ike County Pre VOL. IV MILFOKD, PIKE COUNTY, PA., Fill DAY. AUGUST 4, 1899. NO. 39 ID A BIG ERIE RAILROAD WRECK. Two Killed and More Than Twenty Injured .-A Land Slid the Can of the Accident. A disastrous wreck oeoured on tlie Erie about one And a half miles east of Lackawaxen last Saturday night at a little after eleven o'clock. On both sides of tli'e track at that point are high embankment, and just be fore a frieght train, coming EiiHt, reached the spot, a quantity of enrth, gravel and stone, loosened by the heavy I'nin then falling, slid down on the track, and the engine, draw, ing sixty loaded curs, ran into the obstruction The engine was thrown from the track and ran diagonally across on the westbound track al most to the embarkment on the low er or river side. The engineer, Benjamin Shay, was hurled from his place down the bank nearly to the river and was badly injured his pelvis and collar bone being broken. His fireman Lawrence Powers jump ed and was only slightly hurt. Some fifteen freight cars loaded with various kind of merchandise were wrecked and eleven of them burned. Only a few minutes after, and before any warning could be given, fast express No. 7 .consisting of seven oars in the following order, baggage car, cafe car, the Pullman Sleeper Kalmia with fifteen passengers, an other Pullman, the Stanton with twelve passengers, two day coaches and a Pullman car Caledonia rush ing westward at the rate of fifty miles an hour encountered the wreck. The engine, driven by Stephen Outwater, of Port Jervis, with Frank Sells of the same place as fireman, raised iu the air mount ed the freight engine and then went down into the ground near the edge of the bank with its driving wheels suspended in the air. Both the en gineer and fireman were probably instantly killed, as their bodies were found latter lying under the boiler on either side of the wrecked engine. The baggage, cafe car and two sleepers wer demolished, and took fire, it is assumed from the gas which was stored beneath them, and burned. The passengers in the sleepers had retired and were prob ably most of them asleep. The Kal mia wag split open from end to end and its occupants thrown down the embankment, from the debris, they crawled up the bank the only one seriously enjured being George E. Belz, of Cleveland, Ohio. Those oc cupying the second sleeper, which left the track, but was not overturn ed or wrecked, escaped through the windows and doors in their night robes. The three uninjured cars were pushed back by the trainmen and passengers, and beyond the for ward end of one being slightly burned, were not injured. The train contained seventy-five passengers, and all but five, who are thought to have walked to Lackawaxen, were taken back to Port Jervis, and the injured some twenty iu number were conveyed to the hospital. It seems almost a miracle that no more were killed or seriously injured, but the terrible experience to those who IMissed through the horrors of the situation will not soon lade from their recollections. The loss in property to the Erie is very great, and the wreck is prob ably one of the most costly the com pany has suffered in many years From all the circumstances it seems that no provision could have avoid ed the accident. Train 7 was sever al minutes late on account of the storm. Had it been on time, it would probably have passed the point before the slide occurred, as a track walker had phased there only a few momenta previously and found no obstruction. . List of Unclaimed LetUr. The following is a list of unclaim ed letters remaining in the P. O at Milford for week ending Angust 6th 1890. Ladies Miss Mary Callahan, Miss Man. N. Law, Miss Helen V. Biin- Dions, Miss Marion V. White. Gentlemen A. L. Drake, Sam nel MiWer, Geoi Rue, Chas W. Rien hart, John Spalkver. Persons claiming the above will please say "Advertised" and date of this list. Chaklks Lattimorc P. M FOK SALE Horse, carriage and harness. Apply to J ohm L. Gour lay, Milford, Pa. Bicycle Repairing quickly done at Rutans. 