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Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
THREAT OF MoRMoNIsM.
Alleged They Have Secured a FoothoId
in the East.

New York, Nov. 15.-"The danger of
Mormonism is moderated, not over
rated. When the public realizes that
there are two Mormon churches in
Brooklyn, one in Manhattan, one in
Philadelphia, a strong and growing
Mormon settlement on the borders of
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and
that the strongest church in section
Of so miles from Jersey City is Nor
mon, it may be understood that the.
situation is menacfng."
This statement, which startled the
Woman's executive committee of the
domestic missions of the Reformed
church at it's 18th anniversary in this
city, was made by Miss Elizabeth B.
Vermilye, a member of the commit.
tee, in an address on "Mormons in
the East" Miss Vermilye said later:
"It was predicted in so years the
Mormons would control belt of states
cutting the country in two, from north
east to southwest. The prediction has
been verified in 20 years instead of SO.
They own land from the Rocky noun
tains to the Sierras and are spreading
East as have told you. They control
four Western states and at their pres
ent rate of progression in number of
others will soon have supremacy in
them"
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
4 negro. Ode to king Edward.

John N. Samuels- Belboder, colored,
has received a. letter from the private
secretary Of his majesty King Edward
VII, in which it was stated that It
would be impossible to allow him tc
read an ode at the coronation. Imme-
diately after the death OF the queen
the colored poet dashed off many
verses, In which he called upon the
people Of England to awake and hail
the new king, says the Charleston
News and Courier. A copy of the ode
was mailed to the royal palace. and
the poet waited anxiously for a reply.
His poem was returned few days
ago. With II there was letter Of
thanks from the kings secretary, and,
while the king expressed his gratlfca-
tion at the noble sentiments expressed
IN the lines. he said It would be Inn
possible to have the poem read. Sam
uels- Belboder said. however, that the
ode would be printed In London
newspaper in June.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
RES ToRING THE MIND.

1 ! + + + :. Z +. 4 s
| Idiotic Boy Cur by Daring surg1-
cal Operation.
A remarkable surgical operation,
which consisted in removing portion
of an ahEOrmaIly thick or misshaped
skull, was recently performed by DR..
Gottlieb Sternberg of New York. His
patient was thirteen-year-old Isador
Levine, also of New York, who had
been an idiot from birth. The boy Is
now able to learn, and his education
has been begun.
Before | performed the operation"
said DR.. Sternberg the other day to a
reporter of the New York Journal,
''there had been two successful cases
out Of ten attempts in Paris. I first.
saw the boy in the early part Of last
May and gave him frequent examina-
lions. He was quite insane. There was
lack of coordination in his muscular
movements, no concentration Of mind,
and his eyes were not responsive to
any light of intelligence. found
considerable depression on the left side
Of the top Of the skull, which showed
a great contrast to that Of the right
side.
II came to the conclusion that the
boys mental condition resulted from
the undue pressure Of the skull upon
the left side of the brain. Partial pa
ralysis of some Of the right muscles
and limbs helped me to this conclusion.
AS is well known, an afliction Of the
left part of the brain affects the limbs
on the opposite side Of the body, and
vice versa.
'sThe operation lasted just twenty
FIVE minutes. l first Of all trephined
the boys skull just over the left eye,
removing circular piece Of bone the
size of five cent piece, which en-
abled me to examine the brain and in
sert a pair of rongeur forceps, with
which the skull would be clipped
away Before this the skin of the
scalp had been laid back in flaps.
'sWith the forceps chiseled out
strip of the patients sskull about six
inches in length by one and half
inches wide at the front to two inches
wide at the back.
''That my diagnosis was correct was
Immediately demonstrated, as the
brain sprung up through the orifice
like a sponge. After antiseptic treat
ment the scalp was replaced. One of
the instantaneous results of the opera
ton when the patient regained con-
sciousness was that the pupils of the
eyes became sensitive to light and
contracted in response TO Increased
illumination. Since then the lads men
tai capacity has gradually increased.
He is a well boy and has commenced
to go to school Of elementary in
struction, and, in my opinion, he will
go on improving
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
English Good sense ON the Canal.

