7T r" VOL. VI. MILFOM). PIKE COUNTY. PA., Fill DAY, MAY 10, 1001. NO. 26. I li 11 THE WASHINGTON LETTER. (From Our Rrgnlnr Correspondent.) Washington, D. C.. May 6, 1601. No belter evidence of executive ability cnn bo shown tlmn tho smooth working of a grent business establishment (hiring the absence of Its executive lienil. The govern ment of the United States is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, business establishment on earth, and although President McKinley, its executive head, and five of his chief assistants are on the (,tlior side of the continent, the business of the government in Washington Is running aa smoothly ns a well regulated clock. The post ofllee department Is after some of the alleged oil companies, which are flooding the mails with alluringly worded circular letters, promising nil sorts of extravagant profits on money invested In the stock of those alleged companies. To find the evidence to warrant is suing a fraud order against this class of schemes is difficult and slow, but the postal inspectors are old hands at that sort of work and ex. pert to succeed. Meanwhile, those who have money to invest would better be very careful about how they put it into oil schemes con ducted by men who are strangers to them. A scheme that is being advertised in this country is thus exposed in a report to the department of state, from L. W. Osborne, United States Consul General at Apia, Samoa : "1 have from time to time made in vestigations, and if there are any minerals either gold, silver, mica, nickel, zinc, tin or any other in these islands, I have been unable to find them or to find any "Gold Min ing Company of Apia,' as reported in the United States papers, the rec ords do not disclose the fact, and the officials have no information on the subject. No steamers, schoon ers, or other vessels are engaged in transporting sand or ores to Sydney or to San Francisco, or elsewhere ; no such persons as those named as constituting the 'gold mining com pany' are known here, and, in my judgment a tremendous swindle is being perpetrated, and the- public ought to know the facts," Surgeon J. F. Jones, who has just returned from the Philippines, brought a young Filipino, son of the Governor of Rohol, under the Span ish regime, about twenty years old, with him for the purpose of ar ranging to have him thoroughly educated in English. Dr. Jones thought some arrangement oould be made with the war department to pay the educational expenses of this young man out of the Philippine revenues, but after considering the matter in all Us bearings, it was considered best not to establish suoh a precedent, and Dr. Jones will privately arrange for the young man's instruction in Euglish. He is a good Spanish scholar. When a man goes into a thing himself, his advice to others to do so carries additional weight. Mr. A. T. Goehr, recently mustered out of the army, after considerable ser vice as an cfllcer in the Philippines, is now in Washington, on his way back to the islands, of which he Mid: "I became convinced that there are excellent opportunities in the Philippines for young men. It is to all intents and purposes a new country, and will be developed rap idly by the Americans in the next few years. Several San Francisco corporations have been organized to operate in the islands, and I have Offers from certain of tho8e corpora tions, one of which I have accepted. I must be back in the Philippines by July 31. The copper and gold mines in the islands offer excellent opportunities for Americans and American capital. The large re serves of timber likewise present a very attractive field for American enterprise." The war department hopes to be able to submit pluns for legislation to congress at the next session that will result in closer relations be tween the National Guard of the states and the general government and in more clearly defining the status of the National Guard. At present the status of the National Guard is such that wheu a young man enlists theruiu he can have no c'mir understanding of what his duties or responsibilities toward the national government are, wlio win Order Lim out iu time of war or where he may bo ordered. It is by no means an easy problem, but the department hopes, with the co-operation of the officers of the Nation al Guard, to reach a srlntion that will bo satisfactory enough to be approved by congress. It is de sired that tho National Guard shall be an anxiliary of the regular army, which can at once be put in the