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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05
CHINA DEFIES RUSSIA.
Will Not Sign the Manchurian
Convention.
GRAVE CRISIS FOR THE EMPIRE.

1t Is Declared Impossible For Sake
of Making One Nation Friendly to
Alternate All Others-Attitude of Ii
Hung Chang.
Picking, April 4.-The Chinese gov
eminent has formally notified Russia
that China, owing to the attitude of the
powers, is not able to sign the Manchu-
rian convention.
1T is China's desire" says the formal
notification, ito keep on friendly terms
with all nations. At present she is go
,ing through period which is the most
perilous in the empires history, and it
is necessary that she should have the
friendship of all. However much she
might be willing to grant any special
privilege to one power, when others OBJ
Ject it is impossible that for the sake of
making one nation friendly she should
ALLEVIATE the sympathies of all Others"
LII Hung Chang says this letter set
lies the matter definitely and that Rus
STA was informally notified to the same
effect on March 30. Prince Ching as
serts that every Chinaman except Ii
Hung Chang was against signing the
convention.
So soon as the generals of the powers
notify the ministers as to what DISPOSE
ton is desired of articles and 8 of the
protocol everything will be practically
concluded except the indemnities, the
only claims not ready being the British,
German and Japanese. The Germans
say they can be ready in two days, and
the Japanese assert that they can be
ready at moments warning.
Private claims, however, can be filed
until May IA, and this may delay the
presentation to the Chinese plenlpoten-
tiaries. A majority of the ministers
are in favor of making a general claim
as soon as the government claims are
in, making allowances for few thou
sands for possible future claims, al
though it is believed that all private
claims are now fled
Ii Hung Chang and Prince Ching
have sent to the court for approval a
list of names presented by the minis
ters of the powers for punishment. The
death list has been reduced to 4 names
for degradation and to 81 for loss Of Of
flee. No objection is anticipated, as the
men are only prominent in local COM
munitieS
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05
BOARD CAN COMPEL VAC
CINATION.

The Board of Education of Chicago,
can compel the parents of unvaccina-
ted children to keep thsem away from
the schools until they are vaccinated.
This is the meaning of decision ren-
dered by Judge Dunno in the manda-
mus proceedings brought by citizen
of Ravenswood to compel the school
authorities to admit his children to the
schools in spite of the fact that they
were not vaccinated.
The characterization movements
have made no progress against the
overwhelming weight of experience
and medical testimony. The belief
that vaccination renders a person
practically immune from smallpox
rests upon such incontostable proof
that it is idle to assail it or to oppose
measures to prevent the spread OF
contagion by the schools.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05
AND so NEAR BOSTON.

The children in the schools of
Somerville, Mass. are to grow up in
ignorance of the location of their
livers or the function of the epiglot-
It's They will be compelled to worry
along without knowing whether they
think with the medulla oblongatae or
the cerebellums. They must fight the
battle of life without knowing the
xiphoid appendage of the .sternum
from the lumbar vertebra.
This is the decree Of the school
board of Somerville, which has voted
to Danish physiology from the public
schools. The excuse for placing ban
upon this study is the complaint of
parents who consider it improper"
for the perusal of children.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05
The Cuhnn Situation.

Havana. April 1.-The Cuban con-
stitutional convention yesterday took
up the propositions of Senior de Quesa-
da and Senior Tamayo regarding the re-
lations with the United States which
were Tuesday laid upon the table, but
only three members voted for the pro-
posal of Senior de Quesada and only six
for that of Senior Tamayo. The other
propositions will be considered at the
next meeting of the convention. which
will be held Saturday The question
of sending a commission to Washing
ton was not discussed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05
HEROIC oFFIcER,s FATE.
Died In Saving Life Of One of Hi
Men

