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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.
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V DEALERS I.N
V
t
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I Lace Curtains
Nottinghams
Choice line of Brussels, Re
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Real value $2.25. Special $1.50
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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
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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.
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Second Floor
Open Evenings
PEOPLE'S
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In hotel and annrx. Location telrit and central,
within few yaidn of the Moel Pier. Orchestra.
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$2.50 up by day. Spei lal rates to fjmlliev Cojilicj
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SUMMER RESORTS.
HOTEL CLIFTON,
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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.
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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
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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.
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126 Washington Ave.
Credit
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It is furniture made
from
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In over three hun
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Chairs,
Settees,
Tables, '
Stands,
Tabourettes,
Couches.
Call at 124 Washing
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