PIKE COUNTY PRESS ''' The Nnwnhnt Pftpr 5 Puhlmhod In Co SIIHflHTHF l'OR IT. PIKE COUNTY PRESS ; r ! 9tlMellon Ulven In J th "Ad" or Joh Lin A HV KKTJssf; IN IT. WW ' O C -A NO. 15. & VOL. VII. MILFOM), PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, FEimUAHY 7, 1002. I ! i! O THE WASHINGTON LETTER. The Philippine revenue bill is stiil before the senate nnd there seems to bo i concerted effort on tho dem ocratic side of the chamber to delay lis passage. What t ho democrats lmve to gain by filibustering Is not apparent unless they are hoping to embarrass Secretary Hoot mid the Philippine commission, ncvorthe less thnt appears to be their policy. So foreign to the question luivo hern thn discussions of some of ho sena tors in speeches supposed to bo ger mane to the measure thnt Senator H"nr recently ftnpcstod that, the senate "consider the life and char acter of Mary Cjneon of Scots." Senator Lodge 1ms not nttcmpted to press the passage because ho first desired thnt. the Philippine commit tee lmve nn opportunity of listening to sneh testimony ns Governor Tuft might lmve to offer. The govern or's statements lmve nil supported the contention of the administration thnt pence is being rnpidly establish cd and thnt, with the funds neoes sary to carry on the public improve, ments required In the islands, the Inst vestige of the insurrection will disappear. Without (ho building of good roads, however, sntuo or the brigands in the more inaccessible portions are likely to make trouble for some lime to come. Tho sennte tins psssod a bill pro viding for the establishment of a de partment of commerce nnd labor ; favorable nction is expected in the house. Particularly is this assured because the honso hns already pass ed a measure making the census bu reau permanent, a feature which is practically incorporated in tho son ata's measure. The republican sen ators have determined upon n pro gram for the remainder of the ses sion which provides that the Philip pine tariff bill, the isthmian cannl bill, the Philippine government bill, the subsidy bill and tho Cuban re ciprocity bill shall be considered in the order nnmod. Senator Cullom recently delivered a speeoh sotting forth his views in regard to tho treaty making powers of the senRte and tho executive in which he claimed that the provision in the Dingloy bill relating to trea ties wna unconstitutional because it bad ft tondency to limit, the powors conferred on the senate by the con stitution. An attempt was made by Mr Richardson, the democratic leader in the house, to make trouble between the senate and the bouse in regnrd to this matter by the ap pointment of a committee to in. vestigate the powers of the senate, but the superior judgment of the republican leaders prevailed. Tho ways and -means committee has determined npon the abolition of the special war taxes and the democratic press has been industri ously engaged iu an attempt to place the members of the committee in a wrong light before the people. When asked for an interview on the subject Chairman Payne banded to your correspondent a statement which is too long for reproduction here, but which says in part that tho committee bad no thought of disposing of the Cuban quest ion by rejKirting in favor of the reduction of the war taxes, that the commit too bad bad no conference on the Cuban matter, ami tlijit "the bill to reduce war revenue taxes was taken up because it was the Kontiuient of tho committee that the burdens renting upon our own people should be lightened before wo turned our attention to lightening the burden of other people." Mr. Payne further assures me that the Cuban matter will receive full and careful consid eration tnlore a decision :s reached and that it will be considered at an tuii'ly (bite. Conjjres.-mari .lului F. Kicey of Iowa, chairman of the committee on public lands, .'ive.s mo the following vxplitnatiou uf his bid introduced to carry out t he r-urvct io.; mu'to in the president's nii'",U'i) in n--ird to forest reserves: "!:i an opinion (.lveii by tho attorney general Jan y. i' h'.bU ths.t ( ,'it-s ha 1' f i ' ::ni!ed j uni a I Ion (ifr t)iC f ! er- t IC- 1 W be t ii.