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The diamond drill., 1902-04-26

A Diamond Drill reporter visited the
county treasure Office Tuesday and
Found Deputy Treasurer McGillis mp
10 his ears in work. There was heavy
dark cloud in the skies at the time OF
our visit, darkening the Office SO that
il was impossible to do any work and
the accommodating Deputy laid down
his pen and chatted with the reporter
during the Eclipse
"Do you expect much OF tax this
wear, inquired the reporter. Yes, we
expect quite sale and are preparing
for it as rapidly as possible. The work
M year will be the most complicated
of any year in the history OF the conn
Nv for the reason that the tax record
contains taxes for eleven years. and
ltthe law is that person buying the
taxes for any year must purchase all
OF the previous years. You see that
pit Is very easy TO skip year with such
a cumbersom record as we have and
any omission would be serious not
only TO the county but to the purchaser
Pas we'll Now, in order to guard ag-
ainst mistakes Of the kind | have de-
y,sed scheme That think will save
us from errors
He then showed us his scheme
which consists in marking after each
description on the record, every year
for which taxes are due and the page
In the record or land list upon which
the description appears. The work
consumed a great de9k of time but It
cinches the thing 50 far as avoiding
mistakes Is concerned.
He was at work on the land list at
the time of our visit and in speaking
of the latter said "There is some
thing up in the auditor generals Office
this year. Look at that land list II
Is not more than half the size of pre-
vious years. Either the lands are being
bought up or the descriptions are be-
II ing withdrawn to be readvertised. next
year. II they are being purchased
the county and townships win have big
amounts Of money from them soon
How did taxes come Ia last year, M.
The diamond drill., 1902-04-26
ON WATER WORKS MADE.
Shows Council and Board
orks an Ideal Spot For
.tion of Plant.

Drill advise them to visit the place and 20
mber over the ground and If they don't all
Mr.. agree with us when we say that il is
coun away ahead Of any other spot on the
the river we miss our guess
# in The water supply will be the river
II the and the water will come from above
Those any of the contamination resulting
layor from the mine water being pumped
nson, into it.
the The pipe line he proposes to run up
'rd Of Sixth street thus aifording fire protec-
n and tion to all those residing ON the Falls
location and striking a territory where
falls water will be taken as soon as Robert
upon Phillips houses are reached The
Of the locality about Robert Munns place is
VI his bad one for water it being imposs-
ible to get any in the wells sunk there
. tbe SO far and the water mains in near
con. there will be hailed with delight.
tho The ledge being 80 close to the ground
snot about the falls is the only draw back
no as the pipes will have Co be laid
rivar through the solid rock necessitating
D,.nk lot of blasting This will be compen-
= tba sated for in the cheaper construction
,i,,or costs Of the dam and hume
- ~ The great sticker in locating the
tho plant at this point will be, IL is feared
80 that the owners will ask exorbitant
-, a. prices for the land However, that re-
nbich mains to be seen
: ont After viewing this point the party
y. proceeded down the river and looked
Hos.' the other places over. There were two
: : "@s .s Of them, the first being about twenty
: - rods down the river There Is a good
~ ~ chance at this point for daming tbe
80, river and better chance 70 laying the
',, sI1, mains, which would. IL the works
900 were located here most likely be run
A., mp the gulley west Of the water tank
~ and Join the present mains at the New
80 York store corner. The other place
~. looked over was the one from which
the the survey was made last fall It ia
he es- on the lana of J. B. Schwartz directly
lrtuv- opposite the Northwestern depot and
y ono has been 80 fully explained in previous
= issues that is is unnecessary TO 90 into
ne IN description of IL here. Mr. Stnrtu-
ever want will make estimates OF the costs
greed from the several points and submit
y 80, them 10 the board later and then an-
" other engineer will be asked 10 look the
Nouio ground over to check up Mr.. Sturtuyant
The diamond drill., 1902-04-26
TIER RE WILL BEMANY CANDIDATES.
Office Of County Treasurer Will Be The
Center Of Attraction Next Fall.

