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WHYLEHIGH NEEDSMoNEY.
PACKER ESTATE IL EMBARRAssED,
hut VOC BANKRUPT

The Estate HAS shrnnk About Pa.o 600. 900 in
NAiue since Ash Packer Died, but NJ appears
TO ne Ample TO Meet the University and
Hospital LoEacIoa-Any Have y surplus.
Not within the memory Of the oldest inhabi
tant has anything occurred to 30 thoroughly
arouse tho people Of the Lohigh Valley as tho
reports. published during the past week, that
the estate OF Asa Packer had become practically
bankrupt, and that, in consequence, Johigh Uni
vcrsity must close its doors, unless Its expenses
for the next yoar are met by an appropriation Of
100000 from the treasury OF tho State of Penn.
pylvnnia.
Upon tho fato Of that bill depends, to a Ger.
tain extent, tho futo o. tho university which
Asa Parker founded. The bill Is now In tho
Governors hands. II is not surprising, there
fore, that Gov. Hastings should have remarked
the other day that no other bill had ever como
before him in which oil Pennsylvania seemed TO
take such u keen interest.
The future OF Lehigh University Is OF much in
forest and Importance. II may be stated at tho
outset that tho reports that have been circulat.
cd with reference to tho Packer estate and Le-
high University have been greatly exaggerated.
Tho Packer estate is not bankrupt. Therefore,
Lchigh University is not bankrupt. Upon the
financial condition of the ono depends the flnan.
cial condition OF the other. The Packer estate Ia
embarrassed and will be until a business revival
follows in tho wake OF returning prosperity,
The university, In consequence, is in need OF
funds to tide 1t over.
Asa Packer went to Pennsylvania from Con
necticut in 1922. He became a tanners apron.
tice, and later no learned tho trade of o oarpen,
Ter. When the Lehigh Valley Canal was opened
about 1923 he was living in Mauch Chunk
Just after the canal was opened Mr.. Packer
said TO a friend:
There are fortunes In this valley for those
who can soc them. i think 1 can see one, and
I'm going after it."
From that time on he never swerved from the
main purpose of his life. He first bought q
canalboat and engaged in the coal carrying
trade. Then he acquired coal lands, boughf
moro boats and carried his own coal. In 1914
he was elected to the State Legislature. Tha,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25
THE EASTERN REFORMATORF.
Gov. Black Sanctions nm Expenditure OF $50
o TO Roof the UncompIeted building.


KINGSTON, July 24.-When Gov. Black vetoed
the $3.50. 900 appropriation made by the Legis-
lature for the Eastern New York R~eformatory
there was much adverse comment, as the work
was in such a condition that 1t was feared II the
building vas not rooted over damage amounting
TO many thousand dollars would be done by the
elements to the walls. Recently several OF tho
Reformatory Commissioners visited Gov. Black
and called his attention to the condition Of
tho buildings. The Governor sent Arthur
q. @. Fletcher, an architect. to mako
an examination OF the building and re-
port what expenditure would BIO necessary
under the circumstances. without. waiting
for an actual appropriation. which could
not be available until next spring. Architect
Fletcher and John II. Thomas, the architect OF
the building. notified Gov. Black that II tho
building was left without u roof 1t would suffer
serious damage, and now the Commissioner
have been informed by Charles Y. Lincoln, the
secretary of the Governor, that "a roof should bo
constructed during the present season. II salts
factory arrangements can be made. but that not
more than $4,000 should be expended for that
The Governors sanction will necessitate the
completing OF the contracts Of John Alderman,
the mason, and Milllken BroA for iron work.
amounting TO many thousand dollars, before the
roof can DO put on. and both have expressed u
willingness 10 20 on with their work without
waiting for q formal appropriation
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POCKETS FULL OF E M
Il SMUGGLER VINO WAS A TRAVEL
LING JEWELRY STORE.

