01 o CO 1 rl ,1 11 VOL. VI. MILF01M), PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 2G, 1901. no. in. 1 VJOO .TTER. j ' i (From Our Hi'Kiilnr Correspondent.) Wamiinoton. D. C, July 22, 1001. Secretary Ixing wado short work of tlie absurd story Hint lie saw and approved the proofs of t lint portion of the third volume of Mnclay'R IliHtory of (lio Navy which refers to Hour Admiral Schley ns a coward by ordering Commander Wntn wright, superintendent of tlifl nnvnl academy, to strike tlio volume from tlie list of text books used. In ad dition, tlie secretory ninde public a statement in wliioh lie said: "1 know nothing of Maelay's intem perate abuse of Admiral Kchley and it is absurd to sny that I would en dorse his language when he calls Admiral Schley a coward. Admiral Schley is no coward. No one in the servico who knows him has ever for n moment doubted his bravery or gallantry in action." Of tlio publication alleging the navy de partment to be opposed to a con gressional investigation of Admiral Schley's conduct in the West Indian campaign. Secretary Long said : "It is nnjust to the department to say that it will oppose any investigation of Admiral Schley's conduct in the West Indian campaign. As a mat ter of fact 1 wrote a letter to Sena tor Halo, chairman of the naval af fairs committee of the senate, -during the last session of congress in which I asked him to havo nn in vestigation of this entire Sampson Schley matter by a committee of senators or a joint committeo of both houses." Gov. Allen of Porto Ilico passed through Washington en route to Canton to confer with President MeKinley concerning the proclama tion declaring free trade between the United States and Porto Rico. Gov. Allen was read enough to talk about Porto Rico and its steady increase in prosperity and bright future, but ho smiled and changed the subject when he was asked if Mie report that he would resign the governorship and not return to Porto Kico was true. Mr. William Vaughn, chairman of tho Alabama republican state committee, who is in Washington on business, said: "It looks as though the republicans in the con stitutional convention of Alabama might have a deciding vote, al though they are only 15 or 20 out of 155 delegates. It is already evident that the democrats are badly divid ed among themselves." On the snf. frage plan they have presented two different reports, and the best dem ocrats in tho convention and of the state are against the 'grandfather' clause. Senator Pottns has declared that its adoption would be unwise, and Senator Morgan has said quite as much. Then there is a perplexity about the piyment of the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting. One of the democratic members of con- gross has investigated and found that the negroes in the black belt pay 14,000 poll taxes, where the whites only pay 6,000 To bo sure, tho negroes are largely in the ma Jority there, but the democrats are not certain that the poll tax provi sion will give them any great aid in suppressing the negro vote. The convention will probably be in ses sion until Christinas before it Btntiglitoud out uli the tangles." If Mr. James L. Norris, the Pis tiiot of Columbia member of the democratic national committee knows what he is talking about, Mr. Bryan has lost his hold upon thai committee, although he had been generally supposed to thor oughly dominate a majority of its members, as well as upon the Ohio democracy. Mr. Norris declares vory positively that he has received letters from a majority of tho mem bers of tho democratic national committee endorsing the action of the Ohio convention in throwing Bryanism overboard. That decla ration ought to furnish Mr. Bryan withuateriiil for a little serious re flection because if it bo truo it means that he has bejn deposed as the democratic loader. Secretary Long has approved the rejxirt of the naval examining board the first of its kind for uiuny year that Lieutenant Annan llartrath is morally disqualified for promotion from the engineer corps to the line and recommended, to the president that llartrath be dropped from the naval lit-t with a year's pay as p-ovkloJ bylaw. Ilavtmih THE WASHINGTON was appointed to thenaval academy from Michigan in XR84 nnd since April, 11101, has been attached to the receiving ship Independence stationed at Mare Island navy yard. Col. Dick Plunkett, who lives in Oklahoma, mid, Inst before leaving Washington in order to bo present at the distribution of the land? in that territory, to be opened to set tlemcnt August Cth : "I nm glad to see flint ex-Governor Richards