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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09

1t is not usual for ship on the high
seas to elect to cast anchor on the deck
of a passing steamer, but that is what
four masted schooner did once in the
Atlantic, The two vessels grazed in
the fog and the "catted" port anchor
of the schooner caught in the steamer
deck by a iuke.' 1t fastened to an
engineers stateroom in such a manner
as to bar his exit; but, fortunately the
chain parted just rs the room was be
ing ripped into fragments. The schoon
err followed the steamer to its destina-
ton to recover her anchor
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09
A ChiId,s Logic.

Oliver Wendell Holmes used to tell
story illustrative of the keen perception
of children. He was present at gath
ering where he CHANGED to be seated
near the refreshment table and noticed
little girl looking longingly at the Ia
BILE. In his kindly way he said, Are
you hungry, my child?" She replied
bashfully in the affirmative. 'Then
why don't you take sandwich" he
asked. The little maid responded, "Be
cause l haven't any fork" The Auto
crat quoted smiljngly, "Fingers We're
made before forks" and, to his intense
amusement, she answered, Not my
fingerSv'
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09
Dickens ana His TITLES.

Charles Dickens had great difficult.
in choosing titles for his various pub
LEGATIONS. says The Golden Penny. TIL,
following is a list of no fewer than l.
suggestions given by the author to hi
adviser, Foster. for the title of on,
book, out of which, need hardly be add
ed, No. was chosen:
/. According to Croker.
2. Prove 1t.
3. Stubborn Things.
4. Mr.. Grandgrind's Facts.
5. The Grindstone.
G. Hard Times.
z. Two and Two Are Four.
8. Something Tangible.
8. Our Hard Headed Friend.
10. Rust and Dust.
IL. Simple Arithmetic.
u. A Matter of Calculation.
13. A Mere Matter of Figures.
IA. The Grandgrind Philosophy.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09
C1enning TIE Clock.

A farmer has 40 ambitious son. II
years old, who, being left alone for a
few hours the other day, tried to clean
the clock. He easily got the clock tc
pieces, but his difficulty lay in putting
them together again after cleaning.
AT this task he was only partly sue
cessful, and upon his fathers return
home he eagerly exclaimed:
Father, I've cleaned the clock and
got enough works left over to make an
other Oner-EX chanpe
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09
A Little Too Faithful.

A thief in Paris, being chased by the
Police. threw away during his flight
the purse he had stolen and was in a
fair way, after being taken to the po
lice station. Of being allowed to go free
for lack Of sufficient evidence to hold
him when his faithful dog. which he
had trained to fetch and carry. trotted
into the station, wagging It's tail, with
the missing purse in its mouth Paris
Journal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09
a Gate Covered win SHOES.

The principal gateway at Allahabad
is thickly studded with horseshoes of
every size and make. There are hun
dreds of them nailed all over the great
gates, doubtless the offering of many
a wayfarer who has long since finished
his earthly pilgrimage. The sacred
gates of Somnath, in the fort of Agra.
are similarly adorned.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09

New York has a unique organization
in a Fifteen Minute club 1t is com
posed of newspaper men, They meet
every night at 10 O'clock sharp and
promptly adjourn at 1915. Its objects
are purely social No set papers or
speeches are permitted.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09
Not Alike.

The Professor Don't use that phrase,
my dear. 1t is grossly unscientifc.
His Wife-What phrase? "As much
alike as two peas?"
The Professor Yes. Examined un.
der the microscope, two peas will pre-,
sent startling differences, Puck.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09

II people want to talk about you, it
is easy for them to invent story. The
point is not to enjoy talking about PEG.
ple.-Atchison Globe.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09

A Chinese pillow is light affair, made
OF crooked stick, with steel point
fastened to it and is pulled by a water
buffalo.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09


We are asked now many hours work
a day a farmer has a right to demand
of his hired men. That depends. Ten
hours make pretty big days work
if fellow attends right to business.
Twelve hours will be expected in most
cases, and from IA to 1G hours win be
squeezed out of fellow by some men
If the hired man doesn't kick. We
know of one very successful farmer
who runs his farm on the ten hour
plan, this time to include the doing Of
chores as well as the work in the field.
1t is only rarely that this rule is bro
ken, and no man keeps his farm work
up in better shape than he. Ten hours
are enough for the teams and enough
for the men. With all the improved
facilities for doing farm work the ten
hour day Is coming for the farm. just
as It obtains IA other lines Of work
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09

Fogg says that he has noticed that
women never wear wells to protect
their compilations or to make their
wrinkles less assertive. They invarl,
ably wear them to keep their hair in
place. He knows, because he has al
ways been told so.-Boston Transcript
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09
The Gentleman,s Psalm.

