i i! n iL ' . '.-.J .J O C VOL. VII. MILFOUI), PIKK COUNTY, PA., FIUIUT, APiJIL 18, 1902. NO. 25. ' ; i ; ; ! ' THE WASHINGTON LETTER. The provisions of the Chinese ex clusion still continue to monopolize (he floor of the senate, the length of the debBte bavin? been a matter of surprise to all concerned. The sac rifices which the United States has made in its dealings with the Phil ippines would go for naught if the hill under discussion were to violate the treaty with China nd, as all Appreciate the value of the Oriental trade and are equally anxious that nothing Bhall disturb the "open door," the senators have felt oblig ed to prive the matter mopt careful consideration before enacting a new law. As the situation now stands a number re in favor of re-enaottng the Geary, law rather than the bill reported by Senator Penrose. Son ator Cullom Is opposed to the bill besause be believes it violates the Chinese treaty and Senator Galling, er has expressed himself as opposed to exclusion. Senator Hoar opposes the bill on the ground that it strikes at me because of their race rather than at vice and concluded a brief but forcible speech with these words : "I will not bow the knee to this Baal. I will not worship the god whom you have set up." As soon na tho Chinese exclusion bill was disposed of. and it was vot ed on Wednesday at 1 p in., Senator Lodge called up tho Philippine gov ernment bill. The bill is the re ult of some of tho hardost work ever performed by a committee and while it- does not go far into the fu ture, it aims to give the Filipinos all that they can reasonably expect for the present with the implied prom ise that in the fullness of time they shall have a representative govern ment. First, however, they must demonstrato their capacity for self, government in local affairs and Jearn by practical experience the lessons of self control and integrity of administration which are essen tial to every self-governing com munity. The house committee on insnlar affairs has framed a meas ure providing for civil government in the islands along lines much sim ilar to those laid down by the sen ate committee, except that the gold standard is made the basis of Phil ippine currency in place of the sil Ter standard provided by the seuate. The minority report, of the house committee is also similar to that of the minority report to the senate, in that it proviaea more explieity for giving to the Filipinos complete ln depence. Ever since last Tuesday the house has been the scene of an interesting Struggle between the administration and the beet sugar forces and every thing points to vlotory for the for mer. A prominent republican, who has vigorously opposed any conces sion to Cuba, said Saturday, "The last gun has been fired in the de fense of the Diugley schedules but 1 am afraid it has produced no mater ial effect. Wheu such men as Payne and Grosvenor and Long abandon the ship there is little hope left And there now seems to be little doubt that the speaker and the president will have their way in the house. Our plan of taking off the differen tial on refined sugar, which we realized would have defeated the whole measure, has been praotically defeated by those man whom we hud hoped to protect. They did not understand it and today there are beet sugar producers in the capitol protesting against it uu the ground that they are producers of retiuud sugar, " The democrats have no hoe either. They appreciate that any onslaught they may make on the general tariff schedules will be defeated and they will make such an attempt only in a half hearted wav. The debate on Cuban reciprocity has been inter-Mting and instruct! va. Guttural Grosveuor iu a very able speech gave notice that cite time wus jioi d'ftiint when a gonoful revision of some of the Duit;loy schedules would become necessary and grew cloiiuetit iu his peroral! ou tvlifu ho Itii'iotuiivj Unit the principles vf protection "Acre greater than any tei,;;lo t.irnT bnl titul t he iifunii it of tie- e.irty too Meit to be chained to tluie-s vii..-!i bad outlived tiinir u.-ie- Usef .dues. His t-o..e.h produced a 'fi.it el! et on the Yoill.e.-r liieoi-l.ei-i. The fd! i) of the bill in the e.ue.re is ;::i M doubt but the pees Moe f,,.ui on', eie h iiicre.ir.u.g and, V.ef.e .looe: to lijij c; ;ouvu:j of 1 be Love b-ftl t i - t of In ' I ; -a i. t ,., i. .. I r c,i,.