McGillis, Inquired the reporter.
Very good, was the reply. Out Of
$40. 294. 81 levied for all purposes Sl10,
9sO2l were paid, S26, Ola 80 being re-
turned delinquent.
He then furnished us with the exact
amounts Of taxes levied and returned
delinquent as follows.
The diamond drill., 1902-04-26
ATTRIBUTE IT
TO JEALOUSY.
Members of Loyal Legion Are Not Worried At Action OF
Insurance Commissioner Barry.
Say All will Come Out Well And That Crystal Falls
Members Will Remain Loyal

sick he or she receives 1915 per week,
long enough to warrant this payment,
but that money is not gift or bene-
fit. 1t is a loan and the person receiv
ing it pays percent quarterly interest
on 1t. In fact, the only difference be-
tween this order and an old line in
surance company is that all OF the pro-
fits derived from interest and lapses are
divided up among the policy holders
whereas in an old line company the
profits from these sources are put down
in the pockets of the stockholders.
This cuts off the opportunity that the
old line stock holders have of becom-
ing millionairs from the misfortunes
that neccessitate the lapsing of policy
among the poor people. Why, / un-
derstand that the amount of lapses,
during the hard times, in some of the
companies ran as high as 80 per cent.
Just think of the enormous profits
resulting from these lapses
The Doctor showed us his policy.
As he says, it promises to pay MIN an
amount not to exceed twice the money
paid in but guarantees TO pay only the
amount contributed in nouthly dues
with per cent interest thereon. One
coupon had been clipped from the pol
icy and cashed last FEBRUARY. he re-
ceved $3.50 and had paid in about $iSC.
Alex Rogers treasurers elect OF the
order was the next member interview
ed 'What is your opinion of the prob
able effect on the Crystal Falls Lodge
Of the commissioners ruling, Mr.
Rogers, the reporter queried.
Il cannot say as the matter has not
been brougt up in the lodge yet but
viii be next Saturday 1t may stop MS
from initiating any more members but
| dc not think that it viii result in
any panic among the members already
The diamond drill., 1902-04-26

initiated. Personally, ! conside
order a good thing. You don't J
die in order to win.
Don't you think. Mr.. Roger
much Of the distrust over this
comes from the fact that the org
convey the idea that the inst
guarantees s.. 90 for 81. 90 and u
proposition, in business light
sued"l
THAT may be true, was the
II have never unsderstood the
so. All that understand th
guarantees is the money yor
with good interest added.
there is any profit occurring Fl
lapses, the members share il
Why right in our own lodge
had some large policies lap
young man paid in $50, o
dropped ont. There must be
profits from lapses in the
panies
Mrs. John Erickson, Pres
the local lodge was the next
interviewed.
"What, in your opinion, W
effect ON the local lodge, Mrs. +
the reporter inquired.
"You mean. of course,
members be scared and drop
matter of fact there has been
deal OF scare in the lodge al
time due to the fact that pers'
side of the order, who misuD
the whole matter keep telling
that the order can't live can I
AS TO the effect of the ruling
order, my understanding is tn
prevented from organizing ne,
but we can take in all Of the n
ers we can get The secretar.
ters from National Secretary
one from Mrs. Connor that
great deal of information
matters
Mrs. Erickson expressed
that the common understand
the order guarantees *2. 90
the sticker with all who ar
against the order and that
roneous idea was eliminate
fact that the order only gus
its members exactly what {
life insurance companies do
of the trouble would be
When seen at her home by
Mrs. Rowley, secretary of
expressed her belief that the
will stick together and that
will be weathered. ''You
Mrs. Rowley, the order has
TO pay, e.. 90 for 81. 90 50 far
reasons. First the money Z
policies goes out 10 the mem
we have no exorbitant Office
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Continued on Page Fl
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This Is very good showing indeed.
II will be seen from the foregoing that
SO per cent Of the taxes were collected.
The best collection was in Crystal Falls
City and the poorest in Hematite. The
percentages Of taxes collected are, in
round numbers, as follows
Crystal Falls City 81
Crystal Falls Township 80
Atkinson ...,....-.. 80
Stambaugh "a
-- ------- s------..'a; - -
MasOouoh l-s.as-, s-,---, -.---- 90
Bates 80
Iron River 80
Hematite 80
II understand that you are a candidate
for county treasurer. Is the rumor
correct, we inquired. - -.
Yes, am a candidate, replied Mr.
McGillis, "and.I will do what can to
land.the Office. 1 have been in this
Office for four years and, II do say so
myself, think that / have such know
ledge Of the work here as better quail
ifies me for the responsible position
than man who has not had the ex-
perince"
Have you any idea as TO whom your
opponent will be-, we inquired
II understand that there will be
five or six candidates for the Office be-
Continued on Last Page.
The diamond drill., 1902-04-26

