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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
PERSONALS.

Miss Louisa Fay, of Brooklyn, is
visiting at the "Anchofnge.
Lanty Armstrong, Jf., of N. Y,
is visiting with his family on High
Street.
Nellie S. Drake, of Scranton, Pa,
is visiting her friend Miss Bertha
Williamson on George st.
George Armstrong arrived
Wednesday night to pass his vaca-
ton with his parents on High st.
James R. Bull and wife, of N. Y,
have recently Seen spending a short
vacation with friends III Milford.
John G. Cornelius accompanied
by his wife was Il guest at the Saw
kill House over last Sunday.
Mrs. Sabina Drake, of Craigville,
N Y, who formerly resided in the
family of the late Samuel Detrick
of Milford, visited here this week.
Ned. Kleinhans, of Jersey City,
is passing his vacation with friends
at Milford and Blooming Grove.
Hon. Thos B. Reed, of Maine has
sent his resignation as Member of
Congress, to the Governor of that
State.
The Misses Anna and Alice War
ren, of Ridgewood N. j.. are visit
ing the family of Hon. Jacob Klaer
on Hartford st.
Mrs. S. G.. Vanderbeck and fam.
lily, of Hackensuck, N. j., are visit.
ing her father E. Warner on Broad
street.
Mr.. Wharton. wife and child are
visiting Mrs. Whartons sister, Mrs
George Warner at the model farm
in Dingman Tsp.
Rev C. S. Ryman, of Summit, N.
j., former pastor of the M. E.
church at Milford was a visitor here
this week.
Mrs. Jennie Westbrook and
daughter Millie, and Miss DeMotte,
of Ridgewood, N. j., came up last
Saturday and were conveyed by
Mr. Grasch to his cottage at Niche
cronk, where they will rusticate for
couple of weeks.
Mrs. Edward Reed and son, of
Port Jervis, are spending a couple
Of weeks in Milford, where she is
we'll known, having taught in the
Borough public schools.
John Baldwin and wife, of n. Y,
who have been spending some weeks
at Mt. Clemens, Mich, will arrive in
Milford Sept. 1st for their annual
visit.
j, C. Fonda, proprietor of the P.
j. Steam Laundry in company with
his wife and friends dined at the
Bluff House Wednesday.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
HELP FOR THE STRICKEN.
An Earnest Appeal For Contributions
in Aid Of the Victims OF the Ter.
rible Hurricane at Porto Rico.

tlDt6 6urT1cdno at EOrJO RICO.
A stirring appeal has been made
to the people at large by the U. S.
Secretary of War for contributions
prompt and generous, in aid of the
thousands of sufferers left homeless
and in starvation by the recent dis
astrous hurricane which swept over
Porto Rico. Accurate reports state
that several thousand human lives
were lost, hundreds of thousands of
once happy homes were destroyed,
crops were everywhere utterly
ruined and many thousands of hu.
man beings are literally starving
for want of food, Hungry, house
less, with scarcely any clothing left
TO cover their nakedness, the un-
fortunate survivors are, we learn by
telegraphic advices, threatened with
the additional horrors of plague.
Crowds of women, old men and
helpless little ones are encountered
on every hand piteously begging for
food and shelter.
Over ninety per cent. of the
houses have been demolished and
in many places the furious onset
of the sea has swept away almost
every vestige of flourishing little
towns and villages. From Adjun-
tas, Guayamas, Zabucoa, Mayaguez,
Maunabo, Arroyo and other locali-
ties, the loss of life has been appal-
ling and the cries for help are pitt
full and heart. .rending. In one dis
trict alone, Utuado, over two thous-
and persons perished, and, as in
other southern towns, those who
have escaped with their lives are in
want.
Mayor Samuel H. Ashbridge and
the Citizens Permanent Relief
Committee, of Philadelphia, have
organized a Citizens Porto Rico Re-
lief Fund, and our readers are asked
to contribute to it and to send their
contributions either to Hon. Samuel
H. Ashbridge, Mayor of Philadel-
phia, or to Messrs. DreXel & Co.,
treasurers, Porto Rico Relief Fund
5th and Chestnut streets, Pa.
The U. S. Secretary of War has
assigned the U. S. Auxiliary Cruis
er Panther" to Philadelphia from
which port she will sail loaded with
the food, etc., donated by the big
hearted men, women and children
of Penn, who have never failed tc
respond, heartily and literally tc
the appeal of the distressed.
All contributions of money, how
ever small, will be gladly received
and publicly acknowledged.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
The Bridge at Dingmans.

