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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
Neighborhood Notes.
CORDOYA.


Cordova, Dec. 26.-John Bryan spent
Saturday at home.
w. Wallace, of Jasper, Mo-, is visit
ing friends here.
School closed Friday for weeks
vacation.
An entertainment was given at the
Baptist church Christmas eve.
Miss Nova Marshall, who is attend
ing school at Geneseo, came home
Saturday to spend ner Christmas va
cation.
Miss BE rnie Cool, of Chicago, is
here to spend the winter with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Cool.
Edward Cool was IN Rock Island
Monday.
Mrs. Mate Marshall. who was in
Rock Island last week, returned Mon
day.
William Hunt came Tuesday to
spend Christmas at home.
j. i. Jackson returned Monday
from Chicago.
Miss Anna Hunt went to Port By
ron Monday to spend Christmas at
home.
Miss Marie Heany was visiting
friends in Rock Island last week.
Miss Ruth Phillips visited in the tri-
cities Tuesday.
Willard Spoor came home last week
from De Ealb to spend Christmas.
Mrs. Edith Brown, who has been
visiting in Rock Island for the past
few days, has returned home.
Mrs. Philip Wilson died Saturday
at the home OF her daughter. Mrs. ~.
s.. Marshall, i'm Chicago. Death was
caused by a paralytic stroke. The
remains were brought here Monday.
The fune raj services were held Tues
day at > p. M. at the home.
Ithamer Maxwell died Sunday night
at IL o'clock. Death was due to COM
plication of stomach and lung
trouble He was in his Goth year and
had long been a resident of this place.
The funeral services were held today
at the home. conducted by Rev.
Craine, of Port Byron NJ. l.. church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
Masters Sale.

Searle, s Marshall, Attorneys
STATE of Illinois, L.
Rock Island County -
In the Circuit Court. In Chancery. Fore
closure General No 1855
FRANKLIN L. Bliss
william Atkinson. Helen L. Atkinson. John
o OF, John w. Dresser. Peoples National
Bank of Rock Island Illinois.
Notice is hereby gwen that by virtue of a
decree OF said Court enters d In the above en-
titled cause on the Thirty-first day OF October,
A. D., 1901, snail, on aturday the eleventh
day of January, A. d 1892, at the hour of two
O'Clock in the afternoon, at the east door of the
Court House in the City OF Rock Island in said
County of Rock Island, to satisfy said decree,
sell at pubic vendue to the highest bidder for
cash those certain parcels of land situate in
the County of Rock Island and State of uli-
nois, known and described as follows to-wit;
Commencing at the north west corner of
lot No. one % in block No tro (2) in How
ards Second addition to the city of kc ok
Island: thence west l chain and p links to the
county road; thence south along tn county
road 4 chains and az links; thence west cna n
10 place of beginning, now known as out lots
Sky two (62) end siXty-three (63) as deSig-
mated upon the assessors plat OF SAID addition
TO Rock Isl md for A. ID 1854, and being part
of what was formerly known as lot seventy
seven C77) in said south east fractional quar-
thirty six $3.50 to vnship eighteen QS) north
range two C) west in the county of HocK
Island and state of Illinois; also lot two G) 10
b Ock two G) in Howard's Second addition to
the city of mock Is and, situated in the
excepting from the tract first above de-
scribed the following. to-Tit;
Commencing at a point one hundred and
fifty O50) feet south of the north " est corner
of lot one 90 in block two (2) In Howard s
second addition to the city CT Rock Island
thence running west to the east line of Elm
or 30th street; thence along said line of EN-
or 30th street and south fifty (50) feet thence
east TO the west line of said lot one Cd ia
b ock two CD in said Howsrd'S Second aodi
ZION: thence north fifty (50) feet to the place
Of negiuning being part of out lots 6s and
63 designated upon the assessors plat of said
addition to Rock Island for A ID. 1854, and be
ing part of what was formerly known as out
lot seventy-Seven (7O in the s lid south east
fractional quarter south of Indian boundary
line Of section thirty-six 1861 township eiRh
teen US) north range two C2) west OF the
fourth Prin otpal Meridian.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois, this ninth day
of December, A. d. 1901.
EIIWIN z PARMENTER,
Master In Chancery. Rock Island county, Ill
SEARLE & MARSHALL,
Compliments Solicitors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27

Notice of Pr bIlo.tlon-Chanoery.

