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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
Market Reports.

WHEAT-Quiet. but steady: contract
grade, January. E.04al.0ltt.
CORN-Steady, but quiet; January, GA
64Mc.
OATS-Unchanged.
BlITTER-steady to firm; receipts. $3.50
packages; creamery, specials. SS1tc. (ohi-
cial 3sc.); extras, 32thaS3c.; thirds to firsts
24a2lc.: held, common to special, 2Sa30c. ;
state dairy. common to special, supply
about over for season, quotation nominal; {;
process, common to special, 1sa26c.
CHEESE = Firm receipts, 82s boxes /;
state, full cream. specials, 14Ma151zc. !;
September, colored or white, fancy, 14c. I:
October, best, 13sdc.; late made, best, 1Sc. /;
common to prime, 105zal2%c.; skins, full
to specials, 2hal1%c.
EGGS - Easier; receipts, 6,9l6 cases ::
state. Pennsylvania and nearby, fancy,
selected, white, 3Sa40c.; fair to choice, 36a
&c.; brown and mixed, fancy, 34a3Sc. I:
fair to choice, 3la3Sc.
POTATOES - Quiet; steady; domestic,
per bbl. or bag, $2.10a2.s7; European, per
bag, $l.5oa2.1O Bermuda, new, per bbl..
$4a5: sweet, per Dbl, $l.5Oa2.50.
LIVE POULTRY-Firm; better trade
no prices established
DRESSED POULTRY-Turkeys weak
er; fowls firmer; western, fancy, 22a23c.
poor to good, 16a211tc. spring chickens,
broilers, nearby 1Sa5c. western, 16a3Oc.
roasting, nearby, 17a22c. western, 12laa
1Sc.; fowls, boxes, 13a141sc.; barrels, liza
14c.; old roosters, 101hc.; ducks, western,
11a16c.; geese, nearby. 13a15c.; western,
sa12c.; squads. white. per dozen, s1.5Oa
4.5O
HAY AND STRAW - Quiet timothy,
per hundred. 70a85c.; shopping, 60a65c
clover, mixed, 6Oa75c.; clover, 55a65c.; rye
straw. s5as1; small bales, 21aa5c less
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
Captains Brother Under
goes Severe Ordeal Today.
HURT BY CROSS EXAMINATION
He Falters In Explaining How he
Came to Interfere With These
Who Would Have
Saved Annis.

Flushing, N. Y, Jan. 5.-Thornton
Jenkins Hains lost his confident smile
today when District Attorney Darrin
began to cross examine him as to his
story Of the killing Of William Il. An
mis- by Captain Peter @. Hams at the
Bayside Yacht club.
The prosecutors questioning was
very severe, and Hams seemed upset
and dazed when asked to explain why
he thrust his pistol in the faces Of
members of the Bayside Yacht club
who sought to save Annis after the
first shot.
He told the jury first that all the
shots had been fred by Captain Hams
before he rushed to the float to pro-
tect his brother from John Tonning,
the boatman, and the club members,
who he said, he thought would harm
the captain.
Later he contradicted himself in
this. He denied that he pointed re-
volver at Mrs. Annis. He stated that
he had no idea how many shots Cap
tain Hams had fired, and when Charles
Roberts, a club member, picked the re-
volver up and the muzzle of the weap-
on pointed at him he drew his own gun
and told Roberts not to shoot.
Before he went on the stand today
Hains said:
within the next few days my case
will be in the hands of the jury, and
what their verdict will be I have not
the slightest doubt. There is no ques-
tion in my mind that the scales will
weigh heavily in my favor. That 1
should never have been arrested I al
ways have been convinced.
"The court and jury, hearing from
my own lips the story Of the many
weary, sleepless hours that spent
watching Peter, from the day shortly
after his arrival from the Philippines
until that eventful Saturday in August
when the wrecker of his home met his
doom, must at least give me the bene-
fit of any doubt that may lurk in their
minds"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
JOHN D., JR., ACCUSED.
Young Rockefeller In Danger of Ar
rest For Alleged Perjury.

