The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-30
OFFICERS OF
new Court
Will Be Announced on Mon
day When it COnveneS
at Harrisburg.

There will be much anxious scanning
OF next Mondays dispatches from
| Harrisburg conveying the announce
| ments of the appointments to subor-
dinate positions of the new middle dis
trict federal court. which will be or
| ganized there that day.
TWO clerks, an assistant district at
| torney, seven referees in bankruptcy,
dozen or so United States commits
sioners. jury commissioner deputy
| marshals. criers and tipstaves will be
appointed.
E. r. w. Searle, of Susquehanna,
Is to be clerk of the district court. He
is an appointee of Judge Archibald.
The clerk of the circuit court Is ap-
pointed by the circuit judge. Who he
will be is not known. The candidates
are the present clerk, Mr.. Crocker, of
Williamsport, and Deputy Clerk A. J.
Colborn, of this city. This clerkship
has been held in Williamsport for six
ty years and there is a strong move-
ment to continue it there. Mr.. Col
born's candidacy is supported by petit
tions. numerously signed from Lacka-
wanna, Wayne. Wyoming. Bradford,
Susquehanna and Luzerne counties.
There will be a deputy clerk at Har-
rsburg. who will be Robert Snod-
grass, son of Robert c. Snodgrass.
The most prominent candidates for
assistant district attorney are Harry
S. Knight, of Sunbury, and William
Peasley. of Williamsport. Congress-
man Deemer is advocating Mr.. Peas
ley's appointment.
Marshal Leonard yesterday an
nounced that j. w. Snyder, of Cou-
dersport, Potter county, would be Of
flee deputy at Scranton. to succeed
Clark Lowry. Fl. S. Laurish, of Mauch
Chunk is to be chief office deputy at
Harrisburg, and Samuel Lapp. of Mif-
flintown, office deputy at Williams
port.
George d. Taylor, at present United
States commissioner. is a candidate to
succeed C. A. Van Wormer as the
Scranton referee in bankruptcy. w.
Fl. Taggart is striving to supplant
Truman j. Purdy as referee at Sun
burg. w. T.. Ransom, the referee at
Willamsport is seeking re-appoint-
ment, but has opponents.
At Chambersburg. the candidates are
w. b. Orr, the present referee and
John V. Strife. Referees Charles S.
Jacobs. of Harrisburg, and Smyser
Williams. of York, are candidates for
re-appointment, and have no opposi-
ton. No one is seeking to supplant
II. a. Fuller at WillIes-Barre and he
will likely be continued.
j. b. Woodward. of Wilkes Barre,
is to be appointed jury commissioner
The law provides that he shall be of
political faith opposite to that of tha
clerk, who is the other commissioner.
L.. l~l
risburg and the jurors will be drawn
by the marshall and two commission
ers at Williamsport on the second
Monday in June.
The crier for Scranton will likely be
b. NJ. Green. of Waverly, and the tip
staff, John NJ. Hornbaker, of 1913 New
York street.
The committee appointed to draft
rules for the new court consists of
Major Everett Warren, of Scranton;
C. L. Munson, of Williamsport, and
Charles S. Bailey, jr., of Harrisburg.
Attorney General Knox has assigned
Harrisburg as the place where Mar
shal Leonard will have his headqhar-
ters. District Attorney McCarrell will
also have his office there
Judge Archibald Is to have the rooms
at the southeast corner of the second
floor of the Scranton Federal building
for his offices, A man from the office
of the governments supervising archi-
tect is expected here soon to draft a
e-arrangement of the rooms on the
second and third floors.
The organization of the new court
will be effected at Harrisburg next
Monday. Arrangements are being
made to tttingly commemorate the
event. Judge Archibald will convene
the court at 10 o'clock a. IN, and swear
in the officials. An address is to be
delivered by Attorney Lyman d. Gill
bert, of Harrisburg, and very likely
impromptu speeches will be made by
Judge Archibald, District Attorney Nc
Carrell and others representing differ
ent portions of the district.
District Attorney McCarrel will be
admitted to the bar and move for the
admission of the other attorneys pres
ent. In the evening the Harrisburg
lawyers will tender a banquet to
Judge Archibald,
There will be no trials or other bus-
ness unless it should be that there are
some urgent matters to be attended
to. No trial list has peen prepared.
A number of attorneys from this city |
will attend the opening of the court.