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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-08-03
The HILLS DE HOPE.


''What saw you, child, on the hills Of hope
Where none may go that be overwise)
That shining Joy fades lingeringly
Out of the deeps of your eyes2'
THE hills Of hope are roses and snow,
And the glad air of its own self sings,
And the dull world hid in the mists below
Is a gray, forgotten dream OF things,
And, oh, but my heart was light and gay
When / walked on the hills Of hope todayi'
"What saw you. child, on the rainbow hills
(Where none may go that be overwise)
That you lay your cold little hand in mine,
With the shadow Of fear in your eyes7''
"0n the farther side Of the rainbow hills
Is a forest OF dead trees black and bare,
And a river cold as the river of death
And the ghosts Of dead joys wander there,
And, oh, but my heart was terrified
Today at that cold, dark river sidel'
Now be not afraid, little child, for see
The dream is gone, and the warm sunshine
Is bright on the paths Of every day,
And your hand is clasped in mine"
Charlotte Lowry Marsh in East and West.
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Then he jumped down, and his face
though very brown. became blanched
with fear. He recalled the young Ger
man surveyor, the lawyer and Don
Carlos Arispe
Then came the master of the house,
Don Diego, tall, strong, and his face
somber. He was choking with appre-
hension. He, too, looked in the win
dow and shouted.
And there was no reply.
Then he tried the door, and, luckily,
the young people had not put up the
wooden beam. He went in, and touch
ed the sleepers. They moved not.
They were-sleeping the last sleept
Don Diego was strong man, but he
felt deadly i'll. Demons haunt this
accursed ROOM he cried out Then,
Ponciano having called the men Of the
escort, they came and entered the
room. Astonishment was depicted ON
their faces. They refused to believe
that the captain and his bride, so calm
in death, were not asleep. They
groaned in spirit, and one of the men
shouted in Captain Delmonte's ear:
Captain, get up! 1t is nearly
o'clock" But the captain was far
away.
The same judge who had been sent
for before was summoned. The Judge
came late in the afternoon He re-
called his previous visit and yet he
said: 'No suspicion can attach to you,
Don Diego, nor to your wife or serv-
ants. This is an act of God; this room.
this bed, they are accursed. Let us
remove the bodies; they may be buried
in the morning, and next day / will
draw up papers relating the mystery
of this room, which should be barred,
never to be opened again"
The men of the escort wept like chill
dren; they were good loyal fellows,
and fond of the captain and his bride.
Old Ponciano was SO overcome that he
fell in an ataque and died incon-
tinently. A whisper went about that
he was a poisoner and that his heart
had accused him! So the servants
gossiped
At $50 in the morning the young
couple were buried in the presence of
the judge who also presided over the
interment of Ponciano, not without
some feeling of suspicion in his heart
regarding the old man. But Don Diego
said "Ponciano served my father be-
fore me. He was the soul of honor,
though poor and a servant. No, no; let
us take down that bed, for SO. per
chance, we shall ease our minds,
though / believe that the room is filed
with demons"
Late in the afternoon the judge and
Don Diego, with the men of the escort,
went to the grand room. It was bright,
as is the wont of Widowed rooms aft
er great tragedies. Servants began to
take the bed to pieces, trembling with
superstitious horror. When the canO-
by was removed. everybody was petri-
fed and felt turned to icy rightly.
Concealed in the top was nest of ta-
rantulas! They scattered as disturbed,
these demons in reality and the men
ran out of the room, fearing them.
Here was the long kept secret of the
fatal room. These creatures had de-
scended at night and killed their vic
tins and then returned to their nest In
the canopy.
All was duly set down by the judge
and attested by all the witnesses. And
this closed the grewsome chapter Of
horrors at the hacienda Of Valverde.
Boston Herald.
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R0ckaWay Valley Railway.

Leave Morristown, for all stations to White
house, D.. L. & w. Station, 40 a. M; sos D.
M Park Place at $50 q. M. and 5.1S D. M;
Watnong Station, $40 a. m. and BOP m.
Leave Brookside for Morristown. 7.15 q. m.
and 800 p. M; for Whitehouse, $50 a. m. and
5. 45 p. m.
Leave Mendham for Morristown. Z. 05 a. m.
and 305 p. M; for Whitehouse, 1905 q. m. and
8. 55 p. m.
Leave Whitehouse for Morristown, 6. 90 q. M
and 100 D. m. Arrive at Whitehouse from
Morristown. lao a. m. and 700 D. m.
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TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.

