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EDITORIAL.
HE IS A BAD ONE.
Rev. E. Olclknow Millinpton, jmis
tor of a Baptist Churcli in Newark,
N. J., whoso sensational disappenr
nnco last week, subse'iut'iit return
nnd statement that ho iliil not know
what ho was doing until ho found
himself in Montreal, was quickly
caught, proven n liar and then con
fessed it. He eloped with a Mrs.
Dorothy Dickorson, a member of his
church, and Rfter spending several
days in Canada, she wrote home for
clothing and this letter betrayed
their whereabouts. His brother
went on found them and compello j
a separation and his return. The
" Ilov. Oldknow " tsai 1 they did nut
mean to bo caught, but having bcon
and forced to tell the truth, ho fin
ally confessed: Ilo was married
and had been for sometime past liv
ing in a beggarly fashion, bis wife
scrimping and saving in everyway
in order that as she supposed they
might get out of debt. Ho was not
paying any bills ho could possibly
avoid and all to save money with
which to run away. Ho says now
he is sorry and sacrilegiously adds :
"With God's help I intend to lead a
different life hereafter but not in the
ministry." Well people should see
that ho does lead a diilVrent life.
First, ho should bo horse vvbij l in
to thorough repentance and lun
put ou some electric lino i,-i tin
chances would bo very strong that
he would never have time to back
slide unless ho was spry r than the
Bubtlo fluid. As for Mrs. Dickerson
well bho is said to bo pretty, slen
der and a blonde, sho is the devil's
ally, " for her feet go down to death
and her steps take hold on hell."
DI.SCIIARGED FOlt Tiri'LING.
Four switchman in the Erie yard
at Binghampton wero discharged
recently for drinking. The com
pany is to bo commended for this
evidence of sense. No man who is
in the habit of drinking should be
retained in a position where the
lives and property of the people
may bo placed in jeopardy by his
having taken just one too many.
An habitual drinker never knows
just when to stop, and his Tiding is
likely at anytime to cause a disaster
which money cannot replace. The
rigid enforcement of this rule
among employers, especially where
others than those directly affected
are concerned, would be an effectual
temperance organization, and one
that would be hailed with joy by
all travelers and the families of the
parties themselves.
Rev. E. E. Dixon, pastor of the
34. E. Church at East Btroudsburg,
recently read from tbo pulpit, the
names of those persons who signed
litjnor license applications in that
town. He denounced them in fer
vid language, and s;iid that a lif-ense
signer was a hypocrite and a "tim-,
and that every c-1 1 U' : h m nib ' w ii"
si;,ri:-.'il one orht 'o be ( ) 't I i
lie be .it.v lii ' un l, titiii
hin. -elf. lie tu.- 'i hat tii v. .
Un 1 sigi: tl 1. p id v. .Ill i t.;:-r
their names (.IT, and if 1 1 i refused
then they should be boycotted, say-i-i-j
if til .' w I ii"t taU ' if their
n.ui:- -: in plain w ' d. ,1 i :
V, i)'. I
T-.-i
i ) ' !'!! i:w and
! '1" 'Uiitlii:y
(I -ry
. i .-. I at
.laily
, t tb ta.ia of
' ! rated with
, .! tb - .'1 veil to be
. i" family. The
.s l-i ilif; n-i(iiii and de-
Willi.1 l.u-
The (question of Ilrnnrh ltankm
If small national banks nro to be en
cooraRPd iu the more spnrsely (settled
portions of the country, tho question
arises whether they should bo purely
local organizations or brunches of the
great metropolitan bnnks. The old Unit
ed Stutes bank had branches which, by
virtue of their connection with a largo
ceutrul institution, had some advan
tages over the local banks with which
they competed, but were in more than
one instance the objects of adverse, state
legislation. This spirit of local hostility
to a bank located in another city, and
perhaps another state, left memories
which still survive and which account
in part for the opposition to branch
banks.
