THE CITIZEN PUBLISHED EVERT WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY BY THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING COMPANY. "ntered as seoond-clnsa mutter, at tbepost ofllce, Honesdaie, Pa. E. B.HARDEKUKKGH. - PKESIDKXT W. W. WOOD. MANAGER AND SKC'Y directors: c. ii. dorfmnoer. m. r. allen, iienry wilson, e. r. haitdemieroit. W. W. WOOD. UIJSCMPTION: $1.60 A YER. IN ADVANCE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1905). HEPCIJLICAXS. Republicans do not forget the primaries; turn out and vote. It is true no great principle is at stake, but do not let that keep you from the polls. The Citizen is Interested in a thorough organization of the party and a unification of every interest that we may poll our full vote at fut ure elections. Everything that tends to cut down the trade of the merchant depresses rents, injuries investments and general ly holds back your town, say? the De posit Courier. It may not come to you right off. but such an alien policy will be felt bv everybody in the end. The busi ness man pays his taxes, buys his goods, employs his salesmen and pays his rent. He deserves to be patronized. Ho is doing more than his share of keeping the town going and helping it along. If he does not keep in stock the article you want he can get it more cheaply than you can, because lie knows where to buy, how to order and he gets the dis count given the trade. If you are ttie owner of houses, if you have a vacant Jot waiting to be built upon, if you own land around the town which you hope one day to see valuable, if you own busi ness houses which vou want to see filled with enterprising and successful merch ants, then you will discourage this nar row policy of shopping away from home. It ignores the men you want to prosper, whom it is to your interest to help. TEA SHOULD NOT HE TAX Kit. Renewed efforts to levy a duty on tea should fail. It would not be a duty demanded for protection, but a direct tax. Furthermore, it would be a burden which the poor man and his family would have to shoulder. It would not be felt by the rich. On the other hand, it would be seriously felt by the la borer. In England where there are no protective duties, but where taxes are levied for the express pur pose of raising revenue, tea pays heavily, it has not been the policy of the Republican party in this country to levy duties upon im ported products that are classed among the essentials of life where that duty has no excuse other than that of a revenue producer, and it is altogether too late in the day to change that policy. It is true that experiments at tea raising have been made in the United States. For a quarter of a century some lias been grown, with government assistance, in the Caro linas but the average has been only about 10,000 pounds, whereas the consumption of tea annually in this country amounts to 100,000,000 pounds. If the time comes when it is found that tea can be grown here on a large scale, then, indeed, we might talk about protection. But that time is not yet, nor is it in sight. A tax on tea, therefore, would now become a direct tax, with no countervailing advantage. It is a tax that the man of means could stand well enough, but ten cents added to a pound would cut into the wages of the laborer In a decidedly serious manner. Tea has become a necessity to a very great proportion of the population. The woman who bends over a sewing machine, turning out clothing for manufacturers, keeps the machinery of life going on tea. Through the congested districts of every city, where work is done by the piece in the home, the teapot is always pres ent. The tea that countless thous ands of the poor drink is sold at re tail from 25 to 35 cents per pound. All that any member of Congress has to do to ascertain that fact for himself is to ask any grocer who deals considerably in teas. If five cents or ten cents were levied as a duty upon that tea, the cost to the consumer would be that much more. By the time the retailer- distributes these low priced teas the margin of profit is not great, and the retailer is not going to stand for the loss of whatever profit he now reaps. The consumer would be forced to pay the tax. There is no tea trust for Congress to consider. Four hundred thous and retailers handle the business. Congress will do well to let tea strictly alone. Every legislature leaves in its wake the impression that certain measures have become laws, and every now and then a man writes to the Capitol at Harnsburg, to know how soonBuch