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THE SORANTON TKTBUNE-SATUKDAY, MAY 5, 1900.
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WHITNEY'S WEEKLY
BUDGETOF NEWS
AN ANKODOTE OF JOE SMITH
THE MOnMON PHOPHET.
A Curious Bock Nonr Great Band.
Case of Mlstfilton Identity .til
Starrucca Latest Topics of Inter
est In Ralhond Circles A Few
Paragraphs In Lightei Vein.
Events of the Week In Montiose.
Special (a the Niintuii Jiibune.
rJusquchnnnn, May .1. A huge num
ber o iiewKpupers hiiut u-rently con
tained the following! "Willie tli Dan
Itlce show wns playing In hii Illinois
town nice learned thnt Joseph Smith,
the Mormon piophet, wns in tlie same
place. Illca called on Hmlth and the
next dny It was advertised all over the
country that the prophet would walk
on the surface of n small river that
(lowed near the town, The people came
by hundreds to see the 'miracle.' The
nater wus muddy and Joseph began
to walk on Its surface. He wtrolled out
about llfteen feet when suddenly ha
went down and out of sight, ltlce had
removed one of the boards of the plut
lorm that had been prepared Just be
neath the sin face of the water the
night before."
Joseph received the ducking, hut
Dan ltlce hud nothing to do with It. It
Is well-known that Joseph Smith, the
father of Mormonl-mi, wns, for a time,
a resident of this vicinity, lleie ho
ttanslated (?) the Hook of Moimon, or
Mormon bible, ptospected for gold and
oilier pi ei Ions minerals, performed
'miracles,' and duped the early settle! s.
At one time lie announced that at a
ceitnln hour lie wniild Imitate our
Savioi' miracle and -walk upon the
water. The place selected was In the
Susquehanna liver, at what lb now
West Susquehanna. At the appointed
time a crowd nsiembled at the point
selected, and Smith appeared. diesed
In a long white tabe. He commenced
his walk, but, when he ni lived In the
middle of the fctieam, he gave .1 gteat
shout and sank fiom sight. Men put
tit In boats and rescued him, half
dead. Mot monism came eiy near
seeing its finish on that Sunday after
noon. Smith had built a submerged
walk, two board wide, neios the river.
Some unbcllevets had, fiom a bluff, ob-i-ervcd
the process of constitution, and
when the prophet tetlied they sawed
out a section of the walk. Hence Jo
seph s unexpected and unannounced
baptism.
a rumors hock.
Near the Hod Hocks, In Cheat Hend
township, is n lock with otnlous In
dentations. It Is twelve leet long by
M-en or eight wide, and rises above
the buftire of the ground about eigh
teen lnche. Its edges aio angular. Its
surface Hat, and It shows little effect
of the action. It appears to bo mag
nesia limestone, and Its whiteness
nakes it a conspicuous object. On the
Mil face aio several deep and peifect
fohtpi hits, as though made by the left
inoccasloned foot of a woman or bow
H is said that it was known as a re
ligious rock to the Indians, who woi-s-hlpped
It.
in Lion -mil vniN.
A Susquehanna, nunty missionary to
Anica Is coming home, by easy stages.
The chief cannibal chief lequested him
to come across the salted sea and fat
ten up. Cannibals detest lean meal.
This Is the mouth when women sell
neai ly all of their husbands wnrdiobe
to the rag man for about 19 cents
worth of Jammed tlnwaic.
A lcinitv chap Is said to hae se
eie ih.istised Ills little daughter,
w ho pleaded Illness as an excuse fur
not attending Sunday school. He com
pelled her to walk twelve mllis In 01
dei to go. When he dies, If Satan does
nut give him it seat light up against
the lleiy fuuiaeo he ought to lose his
Job.
A Susquehanna glil told he- oung
man tli.u she would neer manv him
until he was woith SlOO.Oui). So lu
staited out with a biae heart to
make it. "How aie you getting on,
(leoigeV" she asked at the expiration
of a few mouths "Well," CJcoige said
hopefully, "1 haw saved up $.,2."
The glil dropped her eyelashes, and
blushliiRly lem.uked, "I think that's
enough, ficoigo."
They will be mauled In August.
in HAiLitoAD cinou:s.
'Julio a huge number of Hile rail
roadeis aie taking good positions upon
southern loads.
Sl coiuluetois nn the Delawaie di-
iPlon of the Krle have been reduced
to Ilagmeu on act mint of light tralllc.