NOTICE is hereby given that we, John N.
IN Sharp q Co., of the town of Chester, Nor
ris County, N. j.. will make application to the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas, on the third
day of August next. for q license to sell spirit
uous liquors at wholesale in the township of
Chester, in said County, on the road leading
from Chester to German Valley, adjoining
lands of Elias Mack and others.
Dated July 49, 1900.
2425 JOHN N. SHARP & co.
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Lloyd B Treadway VS.. Gilbert Bodine, I'll
ia. de DO ct ter on Docketed judgment
Ra+urnah HE m Nav term A. d. 1900.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
IN MoRRIs CoMMoN PnnAs.

In MORRIS Common PLEAS.
Lloyd B Treadway VS.. Gilbert Bodine, FL.
ia. de DO ct ter on Docketed Judgment.
Returnable to May term, A. ID. 1900
WALTER P. SAVAGE, Atty.
ny virtue of the above stated writ of feri
II facias IN my hands, shall expose for sale
at Public Vendue at the Court House in Nor
ristown, N. j. on
Monday, the Third Day OF September,
next. A. D.. 1900 between the hours of IL M
and O'Clock P. M, that is to say at 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon Of said day, all that tract or
parcel of land and premises hereinafter par
ticularly described situate lying and being in
the Township of Chester, in the County of
. Morris and State of New Jersey. Butted and
bounded as follows ;--Beginning at a post COR
ner of David H. Hicks lot on the south east
side of the Washington Turnpike (; thence Ql
along the said turnpike south fourty eight and
q half degrees west eighty four links thence
CD south thirty eight ano a half degrees east
six chains and fourteen links to y line Of James
Hoppings land 90 along this line north forty
eight and q half degrees east eighty four links
to corner of the aforesaid Hick' q lot (; thence
"a along this line north thirty eight and a half
degrees west six chains and fourteen links to
the beginning corner. Containing one half
acre more or less.
Being the same premises conveyed to the
said Gilbert Bodine by deed from Henry N.
Miller on April LIST, 1868 and not yet recorded.
Dated July 80, 1900
CHARLES A. BAKER, Sheriff.
Chronicle and Era. P. f. S7SO
2437
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family will
that this will
will the highest style of illuminated printing will
library
what namely, filling
the below sending it this Office There will
providing
ten for Write address
coin o
j
For the enclosed remittance cents send
McKinley's paper
Name
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To the Creditors of the Chapman
Mclean Rubber Company

TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of an order of
l. the Court of Chancery of New Jersey,
made on the fourth day of June, 1900. you are
hereby required to bring In and present to the
subscriber, who Is the receiver Of the said The
Chapman Mclean Rubber Company in writ
ing, your several claims and demands against
said corporation and make proof thereof upon
receiver. within three months from the date
of said order, (viz, on or before September A.
1900. and In default tAesANf you will be ex-
cluded and barred from the benefit of such
dividend as may hereafter be made and de-
clared by. said court upon the proceeds of the
effects of said corporation. Claims may be-
presented at the office Of the receiver, A Leon
ard street, New York city.
Dated June 4, 1900. =
GRINNELL WILLIS,
WILLARD w. CUTLER, Receiver,
Solicitor, 236
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and newly whitewashed. The young
couple seemed so radiant with happi-
ness, so strong and full of the Joy Of
life, that Dona Maria told them to take
the room and to say well their prayers
On retiring. They laughed and prom.
ised to do so. Then she went to Don
Diego, who, being a practical man,
listened to her words of foreboding
and laughed, saying: "The spell will
be broken by this happy pair; they
bring love and life and everything
gladstone with them. Don't think
more about it, woman, and let us have
n breakfast fit for our guests. To bed,
to bed, and let us be up betimesr'
1t was lovely late October morning.
the air touched with just a distant sus-
picion of n chill; the sun, big and white
and glorious, rose from above the tops
of the great sawlike ridge of noun
tains, the palm trees swayed In the
breeze, and there was a contagious Joy
in all nature Repeating her prayers,
Dona Maria asked the blessing of
heaven on the young people and went
out to see her maids and make sure Of
a grand breakfast, 80 the travellers
might start away with pleasant
memories of the hacienda Of Val
verde. There was a commotiOn In
the huge kitchen, where the morning
repast was preparing according to
the direction given to the anna
de llaves" the night before by the care
full Maria"
Seven O'clock came, and the young
people We're not astir, though the
mozos Of the escort were long before
up and had had their coffee. Eight
O'clock came, and Maria felt sinking
of the heart; a horrible clutching SEN
sation seized her bosom; she grew faint
and called for water; then, feeling
better, she went to the big patio,
tapped lightly on the door Of the
grand room and listened. her heart
humping.
No reply! Then she knocked louder,
and then again with more force, and
no answer came. She almost dropped,
and cold sweat covered her body. Old
Ponciano came hobbllng along, his
face worried. Get up on that chair
and look In the window" said Maria
family. The old man did as he was
bid, and said, '.They are still sleep
ing
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-13
WILL NOTIFY CANDIDATES.
Hryan and stevenson Go Receive for-
mai Notification On AuEust
az Indianapolis.