field when there is necessity there for, withont the delays which oc curred at the beginning of the war with Spain. Officials of the department of state deny that they have been in formed by Mr. Montagu White, Boer agent in the United States, that Mr. Paul Krngrr, late Presi dent o' the Transvaal republic, would visit this country in October, although Mr. White was quoted as having said that ho was told at the department that, the officials of this government would meet Mr. Kruger cordially as they would any other foreign visitor, but that ho would not be received officially. An Important Suit. "The Edgnwere clnh. of Pike county, has a novel and important suit on hand. This club has a large holding of land on Silver Lake, near Dingman's Ferry, and until recently tho members supposed that none questioned its right to a large por tion of that, beautiful body of water. A suit, however, has been brought in the Pike county courts by a man who claims to hold ownership ic tho whole bottom of the lake by a patent granted him. The suit is now on trial. The outcome will he watched with interest by clubs owning lnkes or who suppose they own them and are likely to have their own titles af fectod. It is said that there has never been a decision in this state on this question." The above, which is taken from the Stroudsburg Titnen, will be news indeed to people of this county. No suit has been brought and so far as we know none is in immediate con templation. It is possible that a question may arise as to the right to patent about eighteen acres of the lake, which quantity seems to have been unpatented by the early pat entees of the lands surrounding and waters of Silver Lake, and this will raise the question of the right to patent water exclusively if the mat ter is ever brought to a suit. OBITUARY. MRS. DR. JOHN KELLY. About a week ago Mrs. Kelly, being an ardent lover of out-of-door sports, a skillful fisherman and withal an excellent shot, went, as has been her custom, for an outing for a few days up to the home of E. A. Greening in Dingman township. Soon after through inadvertent ex posure she contracted pleurisy and pneumonia rapidly developed which terminated fatally Wednesday. She was born at Sound Boacn, Ct., Fob. 10, 1842, her numo being Sarab A. Lockwood. She subsequently mar ried a man of the same surnamp by whom she had one son, Frank, who is now employed with the Now York Tribune. Her husband dying, Dec. 19, 1878 she married Dr. John Kelly in New York, who .was then practising in that city. In 1880 they removed to Fairviow, Bergen coun ty, N. J., where they remained un- tif 1885, when they came to Pike county, which has, with the exoep tion of a couple of years, sinoe been thfcir homo. About two years ago they came to Milford to reside Mrs. Kelly was a member of the Congregational church of her native town. She is survived by her bus band, the son above mentioned, hor mother and one brother, William Burr, residing at Sound Beach. The remains were brought, here yester day and tukeu to hor native place today, foe interniiMil and the funeral services will be held there. Subscribe for the Press. The Republican county committee met last evening and fixed Saturday, July 13, as the time for holding the Republican primary election in the county. Mrs. Hamilton, wife of Rev. E. A Jiannlton, pastor of the Presbyter ian church at Deckertowu. died Wednesday afl-er a protracted ill ness, aged about D3 yenra. The bill to submit to a vote the question of removing the oapltol to Philadelphia f.iilcd to pans. Rep resentative Wehtbrnok voted aj.'uiiiht it, and be voted in favor of the Guffey UuM bill which likewise foiled. PERSONALS Mrs. C. 8. Van Wyck is stopping at Brookside Villa . Aimer Torwillinr of Brooklyn is spending the week with his family in town. Mrs. Augusta King of Lackn waxen is visiting friends here this week. F.F. White of Summit, N. J., who is building a house on Fourth street, was in town this week, W. Frnnk Finger of Trenton, N. J., visited his mother and sister hero a few days recently. Frank and Gerald Lewis left town last week for Canada, where they have several mining claims. A. L. Cronk and A. J. Roloson and son have gone to work on tho new Stroudsburg-lJushkill railroad. E. L. Van Etten of New York recently spent a couple ot days vis iting his daughter, Mrs. C. G. Wood. Howard Reed of the University of Pennsylvania is spending a few days with his family at the Anchor age. Mrs. H. 8. Mott of Washington, D. C, is visiting her father, District