English Good Sense ON the Canal.
When once the isthmian canal is
made by the United States, opened to
the whole world on equal terms and
held so strongly that no power at war
with Great Britain will be able to VIC
late its neutrality, the nation will re-
alfze that instead of the abrogation of
the Clayton Bulwer treaty proving an
injury it is a great benefit, says the
London Spectator. The notion that
America, though she viii make. work
and hold the canal should bind herself
to preserve its neutrality as regards a
power with which she is at war, is alb
surd. Such a stipulation would not
and could not be observed for ten min
utes after war had been declared. An,
American isthmian canal. like every
thing else American. will be used
against Americas enemies in case Of
war. Whatever the jurists may say,
we should do the same in the case Of
the Suez canal
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
NEW GIANT AMONG STATES

America Is Bent ON Tran sformfng
World, Russian Paper Says.
The Russian editors write about
President Roosevelt and the United
States almost every day. Nearly all
the papers are sympathetic and many
display accurate insight into American
affairs
The Bourse Gazette says:
"The statesman who has unexpect-
eddy assumed the reins at washington
is the perfect type Of the American OF
today, and before him lies wider hor-
lion than any of his predecessors en-
joyed.
Between the United States Of our
day and the republic of which the his
tory Of the last century told us there
is little in common. The classic land
Of freedom, the country which has de-
veloped it's prosperity to wonderful di-
mansions and which has realized the
bo1dest Utopias and the most daring
theories Of political and social liberty,
the great transatlantic republic terri
fies the Imagination of Europeans. 1t
is new giant, state which the lat
est events have made a world power, a
state which has transformed itself to
the point of unrecognizability and is
bent upon Transforming the whole
world, proclaiming through it's new
chief magistrate that the word Of the
United States shall have due weight
everywhere where economic and polit-
ical questions are decided"
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
Going ABROAD For Potatoes.

The potato crop Of the United States
is almost complete failure this year,
and our produce dealers viii have to
look abroad for their stocks, says the
New York Commercial. The importa-
ton of potatoes has already begun,
large cargoes having reached here from
Holland and Germany. Experts be-
lfeve that large importations will have
to come from Europe before winter
closes. Precisely how bad the Ameri-l
can crop will be cannot be absolutely
known for several weeks, but the last
government crop report estimated it at
So per cent Of the ordinary crop. It is
not only poor in quantity. but It is poor
In quality.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
THE CINCINNATI REBUILT.
The First All Steel warship to Have
Figurehead.

The First All Steel Warship to Have
Figurehead.
The cruiser Cincinnati is the first all
steel ship of the service to have fig
urehead, and when she is placed in
commission at the New York navy
yard on Dec. 1 she will display life
size heroic figure Of Liberty in steel
and wood standing straight out from
her well curved stem, says Washing
ton dispatch to the New York Sun.
This figure was designed and con
structed at the New York yard under
direction of Rear Admiral Francis I.
Bowles, then in charge of the con-
struction workshops, and is declared to
be a perfect specimen of the figurehead
for a WarShip.
Such decorations disappeared with
the gradual abandonment of wood for
steel vessels, and even with many o.
the old wooden craft there were few Of
those immense ngureheads which years
ago were the distinguishing feature of
all American naval vessels. The last
of this number to display fgureheads
were the vessels of the line Of battle
ship class that found their way to the
burial ground of the navy soon after
the civil war; The Cincinnati is said
to be the only all steel vessel in the
world of any naval power whose stem
is adorned with figurehead.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
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HELLO GIRLS TO ELocuTE.
Will Have Their Voices Cultivated
So That They May Speak CIearIy.

Will Have Their Voices Cultivated
So That They May Speak Clearly.
A new telephone company Of Indian.
apolis has determined to open a school
of elocution for the benefit of the "hel-
10" girls on one hand and the benefit
Of the public on the other. The theory
is that many of the mistakes which oc-
cur in the exchange and much of the
inconvenience caused to patrons are
the direct result Of the want of clear
enunciation on the part Of the opera
tors. To the end that these impedi-
ments may be overcome one Of the
best elocutionists in the city has been
employed, and there will be regular
lessons In voice culture, free OF charge,
under his direction.
The school will be open In the COM
pany's building, and every employee
who Is in any way connected with the
telephone service as an operator will
be required to devote certain number
of of hours each day to Improvement
Of his or her voice. 1t Is also said that
the company will hereafter make it
condition to employment that the APP
plicant shall undergo certain training
before being placed in charge Of
switchboard at the exchange.
Officers of the company state that
while all its employees will be required
to take lessons 1t Is those who are en-
ployed in its long distance service that
most need this training and for whom
they are more solicitous. They realize
they are doing great deal Of business
that the telegraph companies once did
and that this business can be increased
greatly If all obstacles to quick and
easy communication are removed.
Many Of the more advanced farmers
of the state are receiving their market
quotations over the lines every day,
and this is bringing the long distance
wires into a use where absolute accu-
racy is required, and accuracy in this
case means clear ennunciation.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
HILL A DIRECTOR
GREAT NORTHERN PRESIDENT
INTERESTED IN NEW Sc.
cURlTIEs COMPANY.
ITS PURPOSE MADE PLAIN