A reader of the Scriptures empha-
sizes the Fifteenth Psalm as the gentle
mans psalm because il describes as
among the many who are entitled TO
be considered as gentlemen zone who
leadeth an incorrupt life. speaketh
truth from his heart, doeth no evil TO
his neighbor is lowly in his own eyes.
keepeth his word even II it be TO his
own hindrance"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01

FIyunJs Business College, 9Th azd K.
Business. Shorthand. Typewr!ting-s2s a year.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
THE STATUS OF FILIPINos.
Instructions Regarding the Issuance
OF CeduIas Defining Residence.

The State Department has directed
Joseph H Choate. United States Ambassa-
dor at London, to issue cedulas defining
the residence of two Filipinos who ap-
piled to him for passports AS passports
are issued only to citizens Of the United
States Mr.. Choate declined to grant the
request of the applicants pending instruc-
tiens from the Department. It was ex-
planned at the Department today that the
cedula issued to each of the FfIfpfnos
would certify that he was "a resident Of
the Philippine Islands, entitled to the pro-
lection of the United States"
The cedula is not a passport in the
strict sense of the term. but has practi-
cally the value Of a passport The ques-
tion Of whether passports or ceduIas
would be issued was decided some time
ago on an application from a Porto Ri
can for a passport Porto Ricans are now
supplied with ceduIas, defining residence.
The rule applies also to Cubans for the
period Of the American occupation and
native residents of Hawaii, American
Samoa, and Guam who are not citizens
of the United States.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
TRIAL OF THE INDEPENDENCE.
The Yacht 10 Have It's First Test
Inder Sail sEondnr.

BOSTON, June 1.-The Cup yacht Inde-
pendence viii have her first trial under
sail on Monday morning The start viii
he made at O'Clock and the yacht VIII be
towed ont to Boston Light where sail viii
he made It is expected that the boat VIII
remain outside the greater part OF the
day.
It was intended to take Independence
out this morning for her maiden spin and
a tug had been chartered for the news
paper men and invited guests. At $50
o'clock, however. word was sent that the
trial had been postponed on account Of
the weather.
It had been raining all morning and a
heavy fog had banked up outside. While
It lightened somewhat later in the morn
ing, it was deemed advisable not to go
out There would be little satisfaction in
a trial under such conditions and If the
boats sails got a soaking. they would be
in danger of stretching all out Of shape
IN any kind of a breeze Boom and gan
were sIuug yesterday afternoon and the
finishing touches are being put on the
yacht today, there being enough work to
keep all hands busy all day.
Mr Lawson remains silent regarding
the correspondence with the New York
Yacht Club. but it is understood that it
has been practically settled that Inde-
pendence viii participate in the trial
races
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP POOL.
Claims That It Dfscriminatcs
Agnfnst Capuda-

OTTAWA. June lit IS learned IN
shipping circles that the Canadian Gov
ernment is taking hand in the Atlantic
steamship pooling arrangements. which
il IS claimed discriminated so seriously
against Canada
W. T r Preston recently gave evidence
before the Agricultural Committee of the
House of Commons that as a result of
the pool Canadian and British steamships
sailing to North America are allowed to
carry only per cent Of the so-called con-
tinentaI traffic and, Of course, very
much greater percentage than this de-
sires to come to Canada One Of the
principal lines. the Elder DempsteT Com
pany, however, has never entered the
pool. and its ships have hitherto proved
somewhat of an outlet for those desirous
Of locating in the greatest Of Britain's
colonies. Its cheaper fares, too, have IN
duced quite a number of settlers for the
United States to land at Canadian ports.
Such being the case. the Conference
lines running to New York have lately in
voEzed the aid of the immigrat ton author
tiles in Washington to assist them in
crushing out the competition from the
Elder DeEpster line by appointing inspec-
tors to examine immigrants destined for
the United States at the frontier ports.
The situation at present is that the
United States authorities have threatened
to hold up every train crossing the bor-
der containing foreign emigrants for the
United States from twelve TO twenty-fouT
hours. and TO make 1t as unpleasant as
possible for the passengers, regardless, OF
course. whether they have crossed the
ocean on the conference" steamships OF
by the Elder DempsteT lines
The Canadian railways and steamship
/ companies are very much disturbed ever
the matter and threaten that they viii
withdraw from the pooling arrangement
unless these proposed methods are
/ dropped
/ In the meantime, it is stated in steam
! ship circles that the Canadian Govern
ment is endeavoring to persuade the Can
adam companies to withdraw from the
pool or to have the discrimination agains
! Canada considerably modified
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
THE WILD WEST WRECKED.
Two Sections of the Train Collide
Near Altoona. Pa.