Attorney U. M. Van Auken, for a days Mrs. George Warner of Bridge. port, Ct., was a guest for a couple of days this week at the Sawkill House. Mrs. Justin Lanchantin of Now York is visiting with her mother, Mrs. Helen E. Heller, on Harford street. Prof. Henry K. Boomer of New- ton was in town this week looking after several pianos which he keeps in proper tune. James W. Pinchot of New York and Prof. H. H. Graves of New Haven were at Grey Towers for a tew days this week. Dr. Dudley and George H. Han- kins of Middletown, N. Y., visited ex-Assistant Post Master Horace O. Kipp over last Sunday. Mrs. J. C. Price of Branchville was a guest in her father's, ex-Pro- thonotary J. C. Westbrook's, family for a couple of days this week. Rev. Thomas Nichols and wife will leave town next Monday for a few weeks vacation, part of which will bo spent ot Gormantown, Pa. Mrs. Paul Humbert, with her two young sons, is again occupying her oottage on npper Water street, after having spent the winter in Brook lyn Mrs. C. H. Van Wyck was called to Washington this week by the ill ness of her daughter, Miss Happy. She was accompanied on hor return by Mrs. H. S. Mott. - George Schreil)er, who has been in the employ of John Zimmer mann in New York during the past winter, is home with his family in Delaware for a couple of months. Mr, Weber, who at one time man aged the Bellevne Hotel hero and who has since been a frequent visi tor in town, spent a souple of days this week at the Vandermark Hotel. Elmer Emory of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who has been spending sever al days with his parents here, de parted for his home last Monday evening, and Oliver, who has like wise been a guest with them for a short time, left for Washington, D. C Sunday afternoon. Shun Such Chance. People having money to invest would do well to investigate care fully before placing it in auy of the numerous schemes now being ex tensively advertised such as oil wells, gold, copper, silver and other mining enterprises. Many circulars are being sunt out setting forth the advantages to be derived from in vesting in the stock of these so-called companies They are persuasive and plausible and offer large in ducements for making money rap idly after the works are developed aud the unwary nmv be deceived. Keep out of them if you do not want to be swindled. Improved Proverbs. All's not old that titters. ' Circumstances alter faces. Modesty is the best policy. Quacks are stubborn things. Home was not built in day. A rolling gait gathers no remorse Charity unoivers a multitude of sins. Society's the mother of conven tion. It's a wise girl who knows her own mind. Let us eat, drink, and be married, fur to-morrow wo dye. ' Caroline WixiJi, in The Smart i S t. A BIG TEAR FOR GOLF. Champion, of tha Oimi to Play in June. Never before In the history of golf has a season opened with such bright prospects as am now in evidence. The year 1901 promises to be a re cord breaker along golfing lines In more than one respect. Not only are the manufacturers increasing the amount and raising the standard of their golf supply output, but a large part of the general public hith erto uninterested in the great Scotch game has given golf its attention, and directly resultant hare been wholesale additions to the several hundred golf clubs scattered about the different states in the Union. Three primary reasons are goner, ally ascribed as the cause of this golfward flocking tendency evinced by so many persons. First has been place 1 the value of tho exercise de rived from the necessitated walking and striking. Second cornea the companionable nature of the game, which endears it particularly to those inclined toward sentiment. The third Is the facility provided for coming directly in contact with na ture in all her freshness and glory. The golfer is probably favored more in this last respect than is the de votee of any outdoor other sport. A Great, Big, Hard Fact. Not long since David B. Hill and Grover Cleveland wrote letters to one of the leading Democratic organ- zations of Baltimore, which was celebrating its birthday, giving their views as to what was necessary to be done to rostore Democratic) supre macy. Mr. Cleveland as usual In dulged in glittering generalities and advised that the first thing to be c'one must be to make the Demo cratic party "truly, honestly and consistently Democratic" Mr. Hill went further and pointed out sev eral important things Democracy must be sure to do and do well, and