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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-02-01
Total receipts and balances
DISBURSEMENTS:

DISBURSEMENTS:
Paid State of Minnesota taxes
Paid State Of Minnesota from land
Paid State Of Minnesota interest on school and
town loans
Paid county revenue orders
Paid county revenue orders, building fund
Paid wolf bounty orders
Paid services of fire wardens
Paid interest on county bonds and exchange
Paid from road and bridge fund
Paid from private redemption fund
Paid town, city and village taxes q
Paid school district taxes and appropriations
Paid refunded taxes
Total disbursements
Balance
70 CREDIT OF FOLLOWING FUNDS:
Tax collections, undistributed taxes
State Of Minnesota, public land
Interest on town and school district loans
County road and bridge fund
County bond fund
Current school fund
Private redemption
State Of Minnesota
County building fund
Town, city and village funds
School district funds
Credit balances,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-02-01
sl27,s2l 40
$37,49s 50

$l6,l82 so
1,2l9 66
$500 SO
l,4l2 20
ll,.l2i2 10
43 20
1853 68
3 26
1895 63
.l1,122 IS
l 1874 u !. !.
- 80 . -- : ~ --.- ~
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-02-01

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
MARSHALL COUNTY, MINNESOTA,
For the Fiscal Year Ending
December 3Oth, 1899.
OFF1cE COUNTY AUDITOR
Warren Mimi, January End,
70 the Honorable Board Of County Of marshall County,
Ham,:
GnNT1EMEN-Herewth you Statement Of the Re
County at the end Of The Year. so
1899 including all debts and liabilities Of description and the
IsrAr1 Nes z. B NELSON,
County Auditor
Balances, Receipts and Disbursements.
BALANCE TREASURY, Dec. 81, 1898.
To the credit Of the following funds
State of Minnesota, public lands S 467s OF
Interest on school district loans l,s7os5
FAX collections, undstribued taxes l6,0S5 y
County revenue fund 1928 So
County road bridge fund l,445l2
County bond fund e,415
Current School
Private redemption IS
Town, city and village funds 1851
School district funds 1850 81
in following funds
Town funds 1910
School district funds 1857
Total S SO IS
Balance in treasury Dec. 81, 1898 s49,454 70
Shortage of p Q. Dahlgren, ExComty Treasurer 24s 10
Actual balance Dec
RECEIPTS 3lsr, 1885, BOTH,
From
From of former 1887 10
From interest, penalties and 1926 II
From private redemption 1921 SO
From public lands SIPS
From school
From fines in district 90
fines N Justice
From interest on deposits l,5l9 40
From of farm
From wolf bounty account $40 70
fire wardens' services
From ferry licenses 1000
auctOneer's license
From jury fees returned 80 90
From sales of school books and book agents
From filing list of lands 10
From sherfs fees Olof Olson 1876 95
From school district II, loan
State of Minnesota of road and
bridge fund $50 90
grain bene6ciaries
Ex-Treasurer Dahlgen g36 II
hunters licenses
To receipts $lle,lls
Total receipts sle5,s2o IS
DISBURSEMENTS:
Paid State Of Minnesota 1864
Paid Of Minnesota from land 1856
Paid State of Minnesota interest on school and
town loans 1855 O3
4 Paid orders l5446 81
Paid county orders, building fund l5174 81
dwofb orders
Paid services of fire wardens 47l5
Paid interest county bonds and exchange 1874 Is
Paid road and bridge fund 4l94 81
Paid private redemption fund 1906 l6
Paid town, city and village taxes 23241 u
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-02-01
$2s,l39 O5

s2s,34s 81
700 90
II 70
35 80
8 80
------- -----
s24,loe 50.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-02-01
OFFICIAL FEES.
r. A. Green, sheriff
Z. B. Malberg, clerk Of court
u. Morck, clerk Of court
a. B. 1saacson, register of deeds
Total

