THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, SEPT. 23, 1010.
TEDDY TURNED
my li
Keystone Political Game That
Failed to Work,
ROOSEVELT JOLTED BOLTERS
Former President, Instead of Aiding
Insurgents, Lauded Administration
by Pennsylvania Republicans.
Probably tho most disappointing in
ctdont of tho stato campaign to tho
managers of tho Koystono Party was
tho failure of Roosevelt to comply
with their request and mako some ref
erence In his Pittsburg spooch to
Pennsylvania political conditions thnt
would aid tho Berry candidacy for
governor.
A special commlttoo of Keystoncrs
was delegated to got In touch with the
ox-prosldont as soon ns ho arrived and
urgo him to directly or Indirectly help
their cause In his speech. Tho com
mittee got a complete turn down.
They quickly learned that Roosevelt
was not going to bo a party In any
way to help along tho campaign of a
Democrat for governor of tho stalwart
Republican Keystone Stato.
Ho was perfectly familiar with
Berry's free silver and Bryanlte rec
ord boforo the Koystono committee
men broached the subject, and not
only did thoy get absolutely no en
couragement from Teddy, but ho gave
them a body blow when ho did mako
his spooch by lnudlng tho record of
the Republican party In this state.
Mayor William A. Mngeo, who Ib at
tho head of tho Republican organiza
tion of Allegheny, and upon whom
devolved the duty of making tho
speech of presentation to tho great
Pittsburg audience, was, with other
stalwart Republicans upon the plat
form, greatly elated over tho utter
ances of Roosovelt upon that occa
sion. In touching upon Pennsylvania con
ditions, the former president in part
said:
"And now, friends, In closing, I want
to call your attention to tho fact that
there Is not anything at all to be de
pressed about In present conditions in
America. We have got lots of good to
our credit
"Yon have some admirablo laws on
the statute books hero In Pennsylva
nia. Tako tho way that you care for
your schools your compulsory law
your appropriations for tho schools
your appropriations for school books,
bo that every boy and girl In Pennsyl
vania can get an education. And now,
you are administering that law so that
tboir parents and nobody else can
cheat them out of tho education. You
have on the statute books tho eight
hour law as regards tho employes of
the government. You have laws pro
hibiting child labor and minimizing
the nnmbor of hours and regulating
tho labor of women laws that have
not In the past been always executed
ns they should be, but which I think
nre steadily being better executed,
from all that I can hoar.
"You have mado excellent forestry
laws, oxccllent conservation laws, in
connection with your forests and wa
tors. It is a great sum of positive
achievement of which you Fhould be
proud. But It is bettor not to be proud
of It than to feel that, because you
have done pretty well, you aro there
fore to be excused from doing any
thing more. Do not forget that you
won't stand still. If you do not go
forward you will slip backward. Now,
so It is about America as a whole.1'
Thcr.o words of recognition of the
splendid administration of the affairs
of tUo commonwealth under RepuMi
can officials were sincerely and earn
estly spoi:en.
"There Is no reason whatever why
Mr. Berry should receive a single lie
publican vote In this campaign," say
the Scranton Truth. "He was an ea ;e:
seeker for tho Democratic nomination
and Is now a candidate because he
didn't get it. In the dispute between
William J. Bryan and Colonel Guffey,
when the Ncbraskan tried to eliminate
tho latter from Pennsylvania control,
Berry sided with Bryan and showeJ
himself an enthusiastic supporter ot
tnc Bryan brand ( national Demo
cratic politics, alt&--.i;h It is now well
known that ho sh.id have stood by
Guifoy in that com e.
"At no time has -r. Borry manifest
od any frloudBhip for Republican pi In
ciplcs or policies In stato or nation,
and ho is not, therefore, entltlod tc
Republican support, however zealously
ho may masquorade as an 'ludepeud
ont,' Ho must not bo porralttwl to sail
under false colors. He is a Democratic
bolter from tho Allentown convention
and a candidate because ho failed tc
secure tho nomination of that conviii'
tlon for governor.
