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THE CITIZEN
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Hnterodaa Bwond-olnss matter, at the post
offlcc. Honesdale. Pa.
E. B. HAttDENBERGU. - PRESIDENT
V. W. WOOD. - - MANAGER AND SKC'Y
DIBBCTOBSi
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HJQfBY WILBON. K. B. IIABDENDBBOH,
W. W. WOOD.
FRIDAY, OCTOBKn 20, 1000.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
JUSTICE OP THE SUPREME COURT
. Jndgo Robert Von Mosclizlsker,
of Philadelphia.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
A. E. SISSON,
of Erlo.
STATE TREASURER,
Jeremiah A. Stober,
of Iioncastor.
JURY COMJnSSIONER,
W. H. Bullock.
YOUR DUTY NEXT TUESDAY.
It ought not to be necessary to re
mind the Republicans of Pennsyl
vania of their duty on November 2d.
But the large majorities this State
has recorded for the Republican
ticket have made thousands of vot
ors careless. They are stalwart Re
publicans, and when they go to the
polls they vote a straight ticket.
They are not Indifferent to party suc
cess; they merely take the election
of the Republican ticket for granted
and do not go to the trouble of voting.
No better candidates have over
been presented to the people of this
State than A. E. Sisson, J. A. Stober
and Robert von Mosclizlsker. They
possess exceptional qualifications for
the offices for which they were nomi
nated. They should not merely be
elected; they should receive an
overwhelming majority, for they are
worthy of such a majority. The
Democrats will endeavor to poll their
full party vote. A reduced majority
for the Republican ticket will en
courage the Democracy in its hope
of electing a Democrat the successor
of Governor Stuart next year, and an
increased representation In the Leg
islature and In Congress. Pennsyl
vania should take no backward step.
Last year it gave the Republican
national ticket a larger majority
than any other State. That major
ity should be followed by another
overwhelming majority this year.
The Keystone State's title to the posi
tion at the head of the Republican
column should remain unquestioned.
There is another reason why the
Republican ticket this year should
be elected by a record-breaking off
year majority. Within the past few
days the newspapers have printed
despatches from the west, telling of
the plans of the low-tariff advocates
to renew vigorously at the next ses
sion of Congress their agitation for
"progressive" tariff revision. That
is precisely the sort of tariff revision
Pennsylvania does not want. The
people of this state will have little
patience with the effort of the La
Follette school of statesmen to keep
alive tariff agitation. The Payne law
re-establishes the protective system
and it is restoring prosperity. Every
voter who believes in it should join
in an indorsement of the party that
enacted It. By electing the Repub
lican ticket by an Impressive major
ity Pennsylvania will emphasize the
fact that it demands the mainten
ance of the tariff policy, which has'
made It the greatest industrial state
in the union.
MUNSON VS. VON MOSCHZISKER.
There is a striking contrast be
tween the two men, which can be
seen Just now during the campaign.
Hunson is out stumping the State for
votes, making speeches and holding
conferences with politicians, breaking
a precedent which has long been es
tablished and which has never before
been broken by a candidate of any
party for the Supreme Bench. Von
Moschzisker, on the other hand, be
lieving that the high office to which
he aspires should seek the man,
rather than the man seek it, is busy
with his duties as a Common Pleas
judge in the Philadelphia courts.
It can also he said of von Mosch
zisker that he is one of the best
judges in the State. His decisions
are widely read. Lawyers read them
with as much eagerness as they do
the decisions of the higher tribunals.
When ho passes on a case, his great
knowledge of the law and his great
power of reasoning leave little to be
desired. To the legal fraternity, tho
best qualified to know, there is little
wonder that he should have been
selected as a candidate for the high
er court.
About the only thing against von
Moschzisker is his almost unpro
nounceable name, and after election,
when we still become more familiar
with it, even that objection will like
ly vanish.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE PRO
POSED AMENDMENTS.
