r -. y THE SCIIAXTOK TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, JULY 2G, 1901. GURRELL SAYS TARTTHINGS HE ALLEGES FIGURES WERE JUGGLED WITH. Democratic Mombors of tho Council manic Apportionment Committee Cause an Adjournment Till August 0, to Give Opportunity of Invests gating Allegations Made Against the Accuracy of tho Assessor's Re turns of Resident Taxables May Want Expansion Postponed. Common Councilman (lurroll believes thciu was Bonie Juggling with the hh Honors' i-oturn of resident taxables upon wlili'h the HpiiortloniiKHit of common comioiluicn Is nmile, and when the apportionment committee met lust night to do their computing, he find Commoners lialvln and Chtrhe, the other two Domoi'iats, voted to ad journ for two weeks to give opportun ity for verifying tho return. Select men demons and Oliver, tho ltepuli Uchiih on the committee, protested that the committee's only duty Is to make the apportionment and that It can not go behind the return of the assessors. The Democrats, however, held other wise, and, being In the majority, ef fected tho adjournment. Mr. Uurrell'H ground for his allega tion Is based on a comparison of tho hastily made and since discarded re turns, compiled last Juimmy under ex Itecorder Jlolr's direction on last year's nsscsMiient, and the return made this month on the new triennial assessment. He points out that the January re turn would give the Sixth ward (Demo cratic) two members and the Kftcentb waid (Itepubllcau) one member, while the newer return cuts the Sixth down to one member and boosts tho Fif teenth up to two. FKil'ItKS AT VAIUANCK. As further evidence In support of his allegation he cites bis own ward, the Koiiitccutli. which, uceoidlng to the January return. was only twenty shy of enough resilient laxables to give It two members, while the July return widens the margin to 110. Jlr. Currell says ii stands to teason that tho Fourteenth ward has not lost ninety resident tax ables In six mouths, but Instead has more likely gained that many. At all eents, lu' claims, the disciepaney Is so wide that an investigation should be made, and before he will agree to sign the apportionment report, he will have to satisfy himself that It was the January and not the July return that Is incorrect. The computations had been conclud ed and the apportionment made lu ac cordance therewith befoic Mr. tlunell made his objection, mid while there vas formal signing or otherwise pio batlng of the report. It was construct ively, at least, agreed that the appor tionment was made and made cor rectly, If the assessors' return was col lect. This being so, Mr. demons and Mr. Oliver contend, the work of tho committee s at an end, as there is nothing In the law giving the commit tee authority to revise or even question the assessors' return. It may be that the purpose of the Democrats In putting over the report of the committee tor two weeks is to defeat the apportionment and the con-t-equent expanding of the council. The law under which the apportionment Is made reads as follows; WHAT Till; LAW SY.. Ibiciflcr tin' lathi of rcpicntHliin in mm innii munilN In cillr. of lli, wumil ta- idull Im tlxcil and dclciimncd a. follow: In the mouth nf .lnl.i, luriTiliii!; the next regular urn nuip.il rlivti'in, allor the paaiauo nf tlii.s .ut, mill ipiy fiiiittti jcir tlini'. liter, the member I loinnion lennill .hall W .ii(m tloiiol in the fnlluulns manner: It li.ill lie the duty nf the B-p-ur of c.icli w.nd, to irliirn, under oath. inn- .itui e.ut rcimn of ic-idcut taxable.-, to tin incident of llio common ioinic.il, on nr hc'leir ttie tii-t rl.iy of July In each jcar when n apportionment i to tie in.uh', inul nt the tti-t m.cliiis: nf llir lumiuils thciciltci, a joint mm mince nf llc, tv.i liuin tin- folcet ami three i "in the ii'inuu'ii loiimil, Khali ,. appointed, win. idull rxdniinc the raid ictuini ami Ii itlo In- whole number ol taxable liy foity, .md the itiollrnt th.ill he the ratio f icproent.ition for lunnlieH ol ininmnn cnuneil: Provided, Thai li'iuW .inj ward hae an cucn of tlitce-tU'tln iimie than the lallo nf taxihlo. It ili.ill he en tiilnl to an additional member: ud piovidcd tuiiher. That each waul "hill have at lean one number i ,f louimon loiimil. It may be that the Democrats are wholly innocent of any Intention ot playing sharp, but the fact Is that they put