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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-31
YORK COUNTY MARRIAGE.

Miss Elizabeth Moore the Bride of
M Mr.. Howard Wilson.
The Wedding Of Miss Elizabeth
Moore to MIR. Howard Wilson, popu,
lar young people of the Pouuosun
neishoorhood, was quietly socmnizci
IN the home Of the brides parents
on "Wednesday night The Rev, ID
IW Trayman, ID. d., pastor of Trinity
Methodist Aurch, officiatcd and tho
ceremony was witnessed by small
gathering of tho intimate friends OF
the contracting parties.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-31
Source of Corruption.

Experience has demonstrated that
municipal corruption is largely trace.
able to the fact that franchise cor.
porations desire to control the city
council and thus Increase their divi.
dcnds. If the railroad managers adopt
the same policy the sentiment I'm ia
vor of the ownership Of the railroads
by the government is likely to i'm.
crease throughout the country. as Inc
sentiment In favor Of municipal own.
crship has increased IN the cities
Public Ownership Possible.
have already reached the conclu-
sion that railroads pariakc so much of
The nature of monopoly that they
must ultimately become public prop.
erty and he managed Try public Off.
Gals in tho interest of the whole com.
munity In accordance with the well.
defined theory that public ownership
Is necessary where competition Is i'm.
possible.
do not know that the country is
ready for this change do not know
that a majority Of my own Earty favor
It, but believe that an increasing
number of The members Of all parties
sec In public ownership the sure rem.
edy for determinations between per.
sons and places AMI for the cxtorllon-
ate rates for the carrying of freight
and passengers.
Means Capitalization.
Bclieving, however, that the opera
ton of all railroads nv the Federal
government would result In centrali.
cation which would all but obliteratc
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-31
Brick DWELLING For s.Io

lias SIX rooms and bath; southern
exposure; central location. In nice
conaition. Owner leaving city. Only
Si'9oo. Nelms Marye, Boyenton &
Gnapln' Inc" Real Estate, Insurance
8,26.6t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-31

many OF them do, have not only shown
their insartitude toward those who
built the tariff wall for them, but they
have demonstrated their ability to sell
In competition with the world.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-31
Railroads Just as Bad.

The railroad question is also inter
woven with the trust question Near
~ all the private monopolics have re.
ceivcd rebates or secured other adj
vantagcs over competitors. Absolute
equality Of treatment at the hands of
the railroads would so far toward the
cripplng of the trusts and rejoice
that the President has had the courage
to press this question upon Congress.
While the law as it was finally distor:-
cd by the Senate Is not all that could
be wished, it deserves Il fair trial
Rate regulation was absolutely nee
cssary and 1t furnishes some relief
from the unbearable conditions which
previously existed; but we must not
forget that the vcsting of this cnor-
nous power in the hands of a commits.
sion. appointed by the President in.
PRODUCES new danger
If an appnintive board has the pow.
or to Tx rates, and can by the eXer.
else of that power increase or de.
crease by hundreds of millions of dol.
lars the annual revenues of the rail
roads. will not the railroads feel that
they have large pccuniary interest
in the election Of Il President friendly
to the railroads?
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-07

.~i7 - T4Skc1, -
Jesus Iurietta dailyiat 1nightfall'too
the steep, sinister! roadsup to sthe cots
tage on the .hfll.ss Ma5st the -oId man
thought of 5. they younE~s zeaIets no .sore Q
knows. Murietta wasthe first one who,
had dared to enter. Mendaless sproba bly,
smiled grimly to himself. -
What kind of a convert the girl
proved is another matter. sCertai4ly
Murietta was jealous teacher At
pink evening. when the faint stars were
Whitley pricking out, riders below used
to see her straining her eyes down the
road from the little dooryard. her hair
stuck full of pome granate flowers. -
Father Porfrio discovered Jesus good
work through village gossip. He was a
thin, malicious Mexican priest, whose
blessing the village people went far out
of their way to avoid. 1T was said he
had the evil eye Certainly he doubted
the pupils Intentions
And night after night as day fell into
dark he was seen following the boy up
the dusty road. Some say he was jeal-
Gus for the church and sousht4to bring
Jesus back to the Lord; the many have
a different and more romantic theory. s
At any rate Rosario was baptized in
to the true church, and on a Sunday
would slip into the Mission Chapel In
strange flaming things OF wonderful
tissue like some zbEilliant orchid flower.
and there would be a small forest OF
vacant benches around her.
1t is said tnat Porfirfo discovered the
tryst at the old dam that. memorable
full May moon night in an unpardon-
able manner. Rosario herself, at con-
fessional, half told, -2er secret the pro-
jected flight into Mexico, evidently de-
string to buy peacesin' advance for her
soul.
1t was late spring. The great flood
had a little subsided, and the countr
side was one wonderful glow OF now-
ers; at the full dam lilies rode the
tide. and drowned trees pricked up
their n sw green tops through thR x3p-
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-07

