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Evening star., 1908-01-30
Business Future Of PHILIPPINES.

Il do not hesitate to prophesy that dur
ing the next twenty-five years a develop
ment will take place in the agriculture
and other business of the Philippine Is
lands which will be as remarkable in its
benefits to the United States and the Phi
ippine Islands as was the development of
Alaska during the last ten or fifteen years.
Hope Of this is not what has actuated the
government in pursuing the policy that II
has pursued in the development of the
islands, but this is as inevitable result
as if 1t had been directly sought. and per-
haps the absence of SelfishnesS in the de-
velopment of the islands is a greater as
surance of profitable return than if busi-
ness exploitation by the United States had
been the chief and sole motive. The
growth in the production of hemp and
other fiber products. in cocoanutS. in rub
ber and many other tropical crops and in
peculiar manufactures of the islands may
be looked forward to with certainty.
Il therefore recommend:
First. That legislation be adopted by
Congress admitting the products of the
Philippine Islands to the markets of the
United States. with such reasonable limi-
tations As may remove fear of interfer-
ence with the tobacco and sugar interests
in the United States;
Second. That the present restrictions
be removed as to the acquisition of mining
claims and the holding of lands by cor
porations in the Philippines;
"Third. That further legislation be
passed authorizing the Philippine govern
ment. II it chooses, to open and conduct
an agricultural bank, with a capital not
exceeding $2OO0.O00; and
Fourth. That the coastwise laws of
the United States be made permanently
inapplicable to the trade between the
ports Of the islands and the ports of the
United States"
Evening star., 1908-01-30
FUTURE DAYS.
ADAM A. wEscHLER. AUcr1oNEER.

ADAM A. WESCHLER, AUCIlONEER.
Trustees Sale of Valuable Saloon
Business at No. 3o4 14th Street
Northwest, Including Retail
Liquor License, Lease, Furniture
and Fixtures, Stock in Trade,
Etc.
BY virtue OF chattel deed OF trust duly re-
corded in Liber No. $685. folio 413 ct seq. OF
the land records fc- the district OF Columbia.
and at the request Of the parties secured thereby
the undersigned trustees will sell. by public
ton within the above premises, on MONDAY.
THE THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY. AID. 1905.
AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK AN. the above saloon
business. including license. lease. fixtures. stock
in trade and personal property mentioned in
schedule B. attached to said trust.
Terms: Cash. A deposit of $500 to be made
at time Of sale. All convcyancing and transfer
at cost of purchaser. Terms to be complied with
when signatures for transfer Of license have been
obtained and are ready for filing with the excise
board, right is reserved to resell after FIVE
days advertisement in The Evening Star. Mt the
risk and cost OF the defaiiltng purchaser.
ALEXANDER Fl. BELL,
CLARENCE WALMSLEI.
jao1 -d&dhs. .eSu Trustees.
Evening star., 1908-01-30

The total wheat clcaranceS from the
Pacific coast for the week ended January
- amounted to 1So.0Sa bushels, all OF
which IL consigned 10 the United King
dom from Puget sound. Flour to the
amount of $50 barrels was also cleared
for the United Kingdom from Puget
sound.
Evening star., 1908-01-30
Discreditable Treatment,

The. President calculates that surfmen
receive an average Of only about $50 a
month and he instances several cases of
actual want among these men and their
families, declaring in this connection that
our treatment of them is "sravely discred-
liable to us as nation The President
concludes:
The situation calls for immediate ac-
ton. and l earnestly urge some adequate
form of relief for a body of men who
have saved thousands of lives. often under
circumstances of extreme peril and mil
lions of dollars worth of property at a
comparatively insignificant cost, whose
valor has never been surpassed upon the
field OF battle: whose achievements have
won worldwide recognition. and who are
deserving of the nations gratitude and
protection.
Evening star., 1908-01-30

