Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-25
The Halls, of Elk.

The Halls, of Elk.
Hon. Henry Hall, Washington cor
respondent of Pittsburg Times, says:
81. K. P. Hall, of Elk county, who re-
signed his seat in Congress last Monday
in order to become a member OF the
State Senate of Pennsylvania on the first
Tuesday of next January, enjoys the
somewhat unique distinction Of being
the fourth member of one family elect
ed to represent the Thirty-eight Sena-
torial district at Harrisburg since it's
was created by the apportionment act
of 1874. Three Of there were brothers
John G. Hall, Harry Alvan Hall, and J.
K. P. Hall-and the fourth was w. III.
Hyde, their brother-in-law. John g.
Hall, who died while abroad in 1889,
was elected in 1878 and served eight
years, being reelected In 1882. Harry
Alvan Hall was chosen In 1890, and re-
signed in 1893 to accept the appoint
ment of United States district attorney
for the Western district of Pennsylva-
MIA under President Cleveland. He
was succeeded by w. II. Hyde, @
brother in-law, since deceased, who
was elected to the short term In 1898,
and for the full term in 1894. Now j..
K. P. Hall resigns from Congress on
being chosen for the four-year term, be-
ginning with the approaching meeting
of the Legislature. Should he serve un-
til 1908, the Hall family will have rep
resented the Thirty-eight district 90
years out Of the 80 which it will then
have been in existence"
In Thanksgiving spesch at Phila-
delphia, Senator Penross aid that the
recent Republican majority had taught
him the wisdom of silence. He called
attention to the fact that Governor
elect Pennypacker, who spoke all over
the State, received fewer votes than
w. NJ. Brown, who spoke in only
part of the State, and that lssac B.
Brown, who did not make a speech,
received larger vote than either.
Carnegie and Frick want to outdo
each other in the giving business in
Pittsburg, and the city will undoubted-
ly profit greatly thereby. Carnegie is
coming over to try and hold up his end
Doctor: "Well, my fine little fellow,
you have got quite we'll again. l was
sure that the pills left you wonld cure
you. How did you take them-in water
or in cake?" Small invalid: "Oh used
them in my pop gun"
Congressman Hepburn has been stud
ing the trust situation and now comes
forward with suggestion for the regu-
lation oftrusts based upon a prohibitive
tax upon over capitalization. His idea
is to have the internal revenue officer,
fix the value of corporation stock az
they do liquor and cigars and levy q
tax upon all stock not supported by
poverty.
Here is an interesting state of affair,
existing between handwriting experts
1t seems that Daniel F. Aines OF Cali
fornia and w. S. Kinsley Of New York
had formed handwriting trust. They
divided the country into two parts
Kinsley taking all that section east o.
Chicago, and Ames that to the west
with the provisco that If either were
called into the others territory the fee
were to be equally divided. Ames wa
called In the second Molineaux trial anC
served 21 days at $50 a day. Kinsley
now claims that Ames refuses to divide
the fee of 81 $50 and asks that payment
be stopped until the western man comes
| to time. Handwriting testimony ha
been so much exposed in recent trials
that intelligent iurymen will refuse Il
consider it at all hereafter
1t will be good news to the mothers o
small children to learn that Group can b