But the experience of England and
Scotland, Canada and Australia, is
strongly and uniformly in favor of large
central banks with many branches. The
banks of Canada are able to maintain a
singular uniformity in the rates of in
terest in the great commercial centers
and in the remote agricultural regions
because the banks of Montreal and To
ronto have their branches in Manitoba
and the Pacific region and can transfer
tho surplus capital of one locality to
meet the deficiency In another as it can
not be done by wholly independent
banks. The conditions in Canada are
very much like those of the United
States, and the success of the Canadian
banks in doing what we recognize the
importance of having done is entitled to
great weight in our considerations. In
Scotland it is well known that the
branch system has greatly favored those
agricultural interests which in our own
country are so much in need of financial
accommodation.
The preponderance of financial testi
mony is deuidedly in favor of the branch
Bystem, most of the opposition to which
comes, or would come, from local finan
cial interests, jealous of strong outside
competition. . There is a feeling of dis
trust of all banks which is born of ig
norance. It increases rapidly with the
increase of a bank's capital and the ex
tension of its operations, which are sup
posed to prove the bank to be a monop
oly. Iron Age.
Bryan's Mistaken Policy.
Aren't Bryan and his friends making
a great mistake by continuing the dis
cussion of the silver question at this
time.? It is nearly four years until the
next presidential election, and the peo
ple can learn a whole lot about silver
and the effect of cheap monpy upon
wages and savings iu four years. They
learned much that Bryan didn't want
them to know during the four short
months of the last campaign. It is no
ticeable that in the states where the ques
tion was most discussed the majori
ties against Bryan wero heavy or his
majorities were unexpectedly small
If the Bilverites will think of the great
amount of work done in the states west
of Pennsylvania, east of Colorado and
north of Tennessee and reflect upon the
result of the election, they will, if they
are wise and want to win in 1900, con
clude to drop educational work and to
proceed on some less dangerous line. If
Bryan and his friends would stop talk
ing about silver for three years, it would
be difficult for the "goldlmgs" to get
people to listen to their convincing argu
ments. If our hard times should unfor
tunately continue, Bryan might step out
a few days before the 1900 election and
say, "I told yon so," and a majority of
the voters, without having given the
matter much thought, might conclude
that perhaps the "crime of 1873" was
responsible for the lack of prosperity.
But if they study the question for four
whole years they will be certain that
neither silver nor any kind of cheap
money ever brought prosperity to any
country, though they have often brought
hard times. The wage earners will un
derstand that Id to 1 is an underhanded
scheme to lower wages and the farmers
that they cannot, by juggling with cheap
money, get any advantage of the rest of
the world in the matter of prices of farm
products. This educational work must
be stopped short, or the cause of frea
(irver is lost
A Good Example.
The action of the silver Republicans
in dcciduii; to make the mr ay issue
paramount sets a good example to the
gold Democrats, the Bahiuioie News
(IKiZL ) says: "They must keep them
selves in readiness to support, not nine
ly by assenting vote, tut Ly active work
and friendly counsel, any effort which
may be honestly put forward by the in
coming atliiiiiiirtrulH.il to place the
finances of the country upon a sound
basis. They would stultify ibeir course
in the contest of lust yiar if theyulluw
ed puxty coimidi iatioun to have no uiui h
as a feather's weight in coiupariHon with
their duty upon this issue of transcend
ent moment. "
CUlillEXCY
ELASTICITY.
INFERIORITY OF OUR OWN AS COM
PARED WITH SCOTCH AND CANA
. DIAN CURRENCY SYSTEMS.
NpciI For More Money to Mnrn l'rrG Is
At Once Rnpplletl In Other Countries,
nnt Not In litis-Red Tape, font nnd
Itelny In Obtaining Cnrrency Make Onr
System Inelastic and Increase Ilnte of
Interest In Aufrttst and September flat
ter Ranking; and Currency System Alone
Can Kid t' of the Silver Question.
pecretiiry of tho Treasury Winriom
said in his treasury report fur lNjld:
In my judgment the gravest defect
in our present financial system is its
lack of elasticity. The demand for
money, in this country, is so irrcgnlar
that an amount of circulation which
will be ample during ten months of tho
year will frequently prove so deficient
during the other two months ns to eanso
stringency and commercial disaster.
