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\ r > * l \ ®1)C pcnn P a n im press WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12, 1908. The first Republican State Conven tion for the election o f National dele gates was held In Florida last week. It resulted in a row, a split, and two sets of delegates. BLAMES LAWS. Congressmen are allowed $1500 a year to pay for a secretary. It is reported that some of them employ secretaries for considerably less than that sum and pocket the difference, and this notwith standing their recently increased salar ies. Those who complain o f delays in the running of railroad trains in zero weather ought to take a ride o f a few miles on the engine o f a flyer while a blizzard is raging. The experience would afford them a big chunk of wisdom. The Lehigh Valley Railroad, in its statement announcing the withdrawal on February 9 of the famous Black Diamond Express train, says : Recent legislation in the State of Pennsylvania with which the public is familiar, together with the legislation and administrative rulings of other States and the Federal government, has not only resulted in a considerable loss of revenue, but has, in affecting the management o f train service gen erally, tended to increase the expense of operation. It is the hope of the company conditions will soon change in the near future so as to warrant re instating the service. The public affected by railway re trenchment will, no doubt, cheerfully accept the situation, as they approve of the contributing causes. Frances E. Willard Day. This day will be observed on Satur day, February 16, instead o f February 17. The afternoon meeting will be at half after three in the M. E. Church. A slipper, price 16 cents, will be served to all, at six o’dlotik, in the dining room o f the church. Offerings for the work will be gladly received by the treasurer. After dinner speeches will be given by prominent citizens. The public is cordially invited to the sup per, and all the exercises o f the day. PROGRAM. Voluntary, by Miss Vosburgh. Love's Tokens. Sinking, “ We Come, We Cornea Marching,” ALL SHOULD BE SERVED ALIKE. The Senate has passed a bill author izing the President to appoint Major General Oliver O. Howard, U. S. A., retired, to be lieutenant general o f the army, with the pay and allowance of an army officer o f that rank on the re tired list. • There are many serious objections to the Massachusetts ballot, recommended by Governor for adoption by this State. Among other things it would greatly increase election expen ses, as it would necessitate increasing the number o f election districts. Stock quotations continue to decline, although they reached alarmingly low levels weeks ago. Those of railroads are particularly ’denressed. The ablest A bill has been introduced in Con gress providing that the Sherman anti trust law shall not apply to the boy cotts by labor unions. This action is taken because o f the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court to the effect that the law does now apply to boycotts affecting inter-state trade. Either the law should not be amended as proposed or it should be repealed in toto. All combinations that seriously affect business should be treated alike. In this respect capital and labor should stand on common ground. The Sher man law so treats them, and it should stand. Even if the Sherman statute were amended it is more than probable that boycotts could be successfully prosecuted under the commou law. >y Ohorus. Scripture Reading, Psalm 140. Singing, “ Victory,” by Ohorus o f Girls. Frances E. Willard’s Sayings on Souvenir Cards, by Audience. Solo, “ Water Just Suits Me,” by Jeddie Fields. Sketch o f Frances E. Willard’s Life, Read by Mrs. Butters. Solo, “ If I Were a Voice,” by Miss Sara F. Sheppard. An Appeal to Mothers, by Miss Willard, Read by Mrs. Penhallow. Solo, by Maud Cornwell, with Duet and Chorus. Poem, “ How Beautiful to Be With God,*' by Mrs. R. A. Scofield. Singing, “ Temperance Rallying Song,” by Chorus. “ A Congress of Nations,” Miss Alice R. Me- Barren, the Goddess o f Temperance, Misses Alice Taylor, Alice Sturdevant, Ruth Mead, Gertrude Goodspeed, Elsie Kinne, Frances Cornwell, Elizabeth Cramer, Mabel McGin nis, Frances Newman. Solo, “ White Ribbon Vibrations,” by Miss Goodspeed, with “ Around the World’ ’ Chor us, by Congress. Memorial Fund, with Collection. Solo, by Miss Ada Chapman, with Chorus. More than dtie couple have come to the parting o f the ways because one or both failed td exhibit love’s tokens in the small Amenities which make up a happy married life. A separation was averted and domestic happiness re established when the wife took the ur gent advice of a friend and went to meet her husband on his return from business every evening. The smile on her upturned lips quavered, tears shad owed the brightness of her eyes, her extended hand trembled. It was years since she had made such an effort. For a moment the lagging steps o f the man who expected to flud a cold home ceased. He could not believe his senses. Some mocking illusion o f happiness seemed standiug on his doorstep ; then he flew to the arms that awaited him and that, in the years that followed, greeted him with ever-increasing ardor. — N. Y. Tribune . Fdr a Certificate of Reasonable Doubt. City Schools Are Now Heated With Wet Ashes. As we stated last week, it is an in\por- ation that has lit*1* ~ ' ^;he financiers also predict that there will be no improvement in Che near future. Modern reforms are very expensive. a V w- Since January 1, 1906, the railroads , o f the United States, which have con tracts for the carrying of the United States mails, have been penalized in the sum of $1,000,000 for failure tef arrive and depart on schedule time with the mails. tod Stotae, .and with it should go the “ black list,” as they are two o f a kind. Evening supper at six o’clock, with after dinner speeches, Subject, “ Signs of Advance and Aids to Reform,” Rev. D. S. Hooker presiding : Dr. DeGruchy ..................... In Our Community. cli. James H. Durkee.........................In the Churc N. Win ton Palmer ........... In Lines Educational. Celia 8. Hutton ....................... In Lines Medical. Charles W. Kimball .. . .... .In Lines Judicial. Mary M. Haven...............In Literature and Art. Calvin J. Huson .......... . ....... Signs o f the Times. i Deaths. A STARTLING DIFFERENCE. Judge James Hargis, of Breatkett County, Kentucky, a noted feudist, who has long been a terror in the sec tion in which he resided, was killed by a drunken son on the 6th inst. It is said that Hargis was responsible, di rectly or indirectly, for about 100 mur ders, most o f them o f a most cowardly character. Few will regret his “ taking off*.” The periodical investigation of the government printery at Washington, D. O., is now going on. The Superin