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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
FRANCE MODIFIES TARIFF.
Commission Makes Amendments Nota-
bIy In Favor of United States.

bly, In Favor of United States.
Paris. April 5.-The tariff commits.
sion as the result of violent protests
from home and foreign interests, espe-
cially England, has agreed to amend
ments covering the metal and textile
schedules. Notable concessions have
been made in favor of the United
States.
The maximum duty on heavy agri
cultural machinery, practically all CT
which comes from the United States,
which originally was increased from
10 to 16 francs per hundred kilos, has
now been reduced to II and the mini.
mum from 8 to 8.
The maximum duty on typewriters
has been reduced from % to 40 francs
and the minimum from 30 to 30 francs.
The proposed increases on sewing ma
chimes have been abandoned, and the
present rates will be restored.
The big increase In the duty on cot
tonseed oil, against which the United
States especially protested, has not
been changed. 1t is explained, because
ii was necessary to compensate for
oleaginous seeds being placed on the
dutiable list, -....-. ..-.---.......
The trainers of the French bill are
watching the progress on the tariff
bill in the United States with keen in
terest
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
yellow HOUSE" BURNED.
Structure Famous For 200 Years De-
stroyed Near Winchester, Va.

Structure Famous For 200 Years De-
stroyed Near Winchester, Va.
Winchester Va, April 5.-Miss Vir-
ginia Carter, daughter of Reese b.
Carter, was burned to death in fire
which destroyed her home, Yellow
House, near here, one of the most his
toric structures in the state.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Carter were bad
ly burned in a futile effort to save
their daughter.
Yellow House was more than POO
years old and was the scene of many
notable events during Revolutionary
and civil war times. General George
Washington stopped there while on
his way to Braddock's relief at Fort
Duquesne.
During the conflict between the
states it was the home of Miss Rachel
Wright, whose information to General
Sheridan was of such value to the
federal army during his valley cam
paign that congress voted her a gold
medal in appreciation Of her services.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
KILLED IN AUTO SMASH.

Chauffeur Meets Death When Car
Crashes Into Tree.
Tarrytown, n. Y, April g. The
crashing into tree of an automobile
said by eyewitnesses to have been rae
ing at a rate of forty miles an hour
caused the death of Charles Lindow, a
chauffeur, and serious injury to John
ID. Marquin. the other occupant Of the
machine, both of New York. Lindow's
neck was broken.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
THREE GUILTY OF MURDER.
Second Degree Verdict Against Trio
Who Killed Physician.

Second Degree Verdict Against Trio
Who Killed Physician.
Raleigh, N. c., April 5.-After being
out all night the jury in the trial of
three men for the murder of DR.. e. W..
Smith of Richmond, Va, brought in a
verdict of murder in the second de-
gree against Earl Cotton Tim Holder
field and e. A. Hopkins. The jury
recommended mercy for Hopkins.
Judge Lyon of the superior court
sentenced Cotton to thirty years in
the penitentiary. Holderheld was SEN
fenced to ten years and Hopkins to
two years.
The body of DIR. Smith was found
in a rock quarry in the suburbs of
Raleigh. Evidence produced by the
state showed that DR.. Smith had been
drugged to death with chloroform for
the purpose Of robbery, the crime be-
ing traced to Cotton, Hopkins and
Holderfield.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
Two Mon Killed by a Train.

Philadelphia, March g. Two men
were struck and killed here by train
on the Pennsylvania railroad, The
name "James c. Wallis" and the In
scriptlon Born I'm Richmond, Virginia,
December 7, 1876" was tatoOed on the
right arm Of one Of the men.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
SIGNS OF DISASTER AT SEA.
Dominion companys Steamer Sights
Wreck of Large Schooner.

Boston. April 5.-Tidlngs Of disaster
to an unknown schooner at sea were
brought TO port by the Dominion COM
pany's steamer Dominion, Captain
Norcutt, from Louisburg, G. b.
About 200 miles eastward of Boston
light the steamer passed the lower
mast and topmast Of large vessel.
The spars were sticking out of the
water and were apparently attached to
a sunken hull
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
Longevity Among Soldiers.

