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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION

ENHE REPUBLICAN, VOTERS of New Jer
4 sey, and all who approve of the wise and
patriotic administration of President McKin-
ley. and who desire the great prosperity that
prevails throughout our country to be contin-
ued by the maintenance of the policy under
which it has been promoted, are requested to
Join In the election of delegates to state con
vention to be held at the Taylor Opera House,
in the City of Trenton,
THURSDAY, APRIL 18th, 1870.
at II O'Clock, noon, for the purpose of selecting
four delegates at large and four alternates
delegates to the Republican National Conven
ton, which will assemble at Philadelphia on
June 18th next, for the nomination of caudi
dates for President and Vice President, 10 be
supported at the next general election.
The basis of representation under this call
will be one delegate for each 200 Republican
votes cast at the last Gubernatorial election
and one delegate for each fraction thereof ex-
eeeding 100 votes the said delega es from each
county will be apportioned among the several
subdivisions of the counties blythe respective
county committees.
Under the rules heretofore adopted, each
county delegation will be required to elect at
this convention one member of the Republican
State Committee, to serve term of four
years
The number of delegates to which each
county is entitled under this call will be rs
foIl
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06
WHEELER ON THE PHILIPPINES

Since his return from active service
i'll the Philippines, Major General
Wheeler has written an article for
the Independent on the situation as
he saw it. AS he is the most promi-
nent military man in the Southern
States, it is interesting to note the
optimism and the sincerity of General
Wheeler's expansionist views He
says there SHOULD be no question
among the American people as to the
duty and wisdom of now uniting in
a determined effort to take the situa-
ton as it stands and to conduct the
affairs of our country so as to add
the most to its glory and prosperity. :"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06
CHICAGo'S SHAME.

Jacob A. Riis, the great authority
on slum conditions and work in our
cities, says in 1.-THE Chicago Tri-
bune" "The best street saw today
in tour of several hours in Chicago
was worst than the worst street ever
saw in New York. In every block I
saw conditions that, if they existed in
New York, would cause the prompt
arrest and prosecution of the owners
of the property" Mr.. Riis observa-
tions referred to the slum districts of
the two cities named. Clean streets
cost money but they are worth all
they cost.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

Young is family name, and sc
also is Odds, Long, Short, Sharp,
Blunt, Dull. Straight, Small, Stout,
Little, Rich and Poor, Bliss and
Paine, Hurry and Waite, remarks the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat There
are many family names like nipple
ments. or of household or other
articles of use, as Sickles, Mallet,
Scales and Lampe, Wickes, Couch,
Broome, Needles and Shears, and
Bell. Button and Buckle. OF names
like those of articles of apparel there
are Coates, Vest, Cuff, and like dis
tances are Furlong and Miles. Per-
tanning to military things are many
names, as Camp, Drum, Fife, Horn,
Swords, Spears, Cannon. Gum. Flagg
and Banner: also like those of ma
tural features, as Lake, Forrest, Pond,
Field, Marsh, Glen, Dale, Poole,
Brooks, Rivers, Banks, Meadows,
Cliff and Ridge. Many of the names
enumerated are those of men famous
IN history, many of them are borne
by men contemporaneously widely
known.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

The Congressional District Conventions, to
select two district delegates and two alternates
from each Congressional District shall be held
AS may be directed by the Congressional Com
mittee of each of said districts. in the same
manner rs conventions are called for the nom
nation of representative in Congress.
If in any Congressional District there be no
Republican Congressional Committee the Re-
publican State Committee will appoint from
the residents of such district committee for
the purpose of calling district convention to
elect district delegates.
BY order of the Republican State Committee
FRANKLIN MURPHY,
A. 8. BARBER. Jr., Secretary. Chairman.
Newark, N. j., March 18th, 1900
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06
COMMUNICATION.
Morristown, N. J., April srd, 1900

Morristown, N. j., April 3rd, 1900.
An official request has been made
for the following statement: Mrs.
Louis @. Burroughs was taken i'll
March Goth, 1900, with grippe, which
rapidly developed into acute lobar
pneumonia of the most fatal kind.
The two sons, Firman and Freder-
lex came down with the same disease
the following day. All had been
suffering from colds previous to this
seizure and had been much exposed
to the dampness and chill of March
weather which this year has been
particularly productive of grippe,
many families being i'll with it. From
the first all three of these cases were
alarming, the fever high, the pros
tration very great, and in each the
symptoms pointed to fatal termina-
ton. This diagnosis was confirmed
by DR.. Stephen Pierson, who was called
in consultation. At no time was there
the slightest sign of any poisoning or
of typhoid, on the contrary the symp-
tons were all distinctly those of pneu-
monia of an aggravated nature, and
speedy termination by death was
foreseen. Louis G. Burroughs. him
self, was man of advanced age and
enfeebled constitution. He had for
some years been great sufferer from
rheumatism, being badly crippled by
| it, and the same conditions of
dampness and chill which proved so
| fatal to his wife and sons caused an
aggravation of this disease, which.
together with the awful shock of his
triple loss, was the natural cause of
death to one of his age and infrmi-
ties
JAMES DOUGLASS, M. d.
April 8, 1900.
have read the above report made
by Dr. Douglass and fully agree with
him in his statements and conclusions.
1 GDEDITNNT nFDnetN~v
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

