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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-07

One man and four children, three
girls and one boy were drowned at
Black Rock, near Bridgeport, Com,
Friday while sea bathing.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-07

Everything is sweetened BY risk
Alax omsth
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
FIRE NOTES.

Newton Steamer Co., who go to
Goshen as the guests of Dikeman Hose
Co., have organized a squad, which
drills semi-weekly
The members of Kittitinny Hose
Co., of Newton, are drilling thirty
two men preparatory for the Middle
town fire parade, i'll which they have
been invited to participate.
1t will take right pert company
to get away with the Kitties. For
years their drilling has been of a
high order and this year two squads
of sixteen men each are drilling.
There will be seventeen companies,
if not more in line ON the occasion
of the big parade of firemen at Mid
dletown, on October H. The Kitties
have the last place in line, which is
just to their liking, as it gives OPP
portunity for maching evolutions.
The line of march is only Al miles in
length. Register.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
BARNEGAT, NOT BUZZARD's
BAY.

John B. Ayres and Charles W. En-
mis-, whose families are at Belmar, for
the summer, entertained Louis A.
Vogt of the Banner and G. Frank Ak
tel last week by a delightful trip to
Barnegat Bay, few miles south of
Belmar. The we'll appointed yacht
Vida, captained by Nelson Taylor was
secured, and after an early start,
rare sport was had during the cruise,
the result footing well up in the
hundreds, Mr.. Ennis fully sustained
the reputation of successful fisher
man, made on Keaba lake during
his younger days, ON this trip, only it
is claimed he gracefully landed almost
every fish i'll his lap feat, Captain
Taylor said, unheard of even among
former Barnegat pirates. Editor Vogt
made straight catch of twenty five
beauties, which his fellow fishermen
declared was owing to the peculiar
bait used by the editor. Messrs.
Aryes and Axtel also averaged good
catches. The party returned we'll
pleased with the trip, which offered
so much sport and pleasure.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
The New York and
New Jersey Telephone Co
81 Willoughby Street, 25 Market Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Morristown, Nj.
WEATHER AND CROP .CoNDI-
TIONS.

During the week ending Monday,
August 18th, the temperature and
sunshine We're generally below the
normal (the nights being quite cool),
and the rainfall above, except in
small portin of the extreme northern
section, where only light showers fell
The reports received from all sections
show that the growing and maturing
crops have greatly improved, and that
their present condition is all that
could be desired. Corn, the State over,
will equal the average, and in some
sections will exceed it. Late potatoes
are little more promising, but the
yield generally will be below the
average The recent rains have also
improved orchard fruits, watermelons,
cantaloupes, late tomatoes and pas
ture.
The very heavy rain which fell on
the 10th and 11th, in the Middle and
Southern Sections, did considerable
damage. Many low fields were flood
ed, and the crops buried by the wash
from high fields. The greatest injury
is reported from Deerfield Township,
Cumberland County. The following
are the heaviest rainfalls reported, in
inches: Staffordville, SAG; Egg Har-
Dor City, 4.97; Bergen Point, 49,.
Vineland, AL Bridgeton, 46.2; New
ark, Ala; Friesburg, 1913; Trenton,
80. {; Moorestown, 2.O5.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
HOPATCONG LAKE AND FIELD
CLUB CARNIVAL.

Considerable interest is manifested
i'll the carnival which is to be held at
Lake Hopotcong tomorrow under the
auspices of the Hopatcong Lake and
Field club, which is cozily located on
Bertram island Among the mem
bers of the club are the following
from Morristown: Mayor Quayle,
Fred Schrandenbach, Charles Rose
wear and Louis Parker The sailing
race for catboats will take place at
10. 80 a. m. The afternoon events
comprise naptha, Diauler and also
vapor launches for twenty and TWEEN
ty-five foot boats; rowing races, a
canoe tournament, tub race, swim
ming race, etc. The s. Al a. m. train
connects at Hopatcong for morning
and the 1928 train for afternoon pro
gramme.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
CHANGERS AT swINEFIELD.