-y ere s e Li:l, lo:, inioii of tl ti.it. I I i : g (it- 1 ' l-.f : : That ti n s. r-f the ,i 11- h r i .f be el t lit i f: to e h i : t;.o bnnndnrles of m my of these reserves are in controversy only such re serves are to be transferred as the secretary of the interior ami thn di rector of the geological survey -s-v ill certify to have had their boundaries substantially settled. The president is to be authorized to set apart such forest reserves or parts thereof as he may deem proper for fish and game preserves, but i' thn reserve is whol ly in one Mate tho president sha'l not make such order until the gov ernor of the state shall in writing ask for it. In the territories he can create such game preserve without tho action of the governor of tho territory. The purpose of this was to avoid forcing any of these pre serves on states where they were not wanted by the local authorities. The bill provides that tho depart ment of tho interior or of agricul ture, as the case may bo, having sneh game preserve in its control may makn all regulations necessary for game protection therein. Such regulations shall have the forco and effect of law, and a violation of I hem will he a misdemeanor. All nets, tackle, gnus, et3., used in vie- la lion of the law in one of these pro serves will be forfeited on convic tion of the party using the sunn. It also provides that forest officers may nrrest without warrant prisons found violating tho la w in preserve!. Tho reason for making the transfer to the department of agriculture is because that department can better administer the permanent forest ro servos than the donirtmont of tho interior. Tho traditions and tho or ganization of tho department of tho interior in relation to tho public lands basin view tho disp nition of the lands, their salo and transfer to private parties. The secretary of agriculture hns a fully equipped bu reau of forestry and is hotter pre pared to nd. mutator those reserves than the department in which they are now situated, but it was thought best in framing tho bill Hot to pro vide for the transfer of any of tho preserves except such as have had their boundaries definitely establish ed. Tho secretary of tho interior settles more questions of private right in amount and value iu one year than the supreme court of tho United States does in ten yours. That department is overloaded with work and when one of these re serves is definitely located and es tablished as a permanent reserve the president and both secretaries believe that tho department of agri culture should have it to care for." Real Estate Transfers. David L. Hardenbrook to Henry W. Richardson, Shohola Glen and personal property. Consideration, exchange. Mary M. Kleinbnna, administra trix, to Philip C. Kinkel, 2 deeds conveying lots in Milford borougfi, Nos. 912 to 919 inclusive.- Consider ation 3.r)0. Eliza H. Thompson and husband to Philip C. Kinkel lands in Ding- j man to'vnslup, 3 acres. Considera tion 130. Podestiianism lias boon difficult on our sidewalks for the past week and most of the town people have iieen middle of the readers. William D. Cole, formerly of this county, now residing at Dover, N. J., lias recently been promoted to a jmsition in the Lackawanna, freight department. Ho is the father of E. J. Colo and Mrs. J. C. Watson of this borough. Last Saturday the Warner boys, Georgo and John C, drove their team on the bill in Dingman after wood. The horses were tied and blanketed, but soon the lurgo bay was noticed to be very uneasy, as if sick. Examination by W. V. D.tv- Unnort who was sent for. showed t!lHt tllH foreiw, Wlls broken in the shoulder ami the animal bad to bo killed, Tho mystery i how tho ac cident happened. ' I'.;liOus Colic ever, a carpenter and build- 11. A er of l ia!.'llt Vlltol ly f, , Ti'imi., vhon Suffering an an attack of bilious , sent to a nearby drug store for .filing to relieve him. Tins gist, sent Isiiii a bottle of Chain tin's 'oho, Cholera and ln.ir a 1 emedy, three doses of which s 'dr her I III III 1 ellil elh-eted n i im nt cure. This is t he only re that can be d.-pei ; ed II !' ill ill tho ;n st l-everu cases of ( w coho and obob-rn 1 .! i n,' 'ist.-i know ! I:i it s hen Kill ll 9 In t hr Kilo by N ai, V. a ;a;-e -i as, :hi lllelli' ami re ;-he!ne A. W. 1 ilriig i. M .nam 1st ISaleh ,V v .1 i-i-.i- in i. . I ; c PERSONALS Mrs. A. T. Secley Is visiting her mother in Port Jervis. Commissioners Heck and Nilis were at Shohola W.