ing about the dam. Until this spring
they never knew there was SO much
OF It," and it was built. they told US.
long before their. time
But an old priest In San Diego re-
meolbereG things. An enthusiastic
listener has an odd effect on him; his
keen eyes grow absent and he fails
into mopologue and you are no. more
sentient to him than a chair-upless
you awaken him with. questions at your
own risk. for questions too often make
him .reticent- Tt would take a great
genius to reproduce Father -telit
ing a story. will but repeat the
story. 1t was hard to get 1t at first. s
Recalling the Tragedy.
"Ah.D said the old man, such an
other flood had not been--not since
hat year when ssJesus Murietta mur-
dered good Father Porfirio there and
sent his soul ard the girls to perdi-
ton. Not since then. Tim F,s 5
fathers house was washed clean away
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-07

and rode the tide like a boat, my uncle
said. and. 3
But what abeutss Father Porhrio?
we asked. And finally came the story
which we have found out TO be fairly
authentic. Rosaria's old adobe, q trace
OF the foundation and few broken
tiles still mark the spot where Porhrio
followed, the. neophyte-
IS. 1t allsdates back to about 1880, when
the sad. little remnant of the fathers,
aegener rated Ike their pupils still oe-
cupied the cruInblfhg mission, robbed
OF their land land power,
Whether or not old Mendales was
sversed inathe black arts has never been
determined Certainly he scorned the
church; Certainly he was q Spanish
grandee of the bluest blood, and no one
knew, why he was in California.
People said that no one but a halt
crazy 1iobleman who made strange
cures with spells could have built a
house in such an unlikely place. 1T was
midway between the great dam and the
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-07

Of a splendidly unique construction.
The break near the southern bank
shows the thickness to be about nine
feet The interior is built of bricks
manufactured by the Indians and ce-
mented closely-bricks not unlike the
modern, but mud-colored and about
twice as long. over this foundation,
making the whole to all appearance
stone. great blocks of granite have
been laid, cut from the boulders that
still fill the river bottom; and so
strongly cemeDted are these huge
stones that the filling and the granite
seem almost one Except for the one
break torn by the last flood the whole
bulwark is entire.
To compare this work of the fathers
with the dam attempted by the valley
farmers a score Of years ago is to real
ize how well the fathers builded This
new dam, built of blocks of cennented
stone of about half the size of those of
the old dam, has long been useless.
Only one arm now stands among the
wreck of stone blocks TO show the orig
inal intention of the valley folk
1t is fascinating flight of fancy to
race back over the dead intervening
years and imagine the building of this
= dam The day was undoubtedly as bril-
liantly blue. the shallow river as gay
with cress and lilies and cat-tails, the
riiA d LtSDildHL Will the mum OF DILL
liant blue and red dragon flies and pale
butterflies. One sees the brown clad
Spanish friars, with their gentle, pious
faces belied a little by over-wakefuI
eyes; they direct their children" from
the blue shadow splotches cast by the
poplars and sycamores, occasionally
stepping from stone to stone through
the shadows to inspect the work Half
of each family came TO assist in the
building Naked brown babies played
in the shade. and Indian women, their
long hair braided plainly into thick
black plaits. as the fathers had insist
ed, messed about steaming kettles.
The dam as It stands today is tre-
mendous Illustration of what those in
domitable, tireless Spanish friars ac-
complished with these Indians, he
same Indians. degenerated to their
original sIoth and angry reticence. that
we see in the reservations of San
Diego County. For scores of years
after the dam was built it served its
purpose. conserving, water for the little
settlement huddled around the mission
We heard a curious story connected
with the place. For pure old -Califor-
MIA bravado IL is bettered by. few 1t
proves a theory 1 have long held--that
there is no historical spot in this ro-
mantle State that has not its attendant
legends dating back to that picturesque
locks and colored sashes.
The valley people-half of them are
Chinese vegetable farmers-Anow moth
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-07


