The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-03-03


For the first time in six years the Feb
Iuary receipts of the national treasury
have exceeded the current ordinary ex-
penses of the government in the same
month. The total receipts for the cur
rent month amounted to $2S, 572. 1853, and
the total expenditures to $27, 1927, 900,
leaving a surplus for the month of $685.
1858, without taking into account the
100000 to be returned to the treasury
on account of the deposit made in Deem
Der, 1897, to qualify the government as a
bidder for the Kansas railroad. Adding
that amount, the surplus of the month is
swelled to 81 ,845, 358. The expenditures
include an item of 50, 100000 on account
Of interest, which is about 100000 in ex-
cess of the usual amount of interest
charged to February.
The supreme court decision was handed
down yesterday on the appeals by the
executor of Doremus D. Chapman from
the action of the probate court of Filing
ton in refusing to appoint an administrator
de bonis non in the estates of Elijah S.
Chapman, deceased, the appellants obtain
ed judgement in the TOlland county supe-
rior court. This judgement is sustained.
The two appeals are treated as one. The
opinion is by Judge Torrance.
The two cases of Chamberlin's appeal
were argued in the supreme court at Hart
ford recently. These are cases in which
James F. Chamberlin of Stafford Springs,
executor of the will of Doremus D. Chap.
man, late of Rockville, appealed to the
superior court from the Judgment of the
probate court for the district of Ellington
(Rockville), denying his application fol-
the appointment of an administrator, dt
6Onis non, upon the estates of Elijah S.
and Eunice Chapman, who were the par
ents of DoIemus and Alkaline L. and
Mary E. Snow. Doremus died in 1896
leaving a widow but no children, and a
will giving all his property to his wife.
Elijah died in 1879, willing the income of
his property to his wife, Eunice, for her
life, and then gave ill his property to
such persons as she by her will should
appoint. Eunice died in 1884, leaving a
will, giving the income of her own and
that left by her husband to Gelon W.
West as trustee, to pay the income to her
son Doremus during his life for his sup.
port, and after his death she directed the
trustee to deliver the principal to the
heirs-at-law of Doremus. Those heirs
would be his two sisters above mentioned
and they now claim it. The executor OF
Doremus, however, claims that the gift
over to the heirs of Doremus is void as
contrary to the statute of perpetuities
and that, therefore, the estate would &c
to all the heirs of Elijah and Eunice, thus
claiming one-third for the widow oil
Doremus. Gelow W. West resigned the
trust before his death, and George NJ
Paulk was appointed trustee in his place.
The estate amounts to about Sis, 900
The superior court reversed the iudg.
ment of the court of probate, and directed
that an administrator should be appoint.
ed, sustaining the claims of Mr.. Cham
berlin, The sisters appealed to the su.
preme court. VIM. Waldo Hyde of Hart
ford and J. H. Reed of Stafford Springs
argued the case for Mr.. Chamberlin, and
Lewis Sperry of Hartford and Charles
Phelps of Rockville for the sisters.