The Changers nineteenth annual
outing was held yesterday at Tuttle's
Grove, ON the banks of the Passaic
River. The speakers of the day were
Hon, w. w. Cutler, Hon. Franklin
Dye, James Braddock and John J.
Farrell.
The attendance was about the same
as ON former occasions, at noon it
is estimated that 10000 were on the
grounds. The roads which lead TO
Tuttle' Grove were crowded with rigs
shortly after dawn, almost every kind
of trap being i'll evidence from a hay
rigging to rubber tired vehicle
owned by some of the more enterpris-
ing farmers. Base ball and various
other sports were INDUCED i'll at the
grounds, including dancing. The mu-
sic, which was Of high order, was rem
dered by the City Home Band of
Newark. About seventy were in at
tendance from town.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
LODGE NOTES

Regular bi-weekly meeting of En-
terprise Eencampment, No. A, l. o.
O. F., will be held next Tuesday
evening
On Monday evening last Edward
Murphy, Louis E. Applegit and Aug.
@. Paul were reelected trustees OF
Morris lodge, No. 100, I. o. o. F.
District Deputy Grand Master
Quimby, of the Grand Lodge, and
District Deputy Grand Patriarch Ap-
leget, of the Grand Encampment, |. o.
o. F., of New Jersey, finished their
work last week, in installing the new
ly elected officers of the different
lodges and encampments of this dis
trict
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PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS.
superintendent Haven at Home = Seven
New Teachers--CommercIaI COurte.

Superintendent Haven at Home Seven
New Teachers--Co Commercial Courfe.
School superintendent Haven has
returned from a brief outing among
the Massachusetts, hills, and is busily
engaged i'll looking after the numer-
GUS details connected with the public
schools, which will open for the cur
rent year on Tuesday, September ..
The second story of the original Ma
pie avenue school has been treated to
much needed coat of enameled
paint, the first since its erection.
The colors are white and French
gray. The floors have been oiled and
the settees in the chapel vanished.
Two additional rooms have been fin
ished in the Speedwell avenue school.
A complete commercial course has
been added to the high school, COM
prising stenography, tpyewriting and
bookkeeping, which will be taught to
scholars upon their second year in
the high school. The following COM
prise the teachers to whom will be
entrusted the public school interests
of Morristown for the ensuing year:
Superintendent, w. L. R. Haven.
Maple avenue building. .-Lavinia
H. Conkling, Clara E. Brown, Kath-
crime E. Rudd, Mabel E. Stowe, Kath-
arine J. Mechling Mary L. Easton,
Hattie G. Youngblood, Helene Slack,
Fannie M. Harwood, Anna E. Mills,
Elizabeth E. Faulks, Mary G. Linds-
ley, Elva @. Beach, Kate S. Fennell,
Adelaide B. Van Ness, Edith J. Walsh,
Mrytle M. Welsh, Elizabeth E. La
Rue, Alice NJ Herrick, Anna E.
Wright, Charlotte X. Howell.
Speedwell avenue building. Emma
L. Babbitt, Margaret f. Peck, Emma
Gray, Martha E. Kugler, Margaret
E. Hyde, Jessie G. Tiffany, Leonora
B. Snyder, Carrie M. Evans Mar
garet Kincaide.
Liberty street school. Jennie Scha-
fer, Mabel F. Starck, Maud E. Bry-
ant, Bertha Matthews.
Teacher of drawing, Sallie Van
Horn teacher of singing, Thomas E.
HAZEL.
The new teachers are Misses Kath-
arine j. Mechling, Dayton, Pa. Ma
bel E. Stowe, Brattleboro, VT. Mar
garet E. Hyde, Rockville, Conn. /;
Jessie G. Tiffany, Darlington, r. I. !;
Leonora B. Snyder, Belvidere, N. J. I;
Carrie NJ Evans, Merrimac, Mass. /;
Margaret Kincaid, Boonton, N. j.
Miss Mechling will teach the COM
mercial course.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
THE OBJECTION

Made by housekeepers who have not investi-
gated the use of gas for fuel, is that hot water
cannot be supplied for the kitchen. heater
shown in practical operation by the Norris
town Gas Co., effectually removes this diff
Guilty, and at trifling expense. 1t can be
attached to the boiler In ordinary use in a
''jiffy'' and the saving in heat and expense is
wonderful, to say nothing of comfort
A good gas stove saves your kitchen time
This is not guess work; it is scientific fact.
That has been proven just as other scientific
facts have been proven.
Take good sample of gas range. such for
instance, as the we'll known Detroit Jewel"
made by the Detroit Stove Work.
sample meal was recently cooked on
good Coal Range and on a frst-class Gas
Range.
The meal consisted of soup, fish, beef. game,
potatoes and other vegetables, with pudding
and pie.
These things were properly baked, roasted,
broiled, steamed and stewed
The time from the lighting of the coal stove
to the serving of the meal was two hours and
forty minutes. The time on the gas stove was
ne hour and fifty minutes.
The fuel for the coal range cost II 9-10 cents,
and the cost of the gas was s 6-l0 cents. The
saving over coal being $40 cents, which
makes coal about AZ per cent. more expensive
than gas-about one-half.
This is only one little instance which is du-
plicated every day in every house where there
is Gas Range.
Gas is like coal in one thing. 1t should be
used intelligently and economically.
l. e..
the least time possible when that meal is better
cooked for it.
The Morristown Gas Company. Savings
Bank Building, Morristown, have for the in
spection of the public, full line of Gas
Ranges, Water Heaters and Improved Cook
ing Appliance.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
ANCIENT LOCAL HISTORY.

