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Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24

vania or any others who may be re
sponsible for the conditions at the in
stitution.
"The population on the first Of this
month was 1901" says Mr.. Ellis in his
statement. "Of this number more than
half are at all times idle and more
than half are confined two in a cell.
The cells are unusually small, and the
cots Ike up almost the entire length
of each, the room for moving about be-
ing a space eight feet long and eighteen
inches wide. There ar'IBlore than 300
prisoners suffering from tuberculosis,
and seventy-nine cells are now occu-
pied by those showing advanced stages
Of this disease. The prison is filled
with vermin of all kinds. although the
officials are making an effort to eradi-
cate them. An unusually large numser
of the prisoners are Of the lowest Bcs-
sible character, mentally and morally,
and there is but one general mess pro
vided for all. Almost universal com
plant is made about the quality of
food served, especially the meats"
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
Saws She Stole to Avert ultima.

Miss Stella Jones, one of the pret-
test young women of Glenwood, a
suburb of Pittsburg, cashier for former
Councilman Peter Hermis, who owns
the Pittsburg and Ohio Milk company.
was arrested, charged with stealing
$4,000 from her employer. Her sweet
heart, Gilbert N. Esler, who posed as
a wealthy young man about town and
a physician, also is in jail. charged
with being an accomplice to the theft,
the young woman having broken down
and confessed that skS had given the
money to Esler for fear he would re-
fuse to marry her had she rejected his
demands for funds.
Esler confessed that he had gotten
the money from his Sancee after h
had informed her thaSshe had $500
tied up in securities and that he woula
reimburse her at any time. In the
meantime Esler's automobile bills ran
as high as 500 a day. He had a large
roll of yellow-backs in his pocket when
arrested.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
Raptlsts Bar Presldent Taft.

Division on the question of a united
invitation to President Taft to address
the Virginia Baptist association in
Portsmouth on Nov 19. on Missions,
because of the presidents Unitarian
principles, yill result in no address be
fore that body by the president
individuals had writer to Washing
ton on the subject of ha'Ss the presi-
dent address the Baptists when he
comes to the Inland Waterways con
vention here in November, but the vx.
tension of formal and united invita-
ton having met with opposition in tire
Baptist pastors conference, the opin-
ion was expressed that there could not
be a united invitation, and the presi
dent, this lacking. will not be asked to
make an address.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
HarrIman caves An to HIn wIfe.

tAel iANteAA EgeANN9 NJ ~ TITS NNllSs
In three terse sentences, comprising
all told 104 words, Edward H. Harri
man, who died a week ago, has devised
his vast estate, estimated variously at
from s1O0.OOO,OO0 to s2O0,OOO,OOO en-
tirely to his wife.
Mrs. Hartman is given absolute
control over the vast estate. being ap
pointed sole executrix. making her the
richest woman in the world.
The will was filed at Goshen. the
county seat of Orange county. N. Y.
in which Mr.. Harriman's residence al
Arden is located. At the same time
a copy was made public in New York
There is reason to believe that his
unmarried daughters, Mary and Carol;
his married daughter, Mrs. Robert
Livingstone Gerry, and his two sons.
William Averell and Roland, a boy Of
fourteen. together with his surviving
sister, Mrs. Simons and other rela-
tives. have all been substantially pro
vided for in gifts out of hand and trust
funds set aside by Mr.. Hartman dur
ing his lifetime.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24

or any other criminal offense, and
is acquitted Of the charge, still the
Municipal Court or justice of peace,
may. within the discretion of the
Judge or justice, commit the boy to
the Ferris Industrial School during
the term Of his minority. This, W
submit, is a most outrageous auth 4
Ority, and it is surprising that any
legislature should ever have created
such a provision, or that any Gov
ernor should ever have enacted such
a provision, or that any Governor
should have sanctioned it.
Of course the people generally
know little or nothing of the laws
under which the Ferris Industrial
School is operated, but they are in
tensely interested on humanitar-
ian grounds in the kind of treat
ment boys receive at that insti-
tuition, and well they may be. in
view Of the provisions of the law to,
which we have called attention and
which should be expurged from
the statue books at the earliest op-
portunity. In saying this there is
no intention Of rejecting in the
least upon the gentlemen compos-
ing the Board Of Managers. We be-
lieve there is general confidence in
them; yet we cannot refrain from ex-
pressing the general feeling that they
appear to be moving rather slowly
In response to the charges of cruelty
that have been publicly made against
the executive officers Of the School.
This, let it be remembered, is not
a private matter. 1t is not solely
the concern of the Board of Mana
gers Of the School. 1t is a matter Of
vital public interest, and public
opinion will not be satisfied until it
is made manifest that the School is
Tree from brutality and unnecessary
beating of the boys. OF course most
9f the boys in the School are bad
md unruly, and are doubtless irri-
.ating to their keepers and teachers.
The public will cheerfully stand for
reasonable disciplinary measures
administered in a proper spirit; but
he public will not willingly tolerate
hacking with chains, the knocking
II boys down with fence rails. or
he excessive and too frequent beat
ng with straps and ropes, all Of
which inhuman practice, have been
alleged by prominent and
espectable citizen, on testimony re-
arded by them as trustworthy.
OF course, after all, these charges
nay not be true; we hope they ara
OF, but it rests with the Board of \
lanagers to show that they are not
nd it cannot move too promptly in
ltisfying the public on this score.
Wilmington Sunday Star.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
SET JAIL ON FIRE
Prisoners Act Nearly Causes Death Of
Five.

