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Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
Court House Plans AeaIn Laid Over.

At the meeting of the Levy Court on Tuesda!
of last week. the session was consumed by con
sideration of the plans for remodeling the Cour
House, but practically nothing was done. Archi
tecs Schenck and Smith were present with tbeil
plans and a representative of furniture hous'
was there trying to make contract to furnish the
furniture They tried hard to bring the matter
to head and get the Levy Court TO award the
contract at once. but the members held off, shy
lug at the $4,000 expense and not being thor
oughly sa isfed with the plans submitted.
The plans submitted at the last meeting of the
Levy Court called Tor the addition to the build
ing to be made to the front, and the architects
were instructed to revise their plan so as TO make
the ADDITION to the back instead but to the sur
prise of some of the members the plans submitted
on Tuesday were about the same as the original
ones the architects declaring that if the change
were made the Levy Court would not be satisfied
with it that way.
After a long discussion A. r. King made a
motion that the matter be left with the Commit
tee on County Property and that two more be
appointed to serve with them. This motion pre-
vailed and Mr.. King and Mr.. Hastings were
appo nted additional members The Commits e
originally were Clerk OF the Peace Green, J. G.
Davis and John R. King.
The plans as they are made at present cOntem-
plate the tearing out of the partitions on the
upstairs Of the present court room throwing the
whole space court room, Levy Court room,
Grand Jury room and hall-all into one. The
new Levy Court room and new Grand Jury room
will take up the second-stOIy addition to the
front. A partition across the back of the room
leaves a space divided into three rooms, one Of
which will be for the witnesses, one for the
encouragement and ole q retiring room for the
judges. This will move the Bench and the Bar
farther out towards the middle Of the court room
as il stands at present. These plans have the
favor of several of the members of the Levy Court
but there are Others, A. R. King among them,
who want the addition built to the rear of the
building leaving the room practically as 1t is
now, thus avoiding the necessity Of tearing out
the partitions It is believed this would be the
less expensive plan, but the architects argue
that the building would be too long and out of
proportion In putting the addition on the front
sixteen feet deep it is the purpose to build it
twelve feet wider that the main building, this as
much for the sake of appearances as for the cause
of convenience, having it extend six feet on
either side. The objections to this are that it
destroys the present front Of the court house
and makes the building extend off more than
half way into the middle of the sidewalk. On
the other hand there is thirty feet Of space un-
occupied in the rear. The Improvements to the
building include steel filing cases. Laboratories
and new furniture and the cost is es.imsted at
$25, 600.
The Levy Court will meet again next Tuesday
February 4.h.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
THREE scHooLsoYs DROWNED

Broke Through Ice When They Wen,
to Slide On Pond In Wilkes-Barre.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Jan. 2s. - Five
boys. ranging in years from nine te
thirteen, on their way to school in the
northern part Of the city went on 3
frozen pond to slide, when they broke
through the twO-inch coating Of ice
All fell into twelve feet of water.
Three Of the number were drowned
and the other two were rescued Aftei
a hard struggle. Those drowned were:
John Swanson. Philip lager and Jobs
Shallock. Their bodies were TecoV
cred.
A man employed at q lace mill near
by saw the boys 80 through the ice
He gave the alarm, and a number Of
the employees went to the rescue. A
rescuer found that one Of the Victims
was his own son and he rescued him
at the risk Of his own life.
Several Of the other rescuers hat
narrow escapes from drowning.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
Saws Prohibillsn Does Prohibit.

To the Editor of the Milford Chronicle.
wish to correct mistake that the chairman
OF the German-American Alliance made when he
said that. taking the whole vote of the State OF
Delaware the majority for license would be more
than 21 ,OOO
The majority for license in rural New Castle
was 55s in Wilmington, 4llO total, 466s.
The majority for no license in Kent county was
1872 ; in Sussex, s69; total, 254l,
The net majority for license was 2l27. He
made majority Of nearly 1900.
He also made big mistake when he said that
prohibition was a failure; that it does not pro
hibit We do not claim that it prohibits entirely
but it comes as near to it as any other law does.
The laws against murder, rapine and theft don't
prohibit entirely by any means.
whenever you can make law that will pro-
hibit murder, rape, theft and all other crimes
entirely then you can say that the law OF prohi-
btion Is lie failure as applied to the liquor traffic,
and not until then.
We have plenty of churches and preachers
but it doesn't prohibit the peope from SHINING
entirely. But If there were not any preachers
or churches, the people would soon all be
heathens
Tilghman Harvey.
Burrsyille, Nd, Jan. g.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
Must Not Drink.
Burrsville, Nd, Jan. 9.