ASIEI<GTpN. Jaty - WtuAn Je1-
uires brsaa arI Atiai e. StrsrnFon Nti
t,s Formally uelhrt af 'Atlr ~fiestlaa "a
tht p-c.t8srtsaf AVID VIer pyes.tentiA1
ran,,a..s 20 tn- ul maerstie party c0
W,s-tslay ALsusi s. 80 tnd-Aa4pa.i
Ind
Information &c. this effect Was received
~ RrqTtsfutat}vo rs harrison. 20 TsG-
re=srs. chairman 80 Che p-mocratic na-
,tau.i campaign cammittec. t-.3aN. tr.u
senator Jones'. fh- r4t4uAi chairman
M- Richards vtI make the s.-sech -
anN4,4t.n ~ Nr Bryau ana Gov
Charles : Thomas. oc Colorado. that no.
tlfyllk Air. Stevenson.
10 's expected thA; the notification will
h. u.aft tne n,easlon 20 a large popular
demonstration >e-uc What sirauar 20 tlat
at Madison square assdea, New Yogk.
touF years Aso.
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Formal Notifications of Their Nominations Are Made
at Canton and Oyster Bay.
Speeches of Senator Lodge and the President Heard by Vast
Audience, and Taken to Outline the Campaign
Roosevelt Ceremony More Simple.

ments before the president could proceed.
He had u manuscript in HIS hand. but he
referred 20 u only at long intervals.
When he mentioned the new peoples un-
der our care" there WAS hearty burst
OF applause.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-13
ROBERTS REGRETS 1O
GIVE OUT BAD NEWS.
Beers Occasion Another Un-
fortunate Occurrence.
CAPTURE GUNS AND MEN.
Infliot Heavy Defeat on British
Forces Near Pretoria.
CAPTURE GUNS AND MEN.

Botha Has Considerable Force nnd
II Pressing Roberts Lines mt
Half q Dozen Points-Nitrals Mex
Captured by the Beers With Two
Guns and Five Com pa MES of Lin
eolnshire Regfment-Another suc-
ceasfui Attack Made at Durde-
pOort-Casuaities Not stated, but
IL 10 Feared They Are Heavy.
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LONDON, July i3-Lord Roberts dis
patch regarding still another unfortunate
occurrence throws a serious light upon
the state of affairs in South Africa. There
has been some comment recently re-
garding the virtual absence OF progress
by the immense army under command of
Lord Roberts. but few could have been
found to believe that the scattered Beers
were able to infiict such a defeat so near
Pretoria.
Instead OF the surrender OF oil OF the
remaining Beers being imminent. as re-
cent kilograms had hinted, 1t seems
they have been making a concerted at
tempt TO surround or recapture Pre-
toria. with so much success that In the
region which was supposed TO be paciled
and in which no attack was expected,
they succeeded in inficting a serious de-
feat and capturing two guns and some
200 men. 1t is evident that Gen. Botha
has considerable force. seeing that he
is able to press Lord Roberts lines at a
half dozen points around Pretoria, from
the springs to the southeast of the city
northward to Middleburg and Durdepoort.
and thence southwark to Nitrals mex and
KrugersdOrp
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Worse May Yet He to Tell.

Lord Roberts omits to give the name of
the commander concerned giving rise to
the belief that worse remains to be told.
Even IL the mishap be not more grave
than his information at present i'm
plies, 1t proves that the situation is still
serious and that there H. no possibility of
any troops being spared from South Af-
rica for China. but on the contrary, II
will take a long time to clear the country
of the Beers. - sa.ssa
News has reached London that Lord
Roberts has been suffering fUbm a serious
bowel complaint and that Lady Roberts
was hurriedly summoned to Bloemfon-
tein.
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FEARS Of THE WORST
ARE AGAIN RENEWED.
Still No Direct News From
the Foreign Legations.
STATE DEPARTMENT ACTS
Notifies Chinese Minister That
Conditions Must Change.
STATE DEPARTMENT ACTS