Hallstead Is lecoveilng from hei late
lailiuad scaie. She has lost bome ex-
i llent (Itlzens, by changes In tuns,
but she has, a huge numbei left
The Drle Is hot-footed aftel the
tiamps and others who break Into Its
Bi Bios Happened
More than once that a child has been
carried off by an eagle. When such
a thing does happen the press rings
with the story. There's not a line
given by the press to the babies car
ried off daily by disease. It isn't the
fact of the child being taken away
that, is startling or interesting, it's
only when the method of taking off
is novel that it excites interest. How
many children die who might have
been saved if the mother who bore
them had been able to give them
strength and vitality. Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription makes healthy
mothers and healthy mothers have
healthy children, strong enough to
resist disease If they are attacked.
Mrs. Aacl Kjer, of Gordonville, Cape Glr
rdctu Co., Mo.,rritcti When I look at ray
little boy I feel It ray duty to write to you.
ThU It my fifth child and th only one who
came to maturity; the other having died
from laclc of nourishment o the doctor
aald. Thia time I Juat thought I would try
your ' F react! ptlon.' I tc ok nine bottles aud
lo my surprise it carried me through and
rave us aa fine a little boy aa ever was.
weighed ten and one-half pounds. He Is
now five months old, haa never been sick a
day, and la so strong that everybody who
acta him wonders at him.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets keep
(he bowels healthy and regular.
freight can In transit. Beer, beef and
clothing are- tho chief goods stolen.
Quite n laigo number of Immigrants
am passing oer tho Krlo for tho far
west. Time wus when tho l'rie can-led
n gieat number of Immigrants, but of
late jeius the tralllc has diverted to
other lvads, which carried tbem for
piolltless rates. 'Tho Erie doesn't care
to do business for fun nor In fact for
tho sake of doing business.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
A farmer, living near Starucca.
whoso wife was troubled with an ach
ing tooth, decided to come to Susque
hanna. Tho pair took a scat In Palm
er's Ihle "flyer," and, soon after the
tiuln started, tin. fanner went forward
into the smoking ear, telling his wife
I hot he would be back directly. While
her husband was absent, tho conductor
came lelsutely along, ticket punch In
hand, and, approaching tho old leady,
reached over for her ticket, whereupon
the victim of the toothache opened her
mouth and sold:
"You needn't mind giving me chloro
form, doctor. Just pull It right out,
anyhow! I can stand It, and when
John comes back he will settle with
yer!"
A 8TIUNG O' THINGS.
This has been a big week In Mont
rose. She has had the Brldgewater
Baptist association, tho Susquehanna
County Medical society and the Sus
quehanna County Sunday Sschool as
sociation. It will be so quiet over
there next week that the people can
luar themselves think.
IJre'r Haines, of the Honesdale In
dependent, charges about everything
ngHlnt the Republicans of the state,
except the late Spring. And ho has
that ma'ter under ndvlsement.
The young lady who, In a newspa
per card, a few days since, announced
the rcniatiage of her parents, Is up-to-date.
A Susquehanna county man two
years ago took $730 and went to the
Klondike countiy. Last week he came
hniti" with gold In one tooth.
When the dear ladles give tholi
ages lo the census man, they will
havo the satisfaction of knowing that
they are not under oath; and the cen
'sus man doesn't care whether they aie
23 or i).
LATH LOCALETTES..
Susquehanna, fishermen who go to
tho Delaware river section In quest of
t-ont and slnd, come home with few
fish. The streams are too high.
William Snape died at his homo on
Erlf avenue on Wednesday afternoon,
aged G7 years. Tho funeral will take
place on Fildny nfternoon.
In St. John's Catholic church on
Wednesday morning, Jerome McAullff
and Miss Margaret Kelly were united
In marriage. They left immediately on
a wdding tour.
civil Engineer George Lclghton, of
Glonburn. has completed the ofllclal
survey of Susquehanna, In connection
with the contemplated sewerage sys
tem, Tho common council Is said to favor
the paving of Main street A certain
alleged hot place is said to be "paved
with good Intentions." Susquehanna's
streets need something more substan
tial and more costly. Whitney.
FOUND A FORTUNE.
Heiis to a Large Estate Who Had
Mysteriously Disappeared Turns
Up After Sixteen Years Had Been
in an Oiphan Asylum.
Fiom tlii 1'itMjuri; ( nnimcrcial Gazette
A bill in equity filed in lommon pleas
No. between Leon A. and Lewis Hull,
plaintiffs, and the Fidelity Title and
Trust company, of Pltthbmg, guardian
of AVllllam F. Hull and Wlllam H.
Hall, defendants, deeops nn Intel est
injr loinuiicc which leunlted a family,
hi ought foi tunes to w.uuleiing oiphan
bojs and disposed of thousands of dol
lars' worth of piopeity for which all
hope f finding the heirs had been
given up. Attorneys Lawionce W.