-,i- eration in the set ate at this senium, the warning lias come from the sen ators that such a course would be met bv their attaching a Cnbnn ro- oioroeltv clnilsn to noma rttmi-reirfn. ' tion bill. , The house committee on floricul ture has reported favorably the hill providing for the establishment of the Appalachian -forest reserve. The bill carries an appropriation of 10,000,000 of which $2,000,000 will ho immediately available. Repre sentative Wadsworth, chairman of tho committee, recently re.urned from a trip through the region which the bill proposes to reserve and he told me that he strongly fa vored the measure. "At the same time," said Mr. Wadsworth, "I ap preciate that it is a herculean un dertaking. 1 am in favor of it and yet I am almost appalled at, the size of the project." Apropos of this bill. Mr. Gifford Pinehot, chief forester of the government, told me some fine ago that the damage in the section which it is proposed to protect by this reserve was almost incalculable. He stated that the loss to property from two storms last year amounted to upwards of 115,000,000, and he believed that, to a very large extent, this damage would be obviated in the future if the bill should become a law as tho conservation of the forests would prevent the rapid molting of the snow and the consequent damage from rapidly swollen streams. Some of the brightest newspaper men in Washington accompanied the president on his recent trip to Charleston and thev have all re turned enthusiastic over tho presi dent's ability to make friends. 'There is no resisting Teddy's mag netism," said one of them yester day at the capitol. "It Is simply remarkable. When he has made his proposed trip further south and the trip west, which he contem plates taking after the short session, there will be no talk of any other standard beater for tho presidency. IJo will succeed himself by an over whelming majority. The democrats with the best man in their party will be simply not in it " Borough Statement. The auditors' statement just posted shows amount of borough duplicate last year was $1310.78; exonerations, etc., $1 15.03; paid treasurer, $ lOiiG.Ol; due from Collector Horton, f 19.7-1; indebtedness tax, $051.43; overpaid, $29.24; settled in full. Poor tax, $()58.5S; credits, $300; due from col lector, $210.09; dog tax, $94.65; abatements, $6.41; due from collect or, $88.24; total due from collector, $428.07. $500 of borough bonds were paid last year. The principal sutii3 paid were Water company, $2(15.50; Milford gas company, $800; team work, $117.30; lubor on streets, $72.00; hose, $375; E. C. Wood, police, etc., $109.00. What Is Woman's SphereP Mrs. A J. George of Massachu setts lately lectured ngain9t equal suffrage in Brooklyn, N. Y. She is reported as saying, "Of course one runs the risk of becoming very un popular by telling a woman that Iter place is In the home." If a woman's place is in' the home, is not Mis. George out of place in giving lectures a bundled miles awuy from her home? Mrs. George spends more time in one year traveling about the countiy lecturing, not only against suffrage but on a vari ety of other subjects, than it would take her to perforin all her political duties for a lifetime. If she can make these long journeys and be away from home for days together, it would seem as if the average womuu uiiyht teke half ail hour once a year to go and cast a vote. Ha Kept H.s Leg Twelve yours ago J. W. Sullivan of Hartford, Cotiu., scratched bin leg with a rusty wire. Inflamma tion and blood poisoning Ret in. For two years be suffered intensely. ! Then the best doctors urged umpu- I tatlot), but lie writes, "1 used one j bottid of Elect rio liittois and i' j boxes of Buck leu's Arnica Salve ; and my log was sound end well it lever." For eruptions, eczema, tot I ter, silt rheum, sores and all blood l disorders )..oitri; B.tters has no j rival ou earth. Try thorn. All liii:.' ts w i ;! po.i rani ':e wit !.-i,ic! ion of I i '. ilel I ' j o i . ' V, Lrocems. I ! Clov. u'l 1 :. i ml t Is of PERSONALS Sol. Rosnncrans of Delaware was in town Tuesday. Ross 1. Brodhend after nn absence of several weeks has returned to town. Allen W. Ilornbeck of Mata moras transacted business hero a day this week. P. E. Furnvtm of Port Jervts en joyed a ride to Milford on Wedties dy. Hon. J. J. TI;irt and O. G. Wood transacted business in New York a day this week. Mr. Treible of Shawnee, Monroe county, visited fiiends iu towu a few days recently. H. W. Adams of Hinting Towers transacted busine? In town Mon day. J. Ed. lyce and family of Egypt Mills were guests of J. C. Bull a couple of days recently. Joseph Purcell and wife o New York visited tho family of Thomas Armstrong the first of tile week. Mrs. M. F. Drake of Brooklyn was a guest with her sister, Mrs. S. A. Beach, a few dayj recently. Ex