and such a law is to be enforced. He gen erally strikes ttie governor's office and letters of that kind are referred to the secretary of the commonwealth. For the laet two weeks Chief Clerk George D. Thorn, of that department, has been doing little except answering questions about laws. Some of the bills inquired about never saw the light of day and often the inquirer a!cp about some bill which was presented in the legielatuie of another state. "Buffalo Bill" Cody has come in to his own again. In Philadelphia on Wednesday of last week, he and "Paw nee Bill," otherwise known as Major Gordon W. Lillie, purchased the inter est in the estate of James A. Bailey in what is now known as "Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East." The price was not made public, but the transaction marked, in a sense, a pros perous advance in the fortune of Buffa lo Bill, while at the same time signa lizing the withdrawal of theonce famous name of Bailey from the show business. Once upon a time Colonel Cody sold a share in his Wild West show to the Bailey estate, which retained that inter est until last week. In the meantime lie and Major Lillie got together and deeided that it would be mutually profi table, if they became allies instead ot rivals, although there were marked dif ferences in the nature of their produc tions. But it was always Colonel Cody's ambition to re-acquire the Bailey inter est. This was not so easy to do while James A. Bailey, one of the shrewdest and most experienced of circus men, was nlive, but since his death his widow, who was his sole lezatee, displayed a willingness to take the name out of the arena, and so Major Lillie has become with Col. Cody the owners of the prop erty. "Pawnee Bill" has made several visits to Honesdaie with liis Wild West show, and both he and his wife, the noted expert with the rifle, have many personal friends here who will be pleas ed to hear of this evidence of their pros perity. There is now in force a new cocaine act which should help in the effort of authorities to stamp out the cocaine evil. This bill which went through the legislature without opposition provides that sales of cocaine can only be made by prescription and that physicians, dentists or veterinarians shall not give prescriptions to habitual users. Ke- strictious are placed upon wholesalers who must furnish reports of sales while retailers are required to keep a record of sales. The penalty is a line of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not , more than two years or both. Where the law strikes at the illegal traliic is by 1 a provision that any person not auth- orized to handle the drug being found , in possession of it except on a prescrip j tion shall be liable to a tine of not more than $100 or six months imprisonment or I both. This is aimed at the walking dis ! pensersof thedrugin cities, the men who buy from druggists and sell indiscrimin ately to the unfortunates in the clutches of the drug. The act. does not apply to laudanum and other poisons, which are under a general act. The Williamspoit lumber boom, on the West Branch ol the Susquehanna, which will be dismantled when the ", 000, 0X) feet of logs it now contains are rafted out, has had a wonderful business hibtorv. Since 180:2, the first year for which the boom records are available, there have been rafted out of the boom a total of :W,!)0t),511 logs, totaling 7,12S, 001,104 feet board measure. This does not include the ."i.OOO.OOO feet approxi mately, now in the boom, which makes a grand total of 7,l.'i3,fi01,l(H feet. Es timating the value of the lumber at $.'0 per thousand feet, which is said to be a fair average, it shows that as a direct result of the West Branch boom more than $140,000,000 went to Williams- port, or ten times the present total as sessed value of the citv. The banner year in the history of the boom was 107:!, when it held n total of 818,:i42,712 feet. In only one other year 18S2 did it ex ceed oOO.OOO.OOO feet, the total that year being :M,8(K),838. A distinct earthquake shock was felt throughout the northern part of Illinois on Tuesday of last week. The motion was from north to south and lasted one- half minute. The quake was reported especially noticeable in and about Elgin, Illinois, and as far west as Davenport, Iowa. The shock was distinctly felt in the office of the local weather bureau in the dome of the federal building and at the following cities near Chicago : La- mont, Joliet, Lockport, Riverdale, Or land, Downer's Grove, Napierville, Pe