Pike Cmmtv Press. TAKE The Press IT Will Inform You. TRY A Press Ad. IT Will Pay You. j VOL. MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1898. NO. ! FOR AID. TO BKLttVE A WRITCHED, BUI". FEKINQ FBOrLTY The Associate Society of Rod Cross of Fhila. I1119, during the present war and the distress, In Cuba, which preceded the breaking out of hostili ties between our country and Spain, boon actively engaged In its humani tarian work of ministering to the necessities of the nion in the field and the suffering Cubans. It has sent many artfcles of comfort, even of life-saving importance to our troops in their variom camps, some times in response to most touching appeals ; the nppeal came and the Society was ready. It has besides made a large number of shipments of goods, provisions, clothing, medi cines to the Cubans. In all its work it has been nobly upheld, notably by the people of Philadelphia, but also by those of other parts of the State and of New Jersey. During the blockade and the siege of Santiago, one branch of its minis tration was necessarily suspended, but the Society was not idle, stores continued to le received, money to be collected. Among other things the equipment of ;i fl.ild ambulation and hospital servieo has been undertaken and already bin s fur proceeded as to be properly rogarded as an accom plished fact, and the Society will be able to jpufr in the field six umbul lanco.witli their proper appurtenance and a properly equipped field hospi tal. The fall of Santiago reopens the opportunity merciful work in Cuba. The Society has already made arrangements to forward servrl tons of stores, which have been oidy wait ing a cluince to bi sent, and has ap propriated in addition for this ship ment 1, 200. But this is but a drop in the ocean of snIT irjtir. More must be done The Society propose.there fore, to charter a steamer, to sail from Philadelphia about August 15th, to convey the ambulanoe corps and equipment to the front and to load the vessel with stores, suoh as soldiers may need and which the government does not provide, and with clothing, food, and medicine and such other things as many qe required dy those wrethed, suffering people, whom we encouraged to re sist Spain and to make a struggle for liderty, and whose suffering has been fearfully and nooessarily en hanced by the war upon which we have entered. The Society, therefore, appeals to what has never been appeal to in vain, to the grand old heart of Pennsylvania, the grand Common welth whose foundations were laid in love to man, to save lives to re leve snfferinf to food the starving tb olothe the naked. The Society makes this appeal in all confidense. ' Pennsylvania has nver yet failed when call upon in the name of pat aiotism and humanity. She will not fail now 1 Contributions in money may be sent to William Hill, Treasurer, No. 808 Walnut Street, Philadelphia; contributions of stores addressed to the Associate Sooiety of the Bed Cross, Philadelphia, 1501 Chestnut Street. Now For Niagara Falls And Toronto, Ont. On Satuday evening, August 6th, the Erie will run a Grand Moonlight exoursion to Niagara Falls at $3 and to Toronto Ont., for It for the round trip, leaving Port Jervis on a train at 7.30 p.m., arriving at the Falls at 8.50 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 7th. The Niagara Falls tickets will be good to return on special train leaving the falls at 5 p. m. Sunday, August 7th, or on any regular train Monday, August 8th. The Toronto tickets will be ac cepted any day within the limit be tween Suspension Bridge and Toron to in either direction, allowing a stop at Niagara Falls and Buffalo, re turning, and will be good for re turn trip on or before Wednesday, Aug. 11th. There will be a special train leav ing Suspension Bridge after arrival of Niagara Falls trains, Sunday, Aug. 7, and arriving at Toronto at 10 : 15 a. m. Dont miss this grand opportunity as the fare is within the reach of all, aud remember the date Satur day August 6, aud truiu leaves P. J. 7; 30p.m. 2w. To Let, on Harford St., fur nished house with large grounds. Inquire at Put Office. BRIEF MENTION. It is reported that Gen. Lee will soon go to Culm with Seventh coris. If your watch need any repairs go to Rudolph, the Jeweler, Milford, Pa. tf . If you watch need cleaning take it to John Rudolph, the jeweler,. Milford Pa. tf. The Hindu in piano is a re liable instrument. Fee the ad. of Marsh, of Port Jervis. The rather feeble notes of a Katy-did were heard this week. Six weeks to frost. 