REPORTS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Q. 3. Syverson, town of Augsburg
Peter Olson, town Of Alma
Levi Godfrey, town Of Alma
Q. r. Belcourt, village of Argyle
J. B. Insdahl, town Of Big Woods
Ed oommers, town of Boxville
+. L. Sinkler, town of Bloomer
9. Bradford, town of Cedar
John Holm, town of Comstock
=. ii. Besancon, town of Donnelly
Aug. Low, town of Eagle Point
j. A. Serum, town of East Valley
9. Jacobson, town of Excel
Simon Warning, town Of Excel
Otto S. Hong, town Of Foldahl
j. p. Lien, town of Fork
N. Bundhund, town of Grand Plain
I'll. Hanson, town of Holt
@. NJ. Carlson, town of Lincoln
Christ Johnson, town of McCrea
John Knudson, town Of Marsh Grove
q. 6. Bennett, town of Middle River
b. p. Stromgren, town of Nelson Park
Knute Nelson, town of New Solum
M. johnson, town of New Solum
ID. B. Bake, town of New Folden
j. II. Haug, town Of Oak Park
w. II. ingalls,, town of Spruce Valley
Henry Hooper, town of Sinnott
j. L. Borson, town of Thief Lake
John Hughes, town of Tamarac
A. 2. Lundquist, town Of Vega
Aug. Peterson, town of Viking
John Gratzek, town Of Wright
Ole Thompson, town of West Valley
H. Dillabongh, town Of Warrenton ).
i. Fl. Mack, town Of Wanger
G. S. Wattam, CITY of Warren
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-02-01
LESS OyERpRArr IN FolIow1Na FUNDS:

! LESS ovnnnrArrs N Fo1now1se FUNDS:
2. @ Dahgren, ezreasurer, shortage y %
School district funds 50 or
County revenue fund
Debit balances, total slsa5 90
Balance in treasury Dec. 80, 1899 So 4ss 50
STATE OF MINNESOTA
Balance in treasury, Dec. 81, 1898 s6,544 10
principal on school and town loans $3.50 81
G fan;s3s7 ;s ssheel lands slss g
| Total s2slse O.
PAID Paid school i' siss1st 10 1850 20 %
Refunded take. charged back 3 % %
Total $2406 sc
Balance in treasury Dec 80 1899 s4os2 3
TAX COLLECTIONS
Balance in treasury December 81, 1898 sl6,os5 u
From s9,65e 80
Total slo5,74l 4
DISBURSEMENTS CREDITED TO-:
State Of Minnesota S 1924 50
County fund II, 2o6 u
County road and bridge fund s 1901
County bond fund 1921
Town. city and village funds ss,e7s 81
School district funds 33,457 80
State 1896
| Refunded taxes charged back
Total ss9,55s 81
Balance in treasury Dec. 3oth, 1899 sl6,s2 sc
COUNTY REVENUE FUND.
| RESOURCES:
Balance hand Dec. 81, 5s13,223 So
Received from collections $3.50
Received from interest, penalties and 1896
Received from interest deposits
Received from of poor farm
Received from state wolf bounty 70
Received from fire wardens
Received from ferry licenses
Received from aucioneers license.
Received from jury fees returned
Received from sale of text books and book
agents los Il
Received from filing list Of lands
Received sherfs fees O. Olson
Received seed grain benefcaes SO 70 2o,389 so
Total s335l3 43
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-02-01
OSTAGE, TELEGRAMs, FREIGHT AND EXPRESS.

For County Auditor
g Treasurer
s Reg. of Deeds
g Sheriff s4s
s Probate Judge
g Supt. Of Schools
9. Clerk Of Court
Total
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-02-01
~ sf


PRINTING AND ADVERTISING.
J. ?. Mattson
Stevens Bros.
N. Il. Noyotny
The Herald
s. III. Clark
Crookston Times
III. u. Wood
Total
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-02-01

w. T.. Wood
j. M. Schie
Halvor Gnnderson
George Washington Peck
Adolf s. Rokke &.
Martin Besancon
Total
BOARD OF AUDITORS PER DIEM.
w. E.'Wood
A. B. Nelson
L. Morck
Total
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
"A. B. Nelson
w. r. Wood
j. M. Sclie
FL. Gunderson
a. S. Rokke
Geo. w. Peck
Total
OFFICIAL FEES
i. a. Green, sheriff
p. 3 Malberg, clerk Of court
- Morck, clerk Of court
a. 3. 1saacson, register of deeds
Total
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-02-01
Paid state treasurer
Paid school district No. ]:
Refunded taxes charged back
Total
DISBURSEMENTS CREDITED TO-

State Of Minnesota
County revenue fund
County road and bridge fund
County bond fund
Town, city and village funds
School district funds
State interest#on town loans
Refunded taxes charged back
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-02-01
s y %
80 OIL
l,,27.ll 80
$37,498s 69.

s6',544 20 u.
1924 50
$3.50 Oh
s,l7.:2'8: Sc
5 25
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-02-01
SlO5,74l A

S 1924 50
l7,2O6 ~
3,sOl 68
1921 90
1858 81
33,457 80
l73' IS
40 IS
s89,55s "a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-12
STANDARDS ASPHALT BIDS WIN.
The Company Said to he a New Arm Of tn,
same Old Trust.

