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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28
SEVENTY MILES OF MAcADAM.

The report of State Road Commits
sioner Bndd is of unusual interest be-
cause it refers to the increased interest
in the building of improved roads
drought the State and notes the fact
that seventy miles of macadam roads
were built during the year. The report
says in part
"There is no abatement in the in
terest manifested in the construction of
roads in the different counties of the
State. and that many new counties are
grasping the idea that under the State
aid law they can easily and economically
cover their leading thorOughfares with
stone. Consequently the demand for
new roads is great.
'sNew Jersey last year added seventy
miles of macadam roads to the number
already constructed, involving an outlay
on the part of the State OF 100000 and
about $3.50, 900 on the part OF individuals
and counties. A large part of the State
money was utilized in finishing links to
make complete thoroughfares from the
lower end of the State to the upper
through the principal cities and towns.
Another year promises to complete all
the links.
The system of building roads under
the state aid act is becoming exceeding
ly popular among all classes in New Jer-
sey. Commissioner Budd's report con-
tinues. The farmers feared the expense
would be greater than they could bear,
but the injection of one stone road, how
ever short, was an object lesson, that
stimulated the residents of other neigh
borhoods to request the same kind of i'm
provement. These roads are bringing
city people into the country az perma-
nent settlers. The extreme popularity
of the movement has been instrumental
not only in building over 240 miles Of
good roads. but also in causing many
hundreds more to be petitioned for.
which under the present appropriation,
will require many years to build.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28
FACTORIES AT WORK.

Lyman j. Gage, Secretary of the
Treasury, delivered an able address on
the currency question before the Trades
League of Philadelphia in which he said
in part, in defense of his currency plan
and in refutation of the recent remarks
of William J.. Bryan, after citing
figures from the reports of the Commits
sioner of Labor, the conclusion point
was made that
.sThe labor that supported fifteen peo-
pie in 1891 supported only ten in 1879.
In 1891. from the same labor as in 1879,
a man living upon the same scale would
have over one-third of his wages to put
in bank or better provide for his family"
Among other things Mr.. Gage said:
81 have an accurate list of more than
$50 mills, factories and enterprises that
have during the last six months resumed
work, many of them having been idle
since 1896, when depression became mere
acute as the result of agitation for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 to /. Most of them have
advanced wages over the old scale. All
of them are running full time. Notwith-
standing all this Mr.. Bryan said
" If our enemies boast that they have
buried bimetallism we point to these
wage reductions as the weeping willows
which have sprung up about its temper
airy tomb
"Wages have been advanced. There
are no weeping willows around the
tomb of bimetallism at which to point.
Besides, his enemies, if he means the
Republican party, are not boasting that
they have buried bimetallism. They
proclaim themselves its friend; they ap-
prove it in their platform. The political
head of that party has been active to
secure it under the only conditions by
which it can be maintained namely,
international agreement, with open minis
to both silver and gold. In his efforts to
inaugurate such method the President
heartily supports the principles of his
party's platform, and in his efforts he
has the support of all the members of
his official family, innuendoes and de-
clarations from various sources to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28
THE HIGH HAT NUISANCE.

The newspapers throughout the state
are making an earnest and well deserved
protest against that fearful and wonder
full creation of felt, straw, feathers and
ribbons SO generally worn by the ladies
at churches and places Of public enter
tainment. Morristown is no exception
to the rule as the frequent letters
received by the CHRONICLE attest. An
exasperated church goer writes, Glow
under heaven does Dr.-expect me to
listen to a sermon when woman occu-
plying a portion of the pew directly in
front of me, is laboring under the weight
of hat nearly three feet around and, in
Guiding feathers and some other outland-
ish gearing fully twenty inches high;
my pew holds four comfortably, SO with
all my family seated l cannot move
and am thus compelled to sit and medi-
tate, not upon the excellent words of my
pastor, but upon woman's folly as per-
soni6ed in hat, which not only OBJ
scures the preacher, but nearly half of
the rear of the church as well. 1t is
needless to say even church attendance
under these circumstances is provocative
of i'll humor to say the least. 1t would
appear that ordinary consideration of
the golden rule would lead those who
follow this senseless fashion to
desist." Well, fashion is one of the things
that can't be explained, but we sincere
ly trust those ladies who wear hats Of
the cart wheel variety will bear in mind
the Just complaint of our correspon-
dent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28
AMEND THE EXCISE LAW.