oria, Evanston, Kewanee, and at Beloit and Janesville, Wisconsin. No one wat killed or injured, nor did the early re ports show any save minor damage, such as the breaking of dishes and china or porcelain ornaments thrown from mantels. The delicate instruments of the weatherbureau were notdisarranged. It is said the shock was not felt at the street level, but was noted at the second and higher floors of buildings. It is said that the gypsy taxation bill, which the Governor of this State signed a few days ago, is intended to rid the State of this pestiferous class of nomads, rather than as a revenue measure. It provides a tax o( $30 in every county in which a band of gypsies may temporarily locate, besides a fee of fifty cents to the County Treasurer for issuing the license. The licenses hold good for one year only, and if a band is found without a license every member of the party may be fined from $50 to $100, or sent to jail for tljirty days. With Ex-President Roosevelt hunting big game in Africa; President Taft pitch ing ball in a professional game ; and Speaker Cannon taking a bout with the gloves wifi Philadelphia Jack O'Biieii, It must be admitted that our leading statesmen are "going some." A court decision of wide interest was handed down by Judge Woods, at Bed ford, a few days ago, in which it is held that where a township has adopted the casli roads system, it cannot return again to the work-tax system. The voters of Bedford township at an elec tion held a year or two ago declared in favor of the cash tax system, and after trial it was again submitted to a vote of the qualified electors, when the majority of them favored a return to the old sys tern. Tnis, Judge Wood holds, they had no right to do, and he has set aside the election. GLAMOUR OF PATERNALISM. In his heart of hearts the average American believes in his country nnd its institutions and has faith that It will successfully work out its great political, Industrial and social problems in ways that are In harmony with individual liberty and a democratic form of govern ment. But that does not prevent Room a little before 10 o'clock a. m., an occasional hankering after thelwlth the drum corns nn Its Hi,t fleshpots of the Egypt of paternal j wnie on Its left were carriages con government, whether it is frankly Gaining the officers, the orator of the i nnntilitnn1 n m i nm IhiiIIi an... I. 1 1 "M,"u,l"l"u i'uuu- can. We are prone to forget that such a government Is a very close corporation and one that is apt to lCouneil. and others. Next, Company bo arbitrary In its methods and' B, 13th Regiment N. G. P., command since it controls the courts, less , ed by Lleutennnt Dony. came up amenable to public sentiment than, church street from its armory, pre were the private corporations it , ceded by the Honesdaie cornet band, supplanted. And that forgetfulness 'turning at the corner of Eighth street, makes us an easy mark for con-' and marching into position at the scienceless writers who find It prof- riclit of the line on Main. At ten itable to attack our institutions and industries by "writing up" the ad vantages of public ownership In other lands, while preserving a dls- creet silence as to Its disadvantages, HYMENEAL. A verv prettv nuptial event took place at Waymart on Thursday last, May 27, 1900, when Miss Lois Dimock. for merly of Carbondale, became the bride of Roy Lee, fine of Wayne county's most prominent young men. The ceremony took place at the Waymart Methodist church, and was performed by the pas tor, the Rev. W. E. Davis. The bride was attended by Miss Laura Corson, of Waymart, and the ushers were Glen Wihnarth, of Aldenville, and Stanley Purdy, of Carbondale. The bride was Set at the altar by the groom and was given away by her father. Mis? Lottie Ellis rendered the wedding music, using .1... i ..i i m i i w..- i- s,,,, . ,u ....m.v,.Uni. el,of the ,3Ca whe defending the wlUHe ding marches. 1 he church was well of VuUm and Liberty, filled with friends of the contracting! As our school children scatter parties, many from out-of-town being 'their choicest gifts beautiful flow present. The bride wore an elaborate ers upon the waters of this eharm costume of Paris muslin over white I hike, whence they will soon min satin and carried lilies of tlie valiev and i B' with the billows of the mighty white roses. The bridesmaid wore white .net over violet satin. Following V he church ceremony a brilliant reception was held at the home of the bride's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dimock, in Waymart, the house having been beautifully decorated with apple blos soms and ferns. Later Mr. and Mrs. Lee left on a wedding trip to Albany and New York city. Tliev will reside for a time at the home of the grooms parents, near Wavmart. 