No doubt many of the readers of
this paper have soon the amendments
to the State constitution that It is
proposed to change at. the coming
election. But they aro not easily
read when printed in their full form,
so we give a brief synopsis which all
can understand.
Proposed Amendment No. 1. Pro
vides that where a vacancy in office
occurs two months or more before the
General Election in November In
offices In which vacancies may be fill
ed by appointment of the Governor
the vacancy shall be filled at the said
election. The provision now in
force Is that the vacancy shall have
occurred three months or more be
fore the election.
No. 2. Fixes tho term of the State
Treasurer and of the Auditor Gener
al at four years each, instead of
three and two years respectively, as
at present; but provides that the
State Treasurer and the Auditor Gen
eral elected in 1909 shall serve terms
of three years each.
No. 3 Provides that the term of
ofllce of Justices of the Peace and
of Aldermen shall be six years, In
stead of five years, as at present.
No. 4 Applies only to Philadel
phia, and fixes the term of Magis
trates at six years. At present the
term is five years.
No. 6 Provides that the General
Election shall be held biennially. In
each even-numbered year, on the
Tuesday next following the first Mon
day in November, Instead of annual
ly, as at present.
No. 6 Abolishes the February
election, and provides that the Muni
cipal Election shall be held biennial
ly, in the odd-numbered years, on
the Tuesday next following the first
Monday of November, instead of an
nually, as at present.
No. 7 Provides the Election
Boards shall be elected biennially in
stead of annually, and, further, that
the General Assembly may by law
require said boards to be appointed,
cither generally or In cities only, in
stead of being elected.
No. S Provides that State officers
shall bo elected on a General Elec
tion day (November of even-numbered
years,) and that Local officers
shall be elected on a Municipal Elec
tion day (November of odd-numbered
years).
No. 9 Fixes the term of ofilce of
all county officers as four years, in
stead of three as at present.
No. 10 Provides that tho terms
of ofilce of County Commissioners
and County auditors shall be four
years, instead of three years, as at
present, classifying them as County
officers coining under the ninth
amendment.
Japanese Denied Access, to U. S.
Corporation Mills.
The party of seventy-five Japanese
bankers, engineers, etc., who are
now touring the United States and
who will reach Pittsburg November
4, and who are evidently expecting
to see much of the Inside of steel
making there, will be disappointed.
The Japanese Commercial club, as
It Is known, Is to be entertained by
the Pittsburg chamber of com
merce, and one of the plans for en
tertainment was a trip through the
big steel mills. The United States
Steel corporation has sent word to
its Pittsburg people that under no
circumstances shall members of the
Japanese party be permitted in cer
tain parts of the big mills, nor shall
any questions relating to the manu
facture of iron and steel products be
answered.
-The argument is advanced that
Japan is one of the biggest foreign
patrons of the Steel corporation and
since the Japanese are known to be
the most keon of all observers no
chances are to be taken of members
of this highly scientific party be
coming familiar with any of the
Pittsburg steel making secrets.
While It Is announced that the par
ty will be taken through the mills
as had been originally scheduled!
there will be nothing explained to
the visitors save that which may bo
construed as general information.
There is intimation that the cham
ber of commerce may call off en
tirely the trip through the mills
under these conditions.
$3,000 FOR IiOSS OF AN EYE.
Orange Co. Jnry Gives Verdict
Against Warwick: Town.
When the trial term of Supreme
Court convened at the court house
In Goshen, Monday morning, a seal
ed verdict in the case of C. C. Lutes
vs. the town of Warwick was handed
In. It gave the plaintiff ?3,000 for
the loss of an eye when he was struck
In the face by an overhanging limb
while driving on a highway in that
town. Mr. Kane, for the town of
Warwick, moved to set aside the
award on the ground that the ver
dict was contrary to the evidence,
and contrary to tho weight of the
evidence. Justice Mills stated that
he had "grave doubts as to whether
the verdict should be permitted to
stand" and upon his suggestion,
briefs are to be submitted upon tho
sole question of tho town's negli
gence; that Is, whether tho branches
along the highway were such an ob
struction that tho highway commis
sioner In tho proper performance of
his duties should have had know
ledge of them, and whether In law
such an obstruction could impose
ability upon tho town for not remov
ing them.