Judge W. H. Crane, formerly of Port .lervls, now practicing in New York, was tn town Wednes day. Mrs. Susan Grandln expects to leave town about May 1 for an ex tended visit with friends in New ark, N. J. Sidney Pendell, formerly a com positor on the Phkss, has bought the Cuba Times, a paper in Allegany county. New York, and will in fu ture be its editor and publisher. CoJ. A. E. Lewis Is in attendance this week at a meeting of the Penn sylvania Society Sons of the Revo lution at Pniladulphia, of which he is a membor. Dr. II. E. Emerson was called to Philadelphia early Wednesday morn ing to visit Hon. J. H. Westbrook. Arrangements for their trip south have been completed. They will start tomorrow. F. C. Plume returned to town this week after an absence of several days attending the funeral of his mortier at Waterbury, Ct., who died recent ly in the south. Eph. Kimble, formerly of Lacka waxen, now of Senuiton, was in town Tuesday night, lie, in company with Ed. Malonc, was running a raft of logs to market. JohnG. Hilliardof New York vis ited his Log Tavern house last Sun day. He is making considerable improvement in that section and has built an excellent road from the Dark pwamp to his place on the west shore of the big pond. Heal Estate Transfer. Andrew C. Cron to Ida A. Cron, 210 acres, Delaware, consideration, support, maintenance, otc. Bertha Louisa Rembach to Robett McMullonand wife, 155 acres, West fall, $1700. Katie Josd and others to Robert McMullen and wife, quit claim for above land, $1. Abby H. ltosenerans to Solomon D. Rosencrans, 7a acres, Delaware, $2.00. Abby H. Rosencrans to Frank Ros -ncrans, 50 acres, Delaware. $2. John L. Iiurcher to Blooming Grove park association, 100 acres, pert ot Jesse Greenlield, So. 78, Iiitckawaxen, f250. Eva Amelia Tigue and others to Mary J. IltifTer, 7 lots in Mast Hope, Nos. 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 10, $2. Mary J. Buffer et aV. to Eva Ame lia Ti'ue, lots in Mist Hope, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, $2. Mary J. Ruffer to Carrie E. Hughes, undivided right, etc., lots iu Mast Hope, Nos. 1, 20, 19, $2. William II. Reed to Margaret Simpson, 2j acres, Lackawuxon, $25. A Racing, P.oarhg Flood. Washed down a telegraph line ..i.i.n ri,u. i- tn ..f r ii.,,., I.. bad to lepair. "Standing waist deep in icy water," be writes, "gave uie a terrible cotiyh and cold. It grew wor.-o daily. Final'y the bctt ! 5 . 11. 1 TO i L ' ...,:... coei oi s in m ii hi no, ii i u . , oiou a it y and Omaha said I had consumption ami could tiot'lue. Then 1 bejiiij using I)r. King's New Discovery j and waa wholly cured by b!x but-j lies." Positively glial .'Unci d tori coielis, folds and all (hront and: lui x troubles by all dri'KMo. ' 1 ii :u i..o and 1, CITTJARr AARON WAPK CLAIIK. The many friends and scqaint inces here of Mr. Clark, where he is well known, were shocked to hear of bis sudden death last Sunday. It aiipears that for several days ho ban been in depressed spirit, was ner vous and afflicted with Insomnia. Soon after 12 o'clock Sunday ho left his home on F.nst Main street, Port Jorvis, and evidently walked over to the Neversink river, which is nearby, and threw himself in the strenm. Some men passing the old Glenette property about 3.30 saw a cap, coat and vest in a cellar of an old ice house and discovered tracks leading to the water. Search was made and the body of Mr. Clark soon after discovered lodged in some driftwood. It is assumed that ho sought death during a tem porary aberration of mind. He was a son of the late Samuel Clark of Hainesville, N. J., and was born iu. that place September 24, 1830. Nov. 3, 1853, he married Hannah, a daughter of the late Isaac Carmer, a'so of Sandyston township. In 1881 he removed to Port Jervls, where he has since re sided He is survived by his wid ow, two sons, Isaaiah of Port Jervis, Eugene of Orange, N. J., and one daughter, Jennie M , wife of Ex County Commissioner James II. Heller of this place. Two sisters, Mary Jane, widow of Matthias Car mor of Port Jervis, and Blondina, widow of Ellas Merrill of Motitague, N J. also survive. The funeral conducted by Rev T. H. McKenzie occurred Wednesday and interment in Montague ceme tery. MKS. L. 8. HKHRILL. Mrs. Morrill, who had boon suffer, ing for some time with a complica tion of diseases, died at her home in Montague last Thursday aged about thirty-five years. She was born in that township and was the youngest daughter of D. D. Everitt. Bosidos hcr husband she Is survived by her father, two step children, Edna and Elias, and brothers and sisters, John and