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i PECULIAR CASE.MRS. WATSON IS NOT SATISFIFDant case. Ex-Judge William II. Arncux, of Arnoux, Ritch A Woodford, who wasMr. Anderson’s lawyer untilWITH TilK COMPROMISE.Slio XVI11 Konew Her Sait for One-fifth ofthe Estate of Her Hranri father, John An-denton, of Tobacco Fame-Over aHon and a Half Dollar* at Stake.iUil-a recentperiod, referred everybody to Mr. North.His partner, cx-Senator Wagstaff, confirmed the report, but declined to go into particulars. Felix McCloskey, of Brooklyn, who was one of the most intimate friends of old John Anderson* said yesterday!r •“Since the case was begun numerousMary Maud Watson, of Hartford,aw vers have been in it, including Richard S. Newcomb and William Sulzer, and some of them were never satisfied.Windsor county, Yt., gramiter ofOne of them got his legal allowance andTobacconist John Anderson, of Tarrv-town, who sued for a one-fifth slice ofher grandfather's $8,000,000 estate, hasdecided not to retire from the fight with$50,000. Such at least is the report thatis current. The facts are these :Old John Anderson was a Scotchmanwho came to the United States, openeda tobacco-shop and made a success byselling Macaboy snuff. His store wasmade uncommonly attractive by the introduction of Mary Rogers, a beautifulgirl, as clerk. She was a belle for thesmokers and a powerful adjunct to theshrewd Scotchman's establishment. Thewas paid, l understood, $150,000. discrimination caused a row* and there is likely to be a great hubbub in the case soon. Mrs. Watson lias not been easy since she heard how well some of the lawyers fared, and now she threatens to t ry and break the settlement. Her friends have told her that she was foolish to giveup a chance at $1,500,000 for $50,000, andI believe she will make out a good case. One of the disappointed lawyers is with her and hasalready prepared severalaffidavits, w hich, of* course, cannot be made public until they are filed. There is another contestant for the will.A litsudden disappearance of the prettytobacconist and the finding of her bodyin New Jersey with incontestable proofof murder was the sensation of the day.Subsequently Poe immortalized her inone of his literary productions. Thet ragedywasatry inIFordealfor John Anderson, but he passedthroughitsafely and continuedhis business successfully. When theMexican war broke out General Scottwas at a loss to know how' his tobaccopendent was filed to-day giving notice that Mrs. Laura Appleton, wife of the Brooklyn druggist and daughter of old John Anderson, is about to bring suit forher fifth of the estate.”—New York Times.LABOR NOTES.Several Items of Interest to the Employerand the Employee.supply was to he keptwith Anderson thefresh. In a talkdis-question was cussed in a way that made the Scotchman put on his thinking cap. As a resub he invented the tinfoil cover as apreserver and began tlie manufacture of Anderson’s “Solace.” The inventionw i t hThe demand for all kinds of skilled and unskilled labor is still fully up to, and in many cases in excess of, the supply. Wagesare easily held in all skilled branches, andin some places inferior skilled labor is being paid the same wages as the best skilled, a complaint which employers have had occasion to make quite frequently of late. The determination of trade-unionists to exact t he same compensation fur inferior skilled labor as fur the nest is a source of constant annoyance to many employers, who see no wav ofescape with work so abundant. They will.no doubt, take the first opportunity to weed out the less valuable and retain the best.and themet with popular approval, Scotchman’s fortune was only a matter of time. He gathered in the dollars until they rolled into the thousands and swelled to he millions, until when he died on November 2*3, lssi, his estate was estimated to he worth $s,000,000.Anderson, when he died, was then living witha second wife, and he left two children lv his first wife. He had made several wills, but not long before his death he executed one which left hisThe movement for a Saturday half-holidayin New York is a failure. Employers sav that margins will not allow a half-holidav at this time, as competition was never so sharp,but admit that if general the half-holiday would be endurable. Enlightened employers and persons of a philanthropic turn ofmind are urging that a more generous sympathy should be created between employersand employees- that this would do more tolessen the friction than strong protective organizations. One Lowell corporation treatsits 500 employees to a day’s excursion.son, John Charles Anderson, residuary legatee and cut olT the other heirs w ithlegacies.comparativelyoflt; neinsignificant\ • jthem was Mary Maud Watson, the daughter of Mary Carr, who wasWhenMore or less labor is constantly flocking southward, but the demand there is for special kinds of skill, such as founders, machinists, workers in wood, makers of railway appliances, stovemakers, and the like. There are also a good many lumber workersthe daughter of John Anderson.finding employment in the yellow pine and cypress regions of the South. Southernthe will was presented in the Surrogate's Court for probate Mary Maud, after an interview with her uncle, John Charles Anderson, assented to the proceeding. She said that her uncle promised if she did not contest the will thatwhite labor is willing to work and is steadily falling in. Negro labor comes in rather more slowly, and as a rule is less reliable, owing to the irregular habits under the old cotton-growing regime.sheshouldone-fifthofreceivethe vast estate. Whether that statement is true or not the fact is that she did not get the amount. She w as married to Alfred L. Watson, a law student with ex-Governor Samuel E. Pingree, of Vermont. Some time after the marriage ex-Judge George M. Curtis, of New York, was induced to take an active interest in behalf of Mrs. Watson’s alleged claim against her grandfather’s estate. Mean-while, John Charles Anderson, residuary legatee and executor of the Anderson es-sold to John I). Phvfe and JamesThe industrial reports from new-spapersthroughout the Northwest show- a hastening forward of all