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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, so as to consolidate
the courts of common pleas of AL
legheny County.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of PennsylYa-
mia in General Assembly met, That
the following amendment to the Con-
stitution of Pennsylvania be, and the
same is hereby, proposed, in accord
ance with the eighteenth article
thereof
That section six of article five be
amended, by striking out the said
section, and inserting in place there
of the following:
Section 6. In the county of Phila-
delphia all the jurisdiction and pow
ers now vested in the district courts
and courts of common pleas, subject
to such changes as may be made by
this Constitution or by law, shall be
in Philadelphia vested in five dis
tinct and separate courts of equal
and coordinate jurisdiction, COM
posed of three judges each. The
said courts in Philadelphia shall be
ueSlBudlSu respectively as tue court
of common pleas number one, num-
ber two, number three, number four,
and number five, but the number of
said courts may be by law increased,
from time to time, and shall be in
like manner designated by successive
numbers. The number of judges in
any OF said courts, or in any county
where the establishment of an addi-
tional court may be authorized by
law, may be increased, from time to
time, and whenever such increase
shall amount in the whole to three,
such three judges shall compose a
distinct and separate court as afore-
said, which shall be numbered as
aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits
shall be instituted In the said courts
of common pleas without designating
the number of the said court. and the
several courts shall distribute and
apportion the business among them
In such manner as shall be provided
by rules of court, and each court
to which any suit shall be thus as.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19

signed, shall have exclusive juris-
diction thereof, subject to change of
venue, as shall be provided by law.
In the county of Allegheny all the
jurisdiction and powers now vested
in the several numbered courts of
common pleas shall be vested in one
court OF common pleas, composed of
all the judges in commission in said
courts. Such jurisdiction and pow
ers shall extend to all proceedings at
law and in equity which shall have
been instituted in the several num-
bered courts, and shall be subject to
such changes as may be made by law,
and subject to change of venue as
provided by law. The president
judge of said court shall be selected
as provided by law. The number of
judges in said court may be by law
increased from time to time. This
amendment shall take effect on the
first day of January succeeding its
adoption.
A true cory of Resolution No. 8.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19
Market Reports.

BUTTER - Receipts, l6.OSs packages
creamery. specials. per lb.. Soc: extras
29c. thirds to firsts, 24a2Sc.: state dairy
finest, Sc; common 10 prime. 22lSaZ7b4c
process. specials. 26a26Izc. seconds to ex
tras. 22a251kc.: factory. current make. sec
onds TO firsts. 22az3c.; imitation creamery
24a25c
CHEESE-Firm; receipts. 7.632 boxes
state. whole milk. specials. 1b1tal7c.; aver
age fancy. small, white. l6c.: large. 6c
small. eolored. 15c-; large. &c.: prime
14b.al4Ao- fair 20 good. l3MalAAc; com
mon. l0Aal2Ac.; skins, specials. l2%c
fine. ubSail%c.: fair to good. SlAal0hc.
common. 6kA7lGc-; full skins. 21satc.
EGGS = Ftrmer; receipts. lLgt cases
state Pennsylvania and nearby. hennery
white. 3laSzc: gathered. white. SaSc-
hcnnery. brown. 3a27c-: gathered, brown
2a25c.; fresh gathered. extra firsts. NV
&c. firsts, o0a2lc.: Seconds. lT1ta19c.
HAY AND 9TRAW-FiEm: timothy. old
per hundred. IL-1sa1.25; new. SLi0al5
shipping, old. E6ai. 10; clover. mixed. Old
6c-a&l- 20; clover. old, 90c.aSll straw. lont
rye. 6Oc. cat and wheat. 45e.; half bales
2t1a5c. IeaAL
POTATOES-weak: Long Island. pa
bbl. t2a15: Jersey. u.S6a2ni southern
x-bOa2; sweets. y1-60a2
LIVE POULTRY = Steadyt broilers
nearby. per lb>. i9sishc-; westeru. so.
southern. lSc.; fowls. nearby, Bhal6c
western and southern. &c.; old roosters
ilc.: turkeys. i0aitc.; ducks. i4c.; geese
l2c.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19
A JOINT RESOLUTION