The public meeting held on Tuesday
night to hear the report of the commit
tee who were appointed to take action
with view to having the Conway Ii
cense revoked was thoroughly represent
alive. The report of the, committee show
ed that it with the help of able counsel.
had made a thorough investigation into
the legal questions involved, and thefact
that they recommended no further legal
action is proof of the utter powerless-
ness of the community to protect itself
from against the gross misuse OF power
by the Excise Board.
This is the more to be regretted as the
moral sentiment of the community has
, been 90 shamefully insulted by the grant
ing of license to man now in Jail for
keeping "a disorderly house, where vile
persons of both sexes congregated at his
solicitation, by night as well as by day,
iippling, fighting, gambling and whor-
ing" Men who granted license in
these circumstances and who refused to
revoke it when advised by their own
counsel that they had the power to do
so, and after confessiug by their action
that they had that power, are thoroughly
unfit for any Office or public trust.
After consultation with men OF practi-
cal experience and legal knowledge, we
have come to the conclusion that the
simplest remedy would be to have the
law amended, so that the Excise Board
should hold Office for one year only.
That would give the judge an opportun-
ity of removing unworthy men, and
would also give the people an oppor-
tunity of applying for revocation of
license before new board.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28
THE MAINE At CUBA.
United States Relations to Spain
and Cuba Reviewed.

Sending of the Maine not an Unfrfendly
Act-Democrats Harrass the Administra-
tion-Teiler Resolution Adopted by the
senate-General and National News at
Washington.
Special correspondence to the CHRONICLE.
WASHINGTON, JAN. 26TH. THE send
ing of the battleship Maine to Havana
does not mean that crisis has been
reached in our Cuban relations. The
true explanation of the affair can be Civ
en- in few words and is as follows: The
President and1the Secretary of State have
received repeated warnings from yari-
ETY. of sources that plans were afoot to
attack the American consulate in Ha-
vana. These warnings have been COM
ing in ever since the first signs of rioting
and turbulence appeared in the Cuban
capital. Nothing has come of the con-
spiracies so far, although on at least one
General Blanco to be SO threatening that
he had the American consulate surround
ed by a Gordon of Spanish soldiers, a
move that was taken without the knowl-
edge of Consul General Lee. The fact
that no violence had actually been at
tempted was not regarded by President
Mckinley and his advisers as guaran-
tee that nothing would be attempted in
that direction, and it was held that if
an attack should be made and injury to
Americans or damage to American in
terests result the charge might be lodg-
ed against the administration that it had
been negligent in it's duty, having been
repeatedly warned of threatened dan
ger. 1t was therefore deemed best to dis
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

New telephone subscribers recently
connected are The Morristown Decorat-
ing Co., No. 268-B; R. 81. Thomas, No.
S79; Hardes & Holmes, No. 258-F.
The private telephone line from Nor
ristown to the Brick School House, on
the Mountain road. will be extended to
New Vernon and Bernardsville. Neio
Vernon Correspondent
Tickets for the first Y. M. G. A. star
course entertainment to be held this
evening, have been selling rapidly, dur
the week. The entertainment is given
by Alexander Black, in Picture Play.
The Ladies of Hope League will cele-
brate the Leagues tenth birthday next
Wednesday by social and entertain
ment at the Grand Army rooms, with
the veterans Of Torbert Post as their
guests.
The councilmen of Deckertown realiz-
ing, as all good city fathers should, the
seriousness of the tramp dog question,
has issued proclamation which pro-
vides that all dogs running at large in
that village between January 10 and
April will be destroyed.
William A. Leek of Mills street de-
clares that the item in the CHRONICLE Of
last week concerning his marriage is I'M
true. Sorry if our friend "Will' is the
victim of a trick, but the statement of
last week was on receipt of signed let
let vouching for the same, and the letter
is now on file at the CHRONICLE Office.
Twenty-six members of the Sahodalica
Club enjoyed a dinner at the club
rooms on Wednesday. There were two
tables with the unlucky thirteen at each.
After the dinner was thoroughly enjoyed
several pleasant hours were spent with
songs. recitations and social chat, James
Douglass, M. D., president of the club,
presiding.
A Klondyke Supper will be given in
the Sunday School rooms of the M. E..
Church. on Wednesday evening Febru-
airy End from to o'clock. Supper 80
cents. A Gramophone and a few other
attractions will be found in the Sunday
School room to which small admission
will be charged. Proceeds for Recorder
fund. Tickets for sale il Sunday School
room.
Police Officer Brennan left townrather
suddenly on Tuesday, doubtless under
etrong conviction that the Grand Jury
would take him in hand. He was in
town again for brief time on Wednes
day, when he was notified to appear be-
fore the Police Committee of the Board
of Aldermen on Wednesday. But he
did not show up and was therefore sus-
pended. The force consists now of the
chief aud four assistants, with special
help added rs required.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28
FIELD CLUB NOTES.

