The Conshohocken Recorder, February 7, 1900

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TOPICS ()J: TWO TOWNS
ol lattreM iiincernln* Hie people Ihn
*c know In both Boroufti*.
Other cliac.
i.■;■>.. arc growing longer.
Pi bruai) the month .>[ holidays.
Lent Indus the last duy of tills
month.
Ifattbl w Tinslcy. of l'iflii iivciiuc. is
seriously ill.
Miss PationC! Nixon was visiting in
Port Ksnni dy but « seat.
Blwood Nobllt is confined to his
It (in Hairy sine! Iiy Illness.
Saiiiu.'l Bmltfa of First avenue is Ber-ioiisiy
ill with erysipelas in the head.
The nipper glTen by tho Husy Work-ers
mi Saturday evening was wall pat
ronlK d.
Some of the comic valentines in the
shop windows wear the regular Febru-aiy
cold grin.
The Tube Works atoppedo>n8atnrdaYj
In clean boilers. The mill will start
to-morrow night.
.animations were finished and
tbe promotions made 111 the public
school! laal w< ek.
Polltlca arc very quiet in town. In
the Second ami Fourth Wards there is
a little interest taken.
Janus II. Holland and J. Ellwuod
Lee left this morning on a. ten-day's
business trip to Havana, Cuba.
The "Big" mill of the J. Wood &
Hros Company is closed this week. It
will start on Wednesday nlsht
The river almost reached the high
water mark yesterday. Sunday night's
rain broke up the ice and caused a
freshet.
Mrs. HUtWOOd Hart, the mother of
!■:. E. and Israel Hail of tiiis borough,
is seriously 111 at her home in Center
Square.
The Rev. Mr. Cook ami family will
be glad to receive the calls of members
of the Parish on Tuesday evening,
l'( In n.ii y Gth.
Henry Harmon Albright, aged 58
mill at his home. 1 lector and
Cherry ■treats, yesterday, after an ill-ness
of si veral months.
Keystone telephones have been
placed in John A. ('ah Ill's res-taurant
and In the undertaking estab-lishment
of H. T. Maker.
A petition Is being circulated
throughout the town asking; President
Mi kinley to appoint Cyrus E. Hippie
postmaster of Conshohocken.
The regular monthly meeting of the
W. C. T. U. will be held at the home
oi Mr. Llnvllle, No. 38 Payt'tte street,
on Thursday afternoon, at 2.30.
Henry II. Diddlcboek. a well-known
sporting writer of Philadelphia, and a
former resident of this borough died
at his home yesterday morning.
The regular monthly meeting of the
llnsy Workers will be held in :
tine room of the Lutheran chiiivli on
Wednesday afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock
Mary Kakasky. of Payette-c ri I■•
near Kim. and Joseph Winclierger, of
Philadelphia, will he married on Sun-day
afternoon In Qulgleys Hall by the
Hebrew ceremony.
Mrs. J. F. llowker had Issued Invita-tion!
to a tea at her home for Kondaj
afternoon, but the unexpected death of
Mr. John Moiton, of Roxborougb. an
nncle of Mrs. Bowker. canned the re
call of the invitations.
Paul Glldrln was arrested whlll iin.
leaaly wandering around the streets
on Friday and llnrgess Jacoby sent
him to Jail, lie was released, how
ever, on Saturday, on the representa-tion
of his mother, who resides In
Mannyunk. and who said ho was weak
mind, i:
Herbert Welsh, Esq., of Philadel-phia,
Hie editor of City and Bute, Will
speak In the Presbyterian ('hureh on
Saturday evening on "The Questions
in the Philippines from a Christian
Standpoint." The meeting Will begin
at eight o'clock.
The revival meetings in the Metho
dlst Church are still in progress and
growing In interest Five came for-ward
for prayer last evening, three
others raised their hands for prayer;
six have joined the church, and six
more will do so.
Sheriff John K. Light and Chief of
Police Rodenbaugh. of Norrlslown. left
on Sunday evening for Plttsburg after
Charles Mantel), the famous burglar
who escaped last June after having
been convicted of burglarizing several
residences at Baverford. Chief Rod-enbaugh
carried with him a pair of
leg-cuffs which will prevent Mantoll
from again running away. The ofll-eirs
expect to arrive In Norrlstown to-day
with the prisoner.
