11102 t f ; FIK COUNTY PRESS Th Newslsst Paper 2 Published In Pike Co., Srijwwhihf for vw i 1 -G )t it if ii i W PIKE COUNTY PRESS SfttiBfctlon Given In 0 th !'Ad" or Jot Linn J Jadvfrtirf; in it, V4 VOL VII. MILFOM), PIKK COUNTY, PA., Fill I) AY, FEIUIUAHY U, 1902. NO. in. THE WASHINGTON LETTER, Iti an interview which Son.it or Orvillo H. Flntt granted to yonr correspondent yesterday in the mnr We room of tlio senate ho onfirme.l the minor thnt ho is favorably (lis posod towards the president's wish to grant reciprocal c nc "ssinns to Cuba in the following hinging)) : "I am a thorough believer in the doc trine of protection nml lmve so warmly advocated it, ns to have been charged with being a partisan ; I am in favor of granting pertain concessions to Cuba in return for similar concessions from the island. I believe that such coneess'ons can ho granted without serious detri ment to American industries and with material benefit to American foreign markets. The granting of reasonable concessions would, in my opinion, greatly benefit the trade of both countries. Without receding one iota from my position as a sincere protectionist, I believe at the present time it is in danger of injury from its friends who hold out for immoderate and unneces sary duties more than from the ad vocates of free trade." The senator refused to go into further details in regard to the policy to ho pursued in dealing with Cuba, but his posi tion as chairman of the senate com mittee on relations with Cuba makes his statement a sufficient guarantee of the position which the senate will adopt in regard to the matter. There is no doubt that the major ity of the house committee on ways and means is opposed to granting any concessions to Cuba, neverthe less the knowledge that the senate is euro to do so may sorve to induce the leaders in the home to take some suoh action rather than per tnit the senate to overrule its deci sion and take the initiative in so im portant a matter. Judge Page Mor ris of Minnesota has, however, for niulatod a plan for granting the nec essary relief to Cuba which is com minding unusual attention fro.n the members of the house and which he believes will meet all the demands of the president and at the same time avoid the danger to the beet sugar interests which might result from a straight reduction of 23 per cent, on raw Cuban sugar. Speak ing on the subject yesterday Judge Morris aid : "My bill is intended to obviate the difficulties which have seemed inevitable if we accept either horn of th ) dilemma. It only deals with the sugar problem, which seems to me the most important. Its chief provision is an increase of the duty on raw sugar, 98 degrees proof, from 1.685 to 1.844 cents aJ pound, accompanied by a rebate to to be paid to the Cuban planters of 3-'a per cent. This would in my judgment divide the burden of re lief to Cuba between the whole peo ple and the refiners, or in other words the sugar trust. It would mean a slight increase in the cost to consumers, but only a slight one, and the balance would be paid by the trust I figure that the increase of duty would result in an increase of revenue from sugar duties of about 13,000.000, one-half of which we would return the Cuban plant ers. I think that quite possibly this arrangement ought to be made only temporarily, say for two years, as tlu.t Would lie long enough to tide j the Cubans over their present diffl- mines and tnvn thorn a irood finnn. rial start. Another statement on this subject which will he received with respect is that of Senator Proctor Of Ver mont who has said, after prefacing his remarks with the statement that he is today as good a protectionist ns ho ever was: "In my judgment we would not hurt any industry in this country by dealing generously Willi Cuba. It is also my judgment that if we take any oilier than a generous course towards Cuba we fchall injure the cause of protection in the United States." In view of the statements of Senators Piatt find Proctor, the attempt on the part of the c.ctiioer,iN to show any! lnetinn between the president and! Ui hate is surely i.ile. F Olll carejal canvass of the. Itt'inlirm of the ways and means conmr.ttea 1 behove I am safe in fc.iying that the ureal est '!,:-( :u In to notiou favorable to the pr i-sl-lcnt's wi ,ties in n "'I to I IS Repro- -..iiKiiv-j ittixMck of Wl.-e (Usui and lurt I .iS,.vis. who, It is feared by I' i -. mi! ' wool I h'-i.'