"Mr. Berry's presonco In tho Held
can havo no other result than tho elec
tion of John K. Tener by tho largest
majority over received by a Republi
can candidate for governor of Penn
sylvania." Citizens of Pennsylvania with a
knowledge of what has been done by
the Republican party and with the
plodgos of John K. Tenor, tho Repub
lican nominee for governor, that he
will seok to follow tho policies and
tho methods of Edwin S. Stuart, It is
predicted, aro going to show their con
fidence and faith In tho Republican
party and Its standard bearer by roll
ing up a great Republican majority at
the election on Nor. 8.
EXPECTEfff SHOT
Gaynor Flays Hearst News
papers In Letter.
KEPT REPEATING FALSEHOODS
Mayor Declares That Ho Had n Feel
ing For Some Time That He Would
Be Attacked "Journalism Drag
ged to Degradation."
New York, Sept. 20. "Tho Hearst
newspapers went on repenting the
falsehoods and tried to get a meeting
to denounce me," says Mayor Gaynor
In describing the attempted nssnsslnn
nation made upon him in a letter to
his sister, Miss Mary Gnynor of Uticn,
N. Y.
"Though the thing had not entered
my head 'that morning, I was not sur
prised when I realized that I was
shot," snys tho mnyor. "I had had a
feeling for some weeks that I might
bo assaulted on account of tho anony
mous threats I was getting by mall.
I lind not received so many nor so
regularly since I was opposing the ring
corruptions and the McKanc coudl
tlons in Brooklyn and Grnvescud when
I wns n young mnn. I had censed
walking over the Brooklyn bridge.
"The matter of the pictures of tho
Reno prizefight had came up. I had
no way ns mayor to stop tho theaters
from showing them.
"They had been shown for yenrs
without objection. But tho Hearst
newspapers kept on denouncing me
for not stopping them. I suppose you
know tho way they had belled me
over since 1 beenmc mayor.
"Finally, one day they printed in
large type that nn officer of tho Chris
tian Endeavor society named Low
lande had called on mo at the mayor's
olllce and asked me on behalf of that
society to stop tho pictures and that
I told him ho 'was a fool and was sent
by fools.'
"I had never said such n thing, ns
you may well know. It wns mnde up.
I learned that Lowlnndo was a process
server for lawyers. The officers of tho
Christian Endeavor society put forth
n statement of their own motion that
it wns untrue that they had scut Low
lnude or any one else to me, nnd that
he did not represent them. But it
mado no difference. These newspapers
went on repeating tho falsehood and
even tried to get up a public meeting
to denounce me.
"Meanwhile, people of wicked or dis
ordered minds, of whom there are a
large number In New York city, would
cut these articles out and send them
to me with abuse nnd threats written
on the margin.
"Finally they printed that terrible
cartoon of me entitled "The Barker.' I
wns dressed up as a ruffian and stand
ing outside of a prizefight ring twirl
ing n cane and barking for people to
go in nnd seo the sport. Two men
slugging each other, one of them down
and bleeding, were exposed In tho ring.
"Think of one who has been more of
n library student than anything else
nil his life and who never oven saw n
boxing match, being pictured like that!
But tho iguorant and disordered minds
believed It, and I suppose many others
who read no other newspaper did and
were naturally inllamed against such
n ruffian being mayor. Thnt was the
object these newspapers had In view,
although they printed all the pictures
of the fight In tho most revolting form,
as they had been doing for years with
nil such lights.
"Even some sensational ministers
wrote to me ns though they believed
it. It was during this time that It llrst
entered my head that I might bo In
dnnger, especially In walking over the
bridge, although earlier In tho year I
had received n few similar threats
when these same newspapers pub
lished that wo were discharging small
employees but taking on expensive
ones.
,".Such Journalism Is, of course, lu ab
solute defiance of the criminal law,
nnd It did enter my mind to publicly
call on the grand Juries nnd tho dis
trict attorney to protect mo from It,
but I wns weak and feared people
would say I was thin skinned.