-dnosihiy attend ing a road view. Constable W. S. Van Auken of Lehman was in town on business a couple of days this week. A hunt thirty young people from here enjoyed a sleigh ride to Ding nians Wednesday night. George Lattimore, who lias Ik-oh employed in a Brooklyn drug stote, is home for an indefinite stay. Mrs. Mary Kilsby of Dingman's Ferry visited her brother, A. 8 Dingman, a few days this week. William Bryant of Grcely died last Sunday night, lie was 4!) years old and unmarried and bad always boon a cripple. Mr. and Mrs. Win, II. Armstrong left for Now York city this week whore they will spend some time and after will go to Washington, 1). C, for a sojourn. Miss Minnie Porter of Irviugton, N. J., and Frank G. Orben, a son of Jabcob Orben of Dingnian township, were married at the bride's home Jan. 28 by Itev. Albert Lyle. Mrs. Kathryn E. St. John of Port Jervis has tendered her resignation as musical director ar.d instructor of the choir of St. Paul's M. E. church at Middlotown, N. Y., which position she has held for the past two years. Klieiiozer Warner and John C. Warner and wife, Mrs. Mary Shinier of Milford and George Warner and wife of Dingman township attended the Armstrong McCarty nuptials Wednesday. A large number of guests, friends and relatives were present. Miss Francos Dingnian, who re cently sutlered an attack of pneumon ia, is recovering. Her condition was so alarming that her sister, Mrs. G. S. Garretson, who was visiting in New York, was called home and she was accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Newborn. A party comprising Mrs. Jennie Slier t, Mrs. Francos Westfall, Mrs. J. H. Van Etten and the Misses Bertha Williamson and Lydia Brown went to Branchville last evening to hoar the rendition of the cantata, "Queen Esther," given by the choir of the Presbyterian church, in which Arthur N. Itoe nnd wile took prominent parts. People in this soction will regret to learn that the New York Furniture company of Port Jervis is about to relinquish the business. Fair deal ing, moderate prices and reliable methods have earned for the coin puny an. enviable reputation. The, ad. this week gives a clew to wise householders. Urookside Villa, for some years conducted by- Tobias Nelson as a summer boarding house, will no longer be open for guests. The bouse, by a recent arrangement, has been converted into a private resi dence and will be closed to the public. Considerable interest is being aroused in tho state over the libel suit of Frank Harris against P. Gray Meek, editor of tho Bellefonte Watchman, now on trial in tho Centre county courts. The defense baa subpoenaed tho governor and many prominent state officials and politicians and expects to air the transactions ef tho last legisbiture. Judge Dickey in the Orange county court bus decided that when an in surance agent places a risk in on in solvent or fake company be becomes personally liable in case of loss to the insured. Mr, I-andusky of Greeley placed his house with K. C. Boirne of Port Jervis who wrote the policy in a Chicago company s hieh proved to be a wildcat concern. Fire de stroyed the building and suit was brought against Boirne personally. A judgment lias lavn rendered again.-t him for iho full amount of the claim, 1 ,000 und costs. Ilnd to Conquur or Die. .v.as just about cone," writes i M ih. Kosu Richardson of Lfuire! Springs. N. ('., "I had Consumption so bad that tho best doctors said I could not live moro than a month, but I began to use Dr. King's New Discovery and was whcl'y cured by )-1 seven bottles nnd am now stout and i 11." It's an unrivaled lifo-saver til Cnusutiiptloii, Pneumonia, La Grippe and Bronchitis; infallible f..r dumbs, Colds, Asthma, 11 ty I'e v. r, (Yoiip or Whooping Cough. ( heiia; te. .1 bottles and 11 Trl..l h.l!h 4 fiea t (til dru-Uts. OBITUARY C-V.iilll.K A. RKK. Mr. Rake died Tuesday, .Ian. 28, at bis brother's home in New York, where ho bad been a couple of weeks for treatment. His malady was of long standing and it was with the hope that he might bo ben efitted that he was token to the city. Ilia ago was about tifty-one years. He was an excellent citizen and neighbor, nnd n kind husband and father. The remains were brought to Dreher and interment was made last Friday. His wife, six children and several brothers nnd sisters sur vive. HYMENEAL. ARMSTRONG M'CARTV. Miss Emma Armstrong, a daugh ter of Geo. Armstrong of Montague, Now Jersey, and Jacob C McCarty were united in marriage at the home of tho bride's father Wednesday, Fob. 6, at 3 o'clock. The happy oouplo loft for ft tour which will embrace Washington and perhaps cities farther south. The groom is a prosperous farmer and the bride a most excollont young lady. Their many friends will unite in wishing for them a life freo from trouble and Borrow and full of sunshine and Joy. Rumored Changes. The reported changes so far this spring are Dr. W. B. Konworthey to his new house on Broad street, Emtio Gumblo to the house vacated, and the Wheeler family to the premises vacated by Gamble on Harford street, O. O. Armstrong to his new home on Ann street and the doBorlhe family to the house he leaves. J. F. Torwllligor will es tablish his Lares and Penates on Ann stroot and John McCarty will occupy part of the house of Mrs. M. C. Nyce on Broad