At the beginning of the year there
were surviving two major generals of
the volunteer service in the civil war
and twenty-five brigadier generals.
The original roster in the volunteer
service was 131 major Generals and
$40 brigadicr generals. he youngest
of the survivors was n ines gallant
soldier, Brigadier General Selden Con-
nor. who was registered as seventy
years of age; the oldest, Brigadier
General Joseph A. CoCpcr Of Kansas,
who had passed eighty tx. The aver
age age was seventy-nine. This show
ing, although a small one, tends to
prove that the mortality among war
veterans after their return to peace Is
not excessive. ..- ....... .............--..
The average age Of the commissioned
officers of the Federal army at the
close of the war, forty-four years ago,
was about thirty-four, and the generals
We're the men above the average. The
fact that but 4 per cent survive at this
late date is not remarkable. Among
lower grades greater per cent sur
vive, and for the whole army of rank
and file the survivors number about 33
per cent of the survivors in 1865. The
average age Of all survivors is sixty
nine, about. The average age Of the
enlisted men enrolled during the war
period was about twenty-three. At
the outset the soldier is always a
picked man, physically and mentally,
and experience in the service teaches
him to take good care of his health
and avoid excesses. Ills come to him,
as to other men, but he knows better
than to neglect himself. The youngest
of the noted war leaders on the regu-
lar army roster of survivors, Miles, is
seventy, end the Oldest, Howard, turn
ed seventy-elght last November.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
Grain Elevator Burned Down.

Newark, N. j.. April 5,-Fire de-
stroyed the grain elevator and storage
warehouse of the Wilkinson Gaddis
comIqny, wholesale grocers, here; loss.
$125OO0.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
Frenohmen Want Right to Strike.

Paris, April Sat a mass meeting
the state employees adopted a resolu-
tion demanding that parliament ac-
cord them the benefit Of the trades un-
ion law Of 1884, which includes the
right to strike.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-07
RACE HORSES DIE IN FIRE.
$4,000 Blaze In Stables Started by
Chicken Thieves.

Pittsburg, April 5-An Arabian stall
lion valued at $4,000, Fred Atherton
and other race horses were burned to
death in fire which destroyed the
stables at the country home of II. C.
Hall, president of the Pittsburg cham
ber of commerce.
The fire was started by persons who
came to steal chickens from the farm.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30

vey paralleling the Missouri Paci-
fic as far west as Solomon Rapids, 6
miles from here. The surveyors will
push on northwest as fast as possible.
From Solomon Rapids the survey
will run northwest to MAYHEM and
IOnia, in Jewell county, thence to Lee
banon, in Smith county, then to
Franklin on the Republican river,
and on to Hildreth and Kearney, in
Nebraska, a total distance of about
ITO miles. So far as is now known
depot will be built at Solomon Rap
ids. in Mitchell county, and in Jewell
county at MAYHEM and Ionia.
The new road from Beloit to Kear-
ney it is claimed by the promoters,
will shorten the mileage between
Kansas City and Cheyenne over 100
miles. The road has been chartered.
and it is said there is money enough
subscribed already and paid in to
complete the preliminary survey.
The promoters of this railroad en-
terprise have been over the route, and
all agree that the entire country is
rich in agriculture and stock and
thickly populated. A writer as we'll
as a promoter of this road claims that
upon its completion it will connect
the territory through which it runs
with the entire Union Pacific coun-
try and that it gives competing
shipping line to Kansas City shorter
than any other road. The people all
along the proposed route are enthu-
siastic for the early building of the
road
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine =
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co.. only. and for sale by all leading drug
psts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
80 Years of Success
The B. M. Hyde Co. Offer a
Remedy for Catarrh. The
Medicine Costs Nothing
if 1t Fails