The rush to Cape Nome this spring
is sure to be on very large scale.
The new Alaskan gold fields are SO
easy to reach, being on the very
margin of the open sea, that they will
draw thousands of adventurers who
had neither money nor hardihood for
the journey to the Klondike, in the
days before railroads and steamers
opened the short routes to that famous
field.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

The Chinese government has settled
the controversy arising out of the
murder on December Bird of the Rev.
Mr. Brooks, of the Church Missionary
Society, on the following terms:
Two of the murderers will be be-
headed; one imprisoned for life, one
for ten years, another for two years
a memorial chapel will be erected
upon the site of the murder and a
tablet will be placed in Canterbury
Cathedral, England, at the expense of
the Chinese government.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

The construction of the cross coun-
try trolley line from Railway to
Springfield through Westfield, began
on Tuesday, and will be hurried along
rapidly. The line will run through
Dudley avenue, Westfeld, crossing
Broad street, and then through a
private right of way to the Springfield
road. The other end of the road will
run from Central avenue, parallel
with the county road to Picton, thence
through private property to the coun-
try road coming into Railway near
Lambert's Hotel.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

The municipal council of Paris has
enacted new street regulations, which
forbid splitting in public thorough
fares under penalty of fine or i'm
prisonment.
Foreigners, particularly tobacco
chewers, visiting Paris for the expo
sition, will be warned by policemen
to observe the regulation, and will
be arrested if they persist in the per.
nicious practice.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

The prize fighters and proprietors
of so called athletic clubs where prize
fighting is CARRIED on in New York
are very much disguised with the
Republican party, because it has passed
bill which will stop all public pu-
gilism in the Empire State, after Sep
TENDER LIST. 1t is just possible the G..
O. P. will be able to bear up under
the displeasure of those who enjoy
smuggling matches.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

Convention Hall, Kansas City,
where the Democratic National Con-
vention will be held on July 4th, was
burned to the ground on Wednesday.
There was bound to be all varieties OF
lighting upon the ASSEMBLING of the
Democratic delegations, but it was
not expected early in April. The
hall will be rebuilt in time for Dem
ocracy to hold forth as contemplated.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06
LOOKING THE FUTURE IN TIL
FACE.

The nomination of Mckinley is in
evitable. The Presidents health il
good. 1t is so good that he will prob
ably survive another national con-
vention, in which event he will once
more be the standard bearer of his
party. Nor is it clear that any con-
siderable number of Republicans are
looking for way out. So far as
the Eagle" is aware, not a single
contest concerning the candidate fol
first place on the ticket is likely to be
seen in any State. AS an organization
the party will express its preference
at Philadelphia. 1t looks as though
the expression would. be unanimous
which will be significant enough. =
Brooklyn Eagle (Ind. Dem.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06
"A TALE OF WHOA.


(Morning.)
Goodbye, old horse, we'll turn You out
To roam DER hill and plain;
We've bought a horseless carriage and
Well never need you again;
With naptha, oil, or gasoline
Well ride from morn till dark,
And on Sunday afternoon
Go putting through the park.
You're hardly worth piece Of piel
Good bye, old horse. goodbye
Evening.
Come here, old horse, we need your pull
To get us home tonight;
This nasty, sinking, putting thing
Is not perfected--quite.
Ten miles from home it fused and
fumed
And then refused to 60;
And minus both push and pull
1t was case of whoa!
If you'll return, so will our joy,
Good boy, old horse, good boy.
-Trotter and PAGER.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

The Lancet says that owing to the
presence of typhoid fever in Natal
every man ordered for military ser
vice in that colony has been given the
option of being inoculated with anti
typhoid serum. 1t is said that 70 per
cent. of the troops have accepted the
offer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

The ffty-seventh annual boat race be-
tween crews representing the UNIVERSE
ties OF oxford and Cambridge was row.
ed over the usual course, from Putney TO
Mortlake. and was won by Cambridge
by about 20 lengths. The official time
was Ism. AIS.
A terrible fight between a band of out
laws and a posse of public officers took
place on Wednesday near Pine Springs,
A. T. Two Of the outlaws were captured.
and two of the posse, Gus Gibbons and
Frank Lese IN, both citizens of st. Johns,
A. H., were killed.
Mrs. Ada Lawrence is dead at her
home in Qui acy, Ills. She was one of the
oldest actresses in the country. She
played leading roles with Edwin Booth
so years ago and also supported Laura
Keene, ]. b. Booth, John Mccullough,
Joseph jefferson and other stars.
The war department has made puzzle
statement showing that the customs
receipts of Cuba for January and Febru-
airy. 1899, were $2.0l4,93 and those for
January and February, 1900, We're ST.
1898, an increase for the two months
OF 1909 over the same period Of 1899 Of
eSK- eo=
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06
THE FIGHTING" 18TH.