At the animal meeting of the Wash-ington
Hose Company on Saturday
evening, the following oflloMi were
elected: President, (liislav,. Summers;
Vice President, Harry Smith; Beers
tary, William Horn; Assistant Score
tary, Harry Murray; Treasurer, Thom-as
Murray; Chief Engineer, John
Knox; Trustee, C. K Hippie-.
The Republican Borough Executive
Committee organized for the- campaign
on Saturday evening by electing H. it.
Heyi.eoil. president; Josepli W. Cm-retary,
and John P. Bowker,
irer, The following finance
llttee was appointed: H. B. Hey-wooil.
First Ward: Jos. L. Harrison.
Second Ward; William Ford. Third
Ward: Caleb Wilson. Fourth Ward
nnd John D. Hampton, Fifth Ward.
The thermometer registered 13 de-al
noon lo day.
William T. Crawford, of Philadel-phia,
a for r n sldenl of tins bor-ough
was renewing old acqualntenanc-i
s mi Saturday and Sunday)
William Stewart, of Philadelphia,
and Bdward Stnbbs, Of this borough.
were given a bearing before Magistrate
O. F. l.enli.inlt. of NorrlatOWn, Satur-day
afternoon on the charge of selling
Oleomargarine and adulterated pepper.
Brrldence was submitted to the sffeel
that the olec was sold under Ihe name
Of good 1,utter at -I cents a pound. It
wns further testified thai he sold pep-per
which was adulterated to a great
extant Deputy Pood inspector sim-nii
is. of I'lioenixville. brought the
i 1 I n. Both men were held un-der
llnoo ball each for trial at omit.
Stewart ownei the t'unslmliocken Cash
Grocey store at Ki.st avenue and Kay-
Stte Street and Stnbbs is his manager.
Beside! ibis establishment Stewart is
also proprietor of several grocery
stoics iii Philadelphia, He was arrest
id several weeks ago on the same
charge that is now hanging over his
head but Magistrate Egbert left him
off with a fine of $200 and costs.
SAMI id. LONG'S DBATH. BASKET BALL CHAT
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN
Annie, a young (laughter of George
Rlstine. is seriously ill.
—A young daughter of William
Tinkler is ■uttering from pneumonia,
-The School Board met last even-ing.
Routine business was transacted.
—The regular meeting of Town
Council wll be held to-morrow even-ing.
BxamlnstloU! were finished and
promotion! made In the public schools
laal Week.
Ol mmunlon and feet-washing was
observed in the Holiness Christian
Church on Sunday morning.
Mi irioe Lawrence, who has been
In Charily Hospital. Norrlstown. for
il weeks past suffering from ty-phoid
fever, is slowly recovering.
—Berrv Hellaveii has reaped his s-e-ond
crop of ice from theBalmoral dan.
Although he filled his ice houses dur-ing
the previous cold snap, he cut
the ice and piled it up along the
hank. He will probably build a house
around the ice thus piled up. The Ice
Is the finest harvested this winter, be-ing
eight Inches in thickness.
—The Quarterly conference of Ebe-neter
Chapel Of the Holiness Christian
Association ires held on Saturday af-ternoon.
Rev*, .iiinas Trumbauer, P.
E. of the Eastern District of fhe Asso-ciation,
and Rev. |D. I.. Hyde were pres-ent.
Charlea Baler was sleeted dele-eat"
to the general conference, which
on'i nes at N't. Oarmel, Pa., the latter
par! of this month. Mr. Wright, the
itor, has served three years
it tbl! charge, which is the time limit,
ind will therefore be removed from
this borough, much to the regret of
bia entire congregation. During his
u'sloiate here Mr. Wright has labored
llllgently to build up the church, and
In his efforts to free It from debt has
■o.t with better success than any
Ither palter during the past eight
vcars. He Is spoken of as a possibil-ity
for the Presiding Eldership. Mr.