Work is rapidly progressing on
the new bridge at Dingmans Mr..
Perkins, President of the Horse
heads Bridge Co, was in town this
week on his way to the scene of ope-
rations. A large quantity of ma
terial, tools, etc, was floated down
the river from Port Jervis in scows,
and the masonry of the piers and
abutments is now being reconstruct
ed. Doubtless our down. the-river
neighbors will enjoy the comfort OF
new bridge before the year closes,
and if better and easier road can
be built across the hill to Layton
it will greatly increase the con,
venience of many in that part of the
Valley.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
NO. A..
A G. A. R. SOUVENIR.
Everyone Interested in the Grand
Encampment Should Get Next
''Sundav's Press.D

SUNDAYS Press"
The big q. A. r. Encampment at
Philadelphia begins September 4.
Next Sundays philadelphia
Press" august ~ will be a SOU
venir edition, dedicated to the heros
of the Grand Army. 1t will be fill
ed with valuable information for
those who attend the festivities and
interesting matter appropriate to
this great event in Grand Army
circles. Artists and photographers
will aid the most skilled writer's in
making this edition the finest ever
published. Be sure to get next
Sundays "Press.',
Are you looking for an old com
rade, who you believe will be here
at the Encampment ? Some old
friend perhaps in a regiment whom
you have not seen for years If so,
"The Daily Press" will help you
find him and will print free of
charge, all personal requests of old
soldiers who will take part in the
Encampment and who wish to learn
the whereabouts of old comrades.
Write TO 1.-THE Press" and give
names, regiment and other details,
and address simply 1.-THE Press,
Philadelphia.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
BITS OF WASHINGTON LETTER

Secretary Wilson, who has just
returned from western trip all tho
way to the Pacific coast, upon
which he went to study agricultur-
al conditions so rs TO make the work
of the Agricultural Department ns
helpful to the farmers in that sec
tion as possible, says the talk about
a sentiment in the west against the
Philippine policy of President Nc
east, and that he did not meet sin
gle "anti west of Chicago, although
he met hundreds of men, in all sec
tions of life He found the farmers
prosperous all through the west,
ana especially so in the corn belt
He says the wheat crop of that sec
tion will be little short, bat that
the crop of corn and oats and other
products are enormous. Speaking of
the annexation sentiment in the
west, Secretary Wilson said 1.-The
people of the west understand this
question better than do those of the
east. They know that Dewey was
sent to the Philippines to protect
our large and growing trade with
the Orient. We have labored to
build up trade with China aud ia.
pan, and when the war began Spain
had fleet in Oriental waters ready
to attack and destroy our COM
merce. She also was ready to en-
courage privateering, and Dewey
went to Hongkong to be ready to
protect the shipping, He destroyed
the Spanish fleet as the safe way to
prevent it from preying upon Amer
lean merchant ships. Had the bat
tie resulted in a victory for Spain
rather than for Dewey, the Spanish
fleet would have crossed the Pacific
to attack our western ports. The
people out west realize this, and they
also realize that Dewey's victory
and the subsequent events which
transferred the Philippines to the
U. S. have given an extraordinary
impetus to the CONNER ce of this
country with the Orient. At all the
Pacific ports the docks are piled up
with goods awaiting shipment to the
Orient, and we have not ships
enough to carry them. The people
of the west regard the Pacific as an
American lake, which should be GOV
cred with ships carrying the Amer.
erican flag, and l don't know but
they are right about that. Why,
1 went on one big ship, loading at
Tacoma, and found in the cargo
lumber, wheat and flour from
the state of Washington but
ter and eggs from Iowa and Michi-
gan fruit from California and Ore
gon steel from Alabama; cotton
goods from the Carolinas bicycles
from Chicago; notions from New
England, and something from more
than half the states in the Union.
This cargo was bound for China and
Japan, and it represented every sec
ton and nearly every branch of in
dustry in the U. S. 1t showed me
more clearly than 1 had ever seen
before the general interest we all
have in this Oriental trade"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25