Tho Lehigh Valley has placed
with the Standard Steel Car company
an order for 1,000 drop gondola cars,
1,000 box, 160 refrigerator ana 100
automobile cars.
Another Railroad King.
"Harrlman Is dead; long llvo Ed
win Hawley 1"
"Who's Hawloy?" Wall street
asked, not so many years ago; Wall
street, that maelstrom of flnan'co
which never knows a genius until
he bobs up with the money that
all tho rest of the little gonulnes
have been aftor.
But Wall Street, once curious
about this man, now takes his hat
off to him.
When tho "wizard" died, people
who are big in the railroad world
naturally looked around for his suc
cessor. A few timid guesses were
made that Hawley might be the man,
but the guessers were squolcned.
Then, the other day, the country
Was astounded to learn that Haw
ley had gotten control of tho Mis
souri, Kansas & Texas, the "Katy"
railroad, right from under the noses,
of the men who thought they owned
It.
This road, one of the most desir
able properties in the southwest,
provided Hawley at once with an out
let for his other roads to the gulf of
Mexico, and gave him the great and
rich southwest to draw on for freight
to the north and east.
Hawley is known to his friends as
the "Bachelor of Broad Street." His
office high up In the Broad Exchange
building, has been a center of specu
lation and financial strife in the past.
Hawley himself, lacking sentiment,
can see farther in business than any
other big railroad man In the coun
try. He Is one of the few who, com
ing from the east, went out west
to make a name for himself, then
came back to New York as a mas
ter. Born in 1850 in Chatham, N. Y.,
he went at 16, to New York, with a
carpet bag full of shirts and a strong
determination to be a railroad man.
He got a Job as Erie railroad mes
senger, worked up to be bill of lad
ing clerkwlth the Rock Island, and
then Collis P. Huntington of Cali
fornia discovered him.
Thereafter Hawloy was Hunting
ton's right-hand man till the latter's
death. He got into a controversy
with Harrlman over the Southern
Pacific, was beaten, then turned
around and grabed the Alton from
the wizard's grasp.
After that he was marked. Any
body who could beat E. H. Harrl
man, Wall Street men said, was good
enough for them.
When he got the Alton, the Clover
Leaf passed Into his control. He
had the Iowa Central bought as a
gold brick from Russell Sage, and
to it he added the Minneapolis & St.
Louis. Thus the western wheat
country was pretty well covered by
the Hawley Interests. He branched
out.
The Chesapeake & Ohio, which he
got with the help of Henry E. Hunt
ington, a son of his old chief, and
several others who believed in him,
gave him an ocean outlet.
Then a group of central western
capitalists allowed him to get into
the Hocking Valley, Toledo & Ohio
Central, and the Chicago, Cincinnati
& Louisville, the latter a strictly in
dependent road.
Tho acquisition of the C. & O. gave
him other alliances, which enabled
Hawley to buy Into the Atlantic
Coast line and Its control of Louis
ville & Nashville.
In both these railroads he is a
powerful influence.
Then came the big "Katy" deal
which Wall Street said must have
taken a lot of money.
Wall Street looked around for the
source of the money, and found that
the tremendous power of the banking
house of Speyer & Co. was backing
the "Bachelor of Broad street."
"What will he do next?" they ask
now, because, with the Huntington,
Syeper and Hawley fortunes to
gether, he is able to do almost any
thing in the railroad world.
As It is, he controls nearly 20,000
miles of road, with a capitalization
of over 1400,000,000.
Hawley is a little man about 5
feet tall. His face is smooth, his
eyes intensely bright, his hair steel
gray. He speaks almost In a whis
per; his talk Is direct.
