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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-04-08
Jewish symbols and services.

Rev. Samuel Kruegar, converted
Jew. gave very interesting talk at the
combined meeting of the South Street
and First Presbyterian Churches at the
former place last evening. He gave
many interesting facts concerning the
Jews and the Jewish religion, illustrat-
ing same with specimens of phylacteries
and garments worn, and cakes of un-
leavened bread which is eaten exclusive
ly at this season by the orthodox Jew.
He also read and sang portions of the He
brew Scripture as it was read in the time
of Christ and is still read in the ortho-
dox Synagogue of to-day. Mr.. Kruegar
said there were in the world to-day over
10000, 900 Jews. 100000 of whom are in
the United States; New York having
250,000, more than any city in the world
and ten times the number of Jews p
Jerusalem. At the close Of the serz
the unleavened bread was brokeu
given to the audience.
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HECIR|C GO. G0N[lITS
Aldermen Handle Much City
Business With Dispatch.

Fireman Denman's Election to Washing
ton Engine Company Sustained Bonds
men Make Final Settlement of Former
Collector divers shortage streets
Named for the Electric Light Wire
Condults-EIection Ordnance.
Usual city business claimed the atten-
ton of the Mayor and Aldermen at the
monthly meeting last Friday evening.
Probably the most important business of
the session was the reading of proposed
ordinance granting to the Morris County
Electric Company franchise TO lay cleo
trio wires in underground conduits in
principle streets of the city; and the pas
sage of special ordinance providing for
the coming charter election on May 8.
Alderman Freeman was absent.
Among communications was the re-
commentator of the following changes
in membership for the city Fire Depart
ment, being the same as recommended
by the Board of Engineers at the March
meeting and held over for investigation
as to proper residence of John Denman:
designations of w. F. Gordenier, w. r.
Fregans, A. B. Losey and R. B. Lyon,
and expulsion Of A. H. Allen from Reso-
Lutte Hook and Ladder Co., election of
Fred G. Davey and Thomas Darling to
Humane Engine Co. No. 2. Later, on
the motion of the Fire Committee, the
recommendations were concurred in.
Chief Engineer Stevens reported two
fires for March: on the 10th, house of
John P. Ryan, Columbia street, loss on
building 5000, on goods $55, fully in
sured; on the 18th, three buildings on
Speedwell avenue owned by D F. Leon
ard and Cutler estate, and occupied by
B. Friedman. Vim. Ergenzinger, B. T.
Rosenblatt, Misses Collier & PurEis and
VIM. Pfeiffer.
City Clerk Ayers reported returns
from Collector Becker as follows: Col
lected and paid into city treasury TO
March 1, $3,70O; during March, &, 900;
total collected, $50 900; balance still un-
collected, $3,445.63. including $507 .94
personal and $3,445. SO on real estate,
1913 poll tax. For the condition Of the
city treasury he reported as follows:
Estimated receipts from all sources. $54, ,265 90
Amount previous expended. .......... 1894 81
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MAY TERM JURORS.
Selected by Sheriff Durling Tuesday Morn
ing-The List by Cities and Townships.

Selected by Sheriff DurliDg Tuesday Morn
ing-The List by Cities and Townships.
The list of petit jurors to serve at the
next regular term of the Morris County
Courts was drawn Wednesday morning,
by Sheriff E. L. Durling in open Court
before Judge John B. Vreeland. The
following is the list by towns and town
ships: Morristown: George II. Brown,
Aaron D. Schenck, John Suydenham,
Frank Cihlar, Isaac G. Pierson, Thomas
Moreland, James Purtle, William G..
Babcock. Hanover, Henry II. Fairchild,
Charles G.. Wise, Henry M. Brown.
Daniel M. Merchant: Passaic, Samuel
W. Wood, Samuel Ortman, George B..
Meeker, Pierson Voorhees,; Dover,
George A. Raynor, Henry G. Newkirk;
Morris Township, Edwin F. Arnold,
Ernest Dobbins; Montville, Frank L.