Wright has made a host of friends In
'his vicinity who . wish him success
wherever he is assigned. His prob-ible
successor will be n Mr. Houseman.
i young nnd energetic minister, who
has been in the conference about six
years.
JOHN MORTON DBAD.
John Morton, a well-known horse-man
and retired master teamsters,
lied yesterday morning at his home.
Kasi Lexington avenue. Roxborough,
from a Stroke of paralysis, sustained
last I'IIdi y.
Mr. Morton was born near Chester.
October M, 1818. His grandfather.
John Morton, fought In the Revolu-tionary
war. Mr. Morton lived In
Maiiayiink since 1880, and for many
years owned a large number of teams
that did most of the hauling for the
mills of that section. He was former-ly
a member of the Belmont Driving
"bib, and was one of the founders of
tin Mannyunk and Roxborough Trot-
Ini Association.
Mrs. Stanley l.ees. of this borough,
is B sister of Mr. Morton.
NKW TELEPHONE COMPANY.
Ambler is to have Its own telephone
line. A movement toward this end
baa I" en going on for several weeks
in thai pretty little borough and an-othar
meeting will be held this even-
; the promoters of this scheme to
complete arrangements.
\n application for a (barter will be
nidi In the Montgomery county courts
HI Wednesday. The object of the
phone company is to furnish service
in ambler and the towns in that vicin-ity.
It is the intention of tin- ne»
pony to furnish service on an excep-tionally
low price. They will endeav-or
to have every business place an i ai
many private places as possible con-m
oted
The company is both rich and Influ-ential,
A prominent resident of Am
bier stated that It was a new venture
thai would be sure to merit with great
popularity. .
Samuel Long, an old and respected
resident of ibis borough, died on Bat-afternoon
at three oi ioi I, St bis
home on Hi I tOI si reel.
Ills death was caused by Injuries
ri ived by a fall on Dim street near
Poplar on Friday December 29th.
While walking along Elm Street he
fell and his head near the base of the
brain struck a brick He was render-ed
nneonaclous, and since the accident
did not regain his mind. lie grew
steadily worse until his death on Sat-urday.
The funeral services will be held on
Wednesday afternoon at one o'cl MSk,
the Interment will be In the Merlon
Square Cemeterj.
Mr. Long was born 64 years ago In
Churchill, Donegal County. Ireland.
With his parent! he came to'this coun-try
when he was nine years old. going
io the Brundywine in Chester comity.
While there lie was given employenient
by the Dupont'a He removed to Mnn-ayunk
and was employed as engineer
of the dredger of the Schuylkill Nivl-gation
Company.
In Is.'iS he came to Conshohocken,
and In 1SU3 he became engineer In the
Alan Wood Company's mill, where be
continued until his death.
Mr. Long was married twice, and Is
survived by his wife and three sons,
Andrew, Alexander and John.
Mr. Long was always an active Re-publican
hut has never held office. He
was a member of only one societv. the
Schuylkill Relief Association of the
Alan Wood Company's mills.
He was a man of domestic tastes,
and had a large circle of friend
will sincerely mourn his untimely
death.
conshohocken Loses to Tannehausir but
Takci a Drubbing out olIhe
Ucrnuutowo
WILLIAM BINNS DEAD
William lilniis. a widely known
11 of Qermgntown, died Wedn a-day
afternoon at his home 77 W. John-son
street, after three days illness, of
bronchial trouble and pnelmonla. Mr.
Binns was boi n In New York State,
tune SO, 1888, and was educated In the
Croaswlck schools, in New Jersey
Shortly after leaving school he >e-moved
to Oonshohoeken. when nlne-tean
yean old he was nppronticed to
the firm of Flnnigan Brothers, paiatera
in Mannyunk. He finished his ap-prenticeship
at the navy yard, and
later assoilatid himself with C. L.
HaxwelL
Since September 5, 1876. he had been
in business for himself. He Is sur-vived
by a widow, a daughter and five
sons. He was a member of Mitchell
Lodge. No. 29fi, F. and A. M.; German-town
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons:
Commandry No. 2, Knights Templars;
Lulu Temple.Knights of Mystic Chain;
Mason Veterans and Master Painters'
Association. The funeral services were
held yesterday at 2 o'clock.