4'ltlCK OF .MEATS ADYANCED. The papers contain sad news for the housekeepers. The price of meats has been advanced materially in nearly all retail markets, and the promise is that It will be further increased in the near future. This movement has been steadily upward , tor two years and by the last of i siain; the Battle of Mobile Bay; con June it is expected the prices will i nicts with the blockade runners, and be double what they were two years aS. The reason given is that at the time of the financial panic, two 1 years ago, the Western farmers re- tlclpated. Let us glance for an In duced their stocks in order to get stant at the Battle of Hampton cash to carry them through the win-1 Roads, where was first planted the ter, and have since followed the i practice. This, with the effect of the high price of grain, which ln - duced them to hasten their cattle I to market rather than fatten them ! for higher prices, has produced a : scarcity of meat. There never was a time more ad-! 'ard- a peremptory order for au vantngeous for the vegetables and!tnority t0 buiUl a battleship fruit propaganda. Advocates of the prohibition of meat are likely to finds more attentive ears than ever before. The housekeepers of erale oauiesnip, appeareu at iiamp the land have been outraged and ton Roads- and commenced the sea incensed for months. They are flght which destryed the Cumber wearied of explaining to the carp-' ,and and Congress, with the prospect ing head of the house why they have ! of the enemy enterlnS the narbor the exceeded their allowances. They may answer superior and criticising questions by abolishing meat from the table if the anti-meat philosoph- i ers will stana up and teach them I how. New Bank at Deposit. At a recent meeting of the stock holders of the proposed new Farmers' National Bank, nt Deposit, it was re ported that $27,500 of the $50,000 cap italization had been paid in and that the remainder would be secured before June 1st, at which time it was intended to open the new bank in the building recently occupied by Knapp Brothers' private bank. The officers of the new bank are : President, E. Frank Smith ; vice-president, Robert Brown ; cashier, Henry C. Miller, of Susquehanna. In addition to the officers, the following are direc tors : Guerdon II. Smith, II. W. Wil cox, Fred. D. Wilcox, Smith C. Snyder, It, K. Palraerton, James Clark, George Neidlinger, B. S. Boyd, Hon. Delos Axtell, Floyd B. Smith and E. D. Cum- tilings. IN REMEMBRANCE Honesdaie Honors Her Dead Heroes. A FINE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE Eloquent Speeches by Hon. AY. II. Dinimlck, Andrew Thompson and Others The Cemeteries Decorated With Flags mid Flowers. Memorial Day, last Monday, was fittingly observed In our borough. The day was ushered in with a can non salute by the G. A. R. gun squad, and the customary order of exercises, as previously announced, was follow ed. Capt. James Ham Post, No. 198, , G. A. R., formed in front of the Post .day, the clergy, disabled veterans, Burgess Kuhbach, ex-burgess T. J. nnm nni linn i. j?art,. n, .., .o'clock, W. W. Wood, Marshal of the day, had everything in marching or der, and put the column in motion The usual route was followed until j the bridge over Park Lake was i reached; the teachers and pupils of (the various Sunday schools and the (graded schools, joining the column, ! between Company E and the drum I corps, at the High school building. At the bridge Hon. William H. Dimmick delivered a stirring and elo quent address in memory of the sail ors and marines who served during the war for the Union, and the school children strewed the river with flowers. Mr. Dimmick said in part My Friends The nation, ninety millions of people, meet to-day to pay their homage to the men who fought on sea and land to maintain, preserve, and perpetuate the Union. The part assigned to us at this cime is to pay a tribute to those whose bodies were laid in the bosom . """- I OPean' tllcy sJ''"olize the realization ot our iaiin 'tnai in tne unity ana continuity of human life those who served their God, their country and humanity can never die. The bridge upon which we stand brings to our mind most vividly the erection of the grand and noble structure by which a million faithful soldiers