1 The entertainment for the bene fit of the Episcopal Orgau fund, Saturday night, netted 55. Fivo prisoners confined in the Goshen jail, tscaped Tuesday eve ning. One has been captured. The play given in Brown's Hall last Saturday was fairly well at tended, and enjoyed by those pres. ent. W. G. Tuthill, of Port Jervis, was drowned while bathing in a lake near Monroe, Wednesduy eve ning. Sjiarrow and Franks, of Port Jer vis, offer great bargains in their closing-out sale. A word to the wise, elc. The Presbyttrian Sunday School picnicked last Friday at Raymonds- kill and the Episcopal school near Matamoras. Service may be expected at the Sawkill School-house, tiie weather permitting, on Sunday, Aug. 7tu, at 2 :30 p. in. TheN. Y. Journal, of Wednesday, labels a picture of Cecil Rhodes as speaker ! B. Rood, a tid one of the speaker as Rhodes. Such is fame. Martin Thorue, the murderer of Guldensuppe, the big bath rubber, was executed Aug. 1 at Sing Sing. He showed no feeling and went smilingly to the chair. WANTED. A boy 16 or 18 years old who understands care of horses, and cows, and willing to do chores and be generally useful. In quire at Press Office. lw Crop conditions, during tlio past week have been decidly favorable for corn and it has mado excellent progress, especially in the great corn bui tew of the central valleys. We have rocoivod from Congress man Kirkputrick, the year book of the United States department ot Agriculture. It is handsomely illustrated and contains much val uable information. - The several severe showers re cently beat down corn and buck wheat to such an extent that much of it will not riso, and will be con siderably injured. Rapid growth had weakened the stalks. Hon. E. R. Ikeler, President Judge of the Twenty-Seventh Ju dicial District, composod of the counties of Columbia and Montour died at his home in Bloomsburg August 1, of Bright's disease. The M., M. & N. Y. R. R. bridge at Matamoras, is about completed . A few Italians have been at work but construction of the road is yet practically at a stand still. The reason is variously surmised but not known. The papers are saying that the lo custs have attacked woods, and strip. )od many fine trees of folia ge,u round Durham this County. Please tell us just where that is. We reckon t he locusts are just about as mythical as the place. The severest thunder storni ever known in the history of the city vis ited Philadelphia Wednesday noon In an hour aud one half 5 inches, of rain fell. Many buildings were struck by lightning, great damage was done by water and several oil tanks were fired. The Commissioners will scrape and paint the County bridges at Mrs. Brown's, Gordon's dam, and Mon thenionts in Dingman, Khter's Mill, and Mott street, iu Milford, Hamil ton's in Milford township, Shohola Falls in Shohola, Cummius and Rosetown in West fall. Beaaty la Blooa Deep. nM. Itlwl means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Caacarett, Candy Cathar tic titan your blood aud keep it clean, by Mtirriim ud the lazy liver and driving; ail iin- puiitie from the body, begin today to banish iiinletf, inula, blotches, blackheads, aud that Sickly Ullloua completion uy labing (aacarets, beauty lor ten centa. All drug gists, tauafantioa guaranteed, 1, 2m, SOU DR. WM. PEPPER. Death of a Diaiingulihed Fanniyl i vanian. One of Pennsylvania's pistin gnished sons passed away last Fri day, when Dr. Pepper, of the Uni versity of P., diod suddenly in California, where he had gone for t lie benefit of his health. His life work has been building up and or ganizing the publio- institutions of Philadelphia, more especially in de veloping the usefulness of the great University of which he was the head. From a small school hardly known outside the city limits and without proper departments if has grown to be one of the best eqnipied and most celebrated Universities in the world. The Philadelphia Press, speaking of his labors, says : "His contributions began the work of extending the medical course and his professional skill plnnnned its extensions. The de velopment of graduate work, the creation of new departments, the extension of the grounds of the university and the multiplication of its buildings went on under his ad ministration ns provost. He drew to the institution endowments, in structors and )npils ; he wakened a new local pride, and his policy made it the center of a Ik at of re lated societies. The archaeological research which has given it the first Oriental collections in the country and one of the first Babylonian col lections in the world was