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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-30

Although the present generation
knows from personal knowledge com
paratively little of the business activ-
ity of Mr., David l.. King whose death
occurred Wednesday, this generation
and those which shall follow will
profit by his labors. or him ii may
be said, not AS mere tribute Of
praise, but as statement of
substantial, living fact the
world is better for his hay
ing lived, To Mr.. King more than
any other one man the building OF the
Valley-now the Cleveland Terminal
a. Valley railroad was due. That was
probably his greatest business
achievement, and II did much TO ad-
vance Akron's prosperity. With a
helping hand In this and that enter
prise during the long period of his
activity, the aggregate of Mr.. King s
work for the public good Is beyond
estimate.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-30

The New Jersey Legislature has ap-
propriated $4,000 for the extermina-
ton of mosquitoes, but not cent for
the determination of some other
pests which that State has turned
loose upon its neighbors.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-30
THURSDAY, JANUARY so. 1902.

The street railway interests of Phil
adelphia have organized thrty-mil'
lion dollar combine. They have all
the franchises they want and intend
to enjoy the profits.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-30

lt VIII he presented at Council meet
Ing Monday night ana will provide
that teams must be driven through
from one end of the alley to another.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-30

1t is n somewhat humorous com
mentary on the boasted greatness of
Cleveland as the metropolis of Ohio,
that Columbus, o., bank should step
In and Out-bid all others for the mil
lion dollars worth Of bonds sold by
the Cuyahoga County commissioners.
"Wednesday.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-30
COMPANY
Doubled Capacity While
Building.
Boom Expected This Spring In
Real Estate.
Special Co.respondence.l


Barberton, Jan. 30-The Barberton
Pottery Co., which has changed its
plans to double its capacity, since be-
ginning to build in Barberton, has its
building ready to roof. This COM
pany started to build with an idea
of beginning with a capacity of seven
kilns. Present plans, however, are
for II kilns when ready for business.
There is boom in rear estate all
along the line, and the sales and trans
fers have begun earlier than was eX-
pected. Business men predict build
ing boom as great as that of any year
in Barberton's history, to begin as
soon as spring opens.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-30
WISE dn0 " "
W " Otherwise.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Cupid plays many pranks.
+ r r
lis well not to marry too young.
1. 4. +
A student IN genealogy might trace
Mrs. Gaddel back to Brigham Young
Who said the ardor of youth was
wanting at the age of SO?
+ r r
No spring fever microbes in this
atmosphere.
If the new bears Mt Silver Lake
could guess what Is in store for them
next summer they would be real glad
they had been born.
Only few weeks and violets will
be blooming as usual in the various
allotments surrounding Akron.
+ {, +
Since 1t Is proposed to put price
on subscriptions to the Congressional
Record, that enterprising journal
should next procure circulation and
advertising solicitors.
+ r E
II would seem that there iS about as
much glory connected with the pres
idency of the United States Steel Co.,
as there Is in the presidency of Re-
public.
'It Is easier for woman to have
six husbands than for man to have
six wives" said the Mathematician,
rehectlvely, referring to the case of
Mrs Gaddel
How so?" asked the Philosopher.
"Think of a man supporting six
wives, and think of woman with
six husbands to support her. said
the Mathematician. And the Philo-
SOpner went away DuCh'
+ + +
A cemetery association In Pennsylva-
mia raised money to fix up graves by
conducting a raflle and dance. Sure
~ here was an instance where the ex-
uberance aud buoyancy of life were
made to pay toll to the gloom and
mystery of death.
Gus Kasch Is getting UP a new set
of cpigrams to advertise his Portage
Park allotment. Last years West of
the Smoke epigram has been worked
over into ITS cheaper to live on West
Hill and pay street car fare than to
live In the smoke and buy new pair
of lungs"
You have shown me your mammoth
rubber plants, salt factory, cereal
mills, machine shops and other in.
dustres, now take me to your public
buildings. Where are your Court
House ana City Hall?' Alas 1t was a
visitor being shown about the city by
his Akron host.
1t has not heretofore been suspected
that Secretary G. l.. Moore, of the n,
o. y. Co., was n land magnate--but
facts will leak out. Beyond dispute
II has been discovered that he Is the
owner of eight town lots, in Kansas
bought during boom days, when a city
to rival New York was about to be
built In six weeks. But the town Is
not yet on the map. Annually, Mr.
Moore has paid taxes on the lots
amounting to $l.G0, and he decided
not long ago to make them pay for
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-30