On Saturday August Goth the Erie
will run a special one dollar excur-
sion train to New York leaving PIT.
Jervis at z a. m. arriving New York
at 10a m. Returning special train
will leave 23d st. New York at z :25
p. m, Chambers st. at 7:45 p. m.
and Jersey City at 8 p. m. This al
lowing over nine hours in which to
see tile many sights in and around
Greater New York. Don't forget
the date August 26 and rate only
one dollar. 3w.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
Jolly Party From Monticello.

County Clerk Geo. o. Fraser, of
Monticello, New York, made a brief
call at the Press Office Friday morn.
ing. In company with W. F.
Wood, of Chicago w. G. Smith, of
New York Dr.. George Sehmitt, of
Monticello Joseph Di der, of N. Y.
and Mr.. Monahan and son also of
the Greater city stopped at Milford
for a short stay and then drove to
Sohanno's popular resort where
dinner was had and the remainder
of the day passed pleasantly away.
The party took the 6 80 train
from Port Jervis in the evening.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
Closing Dance at Raymond's Kill
Falls.

Remember Chas. B. McCarty's
closing dance of the season in the
large covered pavilion at Raymond's S
Kill Falls on Wednesday ev'g, Aug.
3Oth. A good time may be expect
ed rs extensive preparation are be.
ing made to accommodate a large
crowd. Ice cream and temperance
drinks will be sold on the grounds.
Horizons s stages will leave Milford
at 2 100 o'clock and run at regular
intervals during the evening. If
rainy next fair night.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25

An interesting case has just been
settled in Pittsburg showing the ad-
vantages of L. A. W. membership,
DR.. G. A. Spicer was run down by
a cab and his wheel badly damaged.
The matter being placed in Chief
Consul Boyle's hands a vigorous in
vestigation was made by G. G.. Kee-
nan, with the result that the cab
company has paid for a new wheel
and other damages incidentally in
Cured. The moral is apparent /.
Join the l.. A. W. =
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
List of Unclaimed Letters.

Remaining in the Post Office at
Milford for week endirg Aug. Goth.
Ladies-Miss Kittie Bergen, Miss
Hilah Drake, Miss Lottie Wands.
Milford Drug Co.
Persons claiming the above will
please say Advertised and give
date of this list CHAs. LATTMoRE,
Post Master
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25

MRS. HENRIETTA JACARD REvOYRE.
Another who had considerably pass
ed the four score mark, went over
the dark river last Friday morning
August 18th, when Mrs. Revoyre
was called to join those of her iam-
lily who had preceded her. She was
born at Grenoble, Court st. Andre,
France in 1915, and her maiden years
were passed in convent. About
1888 she married Nicholas Revoyre,
and after residing some years
in that country and Switzerland. in
1913 she immigrated to this land
with her husband and located in
Philadelphia. Subsequently, they
revisited there native shore and re-
turning came to Port Jervis where
for time they engaged in the Ho-
tel business and then moved to Mil.
ford which place has ever since been
her home. Her husband died in
1884 and a son j. Alfred in March of
this year. She is survived by one
daughter Mrs. Louise Huguenin
who lived with her.
The funeral was held Monday con-
Quoted by Rev. Father Treis of the
Catholic church, and interment took
place in the Milford cemetery.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
R. b. westbrook Dead.

