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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-17

The ratification of the constitu-
tional amendments dealing with the
abolition of the spring election
means much to Wayne county.
Terms of Judge Searle and Treasurer
Saunders are extended and they will
be permitted to enjoy the fruits of
their berths longer than they at first
anticipated. The county will save
about $4,000 per year in election
expenses.
In order to adopt schedule which
would carry out satisfactorily, the
amendments in letter as we'll as in
spirit terms of certain present Off
cials had to be either reduced or
prolonged. AS the constitution Spec
ifically forbids the reduction of a
mans tenure in the office the other
method was followed with the re-
suit that there is a general extern
sion among office-holders due to re-
tire in January and April, 1911.
The chief object of the amend
ments is to hold national and State
elections in November of even num-
bered years and county and NUM-
cipal elections in November of odd
numbered years. This eliminates
entirely the February election. To
put this into effect it was imperative
for the Legislature to agree upon
a schedule which would extend the
terms of all county officials whose
offices expired in January, 1911, SC
as to remove the necessity of an
election of such officials in the even
numbered year OF 1910.
Again 1t was necessary to extend
the terms Of all municipal officials
whose terms expired in April, 1911
inasmuch as the amendments wip'
ed out the February election OF thai
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-17
Drought Hinders Mining.

Scarcity of water, due to the pro-
tracted drought in the Mahanoy-
Shenandoah valley, is hampering
the collieries, a number having shut
down. To prevent the suspension
of five of the largest colliers of the
Philadelphia G Reading Coal & Iron
Co., at Shenandoah, the borough
council has cut down the domestic
supply to provide water for the
boilers at these collieries. Several
tank trains are to be put in COM
mission to haul water, and artesian
wells are to be sunk to relieve the
situation. The towns of Ashland,
Shenandoah, Girardville, William
Penn, Centralia are on a two hour
a day supply and are without fire
protection at night.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-17
BEAR CASE PUZZLE In COURT.
Hunters Rights Involved in Rival
Claims to Fine Hide.

Hunters Rights Involved in Rival
Claims to Fine Hide.
A novel point in the property
rights of hunters is to come up for
judicial settlement at Williamsport.
Fred Fields and August Beck had a
bear trap along Hoagland's Run.
Thursday morning they found the
paw of bear in 1t. But instead of
having been gnawed of, as i'm
prisoned bears will do, this one
showed evidence of having been cut
off with a knife. In Charles Ell
don's taxidermy shop in Williams
port, they found a bears pelt, with
one paw missing, the pelt having
been received by the taxidermist
from an out of town hunter on Sat-
urday.
The detached paws ragged edge
fit exactly the ragged edge of the
pelt's missing paw. Now the ques-
tion to be threshed out is who had
prior right to the bear-the men
who owned the trap or the man who
killed 1t and took 1t from the trap?
The disputed skin is an unusually
| fine one.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-17
WEDNESDAY,, NOV. ~, 1909.
Some of the people of Butler, Pa.

Some of the people of Butler, Pa,
have received White Cap letters
threatening them with coat of tar
and feathers, for Haunting their
vice in the face of an outraged COM
munity. Their are people in every
community who do this same thing,
and continue to do it, getting bolder
and bolder, until summary action
by the community is the result.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-17
Deer Dashes Through Store.

Henry M. Rusch, Jr., manager of
r. D. Borsemann's feed store, at
Ridgewood, N. Y, was sitting in the
store about o'clock on a recent
evening with several of the employ
es, when a deer with spreading ant
lers ran through the open doorway
closely followed by number of
hounds.
The deer upset two desks and sew
eral chairs and then dashed into a
window, breaking the glass. 1t
backed and broke another window
and then took a spring through a
third, smashing it and carrying away
the sash. Then it ran across the
street and over Hugo's farm and
disappeared, the hounds still after
it.
Next door to the feed store is
Kreuscher's Hotel and in the hotel
were half a hundred members of
| the local Pinochle Club. The adj
vent of the deer and the smashing
of the windows broke up the pino-
chile games and all the players ran
out and went chasing across the
road and over Hugo's farm under
the mistaken impression that they
could catch the deer on foot. They
gave up the pursuit in few minu-
tes, however.
"The deer wasn't in the store
more than half minute" said Mr.
Rusch, "but he managed to do a lot
of damage in that time, and he upset
the desks and inkstands and broke
the windows in quick order. 1 be-
lieve there were three hounds after
| him."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-17

year and every subsequent year.
The municipal officials who benefit
by the amendments are given eight
additional months as the new law
fixes the first Monday in December
as the municipal housecleaning day.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-17
Wire Tappers Win $4,000.