Deputy commissioner shannon OF tho De-
partment Of Highways said yesterday that tho
contracts for asphalt paving, for which bids
were opened on Thursday. would be awarded In
the Standard Asphalt Company. who's" bid WIS
about 81 Os n square ynrd. or from TO no cents
less than thos. Of the Barber and other q
peting companies The standard company u
n now factor In the business in this city. and It's
bid was a surprise 10 many persons. The total
amount Of III. eleven contracts which 1t has
secured i nhou; sl3o. 600 The most important
one covers the asphal,ing of Sixth av"nn" from
,armine 10 Fourteenth street,
Victor :. Allen OF rs Pearl stree, who u
largely Interested IN the asphalt business, in
formed n SuN reporter Yesterday that the
Standard company. to which the contracts will
40, wa, really controlled by the s~o-called
A"phait Trust. and thu, the credit OF reducing
The cost OF paving belonged 10 The National
Asphalt 'Ompary, which b on all the con-
trucls. but rec iv ii none o! h IN
IN" trust heard of the or, ANIMATION OF ihi,
company, and AZ once got + ign,"ned u would
not have done for on" OF The ConlranieS which
have been getting about g. "A yard iI asphalt
ing in this city 10 suddenly 'ut the price. 80 the
trust had The Standard company put in n bid
The BID was designed TO beat thu National COM
lany, The STANDARD coat alv has no plant
Tor refining n .phal,, and is liant for maklns
roadway material Is in hartford, t,onn., " II
Icts the coat:Hcis. the work wll q don" by the
Bai Der company, or one ri the other trust
companies The Standard has no source o!
asphalt other 'han the I. uSt ANYWAY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-12
Corporal MURDERS 4 WOMAN.
Game Here From Newport Yesterday Shot
Her In Her Rooms Last Night.

Lem Wolf, 80 years old. Of 3i+ Fast Eleventh
street. mot corporal ido'ph Sass. who is sta
toned az Newport with the seventh Unite ed
states Artillery, ON Third avenue last
night and took him 20 her apartments.
\ minute later a -h.t was heard and
Kati" Schwartz. who lives next door. jumped
across the air haft through a window into the
Wolf woman'S apartments. She found Sas,
getting rcady 10 Jump rom the window, but
rushed past him into the front room.
she found Lena living on the floor Iu the front
room with two wnuudS Ia her head 4 yiSiol
bullet had entered her left cheek coming out On
tie right side Of her uecS. Sh' was q Wing
Policemen l.Orher and NHhon-y of the Fifth
street station arrived. : hurry call was sent 10
Bellevue for an ainbulHnc". but before DR.
lalno AIRY tto wO rd"d woman died.
! hen thu 'olica went to search for Sass
Hidden by a pie Of rubbish in on" " tho COZ
n"r~. they 'Ound SaS~ At tn" roliCc station il
was discovered that one cartridge IN his army
revolver had hrru eNrlOdr An hour later rs
brother who lives at $40 East Eleventh street,
called - the station he said hat Sp.s must
have arrived in hi, city yesterday as he had
not bo"u home
Sass had ne none, Ou tho body Of the dead
riri the police ION d 81 and y gold watch. Her
rur"ut~ 1--we at 3lj last Ninth street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-12
BiNK DIRECTORS ACCUSED.
Receiver OF the Ennk Valentine Looted Wants
Them to Make Good s3OO. 900.