"But the time is ut hand when these
Journalistic scoundrels havo got to
stop or get out, and I nm rendy now to
do my share to that end. They nre ab
solutely without souls. If decent peo
plo would refuse to look nt such pa
pers tho thing would right Itself nt
once.
"Tho Journalism of New York city
has been dragged to tho lowest depth
of degradation."
LOCKOUT HALF A MILLION.
British Employers May Discipline Their
Cotton Workers.
Manchester, Sept. 20. Tho Cotton
Employers' federutlou decided on n
goneral lockout on Oct. 1 If tho dispute
between tho masters nnd men nt tho
Fern mill In Oldhuiu Is not settled by
that date.
If a lockout is decided upon It will
oventually Involve COO.000 men. Tho
Fern mill dlsputo la between a small
number of men nnd owners of tho mill
In regard to working conditions.
Weather Probabilities.
Partly cloudy aud warmer today,
With possible showers; Wednesday,
fair, with moderate Variable winds.
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Whole Fami.'y A.'r.ust Wipad
Out Ly hhj'c:.
MOTHER'S HEAD IS CRUSHED.
Pennsylvania Man, Upon Return Homo
From Work, Finds Wife and Three
Children Dead Robbery Believed
Motive For Attack.
West Chester, Pa., Sept. 21. John
Zoos, n Pole, who is employed in tho
plumbago mines nenr Byres, upon
his return home nfter his dully work,
found thnt his wife, two dnughters,
aged three years and ten months re
spectively, nnd n son had been mur
dered. His wife Iny upon (he lloor
with her head crushed.
His boy was found In some bushes
near the house with his head partly
crushed.
Zoos ran to tho country store nnd
gnvo tho alarm. He wns wild nnd
crazy.
It Is not known who committed tho
crime.
The crime wns committed with a
heavy club or iron bar nnd for rob
bery, ns tho bank book nnd nil tho
money in the house was gone.
Chief of Police Jeffries nnd District
Attorney Gnwthrope are on tho scene.
A stranger was seen In tho vicinity
of the Zoos home nnd wns seen leav
ing In the direction of Downingtown.
A large posse of farmers aro search
lug tho neighborhood.
MRS. CHANLEIt NO. 1 TO FIGHT
Will Try to Set Aside Cavalicri Ante
Nuptial Contract.
Paris, Sept. 21. Mrs. Julia Chamber
lain Chanler, first wife of Robert Wln
throp Chanler, who is residing hero
with her two children, Julia and Dor
othy, has Instructed her legal repre
sentatives In New York city to Imme
diately bring suit in tho supremo court
there to set aside tho famous nnte-nup-tlal
agreement which the young Amer
ican made with Lina Cavalier!, tho op
era singer, his present wife. Mrs.
Chanler and her children nre at pres
ent beneficiaries in the amount of
?20,000 n year under nn agreement
made with Chnnlcr when she got her
decree of separation from him In the
French courts somo years ago.
Ever since extracts of tho Chnnler
Cavalierl agreement under which
Chanler gave the opern slngor every
thing, including his real esttne and
$20,000 n year besides, began to nppear
in the Paris newspapers Mrs. Chanler
has been in nlmost dally consultation
with her legal nnd banking representa
tives hero.
American Auto Victim Abroad.
Dublin, Sept. 21. Andrew Phillips,
reported to be nn American, wns se
verely injured when nn nutomoblle oc
cupied by him nnd his son collided
with anotlier car near Cavnn.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Stock Quotations.
Money on call today was 2 per cent;
time- money nnd mercantile paper un
changed In rates. Closing stock quota
tions on the New York exchange Sept. 20
were:
Amal. Copper.. C3 Norf. & West... 90V4
Atchison 0 Northwestern ..H
H. & O 10JU Penn. R. R 128
Brooklyn R. T.. 74H Reading 110
dies. & Ohio... HV Rock Island 30?4
CC..C.& St.L. 73 St. Paul 120
D. & II 102 Southern Pac.llSK
Krlo t4 Southern Ry.... 23V4
Gen. Electric... 142Vi South. Ry. pf... 62
111. Central 128 Sugar U(J
lnt.-Met 21 Texas Pacific... 2fl
I. ouls. & Nash.. 142 Union Pacific... 1G1H
Manhattan 1SS U. S. Steel GG
Missouri Pac... 52',i U. S. Steel pf...ll?i
N. Y. Central. ...113 West. Union GI&
Market Reports.