street. A Surprise Pariy. A Jolly crowd numbering ahont thirty from Matamorns surprised William Angle, Esq. , Tuesday eve ning. The party brought along a fine assortment of edibles, but call ed on tho sqnire for the liquid and smoke solace, both of which were bonnfifully supplied, the former be ing wator, to which the visitors add ed a proper quantity of ooffee, and the- latter came from the furnaoe pipe, but all had a good time any way. Look Out for These. In some neighboring counties a gang of swindlers is operating to re lievo farmers of their hard earned mouey. They induce a farmer to act as agent for a bay fork and agree to give him a fork if he will show it to his neighbors and devote one day a month to taking orders. He signs a contract which whon cut in two is at the hip nature end a cut throat judgment note payable at some bank. Rights to Carry freight. A suit is soon to be argued at Har rishurg which is intended to settle the controversy as to the rights of trolley companies to carry freight. The contention on the one side is that such companies have no right to act as ccmnion carriers of freight and on the other that the companies are doing a legitimate business ic so doing. Unclaimed Letter. Jjist of unclaimed letters remain ing in the post office at Milford for the week ending Feb. 8, 190? : Zohlrt Dings, May M. Walker, M. Jagger, W. B. Gerhart, Dr. T. C. Curry. Persons claiming the above will please say "Advertised" and give date of this list. Ciiaki ks. Lattimork, P. M. A. Thousand Dollar Thrown Away. Mr. W. V. Baker of Plainview, Neb., writes; "My wife had lung trouble for over fifteen years. Wo tried a number of doctors and spent over a thousand dollars without any relief. She was very low and I lost all hope, when a friend suggested trying Foley's Honey and Tar, which I did ; and thanks be to this great remedy it saved her life t-'ho is stronger and enjoys better health than she has ever known in ten years. Wo bliull never bo without Foley's Honey and Tar and would ask those iit'.Uetfd to try Ariu.-.tr ilia's drug fctoro. Sold at (ireat reduction in shut waists at T. Armstrong & Co.'s. Prices now B -ft, E.';C, C'Ju ud feOO, BRIEF MENTION. A fire at Watorbury, Conn., re cently destroyed five million dollars' worth of property. Permission has boon asked and given by the councils of Honosdnlo to sink a well for oil in that town. Burglars entered the Chester, N. Y., post ofileo Sunday night, blow open the pnfe and secured aliout $s!M. Hackettstown so far has had 115 cases of smallpox but it is thought the diseaso there is effectually checked. The county commissioners have levied 10 mills for county purposes. Dog tax, 60 cents on female and 2! cents on male. Trains are now running on the Ellenville and Kingston road for about a mile and a large force of men is at work building track. According to the report of Jesse K. Cope, dairy and food commissioner of Pennsylvania, there were 850 creameries in the state last year. Surveyors are at work on the pro posed now road of the Erie up .the canal from the Jlolaware bridge nnd it is said construction will soon la-gin. Hawloy will soon have -a new in dustry, that of manufacturing the Harlore insulator. This will give employment to a large number of men and boys. A cow belonging to Geo. II. Mc Carty in Dingman township last week produced twin calves. The question Is will sho double her flow of milk to provide for them. The storm here last Sunday was a genuine bfi.zaru west interfering with railroad trafflo and breaking down telegraph and telephone lines. It was also destructive to shipping along the coast. The policy of abandoning the Philippines, suggested by the demo crats, savors very strongly of shirk ing a duty.- They seem to want to lay down the "white man's burden" long before the proper time. The several electic interests in Port Jervis including the light, power, gas and railroad franchise are bond ed for $275,000, and the 5 per cent, thirty year gold bonds are now be ing offered at 102 and Interest. The will of Mrs. Trompo, lately deceased, devises her house and household golds to her daughter, Cora Beardsloy, gives $25 to her son, John, and the balance of the estate to her daughter, Josephine. James T. Mulhearn, Esq., a prom inent attorney, and Dr. Zern of Carbon county arc out for the state senatorship of the 22d district. As that county is in line for the next nomination tho contest there will be livoly. The ground hogs in this soction did not see their shadows last Sun day, unless they brought thoir look ing glasses out with them, but as zero woathor has prevailed ever since they must feel tnat