The crops of tho country have reached
proportions so immense that their move
ment to market, in August and Septem
ber, annually causes a dangerous ab
sorption of money. The lack of a snlli
eient supply to meet the increased de
mands during those months may entail
heavy losses upon the agricultural as
well as upon other business interest."
How hard nnd inelastic is our present
nnscientiflc currency system, or lack of
system, is apparent when a comparison
ih made with tho currency systems of
other countries. In a pamphlet recently
issued by the sound enrreney committee
of the Reform club Mr. L. Cairoll Root
illustrates the relative elasticity of SO
different banking systems in 1(1 different
countries. He says:
Iho data secured includes weekly or
monthly statements of the outstanding
circulation of the leading bank currency
systems of the world. Tho period cov
ered in each enso is the two years 181)4
and 1H1I5. Hie method of preparation
of diagrams lias been to take the mini
mum circulation of the period as a base
line and to reduce tho amounts on other
dates to percentages of this. In this way
a common measure has been secured,
and comparison of oijo diagram with
another is facilitated."
We reproduce .below three of Mr.
Root's diagrams which show in a strik
ing way the great difference in elasticity
of currencies in Scotland, Canada and
the United States.
BANKS Or SCOTLAND TBN RANKS.
rculntlon.
1W4.
1,U,r.23
0. 1. 11 ,114
. fi.USIl.U75
. ,2sti,;'!
, 6,NI1I.U'JI1
. 7,Uli:i,fl71
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. .!4.0Hfi
Clrculntion.
1M'5.
Jnnutiry 2(1. ,.0,iH7.4a4
Fri.ruiiry 2a.. e,27(l.ti!7
March 2!l H,!t12.IO
April 21) fto,a8
May 18 ?,1:i5,.Vi2
Juno 15 7,'l4iMi:i0
July 111 7,00.rj
AuKUHt 111 ... .tl.7,l(fl
September 7 7,U1I,(H)1
Oi'tohur 6 ... . 7,u:4.1U7
November 2. 7,llil,B
November.1). 7,7H4,SI
December 28 7,bSli,U8a
January 27..
February 24
Murch i
April 21
Muy 19
June 10
July 14
AuKUHt 11
Btiptentbor 8.
October H. . ..
NoventtMir 11.
December 1..
December 128.
n.tm.Mi
fl.liiWHS
6, f,'.V'0
7, ::W,?49
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CANADIAN BANKS THtnTV-EK1IIT BANKS
1894 I 18 95.
111
mK .s J I I ' I I
CI
189 4 I 1 H '.) 5
Br A
in j
Circulation. Circulation.
18114. Iff.
January 81 $:m,571.S75 $28,II17,27
February 28 UU,IU1,2II7 2S,H16.4:'4
March bl a),7lC,li7 2.414,7iifl
April ID 2U.U1I,473 211,152,152
Way 111 28,407,718 2N,ia,lli4
JunulW 8U.2."i4,ll 8.1, 1041,578
July 81 2H.8iil,772 29.7J8.116
AuttUBtUl Wt,27u.3l ),7;7,fi22
September BO 88,855,1511 82,771,443
October Bl 84,618,(151 84,071,028
November 80 81,1711,808 B4,.',2,7t6
December 81 82,875,020 82,566,170
EMTIO STATES NATIONAL BANKS.
EXCLUSIVE OE BANK'S OWN NOTEB ON HAND.
Circulation. Per cent.
December, ISfO
February, r4-
Muy, lwi4
July, lsi4
October, 14
Ueoomber, 181)1
March, !t5
May, lwo
July, 1SUG
September, lKt5
..:si4.SKl,i:iO
lift 8
101 6
I'll 7
llKl.O
loo 8
liu.7
Mi U
lo-: 5
ltl.1.2
l..S
luo.4
1U0.4
201,8K2,8:
200,514,4111
, 1:,IW.5.14
2ou,370,7i4
, ai,ani,!if
ll,4:,it3
, 2u4,ul.'M,oo
, 2U5,4M),.I0
, 2tlM.U10,8IU
, 2lW,7tid.7ia
December, 1K!!5
February, lotW ll,to0,7uu
These diagrams show that in Scotland
there is about 20 per cent more of cnr
rency in circulation in November than
iu February. Iu Canada there is 22 per
t ent more currency in circulation in Oo
t iber thun iu May. In the United States
there was ouf 6 per cent change iu cir
culation during the two years 1SD4 and
1HU5, and tho most of this change if ac
counted for not by the changing no ds
for currency at different periods of tli"
year, but by the Bales of United Statu
bonds, which mado it convenient for
banks to increase their circulation. Mr.