August 4, 1862 Conductors T. N.
Bentley and J. NJ Stewart manage
excursion over M. & e. and by boat
Magenta to Long Branch. Fare from
Newton, 50. 80.
About 100 lots sold at Camp Tabor,
at fixed price of $50 each, with a
premium for choice. The premiums
aggregated over $500.
McFarlan's iron works and Over
toms foundry at Dover had passed
into new hands, of which George
Richards was one of the moving spir-
its.
Mr.. Richards also assumed the di-
rection of the Andover mines. -Sus-
sex Register.
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Figuereo says he has perfect confidence
in the ability of the government to main
tain order. In regard to Wednesdays $
demonstration he said that it was trivial
and that he had therefore ordered the
release of the prisoners today. The pres
ident expressed warm friendship for
the United States. A special session of
congress, convened to consider the propo-
sition to reduce the amount of money
to be applied to the interest on the ma
tional debt by 90 per cent, adjourned
without action The minister of war
says that everything is quiet at Monte
Christi The British warship Proserpne
is expected here today.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
81 AM A SPANIARD. y

A resident of this city who proba-
bly, has one of the finest private col
lections of autographs in New Jersey
recently received with the autograph
of Captain Eulate, the commander Of
the Viscaya in the famous Santiago
conflict, the following:
II answer willingly yonr letter
asking as favor what is for me a
pleasure. I feel very grateful to your
countrymen for the manifestations Of
the high idea they have of my cour-
age. l am a Spaniard and a naval
officer, and, acting as both, the COM
mander of the Viscaya thinks he has
done only his duty. Believe me al
ways, Yours truly,
Aut Eulate.
Com. of the Port of Cadiz.
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Ala For the sufferers.

Washington, Aug. 1S.-The war de-
partment officials are making every ef-
fort to relieve the suffering Porto Ri
cans.
General Davis reports that at least sew
eral thousand are dead and that one-fifth
of the dwellings in the island are demol-
ished. Crops are almost entirely destroy
ed, and 100000 people are destitute. He
has asked for help from the government
and for private contributions Secretary
Root Immediately ordered the purchase
of large amounts of rice and beans and
has sent the transport Mcpherson to Por-
to Rico with a full cargo.
The secretary on Friday issued an ap-
peal for aid to mayors of all cities of over
100000, which has met with a general
response, and ON Nor day issued an ap-
peal to governors of states.
BY direction of the president all sup
plies destined for the relief of the desti-
tute in Porto Rico will be admitted free
Of dutN
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
THE TExAs AT BAR HARBoR.

Corporal Boniface, of the U. S. S.
Texas, writes home of his experience
at Bar Harbor as follows, from Bel
fast, Maine:
"We left the fleet yesterday at 10
noon, in the dense fog that was set
Ting about us, and lay to, sounding
our siren every one and half min
utes. SO we drifted about opposite
the mouth of Penobscot bay until
daybreak this morning, when we
"put about and "set in" toward the
land, the fog having risen.
Targets were put overheard at $50,
all hands called and breakfast at 6.
By 6.15 our guns were laundering
away-one Founders, skies, 81 milli-
meters, six and twelve inch-a fright
full din. All for practice. We had to
clear ship for action, too, and that
was lots of work. About noon we
knocked off, - and after mess was
"piped'' and all hands, had dinner
we set about setting up the rigging
again and putting everything in ship
shape. By we were once more in
order Then we were bowling along
at a good rate up the beautiful Pc
nobscot bay. A most beautiful sail,
rivaling the Hudson in its upper
reaches. You can see where Belfast
is on the map. We may remain here
until Wednesday, and certainly not
later, and then off for Newport again.
So we will have visitors a-plenty to-
morrow. This Maine coast makes
grand scenery. was on quarter deck
watch from 4 to as we came up the
river and think it was one of the
most beautiful trips I ever took on
water.
We are anchored about one and a
half miles from the town and can see
several other towns on the shores of
the bay from where we lay.
Yesterday all the marines from the
fleet went ashore to parade and drill.
We left the ship at 8. 10, marched
around the town and then away up
on one of the hills, where we gave an
exhibition drill, arriving back at the
ship at IL. 55
The town itself is old-fashioned,
but in the newer portions is we'll
built and beautifully kept The off
GERS have had series of fetes and re-
ceptions here We leave the feet to-
morrow for Belfast
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
GOSHEN RACES.