Wire tappers got $4,000 from
Denver gamblers recently. AS a re-
suit of the operations of this gang,
the agents of which worked at the
Latonia tracks, two Denver pool
rooms are out of business, the pro-
prietors bankrupt and two more re-
fused to pay their losses on the race
returns which were tampered with.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-17
Has Received Appointment.

George o. Gillett, of Hamlinton,
has been appointed District Deputy
Grand Patriarch of the Grand En-
campment of I. o. o. F. of Pennsyl-
vania
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-17
RESOURCES

RESOURCES
cash. Cash, specie IE and notes, SaS.sioS'
Legal securities. 45,000 90
Due from approved re-
Nickels, cents and fractional cur
c5snsSk cSsSSks sSi6,it:; and cash items: .;..... sS&s 8
Due from Banks and Trust Co.'S, not
Biiis discounted not due S3sI, lis 81
Bills discounted, time
loans with collateral.;. A,O36 90
% lateral. al ............... w Wv. ~ 1O4,625 rs
name. 4,55O 90
Loan Ioans secured secured by bond 'sS 80"
Snd tmSTttgsse sssseerites owned dO--O"S eS w
elusive OF reserve bonds, viz:
Stocks, Bonds, etc, l,sl6,872 81
Mortgages and judg-
once Building and Lot. .............. 1900 %
Other Real rs aId Estste t;;.. @
Miscellaneous Assets ts.............. 100 %
s2,s88,84O g3
Capital stock, paid din.........""..$ 5000W 90 GO
Undivided I'M Profits, less expenses ''0
Deposits po f subtect Rst to check $i60Si3 81 ''
Time certificates OF de- 600 10
sdpTns pESle fi;di Fund d Deposit Deposit. 9,1sS,8 Is
Cashiers check outst'g I'll 2s-2,3S5,Sa6 ,S6 q
Due to banks and Trust Cos. not re-
serve agents, s,........................ 1881 "a
| Dividends unpaid, go 90
s2ss6, $40 90
State of Pennsylvania, County of Wayne, IS:
/, H. Scott Salmon, Cashier OF the above
named Company, do solemnly swear that the
| knowledge and belief.
(Signed) H. S. SALMON, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to.before me this 18th
day of Nov. 1909.
(signed) ROBERT A. SMITH, NJ
tNotarial S call
Correct-Attest:
&.f, II: II: {5S$$s:' R$S#s'' RRS5=Ss' Directors.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-17
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
.,, OFTHE
WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
--OR--

HoNEsDALE, wAyNE CO., PA.
at the close OF business, Nov. G, 1908.
, 1909-09-09
The Magnolia Gold Mine

Glenn Scott, who was at work
on the Magnolia, in Gold Hill
came down from that place last
week and was followed Sunday by
Earl Scott aud Roy Ainsworth.
They report that the work of tren-
ching for the lead, which has been
going on for some weeks, is com
plete, the lead having been I'M
covered from the apex of the claim
to the foot hill. They are now
ready to begin the the tunnel which
they intend to run in on the lead
from the foot hill. The boys will
return to the work Immediately
after the Fish Day exercises are
over,
, 1909-09-09
Mormon Missionaries Here

Elder W. W. Thornock, of
Bloomington, Idaho, and Elder
FL. b. Perry, of SpringviIie, Utah,
Mormon missionaries, arrived here
the first of the week and have been
talking with Saratoga people on
the subject of their religion of the
Latter Day Saints. They are very
gentlemanly and courteous in
their appearance. Every Mormon
Elder gives, voluntarily, three
years of his life to this work, fur
nishing himself and making no
no charge to the church for his
work, They have for sale the
Book of Mormon" costing 80
cents and tracts which they give
freely to those who wish to read
them.
, 1909-09-09

Mrs. Epperson and Mrs. Cushman
are going to the Mammoth mine in the
Sierra Madre this week to oversee the
annual assessment work on that claim
They have had supplies sent up and
hope to get the work done before the
snow makes its appearance.
If any one tells you that fine sweet
corn will not grow in the Saratoga
valley, send them TO us, for we know
better. r. W. Wood, of Elk Hollow
brought us some as fine ears OF sweet
corn grown on his place as any one
ever ate, for which he has our thanks.
E. T. Payton, representing the
Wyoming Tribune, was a city visitor
Monday. He went up to Eucamp.
ment that evening, clearing up his
business there in time to return tc
this place and take in Fish Day with
us. Mr.. Payton is a bright and Ell.
ergetic newspaper man and the lrib
une fares we'll in his hands.
We arc SO crowded this week witt
work that we have no room for per
sonal mention. So, If you don't SET
your name in this weeks Sun, jus
remember that printers and pressmer
are entitled to enjoy a celebration
just as much as any one else Come
again and we will make amends fol
any apparent neglect at this time.
, 1909-09-09