State of Illinois,
Rock Island County. -
1902
Hugh Walker, executor of the last will and
testament OF John futile, deceased
Edwin w. Roberts, James Turtle, Mary Bsse
man. Ellsworth HaZen, NJ. Colfax Hazen, Ar
thur Hszen, rs ella Haven Ethel Pear. Hol-
Blanch L. Holcomb, Lydia Van hiper, Alice
Russell, Laura A. Nanderslice- Grace Deemer
mer. Lettie Barber, Clifford De emer, Blanch
Deemer, Nyle Deemer and Mar ha Johnston,
guardian of said MI Deemer,
AfhdavIs of the nOn-residence OF the said
James futile, Mary b Rtemau. E1Sw OTth HaZen,
Ethel Pearl Holcomb. Eva Holcomb, Frank
Q. Holcom }. Blanch l. Holcom0, Alice RuSSei,
barber, impleaded with the above defendants,
Edwin w. Roberts, LYDIA Van Ripper, Laura
VauderSiice, Grace Deemer, Roy Deemer,
mer and Martha J hnstOn guardian of said Nyle
Deemer, having been flied in the clerk S ONCE
of the circuit court of said county, notice is
therefore hereby given TO the said non-rt ST
dent defendants that the complainant nle u
bis II of complaint in said court, on the
chancery side thereof, on the sixth day OF De
cember 1901. and that thereupOn summons
issued out of said court, wherein SAL suit IS
now pending. returnab!e on the first Monday
10 the mouth of January, neat, as is by law re-
CURED. Now, unless you. the said non rest
Mary Bateu an, Ellsworth Hazen. NJ ColfaX
Hazen, rthur Hazen Estella Hazen, Ethel
rearl t1OlCOhpi Eva AO'.OAHC = 90 n -
Ho. comb, Blanch L HolcoDb, Alice Ru1sel,
Arthur Deamer Elmer Deemer ard Lettie
Barber snail psrs onally be and appear before
said circuit court, on he first day of The next
term thereof, to be holden at Rock Island IN
and for the sa d county, on the first Monday in
January next, and plead, answer or demur to
the said complainauL's bill of complaint, the
saue and the matters and thugs therein
charged and stated VIII be taken as confessed,
and decree entered against you according
to the prayer OF said oi l.
GEORGE w GAMBLE, Clerk
Rock Is and Illinois December 6. 1901.
JACKSON & HURST, Solicitors for Complainant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
NEWS IN OUTLINE.

On Jan. 1 the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad win shorten the work day of
freight trainmen from twelve to ten
hours.
Fire broke out in the pharmaceuti-
cal department of the Cudahy Packing
company's plant at Omaha and did
So, 900 or $4,000 damage before it
was quenched.
1t has been decided to send Ro-
man pontifical mission to the corona
ton of King Edward.
The navy department has taken tho
initial steps toward the adoption of
wireless telegraphy on warships at sea
for signaling.
The general meeting of the ArchaeO-
logical Institute of America is in ses-
sion at Columbia university, New York
city.
Lieutenant General Miles has re-
sumed his duties at his office in the
war department.
Simon Owens, aged 102, was burned
to crisp in his cabin at Guthrie, o..
r, yesterday. He was born slave.
The Order of the Golden Fleece has
been bestowed upon Grand Duke
Michael Alexandrovitch of Russia.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
KalispeIl, Mont, $4,000 for Il library.
The National Commercial Teachers
Federation is in session at st. Louis.
Eighty soldiers of the Eighteenth In
fantry were poisoned at breakfast in
Cheyenne. WyO., but all will recover.
Julius Mayer, of Detroit, registered
at the Victoria hotel, Chicago, and
claimed to own the north side.
Mrs. Charles Bartel, of Chicago, pre-
pared Il Christmas tree for her chill
Gren and then drowned herself.
At Trenton, n. J., yesterday the
125th anniversary of the battle OF
Trenton was celebrated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
COAL GAS KILLED THEM
Man and Woman Dead, and Another Man
Who Cannot Live.

