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henry wilson. e. b. 1iardenberoii.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1909.
Republican State Convention
To the Republican Electors of Penn
sylvania: I am directed by the Republican
-State Committee to announce that
the Republicans of Pennsylvania,
by their duly chosen representatives,
Trill meet in convention at the Ma
jestic Theatre in the city of Har--risburg,
on Weanesday, June 16,
1909, at 10:30 o'clock a. m., for
the purpose of nominating candi
dates for the following offices, to
-wit:
Ouo person for the office of State
Treasurer.
One person for the office of Au
ditor General.
One person for the office of judge
of the Supreme Court.
Also for the transaction of such
other business as mny bo presented.
In accordance with the rules gov
erning tho Republican party in
Pennsylvania, the representation in
the State convention will be based
on the vote polled at the last presi
dential election; under the rules
each legislative district is entitled
to one delegate for every two
thousand votes cast for the presi
dential electors in 1908, and an
addltionr-1 delegate for every frac
tion of two thousand votes polled
In excess of ore thousard.
Dy order of the Republican State
Committee.
W. R. Andrews, Chairman.
"WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS SAY."
We clip the following from the
Scranton Tribune of a recent date,
under the heading of "Mr. Ross and
the Herald":
Tho Herald, the Democratic organ
of Wayne county, is not satisfied with
bossing its own party, but is and has
been trying to dictate how tho Re
publican board of county commission
ers shall conduct their business in
the interests of the Herald. So far
as runneth the memory of man, the
manager and editor of the Herald
have 'never had a word of commenda
tion for a Republican official or of
a Republican who has anything to
do with politics. They use rose wa
ter for ink when writing of Demo
crats, but Republican doings are re
corded in vitriol. For three years
they have repeatedly published mis
leading articles and absolute false
hoods concerning tho present board
of county commissioners and their
offices, and then as one political
leader aptly referred to it, "getting
rid of the weeds." The Republican
leaders have already "picked their
weeds." There will be a weed
picking bee among the Democratic
leaders as soon as registrations close.
STATU ELECTION HULKS.
Chief Clerk George D. Thorn of the
state department, has prepared a
pamphlet for the guidance of election
officers and politicians during the
present year. The following infor
mation is given:
Spring primary election, Saturday,
June 5; November general election,
Tuesday, November 2; last day to be
registered for spring primaries in
tities of the third class, Saturday,
May 15; last day to be assessed for
November election, Wednesday, Sep
tember 1; last day to pay taxes, Sat
urday, October 2; last day for filing
statement of expenses spring primary,
Saturday, June 19; last day for filing
statement of expenses November elec
tion, Thursday, December 2; last day
for filing petitions for nomination
with the secretary of the common
wealth, Saturday, May 8; last day for
filing petitions for nominations with
the county commissioners, Saturday,
May lfi; last day for filing certificates
of nomination with the secretary of
the commonwealth, Tuesday, Septem
ber 21; last day for filing nomina
tion papers with secretary of com
monwealth, Tuesday, September 28;
last day for filing nomination papers
with county commissioners, Tuesday,
October 12.
Advance sheets of that import.
publication, The Statistical Abstract of
the United States, soon to be issued by
the Bureau of Statistics of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, contain
a great deal that is indicative of the pro
gress and prospects of the country. A
feature that will command special at
tention is the showing of the increase in
the national wealth. The aggregate in
1850 was placed at $7,000,000,000, which
had advanced to $16,000,000,000 in 1860,
and, notwithstanding the setback of the
costly and bloody Civil War, to $30,000,
000,000 in 1870, going steadily forward
until in 1904 it was placed at $107,000,
000,000. The average wealth per capita
was $308 in 1850 and was reckoned at
$1,310 in 1904, and this, too, in the face
-of extraordinary increase in population.
Agriculture of course plays a great part
in the national exhibit. Tho wealth pro
duction of the farms, given in the Ab
stract on the authority of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, was in 1897, $4,
250,000,000, and in 1007, $7,412,000,000.
Among the valuable articles produced
on the farm are included wheat, of
which ,the farm value in 1908 was set
down at $017,000,000, a larger Bum than
in any previous year in the history of
our production ; cotton, of which the
value in 1906, the year of largest valua
tion, was $722,000,000; hay, in 1007,
$744,000,000, and corn, in 1903, $1,016,
000,000 these being in all cases values
on the farm. Last year's farm products
in the United States were officially esti
mated to be worth $8,000,00(1,000.
New Hope for the Convicted.