The 1000 employees of the Pennsylvania
railroad locomotive repair shops. known
AS tho Altoona tPaD machine shops. were
notified that the shops would be closed
until Monday. The men have been work
ing thirty-two hours q week for some
time.
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Hard to Hold the Best Men.

he fTeSlOeNI SPEAKS OF tle O1IIlcuily
of holding the best men in the service
under present conditions. and adds:
THE ONCE excellent team work of the
life savers. SO important where COM
bined physical effort Is required. has con-
sequentiy deteriorated. and the former
standard cannot be rcgained in the pres
ent circumstances. OF late IL has been
found practically impossible to secure ma
terial of any kind for recruiting the crews
at many of the stations. In fact,
nearly all of the thirteen districts of the
service are seriously crippled in this re-
spect, and the eligible lists from which
the crews must be selected are wholly In
sufficient to till the vacancies occurring.
= That the service has not yet been
chargeab bic with serious loss of life in con-
sequence of this state of affairs Is due to
fortunate chance, and also to the fact that
the Introduction of recent great improve
ments in life-saying appliances has afford
ed the means to accomplish rescues which
formerly would have been impossible. But
the indefinite continuance of good fortune
cannot be hoped for. and occasion may
be expected to arrive when even improved
appliances will not redeem the deticien-
cies of tho men who are charged with
this operation.
the remedy for this condition of af-
fairs he declares "si,euld be to estab-
lish such conditions as will attract and
retain men of the highest qualifications
and character and also safeguard the fu-
ture welfare Of the veteran surfmen who
have been and are still the bulwark of the
service
Evening star., 1908-01-30

FUTURE. DAYS.

ADAM \. wESCHLER. AUCrIONEER.
Trustees Sale OF Valuable Saloon
Business at No. 1916 NJ Street
Northwest, Including Retail
Liquor License, Lease. Furni-
turc and Fixtures, Stock in
Trade, Etc.
Ry virtue of chatte1 decd Of .rus. auiy TO
corded in LibcT No. 3nSj, folio $50 ct seq OF
tho land records for the District of Columbia
and At the request of the parties secured thereby
the undersigned trustees will sell by public auc-
ton. within the above premises TUESDAY.
THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY. AID.
1905 AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK AN. the above
saloon business. including license lease. fixtures
stock in trade and personal property mentioned
IN schedule b. attached to said trust.
Terms cash. A deposit Of $500 to tc made at
time of sale All conveyancnC and transfer at
cost of purchaser. Terms to be complied with
when sigma lures for transfer of license lave been
obtained and are ready for filing with the excise
board. right is reserved to resell after hve
days advertisement in The Evening Star at the
risk and cost of the defaultng purchaser.
ALEXANDER II. BELL.
CLARENCE WALMSLEY.
tap III cS
Evening star., 1908-01-30

c. 6. SLOAN & CO.. AuCTIoNEERs. 14o' G ST
ATTRACTIVE SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FUR
NITURE FROM PRIVATE FAMILIES LEAS- .s.
ING THE CITY AND OTHER SOURCES.
AT PUBLIC AUCTION. WITHIN OUR
Evening star., 1908-01-30
TO DEVELOP INDUSTRY
What Should Be Done to Aid
the Filipinos.
SECRETARY TAFT'S VIEWS
Lack Of Capital One of the Crying
Needs of Islands.
FAvORs AGRICULTURAL BANK
Good Effect of the Construction Of
Railways-Would Admit Sugar
and Tobacco Free.
FAvORs AGRICULTURAL BANK

