rib . ./, _ 1" rungs... 15w“ _..-—fi-../————w--.——‘—A..—s-—~ Ten. Sweet Caporal Little C iga rs ;~.~'..~.,._.-..n:,.u . -:;-.~.~,«;-. 3.5.. 1133. ._. lean-w: ., ' '07.: for cts. SOLD BY ALL DEALERS. . M w~---.-...-._ .M - UNCADLIME ESTATES. 'Laws Concerning Inheritance in Holland, France and Germany. Method of Procedure That Must Be Adopted by Claimants—Several Hun- dred Courts Holding Estates in Trust. Holland is another country where it is supposed by many Americans that vast estates, from the value of $12,000,- 000 down, have been lying unclaimed for the last 200 years, and that nothing is necessary but to demand them at some probate office. For the iast 17 years the American legation at The Hague has notified claimants, either directly or through the department of? state. that there are no probate courts in Holland and that wills are generally deposited in the care of the notary who draws them up. He makes a duplicate copy, and enters the title and subject matter under a number in his register, which is examined and verified by the registrar once a month. It is evident, where names, dates and localities are lacking, as is generally the case in the communications of claimants, that, after the lapse of one or two genera- tions, estates can be found only, if at all, by expensive advertising. In 1852 the Dutch parliament established a state commission. for the settlement of claims on the estates of deceased persons, as well as those against the goveinment. This commission gave notice that all claims to property then in their hands must be sent in within five years and six months, after which time such estates would escheat to the state. The great estate sought for in Holland is that of a Gen. Metzgar, who died about 200 years ago, leaving, as is currently supposed, some $12,000,000. One of the claimants admitted to our minister at The Hague that if ordinary interest were added to the principal of this claim, all the European govern- ments together would be unable to pay it, but that she was willing to wait for tne interest. Our embassy in Paris does not. give the names of any claimants of estates. but says that the number of inquiries is large, and that in no case has the ex- istence of the supposed estate or of the unclaimed fortune been verified. The legislation of France is such as to dis- pose eifectually and without appeal of all claims, even if inherently just and founded on an actual and known her— itage, ’ which were not present-ed and proven within the period prescribed by the lircnch statute of limitations. Un- der French law the liquidation of es- tates is ordinarily in the hands of a notary, and in searching for an estate the usual method is to address a circu— lar letter to every notary in the city and 'department where the estate is likely to be, giving the name and date of death of the original owner. thcn there is no landed estate the heirs at law can divide the property among themselves without legal proceedings. If inbody claims an estate, tiu- more takes it in trust, and the department of justice in- serts notices of the fact in the official journal. The period of proscript-LOn as regards unclaimed estates is 30 years from the date of decease, after which all claims ,are‘barrcd, unless some irregu- larity in the liquidation can be proven. In Germany there is likewise a statute of limitations, and there, too, not a case is known to our embassy where the existence of an unclaimed es- tate has been verified. As a. rule, the data furnished by claimants are insuf- ficient- to substantiate. any claim, or to identify the locality of a single es- tate. even when the statute of limita- tions does not apply to great periods of time elapsing since the test-ator’s death. One great drawback for the claimants is the absence of all probate machinery, and the fact that estates are usually divided amicably among the heirs with- out rcsort to any court, transfers of, landed estate being made on the land register of the’ locality, in the presence of the grantor and grhntee. Wills have to be deposited in a court during the lifetime of the testator, except in the Rhine provinces, where a will en- tirely holographic is valid. Wills are opened by, the court for