rest For Alleged Perjury.
New York. Jan. 5.-John D. Rookie
feller, Jr., is charged by S. S. Carval-
ho, president of the Star Publishing
company, with perjury and may be
arrested.
Mr.. Rockefeller, Jr., had Carvalho
arrested on Il charge of criminal libel
for an article that appeared in the
American in connection with peOnage
cases. He denied every line of the
story.
Mr.. Shearn asked young Mr.. Rookie
feller if he knew to his own personal
knowledge that the three defendants,
Carvalho, Merrill and Clarke, were
connected with the American, as he
swore in the complaint.
Mr.. Rockefeller, Jr, said that he did
not know this to be a fact from his
own personal knowledge.
Mr.. Shearn then, ON behalf of Mr..
Carvalho, asked for warrant charg-
ing Mr.. Rockefeller, Jr., with perjury.
Magistrate Moss, while the lawyers
were arguing the question, took the
papers and said that he would consid-
er the matter next week.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
She Battles All Attempts
to Break Her Story.
SvVEARS THAT SHE IS INNOCENT
II Did Not Kill Captain Erb," She
Exclaims, "but He Threat
ened My Life as Well
as My Sisters"

Media, Pa, Jan. 5.-Mrs. NJ. Flor
ence Erbs cross examination was con.
cluded In court here, and every one
agreed that she acquitted herself most
cleverly.
District Attorney McDade's attempt
to break her story that Captain ].
Clayton Erb was killed in self de-
fense by Mrs. Catherine Beisel, her
sister, were futile.
Mrs. Erb stood the ordeal with sur
prising fortitude and at the end walk
stand and took her seat beside her
sister. Every resort of Mr.. McDade
to trap the young widow into a con-
tradiction or retraction failed.
Il did not kill Captain Erb," she
said, "but he threatened my life as
we'll as my sisters"
BY a ruling of the court Mrs. Erb
was saved from being compelled to
bare that part of her life prior to her
acquaintance with Captain Erb.
Centering his attack upon the young
woman's account of the events of the
night of the tragedy, the district at
tOrney did his best to discredit her
declaration that she and her sister did
not plot Erb's death. The most
achieved, however, was the bringing
out of few discrepancies in minor
details
Il was excited and overwrought,"
was Mrs. Erb's reply to the question
why she had told the deputy coroner
that Erb had first appeared at his
bathroom door with a revolver and
had testified Saturday that it was his
bedroom door, 81 hardly know what
I did or said that awful night"
Mrs. Erb. you are charged here
with the murder of your husband"
said Mr.. McDade solemnly. do you
fully realize that?"
81 fully realize it," she replied, re-
peating his words.
'Will you tell this jury that you
participated in no way in that crime?'
81 participated in no way in the
crime"
"Will you say that you in no way
your husbandw
81 aided her in no way"
''Will you say that in no way did
you have hand in that murderT'
81 had no hand in it,
How could those bruises ON his
head the bruises on his forearm, the
bruises on his body, how did they get
there?
II don't know"
"Can you tell u.s. Mrs. Erb, why you
permitted your sister to battle single
handed with your husband and why
you fed to the bathroom?'
81 was a coward from abuse. My
nerves were all gone"
You lost your nerve, you, a skilled
horsewoman and fox hunter, you lost
your nerve for once?"
Mr. McDade's tone was whitening in
its sarcasm, but Mrs. Erb looked him
straight in the eye and calmly re-
piled, II did"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
BASEBALL FIGHT ON TODAY.
Question of American Association and
Eastern League Debated.

GdStofH LSdSuS DSpdtcus
Cincinnati, Jan. 5. - The question
whether the American association and
the Eastern league will be put into a
special classification among the base
ball clubs of the country came up
again today before the National base
ball commission.
The commission transacted other
business before it took up the case of
the alleged "bolters." The most prom
inent case that was decided was the
reinstatement of Player William Sc
bring. He is fined 5000 outright, and
the club that purchases him must pay
5000 to the Cincinnati baseball club.
The application of Joseph Ward of
the Tristate league was granted, and
Ward was fined 5000.
Players Freeman, Johnson, Jesse
Tannehil and Kelley, all of the Wash
ington club of the American league,
were reinstated.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
WIRELESS PLANT FOR NAVY.
Bids In Today For Equipment of Yes
sells and Shore Stations.