Man and Woman Dead, and Another Man
Who Cannot Live.
Fort Wayne, Ind, Dec. 2I.-Two are
dead and one will die as the result of
asphyxiation Tuesday night at the resi-
dence Of George Schaffer, wealthy
retired grocer, living on Broadway.
The dead are Anna James and George
Schaffer. Henry Anderson is dying.
Schaffer was n German, 60 years old,
who had made a comfortable fortune
IN the grocery business. Henry An
derson, aged 60 years, veteran Of the
civil war and lifelong friend. was his
companion. Wednesday morning n
nephew of Schaffer. his only relative.
went to the house with Christmas pres
ents.
He found the place locked and
forced an entrance, and the bodies OF
Miss James and Anderson were found
In the upper part of the house. The
woman was dead, but Anderson still
showed signs of life and was taken to
the hospital. The physicians says he
cannot live. An investigation by the
police showed the chimney flue was OBJ
structed with SCOT, and the burned gas
had filed the house, which was tightly
closed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
ExanreIIst.s story.

81 suffered for years with bron-
chial trouble and tried various rem
edies but did not obtain permanent
relief until I commenced using One
Minute Cough Cure" writes Rev.
James Kirlxman, evangelist of Belle
River, Ill. One Minute Cough Cure
affords immediate relief for coughs,
colds and all throat. and lung troub,
les. For croupBit isoHnequalled. Abb
solutely safe. ySeUerifailsi and anfa-
vorite with the .children., 49,. ,shr
All druggists. $
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27

Stare OF Illinois,
County of Rock Island
In the Circuit Court. January Tern, 1902
Mary J. Melvin vs. George l. Melvin. In
Chancery.
Affidavlt of non-residence OF the said George
l. Melvin. defendant, having been fled in the
clerks once of the circuit court of the said
county, notice is therefore hereby given to
the said nonresident defendant that the
complainant fled her bill of complaint in said
court. on the chancery side thereof, on the
nth day of July, 1900, and that thereupon o
sum mons issued out OF said court Nherein said
suit is now pending, returuable on the third
Monday in the month OF September, 1900 as is
by law required and that on December 3 1901,
an alias summons was issued out of the said
court wherein said suit is pending returnable
on the first Monday in the month of January,
1909, as is by law requirs
Now unless you, the said nonresident de-
PENDANT, George L Melvin, shall personally be
and appear before the said circuit court on the
trst day OF the next tern thereof, to be holden
at Rock Island in and for said county on the
first Monday n January next, and plead, an
swer or demur to the said complaiAant's bill
of complaint. the same and the matters and
things therein charged and stated viii pc
taken as confessed, and decree entered
az ainst you according to the prayer OF said
bill GEORGE w. CAMILLE. Clrruit Clerk.
Rock Island, Ill. December End. 1902
Searle & Marshall Complainant's Solicitors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
Notice of PubIiOat,on-Chanoery.
State of Illinois,
innv,tv ~ Rnnlr LELAND L -

County of Rock island. IS
In the circuit court. January term a. D.,
1902
Alice BoenItz VS.. James Guinty, Daniel Guinty,
Foley, Ellen Csllshan, Maud Guinty. In
Chancery.
Afidavit of non-residence OF the said Mary
NcCarty and Margaret Foley, imp eaded with
the above defendants, James Guinty, Daniel
Guinty, Josephine McHugh, Ellen Callahan
aud Maud Guinty, having been filed in the
clerks once of the circuit court Il said
county, notice is therefore hereby given TO
the said non resident defendants that the
complainant fled her bill of complaint in said
court. on the chancery side thereof, on the
3Oth day of November, 1901, aud that thu re-
upon a summons issued out of said court
wherein said suit Is now pending, returnable
on the first Monday in the month of January
next, as Is by law required. Now, unless
you. the said nonresident defendants above
named, Mary McCarty and Msrgsret Foley
shall personally be and appear before said cir
cult court on the first day of the next term
thereof, to be holden at Rock Island In
and for the said county. on the first Monday
in January next, and plead. answer, or demur
to the said cOmplainant'S bill of complaint
the same and the matters and things therein
charged and stated will be tax en- confessed
and a decree entered against you, according
60 the prayer of said bill
GEORGE W. GAMBLE, Clerk.
Rock Island, Illinois, Nov. 80 1901
SEARLE & MARSHALL.
Complainant's solicitors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27