0rSubpor)be for the Press. EVERY REPUBLICAN SHOULD GO OUT AND VOTE SATURDAY. LET THERE BE A FULL BALLOT AN DA FAIR COUNT. NOCROOK ED WORK WILL BE TOLERATED, AND ANYONE ATTEMPTING IT, WILL, IF DISCOVERED, BE PUN. ISHED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW, AND THE PENALTY IS SEVERE. LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES. Geo. Armstrong, of Now York, visited Mil ford over Inst Sunday. Robert Nyce, of Stroudsbnrg, was a guest with friends here last week. Miss Ella Met., of N Y., is visiting at the Armstrong ninnsion on High St. Many people from hereabouts went to Shohola on Sunday bust to see the wreck. Rev. Geo. P. Vnn Wyck residing on Ann street, suffered another shock of paralysis this week which has left him iu a precarious condi tion Service will be held in the Sawkill School house, Sunday, August Oth at 2:30 p. in the woather permitt ing. Alex Johnson, assistant foreman in the New York fire department, returned home last week after pleasantly sojourning several days in this locality. The base ball game Saturday be- ween the Milford team and a scrub nine called the Kohinoor ended atJ the seventh inning with a score of to 1 in favor of Milfoid. A number of Milford young peo ple enjoyed a picnic at Gousset's Falls last Thursday of which Miss Carpenter, a guest of the Sawkill House, was the prime instigator. Rev. Harvey Klaer pastor of Olivet Chapel Easton, Pa., preached very acceptable sermon in the Presbyterian church here last Sab bath evening, to a large congrega tion. Carpenter .A. T. Seeley has just finished a neat porch for the resi dence of W. T. Struble at the lower mill. It not only adds comfort for the inmates but ornaments- the dwelling. A marriage license was granted July 25 to William Richards and Maud Emmaline Morton, of Wyom ing, Pa., and they have since bean married at Dingmans Ferry. The service in the Episcopal church last Sabbath evening drew an unus ual number to that edifice. The principal attraction was the boy choir of All Angels Church of N. Y., which under the direotiou of Mr. Lacey linker furnished some very fine singing. A cake walk at the Sawkill House lost Friday night was an amusing and entertaining feature of the summer parties now being indulged in by visitors to, and natives of, Mil ford. Miss Susan Nichols and Harry Reed were the champion walkists and "took the cake." The excursion train from N. Y. to Shohola on Sunday was liberally patronized on aocount of the beauti ful weather. This train contained 14 coaches and was run iu two sec. tions up the mountain. Joseph Rich and Isaac Tuck, of N. Y., and C. L. Stevens, of Chio. ago, who were on the train wreck ed at Shohola last Saturday night, came down to Schanuo's Sunday to rest and recuperate after the fright ful episode through which they passed. Engineer Sanders, of the State Engineer's Department, of Albany New York, was in Milford on Sun day awheel looking over the coun try. He is at present surveying near Westbrookville and looking after bridges on the Muddy Creek which are State property. Benjamin Hafner, said to lie one of the oldest engineers iu point of service, and who for many years has lieen guard in the waiting room of the station at Port Jervis is dead at the advanced age of 78 years. Camp meeting in Wells Glen Sun day Aug 6th at 10. 30 A. M. and 3.30 P. M. Preaching by Rev. J. W. Mc Coe pastor of M. E. church of Middle town. Good singing is promised and all are Invited. George Loch, of Bushkill, took possession of the A. Z. Drake mill located at Carpenter's Point, Port Jervis, on Monday. He will grind flour and feed at low prioes the com ing season. George is a good mill operator and is well liked by poo pie who have dealt with him before, FOR SALE CHEAP An Oiiont bicycle. Call at this office. Scarcely a train run on schedule time on the Erie Sunday owing to the smash-np. On Thursday afternoon Miss Ethel Noyes gave a garden party for the choirboys and tomorrow (Saturday) they are to enjoy a straw ride tend ered them by Dr. Reed. Mrs. Richard Blizzard of Philadel phia is visiting her parents Ferd. Ber thoud and wife and will remain during the month of August. Nelson Simonson, a Bluff House guest, was haled before the Chief Burgess Wednesday and fined $1 for wheeling on the sidewalk. Mrs. John Shields, of Shohola, township, died August 1st after a lingering illness of consumption, aged about sixty years. The funer al occurred Thursday. "-During a recent shower Willam Kilsby, the accomodating ferry man at Dingmans, was badly shocked by the electric fluid and for some mo ments was unconscious. G. M. Babcock who writes enter tuning letters to the Union over the signature of Traveler, and who is a cmvnsser for that paper made an agreeable call at the Press Office Wednesday. Tuesday evening Mrs. Lacey Baker ntertained the choir boys at the Rectory. Refreshments were serv ed on the lawn and the boys had a very happy time as the hearty heers given at their departure ndicated. Mrs. Phebe Green the mother of W. Hubbard, of Dingninu Twp., with whom she has for some years resided, died suddenly last Saturday morning at his residence aged about 73 years. The futiera was held Mondny, conducted by Rev. Thos. Nichols and interment in Milford Cemetery. A beautiful night blooming cere