of Wyoming, assistant commissioner of the general hind office, is to bo in ch.irgo of the drawing of lots. This lottery business is a new proposi tion and if it should not prove suc cessful there would be n, flood of complaints. Ex-Goveinor Richards is a Western man and the settlers know this and feel that ho will look out for their iuterests and give equal justice to all. He has famil iarized himself with tho location of tho tract to bo opened up, and I feel that Secretary Hitchcock could have made no wiser selection." Third Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Madden followed up Postmast er General Smith's orders fur such execution of tho law as will shut out all publications not clearly en titled to tho privilege of second class mail, with a letter to post masters informing them that their bondsmen are liable to ho held for any losses incurred by the govern ment tlirongh their failure or neg lect to curry out the law in ac cordance with the postmaster gen eral's orders. Arguments Against. Woman Suffrage. Tho following is iioni an address delivered by Louis F. Post of Chi cago before the National Suffrage convention in Minneapolis: "I do not feel so competent to answer the arguments against equal suffrage as to wonder at them. It is said that women have not the timo and strength to voto. As for strength, I have voted for years and I have not found that it takes much strength to take up a piece of paper and give it to a great muscu lar man, who drops it into the bal lot box for yon. As for time, the objectors say you should influence your husband and sons, but it io easier to go to the polls and cast a vote yourself than to got your hus bands and sons to go. They say it will brush the bloom from woman hood, and then those same objectors fall to praising Queen Victoria, her wise government, hor womanliness, her faithful wifehood and mother hood. If a woman can govern a nation and still be a good wife and mother, and best of all keep the bloom of womahood, why cannot the average woman cast a vote and do it? "Suffrage is a right and not a priv ilege. That it is a right of evory individual is tho only basis for women demanding it. If it is not a right but a privilege that may bo granted to men nnd withhold from women, bo granted to tlio white and withheld from tho black, be given to those who have red hair, kept from those with black hair ; if it may be rightfully granted to the millionaire and kept from the day laborer, rightfully extended to those who can read and withheld from those who cannot, or to those with a college education and from those who only have a common school education, if these are the only bases on which womon claim a share in the process of government, then the fundamental argument for woman suffrage disappears. "Reason far back enough on the privilege line of argument, and you soon come to that fetish of tradi tion, the divine right of kings." A Children's Frolic. Last Friday afternoon a lover of children could not have failed to appreciate tho very pretty sifjlit that would have greeted the eyes of a chance visitor to tho J anion House. Gathered around a May polo or enthusiastically hunting peanuts were found a party of chil dren royally entertaiued by Mrs .lardou. lhe tiniest tot, Master Everel Unsworth, triumphantly carried off the first prize awarded for tho greatest number of peanuts found. The delicious refreshments served as a grand finale to a de lightful afternoon for tho little ones and Mrs. Jardou's hospitality will lOTig be remembered by them. Two barrels good roasted Rio cflVa U'i ets. per lb. ; one barrel Maracaibu uiid Mix-ha mixture roast - ed IS cU. per lb. at W, fc G. Mitch- eli's, PERSONALS John Wohlfarth of Shoholn. wns in town Tuesday. Miss Bird Williamson Is visiting friends at Lnekn waxen. Ex-Justice George Opyer of Mata morns was in town on Thursday. (lifford Pimhot, United States Forester, was in town briefly last week. John De C. Van Etten of New York is homo on a two weeks' va cation. May Vanderbeek of naekensack, N. J., Is visiting K. Warner, her grandfather. Will Armstrong of New York is enjo3Miig his summer vacation with his family here. Harrison Watts of Matamoras drove a very nico looking maro down to Milford Tuesday. J. W. Chamberlain of Lehman was in town last Saturday and called on a few of his many friends. J. C. Grasmuk of New York visit ed his family, who are occupying their cottage on Harford streot, over last Sunday. Geo. II. Wheeler of New York Is a guest in town. His mother nnd sister Surah, who accompanied him, have gone to Iluntingtower