tendent will probably have to go. He has maintained an open shop, and the labor unions are after him. As it is just before election influences that con trol a ly g e number o f votes are gen erally inspected by those who are gov erned by political considerations. A year ago the trunk line railroads were unable to furnish sufficient cars to meet the demands o f shippers. The shortage was so great and the resultant loss and suffering so acute that appeals were made to Congress to pass laws re quiring the railroad companies to in crease equipments to meet traffic de mands. Then it was estimated that at least 104,226 were needed to meet exist ing needs. To-day the situation is the very oppo site. The traffic has so decreased that on January 22d there was a surplus o f 329,\ 053 cars, filling sidings all over the country. This means a change o f over 400,000 cars. What is the cause of this startling condition, which may grow worse? Is it due to too much reform or to too little? What benefits are the people deriving from the crusade against the railroads, which have contributed more to the upbuilding o f the country than all other agencies combined ? Gov. Hughes has been asked for the appointment o f an extraordinary term of court for the trial of the case for the ousting of Mayor McClellan, of New York City, on the ground that he was not legally elected. The courts should be left alone in this matter. W e con fess that we are prejudiced, perhaps unduly, in favor o f the mayor, because of the great service he rendered in the election of Governor Hughes. REFORM COMES HIGH. A bill has been introduced in the As sembly providing for half fare for school children on all car lines in the State. Tickets are to- be sold in lots of ten, to be good only on school days, and between certain hours. Assembly- man Whitney, of Monroe County, is the introducer of the bill. If school children should have half fare because of resultant good, the State should pay is no morejeret Jna&r ^£,<ulroads stand it than it would be lire merchants to sell their goods ol children at half price. An appropriation recently introduced in the Assembly by the Ways and Means Committee indicates that re forms under the operations o f the pub lic service commissioners will be very expensive. The legislature is not called upon to appropriate moneys for the expenses in administration of the New York city commission, merely appropriating the money for salaries, but all expenses of the up-state commission must be borne by the State, while New York city de frays the expenses of the New York city commission. The sum appropri ated for salaries for the commissioners and employees of the New York com mission amounts to $90,000. The appro priation for the up-state commission is about $260,000. This is over $100,000 more than t he cost of 1 A •. f > ■ ■ T ------- - —- '-'v' ^ commission and the old lig n u ^ com mission, which bodies have been su FRANCIS LA COST. Francis La Cost, one of the oldest residents of the town of Barrington, died at his home at Crystal Springs op Feb. 5, 1908, after a short illness. Mr. La Cost was born in New York City in 1812, and at an early age came to Barrington, where he has since resid ed. He leaves two sons, Francis, Jr., and William, and two daughters, Mrs. Samantha Yawger and Mrs. Josephine Moss. M A R Y J. LOCKYER. Mary J. Lockyer died at her home on Sheppard Street in this village, where she had resided upwards of forty years, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1908, aged 85 years. The deceased was twice mar ried, her former husband being W il liam H. Fletcher. There are surviv ing her husband, Alfred Lockyer, one son, B. L. Fletcher, of Indianapolis, rod., and one daughter, Mrs. Herbert Bennett, of Chicago. LOLA M. ROWE. Miss Lola M., only daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Rowe, of Wayland, died suddenly at Brockport on the night o f the 8th inst., after an illness o f only a few hours, of blood poisoning. She was seventeen years old, Last fall she entered the Brockport Normal. Miss Rowe leaves one brother, George, who is attending Buffalo University. Miss Rowe had many friends in this village, and was one o f a camping party on the lake last summer. By moistening coal ashes with a solu tion of oxalic acid, rock salt, and water, the Board of Education o f New York is heating all the publio school buildings with fires made from ashes, aud saving $50,000 a year by it, according to a re port made by Patrick Jones, superin tendent o f school supplies. Some coal, but very little, is used, and the janitors are engaged in a contest to see which can use the least coal and the must ashes. Instead of putting waste coal and ashes in the ash cans both are now used as far as possible. Committee chairman and supervisors of janitors have sent out a letter to the janitors, in w b k i v miles f o r - m i x i n g th e solu t ion are giveu as follows; “ H ot water must be used in dissolv ing the acid and rock salt. To every gallon of water necessary add two ounces o f oxalic acid and one pound of rock salt,” The ashes may be “ treated” and shoveled directly back into the furnace. Where pea coal is used it can be mixed with the ashes in the proportion of two parts o f ashes to one of coal. The ashes may be used by moisteniug again. The committee estimates that the saving should not be less than 25 and may be as high as 70 per cent. The committee has made experiments for a year in school No, 21, Manhattan, Of three hundred reports more tbau 70 per cent, show a saving of coal. Com mercial oxalic acid costs 10 cents a pound and rock salt 40 cents a hundred weight. Abraham Gridley, Esq., attorney for William Johnson, recently convicted of assault in the first degree in shooting James H. Hazard, of Himrod, will shortly make application before a Jus tice o f the Supreme Court for a certifi cate o f reasonable doubt. Mr. Gridley has prepared the following affidavits for use iu his appeal: William JohnsorT, being duly sworn, says: I am the defendant, in this action, and my residence is Dundee. I am entirely in nocent of the crime charged against me. I had no knowledge that the crime al leged against me was intended to be com mitted before it was committed; and I had no suspicion that such crime was in tended by anybody. I had no knowledge that the crime had been committed until I was informed of its commission bv Mrs. Eddy, at her house in Dundee, shortly before eight o’clock.of the evening of November, 1907. I knew that there was an unfriendly feel ing on the part of George Hazard against James Hazard, and I so testified on the trial of the indictment; but no threat had ever been made by George Hazard, or any other person, so far as I ever knew or heard, against said James Hazard. The cause of the ill will of George against James Hazard was that James Hazard had stolen