Very Evident the Gigantic Corporation
Will Control the Northwestern Rail-
road Situation Stock Of the New
Concern Starts on the Stock Ex-
change at ITO but Operations Are
Very Light.
New York, Nov. 15.-The directorate
Of the Northern Securities company,
Incorporated Wednesday at Trenton
in connection with the settlement in
the Northwestern railway situation,
has been announced. 1t is composed
as follows:
John 8. Kennedy, D. Willis James,
Samuel Thorne, j. J. Hill, 3. T. Mich
OILS, George 3. Baker, Robert Bacon,
George w. Perkins, Daniel S. Lamont,
e. H. Hartman, Jacob H. Schiff, James
StiIlman, w. P. Clough, G. G. Clark
and N. Terhune.
Trading in the stock Of the Northern
Securities company began in the out
side market during the day. All trans
actions were made subject to the pro-
vision when, issued" The stock was
started at ITO bid. Operations were
very light in volume and later in the
day the stock declined to 103 bid with
offers at 112. Northern Pacific con-
vertible 4 per cent bonds were 104 bid
with no transactions. It was said that
an application would shortly be made
to the Stock Exchange for the listing
of the securities of the new proprie-
tary company. 1t was also said that
Northern Pacific As would not be
listed, as it was intended to convert
them into common stock.
Practically no additional news is
obtainable concerning the settlement
finally effected Wednesday. No de-
tails. it was said, have been worked
out in connection with any road other
than those directly concerned in the
agreement. These roads were the
Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, Great
Northern, Burlington and Southern
Pacific, which is controlled by the
Union Pacific.
1t was intimated, however, by one
of the parties to the compact for
peace, that other properties might be
taken in later.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
Fierce Tribal Warfare.

Tangier, Nov. 15.-Fierce fighting
has occurred between the Benmissara
and Mesmuda tribes, resulting in the
killing Of many on both sides. The
Benmisaras RACED a number of vii
L. ges on the plains and carried off
many 18-year-old girls. They had
been threatened BY the sultan with
punishment for abducting Spanish
boy and girl and took this method of
demonstrating that they we're pre-
pared to fight any force that might be
sent against them. -
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
STOCKHOLDERS ADJOURN.
Selection of Burlington Directors Is
Again Postponed.

Chicago, NOV. 15.-Another adjourn
ment of the annual stockholders meet
ing of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy was taken during the day
this time till Nov. 81. The stockhold-
ers met at II a. m. and promptly took
a recess till noon. At that hour they
reassembled and agreed on another
proposition.
The Post says that while details
which would show the reason for the
delay in the election of directors are
lacking, it is apparent that the settle
ment of the Great Northern difficulty
does not, carry with it a settlement of
Burlington troubles. 1t is evident;
says The Post, that the proportion of
representation which should be ac-
corded the different interests is still
a stumbling block.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
LARGEST SCHOONER or ALL
Seven Master Building Will Require
Crew of Only Sixteen.


The largest schooner in the world is
now being built and is remarkable
chiefly because she will have seven
masts, two more than the largest
ships and one more than has ever ap-
peared from the deck of fore and
after.
The first seven master has been de-
signed by D. D. Crowninshield and is
being built in the Fore River shipyard
in Boston harbor, alongside Of the
cruiser Des Moines, and is more than
100 feet longer than that vessel, says
the New York Press.
The new seven master, which will
carry 5000 tons of coal, will have all
the modern equipment, steam winches
and sail hoists, steam steering gear
and double steel bottom, capable of
holding 1900 tons of water ballast
This vessel will cost about $25O,OOO,
and her ability to pay for herself will
depend largely upon the fact that she
will require crew of only sixteen
men. less than half the number neces-
sary for working an ordinary square
rugged ship
Captain j. c. Crowley, for whom she
is being built, has settled the question
of the nomenclature of the masts by
calling them respectively fore, main,
mizzen, spanker, jigger. driver and
pusher.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
NO RECENT CAPTURES.
Nine Of the Escaped convicts Are Still
at Large,