The new probation act approved by
Governor Stuart marks a distinct inno
vation in the methods of dealing with
convicted criminals in Pennsylvania.
First offenders need not be sent to
prison, but may be released on proba
tion, subject to such regulations as the
court may deem advisable, and if fines
have been imposed the money may be
paid in installments from the proceeds
of useful employment in which the con
victed person is .engaged while on pro
bation. Thus not only is opportunity afforded
for reform on the part of those who have
not become confirmed criminals, but
the way is left open for the convicted
person to continue to support those de
pendent on him, while yet under re
straint and subject to instant arrest for
violating the terms of his probation.
Provision is made also, under the in
determinate sentence plan, for the re
lease of Penitentiary prisoners on parole,
after they have served the minimum
sentence, and for their absolute pardon
as a result of good behavior on parole.
In both features of the new law the
incentive to genuine reform is provided
for all who are willing to take advan
tage of it, while the fullest discretion is
given to the proper courts and the
prison authorities for denying the pro
bation or parole privileges to confirmed
and desperate criminals.
The Tustin act looks like a decided
step in advance, calculated to deplete
the population of jails and penitentiaries
and to save many a young person from
a life of crime.
One of the most excellent products o
the recent session of the Legislature is
tlie Wertz act making it a misdemeanor
for any pcrsunto make, utter, circulate,
or transmit false or derogatory state
ments affecting the solvency or financial
standing of any bank, banking house,
banking companv, title insurance coin
puny, or other financial institution, in
this Commonwealth. Everybody is more
or less familiar with the disastrous re
sults that have sometimes followed the
spreading of an utterly unjustiliable ru
mor concerning the condition of a bank.
Every period of financial depression has
been marked by one or more such sense
less "runs" on perfectly sound institu
tions. A wild story of that sort usually
spreads like wildfire, and oftentimes a
mere idle remark will result in great dis
turbance in the community and actual
loss to many innocent persons. Ilecause
of the great importance of nipping this
sort of tiling in the bud, the penalty for
starting sucli stories is fixed at $5,000
fine and five years at hard labor. That
ought to serve as a check on the mos
malicious or careless tongue, and parties
who have been accustomed to permit
their tongues to run riot regardless of
consequences, will do well hereafter to
be careful how they talk of a bank.
A ration is the subsistence for one per
son for one day. There are various kinds
of rations, and the components vary ac
cording to the nature of the duty per
formed. They are severally known as
the garrison ration, the field ration, the
haversack ration, the travel ration, the
Filipino ration, and the emergency ra
tion. The garrison ration is issued to
troops in garrison or in permanent
camps ; the field ration to troops not in
garrison or in permanent camps ; the
haversack ration to troops in the field in
active campaign when transportation is
limited ; the travel ration to troops
traveling otherwise than by marching
and separated from cooking facilities ;
the Filipino ration for use of the Philip
pine scouts ; and the emergency ration
to troops in active campaign for use on
occasions of emergency.
Not Contagious.
Walter J. Travis, golfing at Rye,
sympathized with a friend's story of
a drunken caddy.
"It Is amazing," said Mr. TravlB,
"how people with serious responsi
bility on their shoulders butlers,
engineers, caddies and so on will
get drunk.
"A lady I know," he went on,
"came downstairs to see the flowers
on the evo of a large dinner, and
found her butler staggering about
the dining room with red eyas and
disordered hair.
"The man dropped a cut glass
bowl and laughed and bis mistress
cried indignantly:
" "Good gracious, Parker, you'ro
drunk!'
"The butler with a Billy smile,
said, soothingly:
" 'Don't be alarmed, ma'am. It
ain't ketchin'." Washington Btar.
Another Objection.
"There's one great objection to
the flying machine," said Mr. BIrlus
Barker, "and that's the question of
Bafety appliances."
"It can carry a parachute."
"Yes, but a parachute looks bo
much like an umbrella that every
time you want to use it you're surf
to nd Jjas Jifien borrowed.'
HAHRISDURG LETTER.
May 15, 1909. In vetoing tho bill
providing for an appropriation of
?2,000,000 for tho extension to Cap
itol Park, Governor Stuart undoubt
edly felt that ho was doing what wns
tho best thing for all the interests
concerned. While not committed to
the bill he favored its passage and
his approval would have been given
had there been sufficient revenue In
sight to wnrrant the expenditure,-or
if the Legislature had passed some
new laws which could be depended
upon to produce revenue. The ap
propriation was made to cover five
yenrs and not more than half a mil
lion could be utilized in any one
year. It was understood, however,
that two millions would not complete
the work. This amount would have
been used to purchase the property,
raze the houses and other buildings,
construct a subway and prepare for
the laying out of the grounds. Lat
er on would have come shrubbery,
landscape gardening, granolithic
walks, fountains, comforts and con
veniences, all of which cost money.