When medicine effects sue
cessfu! treatment in a very large
majority of cases, and when we
offer that medicine on our own
personal guarantee that it VIII cost
the user nothing if it does not COM
pletely relieve catarrh, it is only
reasonable that people should be-
Heve US, or at least put our claim
to practical test when we take
all the risk. These are facts which
We want the people to substan-
tiate. We want them to try Rexall
Mucu-Tone, a medicine prepared
from a prescription of a physician
with whom catarrh was a specially
and who has a record of thirty
years of enviable success to his
record.
We receive more good reports
about Rexall Mucu-Tone than we
do of all other catarrh remedies
sold In our store, and if more people
only know what thoroughly de-
pendable remedy RexalI Mucu-
Tone is, it would be the only catarrh
remedy we would have any demand
for.
Rexau Mucu-Tone is quickly alb
sorbed and by its therapeutic effect
tends to disinfect and cleanse the
entire mucous membraneous tract,
to destroy and remove the parasites
which injure the membraneous
tissues, to soothe the irritation
mucous discharge, build up strong,
healthy tissue and relieve the blood
and system of diseased matter.
It's influence is toward stimulating
the muco-cells, aiding digestion
and improving nutrition until the
whole body vibrates with healthy
activity In comparatively short
time it brings about a noticeable
gain in weight, strength, good color
and feeling of buoyancy.
10 <-xv
Tone, beginning treatment to-
day. At any time you are not salts
fed, simply come and tell US. and
we will quickly return your money
without question or bubble We
have Rexall Mucu-Tone in two
sizes, so cents and $1.00. Remem-
Der you can obtain Rexa1l Rene
dies in Topeka only at our store,
The Rexa1I Store. The Rosser Drug
Co.. 523 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
Nervous
Prostitution

"I suffered so with Nervous
Prostration that I thought there
was no use trying to get well. A
friend recommended DIR. Miles
Nervine, and although skeptical
at first, l soon found myself re-
covering, and am to-day WE'LL"
MRS. D. I. JONES,
$500 Broadway, Cleveland, 0.
Much sickness is Of nervous
origin. It's the nerves that
make the heart force the blood
through the veins, the lungs
take in oxygen, the stomach di-
gest food, the liver secrete bile
and the kidneys filter the blood.
If any of these organs are weak,
it is the fault of the nerves
through which they get their,
strength. DR.. Miles Nervine is
a specific for the nerves. It
soothes the irritation and assists
in the generation of nerve force.
Therefore you can hardly miss
it if you take DR.. Miles Nervine
when sick. Get a bottle from
your druggist. Take it all &C
cording to directions, and if it
does not benefit he will return
your money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
DYCHE's LECTURE POPULAR.
Tells Hutchinson Audience of Exper
fences in Frozen North.

Tells Hutchinson Audience of Exper-
fences in Frozen North.
Hutchinson, Kan. Oct. 30.-That
portion of Hutchinson's population
which greeted Professor Dyche of the
University of Kansas at the Home
theater were taken on a delightful
hour and half trip to the polar
regions The south as well as the
north polar regions were visited and
the contrast between them shown.
By word and picture the lecturer took
his audience with him to scenes OF
frozen beauty and interest that they
will not soon forget.
Professor Dyche attempts no ora
torical flights, yet he speaks with
an enthusiasm and earnestness that
more than compensates for any lack
of sonorous vocal performances and
constitutes a truer eloquence than
fervid oratory. At times his word
paintings of Arctic scenes and exper-
fences in quest of Arctic game are
brilliant in their descriptive coloring:
AS for his pictures, no praise OF
them can be too great. In the first
place no one except DR.. Cook and
Commander Peary have such an array
of Arctic views taken by themselves
and persons who have seen Cook 8
pictures assert that Dyche's are
superior. This is due to the fact that
Cook was compelled to take his views
on films instead Of on plates and
necessarily they are not so clear and
distinct.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
CONSERVING THE GAS SUPPLY.
Eastern Kansas Concerns Must Go
Back to Wood or Coal.

Parsons. Kan. Oct. 30.-The fact that
the Kansas Natural Gas company has
served notice on all factories in south
eastern Missouri that it can no longer
furnish them with natural gas for man
ufacturing purposes has caused a great
deal of trouble and more anxiety in the
mining and manufacturing districts of
this portion of the country
The edict went out some two weeks
ago. and as fast as it has been possible
for the industries to prepare for the
Use of other fuel, they have had the gas
supply shut off.
The fact that the supply of gas has
been shut off makes shortage in the
supply of wood and coal. the change not
being anticipated far enough in advance
TO lay in a supply earlier in the season.
1t is the policy of the company to con-
serve the supply of gas in this section
of the country, and had the policy been
pursued III the beginning the gas field
of Kansas would have been many
thousands of dollars better off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
ATHoL PHYSICIAN IN TROUBLE.
DR.. d. j. Smith Charged With Prac-
ticing Without a License.