Koot thus explains the changes in Can
ada and Scotland:
"For instance, on comparing the cir
culation of Canada and Scotland, the
tirht thing noticed is that in Scotland
there are two upward movements, one
culminating in May and the other in
November, while in Camilla, the fonmr
movement is entirely absent and th
other occurs one month earlier than in
Scotland. The explunaiiou will without
doubt be found in the Scotch practice of
muking payments on mortgages, inter
cut, annuities', etc., at thonu dates a
piactice nut followed so extensively in
Canada.
"In general a single annual move
ment may be said to characterise agri
cultural communities. This occurs iu
tho fall, and is duo to what we have
come to cull 'moving the crops.' Its
explanation may be found iu the fact
TsTSiiTl
WHY NOT BUY
THE BEST?
STERLING I
GUARANTEE O
NOT TO IN JURE. y
47eifrl'l!MT po''ilielv will not Injure your
evil I lllllj Iimirl or tlie finest fabric:, litis
lias been pi'i.ven by aet'lal tests. (. lotlies waslt. tl
with It hei'ume white nnrl odorless. Matchless
tor flannels. Stin-rb for glassware. Will re
move sunns from marble anil umt:e your Uoors
white ns clt.'t Ik.
Trg It that it max! epeaft for Itself.
that farmers, as a ciass, are not accus
tomed to make use of bank deposits, and
consequently when payments are mndo
to them for their crops (largely at a sin
gle season of the year) the surplus over
immediate payments is required by them
iu tho form of notes it being unques
tionably true that in any of our agricul
tural communities in this country tho
averago farmer has in his possession
during tho six weeks following the sale
of his crop a much larger amount of
currency than during too rest of the
year. Tho result in the aggregate is r.n
extraordinary demand, such as that
which leads in Cami i to an annual ex
pansion of 20 per cent iu tho bank cir
culation." Undoubtedly tho needs for enrrnnry
in the United States change about us
much as in Canada, but the cost of buy
ing bonds nt a high premium on which
notes can be issued only to i)0 per cent
of their par value, tho red tape neces
sary to obtain these notes from tho gov
ernment and tho tax on circulate n
make a delay and cost iu increasing the
circulation which practically prohibit
an increase until tho need for sneh in
crease is past. Therefore interest rates
iu this country run up rapidly in Au
gust and September without appreciably
affecting tho supply of cnrrency.
In Scotland and Canada the machinery
necessary to increase tho supply of cur
rency is simple and is entirely in the
hands of tho banks; hence tho cost and
delay necessary are much less than wilh
ns. Thns in Canada a few big banks
with numerous "branch banks" supply
all parts of the country with currency.
When more money is needed in any
province ns iu Manitoba when tho
wheat crop is being harvest" ". rates of
interest begin to rise. The piotits of sup-
plying enn-ency in this province aro in-'
creased, and immediately additional sup
plies of cuirency are sent from the big
banks in Montreal, (jncbeo or Toronto
to their branch banks in Manitoba. Thus
the cost of moving tho crops is much
lower in Canada than in the United
States, where rates of interest go up and
down without materially changing the
supply of cnrrency. Of course the fann
ers, through increased competition of
bidders, who obtain plenty of money at
low rates of interest and can afford to
pay high prices, reap most of the benefit.
There are other advantages connected
with "branch banks" which it is un
necessary to explain hero. It is sufficient
to say that in Canada there is no silver
question to disturb business and occupy
tho time of politicians and legislator.
It is not likely that wo will have finan
cial peace nntil we greatly improve our
banking and currency systems.
BICYCLES
Reliable Agents Wanted.
BUFFALO WHEEL CO.,
EUFFALO, N. Y.