Mr. Binns was a brother to Mr. Sam-uel
llinns and Mrs. William Tolen. of
this borough.
Brief services were conducted by the
Rev. Dr. Samuel I'pjohn, rector of St.
Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church of
Oermantown.
Among the lodges and other organ-izations
attending were Mitchell tadge
No. 296. F. and A. M.: Oermantown
( hapter. Royal Arch Masons; Com-mandry
No. 2, Knights Templar; Lulu
Temple, Knights of Mystic Shrine.
Mason Veterans and Master Painters'
Association.
OBJECTS TO VACATING A ROAD
Argument was heard yesterday in
the matter of the exceptions to the re-ports
of the Jury of view in the vaca-tion
of the Schuylkill River Road and
Righter's Ferry Road.
The main contention raised was that
by tbe vacations of the portions of the
road vacated by the Jury, the remain-ing
portions of tho road ended in no
public places, or in cul-de-sacs, which
are prohibited by law.
The roads must end at another pub
lie road or public place and cannot end
in a pocket. The vacation of these
roads would leave a number of houses
on the remaining portion of the rod
with no means of getting out and
would deprive many persons of the
means of getting to the Manayunk
bridge.
W. F. Solly, representing the petit-ioners,
contended that one of the roads
tciniliiHtedatarestaurant and theother
at a lane hading to IVncoyd station on
tic Philadelphia and Reading Railway
and therefore such public places
ei ntemplated by law are at the termini
of the portions of the road left after
the vacation. It was also contended
that the drafts are not signed by tbe
v .' Wi ra as required by law.
Germantowu made their second ap-pearance
of the season In this borough
on Saturday evening and again fell
victims to the local team In one of the
must disgusting games that was ever
witnessed in this town. Although
there was only three points difference
in the score It does not, In the least,
tell what kind of a game it was. The
score would Indicate a hard fought
game, but it was dull and uninterest-ing
and one that would only tend to
disgrace the sport.
Tho visitors were somewhat handl-i.
ippid by the absence of P. Smith and
Wliiteman. the latter who WBB In no
fit condition to play, and Butz and
Cowing tilled the defense positions.
The locul team was also handicapped
by the abacence of Cox. Moore and
Neville. Ruth got In the game, the
first time for about three weeks. Cox
was so badly broken up from the game
on Friday night that he did not play,
and Neville, who has not fully recov-ered
from an injured arm, did not get
In the game until near the close, tak-
Qrawford'S place after the latter
was forced to retire. Lang went to
centre in Cox's place and Ellam went
In at forward and played a good game.
The game was exceeding rough and
as a result both Crawford and Ruth
met With Injuries.
In the early part of the game Ruth
had his Knee hurt, the result of a
SOlimmage In which two Germantowu
a were trying to take the ball
from hi in. Ruth was playing Butz,
, ho will soon make a name for him-self
as the "holding player" of the
a If he keeps on at the rate be
played on Saturday night, and they
were tugging at the ball when Cow-ing
rushed in and In the struggling
match which ensued Ruth received bis
injui >..
I be spectator! did not only have to
be content with the rough playing of
the visitor!, but to add more to the
horri i ol the contest the official who
appointed here seemed to Know
.eiy Uttla or nothing about the game.
In the lirsl half, about live minutes
after play was commenced. Custer
caged the ball for the locals while his
opponent evened things up a few min-utes
later by scoring. Lang next
scored for the locals and Walker
again scored for Oermantown. Lang
scored another for Conshohocken and
Ellam duplicated. Custer caged the
ball twice on fouls. Tbe score at the
end of the first half was 10 to 4 in
favor of Conshohocken.
In the second half Cronahey scored
two goals for Germantown before El-lam
suceedi d in caging the ball for the
locals. It was at this stage of the
game that Crawford was forced to re-tire.
Neville was substituted for El-lam
at forward, the latter taking
Crawford's place at guard. Shortly
after play was resumed Neville threw
a goal, but Walker followed with his
third goal of the game. The final
score was Conshohocken, 14; German-town,
11.