they have lost prestige as weather prognobti atcorst If Bryan did rot make a new speech once in a while, if Miso Stone was not released with periodic fre quency, and if Governor Dole's res ignation did not put in its appear ance every once in so often, the ed itors would be in tenons need of re liable "fillers." The Biddle brothers, under sen tence of death for murder in the Pittsburg jail, escaped last week by the aid of tho warden's wife, who f urnished them saws and revolvers. She fled with them but they were recaptured and the Biddies so badly wounded that they have since died. The woman also was shot but is re covering. C. C. Shannon of Lackawaxen was atricken with paralysis a day last week while driving from his farm to tho town and was for some time iu an unconscious condition. His many friends will earnestly h'ipe for a recovery. Ha is an ex cellent citizen and has long been prominent in the affairs of his town ship and county. A Card to Inventors and Patentees. In a recent publication wo are taunted by another patent attorney with "railroading" applications for patents through the United Stutiw patent office. Statistics show that railroad travel is not only tho swift est but the safest in the world. There are, how ever, people who pre fer ox-cart and ass cart locomotion. C. A. Snow A; Co , Patent Lawyers and Agents, Washington, D. C, Editorial Not.p. Many people In the United States, having in mind tho tax that has been made oil their geographic nnd orthographic knowledge since the country has taken its place as a world power, hope that tho route with tho shortest and easiest name will bo chosen for tho isthmian Canal. Recent debates in both branches of congress show that, tho old wheel horses, men who have been in the legislative balls for a long time, have a decided advantage over the younger members who try to cros-t lances with them. They have at the tips of their tongues witty sal lies nnd retorts for any and every occasion. A newspaper rumor has been started that there are negotiations pending for the sale of the Philip pines to Germany and that the visit of Prince Henry to this country is preliminary to the announcement of tho sale. Whether truo or not, it is infinitely better than the abandon ment of tho islands by this country to internal dissensions or the prey, ing of other countries. The United. State? has in round numbers 200,000 miles of railroad in operation or moro than two fifths of tho mileage of the world. Germany is the nearest rival with 32.000 miles. Russia comas next with 30, 000 miles, and Franco, India, Aus tria Hungary, British Isles and Can ada follow in order. Almost one third of the total mileago is govern ment owned, and the railroads of Franco will rovert to government control about the middle of the con fury. There are frequently things said in congress that do not got in tho sedate pages of the congressional record. For example, In the recent tilt over the Philippine tariff bill in the senate between Senators Lodge. Tellor, Boverulgo, Spooner and Money, one of the gentlemen said : "Let the Philippines go to the dovil 1" This was expunged from the official document, as was the greater part of the heated passage at arms. In a letter to the adjutant general of the army Gen. Bolls says that the influence of one American woman can contribute mora to the reforma tion of the Filipinos than any com pany of men, soldier or civilian. He cites several instances where the presence of officers' wives, who have sympathetically tried to understand the natives, has worked an entire change in the attitude of even the revengeful Tagalos who are willing to concede that with such good women, Americans can not be all bad. Gen. Bell recommends that permission always be given for offi cers to be accompanied by their wives. The French official census has just been issued. Returns are made in that country every five years instead of evory decade as in the United States. The most significant figures are those that have to do with the birth rate that has con stantly decreased, until now the excess of births over deaths is only three in every 10,000 inhabitants. The military aspects of the census are the most alarming to Franco, as computations show that in 1919 the annual contingent for.military ser vice will be only 180,000, while the same calculations applied to Ger many show that she will have twice as many fighting men as France. It is maintained in Franca as a vital factor that the equilibrium must be preserved between the two coun tries, so that the present mortality statistics show that France must seek new and powerful allies. Bucklen'a