DIeu IN saving Life of One OF HIS
Men.
dispatch from Cavite says that on
Sunday morning fire was discovered in
the sailroom of the United States gun
boat Petrol, Lieutenant Commander
Jesse Minis Roper commanding. The
sallroom is small compartment adj
Joining the magazine. The heat was in
tense, the smoke suffocating and the
flames difficult to extinguish
Lieutenant Commander Roper was
the first to descend into the hold but
he was forced to return to the deck.
Others then went down. Seaman Pat
rick Toner was Frustrated and about
to perish when Lieutenant Command
er Roper endeavored to rescue him
and was suffocated in the attempt.
Lieutenant Josiah SHUTS Mexican
and Cadet Lewis suffered severely in
bringing the body of Lieutenant Com
mander Roper to the deck.
Twenty-Five of the crew We're pros
trated, Toner, Evans, Flaherty, Lar
sen, Kessler, Galley, Burton, Smith
Sullivan and Forsboon seriously, but
all will recover.
The contents of the sailroom Were
destroyed but the damage to the gun.
boat was slight. The origin of the fire.
has not been ascertained. Possibly it
was a case of spontaneous eombus-
ton.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05
Telephone 1873.

the old homestead,a fine farm of near
ly four hundred acres near Green Viii
lage, Passaic township. In his early
boyhood days he attended the district
school at Green Village, afterwards
entering Bloomfield Academy where
he remained for some time. Natural
ly lover of agriculture, Mr.. Lindsey
upon leaving school, turned his atten-
ton in that direction, making many
improvements in the at that time pri-
mitive methods of farming.
For time he engaged in general
store business, travelling through the
Eastern and Middle Western States,
although he never gave up his interest
in his homestead estate.
Mr.. Lindsey married in 1856, Miss
Sarah, a daughter of Benjamin Crane,
we'll known resident of Elizabeth,
who with four children survive him,
Dewitt Clinton, Mrs. D. Farrand
Sturgis, Misses Harriet and Mary
Augusta.
In politics, Mr.. Lindsey was a
Democrat of the old style; he had
little sympathy with some of the new
tangled ideas of his party. He was a
power in Passaic township which re-
peatedly honored him by election to
many important offices. His influence
was strong in the councils of his
party in the county. In 1881 he was
elected a member of Assembly, serv-.
ing two terms. In 1890 he was nomi-
mated for sheriff and after an active
campaign, was elected by substan-
tial majority. He filed the office in
most satisfactory manner. The de-
ceased was recognized authority on
agricultural matters and prominent
member of the New Jersey Agricultur-
al Society. His farm was conducted
on up o-date methods and it is con-
sidered one of the best in the town
ship.
Mr.. Lindsey was of genial hearty
disposition, Uniformed upon all
subjects, good friend and neighbor
and one who will be missed by large
number outside of his immediate
home circle. The funeral services will
be held on Sunday from his late resi-
dence at 2 p. M, and will be conduct
ed by the Rev. E. R. Murgatroyd.
Interment in New Vernon cemetery.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05
France and Italy Make Up.

Paris. April 4.-The Franco-Italian
fetes at Toulon next week will be bril-
liant. Although there is no question of
an alliance, the meeting of President
Loubet and the Duke of Genoa will be
one of the most important events since
the Franco-Russian demonstration at
the same port, because it will officially
mark the restoration of good feeling
between France and Italy.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05

The State Sewerage Commission
bearing III mind the verbal assurance
given TO Senator McCarter and others
by Governor Voorhees, that he will
give $S, 900 of his emergency appro-
priation fund for the engineering work
necessary in connection with the Pas
sale pollution problem, are considering
plans for making surveys and secur-
ing estimates of the cost of each of the
systems of sewage disposal which
might be adopted by the munioipali-
ties in the Passaio valley 1t is pro-
posd to obtain reports of the feasibility
and cost of intercepting sewers and
disposal systems for each of the sever
al communities and for two or more
of them taken together, with such
comparisons as will show the respec-
tive merits of each of the plans and
the burden that would be imposed
upon each of the communities.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05
Oscar Lindsey.

