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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
JUSTICE OP THE SUPREME COURT
Judge-Robert Von Moschzlsker,
of Philadelphia.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
A. E. SISSON,
of Eric.
STATE TREASURER,
Jeremiah A. Stober,
of Lancaster.
JURY COMMISSIONER,
W. H. Bullock.
Charles R. Crane, our minister to
China, has been recalled for the rea
son that he very unwisely made some
remarks upon the late treaty be
tween China and Japan, when, as a
diplomat, he should have kept mum
and sawed wood.
The Indians are gaming In popula
tion. They now number 300,000.
During the last twenty years they
have Increased over 40,000. This is
due to the fact that the white man
has stopped killing them and they
have adopted civilization to the ex
tent of raising larger families.
We have heard of the follow who
had to stay In bed while his clothes
were being mended, but who would
ever believe that the President of
the United States would have to do
that very thing while his clothes
were being dried. William H. Taft
had to last week.
Now that the base ball season is
over and we will not have the joy of
watching for the return from the
many games, we will have to be con
tent to watch the reports of New
York's attempt to clean house by
electing a Mayor who is not con
trolled by Tammany Hall.
The three candidates for the New
York Mayoralty are all against Tam
many Hall, or rather claim to be,
There is nt doubt as to the sincerity
of Bannard and Hearst, but there is
a lingering doubt If Gaynor, who
was nominated by Tammany and ac
cepted same, can turn on that oli
garchy and rend it, if elected.
There is a law on the statute
books which prohibits any munici
pality going Into debt beyond 7
per cent, of the value of its real es
tate. This law applies to boroughs.
It would be well for all city fathers
to know the value of the real estate
of the places they represent and then
keep the debt within the limit pre
scribed. The Arctic Club, which is composed
of friends and followers of Peary,
after a very solemn trial of Dr.
Cook on the charge of "Faking the
Public" in which Peary was the ac
cuser and only witness, decided that
Cook was guilty, and therefore
Peary was a hero and the only dis
coverer of the North Pole. This
Club has been very prominent for
years in milking the rich philan
thropists of New York and elsewhere
for money to make arctic explora
tions and as Dr. Cook without any
"blare of trumpets" and without
consulting them went up into the
frozen regions of the north and lo
cated the North Pole, he not only
committed the unpardonable sin but
he has put the Arctic Club out of
commission, as their occupation of
raising money and spending it for
the so-called purpose of discovering
this particular pole is now gone,
hence their chagrin and disgust at
having their means of getting easy
money removed. They will have to
discover some other fad, whereby
they can reach the wads of the over
burdened rich. One of the strang
est things' about this controversy is
that when Peary heard or surmised
from what the Esquimaux reported
that Cook had discovered the pole,
Jio immediately started and reached
that location himself, and then load
ing up with envy and malice he
started for civilization to endeavor
to discredit the report of Cook.
"There Is a strong possibility that
when the whole truth Is known in
regard to Arctic explorations that in
stead of Dr. Cook being a fakir, he
was instrumental of breaking up a
system which under the guise of a
club, were faking the public and
milking the rich.
IIARRISBURG LETTER.
Harrisburg, Oct. 11. At one time
and other Governor Stuart has been
rather severely criticised for his veto
of the bill for the extension of Capi
tol Park, as well as for vetoing his
road bill. The Governor was of the
opinion that the condition of the fi
nances would not Justify his approval
of these 'bills, and they fell, along
with many less worthy ones, and with
them were vetoes of portions of ap
propriations to hospitals and other
charitable Institutions. Quite re
cently Auditor General Young pub
llhsed a statement showing that the
Income of the State up to Oct. 1st
was $26,000,000, a sum far in ex
cess ofthe collections at that date, in
the history of the State. As the
fiscal year of the State ends on Nov.
30, there were still two months In
which to collect sufficient to equal
or excel the best year's record. In
fact the collections will probably
reach $27,000,000 or more, which
will make a high water mark for
Pennsylvania.