Hut One Interpretation Placed II
London Upon the silence of the
Ministers At Peking-News Comes
From Chinese omcial scGrres
That Legations Were Attacked
and Destroyed July q and All Ior-
eigners Murdered-Prince Chtuw
and Gen. WanG Go to Their A..
sfstance ana Reported Killed.
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simultaneously an attack was made on
cur outpasts near purdepo1rt, north ~
the town in which tho Seventh Dragons
were engaged Tho regiment was handed
wlth considerable skin by Lieut.. Col Low
and Kept the enemy In check until they
retired lu their supports and would prob
ably have suffered blt slight loss had net
aur trsnus mistaken some Beers IN the
bushes fer our oNn mcn
smith p'rti-n hat a small cngagc m Z
with thr enemy yesterday near kruGers-
dorm ana .uni. trd heavy loss m them.
"Ruiler reports that the Eoers who we're
aestro,tng bis lire 90 railway near PaaT3s
kraal were driven oT yesterday after a
SHORE action.
MARI rcparis from Hci3tle'rg thsi the
safr,rIsyiuE ot Hoer Atms aal smmuui-
ta.o continues jon tnAt 3,sgv,ct'
Trt war oniye e0uaunre4 thRt Ger.
Ral,r rcuorts tsat sa pr-ousrs released
llv The Heets have arrived So la ty suai;A.
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Fighting All Day.

The aghting lasted. more or less.
throughout the day, and Immediately on
receiving information this morning OF the
ensrny's strength. l dispatched reinforce
mcnts from here under Col. Godfrey, of
the Kings own Scotch Bor4erers. Before.
however. they reached the spot, the gar
rlson had been overpowered. the guns and
the greater portion oi the squadron o:
the Gray@ mad been captured, owing - the
horses being shot alro about ninety men
OF the Lincoln regiment.
"A list of tho casualties has not been re-
ceived. hut I think they are heavy.
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Beers Capture Nitrais Mex.

Lord Roberts reports to the war ONCE
under date OF Pretoria, July IL. as fol-
lows.
The enemy having failed in their at
tack upon our right rear. as mentioned
In my telegram of July Q. made a de-
tcrmined attack upon our right flank yes
terday and | regret to say. succeeded in
capturing Nitrals mex. which was garri-
soned by squadron Of the Scots Grays
with two guns of "A battery of the Royal
artillery and Ave companies Of the Lin
colnshire regiment
The enemy attacked In superior num-
bers at dawn, and. seizing the hills COM
manding the mex, brought heavy gun
fire TO bear upon the small garrison.
"Nitrals mex Is about eighteen miles
from here, near where the road crosses the
Crocodile river, II was held by us in or
Ger 90 maintain road and telcgraphie COM
frlnnIc ation WIN HuetonhurE
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Unfortunately. the threat q lsae has
fGFt been rene wed ay the Hls1 PARTIES.
without abatement or modification. TIE
crld -ll rss reer denounced arA Hs re-
pea! csman1ed The menace ~ 70 90
Evening journal., 1900-08-20
JOSEPHINE SUCCUMBS
TO MOTHERS PLEADING

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 2O.-Beautiful
Josephine Packard yesterday succumb-
ed to the pleading OF her mother, and
will leave Dr.. II. NJ. Wilkinson, her
brother-in-law, with whom she left her
home about one week ago.
Mrs Packard arrived in Atlanta yes
terday morning. She was assigned to
a room at the Kimball House, but ne
elected to place her name upon the reg
lister. Accompanying her is a man
from Philadelphia.
It was an affecting scene between
Mrs. Packard and her daughter, yes
terday afternoon, at the police bar
racks. The mother was dressed in
black and wore a black veil In tremu-
lous tones she stated that she desired
an interview with her daughter. She
was accompanied to the female deten-
ton ward by several of the officers OF
the police force. The meeting occur
red in the corridor of the ward. For
perhaps ten seconds the mother and
her daughter stood before each ether
With a little cry, half-suppressed, the
girl ran toward the elder woman.
Mammal Mammal" she sobbed
with her head upon her mothers
shoulder. The mothers arms were
around her daughter Both were weep
ing.
My daughterl Oh. my daughterl
were the only words Mrs Packard
could utter for several moments. With
their arms about each other the
mother and daughter entered the room
Of the latter, where the girl was taken
upon Mrs. Packard's knees and where
they kissed and hugged each ether foi
several minutes.
The men withdrew to the corridoi
and waited for an hour. while Mrs
Packard pleaded with and advised hel
/ daughter At the end of that time
Mrs Packard informed Acting Chief oil
Police Jennings that the girl had con.
sented to leave Wilkinson. Mrs. Pack
ard and Miss josephine will leave At
lanta to-day.
Evening journal., 1900-08-20
Determined Stand Made by
Chinese at the Inner
City Gates
PEKIN is REPORTED ON FIRE
Reports That DOWager Empress HaS
Fled From Forbidden City"
Are Denied