over, or attempted to put over, until August the task of making the apportionment, which the law un equivocally states shall he made in the month of July. If such Intention does prevail, It is very likely of no moment, because the courts would, It Is safe to say, decide that the law as regards the time for making tho apportionment is directory nnd not mandatory, and that, in tills particular ease, the apportionment wiif made before the committee de cided to adjourn beyond July, as Messrs. demons and Oliver contend, TI1K ALLOTMENT. The computation! made last night al lot thirty-eight common couucllmen to the twenty-one wards, as follows: First, a; Second, 1; Third. I; Fourth, S: Fifth. :!: Sixth. 1: Seventh, t; Klghth, 1: Ninth. 2; Tenth, 1; Kloventh. 2; Twelfth, 1; Thirteenth, :j Fourteenth, 1 Fifteenth, sixteenth, 1: Seven teenth, :: eighteenth, 1: Nineteenth, S; Twentieth, :; Twenty-llrst. 1. Tho quotient obtained by dividing X ' X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Bonds and 5 Investment i Securities X X tt X )V M nroailnijr, N, y, tf WiUeiDirrf. Cibondale. i; -5-o Commonnnlth Mil'if. Sainton, P. WVikVHlJiiHHJiii r V DEALERS I.N V t k' X X the whole number of taxables by forty Is 633. Three-fifths of that is 331, the number of necessary taxables a ward must have In excess of 653 to entitle It to a second councilman. To have three councllmen, n ward must show tax ables numbering twice 053 plus 3!1. THEY HAVE RETURNED HOME Mobllists Establish a Record Be twoon Buffalo and Scranton. From lltift'nlii to Scranton in twenty eight hours and ten minutes' running time is the record established by Ilatry Jones and lloland Carr, who yesterday ut noon arrived here In their mobile. It will bo remembered that they went to Buffalo over a. week ago on a wager put up by Florey & lltooks that they would cover the distance In thirty hours. They beat that time going to lluffalo ond on the homeward trip beat the out-bound record. SUSTAINS THE LOCAL JUDGES Superior Court Affirms Three Findings of Local Judges. At the midsummer session of the Supeiior court, held yesterday In Phila delphia, decisions were handed down In local cases, as follows: Miller . Inlr rrtntc Casualty company, win. iniiti pleas. l..ikaw.iiina county: order dltrilliiR Jitilciiient for the plaintiff fur J0 afhinicil. Sprlnp llrnuk Water company r. Krlley. tic.n nrer. I'litiinmii plea, l..n kawanna county; do nee a ftli ined. In re inipeaihtivnt .1. 1". Kelly, aldernun, Kelly appeal, common plca., l.ail.anaiin.i niiin t' j order ntthiueil In the Hist named case the plaintiff. Constable J, s. Miller, sued the Insur ance company for $J5 a week accident benefits for a period of several months that lie was Incapacitated by a broken arm and other severe Injuries Inllliied upon him by a man named Nichols, whom he was attempting to dispossess on a landlord's warrant. The compan does not Insure police officers, but the plaintiff claim ho was accepted upon his representation that he dealt on! with civil business and never served warrants In criminal eases. Tito com pany maintained that the agent who made the exception in Millet's case did so without authority, and as the policy expressly states that Its provMons can not he amended In this manner, the company could not be held liable. The local court sustained the company, but dhected Judgment for the plaintiff In the sum which he paid for the policy. The Superior court allirms this llndlng. The question at issue lu the case of the Spiing Hrook Water company against M. J. Kelley. county treasurer, was the extent to which a water com pany could go In the matter of Includ ing as part of its waterworks, land used, or pretended to bo used, as a water shed. The company bought up practically all the land sloping towards Its reser voirs and their tributaries. It wan as sessed for local taxes, but the company refused to pay on the ground that the land was neccpsary to the operation of lis waterworks and consequently a part of its capital stock, which, under tho law. Is subject only to state taxes. The county treasurer proceeded to sell the land for the taxes, and the company went Into court to restrain them. In one of the most elaborate opinions Judge Aichbald ever wrote, a decision was rendered agalnct the company. Lands Immediately adjacent to the reservoirs and palpably essential to their maintenance