ALTOONA, Pa, June Two sections
Of Buffalo BiI's Wild West Show train
coTided few miles east Of this city early
this morning Colonel Cody and his staff
were badly shaken up, but were not injUr-
cd One tent man in the caboose Of the
first section into which the locomotive Of
the second section crashed, was fatally
injured. Several others were slightly
hurt. Six cars were wrecked. They were
sIdetracked and the train proceeded to
I,evistown, where the show was billed to
appear today.
Before the train got started, there was
an exciting buffalo hunt on the PennsyI-
vauia meadows -Four bUfaIoes. Iiberat-
ed by the wreck. started on Il wild run
As soon as their absence was discovered
Colonel Cody despatched 4 dozen AIexi-
cans after the buffaloes. The night was
rather dark and the country rough. but
in the course of half an hour the last
Of the buffaIces- had been brought in. The
families of the farmers, aroused by the
noise Of the wreck. flew TO their homes
in terror at the sight Of the bufaIocs as
they scurried over the country pursued
by the Mexicans u
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
TRACTION LINES AT WAR.
Three Hundred Men in n Fierce Bat
tie Mt PhiIadeIphia.

PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-Two hun
dred negroes armed with axhandles and
employed by the Chester Traction Com
pany, did battle today on Woodland Ave
nue., with Ice white laborers armed with
picks and shoveis, employed by the Phil
adeIphia, Morton. and Swarthmore Troll
ley Company. The battle yaged hotly
over a switch at Parker Avenue, Darby,
which the Swarthmore men laid yesteT-
day. 1t was ripped up by the Chester
ties secretly. laid again last night. and
again torn up today. The right to lay
the switch Is a question between the ri
val companies and is pending in the
courts
When the Chester trolley officials heard
that a switch had been put in, they hur-
ried cars to Chester. hired about 200 ne
groes. armed them with axhandles, and
rushed them to the scene of the trouble.
When the armed men from CHESTER ap-
preached the men who had put down the
switch, they were peacefully contemplat-
ing the result of their labors. The Ches-
terites outnumbered them 2 to l, and
by freely using their axhandles, soon
overawed the Swarthmore Iaborers. Then
the Chesterites, acting under the direction
Of one of their foremen, went to work and
tore out the switch. They placed it on a
car, and it was hurried to Chester. The
Chesterites then tore up portion Of the
rival company's track near their own
A score Of warrants have been sworn
out on both sides, and more serious tFou-
bel is feared
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
RAILROAD MAcHTNIsTs OUT.
Four Hundred New York Central
Employees on "a Strike

BUFFALO, June -Four hundred ma
ciainists and fifty helpers employed in the
New York Central RailTyo1d shops at De
pew went on strike this morning at 9:3G
clock because the railroad refused to
grant 10 per cent increase in salary, a
demand for which was made last Sunday
The men went out only when they were
assured positively the railroad would not
graut the increase. At meeting held in
International Hail last night the railroad s
refusal to grant the increase was an
nounced, but the men hoped the refusal
would be reconsidered and decided to re
port at the shops this morning They did
so and waited two hours, when they re-
ceived word that the railroad saw 10 rea-
son why the decision should be changed
Tools We're dropped and the machine
shops became silent.
Although the machinists have struck,
the works will not be closed, said Mr.
BradfeId, the superintendent There are
stiH $50 bJiler-nakers, tinsmiths. and 9th
er employees at work anJ they show no
signs of being dissatisfied"
The total number of men now out is
about LOCO including so on the Lchigh
and zoo on the LackaWanna.
Another shooting affair resulting from
strikes IN the lakes occurred late yesteT-
day afternoon when David King, Presi-
dent and Business Agent Of the Lake
Firemen's Association, was shot by
George Baker, a fireman on the steam
er MCWiliiamS, during a quarrel The
union took Bakers card from him be
cause he worked with nOn-uniOn men.
King was not injured seriously,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
THE TRANSFER OF PBKIN
Preparations to Turn the City Over
to the Chinese.