The Rev. Richard B. Westbrook,
Treasurer of the Wagner Free In
stitution of Science of .Phila., died
on Saturday at Pascoag, l.. l., aged
eighty years.
Mr.. Westbrook in his lifetime
was successively school teacher,
minister of the gospel and lawyer.
Born at Dingman's s Ferry this coun-
ty, Feb. 8. 1920, he taught school at
the age of seventeen. Later he en-
tered the ministry, withdrawing
finally in 1866. He entered the law
school of the University of the City
of New York, was admitted to the
bar in 1868 and received the degree
of LII. d. Later he became largely
interested in Pennsylvania coal
lands, and retired in 1882.
He was also an author of repute.
III 1870 he published a work on
marriage and divorce in 1882 n
work entitled the Bible, and in
1884 one entitled Man, Whence and
Whittier, besides others of later
date.
He was twice married. His first
wife was daughter of Judge Hall,
of New Jersey, who died in 1882.
He afterward married Henrietta
Payne, NJ. D., daughter of the Rev.
Ara Payne, of Rhode Island. Four
children of his first marriage sur
vive, Nathan Bangs, John Hall,
Charles Kinsbury and Caroline
Armstrong. He is also survived by
one sister, Mrs. Jane B. Emerson,
of this place.
He was a cousin of Prothonotary
John G.. Westbrook and an uncle of
j. B. Westbrook, of Dingmans.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-28
rxrks- es DISASTER

Representative +. b. HAwley of
Texas. Who is in Washington, has
made public the following statement
with reference to- the Hood situation
in that state:
file disaster which has oyertakcn
the communities o, Southern TeSls
Is without parallel i'll ont country.
At some points the precipitation WIS
50 It in % Lours,rcsulting in a Hood
Of enormous proportions, covering az
area Of many squsrc miles to Il depth
of from . to - feet and causing a less
Of from s25,01O,oC0 to sIO.oC0.OJo. No
less than - pnpu!ous toSs have been
inundated. rs well rs thousands of
we'll established ana well ordered
farms which today are in Il complete
state OF desciation. Practically every
work animal. every milch COW, to.
ge:her with all stock cattle AMI every
vestige OF Vegetation have been swept
away, leaving the country completely
devastated. Within the influence Of
this awful disaster resided over l00.-
90 people, almost half Of whom are
III a state OF h~elplessness today except
those who may be provided for 10y
those who are generous and able to
assist them.
The whole state OF Texas is alive
TO the situation and IS doing its ut
most to relieve the suffering. 1t IL,
however, impossible for tho State
alone within the time necessary to
succor the people, 10 come to their
relief. When the great JOhnstown
flood occurred PENNSYLVANIA could
easily have taken care OF her y il
given the time, but .imc was as it is
now, the principal factor. they were
obliged to appeal TO the generous
public i'll every part Of the Uniou.and
from every quarter relief was imme-
diatc, on Il scale commensurate with
the disaster. To this public the Hood
district Of Texas appeals today to
SGIIIs li!t ItNNSSAA4 tS vi mo AI!Al4
the horrors Of the flood shall haze
passed, and the people shall again be
able TO address themselves To the
task OF re-esTablishiug their homes.
For this purpose it is urged by the
press, the different commercial bodies
and municipal authorities, OF every
town and city IN the Union that this
appeal be answered. For the distri-
button OF this relief Il system is being
organized Throughout the flooded dis
trict, under the immediate superris-
ion OF the Governor Of Texas, To
whom all contributions ehoui bc nd.
dressed. and under whose care every
dollar will he iudiciou.ly and clrcc.
lively expended.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-28
wonLp.s WHEAT CROP.