NEW BRuSswlCH, \. j., May IL. Damaging
nccu ,ations are made against tn" directors OF
the defunc' Middlesex County Bani of Perth
Amboy, which George VI, Valentine looted by
R"ceiver T. + Campbel. in the bill which he
has filed in the Chanc'ry Court
MIR Campbell demands that the seven direc-
tors make good $500. 600. II he IL successful no
may make poor men out OF them. They are
{. II Watson. j + Watson. }. l.. Kearny. q.
Wilson. r y. Valentine. f.. r, Pierce and
Patrick Convery The assets OF the bank In
1901 were spa, SOL OF, when its liabilities were
only s426, SOL Of, according to the receivers
statement in the bin. When the bank ceased
business in July Of last year the liabilities had
increased to SAFE, sOo. or t~hereabouts. and the
assets he'd shrunk 10 about $500. On,
In paragraph II Receiver campbell makes a
charge substantially Tvs follows: During the
period in which the losses occurred the directors
met only once in three months and at the meet
ingS did no other business than TO elect Officers,
receive estimates Of the cashier Of the earnings
Of the bank during the preceding three months,
and declare dividends, Notwithstanding the fact
that each director received so for his attend
nnCe at eacn meeting, that never during the
whole Of this period, so fnr IA the minute book
Of the directors shows. did the said board ap.
point a committee 10 examine into the affairs OF
the said bank. or, a. Il board. or through anv
CONN iitce, or ~ individuals, count or correct
the cash, or make an inventory Of the assets OF
the bank, or compare the same with the ledger
balances, or in any other way ascertain the nc
report made BY any committee OF the board at
any meeting thereof
Receiver Campbell has paid a first dividend OF
IS per cent, to the depositors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-12
EyrENSIVE WOOL SMUGGLING.
Bts Frauds Discovered In New EngIand-
Goods Transferred at Sea.

BOSTON. May II Special Treasury agents.
under the direction OF Agent Converse J. Smith
of this city. have just found what they allsge
20 be one Of the boldest and most barefaccd
swindling schemes ever attempted at this port.
The records at the Custom House show Tint
Special Employee Bum had seized 90 sacks
of wool valued at 50 Ooo. but this does not tell
the entire story. The seized wool was gathered
M in this city, in Lawrence, Mass, and In
Bristol. X I, The special agents say that as
near as they can estimate. fully $4,000 worth
Of wool hns been smuggled into this
country through the port of Boston during
the past wear. The wool in question i, Of Cana
dian oriZi T. The tariff on wool runs from IL
cents 10 20 cents a pound The seized wool will
he turned over TO I ollector Lyman and sold 10
satisfy the claim of the | nited States
Spe, ial Treasury employee Bum. stationed AT
PASSPORT, Me. learned several months ago that
large quantities Of wool we're being shipped
from the provinces by way of st. John
10 Grandmauan Island. of the East
port coast lie saw The big sacks 81
wool loaded on British steamers. and
determined to shadow the steamer. He
found that the ships were met at sea by Ameri-
can schoOnNr~ and that the wool was trans
ferrsd TO these vessels. who brought IL 10 the
Maine coast, after which it Was teamed to a
railroad station between midnight and day
Light ard loaded abonrd freight cars for New
England. II is expected that arrests will soon
be made.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-12
" Art iND NOOK SAN.
Some Of the Thing. Shown In tho Collection
q! IA" Late MIRA. 4. v. s.. Roosevelt.

There j. on exhibition at III" Fifth Avenue
suction Rooms n collection Of hooas, paintings,
general bric.a-hrnc and furniture. antique and
modern, belonging To the estate OF The late Mrs
{ '. : Roosevelt with n editions, which i TO be
sold on the afternoons of uext week and on
Tuesday and "Wednesday evenings There are
l.5s3 lots cntalocu'd Of which $50 arc books
and ~ or" paintings IN cd lmar' bot
tie, an odd pair e Morocco drinking
bot :, a large cdrtain of Chinese I'M
brolG'ty on crimson ~ltiI, SAID 10 be
MGR" Than, Two centuries old. clol,onne
vases, Cai we'd nGma>C&n and Persian brass
N@N">. to."rlal mahogany table OF rich color, an
ln.aln io!diuE char of Damascus, carved
worries, arms, andaH Old-fashIun-d piano are
among tie uulrCt- seen III IA glance about the
auction rooms Many ot tho pictures are
story pictures " On" j. entitled War News"
ana "a II an anxious family are gathered be-
hind the father and grand athcr who, seated at
he i'rrsiGe, j. rradirG There *. " New iOrN
Bell" OF 1850, the work, IA" catalogue says. Of
J%acanlnl \ marine by GEORGE n. ljocer'.
showing number o. -uil OF n llshinr village, Is
very different IN style from Mr. BogertS
familiar work exhibited row There il n
land>caie e, 10y Jervis McEn,ee, No
'ombrnusS, OF the last Of the fall months There
isa still life by = Raam, n dish OF sllgarcd
lrtwberrirs, Il bunch OF grape with the hlCom
ola them. nuts. ard cuts al layer cake IN The
%r."atc,t detail Ntlur Parton Going to Pas
iure' presents cows fordlnC a shallow stream.
aud Arthur UIarIl"y has a Coast Scene in
winch III" surf breaks high over the outer rocks
while people 81 on the moro sheltered neigh
boring rocks and watch the spray Among the
books nre u first edition Of the bore Bible, Au-
dnhon'S Birds Of America tNeW York and
philad@lphia. ls41-isitl, and In'her's works in
black letter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-12
MORE JAPANESE iRRIJr.