Material progress and business condi-
tons in the Philippines forms one of the
important subjects considered by Secre-
tary Taft in his special report to the
President While there is reason to
hope" says the Secretary. that the
mining industry may be very much i'm
proved and developed. the future Of the
Islands is almost wholly involved in the
development of its agricultural resources.
and the business of the islands must
necessarily depend on the question of how
much its inhabitants can get out Of the
goruEd.
During the six years of American oc-
cupancy under the civil government agri-
culture has been subject to the violent
destruction which is more or less char
aeteristic OF all tropical countries The
typhoons have damaged the cocoanut
trees, they have at times destroyed or
very much affected the hemp production.
and drought has injured the rice as we'll
as the cocoanuts. The character of .ne
tobacco leaf has deteriorated much be-
cause of a lack of care in it's cultivation
due to the loose and careless habits of
agriculture caused by war and ladronisn,
and locusts have at times cleared the
fields Of other crops without leaving any
thing for the food Of the cultivators.
Evening star., 1908-01-30

Iieilo. the prosperity of which is bound
up in good markets for sugar. and this
Is true also of some parts of Laguna
Cavite. Bulacan and Pampanga. where
sugar was raised in the old days with
success and profit. In respect to tobacco,
the need is not so pressing because the
territory in which marketable tobacco
culture prevails is by no means so great
Still 1t does affect three provinces-Caga-
yam. Isab bella and La Union.
Evening star., 1908-01-30
ADAM A. wESGiILER. Auctioneer.

ta21-St
Evening star., 1908-01-30
PENSIONS FOR THE SuRFM[N
PRESIDENT SENDS RECOMMEN-
DATIoN TO CONGRESS.
Declares That Treatment of the Life
Saving Service Has Been Dis
creditable to the Nation.

The President has sent to the Senate a
message recommending the giving of pen
sions to members of the life-saving serv-
ice. such as are given to firemen and po-
hcemen in the large cities. The President
quotes from his annual message to the
Fifty-ninth Congress, and says:
The need for some appropriate legisla-
tion for the relief of this body of men has
not become less; it has. on the contrary.
increased. and will steadily continue to
grow until relief is granted. The de-
termination of what course. will best Sc
cure the desired end involves two i'm
portant considerations. One has tQ do
with the efficiency of the service itself,
and the other, which l think should ap-
peal to the Congress with equal force.
directly concerns the welfare of the mem-
bers of the life-saving crews when dis
ability incurred i'm the line of duty has
impaired their usefulness.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-04
Maplewood.

Nov. 30th.-The Ladies' Aid Society
will meet Thursday, Dec. Sd, at Mrs.
Eli Blacks.
The United Evangelical church will
hold chicken supper at the home of
Philander Black, Friday evening, Dec
18th. Proceeds for the benefit of the
church.
| Christmas entertainments will b. held
in the Methodist church, Christmas Eve,
and at Grace Church, Christmas
night.
Sunday morning, Dec. 18th, there will
be reunion service and love feast at
Grace Church. Rev. j. Il. Rosenberger
will preach his first sermon since his
long illness.
Friend Black has bought the William
Sharpe tract of lumber.
Rev. Samuel Murray, of Lake Ariel,
preached last Tuesday, Wednesday and
Friday evenings at the Methodist church.
EX-Sheriff Charles Robinson spent
Friday and Saturday at Karlsruhe cot
tage.
The hunting season closes to-day.
There have been more rabbits killed this
year than in many past seasons.
p. X. Cross, of Hawley, was bust
ness caller in town, Saturday.
The business meeting of the Christian
Endeavor will be held Wednesday even
ing, Dec. 9th, after prayer meeting.
Miss Arabella Jones has recovered
from severe attack of tonsilitis.
Misses Stella and Cora Barlow spent
Thanksgiving in Wikes-Barre.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-04
| Steene.