bis work. Ho founded and expanded its muse um. He endowed himself a labora tory for special work. Outside of the University he urged anil brought to its beginnings university extension, lie nursetl tne i ree city Library through nil its stages until its circulation has mado a world re cord. He lifted the Commercial Museum to its present position. He was fast turning the "Associated Musoums" into collections worthy any city. The coming exposition felt his leadership, These publio tasks and labors be iccomplished and achieved while he carried on an exhausting practice, whose extent was only limited by his time aud strongth, aud not al ways by that. He bold bis place ns a medical instructor of the first rank. He was a voluminous writer in medicine, and added to its stand ard work a general view of the art of healing as renmrkiiblo for the Bcope of its design as for tho ex tent of its learning, for the accur acy of its judgment as for the skill of its treatment. Sought by the wealthy, he was at the daily call of the poor his time commanding a re turn unsurpassed in his calling ; he gave freely to publio work and in the two closing years of his life, when strength was failing whon health was broken and every friend he had and every fiber in bis frame was pleading with him for rest, he gave his magnificent energy and capnoity to a campaign for pure water and the passage of the loan bill. His li'o ends. Thousands who bonoflited and will benefit by his labors will never know his name. His sad and untimely end loaves much that he had planned and would have accomplished incom plete ; but the lesson of his life and the example of his devotion are com plete and ineffaceable. It is by such men that cities prospor and civiliza tion advances ; for this is done not by trump and drum, by amassing wealth and erecting buildings, but by adding to education, by promot ing knowledge, by organizing re search and giving access to tho tools and records ot science and learning. These things he mil, ana lie was, besides all this, the dear friend, the philanthropist, the public citizen, the liberal giver and the eminent physician. His dojiarture to all who knew him personally leaves life more empty and the future bare. Statistics show tnat the per cap ita consumption of intoxicants in this country is slowly but steadily decreasing. It could be decreased at the same rate for a long time and still be large. Various causes are assigned for the reduced consump. Hon of liquors, aud doubtless it is due to a combination of influences Whatever the cause we may be thankful for the fact as an indica tion that our progress is in the right direction. If your watch needs a main spring Rudolph, the jeweler at Milford will put one in. tf. Pillttbury'g vitos at Mitchell's, WASHINGTON LETTER. (From our Regnlas CorrespohrVjnt.) WaSH!!TOH, D. C. Aug. 1, '8. President MuKinley's reply to the Spanish "feeler" as to the terms up on which we would negotiate peaou, which is now in the hands of the Spanish minisrty is not only liberal, it is, under the circum stances magnanimous. It provides for the evacuation of ' Cuba and Porto Rico, the former to have an independent government, nnder the protection of the U. S., and that the bitter shall become our property Spanish troops npon both to be sent home at the expense of Spain, and leave the question of what shall be done with the Philippine islands, to to be settled afterwards. If Spain is wise, she will lose no time in bo coptlng these terms, hs it is very certain that if the war is continued the terms will grow harder and b,arder,bnt for Spain to display wis dom will be a new thing under the sun. The French Ambassador, who is now also the Spanish Minister, ac cepted the terms, but, of course, Ms accepting goes for nothing -until eon firmed by Spain. , Our preparations for pushing tho campaigns in Porto Rico and in the Philippines have not been stopped to await Spain's answer, and will not be stopped, and if Spain refuses the terms or attempts to gain time by quibbling, the plans for sending Commodore Watson's fleet to Spain, which were deferred in order to give Spain a chanoe to ask for peace, will at once be carried out. It is doubt. ful whether any other country than U. S. would have been so generous to a defeated foe as not to insist up on the payment of a large money in demnity ; it is also doubtful whether the Spanish character is capable of appreciating that gonerosity. Tho results of the first week of the campaign of Gen. Miles in Porto Rico, have lioen more than please ing