Probably five millions would have
been required before the work was
all done.
It was only by the most strenuous
and persistent efforts of the last leg
islature, particularly on the part of
the Dauphin county delegation, that
the bill got as far as the Governor
this time, and having received a
knockout blow, it will be a difficult
matter to get it that far again. For
that reason its promoters hoped tho
measure would receive the approval
of the Governor, even if the appro
priation were cut seventy-five per
cent. The important thing was to
have a good beginning made, and
ask tho Legislature for funds from
time to time to carry on the work.
Reluctantly, the Governor withheld
his approval from the bill and it fell.
That voluminous curiosity, knpwn
as the "School Code" also lacked one
vote, that of the Governor. While
he would probably have approved it
had it been passed in the original
form prepared by the Commission ap
pointed for that purpose, it bad been
so amended, repealed and substitut
ed that the Commission failed to rec
ognize it. and most of them went on
record as opposed to the bill. Dur
ing the last night of the session, it
was whipped into form to suit a ma
jority of the Legislature, and pass
ed, an undigested mass. The Gov
ernor did the rest, probably without
shedding a tear.
With tho highway bill the Gover
nor felt differently. This was ear
marked as an administration meas
ure, and pressure was brought to
secure votes, on that ground. Had
tho revenue been sufficient this bill
would have become a law. Condi
tions here were the same as with the
Park extension bill, for the appro
priation provided by this bill was in
tended for a beginning only. Now
a new start must be made.
The rather sudden death of John
II. Sanderson on Friday removes the
central figure in the prosecutions
brought by the State on account of
the furnishing of the new Capitol.
Rut two of the original defendants
remain, one of whom it was thought
would not be able to stand the strain
of a trial. It is intimated that civil
suit may be brought against Sander
son's estate to recover some of the
money received for overcharges.
(To be Continued.)
OBITUARY.
Miss Eliza C. Dimmick, who with
her sister, Miss Virginia, were for
some years residents of Honesdale,
died at her home in Green Ridge,
North Scranton, on Sunday evening
last, May 1G. Miss Dimmick who
was a sister of the Hon. Samuel E.
Dimmick, of this place, Attorney Gen
eral under Governor John F. Hart
ranft, was born in Bloomingburg, N.
Y., where her father, Alpheus Dim
mick, a graduate of Yale College, and
a distinguished lawyer, located In
1815, and continued to reside until
his death in 1865. After coming to
Honesdale Miss Dimmick and her
sister made their home for the most
part with their cousin, Miss Lavinia
Dimmick, In the old homestead of the
latter's brother, Hon. W. H. Dimmick,
the elder, a former Senator and Con
gressman from this district, who died
in 1861. After Miss Lavinia's death
they removed to Green Ridge where
they have ever since resided. Al
though it is nearly twenty-five years
since the Misses Dimmick left Hones
dale, recollections of their sojourn
among us are still warmly cherished
by many of our older citizens, who
were wont to regard the gifted sisters
as the personification of grace and
culture and perfect exemplars of
womanly courtesy and dignity. Fun
eral services were held at tho resi
dence In Green Ridge yesterday
afternoon, and the remains were
brought to Honesdale, reaching here
on the 9:45 train this morning
for interment in Glen Dyberry ceme
tery. Martin Luther Rogers died at th
Rogers House, White Lake, N. Y., on
Tuesday, April 27, 1909, aged 41 years,
4 months and 18 days, of heart failure,
caused by general debility. Deceased,
who was a son of John and Sophia T.
Rogers, was born in this county, and
the family moved to Sullivan county,
N. Y., in 1879, and located one mile east
of White Lake, where he built the
Rogers House in which he died. His
father died twelve years ago. His mother
survives him, also one brother, John T.
Rogers, and three sisters.
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LEST WEFORGET
Honesdale at Regular Intervals.
35 YEAR GLANCE BACKWARD
What wns Doing in Honesdale
and Vicinity During the Cor
responding Week for Every
Five Years Since 1874.
Five years ago :
State bridge over Park Lake at Main
street inspected and approved by State
officers.
Seelyville Water Co. organized.
Prohibition County Convention, in
Honesdale. S. A. Tolley and A. V.
Tyler nominated for Representatives.
A. T.Searle selected as orator for
Memorial Day exercises.