in Delaware. W. R. Willis and family of New York, who for several years have occupied a cottago on lower Ann street, are now at the Bluff House for the summer. Emerson Davenport, a brother ol Mrs. E. S. Wolf, who has been in town for some months, left Tuesday night for Iona county, Mich., which he will make his future home. Mr. Edsall II. Cole, the Jersey avenue coal and lumber dealer of Port Jervis and Mr. D. II. Rose of the snmo place were in town Wed nesday afternoon for a short drive. Roswcll II. Carpenter, Esq., of Brooklyn has been stopping a few days recently at Brooksido Villa. Ho is a sou of the late Rev. Hugh Smith Carpenter, who was well known in this community for many years. , Driving Park Opening. The formal opening of the drlv ing park will take place tomorrow, Saturday, when it is expected some speedy horses will be shown. There will be three classes': the 3.00, 2.45 and 2.30, trot or pace, and a purse ft 125 will bo givon in each. The races will be called at 2 p. m. Rose Wreath, the fnmous Delaware town ship maro, will go an exhibition mile. Following are the entries in the several classes : 2.30 CLASS. Waltanna, Arthur Sludo, Port Jervis, N. Y. Dewey, Howard Stearns, Port Jervis, N. Y. 2.45 class. Major C, O, D. Carr, Goshen, N. Y. Maude II., John R. Thornton, Milford, Pa.. Minnie Patchen, J. York, Port Jervis-, N. Y. 3.00 CLASS. Lady Goldsmith, Georgo Horton, Milford, Pa. Maudo H., John R. Thornton, Milford, Pa. Topsy O., Benjamin Kyto, Mil ford, Pa. Mnjor B., J. York, Port Jervis N. Y. Kitty B.. J. H. Brown, Port Jer vis, N. Y. Political Ciphers. At a recent town meeting held in Philadelphia, where some 15,000 peo ple made a public protest against the present city administration and nom inated au independent candidate for district attorney, one of the speakers, ex-District Attorney Graham, urged the women present to join with the men and help elect P. F. llothermel, Jr., the candidate, named. We have all learned that the influence of polit ical ciphers, no mutter how respect able, is too flimsy to be valuable on election day. There is no doubt that many wo men, e.-peciitlly the taxpayers, desire to have the ballot purified, and honest officials In otlice. Yes, they are quite ready to take a bund in driving off the pack of hun gry wolves who ft-d from the public crib. Will Mr. Graham or any prae- ! tieal nolitiehin inform lh women of I , , , cim aiJ , 1 J J i bringing amt better conditions? I DA. I'uiiTLK I SoY tut. TRANSPORTATION OF CATTLE. Neglect of Animals in Transportation Diseases the Meat. The problem of tho proper trans portation of cattle is, like ninny other questions connected with the treatment of dumb animals, essen tially a modern question. In times when ench country must feed its own, nnd the only way of getting cattle or she-p or horses from one place to nnothor was to drive them in herds, under the care of a drover, tho problem was in ono way simple. The animals could not travel more than a certain distance each day without definite injury, which would probably be visible to the prospective purchaser when they arrive at their destination. It was to the interest of the drover, therefore, to be vory careful. With the advent of cattle-trains, however, it became possiblo to transport all sorts of live stock round the world if necessary, in less time than it used to take to cross a state The railway takes the Texas steor and lauds him in Chicago in a space of time which must seem to his be wildered brain nn eternity, but is really but a few days. His treat ment en route cannot well be so cruel as to depreciate his ultimate value in nny way which the purchaser enn see ; moreover, iu such cases the purchaser often buys on faith, nnd pays without seeing. So long ns most of the cattle got through nil right, if u few die of neglect, orlnck of water, or some othor cause, tho seller's reputation is good. The prop erty interest cannot be relied upon in this matter of proper tentment of dependents. It was estimated in tho old days of slave-trading that if half the cargo got through the dreaded Middle Passago alive there was a profit. The property interest was no safeguard there. It never pro tected any creature which could, be ill-treated by a thoughtless or cruol person with no immediate punish ment. It is one of the charnteriBtics of the callous and cruel mn,i, as a rule, to, bo short-sighted. He sol dom sees that in the long ran, hu mane treatment is profitable. In this case the trador and rail wny man do not suffer much even when their treatment of cattle la absolute ly cruol. It is the pnblio