Captain Richmond Pearson Hob
son himself Is authority for the state
ment that he refused the following
proposition from Major j. B. Pond,
pf lecture bureau fame: "A months
leave of absence, the sanction of the
President and Secretary of the Navy
and $4,000 for series of 20 lectures"
If this Is true, and we have Captain
Hobson's word for it, the general dis
20 long way toward correcting the
public's i'll opinion of the Captain re-
couple of years ago.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-30

There has Just been a Senatorial
election in New Jersey, and one of the
newspapers of that State suggests
that the controlling rule for candidates
was ito get together large pile of
money and spend it freely" Ohio has
no monopoly on this method.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-30

Providence. r. l.. Jan. 20.-Prepara-
tions are being made by the corpora
ton Of Brown University for the erec-
ton this year, preferably on the site
of the refectory. College and Prospect
sts., of a commodious home for the
University Y. NJ. G. a. This build
ing has been made possible through
the interest manifested in Y. M. @.
A. work by John ID. Rockefeller, jr.,
an alumnus of Brown, who Is a men,
her of the committee appointed to raise
funds for the erection Of the structure.
The young multi-milionaire's wife is
said to be greatly interested in the
project.
At an enthusiastic mass meeting Of
the students President Faunce an
nounccd that John II. Rockefeller, ST.,
had offered to defray the cost of the
building and read letter from young
Mr.. Rockefeller, stating that $4,000
would he contributed if $4,000 was
raised elsewhere.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-30

According to the st. Louis Post Dis
patch, 'onc of the best evidences Oh
n clean municipal administration is
the cleanliness of the streets" Does
the Akron administration concur in
this!
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-30

many are greater consumers of spirits
than the United States. In the last
five years there has been no increase
in the average drink consumption per
head in the United States.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-30
ONE DOSE IN TIME SAVES NINE

Take Ajax Cold Cure as directed. II
don't do all and more than we claim. oct
your money back from your druggist.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-30

Gus Kasch Is getting UP new set
of cpigrams to advertise his Portage
Park allotment Last years "West of
the Smoke" epigram has been worked
over into ITS cheaper to live on West
Hill and pay street car fare than to
live in the smoke and buy Il new pair
of lungs"
New-York tribune., 1902-01-04
GOV !SHA W IN WASHINGTON.
CONFERS WITH THE PRESIDENT-WHEN
HE MAY SUCCEED SECRETARY GAGE.

Washington. jan 3-Governor Leslie NJ Shaw
Of Iowa, who is to succeed Lyman ]. Gage as
Secretary of the Treasury. arrived in Washing
ton tonight He went to the Arlington Hotel,
and had been there only short time when in
response to a message he walked across La
fayette Place to the White House and remained
with President Roosevelt until after o'clock.
Later the Governor called on Speaker Hender-
son. He will have a more extended conference
with the President tomorrow.
Governor Shaw gave a hearty greeting to the
group of newspaper men who were awaiting
him in the hotel lobby after his return from the
White House. He was non-communicative,
however, when asked about matters Of financial
policy.
Tomorrow Governor Shaw will confer with
Secretary Gage as to the latter's wish in surren-
dering the Secretaryship of the Treasury The
Governor said he would he ready to assume the
office by January 22 or % hut would suit the
date largely to Mr. Cages wishes.
MY experience has been that when a man
has decided to quit an office" said the Governor.
philosOphically. 'he is jealous of the hours he
has to stay. I can come any time, but will
leave the date to the Secretary. President
Roosevelt has left the arrangements for the
change practically to Mr. Gage"
The Governor will remain here several days
before returning TO Iowa
New-York tribune., 1902-01-04
THE OHIO sPEAKERsHIP CONTEST,
NEITHER PRICE NOR MKINNoN Is YET
SURE OF THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION.

