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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
FEVER IN CHECK.
No New Cases and No Deaths at
Hampton.

NO New Cases and No Deaths at
Hampton.
Richmond, Aug. A special to The
Dispatch from Newport News makes
encouraging report as to the situation
in the yellow fever district. Cheerful
telephone messages have been received
during the day, and Colonel Woodfn's
last statement last night was an itera-
ton of the one he sent out yesterday
morning, being "No new cases and no
Deaths"
The citizens shotgun quarantine is
maintained at Newport News, however,
and no one can pass the lines.
Surgeons Van Esdorff and Korb of the
marine hospital service, have arrived at
Hampton. DR. Korb handled the yell
low fever situation at key West. He
has made tour of inspection of the
town and has expressed the opinion that
the situation is well in hand. He said
he saw no reason why the people of
Hampton OF Phoebus should fear the
spread of the fever.
At a meeting of the Business Mems
association at Hampton DR.. White Of
the marine hospital service made a
stateMent which was also most encour-
aging
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

IT WOULD be almost impossible to ex-
agerate the inconvenience to strangers
in Morristown caused by the absence of
signs with the name of the streets. And
the old resident is puzzled oftener than
one might think when he gets into some
of the recently built suburbs.
1t would not cost much to have
signs placed at every corner. People
would then find their way around town
easily and would not carry away the i'm.
preston that Morristown was a settle
ment with nameless streets
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
THE VALENTINE CASE.
Depositors to Sue Directors of the
Wrecked Bank.


Wrecked Bank.
The depositors of the wrecked Middle
sex County bank of Perth Amboy, N.
j., have decided to bring actions against
the officials of that institution to re-
cover $263,000 which they have lost
through the operations OF George Nj.
Valentine, former cashier. If the courts
follow precedents in disposing of these
cases, the directors who will be called
upon to make good the shortage of $262,-
600 are Uriah B. Watson, j. T. Watson,
&. II. Pierce, Patrick Convery, L. n.
Valentine, j. l.. Kearney and j. G. Will
son. The demand that they reimburse
the depositogs will be based on the
ground that they did not exercise due
care and vigilance in their management
of the bank.
There is no immediate prospect that
any further criminal prosecutions will
grow out of the banks failure. The de-
positors are more anxious to get their
money back than they are to assist in the
prosecution of any of the bank officials.
In fact, it is not clear that any complaint
that would hold in law could be made.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
A Naval Wedding.

Sycamore, Ills, Aug. 4.-The marriage
of Miss Bertha G. Burst to Ensign Peter
Lloyd Pratt took place last evening at
the home of the BRIDES father, Major
John w. Burst of the bureau of immi.
grafton, treasury department. The groom
is the son of ]. L. Pratt of st. Paul, ad.
juster of the Great Western Railway
company. Pratt was ensign on the Mo
nadnock during the war. After returning
from the Philippines he was transferred
to the battleship Indiana, from which he
has been detached to the Uncas, of which
he is second in command.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
THE PEACH AND APPLE CROPS.

According to the July Crop Circular
issued by the United States Department
of Agriculture, the peach crop indicate :
a general failure from one end of the
country to the other OF the IS States
having 1000, 900 or more bearing trees at
the last census, eight are unlikely to
have more than one-tenth of a crop, and
five others less than one-fourth of crop.
The condition of apples in all the i'm
portant apple States is also considerably
below the average for the last fifteen
years, except in Pennsylvania, OHIO and
Indiana, where the average runs from
five to eleven points above.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

BUFFALO may be sure of honest cleo
tions hereafter that is if wars are not
called upon to demolish the voting ma
chimes, of which 10 have been ordered
at cost of $500 each.
Were the promises of reform SO fire.
quently made by the Jersey City Demo-
Gratis, genuine, the Buffalo example
might be followed in that city. OF
course it will not
The next Legislature should investi-
gate the machine referred to, and if, as
claimed, it is absolutely correct, there
should be no hesitancy regarding its com
pulsory use in New Jersey.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

THE Chicago Tribune'S revised figures
Of Fourth of July fatalities now foot up
141, while the number of persons more
or less seriously injured runs up into the
thousands. 1t is time to stop this sIaugh-
ter. State legislatures should pass strin-
gent laws against toy pistols, giant crack.
ers and other internal machines. We
hope the lawmakers of New Jersey will
be foremost in this needed work. Kill
ing and manning are not necessary fea-
lures of patriotic demonstrations.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

HEREAFTER it will no longer be posi-
BILE for persons who are weary of marital
bonds to rush to North Dakota and secure
divorce between trains. On the first of
July the law went into effect which re-
quires that person must have been a
resident of the State for one year before
he or she can institute divorce proceed
ings. This is a sad blow at one of the
industries of that young State, but the
object of the law will be- universally
approved.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
TayIor Makes a New RECORD.