StaS toNNy VI @fdiPttShe VI VSo-
sells and Shore Stations.
Washington, Jan. 5.-Today marks
sAc expiration of the time set by the
navy department for the receipt of
bids for the equipment of the vessels
and shore stations of the United
States navy with new wireless teleg-
raphy apparatus.
When the contract for the construc-
tion of the apparatus is satisfactorily
fulfilled the wireless equipment of
our navy will have no peer on earth
and sea. The department will be able
to communicate quickly with any ship
of the navy, no matter where it may
be stationed.
} The contract calls for the building
and equipment of high powered wire
less telegraph station, the first of a
number of similar stations, one Of
which is to be at San Francisco, with
a radius of 5000 miles; the installa-
tion aboard each ship of two sets Of
instruments capable of sending mes
sages a distance of 1000 miles and re-
ceiving messages from a distance Of
5000 miles, with a wireless telephone
having radius of 100 miles. The
contractor will be allowed to use any
system of wireless telegraphy he
wishes
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06

Nathan telephoned the Vatican, ask
ing whether these unfortunates could
be taken in there The Vatican replied
In the affirmative, and the wounded
were received with open arms.
To realize fully what this incident
signifies it must be explained that
SiFnor Nathan is not a Catholic and
that he was at one time grand master
of the Free Masons, an organization
that has carried on a persistent strug-
gle against the Vatican.
The first 120 Of the wounded sent to
the Vatican were received at the rail-
road station by Mgr. Misciatelly, sent
especially by the pope. Snme Of them
were taken to the Vatican in public
conveyances, but the more grievously
injured were carried ON stretchers by
the Red Cross. They were received
In the Vatican precincts by the nurs-
ing sisters.
The pope could not restrain his de-
sire to bring them consolation and
the basilica Of st. Peters over the arch
connecting the basilica with the hos
pital. Although he did not actually
set foot on italian territory, he in re-
ality went outside that area which un-
der the law is guaranteed and enjoys
the right Of ectraterritoriality The
hospital, although belonging to the
pope. stands on italian ground.
The pope's entrance into the hospital
was the sign for an outburst Of emo
tion not only on the part of the pa
tients, but even from the pope him
self and the members of his suit.
Many Of those who were not gravely
wounded insisted in jumping out Of
bed TO kneel and kiss the pontiff's
hand. The pope spoke consolingly to
each unfortunate. He said that since
the earthquake he had lived only to
think of them and study the best
means of helping them. All his prayers
to the Almighty had imrlored mercy,
clemency and power to undergo the
terrible strain, rising up again through
the comfort of religion.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
MUST REFUND $s,s2s, ,77o.
New York City Gas Companies Hard
Hit by Court Decision.

New York City Gas Companies Hard
Hit by Court Decision.
New York, Jan 5.-As a result of
the United States supreme courts ac-
ton upholding the constitutionality of
the eighty cent gas law the gas COM
panies of New York city must refund
to consumers $9,S2S, ITO, or one-fifth of
the total amount Of all bills for gas
supplied since May 1, 1905.
The legal price of gas in this city
since May 1, 1908, has been 80 cents
per thousand feet but the companies
have been charging 81.
The Consolidated and other gas com.
panies must refund the 20 per cent ex.
cess they have been collecting and
must render their bills hereafter at the
eighty cent rate.
But the Consolidated company "a
granted the right to go into court and
prove-if such proof be possible OF
production-thatS 30 cents per thousand
feet is confiscatory rate for gas In
this city.
In other words, the burden Of proof
is shifted from the people to the gas
monopoly. The Consolidated and its
associates must prove by actual tests
that so cents per thousand feet is moi
a rate to allow fair return upon the
Investment.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
RIVAL FOR THE BEEF TRUST.

stoekyards on Haekensaek Meadows
to Compete For Worlds Trade.
New York, Jan. 5.-Immense stock
yards, with modern slaughter houses,
designed to do business with the whole
world, are projected on the Hacken-
sack meadows.
The plant will have connection with
leading railroads and steamships to
foreign ports. The capital is said to
be $4,000, 900.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
TWO STATES SHAKEN.
Pennsylvania and New Jersey Feel Ef-
feet of Dynamite Explosion.

Pennsylvania and New Jersey Feel Eff
feet of Dynamite Explosion.
Philadelphia, jan, 5.-Residents of
Pennsylvania and New Jersey felt two
we'll defined earth tremors caused by
an explosion of fifty cases of dyna-
mite in the magazine of the keystone
Quarry company, near Norristown.
Nearly 10000 pounds of the explosive
went up at once, tearing great hole
in the ground and shaking the earth
for miles around.
Windows in buildings five and ten
miles away were shattered by the ex-
plosion, chimneys were shaken down,
and in the immediate vicinity walls of
buildings were cracked.
Reports from points in New Jersey,
including Bordentown and Moores-
town, indicate that the explosion caus-
ed shakings of the earth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
HARTMAN CASE REOPENED.
Government Continues Dissolution Suit
Against Union Pacific Today.