Employees of tn Blldmore & Ohio railroad
having anything 10 do with the operation OF
trains will not be er nj ted to use ntoxicants at
a1y time hereafter, either on or of duty, and no
person using such liquors will be employed. A
general notice to this effect was Issued on Satur-
day by Third Vice President, George L. Potter,
states that under no circumstances will excep-
tions be made.
1t is believed that this is an important step in
the effort to reduce accidents to minimum. The
object of this acton is expressed in the first
paragraph of the circular, which read: For the
protection of life and PROF erty and good service,
the rigid enforcement is imperative.
The Baltimore & Ohio has all along prohibited
its trainmen from using intOxicants while on
duty and has done what it could to discourage
its use by the men when of duty. The new
order, however, does not apply 10 trainmen
alone; but every one having anything to do with
the direction OF running OF trains
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
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BIG BANK FAILURE
National Bank Of North America In
New York Closed.

National Bank Of North America In
New York Closed.
New York, Jan. 27.-President W. F.
Havemeyer, Of the National Bank OF
North America, announced that the
directors Of the bank had decided tc
request the comptroller of the cur
rency to assume charge of the affairs
of the institution.
Charles A. Hanna, national bank eX
aminer. has been appointed receiver.
The National Bank of North Amer
lea has a capital of 100000, and on
Aug. 22 last, at which time a report
was made to the comptroller Of the
currency. showed deposits Of $19,7S7.
400. This sum had been largely and
gradually decreased by Withdrawals
during and subsequent to the panic,
and on Dec. 3, the date Of the next
report. showed deposits of $6,926.50e
and cash on hand 1881, 800. Since that
time, according to President Have
meyers statement, the deposits have
shrunk further and now amount to 3
little over 100000. =
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
cave HIs Lie to Save His Son

New York, Jan. 2s.-JOhn Gladys
a machinist, lost his life at Great Kills,
s. l., in saving that of his eleven-yeaI
old son. The boy and his father were
walking along the tracks Of the Staten
Island Rapid Transit company when
the little fellow stepped directly in
front Of a moving train. Seeing the
boys peril. Gladys rushed after him
and had pushed him out of danger, but
in doing so slipped on the icy track
and fell directly in the path Of the
engine. He was so badly crushed that
he lived only a few minutes. The boy
was unhurt.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
Bush to Enlist In Army.

New York, Jan. 27.-Several thou
sand men, it is estimated, have been
turned away from the United States
army recuiting stations in this city
since It became filed with unemployed,
two months ago. Every recuitinG
station is so rapidly enlisting men for
the army that the former records are
increased 300 per cent At no time
since the war has the rush to recruit
ing stations been so great.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
GOOD STEEL REPORT
Net Earnings For Last Three Months
S32. $50. 9O5.

VoGgV0o19NS
New York, Jan. 29.-The report OF
the United States Steel Corporation
for the quarter ending Dec. 81, 1907,
expectantly awaited by the public as
an index of industrial conditions, has
been made public. The net earnings
for the last three months of the cor
poration's year were $32, 2,553,995. The
figures exceeded the hopes of the
steel trade The net earnings for the
wear of 1907 were 609S4,477, the
largest in the company's history. The
untitled orders on hand at the end OF
the year amounted to 4.624,553 tons.
The surplus for the quarter was SS,-
559.274
The net earnings for the last three
months of 1907 show a decrease of
S9.1SO. .969. as compared with the same
period of 1906. and the untitled orders
on hand are ss65.165 tons under the
figures for the corresponding quarter
last year. The high record earnings
for any one quarter was in the quar-
ter ended June 30, 1sO7-s45, ,5o9. 704.
The surplus for the year 1906. after
all deductions for hxed charges, ap-
propriations and dividends, ETC., was
S12.742.s5s94, making the total undi-
vided surplus carried forward to 1907
ss7 72O. .71A35. The undivided surplus
Of the company is now given as 911S..
1924.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
Racial Elements In Wisconsin.