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NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given, that nn applica
tion will le made to the tiovernorol' IVnn
KyUaiiia, on Tuesday. April Mill, 1;,7, bv
S'lden K. Marvin, Henry K. Ilawley, Wni.
K. Suyiliiin, A. T. Snrii', U!A . I.a-ie a d
others, undt'r the net of a-ieinhly approv d ',
Apiil.f, lsW emitted " An Act to piovlde j
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certain corporation" and the supplements tntt Btate are "',as"l tlV about 2u0
therein, for tla-chatter of an inteiaiett .-! n(l t provides that within 30 days
p.. ration to 1m railed Htuion Kiwi- 'JYu - after Its passage tho governor shall
phone f otiipaiiy of LVntt-. h ania. v. hich appoint an excise commission for a
corporation is to ! formed for the purpo e period of five years, at a salary of $3,500
t,...,,... .....iMtiuiniu mill .eitMiJlf
Uiiesoi leietfrapn lor the private iiM' or in
dividual, linus, corporal inn, inunieij al
and oiherwiM-, for general iaisiiuK, and
for polke, lire alarm and mr. n.'.er lm-.i-iit's-,,
or for the transact Um of any laiMite.-.
in h Iiieh elei i rieiiy, over or through wire
limy Ik- applied to any iiM-r'ul purpose, iu
t he count ics of Way lie. l.ackatvaiiuii mid
i'ike, lYiiiisylvauia, and to contuvt at anv
point at the boundary lint of the Stale of
New York and iYiivlaiiiii with the line
of other telegraph or tch piioin companies
til un- runr m .ew lDi i.. H Uit lor tlu
purposes to have, preserve ami i-njoy ail!
the lights, U'tieliu and p.-lvilcgcc. of bidd
Act uf Assembly, uud llt supplement.
A T. ISKAKLK, Solicitor,'
19 Houcsdule, Pa.
'IIAIIRMIOTL
The Defeat of tho Legislative
Commission Bill.
HAMILTON EOAD BILL POPULAR.
It Is Itelleved the Measure Providing for
Hetter Konds Will I'asa I'rovlslnns of
the Kxolse Commission IIIU Opposition
ta a .-.r.o.oeo Capitol.
(Ppeclnl Correspondence.)
IlnrriBliutgr. March 1(1 While It Is
true that one swallow does not make
a summer, yet the committee of the
Benate appointed to Investigate the
cnpitol fire realize thnt one Swallow
can Rive very considerable trouble If
bo disposed. The refusal of Dr. Swal
low, editor of The Methodist, whose ac
cusations are familiar to your renders,
to Klve the names of persons whom he
claims to have knowledge of the cause
of the Are, has placed the committee
In an unpleasnnt position, and while
they have profound respect for the
gentleman's callin(r. they feci that It
would establish a bad precedent to al
low him to prevent them from ohtnin
Injr evidence to assist In prosecuting
their work. They have referred this
case to the house for Its disposal. This
will no doubt be acted upon this week.
Iloth tho friends and enemies of Dr.
Swallow claim that they have no ordi
nary Individual to contend with, he be
ing a man of more than usual courage
and able to defend himself In a con
test of this kind.
Dr. Swallow himself Is quite reticent
on the subject, but some of his friends
claim that he Is Justifiable In his re
fusal to answer the questions pro
pounded by this committee, on the
grounds that he is to be tried for crim
inal libel In the courts of Dauphin
county, and on that account should be
exempt from RlvlnR evidence that he
may want to use In this trial. Hut what
action will be taken by the legislature
in the case remains to be seen.
One of the Important events of the
week was the defeat of the legislative
commission bill, which proposed to es
tablish a commission of three men,
learned In the law and with powers
second only to the supreme court,
whose duty It should he to revise every
bill before presentation to the legisla
ture. This was In the Judgment of the
members of the legislature an Insult
to this body, which It no doubt was,
as It was an admission that our law
makers were not ca'pable of transact
ing business w ithout guardians, and it
placed the authority In the hands of a
few persons, w hich would have a dam
aging inlluence to the state. To those
who are frequently on the floor of both
houses it Is plainly to be seen that a
large majority of the members at the
present time are representative men,
and In every way capable of filling
their positions with ability and credit.