Chicago, Aug. 4.-Major Taylor, the
colored professional cyclist, rode mile,
paced by steam motor, at the Garfield
track last night in the phenomenal time
of 1922 2-5, thereby beating the world
record by 5 3-5 seconds. The first quarter
was made in 20 1-5 seconds, half in 80 20
and three-quarters in SO 30. Taylor's
performance is the more remarkable in
that it was not aided by wind shields or
any other device, being simply straight
away paced race. The Garfield track is
half a mile in circumference.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
A SHELDON NEWSPAPER.

During the the thirty years of its ex-
istence, the Montreal Daily Witness has
never contained the ads of theatres,
public houses or tobacco manufacturers,
nor is general printing accepted for
those trades. No dramatic criticisms
ever appear, racing results have no
place. and prize fights never find men
ticn in its pages. And yet it goes on,
and on and is decidedly paper worth
reading.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

HEADING the list of naval officers of
the United States in the new naval d.
rectory that has just been issued is the
name of George Dewey, Admiral, and
this is the first register for many years
containing an officer of such a rank.
The eighteen Rear Admirals of the
United States navy follow in order, with
Schley No s and Sampson No. 10.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

THE experiment Of sprinkling an ordi-
nary macadamized highway with oil is
soon to be tried near Lockport, N. Y.
The road on which it is possible the ex-
pertinent may be made is very dusty the
greater part of thesummer, and it is said
the experiment Will be made to ascertain
whether the dust may not be laid per-
manently and the road smoothed as well
by the application of OIL
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
Dove Leaves Triest.

The cruiser Olympia left Triest at
4;15 on Tuesday afternoon. The fore
noon was spent on board making final
preparations for the voyage. Naples is
the next port of call. The Olympia may
be expected in that port by Saturday
evening or Sunday morning. The Olym-
pia did rot salute on leaving Triest, nor
did Admiral Dewey make any official
calls as the naval or diplomatic etiquette
did not require either. Cards, however,
were sent. Admiral Dewey expressed
appreciation of the honors and attention
shown him during his stay here.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
Captain burton a Coward.

Des Moines, Aug. 4.-The adjutant
general is in receipt of Manila advices
that Captain A. It. Burton of Company
D, Fifty first regiment, from Villisca, has
been suspended for cowardice and is now
at Manila awaiting dishonorable dis
charge. He is reported to have deserted
his troops in an engagement and hidden
in ditch while the company went into
action without him.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

SUBSCRIBERS of the CHRONICLE leaving
town for an outing or expecting to be
absent during the season, can have their
papers mailed without extra expense,
and the directions changed as often as
desired upon application to the CHRoN-
IcLE office, So Washington street.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
9 HONOR AND RENOwN."

We shall be guilty of terrible
wrong to humanity, if in the Philippines
we retreat before armed savagery in
stead of organizing suitable govern
ment. which shall guarantee justice to
every one and an ever increasing meFs-
ure of liberty to those who show them
selves worthy of it. If the people let
their representatives in Congress hamper
the administration, as they did last win
ter, when they refused to put the army
on a proper footing as to size, perman-
ence and organization, then the people
have themselves to thank if the war
fingers. What the people Rave to do is
to resolve to back up the President to the
full in seeing that the outburst of saw
agery is repressed once for all, to see
that these new tropic islands in the east
and west alike are not left to be the prey
of partisans and spoilsmen, but are gov
erned primarily in the interest of their
inhabitants, and, therefore, ultimately
for the honor and renown of America.
Gov. Roosevelt, Ocean GroUe, Aug. 3, '99l
A SERVICE THAT SERVES" ?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
NEBRAsKANs HOME.
Transport Hancock Arrives Ahead
of Time.

Transport Hancock Arrives Ahead
of Time.
The transport Hancock, bearing the
First Nebraska volunteers and the Utah
battery home from the Philippines, has
arrived at San Francisco.
The men on the Hancock number
1,136 and include the two Utah light bat
ferries and go discharged men from the
Twenty United States regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Cotton of the Nebras
ka regiment remained mt Manila, where
he will engage in banking.
Only one man died on the Hancock
after she left Manila. He was Private
Richard Walph of Battery A. Utah artil-
lery, and he died of typhoid fever at Ma
gasaki. Among the officers of the Ne
braska regiment who were severely
wounded are Captain Hollingsworth and
Lieutenant Wadsworth, who was shot in
the leg.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