to President McKinley and every momber of his Cabiont, not withstanding the attempt on the part of some of the yellow journals u to creato the impression that lie re lations of Secretary Alger aud Gen- Miles had become unfriendly be cause tho latter had not conducted the campaign in accordance with Alger's orders. The same sort of stories wero circulated about Secre tary Alger, and Gon. Shaffer has since stated that he was allowed to onduothiscatnpaignhis on own judg ment, and was never at any time hampered in the slightest degree by orders from the War Department. It is well known in Washington that General Miles has supreme con trol of the Porto Rico campaign. which was planned by himself, and that neither President McKinley nor Secretary Algei has interfered witu nun or expect to nave any cause to do so. The administration has the utmost confidence in Gen. Miles. That confidence has bean fully justified by what he has accom plished in a single week. The entire southern endof the island, including its second city andanuinberbf small er ones, is nnder our flag ; and not a single American life has been lost, Hurrah for Miles I Brigadier General Chos. P. Fgan, Commissary General of the army made publio a scathing denunciation of Mr. Robert B. Roosevelt, for hav ing written a letter to the Secretary of the sons of the American Revolu tion, charging shameful incapacity or infamous dishonesty in tlio com missary department. The tenor of Gen. Egan'8 remarks, which make a column of nonpariol may be judged from the following quotation : "No toriety is what Mr. Roosevelt wants, and he is bound tohave it. He deser ves it he stayed at home. He did right to stay at home. Notoriety is what he is after ; we see it in every lino of his writing. He carefully avoids giving a name or a date. Of course, we knew why. He could not do it and tell the truth. But he could manufacture a letter in such shape and form as to bring misery to every lather, mother, wife And sister of the men at the front, who did not know that the Qlsfngen'uous representation of a lawyer for the purpose of notoriety were what they were reading. ' not a statement of foots, not a true or fair representa tion of the action of oftloers, nor the truth regarding the situation in the field, but a low, libellous, scanda lous villification of honorable men. Sickness continues to increase in Gen, Shatter's army at a rate that would be alarming were it not for the small number of deaths. As it s, there is muoli uneasiness, and plans for bringing the men back to the U.K. at the earliest possible mo ment am tains; perfected. Dispatches from Admiral Dewoy, and Gen. Merritt, who has arrived and taken command of the army. have increased the apprehension that we shall have to whip both the Spaniards and the insurgents before the Manila campaign is over. . It is expected that Gon. Merritt and Ad miral Dewey will make a combined land and water attack on Manila in a few days, if the Spanish do no meet their demands for surrender, and if Spain does not accent our terms of peace. Then it will be seen whether they will have to fight the insurgents. DOTTINOS FROM DINQlfANS. Frequent showers. This has been a hot summer. The oats crop was a failure. Apples will be apples this Winter Quite a number of city visitors are in town. Social life around Silver Iike is at its height. Irving Angle is progressing finely with the building of his new dwel ling on his lot opposite Mercier's Bellevue Hotel. - When complete it will be another commendable addi tion to this picturesque little village. Those of our neighbors who have been nimble to gather their hay un til now are much delayed in the work by the frequency of the show ers which are a feature of the latter part of the summer of 1898, The most gratifying success at tendo the efforts of our neighbors who have been fishing in some of the waters in the back townships, and magnifioent quantities of picker ol and "catfish" are brought home by the jubilant anglers. Lightning struck in a dog-kennel near the house of Gilbert Heater, on Saturday night last, and killed a hound lying therein. The bolt fell very near the dwelling-house bnt fortun itely failed to do other dam age than as stated. Andrew Snyder will very shortly resume the building of his commo dious barn, having quit for a time on account of harvesting. The frame of the barn is all ready to raise. Messrs. Dusenberry and Allerton each soem to be doing a nice busi ness at their resjmctive ice-cream rooms during this heated term, and are dispensing liberal