should bo free from local taxes, but to say that all lands that h water company might seize and choose to label "water shed" could be held flee tiom local tax was not to be entertained for .i moment, the judge ruled. Me made a personal Inspection of the territory, spending a number of da.vs In tramping over Its length and breadth, and from the knowledge thus gained and a study of the maps, he catefully set off what poitlon of the land was essential and what part non essential to the waterworks. lie then decreed that the company should pay local taxes cm tho portion excluded from participating lu the make-up of the waterworks. The Su perior court agrees with his finding. In the Alderman Kelly case; an ap peal was taken from the decision of the local court refusing him fees for serv ing subpoenas and the like, while he was accomplishing his acquittal in the Impeachment proceedings brought against lilm two years ago by ox-Alderman C. M, Del.ong, l CITY NOTES i -f 4- . I). , II. I'WS. The II, hw.ue ami llud-on ;iitinl.i paid at l)lpluiu, Kddy ('leek, (irawy 1 -l.i in t anil I. .ill ill lollleiii'K. Ii.ill.ll imtlti:i, CM PT V. -The Home foi tlr rricmlhv. ir-peiiiulb and iloiiri jtltisly an iinuiiieH that hut Ii the flour liarrel and the Miliar lm ale cuipi.t, and girat U the reatct thricof. TO Mill TI PAIIK.-Tlie fnt annual cuiir sum ol he Hal lender' liial league, 'o. 1.11, will he held at Mountain pnk Tueday next, tnatiemuiiu haw hci'ti made for a my pleaant day. ' Ni: C.Mll'IX A new carpet Ii helm; put down in ihe ofttie of Itccordrr Council. It i of a hnehter color than the one nhkh haa coined the tlimr of that olhi'C time the city hall wai opened. WlllliT.N nV l W. IIAIITNOIJ,.-Tho euloay on the lite 'I lioinj Prndilinrr, of liuuiuoie, nlilcli appealed in jeiterdij' Trihuue, win writ ten I j r'tedciUk W. Ilartnoll, who-e name ii inadtertantly omitted. Wll.f, INVINTHi.Vli:. Coroner ltoheit wa notitied yesterday ol the Hidden death of Mrs. Kiank .Maschuikey, of the llldce at Aniihald, while ihe u Mtlnj her ller at .Irim.in, The vol oner will ImcitliMle the cae todaj. ADJOlitXKIl I NTH, TODAV.-The mphatV court fale of the Kennedy hotel pioperty at tho lorner ol South Wahlnelun atenue and liiver ulrcet, wan ndjourwd yenlerday nioinlnc, and will lake place In Ihe aihltratlon room c( tho coutt houso thl moiiilns at 10 o'clock. IHII'KMl.WCS PlrCII.lirii:D.-iiilrew Si ale ami Ida I'rdrom, of Hayinond conn, were ar letted jr.lrrday on a charge of Ucrpliiir a dU. elderly hotw ami were arialzucd helore Alder man l.entew, of the lilricnlh uald, who il. dialled them, a cac not hating hern nude out. "What can't bo cured must be cm dured," Hut heat can he cured, so need not be endured, if you huy your Ico cream at lliinley's, 120 Spruce btreet. ' HISTORY OF THE ERIE ROAD FINANCIAL UPS AND DOWNS IT ENCOUNTERED. After Being Used as a Football in tho Financial World for Years It Now Booms That It Has at Last Achieved a Permanent Place Among the Paying Railroad Pro perties of the Country Number of Reorganizations It Has Under gone. "Holland," the brilliant New York newspaper correspondent, writing ot tho ups and clowns of the Ktie com pany says: At the time of the panic In the money market In December, 1SD9, when rates were for un hour or so quoted ns high as 150 per cent, and when there was the closest scrutiny of securities offered for loans, a broker called upon one of the most conservative bankers of Wall street to beg for a loan of about $."i0, 000. lie was In great straits. It was necessary that lie obtain this money.no matter what tho late, or else bo forced to throw himself upon the mercy of his credltotw. In the considerable block of stock of various kinds that he offer ed as security, was one hatch of ICtio railroad shares, and although the bank president threw out certain Industrial securities as being unsatisfactory, he accepted without a question the Ktie ralli oad ediaros and made tho loan with a considerable part of sectttltles based upon tile possession of this Ktie stock. Jlo was asked about that soon after the loan was made, and icplled that, notwithstanding "poor old Ktie" had not paid an honestly-earned dividend for many years, and notwithstanding the fact that an event in a very indefinite future had been for years likened to the day when Kile common shall pay u dividend, nevertheless, Kile