Carl HinderberEer. VINE Arrived on the
steamer Paris, Captured with Thousands or
Dollars worth or Diamonds Hidden About
HINT Was the wreck OF . Fortune.
As Custom House Inspector Timothy ]. Dono-
hue was boarding the American liner Paris, on
her arrival at her dock yesterday morning, no
jostlod q tall, stout, woll-dressod man who was
hurrying toward the gangway to the pier.
Donohue stopped to apologize, and noticed what
he regarded az q suspicious bullying of the big
mans trousers pockets. Then he followed tho
man on to the pior and called him to one side.
II am q customs officer" said Donohuo. and
/ would like to know what you have in your
pockets
"oh, it is nothings, replied the man, evidently
q German.
81 would like to be sure about that. Just
turn that pocket inside OUT and when the Ger
man refused Donohue proceeded to search him.
Concealed in the mans pockets, stockings, and
shoes. and inside Of his shirt and hat Donohuo
found jowclry to tho value Of between $10,o 900
and $4,000, consisting OF twonty-six diamond
brooches. seven diamond scarfpins, twenty-five
diamond and opal rings. nineteen gold chains.
thirteen rings. three opals, a number Of diamond
studded bracelets, unset diamonds and rubies,
diamond earrings. studs, and other articles Of
tewolry, all OF first quality.
The German made no protest whilo his stock
or Jew elry was being taken from him.
Its al right. It's all right" he said several
times while the searching was In progress. Ho
said he was Carl M. Hinderberger, and that he
camo from Dresden. Germany.
Donohuo learned that Hinderberger had been
much in the company OF Anton and Teresa Math
during the voyage, and. suspccting that they
might have something to do with the attempted
smuggling, he started In search Of them. Ho
caught them Just as they were leaving the pier,
and upon each there was found articles Of Jew
elry which they said HinderberRer had given
them for safe keeping, to be returned to him
whom they reached the Hotel Wahrcnburger
$50 Greenwich street. whore they had all de-
cided to stop.
Hinderbcrgor was taken to Commissioner
Shields's office. He said that he had failed in
business as q jeweller In Dresden and had como
to this country with the jewels to save them
from the wreck OF his fortune.
" must go back to Germany in three weeks
he said.
ut Is possible, but not probable, that you may
do So said Commissioner Shields. but pending
your return will hold you under 80, 900 bail for
the Grand jury"
Customs Inspector Lawrence Hanley also
seized some con- jewelry from George
w. Hall, n machinist, Of Worcester, Mass, a
passenger on the Paris. This seizure consisted
OF two diamond scarfpins, two diamond rings, q
diamond brooch, and two gold chains.
Hall denied having had any intention Of de-
f~rauding the Government, and upon his paying
the duty on the jewelry he was released from
custody.
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LIBRARY LEu1oH UNIVERSITY.

gave him the opportunity that he wanted, and
the question of building the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road was first agitated. Mr.. Packer was q man
who wanted to be known by his works. and nino
years after he went to Harrisburg as the mem
Der from Mauch Chunk, in 1855. the main line
of tho Lehigh Valley road was opened from
Mauch Chunk to Easton, with branches to
How the road was developed and extended is
well known. Where Mr.. Packer got the capital
source Of the money is also the source Of the in
terest felt all through the valley to-day as to the
When Mr.. Packer was formulating his scheme
Of a railroad that should open up the anthra-
cite coal fields he was talking over his p plans ms with with
II don't want to carry through this great
Dchome for my own benefit only. want to do
N 4. t liIn region, they Win help me they viii DO
The people Of the Lehish Valley believed what
Mr.; Packer told them, and everybody who had Q
took certificates. Some of those who thus So
CURED holdings, OF stock now reckon their for
Incomes that were sure 30 long as Asa Packer
lived. but would lose their all should the Lehigh
Valley road BECOME bankrupt. From this It can
people read during the past week stories Of the
Insolvency OF Asa Packers estate, They knew
ruined.
After Packer had built his railroad and opened
IL houlBn NuilCy, no WAnOeu 10 ~ bOluelnlnB
moro for the people who had placed their conf
ence in him. The opening OF the anthracite coun-
try had brought families to the valley by the score
whore before there had been but few. Children
were growing up, many OF whom would need o
higher education than they could get in the
region. 1t occurred to Asa Packer to found o
university where any one who cared to might
receive a technical education free of charge.
Up among the hills OF South Bethlehem Packer
owned a tract of land OF sixty-iive acres, origi-
nallly. forest, from which came the ties upon
which the rails OF the Lehigh Valley were laid.
In 1865, Mr.. Packer gave this land for a site
and added to II 100000 for the original endow-
ment of Lehigh University. The university was
Incorporated in 1866 and from then until the
time OF his death Mr.. Packer contributed to the
running expenses OF the institution $3.50, 600.
and gave $500, 600 of the 81 $50, 900 which the
buildings have cost. The original trustees were
sayre, William H. sayre. John Fritz, j. W.
Maynard, Robert A. Packer. Harry f.. Packer,
and Joseph Harrison.
The management Of the university was almost
Identical with the management of tho railroad.
Many OF the trustees Of the former were direc.
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railroad who 10 not q trustee under the will, the
last trustee elected shall resign to make room
vacancies in the Board OF Trustees was given to
The original trustees named in the will wore;
the ~testator; Elisha 7. Wilbur. his nephewi
BSSert i: seyre. and Charles Hartshosn OF
Of the fshish valley to succeed Mr.. Packet.
The Board OF Trustees continued as originally
constituted until the death of Robert A. Packer,
on Feb. 20. 1883. He was succeeded by Robert
A. Lamberton, President Of Lehigh University.
death Of Harry E. Packer, on Feb. l, 1854. His
place was taken BY John !. slaksles Of Msuch
S SsRn f i. asfrs2e o. a'f pAi Ia S1S af%S %ss 1 csSssn nn Id
his place at the request of Mrs. Charles II; Cum
was appraised az s 6,ooo.ooo. OF Lehigh Valley
was then paying 4 per cent. and was quoted at
1870 2 share, IL was appraised this price.
ThS ssSis i, w Ssd ,e oib Ur!9SS dRSins asset oi s Gt 1as s ssssss;
them q block of the stock OF the Bethlehem Iron
Works. It was found that the principal liza
to tie amount Of 81, 800, 600.
The management of the Lehigh Valley road
cal. and &C. far as the outside world knew the
affairs of the railroad. the estate. and the uni
verslty. proceeded smoothly and satisfactorily
for the first time in It's history.
To Lehigh University this meant the cutting
of OF its income. Since then the institution has
been carried on by means OF loans. One Of
penses Of the university are about $780,
900 q year and that during the past
three years the trustees have borrowed
SS50.0O0, mortgaging the university property
to secure the loan and guaranteeing the. mort
gage themselves. A small revenue was also OBJ
tanned from charging students q tuition fee OF
500 a year. This charge was begun in 1892,
but 1t was not to apply to any students who
were already in the institution on Jan. l, 1892.
The admitted income last year was SIC. 600,
presumably from this source.
Last winter. when there was no immediate
prospect of an Improvement in the condition Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25
JERSEY RESERVES ON CRUISE.
Thoy Set Sail on the sloop-or-war Portsmouth
Tor Tive Weeks Practice.