mission. in a nest of stones like an
eyrie.
The valley people pitied RosSria. She
was the old mans daughter. Her
mother had been an Indian woman. No
one remembered when she had died
There was always Rosario there, grow
Ing up like some brilliant Wild flower
on the strange bleak hillside, seeing no
one but the dark old man with his rich
antiquated, tattered clothes and hawk
eyes, forever obviously poring over
books I'm strange tongues.
The Indian youths and the young
men from the Spanish town down the
valley were always planning dramas
around the person of Rosario, though
they were afraid of her as they were
of her father. There was something
wild and overgracefui about her very
beauty that seemed not entirely human
To Save Rosario's Soul.
Then Jesus Murietta determined to
save her soul. He believed the old man
had bewitched herr Jesus was a neo-
phyte. probably the last neophyte at
this southern mission He was of
Mexican and Indian blood, and had led
wild life until discovered by an un-
usual old priest at the mission
Spaniard as great as his predecessors
II. we are to judge sby his last work at
the missions He i VAS who discovered
the soul Of Murietta--no- one believed
he had soul-and finally gave it to the
. church. s
The boys novitiate-he was about %
WAS almost over when he, too, deter
mined to bring a gift 20 God. Rosario,
the Black Mans daughter, who had
never seen the inside of the mission
chapel-was not this a 1T gift?
And how it might have ended but for
Father Porfirio no one knows. Most of
us think Father Porfirio did not ma
terially change the fate of the two
children who thought they were suffer-
ing for the schurch. >4
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-07
Rxzlzsc01xRSD, blzESEE sOCcE12<ED

So s.ee} 90
IL - /. sss-ss a. =.
pIing, current. rhe sbig. orange moon
had transformed eve7y detail to sil-
ver:s s~ss e-,sst So 50
The girl waited on the coping over
the water. listening and restless: but
when froofb ca Isl clzaftered down the road
TO herr irlagina tfoH sller lovers horse
seemed a cavalcade: speFhaps her pres
cient mind hear IPorhrio in the dis
Certainly when the two lovers met
on the coping. Father Porarlo. his brae~
crucifx lifted high. emerged from -I13
willows on the southern bank. his face
wicked in the moonlight First he
exhorted in the name of the church
but hate and desire overcama pr1,-
dence. and finally legend says. he
pulled knife from his cassoclx ana
sprang upon Murietta, who thrust the
girl behind HIM
(The knife was found afterward. II
was fine Spanish blade-and not
Murietta.s)
The Struggle on the Dam.
The two zealots. long since de~enar-
ated into mere men, wrestled on the
brink. ofTthe swollen. li1fed strean,
The knife was wrenched away bv ths
younger man finally: the black-faced
fxiar was entangled IN his long slxfrts
Jesus shook himself free. and with a
great effort pushed mis- rival over tha
dam into the stream; and the two low
ers with white faces watched the strne--
sling figure a moment and then hur-
ried through the willows 10 the hirh-
road With the girl in front Jesus MIr--
letta LETT the mission on the hill be-
hind him forever
The two We're never heard OF arafr
The rriar's body was found next dav
tangled IN the willows. his face 49,
into an evil knot. For loar love- -
the valley whispered OF the Lover. 49, =,
tried 70 believe them in the depths 80. -
perdition- They could not convsnSs :.
saamzalyass and nslthar can I '''~'
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-02-01

ONDFNCED .hElORI ot thy comg'uUn "I ine
! First National Bank at pu~hoic' ID IN" HIml'I
or Trul,,l\.inia ar Close oi bu,uoss Nov, 5th
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-02-01

in the possession of their members.
The herd book, the stud book ana
the kennel book contain every detail
in connection with the birth and
pedigree for generations back, of
cows, horses, and dogs supposed TO
be of especially good ancestry.
Many Il man possessed of a fine
herd OF Swiss or Alderney cattle who
could take down his herd book and
point with absolute confidence to the
date of birth of "A valuable bull calf,
would find himself greatly euharr-
asoed if called upon to prove by
document the birth Of one Of his
own children.
The duty of furnishing these valu-
able records falls upon the physician
or midwife. should either be in at
attendance, if not, upon the parents
themselves. 1t can easily be mag
ined that the mother. usually the
most interested party upon All 0ct'a-
sion of this kind will not be satisfied
until the requirements Of the law
which give her offspring Il proper
legal existence and citizenship have
been complied with.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-02-01
Teachers Meetings