which will Buffer, and it is the public which will therefore ha ve to take the matter in hand. There is a great difference in the systems of various railroads nnd dealers in their treatment of cattle and sheep, nnd some are much more humane thnn others. But it is not so very long since sheep were packed like sardines in close cars, without a drop of water during long journoys, in the hottest of weather ; and cattle were subjected to the same treatment. Such conditions breed filth nnd disease j and diseased meat is not safe for anybody to eat. It will prob ably never he possible to ascertain the number of deaths which have resulted from the eating of impure or diseased meat, and for every death from this cause there are many victims of disease. Sometimes the ailment is obscure and insidunus, but it is nevertheless there. Some time ago there was a scare about trichinae which resulted in many people becoming Jews or Mohatn modans where pork was concerned, but much of the beef which comes from cattle-trains where the animals are packed together iu filth, discom fort and thirst is not a bit more fit for human consumption than meas ly pork. In these days no man can tell whore his butcher gets the meat which is confidingly bought and eaten by his customers. It tuny be good, or it may not. It is time that the treatment of cattlo, on trains of transporcution and in shods, during the time before they are killed, should be regulated by luw, and that everyone concerned in their transportation and care should be required to see that they are in conditions as nearly healthful as the difficulties of the case allow. A Poor Millionaire. Latmy starved in London because he could not digest his food. Early use of Dr. King's New Life Pills would havo saved him. They strengthen the stomach, aid diges tion, promote assimilation, improve appetite. Price 25o. Money back if not satisfied. Sold by all drug gists. Chase & Sanborn's Old Homestead Java coffee at Armstrong & Co. Oil cloth and linoleums at W. JG. Mitchells. BRIEF MENTION. A son was lairn to Mr. and Mrs. Jocelyn nt Glnnside Sanitarium last Sunday morning. The five day excursion tickets at 7.75 are on sale Tuesdnys nnd Thursdays of each week. Charles Whitaker of Delaware is seriously ill at the home of his sister, Mrs. I). II. JIornbeck,liitblsboroiigh. Sullivan county is complaining of a paucity of bonrders and not near ly the usual complement is said to be present within her confines. Associate Judge E. R. Eubody of Carbon county will bo a candidate for congress this fall ngninst L. II. Barber. Rev. E. N Smead of Princeton l'heological Seminary will preach tho next and following Sabbaths, July 28 and Aug. 4. Mrs. Kruger, wife of former Pres ident Kruzer of the South African republic, diod nt Pretoria last Sat urday nfter an illness of tnree days of pneumonia. Boxes in the grand stand nt the driving park were sold Tuesday ev ening to Dr. W. B. Kenworthey, F. C. Plume and J. R. Thornton. The latter also secured tho privileges for the sale of soft drinks Tho ball game last Saturday be tweon Port Jervis nnd Milford was won by the former. Score 11 to 1. In the game Monday between Mil- ford and a picked nine from tho town the former won by a score of 20 to 11. Monday, July 22, wns the 122nd anniversary of the battle of Mini siuk fought near Lacknwaxon bo- tweeu Brant and his forces nnd n company of 150 Orange county mil itia, over forty of whom wore killed in the fight. Hie barn of John Wohlfarth In Shoholn wns struck by lightning July (ith and with most of the contents consumed. The loss, partially covered by insurance through the ngency of Hon. J. J. Hart, is about $1,500 nnd the policy of $1,000 has been paid. One reason offered ns an incon venience of the new fashion is that every lndy horse will be bound to stop in front of every polished win dow to soe whether her hnt is on straight. It is urged that such con duct will provoke great delay to the ordinary course of business. At the adjourned hearing held July 20, after hearing the evidence, Chief Burgess Wolf fined Fred Myer $3 and Willinm Miller and George E. Hoffman $5 each. This is the matter which arose ont of the Fourth of July sorap with some young men from Matamoras and Port Jorvis. Rev. M. Seymour Purdy of New Brunswick, N. J., who is supplying the church nt Cuddebackville, N, Y., for the summer, occupied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church here Inst Sunday and left a very fa. vorablo impression on his henrora His sermons are sucoinct and well delivered. Bass fishing here is excellont and ninny good catches are bei'-g made Tlie nsu are or nne size and run quite uniform. Not many trout have been taken this season 'and the size has been small. Drouth last summer and tho low water in winter which allowed the streams to freeze to the bottom probably killed most of the fish. The heat In the western states this week was the worst in their history. At several places in Missouri, Iowa, Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky the thermometer rose to 108. The co.