us plant on the porch of the Centre Square Hotel was an attraction to many Monday evening. One large flower opened its delicate beauty and shod fragrance to the night, but when morning came it slowly folded its petals and wrapped its purity from sight. The plant bears numer ous buds which iu a few days wi'.l levelop. It is well to have a supply of snake antidote in the house, and al so in other emergencies, it is often a convenient remedy. Somo add to the flavor of mince pies with a bit of "speerits," and it is always safe to have some pure liquors at hand There are other occasions on which some people use them. If you have occasion to supply yourself with anything in that line note the ad vertisement of A. Kirkman, of P. J. Several fire hydrants in town are more or loss out of order, and it might be a good plan for the Coun cil to substitute a couple of water cranes, conveniently located, with which to fill the sprinkler, This would sava using the hydrants and be a more desirable method than that now employed, in that it would enable the person using the cart to be more expeditious, besides reliev ing the mud now made on some corners by reason of leakage. The choir boys of All Angels church N. Y. city under the direc tion of Mr. Livcey Biker Mus. Bao. have been singing each evening this week at the service held at half past seven in the Church of the Good Shepherd. The boys are enjoying some pleasant outings and declare Milford to be the best place they have ever visited. To-day (Friday) they are having a c'am bake at Brink Pond The high water in the little creek at Rosetown on' Sunday undermin ed one the abutments of the county bridge, near the Hickory Grove Ho. tel. so that travel across it was 8 us pended. Jacob Wacker has been engaged this week in making the necessary repairs. Tne water over flowed the grounds near the hotel and also washed a quantity of stones and gravel into the fields of Hon. Jacb C. Kloer damaging quite a patch of corn. Many bicycle tourists pass through Milford every day en route to the Gap ana other points of interest The recent rains have hardened the road beds so solidly that a wheel moves along with little or no exer. tion on the part of the rider. A rider remarked Monday he had not come in contact with as fine a stretch of road as that from Port Jervis to Milford sinoe leaving New York city. Some of the country be had covered was so stony and bad that his tire was literally cut to pieces. AN OPEN LETTER. To Pikk County Voters: The Republican Primary Election occurs to-morrow, Aug. " WJi, from 3 to 8 p. m., and it is or greatest importance that every Republican, holding the right of suffrage, exer cises his privilege. It is a high duty to vote for the person best qualified to fill the office ; not to vote for a candidate, as a friend, a neighbor or a good fellow or because of a supposed or real obligation to him, or for favors shown or promises of i such in future. That is not the real purpose of a proper ballot. By your vote you signify your willingness to entrust a man with your private af fairs, iu fact your pocket book. The county work is your work, done through your agents. For every dollar of tax you pay it is your duty to see that the office holder utilizes his best efforts to see that you re ceive a dollar in service rendered. Would you retain in service a man to whom yon paid a dollar a day if he gave you only 75 cents of work in return? Ask yourself, hns he done his work the best he can, not lor the advancemeiof r.ny mem her of his political party or in the interests of his own election, but for the best interests of the tax payers generally. There hns been a deal of "mud slinging" in the present campaign but it 1ms Had little effect on the general public. A personal grievance does not inter est the people as a whole. It may benefit the aspirant to use his sur plus enorgv m abusing his oppon ent but it does not prove t his own ability or discretion. A man who has no higher aspira tion than to obtain an office for the sake of the gain there is in it, when he can control the time spent, and therefore his compensation, and whose only wish is to make out of it his living, and who has no other occupation, has aspirations which should be repugnant to the people because they are opposed to their best interests. Would you build a ton rail fence if seven would serve the same pnrpose T lijw many county officials have we had who would not take, say 125 days at so much per diem rather than crowd the work into 70 days if possible My contention is that our officials on a per diem compensation should have some other occupation than the office, unless the work