Proposing an amendment to section
eight article nine, of the Consti-
tuition of Pennsylvania.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
mia in General Assembly met, That
the following is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in
accordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof
Amendment to Article Nine, Sec
ton Eight.
Section 9. Amend section eight,
article nine, of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol-
lows:-
Section s. The debt of any coun-
ty, city, borough, township, school
district, or other municipality or in
corporated district, except as herein
provided, shall never exceed seven
per centum upon the assessed value
of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or dis
trict incur any new debt, or increase
it's Indebtedness to an amount ex-
ceeding two per centum upon such
assessed valuation of property, with
out the assent of the electors thereof
at a public election in such manner
as shall be provided by law; but any
city, the debt of which now exceeds
seven per. centum of such assessed
valuation.3may be authorized by law
to increase the same three per CEN
tum, in the aggregate, at any one
time, upon such valuation" so as to
read as follows:-
Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor-
porated district, except as herein
provided, shall never exceed seven
per centum upon the assessed value
of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or dis
trict incur any new debt, or increase
it's Indebtedness to an amount ex-
ceeding two per centum upon such
assessed valuation of property, with
out the assent of the electors thereof
at a public election in such manner
as shall be provided by law; but any
city, the debt of which now exceeds
seven per centum of such assessed
valuation, may be authorized by law
to increase the same three per CEN
tum, in the aggregate, at any one
time, upon such valuation, except
that any debt or debts hereinafter
incurred by the city and county of
Philadelphia for the construction
and development of subways for tram
sit purposes, or for the construction
of wharves and docks, or the re-
clamation of land % be used in the
construction of a system of wharves
and docks, as public improvements,
owned or to be owned by said city
and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and
county of Philadelphia current net
revenue in excess of the interest on
said debt or debts and of the annual
installments necessary for the can
collation. of said debt or debts, may
be excluded in ascertaining the pow
er of the city and county of Philadel-
phia to become otherwise indebted:
Provided, That a sinking fund for
their cancellation shall be established
and maintained.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19
Number Two.
RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, so as to
eliminate the requirement of pay
ment of taxes as a qualification of
the right to vote.
Resolved (if the House of Repre-
sentatives concur), That the follow
ing amendment to the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
mia be, and the same is hereby, pro-
posed, in accordance with the eigh-
teenth article thereof:
That section one of article eight be
amended, by striking out the fourth
numbered paragraph thereof, so that
the said section shall read as fol-
lows:
Section /. Every male citizen
twenty-one years of age, possessing
the following qualifications, shall be
entitled to vote at all elections, sub
ject however to such laws requiring
and regulating the registration OF
electors as the General Assembly may
enact
First. He shall have been a citizen
of the United States at least one
month.
Second. He shall have resided in
the State one year Cor if, having pre-
viously been a qualified elector OF
native-born citizen of the State, he
shall have removed therefrom and
returned, then six months), immedi-
ately preceding the election.
Third. He shall have resided in the
election district where he shall offer
to vote at least two months immedi-
ately preceding the election.
A true copy of Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19
WHAT BALLINGER SAID.
Secretary of Interior Declared He
Would Resign if President Asked.

Washington, Aug. II. - Secretary
Ballinger of the interior department
has sent word to Beverly that he viii.
resign any time he is asked to do SC
by the president, but not until then
This is the burden of a report that is
current here. According to this story
the secretary made plain this attitude
to Senator Crane in Minneapolis a fort.
night ago and the senator has com.
municated it to the president.
This report adds color to the grow.
ing impression that the effort TO get
rid Of Ballinger. Cannon and Aldrich
without soiling the hands of the presi
dent has come to grief. Secretary
Ballinger, it is said, fatty refused tc
be put out of the way by anybody but
the president himself.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19

