The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-02
Rbodf The United
States Jurors

The Piltsburg Leader has the following
about the men serving as United states
| jurors I'm this city:
TO begin with, there are two county
| Judges. The first on the list it Judge
| Frank Keller of Columbia county. Judge
| lkeler 5 q native Of Columbia county
and was born in Bloomsbury, the coun-
! Is seat. lle Is one of the most prOmi-
nent men in the county and is held in
| high esteem by all who know him
| The nume of B. V. Wykon of Empo-
rum. associate Judge Of Cameron coun-
( ty, Is more familiar to the public Of this
! end Of the state. Judge Wykofl has long
| been one of the most noted men in west
| ern Pennsylvania. ana has been promi-
| nent both as an attorney ana in politics.
| Among the ministers on the list is Rev.
| s. T.. Elliott, u D., of the Presbyterian
| church at Mt. Pleasant. Westmoreland
| county. who stands very high in art ana
| liter,Gure Another Is Rev. George Rog-
! ers, Il Protestant Episcopal minister vt
! Ridgway, Elk county, who Is distin-
| guished for his standing In the historical
| philosophical and literary circles of the
! country
| Probably the most noted lawyer on the
| list Is the Hon. Humphrey u. Tate. Of
| Bedford, who was deputy attorney gen
| eral Of the state during Governor Patti
! sons term. Mr.. Tate is well known aS
! "a Democratic politician, and Il successful
| one. Another prominent attorney on the
| list is H. G. Colburn. who is at present
district attorney of Somerset county ana
| is criminal lawyer Of undoubtcd ahil-
| ity. He is a son of Hon. \. j. Colburn,
| the oldest practitioner at the Somerset
| county bar.
| Hon. David Cameron's name is well
| known. He was for twelve years an as
| sistant United States district attorney.
! ~ IN ma tppk in
! of the most noted criminal actions ever
| brought in the courts of the government.
| Vernon Hazard, of Monongahela, is
son of Colonel Chill Hazard, editor Of the
! Monongahela Republican, who has won
| national fame as a lecturer and secret
| society man. Hon. j. X. p, Han Is an
attorney. but is not in active practice.
He is the president of the St Mary's ana
| Buffalo railroad, the largest coal ship
| perS i'm and around Elk county. He Is a
| brother Of Harry Alvan Hall. the pres
ent United States district attorney.
| Hon. George p. Griffith, Of Erie. Is an
other of the attorneys who find their
names on the jury list. Mr.. Griffith is
the law partner of Hon, :. ~ Daven-
port congress from this
| state. A. 4. Freeman Is another Erie
| lawyer, who has pushed his way TO the
| front i'm his chosen profession He was
| formerly a successful merchant, but for
| sook trading for the law, in which he
has achieved success Hon. \. $. Lands,
of Hollidaysburg. retired from the bench
| of Blair county about 4 year ago. George
ID. HoWells, of Uniontown, Is one of the
| most noted lawyers of fayette county.
| Harry L. Moore, another Erie attorney, Is
| we'll known as a political leader in and
about Erie county. NJ. =. Mervine is city
| solicitor, and a railroad lawyer of promi-
| nence in Altoona r. A. Henderson is
| Ia n Altoona. who has been
an active worker for the Republican par
ty and is mentioned for good berth
under the new administration.
Among the editors in the list perhaps
the most prominent Is Charles +. Ran
DALI of the Catawssa News-Item, pub
| lished at CataWiSSa, Columbia county.
| His paper is one of the spicieSt and most
widely read weekly papers in the north
| eastern part of the state. Frank Will
marth, an editor OF a paper published at
St. Mary's, Elk county is son of Addie
l.. Wimarth, of New Brighton, who Is
well known in Pittsburg.
one OF the most prominent ana best
known names on the list IS that of John
j. Jermyn, the millionaire coal operator
of Scranton. Mr.. Jermyn is considered
one of the richest men in the northeast
ern part Of the state. He owns extensive
coal interests which are mostly confined
to Jelmyn Lackawanna county. Mr..
| JermNn also owns the Hotel JelinNn, IN
Scranton. which is by far the finest hos
telry in the Electric city. and easily sur
passes any hotel in Pittsburg.
| Another millionaire on the list of jury
men is Jacob Straus, a wealthy mer-
chant of Erie, Pa. Mr.. Straus has made
his money In ana around Erie, and is
highly respected in that city by the lake.
George Farnsworth, of Ulysses, Potter
county is a millionaire lumberman, ana
is one of the best known men in the
northern tier
Among the local people on the list, per-
haps meme is better known than Tipstdff
Thomas 4. Pender. Mr.. Pender was at
one time third assistant United States at
torney here under the late II. h. Swope.
and was chief of police in this city during
the time of Mayor Robert Lyon, and for
, years was member of the Pittsburg de-
tective force He Is at present employed
in the court house as tipstatf, and Is
known to nearly every one in Allegheny
county. W. j. CaSkcy, another we'll
known Pittsburger Is also on the list
Nlr Caskey was for years a Weli-knowl
riVrrmun, and was interested in the cas-.
key boat supply store. lie Is now i'm the
tobacco business ON Wood street. lsi-
dore Coblens, of Allegheny, is one of the
most influential Hebrews i'm that city
lie has made a fortune as broker, pul
! Is Stil i'm business.
There are many other names on the list
Of men in public life, such as Mayor :
W. Coe. Of Parker Armstrong county
r. f.. Wcllendorf, Of ST. Mary's, a we'll
| known civil engineer ana railroad super
| intcndUnt, ana many others.