Oscar Lindsey, who died suddenly
on Wednesday night at his home near
Green Village, had for many years
been prominent figure in this section
of the State and one of the leaders of
the Democratic party in Morris
County. He was born near GreenVil-
lage Aug. 1S, 1889. He was the son of
Silas R. Lindsey and Mary Darling
Lindsey, whose ancestors were activ g
ly engaged as officers in the Continen-
tai army during the war Of the Revo-
luton.
Oscar Lindsey lived all his life on
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05

Soldier Boy Made First Lieutenant
Rudolf L. Smyser of York, Pa, en-
listed in Il Pennsylvania regiment
when war was declared against Spain.
He was then under 16 years of age, but
he made such an excellent record and
became SO popular that he was second
lieutenant when his regiment was mus
tered out at the close of the war. Lieu
tenant Smyser then went to the Philip
pines with the Forty-seventh volun-
teers. He has made a record there,
and President Mckinley has just ap-
pointed him, despite his youth, first
lieutenant. This commission will ex-
pire June 80, and Senator Peprose is
trying to have him made lieutenant
in the regular army.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05

What the people want to know,
says the Jersey City Journal, is which
sewerage plan will produce results for
the least money. If separate disposal
plants will do this it should be DEM
onstrated. If two or more munich
palities can be united in sewerage
district, then it should be known what
the work would cost, and the degree
of efficiency that would result.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05

when the Democratic party was in
command, and when it's rule brought
our state to the ultimate depths OF
scandal and degradation.
It will be contrasted with the years
of redemption. when under the Re-
publican party the government of New
Jersey has been brought to height
of renown and prosperity not exceeded
in any state of the Union. Paterson
Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05
KiIls Motber and Brotber

Sunbury, Pa. April A double muir
der was committed in Klinesgrove, q
small country village a few miles from
this city, on Tuesday. The murderer is
John Gulick, 81 years old, and his vie
Tins were his mother, Mrs. Amy Gu
lick, 6S years old, and his brother Phil
ip, 81. After committing the crime
Gulick coolly walked of in the direc
ton of Danyille.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05
JOYFUL EASTERT|DE.
Continued from first page.

Continued from first page.
Offertory Anthem, Sanctus-Gounod.
Hymn 1917.
Postlude Allegro. Lemmeus.
Evening Service-Organ voluntary in
f Minor-Henry Smart.
Hymn-460.
Anthem Christ is Rlsen-Neidlinge
Offertory-Open the gates of the
Temple-Knapp.
Hymn 1858.
Hymn 615.
Postlude - Easter March - Gustav
Merkel.
There will be choir of twenty
voices.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05
Indinnn NIlners uays "a.

Terre Haute, Ind, April AT the
final meeting last night between the
representatives of the 5000 miners in
the Indiana bituminous fields and the
operators the miners surrendered to
the operators on the claims for the pur-
chase of powder, and the threatened
strike is averted BY the agreement
the miners for year must buy their
powder from the operators at $1.75 in
stead of in the open market This rule
prevails in Ohio and Illinois. There
is much bitterness among the miners,
who are divided into two factions on
the proposition. The mines win re-
sumo at once.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05

Realizing what the invention of a
small but powerful storage device
would mean to the industrial world,
Thomas A. Edison has been at work
upon battery of this kind for months.
He now claims to have perfected a
storage battery that is no larger than
soap box, and yet so much more
powerful than the batteries now in
use that it will do the work better and
last longer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05

In the New York senate bill has
been introduced providing for the
creation of an Interstate Palisade
Park" in conjunction with the State
of New Jersey. This bill appropriates
$400, 600 for this purpose. The bill
will, it is said, become law.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05

Aguinaldo ought to be severely
punished. Even sending him around
the country on lecturing tour with
Bryan, Irving Winslow and Herbert
Welsh would not be too severe. -
Buffalo Commercial.
How would Punishment to Boston
answer?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05

A movement has been started by
the Trenton Ministerial Union, with
the object in view of keeping the
Delaware and Raritan Canal closed
on Sundays.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05

The President promptly named
General Funston to be brigadier-
general in the regular army. He is
now brigadier- general of volunteers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05
Awful Mortality In Russia.

Odessa, April Famine and typhus
are raging throughout the govern
ments of Kherson and Bessarabia and
portions of the governments of Kiev
and Taurida. The mortality is 30 per
cent of the entire population.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05
mo- Drop Mortgage mas BilI.