these important things were each and every one of them a repudiation of Democratic principles as laid down by the' Chicago platform of 1890. Jt's sad, very sad that promi nent Democratic leaders can see no way to success except by a repudia tion of Democracy as she has been taught for several campaigns, but it's a fact, a great big hard fact. Clinton (Mo.) Republican. Real E.tat Transfer. Edward Luckey and wife to Theo dore Lee and others, undivided one sixteenth to each, of Abraham Dills, No. 92, Porter, 103 acres. Consid eration $100. ' Mary Schadler to Edward J. Greening, land in Shohola, 49 acres. Consideration $1150. Marie Cortright and others to William Cortright, undivided farm in Lehman, 129 acres. Con sideration 14500. Commonwealth to Geo. H. Banks, commission as Justice of the Peace. Catharine E. Seymour to Frank E. Wilkin; lot 410, Mataraoras Consideration 1300. James C. Rose to Stephen Trow bridge, lot in Westfall. Considera tion $63. Thomas Armstrong and wife to the Pike County Driving Park and Athletic Association, land in Ding man township, 85 acres. Consider ation $3000. Tha Milford Library. Rev. C. B. Carpenter was in New York last week to select book for the Milford library to be established by Jas. W. Pinchot, and purchased about 1200 volumes comprehending standard works, history, poetry, miscellany and works of fiction. It is also intended that there shall be a department especially intended for young people to be known as the juvenile department. Mr. Pinchot, who has been in Milford this week for a few days, preparatory to a visit of several weeks in England, will on his Yet urn in August, it is said, complete his arrangements to have the lihrary opened to the pub lic. Severe forest fires prevailed a few days ago up In the Rattlesnake re gion. Hundreds of acres burned over. The stock market has been wild this week aud stocks, especially Northern Pacific, went up with a bound. The reaction came Wednes day when two hundred and fifty million dollars of rise was wiped out in an hoar. A panio was barely averted and many speculators wera ruined, while others made fortunes in a moment. BRIEF MENTION. Dr H. B. Reed has recently pur chased a neat runabout wagon. The Rummer boarding house of M. McCor.nell near Lord's Valley was burned last week. Work has began on the new tran septs which are to be added to the Church of the Goop Sheerd. Tho Rock Spring Creamery of Montague, N. J., has opened for business and Is now receiving about 4,000 pounds of milk daily. At a meeting of the directors of the First National Bank of Milford hold Tuesday John C. Warner was appointed assistant cashier. Lawrence Sibley, who with his parents spert n month at tho Home stead last summer, was drowned Monday at his home in Victoria, Texas. Jacksonville, Fla., suffered a loss of fifteen million dollars and sever al lives by a fire which devastated the business portion of the city last Friday Wnlter L. Anglo has very success fully passed his examinations at the Jefferson Medical colleiro In Phila delphia and is now taking a course in a special branch. Charles B. Westbrook, for many years a popular salesman in a Port Jervis store, has retired to a stock farm near Sussex, N. J., which ho will in future conduct. A special meeting of Milford Lodf e No. 344, F. & A. M., will be held to morrow, Saturday, evening. Dis trict Deputy G. M. Hnlsizerof Hones--dale will pay a fraternal visit. 'Fishing on the Picturesque Erie" Is a handsome little booklet which gives abundant Information con cerning the ponds and streams ad jacent to that popular road. The Voorhe.?s bill to permit the people of the state to vote on the question of removing the capitol to Philadelphia seems likely to pass. On a test vote Tuesday in the House there were 110 for to 47 against the hill. Rock Spring Creamery batter, 25 cents a pound, can be obtained at Kyte'a market. This creamery, lo cated in Montague, N J., has se cured the services of an excellent butter maker, and its product will be first class. 