THE,cmzEjjFteTWE FORGET retuBntn evert Wednesday' akd tridaY1 sV l IDE CITIZEN FDBLisnmacoMPAitT. vl t -,1'i Bntored as second-class matter, at theposU office, Honesdale, Pa. S. B. HAltDENBERGlI, - PRESIDENT yr. w. wood. - - manager and skc.y DIRECTORS: C B. DOBFLINQER. M. B. ALLEN. E. B. IIABDESBEBQB. HCHBT WIIGON. W. W. WOOD, SUBSCRIPTION: $1.50 A YEAR, IK ADVANCE WEDNESDAY APRIL, 28, 1909., Great relief is felt throughout the an thracite region as a result of the 'settle ment of the controversy between the mine workers and the "operators. Oper ators, niine .workers and the public gen erally were all anxious that peace be restored for another term of years. The 8iispenBe incident to the negotiations hurt business considerably while it last ed, and there was a general atmosphere of dissatisfaction all around. Despite the manner in which the terms of the settlement are guarded, it can be stated that tho chief conditions are the fixing of prices for new work and the signing of the agreement by the officers of the union, as o Ulcers, but "in behalf of the anthracite mino workers," including union and non-union men. The Nicholson Examiner is moved to say that while the farmer can live without the assistance of any other occupation yet it could hardly be said that he was living. Our present system of life is complex, and all occupations are necee 8ory(ilfor real enjqyment of life. The farmer no longer lives,, within his own shell, but is now enjoying the products of his labor. He travels, and he reads, and the more he advances the more he becomes a dependent creature. Some farmers, who take no time to think, imagine the whole universe depends up on their labor, and that if they should cease sowing and harvesting the whole shebang would go to pieces. They err in so believing and they hurt their cause thereby. We are dependent creatures, all of us, and as such must work to gether for the good of all, and not for one class alone. , The farmer is depen dent upon the merchant, the miner, and others for many things. All occupations are honorable if conducted for the best interests of the whole people. As long as the farmers produce there must be those who consume or else the farmers could not pay their taxes. We believe today that the American farmer is the best off of any class of our citizens and, as a rule, is making money. The far mer who puts the best of his intellect in to his farm, as a merchant does into his business, cannot help but make money. A novel competition Is to be de cided by Halley's comet, which Is expected soon to come In sight for a few months of its 75-year circuit around the sun. A wealthy Euro pean amateur astronomer offered a prize for the best computation of this comet's orbit, submitted before tbe close of 1909, and a competing ephemerls for this year and next indicates a very different route from that expected, showing the perihel ion passage in the middle of June Instead of the middle of April, 1910 Itural Mall Delivery. Postmaster Allen has received the following instructions respecting the Rural Mail Routes throughout this country. In order to expedite the delivery, collection, and .dispatch of rural mall, enable rural carriers to cover their routes with celerity, and give the earliest possible service to pa trons residing on the far ends of routes, the Department will insist that all rural mall boxes be so lo cated as to be served with greatest expedition. You are, therefore, directed to require each rural carrier at your office to submit to you without de lay, for transmlslon to the Depart m'ent, the names of all patrons whose boxes can not be served without leaving the road, dismounting, driv ing in deep ditches or on steep in clines, or on or across railway tracks involving danger, or the approaches to whose boxes are obstructed. It is not required that boxes shall be erected beside the wheel tracks, nor on any particular corner of the crossroads: but they must be erect ed within the confines of tbe road and accessible, on any corner. It Is not desirable that boxes be attached to telegraph, tolephone, or electric-light poles, or to fences or buildings, but boxes should bo bo curely fastened to neat and strong posts firmly set at the Ride of the roads, at a sufficient holght to be Borved by carriers without rising from their seats or reaching through wheel spokes. After boxes have been properly relocated, and