Columbus, Ohio. Jan. 3-The so-called Foraker
Hanna contest over. the organization of the Ohio
Legislature closed it's last day with neither Price
nor McKinnon assured of the necessary thirty
five for the Republican nomination for
Speaker
While McKinnon and Price claiming thirty
seven votes each, their managers, who keep books,
are more conservative. The Price men concede
AIcKinnon only twenty-nine, but conservative
watchers say each has thirty-three sure, and that
each needs at least two more votes
George B. Cox, manager for Price said tonight:
There still seven doubtful Republican repre-
sentatives. We need two three of them and the
Others four five"
While Dick. Cox and others are after recruits
their Ieutenants having lively times in hold
ing their in line and in guarding them. Mem
DerS on both sides are accompanied by friends
wherever they There sentinels about the
hotels and at the railroad stations that
get away or into strange company. Representative
Willis turned his escort to-day and publicly de-
nounced the organized espionage both sides" 4"
He afterward attempted TO start a movement to
drop both Price and McKinnon and take up a new
for Speaker
Congressman Dick to-day renewed the fight in
the Senate for w. B. Uhl, of Cleveland, for chief
clerk, and he is working for the other places in
the Senate, although the contests in the Senate
and for minor places in the House are almost
lost sight OF in the efforts 10 name the Speaker.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-04
BOSTON AND MONTANA 90. WINS
THE FEDERAL COURT DECIDES AGAINST
MACGINNISs AND LAMM.

Butte Mont, Jan. 3 (SpecaD.-In the Federal
Court to-day the Amagamated interests IN the
suit OF John MacGinnis and Daniel Lamm against
the Boston and Montana Company won every point
argued and submitted to Judge Knowles. The court
not only decides that the plaintiffs wrong IN
every contention. but also enjoined MacGnniss and
Lamm from prosecuting further suit similar 10
this pending In the district court before
Judge Clancy. The court refused to appoint a
receiver for the Boston and Montana Company, to
issue an injunction restraining the Boston and
Montana from distributing The 100000 in div-
dends, 20 enjoin the Boston and Montana officials
from voting the stock OF the company or TO de-
clare the Amalgamated company trust operating
in the State OF Montana against the laws OF the
State public policy
further order OF the court made requiring
the Boston and Montana Company post a bond
in the OF 5000 indemnify the MacGinnss-
Lamm people in the future proceedings in tho
When this bond IS filed the temporary restraining
order prohibiting the distribution OF the dividends
Of the Boston ard Montana will be dissolved by
order Of Judge Knowles
The attorneys for the respective sides in the
dwelt upon the legality OF the Amalgamated com
pany doing business in the State of Montana
Judge Knowess decision is that the corporation is
h0I Tperateu a8anSt pubLG po!icE,, ana IaaI InT
right hold the stock Of the various mines in and
about Butte which included the Boston and Mon
The federal judge ordered that the Anal
gamated company make its appearance in the case
Of MacGinniss and Lamm against the Boston and
Montana Company. and set the first Monday in
pearance. Should the Amalgamated company tal
10 enter fits appearance Judge Knowles ordered
The case was originally filed in the district
court; but was upon the motion of the Amalsama-
the ground that the Amalgamated company is
uSEe tGPeF M NJ t4e IS saf en"aP M te
case in the federal court, a temporary restraining
tribution OF dividends by the Boston and Montana.
In this case; as stated. an Injunction has been
from further prosecuting the action.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-04
PART OF PETER STUYVEsAyTs FARM SOLD
FoURTEENTH-sT. PLOT PASSES OUT OF HIS
FAMILY AFTER TWO AND A HALF
CENTURIES

a large plot of land in Fourteenth-st.. adtoin-
ing on the east the site on which stands the
Fourteenth Street Presbyterian Church was
sold yesterday by ]. Edgar Leaycraft g. Co. for
Rutherfurd Stuyvesant. to Mandelbaur, e.
Levine This plot was owned in 1913 by Peter
Stuyvesant, who about that time was Governor
In Chief Of Amsterdam, in New Netherland. now
called New-York, and for many years il was
part of his famous Great Bouwerie Farm The
house in which Governor Stuyvesant lived was
near what is now Eighth-st. The property has
been in the possession OF his descendants ever
since he bequeathed 1t to them until yesterday
when II passed out of the possession OF the
Stuyvesant family There are a number of old
buildings on the premises
The parcel Is on the south side of the street
and is 139 feet west of the southwest corner OF
Second-aVe and Fourteenth-st 1t has a front
age of 1S5 feet inches and depth of about lO3
feet inches. In the block bounded by Thr-
teenth and Fourteenth SITS, Second and Third
aves, Governor StuyveSant had planted a near
tree which he brought from Holland in f647
1t was planted the northeast corner of
Thirteenth-st and Third-ave., and bore fruit n
is said. until 1867, when it was cut down.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-04
DENIES FRICTION WITH RrvEs.
ASSISTANT CORPORATION COUNSEL, MKrr>y
OF BROOKLYN, SAYS EVERYTHING
is HARMONIOUS.