Harry of Montague, Mrs. J. U. Wood of Matamoras and Mrs. St ruble of Brancbvillo. For many years she had been a consistent membor of the Montague Reformed church. The funeral conducted by Rev. A. Myor occurred last Sunday morning. Rev. T. Dowitt Talmage, D. D.. died Saturday, Apr. 12, at Washing ton, D. C. He was born in Bound Brook, N. J., Jan 7, 1832, graduat ed from the theological college in New Brunswick in 1858 and the same year was ordained as pastor of the Reformed ohnrch in Bellvillo, N. J. He had boon editor of sever al newspapers and magazines, was an editor of note and celebrated as an eloquent preacher. His sermons were printed in 3600 papers and were translated into several lan guages. Exports of Horses and Mules. There were exported for the year ending June 30, 1901, from this country 82,250 horses valued at nearly uine million dollars. In the same jieriod the number cf mules was 31,405 valued at over three mil lion dollars. This shows a rapid in crease in the export trade in these animals for in in 1894 the number of horsos was only 6,246 and of mules 2,0fi3. Iu 1894 the total value of horses and mules exported was $1,319,958 and iu 1901 the value Was $12,089,112. By the above it would seem that the predictions made some time ago as to the future utility of the horse and that this was fast becoming a horseless ago have failed of fulfill ment. The war iu South Africa has given a large impetus to the trade, but the day of tho faithful horse and patient mule is far from being over and prices are likely to be well maintained for some years. Randolph Travis of Montague, N. J., notwithstanding reports to the contrary, is yet a resident in this vi cinity, lie was iii town Tuesday. 'Tis Easy to Feel Cood. Countless thousands have found a blessing to the body in Dr. King's New Life Pills, which positively euro conciliation, fick headache. ! ii,,; ness, jaundice, malaria, fever and fiime, and ttli liver ill. d htonoieh troubles. Purely veevt.ible ; never t K'ip or w oil Ken. Only Ml a. I th u .'iists. BRIEF MENTION. Rev. Francis E. Smith of New Uochelle, N. Y., has accepted a call to tho Presbyterian church in Port Jervis, F. W. Ellenbergor, who 1ms bought n largo number of ties in this 8oc!ion this spring, hss them nearly nil rafted for market. They will go to the Water Gap. The county commissioners resold tho work of building the abutment of the bridge at St ruble's mill Mon day when Thomas Armstrong se cured the contract for $190. The former offer was $599. It is current rumor that Charles G. Wood will soon engage in the in surance business, he having secured the agency, it is said, of several old established fire and life companies. Dunham Gregory, tax collector for the borough, has posted notices of the time for making payments which as usual will be in July in or der to receive tho benefit of tho 6'. Geo. E. Horton, preparatory to removing to Branchville, N. J., has advertised his large stock of wagons. horses, harness and farming imple ments for sale May 1 Vash Lnntz will be the auctioneer. Hon. J. B. Westbrook, whose health does not materially improve and who has been In a Philadelphia hospital, contemplates a trip south by water and and if able will start tomorrow. He will be accompanied by his wife and Dr. II. E. and Mrs. Emerson. At a meeting of the Presbyterian congregation held Monday evening, presided over by Rev. Theron Brittain of Middletown, a formal call was made out to Rev. E. M. Stnead to become the pastor. This call Mr. Stnead will accept and in due time bis installation and rrdina- tion will follow The oonnty commissioner madea trip up the county Tuesday on bridge business. The expense con nected with rebuilding and repair ing the bridges damaged or washed away by the freshet last December will probably amount to several thousand dollars. Conservative es timates make the loss over $8000. Rev. C. S. Rytnnn, D. D., presid ing elder of this conference, deliver, ed a very interesting address on Paris last Friday night in Brown's hall. His talk was replete with in formation and plctuted the beauti ful and frivolous city so that one could almost fancy he was standing within its confines. The meat trust has forced prices up until the average advance is about 8 cents a pound. This, too, in face of the fact that there are more cattle in theoonntry now than usual. The rise bas also affected the fish market and shad are con siderably higher than formerly. What are called embalmed goods, that is, canned meats, are being largely put on the market but the sale is slow. Tho papers report that Senator Cjuay has declared