Government Continues Dissolution Suit
Against Union Pacific Today.
New York, Jan. 5-Hearings of the
governments dissolution suit against
the Union Pacific railroad were re-
opened in this city today before Ex-
aminer Sylvester G. Williams.
One of the points which the govern
ment is using in the suit against the
railroad is the arrangement whereby
the Southern Pacific became a half
owner of the San Pedro, Los Angeles
and Santa Fe and traffic agreement
was made whereby each side agreed
not to change it's rates without the
consent of the other for ninety-nine
years.
The issuance of stock and bonds in
1901 to finance the purchases o1 North
ern Pacific stock the subsequent nego-
tiations and the Chicago and Alton
deal also figure in the suit.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
BOYS MURDER TRIAL.
Three Youths Accused Of Killing Aged
Man For Money.

Man For Money.
Bridgeton. n. j., Jan. 5.-The trial
Of Walter Zeller, one Of the three Vine
land IN. j. youths accused of the MUIR
der Of William A. R. Read, Zeller's
grandfather, on the night of Nov. 13
last, was begun here. The trials Of
Cline Wheeler and Herbert Grigg, Eel
ler's alleged accessories, will begin
when the present case is concluded.
All three boys are eighteen years Of
age.
The charge against the trio is that
Read, who was over seventy years old,
was killed by the youths for his mon
ey.
Zeller and Wheeler confessed. Grigg
maintains that he was with the other
boys earlier on the night Read was
killed. but that he did not enter the
house with them.
The commonwealth asks verdicts of
murder in the first degree in all three
cases.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
KELSEY'S PLACE FILLED.

Governor Hughes Makes George w.
Sohurman Insurance Commissioner.
Albany, n. Y, Jan. 5. = Governor
Hughes has rendered the state insur-
ance superintendency to George w.
Schurman of New York city, brother
Of Jacob Gould Schurman, president
Of Cornell university, who has ac-
cepted.
The appointment takes effect on the
resignation Of Superintendent Otto
Kelsey.
Mr.. Schurman is the junior member
Of the law firm of Hughes, Pounds
& Schurman and was an assistant dis
trict attorney under District Attorney
Jerome.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
BRIBE FUND $ss0,OO0.

Seven Pittsburg CounciImen Indicted
For Alleged Conspiracy.
Pittsburg, Jan. 5.-Seven councilmen
accused of accepting bribes and con-
spring to secure bribes and two for
mer bankers accused of giving bribes
were indicted by the grand jury after
witnesses had testified that the brlb-
cry fund aggregated $3S0,000.
Those indicted are:
II, o. Atkinson, select councilman;
William Brand, president of common
council; John f. Klein, Joseph c. Was
son, Jacob Soffel, w. II. Melaney and
Hugh Ferguson, common councilmen;
w. w. Ramsey, former president. and
A. A. Vilsack, former cashier of the
German National bank.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
NO BIG OIL TRUST FINE.
$29,000,0o0 Sentence Quashed by the
United States Supreme Court.


United States Supreme Court.
Washington, Jan. 5.-The supreme
court of the United States has denied
the petition of the government for a
review of the $29, 9,24O.0OO fine imposed
upon the Standard Oil company. which
was set aside by the United States cir
cult court of appeals.
In declining to review the case the
justices of the supreme court upheld
practically every point raised by the
circuit court of appeals. The final rul-
ing means that the Standard Oil COM
pany will not have to pay the fine as
imposed in the present case.
A new trial is ordered.
In the new hearing the case will be
begun all over again, and the $29, AGO.
600 fine will play no part in it.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
GROWS THoRNLEss CACTUS.

Experiment Proves Success For It's
Use az Cattle Food.
Los Angeles, CAL, Jan. 6.-Reports
on the first summers field cultivation
OF the Burbank thornless cactus de-
clare the results successful.
The use OF the plant as fodder for
cattle seems to have been established.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
PRIZE OF $4,000 UNCLAIMED

No One Can Prevent Pulp Mill Pollu-
tion Of Streams.
Washington, Jan 5.-In spite of the
fact that in 1894 a prize Of $4,000 was
offered in Germany for the best meth
cd of preventing pollution of streams
by sulphite liquov from paper pulp
mills, no one has come forward with
a solution.
The money still awaits a rightful
claimant,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
100000 FINE SUSTAINED.
Government Wins Rebate Case Against
the Chicago and Alton.

the Chicago and Alton.
Washington, Jan. 5.-The rebate case
Of the government against the Chicago
and Alton Railroad company in the
United States circuit court for the
northern district of Illinois the COM
pany and it's officers were fined 100000
on the charge of making a refund to
Kansas City packers as terminal
charges has been decided by the su-
preme court of the United States.
The decision is against the company
and sustains the 100000 fine.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
QUAKE RELIEF BILL SIGNED.
President Puts His Signature to Bill
Appropriating 100000.