Assistant Corporation Counsel McKeen in charge
OF the Office in Brooklyn, made fat and sweep-
ing denial last night Of story that there had been
Counsel Rives. and that Mr.. McKeen had threat
ened to resign. 1t said that Mr.. Rives intend
cd 70 minimize the Importance of the Brooklyn
office, TO insist that every question 60 directly 20
him. to constitute himself the sole power Of lnitia-
tive, and, in short, to reduce Mr. McKeen's posi-
ton TO that Of ordinary assistant like the
others in Manhattan. with an office in Brooklyn
merely for convenience sake.
When Mr.. McKeen was seen at his home No
l56 Henry-st he said 10 a Tribune reporter:
mat story IS absurd: there is a scintilla
OF foundation for It. There has never been any
difrerence Of opinion between myself and Mr.
tlVes; our relations most harmonious. The
story may nave arisen from Overhear-
lng a conversation which had with friend a few
GAYS ago III regard to the way things had been
cone under Corporation Counsel Whalen.
1t mas been the practice Of the office discour-
age giving oral opinions To this end when any
brooklyn official has wished opinion on any
matter he has been obliged put his request in
writing and transmit II to the Manhattan office
Ihen II had to be sent back to Brooklyn. This
caused needless trouble and delay. l expressed the
opinion that this old method might be simplifed in
some way; that IN view Of the increased powers Of
the Borough President IL might be necessary TO
render legal advice quickly. 7 have not however
broachcd this subject to Mr. Rives yet
IN spite OF Mr McKeen's denial. q man who has
peen closely In touch with the situation said last
night that there had been some serious differences
between Corporation Counsel Rives and Mr.. Nc
Keen. He said that Mr.. Rives had been inclined to
take care OF Brooklyn affairs without consulting
with Mr.. McKeen. and that the latter had found It
necessary TO determine exactly how much response
bility to be centred in the BROOKLYN office
The trouble has been amicably adjusted, it is said
New-York tribune., 1902-01-04
BANK STOCKHOLDERS HIT HARD.
COURT OF APPEALS DECIDES THAT THEY
ARE LIABLE FOR DEBTS OF
FAILED INSTITUTIONS

Six hundred thousand dollars and six thou
sand stockholders in three banks of this city
are affected by the recent decision OF the Court
Of Appeals in the suit of Timothy Mahoney
against the stockholders Of the Murray Hill
Bank for 100000 This suit which has been in
the courts for over two years, and has en-
ployed more than forty lawyers was decided IN
favor of the plaintiff by Justice Scott in the
Supreme Court several years ago. The decision
OF the Court Of Appeals sustains Justice Scott.
Particular interest is attached to this de-
cision, 1t is the first time in forty-fve years
a judgment Of this kind has been secured, and
the stockholders of the Canal Street. Harlem
River and Lockport banks, all Of which have
failed within the last few years, and against
which suits have been brought, are affected by
the decision.
The Murray Hill Bank failed in 1896. Gov
ernor OdeI and Edward H. Hobbs were ap-
pointed receivers, and 40 per cent was paid on
the $1.200O0O Of liability TO depositors.
In the same year Henry D. Hotchkiss counsel
for Timothy Mahoney. a large depositor in the
Murray Hill Bank. brought suit against the
stockholders for 100000, the capital stock Of
the bank, Mahoney contending that the stock
holders were liable for that amount In the
Supreme Court Justice Scott handed down a de-
cision in favor of the plaintiff, and appointed
William l. Turner former Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel, referee, to ascertain who were de-
their deposits When It came 10 proving
the depositors' claims It found 70 be prac-
ticaly impossible. because the law OF evidence
prevented the depostors from proving their
claim by the books Of the bank.
Then Mr.. Fotchkiss secured an amendment TO
the banking law in the legislature last year. by
which the books OF the bank were made evidence
against the stockholders.
The stockholders then appealed 10 the Court
Of Appeals. declaring that there was no law
prior TO the banking law Of 1892. which made
stockholders Of banks not issuing paper money
liable for the debts Of the bank As the Murray
Hill Bank Incorporated in 1870 and as
most OF the stockholders had bought their stock
prior to 1902, they Contended that the law Of
1892 was unconstitutional so far as It attempted
10 make them liable. The Court Of Appeals de-
cided against them.
Henry y. Hotchkiss. counsel for the plaintiff
was seen by a Tribune reporter at his house,
No. 80 West Seventy-fifth-st., last night Mr..
HotChHdss said that this decision definitely
settled the question Of liability OF bank stock
holders. He also said that this decision affected
the Canal Street. Harlem River and Lockport
banks, suits against the stockholders of which
to the amount of 100000 had already been
al Y
New-York tribune., 1902-01-04
AGED SISTERS N BELLEVUE.
SPINSTER DRESSMAKERS. WHO SAY THEIR
GRANDFATHER WAS A FRIEND OF
WASHINGTON, ACT WILDLY.