-n crop will probably be seriously af fected and it is predicted will be one third less than the usual product of the corn growing bolt, which is about two billion bushels. Bonds have been tendered to and accepted by H. L. Davenport and J Victor Rosoncrance by the Milford & Dingman railroad for damage to lands in Delaware township and that company has done some work during the past two weeks in the vicinity of Cave bank. Later de velopmnnts may inform us as to the real motive for this aotivity. The parties who have recently purchased the eleotrio light plant the gas oompany and the trolley road in Port Jervis are said to con template building an eleotrio road to Milford within the next year, Such a step will show thorn to be level headed business men who un dorstand how to make a profit. It would be an excellent happening for Port Jervis if this promise is & fulfilled and would greatly boueflt tf 'Milford likewise. DEDICATION SERVICES. Prominent Clergymen Present A Joyful Occasion. Dedicatory nervines held In tho Church of the Good Shepherd Wed nesday were largely attended. Right Rev. Cortlandt Whitehead, bishop of Pittsburg, was present nnd preached the sermon. Ho was ector here when the church wns organized nnd services held iu the old court rocm. The sermon was reminiscent of tho early days of the church nnd full of interest. The music, which wns an especial ten ure of the occasion, was excellent. The solo by Miss Tate, a singer in the Brick church, New York, "My Song Shall Bo of Thoe," was beau tifully rendered and in exquisite nste. The quartet composed of the Misses Corbott and Patty Biddis nnd Messrs, Ed Crissrnnn nnd Viv ian Struthers was especially fine. The visiting clergymen who par ticipated in tho services wore Arch deacon Coxo of Scranton. Dr. Rog ers of Brooklyn, Rov. Gnrdiner of Lancaster, Rov. Rowland A. Saw yer of Carbondale and Rev. Martin Stockett of Sc John's church, Ding man's. Tho services throughout wore beautiful and impressive. The seveial articles dedicated wore the bnptistry and window, donated by Dr. II. B. Reed and Mrs. Reed memorials to Edward J. Reed nnd Mrs. Pamela Austin Howard, mother of Mrs. Roed ; the pulpit. organ nnd choir stalls, donations from the congregation ; a handsome brass loctern, a memorial to Lance lot W. Armstrong ; altar furnish- ngs, cross, nlms basins, momorinls to Isnno F. Baker, Ann E. Baker, Edwin J. nnd Christopher Baker ; altar book rest nnd candlesticks in memory of Margaret S. Godney, mother of Mrs. J. J. Hnrt. The church since the addition of the two transepts affords much more room for tho growing congre gation and they also ndd greatly to its interior beauty. The orgnn and choir occupy the one on the right and the one on the left contains the bnptismnl font. In the nfternoon a reception was tendered the bishop on the lawn of E. H. Noyes. At the afternoon services Dr. Coxe preached the sormon, Bishop Whitohend mnde the address to the candidates and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Porter and the Misses Girard, daughters of former burgess, P. J. Girnrd, were confirmed, and the fol lowing named infants were baptiz ed : Charles Edward Kenworthey, Marian Lillian Thornton and Theo dore Bonrdsley Fuller. Tho fote given by Miss Noyes wns a most enjoyable occasion and wns grcntly enjoyed by the parish. The Bluff House orchestra dis coursed fine music during the event. Heal Estate Transfers. Michael Eisonoorger to Carrie Eisonbergor, lot 69, Matamoras Consideration $125. Frank B. Field and wife to Noah W. Reid, 126 acres, part of Luke Brodhead, No. 15, Delaware. Con sideration $1 nnd exchange. Noah W. Reid to David H. Miller, same land. Consideration $1. Millicont J. Remey et al to Frank L. Remey, 19 lots, Matamoras, Nos, 275, 277, 279. 2S1, 283, 285, 287, 374, 376, 378, 380, 382, 384. 