Prisoners Act Nearly Causes Death Of
Five.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Sept %. - Five
prisoners had a narrow escape from
being burned to death in the city Jail.
Pat Madden. a sixth prisoner, who was
ct large in a room close to the cell
corridor, set fire to the room and was
feeding the flames with all the com
bustible material he could find, when
the policemen who were about to an
swer a hurry call to a distant point
smelled smoke and discovered the
Are. The blaze was extinguished only
after hard work. Had the policemen
left, the men in the cells would prob
ably have been smothered or burned to
death, as there would have been no
one on hand to release them. Madden
was arrested over again and charged
with arson.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
Insane Ion cIaarettes.

Smoking for some time past from
twelve to fifteen packs Of cigarettes
a day, George Butts, twenty-six years
of age, went crazy at Pottsville, Pa.
and has been committed to the jail,
violently insane. Butts labors under
the hallucination that he has been fol.
lowed by scores of women and regi-
ments Of soldiers. Justice Of the Peace
Josenh Bendrick committed him to
prison for public safety.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
TAFT DEFENDS
The TARIFF BILL
Declares II is the Best the
People Have Ever Known,
SCORES THE INSURGENTS

Says They Who Voted Against Payne
Bill Have Abandoned the Republican
Party-shows Revision Was Down
ward.
In the most important utterance that
he has made since his occupancy of
/ the White House, President William
H. Taft, at Winona, Mimi. In a state
which is the hotbed Of the "insur-
gent" movement within the Republi-
can party, defended the Payne tariff
bill as the best tariff measure ever
passed by a Republican congress and
hence the best tariff bill the people
have ever known.
The president boldly asserted that
the insurgents who against the
bill had abandoned the Republican
party.
WAS 1t the duty Of the member OF
congress who believed that the bill
did not accomplish everything that it
ought to accomplish, to vote against
it?" asked the president.
Il am here to Justify those who an
swer this question in the negative.
am not here to defend those who voted
for the Payne bill, but to support
them"
To this statement the crowd in the
Winona Opera House responded with
a cheer which could be heard far down
the street 1t was shouted by the ad
herents Of Representative James A
Tawney, of this district, the Chairman
Of the house committee on appropria
tions, who has been on the defensive
sver since the adjournment of congress |
because he did not vote with the other
members OF the delegation from Min
nesota, both in the house and senate.
against the bill.
"To make party government effec |
tive" said the president "the members |
of that party should surrender thei; |
personal predictions of comparative |
less importance. | am not here t. |
those who felt so strongly |
and believed so intensely that it wa. .
their duty to vote against the tariff
bill because it did not contain all they
thought it should"
President Taft's speech was a re
plain spoken defense of the
Payne bill. He has been met with many
queries since the beginning of his tril
as to when he intended taking up tn,
subject of the tariff.
The statement contained onl,
enough figures to make clear a poin,
which the president has dwelt upon
or some time in his confidential talks
hat the measure Of the new bill should
)e taken by the amount of reduction
made on articles of general consump
ion compared to the increases on al
icles little used. The president b.
means of table prepared at his re
IUest by Mr.. Payne. showed that tn
ariff had been increased on article
vhose consumption in this country
mounts yearly to 1851. 600. 900. am
hat of this amount 1919. 100000 is rep
esented by such luxuries as silks
vines. liquors. perfumes and pomades
eaving a balance of $272.OOO.OOO REP
esenting increases on articles no
lxuries. Afainst this the presiden
ct. with great emphasis in his deliv
ry, the fact that the tariff had been /
educed on articles, mostly necessities. {
hose consumption in this country {
mounts annually to S5.O0O,OOO,OOO
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
An Amazing Law.