Bingham and Ernest W. Marlnud filed
the bill asking for ,i piititlon of this
prooetty.
Fianc Is J. Hall, one of the best
known and wealthiest colored men In
I'ittsbutg In the eaily "80s, died In Feb
mary, lSis. leaving about $10,000 in ie.il
estate and peisonal property. His last
will was made and dated December If.,
1&74 To this will ho added at nlIaus
times codicils, hanging Its piovlslons
until the last codicil left the property
to a daughter and four giandsons, who
had mjsteilously disappeared. The
piopeity consisted of secn bilck
houses and nbout $10,000 in cash. By
the provisions of the will ho divided
tho houses on Klrkpatrick and Perry
stieets. Iealng them to his daughteis,
Lulu and Elizabeth Hall. By tho flist
codicil ho left tluee brick houses to
Lulu Hall and thiee houses to his son,
Iltchurd A. Hall, Elizabeth having
died. By the second codicil,, tho tes
tator, on account of his son's wife.
Josephine Hall, having Incurred his
displeasure and dislike, i evoked the
first codicil and cut his son and his
heirs off without a cent. By a thlid
codicil, the daughter-in-law having
died, he l evoked the second codicil und
again left his son and his hehs, one
half of his property.
AVENT OUT INTO THE WOULD.
In the meantime the son, Richard A.
Hall, died, knowing only of codicil No.
-'. which cut out himself and his chll
d iwi. Before he died, however, ho
placed the four children In tho colored
Otphans asylum at Bellevue, with the
understanding that When each attained
the uge of twehe yeais, he was to bo
sent out into the world to mako his
own way The last codicil was added
In 1881. The giandfather did not know
wheie the child! cu were and none of
the lelatlves weie taken Into the
father's confidence, ho having cut loose
fiom the tiunll. and not being on
speaking tonus with any of them. The
Oi phans' home knew nothing of the
Kiandfather or the will, and as tho chil
ill en lenched tho stipulated ago. each
was given bonio icady cash and sent
out to muko his own living. Ono by
one they left taking a different couise.
until nil had left the home and disap
peared without knowing that several
thousand dollars each wns waiting a
claimant.
Lewis, tho eldest, wandered all over
tho woild as a newsboy on trains, and
for sixteen years the Fidelity Title and
Trust company held tho property
waiting for the heirs to turn up, Leon,
tho second boy, became u Janitor In
Pittsburg, and William V. Hall be
camo a bootblack or something of tho
sort, in Ohio. William It. Hall, tho last
to leavo tho Institution, disappeared
entirely and was given up for dead,
when the final discovery of the cstato
was mad in u -ost peculiar manner
a 1 by n i- ih .iv
Two yeats ago Lswis Hall, who had
been nil over the country, got home
sick and decided to come back to Pitts
burg and try to locate some of his
biotheis. He lynched the city In the
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Prospect
US of the Siege
lCooper Co
CO-OPERATIVE STORES, NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
Profit-Sharing with our Patrons.
Co-operation with our Employees. ,
THE great success attained since 1S87 by Siegel, Cooper & Co., has induced and given warrant to the enterprising
owners to further ingratiate themselves into public favor by consolidating their two mammoth establishments into
a co-operative enterprise on a profit-sharing basis. They recognize the tendency of the present age to be in the
direction of co-operation of employers with employees, as well as in profit-sharing with patrons. To accomplish this
desired condition, a new Company, the Siegel-Cooper Co. (Co-operative Stores, New York and Chicago) has been incorporated
under the laws of the State of New Jersey with a capital stock of $24,000,000.00, of which $14,250,000.00 is divided into
285,000 shares 6 per cent, cumulative Preferred Stock of $50.00 par value, and $9,750,000.00 into 195,000 shares Common
Stock of $50.00 par value.
The charter of the Company provides that, after full dividends of 6 per cent, per annum have been paid on the
Preferred Stock, and full dividends" of 3 per cent, per annum have been paid on the Common Stock, all additional dividends
shall be apportioned and paid on the basis of in amount on the Preferred Stock and 3 in amount on the Common Stock.
To carry out the plan of
Co-operation
with its employees, $2,000,000.00 of the Com
mon Stock has been placed in trust, the annual
dividends of which will be distributed among
such, employees as have been or may hereafter
be with the New York or Chicago establishment
for a period of three years during their satisfac
tory continuance in the service of the new Com
pany ; such dividends will also be continued and
paid to employees for life who, after ten years
of service with the new Company, become inca
pacitated for further employment, thereby practi
cally providing a pension fund for faithful
employees in their old age.