The features were the playing of
Lang, Ellam, Walker and Cronshey
for their respective teams. The line-up:
Conshohocken. Oermantown.
Ruth forward Cronshey
Ellam forward Walker
Neville
Lang centre Glassey
Custer guard Butz
Crawford guard Cowing
Ellam
Goals from field—Ellam 2, Lang 2,
Neville, Custer, Cronshey 2, Walker 3.
Goals from offence—Custer 2, Cron-shey.
Offence—Butz 2. Ellam 2, Glas-sey,
Cronshey, Crawford. Referee-
Zoebel. Time 20 minute halves.
KILLED AT THE FALLS.
An unknown man was struck by a
train on the Reading Hallway at the
Falls last night and Instantly killed.
Conshohocken presented a patched-up
team at LlederKranz Hall, Phila-delphia,
on Friday evening, and the
Tannhauser Wheelmen proved too
••inch for them In the opening of the
second half of the season and won by
the score of 18 to 10.. The line-up:
Tannhauser Conahohocken
Rudolph forward Neville
Potts
Oves forward Lang
Sims Freaae
W. Roth centre Cox
Helte gusrd Crawford
MrCullough
E. Roth guard Ellam
Lang
Coals from Held—Potts 2, Rudolph
2. Oves I, Sims, W. Roth. Cox 2, Lang.
Crawford. Goals from offence—Cox
Ofl'enc-Oves 2. Helte2. Rudolph.
Lang. Referee—Wilson. Time--20
minute halves.
Ellrni and Fleas for substitutes, there
should be a hot time at Hancock on
Thursday evening.
On Saturday evening the Tannhaus-er
Wheelmen will appear on the local
floor and then there will be a cannon-ading
about proper. The home team
will do all in their power to wipe out
that defeat of Friday night.
Ellam should be given more Chance
to play on the local team. He played
a good game on Saturday and with
more confidence and practice should
prove a strength to the home team
He played a good game on Friday
night also. Ellam is a hard player,
and uses excellent judgment in throw-ing
for the basket, many of his shoots
striking the basket and glancing to
one side. This would no doubt be
overcome with more practice. He
may also be termed a general utility
man on the team, for not only can he
play attack, but is also a good defense
player, and one of his goals on Satur-day
was made while playing In that
position. Come now Manager Cox
and give him plenty of practice, as a
good player Is always useful to any
team.
The following concerning Oscar
Lang, of the local basket ball team,
was taken from yesterday's Philadel-phia
Inquirer:
Oscar Lang, a Philadelphia boy, who
Is looking after one of the guard posi-tions
on the Conshohocken Interstate
League buskct ball team. Is a player of
the first rank. Lang began his career
at the game on the old Caledonian
club's team In 1896, which then was
rated as one of the hardest teams to
defeat in the country. As soon as the
Caledonians disbanded the Kenllworth
Wheelm) n secured his services as
coach and player, and be remained
with the Wheelmen until the present
season started, when Manager Cox se-cured
bis signature tor the consho-hocken
team, ami that Cox has made a
good move has been shown by the de-cided
Improvement In the playing of
the Conahohocken team since Lang
baa Joined.
Lang has also a record on the grid-iron
and diamond that any athlete
ntlghl envy, In 1895 he played full-back
on the University of Virginia.
Tin- Aii-i'hiiaiieiphia team, whichmad!
such a good showing among the elev-ens
in '88, unbraced Oscar as full-back
and conch, lie played left half-back
on the lliicknell University eleven in
'97. which same position he tilled on
the Ijitrobe Athletic Association of
Western Pennsylvania the next year.
Last year found him acting as full-back
on the Conshohocken team,which
won the championship of Eastern
Pennsylvania.
The Cleveland Wheelmen, who won
the Intercycllng base ball champion-ship
of the city In '98, had I.ang as
catcher. Last season the Clinton
Athletic club signed him as catcher,
and on that team he played through-out
the summer.
Lang, who tips the scales In the
.neighborhood of 200 pounds, and is 6
feet In height, has a record of putting
the shot a distance of 38 feet 6 inches,
and has made the good time of 10 3-4
seconds in the 100-yard dash, which is
a remarkable feat for a big man.