Jacobus, Charles A. Zabriskie, Harry
Smith; Mt. Olive, Cyrus A. Wolf, Henry
Valentine; Pequannoc, George Sisco,
Samuel N. Van Ness, Walter NJ. DICK
erson, Henry D. Bush, Nicholas Demar-
est, Jefferson, Oscar Jennings, William
E. Jayne; Washington, j. BARLEY King,
Fred. A. Apgar. Samuel Scadden;
Boonton, George Huyler; Roxbury, Cal
vim Conklin, George G. Bonnell; Mend
ham, Charles Freeman, Harry Baldwin,
John w. Garrabrant; Netcong, Robert
E. King; Rockaway, William 7. Mat
thews; Rockaway borough, Charles
Winget, Walter McKinnon, Harry Dob
bins; Chester, William s. Howell; Ran
dolph, Wesley Bonnell; Port Dram,
Henry w. Lumsden. The May term of
the Morris County Courts convenes at
Morristown on Tuesday, May 3.
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list, her quota of men eligible for war
service being comparatively small. being
about 2115 men to every thousand of the
population. The report gives this county
13, 1877 available men, but this number
has been increased several hundred
within the past several years and Morris
could furnish over $4,000 stout, sturdy
and strong patriots if their country need
ed them and this band would not be one
with less courageous than the immense
battalions that could be turned out by
their larger and more thickly populated
neighbors. Morris has only one COM
pany of National Guardsmen, namely
Company g. End Regiment, stationed at
Dover, of which Edward L. Petty is
captain The Adjutant Generals report
shows this organization to have a mem
bership of so enlisted men and officers,
and classes it with the best dressed, best
drilled and best disciplined companies in
the service.
The prospect of war, however. has
grown beautifully less within the past
few days and President Mckinley, who
is deserving of the utmost praise for his
careful and wise consideration of the en-
tire matter, may be depended npon to
conduct the ship of state thorough the
turbulent waters into safe harbor and
the dignity and honor of the country at
the same time will be unimpaired.
j. w, KELLEY.
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IA Small Blizzard.

The storm on Tuesday partook some
what of the nature of blizzard. Snow
fell to the depth of three inches in this
vicinity and the thermometer registered
below 20o. On Wednesday the weather
moderated somewhat, although during
the day half dozen snow squalls rend-
cred the home preferable to the street,
excepting on the part of young America,
who was 10th to think of skates, snow
and sleds as things not to be talked about
before next December.
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POKER PLAYERS RAIDED.
Two Captured in Spring Street Tene.
ment-Councellor O'Brien Says so per
Cent. Play Poker.

Two Captured in Spring Street Tene.
ment-Councellor O'Brien Says so per
Cent. Play Poker.
Poker Players are again in q state OF
temporary fright over the result of So
called raid of Citizens League detectives
Sunday night. About 10 o'clock that
evening one of the agents Of the League,
Herbert Nixon, and G. Allen Baker,
secured the assistance of Chief of Police
Holloway and proceeded to raid house
on Spring street, the League agent lead
ing the way, and it seems, soaring away
the, birds almost before seeing them.
Two were identified, however, and the
cards and poker chips captured. These
two were Fred Glass and Timothy Gala
han, who were arrested on complaint of
the League. At 10 o'clock Monday
morning they were given hearing be-
fore Justice John A. Cliff, with Thomas
J. O'Brien as counsel.
Messrs. Baker, and Nixon, and Hollo-
way were freely examined by O'Brien
(the League agents had no counseD, who
also addressed the justice after the ex-
animation. reviewing the whole case.
In the summing up, Mr.. O'Brien severe
ly critized the Citizens League as in
judicious and indiscriminate, said that
poker playing was not necessary gamb-
ling, and made the extraordinary state
ment that s'if the Citizens League were
going to arrest every one in Morristown
who played poker, they would arrest
eighty per cent. of the inhabitants, and
Mr.. O'Brien added that this was no sub
ject for laughter.
Justice Cliff decided to hold Glass in
$10O bail for the Grand Jury and dis
missed Callahan for lack of evidence.
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Twenty-Five Years.

Rev. j. Macnaughtan of this city,
visited Newburg on Monday. and par,
ticipated in the exercises at Calvary
Church in that city, celebrating th4
completion of twenty-five years pastoF
ate by Rev. jeremiah Searle. At tie
regular service on Sunday proceeding,
the following hymn written by DIR.
Macnaughtan, was sung in connection
with historical sermon preached by
the pastor:
The happy days of long ago
Grow brighter in the sunset sky;
For memory hallows with its glows,
Whatever life has lifted high.
'Tis this we feel, God of Grace
That thou hast wrought out of these years
Whose sacred memories we trace
With gratitude though mixed with tears,
Much has been ours that is not now.