haoJ . oSHh I'm tho NJ
Tor Two Weeks Practice.
The Battalion Of the East, Naval Reserve Of
New Jersey. left Hoboken at 2:3O o'clock yestcr-
day afternoon on their training ship. the old
sloop-of-war Portsmouth, for a two weeks
cruise. The Portsmouth was towed down tho
Hudson and up through He'll Cato into Long
Island Sound by a tugboat.
At Hampstead Harbor the tugboat was cast
of and the ship proceeded under her own sail
to Fishers Island, where she dropped anchor.
Tho work of rigging up the old ship for the
cruise was done by the members OF the battalion.
and when the start was made everything was
shipshape. Tho Portsmouth has been moored
all winter at the Fifteenth street dock, Hoboken.
She is the only s~cagoing ship permanently as
signed to the Naval Reserve.
Tho battalion is composed of members from
Jersey City. Hoboken, and Orange. During tho
cruise they will be in charge of Commander
Washington Irving. The navigator is Lieut..
Mcdonald Craven. At Fishers Island the re-
serves will be transferred to the United States
cruiser Maine, and in company with the naval
militia from this State viii spend several days
in sea practice.
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visable. and, in short to manage the estate pro-
cigely. as II &c were their own. Then follows
this clause:
awhile I have given the trustees this power aad
discretion. i wish them TO exercise " W Oh TIE utmost
circumspection. | hnvc spent n large part Of my life
IN projecting and building up the Lehigh Valley Rail
road. II has be- n remunerative to mo, the stock.
holders have given mo their confidence, and I have Q
deep interest Ia is future welfare and prosperity and
IN tho welfare OF those who have invested In II and
have been associated with me In the enterprise. I
wish my estate TO be identified with II, and the trus-
long q period 40 II can DO done consistently with the
b at interests of tho company and of my estate, and
proper. These remarks apply to all other railroad
stocks owned by me. which are connected with the
Lehigh Valley Railroad"
BY another clause he provided that, of the
trustees. of the estate, one of them should
always be the President of the Lehigh Valley
road. In case q man is chosen President Of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25
MARRTmD

Glendale, Rirkwood,
Mo-. on Thursday. July 22. 1897. by the Rev.
stephen II. Green. rector, George Myers Church,
daughter OF George Myers, Esq. OF ST. Louis and
Kirkwood, to Herbert Coppeil Of New York.
Hartford. Conn, July d.
1897. by the Kew. DR.. Bristol. Mary Z. seaton -
John Wilson Gibbs, MD.
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FORGETTING MIR. ROOT.