Looking at him on the street, one
would be tempted to call him a typi
cal successful gambler. His Is the
steel gaze that goes through one,
like the gaze of a race track specu
lator, like a man's who takes desper
ate chances and always wins.
But there is little of the gambler
about Hawley. He always figures
ahead what the result will be; the
others only guess.
Hawley knows what they don't
know that they are gamblers and
he Is the profit-taker.
So, no wonder Wall Street says:
"Harrlman is dead; long live
Hawley!"
To Dam Susquehanna at Harrisburg.
The Board of Public Works re
ported last Monday night to the
Councils of Harrisburg, in favor of
a five-foot dam in the Susquehanna
River at the lower end of Harris
burg. The purpose Is to prevent
the uncovering of sewer outlets at
low water. It will also provide a
sfretch of back-water a mile wide
and three miles long for boating and
aquatic sports.
CARD OF THANKS.
Wo wish to thank the young peo
ple and friends for kindness shown
us at tho tlrao of the late loss of our
homo by fire.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Fisher.
REMEMBER, NEXT TUESDAY
IS ELECTION DAY. VOTE FOR
THE AMENDMENTS AND SAVE
WAYNE COUNTY ?2,000 YEARLY.
HALLEY'S COMET
IS ON ITS WAY
TOWARDS THE EARTH
"THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOV
ERY THIS YEAR."
Halloy's comet was sighted in tho
middle of last month by Prof. Wolf
of tho Koenlgstuhl Observatory at
Heidelberg, and has already been
photographed on its terrific rush to
ward the earth. From now on it
will become steadily more brilliant,
revealing its stage of greatest bril
liance toward the end of next May,
when it will be about ten million
miles from the earth. It will then
be visible to tho naked eye for a
short time after sunset, low down
In the western sky. 4
The Harvard Observatory has
been designated by the leading as
tronomers of this country to watch
its course. This makes the views
of Prof. E. C. Pickering, Director of
the Observatory, doubly Interesting,
as he is really the official watcher of
the famous comet.
"The most important discovery
in the astronomical world this year
is tho finding of Halley's comet, for
which astronomers the world over
have been eagerly watching for
many months," said Prof. E. C.
Pickering last week. "The comet
was discovered by Prof. Wolf on
September 11th In right ascension G
hours, 18 minutes, 12 seconds; de
clination 17 degrees, 11 minutes
noTth. He telegraphed tho news to
the Observatory at Kiel, to which
astronomers all over Europe report,
and it, in turn, was cabled to the
Harvard Observatory, which has
been selected by the astronomers of
this country to watch the comet.
"Since that time the comet has
been sighted from the Harvard Ob
servatory and photographed. Prof.
S. W. Burnham of the Yerkes Obser
vatory at Lake Geneva reports that
he has observed the comet with the
naked eye, aided by a telescope, and
that he has two negatives of It. I
understand that It has also hpon
photographed at the Lisk Observa
tory.
"Scientific progress has revolu
tionized the method of making as
tronomical observations. Piintn.
graphy has been substituted for the
telescope when it Is desired to dis
cover a minute object In the utter
most realms of the sky.
"Early In the morning of Sept.
I Oth two photographic plates were
exposed at the Royal Observatory,
Greenwich, for about half an hour.
They were directed toward the space
in the sky where Crommelin's cal
culations showed the comet to be
on that date. On the first inspec
tion of the plates nothing out of
the common was detected. Two
days later, on the 13th, Prof. Wolf
telegraphed that he had discovered
the comet. A re-examlnation of the
Greenwich plates enabled the ob
servers to detect faint impressions
of it.
"With the telescopes which were
available in the eighteenth century
Halley's comet of 1768-59 was dis
covered seventy-seven days before
perihelion; on its next appearance,
in 1835, telescopes enabled astrono
mers to detect It 102 days before
perihelion, but the photographic
method of the twentieth century
has disclosed it about 220 days be
fore perihelion. We can therefore
say that photography has found the
comet somewhere about 100,000,000
miles further away than It can be
viewed through a telescope.