from Hannah Rudman, his sister, and that .James Hazard had fre quently beaten his sister; but I had no knowledge of these thing's. My testimony and the testimony of Mrs. Barkley on the trial was the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. W. J ohnson . Sworn to before me this 3d day of February, 1908. J u l i a I. M e e h a n , * Notary, Public. Viola Ruddick, being duly sworn, says; I am the wife of James Ruddick, and I reside in Dundee, with my said husband. Mrs. Jessie Eddyi my neighbor, came into my house on the evening of Novem ber 21, 1909, to stay with me while my son went to the railroad station to see if the person who shot James Hazard, at Him- nod on) that night, > £ild bp caught on (the tn'ain tvhen»shortly ./rrivp from Himrod. My husband was out of town on that evening. I knew that my clock struck the hour of eight o ’clock that evening after Mrs. Ed dy came into my house, but I am unable to testify to the exact time when she came into my house. My husband keeps our clock regulated by railroad time, and it is so kept, and keeps accurate time. M rs . V io l a R u d d ic k . Sworn to before me this 28th day of January, 1908. H a r r y B. H a r p e n d in g , - Notary Public. [Contributed.] The Plan of the Campaign Against Tuberculosis. JESSE C. KNAPP. the home of Jesse C. Kuapp dieck at t his son, Sheriff* Delmar J. Knapp, in the residence portion of the jail on Thursday afternoon last, aged 91 years. Mr. Knapp’s home was in the town of Barrington, where he resided many years and was a prominent and influ ential citizen. He was the last o f the children of Mathew and Mary Knapp, pioneers o f the county. He was a Re publican of the old school, and was ac tive when principles involving justice and liberty were paramounted above commercial considerations. He was Justice oTEKiTTiace several/fceraio,/ahd was Justice o f Sessions before Courts o f Much has been said of late in the press concerning the campaign for the prevention of tuberculosis, which has been inaugurated by the State Chari ties’ Aid Association. The press has indeed been, as it always is, most gen erous in giving to this movement the full and complete publicity which is indispensable to any effective work of a broad educational nature. Some few misconceptions, however, have be come current. Chief among these is the fact that people have been led, through a misinterpreted newspaper report, to believe that a million dollars has been donated for the purpose o f conducting this campaign, and that, therefore, the localities in which the educational campaign is being conduct ed are to assume no responsibility so far as financial support is concerned. In the light o f this report it may be well to state definitely the plan and method of the State Charities’ Aid As sociation in this movement. The As sociation is not merely spending money in arousing a wave of senti ment without a permanent basis in fact. On the contrary, the educational movement in any given locality is not begun until the facts concerning the disease are well known. This knowl edge is obtained by means of an ex- teded and thorough investigation : Abraham Gridley, being duly sworn, says: On the morning of January 17, 1908, I was informed by a person connected with the police department of Penn Yan that James Hazard had stated that he over heard a heated conversation between two women, in which conversation one of said women stated to the other that, “ If you don’t get him out of the way I will,” and I was requested to state what I had heard to James Hazard. At the Court House, few moments be fore the court was convened, and at which time the court was to charge the jury in this case, I had a conversation with James Hazard, in which I told him what I had heard concerning the conversation be tween the two women, as above stated, and asked him what there was to it. James Hazard became excited, and said to me, in reply to ray question: “ There is nothing iu it; I refuse to discuss it; I can’t talk about it.” Thinking it possible that it was mere rumor, although not satisfied with Haz ceeded by the up-state public service °yer and terminer were abolished. He • • *■ *■ \ ''served his town two terms in the commission. Whether the all-arom* r No. 122 o f the forest service, gtou, D. C. says: re lumber was cut in the United tes last year than in any other year its history. The enormous amount of 37,550,736 board feet were produced, and the mill value o f this was $621,151,- 388. In addition, there were produced 11,858,260,000 shingles, valued at $24- 125,555, and 3,812.807,000 lath, valued at $11,490,570. On the whole, it is safe tosay that the present annual lumber cut of the United States approximates 40 billion feet, and that the total mill value of the lumber, lath, and shingles each year produced is not less than $700,000,000. These figures give some idea o f how vast is the lumber industry and how great is the demand for its products. benefits derived from the change w.u^ v commensurate with the increased is yet to be determined. The Sunshine. ’.e Everybody should live on the sul stfP0? . and allow the sun’s genial rays to petfv*^0 . . . . TN . 1 'A U* of Supervisors and was county issioner o f excise one term. \nd Mrs. Knapp had eight chil- 'ly two of whom survive, Clar- , of this village, and Sheriff* J. side o f their houses as much as possible . .. .. . . . . A Huge Joke. Assemblyman nam n , or Wayne, in troduced in the Assembly on Tuesday the concurrent resolution which he has introduced at the last two sessions amending the constitution to provide that a majority o f the votes cast at the election for members of Assembly in the State will be necessary to carry an amendment to the constitution. The resolution has much merit, for as the matter stands to-day amendments are carried and the constitution is changed with only a small per cent, of the vot ers of the State voting such amend ments. Under the Hamn resolution, if it becomes a law, a majority o f the votes cast at the election will be necessary to amend the constitution .—Lyons Re publican, trate the rooms. Darkened parlors ai0^ ^ fashionable evils. True, it is gloomy enough to be ushered into a tomb-like apartment, where one can scarcely grope his way to a seat, and to discover/ when his eyes become accustomed'to the dim light, that every chair and sofa hason its “ duster,” apparently equipped for traveling to some unknown land. But ladies must have their carpets kept bright and fresh, even if their cheeks are the paler for i t ! And so the shutters are tightly closed, and the heavy cur tains drawn. But for the sake o f health and beauty, ladies, let this be done only in the “ best parlor,” if it must be done at all. Let the rooms where the family live be cheerful and sunny. No lady would expect her house plants to send out full, brilliant blossoms unless she placed them at a window where the sunshine would invigorate them. No more should she expect her children to show fresh, rosy complexions, or to develop genial dispositions, unless they live in light, sunny, airy rooms.