386, 388, 40, 41, 42, 636. Consideration $1500. John L. Caverley and Daniel E. Schoonmaker to William P. Dubois 181 acres, Dingman, formerly Capt. Young form. Andrew P. Cook and wife to Henry Campbell, undivided 362 acres, Lehman. Consideration $1. Some New Laws. The governor has signed a till making it a misdemeanor for any person connected with any line of telegraph or telephone within this state to use or causo to be used, or make known or caused to be made known, or in any manner divulge the contents of any telegraphic or telephouio dispatch and prescribing a punishment therefor. . Also an act to provide for the at tendance and for reports of attend ance of the children in the schools of this commousvealth, providing for their enumeration the appoint meut of attendanoe officers, defining trnancy and incorrigibility as disor derly conduot, providing penalties for the same and providing for the disposition of such children and withholding a part of the state ap propriation from districts not en forcing the act. THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS. The Fourth of July celebration nnd the incidental scraps enriched tho borough treasury thirteen dol lars. The numerous dances coupled with the hot weather make some of the young people look tired. There wns quite a pretty rnoe on upper Harford stroot Inst Sunday nfternoon. Fortunately there wan nothing in the wny or there might have been trouble. When a horse starts to run it would be ndvisnblo to use both hands In the effort to check him, and to lny nside the whip. Our base bnll nine has its vicissi tudes. Saturday it got walloped and Monday came out victorious. Wm. F. Kimball of Matamoras is visiting friends here. Ho has the distinction of having set up the first issue of the Pike County Press when the paper started noarly six years ngo. One of our ministers, though a very busy man, yet takes the time to visit the youth confined here in the jail. Snob, little deeds of kind ness will have their reward. Fred Book went on the excursion to Binghamton Sunday. Rattlesnakes are reported a very full crop at Dark Swamp, A grand time and plonty of sport is expected at the driving park to morrow afternoon. Rose Wreath alone is worth going a long way to see. The editorial in Inst wook's Press defining crnalty to animals fully an swered our question. Some people here must drink con siderable beer judging by the num. ber of wngons carting the stuff in town. Why not start a brewery, if only to produce for home consump tion. No better water than we have can be found in any town. Democracy and Republicanism. Very few of us can show a per fect speoimen of the jewel of con sistency, but the most oonspiouona examples of inconsistency are the editors who call their papers "The Republican" or "The Democrat," and then refuse to publish an occas ional artiole on woman suffrage. A democracy or a republic is "a country in whioh the people make thoir own laws and choose thoir own governors." A democrat or a republican is a person who professes to believe that the people of his country have a right to make their own laws and choose their own gov ernors. Unless a man is feeble minded or insane he can hardly deny that women are "people" and yet there are thousands of so-called domoorats and republicans who strenuously refuse to let the femin- ine half of the people have any hand in choosing their own governors or making their own laws ; and if they happen to be editors they emphn sizetbeir inconsistency by naming their papers "The Democrat" or "The Republican." However, there may bo some ex cuse for them. Onoo when I was a public school teacher I asked, in a written examination, for the defini tion of a democracy or republic. One little girl wrote: "A democracy is a country where the people make their own laws and 'chews' their own governors." May be the anti-suffrage editor of "The Republican" or "The Dem ocrat" spells "choose" the way my little pupil spelt it, and his need is the same as hers, a little more edu cation. Lida Calvert Obenohain. Pan-American Excursion Tickets. Until further notice the Erie will sell the five day excursion ticket from Port Jervis to Buffalo on Tuesday and Thursday of each week at the low rate of $7.75 for the round trip. Remember these tick ets are good for five days including day of sale, but are not good in par lor or sleeping car. The regular fifteen day excursion tickets to Buf falo are on sale evory day at $11.50 for the round trip. She Didn't Wear a Wask. But her beauty was completely hidden by sores, blotches and pim ples till she nsed Bucklen'a Arnica Salve. Then they vanished as will all Eruptions, Fever Sores, Boils, Ulcers, Carbuncles and Felons from its use. Invaluable for Cuts, Corns, Burns, Scalds and Piles. Cure guaranteed. 25o at all druggists. Subbcribe for the I'ttKaa, i
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