in the
lle power
the Mon
helf just
his will
,velop 800
& in the
I'D the es-
sof flood.
ay in the
Cor the es-
Sturtuv-
on as one
)r the in
had ever
rty agreed
ant to get
we would
The diamond drill., 1902-04-26

The weather is against US, but that
is no reason why our new stock
of Seasonable Goods should not
go at such prices as we offer.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
MINNIE KURTZ AGAIN FREE.
JUSTICE BEACH DISCHARGES HER ON
NEW BRIBERY CHARGE-SHE GOES
OUT OF JEROME's JURISDICTION.

Minnie Kurtz again freed from custody yes
discharging the woman over whom the police and
District Attorney have been waging hot legal
tie Justice Beach declared that according the
new bribery charge which she arrested late
on Friday, after being discharged on the old one,
there not sufficient evidence to hold her.
The new charge against her based al
legged confession OF Lena Schmidt, and Justice
Mayer held the defendant in ZOO bail As
this decision announced Charles l. Hoffman,
Of Hoffman Wahle counsel for the woman. hunt
ed up Justice Beach at his home and procured
other writ Of habeas corpus, directing the produc-
ton OF the prisoner in court yesterday.
The alleged confession of Lena Schmidt, which
the charge founded embodied in a
affidavit presented Justice Beach. II declared
that Lena Schmidt conducted A disorderly house
at No. q Stuyvesant-st. in which Minnie Kurtz
was the partner who furnished money for running
the place.
Minnie Kurtz is alleged to have given Lena
Schmidt $500 with which fit the house and TO
pay for police protection. OF this amount $50
given 10 George Bissert, says the affidavit. for
mission TO the place a dsOrderly house.
executed with the knowledge and consent Of Min
kurtZ.
An affidavit Of Charles ". Could, a stenographer
says that he heard Minnie Kurtz say that she had
seen the money passed to Bissert by Lena Schmidt
The woman hurried out OF court with her counsel.
AS the $500 bail the charge against her of run
ming disordery house had been given, she was
at liberty. II is believed that she went to Ho-
boken. she went TO New-Jersey. At the District
Attorneys office II was said that the Ku-tz woman
were communicating with District Attorney Jerome
who is at Lakeville, Conn.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
COURT SAYS HE Wa NOT 4 SUICIDE,
A BROOKLYN WOMAN WINS AN APPEALED CAS-
AGAINST An INSURANCE COMPANY.