London, Aug. 2O.-Rear Admiral
Bruces report of the continuation OF
fighting in Pekin puts a more serious
aspect on the Chinese situation than
was generally expected here. 1t ap-
pears effectually to dispose of all state
ments that the empress dowager had
fed, although circumstantial accounts
OF her departure continue to come from
Shanghai.
He cables that, on the authority OF
the Japanese, street fighting still con-
tinues in Pekin, part of which is on
fire" and a last stand is now being
made in the inner city. which is sur
rounded by the allies and being bonn
barded"
Despite defeat, the Chinese are ap-
parently resolved to make a desperate
struggle not only in their ancient capi-
tai but also in other parts OF the en-
pire. Chang Chi Tung, viceroy at Han
kow, and Liu Kunyi viceroy at Nan
kin. according to advices from Shang-
hal. have threatened the consuls that II
the person of the empress dowager Is
not respected, they will withdraw from
their present friendly attitude.
Another Shanghai dispatch an
nounces the death of Ii Ping Hong
Cheng and Chang Lui Lin in the fight
ing before Pekin.
The mandarins in the southern prov
inces, according to dispatch to Tit
Daily Express from Hong Kong, have
issued an important proclamation
recognizing the capture of Pekin as
Just punishment of reactiOnary officials
and warning the people not to inter
fere with foreigners, but also pointinl
out that the sole object Of the power
should be the punishment of the Box
er" and then the restoration Of peace
conhning, however, their operations t
the north.
The principal Russian papers. no
tably The Novoe Nremya, commentin
upon the victory at Pekin, declare tha
Russia should so no further in par
ticipating in common armed interyen
tion, but should limit her military ae
tion to the frontier and the Man
churian railroad.
Evening journal., 1900-08-20
WANT TO CONTROL
JERSEY CENTRAL
Report That B. & 0. and
Pennsylvania Are After
That System

New York. Aug. pa report that
the Baltimore and Ohio and the Penn
sylvania are after the Philadelphia and
Reading and New Jersey Central sys-
TENS has been revived, says a Balti-
more dispatch. The report cannot be
confirmed at the Baltimore and Ohio
headquarters. but 1t receives credence
In circles close to the Baltimore and
Ohio management. President Cowen is
ont OF the city, and in his absence the
other officials Of the company refer all
queries to No Wall street, the inan-
cial headquarters OF the company.
Signs are not lacking that there is
more in the story than idle talk. II is
said that the trip OF Messrs. Solomon
and Edward r. Bacon to Europe last
Spring was for the purposes Of ar
ranging the details Mr.. Solomon is
chairman Of the board, and Mr.. Bacon
director OF the Baltimore and Ohio
They are among the most active spir.
its in the direction of the company.
Since the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company secured a large block Of tho
preferred stock OF the Baltimore anC
Ohio Railroad Company, by which q
now has representation in the board o
directors OF the latter company, thl
two companies have been working II
harmony. II is believed that II tn
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Compan.
secures control Of the New Jersey Cen
tral and Philadelphia and Reading,
will be partly in the interest OF tn
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a
the latter would have considerable {
say in the management Of the lines.
1t is said that interests close to tn
Baltimore and Ohio have been quietl
acquiring the stock of the New Jerse
Central for several months. Recent
the price of New Jersey Central ha
advanced from 12S to about 1856. tn
only reason assigned for the advan,
is that the alleged negotiations are Il
s advanced.
Evening journal., 1900-08-20
HELP WANTED

WANTED. D.-One hundroh weavers WIN
also take from go TO 100 young women and
teach them weaving. Apply Delaware
Cotton Company. 2ist street near Market
a20-6t
WANTED Young man. Good IN SPELL
INK ana grammar, can get good position
hand and typcwriting course at GoldeS
College, Eighth and Market streets. WI.
mington Del Can OF write at once. cat
lalogue free. College reopcns, day school
Sept, 3, night school, oct, /. Commercial
and shorthand courses.