Arnica Salve. Has world-wide fame for marvel ous cures. It surpasses any other salve, lotion, ointment or balm for Cuts, Corns, Burns, Boils, Sores, Felons, Ulcers, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Fover Sores, Chapped Hands, Skin Eruptions; infallible for Piles. Cure guaranteed. Only 25c at all drug gists. Tho J. W. Pepper Piano Music Magazine, published at 8th aud Lo cust streets, Philadelphia, is one of the newest magazines iu its field. Nobody can complain of not getting tho vtiorth of their imini'V lis it noli. J ilisbes 21 pieees-10 vocal and 11 instrumental making 64 pages of the best music and all of it original and written by the most popular eoiimosers of to.hiv. I'i ii l 00 ner l',i,.i on,,,., ,.. year. Chaso & Stillborn s Old Homestead Java coffoe at Armstrong & Co. THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS. Sloigbri ling nnd cold fingers are fashionable. This is thn blacksmith's hir vit. ' Cold produces sleep, long hours weariness, excitement- weakness. Some of our bovs who went to Port Jorvis Monday evening got lost, strayed or wero stolen. Noth ing was seen of them until Tuesday afternoon. John Wolf went to New York yes terday to attend tho funeral of his niece, Mrs. Anna Barbara Klingo, who was killed by being run over by an automobile inCenfal Park at 62d street Monday night. This week will givo tho ico gafch erors all they need. The crop is up to the average. Frank Seilz is building an addi tion to his barn. It is an easy job for a follow to put his foot in it but a hard job lo get loose again. Is the editor of tho Pkkss going to bake cake after the receipt be pub lished last week? If so he should save them for the men's supper. Trouble never comes singly. A short time ago Warner Bros, lost a fine young cow and last week they wore compelled to kill their best horse on account of a broken leg. Did would-be burglars visit our town this week or was it imagina tion? A good watcli dog comes in handy sometimes. Something very useful and orna mental which will make the driver of a sleigh, if he bo not ft member of a church, swear quicker than any thing else: A pile of coal ashes. Lots of them can bo found in any of the borough alleys. Geo. Armstrong and wife of Mon tague wore guests at "Model Farm" last Sunday. How soon are we going to have that masquerade ball? John Degon is in the nursery business. Some claim the groundhog did see his shadow last Sunday. I don't believe it, unless he had a lamp to light up his quarters. The World almanac publishes a list of 3,456 millionaires in the United States, while tho Tribune's gives 4,000, a multiple of the famous "400" of Ward McAllister. .Taking the carefully rovisod list of the World we find that New York state has approximately 1,000. Pennsyl vania, comes next with 369. Massa chusetts, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, Michigan, California and Maryland follow in order, tho list so far given including thojo that have ovor 100 in the state. At tho other extreme North Dakota has only one million. aire. Arizona, Now Mexico. Wyo ming, South D ikotii and Arkansas have only two apiece. There are several state that have none at all. The Diataict of Columbia, naturally sought as a residence city, has 49, tho largest number in proportion to inhabitants. New Erie Dcnot at Lackawaxen. The material used in the building is native blue stone. The structure is to be one story and an attio and will consist of a freight room 19x30 feet, ticket office lOxl'J, general waiting room 18x24, ladies' waiting room 9x11 and toilet room about 6x9 feet. There will be u covered platform 15x30 and a flagstone plat form will extend around tho bnil 1 nig and about 300 feet from each end. The interior will be finished in panel and plaster in the general wailing room, and plaster and wain scoting in the ticket office and toilet rooms. An arched docrway opens into the general waiting room with plate glass in the door. The work is being douo by contract. Ha wiey Times. A Fireman's Close Call, "I stuck to my engine, although every joint ached and every nerve was racked with pain," writes C. W. Bellamy a locomotive fireman of Burlington, Iouu, "I was weuk aud pale, without any appetite and all run down. As I was about to give up, I got a bottlj ot Electric Bitiers and, after taking it, I felt as well ay t a,, i i.. i;i-.. ! 1 cw Weak, ttiok- ly, run dowu people always gain now life, strength and vigor from their use. Try them. Satisfaction i i n a.... . h J " " u- ' "ILi Uts. Price 11 ts. rineirench imported peas 20o ft can at Mitchells',
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