A BROOKLYN WOMAN WINS AN APPEALED CASE
AGAINST An INSURANCE COMPANY.
Mrs Johanna Harms Of Brooklyn, has been
successful in the appeal taken by an insurance
company from a judgment obtained BY her last
February in an action brought by her against the
company upon a policy of insurance upon The life
of her husband The question In litigation was
whether or not the insured had committed suicide,
one Of the clauses in the policy taken out pro-
viding that IL the insured died by his own hand
act whether sane or insane. the company
should not he liable for greater sum than the
premiums paid
The insured died at a hotel at Coney Island.
where he had registered rs a guest lie had drunk
at the bar and then had gone to his room and
ordered a glass of beer. He found dead i'm
his room on the following morning. the door being
locked on the inside. Three letters written by him
were found in his room. one directed to his VIE
one to the Chief of Police. and one to the super
intendent Of the Nassau Railroad Company. in
whose employ he was \ box Of white powder
was found on the bureau. and glass containing
a sediment Dr. Pierce testified that ne had tasted
tho noUder and the contents Of the glass and
Ett me t6 snbstance was bcbloride Of mercury
commonly known as corrosive sublimate. hut he
had mace no Iest Sut'iS"' sun t+ ~, %Ii. l . f,',,5
living the bed In "A composed and natural attt-
tude limbs straightened and there IS evidence
that II a person dies from the OF corrosive
sublmate he dies in excruciating agony; and usual
Gr, y IN n1n np S;In and distorted
Presiding Justice Goodrich in his opinion which
IS concurred i'm by all the other members OF the
court affirming the action Of the jury in deciding
that Hayens did commit suicide stated that
the burden of proving death by suicide was upon
the company, the natural presumption being
against death by suicide. and that person read
ing the evidence might we'll have doubt whether
Harms Intentionally took his life or came to his
death bv the use of corrosive sublmate. and If ne
aid whether he intended to use it for the purpose
of suicide No other suggestion of the agency of
death the justice added had been made by the
defenf.ant. and the composed attitude of his body
had not been consistent with the of corrosive
subIimate therefore the finding of the jury in
favor of the nlantf should not be disturbed.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
GOTERNOR'S PET MEASURES.
Nh. ALLDs SAYS THEY ARE NOT BEING
FORCED THROUGH LEGISLATURE.

Nh. ALLDs SAYS THEY ARE NOT BEING
FORCED THROUGH LEGISLATURE.
Albany. Feb. 15.-AssembIyman Jotham P. Aids,
Republican leader of the Assembly. said this raorp
ing y relation the statements that the Governor
vss forcing his recommendations through the legs-
lsture that the statement ridiculous. Continu-
ing. he said:
In view Of the fact that although have been in
session six weeks, but two Of the recommendations
adopted-the lunacy bill and the other insgIIifi
cant measure concerning the rights OF new cor
porations the same name other corpora
lions IN existence IL will be seen that there is
no reason for such a statement.
TIE mortgage tax bill pending cannot be looked
upon the Governors measure, because IL was in
the legislature before he became Governor and was
Partially approved of by Governor Roosevelt The
Increase and transfer Of judges Is practically
suggestion Of the New York State Bar Association
The Governors suggestions concerning the cut
ting OF timber on Adirondack lands. the governing
OF charitable institutions. improvements on State
prisons keeping OF roads in repair, the abolish
iLg OF delay in the argument IN capital punishment
cases. the bonding OF cold storage warehouses BY
the State the more equal distribution OF free school
funds, limiting OF excessive fees tor receiver
ships the extending OF the amount which savings
banks can loan. the improvements to the canals,
the creation Of court Of arbitration. the amending
u the laws the liberalization or the corpo-
ration act the restricting Of building and loan
sociations and the changing OF the ofhciai paiIot
have been acted upon ana II Is therefore De-
gond nv comprehension why the statement Is con
unually made that the Governor Is dominating the
Present legislature.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
MUST ABIDE BY THE EXACT LANGUAGE.
s-sTICE FITZGERALD HOLDS THAT AN IN
sURANcE POLICY Is a HARD AND
FAST CONTRACT.