Steene.
Nov. 30th.-Mr. and Mrs. William
Arnold, of Cherry Ridge, Mrs. Oscar
Clarke and Arthur Clarke, of Deposit,
N. y, and Miss Olive Haley, of Car
bondale, spent Sunday with friends at
Steene.
At the present writing David Wonna-
colt is seriously ill.
Martha, the 7-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Magloski, met with
very severe accident last Friday morn
ing. She, with her little brother four
years old, was out in the field near the
house. The little fellow had a small
stick, about two feet long, with a nail
driven in the end, with which he was
prying under stone, while his little
sister was sitting On it, in STOPPING po-
sition, watching his every move. All at
once, while he was lifting on the stick,
the nail slipped on the smooth surface
of the stone and the stick came up with
much force, as the little fellow gave a
surge. The head of the nail struck the
little girl in the right eye, injuring it so
badly that she was taken to Honesdale
for treatment. There the parents were
advised to take the child to a specialist
at Scranton, and she was accordingly
taken over on Saturday last. 1t is
thought that the sight is ruined.
We hear that another cook applied for
position at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. Wright, at Carbondale, last week.
OF course they have decided to give her
trial. Mother and daughter are doing
finely.
Mrs. John Haley visited friends at
Carbondale on Monday.
Mrs. Oscar Clarke returned to her
home at Deposit, N. Y, Monday, after
spending few days with her parents at
Steene.
John Wesley Arnold is visiting his
son, Norman, at Carbondale.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-04
1908 and After.

Col. Bryan, in discussing the recent
Presidential campaign and its results,
carefully avoids saying that he will not
again be n candidate and this omis-
sion, in connection with what he does
say, leads the Democratic leaders to the
conclusion that they must again reckon
with him in 1912.
In 1885, the popular plurality against
Bryan was, in round numbers, 600, 900 :;
in 1900, it was $50, 600 in 1908, it is =
100000. In his voyages up Salt river
since 1898, he has on each trip reached
higher point than ever before and
with such a record of success, there
seems no reason why he should not con-
tinue to run for President until Salt river
runs dry.
Usually, campaign predictions by the
minority are not to be taken seriously.
But some which were made by Bryan S
supporters this year it is interesting to
recall. One OF the most picturesque of
these was made bv Col. Watterson, of
the Louisville Courier-Journal, shortly
before the election-viZ /:
1t is all over but the shouting. They
may pour out the Taft-Sinton millions,
they may pile up the tainted Trust dol
lars, they may repeat the villainies of
1896, 1900 and 1904, but it will avail
them not. The clink OF gold cannot
deaden the sound of the death-rattle in
their throat all the bonfires from He'll
to Breakfast cannot give /, rosy flush to
the death pallor that shines upon their
cheek ; like BelshazZar of old, they read
the writing on the wall, caught and
Gagged, and exclaim, Woe, woe is me,
my sin has found me out at last!'
After the election, Col. Watterson ex-
planned that he had "oversized the
spiritual and understood the material in
the hearts and minds of the people"
As to the State of New York, Senator
Barnes, the manager of the Republican
machine in Albany, declared that if
Hughes was renominated the Demo-
Gratis would sweep the State. Woodruff,
Republican State Chairman, insisted
that if Hughes was renominated it would
be impossible to elect him. These re-
call Senator Platt's prediction, in 1896,
OF the impossibility of either nominat-
ing or electing Mckinley. But Hughes
was renominated against the open op-
position of the Republican machine, and
despite its secret opposition was re-
elected by plurality of 10000. Taft,
however, received plurality of 2OO, 200.
In some States, there was decided
contrast between the result as to the
State candidates>and the Presidency. In
Ohio, while Taft received plurality of
% 900, the Democrats elected the Cover
nor by 10000. Indiana gave Taft
plurality of $4,000, but elected Demo-
cratic Governor. In each case the
liquor question was paramount in State
issues, and in each the defeated Repub-
lican candidate stood for local option.
In Minnesota, Gov. johnson, Democrat,
was elected for the third term, but Taft
received a plurality of 100000.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-04