But much that WAS. is dearer too;
Years weave the wrinkles in our brow,
But years, too, lift Thee to our view.
And in the brightness of Thy face,
The past grows hallowed and divine,
And the grand sweetness of Thy grace
Fills these dear hours with what is Thine
Thy church, Thy people raise their song
In praise Tor all that has been done.
And pray that our loved pastor long
May lead our feet to Thy dear Throne.
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Independent Hose Company of Morris
town is now the possessor of handsome
buffet and dining cabinet, the gift of
Richard A. McCurdy of Morris Plains,
made in recognition of the services of the
company, rendered at the fire at the
stables owned by Mr.. McCurdy on Nor
ris Plains, which occurred in November
last. The present is the selection of
Chief Engineer Stevens, under order of
Mr.. McCurdy. 1t is handsome piece of
furniture, containing shelf apartments
enclosed in convex glass doors and
stocked with complete sets Of luncheon
dishes, 1876 pieces in all, and supplied
also with four large drawers for the ac-
commodation of silver, linen, etc. A
handsome mirror is encased in the upper
portion. The whole is of quartered OAK,
handsomely carved and finished. Each
dish bears the company badge and is
decorated in white and gold, the COM
pany colors. The buffet with equip
ment is now in the company parlors
on Market street ready for use.
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

Iho Annual May RecopIlOn OF the
Young Mems Catholic Association, will
be held on Wednesday May II.
David Sanderson of Morristown will
address the second of the Sea Side series
of meetings at the Madison Y. M. G. A..
next Sunday.
The Police Committee this morning
placed new couch in the police head
quarters. 1t is nice piece of oak furni-
ture with leather top.
The Needlework Guild will hold an
entertainment at st. Peters Church
rectory next Tuesday evening, with
musical selections and refreshments.
At the special services in the Congre-
gational Church on Easter Sunday W.
E. Stephens of New York will use his
illustrated model of the Holy City of
Jerusalem as it was in the time of Christ.
New telephone subscribers, not before
announced are: Banner Office, 300; Jer-
seyman changed to 295; William M.
Shelley, 25Of; G. N. Parker, 195a; Coe &
Mitchell, 27S.
At the annual meeting of the Morris
and Orange Presbytery on Tuesday next,
at Madison, commissioners will be
chosen to represent the Presbytery at the
next General Assembly to convene at
Warsaw, Ind, in May.
James, ten year old son of William
Weir, instructor to the Morris County
Golf Club. was kicked by horse at the
stables of John MacIntyre Monday morn
ing. and had his right arm badly broken.
DIR. Douglas waited on the boy and set
the bones.
The monthly meeting of the County
Freeholders will be held on Wednesday
next. Among the important business
will be the awarding of contract for state
aid road from the Morristown city line
to Somerset county line at Basking
Ridge.
The New York & New Jersey Tele-
phone Company will remove its Central
Office in Dover from the Bank building
on Blackwell street, to the Berry Hard
ware Company's building on the same
block. The change will be made Satur-
day evening.
The regular monthly meeting of the
w. G. T. u, will be held in the rooms
of the Y. M. G. A., Tuesday, April 10,
at p. m. In the evening of the same
day the Union will attend in body the
public meeting at the Baptist Church to
be addressed by Mrs. Ella Boole.
The veterans of Torbert Post enter
tained the department commander.
Samuel G.. Hayter, on Tuesday evening,
who delivered during the evening a
thrilling Grand Army address, touching
also on the present war crisis. Short
patriotic speeches were also made by
Comrades Stephen Rierson, F. w. Owen
and Norman Fox, refreshments and
cigars were served later.
The Owen Y, Young Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, has secured
Mrs. Ella A. Boole. National Y secre-
tary, to give a lecture in the Baptist
Church on Tuesday evening next, April
10, at o'clock. Her subject will be
1.-The Question of the Hour" Mrs.
Boole is siad to be an exceptionally fine
speaker. No admission will be charged,
but silver collection will be taken.
Beginning with last Friday, Iona Tribe. No.
1871 Imp. o. r. M. will hold sessions at 8
o'clock instead of 730 Pm.
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Herald. The excellent work of these
able men has been fully told in the
daily press. They have established an
Office in New York and sent forth over
the entire country earnest appeals for
this starving and dying people. The
call has been effective and they have
forwarded shiploads of food and medi-
eines to check the ravages of disease and
death on the unfortunate island, and DR..