.e u;:"U iv, y iit w.ne hi-iiii-,,' to r W U CuiU l a VeiiScI t eiproi-ity V,!.U:U lo attach amendments which would lie in the nature of a tariff revision. Mr. Bibcock attempted to do this in commit tee nml lost by a narrow m:i- ;jinity nnd he nxc"rts that be will make the attempt again on the floor of the houso. If the leaders can per fect a rule which will obviate the danger there is every reason to ex pent, that the committee will report a reciprocal measure in the near fu ture. lti the senate this week some ex citing scene's occurred during the consideration of the Philippines bill which h is not yet been p issed. The democrats taking the gronr.d that the measure is a sanction of "imper ialism" are contesting it at every point nnd delivering long harangues which it is said they hope will stand as a basis for the next campaign. So violent and unreasonable have been some of their protestations that Senator Foraker recently felt called upon to Inform Senator Till man that if it were no for his im munity as a United States senator be would be indictable under the law against treanon. As a matter of fact the democratic course is open to this severest, condemnation. The insurgents are, according to Judge Taft'e testimony before the Philip pine committee, little more than brigands and the democrats are pur suing a systematic course of encotir agemcnt of an enemy in open revolt against the authority of this gov ernment. Nothing more unpatriotic could be imagined than the course of the democratic side of the so- ate at a time when their cheerful ac quiescence would result in the end of the strife and perhaps save the lives of hundreds of American hoys who are lighting in support of their country and their flag. The serious illness of young Tbeo. dore Roosevelt is a matter which will compel the sympathy and anxiety of every true American. Mrs. Roosevelt left Washington on Friday afternoon t3 ho with Her son, after having recalled the invi tations to a tea which had been planned for this afternoon, and the president's plans are all in abey ance pending the receipt of definite news in regard to the condition of his eldest boy. The story that young Roosevelt, started the custom of going hatless at his college at (jroton has been widely circulated and to it has been attributed his present illness. As a matter of fact the custom was inaugurated at (jroton long before youn.' Roosevelt first entered there and was probably adopted in imitation of the famous "Blue coat boys" of Christ, college, London, who have never seemed to suffer from the habit. ' F. E. B. We heard a man say the other morning that the abbreviation for February Feb. means freeze every body, and that man looked frozen in his nlster. It was apparent that he needed the kind of warmth that stays, the warmth that reaches from head to foot, all over the body. We could have told him from personal knowledge that Hood's Sarsaparilla gives permanent warmth, it invig orates the blood and speeds it along through artery and vein, and really fits men and women, boys and girls. t enjoy M weather and resist t lie attacks of diseuso. It gives the right kind of warmth, stimulates and strengthens at the same time, and all its benefits are lasting. There may be a suggestion in this for you. Washington's Birthday Excursion. Saturday, February 22nd, Wash ington's Birthday, the Erie will sell special excursion tickets from Port Jervis to New York and return at ono dollar for the round trip, good going on the Grange Co. Express leaving Port Jervis at 6 iiOa. m.and good returning on any train leaving New York same day excepting trains Nos 5 ami 7. 2-21 C. A. Snow & Co., of Washing ton, I). C, will send free a booklet containing abstracts of decisions in leading patent cases, and other in f, lunation of interest to inventors, patentees and manufacturers. They Alii also send a booklet on trade murks to any one who may desire to have u tiade inatk registered Dress making in nil branches W i :1 go to t he, house, or do the v. , ,i k Ht homo. Address M AKY l.fliW H., liromt Mreet, Miiford, Pa. AH kn (ia.. .1 fii us rubber fiotwi-ar ht re ri ut A' lustiona & C'u, PERSONALS George Wheeler of New York is stopping in town. Robinson Shepherd of Kdgmore was in town Tuesday. Lanty Armstrong of Now York was in town last Monday. P. N. Roiirniquo nnd wife wont to New York this week for a brief visit. C. W. Hull, Esq., spent a couple of diiys tlio first of the wet1 Is in New York. Postmaster Charles I.attiiiiorc and wife have both been confined to their home by illness part of this week. Lewis Dalrymploaiid sister, Josie, of Branchville, N. J., visited with Miss Bertha Williamson over last Sunday. Col. A. E. Lewis returned this week from Charleston, S. C, where he has been attending the ex position. Lorenz Ooolz of Greeley was in town Tuesday. It is understood ho will he an applicant for a hotel license there at next court. Miss Jemima Bull gave a small patty Monday evening to a few young ladies complimentary to her friend, Miss Bertha Kleiuhans. It, is reported that