A number of Morris county horse
men expect to be i'll attendance at the
Goshen races on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday of next week. The en-
tries number 157.
The ten classes for which purses are
offered, together with the great match
race between Gentry and Patchen,
and the double team race, will insure
three good races every day.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
STAR COUPONS GIVEN AWAY.

On Saturday, Aug. 19, and Wednes-
day, Aug. 23, the New York Cash
Store will give 80 stamps to every
customer purchasing one dollars
worth or over. Remember the dates.
These stamps will not be given, un-
less you present this local or the ad-
vertisement See advertisement on
page four.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
GOLF.

Probably the Morristown Golf Club
is the most successful Golf Club in
this country.
Among the first to organize, its man
ayers secured options on an ideal
ground for links while every addi-
tional move has been well considered
and of advantage to the club. That
the management has been appreci-
ated in its efforts, it may be said that
the club has reached the limit Of
membership, five hundred.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
STARVATION
HURRICANE
Dreadful Suffering and Loss Of
Life in Porto Rico.
Meagre Details Many Towns De-
stroyed- Suffering Among Chill
dren Especially Seyere-Rushine
Aid

New York, Aug IS. = The Herald's
Porto Rico correspondent cables from
San Juan:
Il have already visited the Bayamon
and Arecibo districts of the island and
shall start for Ponce in the morning via
Mort. With all the extra facilities af-
forded by General Davis communica-
tion with the distressed district is still
only partly open.
"Arecibo was devastated by the hurri-
cane and later was flooded by the Are
cibo and Manati rivers. Two hundred
bodies have already been recovered, and
hundreds more are missing. 1t is thought
they were swept into the sea.
''The town was inundated to a depth
of six feet. After the water subsidized
the dead were found lying everywhere.
The bodies We're buried on the spots
where they were found
"The town is now rapidly filing up
with starving persons from the country.
Only four soldiers were drowned, but all
are without shelter. Captain McComb
and his men did valiant service in saw
ing life. Forty persons were rescued
from floating wreckage. A thousand
head of cattle were lost there.
"At Naranzito 20 persons are known to
have been killed. A thousand are home
less and starving. Moravis is totally
destroyed.
''At GALES 20 persons were killed.
Many are missing at Barcelonita. Seven
residents were killed AT Cayey the
Heath roll is at least 80.
Children Dying by Hundreds.
sit is impossible to estimate the loss of
life and property in the country dis
tricts. Every river is still swollen, and
passage is well nigh impossible.
'The crops are totally destroyed. Chill
dren are dying by hundreds from starva-
ton and exposure.
II rode for miles through the Bayamon
district without seeing a house standing.
All the people are tlocking to Bayamon
for food and shelter.
"a courier has just arrived here from
Yabucoa. He says that the town was
demolished by the storm. Already so
bodies have been recovered, and it is es-
timated that zee perished. Many are
wounded.
Medical assistance is scarce in all
parts of the island What makes the
present distress greater is the fact that
month ago all public improvements
WERE stoppeu oNihs ~ the luch VI up
propriations. Thousands of persons were
then thrown out of employment. A
renewal of pablic works would be {
great relief. Many planters and mer
chants are ruined and cannot give EN-
| ployment.
II had an interview last night with
General Davis, who says the latest re-
ports show the disaster to be greater
than he had anticipated and extends
over the whole island. He is doing ey-
erything in his power to alleviate the
suffering and has every confidence il
generous results from his appeals to the
American people Where possible the
troops that lost their shelter in the hurri
cane have been ordered to San Juan.
"Mayaguez is suffering but slightly
All the vessels in the harbor are ashore
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
ODD FELLoMs, EXCURSION.