stock, taken at n fair estimate of Us market value, is deemed as good a security as a banker could have. That Is because It Is a quick ai-et. It could always be sold upon the Instant. There was a vague contingent reminder, or pos sibly of future hope, shown by that stock that gave it a market value which though comparatively small, was always certain. INDICATIONS OK IMtOSPKMTY. Thus, although until recently the credit of this corpoiatlon has been so poor that It was obliged to unbuilt to heavy discounts before It could market its bonds, nevertheless it has possessed a certain kind of credit of value to those who seek to borrow money, which has not been the lot of certain In dustrial Kccuiitles that ostensibly represent good dividend-paying proper ties. Although tho action of the Kile direc tors on Wednesday, lu declining a divi dend on the Ittst preferred shares, can not be compared in importance or fur reachlng conseqiicnco with the creation of that board of railroad managers nominally directors of ihe Northern J'aclllo, but actually as a board, the directors, absolute and impartial of the entire railroad systems weet of the Mis sissippi and north of St. Louis, never theless, the return after many years of misfortune, after several bankrupt cies and reorganizations of the Krlo corporation, to a dividend-paying posi tion, even for a comparatively small part of lt stock. Is, after all, one of the most impressive Indications of the hcalthfiilness of the new conditions, of the prospetity of the country and of the wise and philosophic economy, often involving colossal expenditures, which are the chief characteristics, of modern railroad management. "Poor old Kile" Is no longer spoken of with that maimer half humiliating and contemptuous, which so long a time characteiized all the refcienccs to it. TI1K UENirS OF JAY tSOl'LD. As the corporation was the first char ioted to convey trafllc by rail between the Atlantic and the great lakes, so It Is now practically the last of these Im portant corporations to return to a dividend-paying baeds. When It is borne in mind that It is about as long a time since the Kiie corporation paid any dividend, as was the case with the Missouri Pacific, which recently re turned to a dividend basis, then It will bo the better understood what this action of the Kiie directors signify. And yet there are Important differ ences between tho career of the Mis souri Pacific and that of the Kiie, al though In one respect certain features of these careers are Identical and not entirely happily identical. The Mis souri Paelllc was the creation of Jay liould: the Krle was the dlsastious and as tho records of legislatures and ot courts will prove, the tthameful foot ball ot Jay Ciould. Hut his ownership of the Ktie came to him at n period when he was tearing down, when he was a destructive reformer, and at a time when men estimated him as a muster wrecker, but as having no great creative capacity. His achieve ments with the Western I'niou and the New York elevated are cited its among the proofs that Mr. fiould was of that rare and higher oider of in tellect which is able to compass both destructive work and constructive un dertakings of the most dinicult char acter. Hl'ILDINC: THK SOUTHWKST. Hut It wus with the Missouri Pacific that his highest genius wn developed and has been odmlrably supplemented by the work of his son. the present president of the organization, tleorge (lould. The Kiie railroad was a vet eran when the Mlssontl Pacific was created. The development of the Mis souri Pacific built up much of the pros perity of the southwest, a prosperity which has reacted, so that now at last the Missouri Paelllc is able to pay a dividend upon honest earnings, and also to promise continued payment ttn leSiS there should come such general demoralization as would be sure to af fect all railroads. Hut the Kiie followed rather than created developments, it was designed first to supplement the rapidly grow ing lake trafllc from and to the west and was originally built with the consent of the state of New Yark as a direct and acknowledged com petitor of the Krle canal. There are some shorter romances of railroad construction titan any that are contained In tho Erie's history, as. for instance, tho building In the dead of winter of u railroad through the Adirondack region by Dr. Seward, an