Herbert Alton and Mrs. Loesch, both well known here and former guests at the Ci issman House, nro soon to be mar ried. Mrs. Emma J. linker of New York attended the cantata of "Queen Esther" given last week at Branch ville and while there was the guest of Mrs. Ir. J. C. Price. A. I). Brown and daughter, Lydia, are camping out at the Kelly place in Dingnnm township. Mr. Brown has a force of men hauling lumber from his mill in Porter w ith which he expects to erect a new house for his family in the near future. It Is rumored that there is likely to be quite a lively time over In Ding man township next Tuesday. There seems to be some discontent with a few of the nominees. That town ship, to its credit be said, has a habit of being quite independent and often breaks the slate. . George V. Koenig of Long Island City, N. Y., a praoticul poultry raiser, bas rented a farm in Dela ware township and will engage largely in that business next sum mer. There is good profit in this pursuit if one trusts to care and good management, instead of luck, and in fict this is true of all kinds of farm work. Randolph II. Travis of Montague, N. J., who has become somewhat acquainted receutly with game laws of that state through arrests for al leged infractions, was hist Saturday taken to Newton jail on a commit ment issued by Jas. B. Fuller, Esq, The Jersey men are an aggressive people and generally in suoh mat ters take sides, and sometimes the lightning thus let loose strikes rath er promiscuously. M. M. Cady, who was a resident in Milford along in the sixties, and afterwards located for the practice of law in Dubuque, Iowa, where lie now resides, has had a successful career as a patent lawyer Recont ly he won a Very important caso in the United States court involving the infringement of a patent which was of great value to his clients. Real Eitate Transfer.. John H. Cook and wile, consider ation (150, Lizzie J. Townsend and husband, consideration (20, Elwiu F. Peters, consideration (1, Charles J. Wallace and wife, consideration (I and Daniel Clark and wife, con sideration (100, to Delaware Valley Railroad company, several deeds for rights of way in Lehman. George N. Jaeger and wife to John II. Bohier, tilt acres, Delaware. Consideration (325. Had to Conquer or Die. "I was just about gone," writes Mrs. Rosa. Richardson of Laurel Splines, N. C, "I had Consumption so bad that the best doctors said I could not live more than a month, but 1 heg.ui to use Dr. King's New Discovery and was wholly cured by seven buttles and am now stout and well." It's an unrivaled life-saver in ( lisnmpt ion, Pneumonia, La Grippe and Bronchitis; infallible for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Hay Fever, Croup or Whooping Coiih. i nil! u i) teed bottles 60c, and (1. Julm.s and DeVoes panda at W , G. ZJ.hl.olU, Bonis Railroad Statistics. From the annual report of the secretary of internal affairs on rail roads in this stato we gather some figures which seem incredible and almost beyond comprehension. The total steam railway capitalization is over J;i,OSn,000,000, an increaso of over 191,000,000 from the previous year: The total capital outstanding for the United States was about 111,600,000,000. There are over 19:), 000 miles of railway in the United States, and of this amount 10,097 miles are within the limits of Penns3-lvania. Illinois leads, but we are a close second. Over 1,000,000 persons are employed to manage and conduct the affairs of railways in the United States and nearly 33",000 in this state. The railways of this state carried last year 218,60:1,748 passengers, an increase of over 5 per cunt, over the previous year, and the receipts from them were nearly (119,000,000. But when it comes to freight the figures are enormous, the number of tons of all kinds being 478,084,783. or the number of tons carried over one mile being over 68,000,000,000. The total revenue from this was nearly (354,000,000, not including amounts received in the way of transporta tion of mails, express, etc. Com bining the receipts the total received by the railways reporting to the department was more -than (531,000,000. Of the passengers carried 80 were killod and 1,780 in jured ; of employes, 987 were killed and 15,456 injured; of other per sons, 2,007 killed and 2,601 injured, making a total of casualties of 22,917. Under the head of "Roads Not in Operation." the. Delaware Valley shows (30,500 expended on construc tion, eto., the Milford and Dingman (1,630, the Milford & Log Tavern (1,135, and the Milford, Matamoras Now & York, (91,753. Wider Road Beds. Minor accidents on account, of the icy condition of the roads have beer, qnite frequent the past week, es pecially near the Cummings place. 