The pending agitation concern
ing the management of the Ferris
Industrial School has served to call
pointed attention to the law govern.
ing the commitment Of boys to that
institution: and some features of
that law, the main purpose of which
is unquestiOnably a commendable
one, will no doubt excite amazement
in the public mind. A bare state
ment of them would be accepted
with incredulity were it not that the
law stands upon the statue books in
plain print to attest its verify. The
general provisions of the law are in
the main, wise and conservative.
though they do make it easy to get
a boy into the school and very diff
cult to get him out.
But the provisions to which we
refer are extremely Objectionable.
They may be found in Section 5.
Chapter As, page 35S Of the Revised
Code. 1t is there provided that
any person may complain to any
justice Of the peace or to the NUM-
cipal Court, that a boy is incorrigi-
bic and that his parents or guar
dian either will not or can not con
troll him, and thereupon the Justice
of the peace, or the Municipal Court
has jurisdiction to hear the case and
commit the boy to the Ferris Indus
trial School. 1t follows. of course,
that whether a parent is to keep his
boy or give him up to the Ferris
Industrial School is matter which !
not upon his own desire or
judgment, but primarily upon the
decision of any justice of the peace
in the county, upon complaint of .
an entirely outside party. This is
a weighty responsibility and dan
gerous power to rest in the hands of
the average Delaware Justice of the
peace. 1t would seem that in all
instances where the parent or guar
dian Of a boy is not the complain
ant, the case should be decided by
higher tribunal than that of a JUS
lice of the peace. The liberty of
boy who may not be a fit subject for
a reform school is worth safeguard
ng better than is here provided.
This, however, is very mild COM
pared to other Objectionable features
If the law. The same section of !
Chapter As provides that when the
irand Jury has sufficient evidence ]
o indict a boy under sixteen years / s
# age for a felony, it may instead
# returning a true bill recommend ,
hat the boy be committed to the ;
Ferris Industrial School. Upon \
uch recommendation the Court of .
ieneral Sessions may, so far as the :
lw goes, commit the boy to the
'erris Industrial School without
caring a word Of testimony. Since
he Grand Jury never hears but one
de of the case, this provision of
wv goes to the limits of sending a
Oy to the Ferris industrial School y
ithout giving him or his friends a
nance to be heard at any stage of fl
le proceedings. OF course in prac-
ce it is presumed that the court
ould hear testimony as to the guilt W
innocence Of the defendant yet it
not required to do so.
But the most amazing provision v
the law, likewise to be found in bC
'ctiOn 5, is that which DEGREES that
hen any boy over nine years of
e and under sixteen, is charged Ia
fore the Municipal Court or any th
stice Of the peace with yagrancy, ia
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24

Thrown Under Car, Says Dying Man,
Pottsville, Pa, Sept 22.-According
TO his ante-mortem statement, Michael
Ponnick, who died at the PottsvilIe
hospital. was murdered by an uniden-
titled man, who threw him in front OF
q trolley car near Duncott. Ponnick
said he was waiting to board the car
when the stranger seized him by the
shoulders and hurled him on the track.
The car a second later ran over him,
inficting injuries that caused his
death an hour afterward State police
relying upon the dying mans descrip
ton Of his assailant arrested Adam
Brusap on suspicion.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
STATE MOURNS
Gov. JOHNSON
Buildings in ST. Paul DrapGd in
Black; Flags at Half Mast.
MANY TRIBUTES OF RESPECT