— Seneca County News. /atkins Review said last week : ably man C. A. Cole has sent us ; of Mr. Ackroyd’s bill, now before ttrfftSenate Finance Committee, provid ing for bonding the State for the modest sum of $378,480,479.09 for the improve ment o f the Erie and other canals and waterways of the State. Among the improvements contemplated are the the reopening o f the old Chemung canal from Seneca Lake to Elmira and its extension to W a v e rly; the enlarge ment o f the Cayuga and Seneca canal, connecting Seneca Lake with the barge canal, and the reopening of the old Crooked Lake canal from Dresden to Penn Yan. The bonding proposition, if this bill passes the present legislature, is to be submitted to a vote o f the people next fall. *;rsL of the vital statistics, in order tej teteim in e th e CnTa t e w a Oysters. An exchange, which is vigorous and outspoken in condemnation of the Page bill to create supervisors in place of school commissioners and remove the public schools wholly from the hands the people, says in part: “ The State is spending fifty million dollars a year on its schools, which are so misman aged that the vast outlay is not prepar- paring the boys and girls of the State for any work by which they can earn a living. The system of teaching is all _____ r - . » « - 1 % - ______ I- : i l ug. lU c eoBcuimi um u c u e o , tuivu- Under the direction of the chief chemist o f the Department of Agricul ture at Washington, D. C., a series of experiments have been made recently to teat the value of oysters as a food. The results have been remarkably satisfactory from every standpoint. Among other things it has been de termined that the bivalves come the nearest to milk in the matter of nutri ment ; and that a quart o f oysters con tains about the same quantity of nutri- The Department o f Labor at Albany reports that there are over 43,000 labor union men out of employment, and the number is increasing. This is the worst showing since 1900. Pensions. metic, grammar, geography, reading, writing, spelling, and others are taught only farcically. Instead o f putting any further power into the hands of the Albany Department o f Education, the legislature should return to the rural people the powers taken from them by the State Department. Every Grange and every farmer’s institute should pro test to Governor Hughes and the legis lature against the Page bill or any other bill like it.” tive substience as a quart o f milk, three-' quarters ol a pound of beef, two pounds of fresh codfish, or a pound of bread. The tests also prove that oysters are as healthful as they are toothsome when they are fresh and clean. The report which the Department will soon make as the results of its experiments is likely to increase the consumption of the oys ter. Measles Very Dangerous. CONGRESSflAN FASSETT. How much influence would Congress man Fassett expect to have with a Hughes administration? Is he sincere ly for the Governor’8 nomination or is he merely trying to get on the delega tion so he can help to throw it to some body else ?— Rochester Post-Express. Such kind o f stuff as the above does not contribute to the Hughes boom nor to party harmony and success. Can the Post-Express give any good reasons why Congressman Fassett should not have influence with a Hughes administration? We do not believe it can—that is, reasons entitled to serious consideration. Congressman Fassett is an able man. He has done more for the Republican party than Gov. Hughes, and this is not said to discredit the Governor. His record in the State Senate for years, and in Congress Is high, and he has never been charged with corruption. Mr. Fassett may not be in accord with some modern reformers, but that matters little. He, as well as others whom certain journals delight in as sailing, will be needed in the approach ing Presidential campaign, and hence all efforts to impugn their motives show a. reckless regard for the inter ests of the Republican party. Measles killed 1,403 persons In Penn sylvania during 1906, according to the records kept by the bureau of vital statistics of the State Department of Health. Of these 1,240 were under five years o f age. During the month of December alone there were reported to the State Depart ment o f Health 2,307 cases o f this dis ease, which annually kills about two and one-half times more children than scarlet fever. “ How to make the public appreciate the really serious danger of measles and get them to observe precautions to pre vent the spread o f the disease is about the hardest problem in educational sanitary work that I have encounter ed,” said State Health Commissioner Dixon. During the year ended June 30, 1907, the total number o f pensioners at one time or another on the roll was 1,017,- 005. A t the close o f the year the num ber was 967,371, embracing 679,937 sol diers and sailors, 286,892 widows and dependents, and 642 army nurses. This was the smallest number since 1893. The high water mark was reached Jan. 31, 1905, when the names on the roll were 1,004,196. During the last fiscal year there were 29,904 new pensioners and 1,130 restorations, a total o f 31,034 The losses were 49,634, of which 45,768 were due to death. The net loss was 18,600, the largest for any one year in the history of the f tension bureau. Elsewhere we pub- ish the classified pension roll for the year. The last surviving widow pen sioner o f the Revolutionary War died on Novenxbex-J1 J 906., or more than 130 years after the Declaration of Inde pendence. There were many widows of Revolutionary soldiers ten years ago, this being accounted for by the fact that young girls frequently mar ried old soldiers; and no doubt in many cases the old soldier’s money and pen sion had something to do with it. The last pensioned soldier of the War of 1812 died May 13, 1905, but the roll contains the names of 558 widows of that war. During the fiscal year 1907 final action was taken on 298,822 claims for pensions, leaving 356,181 claims pending at the beginning o f the pres ent year. Of these, 222,539 were for pensions under the act o f February 6, 1907, which provided a pension for any person who had served ninety days during the Civil War or sixty days in the War with Mexico, had been honor ably discharged, and had reached the age of 62 years. These pensions are/ graded—62 years, $12 monthly ; 701 years, $15, and 76 years and over, $20.1 Pension payments in 1907 were $188,- 155,412. The total disbursements for pensions from July 1, 1790, to June 30, 1865, a period or seventy-five years, were $96,445,444.23. Since 1865 the disbursements for pensions have been $3,501,570,279.46, making