7. V. Davenport rather quickiy dumped a load of chestnut coal there Monday by reason of his sloigh slid ing from the highway. This is an other reason why the roadway should be made wider. There is need for a bed sufficiently wide, be tween here and Matamoras especial ly, for two vehicles to pass without either going in the side gutter. As it is now there are many places where considerable risk of over turning must be taken to pass teams. The highway below here, too, needs attention of this kind. Automobiles are likely to become more numerous and the road should be so widened and cut out that short turns would not prevent see ing a little distance ahead. Judi cious working would soon bring about such a state and the necessity for it is becoming greater eacli year. Railroad Blessings. Since the advent of the D. V. U. R. to Bushkill E. F. Peters has opon ed a coal yard there whioh will pro bably largely supply people in the lower part of the valley with that necessary but expensive commodity. The railroad has also opened up the way for a new industry, that of shipping mine ties and props and the Nyce brothers are now sending out two cur loads daily. Already the faruiors in the vicinity of Bush kill are arranging to ship milk over the road and from those evidences it is apparent that the lower part of Pike will soon blossom with un wonted prosperity. We are await inp tho coming of spring with im patience that this boon may be ex tended to reach our town and we be enabled to realize a long hoped for condition. Bilious Colic H. Soever, a carpenter and build er of Kenton, Tenu., when suffering intensely from an attack of bilious colic, sent to a nearby drug store for something to relieve him. The druggist sent him n bottle of Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy, three doses of which effected a permanent cure. This is the only remedy that can be depend ed upon in the most severe cases of colic nnd cholera morbus. Most ! druggist know this and recommend it when such a medicine is called lor. For sale by A. W. Balch & Sen. Matamoras, all drug and gen eral siures in I'ika county. Mrs. Odell, mother of the govern or of New York, died tit her home iu Ne vhurg Feb. 10. BRIEF MENTION. Wayne county roads have been badly blocked with snow drifts nnd the people there are just getting out. A large number of logs is being hauled to Wolfs mill in the upper part of tow n and that place presents a pretty lively appearance. A sloigh load of ladies drove nut Wednesday to picnic for the day at the Kelly place whore Miss Lydia Brown is tenting with her father. John M. Hoffman of Sawkill brought to town Tuesday a fine pair of fat cattle which Wash Lantz of Haines villa will convert into beef. Tho Edgemero club recently sent up three fine boats for use on the lake. They are of rather novel con struction, being 25 feet long nnd 10 wide. A phoebe bird was heard in town plaintively calling one day th's week but then one phoebe d- cs not make spring any more than one swallow makes it summer. Wednesday, Feb. 12, Lincoln's birthday, was a legal holiday. There will bo two more this month, Feb. 18, election, nnd Feb. 22, Washington's birthday. Henry S., the young son of Dr R. G B.irckley, who has been very ill with pneumonia, is slowly improv ing and holies are iihv entertained of his ultimate recovery. Dr. Roads, for some time secre tary of the Pennsylvania Sunday school association, has resigned to take up similar work for the M. E. church iu tho United States. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of the president, who has been danger ously ill of pneumonia .at Groton, Mass., has passed the crisis and is now tliotight to be out of danger. Mrs. William Stanton died nt her home in Honesdale last Friday night. She was a daughter of the Into Hon. C. P. Wraller, formerly judge of the Wayne-Pike district. Louis K. Rudolph of Middletown was in a wreck on the Walkill Val ley railroad last week when a train jumpod the track near Montgomery. Only ono person was slightly in. jured, and that was not Louis, The dwelling of John Davey, sit uated about two miles above Mata moras, was with all his furniture burned last Saturday night. The building was insured for (500 but there was no insurance on the con tents. The sale of the New York Furni ture company at Port Jervis has been well patronized. A fine stock of goods is being sold at greatly re duced prices and many have secur ed genuine bargains. Those who postpone may be too late. ' In the cantata of "Queen Esther" given at Branchville last week Arthur N. Roe took the part of Mor decai ; his wife, formerly Mrs. Wil liamson, was Zeresh ; his daughter. Miss Estella Roe, was the queen and Miss Grace Price, step daughter of Dr. X (J. Price, enacted the pait of Mordecai's