SearIe s Marshall, Attorn

Searle & Marshsn Attorneys.
State of Illinois, -
Rock Island County,
In the Circuit Court In Chancery. Fore
closure General No. 1917
James Balmer
Julia Phillips, Frank NJ Phillips, Clyde @.
Philips, Artie Phillips, Maud Adam, Anna
N. Phillips Edward d. Phi llip> ana d. h Mo-
berry and Frank s. Cool, administrators OF the
estate of u. e Phillips, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that by virtue of q
decree of said Court, entered In the above
entitled cause, on the twentieth day of No
vember, A. d. 1901, shall. on Saturday, the
eleventh day of January, A. D., 1902 at
the hour of two O'Clock In the after
noon, at the East door of the Court
House, In the City of Rock Island, In
said County of Rock Island, to satisfy said
decree, sell at public vendue to the highest
bidder for cash, that certain parcel of land
situate In the County of Rock Island and
State of Illinois, known and described as
follows, to-wit:
The south I45 acres of the south west gar
ter (14) of section twenty-five C22) in town
ship number twenty COZ north range two (2)
east of the 4th Principal Meridian in the
county of Rock Island and state of Illinois
DATED at Rock Island illinois, this ninth day
of December, A. D. 1901.
ELwIN z. PARMENTER,
Master In Chancery. Rock Island County, Ill.
SEARLE & MARSHALL.
Compliments solicitors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
The Nickel Plate Road

will sell tickets December "a, 25, 81,
1901, and Jan. 1, 1902, at rate of n
fare and third for the round trip to
any point located in Central Passen-
ger association territory, account
Christmas and New Year holidays.
Return limit including Jan. ?, 1902.
Through service to New York City,
Boston, and other eastern points.
Chicago passenger station, Van Blu
rem street and Pacific avenue, on the
Elevated loop. For further informa-
ton address John Y. Callahan, gen.
eral agent, III Adams street, Chi
capO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27

Chicago, Dec. S7.-Following are. the open
ing highest, lowest and closing quotations
in todays markets:
wheat.
Pee PEG 81 81 So, @; IS; So. 3s1 san
July, s2as2S; seq; s1sS; Sig.
Corn.
Dec. e4lI; e4x: 6s4: 6salb.
May, 665ld659S; 66b: 661s-; 661s-b.
July, e61zIa65A; coz; 6616; 664b.
Oats.
Res Res e ~ ~. ~; ~. ~ 4t tsS
July, s91s-; SsH; ssS; 30.
Dec, Is. 81; Is. g.; 1852: l5.62.
Jan, 1890; 1890; 1882; 1852.
May, II. 4O6I75O; 1850; 1870; 1870.
Lard.
Dec. 1907; 1907; 1907; 100.
Jan, 1910; Ills; 1907; 1000.
May, 1900 O.20; 1922; 1910; 1912.
Ribs.
pes. ss g: 8 Sc g: !; 60 SEC 60
May. S.9O0Q.Oo; 300; S.s5; SIS.
Receipts TODAY: Wheat 81, corn $50, oats
246: Hogs 1900, cattle $500 sheep 1000;
s. Is; mixed and butchers, s5.90Go65;
good heavy, s645G6.7o; rough heavy, 5000
Cattle market opened steady.
Sheep market opened steady
Omaha-Hogs 5000.
Union Stock yards, $40 a. m.
higher H Light r ss.4oSs.s5; mixed and butch
ers, s5.o566.65; good heavy, S6OoG6FO; rougn
heavy, s6O50625.
Cattle market opened slow for common.
Beeves S3.9O17.O0; cows and heifers, S1.2o6e
4.75: Texas steers, s3.75G4.75; stockers and
feeders, S2.0O1425.
Sheep market steady.
Hog market closed strong, 10d15c higher.
Light, S. 45G1635: mixed and butchers, 5000
6.65; good heavy, S6OS067o; rough heaVy
Cattle market closed dull
Sheep market closed steady.
Estimated receipts Saturday: wheat SU,
corn 90 oats 100, hogs $4,000.
New York Stocks.
New York Dec. 27.-The following are the
closing quotations on the New York stock
So. Pacific cox. sugar 1853, c. & A. s5K
gas 102h, Penna. 1917, B q .. 49,, G. X. i. q
p. O. NJ & st. Paul 1914 Manhattan 1874,
Pacific Mail 45A, AtchiSon common 794, w. ".
Tel. Co pI%, N. Y. Central l67. L. & N.
IO6J< B. r. T. 655{. r. ID. G. pfd. s1E, leather
pfd. SIN, copper 705[. Atchison pfd. i02, u.
&. steel pfd. 93x, u. Steel common 423,
Missouri Pacific 106, Union Pacific common
IO31k coal and iron 63z. Erie common AN,
Can. common l5h. Can. pfd 81.
Local Markets.
Corn-New. 75c-
Oats-45347c.
Hay-Timothy, s1l; prairie, sl2.
Straw-SS.
Goals per ton
bntter~choice to fair, sic;freshcreamery
22hc-
Eggs-23c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
TIPS TO TRAVELLERS.
Rates Reduced for Christmas and New Year
HOLIDAYS.