The United States Department OF
Agriculture In its June circular says
that the British commercial et-
mate puts a tentative estimate OF the
worlds wheat crop O! 1850 al 2Sei.-
10000 bushels IS against siiS,eoo.-
. 900 in ISIS q REDUCTION OF sii,oN.occ.
or about So PER cent, Still another
estimate nuts the reduction az not
: less :hEn 252Wl0l0. In the Odessa
spd Nokolaied regions OF Russia the
zinter crops of wheat and rye are al
most wholly destroyed by drought
and the spring grams have also been
severely injured. So tile bread crop
outlook for Russia Is a very poor Il
though IN some localities the outlook
Is good. This relates very closely 20
the prevailing famine in some parts
o; Russia Pud that threatened in the
coming fall season. and concerning
which the Record Union has recently
commented.
In the German Empire the crop is
represented us miidlinG, while in
Aus:r;a-Hungary the wheat and tar
ley crops are good. while the oats and
rye will fall considerably short. In
Turkey, Asiatic aud European, the
bread grain crops are reported in
good condition. but in Roumania the
crop declines rs much is 81 per cent.
In Italy there is a favorable outlook
and in Spain a great improvement is
reported in cereal crops of all kinds
throughout the greater part OF the
peninsula.
Next 20 that OF Russia the wheat
crop OF France is the most important
OF all the European sections. The
outlook for a good yield is favorable
and far more promising than that OF
Russia. In Manitoba we are inform
al that there has been an increase Of
wheat sown Of al, 1853 acres and there
is corresponding increase OF oats and
barley. General satisfaction is ex-
pressed as TO crop conditions.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-28
BnYAS.s

The Chicago Times Herald, a thick
and thin Republican organ. pays this
tibutA to Bryan: The same day
tina. cI-GorefEcr uogg WIS carrying
Tamnany by storm with his refer
ence TO Bryan, Mr.. Bryan was receiv-
cd himself with tremendous en,hus-
iasm both at Atlanta and BarnesyiIle,
Georgia. Everywhere it's the same
story. The man seems not TO have
suffered at all in the esteem OF his
followers by his defeat in 1896. True
he has i0und in several states that
ile Democratic leaders consider the
silver issue a disastrous one and in
those States the popular vote would
certainly be hostile to his silver pol
icy, but wherever he goes he meets
with almost fanatic5l personal loyal.
ty. Very few American politicians
have been the objects OF such sener.
al or intense devotion.
What then vail explain this extra
ordinary phenomenon? 1t my be
referred TO a combination q! caUsss.
each potent in its way. Mr.. Bryan
has character, personality, sincerity.
intellectual bnlliancy. slo9usaoe and
the elements ane - mired II lin
rs to pro5ac5 the best possible eEec.
He Is besides tic leading exIoaeni
o: a principle which gives a remark
E5'a iEEueaee zbs-s the principle L
l. Z, while his c~szsarte-. gifts and
attzEmepfz secure tO= lin tks liking
OF the people zEo resre; tie p5pr;-
pie.
At one time there rs a very rataE-
II Disposition to as-abe his pretige 70
z single sfeech- buI the sreeca W.
merely his opportunity. Sine deliT-
eriag Il Il he's proved MS P0uer -
IL orzlor many unes, and be has
stood the closer s.ruticy Of the pub
lie. which Is attracted Ia. not domin-
Etel b. orator., We have known
neu even Eor= brilliant On the plat
form, who have eve 60; beyond the
part c: performers IL q campaign
shoE. With all their ability they
oould not command respec; becaus e
they did not poses those moral quail
tiles which the America people de-
sire in their political leaders OF the
Presidential class.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-28
From n. Phniprip...