In the matter of the Estate of Walter
Parr, deceased,
, 1909-09-09
Notice Of Final Settlement

In the matter of the Estate Of Walter
Parr, deceased,
Notice is hereby given, that the
undersigned, Administrator of the
said estate, will present 10 the Judge
of the District Court, of Carbon
County, Wyoming, at the Court
House in Rawlins, at 2 o'clock p. IN.
of Saturday the 9th day of October,
1909, OIL as soon thereafter as convent.
ent to the Court, his final report and
account as such administrator, at
which time any person interested in
said estate may appear and file their
obj %sction, if any, to said report, at
which time the said administrator
will ask that the report. be approved
and he be discharged.
Date Saratoga, Wyoming September
Sth, 1909.
James Parr,
9-9-9-30 Administrator.
, 1909-09-09

the market foryo ur patronage. We
have a portable steam engine: which
we will use for power and will ask
that our patrons furnish fuel for this
engine, either wood or coal, as is most
convenient. All persons wishing our
services will address the undersigned
Louis Gunst, Jr., Downington, Wyo
Ralph w. Wood, Saratoga, Wyo,
9-2-99.
, 1909-09-09

Report of the condition of The SARATOGA
STATE BANK, at Saratoga in the State of Wy
oming, at the close of business on the list day
of Sept. 1909,
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts 500, l79 SO
Oyerdrafts, Il 26
County, City and School Warrants $3.50 50
Due from National Banks s1s416 81
Checks and Cash Items 100 Sc
Money Reserve in Bank, VIZ
Specie ZOOS IS
Lgl tndr and natl bnk notes 2A9 90
Nickels and Pennies 1856 80 22SlS IS
Total l2o5ss SO
Capital Paid In S 10000 90
Surplus Fund 10000 90
Undivided Profits 6,93l Is
Tndl dept subject to check 65. 2s7 50
Certificates of dept Dm'nd pa 90
Certificates of deposit time ss,2O7 o5 9S7ss II
Total 12OGes SO
State of Wyoming ss
County of Carbon}
q. /, Geo. W. Broadhurst, Cashier OF the above
named Bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
GEO. w BRoADHURST, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day of Sept, 1903,
j. F. Crawford
[SEALl Notary Public
Commission expires Jan. 81, 1912.
CORRECr-Attest
j. b. CosGRIFF)
e. g DAVIS Directors
, 1909-09-09
LOST-Piece Of Hay Litter

Lost, between Saratoga and Cow
creek, a square iron rod, 6 feet long,
belonging to a hay litter. Finder
will please leave at Richmond's barn
and receive reward.
9-2-9-9. ]. r. Dodds
, 1909-09-09
Mules for Sale

For Sale-Nice span of young
mules, coming three. years old; well
matched and very kind to handle.
500 buys them. j. W. Alden.
9-9-9-3O Saratoya Wvo
, 1909-09-09
Saratoga Chips