The Nickel Plate road will sell tick
cts Dec. "a, 25, 81, 1901, and Jan. 1,
1902, at rate of fare and one-third
for the round trip, to any point To-
Gated in Central Passenger associa-
ton territory, good returning to and
including Jan. =, 1902. Pullman serv-
ice on all trains. Individual club
meals ranging in price from 50 cents
to 81, served in Nickel Plate dining
cars. Address John Y. Callahan, gem
eral agent, III Adams street, Chi
cago, for particulars. Depot, Van
Buren, street and Pacific avenue, on
the Elevated loop.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
Food Changed to Poison.

Putrefying food in the intestines
produces effects like those of arsenic,
but DIR. Kings new Life Pills expel
the poisons from clogged bowels,
gently, easily but surely, curing con-
stipation, biliousness, sick headache,
fevers, all liver, kidney and bowel
troubles. Only Csc at Hartz & Ulle-
meyers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
eST.$NICHOLAS

Are there any boys or girls IN your home
with the best literature and art, and with
all their best impulses quickened? There
is a way to do 1t, at an expense of less than
one cent day,-a way to have in your
home the greatest educational influence OF
our time.
"St. Nicholas for Young Folks is the me
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In the literature of the world. 1t is recon-
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tains only the very best and most helpful and
entertaining literature, and It is illustrated
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In 1902
some new features are to be introduced into
this famous periodical-o IS the printing
of long stories complete in a single number,
no serials "a A splendid group of stories by
the bCst living writers for young folks has
been gathered for this purpose :.
"Nature Study"
Is now a great feature of St. Nicholas. The
young readers ask questions and they are
answered IN department called mature
and Science" Private schools take the
magazine for this alone. The "St. Nicho-
las League" Is an organization of ST.
Nicholas readers wherein prizes are u
offered for the best pictures, stories, ~
poems, etc 4 ISL
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
How VinoI Helped Mrs. HindIe.

thousands of
Vnol splendid and builder
health had failing until weak could do housework and
compelled break housekeeping tried different med
seemed better had heard the virtues of Vno
bottle ofVino had taken only doses of Vno
helped My appetite improved felt strength returning
Vino
every the body Them such agreeaby favored
medicine take Oh 1t A H HINDLE Thaxters
Court Bangor, Me.
A Boy Cured of Hanging-on Cough by VinoI
any boy had bad cough has always had every
child tried several kinds of remedies
results from Vno He took bottle Vnol
entirely gone Something unknown before think Vnol
simple and wholesome remedy that it
unreservedly endorse tired
a
children and old people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
TRAINS.