VICTORIA, v. g., May II IN. .ish of Japa0.
csc continues To-day tho steamer S}NH 40
rived here with GO more l4l", " the ycrug, =
lar papers brought hv The SIKH say thai oo :
to III" alarm excited in 'urrica bv rho arrival
cf Japanese emigrnut~ and he po-~,bi, p.--as,
OF anti lapane>" legislation the Goy'r MONT
i-attcmpt NJ to divert IN" eireu'u at .uru..'
population to Furmu~l aud the )rurr.urn
Island ot ilo ,haIdu Al the md IcoUru'- .-
Tered br ~" GOV"lrn.u' ar', however .G..":
to turn III" lid" toward Eurmo,a
SM ~fEAN'lSrO. May n Tn" Ill; "'".s
steamer America Maru arrived TO-DAY .'.u.
hong Kong 81" brought i0i cabin pa--'r-.
and 316 lapIn"-r and l2B Chinese in ih"-f"'f-
ago -" steamer Cupt.c sailed to.dt ''r
Hong Kong. carrying - Jaraur-r 49, -
'hln"-'. who were drportrd br,iI~" the. ".i'
contract labOrnr>
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-12
The Weather.

tn" Weather yesterday was cloudy with a few igh,
scattering showers In the Uldil' Atlantic and New
Ergihnd States and In the district around the lakes.
similar conditions prevailed II She extreme North.
w,st Elsewhere throughout the county the weather
was ia't.
There was m area 81 low pressure forming over tic
Daa daS and Non ana. drawing decidedly warmer
weather int the reLt-al and Iprcr Mississippi Val.
ley, where the maximum temperature ranged between
So ard 06 degr cS, The w~arm'vave WAS Spreading
eastward,
Freezing temperature wGS rrHo-'sd ir,m northern
New York and north m Nsw Erg!aHd YESTERDAY
morning. " Albany ard the immediate vlcin tyit
vaSfrrm : To I d gre's below ires,lrg
In tls city the day was cloudy. with an occaS nal
Hight sprinkle e. rain in the afternoon, average hu
nudity ~ percent wind SoGth'a.t avr'age yelOr
ity. sixteen miles an hour. baromricr corrected brcad
to stn vel ASA 81, 31,lc 3P ", al.oS.
Tn" ten peratu-r n, rec ,ricd by N" rricial ther
mcmtter. ard also by TIE SuN'S thermometer At the
street ltvdl. Is shown In ,hr arnr.ed t,b'e
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-12
LOAN CONPiNY MAN ARRESTED.
Appropriated Money an Agent Deposited No
Security. and DidntL Lend.

Central ONCE Detectives McConvile and
Barrett yesterday arrested in his Office nj
'?o Broadway, Everett F Martin,
who Is said TO be the head ~
the Providence Trust Company, n
n warrant charging him with grand larceny
and he was locked M AT Police Headquarters
Samuel Green of l2J? Putnam avenue. Brook
lyn. makes tho compliant. lIo aver, HAT
Mnrtin appropriated 10 his own usr $50 -
Greens money. deposited by Green n security
,or hi honesty Wien nO,oyIIenI wae given
Nun by MARTIN The company was a loan Cgu-
c'rl, ahd when applicants who had mad" d.
posts complained that they got no lo1u,,
t.reen got anNiols about hi4 money md clu.'i
Martin's arrest. Martin has he,u living 1T
the tote' Bartholdl under the unme Of Fred.
erlck Marshall His company has occupied
ontcrs a. 800 Broadway for a month
Winifr'd Robinson. who also SOS ~ the hotel
and was a friendof Martins, wa arrested there
TOO last night bv Central ONCE d"trctjy"~ ard
locked M in the Mercer street police station ~
n suspicious person ~ Police I,oaduuHrinr- /
WINS snld that she was not W. rt"d ~ cour"crln1
WIN Martins, case but by III" Boston police ior
other ,roOkCdneSS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-12
EsStro,s Prize Painting by Henry Prcliwit,
and Nmnthcrs q. VI. R.eNss,s Pet Cat.