It Is practicable to curtail carriers' schedules, postmast ers will advise this office, so that change in schedules may bo consld ored. When roads are In bad condition postmasters are directed, to make report thereof to the Department and to the proper local road officials and co-operate with them and pa trons to the fullest extent, consist ent with position and duty, to so cure the Improvement of the roads The manifestation of Interest and properly directed efforts by post masters In the good-roads question will In many instances be productive of excellent results. P. V. DEGRAW, Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. .tie.' Honesdale and Vicinity Happenings in the Past. A LOOK BACKWARD IN 5 YEAR JUMPS Local' Doings Five, Ten, Fifteen, Twenty, Twenty-flve, Thirty, Thirty-five, Forty, FOrty-fivc, Fifty, Fifty-five and Sixty Years Ago -This Week. We give below some of the more noticeable happenings in Honesdale and immediate vicinitv, for the weeks to which this number of The Citizen cor responds, eyeryflfth year since 1849. Five years aeo : The new State bridge, Mam street, opened to pedestrians. Auction sale of personal prbperty of the late Hon. A. B. Gammell. Ferman McGown, an employee at the National Elevator and Machine works terribly burned by the explosion of an alcohol lamp. Hay selling at $15 ajon. Charter granted to 'Honesdale Glove and Mitten Co. John It. llndd, of tho Forest City News, visited the Citizen office. Lieut, Raymond W. Hardenbergh reached homo from the Philippines. Honesdale Medical Soolety organized. John O'Neill, Michael E, Coggins, John Dauraan and Mrs. Bessie Ayers Lombard Small died. n m m Teh vears ago : Cornelins VanKeuren, Daniel ,P. Dar; ling, and Louis Manger, died. Del. & Hud. Canal Co. changed its corporate name to D. & H. Co., having decided to abandon its canal. Hon. P. P.Smith named as the logical Democratic candidate for the Supreme Bench. The firm of Dunning & Kimble dis solved. Henry B. Hyde, a former Honesdale boy died a multimillionaire in New York city. Work commenced onMcKanna Broth' ers' new cooperage. Fifteen years ago : 75th Anniversary of Odd Fellowship celebrated by Freedom Lodge at tbe Baptist church. Rev. C. F. Hall spoke. Kirmees under direction of Miss Lila Stewart in the armory. "The Burglar" at the Opera House. Mrs. Leonard Cole, wife of M. E. pas tor L. Cole, died in Scranton. Twenty-five persons received as mem bers of the Baptist church, Honesdale, by baptism. F. Dittrich allowed by viewers $1,000 for damages caused by removal'of later' el basin bridge. Thomas Igo died. C. Dorflinger and daughters, Kather ina and Carlotta, arrived in Europe. The box factory of Wooden & Blak' ney, at industry romt destroyed oy nre Loss $15,000 ; insurance $10,000. Twenty years ago : JeremiahC. Gunn,J6hnF. Roe, Lewis Day, EnsipnEgelston, Leonard Beurket, and Isaac Thorpe, died. McGibeny family entertainment at the Opera house. May festival at Liederkranz Hall. "AuntCharlotte's Maid" at Maenner chor Hall, under management of Albert Taeubner. Elmer FergusonVand Lizzie Olldorf married. Twenty-five years ago : William Turner, Rev.JG. F. Woerner and Isadore Schlanker, died. John Ridgway sold his Park street property to John .M. Lyons, Rev. I. Kaiser, Jewish Rabbi, left Honesdale for the west. Dr. Wm. H. Cummings appointed a member of the Republican State Com mittee. E. R. Leonard, a former resident of Honesdale, died at Jackson, Susque hanna county. Interment in Preston. Thirty years ago: Hartung's hotel,, Seelyville burned, with a number of other buildings. Loss by the fire, $10,000 ; insurance $7,400. Dr. H, G, Keefer's family removed to Canada. Bishop Howe conducted services at Grace Church. Friend Lasher, a former partner of William Reed, merchant, died at Was sale, N. Y. A son of Isaac Foreman wac killed by tho cars in Susquehanna. Rev. A. J. Van Cleft appointed Presiding Elder of tbe Honesdale district of the Wyoming Conference. . . Thirty-five years ago: Dr. Dwlght Reed and his daugh ter, now Mrs. Louis J. Dorflinger, returned from a several months' visit In England and on the continent, and had a flno reception at the Ktple House. Stephen Jay, of Dyberry, found dr.owned.Jn George Kimble's pond. . Barnum's World's Fair Circus, Hippodrome, Museum and Menagerie exp.lbjj&ii. here. A fine rafting freshet in the Dela ware, and an immense body of lumber on its way to market. Seventeen persons confirmed In the Episcopal church by Bishop of No. , 2; died In Germany. J. A. Price, of Scranton, lectured before the' Franklin Lyceum-'. Asso ciation. '1 '!) - 1 Stephen Sharpsteen's dwelling- iri Cherry Ridge, destroyed by fire. ' A little daughter Of Dr. 