Three arrests of Honesdale merchants
for violation of pure food law.
Wm. J. Lane and Miss Susie Bishop
married by Rev. T. M. Hanley, in St.
John's (R. C.) church.
Sig Sautelle's circus gave two exhi
bitions afternoon and evening.
W. B. Holmes appointed trustee of
East Stroudsburg State Normal School.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Ethelbert Talbot ad
ministered the rite of confirmation to a
class in Grace church.
E. E. Reynolds, foreman and man
ager of the Herald office, left forBrattle
boro, Vt.
Hon. Charles A. McCarty started on a
business trip to Deadwood, S. D.
Morris Freeman, of Court street, sub
mitted to a second surgical operation.
John J. Skelly, merchant of lower
Main street, died.
Honesdale Base Ball Club beat Scran
ton High School, 14 to 0.
Ten years ago :
The graves of forty-seven veterans to
be decorated in Glen Dyberry cemetery
on Memorial Day.
The Del. & Hud. Canal announced as
a thing of the past.
The amateur performance of "In
Brightest America," under the auspices
i of the Iloneftlale Improvement Associa-
tion pronounced a grand success. Net
1 proceeds, $178.00.
Somebody poisoned T. 15. Clark's
, handsome Irish setter, "Duke."
I Wayne liebekah Lodge, I. O. O. F.,
instituted m freedom Hall, with Mrs.
Kate Ross as Noble Grand.
First concert on the new band stand
in Russell Park, corner of 8th and Court
streets.
Prothonotary George A. Smith started
on a six week's trip to Porto Rico.
Co. E. inspected by Major W. S. Mil
lar and Col. L. A. Watres, of Scranton.
Rev. and Mrs. John R. Atkinson were
visitors with Mrs. Atkinson's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. Dorflinger, in White
-Mills.
Lieut. Col. Edgar Jadwin, very ill of
nervous prostration, came from the hos
pital in Savannah, Ga., to recuperate at
his parents' home in Honesdale.
' Fifteen years ago :
I Rev. John N. Lewis accepted a call to
I the pastorate of Grace church, Hones
dale. Salary $1,300 a year.
I The choir of St. John's (Catholic)
church gave a fine sacred concert, as
sisted by an orchestra composed of Mrs.
L. B. Richtmyer, Miss Nettie Campbell,
William Clark, Joseph Caufield and
Charles T. Bentley.
Eliphalet Wood, formerly a resident
of Honesdale, died at Saginaw, Michi
gan, aged 51 years.
Miss Florence Linkey died in Hones
dale, aged 28 years. Her death was the
first in the membership of the local Ep
worth League.
Miss Lila Stewart announced rehearsal
hours for the various dances to be given
at the Kirmess.
Jennie P. Drake, formerly of Beach
Lake, fell dead in the Rathbone House,
Elmira, N. Y.
Rev. J. J. Doherty selected to deliver
the baccalaureate sermon to the grad
uating class of the Honesdale public
schools, at St. John's church.
Major George H. Whitney inspected
the non-commissioned officers of Co. F,
at Hyde Park.
Mrs. Louisa C. Kesler, mother of Dr.
James W. Kesler, of Honesdale, died at
her home in Wilkes-Barre.
Twenty years ago :
No skating at the Rink on account of
Good Friday.
Homer Greene's new story, "Tho
Riverside Rebellion," commenced in
serial form in The Youth's Companion.
J. G. Gunn and Ensign Egelston re
ported to be hopelessly ill.
Little Judson Curtis, of North Main
street, had his right elbow dislocated
while at play.
L. O. Rose sold his lot on the corner
of 14th and Main streets, for $1,500, to
Thomas Crossley.
Alexander Gardner arrested for pass
ing a forged check for $25 on Charles
P. Eldred, purporting to have been
signed by Jacob. L. Keen, of Canaan.
The wonderful McGibbeny family was
the grand attraction at the Opera House.
Fire at Narrowsburg destroyed the
three-story hotel at that station, and the
handsome residence of the Murray Broth
I ers adjoining. Loss over $10,000.
Easter service in Grace church an
nounced. Music under the direction of
J. J. Curtis, with Miss Blanche Kesler
as organist.
Announcement of the opening of the
Irving Cliff Hotel. (The building was
destroyed by fire the evening designated
for the opening.)
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Twenty-five years ago :
Election of directors of tho Honesdale
Building Loan and Savings Association.
(Of the fourteen chosen, five are still
living.)
For the first time in the history of
Honesdale, New York and Philadelphia
Sunday dailies reached the borough at
ten o'clock on Monday morning. (They
now arrive at ten o'clock on the day of
publication.)