To carry out the plan of
Profit-Sharing
it is proposed by the present owners, who are
the owners of all the stock of the new Company,
to offer to the public through the undersigned,
200,000 shares (fully paid and non-assessable)
of the 6 per cent, cumulative Preferred Stock at
par, upon which tho full 6 per cent, dividend
must always be paid before the Common Stock
receives any dividend whatever, the Preferred
Stock also having a prior right to all the assets
of the Company.
In order t.o give double assurance to the
general public, whom it is desired to interest as
Stockholders (instead of Speculators) and who
may not be fully conversant with such invest
ments, the money required to pay dividends
on said 200,000 shares has been set aside and
will remain on deposit with the Central Trust
Company of New York, and the Illinois Trust
and Savings Bank of Chicago, respectively, to
secure the dividends of 6 per cent, per annum,
payable 3 per cent, semi-annually, for a period
of five years, ". e., until July 1st, 1905, on all
such Preferred Stock as may be allotted in their
respective territories, and each Certificate of
Stock so allotted will have an endorsement by
said Trust Companies, respectively, to that
effect. We thereby offer, we believe, not only
an absolutely safe 6 per cent, investment, but
one which will without question yield consider
ably more.
Under no circumstances
will any
of the Preferred Stock not so allotted, nor any
of the Common Stock, be sold, the present
owners having no desire to sell out, but intending
to remain with the business; they will therefore
not part with any more stock than they believe
necessary to fully carry out their plans for co
operation and profit-sharing, as previously stated.
The owners confidently believe that, by in
augurating the liberal policy above outlined
towards their employees, they will in return be
rewarded by more faithful service, and courteous
attention to patrons, the result of which must be
beneficial to the new Company as well as aug
ment the continued good will of the public.
Furthermore, it can be calculated
to a certainty
that with many thousands of new stockholders
exerting their personal influence toward the suc
cess and welfare of the business, larger patronage
and correspondingly greater earnings for the
new Company will be assured. It is from the
increased benefits and material advantages which
these changed conditions are expected to bring
about, that the present owners feel confident of
better pro rata remuneration on the stock which
they retain, and in a measure justifies them in
parting with any portion of their interests in an
established and exceptionally profitable business.
The SIEGEL-COOPER CO. Co-operative
Stores will take possession Monday, July 2d, 1900, of
the two great department stores of Siegel-Cooper
Co., New York, and Siegel, Cooper & Co.,
Chicago, in their entirety, covering a floor space
of over thirty acres, with their millions of dollars'
worth of Merchandise, Store Fixtures, Delivery
Plants (consisting of many hundreds of Horses,
Wagons, etc.), Machinery, extensive Stable
Properties, and all the appurtenances required
for the complete operation of the two stores,
and also its Palatial Fireproof Store Building and
Real Estate in New York City, which alone repre
sents an asset of many millions of dollars, free
of all encumbrances or indebtedness whatsoever,
so that the Siegel-Cooper Co. (Co-operative
Stores, New York and Chicago) will start its
career without owing a single dollar.
For the good and sufficient reason of not
wishing to divulge the details of our business to
our competitors, we present no balance sheet for
publication. We do not however, desire to ask
our patrons or the public to rely exclusively on
our representations, and, therefore, the money
required has been set aside and will remain on
deposit with the above-named Trust Companies
to absolutely secure the dividends on all the
Preferred Stock to be allotted as stated. More
over, we allude with pride to the fact that tho
Chicago establishment has since its inception
paid millions of dollars in dividends to its stock,
holders, and that the New York establishment,
while only in its fourth year, is not only doing
a larger business than the Chicago store, but is
also on a most profitable dividend-paying basis.
We can also say for the benefit of subscribers,
that the net earnings of our two establishments
for the past year were largely in excess of the
amount required to pay the dividends on all tho
Preferred Stock of the new Company
There will be no change
ih management,
and the same men who thirteen years ago started
the original Siegel, Cooper & Co. store in
Chicago (and later its sister-store in New York)
and who have achieved a success almost without
parallel in modern retailing, have pledged them
selves to continue in the management of the
business of the new Company the same as in the
past, and they will deposit with the Central
Trust Company of New York, all of their stock
holdings for a term of years to secure such
pledge.
