The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-10
Final Account Allowed and Distri-
button Made.
HAS BEEN ALUCKY AFFAIR
EVERY OFFICIAL IN TT HAS
DONE WELL AFTERwARD.
Has Been In the Courts For Ten
Years-Elias s. Smiths Success
full Administration Criminal
Branch Adjourned On Account Of
the Extreme Cold-Supreme Court.

Clerk Diair having in charge the
probate business of the district court,
has stacked the papers in the matter
of the estate of Judge Elias Smith.
whose picture hangs in the probate
division. the same having been closed
yesterday, when the last order was en-
tered of record.
This estate has been in court ten
years. The judge died June "a, 1883,
and the petition for letters of admins
tration We're filed before John A Mar
shall at that time probate judge, Jan.
Is, 1889. Since that time many official
changes have been noted. Judge Mar
shall has become United States dis
trict judge. Then Probate Judge Bartch
administered justice to the heirs. He
has since become associate justice OF
the supreme court Following him came
Judge Blair who is now surveyor-gen-
eral of this state. ]. G. McNaliy made
several orders in the case and retired,
to be selected as consul for Bogota. lie
Grand Young, as the judge in charge
of probate matters, also rendered Ju-
dicial opinions in the estate. Since that
time ne has been made attorney Tor
the Union Pacific road. Judge Hiles is
the last judicial officer having complete
jurisdiction, and holds office for some
time yet. Every judicial officer who
has had anything TO DO with the case
has succeeded in business.
~ John c. Cutler was county clerk at
the time the petition for letters was
filed. He has been engaged in business
pursuits since that time. c. z. Allen,
who next took care of the records, has
been elected to congress, served a term,
and is now manager of the great Cen
tennial-Eureka- II. V. Meloy, who was
next, is now working in the same Of
fee as a deputy. G. E. Stanton, the
next man, is a major and paymaster in
the army. D. c. Dunbar has just been
reelected to the position.
At the time the petition for letters of
administration were filed, the heirs of
the estate We're Lucy E. Smith, the
widow of the deceased, who has since
died Elias A Smith, who was made
administrator, Edith A. Smith, Silas T.
Smith, Jesse II. Smith, Rebecca ]. S.
Murphy, Martha P. Smith, Amy E.
Smith, Franklin E. Smith Angelina A
of the deceased and Lucy E. Woodruff,
MILFORD Woodruff and Elias Woodruff,
children Of Emily ]. S. Woodruff, a de-
ceased daughter.
Judge Smith left no will, and his son,
Elias was selected as administrator
J. w. Fox, jr., L. C. Hardy and J. D.
H. McAlliSteT were selected as appraiS-
ers. After making an investigation.
they reported that the value of the
property was S16,0St.
Through all the years which have
passed the management has been in
the hands of the administrator. Fam
lily allowances, proofs Of publication,
attorneys fees, court proceedings and
all the expenses which go to settlement
of an estate have all been paid, and
the final report shows SIS, 1885.
That is a record which any admins
traitor may be proud of, in the judg-
ment of all who have watched the pro-
ceedings. Elias A. Smith was yester-
day receiving congratulations on the
successful manner in which he has con-
Quoted matters.