To Investigate Miners' Institution.
Another of the features of the week
that provoked considerable discussion
was the resolution to Investigate the
destitution In the Pittsburg coal min
ing district and its causes. The friends
of this measure were very active in its
Interest, and while ft was Inld over for
further consideration it will no doubt
be called up early in the week and act-
ed upon.
Amongr the many bills that have
,Jpln offered since the opc-ninK of the
session nie a number that are recog
nized by the several committeeeB as
uneonstitutional, they relate to the
repeal of special act, ami there is
some dlseuysion whether after all the
committees have not a rifrht to report
them, either negatively or affirmative
ly, tu each house for their considera
tion, and not hold them, as it is pro
posed to be done. This will develop
very considerable discussion within the
next few days.
Anions the popular measures that
have been introduced this session, that
has every assurance of passage, is sen
ate bill No. 9, or the Hamilton road
bill, and strange to say the Influences
working tn Its favor comes largely
from the farming districts. Of the
1.857 supervisors reporting as to its
value from '1,422 townships in the state
1,338 favor a money tax. In the coun
try districts it is recognized as having
very superior advantages over the law
now in force. The present laws allows
the supervisor to levy a ten mill tax,
and in addition to this they may incur
a debt to an unlimited extent, which
the townships are subsequently re
quired to pay; thus virtually the pow
ers of supervisors are unlimited.
The Hamilton bill limits the powers
of. supervisors to run a township in
debt, restricting them to a 10 mill
tax, and In case of a great emergency
this tax may be Increased to 20 mills,
but the extra 10 mills can only be
levied by application to court, and the
citizens of any township where it is
proposed can protest against this ad
ditional expense. With a few modifi
cations this bill will pass both houses
within the next few days.
The KxcUe Com mini Inn mil.
A bill embracing many far reaching
provisions, and which is known as the
stale excise commission bill, has re
ceully betn ititt oduetrd. This Is in ad
dition to four others that are already
pending In the house or senate for the
appointment of commissioners compos
ed of a fer men who will take absolute
control of certain industries or Itstitu
tioiiH. Among these commissioners are
what are known as the electric light
and water power commission, railroad
commission, mining commission, the
state excise commission and the new
capitol commission.
These bills are said to be backed by
the Quay people, although his friends
have very little to say concerning them.
It Is claimed by the anti-Quay people
that these commissions mean a great
concentration of power; a condition of
affairs the people of Pennsylvania can
not afford. It is thought also that one
of the principal objects of these com
missions Is to afford a number of ad
ditional lucrative positions to persone
who are anxious to serve the state.
The excise commission is to be es
tablished for the enforcement of the
ibjuur laws of the state. By the pro
visions of this bill the officeholders in
,ri..- .i l-,iu o.l. foi v-
penses. It also provides for a deputy
at )2,uu0 and 1,U0 for expenses, and a
secretary it $1,500 per year and such
clerical force as may be necessary.
ach city of the first and second
class, in addition to this. Is to have a
deputy commissioner at a salary of
$2,imk per year, his otilee to be equipped
with such clerical force as may be
neevssary. The commissioner will ap-
pomt rtve P"'iaI agents at $l.2W nei
annum and expenses, who will act aa
confidential representatives of the
comnusioner. to investigate matters
concerning the liquor traitic. They will
have the ritfht to designate any county
attorney or any attorney to act with
them, and to receive such fees at
agreed upon. The smpe of this bill
is very wide, permitting the right of
entry at any and all times even on
suspicion.
It claimed by the friends of thlt"
measure that the liquor laws are not
enforced, and that it requires some
such power as provided In this com
mission to give force and vitality to
existing statutes.
To Lleenae Social Clubs.
As a means of providing funds foi
the payment of the expenses of the
office of excise commissioner a bill has
been Introduced In the senate which
redueps every club of large or small
distinction to the grade of common
tavern, and In many respects this
measure will make It more difficult to
be a respectable club man than it does
a saloon keeper.