Subscriptions for the 200,000
shares of the Preferred Stock
will be received in person, or by mail, on blank
forms provided for that purpose, by the Central
Trust Company, 54 Wall Street, New York, and
Siegel-Cooper Co., New York and Chicago,
beginning at 10 a. m. Monday, May 7th, 1900,
and will continue for a period of One Week ; the
right, however, is reserved to close subscriptions
upon one day's notice in the New York and
Chicago daily papers. The above Trust Com
pany, for the convenience of our patrons and
the public, will receive subscriptions at the
Siegel-Cooper Co. store in New York, or at its
own office, 54 Wall Street. All subscriptions
must be accompanied by money, check, money
order or draft, payable to the Central Trust
Company of New York, to the amount of 20 per
cent, of such subscription (equal to $10.00 per
share), for which proper receipts will be given
by said Trust Company. Notice will be given
as soon as practicable of the number of shares
allotted to each subscriber, and the balance due
must be paid to said Trust Company on or
before July 5th, 1900, upon the delivery by
said Trust Company of the stock allotted.
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To the CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
54 WALL STREET, NEW YORK.
Enclosed please find $-
.being 20 per cent, first payment upon.
(HII In amount) .Wll In number of itinni)
shores of the Preferred Stock of the Siegel-Cooper Co. (Co-operative Stores, New York and Chicago), for
which I hereby subscribe, and promise to pay to the Central Trust Company of New York, at Its office, 54 Wall
Street, the balance due on shares of the stock allotted to me on or before July 5th, 1900.
Name..
Street Address-Town
.Stale-
With a view of extending the benefits of our
offer to as many of our patrons and the public as
possible, it Is proposed to allot the stock in tho
following order, namely:
ist. To all subscriptions for one share;
2d. To all subscriptions for two shares ;
3d. To all subscriptions for three shares ;
and to continue In the same order for larger sub
scriptions until the entire 200,000 shares have
been allotted.
Respectfully,
SIEGEL-COOPER CO.
(Co-operative Stores, New York and Ch.S&gO.)
.'irlns of 1S9S. und went Uliect to tho
Orpnuiib' home to maka Inquiries for
Ills iclatlvcfl. Nothing wan known of
any of the boys, nnJ lio could not find
a trace of his family. However, an old
man connected for many years with
the home, hail heard a' rumor that a
Grandfather had left the boys some
property. lie communicated the fact
to Lewis, who, while he thought It a
myth, not oven knowing his grand
father's name, asked for an attorney,
and by chanco wandered Into Ernest
W. Marland's ofllce. To Mr. Marland
he told hla story. Thu attorney could
not oven loam which grandfather ha J
loft thin estate nixtcii jcuih before,
but went to woik nn the case, ami
within a few duys located thu will, uivl
tho estate, lly haul woik they also
found Leon Unll nnd William V. Hall,
but tho last of tho brothers to leavo
the home could not bo found. The
Aunt Lulu Hull, now Mis. Handel, waa
located, and It required little effort to
prove the claim. Tho Fidelity Title
and Trust company turned over to each
his share qf the personal property, and
efforts were about to bo made to di
vide the third poitlon among the threo
biotheis on the gtound that tho fourth
wns dead, when a letter sent to I'ltta
bun; luinlshod a. clew lo William It.
Hull, who wuh a half-brother.
LOCATKD IN NASHVILLK.
Tho boy hud wilt ten to I'lttsburg to
learn something of his blathers, and
ono week ago this letter fell Into tho
hands of his uunt. He was located In
Nushvllle, Tunn., und Is made defend
ant with tho Fidelity Title and Trust
company In tho present proceedings.
Had he delayed writing the letter ho
would have been adjudged dead, and
another stieak of luck, which seemed
to follow all of tho bo) 3, phu ed him In
possession of ijiuuy thousands of dol
lats. The two Williams lire Illinois,
hence the partition piocedlngs on the
p.ut of tho eldei biotheis to get tlielt
undivided share of the mil estute. The
Fidelity Title und Tmst company wilt
hold the remainder of the estute, both
peisonal and teal, In trust for the two
younger boys. All will make Pittsburg
their future home, and tho two oldest
boys expect to embark In business In
this city with the fortune a kind
providence brought them.
Grent Men Fall Out.
Nca ii iImiiciiI Hut I'm Bono Publico whlla
t.iMiK .1 atioll, fill In with Vox l'cpull.
' it Uu4)n make iu tlml," Itr tM, "lo era
Miur naino in print. You arc audi an Internal
limubuir! vu luwr ipcuL (or an body but jour,
till, on J J"U know ill"
"Vim mUrrable fraud I" liotly ropouJtd Vot
I'ornili, "Vou neur adtoiutrd a public meaiura
In ,our lite tlut ; tor onbod)'a eood but
cur oun, and nery nun of seme U.omj It!"
At this juncture they were about lo clinch,
when Veritas happened along, and they both fell
ipon him and gat a him a tevere thrtthlng; tot
belns the Dlggcit Liar on Kaxtb. Chkaga Trlb.
une.