crossed the dark and dismal chasm of disunion, secession and hu man slavery, and upon its lasting ! foundations constructed the Temple I of Liberty, whore rest enthroned the I immortals Lincoln, Chase, Stanton, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan, Far I ragut and Porter and lesser orbs, j from whom issue life, liberty and I happiness, freedom, progress and j plenty. The six days battle at New Orleans, the surrender of the city and the opening of the .Mississippi while the waters ran red with the blood of the other notable engagements, all are lustrous naces in the history of the civil conflict in which our naval he- roes so bravely and effectively par- tree of American civilization. Ab- raham Lincoln and John Ericsson met at a telegraph office in Washington, and the latter was given by the President, written on the back of a telegraph blank, addressed to the superintendent of the Brooklyn navy according 10 pians uesigneu uy mm. One hundred days from the date of the order, the Merrimnc, the Confed- next morning. The Monitor left the navy yard March 9th, looking like "a cheese-box on a raft," and on the following morning, Sunday, com menced an attack on the Merrlmac, and drove the formidable battleship ' from the sea. On the result of this sea flght depended the recognition of the Southern Confederacy as an Inde pendent nation. The Monitor saved the day, and possibly the Union. Theodore Roosevelt, listening to the voice of the great English poet "Let the feet of the men who wrought for you, Let the feet of the men who fought for you, Echo round the world," Assembled the great battleships of the American navy, and sent them around the globe on a journey of 45,000 miles, an object lesson of the work the soldiers nnd sailors did in preserving the American Union. We will now follow our surviving veterans and the flag they loved so well to the place where their com rades are laid, and place upon their graves the flowers of spring. After the lake had been fairly curtained with flowers, the march to Glen Dyberry was resumed, and mere, under the direction ol Post. Commander Hon. Henry Wilson, who spoke at some leneth of thn events preceding and during the i war, me results or the connict, the I origin and object of the Grand lArmy, and the significance and propriety of Memorial Day obser 'vances, the exercises at the soldiers' 'plot followed the oraer announced. The opening prayer was offered bv .Rev. Dr. Win. H. Swift. The flag was raised by Mrs. William Clark, .president of the Ladies' Circle, 'with the accompaniment of the ' "Star Spangled Banner" by the band. The grave of Capt. James Ham was draped by Mrs. C. E. ' Baker, Past President of the Circle, .with the accompaniment of "Glory Hallelujah" by the drum corps. The band then rendered "La Rarselllaise" ,and Andrew Thompson delivered , the oration of the day, which will jbo found on the third page of this .issue. Then followed "Beyond the j Gates of Paradise" by the Band; and W. W. Wood delivered an im I press! ve address In memory of the unknown dead of the Union arm ies, (which appears on the third :page), and the grave mound hv I which they were represented was i decorated by .Mrs. D. B. Mantle. Then followed a dirge by the iband, and a musketry salute to the dead by Company E. The closing I features of the order or exercises I will llO ffllinrt Frtllni.ttnc .1 ..... vu.ai. luuuniut, IIIC UU- dresses. At their close, the veter ans, with Co. E, the band, drum corps, and invited guests, partook of an excellent dinner at the Post Room, prepared and served by the Ladies' Circle. During the day, which was sun shiny and pleasant throughout, most of the business places were closed, and the general display of the na tional colors testified to the public interest in the observance of the anniversary. (Concluded on third page.) GRAND ARMY DAY TN SCHOOL. A delegation of Captain Hani Post visited the High School on Friday, May 28th, and entertained the scholars with some recitals of their experiences during the Civil War. The delegation con sisted of Commander Henry Wilson, Comrades Graham Watts, Edward Cook, Samuel Found and W. W. Wood. Com mander Wilson gave a very instructive talk on the flags used by the different army corps, having upon a large sheet the corps, division and brigade flags of the 3d Army Corps of the Union Armv, also the flags used by the Confederates. Comrade Watts gave a very vivid descrip tion ol the battle at Monocacy. at which place the Second Division of (lie Sixth Army Corps