the entire cost for pensions, since the foundation of the government, $3,598,015,723.69, divided as follows: the prevalence o f the disease ; second, as to the provisions for relief aud care of needy consumptives; third, as to the preventive measures that are in force; fourth, as to the means which are employed for acquainting the wage earners and the people in general with the present knowledge as to the treat ment o f pulmonary tuberculosis; fifth, as to general hygienic measures hav ing special value in the prevention of tuberculosis, such as the adequacy of the building code, of supervision of food supplies, of supervision and regu lation of public lodging houses, etc. It is not until after the investigation has revealed all the facts touching up on these points that the active part o f the educational campaign in any given locality is undertaken. It is then that the series o f public meetings is held, in connection with the Tuberculosis Exhibition of the State Department o f Health and the facts concerning the means of prevention, treatment, and cure o f this terrible disease are as wide ly disseminated as possible, and senti ment aroused through the aid o f the press. Aud all this is done only for the purpose of directing the interest and enthusiasm thus aroused into defi nite channels o f action which Will re sult in a material saving o f life in each community. A t the close o f this active education al campaign a local committee of the State Charities’ Aid Association is formed for the purpose o f continuing the work of education and securing the adoption of definite measures for the prevention of this dread disease. Thus a permanent organization is formed, and a definite program is adopted, and from this moment the burden of the expense rests upon the locality. The fund under which the State Charities’ Aid Association is operating is availa ble only for the purpose of initiating the movement in the various localities, and the impression which has been given out to the effect that the perma nent movement is to be supported by the Association has, unfortunately, done some harm. For example, in the city of Troy, after the erroneous mil lion dollar announcement had gone out, the permanent local committee, when it attempted to raise money, was confronted with the impression that nothing whatsoever was expected of a locality. In order to dispel this erro neous impression Robert de Forest, the vice-president of the Russell Sage foundation, made the statement that the money for starting the com paten against tuberculosis had been contrib ute?! rrom ‘the \wage^TotffTfracum ‘“ but that it was expected that the war against the disease would be supported in the future by voluntary contribu tions from the different Realities to be benefitted.” In order that the results of this campaign may really be fruit ful, the localities in which it is to be waged must awaken to the fact that the responsibility rests upon them, and each community must prepare to shoulder it, as doubtless it will if the situation is made perfectly clear. ard’s evasion of my question, I came to the conclusion that it would be better not to further probe the matter at that time. On the morning of the following day, January 18th, the district attorney came into my office and told me that Hazard had told him about my question to him; and the district attorney then and there stated to me that it was a fact; that it was true; that directly before the shooting, while Hazard was patching the roof of the house, he heard loud and angry talking between two women; that he crawled to the edge of the roof and looked over and saw Hannah Rudman, his sister, and Mrs. George Hazard talking in an excited man ner; that one of the women said to the other; “ If you don’t get him out of the way, I w ill/’ A b r a h a m G r i d l e y . Sworn to before me this 3d day of February, 1908. C h a r l e s W . K im b a l l , Notary Public. Mr. Gridley also says in his a ffidavit: I had never known defendant until after his incarceration in the Yates County jail. The defendant then was and now is desti tute of money, property, or means, and I have so far prosecuted his defense without reward or promise of reward. The defendant was arrested without warrant, as I am infprmef A ’ “’ lave, on ~p_^lXX-i£i. «,* -- -*4 — jQfj , o«- Dundee, and was taken *** Barney Walton, deputy sheriff. Upon information and belief, from state ments made to me by persons, and by an inspection of the minutes of the justice, the justice did not inform the defendant of what the charge against him was, and that the justice did not inform defendant of his right to counsel. * * * * * * Upon the examination on the 29th of November, I demanded that the examina tion of the defendant be conducted accord ing to the rules of practice provided by the code of criminal proceedure, but that de mand was objected to by thedistrict attor ney, and refused by the justice; and I was limited in my examination of the case to the cross-examination of the witnesses whose depositions were then on file with the justice, save only the witness C. M. Yan Dyke, the physician who first attended the wounded man, and who had not, there fore, made deposition in the matter. On Van Dyke’s examination before the justice, on behalf of The People, he testi fied that he had had no conversation with the wounded man at the house, but that he did have a conversation with him when the train, on which the witness was then taking James Hazard to the hospital, was at or near Horseheads. The witness then testified that Hazard was uuconscious or in a partially uncon scious state from the time he first saw him that night until near Horseheads. * * * * * * From the time I first interested myself in his behalf I have labored persistently, patiently, and with determination and zeal, to protect defendant’s rights and in terests. I have visited the scene of the crime several times. Serious Accident at Himrod. John Ronan, of Canandaigua, an en gineer of the Northern Central Rail way, was seriously scalded at Himrod on Monday night of last week by the blowing out o f the injector herd on his engine and the consequent escape o f steam. He was taken to his home iu Canandaigua, and subsequently to the the Memorial Hospital. It is thought that he will lose the 9ight o f one eye. Penn Yan Getting Ready for Base Ball. RECEIPT A 5 REPEATED BY READ- _ JBR’S REQUEST. _ ________ A Penn Yan correspondent says ; It is perhaps too early to enthuse much about base ball at the present time, but from the present indications the team that will represent the Penn Yan Academy this year will be the strongest that has represented the local institution in several years. Nearly all of the old players are back, and there, is a lot o f new Will ber to\ be'tried outT It is planned to secure new suits of an appropriate color for this