RACE TRACK gambling has become a
thing of the past in New Jersey. Now
let the gambling bells which openly ex-
1st at Long Branch be suppressed or else
impeach the authorities of that place for
neglect Of duty.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

THE International Conference which
recently closed its work at The Hague
has been the subject of extravagant an
ticipations and of depreciation as ex-
travagant, but history will do it justice
as the first international body which
sought to prevent war.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
SPAIN has lost a trade of $50, 900. 900 a

SPAIN has lost trade of $50, 000 900 a
year in exports to its lost possessions, OF
about one-fifth its total exports. OF
these, in 1897, 81, S0O,O00 were in cotton
cloth and other dry goods exported to
Cuba and the Philippines. The loss of
this trade has bankrupted the manufac-
turing section of Spain-Valencia- and
brought on the riots there.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

THE clergy of Ann Arbor, Mich. rep
presenting the Methodist, Baptist, Con-
gregational, Presbyterian, Church of
Christ and Lutheran denominations
have proven themselves friends of good
morals by their action in entering into
an agreement not to marry divorced
persons except in cases where the unof-
Tending party is granted decree for
scriptural reasons.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
Lady Randolph CHURCHILL Engaged

Cowes, Aug. A sensation has been
caused here by the announcement of the
engagement of Lady Randolph Churchill
to Lieutenant G. #. NJ. West,
son of the famous beauty, Lady Cornwall
lis-West. 1t is said that the marriage
will occur in October next. Lieutenant
Cornwallis-West is tall and good looking
and very closely resembles his sister,
Princess Henry of Pless.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
Inhn Kelly nend.

New York, Aug. 4.--John Kelly, usu-
ally known as "Smiling John" Kelly,
close friend of Richard Croker, well
known to Democratic politicians and
sporting mep all over the country, himself
racing man and politician, is dead. He
had been Ill for some months, had travel
ed in Europe in search of health, but had
returned home to face inevitable death.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

JOHN J. STANTON the genial editor of
the Deckertown Independent has the
temerity to indulge in the following
tHave you ever noticed that woman
will work around the garden or yard for
three or four hours in the hot sun and
never think of parasol, but if she goes
down town for few minutes she is
nearly roasted if she did not have one.
WHY is it p
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

THE extent of good substitutions may
be realized to some degree by the report
of committee Of the last Congress.
They found that in 1897 there were on
sale in the United States between s.
100000 and 100000 barrels of -four, in
which from 10 to 80 per cent. of the
real article was displaced with other in
gradients by dishonest millers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
Autonomy In spain.

Madrid, Aug. 1.-THE civil governor,
while presiding at a meeting of the Bar
celona municipal council, announced that
it was the governments intention to
shortly concede the administrative decen-
tralization demanded by the Catalonians.
This is the first step in the direction Of
provincial autonomy.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
KATE CHASE sPRAGuE DEAD.
Most Remarkable woman In Nation
nj Capitals Society,

IL CaplAHAs society
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, daughter of
the late Chief Justice Salmon p. Chase
and widow Of William Sprague, farmer
governor of Rhode Island and later SEN
etor from that state, is dead.
Mrs. Chase was in many respects one
Of the most remarkable women ever
known to Washington society. In the
days of her prime there was no disput-
ing her leadership. She was actually the
queen of society She could make or un-
made social aspirants with an invitation
or a snub.
Many stories are told of the peculiar
power which she at one time welded
here. Her drawing rooms came nearer
realizing the dreams of a salon after the
Nine. de Stael model than anything that
has been seen here since. Public men
and aspiring politicians We'd with one
another for her favor.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

OFFICIAL statistics show steady pre-
ponderance of births over deaths in New
Jersey. The yearly average of the former
is $4,000. There are between 26, 900 and
and 2s, 900 deaths, comparative decrease
since local Boards of Health have de-
voted attention tosanitation Of the cities.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

ST. Paul, Aug. Chris Void, farm
er near Poskin Lake, Wis, commit
ted suicide yesterday by deliberately
blowing off his head with dynamite. He
placed a quantity in a hole in The ground,
laid his head over it and touched off the
fuse. Near by was found scrap of pa
per ON which was written, Here l go,
and the Lord go with me-"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

THE introduction of the trolley Is ag-
itating Hackensack. The Republican apt
ly remarks A map of the varied trolley
routes again being suggested would be
a remarkable drawing in zigzags. 1t is
in great measure the old story-svery-
body wants the trolley if it doesn't pass
his door.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
THE CITY HAY CROP.