The first games of the two mems tour
nament were bowled on last Friday
evening, Ewing and Truesdell did the
best work as team, winning both games
played. Bryce bowled specially well in
his first game. The scores were: Ran
dolph 1879, and Bryce 206, total, 1886;
beat Choate 115, and Mast III, total, 1856.
Ewing 1873, and Truesdell 142, total, s76;
beat Randolph IS, and Bryce $50, total,
1853. Ewing 1866, and Truesdell 1877,
total, 343: beat Choate 107, and Mast 1854,
total, 271. r. Duyckinck 161, and
Sanders 81. total. 258; beat Woodward
121, and Elliot Smith 1917, total, 1898.
Two more teams have entered in this
tournament, E. Woodward and Elliot
Smith; George Little and Richard Lyon,
making nine entries in all.
At the special meeting called by the
president on Monday evening it was
decided to increase the number of junior
mem bership to forty.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28
THE cHRYsANTHEMuM.

Beware. beware, ehrysanthemum,
For pride will have fall
From year to year you boldly come
In sizes that appal.
And, not content though you've attained
A wondrous size and vigor.
You strive-to note it we are panied
Unceasing to get bigger
Do not forget how oft distress
VIII follow vain pretensions;
The real gem does not impress
Because of its dimensions.
So heed the warning of this text,
This brief prophetic ballad:
You'll turn into cabbage next
Not even fit for salad.
From Christian Work, Jan. 49, 1879
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

THE Morristown Chronicle is engaged
in the very patriotic duty of trying to
convince the exclusive and aristocratic
residents of that town, that manufactor-
les are benefit and advantage to any
community. Local tradesmen complain
that the many rich and wealthy residents
do their buying mostly in New York
City, and as consequence, trade is not
what it should be in place of that size.
To bring about a change, the Chronicle
and many of the storekeepers and citizens
are preparing to inaugurate campaign
to secure some factories for the town, be-
lieving that it will prove beneficial to
trade as well as other interests. There
can be no doubt of that fact as many
thriving and hourishing towns in this sec
ton prove. Keep up your work along
the lines you are pursuing Railway
Advocate.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

THE Morristown police force needs in
vestigating fully as much as some of the
Hudson County officials. The member
who was recently allowed to s'resign"
should have been sent to jail. The re-
cent Indictment of another officer and
unpleasant rumors about at least one
more member are being investigated by
the Aldermanic Police Committee who
should LET no guilty officer escape.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

UNLIKE many of the evangelists who
firmly believe that 'sthe laborer is worthy
Of his hire" and make their financial ar
rangements before undertaking series of
meetings, Mr.. Moody refused to accept
ONE penny of the collections taken up at
the services over which he presided in
Paterson on Sunday. He directed that
the moneys contributed be turned over
TO the committee having in charge
evapqelistic work in prisons.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28
WIDE TIRES

The fact is certainly apparent to those
who pay attention to the macadamized
streets in Morristown and elsewhere that
heavily loaded narrow tired wagons con-
tribute largely to the destruction of their
surface. Authorities in many cities and
counties recognizing this fact are having
ordinances passed making the use of
wide tires compulsory. The Easton
Free Press said on Tuesday:
On the first of next April the ordinance
passed by the city of Easton relative to
wide tires goes into effect. A noticeable
number of these tires have appeared on
wagons hauling within the city, and be-
tween now and April many more will
doubtless be forthcoming. Wide tires
are necessary where any attention is paid
to streets, and now that Easton is enter
ing upon new era in street work it is
imperative that these tires be introduced.
The ordinance, of course, applies only
to wagons and vehicles doing public or
private hauling in this city. Farmers
and others coming into Easton are not
included. But once the advantages of
wide tires are shown it is altogether
probable that many residents of the
country districts about Easton will pro-
cure them.
The men whose wagons and public
conveyances must have them should be
shown no leniency, under the ordinance,
for this would simply tend to make the
ordinance non-effective, and soon it
would become dead letter. Give the
public ample notice and then enforce the
ordinance strictly and impartially.
Easton has suffered long enough from
narrow tires that cut up and destroy the
streets.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

THE Franklin correspondent of the
Deckertown Independent sensibly asks:
sWhy should Sussex be behind its adj
joining counties in the fine condition of
its road beds? Each year sums of money
are appropriated to patch up the roads
and very often the work is put into the
hands of Indifferent and inexperienced
men. At the beginning of the next year
the same work has to be done over again
and the money thus used seems to be
wasted, for there is no permanent result.
Why not take advantage of the offer
made by the State and this spring make
an effort in the right direction: to begin
to build macadamized roads. 1t may
not be possible to build long stretch at
one time, but each year build as much
as the appropriations will allow, and we
will soon be enjoying fine and dry roads.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