When the Governors Body Was TakeF
70 the Train the Streets Were Linec
With People, With Heads Barred
Taft Sends Message Of Sympathy tc
Widow.
St. Paul. MINI, Sept, 22.-One Of the
most remarkable tributes ever paid to
the memory of a public man in Min
nesota was accorded the late Governor
Johnson, who died Tuesday as the re
suit Of an intestinal operation.
From the hour that the governors
death was first publicly announced by
tolling of bells in Rochester, all usual
public activity was abandoned. All
banks, stores and Offices were closed
and buildings were draped in black
and purple crepe.
Governor JohnsOn's body was escort
ed to a special train for St. Paul by
a throng of citizens from every walk
Of life. On the train were Mrs. John
son, few Of her personal friends,
state officers and friends of the late
governor. As the cortege passed down
the street leading to the railway sta
ton the escort lined up on either side
with barred heads and the hundreds of
people around the depot showed like
respect. Mayor Thompson had pro
claimed It a day Of public mourning.
All the way along the route to st.
Paul flags were at half-mast and the
buildings draped with crepe.
At the capitol the body was placed
In the rotunda, where it lay in state.
Wednesday Rev. J. ]. Lawler, chap
lain of the governors staff, conduct
ed services in the capitol Thursday
the body will be taken to ST. Pc
ters, where final services will be held
under Presbyterian auspices. with
Rev. R. E. Clarke in charge. Inter |
ment will be in the family cemetery at |
st. Peters, where Governor Johnson is |
20 be buried beside his mother. Hon |
orary escorts will be state officers, the |
St Paul lodge of Elks and the Knights
Of Pythias, who will accompany the
special train to st. Peter.
Striking evidence of the remarkable
esteem in which Governor johnson
was held in all parts of the country
was seen here in the food Of mes
sages of sympathy which have been
at the state capital from men
prominent in all walks of life Chief
among these was the following tele-
gram from President Taft to Mrs.
Johnson:
"My heart goes out to you in sympa-
thy to you in your present deep sor-
row. Governor Johnson was a ma
donal figure of great ability and great
capacity for usefulness to his country
rs he had already demonstrated, and
bis loss will be felt far beyond the
state that loved him so well. I sin
eerely hope that the fond remembrance
n which he is and always will be held
n Minnesota and elsewhere and the
record of his high and valued public
service may come as a boon to you in
FOUR sorrow and may in time tighten
he burden you are now called upon
o bear"
Adolph o. Eberhart, lieutenant gov
.rnor, was sworn in as chief executive
II the state after the death of Gov !
,rnor Johnson.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
Leopard Attaeke RoY az show.

A crowd Of 300 persons was thrown
into a panic at St Paul, MINI, when
a leopard (which was being exhib-
tied there broke from its cage and at
tackled Martin Martinson, aged four
years, and tore the boys right arm al
most from its socket and clawed OF
one Of the child's ears. Charles Reus-
from, a. blacksmith, rushed from his
shop nearby and killed the leopard
with one blow Of an axe.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
Live Stock Markets.

PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)-
CATTLE slow; choice, s6.5507.
SHEEP steady prime wethers. S4S0
as; culls and common, SL5003;
lambs, S450G725; veal calves, $50
9.25.
HOGS active; prime heavies. $3.50
1865; mediums. SS.550S.60; heavy
Workers, sS.350S50; light Workers,
Sz90Qs.10; pigs, S750QI70; roughs,
$65007.50.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
Woman Dles a. peIIaor.

Mrs. ]. R. Richardson, of Goldsboro
N. c., died Of pellagra. Mrs. Richard
son had been sick with the disease for
a long time. She was thirty-flve years
old. There have been three cases OF
pellagra reported here, and this is the
second death.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
Death Ends Relay Across continent.

Death Ends Relay Across Continent.
The transcontinental automobile re
lay run from Philadelphia to Seattle
Wash, under the auspices Of the Phil
adelphia Press, came to a sudden and
sad end when the first relay car was
wrecked at Robesonia, twelve miles
west of Reading, Pa, causing the
death of two Of the occupants Of the
machine and the serious injury Of a
passenger. The men who were killed
are Henry L. Buckley. a reporter for
the Press, and William Brown, of Phil.
adelphia. William H. Bohn, of the
Acme automobile agency in Philadel
phia, sustained a deep laceration OF
the scalp; Clifford R. Ely, the chauf
feur and Halyard Carter, colored. a
valet, were slightly injured Buckley
and Brown died in a hospital in this
city.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
Small Peaeh orehard YIeIda s5OoO.

Small Peach Orchard Yields $4,000,
Schencksville, Pa, Sept. 22.-With
an income Of approximately $4,000 from
q peach orchard Of four and a half
acres, John L. Kern will this year have
one Of the most successful years in
rrultgrowing that has ever been re
corded fn Pennsylvania The orchard
contains 700 trees, mostly Albertas and
Fitzgeralds. More than $500 baskets
were picked, and the fruit sold at
prices ranging from $3.50 to 81 per
basket
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24

Irate Woman-This photograph
you made Of myself and husband
are not at all satisfactory, and I re-
fuse to pay for them.
Photogragher-What is wrong
with them.
Irate Woman-What is wrong?
Why my husband looks like a ba-
boon !
Photographer Well, that's no
fault Of mine. You should have
thought Of that before you had him
taken.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock.