season, and have the team make as good an appearance on the diamond as possible. A stiff schedule is being arranged, aud one or more trips will be taken. It is said that the schedule will be ready to be announced about March 1. From the present indications it appears that the schedule will be stronger than any in previous years. A schedule of eighteen or twenty games is planned, and the teams that have thus far been heard from are: Corning Free Academy, at home, two games, probably on Decoratiou Day; Newark High School, West High School, of Rochester, Cook Academy, of Montour Falls, Phelps High School, Mynderse Academy, of Seneca Falls, and a number o f equally strong teams. The season will probably open about the middle of April, weather permit ting. $ The House Naval Committee favors two battleships this year. The Presi dent wants four. The E x p r e s s be lieves that If this country would behave itself it would not be in danger if its navy were not one-half as strong as it is. For years we upheld the Monroe Doc trine without any navy. Revolutionary W a r ...................... $70,000,000 00 War o f 1812 ........... 46,025.899 24 Indian w a r e .................................. 8,822,8*7 20 Mexican War................................. 89,807,788 67 War with Spain and in Philip pines ............................................ 18,900,612 48 Regular establishment ........... .. . 0,°O4,844 67 Civil War ....................................... 8,880,186,440 64 Unclassified .................................. 10,200,807 04 *vw £ (•iA The amount required to pay the pen sioners on the roll at the end o f 1907 was $140,950,880, an increase o f $4,613,- 132. The increase occurred notwith standing the decrease in the number o f pensioners. This was owing to the This mixture, writes one authority in a leading Philadelphia newspaper, has a peculiar tonic effect upon the kidneys; cleansing the clogged-up pores o f the eliminative tissues, forcing the kidneys to sift and strain from the blood the uric acid and other poisonous waste matter, overcoming Rheumatism, Bladder, and Urinary troubles in a short while. A New York druggist, who has had hundreds o f calls for these ingredients since the first announcement in the newspapers last October, stated that the people who once try it “ swear by igher rate provided in the act o f Feb ruary 5, 1907, the annual value o f each it,” especially those who\ have Urinary and Kidney troubles and suffer with pension being $145.60, an inorease of $7.4242 ■ ■ ■ It is now believed that It wllj take 35 years to complete the barge canal. And it will be worthless when com pleted. over the previous year.— Roches ter Post-Express. * A ll publications can be obtained at this office iu connection with the E x press at the lowest club rates. Rheumatism. The druggists in this neighborhood say they can supply the ingredients, which are easily mixed at home. There is said to be no better blood-cleansing agent or system tonic known, and cer tainly none more harmless or simple to use. The president of one of the minor y colleges was saunteriug down a shady lane one day in the early summer when he met a tall, handsome youth. This youth had just been graduated. He was very poor and very intelligent. In all his courses he had taken honors, and in athletics also honors had been his. “ Well, Allen,” said the president, “ through at last, eh?” “ Yes, sir,” said the young man, smiling and blushing. “ Aud now what are you going to do?” “ I hardly know yet, sir. I have had two offers.” “ Two? Wonderful I” “ Yes, sir. One is from a scientific society offering me secretaryship at $5 a week, and the other is from a base ball magnate offering a five years’ con tract to pitch at $5,000 a season.” — Philadelphia Ledger* Coal of all sizes at Conklin’s. LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE. Benton Center. —The farce wnloh was to have been given Feb. 8th, has been postponed until Saturday, Feb. 15. Rushvllle. Hurley Brothers’ hay barn, near the village, took lire recently from the explo sion of an oil stove. The barn was used for storing apples and cabbage, there be ing 1,000 barrels of apples and several tons of cabbage. The promptness of the fire department saved both barn and contents. One side of the barn was entirely burned. The loss will not exceed $100, which is ful ly insured. With the aid of plenty of help, the barn was repaired, so that its contents could be protected from the se vere cold weather. Keuka Park. —Miss Mendenhall preached Sunday morning. A very helpful sermon. —President Space is in Boston on college business. Pulteney. —Prof. N. B. Jackson spent Friday and Saturday in Rochester, attending a math ematical teachers’ meeting. —The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union will hold a parlor meeting on Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ella Crosby. All are welcome. —Mrs. Loomis and little daughter, of Geneva, were guests over Sunday of Mr^ Ellis Griffeth, our music instructor. f —Mr. Randolph, Mrs. Harriet Weed, Mrs. Billings, and Miss Emma Randolph, of Horseheads, were among those in atten dance at the funeral of Mrs. Phebe Mills- paugh, which was held from her late home here Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Millspaugh died last Friday in the hospital, at Canan daigua, where she hod been for the past nine weeks.- O N L Y : —Died, Sunday morning, of pneumo nia, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Foster, aged 12 years. Funeral was held at the M. E. Church Tuesday at noon. Rev. King officiated. —Died, at the hospital in Buffalo, of lung trouble and a complication of diseas es, Mr. Clarence Heatn, aged 27 years. Mr. Heath was a student, and expected to graduate in April with honors. The fu neral was held Sunday at South Pulteney Baptist Church. —Schuyler Hibbard and Albert Walters returned from Virginia, where they had been visiting Mr. Hibbard’s son, Charles, aud family and Mr. Clarence Fox and family. They report cold weather for Vir ginia, and lots ot fine land. But Northern farmers and enterprise are needed to make Virginia one of the best States in the Union. Plenty of chances for those want ing homes. —Mr. George Wagener, who had his leg broken by a kick from a horse several weeks ago, had his leg amputated six inches below the knee at Lee’s Hospital in Rochester last week. He is doing finely, and expects to be home soon. —Mrs. Harry Hess is in the Rochester City Hospital for treatment. —Last week Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gib son went to Elmira to visit friends there for a few days. Instead of Mrs. Josiah Coryell renting Hearing Appointed. In the matter of the complaint of the residents o f Penn Yan, Bluff Point, and Branchport against the Penn Yan, Keuka Park, and Branchport Railway Company, the Utilities Commission have appointed a