BUTTHR-Steady on top Krades; other
kinds weaker; receipts, 17,'0 packages;
creamery, specials, per lb., SQc.; extras,
29c. ; thirds to firsts, 24a2fca; state dairy,
finest, ffic: common to prime, 23aI7c;
process, specials, 27c; seconds to extras,
23a2C4a: factory. June make, 23V4a24c.;
current make, 22u2Ja; imitation creamery,
.Ma&c.
CIIBESB Firm, but quiet; receipts,
7.632 boxen; state, whole milk, specials,
!5Hnl7c; average fancy, small, white. I&o.;
large, lie.; small, colored, 15c; large, 15c;
choice, 11. c, good to prime, HaHViC. ;
common to fair, l(Hfcalic. ; skims, po.
clals, 12Vc.; fine, UiiHVic.; fulr to ood,
SlinlOVie.; common, t!a7c; full skims,
2Ha4c.
1CGGS Firm; recoipts. 17,971 cases; state,
Pennsylvania nnd nearby, hennery, white,
3Cu40c; gathered, white, 30u3Gc; hennery,
brown, 30d32c; gathered, brown, 27a20a;
fresh gatheiud, extra firsts, 2Ca27c; firsts,
24a26c.J seconds, 22a2Sc.
HAY AND STRAW Quiet; timothy,
per 100 lbs.. 75c.a!1.10; shipping, C0a70c;
clover, mixed, 40a75c.j clover, ffiaTCc.; long
rye straw, WaGOc.; oat and wheat, 40c;
half bales, 2Ha5c. less.
LIVE POULTRY -Unsettled; spring
chickens, per lb., ISalCc.; fowls, ldc; roost
ers. He; turkeys, 12a 15c; ducks, 14c;
geese, 12c; guinea fowls, per pair, COa;
pigeons, per pair, 20c
DRESSED POULTRY-Slow and easy;
fresh killed turkeys, western, spring, per
lb., 20a27c; western, old, J8a22c.; broilers,
Philadelphia squab, per pair, 40o50c; 3 to,
4 lbs. to pair, per lb., 23a24e.; Pennsylva
nia. 3 to 4 lbs. to pair, per lb., 19a20c.
MEATS Live veal calves, common to
choice, per 100 lbs., JSa.ll; culls, fS.60a7.K0;
live calves, buttermilks, Soa6.60; grasscrs,
(.COofi; country dressed veal calves, prime,
per lb., ItHalEc.; common to good. lOaHc;
barnyard calves, 7a9c.
Chicago Live Stock.
CATTLE Receipts. 12,000; market strong;
prime beeves, !7aS.40; fancy yearlings, $6.75
a7.S0; distillery steers, S7.60aS; choice
calves, 9a9.2a.
HOGS Receipts, 13,000; market steady;
tlS lb. butchers. 9.30.
SHEEP-Recelpts, 35,000; market steady;
feeding and breeding ewes, $2.50a5.76; na
tive lambs, ta.25a7.16; range lambs, Ca7.
JAIL FJEIKE.
Suciar Man 'Also FinGd Tor
Defrauding the U. S.
STEP IN BIG TRUST SUIT.
Six Counts In Indictments, Four Re
ferring to Alleged False Entry and
Two to Conspiracy to Swindle
by Underweighing Product.
Now York, Sept. 20. Eight months
In tho Now York penitentiary on Black
well's Island and n fine of ?5.000 Is
the punishment meted out to Charles
It. Helke, formerly sccrctnry nnd treas
urer of tho American Sugar Refining
company.