Oeo. Barbe, Mendotn, Va.. says,
iVotbing did me so much good as Ko-dol
Dyspepsia Cure. One dose re-lieved
me. a few bottles cured me." It
ingests what you eat and always cures
lyipepsta,
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plee,
West Conshohocken.
DIED.
"I had dyspepsia for years. No med-icine
was so effective as Kodol lies-cure,
it gave Immediate relief.
Two bottles produced marvelous re-mits,"
writes L. H. Warren, Albany.
Wis It digests what you eat and can
Qi i fall to cure.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plan,
West Conshohocken.
On Thursday evening the local team
will endeavor to take a fall out of the
Hancock A. A. In Philadelphia. CoU-shobocken
will present a fairly strong
and should give a good account
it herself if she does not win the game.
Ruth Is back in the game. Neville will
be In fairly good shape by that time.
Cox. after his rest on Saturday night,
will play like a demon, and with Ous-ter
and Lang looking after the guard
positions, and Moore at forward, with
ALBRIGHT—On February 5th, 1900,
Harmon H., son of the late John and
Elizabeth Albright of Paradise Town-snip.
I<ancaster County Pa., aged 57
vcars. The relatives and friends of
'he family are respectfully Invited to
■ttend the funeral on Friday morning,
it 9. 30, from bis late residence, Hec-tor
and Cherry streets, Conshohocken.
.■Services at the house: Interment pri-vate
at Mount Peace Cemetery. Phila-delphia.
PAGER.- On February '-', 1900, at
Barren Hill. Mary Anna, daughter of
Henry and Catherine Pager.
LONG.- On February 4. 1900, Sam-uel
Long, In the 65th year of his age.
The relatival and friends of the family
nre respectfully invited to attend the
funeral, also the employees of the Alan
Wood Iron Co. and the Schuylkill Re-lief
Association, on Wednesday after-noon,
at 1 o'clock, from his late resi-dence.
26] Hector street. Conshohock-en.
Montgomery County. Pa. later-al
Merion Square Cemetery,
SMITH, on February 8, 1900, In
Lower Merlon, Susanna, widow of
Reuben Smith. In the 95th year of her
age.
STEVENS. On February 3. 1900, in
ltryn Hawr, Banorofl Stiller, son of
,.ev. D. (!.. Jr. and Oertrude C. Stev-ens,
aged 5 months.
ACCEPTED NEW POSITION.
Alfred Walters, formerly Superin-tendent
of the R. Heckscher & Sons
Company furnaces at Swedeland, has
accepted Ihe management of theThom-as
Iron Company which number thir-teen.
The Thomas Iron Company Is con-sidered
one of the largest and oldest
manufacture! of pig Iron In the United
States, and Mr. Walters has done well
In connecting himself with them. He
will take charge about the 12th of Feb-ruary,
with headquarters at Hoken-dauqua,
Pa. Mr. Alfred Wattera has
been with R. Heckscher & Sons for
thirteen years. When he first took
charge of their plant at Swedeland It
was virtually nothing, but by his care-ful
management and thorough knowl-edge
of the manufacture of pig Iron,
H Heckscher & Sons were encouraged
to purchase the plant from the Phila-delphia
and Reading Coal and Iron
Company, and to-day where once stood
an Idle and Incomplete furnace in a
destitute village, now stands two of
the finest furnaces bordering on the
Schuylkill Valley, giving employment
to three hundred men in n thriving lit-tle
village making four hundred tons
of Iron per day. for which Mr. Watters
deserves great credit. In going to his
new charge he will not only be missed
by bin immediate family, but many
friends and neighbors will miss both
Mr. and Mrs. Watters' helping hand
and kind words. Mr. Watters will no
doubt prove a very able manager for
the Thomas Iron Company.
THE STATE FINANCES
John Dlrr, Poaeyvllle, Ind., says, "I
used anything as good as One
Minute Cough Cure. We arc never
without It." Quickly breaks up coughs
and colds. Cures till throat and ltlUB
troubles Its use will prevent con-sumption.
Pleasant to tnke.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plee,
West Conshohocken.