THE official reports fled in Summer
County, Kansas, shows a reduction in
this Indebtedness during the past two
years of $541, 1858. The real estate mort
cages filed during the years 1896 and
1897 aggregate $579. s5S, while those re-
leased foot up 81, ,95s, leaving s5s4,-
95S in favor of the credit side. There
were 876 mortgages released during 1897.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

THE official figures of Great Britain
show, during 1897, decrease of nearly
$sO,0OO,000 in their expectations, and
English authorities attribute it largely
to the Dingley law, which has shut out
large quantities of English goods from
the United States market. Decreased
importations of British goods signifies in
creased activity in American factories.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28
A Missing Ex-Collector

J. Clark Oliver, former City Collector,
is missing this week. Hearing of an in
dictment found against him by the
Grand Jury he disappeared on Tuesday.
Strenuous efforts are being made to
locate the missing ex-official but with
out avail as yet.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

DURING 1897 over quarter million of
tons Of tin plate was manufactured in
the United States, equalling within
twenty per cent. of the amount of tin
used here.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

New JERSEY cannot very we'll be rep
resented at the Omaha Exposition upon
less sum than $4,000, the amount
asked by the commission.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

In re-appointing DR.. A. Ubelacker of
this city member of the State Board of
Medical Examiners, Governor Griggs
simply recognized the sterling worth of
an able and faithful public official
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

THE election of Judge McComas to the
Senate of the United States from Mary
land. as successor of Senator German
is matter of congratulation to the
Country at large.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

Two Trenton grocers were fined 500
each on Monday for the fraudulent sale
of oleomargarine. The merchants
bought the stuff from a Camden party,
who will be prosecuted.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

Our exports of wheat to Europe for
1897 amounted to more than half of the
worlds total shipments. They were, in
GLIDING -four, over 1870, 600, 900 bushels.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

THE Essex County Park Commission
has made application to the Legislature
to issue additional bonds to The. amount
of 81 800, 900.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

AS Captain Brady the well informed
Washington correspondent says in his
letter this week: The. President
always can be relied upon to do the
necessary and Conservative thing.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

IT would appear that the Senator from
Morris is busy official; ne introduced
no less than twelve bills on Monday.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28

patch a warship to Havana and then
if an attack should be made upon the
consulate or upon Americans in Havana
it could be said by the administration
that due precautions had been taken for
the protection of our people and of our
interests. The battleship was not sent
to Havana by the invitation of the Span.
ish minister, as some have asserted, be-
cause an invitation from that source
would have been confession of the ina
bility of the Spanish government to
handle local riot and, worse still, a
concession that the government itself
was lettering. Minister Du LONE knew
in advance that the warship was to be
sent and his government at Madrid was
advised of the contemplated move and
assured that it was in an entirely friend
ly spirit and intended as pr ecautionary
measure.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28
Cheaper Tickets.

The Lackawanna management has an
nounced the following change in
schedule prices for 10 and 90 trip tickets
from Newark to Dover inclusive.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28


There is no denying the fact. however,
that it is vastly different matter the
dropping into the harbor of Havana of
an American man-of-war than would be
the appearance there of an English, a
German or a Japanese warship, for
Sagasta has charged in letter to Presi-
dent Mckinley that the United States is
the base of supplies for the Cuban insur-
rection and that the government of the
United States was negligent in its efforts
to suppress fillioustering. The incident
therefore may be and upon the surface
it is harmless and it may be attended by
no unpleasant consequences, but it is SUI
ficiently fraught with grave possibilities
to entitle it to serious thought.
M
The official statements which describ
the administration view of the incident
and give the coloring to it which the
President would like to have the people
see in it do not suggest even remotely
the possibility of any untoward happen
ing as result of the anchoring of an
American warship off Havana. The
Presidents close friends are taking their
cue from these official statements and
are contributing to allay whatever dis
quiet may have been occasioned.
Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, who
may be said to reflect very closely the
Presidents views on large policies and
who is commonly supposed to be well in
formed as to the administrations pur-
poses gave to your correspondent this
evening the following reassuring yet
guarded interview. He said:
'sThe sending of the Maine to Havana
is by no means an unfriendly act.
Neither is it an unusual thing to do. The
presence of war vessel in Cuban waters
will no doubt have reassuring effect
respecting American interests. The Pres
ident always can be relied upon to dothe
necessary and conservative thing. The
mission of the Maine will not involve
serious consequences. It's going to Cuba
is but the resumption of a practice
which prevailed until recent years"
The action of the House against at
taching belligerency recognition to an
appropriation bill means only that the
majority is determined to uphold the
rules of the House. 1t was at one time q
favofite but vicious practice to secure
new legislation by attaching it to general
appropriation bills.
The Democrats have gained absolutely