\ member o, the 5lst Iowa volun-
teers IN writing from the PHILIPPINES
to q friend IN Carson valley, gives the
following points which . thst
the life OF a volunteers Is no; a bed Of
ross:
The 5lst Iowa left San Francisco
with loss men and officers and hes
GS2 able to be on duty; South Dako-
kota- 1860 with less than i've hundro:
on duty;NebrasSa,l,ljO with less than
400 on du;.; Montana 1870 less than
eco: KanszS. a ten complement OF
1875. only go on duty. Now Ein
tell YOU What ~e Lad 20 eat; tor the
last SIX weeks: Coffee, poor; water
is terrible: su.a-. mostly native. U.s.
ually uaacfced; bareback most al
ways wo-ny and rndieestibge; corn
beef that no ore en- eat. not even tie
rative dogs: canned b~aus,rot 80 bad.
bat very UrvholeSole; canned to-
matCeS TIE only ihi2c that the gov
errnsc; furnishes that Is healthy.
Can Won wonder ;ha: hall the men
are Of o. duty: i ;lls; the way a
ration ike America should treat her
volunteers and : she keeping her
promise TO Us: am. afraid not. But
then they say that all IS fair in love
and war and suppose it mus, be
So
Word comes tina. three volunteer
regiments mnst go in the morning TO
DIVE away some Filipinos so that the
may come N unhurt. We
csn't OF course blame the regulars.
We know that il a regular is kill@1
the government must get some n TO
Ill his place, but it does not matter
Is. for il we are killed our place
car be left vacant aud no one viii
care, except friends and relntIves at
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-28
SERIOUS CUTTING ARRAY.
J. W. Puett Of Cariin Stabbed Twice
by Antoine Piocasso.

j. ". Puett, one OF Elko countS's
prominent citizens, WAS seriously
and perhaps fatally stabbed az Carlin
between d and o'clock Saturday az
ternooB. From What VIC hive h@en
able TO learn it seems that Antoine
Piccasso. a Portuguese, had been EN-
ployed by Nj. Puctt as a cOok in his
hotel ami had teen discharged. but
was assisting Sins. Puett In the kitch-
en- Saturday afternoon. While be
Was az work an EngIishman. who had
been employed as 4 ~dish-Easher, but
had been discharged. vent into the
diniug.rocm and was ordered out 10y
Sir. Puett. Piccaszo told the En-
glishIaan not 10 go. \ fight easuei
in which Mr. Puett used a rolling pin
on the heads Of PiccasS0 and the En-
glishmHn and drove them from the
house. Mr.. Pue;t then went after
Constable Mcintosh 20 have the men
arrested. When returning from the
CousIable's, be ELs NET n front %
his place by Piccasso. who renewed
the qRAsreL. Mr.. Puett backed avsy
from him, at the sane time telling
HIM 70 leave hin alone, and that he
did no, want 10 Lave any trouble.
Picczsso followed him aid when
within reach stabbed Mr.. PUs't IN
der TIE let arm and - Puett turned
around plunged tie weapon into his
gbjoneu JUST above thu navel. After
b xss cut Mr.. Pueit walked into the
diui1g-rcom % his hote! and told his
Vie that he rs stabbed. Dr.. Hood
=as 1t once te~legTaphed Tor. hut be-
ing out OF town. DR., Gardner and
Joe Tzber went down on tie first
freight train and attended to Mr..
Puet;'s Injuries. The stabblnc &C.
fifteen or twent! minutes
after the difficulty in the dining.
room and was undoubtedly premeii-
tated. Tie only weapon found on
Piccasso WIS a common pocket knife.
upon which there Was nc trace Of
blood. 1t is believed that after the
trouble in the rfning-raom Piccasso
armed himself with a s%tiletto nui
used that weapon. 4 thorough search
was made for it yesterday, but il was
not fond, Piccasso was arrested on
the charge Of assault with intent TO
kill. He vas brought to Elko last
night and taken back TO Carliu this
morning for preliminary examina-
ton. lie is better known to the peo-
PIE Of Carlin as Tony, the Dago.-
Mr.. Puett's injuries are serious and
will probably prove fatal. The cut
in his left side penetrated the lung
ana the one in tho abdomen p~ertorat-
ed the large intestine in several
places. The indications being that
Piccasso plunged his s~tiletto into his
victim and then turned il around.
DIR. Gardner Is dong all in his power
for Mr.. Puett, but, his recovery Will
be almost II miracle.
From what We can learn Piccasso
bore a very good reputation until he
got into this difficulty. Those who
have known him for years say thar he
is not Il drinaing n and il not quar-
relsomc.
1t was reported at 3 o'clock this
afternoon that Mr.. Puett could not
lire much longer.