Wisconsin epitomizes the central west
No other western state has such a di'
versity of racial elements. Illinois
alone, with its queer colony Of Portu'
guese PTotestants at Jacksonville, has
an element which Wisconsin has not
None but Wisconsin has Bulgarians
and Flemings. 1t has an Indian popu-
lation of over 5000. 1t is the greatest
Welsh, Cornish. Norwegian and Ger
man state 1t has Icelanders with
Minnesota. Bohemians with Iowa. and
French. Firms and Hollanders with
Michigan. The oldest and only purely
Hungarian colony IN America is on its
soil and the largest colony Of Swiss.
1t has a native white element as old
as the Knickerbockers and even Eng
lish descended families who go back
$50 years on Wisconsin soil.-Wardon
Allan Curtis in Century.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31

Washington, Jan. q. - Nine years
after the battle of Manila bay, Secre-
tary Taft records the results of the
American occupation Of the archipelago
and forecasts the future of the Fill
plnos, in an exhaustive report trans
mitted to congress by the president
with a letter written by the chief ex-
scutive, commencing in the highest
terms, the secretary's conclusions. The
president declares that ruin would have
followed the adoption OF any other
policy towards the Philippines than
that outlined by William Mckinley and
carried forward through these nine
years, and asserts trlumphantly that
there Is no brighter page in history
than that dealing with the relations
between the strong and weak in those
islands. He adds that the Filipinos
have yet a long way to travel before
they will be ht for complete self gov
eminent"
Secretary Taft's report records his
observations on his recent visit to the
islands to the extent Of nearly eighty
printed pages. Generally speaking the
secretary is optimistic in a high degree
in treating of this subject, even though
he cannot fix a time for declaring the
independence Of the island. In answer
to the critics, who have made the
most astounding and unfair statements
in respect to the cost to the United
States OF the Philippines" he figures
out a total annual expenditure Of So
100000 and he vigorously denies the
failure of the Philippines policy. He
says that great changes have occurred
in the islands The people are now
anxious to have the American soldiers
retained. There is a high standard OF
administration of justice. Nothing is
more popular than the constabulary.
There are no questions between the
government and the Roman Catholic
church, unless the Aglipayan schism
can be said to be involved. Peace pre-
walls in a greater degree than ever
before in the history of the islands
The magnificent Benguet road is now
justified by the results obtained.
The secretary is willing to limit the
amount Of sugar and tobacco that can
be exported to the United States. He
predicts a development Of business
within twenty-five years that will make
the Filipinos themselves stand high in
the worlds Industrial populations. His
recommendation are that Philippine
products be admitted into the United
States free OF duty under reasonable
limitations; that present restrictions
be removed on the acquisition Of min
ing properties; that the Philippine gov
ernment be authorized to conduct an
agricultural bank and finally that the
islands be exempted from the opera
tions Of the coastWise shipping laws.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
rn L.nd Earmern g. .ooo. COO.

Ottawa, Ont, Jan. 27.-The Domin.
ION government has decided to loan
sufficient funds to the farmers Of the
new provinces Of Alberta and Sas.
katchewan, whose crops were a fall.
ure, to purchase seed grain. The
scheme in all will involve about a.
0OO, 900. The advances will be payable
in three years at the usual govern.
ment rate Of interest.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
RIew HIa sIater,. Head oH.

Rochester, N. Y. Jan. 29.-In the
absence of his mother from home,
William Mcbride, a twelve-year-old
boy of Egypt, a little place east Of
here, put on a belt of his fathers,
loaded a shotgun with cartridges OF
buckshot and blew the head of his
four-year-old sister Viola, who had
been left by her mother strapped in a
hiKhchair.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
cuIIty of KilIina Niece,

Lock Haven, Pa, Jan. 27-William
Donley, Of Remove, charged with alsy-
ing his nine-year-old niece, Mary Dom
Icy, at Remove. Oct. 2s, 1907, was found
guilty Of murder in the first degree byt
the Jury.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY
Girl Shot Dead BY Lover After She
Fatally Stabbed Him.

Girl Shot Dead BY Lover After She
Fatally Stabbed Him.
Pittsburg, Jan. ga lovers quar-
rel at Ambridge, seventeen miles
northwest of here, ended in the death
Of both, each inficting a fatal wound
upon the other. The victims were
Mary Cozinni, eighteen years old, and
strikingly beautiful, and Dominic Pol
Gina, twenty-five years old. Their
eourtship began in Italy and he came
to America three years ago to prepare
a home, sending for the girl last Octo-
Der. Polcina is said to have been jeal-
GUS almost from the day of her arrival,
and when she delayed the wedding
from time to time he became almost
frantic.
He visited the girl at the home Of
her sister. They talked a few minutes
and the girl fed from the kitchen to
her own room on the third floor. lock-
ing herself in. Polcina followed and
broke open the door, and a struggle
followed. Evidently the girl had pre-
pared to defend herself. An instant
later there was a Shrek and a heavy
body fell It was that of Polcina. A
delicate, keen-edged knife the girl was
known to have kept in her room was
found near him. The blade had been
thrust into his ear, piercing his brain.
Just as he fell, Polcina fred a shot
from his revolver His aim was true,
for the bullet entered the girls side.
She ran down the two flights of stairs
and fell dead on the kitchen floor.
Others in the house rushed to the up
stairs room, where Polclna died Just
after they reached him.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
Frozen 70 Death In Alabama.