against the can didacy of Hon. John P. Elkin for governor on the ground that his nomination might jeopardize the election of several co gressmen and members of the legislature. As the senator has not signified his choice politicians are busy guessing and perhaps a few dodging lest guberna torial lightning may strike in their locality and endanger their peace of mind. Homer Sarvls, accused of the mur der of Frank Henderson eight years ago, is now on trial iu the Orange county court. After the crimo he disappeared and a conversation by tramps, overheard by a detective, revealed that he was doing time in a Pennsylvania penitentiary. At the expiration of the sentence he was taken back and is now being tried for tho crime. The will of Peter A. L. Quick, late of Delaware, deceased, haa been admitted to probate. The estate is divided between his children de ducting advances made each 'I ho wife receives the furniture and her dower rights. Lena C. Cole is executrix. J. C. Schorr has cleared out au unsightly hedge along the upper end of Black berry alley, which great'y improves the appearance iii that neighborhood. There ere other places in town where similar work should bo doiio. It "is reully incom pieheiinible why Some property owners do not sod the propriety of doing a little clearing up when it would add so much to tho neutncss el the to u, Woman Suffrage. We suspicion that it is true enough that woman would obstruct tho polls by refusing to vote until she was sure her hat was on straight, but we also suspicion that she would more than make up for this by seeing that her conscience was on strntght too, which is a point that is absent mindedly neglected by many an image of his Maker that wears pants. Some persons that mistakes bad liver for cynicism often hint around that women would bn sure to vote for the handsome candidates only. In looking over the portraits of the respected fellow citizens that i nn all over the United States this year for offices of all kinds from oonstahlo to congress, it struck us that if women waited to cast tholr ballots for hardsome men. they wouldn't bo likely to roll np real heavy vote anywhere iu this country. We never could prevail on our solves to take much stock in the theory that women like handsome men. They cortainly don't seem to marry them. It is true that women would ho handicapped in politics because they can't well hang over a bar ; and we note that few men can get, a real close knowledge of the issue ot the day until after the third drink. Women might have to use intuition instead of the more reliable and bet tor known brands of rum to find out how she ought to vote. Intuition is a female talent that is despised by man, but it is a good deal less noisy than his talents and does not produce nigh as bad a taste in the mouth next morning When woman has the suffrage it is not likely that she will make election beta never to wash or etfinb her hair or to wheel another woman througn town in a barrow if her candidate ain't elected. She also will probably be content to consider that eleotion is over when the votes are counted. Perhaps she will feel badly for awhilo and say that the other side is a mean thing, but after that she will see that the children are dressed and sent to school as usual and she won't spend the rest of tho week in a ginmill explaining how it happened and tapering off. If wonmn should bet a hat on the election und lose she would proba bly pay her bet. We admit that this would be an outrageous innova tion and a blow at the bulwarks of the republic It is the only danger we can see in woman suffrage. New York Press, . , 81eighi-of-Hand Entertainment. Prof. Krieger of New York city. well known in the art of conjuring, is coming to Milford next Monday evening. Last year it was the pleasure of the Boys' Guild to invite their friends to a delightful entertain ment in Brown's ball. The Gnild members would like to enjoy the same privilege at thto time, but the heavy expenses necessary in seour ing Prof. Krieger demand a more practical method. Admission to the members of the Guild will be free. Adult tickets are 25 cents, children's tickets 15 cents. Prof. Krieger has a program in eluding many very wonderfnl sleight of-hand performances. Ho is a delightful entertainer and it is no vain boast to assert that the eve ning will be one of exceptional en joyment Monday evening, April 21, at 8 o'clock. No reserved seats except for mem bers of the Boys' Guild. Trout Fishing Poor. Reports from different parts of the state indicate that trout fishing, the season for which opened Tues day, was