quantities of the dolicious delicacy to both visi ons and home customers. After all, there are in the aggre gate, a good number of city people sojourning in this part of the oonnty, numlKirs being domiciled at the boarding houses and farm dwellings in the neighborhood. John Va tor is visiting friends in the vicinity of Center at present. The Methodist Church at Ding mans ia to be treated to a new coat oi paint, ami the funds necessary for the same are being raised by sub scription. The dying foliage of many trees iu ridges hereabout indicate the ur usual severity of our late drought. The Sabbath School at Moadow Brook, nnder the superintendence of Palmer Depne, Esq., is said to be in a flourishing condition, with a most gratifying support, and that at Dingmans also is reported to be progressing finely. W. H. L, Gold From Sea Watar. Rev. P. F. Jernogan, an cx-B ip tist minister the promoter of the Electrolytic Marine Salt4 Company, of Boston, who professed to have discovered a method of extracting gold from ordinary sea water, has landed in France aud although a warrant was issued in Paris for his arrest he has not yet been captured. The scheme was to let a box in which was placed prepared quick silver, down iu tho sea from a dock, then a confederate guided by a life line and dressed in a diver's suit would wade out to the box and sub stitute some preparation in which gold was mixed. When the box was hauled up it oontained, sure enough, gold which assayed a large profit. Several were duped in large sums by the glibness of the man and ap parent reality of the invention Farmera'and others mortgaged their places to raise money, with which after securing, the scamp suddenly left the country PERSONAL. Root. Strnthers spent a oonple of days this week in N. Y. Levi Lord, of B3oofnfoa Grove, wae at Milford this week. George P. Van Wyck, Jr., of Washington, is a Milford visitor. The family of Dr. Reod is enter. taining Louisa Fay at the Ancho age. Howard De Mott, of N. Y. Is spending a weeks vacation in Mil ford. Miss. Fannie Snyder of Centre- ville, N.J., visited with Milford friends last week. Superintendent of Schools, Geo. Sawyer, of Mill Rift, was a caller at Milford, Wednesday. Miss Nellie Myers will leave to morrow for a trip to Bridgport, Conn, and the Catskills. G. A. Gioquel, Deput y Chief of the N. Y. Fire Department, with his family, is sojourning in town. Prothy. J. C. Westbrook and Hon. John D. Biddis visited Bloom ing Grove a couple of days this week. Julius Mulford, of Delaware, suf fered a paralytie stroke some days ago, which leaves him in a very en- feebled condition. Hon. John B. Storm, the well known lawyer, of Stroudsburg, is at Danville, N. Y. undergoing treat ment tor paralysis. Mr, and Mrs. John Ryman and son Clarence, ot Des Moines, Iowa, vis- iieu nis cousin, win. Kvman. on Catharine St., last week. Frank Plume, for a long time a guest at the Dimmick House, ex pects to spend some time at Mon tauk, leaving here next week. Mrs. Elizabeth Tuttle of Ding- mans ierry, an aged lady, is af- rhuted with cancer, and her advan ced age, t6, renders proper treat ment impracticable. A number of young people from this place attended the dance at r'riok's Grove Wednesday evening ana tripped the light fantastio to their hearts' content. Capt. W. J. Kay, employed in the Foreign Money Order Department in the N. Y. Post Office, lias been spending several days with the fain ny of Robt. Struthers. C. F. Rockwell Treas. of Wayne County expects soon to visit Milford the "Scene of his childhood" where ue was born and lived the first 21 years of his life, and which place no left fifty years ago. Several patriotic young ladies in town having mended the Hag which lloated trom the Kuob, witn which me elements had too roughly toyed, it was on Wednesday again hoisted to the breeze by Geo. R. Bull, Geo. Armstrong, Harry Reed aud John Van Etteu. Miss Mary Louise Uauiwr, of Guy mard, closed her third season with the Mozart Symphony Club, of JS.Y. ml Mt. Gretna, Pa., Saturday even tug. She has accepted a position aa contralto soloist in a churcu on Weal 18th street New York, tor the com ing. year. Forum. A. U. Campbell, of N. Y., special agent of the American Society for tue prevention of cruelity to animals is passing his vacation at the Cona- suaugh House aud is highly pleased with its healthful surroundings and agreeable management. He expects soon to be joined by John P. Haines the President of the Society. Milford Price. Flour, bbl. $3.00 Butter, lb 20o Creamery, 25. Eggs, doz. 18. Oats 42c. Feed