The work of the accounting officers
of the commonwealth can best be
shown In the fact that during the
month Just ended the total receipts
from all sources have been J2.707.-
641.69. The largest amount collected
prior In any one month by the com-monwealth
was In June, 1895, when
$2,649,209.27 was taken In. This shows
a difference of $58,432.41. In favor of
the present accounting officers of the
state. This Is an unfair comparison,
however, as the month of January,
1899. would be a fair average of what
has been taken In during that month
In the past ten years, when $72'.5u:t.22
was collected frcm all souicei.
This enormous Increase, of course,
Is due In part to the prosperous rot .11-
tionB existing with all anantutactui 'rs
and ccrporatlonB, but a great (,e-l of It
Is due to the zeal and dilitrcnce of the
auditor general. Major Levl G Mc-
Cauley. and state treasurer. James 8.
Beacom, In delving Into the delinquent
records of the auditor general's office
and unearthing taxes that should hive
long since been paid, and It can be
fairly said to the credit of the present
accounting officers that they have
worked together In unison and har-mony
that have resulted to the good
of the state to on extent in excess of
any of their predecessors.
hONEST "JOE" SIBLEY.
The speech by "Honest Joe" Sibley
In congress last week has attracted
widespread attention. Throughout
Penntylvanla it has had a wonderful
effect In opening the eyes of the
Democrats to the narrow polioi! I of
the Bryanites who count upon the sup-port
of the Pennsylvania Democratic
organization under Gufosy to help
along the movement to renomlnate
Bryan. Sibley refuses to be taken Into
the Bryan camp or to follow Guffey In
his mad chase for the United Slates
tenaii.iship. Congressman Sibley said
he believed the United States were de-signed
to crry the arts of peace and
the story o:' the cross to the remotest
corners of the globe. He appealed to
the Democratic side to come b:'ck to
the teachings of the Democratic fath-ers.
Expansion hud been fathered and
advocated by Jefferson, Jackson, Polk
and Buchanan. " 'Only cowards i ppQM
it,' Buchanan said, and he was the
last Democratic president we have
had. The Nicaragua canal should be
built and the subsidy bill to encourage
American shipping passed.
"If this administration." he went
on. "shall surrender the Philippines
the historian of the future who extols
Jefferson, Madison, Tyler and Polk will
write down McKlnley's action as the
most pusillanimous In the record. But
this administration will not surrender.
Its critics will be forgotten. Every
advance to higher and nobler forms
of Ufa has been opposed by some old.
conservative mossbunkor who prated
of the good old diys when bis grand-father
swung by his tall In the forest
primeval
"Every dictate of reason and of pru-dence,
every dictate of business sense
and of commercial advantage, every
prompting of humanity and every obli-gation
of plighted fraternity unite In
the demand that wc go forward. We
have a mission to fulfill, a destiny to
accomplish, an example to be afforded
to tbe nations how they must Justly
rule themselves, not in license, but In
liberty. Shall we falter in our duty?
Shall we haul down that flag whose
waving stripes bespeak the red sacri-fice
and the white of purity, and whose
sliver stars shining In the field of blue
are an aspiration and an inspiration
to all that Is noble in life and benefi-cent
in government?"
There Is no doubt that Sibley has a
large following In the Keystone state
among both Democrats and Republl
cans who believe In the sincerity of
the man nnd who admire his Inde-pendent
spirit.
Mrs. J. K. Miller. Newton Hamilton.
Pa., writes. "I think DeWitt's Witch
Ha sol Salve the grandest salve made."
It cures piles and heals everything.
All fraudulent Imitations worthless.
II. Maxwell Harry and W. E. 8up-p'ee.
West Conshohocken.
Wiilun. Henry's Letter
The Vlewi and Opinions ol Our Special
Correspondent lo lac City ol
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, February 5, 1900.—
Three of the culprits Implicated in Ihe
Fifth Ward election fraud cases hava
been convicted and may probably be
sentenced to-day. In the interest ot
Justice the matter should be further
investigated and the real Instigators,
the power higher than those convicted,
should be found and brought to Jus-tire.