achievement that may be likened to the retreat of the Ten Thousand, to Hannibal's passage of theAlps.orto Henedict Arnold's march in the winter time across the wilderness of Maine for the purpose of capturing Quebec. Hut the whole history ot the Kile Is full of romance. One of them furnishes the first illustration of the manner In which railroad corporations circum vented legislatures and accomplished In a legal manner tho very thing the statute prohibited. Hut for that piece of strategy the Ktie railioad today would .have Its terminal at Piedmont-on-the-Hudson, opposite Tarrytown, Instead or at P.ivonlu, directly opposite New York city. THE TAKlNfi OK NEW KNlil-AND. The men who controlled the Krle conceived long before A. A. Mcl.eod at tempted to consummate a like plan tho capture of the railroad systems of New Kngland by means or a railioad ferry across tho Hudson connected with tho Ill-starred, romantic and sadly tragic Hofiton. Hartford & Kilo system. What they planned, and what Mr. Mcl.eod attempted, tho greut New Haven sys tem has accomplished, and Its chief Hvnl formany years, tho Hoston, Hart ford & Krle, as It was later known tho New Kngland, was at hist cap tured and brought Into the New Haven family. When the Erie v..n constructed It was expected that It would make to ordered two great cities, Just as after watd C. P. Huntington did make a city of Newport News after having put his linger upon the mop at that point and raid, "Hero I will build a city." It was with conildent expectation, not only of the Erie owners- antl Incorporators, but nlso of the state of New York, that at Dunkirk, on Lake Krle. and at Pledmont-on-the-HiitlHon would bo through the Influence of the Erie rail road, created two cities that would bo second only to New York Itself. Hut tlic situation or Huffulo, the concentra tion there of so many tiunk lines, nnd, above all, tho brilliant operations of Commodore Vnndorbilt, through which a now trunk line was crcatetl through the consolidation of various short lines, put an ond to the hope ot Dunkirk nnd compelled the Krlo itself to build Into Hulfalo, antl also to extend its system in a southwesterly direction, reaching out for tho trnfllo that was Initiated at Chicago, or at Cincinnati. MKTHOPOLLS IDEA A FAILURE. Piedmont-ou-tlie-Hudson was a dis mal fnl I tiro from tho start. Its piers were never occupied, It was Impossible to persuade passengers to favor a route that required a forty-mile sail on the Hudson river before the railroad could be taken, and today the only reason for tho maintenance of the single pas senger train that pllcc between Pied mont and that lino Is tho preservation of the charter. It Is within less than two years that the Krle corporation has been advanced to a position of pre-eminence. It owes some of its prosperity to the success of the very dilllcult reorganization plan worked out by Mr. Morgan and his as sociates, antl It was after that plan was accepted antl put Into operation that James J. Hill, looking for an east ern link In tho transcontinental system he had In mind, bought heavily Into the Etle. expecting with It and with the St. Paul, with which It connects at Chicago, to complete his transcontinen tal system. The collapse of the St. Paul ileal, bringing with It the tremendous consequences, that have been nt last determined through the organization of what Is spoken of here ns the most ex traordinary lalltoad tribunal ever or ganized, would, it was thought, some what affect the promise of great pros peilty which the owners of the Krlo system discovered In Mr. Hill's asso ciation with the corporation. ECONOMY THAT COSTS. Hut the Krle achieved a greater thing than even complete identification with Mr. Hill's transcontinental system would have been. Suddenly, before anyone who were not parties to the ne gotiation had the slightest Idea' of what Wits tinder way, It was announced that tho Ktie syndicate hud mastered a situation, although at great cost, so that hereafter it is the leader, the di rector, tlie owner of one of the most profitable and Important tralllo oppor tunities, that associated with proper ties heretofore owned by the Pennsyl vania coal corporation. It was one of those strokes of mas terly economy which cost an enormous amount of money, but It has put tho Krlo not only through the billllanev of the achievement and through