Since June, when Uclkc wns convict
ed of aiding and abetting a conspiracy
to defraud tho government of customs
duties through the underweighing of
sugnr, legal steps had delayed the
passing of sentence, nnd oven now the
ex-socrctury has nnother chance to es
cape. Judge Martin Immediately nfter
the sentence granted n stay so that an
nppwtl could be taken to the United
States circuit court of appeals.
Hclke's ball, which had been $23.0011
pending sentence, wns reduced to $15,.
000, nnd tho Judge extended tho term
of the court lu this case for n year and
six months. A new bond wns ordered
filed. Tho prisoner had no difficulty
lu providing It.
In court Uclkc wns accompanied bj
his son nnd his lawyers, John B
Stanchfleld and George S. Graham.
The Judge first announced the denial
of motions for nrrcst of Judgment,
for a uew trial and for Immunity on
tho ground that Helke had appeared
before the federal grand Jury ns n
government witness In the prosecution
of tho American Sugar Refining com-
CHARLES It. HEIKE.
puny for violation of the criminal pro
visions of the Sherman anti-trust act
after tho closing of the Philadelphia
refinery of the Pennsylvania Sugat
Refining company.
After the denial of tho motions Mr.
Stanchfleld made general as well as
specific exceptions. When these for
malities were over Henry L. Stlinsoii
special prosecutor In tho sugar fraud
nnd customs graft cases, nsked for the
Imposition of sentence.
Tho Indictment of Mr. Helke was re
garded as the most Important stop
tnken by the government In the prose
cution of the American Sugar Refining
company, ns It Involved the arrest of
the man next In nuthority to Mr. Wash
ington B. Thomas, president of tho
concern.
Mr. neiko wns tnken Into custody
Jan. 14, nfter lie had been indicted
with fivo others, Ernest W. Gerbracht,
formerly superintendent of tho WII
llamsburg refinery; James P. Bonder
lingol, cashier; Harry W. Yoelker, ax
slstant superintendent, nud Jean M
Yoelker nnd J. P. Halllgnn, checkers.
There wore six counts in tho Indict
ment, four referring to tho nlleged
false entry of sugar and two to an
alleged conspiracy to defraud the gov
eminent by the underweighing of sugar
Mr. Helko was put on trial May HI
nnd was found guilty June 10.
M0ISSANT IN FANCY FLYING.
American Aviator Stirs Up Crowd at
Folkestone For Twenty-three Minutes.
London, Sept. 20. John B. Molssant,
tho Amerlcnn uvlator who recently
completed n trip from Paris to London
with u passenger, mado a flight of
twenty-three minutes at Polkestono.
Ills lino airmanship nroused tho enthu
siasm of tho spectators, who gave him
n great ovation.
Molssant Is ono of tho entrants for
tho international aviation meeting at
Belmont park, New York, next mouth
Lost Boy Loses Mind.
Poughkeepsle, N. Y., Sept 20. Lost
in tho Pawling mountains two days,
with nothing to cat but a few wild
apples. Percy Brltton, threo and one
half years old, son of Charles Brltton,
a farmer, has been found. Ho Is do
ranged mentally as a result of his ex
perience, but will recover.
$4,000 Worth of Silk Stolen.
Senttlo, Sept. 20. Pour thousand dol
lars' worth of Ohineso silk shipped
from nongkong to Now York on tho
Great Northern steanishlp Minnesota
vs stolen recently.
)POPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
1 THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OP THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOB THEIR
APPROVAL OR REJECTION, BY
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OP
THE COMMONWEALTH OP PENN
SYLVANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY
ORDER OP THE SECRETARY OP
THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR
SUANCE OP ARTIPLia WITT OP
THE CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Proposing nn amendment to section
twenty-six of article five of tho
Constitution of tho Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Resolved, (If tho Sennto concur),
Thnt tho following amendment to
section twenty-six of nrtlclo five of
tho Constitution of Pennsylvania bo,
and the samo Is hereby, proposed, In
nccordanco with the eighteenth nrtl
clo thoreot:
Thnt section 20 of Article V which
rends as follows: "Section 26. All
laws relating to courts shall be gen
cral and of uniform operation, and
tho organization, Jurisdiction, nnd
powers of all courts of tho samo
class or grade, so far as regulated
by law, and the force and effect of
tho process and Judgments of such
courts, shall bo uniform; and tho
General Assembly is hereby prohibit
ed from creating other courts to ex
orclso the powers vested by this Con
stitution In tho Judges of the Courts
of Common Pleas nnd Orphans'
Courts," bo amended so that tho same
shall read as follows:
Section 2C. All laws relating to
courts shall bo general and of uni
form operation, nnd the organization,
Jurisdiction, and powers of all courts
of the same class or grade, so far as
regulated by law, and the force and
offect of the process and Judgments
of bucIi courts, shall bo uniform;
but, notwithstanding any provisions
of this Constitution, the General As
sembly shall havo full power to es
tablish new courts, from time to timo,
as the samo may be needed In any
city or county, and to prescribe the
powers and Jurisdiction thereof, and
to increase the number of Judges in
any courts now existing or hereafter
created, or to reorganize the same,
or to vest In other courts the Juris
diction theretofore exercised by
courts not of record, nnd to abolish
the same wherever It may be deemed
necessary for tho orderly and efficient
administration of Justice.
A truo copy of Resolution No. 1.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
Number Two.
RESOLUTION
Proposing nn amendment to the
onsiuuiion or the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, so as to
eliminate the requirement of pay
ment of taxes as a qualification of
the right to vote.
Resolved C if the Hnnsn nf Tt
sentatives concur), That the follow
ing amendment to tho Constitution
of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia be, and tho samo Is hereby, pro
posed, In accordance with the eigh
teenth article thereof:
That section ono of article eight bo
amended, by striking out the fourth
numbered paragraph thereof, so that
tho said section shall read as fol
lows:
Section 1. Every malo citizen
twenty-one vears of nco. nnsspsolni.
tho following nunllfletlUnnn alinll lin I
entitled to vote at nil elections, sub
ject however to such laws requiring
and iegulatlng tho registration of
electors as tho General Assembly mav
enact.
First. He shall hnrn Iippti n f.tWnn
of the United States at least one
month.
Second. He shall have resided In
the State one year (or if, having pre
viously been a qualified elector or
native-born citizen nf thn Rtntn lm
shall have removed therefrom and
returned, then six months), Immedi
ately preceding tho election.
Third. He shall havo resided In the
olectlon district where he shall offer
to vote at least two months immedi-
nioiy preceuing tho election.
A truo copy of Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
Number Threo.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to tho Con
stitution of tho Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, so as to consolidate
the courts of common pleas of Al
legheny County.
Section 1. Bo it rosolved by tho
Sonnto and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia in General Assembly met, That
tho following nmendtuent to tho Con
stitution of Pennsylvania bo, nnd the
same is hereby, proposed, In accord
nnco with tho eighteenth article
thoreof :
That section six of nrtlclo fivo be
amended, by striking out tho said
section, and inserting In place thore
of tho following:
Section C. In tho county of Phila
delphia all tho Jurisdiction nnd pow
ers now vested In tho district courts
and courts of common pleas, subject
to such changes ns may bo mado by
this Constitution or by law, shall bo
In Philadelphia vested In five dis
tinct aud separato courts of equal
and co-ordlnato Jurisdiction, com
posed of threo Judges each. Tho
said courts In Philadelphia shall bo
designated respectively as tho court
of common pleas number ono, num
bor two, number threo, number four,
and numbor fivo, but tho number of
said courts may bo by law Increased,
from timo to time, and shall be in
llko manner designated by bucccssIvo
numbers. Tho number ot Judges in
any of said courts, or in any county
whero tho establishment of an addi
tional court may bo authorized by
law, may be increased, from timo to
time, and whenovor such Increase
shall amount in tho whole to three.
such threo Judges shall compose a
dlBtlnct and separate court as afore
said, which shall bo numbered as
aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits
shall be instituted in the said courts
of common pleas without designating
the number of tho said court, and tho
Beveral courts shall distribute and
apportion tho business among them
in such manner as shall be provided
by rules of court, and each court.
to which any suit shall be thus as
signed, shall have exclusive Juris
diction thereof, subject to change of
venue, as shall be provided by law.