\ FIR" started Yesterday afternoon in the
studio building nj $50 West iifty-ffth stree, in
one Of tie ilolheiu s,ld,os. which was occupied
by + II Cater and Henry Prellwitz Of Pc
comic, III The ham"s ate their wa, unseen
down into The privGl" sable rented hv james
McInin, y broker Of 10 We Fiity-hfth street,
III they were discovered by Mrs Garrity, tl"
vile Of NClHin'- Cpaclrpan
when ia" frsIu"n arrived The studio occupied
was badly damaged and II rictur" PAINTED by
Mr. Preli wiz, which had been returned only
q day or two ago from an exhibition
wher" received a prize, va, totally
destroyed Mr. Prellw!t2 l. ont Of town.
= Ndi0S occupied hv GrOrge VI Reeves and VI
Frumkr, werc damaged slightly In Mir
Rcovps's studio WI, a biac.; pet cal which was
SINocatrd.
iust night, whom the fire wa .upp sod to I've
entirely on. the studio Of {. " hurthorne at
rs West Fiit"-tfti street was found 10 ho afrr.
TIN" fire had apparently Crert in under the
floor The flames were put out after they had
Conc ~l,Ght dlmagn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-12
MISCHIEF.NAKTNG GAS METER
Blew 10 and Caused a Fire Then There Was
Fight for the 81. SO Inside Of II.

There was an explosion last night In
the double decker tenement NJ +s and
40 Enst l25th street. occupied almost
exclusively by negroes. ard when the
flames shot up tn" airshaft about seyenty-tve
excited persons OF color rushed into the street,
When thu tlreinou arrived they poured consid-
cradle water into the cellar without apparently
affecting tho ho. Then II Wa discovered that
i, was n gas meter that had blown M, and as
soon "a he gas WIS turned of the flames died
away. The loss did not amount to over $50.
\ fireman picked no the meter and threw i.
into the street When II struck the pa We
ment re crowd heard the ratll. of
coins, Tor it was the drop-a-quartcr-in-
the-Slot kind OF a meter There was n
rush nv the negroes and a freq fght for
the possee.ion ~ the meter Five policemen
from tho East l2Gth street station managed to
-eNaratp the fighters, but not before tho meter
was smashed ara the coin divided The Jo!ice
say that the spoi, amounted 10 about 81 80.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-12
INHERITANCE TiXERs EXEWPrED.


The safe civil Service Commission woInd mp
its session for the present term in the Criminal
Courts brildiu: yesterday, Almost the entire
day was ~pent in considering the matter Of ex-
empriOu-. II was finally decided in the matter
Of the Board of tduca'ion not TO make pny
moro exemptions several day, ago me COM
mission exempted the Treasurer and assistant
Treasurer o. the Board Of Education and avpi-
,ntlOu was made 10 It To also exempt parma~-
tcr- and unultorS. hut the COMMISSIONS, de-
Cid"d Yesterday that they COuId not grant the
request. lhey put he refusal on the ground
that tho exemptions Hre urLroeSSarv. ~ ihn
local honrd can cope with any energUncv TINT
may arise in the matter Of appointing pnvna~
trr~ ard auditors
At Thursday : meeting Of ~" board n letter
vas read from state comptroller MORGAN in
which he suggested the exemption Of III" eight
Inheritance YAK apprai,'r- u was decided lnan
not to- dc' On ia" matter without having tho
COnplrpllcr appear bciur" tn" board and cN-
Tla'n HE request He was 50 notified and yns-
ierdIv MIR Morgan came to thi, cry and went
TO orc the commissioners lie was with them
for over an hour. and at tho end oi hat time il
was announced thar the board had acted on his
suggestion ana oN-mpred,th" apprais r..