Smith Center, Kan. Oct. 30.-Dr. d. J.
Smith, one of the two Athol doctors.
was arrested and brought before Squire
Watson to answer the charge of prac-
ticing medicine without a license from
the state board of medical examiners.
The complaining witness was DR.. H.
A. Dykes, president of the board. DR..
Smith was released on furnishing bond
of $500. His trial will be held Monday,
November 1. His arrest is the first move
of the state board of medical examiners
to weed out the doctors who have no
license.
In his practice at Atho1 DR.. Smith is
said to have been very successful and
has been advertising to cure appendicitis
without the knife or forfeit a hundred
dollars. The minimum fine for practic-
ing medicine in this state without a IL
cense is $50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
BOUGHT A KANSAS RANCH.
Bloomington Men Purchase Large
Tract of Land in Lyon County.

Bloomington, Ill, Oct. 30.-Messrs.
Joshua Bloomer, L. A. Hinton and C. A
Dennis have purchased a tract of $500
acres in Logan county, Kan, consider
able of which is under cultivation at the
present time. 1t is their intention to
convert the property into a stock ranch
for the raising of cattle. mules and
hogs.
Several hundred acres of the ranch arc
in alfalfa. A new railroad is now under
construction which will run within a
mile and a half of the tract. This line
goes from the northwest corner of the
state of Kansas through Garden City,
Scott City, Oklahoma City and on to
the gulf.
Mr.. William Hunter has returned from
Kansas, where be bought a section of
land in Scott county not very far from
'I9WooId 'sIsseN 40 peLno9S puBI 9JIl
Hinton and Dennis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
HAS INFANTILE PARALYSIS.
Usage County Child Has Case of Dread
Disease.

Usage City, Kan, Oct. 30.-Harold
Skonberg, the 7-year-old son of John
Skonberg. a farmer living west OF
Usage City. has infantile paralysis. The
bow first took sick on Thursday of last
week but DR.. Stephenson of this city,
the family physician, was not called un-
til Thursday of this week.
He Immediately pronounced 1T infan-
tile paralysis. DR.. Chas. Lerrigo of To-
peka, president of the state board of
health, came to Usage and was taken
to the Skonberg farm. He verified the
diagnosis of the local physician. but
said the case was not so serious as the
majority of the cases SO far.
This is the third case in Usage coun-
ty, the other two having been at Bur-
lingame Death resulted to both.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
WILSON ADMITS HIS GUILT.
Now Denies That He Had an Accom-.
plice in His Crime

Kansas City, Oct 3O-Thaddeus S.
Wilson. arrested on the charge of send
ing letters to R. A. Long, wealthy
lumberman here, demanding the loan
of $4,000, has admitted his guilt to the
police. Heretofore he has maintained
tEat another man wrote the letters and
he was merely acting as a collecting
agent from Long.
Wilson also admitted he broke into
the store of the Money Weight Scale
company here where he was employed
last September and stole 5000 in cash
and checks. Later he returned the
checks and gave a note for SIS, the
amount of cash ne obtained, to his en-
ployers. The case was never reported
to the police
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
ZINC Is HIGHEST OF YEAR.
Price of Ore at GaIena Touches $3.50
for 60 Per Cent Grade

Galena. Kan. Oct. 30-The base price
for go per cent zinc ore in the Galena
district reached the highest figure of
the year, $3.50 per ton being offered,
with few producers selling at this fig
lre.
This is an increase of 81 a ton basis
over last weeks best basis price and 81
better than any legitimate base price of
the year. Producers predict that the dis
trict's record price of $50 fiat bid, paid
in 1905, will be passed next week.
The production of zinc ore is heavier
than at any time in the districts his
tory. and the bulk of ore turned down
by the buyers, but which is still in the
bins because of the coal famine, is large.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
HONOR FOR WoMAN's MEMORY
Business at Ada Suspended During
Funeral of Mrs. Van Meter.