'John Harris burned to death white sit ting in a chair, no, one being, in-tho room. She' was deaf and -dumb and a cripple. Forty years ago: , Citizen office removed to Jadwln and Torrel building the present location. ' Porteus C. Gilbert's Btore at Long Eddy burned. 1 Attempted ' burglary of Isaac' Rosenberg's store, down town'. C. C. Jadwln and. Terrel & Co. moved Into their new. store in the' Jadwln block. 1 N. B. Shuman announces his .new: hat store, one door below R, W. Klple's hotel. List of Incomes for previous year published by C. F. Eldred, assistant assessor. Highest in Honesdale, Coe F. Young $6,738; In Texas, C. Dorflinger, $6,799.85; in the county, L. A. Robertson, Middle Valley, $19,000. Robert A. Smith's name sent to the Senate as postmaster of HoneB- dalo. Forty-five years ago: General H. W. Wesseli, U. S. Regulars, Union Commander at Ply mouth, N. C a visitor at the home of his son-in-law, Col. F. A. Serly. 210,246 tons of Del. & Hud. coal piled here. Richard Neat and Betsey A. Ham, of Beach Pond, married by Rev. Leonard Cole. D. & H. canal opened for naviga tion. . Thomas Spangenberg died In Bethany on the 8th, aged 88 years and 10 months. Fifty years ago: Samuel Penwarden married to Miss Ann M. Samson of Waymart. Boats cleared for Rondout. Some gardens plowed. Cooper & Durlanrf advertise large stock of sp'rlng and summer goods. Benton A. Coston and Anna A. Jones married at Hollistervllle, by Esq. E. W. Holllster. W. H. Ham and G. W.. Allen ad vertise meeting of Young Men's Lit erary Club. William J. Fuller and Miles L. Tracy buy the old Jakway hotel, where Liberty Hall building now, stands. John Reif's building and Capt. Edward Murray's dwelling on 6th street burned. Fifty-five years ago: Henry Holdren, a Revolutionary Sol dier, died in Texas township aged JXft. Buried with military honors. ' New Episcopal stone bhurch -ready Tfor plastering. ' Heavy snow storm. James Quinn executed at Wilkes Barre for the murder of Mahela Wiggins. Fred. M. Crane introduced bill in the Legislature providing for removal of the Capitol from Harrisburgto Philadelphia. Honesdale (Glen Dyberry) cemetery organized j Russel F. Lord, president. Sixty years ago : Howe & Co's U. S. Circus John May, clown ; Richard Rivers, principal eques trian. Del. & Hud. Canal opened for season. Henry Wilbur and John A. Patmor bought out Thomas Cornell's transpor tation line. James McWade and Catherine Ken nedy married by Rev. Mr. Cooke. Henry Dart and James R. Dickson dissolved partnership. Wire Suspension aqueducts at Lacka waxen completed. Boys skating on ice formed in the river. MINERS IN CONVENTION. Anthracite Workers Meet to Ratify Settlement With Operators. Scranton, Pa., April 27. With every prospect that the differences existing between the anthracite mine workern and the operators will be adjusted, tbe trldlstrlct convention of the union miners in tbe hard coal fields conveued here today to consider the latest prop ositions that form tho basis for the final settlement. Prior to the convention the members of the three anthracite executive boards met here with National Presi dent Lewis and considered tho gen eral proposition of tho mine owners and five amendments to the operator' offer that have been accepted by the employers. The proposition of the operators pro vides for a renewal for another throe years of the strike commission awnriK Ono of the amendments agraed to by tbe operators provides that men who are discharged shall havo the right to appeal to the conciliation board, and' another amendment provides that new work shall bo paid for at tho same rate ns old work under tbe awards of the strike commission. Locust Ravage Algeria. Locusts are devastating Southern Algeria. Tho swarms are so grea,t as almost to defy Imagination. It Is not easy to conceive of an almost solid phalanx of Insects 125 miles long by six miles wide. Unfortunately tbe de vastation which such myriads of, vo racious Insects must create In vegeta tion Is not so difficult to appreciate. Wherever the host has passed nothing green remains. Even' the houses are becoming uninhabitable. John