Meetings will be held at DuShore,
Lopez, Forksville, SOncstoWu, lllI!--
grove and Skunk, February }, 1907.
PROGRAM
10 a. III. Course of study as pnt-
lined for fifth month.
Question box.
1870 y. m. "PrOnounce and spell
difficult words OF all lessons for The
month" My plan Alma Farrell,
Mary b. t'inan. Hattie MolyneuN,
Auna IIearn, Anna Dewar, Mrs.
Bagley.
"What can we do 70. the boys anh
girls who are deprived Of school
privileges because of the vaccination
law" Florence LilIey, J. II, Ball
entinc, Linda HouseWeart, j. t..
Molyneux, ]. IL. Warren, ID. NJ.
Flick.
How teach fourth year geogra-
ply" Victoria Lusch, Bertha May,
Jewel O'Brion, w. Is. Ilazzeu, Alice
Edlcr, Jesse B. Porter.
Subjects for general discussion:
"Washington'S birthday in the
public schools" =" Public school Ii
braries." GLOW to increase parental
visitation of Schools
D,,-,, l. iInr,rn
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-02-01

The importance Of getting good
material for the local Offices should
appeal to every one. Below we
give a list of the present officers an 1t
the vacancies to be filled:
One Judge Of Election and two
Inspectors; Justices of the Peace, ~.
II. Buschhausen, James {. tavan;
School Directors, Jos. Carpenter, f..
Nj. CrosSley, two to be elected for
one year and two for three years;
Councilmen, John Gumhle, james
MacFarlane and William Ritter, one
to be elected for one year and two
for three years; Assessor, w. H..
Sweeney; Constable, John l.. Smyth;
High Constable, Jacob Cries; Over,
seers of Poor, John Minnier and one
to elect; Auditors, Frank Shocinak-
er, one to he elected for two
and one for three years.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-02-01
Oh ERIFF'S SALE.


ID Ehlf : SALE
~
BY virtue OF a wri'ot Alias Fl. Fa. issued
ont OF the Court OF Common Pleas OF
Sullivan County and to me directed and
delivered, there will br exposed to lmbIl"
sale at the ForksvlIle lloteI,ln the 3oro,
OF Forksvllle Sullivan County. PennsyI.
Nanla ON ..
FRIDAY, FEBRCARN23, 1900
at . o clock y. m, the following property
,o ,it.
,ul .u
AZ !,' ,o'Io"'is ~ pieces or, or I'"'Tt'S o.
anu s'tu"'"' IA Forms "n" TlM'''5u 10" y.
Tn'pS oGun'y o' ,u'i''a" 1''' 9;"'e Vi
J. ehhSyl'ah'", "o""ue' a"" ueS't''e' a.
'oi'""S ~ DeEiI" ~ S''''g a. .NS
o' l'IH"' ''oEN w Green t''l'Ie .IPI'Ii s'I''
one o'SrGe' " est o',c ",t"''Ie" "n'i e'S"N
V"o Pe'chtS 70 S,"N'' '"tn'e .! la'uS o'
A''en h'tI'e' nor" '"e",! "i"e "esre'S
eaS' one hu''"teo an" ''iN 'n'ge anu a
of John Brown. south sixty-one dcgrees
east two.hundred and torty-two and a
half purches to white maple; thence
south twenty degrees west lurty four
perches; thence south sixty degrees west
one h'nureG ""o lMe"'S ''o"I it'cheS 70
,'e tl'I' Vi o's NM G''''''','z wy
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-02-01

If the Legislature of 1903 had
passed no single act except that pro-
viding for the immediate regiStra-
ton of birth and deaths in this Com
monwealth, it would have conferred
a lasting benefit upon our people
and have earned for its members the
title of true State> men and patriots.
Vital statistics constitute the foun-
dation stone of all legislation for the
public health, and are AN important
factor in Judging the prosperity of Il
state. The newborn child is recog-
niZed as citizen of the Common
wealth from the moment of birth,
and the record is "a permanent one at
the Capitol of the State. Not only
are the exact date of birth, the sex
and the name in full recorded, but
also certain facts which differentiate
the individual from every other of
the same surname, such aS the names
of both parents and their nationality.
1t is almost unnecessary to point out
the great value of an official register
of this kind in the determination OF
many legal questions, such as relate
to the succession of property, the va
lidity of wills, Legitimacy of birth,
and insurance claims.
There is not Il Department of the
State government from the State
Executive down down, which does
not frequently receive communica.
tions from other states and countries
inquiring for the records of the birth
of certain individuals.
The Health Department of our
large cities are often able to give ac'
curate information of this kind. but
up to the present time State officials
could only hang their heads in
shame and confess that this great
and venerable commonwealth had
not vet progressed sufficiently in the
scale of civilization 80 possess State
syetem of registration of births.
1t is quite true that in some
churches where the rite of baptism
is practiced, an entry was made in
the baptismal record of children,
and every lawyer knows how often
such records are searched To Obtain
evidence of incalculablc importance
in the decision ef contested wills.
But these records are purely Nolun-
lnry, often careless aud at the best
unreliable. 1t i also true that So
far as the birth of domestic animals
is concerned, there has been II very
commeudablp care eNerrlSeu not
by the state, but by associations,
who desire Ia preserve Il connectet
history of the more valuable animals
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-02-01