| NOV. 3Utn. line heN. Mr. 1OIrtnan
breaches at the Maple Grove school
house every two weeks. Rev. Edwin
Macmillan does not yet preach, and
many think we are having a long vaca-
ton. The Sunday School still lives, and
on Christmas eve we expect to do some
thing, but will let time and chance de-
termine what it will be. An iron root
has been put on one side of the church.
Charles Yates is painting the p. o. S.
of A. Hall.
p. II. Howe has roof on his barn,
and j. f. Cross has built new ice house.
O. C. Shelton is the architect.
Last week Stella and Myrtle Cross
came up from Wyoming Seminary to
spend a few days at home.
John Gillner has so far recovered as
to be able to attend Sunday school to-
day.
Since Mrs. Catherine Gilpin attended
the funeral of Mrs. Ida Noble, she had
been sick, with pneumonia, and at five
O'Clock on Sunday morning she expired.
She is survived by three sons, Perry,
George and Richard, and two daughters,
Mrs. Viola Smith, and Mrs. Kate Noble,
and two brothers, William and James
Buckley.
Mrs. Grace Gilpin has also been sick
with pneumonia since her mother was
buried, but we are glad to say that she
is now much better, and is being kindly
cared for by Mrs. Salinda Jones, of
Salem.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. w. Howe spent their
Thanksgiving with Mr.. Howe's sister,
Mrs. Eugene Broadhead, at the Della
ware Water Gap.
Prof. n. Frantz, of Stroudsburg, is in
town to-day.
After spending three weeks with Ster-
ling friends. Mrs. Addia Freethy has re-
turned to her home in Honesdale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Snyder spent
Sunday with Honesdale friends.
Granville Webster has received a gov
ernment appointment, and expects soon
to go to Watertown, Mass.
A wounded deer was seen in this sec
ton couple of times last week.
w. IL. Noble returned to Detroit, last
week.
A little girl came to brighten the home
of II. f. Frick, one day last week.
The Jericho Sunday school is pro-
crossing finely, and we think it viii. have
no trouble in living through the winter.
Joseph Ferguson has returned to New
Jersey, to see his wife.
Last Saturday we drove to Honesdale,
and found the roads in excellent con-
dition, and we think it is very good
time for every man to lay in good stock
OF coal, for such favorable weather will
not long continue.
The CITIZEN PUBLISHING Co. very
kindly offers to give as premium "Hu-
man Life" for 1909, which is a fine
monthly magazine, and S. N. Cross
would be pleased to send in subscrip-
ton for any one.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-04
Beach Lake,

Nov. 30th,-Revival services are to
continue. This is the fifth week, con-
Quoted by both ministers, Rev. Mr.. Tut
hill and Rev. Mr.. Tamblyn.
A new range has been put in the M.
f, parsonage.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wood, and Mr..
and Mrs. Hiram Wood have been spend
ing several DAYS at Lake Ariel as guests
of DIR. White.
S. T.-Sluman and wife spent Sunday
at Beach Lake with relatives.
( j. p. Budd and family have not de-
cided when they will return to the west.
Mrs. Budd has been so well they are ex-
tending their visit here.
Marshall Barnes has so injured his
leg that he will be confined to the house
for some time. The doctor pronounces
it severe sprain. He has had the mis-
fortune to break his leg twice previous
to this accident.
Mrs. Charles Neal starts next week
for few weeks visit in New York CITY.
Mrs. Lem. Brown is still confined to
her bed, but is on the gain. Mrs. Whit
more, her daughter, is caring for her,
and DR.. Crocker is the physician.
Superintendent Koehler visited the
schools here last week. We are hope
ful still of seeing improvement in school
work during his administration.
Miss Laura Treverton, who has been
few days in Scranton hospital, is get
ting along so nicely that she will soon
be home again, with the expectation of
being entirely cured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baker, who spent the
summer here, have returned, and are en-
joying themselves at the home of Mr..
Elery Crosby.
City people do seem to enjoy living at
Beach Lake, as some keep returning,
even in the winter time.
Mr.. Webber's family intend to live in
their newly purchased home all winter.
This is the first time the Tuscarora
cottage has been occupied in the winter
season.
John Narcoe, who was so severely in
ured by a fall last December, at his
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-04
Election Expenses.
What 1t Costs to become a Public
Functionary and what the "AIsO
Rams" Had to Pay-Some
Interesting Figures.