Mang,' OBITUARY. ', Mrs. M. .Johanna T. .Quick died at, tho home! of. her daughter, Mrs. Flora Buddenhagen, at Mast Hope on Sunday mornjng of last week after ,& yearn' suffering, from heart disease. She is, survived by the daughter above mentioned, and two sons, Royal, of New York city and Ferdinand,, of Tafton. Burial at Rowlands. Miss Francis J. Robling, ..daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robling, of Scranton, and sister of Mrs. J. A. Flsch, of, 409 15th Btreet, this borough, died on Tuesday morning of last week, April 20, 1909, at the home of her parents, aged forty years. Besides' her father and mother she is survived by two brothers, Edward and George, liv ing in Scranton, and three sisters, Mrs. F. J. Waldner, Mrs. Joseph Kneller, and Mrs. J. A. Flsch. In terment In Dunmore cemetery. Mrs. David Bernstein, a highly esteemed resident of this place, died at her home on Court street, Mon day afternoon, at the age of 78. years. She was born In Germany and came to this country at a com paratively early ago. She 1b sur vived by one son, Abraham, of Houston, Texas, and three daugh ters, Mrs. Charles Tarbell, Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. E. F. Lee, New York, and MIbs Jennie Bernstein, of Honesdale. The funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon; services at 3 p. m. and Intorment will be made In the Jewish cemetery. Mrs. Leopold Ulrlch died In Omaha, Neb., April 12, 1909, after an operation for tbe removal of a tumor, aged 54 years. Mrs. Ulrlch was a daughter of the late Adam Spttzer, and Mary (Shllberger) Splt- zer, his wife, both natives of Ger many, both for many years resi dents of Honesdale, and the latter still living. She was born in Hones dale In 1855, and was married to Leopold Ulrlch at the age of 17. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mary, a nun In Indian apolis, Ind., and Claire, a school teacher in Omaha; six sons, Henry, George and Fred, of Scranton, and William, Charles and Frank, at home. Also by her mother and one sister, Mrs. Joseph Disch, of 1218 East street, Honesdale. The funer al services were held In Omaha, April 15th. William R. Rose died at his home in Ellenville, N. Y., on Friday, April 20, 1909, after an illness of several weeks. He was born at Cuddebackville, N. Y. , April G, 1834, and had consequently just entered on his 76th year. He was a son of William C. Rose, of, Port Jer vis, who was for fifty years'in the em ploy of the Del. & Hud. Canal- Co. Wm. "R. was educated at Bethany, this coun ty, and also attended the Goshen (N. Y.) Academy. Soon after attaining his ma- ority he established a general store at Phillipsport on the canal which he con ducted successfully for over fifty years. It was largely patronized by the boat men, as it was one of the largest and best known establishments to cater to their trade between Honesdale and Ron dout. He retired to Ellenville when the canal went out of business, and devoted his attention to banking, having been for several years prior to his death presi dent of the HomeJNational Bank, of that village. He was a Republican in poli tics and served terms as superintendent of the poor, and in tho State Assembly. He issurvivedbyhis wife, formerly Miss Eleanor Jane Graham, a daughter, Miss Katherine, and two sons, James Gra ham and William O. Rose. William Wharing Truscott, a veteran of the civil war, died at his home in Carbondalo at 8:50 o'clock Friday morning, April 23, 1909, following a four weeks' illness. Death was directly due to Bright's disease, but he had been ail ing the past several years from a bullet wound received at the battle of Gettys burg. Mr. Truscott was born in Corn wall, England, on March 2, 1842. When but a boy he came to America and took up his residence in this county, where he resided for many years. He removed to Carbondale about twenty-five years ago and has since resided there contin uously. Mr. Truscott had a brilliant war record. He enlisted Nov. 10, 1801, as a private for three years in Co. F, Four teenth U. S. Regular Infantry. With his regiment he served in the following important engagements of the war: Gaines Mill, White Oak Swamp, Mal vern Hill, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antletam, Snicker's Gap, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettys burg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Bethesda Church, Siege of Peters