ID POPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
L THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR
APPROVAL OR REJECTION, BY
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN
SYLVANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY
ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PUR-
SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
twenty-six of article five of the
Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Resolved, (if the Senate concur) =,
That the following amendment to
section twenty-six of article five of
the Constitution of Pennsylvania be,
and the same is hereby, proposed, in
accordance with the eighteenth arti-
Gle thereof
That section 26 of Article ", which
reads as follows: Section 20. All
laws relating to courts shall be gem
eral and of uniform operation, and
the organization, jurisdiction, and
powers of all courts of the same
class or grade, so far as regulated
by law, and the force and effect of
the process and judgments of such
courts, shall be uniform; and the
General Assembly is hereby prohibit
ed from creating other courts to eX-
ercise the powers vested by this Con-
stitution in the judges of the Courts
of Common Pleas and Orphans
Courts" be amended so that the same
shall read as follows:-
Section 26. All laws relating to
courts shall be general and of uni
form operation, and the organization,
jurisdiction, and powers of all courts
of the same class or grade, so far as
regulated by law, and the force and
effect of the process and judgments
of such courts, shall be uniform !;
but, notwithstanding any provisions
of this Constitution, the General AS
sembly shall have full power to es-
tablish new courts, from time to time,
as the same may be needed in any
city or county, and to prescribe the
powers and jurisdiction thereof, and
to increase the number of judges in
any courts now existing or hereafter
created, or to reorganize the same,
or to vest in other courts the juris-
diction heretofore exercised by
courts not of record, and to abolish
the same wherever it may be deemed
necessary for the orderly and efficient
administration of justice.
A true copy of Resolution No. 1.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19
WALL OF DAM FALLS.
Five Men Rescued of Nine Buried In
Mass of Cement and Clay.

Ogdensburg, \. Y, Aug. 16.-Nine
men We're engulfed under 100 tons Of
cement and clay at the power dam
being constructed at Massena, n. Y.
Five We're rescued. Two were dead
when taken out, and two others are
still buried in the ruins. Three of the
injured men We're taken across the St
Lawrence river to Cornwall, and put
in the hospital. Two of them have
broken legs and the third fractured
skull.
One of the dead men whose body
was recovered had $500 in money
sewed in Lis underclothing. The men
were Italians.
A section of the dam forty feet in
length, thirty feet in height and filed
with clay gave way burying the work
men under 1t. The theory of quick
sand is advanced by some and a weak
foundation by others.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19

New York. Aug. 16.-Judge Oren
Britt Brown of Dayton, O., who in the
recent Republican state convention In
Ohio got Alb votes for the nomination
for the governorship on the first bal
lot, is at the Waldorf. With him is c..
j. Mattern, who was on the commit
tee on resolutions and who helpeu to
draft the platform.
Judge Brown did not seem to cherish
any resentment over the fact that he
was thrown overheard by George B.
Cox, the Republican boss of Cincin-
natl, to defeat Representative Nicho-
las Longworth, and had much to say
In praise of Warren G. Harding, the
Marion editor, who got the nomina-
ton. Judge Brown is on his way to
Blue Ridge Summit, Md, to spend his
vacation.
''Out In Ohio the Republicans are in
clined to be progressive" said Judge
Brown. There is not so much of the
stand pat idea there as some are apt
to think. It's location, between the east
and the middle west, makes II some
what conservative, but while the plat
form adopted by the recent conven-
ton supports the tariff and President
Taft, there are at the same time some
progressive planks. You have got to
go to Ohio to see how that sort of
thing is managed. Out there we are
never extremists, but we favor fair
treatment for everybody and we he-
lieve that innovations should come in
gradually, by a course of evolution, as
IL were"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19
DON JAIME ATTACKS FRANCE.
Says She is BIanketins Spain Out of
Morocco-He Isn't Agitating.

Says She is Blanketine Spain Out of
Morocco-He Isn't Agitatins.
Vienna, Aug. 16.-DOn Jaime, the
Carlist pretender TO the Spanish
throne, has written to the Neue Freie
Presse here denying the report that
he is actively participating in the pres
ent movement In Spain, He asserts
that the Carlists are numerous In ev-
cry province in Spain and are ready for
the chosen moment for the sacrifice of
blood and treasure.
He points out that while Spain is
engrossed in internal religious strife
France is marching, unobserved by all,
toward Fez, the capital Of Morocco.
He asserts that France is working to
abolish and cut Off from Spain all
commercial connections in Morocco.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19
UMPIRE EVANS BADLY CUT.
Foul Tip Hit Results In Breaking of
Mask.