As large as this sum is, it is ex
ceeded by the expenditures to date.
State Treasurer Sheatz has found it
necessary to call upon some of the
banks and trust companies having
state funds on deposit, to return a
portion of it to the Treasury, in or
der to have sufficient funds to meet
current expenses and appropriations.
The Governor's course seems amply
justified by present conditions.
There are two reasons for the large
revenue this year, and these same
reasons will explain why the revenue
next year may be expected to fall
off. A large amount of delinquent
tax is being collected, a left-over
from the period of hard times Just
ending, and this same money cannot
be collected again. Then the fiscal
officers of the State are enforcing that
provision of the Act of 1889, requir
ing the payment of Interest at the
rate of 12 per cent, on all taxes not
paid within GO days after date of
settlement. By reason of this ac
tion there are no new delinquencies
occurring, so that the collection of
delinquent tax will eventually cease,
If the practice which now obtains is
kept up. it is cheaper to borrow at
C per cent, and pay the tax than to
allow the State to collect double that
rate of Interest.
Pennsylvania is out of debt, a
condition of things which Is enjoyed
by but few of its sister states. The
amount held in the Sinking Fund is
more than sufficient to cancel the
debt as fast as the bonds become
due and payable. In addition to the
amount in the Sinking Fund the
are nearly $8,000,000 in the strong
box containing the General Fund.
This is good housekeeping and re
flects great credit on the Republican
party, which through various officers
has had control of the finances of the
state for many years. A debt of
many millions has been wiped out
and a surplus created, in addition
the State has paid out to schools, hos
pitals, charities, roads, bridges, and
In various other ways, hundreds of
millions of dollars.
It goes without saying therefore,
that the voters of this state will on
November 2d vote to continue in
power the party which has done so
much for the old Keystone State and
elect as State Treasurer, ex-State
Senator Stober of Lancaster, and
make Senator SIsson of Erie county
Auditor General. These men have
proved their worth in the Senate as
well as in other positions and will
bring to the new offices ability, ex
perience, good judgment, proved in
tegrity and a desire to make faith
ful and competent officials. They
are conducting a quiet campaign,
meeting the voters in a friendly way
and becoming familiar with condi
tions in all parts of the State. It
can scarcely be said that there is any
organized opposition to the Republi
can ticket this year, the Democratic
managers contenting themselves
with sending out a few circulars
with the hope of holding the party
vote in line. The outlook over the
state Is very good and the party
candidates are certain of a big vote.
Naturally the candidate of the
Republican party for the Supreme
Court feels that he should not make
a personal canvass, in other words
go out electioneering. It seems be
neath the dignity of that high office,
though there are lots of voters all
over the state who would like the
honor of meeting the young man who
conducted himself with so much cred
it while a Judge of the court of Com
mon Pleas in Philadelphia, that he
fairly merited and won the nomina
tlon for the Supreme Court Bench
To sit with that august body as a
member of the highest court In the
State Is the ambition of every lawyer
and that honor will come to Judge
Robert von Moschzlsker about the
beginning of next year. It Is an un
usual distinction for a young man in
the thirties and speaks well for his
experience on the Bench. He en
Joys the esteem and respect of his
fellow Judges, and as well of the
members of the bar in Philadelphia,
made up as it Is of some of the
ablest lawyers in the country. Judge
von Moschzlsker 8 experience and
service have been most satisfactory
and he will bring to the higher Court
ability, learning, integrity and a de
sire to do Justice to all parties hav
ing to do before the Court of last
resort. He has a bright future be
fore him and will be heard from.
The recent lamentable death of
Dr. Leonard Pearson has created a
vacancy that is not easily filled. Dr.
Pearson was far and away the ablest
Veterinarian In the United States, an
untiring worker, nd a most affable
gentleman, whom to know was a
great pleasure. He was a victim to
Insomnia, undoubtedly brought about
by too steady attention to his official
duties. No more popular official
could bo found on Capital Hill.