stepped the victorious raid of the rebel army on their way to cap ture Washington, the Capitol of the Na tion, long enough to permit the arrival of the balance of the Sixth Corps, when the Confederates retreated. Comrade Cook gave a very interesting account of his adventures as a dispatch carrier for General Sheridan and other command ing officers. Comrade Wood spoke briefly of some of the humorous episodes that took place on the march and in camp. The scholars sang some patriotic songs in a manner that showed they were enthusiastically patiiotic. ew Telephone Directory Now in Printer's Hands. The names of all parties who contract for service on or before June 5th, will be listed in the book. Our directory is referred to more frequently than tlie city directory. CONSOLIDATED TELEPHONE COMPANIES OF PENNSYLVANIA, (Independent System), FOSTER BUILDING. HENRY Z. RUSSELL. PRESIDENT. ANDREW THOMPSON VICE PRESIDENT. HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK. This Bank was Organized In December, I&3G, and Nationalized In December, 1864. Since its organization it has paid in Dividends to its Stockholders, $I,905,800.00 The Comptroller of the Currency has placed It on the HONOR ROLL, from the foctjthntlts Snrplus Fund more than equals Its capital stock. What Cla SIS B 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 ia the savers who havo'built 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 I or a porllon of YOUR bcnkfng business. J THE HUSTLING BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY Quarter of n Million In Improve ments in Two Years Five Thousand Dollars Spent In Honesdaie. The Scrnnton Tribune of Saturday last gives some Interesting particu lars relating to the expansion or business nnd improvements installed by the Bell Telephone Company in the Scranton district, in which Honesdaie is Included. E. G. Simons, the manager, states that on top of the $150,000 already expended, $100,000 or more is to be added this year, the most of It to be used In Increasing the facili ties for the conduct of business at the exchange building. Mr. Simons adds: "Last year we spent a lot of money for new cables and for put ting wires underground, which, in cidentally, is the voluntary policy of the company, and the result of these Improvements outside is that our accommodations inside are not nearly adequate to take care of the business which the Improvements have brought to us. We will build two stories to the rear of our pres ent building, and on the third floor will be a new switchboard, to be installed at a cost of $40,000, with other improvements. On the sec ond floor will be a retiring room for employes, of whom there are eighty-five operators alone, and we expect to add five more in a short time. The second floor also will be used for ofTlces for the plant depart ment. The first floor will be used exclusively for the clerical force, which will have to be at least twice as large as It is at present. We have ten salesmen on the road and we expect this year to surpass even the large record of 2,500 new sta tions added last year. All through the district the Increase in business has been pronounced. In a tenta tive canvass in Honesdaie made re cently we secured 162 new subscrib ers. In this town alone we are spending $5,000 for improvements, and In Carbondale we are putting out $0,000. In short, all along the line business has been booming and we are going to keep right in pace with It." The Carbondale Leader furnishes the following additional information of local Interest: ".Many important changes will be made in the Carbon dale district of the Bell Telephone company, which at present com prises Honesdaie. White Mills, Haw ley and this city. Owlnv; to the ex tensive growth of the district it lias been found newary to create a new district. The new district will con sist of Wayne county towns and will bo in charge of E. M. Mct'rncken, of Honesilale. The Carbondale dis trict will consist of Vandling, Forest City, Jermyn. Maylield, Archbald, Crystal Lake, Dundaff and other suburban points. The district will still continue under the direction of C. F. O'Donnell, who has been the courteous and efficient local repre sentative for the past year. "Thomas A. Garvey, who recent ly completed a canvass of the Hones daie district, will soon be transferred to the Scranton office, where he will take charge of a force of eighteen solicitors." EDWIN F. TOR 1 1 CASHIER. ALBERT 0. LINDSA Y ASSIST AM CAH;iI II.
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