interested par- ties when they produce a certificate of death, or at any rate six weeks after the testator’s known death. After 56 years have elapsed since the deposit of the will without information of the test-aior’s death, the supposed heirs arc summoned by advertisement to appear. If in .xrx months no one comes forward, the will is opened to ascertain whether charitable institutions are mentioned in it. If this be the. case, such bene- ficiaries are called upon to prove the death of the testator. The will is then closed again. When the fact of death is established, the will is opened once more and published. A certificate of heirship is issued by the court on ade- quate proof. ll” the proof is inadeqate, .THE EVENiNG GAZETTEA l or no heirs come forward, a. further no- tice of three months is given in the official gazette; and should this receive. no response, the state regards the prop- erty as derelict, and takes possession of it. .il\en then, if a. rightful heir ap- pears within 30 years, his title is ac- knowmdged under certain restric- tions. Continued possession by the state for these30 years gives a valid title, it not disputed in the‘ meantime, in which case it is temporarily in the custody of a special official. As there are several hundred courts thus holding estates, it. is essential that claimants should. ascertain ‘ accurately which court holds the estate in trust. As far as can be learned by the embassy, after careful inquiry, there is not at present any large estate that for more than 30 years has been awaiting distribution, and every effort to discover alleged un- claimed estates has been fruitless. The consuls have permission to investigate claims to estates when their official duties permit, and if remuneration for their services be guaranteed—Atlantic. ——Cleopatra had blue eyes.. She was not an Egyptian, but a Greek, with yel- low hair and fair complexion. GOSSIP OF Tl~lE STAGE. One of the New York theaters has re- duced its prices from $2 hit-11.50 and it is likely that. the others will i.;ilov—.' suit- Ada. Rehan shuns pub! only and is caught sight of ll(_‘l' the o‘. her day says that her hair is ,~-...-,.:.'.!_‘: gray and she is slovcnly in dress. like looks 15 years older than Bernhardt and in reality is 15 years younger. A singer named Ella. Russell has re- covered $5,000 damages from a. London musical journal. The offense of the paper consisted in printing her name third in a list after she had requested that it be struck out. Iler manager testified that she was entitled to a higher place than third and that it would injure her in her profession. A well~known dramatic critic finds fault with modern theater-goers be- cause they do not rise to the heights of enthusiasm that characterized the au— diences that listened with breathless intensity to thegreatactorsand actress- es of the past. When, successively, Garrick, the Kembles, Siddons. Kean, Macready, the elder Booth and Forrest held the stage the spectators were al- most frantic in their applause. FASHION’S LATEST FRILLS. Rumors of the overskirt», which is the usual accompaniment of tight- slecves, are afloat again. Very useful ruches for wear when the fur boa is too warm are made of glace ribbon, or liberty silk, dotted and gathered very full to,a ribbon band. Among the novelties in jewelry is a miniature white enamel boat sailing on a green enamel sea. The mainsail, topsail and jib are set in small dia- monds. This is intended to decorate the yachting gown of the season. The new challies, with tiny Dres’den bouquets of flowers on a light ground, striped or dotted over with white satin, and patterned all over in Persian de- signs with rose green and violet pret- tily blended, are pretty enough to re- store this serviceable material to fash- ionable form again. Hl: WAS RIGHT." The One Juror tho Stood Out Against Eleven Obstinatc Men. A standing joke around the Maine courts is the juror who stands out and refuses to agree with the eleven ob— stinate men, who don’t‘t-hink as he does. Judges are not apt to take kindly to this style of man, and have been known on occasions to give him a terrible snub- bing. “There is still living in this city,” jurors have rights of opinion as well as judges, “a man’ who is very proud of a was in Judge Cutting’s day, and that ex- cellent jurist was on the bench. The jury had heard an important case, and juror stood out against the arguments and solicitations of his fellows, and dc- clared he would stay there till the ants ate him up and carried out his remains through the keyhole before he would consent to what he believed to be an un- just verdict. Judge Cutting asked how they stood, and the foreman replied, ‘eleven to one, your honor.’ ‘Who is the one?’ asked the judge, angrily. ‘Let him stand up.’ The juror arose and received a. scathing rebuke from Mr. Cutting, who permporily discharged him from further duty. The case went over to the next term, and was again tried, resulting in a. verdict in acord- ance with the views of the one juror. It was then taken to the law court on mo- tion for a. new trial and was upheld by the full bench as mainfestly right. The man says that whenever he thinks of that case,he thanks God he had the sand to stick to rwhat he believed to be right, and take the rebuke a mistaken judge gave him for so doing.” ' This will do for an exceptional case, but the one man against the 11 is not always filled with good judgment as this one seems to have been.——Lewiston (Me) .Iour- nal. To Remove That Tired Feeling, Take ‘ It . ONLY worm IFAII‘. Sarsapanlla Over Haifa Century , Old. Why Not Get the Best? w AYER’S PILLS cure Headache. ' I seldom seen in public. -\ lt‘::t.‘.i".tfl‘ who ‘ -G00d values, good says a Bangor gentleman, who thinks _ little experience he had as a juror. 1t ’ failed to agree because this particular % eezooeeosr, ._ “if; smile ’1 is CQIWPANY. EVERY PURPOSE AND EVERY OCCASION. That is th way our new spring stuffs run. Probably no store ever had a greater variety of what everybody will want than the kinds we are showing just now, for spring and summer; out- doors, indoors, city, country, mountain and seashore-— everything for everywhere. styles, good choosing—all new. Capes, Jackets and Separate Skirts enough .to fill a book, a big one. Some of the most fetching garments that ever touched elbows with genteel tastes and good judgment. Saw them during the fair, didn’t you? Liked them, didn’t you ? \Ve make and la" Carpets so nicely that a good many call them tailor made. Odd way of putting it, but a sug- gestive one. Carpets and lilattings, as we are. selling them this sea- son, were never better prop- crty to buy; better qualities or prettier patterns. And we are selling a good many. Folks know it. Hair: Black Sateen— spccial price for the coming week : (‘ocheco, 100. a yd. Simpson’s, 12%(5. a yd. li‘l‘cuoll, i90. a yd. French Dimity, in the lat- est French designs and color- iugs ; lace and corded stripes, .17 c. a yd. More than Usual pains have been ”taken to give you the newest at the lowest figure. ‘ Black all-wool Moreen Skirts, a few dozen of good light weight that we will sell at $1.69 each. SPECIAL. We have put on special sale all our half-wool Chal- lies, those that have been selling for 18 and 25 centsa yard, for 6 cents a yard. All one quality but in two differ- ent widths, 24 and 30 inches; light and dark colors and 4 to 16 yards in the patterns. _ i i l (ll-I333 NEED N0 LICENSES. Important Decision Handed Down by the Court of Appeals at Albany. ALBANY, April 8.—-The court of appeals handed c‘u-rrn a decision today which holds that clubs are not amenable to the state excise law, and the inference is that they cannot be required to take out a license to sell liquor under the 'Raines liquor tax law. ' «- The decision was in the ease of the peo- ple of the state against the Adelphia club of Albany. The appeal was from a judg- ment of the general term, third depart- ment, affirming a judgment of the court of sessions of Albany county convicting defendant of the crime of selling liquor Without a license in violation of section 31 of chapter 401 of the laws of 1892 and sen- tencing the defendant to pay a fine of $50. At the January term of 1895 the grand jury of Albany county indicted the defend- ant. On Jan. 28, 1895. the defendant, through its steward, sold and delivered to Leopold M. Stark, a member of the club, at its clubhouse five glasses of liquor. Mr. Stark