and Meal, cwt. 05a. Corn 55c. The ladies of the Presbyterian Congregation held their Annual fair and sale of fancy articles on the Church grounds Thursday after noon. There is much sickness in Shaft er s army ; the total for Aug. 1 was ,239, of which 3,179 were fever cases. The death rate la not nigh, General Wbeelef's Cavalry com mauds at Santiago have been order ed home and will be brought to Long Island. For job printing come to the Press Office. CONDITIONS AGH.ISD ON BY TBS PRESIDENT .AND CABINET. The reply made through the French Ambassador to the Spanish proposition for peace Is in substance : 1. Spain must give up Cuba. 2. All Spanish troops most be removed from Porto Rico and the minor West Indies, and the islands ceded to the United States. 4. Control by the United States over Manila, the bay, and surround ing territory, including Cavite. No claim is now put forward for pecuniary indomnity but all sover eignity over Cuba, and its evaouation by Spain, the cession and evaoua tion of Porto Rioo and other islands in the West Indies nnder Spain. The Unit-id States to ocoupy and hold the city, bay, and harbor of Manila, pending a treaty of pence which shall determine the control. disposition and government :of the Philippines. If these terms are ao- ooptod commissioners will be ap pointed by each country to meet and ooncludo a treaty of peace on the basis above indicated. It is thought Spain will accept, as the general opinion among the foreign powers is that the terms are as easy as she could expect and far better than she will obtain if the war is further prolonged by her refusal. General Miles, in command of the Porto Rioo expedition telegraphed last Sunday that the volunteers were surrendering themselves with arms and ammunition. Four-fifths of the people are overjoyed at the arrival of the army. Two thousand from one place volunteered to serve with it. They brought in transpor tation, beef, cattle and other need ed supplies. The Custom Honse had already yielded $14,000. The reply of Spain to the terms offered by this government has been received by the French Ambassa dor, but it will probably not be pre sented until has received further instructions which he now expects. Whether the President will make publio the Spanish note when he re ceives it may largely, depend on whether Spain a adepts the terms in their entirety as he demanded. There may be diplomatic qualifi cations or reservations in the answer which may necessitate further ex planations or possibly the withdraw of the terms. The cabinet is divided in opiniou as to the sincer ity of Spain and some membors have little faith in her good intent ions. If her reply is an acceptance the de tails will be formally arranged and an armistice agreed on and pro claimed and peace commissioners appointed. . Reports from Madrid are that if a definite reply is received from theU. on the questions submitted by the Spanish government the cabinet will meet at once and accept the terms of peace. CLEAN UP. ' Now is the time when every householder should olean np and purify his premises, and then see they are kept so. It is unpleasant and should be wholly unnecessary to compel the Borough officials to en force to cleanliness those who are in manner dependent on the good health of the town. Self interest, if not pride, should prompt exer tion to keep the Borough in a good sanitary condition, and especially should the health and comfort of those we invite here as city guests to spend their money with us, as well a that of our neighbors, be considered. No person has a right to maintain a nuisance on his prem ises. If he be impervious to bad odors and dangerous exhalations from decaying vegetable matter, and other garbage, he has no right to inflict them on the community, or rise in righteous indignation if he is requested to abate them. Do not longer invite disease by ne glect and carelessness in these mat ters. Every good citizen who has the well being and prosperity of the Borough at heart will aid in re moving everything offensive aud detrimental to publio health. There are some no doubt who feel perfect ly able to pay doctor' bills aud even the expense of undertakers f. r their own families, but they should not assume tliat the same opulenoe or willingness extends to others in their vicinity. Now let each vie with the other in the good work of cleaning. Bdacate an SewtU With Casearata. Candy Cathartic, eure constipation forevefl lOo, . V C 0 0. tail, ctruaKiai refund money, T r
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