The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-07-23
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extended visit 70 Mrs. PenwRrden's pt
reDts, Mr.. and Mrs. Corydon L. Viii
ney, OF 11th street, for q copy OF the BJ
laws Of the Wayne County Pennsylvt
mia Society Of New York city, and a liz
OF lite officers and members. The officer
for the present year are Charles W
Hand. president; William Z. DorflingeI
DIR. Peter J. Gibbons and w. Mobro
Weiss, first. secopd and third vice pres
dents; Charles S. Penwarden. secretary
John Ii. Strongman, treasurer and Q
B. Hadsell, historian. Charles W
Hand. Charles 8. Penwarden. Josepl
5eeman. Edwin p. kilroe and William
W. Starbuck constitute the board o
directors. The dinner committee Il
make arrangements for the next annua
banquet, which will be given some tim
in February, are William +. Dorfinger
chairman; Benjamin ID. jenkins, Frani
J. McAvoy, Joseph Seeman and Wslte
r. Burrows. The qualifications foi
membership in the society are thu
stated: ANY white man Of good mora
character and standing in society, whit
is q native Of Wayne county, Pennsyl
vania, q son OF o native OF Wayne coun
", Pa, or who has resided in Wayne
county. Pa, for a period Of one year
and who resides at present in the city o.
New York or vicinity. or has "a perma
nent place OF busiuess in said city. ehal
be eligible 10 active mem mbership. Amy
gentleman whom the society may judge
worthy OF an honorary membership
but who. because Of ineligibility. car
not became an active member, may. by
vote of the Society be elected an hon.
orary member" Honorary members
have no voice or vote in the manage
ment Of the Society. The organization
at present comprises sixty three active
members. Mr.. Pen9 arden's New York
address 10 / Nassau street.
WIN. r Brown. whose alleged con
nectlon with the death OF Miss Helen
Brock was mentioned last week, has
been releafei from the Lsckawanns
county Jail. where he had been confined
for over a week. Judge Carpenter hav-
iug reduced the required bail from 81 .0ru
to $500. +. Z. Stevenson. OF Hawley be
came the young mans bondsmsr. Ae-
sistant District Attorney T. \. Donnhur
accepted the bond on behalf Of the Com
mon wealth After being admitted to
bail Brown left q, once for the homo o.
his sister in Csrbondale.
Pennsylvania now owns 77g I1g
acres Of forestry land for State reservs-
ton purposes and is at present negotiat-
ing for 12j 90 acres more TIE land is
located in twenty five counties, s53
acres having just been secured in LACK
awanna. This county has hundreds Of
acres which have been stripped of the
timber, which the State should possess,
and which could doubtless be purchased
at low rate. AS soon as the forestry
commission obtains title trees are
planted and protected from vandalism
The improvement Societies OF Easi
aoncsdale and Texas No are at the
head Of movement looking to the light
ing Of the streets of these prosperous
suburbs OF HJnesdale, by electricity.
when the new electric plant OF our Dor
cugh is in operation, which will be in a
short time.
There are a good many careless
letter writers in this country. Accord
ing to the official reports IL, 600 oOO
writer's had their letters returned t.
the dead letter Office, in 1907, owing to
their imperfect direction.
There is great activity being mani
Tested in the management of all of the
railroads OF the country. During the
past elk weeks GOD, 900 tics have been
placed on the main line tracks Of
the Erie. in addition to 500 freight
cars and 300 locomotives which were re-
paired and made ready for use during
the month OF June.
Up to July 1st. 2).O9I automobile
licenses we're issued by the State high
way department OF Pennsylvania be-
ing 4,G72 more than for the correspond
ing period Of 1907
English is spoken By l3O. 3uO, ,oJU
people; French by 81. 2.lOO.uoO; German.
81. .2Oo,0O0; Italian, "a 900. ~; Spanish.
46 100000; Portuguese, 5000 600, and
Russian, Sj UUU. 900
The keystone. Maple City, and the
Gibbs Cot Glass companies. of Hawley
have all resumed manufacturing with q
full force of men and time. barring the
Saturday half holiday. This gives em.
ployment to about l5O persons.
The case of A. ID. Wales. attorney
st-law. of Binghamton. n. ", against
former president John Mitchell, OF the
Urited Mine Workers OF America, for q
claim Of 500, OJU for furnishing the plan
which formed the basis OF settlement for
the anthracite strike Of 1899. is to go tc
trial in the fall. Some time since it was
reported that the suit had been aban
doned. but a dispatch from BInghamtor
states that such is not the case. Should
this famous lawsuit come to a focus 1T
progress will be watched with keen in
terest, not only by the great body o.
mine workers. but by the public gener
ally. Mr.. Wales ia a talented and ag
gressiVe lawyer, one likely TO have I
sensible idea Of his rights and abundant
courage to maintain them. On the othel
hand. Mr.. Mitchell, who has a world
wide reputation for honesty and truth
fulness, denies The claim. alleging tina
Mr.. Wales's plan was only one Rmonl
hundreds Of suggestions made to him a
to the best method for the settlement o
the Anthracite strike President Roose
welt, Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew, anC
other distinguished witnesses are ex
pected to figure in the trial.
1t ls unofficially announced that il
connection with the SUBSCRIPTIONS 10 tn
tl3 800 O1J OF Delaware * Hudson 1 pc
cent bonds the general run of subscrit
ers received allotments of IL per cent
OF the amount asked for, and that tn
investment bids we're given a large