Ada. Kan, Oct. sO.-The funeral of
Mrs. Sarah D. Van Meter, who was
postmistress here since 1906, was held
Friday. Business was suspended and
a large concourse of people paid their
last tribute of respect to one who was
dearly beloved for her benevolent char
aeter
She was born in Ellington, Rock
Island county, Illinois, November II,
1S4S, and came to Kansas with her
husband in 1873. She was a member
of the Baptist church for more than
forty years and was noted for her
kindly Christian character. Her hus-
band died in 1905
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
Money Comes in Bunches

to A. A. Chisholm. of Treadwen, N. z.
now. His reason is well worth reading:
For a long time 1 suffered from tndi-
gestion. torpid liver. constipation. ner-
vousness, and general debility he writes.
II couldn't sleep, had no appetite. nor
ambition, grew weaker every day in spite
of all medical treatment. Then used Elec-
trio Bitters. Twelve bottles restored all
my old-tfne health and vigor. Now can
attend to business every day. It's a won
derful medicine" Infallib1e for Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys. Blood and Nerves. Soc
at Campbell Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30

fr..tze i'll November. This averaged a
little over sixteen 81 sE els. The bal
ance fourteen ceres. making forty
ac-"5 in all. was Sc Nn II March, and
averaged Tx bushels. The forty
acres threshed out $50 bushels.
Calling it 500 bushels, the wheat
amounted to SIS per acre. more than
was paid for the land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
THIS DRUNK COST ONE YEAR.
Topekan Makes Unfortunate Journey
to Kansas City,

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 3o.-As a
warning to Kansans who leave home
and family and come to Kansas City
to get drunk, Judge Kyle, acting on
the suggestion OF Frank F. Snow,
chief of police, sentenced Joseph Fox
of Topeka to one year in the work
house.
The chief was the complaining wit
ness against Fox, who, he alleged left
his wife in Topeka and journeyed to
the city accompanied by the firm in
tentfon of acquiring ful1-f1edged
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30

However the buyers look for a cur
tailment of the production due to the
discontinuance of gas for fuel beneath
boilers, and because OF the coal short
ege, which will prevent many plants
from reSuming operations for some time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
WATERWORKS FOR SYRACUSE.
Petitions Have Been Circulated Ask
ing for a Special Election.

Syracuse, Kan, Oct 30.=Henry
Block had some petitions drawn up
and circulated, petitioning the mayor
and council to call a special election
to vote bonds to put in a municipal
waterworks here. Nearly every man
who was approached and asked to
sign did so at once only few re-
fusing.
On the petition that Mr.. Block
took around. he has. between eighty
and ninety names. most of these are
business men of the city. The other
petition was given to Ray Jackson to
circulate. He was to get the property
owners of the city who could be
found on the streets and of course
that would be slower work but at the
last reports he had about twenty
names which goes to show that the
people take kindly to the proposition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
BooTLEGGER ExTRADITED. :
Governor Stubs Sent to Oklahoma fol
a Kansas Whisky Seller.

Icing standing tradition that a man
could not be extradited on a charge
minor to felony was shattered when
Games Pinkerton was returned here
from Oklahoma on the charge of boot
Logging.
Pinkerton refused to return to Kan
sas for trial when an officer went to
Enid, Okla. with a warrant for him
recently. Prosecutor Beekman then
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
ELLSWORTH PIONEER DIES.
Lived in Short Grass Country 8:
Years and Accumulated Fortune.

Ellsworth, Kan, Oct. 30.-Andrew
Kipp, one of the early settlers and
one of the wealthiest farmers In this
county, is dead at the age of So
years. He lived in this county for 33
years. His death was due to a
hemorrhage of the lungs.
About four years ago he bought a
$40 acre tract of land south of this
city for consideration of $4,000
He also owned other property in this
county. His wife, two daughters and
two sons survive.
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ESQ tons of coal, burned to the ground
taking with 1t 100 tons of coal, most
of which was burned. A run was
made by the city fire department but
1t could do no good.
Spontaneous combustion is thought
to have been the cause of the fire.
1t is more than likely that the rail-
road will rebuild the chute, Pratt
being a division point a big coal
chute is necessary here.
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applied to Governor Stubs for requisi-
ton papers in the case. Governor
Haskell recognized them upon pre-
sentation