paid the steward of the club for the liquors the following evening. The money received from the Sale of these liquors went into the treasury of the club. The court of appeals. reverses the judg- ment of the general term and court of ses- sions and orders the discharge of the de- lendaut. Judge Eaight writes the opinion, in which all of the judges'concur. He holds that a club organized for literary, social and such like purposes and not specially for drinking purposes is not amenable to the state excise law and need not take out. a license. He also holds that a club asawhole _ buys stocks of liquors, and each member is an owner of the stock and liable to re- placeits value when he uses any of it. Under these constructions of a state excise law it is expected that the Raines liquor tax law will be declared unconstitutional so far as it requires a club to take out an excise license. 00.7.3333 OARSH N UPSET. Occupants of Two Four Oared Gigs Upset at the Same Time. MADISON, Wis, April 8.—John F. Day .01? Janesvillo, a student at the State uni- versity, was drowned in ‘Lake Mendota. Four companions narrowly escaped the same fate. One was Andy O’Dea. coach of the varsity crew, and the others were C. C. McConville of La Cross, L. D. Street of Dixon, Ills, and young O’Dea, brother of the coach, all students and can- didates for places on the crew. They were out for practice in the four 021er gigs. The lake was smooth when they started, but when the boats were half a mile from shore a smart breeze came up, and the high waves swamped the fragile craft. The boat in which were John Day, McConville and young O’Dea went over first. Three times they came to the surface and caught hold of the boat, only to be washed, away. The third time John Day failed to rise. The other two clung to the gig until boats, which imme- diately put out from the university boat‘- house, arrived. Half a mile farther away were Andy O’Dea and L. D. Street in the other gigwand they, too, Went over just after the first boat upset. Their mishap was not noticed‘until the survivors from the first boat were rescued, when it was seen that they, too, were strugglingin the water, gripping the edge of the boat. They had been in the water a full hour when rescued. Vice Chancellor Pitney Reappointed. TRENTON, April 8.—Chancellor McGlll this afternoon announced his reappoint- ment of Vice Chancellor Pitney, whose present term will expire this week. The chancellor says he has not yet made an appointment under the recent law provid- ing for an additional vice chancellor. ‘ ’Honor For General Miles. WASHINGTON, April 8.—-The house com- mittee on military afl'alrs today decided to report favorably to the house the resolu- tion to bestow the rank of lieutenant gen- eral on General Nelson A. Miles. - Compromise School Bill Passed. ALBANY, April 8.-—The compromise school bill has passed the house—yeas, 88; Days, 43. It now goes to the governor. who has signified his intention of signing it. The \Veather. Clearing; slightly warmer; northerly Winds. - FIN AN OIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Closing Quotations of the New York Stool: Exchange. NEW YORK. April 7.—Money on call nom- inally 3@3§é per cent. Prime mercantile pa- per sléitfilé per cent. Sterling exchange strong. with actual business in bankers‘ bills at $4.59 @4.t9}.4 for demand and [email protected]% for 60 days. Posted rates. $4.88%@4.89 and $4.89%@ 4.90. Commercial bills. 34.87%. Silver certifi- cates, 685/4@6$}éc.; no sales. Bar silver. 68%0. Mexican dollars. 54%;. Government bonds steady. State bonds dull. Railroad bonds firm. Closing prices: Atchison .......... 2.2% New England..... 43 N. J. Central. . .. ..106 North American. ._ 534 Northern Pacific" 1% ~ 154 0maha............ 39% Ontario &. \Vest . . 14% Pacific Mail....... 26% Reading....... ... 10% Rock Island . . .... 71% Silver Bullion..... 68% St. Paul........... 75% Sugar Refining. . .11954 Texas Pacific. . . .. 8 Union Pacific.... 9 Wabash pref...... 18% Western Union... 83% Bur. & Quincy.. . . 78% C.. C.. C. & St. L.. 35 Chesapeake &. O. . 16% Chicago Gas...... 68 Cordage........... 4% Cotton Oil ...... .. 15 Del. & Hudson . . .127 Distillers‘ Trust... 18 Erie .. ............. 