the iden tification with the property of the most resourceful of our bankers, but also through Its c miaiitl of the coal traf fic formerly controlled by the Pennsyl vania Coal company into a position from which it cannot, apparently, be driven. So that It Is now said this divi dend, representing honest earnings, may be reasonably assumed certain of continuing, and that with a little capi tal used in perfecting the plant, just ns the Haltlmoro and Ohio's plant has been improved, there is no reason why this once despised cotporntlou, with its most dlfllcult problems now worked out, may not take equal rank after flftv years of vicissitude with the other great tiunk lines east of the Mississ ippi. Holland. COMMON COUNCIL MET. Reconstruction of Part of Eight Ward Sewer System Had to Go Over, Only a bare majority of common council was present at last night's meeting, and among the absentees were a majority of the sewers and drains committee. The consequence was the ordinance for reconstructing a portion of the sewqr system In the Eighth ward had to go over for two weeks, the law being mandatory In requiring the consideration by committee of every ordinance before It goes before the house. Tho ordinances providing for the con struction of tile lateral sewers embraced in Sections A, H antl C of the Seven teenth Sewer dlsttict, South Scranton, were called up successively by Mr. Phillips, and passed on third and final tending. Mr. Phillips also had the coun cil paSs the Alder street, Klrst court nnd Htvsen court lateral sewer ordi nance on final reading. The ordinance for asphalting Wash burn street, from the present end of the pave lo Van Huron uvenue, was put through on first reading by Albert Lewis. Among the new measures introduced was one suggested by the recent unfor tunate death of n woman In the West Side police station. It Is an ordinance, Introduced by Mr. Hoche, providing for the appointment of a police surgeon for each police piecinct. They ate to he named annually, on the second Mon day of April, by the director- of public safety, no two to reside in the same precinct, and each to receive a salary of $100 per annum. The ordinance went to committee. Mr. Hoche also introduced an ordi nance for paving O.tkford court, be tween Spruce and Linden streets. It authorizes tho abutting property holders, or as many of them as so de sire, to enter Into prlvnte contract for paving the thoroughfare with asphalt, under the direction of the city enul neer. Casey Hrothers, owners of ho L eeuin, are tho promoters of this pro ject. Tho paving of the court is a part of tho general plan of extensive Improvements being made to the city's chief play house. A resolution Introduced by Mr. Roche, nnd unanimously adopted, di rects tho Scranton Hallway company to Include Depot street, Providence as one of tho stopping places for Providence cats, Albert Lewis Introduced an ordi nance for three electric lights In tho Fifth ward, at tho following points: One at the corner of Luzerne and Eighteenth streets; one on Meridian Ftroel, near the Malnuey oil house, and ono on Twenty-second street, fining Division street. A resolution for a tire hvdrant In fiout of SU'I North Main nvonuo was iMroditced by Mr. Clarke, and adopted. Mr. Partridgo Introduced an ordinance for a sower on Sherwood court, be tween Mulberry nnd Vino strivts. Concurrence was also given Select man Wagner's resolution icquestlng the city solicitor to inform councils In what way, If there Is any. other than by submitting tho question to the volo of the people, tho city cfln proceed to construct the West Lacka wuuna avenue viaduct. GIFT MADE BY DYING PRIEST SUBJECT OF A SUIT INSTITUTED YESTERDAY. Patrick Lavelle, Who Was a Man-of-All-Work for the Late Rev. John Loughran, of Minookn, Is Booking to Recover $1,100 Which Ho Al leges Was Donated to Him by the Priest Half an Hour Before Ho Died Wills Admitted to Probate. Other Matters in the Courts. Whether or not the delivery ot tho keys to a trunk constitute the delivery of tho trunk, Is the Interesting ques tion of law Involved In a gencrully in teresting assumpsit suit tiled yester day In Prothonotury Copeland's office, by Attorney At. J. Donohoe. Tho plaintiff is Patrick Lavelle, a young married man of Mlnooka, and the defendant, Rev. E, J. Mclley, ex ecutor of the estate of the late Rev. John Loughran, of