Birmingham. Ala, Jan. 25. = The
Thermometer Friday registered 16, the
coldest of the season. An unknown
negro. supposed to be an escaped con.
Wet was frozen to death.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
Glass EYE Stolen While owner Slept

NIaoo IJe NtNINTI 0E'''IN NV'''VI N'NFH'
Boston, Jan. 29.-J. w. Higgins, 4
travelling salesman, caused the arrest
Of W. 2. Glassett on q charge Of steal
ing a glass eye. Higgins said he wa
asleep in a hotel, when his eye ~
out, and Glassett took It and sold II
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
Frozen 70 Death In Snow Drift.

TTINITI y NFN7EI' - ~''N'' -
Pottsville, Pa, Jan. %. Frank
Ridge, Of Minersville. was found
frozen to death in a snowdrift at that
place. In his pockets were found two
whlskey bottles, one fun and the other
empty.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
Hurled 70 Death BY Frightened Horsel

Altoona, Pa, Jan. 20. - Frank NJ.
Young, a farmer, was driving near the
railroad bridge crossing at Horrell
station, several miles south Of Holli-
daysburg, when his horses became
frightened and threw him over a
twenty-foot embankment. He died
while being brought to the Altoona
hospital. Young was a former Altoona
CITY councilman.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
HE LUMBER WAS BOUGHT
HERE.
IIIIdI e UGpUIJ1
MILFORD, DELAWARE.
8. J. Wilson & Sen,

FUNERAL DIRECTORS and EMBALMERs
We are the best equipped and carry the lar
gest stock of funeral goods south OF Wilmington.
Call Phone, o Office, % Residence.
Large and Complete Assortment of Xmas
Furniture Durable and lasting presents
MILTON, DELAWARE.
No charge for distance or wifes services.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
IMPORTANT RULING
For Old Age Pension.

To all survivors Of the Rebellion age 50, IS; agI
65, IS; age IS, $40; age 70, Sl2 Write ct one foi
application and blanks.
John WAINWRIGHT & CO..
West Seventh Street, Wilmington Del.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
"UneIs Joe" Campaign Buttons Out

"UncIc JOG" DaWPaIYH HuttuHs Vut'
Washington, Jan. 27-The first cam
paign buttons seen in Washington ap-
peared Saturday, and they bear the
likeness OF Uncle Joe" Cannon-as
he appeared twenty years ago. The
speakers beard is portrayed as brown.
with only a suggestion Of gray, and the
top OF his head gives only the slight
est suggestion Of badness, Every en-
ploye Of the house is wearing one.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
surne,d to Death PLAYING With Matches

Jo}anstown, Pa, Jan. %. - Leaving
ner fthree-year-old son alone, Mrs. AL
DeTt Roebuck. Of jamestown, near
hsre, returned to nnd that the child
While playlng with matches had set
his clothing on FIRE. He died q few
hours later.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
OAST07EA.
r..,. ~. ,Tha Kind You Have Always Bought
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A Dust Shower at ses

New York. Jan. 2O.-A. strange phe-
nomena in the Gulf of Mexico of a
dust shower at gea was reported by
the steamer Monterey, which arrived
from Vera CTuz and Havana. The
Monterey's Gficers declare that on
Jan. H. thei night before arriving at
Progreso' "a peculiar white powder,
like houE, fell from the skies. 1t was
not Volcanic dust, there being no
grit IN the composition. The dust be-
came iticky after falling in the vessel.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
A CHANCE MEETING

with the kind of lumber we sell has
made many man our steady customer.
If you run across an exceptionally we'll
built house of any kind, inquiry will
generally reveal that
THE LUMBER WAS BOUGHT
HERE.
To have that kind of building for your
self, you'll be wise to have us supply the
only kind of lumber which makes a good
building possible. You won't find the
in the bill, but you'll find it in
the lumber.
Willard F. Deputy,
MILFORD, DELAWARE.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
| CAN SELL YOUR FARM

No matter where located Quick results Full pi.r-
ticulars on request. Raymond o. FFiek, EARN
Specialist" 1i02 Real Est Trust Bdg. Philadelphia
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
SECRETARY TAFT
ON PHILIPPINES
Says Great Changes Have Occurred
in the Islands.
FUTURE OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT

~ e.sssss
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-11-09
NOTICT TOH pURIICNrION.