N. E. HAUSE.
Dentil of Former Resident of llawlcy
John' Gulney, of South Hancock
street, Wllkes-Barre, formerly a
resident of Moostc and Hawley, died
at his homo Thursday morning af
ter an eleven months' Illness of par
alysis. He was well known in Lu
zerne and Lackawanna counties,
having served in the capacity of
county commissioner in the former
for three years.
Mr. Gulney was sixty-two years
and was born in Ireland. He came
to this country and resided In Haw
ley. Later he moved to Mooslc
where he lived for some time, being
engaged as manager of the Moosic
Powder Co. for a number of years.
In 1898 he commenced a three year
term as county commissioner of Lu
zerne county, the term expiring in
1901.
Mr. Gulney was stricken with par
alysis on November 21st last. He
is survived by his widow, one son,
four brothers and one sister.
TERRIBLE FIGHT WITH A BEAR.
400-Pound Monster Killed by George
C. McKoan and Son Near Mc
Kean Valley, Pike County.
McKean Valley, Oct. 5. An enor
mous black bear, which weighed
nearly 400 pounds, was killed here
yesterday, after a most savage fight,
by George C. McKean, the well
known guide and hunter, and his son
Cleveland.
The bear was seen by young Mc
Kean, feeding on apples in the or
chard. Hastily getting his rifle he
Informed his father and the two
started out after bruin.
Cleveland wounded the bear in
the neck with a bullet and the ani
mal started on a run toward a
swamp.
The hunters kept up a running
Are but failed to make a hit, and the
animal reached the swamp and dis
appeared from sight.
The two men entered the swamp
and ran upon the bear licking his
paws and rubbing its wounded head.
It turned at bay and a battle roy
al began.
The father shot the bear In the
shoulder which maddened the beast
to a charge.
With a sweep of one of its huge
paws it tore the rifle from the man's
grasp and ripped the sleeve from his
coat, leaving scratches on the man's
arm.
Young McKean coming to his
father's rescue llred wildly, the bul
let tearing away bruin's right ear.
The Infuriated animal turned on
the younger McKean, who dodged
behind n boulder.
Turning its attention to the elder
McKean, who had regained posses
sion of his rifle, the bear pressed the
man so closely that he was forced to
beat a retreat.
It was evident that the bear had
been badly wounded by the shot in
the neck and weakened by loss of
blood, for it did not attempt to fol
low Mr. McKean far, but tried to es
cape. At this moment Cleveland fired a
bullet into bruin's brain, killing it
Instantly.
The assistance of half a dozen
neighbors with two horses was re
quired to drag the carcass from the
swamp from which place it was tak
en to John F. Meyer's Hotel, Lacka
waxen, and placed in the ice house.
This morning the carcass was shipped
to Port Jervls and sold to a butch
er, who Is disposing of it to his many
customers fond of game. The fore
and hind quarters look like sides of
beef, are very fat, and in fine con
dition. The skin is jet black and meas
ures six feet In length from tip of
nose to its stubby tail.
The natives of this section of Pike
county say they have seen the hear
for the past ten years and many have
hunted it in vain, never being able
to get near enough for a favorable
shot It is undoubtedly the largest
bear killed In Pike county In many
years.
Erie Opens New Cut Feb. 1, 1010
Working Day and Night.
It was announced Friday by the
engineers In charge of the construc
tion that the Bergen Hill cut, which
Is to supplant the Erie tunnel will
be open for train service by Feb. 1,
1910. The ground was broken two
years ago and work has been push
ed rapidly. There is still much to
be done before the cut is ready for
traffic, but with 700 men working
by day and 600 by night the en
gineers say by February at least two
of the four tracks will be open for
traffic.
It has been arranged to carry on
the blasting three times a day, when
the traffic is light. Sometimes large
boulders have been found thrown
down in the tunnel, and suburban
trains have been delayed while work
men cleared them off the tracks.