The Manhattan Life Insurance Company on De-
eenber q 1864 issued policy Of insurance to Mrs
'harlotte Freutel the life Of her husband. Au-
gust Freutel for the sum of $4,000 BY the terms
of the policy the company agreed TO pay Charlotte
Freutel. her executors. administrators or assigns
ior her sole use. the sum, on due proof OF the
oeath OF her husband. and in case Of the death or
tnariotte Freutel before the decease OF her hus-
band the amount of the insurance 10 be paid
= her children. There were in all four children
one Of these children. August. died in 1888. sur
wed by a widow and two children. charlotte
rtelts. the mother. died in 1886. survived by three
ss.soren and the two grandchildren AfteTward: IN
.asrch. 1855. another son died. leaving a widow
&C august Freutel. the father. upon
sry. 1901 ~'
- ysstlee Fitzgerald has handed down an opinion
= N~scla Term in equity acton oroueht 10
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
AID GIVEN TO NEEDY CHILDREN.
STATEMENT OF WORK DONE IN CASE OF chill
pREN ROBBED OF PARENTS BF sMALIPoX.

STATEMENT OF WORK DONE IN CASE OF chill
pREN. ROBBED OF PARENTS RI sMAIIPoX.
= Fellows Jenkins the superintendent or the
Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty 10 Children.
has written a statement regarding the McDonough
family at No. 219 West Sixty-second-st the
mother of which died OF smallpox North
Brother Island some days ago. The father. James
McDonough is i'll with the disease on the island
The eight children Of the family have remained in
the rooms in the tenement house. and their wants
have been provided for by the Charity Organza-
ton Society and the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty TO Children. The children have been kept
under observation by an inspector of the Health
0enartment on account OF the exposure to small
pox Edward T. Devine secretary OF the CAarity
Organiza ton Society in a statement published III
The Tribune on February y, mentioned the tene-
ment house as one In which the moral surround
ings were bad and from which the children should
be removed and said the rule against allowing
agents TO visit contagious places was Tor the pro-
tecton OF other persons visited by the agents
The statement OF Mr.. Jenkins gives details OF the
relief provided for children of the family and
saws that at 6 D. m on February TO- when a spe-
cal officer of the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children visited them he found them in
the care OF one of the Dominican Sisters. The
statement continues;
She stated that she would remain and see that
was Informed by Special officer Fogarty that he
that Tas the s Children had everything in the Of
ciothinK food and care that was necessary. and
tbe ey5ense would be met by him, through TINS
source he spoke of; but as the sister had taken
cbsr9s the society ready TO aid her IN every
Uav She replied that II was greatly 70 the credit
OF the society that II had done what 1t had; that
il and its special officers seemed TO have no tear
=. anv disease only desiring to that the chill
Sran were properly cared for which 1t had done.
ana said should she desire its aid. she would I'M
mediately call upon the society A card was ieit
,.Itb her and she told that she could tele-
nbonA from the nearest telephone station or from
notice station. for officer, II one was neces-
q q. ~ and he would come to her aid.
~ FEBRUARY IL this society received letter
., IN sfies Rirrows OF the Charity Organization
SonIe+I' stating that they had furnished the
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
MANHATTAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
PRESIDENT CANTOR TO APPOINT INsPEC-
TORS IN A FEW DAYS.