Several Governors in Consultation
With the Military Administrators,
A Report That the Emperor VIII
Return Before the Rainy Season.
PEKIN, June 1-(7:30 a. m.).-SeveraI
Governors are now in Pekin, consulting
with the military administrators re-
garding the transfer of the city to Chi
nese control One of these Governors,
Tsai-ying, is a younger brother Of
Prince Tuan and Duke Ian, whose pun
ishment was demanded by the minis
ters- He is certainly rot a progressive.
It is reported that Emperor Kwang-
Hsu viii return to Pekin before the
rains set in The Dowager Empress
viii remain in the Province of Honan
until autumn.
Ii Hung Chang has approved the
the English Mission, that a fine of $780,
600 taels be imposed on the Province of
Shansi, which was the scene of many
disturbances during the Boxer uprising.
for Government education, besides the
indemnity which is to be paid to the
mission for personal losses. This pun
ishment Is also to be followed by re
form in the administration of the prov
ince.
The streets of Pekin are now unusu-
ally clean, owing to the sanitary rules
which have been strictly enforced by
| the foreign administrators The admin
/ istTation has also been conducted on
an economical basis. It is very doubt
full if this Improvement will continue
/ when the city is turned over to the Chi
/ nese authorities It is equally certain
! that the foreign management has Ire-
vented the outbreak of epidemics cf any
/ kind
There is only one bad feature in the
foreign management, and that IS the
/ brothels in the Itali&- section, at a
! place where street chapels formerly
existed. It is hoped that the Chinese
will not allow this element TO remain
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
A DENIAL FROM GERMANY.
The Government Not to Acquire
Junn Grfego Harbor.

COLOGNE. June The Gazette en-
phaticaIIy denies the report printed In the
New York Herald that Germany is
about to acquire Juan Griego Harbor on
the island of Margarita, Venezuela, as a
coaliug station The Gazette" says:
These continued and malicious asper-
sions are nonsense on their face. Not on
iy would Germany's acquisition Of a coal
ing station in American waters needless
y end in embroiIing Germany and the
United States and cuiTninate in q con-
flict, but the possession Of an island in
those waters would be Of no use whatever
to us. Germany would not take it even
for nothing
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
THE SHOOTING AT PEKIN.
Il Version of the Alleged Woundfng
of n German by an American.

BERLIN, June IA despatch from
Pekin says the trouble between the Amer
lean sentry and the German officer aris-
ing out of the fact that the latter at
tempted to pass through a street which
had been closed and which was guarded
by the Americans. one Of whom threat
ened to bayonet a German officer, who at
tempted to pass, IS in a fair way OF ad-
justment.
The account of the incident received
here is to the effect that the street was
being repaired and progress was barred
by a rope stretched across it The en-
trance TO the street was guarded by an
American sentinel The German officer,
who claims that he did not see the rope,
tried to pass The American sentry called
upon the German to halt and almost at
the same moment fired at the officer with
out the usual warning shot in the air
He missed the officer, but the bullet
struck another German who was walk
ing further along the street and pierced
the calf Of his !eg. The matter viii prob
bly, be settled by pacuniary compensa-
ton 70 the wounded man
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
THREAT OF a KIDNAPPER.
Letter Sent to n Prominent woman
in philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-The out
break of kidnapping sensations which has
followed the Cudahy affair has at last
reached Philadelphia. Mrs Robert J. w
Koons, daughter of Judge Carroll Brew
ster and a society leader, received at her
residence. 243 South Twenty-second Street
the following letter:
Mrs. Koons: If you don't put 5000 in
SO bills in the niche in the livery stable
wall back of your barn the big kid viii
be stolen and his eyes put OUT
Mr.. Rooms at once turned the letter over
to the police and two detectives are de.
tailed upon the case. There is such Il
niche in the stable wall mentioned in the
letter caused BY displaced brick The
police, however, believe the letter TO have
been written by some boy.
The big kid referred to IS thirteen
years old, Brewster Rooms There are
two younger children Mrs koons' sis
ter married Henry Kennedy, a WGll-knOWn
polo player.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
FACING SERIOUS CHARGES
4 Contracting COmpany's Manager
AFraigned in Manila.
Harold VI. Pitt Accused of Receiving
Stolen Goods and Purchasing Gov
ernment PrOperty-BarToyys and
Boyer Summoned rs Witnesses.