burg, Weldon Railroad, Chapel House, Hatcher's Run, He served thirty-six months, and joined the local post on transfer card April 13, 1004. Besides his wife, ho is survived by one sister, Mrs, Elizabeth Andrews, of Seelyville ; two brothers, George, of Tanner's Falls, and Thomas, of Honesdale ; two daughters, Mrs. Adelbert Cole, of Carbondale, and Mrs. George Reralg, of Paterson, N. J, The funeral took place at. the home Sun day afternoon at 3 o'clock, Services were conducted by Rev. Charles Lee, paBtor of the First Presbyterian church, assisted by Rev. Dr. T. F. Hall, pastor of the First M. E. church. The remains were brought to Honesdale Monday morning, and Interment was made in Glen Dyberry cometery. Mrs. William Gilmoro aged seventy; eight years, 'died' on Monday morning at her home on Elm street',' Duhmoro5. Bho Was the' widow of William Gllmorewjio, for many years, Was a merchant and employee in the D. & p. Co. freight of fice, in Honesdale, and a prominent figure in the affairs of- the old Pennsyl vania Coal company, when John 'B. Smith was its guiding hand. Mrs. Gil more had been-ailing for some days, but when she retired on Sunday night) was feeling better than for some time. When found on Monday morning she was' unconscious and her death soon1 followed. Tho funeral will be held 'at the house this (Wednesday) morning after which the remains will be brought here for interment in Glen Dyberry cem etery. LYRIC THEATRE BENJ.H. DITTRICH, LESSEE 8EdMiHAQER Return of tbe Favorites GUEB-Y1HCEKT MAY 3, 4, and 5 Tbe Latt New York luccm. "A Woman's Struggle" MAY 6, 7, and 8 Olga Nethersole's Greatest Play HI Matinee on Saturday at 2:30 Adults 20c, Children 10c. PRICES, 10, 20, 30 & 50c. Diagram opens at the Box Office at 9 A. M. Satur day, May 1st. LafesfiMost Novel SHIRT WAISTS For SPRING, 1009, At MENNER'S STORE. 7j96 TheSPRINGSUITSaretheBcs t Med Approved by fashion critics. Menner & Co's Store, KEYSTONE BLOCK. HENRY Z. RUSSELL. PRE8IDENT. ANDREW THOMPSON VICE PRESIDENT. HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK. This Bank was Organized In December, 1836, and Nationalized In December, I8G4. Since Its organization It has paid In Dividends to Its Stockholders, $1,905,800.00 The Comptroller of the Currency has placedlt on the HONOR ROLL, from the fact.thatjlts Snrplus Fund more than equals Its capital stock. What Class 0 are YOU in i . The world has always been divided into two classes those who have sayed, those who have spent tho thrifty and the extravagant. tt is the savers who have'built the houses, tho mills, the bridges, the railroads, the ships and all the other great works which stand for man's advancement and happiness. The spenders are slaves to the savers. It is the law of Tnature. We want you to be a saver to open an account in our Savings Department and be independent. One Dollar will Start an'Account. This Bank will be pleased to receive all or a portion of YOUR banking business. Monday evening- ipforming nimw.'u brother", X3hfe, if' 'HSwleyY letf Tties day tjo", attenil the funeral, wfelch.' la, to be held Wednesday In New Ybrk.- 'Mrs. Kbisler was alormer resident of Hawley. SlibtB survive'd" by four ' brother i and three Msters. American ' Stalhtd "Wat. ' A connoisseur of stained 'glass, an cient and, modern', 'says- that' the an cient art with all Its celebrity and. beauty did not 'compare with' the mod- . I '.,L ' i ' - . -. cm Aiuerivtui mcutuu wmcu ngw pro-: duces opalescent glass .in Infinite vari ety of, tone and texturo (in -which In effaceable pictures -may be Said, to' bo painted on the glass Itself pictures of the richest, and most, exquisite. color ing. Oyer twenty-flvo thousand, pieces of glass pro Often used In ono mem orial window. LYRIC THEATRE BESJ.H. DITTRinH. LESSEE AnmiAQER OHE OTGHT OHLY API 29 THURSDAY A Four Act Southern Drama Barbara Frietchie The FREDERICK Girl. By CLYDE FITCH. Under the personal direction of Mrs. ELEANOR KIMBLE DITTRICH A Beautiful Play. Special Scenery. A Large Company SO people- Under the Auspices of Tbe Amity MI Club PRICES : 25, 35, 50 and 75c. WDIneram opens at the Box Office at 9 a, m., Wednesday. April 28. SAL E -OF- BAMBOO SHIRT WAIST BOXES -AT- Was $10, now $7. Was $9, now $6. Was $8, now $5. Was $4, now $2.50 EYES TESTED Graduate OPTICIAN EDWIN F. TORREY, CASHIER. ALBERT C.LINDSAY AB SIBTANT CASHIER.
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