The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock.
PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR quiet;
winter low grades, $4104435; winter
clear, S4.409460; city mills, fancy
$6.25@6.50
RYE FLOUR steady; per barrel
$4156435.
WHEAT steady; new No. 2 red
western, S1.05@1.06.
CORN quiet; No. yellow, local
77@7715c.
OATS firm; new No. 2 white, 4415
945c.; lower grades, 43c.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 100
Hc.; old roosters. 111s@12c. Dressed
steady; choice fowls, 17c.; old roost-
ers, 12c.
BUTTER steady; extra creamery,
32c per ID.
by, 27c.; western, 27c.
POTATOES steady at 7s975c. per
bushel.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
Killed In BIcvcIe coIIIeIon-

A collision Of bicycles at Bridgeport,
Conn.,, killed Victor Yasenar and sert-
ously hurt John Downey, brother Of
Tom Downey, shortstop Of the Cincin-
natl National League team. DoWney
will recover.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-24
Hoe Cholera Costs s4o.Ooo.ooo yearly.

Hog cholera costs farmers Of the
United States S4O,OO0,OOO annually, &C.
cording to estimates presented at the
closing session Of the Interstate Asso-
citation Of State Boards Of Live Stock
Commissioners at Chicago.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-11-25
Pounding Mill Items.
Pounding Mill. Nov. %

Pounding Mill, Nov. %. 'O9.
Mrs. Boyd has joined her husband
the relief agent here.
VIII Ferguson is loading lumber here
this week. His wife is with him.
Miss Marguerite Williams spent Sat-
urdsy and Sunday with homefoIks.
Miss Ella Crabtree visited homefolk,
in Thompson Valley Saturday and Sum-
day.
Il. M. Sturgill has resigned his posi-
ton as clerk for Pounding Mill Grocery
Company.
Miss E. Pearl Mcclure, of Cedar
Bluff, spent Saturday night and Sunday
with Miss IVA Steele.
. The following ladies spent Saturday
with Mrs. W. B. Steele: Mrs. James
Crabtree. Mrs. M. N. Hankins. Mrs. s
Berne Wamsley, Mrs. Wyrens Maxwell
and Miss Wyrene Lester.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-11-25
Truth Of This Not vouched For.

In an illustrated description OF the
game Of tennis "Simplicissimus"
says: Like all good thugs. lawn ten
mis- is OF English origin. Marie Stu
art. while a prisoner, was compelled
to beat carpets which were hung over
a rail. Not contented with this hui
initiation. her sister, Queen Elizabeth,
once threw a dead mouse at the I'M
fortunate Marie while the latter was
beating carpets. The little defunct
rodent was caught on Marie's fail and
sent back over the rail, and was re-
turned to her by means of q fail In
the hands Of Elizabeth. and thus the
game Of tennis originated. Further
on In the same same description Il 10
said: Two sets are formed. and
while these fiirt at the edge of the
court others stand near the net and
make efforts to speak English"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-11-25
Turkeys! Turkeys!
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND WANTED FOR
THANKSGIVING.

We are the largest receivers Of
Dressed Poultry in the East. Our house
was established 30 years ago. Our
specialties are Dressed Poultry and
Eggs. We want thousands of nice fat.
dry picked turkeys for Thanksgiving
If you have any for market let us have
your name at once. We want to send
you personal letter that will be worth
many dollars to you. If your turkeys
are large and fat ship for Thanks0iv-
ing, but il small and poor hold them
over for Christmas. We solicit con-
signments from any and everybody who
have nice fat stock. Our firm has made
a specially of the best class of goods
and al the fancy buyers of PHILADELPHIA
and nearby towns know this and always
come TO us for their turkeys, hence it's
no trouble for rs to get fancy prices.
Farmers shipments are usually In the
best shape and sell for the extreme
highest prices. Fancy buyers are al
ways calling for the farmers shipments.
Why1 Because they know they are the
best goods to be had. We make a
speciality Of farmers shipments. No
shipment too small nor none too large.
We give our personal attention to ali.
Make quick sales and send prompt re-
turns Poultry and Eggs will no doubt
be high for Thanksgiving and we must
have heavy shipments TO supply cur
large trade. Everybody write Us at
once and tell your friends to write too.
We viii appreciate your business and
stand ready to serve you.
Yours for Business.
FRANK HELLERIcK, & Co..
354 North Front St,
Philadelphia, Pa.
References,
Dunns and Bradstreet's Agencies.