"To Prof. Burnham. of thn var
ices Observatory, belongs the credit
oi uemg tne nrst man in America to
see the comet through a telescope,
and to Mrs. Wilmina P. Fleming.
Curator of Astronomical Photo
graphs at Harvard, belongs the dis
tinction of being the (first woman to
see it.
"We will be able to see tho comet
with the naked eye and without the
aid of telescopes about Mav 18th
next. The earth passes through the
tan or tne comet at that time. There
need be no cause for alarm. Even
at that time we shall be some 10,
000,000 miles distant from it.
"Prior to the time of Hallov.
comets were sunnosed to he onlv nr.
caslonal visitors. But Halley found,
oy calculating, mat the comet travel
led In a closed curve, that It would
return to the solar svstem at intAr.
vols of about seventy-five years. In
itsz waiiey declared that this
comet, which now bears his name,
would return in 1769. At that time
his prediction was received with In
credulity, but When on Christmas
of the year he named the rnmpt tuna
seen in the heavens, his calculations
were remembered, and It was ac
knowledged that the comet was a
recurring one.
"The comet was acaln rppti in
1836, and has been absent since that
date. When first slerhted it
very large and brilliant; since then
it nas Decome smaller and less
bright. In 1835 it was only about
half as large and brilliant as in
1759.
"Until Halley's day. comets, nir
almost every other uncommon heav
enly manifestation, were universally
regarded as portents of evil. There
were many amazlne snnnrstitinnc,
concerlng them. Some declared that
the fire of which they seemed to be
composed denoted the burning of
human sins and wickedness, and the
ashes fell on the heads nf thn nnn.
ulace, causing all sorts of pesti
lence.
"When William tho
invaded England in 1066, he is said
to nave declared that his Norman
soldiers were guided by the tail of
a comet, which undoubtedly was
that which wo know as Halley's
to-day: Tho wife of tho famous'
Norman conqueror represented this
comet, and tho amazement of her
subjects at beholding it, on the fa
mous Bayeux tapestries. When
it appeared in 1466 it caused terror
and alarm among the Ignorant,
who feared that it was about to
destroy the earth.
"Some idea of tho vaBt size of the
orbit of Halley's comet may be
formed by comparing it with the
dimensions of our own planet. The
moan distance of the earth from the
sun is about 93,000,000 miles, while
the length of the orbit of the comet
is more than thirty-five times that
distance, and Its breath about one
fourth of its length.
"Could we imagine tho nucleus
of the comet a solid globo llko the
earth, and that It were possible for
us to take a journey on this globe
through the realms of Bpace along
the pathway of this comet, we should
find that It Its greatest distance
from the sun that luminary would
not appear as large as a star.
"At this distance the comet only
moves at the rate of thirty-nine
miles a minute, an 'aphelion crawl,'
compared with Its rate when at peri
helion, or when nearest to the sun.
Approaching the orbit of Neptune
It accelerates Its gait to sixty-five
miles per minute, Increasing the
speed to 171 miles per minute be
tween Neptune and Uranus. In the
space between Uranus and Satura
It goes at the rate of 320 miles a
minute, and this is Increased to 520
miles a minute between Saturn anu
Jupiter. As It rushes onward In
the direction of Mars it makes 783
miles per minute, and when It cir
cles tho sun It Is going 1,878 miles
per minute Its highest speed.
"If this speed wore Increased by
about seventeen miles per minute
It would exceed the speed limit per
mitted to this periodical visitor in
space. Tho orbit would become
parabolic and tho comet would. leave
our solar system forever. Fortun
ately, the comet has thus far passed
tho danger point In safety, and,
sweeping around the sun, has al
ways resumed Its long return voyage
Into infinite space."
She Was Not Engaged.
A book agent rapped at tho door
of a cottage occupied by an Irish
widow, and, as she half opened the
door, he inquired:
"Are you the lady of the house?"