The D. & H. C. Co. mined 1,214,082
tons of coal for the year just ended, a
falling off of nearly 100,000 tons from
the previous year.
O'Brien's circus and animal show
gave an exhibition in Honesdale.
Prof. J. M. Dolph received an offer to
become school superintendent of Port
Jervis, and decided to accept at the close
of his year's engagement with the
Honesdale Graded School.
The Bishop of Pittsburg confirmed
large class in Grace church.
James Foster, of Ohio, was visiting his
brother, I. N. Foster, of Church street.
W. J. Tracy and Miss Alice Reed, and
John A. Gale and Miss Anna Reed,
married by Rev. H. C. Swentzel.
A cyclone at White Mills crashed in
the front of E. A. Dorflinger's store, and
did other damage.
The barn and most of the contents of
Oscar Bunnell's barn, in Texas township,
destroyed by an incendiary fire. ''
Thirty years ago :
S. J. Foster appointed Teller of "the
Honesdale Bank, vice Frank W. Gren
nell, dismissed.
Del. & Hud. Canal opened for naviga
tion for the season.
Snowdrifts from six to eight feet high
still to be seen in different parts of the
county.
New telegraph line between Carbon
dale and Honesdale completed.
Mrs. John Hawker, complaining of
not feeling well on Wednesday morning,
attempted to rise from her bed and fell
back dead.
LYRIC THEATRE
BEN J, H. D1T.TMCH, LESSEE and MANAGER
STOCK COMPANY
WILL PRESENT ON
MAY 17, 18 and 19
A Pastoral Comedy Drama
"In Old NewHampshire"
MAY 20, 21 C22
A ROARING FARCE COMEDY
Happened to
BROWN"
PRICES, 10, 20, 30 & 50c.
Matinee on Saturday at 2:30
Adults 20c, Children IOc.
SEAT SALE NOW ON
HENRY Z. RUSSELL.
PRESIDENT.
ANDREW THOMPSON
VICE PRESIDENT.
GARDNER
VIMCEHT
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK.
This Bank was Organized In December, 1836, and Nationalized
In December, 1864.
Since its organization it has paid in Dividends
to its Stockholders,
$1,905,800.00
The Comptroller of the Currency has placed it on the HONOR
ROLL, from the factjthatlts Snrplus Fund more than
equals Its capital stock.
What Class 0
are YOU in
The world has always been divided into two classes those who have
saved, those who have spent the thrifty and the extravagant.
It is the savers who haveTbuilt the houses, the 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 nature. 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.
JoBioh Koljar, a, well-known citizen of
Texas township, while on his way into
town from his home on Union Hill, was
run over by the cars at tho crossing near
St. John's church, and almost instantly
killed. The coroner's jury censured tho
D. A H. C. Co. for nol maintaining a
watchman at the crossing.
360,000 tons of coal piled at Hones
dale. Carley Brook post office CBtabllshod,
with Fred. Brunig as postmaster.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Barnes, of
Colorado, paying a visit to Mrs. Barnes's
father, Coe F. Young.
Eben H. Clark, father of Hon. V nrrv
A. Clark, died at his home in Cherry
uiaee, lrom nn attack of typhoid pneu
monia. Thirty-five years ago.
The Vescelius Trio gave a splendid
concert in Liberty Hall.
Methodist ministers of the countv At
tending Wyoming Conference at Wilkes-
iiarie.
The papers publish bitter personal
letters by the parties to the Howe and
t'ritchett controversy, growing out of
the burial of A. C. Howe, hv tho OHil
Fellow Brotherhood. '
Lieut. Commander Charles W. Tracy,
executive officer of the U. S. Sloop of
War "Alaska," sailed with his ship from
Key West, Florida, under sealed orders.
Peter S. Barnes ran a raft on a Dela
ware freshet, from Ten Mile River to
Dingman's Ferry, 200 feet long by 60
feet wide, witli only one assistant. Said
to have been the larccst raft, nvpr run nn
the Delaware by so small a crew.
General search being mndo for Stephen
Jay, aged 74, who left Richard Jnv'n. in
Oregon township, to gather sap, and
wanaerea away into the woods and be
came lost. The body was found in
George Kimble's mill pond.
Try an ad. in Tho Citizen. You
knfftfMt pays to advertise.
The NEW SPRING SUITS
at MENNER & CO'S Store
Menner & Co's Store.
EDWIN F. TORREY
CASHIER.
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ASS IfeTANT C AS1IIIR.