sister. The conservatory of mnftic of Ed. Westbrook of Ridgewood, N. J., was with its contents totally con sumed by the Paterson fire. B. F. Kent also lost both his drug stores and loses heavily by tho conflagra tion. Mr. Kent is father of Mrs. M. II. Chapin of Bridgeport, Ct. The supper of the Hatchet Society will be given in the parlors of the Presbyterian church next Friday evening, Feb. 21st. The supper will be served from 6 to 10 and will be fuliy equal to those previously given. Tickets 50o. All are cor dially invited to come and enjoy it and a good social timo as well. R. II. Travis who accompanied the constable to Newton, N. J., last Saturday, was not then locked up bnt returned to Montague Monday and lifter transacting some business went back and was placed in the jail under the commitment which is for 00 days This he will serve un less sooner released on habeas corpus proceedings. A Fireman'. Close Call. "I stuck to my engine, although every joint ached and every nerve was racked with pain," writes C. W. Bellamy a locomotive fireman of Burlington, Iowa, "I was weak nnd pale, without any appetite tnd all run down. As I was ubout to give up, I got a bottle ot Electric Bitteii and, alter taking it, I felt as well as I ever did in my life." Weak, sick ly, run down people always gam new life, strength and vigor from their use. Tiy them. Satisfaction guaranteed by all diugy'.sts. Price BO cents. Editorial Notes. The southern democrats are dem on Uniting their alleged friendship for the farmer by fighting vigorously for oleomargarine. Baroii D'EstottrnclIs de Constant, the noted French diplomat, just ar rived in this country, where ho will make an address at Chicago on Wash ington's bjrthday. He says that be is not visiting the country solely for pleasure, nor to celebrate the glory of Washington, but to seek instruc tion and bring back examples nnd models that will be useful to Ins country. He will try to den stride the need of n closer union between Franco and America in development and progress. He says that all the European countries have a great (leal to learn from the United States. Several papers recently had Re counts of the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, .JiC7 at Groton School, Massachusetts, where he is a pupil. According to the story young Roose velt had inaugurated the custom of going without a hat, a habit follow ed by all the boys without regard to the conditions of the weather. It is a mere reporter's story ns the Groton school boys never wear hats and the custom started long before the Roosevelt boy enme there. A grad uate of the institution says that he never wore a hat during the whole six years he was in attendance. At a visit toStevons Institute, New York, whose new laboratory is the gift of the great philanthropist, Mr. Andrew Carnegie was presented with a section of the first T-rail ever used in railway construction. It was used on a road between Camden and Am hoy, N. J. The rail was made in Wales in 1830. - At a meeting of the Federation of Labor in Chicago theotherday many delegates complained that a man over forty-five years old had no chance to get work. It seems strange that a mechanic should be considered at his worst Just at the time when he would be at his best in most trades and professions. The democrats want the trusts re moved so that competition will regu late things and bring lower prices. Yet the world is getting to believe that a community of interests may accomplish more in lowering prices than will keen competition. In na turo competition decides which is fittest to survive, but after that the surviving form thrives best when freed from competition. And every farmer knows that if he lets his corn compete with the we its, or even with too many stalks of good corn in the same hill, he will get no crop. The great problem then is not to foster either line of action in the in dustrial world but to find the golden mean. The llritish house of commons has for the fourteenth time passed the "deceased wife's sister bill," permit ting a widower to marry his deceased wife's sister. It was met with un surmountable opposition in the house of lords, so that such a marriage is still illegal in England though possi ble In the colonics. Large ex-ports of gold are leaving the country, mostly to France in pay ment of obligations created by American bankers abroad. The place of the United States as a credi tor nation whose financial influence is felt all over the world is thoroughly assured. Editor Bryan says that his paper will not support any one who was even a hike-warm democrat at the time of the last national campaign. Two questions naturally arise at this: Is he trying to retaliate, or he is go ing to support only