hearing to be held by Commissioner Osborne at Penn Yan in the village hall, on March 7, 1908, at 2.30 p. m. The complaint is to the ef fect that the cars run are not large enough, and that during the winter not enough trips are made to serve the public. BUYS ONE OF ► ► X Regular $30.00 Mattresses Proposed General Tax for Fire Pro tection. The following communication / e x plains its s e lf: P enn Y an , N. Y., Feb. 4, #08. To the President and Trustees of tie Vil lage o f Penn Yan: / The attention of the Municipal /Board has been called several times bv the tax payers to the advisability of collect ing a the.Ed. Scofibld property, she Dpnght Mr. Alirter M c C o Y irtdr McConnell's house airu lUt, -ami Mr. McConnell has bought the Clark Stuart property, which was reported last week to have been sold to Mr. Carnan. —On the evening of February 18th the second lecture of the course will be given by Rev. LaFayette Congdon, principal of Lima Seminary. Subject, “A Peep Into Vesuvius.” —Zero weather for nearly a week caused the lake to freeze up, and ice men are hap py. They are getting ready to fill their houses. The fee is 5 inches in thickness. general tax for fire protection, Wheti^ffH*. waterworks were first installed the- ► N O W A T ► ► ► ► ► ► X ► ► ► fURNITURE.UNDERTAKINGS PENN YAN. N.Y. the world is our profession. . a public meino- octor! Mrs. Golight- Oh, doctor, think of London Answers.. Rushvllle. —The storms that followed the severe winter weather of the last week in Janu ary have put a stop to business in this vicinity. The train that started from Ge neva last Wednesday got here Thursday night about 10 o’clock. They got fast in the snow near Dixon’s and could not get back to Geneva until helped out by the snow plow on Thursday. The country roads nave been filled and could not be opened until the wind went down. Sun day was the first fair day in about two weeks. The mercury has been near the zero mark almost^very day, 18 degrees below beins the colaAt. payers were called upon to pay whatevViF deficiency there was in the running expen ses and the payment of interest. For the past five or six years there has been no tax collected by the village for the water de partment, so it is evident, that as no money is paid by the village, the water consumers are paying all expenses for fire protection and repairing the hydrants. After duly considering the matter we have come to the conclusion that this is not fair to the water consumers, as many people are not using village water. The owners of most of our large business blocks, that need the most protection, are not paying for the protection only as they take water at their own houses, as most of the tenants of the business blocks pay what little water rent is paid. We find quite a few business blocks that are owned by non-residents who pay no water rents. We herewith name a few of the blocks owned by non residents: .02£ST j BORDffELL not al- APOTHECARY. N O W IS TH E TIME TO e F E E D Mills Block, •lacobus Block, Bradley Block, Smith Block, West Block, 9t. John Block, Fenner Block, O’Brien Block, T. O. Hamlin Block, Gamby Block, Tunnicliff Block, Ohas. Post Block, Plaisted Block, Rapier Block, a. ■< —The reguh^^meeting of the “ Merry Maids” was nVl Friday night. Many could not come on account of the roads and storm, but the fifty who did attend were well served and entertained. —The Foreign Missionary Society will meet Friday afternoon of this week at the M. E. parsonage. —Next Sunday at the Methodist Church appropriate exercises will be held and a sermon preached in honor of Lincoln’s birthday. —Allen Loomis has been sick with the grippe, but is improving. —By the explosion of an oil stove in the old creamery building, occupied by Hurley Brothers for the storage of apples and cab bage this winter, a fire was started that threatened serious loss, but it was quickly extinguished with but small damage to the building. / —Underta ker M. W. Fisher had a serious drive through the snowdrifts officiating at the funeral, on Saturday, of the late Charles Werley, of Gorham, who was killed in the woods near his home Wednes day morning. —Old newspapers, magazines, and books are being gathered in by the Helping Hand Society, and will be taken care of if brought to the M. E. parsonage. —Alfred Baldwin is disposing of the car load of horses that he brought in from the West. Barrington. —At the meeting of the Barrington and Crosby Telephone Company, held on Tues day, February 4th, Charles E. Guile re signed as President and Howard S. Fulla- ger was elected President, an<l Samuel I. r w g ! gw * Afeijuqb lhu.ver.vvas ___ __ ___ son anu i 3hter, of Paru^ .‘ aiU visiting at th^ home of Eugene Morse and family. —John and Mamie Mitchell spent last week with friends in Buffalo. —There will be a valentine social at the Grange Hall, at the hub, on Friday even ing of this week. All are invited. —Mr. and Mrs. Harry Slack and daugh ter, Ruth, of Dundee, have been spending a few days at the home of their father, D. J. Ketchum. —Miss Rena Canfield, of Keuka, is spend ing several days with Emmett Vaughn aud family. —Mrs. Esther Clark has been spending a few days at Reading Center. —Mrs. Charles Miller and two children, of Canandaigua, have been spending several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Kelly. —Mr. and Mrs. Ed Tripp attended the funeral of a friend at Watkins on Sunday. —Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kelley, of Six Cor ners, have been called home by the illness of their father, Sylvester Kelley. —The Everhart school is olosed on ac count of the serious illness of the teacher, Miss Lena Beyea —The Ladies’ Aid of the Barrington M. E. Church met at the home of Mrs. Em mett Vaughn on Thursday last. The sub ject for the literary program was Alaska. —Joel Lewis and family were recently guests of Miss May Van Gordon, of Wayne. —Doc. Miles will spend the balance of the winter with his son, Elmer Miles. —Miss Anna Faucett, of Mt. Washing ton, has been visiting her father, John Faucett. —The school in the Snook district was closed on account of severe weather. —Miss Lottie Spears has be^n spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. Alonzo Hudson, of Starkey, who is suffering with a fractured arm. —Mr. and Mrs. Ray Crosby have re turned home from a few days’ visit with friends in Maine, N. Y. —Lyman Baker, of Dushon, Pa., is vis iting his children at Weston. —George Beam and family, of Watkins, have moved into the tenant house on the J. W. Hanmer farm. —The Christian Endeavor topic at the Baptist Church next Sundav evening will be “ For Prisoners and the Poor.” Matt. 25:31-46. A large attendance is desired. —John Porter, of Starkey, was the guest of Dell Merritt and family Sunday. —George Gilbert is on the siok list. —Mr. and M rs, Charles Millls were re cently guests of Charles Lane and family