Chicago, Aug. 16.-Umpire Billy
Evans was hurt during the ninth inn-
ing Of the first Hilltop White Sox game
and viii be out Of commission for sew
eral days. A foul tip hit him on the
mask, and one Of the wires In the
mask broke and cut his face 50 bad
that It required two stitches. Umpire
CoIlihower worked alone In the second
game, and did good work CONSIDERING
that he Is new In the American league
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF
ERIE TRAINS.
"Guaranteed articles only Sold"

Trains leave Union depot at 7.20
a. m. and 2.4S p. m, week days.
Trains arrive Union depot at $50
and cas- p. m. week days.
Saturday only, Erie and Wyoming
arrives at 3.45 p. m. and leaves at
$50 p. m.
Sunday trains leave 2.4s and ar
rive at 7.02.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19
WOMAN sMOTHERED IN VAULT

Wife Of Former Richmond County
Sheriff Falls Through Deeayed Roof.
New YORK, Aug. 16.-Mrs. Benjamin
Brown, wife Of ex-Sheriff Brown Of
Richmond county, was smothered to
death IN a vault at her home In Sta
pleton. Mrs. Browns home Is at Sand
street In the rear Of the health de-
partment building. Back of the house
Is a disused vault which has been
boarded over.
While out In the rear Of the prem
ises Mrs. Brown stepped on the old
boards that had been laid over the
top OF the vault and she went through
81 was dead when taken out.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19

TWELVE muslin trespass notices
for $1.OO; six for seventy-fve cents.
Name of owner, township and law
regarding trespassing printed there
on. CITIZEN Office.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19
kiIls Girl mistaken For suroIsr.

Dentson, Tex, Aug, 18.-rMistaking
his niece, Minnie Beck, aged thirteen,
for burglar when she went into the
yard for a drink Of water, a man
named Jackson shot and killed the
child.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19
ARMY ADvIKER TO CANADA.
Major General coEn Mackenzie to 1s
Chief Of General STAFF,

London, Aug. 1o.-Ma1or General J.
Coin Mackenzie, G. B.. has been ap-
pointed chief Of the general stan and
first military adviser to Canada.
He is now IN command Of the Sixth
infantry brigade at Aldershot.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-19
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Closing Stock Quotations.

Money on call today was Ia per cent
time money and mercantile paper un.
changed in rates. Closing stock quota.
tions on the New York exchange Aug. II
were:
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-07
NEW YORK GRAIN.

New York April WHEAT, Re
ceipts $4,000 spot weak; No, 2 rel
s122; nominal, elf No. / northern
122% Lob. afoat opening naviga-
ton Options showed very steady
feeling early on small offerings and
covering by shorts, but declined later
under heavy liquidation on favorable
weather and the poor demand for
both cash wheat and flour, closing at
unchanged to y net decline; May
s1.201a; July 1.13h.
CORN Receipts 2S,125; shipments
5,170; s9ot weak; steamer 1a1h; No.
50, both elevator and export basis.
Export No G2A fob. Options
closed 1h@19s net lower; May 67%
July 70A.
/ OATS Receipts 1900; shipments
11,322; spot weak; natural white 45ia
M4S; clipped white 47051h. Op.
tions closed IL net lower; May 1914
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-07
Experienced in Grain and Provision
Markets Yesserday--CIoec
Showed Some Losses.

Chicago, April G.--Gran and tro
visions experienced a severe sinking
spell today, inspired to some extent
by the suspension of a prominent
cash grain concern, the second one
for the week. At the close wheat
showed net losses Of IA to ia
Wheat was extremely weak all day
and at the low point prices showed
losses of nearly two cents compared
with Mondays final figures. Besides
the suspension OF the grain firm there
were number OF other bearish fac
tors. Among these were additional
showers in the southwest, sharp de-
clines at Liverpool, the poor demand
for cash grain, and the Ohio report
which gave the condition of the crop
of that state at SO compared with
60 year ago. During the day sew
eral slight rallies occurred on buying
by shorts and in the final half the
new crop months rallied half cent
above the low figures.
No. 2 red $1ISA @1.2o; No. 5 red
1.13@1.1S; No. 2 hard 1.12%@114A; ;
No. 3 hard 1,97@l12%; May opened
1.13@113A; highest 1.13A; low 112;
closed LIZ; July closed los; Septem-
Der 1918.
CORN-Persistent liquidation char
acterized the trading. All deliveries
dropped more than IL below the
closing level of Monday The clos.
ing out Of accounts of leading CON
Germ owing to the suspension of the
firm was perhaps tho most important
factor in the situation, although the
exceedingly slack demand for cash
grain prompted liberal sales. The
price of cash grain was / to lower.
Futures closed weak, near the bottom
May being "a lower.
No. 2 5SA @5S3s; No. white 59@
go; No. . yellow 1914 @59K No. 3
SAN @56; No. 8 white 57h 058A /;
No. yellow 55h d57 May opened
599s G59A; high 599s; low 58h
closed 5S3s; July 50M.
OATS-Weak all day because Of
the slump in wheat and corn. Many
leading longs sold freely and there
were also liberal sales for the short
account. Closed weak NON to Ia
IA lowe'
No. 2 41G42; No. white 43K@4i;
No. white 40@4Sta; standard 434
"A; May opened 42BM41%; highest
42b@42h; low 41@41b; closed
.41%; July 39a.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-07
Stocks, Bonds, Cereals
NARROW AND thin "A SINKING SPELL
Was Yesterdays Stock Market
Transactions Light, And Causes
Were Rather Obscure.