From "Ancient Local History in
Hackettstown Gazette:
The newspapers of the country are
paying high compliment to the 18th
Regiment, calling attention to the
remarkable gallantry which il dis
played in the battle of the Wilderness
where it bore prominent part ana
suffered terribly. The regiment went
into the battle with Is officers ana
429 men, total 444. On the l5th Il
came out with 5 officers and t45 men
l52 The remainder 297, being killed
wounded or missing at that date.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

Justice Garrett, of the Southwestern
police court, of London, says it is a
shocking thing to find that the evil
dence in that court showed increasing
drunkenness among women, and that
on one day every prisoner charged
with drunkenness was a woman.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06
ECLIPsED.

Larry-Thot mon is freak. He hos
wan gray oye, avn wan blue oye.
Denny-Phoy, thot's nuthin'i Otter
Cassidey's mixed able partly half ov
the bhoys nod wan blue oye avn wan
black oye. "-Chicago News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

Indiana as glass producer ranks
first i'll the window glass line, having
passed Pennsylvania during the past
year. There are now more than 1OC
glass plants in the Indiana field, all
at work, employing an estimated
force of 16, 600 men.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06
GOOD EXAMPLE FOR MORRIS.

The Bergen County freeholders have
decided to take advantage of the bill
for the appointment of three COM
missioners to equalize taxes. 1t looks
like an excellent arrangement. Now
will the Bergen example be followed
by the Passaic County Board of Free
holders Paterson Call
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06
HooT MON.

Editor-What are they swearing
about in the composing room?
Assistant-A clumsy typo pied a
whole galley of the literary editor s
stuff and there's no time to set up
anything to take its place.
Editor-Run it as it is, and head it:
Ian MacLaren's Latest Scotch
Story. ~ Philadelphia Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

In ten minutes the main battery of
the battleship Kearsage can throw
"a, 200 pounds of armor- piercing pro-
jectiles. Her superimposed turrets
carrying eight-inch guns add i'm
msely to her fighting capacity.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06
BEFORE AND AFTER TAKING

Preacher Sheldon and Editor Howe
can now shake hands and congratulate
each other on the brilliancy of their
respective failures. " Ere's yer Cap.
ital. All about how to be good I"
/" Ere's your Journal. All about
Howe to be bad. " And now it's
7" 'Ere's yer Capital and Journal All
about fore and after takin "--Coun.
Gil Bluffs Nonpareil.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

A check for $57, 6O4. N was received
on Tuesday by the State from the
federal authorities, on account of
the claim for equipage and clothing
furnished by New Jersey to her vol
unteers in the Spanish-American War.
The total amount of the States
claim was about $3.50, 600, and SO far
$3.50, 727 has been paid by "Uncle
Sam.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06
DEwEY's PRESIDENTIAL BEE.

Dewey will be forgiven much by
the American people ON account of his
gallant conduct and record as naval
officer. He is not the first naval hero
whose head has been turned by fiat
terry. so that he has become a tool in
the hands of designing relatives
When anybody shows his simplicity
as Dewey has done by declaring that
be is candidate on any platform
made by any party that will nominate
him, he is more to be pitied than
blamed.
We had intended to issue a Dewey
Day Special as heretofore. We shall
not do SO but shall publish Memoir
ial Day Edition instead. That will
be safe Dead heroes make no bad
breaks.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06
EVEN THE BIRDS.

Mr.. Robin" What kind of a nest
shall we build this year, dear?'
Mrs. Robin" Well, if you dom t
build prettier one than Mrs. Blue
jays over in the apple tree, I'll not
set. So there l"-Ohio State Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

A new ordinance in Philadelphia
that receives the sanction of many
householders is one prohibiting the
placing of loose circulars under doors,
in vestibules, on doorsteps, front
porches or around door knobs.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

The British War Office has decided
that in case soldier is reported mis-
sing the payment of allowance to his
family shall be continued until more
definite information comes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

The present visit of Queen Victoria
to Ireland is her fourth journey to
the island; her first was in 1S49,
when she landed at the Cove of Cork,
which has since been known as
Queenstown in honor of her visit; the
second in 1858 and the third in 1861.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