This bill provides that each club, In
order to sell liquor, must be license?
at a. cost of $76 In townships. $100 In
boroughs and $3F0 in cities of first and
peeond class; and in the application
for a club license the name of the club
must be given, location and number of
rooms, name of secretary and treas
urer; Americans or naturalized for
eigners; name of owner of the prem
ises; whether the club Is for the ex
clusive benefit of members: a list ot
names of all bonaflde members and
their residences; whether or not the
secretary or treasurer ever had a li
cense revoked; the presentation of two
bondsmen as security, with property
worth over $2,000; the signatures of
12, with the statement that they are
personally aware that the facts set
forth are true, and the right of re
monstrance on the part of the citizens.
It is proposed to keep a separate ac
count of all moneys received from club
licenses, and to use them for the pay
ment of the running expenses of the
excise commission.
Although the message of Governor
Hastings on the construction of the
new capitol building, In which he ad
vises a sepnrate structure at a cost of
$550,000, which would Include a hand
some main hall to be built on the co
lonlal style of architecture, is meeting
with some approval throughout the
state, there Is some opposition develop
ing among the members, especially
those who are Interested in the passage
of the act establishing a building com
mission.
Opposing a Cheap Capitol.
In commenting on the message a few
days ago a prominent member of the
house committee remarked: "The prop
ostttnn to erect a structure for half a
million dollars verges on the ridiculous.
If the limit had been fixed at $l,B0O.OOC
the measure would he worthy of discus
sion. Then, too, I do not find an over
whelming sentiment in favor of the co
lonial style of architecture. We want
no gingerbread structure, but some
thing that Is stately and substantial,
which will serve us for succeeding gen
erations."
A large number of members think,
however, the suggestion a very good
one, and that, as the governor sug
gests, a main capitol building could be
erected of brick, stone and Iron, fire
proof in character, and in every way
In keeping with the dignity of the com
monwealth for this amount.
Governor Hastings has arrived at the
plans he suggests after long and care
ful deliberation, and Is backed by a
large number of the most Influential
and representative citizens of the
state. In all probability there will be
a big fight ensue over the plans the
message commends.
If the cost of this structure Is limited
to $f)0.000, and an insurauce received on
the burned building of $200,000, there
would be only about $1150,000 to be pro
vlded for.
The committee on agriculture of the
house is opposed to any change In the
oleomargarine law, and the bill to li
cense the manufacture of this product
in Pennsylvania is receiving strenuous
opposition.
The Civil Service Measure
The bill known as the civil service
measure, entitled "an act to regulate
the civil service of the commonwealth
and of the cities thereof, of counties
containing more than 150.000 inhabi
tants, and to provide penalties for iti
violation." which its friends claim wa
drawn In the interests of purity In pol
Itics, was the cause of a very spirited
debate in the senate a few days ago,
The opponents of this bill contend that
It should be amended, as It confine
Its provisns to Philadelphia and Al
legheny, and leaves out the other coun
ties of the state, with the possible ex
ceptlon of Luzerne and Schuylkill.
A motion to amend It was defeated
by the Quay people, which resulted In
a very sharp debate between Senator
Fiinn and Grady. The fight raged foi
some time, when action was suspended
that further consideration might b
taken on another hill. Despite the fact
tiat some of the members who are ir
sympathy with the friends of this bil
offered various amendments, these wer
knocked out and the btll in Us orlgina
form passed second reading. The btll
will without doubt pass the senate ai
It was originally Intended, but it It
understood they are preparing to glvt
It a warm reception in the house whei.
It reaches that body.
The investigation of the state treas
ury and auditor general's departments
is about closed. This committee will
recommend the passage of Stewart's
Interest bill as amended, exempting
$rao.O(iO In each of the three active
banks, and no doubt will urge more
help for the auditor general's depart
ment. Mr. Mylln has suggested the
propriety of giving authority to the
auditor general to prepare a voucher
for the various institutions receiving
aid, which will no doubt be embodied
In a bill.
It is also likely that a bill will be
recommended taking away from all of
ficers, excepting the auditor general,
the light to draw warrants. This
would make this official responsible,
and he could compel the filing' of
vouchers for all expenditures in his of
fice. Thin committee will likely have
their report ready to submit to the
legislature early in the week.
