell.
Boss against the Mutual Accident com
pmv, common pleas No. 1, Philadelphia
enmity; atllirr.ed.
O Brleu ncilnst S.vlvester.commoii pleas
No. 1, Philadelphia county: nttlimcd,
i' mmonweilili against Pcppcrmaii, Al
legheny county; reveisul.
Be Orlinly, J..
leu Maniiliii tutlng company ncnlnst Ar
moui. common ideas No. 3, Philadelphia
county; reversed.
DECISIuN BY Jl'DCiE SMITH.
By Smith, J.:
Klutz ngalnst IlcUler, common pleas
No. .!. Philadelphia count) ; alllrmed.
By W. D. Poller, J.:
Borough ol Moosic, Lackawanna coun
ty: utllrincd.
Leach against Alexander, Cumberland
county; allium d.
Borough of Old Forge, Lickawanna
county; alllrmed.
Hlldebinnd'd appeal, Del.ivvaro county;
reversed.
Weckerly's appeal, Delawaro county;
reversed.
By W. W. Porter. J.:
Oil company against Hughes, Clearfield
county; nltlrmed
Construction company ugainst Wolf,
Blair county; reversed.
Bcel against Martin. Lancaster county;
reversed. Bice and W D. Porter dissent.
Knitting Mills against Manufacturing
company, Beiks county; uflirmed.
MeudcuhuU's nprcal, Chester county;
nlllrmid.
Bleo against Wnlllnszlus. Schuylkill
county: ulllrmcd, )
Insurance company against Downing,
receiver, common pleas No. 2, Philadel
phia county; reversed.
Stevens against Shorpless, common
pie is No. 2. Philadelphia county; affirmed.
Stray ngalnst the Wnter company,
Schuylkill county; atllrmed.
By Beeber, J.:
Deed against tho County, Clearfield
county; atllrmed.
Buffer ty against Norrls, Cleat field
county; nfllnind.
aoodmuu against Comic, center county;
ami mod.
Weed ngalnst Cummlngs, common pleas,
Philadelphia countv; reversed,
Fischer against Suufoid, common pleus
No. 1, Philadelphia county; affirmed.
LAID TO REST WITH
MILITARY HONORS
FUNERAL OF LAMENTED LIEU
TENANT REES WATKINS.
Services Attended by Many Officers
of the Thirteenth Regiment with
Which the Deceased Was So Close
ly Identified During the Past Two
Decades Tributes from the Officia
ting Clergyman Ex-Chaplain
Logan Says He Never Heard a
Complaint Against the Deceased.
Surroundeel by a largo number of
members of the Thirteenth regiment,
so dear to his heart In life, and with
nil tho honors of a military funeral,
tho body of the late Lieutenant Roes
(1. Wntklns wns xesterclny afternoon
laid In tho grave.
Prior to the regular funeral services
tho remains of tho dead man were
viewed by, It would seem, thousands
of bis old friends, ns they laid In the
front parlor of tho family homo tit
Soil Kdna avenue. Tho room was
almost completely filled with lloral
tributes, notable among these being a
magnificent piece representing stacked
arms, sent by tho staff ofTicers of tho
regiment.
After tho remains had been viewed
by nil who tieslicd to seo them, the
coflln was closed, wrapped in a largs
American flag nnd placed in tho heat so
by tho six pall-bearers, who wero ns
follows: Colonel L. A. Watres. Col
onel H. If. Ripple. Colonel Herman
Osthaus, Major Frank Robllng, Jr.,
Major W. S. Millar nnd Lieutenant
Colonel r. Vv Stlllwell, all of whom
were attired In full military uniform.
Tho funeral procession then pro
ceeded to tho Providence Presbyterian
church. First came Bauer's band,
playing a solemn funeral march: then
came a number of the line officers of
tho regiment followed by a detach
ment of about 100 men from various
companies. These were followed by
the llrlng squad of twenty men In
command of Lieutenant David J. Da
vis. Then came a carriage contain
ing the lloral pieces followed by tho
hearse and carriages containing tho
mourners.