Ny1.er aud WiHkni~ou
Nt.H..ry- tur ,No.uiHr.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-11-09
SANIT0RlUMS.

Eo>EuAI.E PLACE p located on
L1.kHlIr ran. Do near Irlflu HhooI
pr..te Yur-h. Under manage
wert - graduate nurses. Misses
lfoorman and partet.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-11-09
WANTED - Statesmen. Agents

WANTED Travelling salesman, New
MoNiyo ana Arizona. Excellent
Proposition to experienced man. can
~ SnmLh uLeh. nhnMn NE.
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BUSINESS CHANCES

FOR SNLE-Morcnlndise business
good location ana good trade; good
reason Tor selling. Address C. A.
care Journal
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-06-16
COMMITTEE TO
MEET At NOON


The m cratic executive commit.
tee Of Giynn couaty win hold a meet
ing at the court house this morning
at If o'clock which promises to be
an unusually interesting enc as the
committee is 70 be reorganizad and
the delegates anI alternates TO the
state convention in Atlanta are to be
elected.
Several names have been mention
ed in connection with the chairman
ship cf the committee. but it is hard
to predict who win be selected to
head the committee for the next TWO
years II is probable, however, that
lhere VIII be a little contest for the
place. A new secretary is also selec-
ted. and TWO of the younger members
Of the committee are being mentioned
These two new officers will succeed
r. f. TWitty and D. w Krauss who
have been chairman and secretary, re-
spectiyely, Of the committee for the
past several years.
The selecting Of delegates to the
state convention, it is understood
has already been cut and dried, and
liz six delegates names in The News
several days ago win likely be elected.
They are J. w Bennett r. r. Hopkins,
Max Isaac, a. j. Croyatt. W c. Powell
and L. Ludwig OF course their Sc
lection is not an assured fact, but
from what a News reporter can gather
from the Brown forces in Glynn coun.
u they win more than likely be cleo
ted.
Although Glynu gave a majority to
Governor Smith. Brown delegates will
go from this county, as this was one
cf the new rules Of the state demo,
cratic executive committee. Every
county In the state will send Brown
delega .es to the convention, and it
will be- strictly . Brown meeting
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-06-16
NOTHING OFFICIAL AS TO RE
SUIT or MEETING WAS
GWEN OUT.
It Is Believed, However, That the City
and the Mutual Light and Water
Company May Reach AMIGA
bic Agreement.

A conference was held at the city
hall yesterday morning between a
number OF Stockholders OF the Mutual
Light and Water company ana the
council committee on sanitation, light
and water together with the mayor
and several other members OF council.
The subject matter Of the confer
Ience, was of course. the pending ord
nance In council proposing to reduce
the water rates Of the company now
in effect in the city. Those in the
party representing the Mutual were
Messrs. Il. D. NJ Strachau, H. f. Dun
woody Albert Fendlg, II. D. Aiken,
B. Paderosa, e. d. Walker, r. q.
Briesenick aud George 81. Smith TAe
city was represented by Mayor Hop
hins. and the following members Of
council from the Sanitation, Light
and Water committee, Aldermen Cox,
Calnan and Taylor, from the general
council Aldermen Dart, Robinson and
Ludwig.
The differences between the city
and the company were gone over very
carefully aud both sides showed a
plain and unmistahable disposition to
treat along conservative and generous
lines. The Mutual people yielded in
the request of the city to permit the
books of the company to be inspected
by an auditor in order to establish
beyond any question just what the
earnings OF the company amount TO- &
The conference lasted for about Two
and half hours, and while nothing
was given ont for publication as to
what the result of it will be, or as to
what the committee on Sanitation,
Light and Water viii recommend to
council this evening, The News feels
pretty safe in the prediction that the
pending ordinance viii not be passed
this evening, and that further n9go-
tiations on the subject will be opened
with indications Of an amicable ad-
justment OF the situation. .
There is no one piece Of work that
could be done at this time that would
give more satisfaction than The pleas
ant adjustment OF this complex prob
lem, and il the city council and the
Mutual people can come to terms then
Trey viii have done the city OF Bruins
wick a splendid service. and will at The
same time remove "A bone Of conten-
ticn, which in the past mas seriously
retarded our growth and development.