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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
Size Of the Cedric

The new White Star liner the
Cedric, which recently arrived in
New York from Liverpool on her
maiden voyage, is the largest ship
that has ever been laid down and
launched. Her gross tonnage is
$1,000 tons, her length 700 feet. If
set down on Broad street with her
stern at the post Office she would
extend to the Bank. AS her hull is
4O% feet deep, the top would prac-
tically be on a level with the front
of Browns Hall. She has IN all
nine decks. Her width is seventy
five feet and she would therefore
completely fill the street. Her
smoke stacks are fourteen feet, three
inches by eleven feet, 40 a large team
and wagon could pass down them.
She has a freight capacity of 5000
tons exclusive of the coal she carries
If this space we're taken up with q
cargo of wheat it would mean $40, ,OOC
bushels. As a railroad car has Q
capacity of 1000 bushels, it would
require train of $40 cars to move
this load. If the length Of each cal
was twenty feet, the train would bt
two and one-half miles long. II
-four was stored. she would carry
1853, ,3lS barrels. which would require
a train of 766 cars TO transport and
the train would cover over thres
miles of track. She has sleepiR6
accommodations for nearly s,oOI
persons and could therefore aocomo
date nearly one third the population
Of this county.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
"No sich Hossn

Hon. John R. Kirk. examiner of
schools for the University of Mis-
souri,, received a letter from a
school board asking for a teacher
to fill requirements stated in the
following language:
1. We want first-class woman.
2. She must teach arithmetic,
algebra, geometry, book keeping,
physiology and Latin.
8. We want woman of success
full experience and sound scholarship.
4. She must be a good disciplin-
arian
5. She must be about twenty-five
or twenty six years old.
6. She must discipline by personal
influence.
2. She must be agreeable Co work
with.
8. While teaching she must con.
troll seventy-fve high school girls
and boys.
9. Salary, $50 per month.
Mr.. Kirk answered by story;
A man asked a horse dealer to
purchase for him a horse, the horse
to be bright bay, sixteen hands high,
weight 1000 pounds, arched neck
mild-eye. thin nostrils, fiat legs
trotting record three minutes, paciaa
record under three minutes, and OF
gentle disposition, 80 the ehildrei
could drive him price, 500.
The horse dealers answer was
"But, mister. there hain't no sicl
boss. II there was. he'd fetch iifty
times the money. Missouri Schoo
journal.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
LOCATING THE SCHOOL HOUSE
It's Up to the Directors, Committee
Does Not Agree

The committee Of citizens, ap-
pointed by the school board to ad-
wise regarding the site for the new
school house, held a final meeting
last Saturday for interchange Of
views, and signed a paper recon.
mending as follows:
H. B. Wells, first choice, Cornelius
lots, Ann and Fourth street, second
choice, Catharins street, site now
occupied.
G. o. Armstrong made the same
choices.
e Warner, first choice, old site,
Catharine street, no second.
Thos Armstrong, frst choice, old
site, Catharine street, second choice
Cornelius lots, Ann and Fourth.
J. II. Van Etten5 first choice, Har-
ford street. corner Fifth street,
second choice, Cornelius lots.
It Is rumored that the school
board has written the owner regard
ing the Hartford street lots and on
receipt of his reply the matter will
be further discussed.
It is we'll in a matter of such grave
moment TO the interests of the town
an the welfare and comfort Of per.
haps several generations Of children
that there should be no hasty OF i'll
considered action. A school house
of the kind proposed would probably
be sufficient to accommodate the
town for the next thirty or forty
years, and no doubt in time the
number of children attending would
considerably increase. The state
superintendent of schools recon.
mends that "in towns, the school
lots should be large enough to afford
play ground, and secure good light
and air" "The location should be
central to the population to be &C.
commodated, healthful and on good
Travelled roads. Low and damp OF
bleak and exposed positions should
not be accepted, even as gifts.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
Work The Roads Now

The street committee would be wise
to operate the road machine now
while the ground is soft aud the labor
can be done so much more easily. II
any gravellng is to be done on the
streets there is no better time to do II
than while muddy. There are many
places now on township roads where
the bottom is too far down to be
conveniently reached and If thes
were filled with stones would make
good hard road beds. II the matter
8 delayed until the roada dry out Il
Is TOO late 20 do such work,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
Two Road accidents