In tho county of Allegheny all tho
Jurisdiction and powers now vested
In tho sovernl numbered courts of
common pleas shall bo vested In ono
court of common pleas, composed of
all tho Judges in commission in said
courts. Such Jurisdiction and pow
ers shall extend to all proceedings at
law and in equity which shull havo
been Instituted In tho several num
bered courts, and shall bo subject to
such changes as may bo mado by law,
and subject to chango of venue as
provided by law. Tho president
judge of snld court shall be selected
as provided by law. Tho number of
Judges In said court may be by law
Increased from timo to time. This
amendment shall take effect on tho
first day of January succeeding Its
adoption.
A truo copy of Resolution No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Number Four.
Proposing an amendment to section
eight, article nine, of tho Consti
tution of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Bo It resolved by tho
Senate and Houso of Representatives
of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia In General Assembly met, That
tho following Is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of tho
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in
accordance with the provisions of tho
eighteenth article thereof:
Amendment to Article Nine, Sec
tion Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight
article nine, of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows: "Section 8. Tho debt of any coun
ty, city, borough, township, school
district, or other municipality or In
corporated district, except as herein
provided, shall never exceed seven
per centum upon tho assessed valuo
ot the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or dis
trict Incur any new debt, or increase
Its indebtedness to an amount ex
ceeding two per centum upon such
assessed valuation of property, with
out the assent of tho electors thereof
at a public election in such manner
as shall be provided by law; but any
city, the debt of which now exceeds
seven per centum of such assessed
valuation, may be authorized by law
to Increase tho samo three per cen
tum, In tho aggregate, at any one
time, upon such valuation," so as to
read as follows:
Section 8. Tho debt of any county.
city, borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or Incor
porated district, except as herein
provided, shall never exceed seven
per centum upon the assessed valuo
of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or dis
trict incur any new debt, or Increase
Its indebtedness to an amount ex
ceeding two per centum upon such
assessed valuation of property, with
out the assent of tho electors thereof
at a public election In such manner
ns shall be provided by law; but any
city, the debt of which now exceeds
seven per centum of such assessed
valuation, may be authorized by law
to increase the samo three per cen
tum, in the aggregate, nt any ono
time, upon such valuation, except
that nny debt or debts hereinafter
incurred by the city and county of
Philadelphia for tho construction
and development of subways for tran
sit purposes, or for tho construction
of wharvs and docks, or the re
clamation of land to be used In tho
construction of a system of wharves
and docks, as public Improvements,
owned or to be owned by said city
and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and
county of Philadelphia current net
revenue In excess of tho Interest on
said debt or debts and of the annual
installments necessary for the can
cellation of said debt or debts, may
bo excluded In ascertaining the pow
er of the city and county of Philadel
phia to become othorwlse Indebted:
Provided, That a sinking fund for
their cancellation shall bo established
and maintained.
A truo copy of Joint Resolution
No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
TWELVE muslin trespass notices
for ?1.00; six for seventy-flvo cents.
Name of owner, township nnd law
regarding trespassing printed there
on. CITIZEN office.
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JEWELRY, SILVER-
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CLOCKS,
DIAMONDS,
AND NOVELTIES
"Guaranteed articles only sold." '.
ARRIVAL AlfD DEPARTURE OP
ERIE TRAINS.
Trains leave Union depot at 8.2 S
a. m. and 2.48 p. m week days.
Trains arrive Union depot at 1.C0
and 8.05 p. m. week days.
Saturday only, Erie and Wyoming
arrives at 3.45 p. m. and leaves at
5,60 p. m.
Sunday trains loavo 2.48 and ar
rive at 7.02.