demands their time. They must live, board, clothe and maintain their families and support whatever extr.iva gances they may be addicted to, and if they have no other means, who but the taxpayors must foot the bills? The several candidates by vigor ous canvassing have probably made themselves known to 75 out. of every 100 voter. Some by a per sonal canvass and others by writ ing. The former class has probably spent nn expensive month in the business. Horse hire, time, board, lodging and incidentals which must be in noma way regained. How Each taxyayer must contribute to the successful one who has thus electioneered. If he has spent, say 1200, he must put in the days to get it back before he can really bein to count wages for services render. ed. He must first even up with the game by making extrt time, wheth er there is work or not. The busi ness man cannot afford the time, and will not incur the expense of such methods, hence after his day's work is done he writes at small expense, and if elected he does not begin his term with his fellow-citi. zens largely in his debt for electing him. He has no great expense account which must be balanced to make his start even. If he has a business of his own, if elected, he cannot afford to spend more time than is actually necessary iu the publio service, and would economize time, your time, as if it were his own. Which of the two classes will you by your vote to morrow choose to vote? J. am airing no grievance against any particular person. My theory is that the peo ple should elect to the office of com missioner only men who have some other occupation than office holding Those who have successfully man aged their own business, should be themselves active, industrious economical energetic and capable in individual affairs. Such men are desirable to manage public business, if we wish to bo free from debt and to relieve taxation. There are shires in Scotland, corresponding to our counties, where Instead of the peo pie paying taxes the publio funds CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAOB A FINE SENSE OF HONOR. Editor Press : Notwithstanding the fact that the County Chairman refused" to inform liersons interested as to what names of candidates would appear on the Republican ticket, and also refused to allow them to have copies of the same in advance of the primaries, and stated, as we are informed, that no candidates woald be allowed to have any tickets in advance, the fact Is that on Wednesday tickets were in the hands of some of his supposed, and some of his real friends. In short, those whom he favored were given the advuntage of having the tickets in advance, while those he opposed were kept in ignorance so far as lay in his pow er, of the contents of the ticket, and deprived of the advantage of having them that they might instruct their friends how to vote. This gentleman holds a federal ollioe in this town, the best one in the county, is Chairman of the County Committee, and ns such should treat all candidates fairly, and so far as in his official ixisition lies, give each one an equal chance. Is our county committee simply a machine to further the political in terests of one set of men, and to thwart the desires of all others who may not be in their graces or who will not bow the knee to their man- lutes? We do not believe that fair minded Republicans, even of their own faction, will endorse or ap prove of such methods. No one is sure of the favor of such men, and no matter how speoious their prom ises or loud their protestations of friendship, if one dares but to ex press an individual opinion he comes under the ban of disapproval and the same tactics which have been used to gain Ins support will be as relentlessly used to crush him Fair play is a jewel and we await the verdict of the people on the duplicity and decoi t of the men who now constitute the couuty commit tee, if their chairman is by his acts representing their wishes, or obey ing thuir instructions. Fair Play. Improvements in the Raymondakill Valley. Ground has been broken for the now building of August Bertrond iu Dingman township. The site chosen is one which will command a fine view of theRaymondskill val ley, and the house will be a docided improvement to the landscape. That immediate neighborhood is fast assuming a genuine sub urban appearance. The hondsomo residence of Charles Nobs crowns an eminence near by, and the cosy oot tageof Monthemont surrounded with a finely kept lawn spreads a charm in the valley, while not far away the nicely kept grounds of Joseph Schanno's Chestnut Grove House, and the commodious summer ho tel of O. E. Boilletatadd their