of Wayne. v * —W. Q. Bassage of Starkey, formerly of this place, has taken a farm near Bellona. —L. J. Swarthout has been visiting friends near Altay for a couple days past. ——M l^rveti ^ Tus*uy lmKT*DUBir qiltce 4 k J k ' with the measles. —Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Sprague have, been spending some time with their daughter, Mrs. Wheeler, iu Rochester. —Mrs. Earl Benedict is quite —Mr. and Mrs. Martin Beilis spent Wednesday, January 29th, in Rochester. —Sylvester Kelly is no better. Botsford & Raymond Block. - You will see from this the extent of the property the owners of which pay nothing for fire protection. We hereby ask your Honorable Board to submit the following to the tax payers at the general election held in March: “ Shall the Municipal Board cause to be levied, through the Board of Trustees, the sum of two thousand dollars each year to pay for the use of hydrants, for fire pro tection, and keeping the same in repair.” We find, as a rule, that other villages raise an annual tax for fire protection, as this is the only way that real estate can pay its proportion of the tax. Canandaigua owns its own water plant, the same as Penn Yan. They raise the sum of foui thousand dallars annually for fire protec tion. The Municipal Board wishes to say that if this proposition is voted they will reduce the wat*r rents on the first day of July—as soon as the funds are available—a corres ponding amount. The reduction will be made by a largely increased discount, namely, 30 per cent, if paid in ten days ; 20 per cent, if paid in twenty days, and 10 per cent, if paid in thirty days (the present rate being 10 per cent). After thirty days no discount will be allowed. For.example, a water account of $8, under the present rate, if paid promptly, is entitled to 80 cents discount, making the bill net $7.20. Under our proposition, as above stated, this same bill could be paid in ten days for $5.60—a sav ing to the consumer of $1.60. Based on last vear’s assessment property assessed at $1,000 would pay 95 cents for fire protec tion, and the same property using water amounting to $8, the saving to the owner would be 65 cents. Dr.Hess’ StockFood FOR BEST RESULTS. 7 pound packages. .$ .50 12 pound sacks, .............. 75 25 pound sack s , ____ 1.45 100 pound sacks, .... 5.00 DR. Hess’ Poultry Panacea Makes Hens Lay. lb. packages ......... $ .25 5 lb. packages ................ 60 12£ lb. packages..........1.25 Valentines. i n e Valentine Post Cards. ERNEST R. BORDWELL Valentine Novelties. A Large Assortment, at Low Prices. APOTHECARY. GUTHRIE J 134 Main Street ❖ t 4 A GET «> A u Up-Sta£z?s’ j THE *> A A Or, at present rates, a kitchen faucet is) Klf $3.60 net per year, which would be reduced to $2.80. Respectfully yours, F red H. L y n n , J ohn B. C r a m e r , J. A . U n derw ood . E rnest R . B o r d w e l l , W . J . T u r n e r . ) Special <♦ HABIT. A Call for S. & D. N ( Catarrh Cannot be Gured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat o f the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you muse take internal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one o f the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular pre scription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The 1 >erfect combination of the two ingredients s what produces such wonderful results in curine Catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. Family H Is ❖ (Sharp & Dohme) ❖ ❖ V ❖ t- Fluid Extracts, Pills, *> Blue Enameled Ware. A r »> ❖ Wash Bowls. Basins. Sauce Pans. Take Hall’s Famil Pill for constipation. W E ARE GIVING Covered Stew Pans. * Your doctor often specifies S. & D ’s on his prescription, because he knows them as the best. W hy don’t you, when buy ing for yourself, insist on getting S. & D ’s. There are none just as g o o d . S. & D ’s goods sold at A ❖ ❖ A A Your Choice, for ❖ ❖ ❖ + ❖ # ❖ 25 cts. A ❖ ❖ ❖ A Hollowed & Wise. ! Drug Store# ❖ ❖ ❖ ON OUR STOCK OF CLOTHING and FURNISHINGS »:♦ ♦ > :«• * • * • * • * # * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * # * # * # * # * • * # * # * # * # * # •i* T H E GEO. W. PECK C 0. •» ❖ ❖ AVE FOR SALE FOR WINTER USE, M A T O and RED RIDGE A X E S Atkins, Hand, Buck, and Cross Cut Saws, Steel Wedges, PEAVIE'S LOG CHAINS. Wiss »!• Grape Grape Grape Pruning Shears, Cutting Shears, Pruning Shears* ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ During the Month of January. ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ♦ This Means Business. <♦ ❖ ❖ ❖ Stark, Donaldson & Co. T H E CLOTHIERS. * ❖ m A ❖ Majestic Cedar Tub Washers Well Made, Easy Running. Satisfaction Guaranteed. * ❖ Plain and Ball Bearing Univer- J sal Wringers. J Butcher Knives of Best Makes. Gem and Universal Meat Chop- ❖ *pelO. Tin Ware, Granite Ware. A A Bright ground Skillets, P o t s ,« Kettles, and Cake Griddles. •> A large assortment of Ho.xse J Blankets. A ❖ # * • * • * # * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * * • * • * * * • * • * • * • * • * « * * * • * • * • * ❖ ❖ •> m ❖ f ❖ Removal to Auburn ❖ A ❖ OF THE DEMONSTRATING v ❖ DEVICE OF THE ? t ? A. & P. Pure Food Bulletin February 12 to 18 EXTRA STAMPS WITH TEA and COFFEE i T. S. BU RN S will continue in charge of Jihe Penn Yan ❖ I s office, which will hereafter be at No. 103, Main St., Penn ❖ f ❖ ❖ 40 Stamps with I lb* TEA, 50c. 30 Stamps with \ lb. COFFEE, 35c. j Yan, where payments will be received and subscriptions A taken for this Most Valuable Stock. The people of this vicinity will soon realize the opportu- ❖ # nity they had brought to their doors. Such opportunities ❖ are never enjoyed by people in country districts of buying shares in the patents of the largest electrical device up to ❖ this day, and a pretty good business to get into, where there ❖ i * / 20 Stamps 10 Stamps 10 Stamps 10 Stamps 10 Stamps 10 Stamps 10 Stamps 10 Stamps 10 Stamps with with- with with- with- with- with- with- with- -1 can A. & P. Peaches a t .................. 1 can Sultana Spice at . ..................... •1 pk. Egg-O-See a t ............................. -2 boxes A. & P. Stove Polish at, each •1 can Paprika a t ................................. l lb. pk. Pearl Tapioca a t . . . . . . l large bottle Salad Oil a t .................. l jar Royal Luncheon Cheese at . . . 1 roll Atlantic Toilet Paper at... . is no record of failure. I Investigate this, or you will always regret it. Fancy Paper Shell Almonds Spinach (extra quality) . . A See the people who have done so ; they are good people. Very Truly Yours, T. S. BURNS, • 9 General Agent. * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * • * # * • * • * • * # * 17c. a lb., Regular Pnce . . 25c 10c. a can, M ft . 12#C « it . 10c 15c. a can, « a . 18C 29c. a can, M t < . 35c 8c. a box, it . « . 10c 25c 10c 10c 5c 10C 10c 18c 10c 10c Tie Great Atlantic & Facile Tea Co. Ssss AC