When the church was reached tho
soldiers lined up In tx double file and
uncovered w hlle the he.trso was driv
en between them. The church Itself
was crowded with the friends of the
deceased when the choir Bang the
opening hymn.
TILS FAVORITn CHAPTER.
Rev. D. S. Jones, D. D., pastor of
the Welsh Congregational church,
read the loth chapter of tho gospel ac
coiding to St. John, which chapter
Lieutenant Wntklns had read aloud
to his family tho night before bo
died. Dr. Jones was followed by Rev.
S. a. Reading, D. D., pastor of tho
North Main Aveneu Baptist church,
who offered a bilef nnd fervent prayer.
The choir then Fang "Jesus. Lover of
My Soul," which It was announced,
tho deceased had also sung last Satur
day night, a few hours before his
death.
Rev. Geoigo K. Guild. D. D., pastor
of tho Providence Presbytetian
church, then delivered a beautiful
eulogy to tho memory of the de
ceased. He traced his life back to his
boyhood duys In Wales, told of tho
religious training ho received in &trl;
youth nnd how he hid been faithful
to that training up to the hour of
his death. Dr. Guild said in part:
"When the last bugle call of all
came eatly Sunday morning, this
Christian man and citlzon whom
we mo honotiug today, could respond
In all confidence and a&suranco of
reaching thnt happy abode of eternal
life. Ho has left us the heritage of a
strong, unreltish, pure life, a life lived
for his fellow men, his family, his
country and his church.
"Friends, toldleis, citizens. I recom
mend to you tho life of this Christian
man, T recommen I to your memory
nncl devoted love, the life of Lieuten
ant Roes G. Wntklns, now Fafe in
God. Let us so live that when the
summons copies for us to Join the
innumerable caravan which moves to
waul the mysterious realm bejond,
wj nny go not like tho scourged slave
but with unfaltering footsteps like
ono who wraps tho dtapety of his
couch about him and lies down to
pleabant di earns."
NEVER COMPLAINED OF.
Rev. S. C Logan, D. D., was the
next speaker. lle teferted to tho fact
that he was asked as n former chap
lain of the regiment to speak nnd then
pointing to the coffin said: "There
lies the body of the tea! chaplain of
the Thirteenth regiment, u chaplain
vvitli no power from earth but with
unlimited power from above." Ho re
fen eel to the willingness of the do
ceased to do anything asked him and
stated that he was tho only man ho
ever know ngalnst whom ho had never
lie iid a complaint.
Rev. W. TI. Swift, of Hones-dale,
chaplain of the teglment. offered play
er at this point afier which Rev. Dr.
Guild pronounced the benediction. Tlui
funeral ptocesIon then fotmcil as
abovo noted nnd marched to tho For
est Hill cemetery.
Hoie the remains; wcro interred.
Chaplain Swift reading the brief and
simple but Impressive burial set vice.
Tho tiring Fqiunl thn fired three vol
leys over tho grave; the reglmenl.il
bugler sounded taps and .is the last
echoes of tho bugle call sounded over
tho hills, tIioo present turned away
with tho memory of Rces G. Wntklns
uppermost In their minds.
The officers piesent nt the funeral
In addition to tho pnll-benrers were:
Colonel II, M. Roles, Colonel F. L.
Hitchcock, Chaplain Swift. Major
Whitney. Captnin F. M. Vandllng.
Cnptrln Kambeck. Captain Voote, Cap
tain Diirkhoue. Captnin Drake. Lieu
tenant Mills, Lieutenant Relph, Lieu
tenant D. J. Davis, Lieutenant Den
Jamiti, Lieutenant Riptle, Lieutenant
Pross, Lieutenant Daley. Lieutenant
Cutler, Lieutenant Cooper.
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Lecture on the Battle of Santiago by
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