Washington, Jan. 5.-President Roose-
welt today signed the bill passed by
congress appropriating 100000 to the
relief Of the earthquake sufferers in
Italy and approving his action in send
ing provisions and stores to Messina
on the supply ships Gel ic and Culgoa.
The law follows the text of that
passed after the Mont Pelee disaster
I'm 1902
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
Raxand RaaalI.

she-Do you recall the night you pro-
posed TO meS
Hell wish to gracious i couldI--
YOnkers Statesman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
AMAZON ARMY Is DRILLING.
Montenssrin Women Ready to Battle
With Austria.

With Austria.
Chicago, Jan. 5.-An army of anna
zons trained to wage war on the Aus
trian empire is the newest body to
take up the profession of arms, ac-
cording to DR.. SpirO Sargentich, COM
missioner of health Of Tacoma, Wash,
en- route from Montenegro. He says:
"In our little country, where the de-
signs Of Austria become more CALLING,
our women are preparing for a fray.
Daily they drill and practice with
their rifles and revolvers to fight side
by side with the 10000 men in our
fighting force"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
NIGHT RIDERS MANGLE MAN.
Despite His Many Wounds, He May
Recover, but Won't Talk.

Thomasville, Ca, Jan. 8. - B. f.
Akridge, planter, was seized by
Night Riders, bound to a tree, shame
fully maltreated and his throat cut.
Akridge was found apparently dead,
but was revived and despite the cuts
may recover. Akridge says he Knows
his assailants, but win not tell their
names.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
Chance For Invantion.

The wind it shakes the treetops,
1t shakes the shutters new.
I wish that could make 1t
Shake my furnace too.
Bohemian Magazine.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
BATTLE WITH VIGILANTES.
Two Mexicans, an Indian and White
Man Shot Dead.

San Diego, Cal, Jan. 5. - Advices
from Mesa Grande, forty miles from
here, tell of a pitched battle thirty
miles from there between gang of
cattle rustlers and members of a Wig
ilance committee.
Two MeXicans, an Indian and a
white man, all members of the band,
were shot and killed and one vigilante
was seriously wounded.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Stock Quotations.

New York, Jan. T.
Money on call was ~ per cent; time
money and mercantile paper unchanged
in rates.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
MINING MAN rs MISSING.
Wife Fears Foul Play While on Long
Railroad Journey.

Railroad Journey.
Tucson, Ariz., Jan. ST. A. Cox,
prominent mining man of Santa Cruz
county, has been missing since Dec. 20,
when he left San Francisco for Pitts
burg.
No evidence of his having arrived
has been found, and his wife, who lives
here, fears foul play.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06

Weather Probabilities.
SNOW; colder; fresh south winds.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-11

r HE tariff menagerie," term used
by congressional humorists to des-
ignate miscellaneous assortment of
articles of import, threatens to be an
issue between the United States bu-
reau of statistics and the funny men,
of the senate and house in Wash
ington. The management of the bu-
reau, which keeps an accurate &C
count of every article imported, its
name, value and the duty paid, is per-
turbed because some of the articles
in the menagerie list have been made
the basis of many jests by the con-
gressmen who see the humorous side
of toe thing. In a statement issued
recently, the bureau maintains that
these articles. which have recog-
nized value, illustrate the scope of the
commerce of the United States and
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-11
Value of tariff Menagerie" Imports

present some ominous facts For in
stance. reference is made to divi divi,
leeches, rose leaves, dragons blood.
palladium, musk, birds, wild animals,
chicle and cobras.
The value of the imports of the last
decade of divi divi, which is used for
tanning purposes, is placed at $4,000.
In the same period the value of leech.
es brought in was $4,000; rose leaves
$4,000, and chicle, largely used in
the manufacture of gum, sS,000,000.
During the year 1908 the musk i'm.
portations exceeded $4,000, while the
quantity of palladium, rare metal
used in the manufacture of astrOn
omical instruments and by dentists
represented value of $500.
Pains have been taken to explain
that dragons blood is really not drag
ons' blood at all, but mere name for
deep reddish resinous substance OBJ
tanned from a variety of trees in the
orient, and used extensively as an in.
gredient in varnishes, stains and for
making etchings on copper and zinc
The value of the importations of this
article during the last decade is
placed at 100000.