The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-06-14
bend Collecting.

1t is astonishing how many women
have taken to bead collecting, which
has now reached the dimensions of a
society fad. Some sort of necklace Is
almost imperative with the unlined
blouse, because it is worn over slip
bodice without collar or wristband, and
some little dainty arrangement Is nee
essary to hide where the slip ends at
the neck to leave the lace band collar
quite transparent. Real jewelry is Of
fensive for day wear out of doors;
hence the beads.
The secretary OF the Canadian for
eign mission board has received ca
BILE announcing the death in Formosd
of the Rev. George Leslie Mackay. the
we'll known missionary from canceI c:
the throat.
Count Gilbert Hohenwart, at present
Austrian minister in Tangier, has been
appointed to be the first Austrian min
lister in Mexico upon the renewal of
diplomatic relations, which have been
suspended since the death of Emperor
Macmillan.
>. u. Coykendall, president of the
Ulster and Delaware Railroad compa,
ny, has sold to New York, Ontario and
Western interests that portion of the
abandoned Delaware and Hudson ca
nal which extends from Summitville tc
Kingston.
Senator NJ A. Hanna has been ap-
pointed a colonel on the official staff OF
General Rassieur, commander in chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic
Senator Hanna was recently mustered
into the G. A. K. as a member of Memo.
rial post in Cleveland.
Justice Lewis of the supreme court
of Minnesota has filed a decision which
will result in many Stearns county set
tiers losing their homes, title to which
was contested by Russell Sage as as
signee in trust of the Hastings and Da-
kota Railway company.
The verdict in the bribery case
against former Captain and Quarter.
master Cyril w. King, U. S. A., finds
him guilty. as charged, of receiving
money with the intent to influence his
official actions. The scandal grew out
of harbor work at Mobile.
Joshua Hillman, aged 20 years, was
Killed and about a score Of people were
injured, some probably fatally, in a
trolley accident in Wilmington, Del.
Three cars were involved in the smash
up, which was caused by the brake OF
the third car refusing to work,
Major George Arthur, assistant pay
master of the United States army, who
recently returned home from the Phil
ippines, has died suddenly at the We'd
dell House in Cleveland. The deceased
was a son Of p. NJ. Arthur, grand chief
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers.
Commander Tilley has forwarded a
report upon the population of the is.
lands of the Samoan group under the
jurisdiction Of the United States. He
has ascertained that the population Of
Tutuila totals 1000 and of the Manua
group 1000 including adults and chill
dren. In addition to the native popu-
lation there are on the islands approx,
mately 100 whites.
Cornell oarsmen proved their worth
once more on Memorial day and in
the two mile race on Lake Cayuga
rowed across the finish line easy win
ners over Columbia and Pennsylvania,
They rowed to victory in the excellent
time of l0m 52s., lowering the record
for the course made two years ago by
81 seconds. Columbia was second,
finishing in lin SIS.
We passed by an abandoned cream.
cry the other day. The windows were
all broken, the doors hanging by one
hinge and the interior used only by the
bats and the sparrows. Thirty five
hundred dollars was wasted In this
enterprise and when we learned that
1t was the result of a useless com
petitive strife between men who should
have co-operated to promote their best
interests we did some thinking. There
are others Just like it.