Kansas City, Nov. ia special to
The Star from Florence, Kan, says:
Two of the convicts who escaped
last week from the Fort Leavenworth
penitentiary boarded a westbound
Santa Fe passenger train at Clements
during the night and forced the porter,
who tried to put them off the blind
baggage, to pgH out his lantern and re-
main on the platform with them. The
pair finally jumped off the train at
Florence at 4:30 in the morning and
took refuge in the heavy timber near
there. A posse of LeavenWorth guards
came in on the fast mail two hours
later and started in pursuit.
No captures have been effected since
the three men were taken at Cotton
wood Falls Tuesday night, and nine
convicts are still uncaught.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
DEALS WITH lNJUNcTloNs.
Report of the Secretary Of the Knights
of Labor.

H
indianapolis, Nov. 15.-At the morn
ing session of the Knights of Labor
convention the report of Secretary
Treasurer John w. Hays was read and
referred to the committee. 1t said in
part:
1.-THE subserviency Of the courts in
many instances to the application Of
the attorneys for trusts or corpora
lions for injunctions against strikers
is a. standing menace to the. freedom
ofthe. citizen, who, if he disobeys the
order of the court, however unreason-
able, is punished by fine or imprison-
ment or both without trial by jury,
contrary to the guaranty of the Con-
stitution of the United States.
Organized labor must prepare for
the gigantic struggle that is fast APP
preaching, when the very existence
of their organization will be at stake.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
\, Hung ohang,s. Frank reply.

Lii Hung Chang visited Philadelphia
on Sept. 8, 1896, when Charles f. War
wick was mayor, says the Philadel-
phia Times. The procession started
Down Broad street. It was soon after
this that Mayor Warwick. pointing To-
the crowds which lined the streets.
said:
"Your excellency, Philadelphia is a.
nous for It's beautiful women"
Ii was quiet Il few minutes and then
made the famous reply:
Il have not seen any yet"
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
BABcocK is BUSY.
Bill Reducing Duties on Iron and Steel
Products Under Preparation.

Bill Reducing Duties on Iron and Steel
Products Under Preparation.
Washington, Nov. Representa-
tive Babcock Of Wisconsin, who has
taken an advanced position in regard
to the reduction of custom duties on
steel and iron products, arrived here
during the day. He avows it as his
purpose to make the best fight pos
sible to secure consideration of his
proposition. He said:
81 am preparing bill covering the
details Of what was roughly suggested
in a measure offered in the last con-
gress, and I have collected a large
amount of statistics and information
in regard TO the probable influences
of the proposed bill upon the steel and
iron industry. do not believe it will
be necessary to revise the tariff gen
orally to carry out this plan, and I
am also convinced that, considering
the present high capitalization of the
principal steel combinations, the re
duction of the duties would be felt
more by that combination than it
would by the small steel and iron pro-
ducers. l shall take the earliest op-
portunity to present these facts to the
house."
Mr.. Babcock says he favors a re-
duction in the revenues by the aboli-
ton of all the Spanish war taxes ex-
cept the tax on inheritances and the
tax on stock certificates.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
blizzard n Northern MeM Work.

Syracuse, N. Y, Nov. 15.-Snow has
been falling since midnight in this
city and vicinity, impeding local street
railway traffic. At Casanova the snow
fall is IL inches. There has been a
heavy fall Of snow all through North
ern New York. Az Malone there is a
blizzard and snow drifts I'VE to six
feet high are blockading the tracks.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
saw : blaze AZ Sea.

Philadelphia, Nov. Is. Captain Fer
Ian of the Australian steamship Etelka
has brought to this port news OF a
probable marine disaster. Early on
the morning of Nov. 3, when the Etel-
ka was in latitude Al north, longitude
SO west, Captain Ferlan states that his
attention was drawn to what he be-
lieves to have been q burning steam
ship. The craft was invisible, but the
glare Of the flames could be plainly
soan
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
loMa palrYnan Eleet ofieera.