On His wires Promise TO Bo Good. He let's UP
on Her and the Chap She Eiopsd With.
Mrs. Lillian NJ. Root, who was arrested in West
Hobokcn two weeks ago. with Edgar Hill. on
a charge OF clipping, has been forgiven by her
husband. The reconciliation was effected In tho
county Jail In Jersey City yesterday. The hus-
band, James Root, said he would withdraw the
charge against his wife, hut she insisted that
the charge against Hin must be. withdrawn
also. Root yielded upon his wifc's assurance
that she would never see Hill again, and he and
his wife sealed the bargain with II kiss. Root
said that he forgave his wife for the sake Of
their young daughter,
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ia st, Paul, from southampton for New York.
SIS Ems. from Genoa for New York.
SIS Lucania. from Liverpool for New York.
IS Columbia, from CherbourR for New York.
S. In Chan pagne. from Havre for New York.
IS Rensington. from Antwerp for New York.
S. state OF Nebraska, from Glasgow for New York
SIS Nomadic, from Liverpool for New York.
SIS Cutie. from Liverpool for New York.
S. Andalusia, from HambGrg for New York
SIS Alliance. from Colon for New York.
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BOSTON, July 24.-Mr. and Mrt. Stephen Jen-
nings received a cablegram from London to-day
announcing tho marriage in that city at noon
to-day OF their son. DR.. Walter Louis Jennings
Of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. TO Miss
Alice Emily Page, a young English woman. DR..
,Jennings il the son OF tho well-known private
banker, Mr.. stephen Jennings. He Is 20 years
old. and is a graduate OF ilnIvard' class OF 80.
accented a place under. Prof. Kennecut in tho
Worcester Polytechnic Institute. which he still
cnnIlnnnA To fill.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25
burglar Chased by Miss IIoaIs in Her Night
Dress.

MILES. Mich. July 24.-Miss Stella Boals is
the heroine Of New Buffalo. Last night a burg
lar entered the residence of her parents. Miss
Boals heard him at work and, securing n large
butcher knife, attacked him. Unawed by a
large revolver the burglar pointed at her, she
compelled him to drop 1t and, following him
through a window In her night dress, she chased
tho man a block. Finally tho thief surrendered
and Miss Boals was rewarded by seeing him
safelY locked up in jail.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25
Arrivee-sAruRpAr. July "a.

SIS Umbna, Dutton, Liverpool July IL and Queens
town 18th.
SIS La Touraine. SAntelli. Hsvre July 10.
S. Charlois. Peters. Amsterdam
SIS Habana. Munarri., Havana
SIS Peconic, Mills, Liverpool.
SIS city of Birmingham, Burg, Savannah.
Is Niagara. Croker. Nanzanilla-
So Roanoke. Killer, Norfolk.
Bark Pa'Ias. Kuckrns, Rio Janeiro.
Bark Z. :. Powell. Jones, Charleston.
Bark L. W. Norton. Parks. Surinam.
Ifor later arriva ais 500 Fra. PAye.I
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Edith L. Hooper. who walked into Bellevue
Hospital on July Is, and was assigned to tho
Insane payilion, where she caused q sensatloa
by stating that she was Grace Stevenson. INC
missing daughter OF u Boston millionaire. was
discharged Yesterday #f'Ft 7Glfs-
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OUT.

Be Delphic, from New York. at London.
So CAInpania. from New York, at Liverpool.
So Georgia. from New York. at Liverpool.
Ss Friedrich der Crosse, from New York. at South
Ampton.
So Mississippi. from New York. at Liverpool.
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MARINE INTELLIGE SCR


IMMATURE AIAASAc-THIs DAY.
Sun rises -. 4 so sun sets. 7 23 Moon ris. le as
HIGH wArER-rWs DAT.
Sandy Hook. 4 22 GOV. Is'd. 1854 He'll Gate 647
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8usinfSs Nntfres.

A Summer Luxury. artesian plunges at Lafayette
Place Baths; less expensive and more refreshing thna
q trip to the sea- Always open. Gentlemen only.
DR.. sieEert'a AnEostura Ettters makes health,
rosy cheeks and happiness.
Carl n. SchuItr's distilled waters.
The only pure. correct mineral waters.
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1908 wa rha. o. re.sr Kaaaer.