The Board Of Education yesterday sent to Bor-
ough President Cantor the necessary maps defining
the boundaries OF the twenty-five school districts
into which the borough has been divided President
Cantor will appoint FIVE inspectors for each district
but he VIII announce the names FOR several days
yet These the districts:
No. North River Canal R5oatway East Houston
tsTt.en Schools. average attendance. IL sss
River. Catherine; nve schools: average attendance
No a-orchard Deiancey sheriff East Broadway. Mont
s2ce s2aeFi 10 ItS'Ss'' 7so o''''' 80 '''''''''
ifi ii514 East RIVER ''A '''''''' '''''
No. 6-orchard East Houston Sheriff Delaney; six
schools: average attendance. 1l,4ol.
No S1Ss AYs3%e ouIias Ea 9n''oG 6s4 Schools. G
average attendance, 10000.
No Ayenqe TogTts:ntht East Eiy-r so, East Houston
No s-Fqrth-aye Twenty-nnth. East River Fourteenth
Avenue A, Ninth. Broadway; seven schools average
attendance. lO,6O4
No e-North River. Fourteenth Broadway Canal; nine
schools; average attendance. 1914
no tenth; seven schools: average attendance 0.252
No oTh Rys5 Fogyn,nt6 10 .t Tsy
no ninth; seven schools average attendance, lO5i5
No sn schools, ES; River a%sraE % s
tendance. sOio
No TS;4 Firth Gfnii :I Schools Pf Ws
erage attendance, 1892.
no seventh Ave schools average attendance. 1926
No Ffh one hundred first East ~ Rsyer i've
No 17-FYfh-ave.. One hundred and twelfth Harlem
One hundred and -hrst. Wards lslandi SIX
schools: attendance lO3IS
No lS-Nor1h River tenth. Central Park
West Eighty-hr six schools. average attendance.
95O6.
No. 1a-North River one-hundref ana thirty-nr
ave. One-hund -ed-a and tenth; five schools; average
attendance 12O96.
No F,hav oRs .soG94 F:T- ar
and schools; average attendance. 9Sif
<o Eighth-ave Harlem River. hundred and
twenty-second seven schools. average attendance
a603.
No 22-North River Harlem River Eighth West
One-hundred -thrty-hfth six schools; average at
tendance. e.T92.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
NATIONAL LAWN TENNIS OFFICERS.

The annual meeting and election of officers Of
the United States National Lawn Tennis Associa-
tion was held the Waldorf Astoria last night.
The following officers elected: President,
James Dwight Of Boston: vce-president. r. d
Wren. of New-YOrk; secretary. p. E. Presbrey. OF
Boston; treasurer RICHARD Stevens. OF Ho6oken
executive committee. W. A. Larned d. F. Davis,
w J. Clothier. r. D. Little NJ D. Whitman, Or.
L. W Glazebrook and ]. P. Gardiner.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

wife annual allowance and she promised NOT "a,
create any debt or liability against her husband
An instalment OF the annual allowance falling due
and remaining unpaid the wife sued for ~ re-
covery. The husband defended upon the ground
that the agreement invalid in that IL sought nv
It's terms to alter dissolve the marriage Judge
Andrews rendering Judgment in favor OF NTs
DOwner. says: Where the parties are living 70
Sether and where the wife has Just cause FOR
separation then contract which provides that the
husband and wife shall live apart NAV ana do1,Sf-
less does. alter the marriage relation. But that 4.
not the situation IN the case at bar "
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
DID NOT ALTER MARRIAGE RELATION
,,,sr1ct ANDREWS DECIDES THAT COUPLE FOR
coon CAUSE, MAY CONTRACT TO LIVE APART.

JUSTICE ANDREWS DECIDES THAT \ 'OiiN PO''
-, ,,,,..r, NAV CONTRACT TO LIVE APART.
Justice Andrews the Herkimer County Trial
Term, has decided that contract mace ureeuS
- : ,ifa and her husband. who had sepa-
r,+ad for an alleged good reason. stipulatnS that
thew should continue to live apart. and fixing an
annual sum TO be paid TO her by him for her sup
mort as we'll as a gross sum. which payment
sbouId he A satisfaction of all her rights against
hin, or in his estate, legal and did not violate
nublic policy nor the Domestic Relations la declar
ing that "a husband and wife cannot contract to al
ter or dissolve the marriage TO relieve the hus-
band from ais liability to support his Wife
William DOwner married a
number of years ago, but because of alleged cruel
treatment OF the husband they separated and lived
apart from each other. In 1897 they entered into
written contract which says that they shall con
tinue TO live separate and apart from each other
and that neither will molest, visit disturb or in
any way interfere with the other while thus Iiv-
ing apart" The husband promised TO pay the