5 8 tf The act repealing the special act fixing the fees of oounty auditors of Pike has passed and henceforth our county auditors will receive $3 for each day spent in performing their duties and mileage once a week to and from their homes. B. C. Smith, who was recently appointed fire WBrdan for Greene, Palmyra, Blooming Grove and Lackawaxen townships, having de cllned because of his contemplated removal to Gouldsboro, Anthony Ploss of Greene has been appointed in his stead. L. A. Martins and Jacob McCarty were ordained elders in the Reform ed church at Montague last Sunday morning. Obadiah Bevans and Charles Gran will he ordained elders next Sunday evening in the Haines ville church and J. A. Grau and Alonzo Depue deacons. Through the courtesy of James Campbell, factory inspector of the state, we are in receipt of his report for the year 1900. Tha special re ports from the inspectors of the several districts show that the man ufactories are all busy and business is excellent and prosperous. Rev. Thomas Nichols, pastor of the Presbyterian church, is not en joying very good health and. his condition would seem to indicate that a cessation from labor and re linquishment for a time of pulpit work might be beneficial. All will join in a fervent hope for bis speedy restoration to health. Richard Humbert is making con siderable addition to "The Marguer ite," bis, new summer boarding house, on Water rtreet. It is pleas, antly located and has a nice outlook Mr. Humbert has a curiosity in the fhape of a stem bearing cotton bolls one of which matuied, which he raised last year. It is genuine Pike county cotton. Recently, Benjamin Kyte, of Mil ford, purchased of D. L. B. Smith his sorrel road mare, Topsy O. She was bred and broke by Oran Obly, of Stowartsville, N. J. She is of Abdallab stock, and standard bred. As a three-year-old she trotted a full mile over the Allentowu, Pa., track in 2.33. As a road horse she had few equals and is perfectly safe for a lady to drive. EOYS' GUILD ENTERTAINS. A Pleasing Programme Rendered on Monday Evening, Monday evening, May 6th, was a red letter event for the Boys' Guild. The youngsters held the boards at Brown's Hall and highly amused and entertained the large audience pres ent, aided of oourse by some maturer talent. The address, written by Geo. W. Turner, was an Interesting history of tho guild entertainingly told, and showed its growth while giving some pleasantjdoscriptions of its outings. The program, given be low, was well rendered and the shadow pantomimes provoked roarious mirth especially with juvenile part of the audience, up; the All and the numbers were encored cheerfully responded to. PROGRAMME, Mandolin Solo, Miss Harriet W. Horton. Shadow Pantomine, ''Amputation Like Winking or the Wonderful Reviver." Vocal Quartette, Messrs. Goorge W. Armstrong, Geo. R. Bull, Theo. H. Baker, Vivian Struthers. Address, Geo. W. Turner. Vocal Solo, "Araminta," Mr. Josiah F. Terwilliger. Shadow Pantomime, "Regular Hash or the Boarding House Con spiracy. Vocal Solo, Mr. Geo. R. Bull. Violin Solo, Miss Fanny A. Dim- mick. Vocal Solo, Mrs. Otto von der Hoyde. Shadow Pantomime, "The Madcap Barber or the Unfortunate Victim." Accompanists, Misses Wood, Cross and Poillon. Note Against Dead Men. Notes for large amounts against men dying and leaving big estates seem to be quite numerous recently. Some years ago ono appeared against Stephen Kistler of Strouds burg for $25,000 which after inves tigation was pronounced a forgery. It was originally given for $250 and after raised. In 188S one was sent to an Easton attorney against tho late Thos. M. Mcllheny of Stroudsburg for $8,000 It was never paid. In 1900 one appeared against Henry Fulmer of Easton for $89,000, It has not been , collected and last April another for $75,000 against the same person was sent to an Easton attorney for collection. One for $91,000 was recently sent for collection against the estate of John I. Blair, deceased. These notes, the letters written, and en velopes in which they were mailed are all said to bear evidence that they were sent by the same parties and that a woman is connected with them. There is a suspicion that the one recently found against Abram Ne6bitt of Kingston, Pa., may be traced to tho same source as the others. A peculiarity U that the letters are mailed on trains so aa to prevent the locating the senders and lo none of the above cases has the alleged holder appeared to sub stantiate the note. Any one holding a genuine claim for so large a sum would very likely appear to enforce It. Modern Education. A school teacher in Sheffield re ceived the following from a com plaining parent a few weeks ago "Sir, Will you please for the future give my boy sum easier somes to do at nites. This is what he brought hoam to or three nites back : 'If fore gallins of here will fill thlrty-to pint bottles, how meny pint and a half bottles will nine-gallins fill? Well, we tried, and could make nothing of it at all ; and my boy cried and sed he didn't