TRAINS. I :
Peoria. Spriy gaeld. st. L.,
Indianapolis. Cincinnati *SOo am 80 70 pm
Peoria, Springfield, Indian
adolis. Cincinnati. Bloom
ington, st Louis. 1:40 pm 6:53 pm
Peoria Express 1:3o I'm
Peoria, indianapolis, Gin
cinpati. Blooming ton. -. lO:2o am
Cable Accommodation. ZOO am
Sherrard Accommodation BIS am 500 pm
Cable & Shercard Accom-. $3.50 pm 2:2O pm
Cable & Sherrard Accom- 1888 am
Trans marked are daily. All others eany
except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
TRAINS

est. Louis Springfield.
Peoria, Quincy. GALES
burg aud Sterling ...... 20 25 am He:55 am
Peoria Beardstown Bur
nngton, Denver and
West ................ +2:25 pm t12:oI pm
st. Louis, Kansas City
Denver and Pacihcl
Coast la Galesburg 90. Ills pm S7:2o pm
Sterling and points in
termediate .-...--.-... f7:i5 pm n % pm
East Moline (suburban). 1918 am
It L. Dem er and west +6:55 am
Clinton and dubuque .... t7:0S am "6:S5 am
Davenp 1rt and Clinton %7:05 am 6:l5 am
Clinton, Dubuque, La
Crosse, It Paul, Mlnn
ard we and n w II F7:25 pm 1918 am
Telephone 1850
sDaiY. +DailY except Sunday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
TODAY's MARKETS.

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Following are the open
ing highest, lowest and closing quotations
in today's markets:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27

Searle, s Marshall, Attorneys
State of Illinois, lSs
Rock Island County.
In the Circuit Court. In Chancery. Fo
closure General No 1855
Franklin l.. Bliss
The Washington times., 1901-12-29

| old houses, when tracing back his pedi-
gree. hoping to find in the Dark Ages some
| knight or noble with whom to connect his
| name. is confronted half way by the mid
| wife Of New Netherland"
Not all the descendants OF Anneke
Jams are Of the class above mentioned
From the style Of the communications re-
ceiyed at the Treasury from members Of
the "Anneke Jams Association in several
States Of the Union 1t is evident that
many CT tho writer's were uncducated and
in poor circumstances.
For more than FIVE years these people
paid monthly a sseSsineuts 10 aid their So
called "lawyerS' in the furtherance OF
their supposed cllim. Just before another
heavy assessment was to have been paid,
tho Treasury Department. having learned
the facts in the case, warned as many OF
the victims as it could reach. and thus
kept considerable sum OF money from
the pockets Of the sharpers operating the
game.
The manner in which Trinity Church
became possessed OF and in spite of
countless lawsuits. pathetic. dignined.
and Rrotesque. for 2tu years has trium-
phantly held the Anueke Jams farm is al
ready well known.
Morris. Penn. aud E.u Claims.
President. as well as the Secretary Of
the Treasury. in regard to fortunes pre-
sumably held by the United States in
trust for the heirs OF Robert Morris. Will
liam Penn. and Joseph Ball. The fnan-
cier Of the Revolution, in his old age,
served term in prison for debt. and his
last years were emhittered by poverty.
William Penn left several children to
inherit his estate. and Joseph Bail was a
poor Philadelphia underwater. wiz in
sured vessels and cargoes to the amount
of about $4,000. for which J, later filed
claims under the French spoliation act.
He Is enormously supposed to have been
kinsman OF George Washington's mother
as well as owner of n large portion OF
the land now covered Icy the city of
Philadelphia.
Recently. from far-off Poland, came a
statement from a great-grandson OF Count
Pulaski that he saw. in Russian and
American newspapers, the enquiries Of the
United States Government for the heirs,
to a sum OF money held in United States
banks as the proceeds Of the sale Of land
granted by Congress to Pulaski, in recog-
milton OF his military services to this
country.
The attention Of the Postmaster General
and the Secret Service has been directed
to these lawyers" and the methods pur-
sued by them. Meanwhile. the swindling
goes meFrily on. The Treasury has never
received deposits, either from individuals
or estates, nor has the General Government
any jurisdiction of the settlement OF es-
tatcs. All wOuld-be claimants or their
attorneys are so informed by the officials
Of that Department.