Th iWn Mr. CIvlftDd' WIS.
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shipped from WaMilogtoii to PrluceU
Lb ax pren.ojtV uc homa The -ar.
wK claimed had heeo broken Into
tho wine stolen Th men deny that lc w
utoleu and sav thur- one of thecal w
broken tml the wine given to them by i
employee of thi axpre tympany Whet I
or thi wine wu toltu or not III men m
drunk on it. and th oompttuy decided h
.tipouM with (hem aervicv4 The othinnl
fttiu.tf' to tfive the uaiue of the otfeudar
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against Howard l Uenhaiu ot batavla on
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H. E. Emerson, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICE in Drug Store on Broad
Street.
J. H. Van Etten,
Attorney-at-Law,
OFFICE, Brown's Building,
Mn.roRD, Pike Co., Pa.
John A. Kipp,
Attorney-at-Law,
OFFICE, opposite Court House,
Milford, Pike Co., Pa.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
MILFORD.
FlHST PllF.SBYTEflfAN ClfUUCH, Milford;
Sabbath mtvIix-h at lO.IKI A. M. and 7.1K) p.
f. Sabbath school innm'diaU'ly after tho
morning wrviru. PrayiT nircting Wed
nesday at 7.:to v. M. A cordial welcome
will be extended to all. Those not at
tached to other churches are especially in
vited. Kkv. Thomas Nichols, Pustor.
Cnt'linn of tiik Goon SiiRrHKitn, Mil
ford: Serviced Sunday at lil.ao A. M. and
:i.:l H. M. Sunday school at 2.:) p. V.
Week-day services, Friday 4.00 P. M. Seats
free. All welcome.
B. S. LAS81TEK, Rector.
M. K. Ohiihoh. Sen-lees nt tlio M. E.
hureh Sundays: Preaching at HI 80 ti.
m. and at 7.:W p. m. Sunday school ut Si
p. in. Kpworth league at H.45 p. m.
Weekly prayer meeting on Wednesdays at
7.:M p. in. (Mass HHM'ting conducted by
Wm. Angle on Fridays at 7.80 p. m. An
earnest invitation Is extended to anyone
who may desire to worshsp with us.
Rkv. W. R. Nhkk, Pustor.
MATAM0RAS.
Epwohth M. F.. Ciiniicii, Matanioras.
Services every Sabbath lit 10 yn a. m. mid
7 p. in. Sabbath school at C. K.
meeting Monday evening tit 7. iW. ('lass
meeting Tuesday evening at 7.30. Prayer
miH-ting Wednesday evening at l.'SO.
Everyone welcome.
Rkv. F. G. CtntTis, Pastor.
Hon? Evangelical, CiiritcH, lata
moras, Pa. Services next Sunday as follows:
Preaching at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sun
day school at 8 p. in. Junior C. K. before
and C. E. prayer meeting after tho even
ing service. Mid-wivk prayer inciting
every Wednesday evening at 7.80. Seats
free. A cordial welcome to all. Come,
RKV. J. A. WikoANI), Pastor.
Secret Societies.
MlLPOHf) LowiK, No. 844, F. & A. M.:
Lodge meets Wednesdays on or lieforo
Full Moon at the Sawkill House, Milford,
Pa. N. Emery, Jr.. Secretary, Milford.
GiKlfreld Wieiand, W. M.. Milford, Pa.
Van Dkh Makk LnixiE, No. 828, I. O.
O. F: Meets every Thursday evening at
7.80 p. in., Hnm-n's Building. Geo. l)au
niau, Jr., Seu'y. U. H. Horulieck, N. (t
Phudksck Rkbkkah I.OIK1K, 107, I. O.
O. F. Meets every second and fourth Fri
days in each month In Odd Fellows' Hall,
Brown's building. Mrs. Alice 1-lorulieck,
N. U. Miss Kulie Klein, Sec'y.
All persons aro hereby notified that
throwing or burning papers or refuse of
any kind iu the slruels of the Borough is
prohibited.
By order of the town council,
J. C. CHAMBERLAIN,
President, pro tcm.
Attx-st, D. H. HORNBECK, Sec'y.
Milford, May 5, 18M).
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