Continued from Wednesday s issue,(
Emerson w. Gammell, Democratic
Register and Recorder elect Receipts
none; expenditures. Democratic Coun-
ty Committee, 1925 Hawley Times, $40;
Herald Press Association, $ll 80 post
age, $35 stationery and typewritng,
$40; livery, So; cigars, $3.50; hotel
bills, $50 ; taking voters to polls, SIG.
Total, $46l.
Leopold Fuerth, Democratic Repre-
sentative elect. Receipts, Wayne Coun-
ty Liquor Dealers Association, $3.50 g,
George NJ. Dimeling, $25 Anonymous
GA Friendly $25. Total, $500. Ex-
penditures, Wayne County Democratic
Committee, $50 printing, $3.50; en-
velopes, $S postage, $46 livery, $75. .75;
travelling expenses, hotel bills, ETC., SIG;
teams conveying voters to polls, $l12.
Total, $62325.
W. f. Perham, defeated candidate
for Representative. Expenditures Re-
publican County Committee, $3.50 print
ing, advertising and postage, $5S travel
ing expenses, cigars and incidentals,
$3.50 Total, 1888.
I. c. Madden, Republican candidate
Tor Commissioner elect. Receipts none.
Expenditures Republican Co. Com
mittee, $75 printing, $l4.95 livery hire,
$40; postage and stationery, $3.50 per-
sonal expenses, $2S. Total, $l35.45.
j. +. Vaudeville, Democratic candi-
date for County Commissioner, elect.
Receipts none. Expenditures Demo-
cratic Co. Committee, 500; printing,
$2l 40 F.; livery, watchers, etc, $40. To-
tai, $l9l. 40.
j. X. IIornbeck, Republican candi-
date for Co. Commissioner, elected.
Receipts none. Expenditures Repub-
lican Co. Committee, $75; printing,
$l8.95 ; teams, $40; travelling expenses,
$3.50 postage and stationery, $50.
Total, $l59,95.
The expenses Of Wayne Lakin, Pro-
hibition candidate for Auditor and =.
T.. Jones, Prohibition candidate for
Sheriff were less than $50 each.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-04
Mt. Pleasant.

DEC. 1st.-Mr. and Mrs. George Gra-
ham have closed their home here and
will spend the winter in Carbondale.
Mrs. f. T. Tiffany and daughter, Lois,
spent the week end in Honesdale.
Mrs. F. f. Spencer spent part of last
week at II. 7. Wright's, in Uniondale.
The Moases of this place spent thanks
giving with their sister, Mrs. James
Wells, of Elkdale.
Ruth Kennedy was home for few
days last week. Miss Kennedy assisted
at musicale in Hancock, last Wednes-
day evening.
Anna Labar has returned from a visit
to HOnesdale.
Mrs. Niles returned from visiting her
son, DIR. r. M. Niles, at Nicholson last
week.
f. A. Wright spent several days re-
Gently with his daughter, Mrs. Kreitner,
in Scranton.
Schools here are closed for this week
on account of diphtheria. Two cases
are reported-one in town and one about
a mile out of the village.
Leslie Vancampen returned to Wyo-
ming Seminary on Sunday, after two
weeks at home on account of illness.
Prof. DIETRICH has moved his family
into Mrs. Lucy Stevens's house, lately va
Gated by d. G. Kennedy.
Mrs. George Wilcox is very seriously
ill, and is not improving as friends had
hoped she might.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Bills, of Thomp-
son, are at N. B. Sherwood's for few
days.
The district institute announced for
next Saturday, at the high school build
ing, will be postponed on account of
the diphtheria cases here.
The Thanksgiving sermon at the Pres
byterian church was preached by Rev.
Vancampen on Wednesday evening.