15 General Electric. 37%; Hocking Valley... 15% Lackawanna. .. . . .159% Lake Shore ........ 1475 Lead 24 Louisville &. Nash 49% Missouri Pacific.. 24% Northwestern . . . .loalé & General Markets. NEW YORK. April 7.—FLOUR-—State and western strong; held higher with wheat: spring patents advanced 100.; city mills patents. $4.20 @435: winter patents. 33.90%: =city mills clears. 34.10.114.20: winter straights. [email protected]. - WHEAT—No. 2 red strong and higher this morning on active covering by shorts. strong foreign news and bad crop reports from the west: May. 73 9-16@74%c.: June. 73%@73 16-160. CORN—No. 2 fairly active and firmer with wheat: May. 36%@36§§c.: July. 37%@37%c. OATS—No. :5 quiet. but firm; May. 25940.; track. white. state. 25@30c. PORK—Dull: mess. [email protected]: family. $10@ 10.75. ' LARD—Dull; prime western steam. 35.37%; nominal. . BUTTER—Dull and lower; state dairy. 10@ 17346.: state creamery. 12©17c. CHEESE ——Quiet: state. .large. 6@10Mc.; small. 6@10%c. EGGS—Steady: state and Pennsylvania. 12% @13c.: western. Ill/$11120. SUGAR—Raw strong: fair refining. 3%c.: centrifugal. 96 test. 4 3-16c.: refined firm: or shed. 5%c.: powdered. 59%- 'l RPENTINE—Steady: 28}§@290- MOLASSES—Quiet; New Orleans. 29@37c. RICE—Steady; domestiC. 3%‘3605 Japan. 3% @4510. TALLOVV—Quiet: city. 3%@3 11-16c.; country. 3%@3 13—16c. ' HAY — Quiet: shipping. 75©803.: good to choice. 95cm. 51. —-Advertise in. the GAZETTE. rnnnmson WHY. EVery Why HaS' a Wherefore and ’Tis Well to Look for itat Times. In these days people went to know the whys and wherefores. The 19th century man is a natural skeptic. rThe Why and wherefore of such is plain. He rendsstatements of supposed facts. He 18 told that. every ailment of man- kind can be cured. He has an ailment and tries some pau- acen. . . lt fails; he tries another: with the same result. - Such experiments make him look askauce at future claims. ‘ Often the fault is his, but he don’t see why. He-lmay have a backache or perhaps a lame or weak back. _ He used plaster or liniments, they re- lieved him for a time, but failed to cure the trouble. . This is his fault; the why is that. he did not know the wherefore of his aches. . Had be known th t the kidneys were the cause, That backache :2 nerally means ney ache, That the kidneys must filter blood constantly? That failure to do so immediately ef- fects the back. That backache is only the first step toward many kidney disorders. Urinary troubles follow. Retention of urine. Excessive urine. DiabetesjBright’s disease. Dean’s Kidney Pills are a specific for all kidney complaints. ‘Plenty of Norwalk proof of this. Mr. G. S. Partric, Notary Public, No. 127 Main St. says. ‘ My wife got a box of Dean’s Kidney Pills at Hale’s drug store, for a severe backache she was suflermg from. She found quick relief and she thinks Dean’s Kidnev Pills are a, good thing.” I For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents per box, or six boxes for $2 50 Sent by mail on receipt of price, by Foster—Milburn 00., Buffalo. N. Y. Sole agents for the United States. the Put an end to misery. Dean’s Oint- ' mentwill cure the worst case of Itch- ing Piles there ever was, and do it al- most instantly. Years of suffering le- lieved 1n 3 single night. Get Doan’s Ointment from your dealer. J. D. J ennings. UNDERTAKER 4 Knight street. opposite Street llanwu} Depot , N1 GE T .BE'LL AT OFFICE. DAVlD . w. RAYMOND meullrumrarllmmmni_ Jordana: elitism 39., Vl'aslrington Street 't‘outh Neiualk Residence. Mahackemo Hotel; "W“WTT“? new“? C PR NTING M an niactur- Merchants, ers, Lodges and Societies will consult their own inter- ests by giving us a call. ' REMEMBER-41f you have work to do, write to us. I. Because none but first-class workmen are employed. counts 5 Reasons Why Schleicher’s Pianos Lead. ' IV. Because an experience of forty years Because for years we have given special attention to designing im- proved features Which none but our pianos have. Because they are low in price and highLin artistic beauty. ‘v. Because when Schleicher says it’s so, it’s so. 0L! HANDS TAKEN ExcHAHtE. ivnut to, "$- Malnlllffice and - Factory, Home $1. ‘snunnnd. m.
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