Hay comes high this year and there is
a luxurious crop of it along the sidewalks
of Pine street which should not be allowed
to go to waste. Mayor Quayle should
set the city hay-makers to work at once.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

TIE interview which the New York
Herald claimed to have had with Dewey
was a fake from beginning to end, and
about on par with the cruel hoax
which the same unprincipled journal
foisted on the New York public some
years ago.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
Cruiser MarbIehend at CaIIao,

Lima, Peru. via Galveston, Aug. A.
United States cruiser Marblehead, which
is on her way to Mare Island, has ar
rived at Callao.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
ARnnainn Town nnrned.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 1.-THE western
part of the town of Grodno, southwest OF
Wilma, has been destroyed by fire. A tenn
porary military hospital and numerous
public and private buildings have been
swent away
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

A PROMINENT feature at the Paris Ex-
hibition will be a "Corn Kitchen" in
which will be shown the practibility of
maize as an important article of food.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

THE Alabama Bryanites are already
pushing John w. Tomlinson for the vice
presidential nomination on the 16 to
ticket.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
ABRAHAM CANFIELD.
MORRIS Town, October 81, 1854.


GENTLEMEN-We now offer to your
Honours true and exact account of all
the Inventorys & Affidavits taken by us
agreeable to Law for that Purpose. We
have since the Death of our; (and the
Publicly worthy friend, Mr.. Forman,
made an addition of eight leaves which
you will see by turning back. We have
been employed each one Day therein;
we hope the manner in which we have
proceeded will meet with your Approba-
ton.
We are, Gentlemen, with all due Re-
spect your most obi. & hum'l Ser'ts,
BENIN HALLsEY,
BENIN LINDsLY.
See Book Of Damages Done by the
Americans in N, j., 1776-17S2, in State
Library, Trenton, N. J.
[The End.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

THE city tax rate for Orange is $2.76,
the same MS last year. The rate in East
Orange is $2.63.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

DOCKING horses tails will be INDUCED
in no more in Colorado. A law pro-
hibiting it took effect last week.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

Denver. Aug. A. News has just been
received here Of cloudburst In the can
yon near Morrison, C,lo,, by which sew
eral dives were lost No details at pres,
onf
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

Rural Free Delivery In New Jersey.
Washington. Aug. 4.-Free delivery
postal service will be established at Gran
ford and East Orange, n j., Oct. 4.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

Better than drugs for baby is wildwood
Farm Purified MIX, Fresh daily at Sullivan
a Sons, Grocers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
4 IA 6
ABRAHAM TALMAGE.

No. 159.
Inventory of Sundry Articles
taken from Caleb Howell and
destroyed by the Soldiers of the
Continental Army:
l House destroyed 6 90 0 0
House rent pr the doc
tors Army 3 0 0
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

NO. IUUs
Inventory of Sundry Articles
taken from Jonathan Stiles,
Esq, by the soldiers Of the
Continental Army. viz:
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

Some time ago an interesting discov-
cry was made in the State Library of a
record of claims, presented by residents
of Morris county, for losses sustained by
the Continental army. All patriotic
Americans are interested IN everything
connected with the Revolution, and as
the CHRONICLE has had most to do with
this find. it determined that its readers
should have the benefit of the discovery.
The old, musty papers has been deci-
phered with some difficulty, but they
have fully repaid for all the labor be-
slowed They are the records of more
than a hundred years ago. Apart from
historic value their, they are instructive
as giving glimpses of the mode Of life of
those who proceeded us by many gene
rations in the march of life; they afford
ideas of the values of articles used in
every day life The names of those who
are now with us enjoying our respect
and confidence, will be found here, and
among them will be recognized some
who are remembered with respect and
veneration.
Below will be found continuation of
the records, and other extracts will APP
pear weekly until the whole is completed:
No. 1855.
Inventory of Sundry Articles
taken from Jonathan Stiles,
Esq, by the soldiers of the
ITO Continental rrnv viz
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
% 0 0
CALEB HOWELL.

No. 1850.
Inventory of Sundry Articles
taken from Samuel Tuthill, Esq.
and destroyed by the Continental
Army:
l Saltpetre house des-
troyed 33 6 6
l Ash house and 900
bushels ashes 90 O O
100 lbs flax and $50 lbs
hemp 6 10 o
3 Mich Cows IS 0 O
3 year old Heifer and l
year old do. 6 10 0
--
Oe O
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

gB- Pastors will please send in their
religious notices not later than Tuesday
of each week.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

The tenth Sunday after Trinity, August 6,
morning prayer, sermon and Holy Communion
l0.30a. M; evening prayer, 5 pm; summer
session of Sunday school, 4.30 p. m. The Rev.
Mr.. Morrow of Pennsylvania will offlclate
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04

Inventory of Sundry Articles
taken from George OHarra by
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