Last Sunday as John Walters
now residing in Matamoras, but
who formerly owned and occupied
the Hamilton farm in Milford town
ship, was coming down the turn
pike hill near the cemetery, the
neck yoke slipped on the pole of his
wagon and the team became un-
Manageable. He was kicked on the
head by one of the horses and 50
badly injured that be was taken 70
the Port Jervis hospital.
Monday morning Walter a..
Warner met with an accident near
the same place The tongue Of his
wagon broke and the team ran
away. Mr.. Warner had a bone in
his arm broken. but his wife was
not injured.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
How to ast Rid Of stnmns

The Scientific American gives the
following information to those who
desire to get rid Of stumps on their
farms: ''Bore a hole one or two
inches in diameter, according to the
girth Of the stump, and eight inches
deep. Put into it one or two ounces
Of saltpetre, hll the hole with water
and plug it close. After a few
months take out the plug and pour in
about a gill Of kerosene and ignite it,
The stump will shoulder away with
out blazing to the very extremity Of
the roots, leaving nothing but ashes. u
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
nora RloIs

Disturbances Of strikers are not
nearly as grave as an individual dis
order Of the system Oyerwork,
loss Of sleep. nervous tension viii be
followed by utter collapse, unless q
reliable remedy is Immediately en-
ployd. There's nothing so efficient
TO cure disorders OF the liver or
kidneys as Electric Bitters. It's a
wonderful tonic, aud effective merry
inc and the greatest ali around med.
cine for run down systems Il dis
pels nervousness, rheumatism and
neuralgia and expels malaria germs.
Only soc, sud satisfaction guaran-
teed BY all druggists.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
The Buffalo Murder

The murder of. Burdick in Buffalo
promises to become one of those cases
which battle the skill ofthe detectives.
Speaking of the affair The Brooklyn
Daily Eagle says:
The police are said to be hunting
for the murderer in the ''circle" in
which thelate Mr.. Burdick ''moved. y
His was distinctly what both the
moralist and Iogician would call
movement in a ''vicious circle" The
group in which a murderer is now
being hunted was made up of a small
number OF married folk in the dan
gerous years from thirty to fifty,
where passion has been strengthened
by knowledge and prudence weaken
ed by experience.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES

Joseph shafer is now ianitor of
the M. e. church.
Born, March 9Th, to Harry Pantley
and wife, of this borough, a son.
Born, Monday, to William Metz
and wife, of Diugman township, u
daughter.
DR.. Kenworthey has disposed Of
his sorrel horse to Howard Sterns of
Port Jervis.
Mr. Lockwood of Oyster Bay, L.
l., attended the funeral Of W. H.
Emo Wednesday
Miss Annette Lyman gave party
last Saturday evening to a number OF
her young friends.
Mrs. F. F. White, who has been
visiting several weeks in New York
returned home last Saturday
L. II Wagner, who has been in
Newark the past winter, was here
the past week for a brief visit.
Moses Doyle, who owned farm
in Milford township, has sold out to
New York party and will soon
remove.
Emil Kemnitz, who the past year
occupied the DR.. Frazer farm in
Westfall township, has removed to
New York,
Percy S. Lyman, wife and family,
who have been spending some weeks
at Hotel Fauchere, returned to their
city home Tuesday.
w. H. Hulsizer. D. D. G.. NJ, of
Honesdale paid a fraternal visit TO
Milford Lodge, No. 944, F. 81 A. M,
Wednesday evening.
Durham and George Gregory were
up in Shohola this week and while
there the sheriff purchased a fine
team of horses of V. E. Hipsman.
John de G. Van Etten, who has
been in the @. M. g. st. p. railroad
Office il New York, has left that
corporation and gone with the Atlas
Portland cement company.
Harry Reed expects to leave town
in few days for Douglas, Arizona,
where he will be employed by the
Copper Queen mining company as
superintendent of machinery.
G J. Luxtin of Jersey City. whose
father many years ago owned a saw
mill on the Raymondskill in Ding
man township, was a guest for a
few days recently at the Crissman
House.
Mrs. Cotterill, a former resident of
Lehman, but who for some time has
resided at Normanock Inn at Gull
vers Gap, has removed TO this coun-
ty and will make her home at Hotel
Schanno.
x. P. Huddy, Esq, and wife Of
Providence, r. l., are guests here
with the latter's parents for a few
days. Mr.. Huddy has been suffer
ing with grippe and comes for a
brief stay to reouperate.
Mrs. Robert Struthers and daugh
ter, Efie, have been in Brooklyn for
several days, The latter has suf-
fered an operation for a throat diff
Guilty, which so far seems to have
been successful DR.. Griffith, who
was for many years the family
physician, assisted by DR.. Hopewell
we're the surgeons.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
A Healthy oitv