Dubuque, Ia, Nov. 15.The Iowa
State Dairy association has closed its
convention here with the election OF
the following ofIicers: President, s.
ID. Shilling, Mason City; vice presi-
dent, H. r. Carpenter, Elkader: sec
Rotary, J. G. DAILY, Charles City; treas
nrer, M. w. Ashby. Hazleton. The as
ISOLATION endorsed z. Suddendorf Of
Elgih, MIS-, for superintendent Of dairy
exhibit at st. Louis exposition.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
Klondilse official lElIlAd

Vancouver. B. G., Nov. Isl. 7.
Girouard. government registrar In the
Kloldike, was shot and killed n Daw.
son on Monday, according TO q brief
dispatch from the Northern city, Al
man named Lord, an Eldorado Greek
4niner, with whom GirOuard had bust.
ness dealings, IS said to have fired the
Gatal shot. The men had dispute
some mining property.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
Queen WIIheImIna very vel.

Amsterdam, Nov. ia telegram
from Apeldoorm, near the royal castie
Of Hetloow, confirms the report that
Queen elmina had been prema!
turely confined, and says her majesty
Is very weak, but that her Condition
is not such as to cause anxiety, /
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
The winter Jingle.


Winter time, with snow and sleee-
What's q little snowin'f
Amt the apples ripe an SWEET
Amt the fiddle goin'f
Come In thar, you tellers all; II
Don't be standin' gin the wall,
Don't you hear the fiddler cailS
Amt the fiddle goin't
What's little weather nows
Gold Is never KILN.
!icfe.s y sweetheart Make YER bow;
Mss Der Of she's willin'.
forne III thar, you fellers all; ss
told times standin' gin the wall;
Swing yer sweetheart roun' the hall
Mss her IF she's willin'. ~
l+tN5it T 81 g. ~..klN..Aa..E
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
TWO SESSIONS DAILY.
Schley Court Of Inquiry Begins. Work
ing Longer Hours.

Washington, Nov. 15.-The Schley
court of inquiry has begun to hold SEES.
sfons twice daily instead of the one
session in the morning that has heen
held since the court met in the Nc.
Lean building. The afternoon session
will be from to 4 o'clock. This deci-
sion was made in the interest Of more
rapid progress in the work before the
court, for it is understood to be the
universal desire to have the report
ready for presentation at the earliest
possible moment.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
Farmer Loses Much Grain.

Grand Forks, NJ. D., Nov. 15.--The
barn and granery Of Z. Hood, 10 miles
southeast of EmeEado, were burned
with 5000 bush Of grain There
Was $4,000 insu on the grain and
$SO0ton the buildings.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16

Robert Fltzsimmons, the pngilist. ht, )
just received his citizenship Papers be-
fore Judge Aspinwall in BROOKLYN. re
said he was an actor. and be calg,iea
his certificate away with q very serI.
Gus air. New York Post.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
Sal BLOWN 10 ATOMS.
Burglars Make Good Haul at Rock
Creek. o.,

Warren, O., Nov. 15. Safe blowers
got 800 in money, about $4,000 worth
of bonds and $2O8 in stamps at the
Rock Greek postoffice during the night.
The safe was blown to atoms The
robbers also entered the Pennsylvania
station and took a sum Of money. They
then fled south on a handcar.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16

Terre Haute, Ind, Nov. 15.-The
safe in the postofice at Rockville was
blown open by burglars. They secured
about $500 worth of stamps, but were
frightened away before they could
break omen the cash drawer.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16

Artillery No Inapedlment TO Beers.
British military critics are now eeri-
ously insisting that artillery Il an Inn
pediment to the march Of the troops in
South Africa. To. the British. may be,
says the Cincinnati Commercial Trib.
une, but nlanifesfIy not to the Beers.
Morris tribune., 1901-11-16
WILL RETALIATB
DENMARK CONSIDERING AN Eff
FEcTIvE METHOD TO GET
EVEN WITH AMERICA.
DISCRIMINATION IS ALLEGED

Danish Chocolate Exporters Complain
Of LIBERALIZATION Of Their imports
by the New York Customs Officials.
United States Would BE the Greater
Loser in Case RetaIiatory Duties
Should BE imposed.
Copenhagen, Nov. 15.-The govern.
'ment OF Denmark is considering the
most effective method of retaliating
against the United States should the
diplomatic representations now being
made in behalf of the Danish chocO-
late exporters fail. The exporters al
lege over-yaulation of chocolate by the
New York customs officials. The ex-
porters deny that Denmark pays a
bounty on chocolate and claim that
Copenhagen should be accorded the
same treatment as America gives to
other free ports. It is pointed out that
Denmark will suffer little loss in the
case of retaliatory duties since her
exports to the United States are only
$750,0O0, against Americas 10000
600 exports to Denmark