Albany, April At is learned from
good authority that Governor Odell
has agreed to drop the mortgage tax
bill and allow the law to remain as it
is at present.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05

Crawford authorities are beginning
to realize that smallpox is an expen-
sive affliction. Its first case cost 800,
the second case now under treatment
will probably cost more.
In Orange the pest house was torn
down by rabble and now there is
trouble as to what shall be done with
patients. Perhaps, it might be pos
sible for the Orange Health officials
to arrange with the Madison authori-
ties, as our adjoining borough is so
broadminded and neighborly i'll its
treatment of the small pox question
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-05

Chancellor Magic has appointed
Eugene Stevenson, of Paterson, to be
the new vice. chancellor. The APP
pointment gives entire satisfaction
everywhere. Mr.. Stevenson was for
merly prosecutor of Passaic county,
and is lawyer of acknowledged
ability and standing. Politically he is
IA Democrat The court of Chancery
consists of the following: chancellor
William J. Magic, of Elizabeth; and
Vice. Chancellors Henry Q. Pitney and
John r. Emery, of Morristown; Alfred
Reed, of Trenton; Frederick ".
Stevens, of Newark; Martin p. Grey
of Camden, and Eugene Stevenson Of
Paterson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22

whose fortunes are followed with inter est by book levers. In value and typo graphical magnihcsnce 1t is considered superior even to the Guttenberg Bible, one copy of which is valued at nearly e25 00O ,a.
 According to the librarian at the Lenox Library, MT. Morgan purchased the Psal- Imorum Codex from a son of the late B. Quaritch, a great London book seller. MT. Quaritch bought the volume at a sale tn 1884. paying for 1t about $z4, go. He never found a purchaser, and the price at which 1t was disposed of by his son made the transaction Q losing one, taking into consideration the interest on the investment.
 In Quadritchs catalogue the copy was valued at s26.2O0. In the words of the great book seller. it Is the grandest book ever produced by typography.s. t
 Only. nine known copies of this volume, printed in 1457, are in existence, and only twelve copies bear the date of 1E9, The latter contain the Athanastan creed ex- elusively.r Bibliophiles say that only four teen or fifteen copies of each of the edt- lions were originally made. sssS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22

"Wouldn't you prefer to have your fance talk the matter over with me 2'
 Why, you see" this time with ttnge ot pathOs. "he lives in Syracuse, and he will not be able to come on until the day of the we'd ding.
 Even a man interrupted at the climax of what he felt to be of his most eloquent sermons could not resist the appealing glance that accompanied this remark Pushing aside cealed regret, the clergyman patiently gave estimates on the probable cost of the service of the organist and the full choir and even discussed with urbanity such trivial details lights, awnings, opening carriage doors' etc.
 It was finally discovered that sl25 would provide all these desirable accessories to the great event and the prospective bride depart ed. apparently satisfied with the result of her cali. The clergyman resumed his literary la bors and thought no more of the episode for a week or so when he wondered idly why hO had heard nothing more of the approaching ceremony and then dismissed the affair from his mind.
 It was about a fortnight later that the elderly sexton came to him in a state of strong agitation holding at arms length copy of a well known daily. His trembling forefnger pointed to some huge headlines, which con Yeyed to the reading public the startling in formation that 1t cost S650 to be married on Fifth Avenue and then moved slowly down the column until 1t paused beneath his pastor . name in large type.
 In surprise, no less grieved than that of his honest retainer, the estimahle gentleman read a brilliantly colored account of how he had looked and what he had said on a certain half forgotten occasion which now would live forever in his msmoryA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
THE COST OF A WEDDING.
How a Girl Reporter Got the Story
 from a Minister.