The work has been carefully Inspect
ed though, and there have been no
accidents of Importance. When the
cut Is finally completed the oid
Bergen tunnel will be used for freight
trains, and all passenger trains will
go through the cut.
CASTOR I A
Tor Infants and Children.
The Kind You Havi Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
THE LATE ROBERT HOE.
His Achievements as Head of Great
Press Making Firm.
Robert Hoe, who died in London
on September 22, was head of tho
firm of R. Hoe & Co., widely known
as manufacturers of printing
presses. In speaking of his remark
able career the New York Evening
Post said:
"Robert Hoe was born in New
York city Beventy years ago. He
early succeeded his father, Robert
H. Hoe, In the management of the
printing press factory established
by his grandfather, Robert. He
achieved fame as the most efficient
member of a distinguished family
which had brought the mechanical
art of printing to its present high
perfection.
"When Robert Hoe entered the
business of his father and grandfath
er, the 'Hoe cylinder,' patented In
1S4G, was considered a marvel. It
was the Invention of Colonel Rich
ard M. Hoe, uncle of Robert, and
prqved of such great value in what
was then considered rapid printing
that It was called the 'lightning'
press and was introduced In many
newspaper offices. The new system
consisted of placing the actual type
on a horizontal cylinder revolving
on its axis, against which sheets
were pressed by external small
cylinders. The principle of the
'lightning' or rotary press has been
applied to large printing presses
ever since.
"The first newspaper to Introduce
the new machine was the Philadel
phia Ledger; two years later La
Patrle installed one in its office In
Paris, and In another ten years
Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper intro
duced the rotary press in England.
Upon the death of Colonel Rich
ard Hoe, in 1884, Peter Smith Hoe,
his brother, retired from the firm,
and Robert became head of the es
tablishment. As in the case of
those who had preceded him, his in
terest was largely centered in the
mechanical side of the printing bus
iness, and even In the latter years
of his life he continued to spend
much of his time in the machine
shops. To him are due many of
the most important features of the
great printing presses of to-day.
Combined with the inventive genius
of his predecessors, he had admin
Istratlve ability and a faculty of
surrounding himself with capable
men, and it was these qualities that
contributed in no small measure to
the growth of Hoe & Co., now the
largest makers of printing presses
in the world.
It has been said of Mr. Hoe that
his autobiography Is In almost every
newspaper office in the world, writ
ten In massive shapes of iron and
steel.
Mr. Hoe had a maxim which may
serve to throw a side' light upon the
character of the man "Concentra
tion is the first condition of suc
cess." To this he often joined an
other, equally characteristic, Indi
eating his dislike for undue personal
prominence: "Get behind a thing
and push It. Don't put yourself in
front and pull."
THE WORLD SERIES.
Pittsburg and Detroit Battling for
World Championship.
Nearly 40,000 people witnessed
the first game between the Pitts
burg's, champion of the National
Association, and the Detrolts, champ
Ions of the American Association,
for the world's championship, on the
grounds of the Pittsburg base ball
club on Friday, Oct. 8. Tho game
was Intensely exciting and resulted In
some sensational plays, whereby the
Detroits were defeated, they scor
ing but one run while Pittsburg
scored four.
The second game brought out a
crowd' of spectators who filled the
grounds to overflowing. The De
troits placed Wild Bill Donovan In
as pitcher while Pittsburg used their
efficient boxman, Camnltz. The
game was far more exciting than the
game of the day previous and the
Detrolts gave an exhibition of ball
playing in all its phases that was
marvelous; batting, base running
and phenomenal stopping of liners
and flys that not only surprised the
base ball fans of Pittsburg but re
sulted in the defeat of their favorite
team by a score of 7 to 2, the De
troits getting the big number. The
third game took place at Detroit on
the grounds of the champions of
the American Association which are
smaller than those at Pittsburg, but
the grounds were packed with a mul
titude of enthusiastic devotees of
base balllsm, that made up in noise
what it lacked in numbers as com
pared to the Pittsburg crowd. The
game resulted In a victory for Pitts
burg, they scoring 8 runs to Detrolts
6. Tho grounds were wet It having
rained heavily the day and night be
fore and during the game a fine mist
was falling, causing errors which re
sulted In the game being decided
more by chance than skillful play
ing. New Tariff Law a Success.