Mrs. Rebecca E. Meason was in
from the ranch Saturday.
j. A. Mauk and Ernest Grooms are
in for Fish Day doings.
w. J.. Horn was in town Monday.
He says he is getting w~eb-footed.
o. c. Blacken is back from Fit
Steele, where he went with the tie
drive.
E. S. Walck and brother, II. l..
Walck, were down from Calf creek
Tuesday.
f. l.. Stewart, who has been EN-
ployed on the tie drive, was in town
this week with his teams.
Andy Nelson was up the past week
looking after his flocks in the Med
icine Bow forest reserve.
j. B. Maghee, who was employed in
the hay harvest at the Mead ranch on
Pass creek, is at home once more.
Cedric G. Poole, who has been at
the Bryant ranch on Pass creek dur
ing the haying season, returned home
Sunday.
Mrs. c. S. Riddle who has been at
the ranch of Chas. Mckay, on Brush
creek, is visiting her sister, Mrs. B.
l., FoS.
Miss Becky Cook, of Cheyenne, ar
rived here Yesterday for a weeks
visit with her friends, MIR. and Mrs.
d. S. Crawford.
Mrs. |. w. Want and daughters,
the Misses Mary and Elva, were down
from Hay creek Saturday on a shop
ing expedition.
Lynn Gorton, Charles Price, Erie
Judd and Newton Doggett, who had
been up on Big creek on a fishing ex-
petition, returned last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Swanson, ac-
companied by their n%eices, the Misses
Goldie and Maggie Swanson, were
down from their Spring creek ranch
Saturday.
]. S. Stanley and wife came over
across country from Fort Collins,
arriving here Saturday. They will
remain for "a week at least and per
haps longer.
w. w. Petty returned last week
from Omaha, He left his family at
his old home at Plattsmouth, Nebr.
He expects to return to Omaha i'll IA
few days.
Harold Carleton, who has been on
the William large ranch during the
hay season, returned Saturday in or
der to m school at the begin
ninS of the term.
Chas. d. Terwilliger, Chas G. Dob
Ter and Paul A. Rail- were all down
Monday from the old Pilson ranch on
Cow creek, which is now owned by.
Mr.. Terwilliger.
f. j. Cramer and wife returned
Sunday afternoon from "A trip to Og-
den, where they went to place their
daughter Madge in the School of the
Sacred Heart at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Sears and
daughter, Miss Frances, came down
from the ranch Sunday. Miss Fran
ces entered school Monday and the
family remained to take in the Fish
Day festivities.
Mrs. IL. A. Dyer left for Rawlins,
Laramie and Denver Friday. She
will lay in her fall and winter stock
Of goods while absent. Miss Lulu
Kruger is in charge of her store
during her absence.
Secretary of State, Hon. w. r..
Schnitger, Supreme representative X.
p, who came up Monday to be pres
ent at the meeting of the Grand Lodge
here, was compelled to return home
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. j. W. Heather, Mrs. Gus Jeu
sen and Mr.. and Mrs. G.. f. Jensen
returned Thursday evening from at
, 1909-09-09
1890