Mlnooka. livelle was man-of-nll woik for Rev. Father Loughran at the time of the hitter's death, In September, ISM, and for ten years previously. Father John had frequently spoken kindly of Lavelle and more than onco was heard to remark, "I don't know what I would do without Patrick Lavelle." It Is claimed by Iavclle also that Father John told him on seVeral occasions that he would remember hint In his will, Lavelle avers thnt on tho Sunday morning that Father John tiled, about half mi hour before his death, lie called him (Lavelle) to his bedside and, giv ing him his vest, said. "Patrick, there is a gold watch In that; it Is for you." Father John then gavo him a bunch of keys and told him the keys to his trunk were lu tho bunch; that tho trunk contained about 1,100 In cnsh and that the money was for him. Tho housekepeer was present nt the time ot tho alleged making of tho gift, and Is expected to corroborate Lavelle in his statements. Lavelle' kept posessslon of the keys until after Father John died, when ho placed them on tho priests dead body, not wishing to keep them and not car ing to deliver them to any one. As he explains It, he thought it best to leave the keys to be taken care of by whomever should take charge of the rest of the effects. In clue time, Lavelle would make known bis claim, hu thought, and no trouble would be ex perienced in securing his rights. Rev. Father Melley. tho executor. Included with the rest of tho estate the $1,100 claimed by Lavelle, feeling he was hardly justllied in recognizing Lavelle's claim until he had substan tiated it in court. The estate, all told, Is valued at about $::.-,orm. or this amount, $to,ono is left to St. Joseph's church, Mlnooka, and much of tho remainder is distri buted among the charitable incstitu tlons ot Scranton. A gift made, such as this is alleged to have been made. Is known In the law as tlonntlo causa mortis, or a sift made In anticipation of death. There bavo been several almost identical caess decided In Pennsylvania, but the decisions differ on the main point as to whether the delivery of the keys of the trunk constitutes a delivery of the trunk antl its contents. Suit Over Insurance Policy. Thomas Whalen yesterday brought suit, through Attorney J. Elliott Ross, against Independent Order or Odd Fellows Mutual Lire Insurance society of Pennsylvania, to recover $1,000 on an Insurance policy taken out on ills mother, Mrs. Hannah Whalen, Sept. 1, ISfJt. Mrs. Whalen died October US, 1B00, hut as yet the company has not made settlement. This association. It should be men tioned. Is not Identified with the In dependent Order of Odd Fellows. With the Register of Wills. Register Koch yesterday probated the will of the late Thomas Dershlmer, of Dunmore. To his wife, Angellne Dershlmer, he leaves all the proceeds of his life Insurance policy, except $300 which Is to go to his son, CJeorge. His farm In Wayne county goes to his son lu fee simple. The sum of $17,500 Is entrusted to the Lackawanna Trust antl Safe Deposit company, to be In vested for his three granddaughters, children of his son, George. The eld est, Lottie Dershlmer, will receive the proceeds of $C,fi00, with interest, when she arrives at the age of twenty-one, and the other two, Alice nnd Rena, will get the proceeds of $.',"00 apiece. The household furniture Is left to Ills son. The remainder of the estate goes to the widow, anil nfter her death It Is to be divided among the other four above mentioned heirs, share and share alike. The widow ami sou are made execu tor. Application was made by the widow of the late C. L. Heers. or West .Scran ton, for letters of administration, ho having tiled without a will. Hecause of tho applicant's failure to present tho required bond, tho granting of the letters was put over. The will of the late John J. Regan was admitted to probate, anil letters -testamentary granted to Christina Re gan. Letters of administration were granted to Thomas M. Hart, in tho estate nf Mark F. Hart, late of Car bontlale. Marriage Licenses. .Inlin Wllliani.j (irnrgl.inna llalptmiy .lolin S. 1 1. 