Mrs. II. p. Whitbcck desires to
extend her thanks to all those who
50 kindly assisted in the burial of
her husband. and also for the
many kindnesses that have since
been shown to her.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-02-01

The attention of the public is called
the Mountain House now under new
management. AcomodatiOns given
to transient guests. Boarding hy
day or week. Good stable acom
mOdatiOns at reasonable prices.
Court attendants will be especially
cared for. G.. 5. Eddy. Prop.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-02-01
County Seat
Local and Personal Events
Tersely Told.

employment at these places.
Mr.. William Helm moved his
household goods last week to Pow
ell, Bradford county, where he has
been employed for some time.
James Minnier has gone to Will
Transport where he will be employ
ed 10y :. II. Stanton, the candy
manufacturers
Y. A. Moon of New Albany,
was quite badly hurt at Ganoga
Lake last week. A piece of rock
hurled by dynamite explosion
struck one Of his hands which he
was holding before his eyes to
shield them from the bright su,,-
light. He was also struck on the
head hy the rock. |.
Mr. j. c. Cavan has been called
to Philadelphia by the death of his
sister
Tuesday evening while George
Herr ana Nelson l-itWr"hSoh were
engaged in II wrestling match in
Vi'' 'I"'''''S >''i'' -'''0'''' "''7 ''>
cldehtiN thrown against '''e ooo'.
! HE rann Gtrunl. u o.laSS ponpl
'''>'' Wv
'''i Us i''' i'07' '''''' N4''ON'
Fred Schanabacher drove the
stage from fOrksville to Laporte
on Wednesday for the irst time
since his illness with scarlet fever.
''e'' WIZ ''e P' e"o'''''S )" '','
Johi' church sunday a1 II o CLOCK
and III the evening at ':"o. ne
> We
''''' ''' ->'''' ''"'','''S '''''
!" d. H.
The Mikado and his suit are APP
preaching the town and Will he here
ON the - of February.
Nrrs u C,r,v or pic,uro Rock.
,.i.itod fria,d, in tow, over sunday.
H. ~ H. ''o','' VI ''oii''''""'
was '' i'''l''' y '7''"i '''"''>'"'
The Fourth Quarterly Conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
of Iaporte charge will be held in
I.apurtc. saturday evening Feb. 3.
ON sunday morning Feb. t, at 1000,
RCv Thos. :. Wilcox, -. -. of
" i'Ii''''> t'"''' II! P'V''o'' - Wv -'''
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80 ~. ,,,.,5,.. - ,,,, ,.o.,.
..;, ar +,,o+ G,.o ,,iIos
rorrvino = llrtv pound sack of mail.
ON. foot. The reason for his making
the trip on foot WAS because the
roads were 50 bad that his horse
could hardly travel the day before.
ii" left the Berwick r"7t"If'c' Neo-
,.,. h.,.,. - rnHr !, tba aftornoon
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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-02-01
LAPORTE HOTEL.
Il w. GALLAGHER, Prop.

Newly erected. Opposite Coor'
House square, Steam heat, bath rooms
hot and cold water, reading and pool
room.anJ Earocr shop; also good -lab'mE
and livery.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-02-01

Communion services will be held
next Sunday at Sonestown at IL a.
IN. At KedrOn 3 p. IN. and at Mum
cy Valley at 7:30 y. m. Quarterly
offerings are made in all these ser
yirpS
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-02-01
To the People:

Rich 5 Famous All Wool Sock has
fallen into competition with very
inferior article. The imitation is so
perfect that only an expert is able to
detect the counterfeit with its cotton
and shoddy mixtures, until the sock
is put into service. Unscrupulous
competitors are representing the SOCK
as Rich S All Wool, thus deceiving
the customer and injuring our reputa;
ton.
TO protect ourselves and the trade,
in the future Rich s Socks will bear a
Red Seal Trade Mark printed in
White. a fac .simile of which is shown
above.