New York, April 6.-The stock
market was narrow and thin and the
motive: prompting the lighs tram
actions were corresponding obscure
and presumably unimportant as re-
Election of any happenings in the out
side world.
A strong contrast il presented in
the conditions existing in the London
market and here In the former un-
bridled speculation is going on, side
by side with state of disorder in
finances nnparrelled in recent his.
tory. In New York, on the contrary,
the depletion of bank reserves by
gold exports is viewed with entire in
difference and without any demand
for speculative use to exercise a
check on the outward flow of the
precious metal
Much surmise Is expected to find
plausible explanation for the anoma-
lous conditions. One proffered ex-
PLANTATION is that an understanding
and agreement exist among the lead
ing banking authorities at all the
great financial capitals to cooperate
for safeguarding TIL threatening po-
sition in London. 1t is Tor this rea-
son, as supposed. that the New York
bankers perceive the shipments Of
gold to London with equanimity, rely
ing on the reflected benefit to the
New York market by the relief of the
London position
Predictions of e. increase in divi-
dend on United States Steel formed
lever for lifting prices in the early
dealings but decline follower n Q
Use in tic call loan rate.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-07
THE LADY REVISES.
BY Stuart 9. Stone.

Often had young Ellis Lawrence
Dunraven longed in his heart to pen
an ode to the eyebrow of his fair mis-
tress. Like all true poets he had writ
ten Of this, that and the other--but
never had he dared to pen lines to
Miss Pamela Higgins. For the lady
called spade spade, and saw no
beauty in the purple dawn.
In an hour such as all true poets
have, however, young Dunraven sue
cumbed. The result was an S0-line
poem about Mistress Pamela Higgins.
Then Pegasus fell with bump and a
sprawl and the poet was afraid to go
and tell the lady. AT last, however,
the beauty of it all worked on him
again and he buckled on white vest
and the kind of limp, soi'ed lavenr
der tie that poets affect, and told her
all about it. f sss
1T Is called Lines to Aphrodite, :"
said the poet, Il
"Humph," scoffed Mrs. Higgins. "As
remember, Miss Aphrodlte was a
rather Eighty goddess, II this poem
is about me. you call it Lines to
Pamela Higgins
"Ye-e-s," stammered young Dunra-
ven, in confused delight. THAT is
the idea. If you will permit. 1t will
disturb the rhythm little, but / can
remedy that.
Dunraven read, the Nestle flush of
poesy in his cheek 20, Aphrodite,
fairest god of Greece
look here' snapped Miss Hig.
gins, what did | tell you about that
neurological nonsense. You change
that line to o, Pamela Higgins, most
beautiful maid in Caneyville!
But faltered Ellis Lawrence Dun.
raven, the meter-the rhythm-the
feet!"
very we'll" said Miss Higgins Go
sit by the seashore and read 1t to the
sea gulls by the light of the harvest
moon. then. will have no such non
sense about me- She brought her
fist down upon the center table and
picked up the Standard Cook Book.
"All right" agreed Dunraven, and
changed the line; then read on:
lovely deity. drifting on foam.
flecked waters
Make that Lovely sweetheart,
sweeping floors and baking spIcs. "
commanded Miss Higgins
with gasp OF despair the poet
ehsngsd TIE GOLDEN lines Now read