The body found In St Nary's Park, at lI5th
street, Friday was Identified BY Charles j. Leb-
snnup ysstsEday as that Of Peter Knauer Of $40
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CrcmntorieH are the cemeteries OF the
future u. =. CO.. LD..) 90 East
Houston ST.. New York. Visitors welcome.
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TIVE KENsICo CEMETERY Private station. HAS
j lem Railroad; ~ ninutes' ride from the Grand
Central Depot. omoe, 10 East AID st.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-07-21
Chicago Dispatch.

Rover, n big Newfoundland dog,
has bsen made heir to $1,700 by
his MASTER. John Spoomer. The
latter is a sailor and eccentric.
Attorney E. f. Ellison drew up
the will and the Guarantee Title
and Trust Company will act as
trustee.
People will think that you
are crazy" expostulated the at
torney. "How can SO much mon
ey be used upon your dog?"
at cannot readily assented
the old sailor, "but l mean that
when am gone my dog shall not
be kicked and cuffed about the
world as | have been. If you like
you may draw the will in such a
way that the income of the prop
erty may be used in the dogs sup
port, and the property itself, at
the latter's death, with whatever
remains of the income, to my SIS
ter, in England"
And SO the will was drawn in
accordance with these terms.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-07-21
The Coffin Trust Quits"
Durham SIM

A recent dispatch from Detroit
tells us that the National Associa-
ton of Burial Case Manufacturers
has gone out of existence on ac-
count of a Disagreement" It was
IN existence twenty years. We
suppose the Disagreement" was
on the point that prices were not
high enough.
We knew that the baby was
swaddled in clothes controlled
by combinations; that the Joyous
boy and playful girl as they kick
ed out shoe leather made rich the
leather trust that our young men
and maidens rode bicycles by the
grace of the rubber trust; that
our old men and women saw WIS.,
IONS through spectacles jointly de-
pendent on the steel trust forrims
and on the glass trust for the len
ses-We knew that we'll nigh all
we have to eat and wear was sim
llarly monopolized but we did
think there was peace in death
and our most joyful anticipation
for the past few years has been
the quiet of the tomb, and also
the graves of our friends who have
died before the "the disagree
ment' mentioned above have
felt the long tenacles of, this Bu-
rial Case octupus as they reached
down like the roots of the apple
tree over Roger Williams grave
and violated their places of sepul-
ture. Blessed is the man who in
an humble grave has been laid to
rest In plain pine coffin made by
the hands of some loving
nelghbor, the material of whose
last resting place has not been des-
ecrated by passing through the in
fernal hands of one of these manip-
pulators of artificial prices.
Truly it has been said we are
taxed from the cradle to the
grave.
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Go Slow Girls.

Scarcely a day passes without
It's newspaper story of some young
woman who met a man SO inter
estlng that she thought she could
not live without him, so she mar
rled him in haste and afterward
learned that he was an ex-conyict
ora brute or already had a wife
or two from whom he had sepa-
rated without the formality of a
legal divorce.
In such cases the blame is laid
upon the man, who generally de-
serves more abuse than he gets.
But, girls, look at the matter Sc
riously a few minutes and see
if the trouble might not have been
avoided if you had not been in too
much of a hurry.
Marriage means partnership for
life; DEGREES of divorce are merely
exceptions that prove the rule,
Would any man enter into a bust
ness partnership with as little
knowledge of the other party as
you seen1' satisfied? WE'LL. no
not unless he were sweet souled
lunatic.
Talk is cheap, girls; it can be
made to order as fast as the tongue
can run, especially when there is
pretty face to inspire it and two
willing ears to receive it.
Don't fear that some other girl
will get the fellow unless YOU Sc.
cure him at once.
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The Grab All Instinct.
Washington Post.

The grab-all instinct is COM
mon to United States Senators,
as we'll as to people of common
mould.
The deficiency bill, which was
under consideration in the Senate
yesterday, contained an amend
ment appropriating $500 for the
preliminary steps to establishing
a fish station in Georgia. Sena-
tor Bacon had been enterprising
enough to secure its adoption.
81 think we ought to have a
fish Matching station in Alabama
also" said Senator Morgan, and
Alabama was added.
"Washington would also like to
have one," said Senator Wilson,
and that State also went in.
FLORIDA has the longest sea-
coast of any State" suggested
Senator Pasco, and $500 went to
that State.
"And North Carolina has been
promised one," said Senator But.
Ter, so the old Tar Heel State was
not forgotten.
wyoming is certainly entitled
to fish station" remarked the
alert Senator Clark, and Wyoming
went into the bill. By this time
it seemed as if every State in the
Union would get it's $500, but the
clerk hurried to the next para.
graph so the grabbing was clos.
ed.