Amanda and Mary Jane Anderson. sixty-fve
and sixty-seven years old, respectively, were re-
moved to Bellevue Hospital last night from
their home, No. 513 East One-hundred-and-
seventeenth-st. 10 be examined as to their san
ity. The women are spinster sisters and Dress
makers.
Mrs. Annie Weiss the housekeeper. said that
a few months ago the old women began to act
strangely. Mary Jane, who has been suffering
from paralysis for some time, was the first to
display symptoms of mental arrangement One
night she struck Amanda and aroused the ten
ants in the house by shreking and running
through the halls. -Four days ago the house
keeper found Amanda trying to turn the lock
Of her door with stick. When she was asked
what she was doing. she replied that everybody
was keeping her out Of her own rooms, and that
Mary Jane had been murdered.
Yesterday Mrs. Weiss heard cries coming from
the rooms of the sisters, and she knocked the
door. Amanda opened the door thrust Mrs.
Weiss aside and fled down the stairs yelling at
the top of her voice that she was being pursued
by men, who wanted to kill her
Mrs. Weiss said that Amanda had told her
when she first rented the rooms that her grand
father had fought with George Washington, and
had been intimate with the first President of
the United States The furniture in the rooms
of the sisters is Of the style Of Revolutionary
days.
1t is said that Nicholas N. Stokes a coal deal
the old women, and that he and his wife helped
them.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-04
RIGHT TO USE A PARTY WALL.
IT LASTS AS LONG AS THE WALL. STANDS. SAYS
THE COURT OF APPEALS

The Court OF Appeals has handed down decision
regarding certain party walls OF buildings In the
case Of George Schaefer against Abraham L.
Blumenthal. Schaefer brought an action to re-
cover damages for alleged breach of contract.
Blumenthal agreed TO sell him house and lot on
the east side Of Lenox-ave. about twenty-five feet
north of One-hundred and thirty -third-st
In 1889 three apartment houses were built at the
northeast corner OF Onehundred- thirty third
st. and Lenox-ave. These later sold 10 various
persons. The house that Schaefer contracted to
buy was one of these buildings, and he learned
after he had agreed to buy that part OF the
party wall stood lot adjoining. The APPEL
late Division of the Supreme Court said Schaefer
was entitled to house standing on the lot con-
Veyed. ~
Judge Bartlett wrote the decision Of the Court
or Appeals. He said that the plaintiffs right 10
rest the beams Of his house on the party wall
during Its existence sprang from the fact that the
common owner I'm erecting the buildings created
thereby a servitude on the lot the south of the
premises in question. The fact that the party wall
on the south for a distance o q feet stood en-
uTely off the line of the lot purchased was no
injury TO the plaintiff but rather u benefit IT being
c!eat that ms beam right was secure during the
existence OF the party wall In question C;fbson
Putzel was counsel for Mr.. BIumenthaI O-
New-York tribune., 1902-01-04
CONTEST OYER A., u. T. STOCK.
CIRCULAR ASKING FOR PRoXIHs-REPLY
FROM T. T ECKERT.

committee OF nine stockholders OF the Ameri-
can District Telegraph Company all OF whom are
stock brokers, have issued a circular asking proxies
for use at the annual meeting January q from
stockholders who desire to cooperate in an effort
to secure more active management for the COM
pany' The circular makes the point that the
present directors own only one-quarter Of the cap
tai stock of the company. and expresses the belief
Of the committee that the business OF the company
is capable of large and profitable extension but is
at present handicapped by the fact that the active
management Is now left entirely to the officials of
the Western Union Telegraph. Company
In reply to this circular. has been issued by
President T. II. Eckert, defending the present man.
agment and inclOsing proxies be voted by him
self Thomas c. Patt, c. \. Tinker E r. Chan
man and ID. \. Grouse. The circular also asks
for an informal expression of opinion the ques-
ton Of reducing the capital stock from 5000 1000 to
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