kinds of enterprise on account of the near approach of cold weather. In many shops work is being kept up untilten or eleven o’clock. In some mills it i* a common thing to have day and night work. A good many new shops are being built and will be ready for machinery by February and for operation by April 1.p rotateCampbell, of New York, twelve lots on Fiftv-nintli street and the Fifth-avenue Iplaza, on which they began the erection of w hat is now know n as the Plaza Hotel.The competition of trade among textilemanufacturers is such as to stimulate duction, esj**eially in all kinds of cotton goods. Staple productions are ch»selv s*»!d up, prices are very firm, and retailers are hastening in large orders f«*r winter distribution. The outlook is verv favorable fort winter. Loom capacity is pretty well soi up. and New England manufacturers sire in excellent spirits over the favorable trade indications tlt;»r the winter.hiThe improved property is believed to beIFor years past steelmaking in England has been crowding ironmaking to the wall, so toworth $1,200,000.M rs. Watson, having assented to theprobate of the will, ex-Judge Curtis sawthat it would be folly to begin an actionW Jthe Surrogate's Court. Instead, heinbrought an ejectment suit against Phvfethe name of Mrs.Campbell, in Watson. As theof theand Campbell, in tne namepurchasers block of land had received a clear titlethev communicatedspeak, and a great many puddling nulls oiforges have been idle or only partiaMy employed. A new basic furnace, called theHattie, has been perfected, which, according to English pu|*ers, will save many ironmaking districts from ruin. Steel plants are multiplying, because they can be built at a very small clt;to the real estate, with John Charles Anderson, and he at once assumed the responsibility of defending the action in the name of PhyfeCampbell. The suit naturallythe question as to theThe case was triedandbrought upvalidity of the w-ill.before Judge Van Brunt, and he tookthe case lrom the jury and decidedagainst Marv Maud Watson. She wasnot satisfied, and under the advice of ex-Judge Curtis appealed to the General Term of the Supreme Court. Thecase was tried in the Supreme Court, circuit, before Judge Lawrence, and a jurv gave a verdict in favor of the plaintiff,which, practically, broke the probate ofthe will. John C. Anderson was astounded and ordered an appeal to theGeneral Term. Pending that appeal healso made another move to circumventtlie litigant. He brought a bill in equity last summer asking the Supreme Court in Westchester county to construe theRecentlyThere are 2* blast furnaces in and about Pittsburg, 35 rop.ing-mills, 20 steel works. P, window-glass works, 37 flint-glass works, and11 green-glass works. The blast furnaces make fion.ooo tons of iron per vear. the rolling-milis 575,ouo tons; steel \ylt;»rks, 750,noo tons; plate-glass works, 3,25d,»M* square feet; window-glass works, OUU.OUOoxes.Labor organizations are increasing steadily.The Federation of Labor is gaining ground quietly, and is increasing membership f.„ter now than the Knights of Labor. There are factional disturbances, no complaintsinoabout assessments, no interference ot centralauthority with local, but general harmony•revaiIs letween the various branches of theederation.real estate clauses of the will, that action was transferred to the Circuit Court of the United States. While the whole litigation was in statu quo the proposition forfinal settlement was injected. The presumption is that it came from the Anderson side of the fight. TowardThe tanneries of the country complain bitterly of narrow margins, but their output is being promptly marketed. They anticipate an improvement in prices on account of theincreasing sales of boots and shoes, rhe boot and shoe manufacturers all over the New England States and Philadelphia have had a remarkably good season as to volume o* business.The interchanging of machinery parts, which is so common in all American work111Imps, was suggested and introduced bv nan named Root, who worked in Colt'aapistol factory and w ho was made sujerin-tendent at a salary of $lu.oo**a year.the last of September Messrs. North andNorth, Ward A Wagstaff;Wagstaff, ofex-Judge Curtis, Mary Maud Watson and her husband, and ex-Governor Pingreemet at a hotel in White River Junction,Mrs, Watson was quit-claim deed.aYt.. and discussed the terms.paid $50,000 and she signedwas also signetj byher husband, by Mr. North, and by ex-* lovernor Pinsrree. Thedeed wasexecfitedYalliable anthracite coal finds are being made on the Northern Pacific coast. Une district is said to posrid.measures in the worassess the richest coal line vein is fourteenfeet thick, another thirty feet and anothertwelve feet. All these seams are within adistance of 700 yards. There are seven coal seams in all.ItFor slt;me reason the c**ai owners of South Wales propose to abolish the sliding scale,bv which fiO.000 miners have been paid forDunng the ten past years $15,00*v-equivalent, hasten vears hi**, or itshon September 28, and was filed in the register’s office in New York on October 10. It releases for the nominal consideration of $1 all the claim, right and title forever lt;f Mrs. Watson and her husband or theirThe trans-heirs, in the Plaza property, action, however, can have no etle t on the bill of equity, and if the decision is in Mrs. Watson’s favor she will be entitled to her share of the estate.A reporter called at the office of ex-Judge Curtis and was told that the lawyer had gone to v* aa.oiigiun on uu *t*ipv,.beenEnglish mechanics, colliers and cotton spin ners in paying the coatManufacturers in Great Britain are grad* uallv adopting liquid fuel in place ot r;f strikes.t\\fuel. A London -hiplufiMer has just built ;*team launch lt;’t 12** tons miToeii to he r ebvpet r« ileum,naci bv meanswhich is injected into the fu*f steam taxen frombe watchboiler. Tins experiment willA pair of st« el slab -bears that will suelabs ten inches tbb k have j’ist been c I in England. They are the heavieslt; me steeL-mii! has t! : -teel slabs to the I n te*!* «.tpiet***ones ever in lt;te.year sent 2.*. lt;M basicStates.
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