graces to the prospect. Further lip the beautiful sheets of water, artificial ly created by Mr. Nobs and the Chat tillon Bros, and the largo homo of the latter dock the landscape, and contribute largely to the beautiful view. Since the genial Jim Bonnet rechristened that vale Raymonds- kill Valley, and tabooed the name of "Chucktown," it has evidently caught on to the dignity if its pa tronymic and blossomed with a new impetus and evinced a commend able zeal to beautify its part of the county. There are many locations for summer homes yet remaining unappropriated in that r gion, but at the present rata they will soon be ornamented with cottages and the city man and his family will revel in the beauty of his surroundings and drink in the pure and health- giving mountain ait. The roads, too, have been much improved, and a general appearance of thrift and progressiveiiess now pervades that whole territory. Real Estate Transfers. Delaware & Hudson Canal Com pany to trustees of Minisink Lodge, 352 I. O. O. F., dated 13 June Oae acre Lackawaxen. Con. f 125. John M. Smith and wife to Wil liam McDowell, dated July 20th. 83 acres pt. Delany Sharp, Lacka waxen. Con. $1. Wm. Johnson et. al. executors etc. to Charles Lord, dated July 21. Lot iu Matamoras. Con, $1200. Catharine Heater to Isaac Heater dated July 11. 2' acres Westfall Con. (35. Subscribe for the Press. Concert at the Spiecopal Church. The Posters announcing the con oert in Aid of the Organ Fund of the Church of the Good Shepherd to be held next Monday night, Aug ust, 7 at 8 o'clock Includes the fol lowing artists : Madame Dorothea Haar Mans field solo soprano. Mr. W. H. Betty solo baritone, Master Ben. Johnson, the celebrat ed hoy soloist, of St. James church, Pa., ir, English ballads. Monsieur Jagues, of Paris, form erly solo boy, York Minster, Eng., will play and sing. Mr. Alfred M. Mansfield Basso profundo, late solo bass Grace church, N. Y , now at All Angels church, in French, German and English songs. Mr. Leon Kourcik, the distin guished Russian baritone witrslng the songs of his own country. Ilerr Kieswetter, of N. Y. city Pianist. The Boy Choir, of All Angels church, N. Y., will sing, 23d Psalm (Smart) Lullaby (Sullivan) Sol dier's chorus (Faust). Mr. Lacer Baker, Mus. Bao. director. Tickets 50 cents ; reserv ed seats (1 at drug stores of C. O. Armstrong's and H. E. Emerson & Co. If you have heard the boys sing at the Choral Evensong this week at the church you will be very much better pleased with the quality of tone which can be produced in a larger place such as Brown's Hall affords. The concert begins at 8 p. m., doors open at 7 :30. The Bridge at Dingmans. The Horseheads Bridge Co., of Horseheads, N. Y., has entered in to a contract with the owners of the charter and projerty of the Ding man's Choice and Delaware Bridge Co., to erect a steel and iron bridge over the Delaware River at Ding- man's Ferry, Pa. A meeting was held Saturday, Ju ly 29th, at the Delaware House, Dingman's Ferry, Po. at which E A. Perkins, President of the Horse- hards Bridge Co., whs present and more'than half the amount of stock necessary to build was subscribed by interested parties. Steps are now being taken to commence the mason work as soon as the river subsides to its normal level. The Far West. The applications for space at the National Export Exposition at Pa., from California and other Western States indicate that that eection of the United States will be well repre sented. Most of the exhibits will be of an extre nely interesting charac ter. Dried fruits, wines and canned goods of all kinds will be shown and arrangements are now being made for the showing of the process of wine making. Inasmuch as American wines are fast securing a foothold in foreign countries such an exhibit cannot help but stimu late that industry. A manufactur ing ooncern on the Paciflo coast will make a very novel exhibit. A booth, covering at least 200 square feet, and rising 30 feet from the Exposi tion Hall, will be erected, and it will be constructed entirely of dif ferent varities of glue manufactur ed in California. A Peanut Party. Tuesday evening Miss Bertha Williamson very pleasantly enter tained a number of friends at her home on Fourth street The guests were bidden to a progressive peanut party, which was mystifying until explained and then it resolved into a game of Jack straws with peanuts and candy tongs. Those possessing the steady nerve to remove the nuts from the pile most successfully were Frank Cross and Miss Huttie Decker, who were rewarded with a silver stickpin and bottle of lavender salts respectively. The booby pi izos fell to the lot of Miss