1 cecity ... J,llt V. Krjiiic.v ... Amlro KIuim Julia Tonu.Ki 71.' Grjif street ,'li linu-'iic lrift Ill l.fejclt trcvt IJI l'li()p .tri-H If rim n MjjiH'I COURT HOUSE NEWS NOTES. Application was male yesterday by O'Brien & Martin for u charter for the Society of St; Michael, the Archangel. B. H. Hetts brought a suit In re plevin yesterday against Minnie L. Boyle, to recover seven packages of china, cut glass, etc., valued at $300. NEW COLLECTION AGENCY. One Was Formed Here Yesterday by Local Parties. The Scrauton Collection agency was formed here yesterday, with W. T. Haekett as general manager; W. S. Bartlett, general agent, anil Charles E. Daniels, attorney. It Is the only organization of this kind in the city. Tho oftlceH will be In the price building, on Washington avenue. iyMwwwwvwvwvvwwywvwww, WATER FILTERS If health was a thing that money could buy, The rich would live and the poor would die. Every one can protect their health by using one of our Stone Water Filters. Clean, pure, wholesome. No. 6 Size, with Patent Serine Faucet, $3.50. WfcMjAV. Geo V Millar & wmmmmmmmmmmmm BARGAINS IN An unusual trade opportunity enables us to offer two exceptional lines of Lace and Tapestry Curtains at less than present cost to manufacture. As quantities are limited an early inspection is advised, as when present stock is exhausted we cannot duplicate. r I Lace Curtains Nottinghams Choice line of Brussels, Re naissance and Irish Point De signs. Real value $1.75. Special $1.25 Real value $2.25. Special $1.50 Real value $3.00. Special $2.00 Real value $4.50. Special $3.50 Real value $5.00. Special $3-75 Real value $6,50. Special $5-50 Furniture Coverings A select stock of Foreign and Domestic Novelties in TAPESTRY, VELOUR, SILK DAMASK, FROU FROU J a. Estimates for all classes of upholstery, cheerfully given. We make a specialty of i Slip Covers Special clearance prices on entire stock. I CARPETS, WALL PAPER, The most complete stock in WILLIAMS Temporary Store z WE HAVE TOO MUCH STOCK FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. We Are Going To Reduce It If Prices Will Do the Business Everything in Hen's, Women's and Children's Clothing ON CREDIT at Prices Lower than you are in the habit ofj getting when you put up your hard earned cash. 317 Lack. Ave Second Floor Open Evenings PEOPLE'S ATLANTIC CITY HOTELS. Grand Atlantic Hotcl no Anncx Virginia Ac and Uracil, Atlantic Cliy, S. J 81xtl yrar; 1-"U I'rjutilul moms (iiMiiir, Elnub and with kith; hot ami cold sou-water latin In hotel and annrx. Location telrit and central, within few yaidn of the Moel Pier. Orchestra. Oflorn special tprlns rates, Hi to $lj by w.ek, $2.50 up by day. Spei lal rates to fjmlliev Cojilicj meet all train. Write or booklet ciiAiiixs 1:. con; HOTEL OSBORNE. Atlantic City, X. .1. One (.(pure fiom hf.n h New 73-mom annex. Modem appointiiiuu. In rxicllcd Bimte. natc. by the ilaj, i-l.M and up. waid. Hy 1 1"' wrrk. fi and upnaid. l'apaut. iOO. II. J. Osliouie. The Delaware City. tlantk City, X. J. Tcnntvc airnue and le.iih. Ccntralli Imatod Clierifid. lomloilahle and home like. Table and nrviio uiwiipuMd. Cap.icitj, 'JOrt. hi:st nniiiKi:ii SUMMER RESORTS. HOTEL CLIFTON, LAKE VJINOLA. PA. KmrU Summer II "! in Noiihciitrin Penn.i ' jila. Hotel hiiks r.ret Dclauaic l.u. Uuaiii and WiMi'iii lulu at I'aUonullr I..ji. jnrunton 0 a. in. and 1 p. in Wine fur i a ' -lt. .1. W. Muoli'. l'lo' FUNERAL OF HARTNETT. From tho ronlrlcm-c uf liln sister, un WynniltiK hvuiiuo, ni'cuiTiMl tho run era I of UpiiiiIh Uartni'tt yi'U'icj,i. morning. In Ht. 1'clcr'n cntlinlral a high mitbs of requiem was relolnau-il l Hev. I). J. HrlHlIn unit Interment waH inailo In the ('atheilrnl remetery The pall-heiiierfi vet James J';nl don, John l.ally. John Ciornmu, Andrew llayep, John Hlgglns and 1'atrlck lier rlty. The llower Iichioih were John (Jili-ny, Martin Uevlno und Juhn Mul-1 loskcy. ' ww Cn m Wyoming Avenue DRAPERIES Tapestry Curtains Some new color effects in Oriental Tapestries Real value $4,50. Special $2.50 Real value $9.00. Special $6.00 Real valuo $10.00. Special $6.50 Couch Covers Special values in Kelim and Bagdad effects at $3-50 to $8.50. BRASS AND IRON BEDS, Etc Northeastern Pennsylvania. & M'ANULTY 126 Washington Ave. Credit Clothing Company. A Revolution in Furniture.... It is furniture made from PRAIRIE GRASS In over three hun dred original styles ; and designs. Hill & Connell Are showing Prairie Grass Furniture in Chairs, Settees, Tables, ' Stands, Tabourettes, Couches. Call at 124 Washing ton avenue and look over this very artis tic and useful .hie. s V
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