New York Mail and Express.
 An amusing and effective coup at the ex- pense of several prominent clergymen was ex- ecuted recently by an enterpFising young news paDer woman whose tactics, f open to crlti- cism on other scores, possessed at least the charm Of originality
 gown and modest toqus, she umidly entered a certain Fifth Avenue study and with down east eyes confded to the reverend occupant thereof that she wished to be married on the 3oth of October and might she have his church? . ,
 T can think of nothing to prevent replied the clergyman after a. moments reflection.
 And would you mind telling me how much 1t will cost7" continued the fair questioner III Her err host hesitated a moment, Why. that would depend altogether upon the elaborate ness of the service If you wish to be n.tr- fed quietly in the presence of a few friends I viii gladly place the church at your dis, posal free of charge, Of course the organist charges for his services. but perhaps you do not wish any music
 ''oh, yes, indeed, l want music | want a guests .---.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
A BOOK OF GOLD
THAT IS UNIQUE VOLUME IN
 HOUSE OF TEMPLE
Quaint Patents Issued to the Late Grand Commander of the Scot tish Rite Masons, General
 Albert Pike.
.a.hinn.on rinnos

Washington Times.
 One of the curious articles in the H'ly houSe of the Temple of the Scottish Kite " rree Masonry in Washington, the official residence of the Grand Commander is the Book of Gold. 1t is sacredly guarded.
 This ponderous volume is of peculiar bind ing and locked with a gold clasp of immense size and exquisite workmanship. There Is but one key. and that Is always in possession of the Grand Commander. The most secret rec ords of the doings of the Supreme Council and the recommendations and nominations of the Grand Commander are between its covers.
 The quaint pat1nts issued to the late Grand Commander. General Albert Pike. by the Grand Lodge of the Royal Order at Edinburgh are within it's sacred covers. The dOcumtnts are dated Oct. 4, 1877, and are of the Restoration
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22

Every minister of the Gospel is human. however. and 1t was undoubtedly a consolation to thlg one to perceive that he had not been the only victim of the clever but interruptions damsel Names and personalities as dignifed as his own were expatiated upon in the same it was written there in harsh black and white that he had biushed when asked the usual amount Of his fee. and that judging from bis appearance no one would venture to offer him less than $50 why, his brethren fared no better.
 Pondering upon these things, he at length possessed his soul in peace; but. though affable to strangers as of yore. It requires one Of un- usual tact to obtain from him, at first Inter stfhfarf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
orean,a Gift to Harvard.

Ex.Mayer Samuel A. Green of Boston, has given to the Harvard Art Museum some gorgeous articles of wearing apDar- el worn by Harvard students of his an eestors upon their graduation tn tho eighteanth' century. Dr.. Green grand father graduated tp 17SA,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22

 of Rosslynn became chief of this venerable select society of Masons.
 Extracts from the Contents.
 These extracts from their contents will prove interesting to Masonic readers:
 Tn the name of the Holy and Undivided Trinity We Sir John Whyte. President of the Judges and Council Deputy Grand Master and Governor of the High and Honorable Order Of H. R. M of K L. w N. q. and the R. S.. Y. c. S.: Sir Alexander, Senior Grand Warden. and Sir William Junior Grand Waruen and the Remanent Knight Companions In Grand Lodge assembled to Sir Albert, Knight or the Order of the R. S. l.. C. g., send greetings in God everlasting.
 By virtue of authority vested in us from time minemorial, we do hereby Erant unto you and the rest of the Right Worthy and worshipful Brethren of the Royal Order ot H. R. Nj. and of the R. Y. C. s. in the rant, and authority to hold chapter in Wash ington elsewhere within the United states of America, long as you and they shall De- have as beconieth brethren of the said order
 And. furthermore, we hereby invest you with full power warrant and authority 10 depose or dIsplace from his their offices any officer or officers who shall be guilty of improper conduct or indignity to your Worship, or to fine rnulct or amerce them, or any of them for the same, without being obliged to bring them to a formal trial, asking the consent or appreciation of the brethren for so doing. unless you shall of your own free will prefer to do.
 And we further strictly require Of the brethren In general. your Provincial Grand officers, as well as others, to respect ac-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22

The Masonic writings left General Pike are among the most valuable in the world and inc vaults of the Holy House are more care fully guarded than were they hiled Wlth goIa and precious stones.