The eleventh annual excursion Of
Morris Lodge, 100, l. o. o. E., takes
place next Wednesday, August 23d.
All should avail themselves of the OPP
portunity of going to this ever-popu-
lar retreat. Beautiful sail and a place
where all can enjoy themselves in
bathing, boating, concerts, menager-
les, etc. See adv. on page 8.
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New York, Aug. 1S.-Five days over
due in Havana and reported only once
since sailing from this port ON Aug. 8 is
the depressing record which leads the
friends of the GO passengers aboard the
Ward liner Vigilancia to believe that
something has befallen her The Nigi-
lancia is now out nearly nine days from
New York ON voyage which usually oe-
cupies three and one-half days. The
Yigilancia was directly in the path of the
West Indian hurricane and likely to sus-
tain serious damage if she did not secure
a haven or was able to run away before
the storm.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
THE SIMPLEX
TYPE SETTER
introduced by the Chronicle
with This Issue.
A Time and Money Saver-SeveraI
Varieties of Printing Can be Done
Accurately by Single Operator
Product of the Unitype Manufac-
turing Co., Manchester, Conn.,

Economy is wealth" we believe
to be a truthful saying, attributed to
one of the most noted printers of this
country. Nowhere is it's truth more
generally recognized than in coun-
try printing office. Many persons in
a community, and Morristown is no
exception to the rule, evidently are of
the opinion that a weekly country
newspaper is an institution simply to
be tolerated, when it is really doing
it's level best to help town, merchants
and residents in every possible way.
The only interest that some people
in a town take in the home paper, is
when, as is often the case, something
happens in which they or some family
connection figure in an unpleasant
light Then the paper is highly i'm
portant factor.
Occasionally an individual imagines
that the dear public is calling so
loudly for the privilege of voting him
into a public Office that everything
and everybody must be sidetracked
for him. Generally this variety of
individual has never attended pri-
mary meeting in all his life-not even
when his worthy and deserving neigh
Dor was a candidate. Again newspa-
per proprietor frequently meets peo-
pie who, when respectfully asked to
become subscribers, contemptuously
answer, No, indeed take only city
papers. - These same individuals, it
is noticed, generally hasten to borrow
the paper of their more appreciative
neighbor, as soon as the postman de-
livers it, frequently forgetting to re-
turn it, thus compelling the accommo-
dating neighbor to purchase another
copy.
Unfortunately, too, there are sub
scribers who evidently imagine that
newspaper men, and their families
can exist ON almost any old thing,
even liquid air, 4" if it cost nothing
This class, for they sort % flock by
themselves, forget all about settling
oft-rendered bills, each of which when
presented bore the familiar line,
subscriptions payable strictly in adj
vance. .
Getting back to the saw of the old
and venerated printer, The Chronicle
would say that the Simplex type
setting machine" was not introduced
just ''for fancy" but simply as a
9 labor saver" and that means a
"money saver.
The Simplex, after careful and ex-
haustive consideration was selected
because we believe it to be by all odds
the best type-setting machine manu-
factured to meet the requirements of
the country newspaper. In addition
to straight newspaper copy, advertise
ments, catalogues and other printing
can be done quickly and accurately on
the Simplex. The proofs are much
'cleaner'' than when the type is set
by the old method.
Ihe motive power is furnished by
the Morris County Electric Company,
through quarter-horse power Sprague
motor.
The machine is called the Simplex,
and the name is certainly an appro-
pirate one. The Simplex works easier
than the ordinary typewriter and
with an accuracy that is simply
amazing. It sets from 5000 to A, 600
ems per hour in the hands Of one
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-18
CAMP TABOR.

The services for Saturday and Sun
day will be as follows:
Saturday, 2 80 p. M, Rev. Mr.. Judd !;
7 :30., Rev. Thomas Harrison.
Sunday, 10 80 a. M, Rev. Thomas
Harrison 1880 p. m, Rev. Thomas
Harrison
The early morning prayer meeting
will be conducted as usual. Young
Peoples Vesper Service every day at
s p. M, in charge of Rev. D. R.
Lowrie. Love Feast each Sabbath
morning at a. m.
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nnd storms In spain.

Madrid, Aug. 1S.-During the last "a
hours storms throughout the country
have done immense damage. Railway
and telegraphic communication with
many points have been cut off and there
are numerous victims of wind and flood.
At Ocana, 80 miles east of Toledo,
convent collapsed, and two beggars were
killad