Williamsport, Pa, with a popula-
tion of 80, 900 had a death rate last
year of a fraction over 10. There
were sos deaths and the leading
causes were apoplexy Is, eonsump-
tion Of lungs 80, heart disease "a,
old age 16, pneumonia 81, typhoid
fever 10. During the year 1902
there were of contagious diseases
n typhoid cases, s smallpox, 143
diphtheria and 1873 scarlet fever.
The report says privies and cess
pools are the worst nuisances there
and as soil infectors and disease
breeders they are only equaled by
the garbage pile.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
aame Lawa Passed

The senate has passed a bill requir-
ing nonresident hunters of the state
and unnaturalized foreign resident
hunters to procure a license before
hunting in the state. Also an act
repeating the moth section OF the act
declaring the species Of fish which
are game and the species which are
commercially valuable. The ninth
section Of the act Of 29th May, 1901 ,
makes it unlawful to catch with
seine nets at any time Of the year,
carp, catfish, eels aud suckers, in any
waters not inhabited by trout except
its internal natural lakes or ponds.
1t is not to be understood, however,
that this would allow fishing in the
Delaware with seines for those fish
unless New Jersey coneurred. The
law Is right in spirit and the privilege
Of fishing with seines for the kinds Of
fish above enumerated should be
allowed. A bill has also passed
providing for the appointment o.
deputy game protectors.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
OBITUARY
William H. Emo Dies at HIS Home
on Foster Hill

Mr. Emo, who has been in falling
health for several months, died at his
home in this borough last Sunday
morning, aged sixty-three years. He
was born in Brooklyn and followed
the printing business until he came
to Milford some fourteen years ago.
He was well informed man and
most excellent citizen.
His wife Catharine NJ, two sons,
George H. and Joseph G. of Brooklyn,
three daughters, Mrs. Catharine
Dressell and Mrs. F. A. Boidner Of
Brooklyn and Mrs. NJ. A. Gibbons,
and an adopted daughter, Catharine
W., Of Milford, survive him.
The funeral services, conducted by
Rev. e. NJ. Smead, occurred Wednes-
day afternoon and inferment in Mil
ford cemetery.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
American Nauhsim Treatment

Drs. Roberts and Dewitt have
issued a neat little booklet descrlp-
tive Of the American Nauheim baths
they propose giving here and also
dilating on the advantages Of Milford
as a resort and its desirable loca-
tioD for giving the treatment Mil
ford is the only place in America
where the entire "Schott" system
of baths is given as at bad Nau-
helm, - Germany, with all the other
new methods of treating circulatory
diseases. The institution win open
May 1st with a capacity for giving
two hundred treatments a day.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
Tragedy Averlsd

just in the nick Of time our little
boy was saved, writes Mrs. W.
Watkins of Pleasant City, Ohio.
Pneumonia had played sad havoc
with him and a terrible cough set
in besides. Doctors treated him,
but he grew worse every day. At
length we tried Dr. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. and
our darling was saved. He's now
sound, and we'll" Everybody ought
to know, its the only sure cure for
coughs, colds and all lung diseases.
Guaranteed by all druggists. Price
SOC and 81. Trial bottles free,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
THE WASHINGTON LETTER.

The Fiftv- seventh Congress has
passed into history with a most
creditable record on the statute
book Perhaps the most important
of recent enactments are the anti
trust provisions of the last sessions
which, Il is believed will prevent
the destruction of competition by
the sreat corporations and incident
ally will facilitate the bringing to
Justice those companies which at
tempt to violate the law Both the
president and Attorney General
Knox have expressed satisfaction
with the progress made in this
direction and the republican leaders
say that if it is demonstrated that
further amendment of the statutes
is found necessary such will be
provided by the next congress. A
thoroughly adequate and compre-
hensive Immigration law has been
added to the statutes. It contains
no new and radical features but
coordinates and harmonizes those
enacted in the past.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13