generally poor, the catches small and the trout of rather infer ior size. The latter is attributed in some places to the fact that the state sends out such small fry, and it is thought no trout less than one year old should bo supplied. The oold weather was a damper on the fish and fishermen. Cood for Rheumatism. Last fall I was taken w ith a very severe attack of muscular rheuma- ) Usui wloch caused me great pain and annoyance. After trying sever al prescriptions and rheumatic cures I decided to use Chamberlain's Puin Hal in, which 1 bad seen advertised in the South Jereyiuau. After two applications of this remedy 1 was much better und after nsiug one bottle was completely cured. Sallte Harris, Salem, N. J For sale by A. W. l'.aleh ct Son, Matamoras. all drug and general btoies in Pike couuty. THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS. In union there Is strength. When the d'xdors disagree- -the other fellow divides. Have you seen Tom Armstrong's new turnout? He drives a baby horse. Our streets are getting in good shaiie, thanks to Commissioner Doc. Steele. Those w ho attended the M. E. . church last Sabbath evening had the pleasure of listening to an excellent sermon delivered by the P.cv. Chas. S. Ryman. The New York World last Tues day published an article sounding almost like an apology for the one published about a month ago concern ing Randolph Travis of Montague. Henry Canne has finished the side wails on the Vandermark bridge. It lixiks safer now. Two weeks from yesterday George Horton will sell out the contents of his old established livery stable. Our county commissioners are kept busy these days. It will be some time before the damage done by last winter's floods is repaired. All our mechanic! seem to be busy. Although the necessaries of life have gone up In price wages liave not raised yet. Meat will soon be out of reach of the poor altogether. Van Etten Bros, are finding ready market for their sawed lumber. Padgett, the Pride of Pike county, whs in town Tuesday. Bill said that on Monday he had one of the most exciting runaways he ever was in. Ex -Sheriff E. Vandermark Is can vassing the county. Whose scalp Elijah is after will be known better after the democratic primaries. The time for electing a county su perintendent of schools will soon bo here. As there are but two candi dates, and both arepretty well known to the school directors by tills time, it should not take long to decide. Emil Gumble brought his bride to town Tuesday evening. They will reside here. Excursion to New York Apr. SO. On Sunday next, Apr. 20, the Erie will run a popular one dollar excursion from Port Jorvis to New York. The special train will leave Port Jervis at 7 a. tn., arriving In the city at 10 a. m. Returning special train will leave 23d street, New York, at 7.25 p. ni., Chambers street at 7.45 p. ni. and Jersey City at 8 p. tn., allowing over nine hours in which to take in the sights In and around Greater .New York at tne low rate of $1 for the round trip. Retnenilier the train leaves Port Jervis at 7 a. m. Sunday next, Apr. 20th, Here is an opportunity to visit Greater New York with no loss of working hours and at a very little cost. HY WENS AX. Gumble--Kimble. Miss Anna Burn Kimble, a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kimble of Palmyra township, and Emil Gom ble of this place were married at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Simons, in Hawley Tuesday after noon at 2 o'clock in the presence of a few relatives and guests. The bride is a most charming young lady, popular with her associates and will make a very pleasant addi tion to Milford circles. The groom is a well known business man here and may be congratulated on hav ing won one of Paupack's fairest daughters. They will reside here, where a cozy home has already been furnished. At the congregational meeting iu the Presbyterian church Monday eve ning Elder William Mitchell was elected delegate trom the church, and Elders John C. Wallace and Ebetiezer Warner were appointed to present the call of Rev. E. M. Smeud to presbytery which meets in Goshen next Monday. This paper might be filled with items like the following and every one be the absolute truth. I had rheumatism for years and tried al most everything but got no perma nent relief until I used Chamber lain's Paiu Buliu, three bottles of which have cured me. It is the beat medicine I ever used. Philip E. Rhouds, Pennville, Mo. Piuu Balm is for sale by A. W. BalcU & Sou, Matamoras, all drug and gen. oral stored iu Pike county,
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