"Oi am, sor," she replied.
"If you are not engaged I would
like to see you a few minutes," re
marked the agent as he started to
worm his way through tho opening.
"Indade, OI'm not engaged, an'
it's nawt the lolkes o' ye, an entoir
stranger, thawt kin be makin love
to a poor lone widdy six weeks aftlier
she's buried her fursht husband,"
was the emphatic response, as she
slammed the door in his face.
Gasping ior breath, the agent
made for the street, reflecting upon
the uncertain meaning of the Eng
lish language. Judge.
BREGSTE
FALL OPEN
gj
in mAf
The need of heavier garments is as Insistent as we aro about hurry
ing you male folks hero. We know what a great store this is; know
how well prepared we are to save y ou. That's why we say with all the
confidence In the world, "Como Her e."
HIGH ART AND COLLEGIAN
Suits and Overcoats are ready in
present season. Styes for the you
in all, It's a grand gathering of clot
Hats
If your price Is SI. 50, we'll show
tho Prominent; If you'll pay 82.00,
Gold Bond is the hat for you. Then
comes the Knox at S3. 00. Variety
a plenty.
Furnishings
There are a great many places to
buy fixings, but there's always one
Bregstein Brothers, vZZZSTp..
Forest Lake Association.
Tho Forest Lake Association elect
ed officers las week at tho club' house
for the ensuing year as follows:
Joseph Yn -Block of New York,
president; John D. Weston of Honea
dale, vice president and chairman of
the oxeciitlve committee; Claudo V.
Pallister of New York, secretary;
Joseph Leahy of New York, treas
urer. Richard Phillips of Paupack
was selected as winter superintend
ent and A. L. Bishop of Hawley as.
manager. The club experienced ono
of tho best years in its history, both
from a social and( financial standpoint.
CLAIRVOYANT TOLD TRUTH.
Sold Body of Missing Man Would Bo
Found in Pond, and It Was.
Gloucester, MaBS., Oct. 25. Fol
lowing the prediction of a clairvoy
ant, tho body of John W. Wheeler,
aged 72, has been found In Lily pond,
near here, after 200 men had inter
mittently searched for three weeks
slnce his disappearance.
The wife of the missing man, her
nerves worn by suspense to a point
where she threatened to commit sui
cide, consulted a fortune teller. Cur
iously enough the latter declared
that Wheeler's body would be found
lying In a pond. There were no
signs of foul play.
LYRIC THEATRE
BEHJ. H. DITTRICH. - - LESSEE AMD MANAGER
One Night Only ftff i
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NORTH
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STARTLING
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EXCITING
AEROPLANE
RACES
IN FRANCE. ETC.
Prices:
Main Moor 35 and 50 cents.
Halcony 25 cents.
SKAT SALE opens at the Iiox Ollice at 9
o'clock ii. m. Monday, Nov. 1.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
undersigned, u registered student at
law in the office of Victor A. Decker,
Esq., of the Wayne county bar, will
make application to the State Board of
Law Examiners, to be examined on the
7th and 8th days of Dec, 1909, for ad
mission to the bar of the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania, and to the bar of the
Court of Common Pleas of Wayne Co.
CHAS. S. HOUCK.
Honpsdale, Pa., Oct. 9 1909. 82eo-
We want you here
today !
Rather a pointed request
but we're saying it by right
of superior knowledge on
the subject of PALL AND
WINTER CLOTHING.
all the striking patterns for the
ng man styles for tho older. All
hes you should wear SIO to $20.
best place. It's here. The Eclipse
shirt, $1.00 to 82.00. Ever wear
tho Just Right Glove, 81.00 to 82.00
and the Corliss Coon collars? In
quarter sizes, 2 for 25c.
Underwear
Wo feature tho Australian natu
ral wool underwear at 81.00 per
garment; also Setsnug Union Suits
for men at 81.00 to 82.00 per suit.
ROS.
SNG