An error has been discovered IL
the immigration bill which, in so far
as known, was made entirely unwit-
tingly. The provisions of the bill
are made to apply to all of tie
iusulat possessions of the United
States, including the Philippines,
Porto Rico, Hawaii, Guam, etc,
Heretofore the Immigration laws Of
these colonies have been enacted by
the war department or the local
governments and enforced by them
Just what complications the error
will lead TO is not yet known as the
matter will be referred to the at
torney general today.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
Tho aovernment and De Homs

Mrs. Rebecca B. Chambers, the
president Of the Pennsylvania wo-
mans Christian Temperance union,
advocates the ballot as a necessity for
successful homes. She recently said:
"The home is the safe guard of the
government. The government should
guard safely its homes. Woman can
not be a home maker and a home
keeper, unless she is a part Of the
government, with the influence Of the
ballot, to protect and advance the
interests Of home life and child life."
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13


Hook and Ladder company last
Friday elected for officers:
President-P. N. Bournique.
Vice president--Theo. Fl. Baker.
Secretary-Frank Schorr.
Treasurer. A. Revoyre.
Foreman-Willliam Davenport.
1st Asst.-Edward McMurray.
I'd Asst.-W. A. II. Mitchell.
Fire police-H. Ludwig, NJ. Steele,
f. B. Thrall and Fred Kurtz.
Vandermark Hose, No. 1, Monday
evening, elected the following;
Foreman-G. r. Quick.
1st Asst.-S. W. Fuller.
"a Asst.-Louis deBerlhe.
Secretary. f. Terwilliger.
Treasurer-W. f. Beck.
Steward-John Showers.
Fire police-P. f. Steele, w. F.
Chol.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
Real Estate Transfsrs

May Holbert to Warren A. Rumble
ct AL, lot on Westeolang pond, Lacka-
waxen, No. 36, $50.
II. Alfred Freeman TO George w.
Hughes, lots In Brookwood, Bloom
ing Grove, SIG.
Harry w. Buchanan to August
Halfman, lot 5ss, Milford borough
$3.50.
William Purdy to Charles J
schlager, 100 acres, Palmyra, par
Of Benjamin syFoc, Sas5.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13

NO. 19.
THE RAMBLER'S pIcKlNes

Milo Gibbons had tho misfortune
to lose one Of his horses last Sunday
Henry Lehde has sold his trotter
to Walter Warner.
Miss Maggie Brink has returned
from months visit with relatives
in Scranton, Pa
At the Fl & L. election held last
Friday evening all the old officers
were reelected.
Mrs. Virginia McCarty has return
cd from Mortclair, N. j.
John Fletcher is now prepared to
repair your wagons. etc., at the
stand recently occupied by William
Cortright.
The big door on the borough
building is still without that promis-
ed lock. What is the cause?
Runaways are common here of
late, one Sunday, another Monday
on the same road.
Mc2day morning Milford was
withouta a practicing physician.
Welll Is the question, "where is
the new sohoolhouse going to be
built, F." settled to the satisfaction Of
everybody?
A number Of youngsters and some
older ones over in Montague are
enjoying visit of the measels.
Now brother Warren, we'll make
our pile and then go south during
cold weather. No Europe for us.
Dick Malone steered the Branch
vile mail through the mud several
trips this week.
Mrs, Benjamin Kyle has returned
from a weeks visit to Port Jervis.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS

Court will begin next Monday at
D. m.
The senate has passed a bill
appropriating e75, 900 to the East
stroudsburg State Normal.
Ex-Judge John j. Henderson Of
Meadville has been appointed by the
governor to the Superior court.
The handsome house on the
Branchville road known as the
Burtis house was burned last Thurs
day.
Rev. c. T. weidener has been
reappointed, by the Evangelical as
sociation, pastor Of Hope church at
Matamoras.
Mrs Kate Henderson, who at one
time was engaged to Edgar A, Poe,
the poet, recently celebrated her
s7th birthday at Baltimore.
1t is reported that slight seismic
shock occurred recently in the lower
part of the county. Houses were
shaken but no damage done.
Forestry Commissioner J. T. Roth
rock, who last week rendered his
resignation, has consented to with
draw it and retain the position.
State Senator w. P. Snyder of
Chester county is favorabiy mentioned
for the nomination Of auditor general
at the convention to be held May q.
Tho legislature seems in no hurry
to pass any law relating to roads
and the bill that was before the
senate has been recommitted to the
committee.
Fifteen we're killed and forty
persons burned or bruised by an
explosion of oil Monday night, fol-
lowing a wreck on the Erie railroad
north of Olean, N. Y.
Philip, the thirteen year old son
of John Stark of bingham town
ship, is now in the Port Jervis
hospital He is afflicted with a
disease of his thigh bone.
Cornelia r. B., widow of the late
Goyn Talmage, who for several years
was pastor of the Reformed church of
Port Jervis, died recently at Somer-
vile, N. j., aged eighty-three years.
Remember the lecture next Tues
day evening, March 18th. at the M.
E church by Jesse s. Gilbert. The
subject is one of interest to those
who are and are not. 1t is "Court.
ship and Marriage" "
The Dunbar bell ringers and male
quartet company will be at the Opera
House in Port Jervis Friday even
ing, March goth. This entertain
ment will conclude the local union
course, given this winter, which has
been very successful. It is expected
next season to make the course
better if possible by securing still
more attractive talent.
A tenant house owned by George
Armstrong in Montague, N. j., took
fire in a somewhat mysterious man
ner last Sunday night and with some
household goods belonging to Ran
dolph Travis, which had just been
moved in it, was completely con.
sumed. Mr.. Travis is yet and has
been for some months confined tC
his room at Mr.. Brlnk's.
A. R. Pennell, lawyer of Buffalo
who was suspected of being implicat.
ed in the Burdick murder which
recently occurred in that city, was
killed Tuesday and his wife badly
injured by going over a precipice il
an automobile. Suicide is suspected
by some papers. The wife has sine.
died without regainiug conscious
ness and the suicide theory has beer
labandOned
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
ohaan go b ~ W.nt

Now is the time to 90 west, as the
Eric ticket Office, Port Jervis, Is
prepared 70 sell tickets to any Pacific
coast point daily until May /, 1908,
at the low rate of $50. Remember
this when contemplating a trip to
the far west. 3 20
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13

Secretary Lodge, speaking TO your
correspondent on the work of con-
gress, said after adjournment. Two
of tho most important laws enacted
this session, in my Judgment, are
the army and the militia reorgani-
zation bills. The creation of a gen
eral staff for the control of the army
has long been advocated by Secre-
tary Root and is everywhere ac-
knowledged to by a step in the right
direction. The militia law will
enable the authorities in the war
department to supervise, TO some
extent, the organization of the
militia and unity its accoutrements,
drill and tactics 80 that in the event
of a. emergency the Federal govern
ment would frd in the state guard
a far more effective organization
than was the case at the beginning
of the Spanish war. l am of course
deeply disappointed at the failure of
the Philippine tariff bill and CON
slider the method of the democrats
who defeated it inexousable. also
regret the failure of the Aldrich
financial bill" 1t may be said,
however, that there are some repub
licans in congress who are glad of
the failue of the Aldrich bill.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
The Library is Popular

The librarian, Mrs. Petrikovsky, of
the Homestead free library, which is
being maintained by the generosity
of James w. Pinchot, says it is a
very popular and widely patronized
Institution. Nearly every family in
town, all who read at all, draw on it
largely for reading matter This is
an encouraging aspect. The books
are well selected and it is pleasant to
know that they are a source OF
enjoyment, interest and instruction to
so large proportion Of the people Of
town. There is nothing so well
adapted to cultivate a general intelli-
gence as a good library well used.
Why would not a reading room in
connection be a great promoter Of the
reading habit with the younger
population.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13

The president and the party
leaders are intensely interested in
the fate of the treaties which will be
considered by the special session.
At a meeting of the republican
steering committee it has been de.
termined to take up the Panama
canal treaty first and Senator Nor
gan insists that he will never dis
coutiuue his opposition unless tho
convention is amended in accordance
with his ideas. Senator German has
been restored to bis old place as
democratic leader and much depends
on his attitude towards the treaties.
1t is being impressed on republican
senators that loyalty to the treaties
and the administration demands that
they remain in Washington and
attend the sessions The republican
leaders express confidence that both
conventions can be ratified within a
brief period and Senator Hale is SO
sanguine that he says the special
session will accomplish its work and
adjourn within two weeks but there
are few who agree with him.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13

The Rev. Floyd w. Tompkins Of
the Church Of The Holy Trinity,
Philadelphia, when asked for an
opinion on woman suffrage expressed
himself in reply; "I believe that
women should vote on all moral
issues, and that they should also vote
where they are individually taxed.
lam not prepared to say that 1 believe
in universal woman suffrage, and yet
1 am very much inclined toward it,"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-03-13
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