Klopsch has personally superintended
the work Of distribution, accomplished
largely through the agency of Clara
Barton and her loyal assistants of the
National Red Cross Society.
Thus much has been accomplished
But all reports reveal yet terrible state
of suffering on the island. Unbiased
opinion of the leading citizens of the
country Senators and representatives
in Congress and other prominent men
agrees upon this point. The recent So
called revocation of the Weyler and
Blanco orders for concentration has been
proven beyond controversy as farce-a
miserable play for time and popular
feeling. All reports show that the now
belligerant Cubans are starving in all
the towns and villages of the six prov
inces of the island and even in Havana
dying actually by hundreds in the streets,
the victims of the cruel orders of cruel
Spanish officers, authorized by cruel
Spain.
What is done must be done with speed.
Practical sympathy, which means inn
mediate funds for food, is the crying need
of these sorely prosecuted people
mothers, fathers and children whose
brave brothers, sons and fathers are
nobly fighting the Spanish forces on
other parts of the island. Stronger and
yet stronger are the appeals that come
forth daily from the offices of the Special
Relief Committee and all over the coun-
try-in city and town and yillage-local
organizations and newspapers are taking
up the work.
No criticism can be made of Morris
town people. Their liberal response to
all calls of aid for the suffering has been
noted and many have already contribu-
L0Q u tIllS cause. DuO W0 2dIAc5t1J Do-
lieve that the people this COM
munity are not yet fully aroused to the
pressing importance of this call and the
personal responsibility of those able
to aid in the work. The CHoNICLE has
been urged by the Cuban Relief Com
mittee to take up the work and there is
herewith presented in this column a
special letter to the CHRONICLE, signed
by Stephen e. Barton, chairman of the
Central Relief Committee, authorizing
the CHRONICLE to collect and forward
contributions TO this end. Those now de-
string to aid in this noble work can do SO
without special inconvenience. All sub
scriptions received by the CHRONICLE
will be faithfully and speedily forwarded
to the committee.
\ To reinforce, if necessary, the state
ments made above, quotation from the
recant speech Of Senator Redffeld Proctor
Of Vermont U. S. Senate, March II,
189s) Is here added. It tells story Of
its own:N
81 wenT>to Cuba with strong convic-
tion that rhe picture had been over
drawn; that ia few cases of starvation
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Special Correspondence of the CHRONICLE
WASHINGTON. D. c., April 5.-A mem
Der of Congress who called on President
Mckinley yesterday morning assured
him that while Congress was very
anxious to hear from him there was no
disposition to crowd him or to force him
10 deliyerance before he was ready to
make it.
~
A few hours later the President said to
= caller that he was as anxious as Con-
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washington MORE QUIT
Message Waiting for Americans
to Leave Havana.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE TO GO IN MONDAY

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE TO GO In MONDAY
What Congressman are Thinking-Leaders
Think President has DOEe Right-Satis-
fed with the Coming Message-Prospect of
BoIt-Democrats not for Intervention
President not to be Crowded.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. April Z, 1885,
Washington is in the dumps, from a
state of great excitement bordering on
fighting frenzy the National Capitol has
fallen into condition of detection.
Congressman are going about looking,
talking and acting as though they had
lost their best friends. Yet behind it all
and way down deep in their hearts they
have a feeling that perhaps the President
has the right end of it and that the result
will show that he has done exactly right
and is pursuing course which the coun.
try will approve when ali the facts
are known. They would have been bet
ter pleased if the President had made re-
ply to General Fitzhugh Lees request
for delay in the transmission of the mes
sage to Congress by sending fleet of
war ships to HAVANA, anchoring them
outside of Moro Castle and serving notice
on the authorities of that city that if a
drop of American blood was shed the
place would be blown of the face of the
earth. That would have been an act of
war, but the Congress of the United
States, would have unanimously endors-
ed the proceeding. As pit is they must
wait until the Americans in Havana can
get away.
Republican leaders Loyalty insist that
the President has done right and that he
would have been condemned by the
entire civilized world if he had sent his
message to Congress in the face of
General Lees warning and thereby
condemned to death hundreds of Ameri-
can citizens in Cuba. Right here may
be given a dialogue which occurred be-
tween Senator Davis and Senator
Chandler at the executive session on
Wednesday afternoon.
Senator Davis, right from the White
House, had informed the Senate that
there would be no message that day
and had explained reason therefore.