It la unfair to lay the blame on
any one faction, as has been intimated,
for the skirts of neither faction or
parly are clear of such things. Great-er
election crimes than those of the
Fifth Ward have been perpetrated in
this city, time after time, but tbey
have been passed over lightly, and the
present unusual pressure brought to
bear has been due more to the faction-al
differences, than to a desire to se-cure
an bonest count of ballots. Still,
if even this will Insure us honest elec-tions
in the future, It will be. one great
benefit derived, and we are deriving
mighty few from the late partisan dis-sensions.
Now that Mayor Ashbridge has tak-en
charge of affairs relative to the
coming National Republican Conven-tion,
In June next, everything seems to
be running along smoothly. Had the
old committee continued In charge
there would have been trouble. They
were mostly looked upon as ursurpers,
who were crediting themselves with
the glory that belonged to others. The
trouble with some of our prominent
men here seems to be that if they are
not up head In the front ranks of any
movement, they will not go into It at
all. It Is a case of wanting to be bat-ter
all the time or they will not play
ball. The Mayor has gathered around
him a committee of competent gentle-men
who take an enthusiastic Inter-est
In the arrangements for the Con-vention,
and within a few weeks the
advisability of the change of commit-tees
will be manifested to all concern-ed.
It promises to be a great Conven-tion
and present arrangements give
the impression that all anticipations
will be fully realized.
W S. Phllpot, Albany, Ga., says.
"DeWitt's Little Early RIserB did me
more good than any pills I ever took."
The famous little pills for constipa-tion,
biliousness and liver and bowel
I troubles.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-
I plee, West Conshohocken.
The State authorities have made out
a statement of the amounts due and
collected by tbe City Treasurer of
Philadelphia on account of State li-cense
fees of various sorts during the
year 1899. The debtor side of the ac-count
is as follows:
To mercantile licenses $221,866.14
Retail liquor licenses... 170,700.00
Wholesale liquor licens-es
173,000 00
Brewers' licenses 83,000 00
Bottlers' licenses 108,000 00
Billiards and pool table
licenses 9,640 00
Brokers' licenses 21.813 00
Auctioneers' licenses... 14,036 76
Peddlers' licenses 112 00
Circus, etc., licenses 13,500 00
Eating house licenses.. 12,773 00
Pamphlet laws licenses... 1 00
Total $328,441 90
The statement shows that there is a
"balance due" on this amount of $4,-
732.94, which corresponds in amount
to the commissions claimed by theCIty
Treasurer, but regarding the validity
of which a doubt has been raised by a
recent decision of the Supreme court
on a case In which the Pittsburg City
Treasurer was concerned. The return
from Harrlsburg of the personal prop-erty
tax account also shows that there
is still a "balance" of $14,372.06 that
has not been paid to the State. This
amount corresponds to the one per
cent, on the total amount of tax Which
the City Treasurer claims as his com-mission
on the entire amount, though
the decision referred to declares that
Treasurers are not entitled to com-missions
on account of any moneys
collected for the county or municipal-ity.
Insurance rates In this city have
been Incrtascd from ten to twenty-five
per cent, by the Philadelphia Fire Un-lerwritera
Association. The new rates
went Into effect last Thursday at noon.
These increases were found necessary
owing to the severe losses Incurred by
the companies during last year. The
loss for 1S99 was the heaviest in the
history of the local fire department.
In 1891. 1892 and 1897 the total losses
averaged about $2,000,000, but during
IS'.!1) they were over $4,000,000. Acting
upon the report of the Flrewrlters \s
sociation the Executive Committee de-cided
u|ion an Incrense of twenty per
■cut. In all rates made under meican-i!
b buses and general manufacturing
: I.'diiles. It was also decided to ad-vance
by the percentages given rates
made under the following schedules:
Twenty-five per cent. Brick works,
well paper factories.
Twenty per cent.—Clothing, whiting
works, packing and slaughter houses.
electric car barns and ear sheds, shoo
factories.
Ten per cent. Hotel and apartment
houses, lithographic, printing office!
and book binderies (except those rated
on newspaper printing basis), dye
houses, dry houses, textile mills.
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