The call for the District Congress-
ional Convention, which will be held
at Trenton on the 18th appears in. this
issue of the Chronicle. The Republi-
can County Committee will decide on
Wednesday when the primaries are to
be held throughout the county.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

The Philadelphia Times is of the
opinion that it would be wiser for the
saloons to be kept open on election
days, than for the ballet boxes to get
Illegally full
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

In Cape Town when war extra is
to be issued a steam siren whistle is
sounded at the Office of the Cape
Times. and everybody rushes out Of
the shops and offices to buy the news.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

The Common Council of Asbury
Park has accepted Founder Bradley's
$l5c,0O offer for the beach front.
The property at low valuation is
worth at least half million of dol
lars
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

The average farm value of corn in
1S94-1S96 was "a. cents per bushel.
Last year, when the crop was 1876, 900, :
600 bushels, larger, the average price
was 1913 cents per bushel ON the farm.
During McKinley's prosperity there
has been greater demand for this
leading product of the farmers and at
much better prices.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

Advices from Honolulu are to the
effect that the Board of health has
practically decided that the plague
has run its course in that city.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06
EASTER STRIPES AND POLKA
DOTS.

The humble hen now feels no mirth--
She shudders ON her legs
And means: Next week no fowl on
earth
Can recognize her eggs. .
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

More than 4, 600 British soldiers have
been sent home from South Africa as
invalids. Upwards Of 1000 have died
of disease. The climate and the re-
gions operated in by British armies
will both be less favorable than in the
early stages of the war.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

Governor Lounsbury has appointed
Good Friday as a day of fasting and
prayer in Connecticut and says he
does so in accordance with custom
instituted by a generation which
feared God and kept his command
ments. y
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06

The Newark Call is authority for
the following: gg@
1t is asserted that spinster living
in Bloomfield was taken sick recently
and when the physician told her it
was measles she was so delighted at
having such juvenile disease at her
time of life that she sent out invita-
tons for party to celebrate it.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-06
JAMES DOUGLASS. M D

April 5, 1900.
| have read the above report made
by DR.. Douglass and fully agree with
him in his statements and conclusions.
STEPHEN PIERSON.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-06
TWO MILLION AND QUARTER
Property Loss EntaiIed by oonstabl Q
Hook Fire.

New York, July 5.-Two million and
quarter of dollars damage has already
been done and number of persons bave
been severely burned by a fire that
started in the works of the Standard Oil
Co.. at Constable Hook, near Bayonne,
n. j., early this morning. Twenty one
large oil tanks. fifteen Union Tank Line
cars, the crude oil reinerv. the com
pound sweeting plant. the pumping
station, the Hungarian tenement and a
saloon have been utterly destroyed and
the contents Of q huge oil tanks is still
burning IN a sea of flame covering over
hundred acres.
The crack of a lightning bolt as it
struck one of the connecting pipe lines
was the signal for the outburst of fire.
Tonight the fire is practically under con-
troll but should very heavy wind arise
and spread the flames to tanks /, and
8, nothing can save Constable Hook, or
the balance of the works of the Standard
Oil company or the residence portion of
Bayonne.
The company's docks on the XIII Won
Kull have been stripped and shipping
taken to New York bay. About 500
families are encamped on the salt
meadows near Bayonne. fearing their
homes viii be destroyed at any minute.
Third Vice President j. a. Alexander,
of the Standard Oil company, estimates
the damage at about 81, 800. 900
The list of injured, all at the Bayonne
hospital. is as follows:
William Mahon, a boy II years old,
was severely burned and five laborers,
James Thompson, Thomas Deyine. John
Feathers, Charles sauer and John Rock,
were seriously burned. The fire win
probably continue for hours.
Two more tanks exploded tonight short
y after 10 o'clock. These two tanks
which caught fire tonight win probably
increase the loss by $500, 600.
The Standard Oil company announce
that few of the 1000 men employed by it
at the Hook would suffer as all its hands
will be wanted IN the work OF reconstruc-
ton which viii begin promptly.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-06
COLE CHAMPIONSHIP.

New York, July 45.-Out of a big field
Of contestants who began the golf tourna-
ment last Monday on the Garden City
links only four remain to fight it out for
the honor of holding the amateur cham
plonsip of the United States. These are
Herbert NJ. Hartman of the Meadow
brook club, the present champion; Find
lay S. Douglass of the Fairfield Country
club, Greenwich, Conn; the champion
of 1898, Walter j. Travis of the Oakland
club, Long Island and A G. Lockwood,
an English player who has made Boston
his home The result Of the days play
was as follows:
Amateur championship, third round,
W. j. Travis beat Charles Hitchcock, Jr.,
8 up, to play; A. g. Lockwood beat
John Reid, Jr., up 40 holes; Fin dley
Douglass beat John Stuart, Cup, to
play; H M. Hartman beat W. b. Hol-
Inns, Jr., up. to play.