Stolen Goods and Purchasing Gov
ernment Property-Barroyys and
Boyer Summoned rs Witnesses.
MANILA. June Interest in the
commissary frauds was renewed today
when Harold NJ. Pitt, Manager for
Evans & Co., Government contractors,
was arraigned on the charge of having
received stolen goods and having pur-
chased public property which the mill
tary commissary officers had no au-
thority to dispose OF.
Mr.. Pitt is also accused Of receiving
public property from the officers Of the
commissary department as a pledge
for loans Of money. This charge is re-
lated to the fifty cases of bacon taken
from the Government stores, for -he
stealing of which Captain Barrows and
Lieutenant Boyer were recently con-
victed by military court
The convicted officers appeared in
court today to act as witnesses, but the
case was adjourned until Monday.
The native Iumbermen of Manila will
petition the Philippine Commission for
| legislation making compulsory the use
of Philippine lumber IN insuIaT i'm
provements in preference 10 that i'm
ported from Bornao and the United
States.
The lumbermen argue that such ac-
| ton would give employment to nun.er-
Gus natives who are now out Of work
and bring the insurrect;on to an end,
| besides giving encouragement TO native
| industries There IS considerable dis
/ satisfaction over the importation Of
| lumber from outside, but it IS doubtful
| if the demand can be complied -gith I'M
| dor 1,rncnnt conditions
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
STUDENTS CREATE AN UPRoAR
Disturbed Proceedings in Honor of
the Duke of York.

SYDNEY. n. s. W, June While the
degree of LII. D. was being conferred on
the Duke of Cornwall and York by the
university today, the students who filed
the hall had an uproarious time
They delivered mock sermons, sang
topical songs and mimicked royal pre-
sentatious before the ceremony began
During the conferring of the degree not
d word could be heard as the students
sang John Browns Body" Hes a Jolly
Good Fellow" and other popular songs.
The young men were very unruIy and the
din and chaf are IndescribabIe-
The Duchess Of Cornwall and York,
Countess HoDetoun, wife of the Governor
of the Australian Commonwealth, and
Lady Mary Lyon We're present
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
ANOTHER CHINESE PROBLEM.
Hundreds of CeIestiaIs Bound for
Cuba Cause Alarm.

Within the last few days over 100 Chi
namen have landed in San Francisco
destined for Cuba and VIII pass through
the country in bond for Havana. The
Treasury Department looks upon this
great influx with suspicion and will fur
ther urge the var Department to ex-
tend the Chinese Exclusion act to Cuba.
Since the Supreme Courts decision in
regard to the status of Porto Rico Treas
ury officials have come to the conclusion
that they must send officers to that ISL
and to keep out Chinese, as once there,
there would be nothing to prevent them
coming into the States.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
An HONOR FOR NEW WORKERS.
King Edward Grants Them an Tn
usual Privilege.

LONDON. June 1-The representatives
Of the New York Chamber Of Commerce.
who are the guests OF the London Cham
btr Of Commerce, were this afternoon
granted the rare privilege of visiting
Windsor Castle while the court is residing
there
This privilege was conceded by King Ed
ward, who also intimated that he would be
pleased to see the Representatives of the
New York Chamber If Commerce during
their visit to England
Lord Brassey, President Of me London
Chamber of Commerce. accompanied the
American delegates These included all
who have arrived in London up to the
present time, except Andrew Carnegie,
who Was detained in Scotland.