The undersigned have bought a
new threshing machine from Wood
Brothers Steel Self Feeder Co., of
Des Moiues. Iowa, and will appear in
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MoHAMMEDAN FUNERAL.
East India Sailor Buried With Pc
culiaY Ceremony.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January ga Moham-
medan funeral took place from the under
taking establishment of Joseph IS. cook
1908 West Baltimore street. yesterday
afternoon, when Associate Osande. a
native of Bengal. India, was buried.
Ossande was a seaman of the British
steamer Macfayden, Capt Young. and
was taken i'll shortly after the steamer
reached this city. He died Monday at the
University Hospital.
The Lascar sailors prepared the body
for burial as no one but MOhammedan
is allowed to touch the body of a de-
ceased Mohammedan. They wrapped ten
yards of white linen around the body
after which it lay i'll state until the flu
neral
The mourners were about twenty-five
dark skinned men, mostly wearing bright
colored turbans and long flowing white
robes. Each took off his shoes the
outside and placed them near the door
Those who were not robed removed THEN
coats, shirts and trousers and entered the
room clad only in stockings and under
clothing
At the cemetery the grave digSers were
not allowed to fill the grave. the Lascar
sailors doing it all. Each filled the palm
of his hand with dirt and. with face bur-
led in the dirt. prayed. with bowed head
silently for several minutes. After this
prayer brother and an uncle of the dead
man shoveled the earth into the grave
When 1t was filled the sailors returned to
the steamer.
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which they brought here from Philadel-
phla several days ago. The barge Della
ware is also at Georgetown unloading
coal.
Arrived-Tug Camilla, towing S. o. Co
tank barge laden with oil In bulk from
baltimore for Georgetown; bugeye Goldie
T., lumber from a lower river point for
the dealers; tug Toby. with light scow
from Broad creek schooner Annie, oys-
terS, at Alexandria; tug Pride with a
tow of lighters from Piscataway creek:
tug Meade, with tow from the lower
river
Sailed-Schooner Sidonia Curley. light
for the Rappahannock river to load Ium-
Der back To this city: schooner A. II.
Quinby, light, for a river point to load :
schooner Janet. light. for the lower Po-
tomac to dredge oysters; schooner Irene
hight, for Nomini to load cord wood for
dealers here; schooner Hester A. Waters.
light, for a Virginia point to load lum-
Der: I. 5. engineers tug Gen. Warren
to Fort Washington; schooner Rover, for
Virginia point to load lumber
Memoranda Barses Bailey and Rebec-
ca L. Mclean. laden with coal for this
city. sailed from Philadelphia 23d instant:
Dugeye Kfbble is at a river point loading
oysters in the shell for this market:
schooner Isabelle is in Nomini loading
cord wood for this market; schooner
Buelah Land has gone to Norfolk to
load
The tug James O. Carter of the Taylor
fleet was out of service yesterday wash
ing boiler and having minor repairs made
preparatory to sailing for the lower river
today with tow. The Carter and Ca
milla are the only tugs engaged i'm gem
eral towing on the river this winter.
Another shipment of about eighty shad
from North Carolina waters was received
by the dealers at the 18th street wharf
this morning. and ii sold quickly at high
prices. Herring from Florida this morn
ing sold at 81 per hundred, and the de-
mand for them was fair.
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GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The Washington-owned schooners ST.
donia Curley, Capt. Alfred Curley, owner
and master. and the A. III. Quinby, Capt.
Cullison, two of the best known of the
speedy two-masters bringing lumber To
this city from bay points, are on their
way down the river with all the canvas
they can carry spread to the breeze in an
effort to determine which is the faster
vessel. Both the Curley and the Quinby
have made some fast trips between this
city and the Rarpahannock, and each
vessel has warm admirers who would be
willing to back their favorite craft with
"a good bet, if the law would allow, that
it will win. The Curley and the Quinby
came into port together early in the week
with lumber aboard. When the wind
whipped out from the northwest yester-
day morning both vessels We're ready 10
sail The Curley got away from her UNI
loading berth first. and running down TO
the mouth of the harbor anchored to wait
fer the Quinby. About noon yesterday
the Quinby was ready to sail, and as she
passed out the harbor the anchor of the
Curley was raised, and with Il good
breeze the vessels went down the river
with all their canvas set and drawing.
When last seen white water was rolling
from their bows and they We're speedn &
almost side by side for their destination.
\
of the fleet Of wood and lumber runners.
which left here a day or two ago bound
for a river point to load back to this city,
and which ran aground on the flats be-
tween this city and Alexandria, was
f1oated Yesterday by one Of the tugs of
the Taylor fleet and the vessel resumed
its interrupted Journey. The schooner, it
is stated. was not injured by going ashore,
though it lay for over twenty-four hours
on the mud bank, and resisted all the eff
forts of the crew to get it afioat. The
Cunningham is owned by Capt Eugene
Hall of this city. and is one of the old
traders on the river.
The buseye Nettie May, which arrived
here day or two ago with a cargo of
oysters from the Potomac beds. ran up
against a well stocked market, and at d
time when prices were low and business
dull, and as consequence was unable to
sell it's cargo rapidly. The master of the
vessel became tired of waiting for mar
ket, and yesterday, with a large proper
ton of the cargo aboard the boat, he
sailed for his home. Arriving there the
oysters will be laid down in a private
oyster bed to fatten until the demand and
market heresare much stronger 1t is said
that unless the market wakes UP in the
next day or two other vessels will follow
the suit of the Nettie May.
The big coal-carry'ing bargeS Kappa
hammock Majestic and Wicomico are at
the gas company wharf at Georgetown
waiting to unload cargoes of hard coal.
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REFORM IN THE NAVY
Secretary NeWberry Describes
Plan of Reorganization.
GENERAL BOARD CHANGES
Reassignment of Duties of Con-
structing Bureaus.
CONSOLIDATING YARD WORK
New System Being Put Into Prac-
tice and Effect as Rapidly as
the Circumstances Permit
GENERAL BOARD CHANGES
CONSOLIDATING YARD WORK

Secretary NewberryS plan for the re-
organization of the naval establishment
involving the practical abolition of the
so-called bureau system and other radical
reforms, is being put into practice and
| effect as rapidly as contracts and long
existing conditions will permit Mr. New
berry has prepared memorandum in eX-
PLANTATION of the plan, in part as follows:
Rearranging General Board
"In view of the fact that existing law
gives the President and the Secretary of
the Navy certain necessary authority to
make effective important beneficial
changes in the naval administration, it is
desirable to develop the usefulness and
activities of the general board by rear
ranging its membership SO that it will
consist of the following: The admiral
of the navy. President Tex officio), chief
of the bureau of navigation president of
the Naval War College chief intelligence
officer, one member board of inspection
and survey. naval aid to the assistant
secretary and three of the most efficient
line officers with the widest experience
atioat. The Importance of this board
should be developed to the utmost and
the members thereof should be in prac
tically daily consultation on all matters
affecting the greater interests of the
navy and personnel. Under this plan the
admiral of the navy, or, in his absence,
the chief of the bureau of navigation,
would be practically the chief of staff,
representing the views of the general
board on all matters.
"The board construction has been
reorganized to consist of two members OF
the board of inspection and survey Zone
engineer Officer,, and three line officers,
chiefs of the three manufacturing bu-
reaus lex officio) that this board will
consist of seven line officers and one staff
officer, the chief naval constructor. This
board is charged under the regulations
with the supervision of the design, con-
Struction and repair of all vessels, and
should be the effective co-ordinating
thority for the manufacturing material of
the service