William Jennings Bryan. The Is Angeles Times is author ity for the statement that the liberal patent system of the government is in a great measure responsible for the present supremacy of the United States in the industrial world. The inducements it has otl'ered have been large, as have the rewards of success ful invention. Improved machinery and methods have given America an advantage that Europe seems to be unable to overcome in spite of her much cheaper w age scale. The J. W. Pepper Piano Music Magazine, published at Hth and Lo cust streets, Philadelphia, is one of the newest magazines in its field. Nobody can complain of not getting the worth of their money, ns it pub "Unlus 21 pieces 10 vocal and 11 instrumental making 61 pages of the best music and ail of it originul and written by the most popular composers of today. Puce (i.oO per jour. THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS. Uncle Jim Mollineaux has return ed from Philadelphia. Miss Lona Sclireibor is visiting friends in Hawley, Fa. Mrs. A. Warner has gone to New York to spend a wook. Roy. Chas. B. Carpenter has been spending some of bis spare timo fishing but ho reports no big catches. Sorry to hear of tho illness of Hov. C. E. Seudder. Sharp shod horses are still a ne cessity. The celebrated trespass and hunt ing on sno w law suit seems to have drawn to a close. Tho defendant, Randolph Travis, not giving a bond for his appearance at Conrt, was taken to Newton. Wonder if thnt is the end? Skating is fine, even in town. There is a lovely pond for sliding on tho upper end' of Brond streeC Now wo have to prepare for tho supper which the Hatchet society wiil furnish on the evening of Fob, 21st. Wash Lantz purchased of Ex Sheriff Hoffman a yoke of fat oxen. They tipped the scales alivo at, 2810 pounds. Now for some fine steak. John Watts is overhauling tho ico box in Boyd's meat market. John knows a thing or two about refrig erators. How many valentines did you re ceive? is the question. Numerous changes among our cit izens are talked about. But ns it is early there is time for a change of mind yet,. Alonzo Warner will relinquish farming and take up his residence somewhere in town. Garden for Twelve Cents. F. B. Mills, tho seedsman of Rose Hill, N. Y., is distributing 800,000 copies of his greatest seed book souvenir of his fifteenth yenr of suc cessful business. Along with it to every one that sends 12 cents, to gether with tho names and address es of three friends who are likely to plant seeds, Mr. Mills will send 40 varieties of vegetable seeds and 100 kinds of gorgeous flower seeds. This is the biggest seed offer ever made particularly so in view of the high quality of Mills' seeds nnd the great number of valuable novel, ties in vegetables and flowers that have originated here. But the book itself is a beauty, filled with fine photographic reproductions from nature and many artistio color plates. Another feature is a large list of elegant premiums offered for orders this year, Don't send a seed order until you get the Mills' book and don't plant anything without giving at least some garden space to the famous Mills' varieties. Ad dress today, F. B. Mills, Seedsman, Rose Hill, N. Y. Cause of New Diseases. Some time ago it was revealed to oongress that much of the nioe white flour used in every home throughout the oountry contained more or less "mineraline," a white clayey substance found in the Car olinas and sold to flouring mills in various parts of the United States at the cost of a fraeHm.o' i oo"t n pound. List woe it throe and a half tons of baking powder, seiz.id by the board of health of New York, were found to contain 2'J nor cent, powered rock. Is it any wonder that the human stomach and intes tines are being destroyed by diseases that are new to and battle the skill of the medical fratenity ? Wo know of no way in which we can be of more service to our read ers than to tell them of something that will be of real good to them For this reason we want to acquaint them with what we consider one of the very best remedies on tho mar ket for coughs, colds, and that alarming complaint, croup. We re fer to Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy. We have used it in our family so long and with such good results that, it has become a household ne cessity. By its prompt use we have n't any doubt but that it 1ms time and again prevented croup. The testimony is given upon our own experience, and we suggest that our readers, especially those that have small children, always keep it iu their homes as a safeguard a) ainst croup. Camden, S. C , Messenger. For sale by A. W. Balch & Son, Matamoras, all drug and general stores iu Pike county.
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