Annie Gallagher and Miss Lila VanEttsn who proudly carried away as trophies a box of cashmere soap and a peanut man. The refresh ments were peanuts in many forms, with other dainties. Additional Local Hatter. The Bull family picnio was held Tuesday at Buckley's Grove in Westfall. L. W. Armstrong has piped his house on High St. for the introduc tion of acetylene gas. A large reception was tendered Mrs. Lacey Baker by friends of the Episcopal Church at the rectory, 1 Tuesday eveuiug. INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS. Roland B. Molineux was arraign ed in the Court of General Sessions Wednesday morning to plead to the indictment for murder In the first negree in sending to Harry Cornish at the Knickerbocker Athletio Club poison that on Deo. 28 last killed Mrs. Kate Adams. Molineux in n firm voice, said : "I am not guilty !" He was then sent back to the Tombs. This is the second time Molineux has been in court to plead to ihe same olmrge. The automobile record for New port, Rhode Island, is claimed by W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr. Accompani ed by O. H. P. Belmont, he made a run of three and one-half miles in six minutes in a low geared machine propelled by gasolene. Yellow fever is at Hampton, Vr.' and evory effort is being made to check the disease. Four deaths from it ocourred at the National Soldiers' Home Tuesday. Col. Hawkins of the Tenth Penn. which was the only regiment from the East sent to the Philippines, died suddenly on the transport Senator on his retnan home. He was a gallant soldier and had passed through many skirmishes unharm ed. . In the agreement signed by Har. ry Elkes, the middle-distance cham pionof America, and Tom Linton, the champion of Europe, for the one hour paced race to be held at Man hattan Beach track on August 12, it is specifically stated that only tan dem motors shall be be used. This will bar the motor quad used by Elkes in the last few races. As the match is to be a championship af fair, it was agreed that the stylo of the other machines should be the same. If all the wheat, corn, barley, po tatoes and hay raised in the United States in the year 1898 were loaded in carload lots of ten tons to the cor, they would make a railroal train 106, 100 miles long, being over thirty and a third times the distance from Boston to San Francisco, or a band of cars reaching four and one-fourth times around the world. The hay. alone wculd fill a continuous train of cars reaching about fourteon times the distance from Boston to San Francisco. The custom of throwing rioo and old shoes after a bride came from the Eastern nations, and was origin ally interpreted as relinquishing all authority over her. Another reason given is that the throwing of the shoe was a sham assault on the bride groom, who was supposed to he carrying off the bride. The first wind mill erected in America was one built nnd set np by Govenor Yeardsley in Virginia in 1621. There was a windmill at Watertown, Mass., in 1631. In 16,13, the first watermill at Dorchester was built, and in Ipswich a grist mill was built in 1635. The mill built by Govenor W inthrop in New London is still standing. By 1639 there were five watermills, four windwills and a great number of horse and hand mills in Virginia. Reflections of a Bachelor. Love with women is like poker with a man he does most of his winning while learning it. Women know more about love than they do about loving, men know more about loving than they do abont love. Married men are rare wlipse pride is so strong that they can't boar to think they might have been refused when they proposed. The is no surer way for a man to make a girl think she has got to have another man, than for him to make her think he has to have her. Excursion Extraordinary to Niagara Falls ! Buffalo and Toronto. On Saturday evening August 5th, the popular Erie Railroad Co. will sturtaGnuid Excursion, tothealtove points, arriving at Niagara Falls early Sunday morning August 6th, music by Manneld Band. Special train returning same day will leave Niagara Falls at 3 :00 p. m. and Buffalo City Station at 5 :20 p. m. This will allow ten full hours at Ni agara and return same day, without any loss of business houis, but Ni agara Falls tickets will also be good to return on certain regular truins, Monday August 7th. Toronto tick ets will be good from Niagara Falls to Toronto Monday August 7th and for return passage on or before Thursday Angust 10th. Special train will leave Port Jervis at 7:30 p. in. Fare round trip to Niagara Fulls only $3.00 and to Toronto and return $1.00 higher. rnSwks, f
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