Senator Chandler with a sneer in his
voice, rose and inquired:
''Will there be a message at all?"
There will, replied Senator Davis.
''Have you seen it?"
&c have"
"Have you read itP'
81 have" again replied the Senator
from Minnesota.
Are you satisfied with the message ?''
'tEntireIy so," came the prompt and
sharp response.
Later in the evening Senator Davis was
asked if in his opinion the President
had adopted the right course in with
holding his message. "He could have
adopted no other" was the reply.
~
If the worst should come and there
should be Republican bolt only one
thing will be done and that will be a
declaration for Cuban independence.
Further than that the Democrats will
not go. They are against Intervention
for many reasons, the principal one of
which is that none of the parties at in
terest has asked the United States to in
teryene and they claim that without such
request this government has no valid
excuse for Intervention. The Presidents
message is looked for on Monday.
EDWARD WRIGHT BRADY.
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The CHRONICLE bulletins have attracted
much attention this week. They are
posted in the window of the new CHRoN-
IcIR Office at 35 Washington street,
promptly as received.
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New YoRK, April 5, 1898.
EDITOR MORRIS Co. CHRONICLE
Dear Sir The Central Gu
ban Relief Committee would
be very much pleased if the
"Chronicle' will take up the
work of receiving and for
warding to this office subscrip-
tions for the purchase of sup
plies for Cuban relief. Public .
acknowledgment Of all contri-
buttons should be made in the
"Chronicle," /" and on the ar
rival of the remittances at this
Office, this committee will send
, for publication the cores
!, ponding receipts.
Very truly yours,
The Central Cuban Relief
Committee.
STEPHEN BARTON,
Chairman.
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At this point the clerk read the resig-
nation of Collins Weir as city assessor
and Alderman Byram moved its accep-
tance. This, Alderman Reed declared
to be entirely out of form and asked for
reasons for the resignation; Alderman
Hurting replying that the res;9aati>en.
was the result of the question:
Mr.. Weir to still act as 4 4
portant questions concord
come to him every day
which he is unable to ap
of office is questioned
was accepted Mr.. :
On motion of AZ GERMAN Fleury, the
billiard and bowlik W license of Messrs.
Smith & Sven was transferred from 16
Park place to 81 Speedwell avenue.
A communication informed the board
that on Saturday last Chief Justice
Magic granted on appeal of E. A. Day
of this city writ of certiorari to review
resolution recently adopted by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Nor
ristown, appropriating 800 toward ex-
pense of celebrating the Fourth of July,
on the grounds that Morristown is yet al
town and not city, the writ being
made returnable on April 10. Notice of
the proceeding was served upon thu
board and the clerk was ordered to &C
knowledge and return same under direc
tion of the City Counsellor.
What appears to be a final statemer
of the tax collections Of ex-Collectc
Oliver was made by Alderman Byral
for the Finance Committee. It shove
the full amount of taxes due on the
duplicate as $6,3s9.00 From I'll
amount deductions have been made
follows: Collected by Collector Beck
s., ,425.72; pollltax RENTED, 1884, p
sonal remitted, $SOs; property sold
der tax warrant, $508. 25; cost in suit
city, $3S.41; printing and postage,
total of 81, 1S4,3S leaving the
unaccounted for, g, 1854. so.
there should be added STA
taxes, making total of 50
amount, Mr.. Byram said
for Mr.. Oliver stood re-
the city treasury. T.
further responsibl
particular at
| Water stral
stone, %
/ tons s
stree S.
TOD
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The White House mail, which is very
large, and the great number of kilograms
which are being constantly received, re-
lates to the war emergency and urges
upon him persistent efforts for peace as
long as there shall exist chance for the
avoidance of war. These efforts which
it was expected would be concentrated
largely upon Congress, are directed
mainly toward the President, apparently
with the view of convincing him that
the great conservative elements of the
country are immovably for peace and
that they will support him along those
lines to the end.
EDWARD W. BRADY.
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gress or the country to bring this matter
TO conclusion; saying: There are
twenty-four hours in day. am de-
voting nineteen of these to the Cuban
question. am making all haste possi-
bIein its consideration. Congress should
understand this and not be impatient.
In fact l do not propose that Congress
shall hold a watch on me. I expect,
however, to have message ready soon. !"
And it will be sent to Congress as
soon as, in the judgment of his cabinet,
it is deemed wise.