dare go back in the morning without doin' it. So I had to go and buy a nino-gallin cask ot here, which I could ill afford to do, aud then we went and bor rowed a lot of wine and brandy bot ties, besides a few we had by us Well we emptied the cask into the bottles, and then counted them, and there were 19, and my boy put the number down for an answer. don't know wether is it rite or not as we spilt sum while doin' it. P. R Please let the next some be in water as I am not uble to buy any more here.'" liunykok Weekly Mail. Mrs. Ferris of New York, whose husband is a cousin of the late Mrs, Dr. Kelly, was in Mdford this week and aooompanied the Doctor to Con necticut on his sad mission. They left yesterday to make the necessary arraneemeutsand Undertaker Chan. G. Wood went with tha body thi i morning. THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS. A nice spell of weather. The street sprinkler will be in de mand very Boon Vegetition looks fine. Autos are out. Lots of new rigs in town. The runabout of Dr. Reed's is a beauty. Louis Crone of MMlville is work- ing for Ed. Brown. Miss Josie Chatillon Is spending a few days in New York. Louis Rudolph of Middletown, tf. Y., spent Sunday in town. Glad to see the familiar face of Doc. Steele on our streets again. Have you seen Ben. Kyte's new trotter? Benjamin now Is in it. Dogs to win the blue ribbon at the Pike County Fair, and his horse to win the first raoe on the new track. Providing the other fellow's horse lets him get ahead. The new gas plant put in by Mitchell Bros, gives satisfaction. Our street lamps have been pol ished up. Would like to say a few things about Montague but dare not tres pass on forbidden ground. Where is "Observer" with his regular news budgot? Judge Klaor has cleared the grounds surrounding his spoke fac tory of rough timber. He took ad vantage of the water and made spokes to fill his orders. So far the catches of trout have been light. Shad appear to be quite plentiful although tire run is not iverly large. According to the statement two townships, Milford and Porter, raised no poor tax, but tho rest of the county was not so fortunate. I do not know how many poor are supported by the county, but by the amount of tax raised, it either takes considerable money per head or there are quite a number of poor. A new kind of horses was seen on our streets the other day. Thev resemblod razor backs. The other day I heard this ques tion discussed : Does the law of this state compel a person not a resident of the state to pay a license here when he peddles and retails goods of any kind not of his own raising or manufacturing? Will the Editor of the Prkss kindly inform no? The borough ordinance ordains that all foreign dealers in merchan dise and their agents, having no permanent place of. business in said borough, shall obtain a license, etc Ed. Prkss. New Court Opened. The new Middle District United States Court was opened at Harris burg Monday afternoon in the pres ence of a large number of peoplo, attorneys from every county in the new district. The commissions of Hon. R. W. Archbald as judge, of District Attorney S. J. M. McCar rell and Fred C. Leonard Marshal were read, the rules prevailing in the western district were temporar ily adopted and a committee ap pointed to draft new rules for the court. The next session will be held at Williamsport during the week beginning the second Monday in June. Hon. Lyman D. Gilbert addressed the court in welcome to Harrisburg aud Judge Archbald re sponded. A banquet was given by the Dauphin county bar in the evening to the new court and invited guests. During the session the fol lowing appointments, among others, were made : J. II. Van Etten of Mil ford, Commissioner j A. T. Searle of Honesdale, Referee in Bankruptcy for Wayne and Pike. GENERAL A33EMBLT NEWS. An Offer Which Will be ot Great In terest to All Presbyterian. The best news of the Presbyterian General Assemb'y, which will be held in -Philadelphia beginning May 16 and continuing about ten days, will appear from day to day iu "The Philadelphia Press." Rev. Dr. 8. 8. Gilson, of Pittsburg, will have charge of the reports and the paper will be mailed to any ad dress postpaid throughout the as sembly sessions (from May 13 to May 25 inclusive) for 25 cents. , A "Spider Web Fate" will be held at the home of Mrs. Otto von der Heyde next Tuesday evening. The Ladies Guild of the Episcopal church, have it iu charge. Admission 25o. Fine canned peas, equul to French, 12t'o. can at Mitchell's.