Treasury officials believe that the
new tariff, judging from its opera
tion up-to-date, will prove satisfac
tory from tho revenue raising stand
point. For the month of September
just closed, the customs receipts
reached $27,000,000 In round figures,
as compared with $25,000,000 for
tho same month last year. Since the
boginnlng of the present fiscal year,
July 1, tho receipts from customs
has reached a total of $85,500,000
which Is twenty millions more than
they were for the same period last
year.
A Now Home for Blooming Grove
Club.
Estimates have been Invited for a
handsome club house to be erected
by the Blooming Grove Hunting and
Fishing Club. Tho building, which
will be a two and three story struc
ture, 140 by 108 feet in dimensions,
of local stone and frame, will stand
In tho center of the club's 31,000
acre preserve which teems with bear,
deer, ruffed grouse and all varieties
of small game that can stand the cli
mate, to say nothing of well-stocked
trout streams and lakes where
bass and pickerel abound.
The main floor will contain a large
hall, exchange, office, writing room,
ladles' parlor, dining room, serving
room, kitchen, bakeshop, buffet,
supply room, gun room, locker room
and a cold storage room, in which
specimens of game or fish may be
preserved until the opportunity to
mount them presents itself.
The upper floors will contain forty
three bedrooms, baths, etc. The
building, which will replace one de
stroyed by fire last February, will
cost about $75,000.
The club membership Is composed
principally of Philadelphia, Eastern
Pennsylvania and New York sports
men, the president being H. A.
Smythe-Martln of New York and the
vice president, Otto C. Wolf, a well
known architect of Philadelphia.
Legal blanks ot Tho Citizen office,
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confidence in the world, "Come Here."
HIGH ART AND COLLEGIAN
Suits and Overcoats are ready In all the striking patterns for the
present season. Styles for the young man styles for the older. All
In all, it's a grand gathering of clothes you should wear 910 to $20.
Hats
If your price is $1.50, we'll show
the Prominent; if you'll pay $2.00,
Gold Bond Is the hat for you. Then
comes the Knox at $3.00. Variety
a plenty.
Furnishings
There are a great many places to
buy fixings, but there's always one
Bregstein Brothers, hSiTp..
SUPERVISORS GET BUSY.
Yon Must Measure Roads Boforo
November 13.
Township supervisors who hope to
secure the benefit of state aid for
roads must measure all roads under
their Jurisdiction and report to tho
state highways department before
XNOvcmDer is.
The new law, passed by tho last
legislature and known as the Jones
road law, provides that the stato
pay the township 50 per cent, of tho
amount of cash road taxes collected,
not exceeding, however, $20 for
each mile of road.
It is the provision that reports ot
roads shall be made to the high-,
ways department within six months
of the passage of the bill (May 13)
which makes It obligatory upon tho
supervisors to measure the roads
ana report before the thirteenth of
next month, if they hope to get tho
full amount of state aid that tho
bill calls for.
Tho Weber Stock Co. at tho
Lyric theatre this week.
A. O. BLAKE,
AUCTIONEER.
You will make money
by having me.
bell phone 9-u Bethany, Pa.
chilly days
nights,
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today !
Rather a pointed request
but we'ru saying it by right
of superior knowledge on
the subject of PALL AND
WINTER CLOTHING.
best place. It's here. The Eclipso
shirt, $1.00 to $2.00. Ever wear
the Just Right Glove, $1.00 to $ 2.00
and the Corliss Coon collars? In
quarter sizes, 2 for 25c.
Underwear
Wo feature the Australian natu
ral wool underwear at $1.00 per
garment; also Setsnug Union Suits
for men at $1.00 to $2.00 per suit.
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