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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07
The Pan-German Idea.

The promoters of the pan-Germanic
idea, about which so much is said now
adays in the European press reckon as
German all their compatriots who have
left the fatherland within the last six
ty years. According to their calcula-
ton. the total German population is
pretty nearly 90.000000, of whom TO-
100000 are settled in different parts of
the American continent principally in
| the United States, G23000 in Africa
mostly in Cape Colony and the annexed
BoT states, and 100000 in Australia
and New Zealand.
Professor Brandt, chairman of the
German General School association
speaking at the recent colonial con
gress, laid stress upon the Importance
of German instruction in America, the
promotion of which he strongly advo-
Gated After observing that at present
, half 4 million American children We're
/. being taught in the German language
: Professor Brandt said
The Importance of that fact will be
realized when it is remembered that a
national civilization is not rooted in the
soil and does moi depend upon forms of
government or upon museums build
ings. but sulGiy upon our language, which
! is the instrument of thought, OF course
the struggle for existence imposes upon
CIR tranSoce auic brethren the necessity of
cling hiinSual Owing to their numerical
weakness the German colonists are in a
gg difficult position in South America.
south Africa and Australia. but oven
there efforts are being made to preserve
. the German language and customs which
.re deserving not merely Of admiration,
Gut support
There j., little political danger, at
eaSt in this country, from amy pan
;ermanic propaganda. However much
mr. fellow citizens of German nativity
and descent. who form one of the best
dement's in our composite nationality
may care for the preservation Of the
language and literature the customs
nd traditions of the fatherland. which
re admirable there is no ground for
ear tlat in ANY emergency they will
yer falter in their loyalty to the coun-
try OF tleir adoption.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07
THANKSGIVING PROCLAIMED.
President DeSiEnateS Nov. 81 MS Day
For Public Rejoicing.

President DeSiEnateS Nov. 81 as Day
For Public Rejoicing.
Washington, Oct %. President
Roosevelt has issued proclamation
designating Thursday. Nov. 81, as a
day of thanksgiving. The proclama-
ton is as follows:
According to the yearly custom of our
people, it falls upon the president at this
season to appoint a day of festival and
thanksgiving to God.
Over a century and a quarter has passed
since this country took its place among
the nations of the earth, and during that
time we have had. the whole. more to
be thankful for than has fallen to the lot
of any other people. Generation after
generation has grown to manhood and
passed away. Each has had to bear its
peculiar burdens each to face it's special
crises, and each has known years of grim
trial. when the country was menaced by
malice domestic or foreign levy. when the
hand of the Lord was heavy upon it in
drought or flood or pestilence, when in
bodily distress and anguish of soul it
paid the penalty of folly and a froward
heart.
Nevertheless decade by decade we have
struggled onward and upward. We now
abundantly enjoy material well being, and
under the favor of the Most High we are
striving earnestly to achieve moral and
spiritual uplifting. The year that has
just closed has been one of peace and of
OVERLOOKING plenty. Rarely has any peo-
pie enjoyed greater prosperity than we
are now enjoying. For this we render
heartfelt and solemn thanks to the Giver
of Good, and we seek to praise him not
by words only. but by deeds, by the way
in which we do our duty to ourselves and
to our fellow men.
Now. therefore, /, Theodore Roosevelt.
president of the United States, do hereby
designate as a day of general thanksgiv-
ing Thursday. the 9th of the coming No
vember, and do recommend that through
out the land the people cease from their
ordinary occupations and in their several
homes and places of worship render
thanks unto Almighty God for the mani
fold blessings of the past year. In wit
and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

President Roosevelt i'll the year
in which he has been in the White
House, has travelled more than any
ether president did in four years, and
he has made more addresses, long
and short, than any other President
did in eight years. He has mingled,
and loves TO mingle. with all sorts of
conditions of men Personally, he is
one of the most broadly popular men
who was ever in the presidency. He
is an American whose Americanism
has no limitation of geographical
lines. He is Of the best Republican
type, and his party, and indeed the
country as we'll, are proud of him,
as the result of the recent election
plainly showed
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07
NOT IN FAVOR OF OIL.

An official of}the Laokawanna rail-
road says: "We have tried burning
oil in the fire boxes of a few of our
locomotives, and though cheap
enough. we did not find it sufficient
ly efficient to warrant using it as
general thing. Oil as fuel gave sat
isfaction only in cases of low speed,
up to 40 miles an hour, ana then it
would not make steam enough to give
power for drawing more thai few
cars. On heavy grades oil W ould not
do. as the steam would be made so
slowly that our locomotives would be
continually stalled After few
experiments with light trains. we
found the shortcomings of oil, and
in spite of the fact that these expert
ments were conducted by experts,
we have decided to stick to coal. -
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07
Pax Observation-Disclosures.

IF Great Britain and the United
States were joined in the interests of
universal peace" said Lord Charles
Bcresford in II recent address III this
country, and if the rest of the world
wanted to fight these countries. then
let the rest OF the world look out
1t is hardly likely that the. rest of
the world viii ever want to fight an
allied Great Britain ana United States.
IN alliance between them would. if
! the Nmeuic;ln nation came anywhere
near maintaining naval strengtn pro-
portionatc 20 its commercial position.
render the appearance of armed ships
of any other nation on the sea mere
impertinence hut there will never be
any formal alliance. 1t is evident that
even Lord Charles Beresford. who is a
great partisan of the United States,
never expects any such alliance, The
thing which he has in mind is per-
| fectly practicable and desirable thing
moral understanding. a sympathetic
juncturc of purposes, in favor of peace
! all over the world
! Lord EereStord's idea is good and is
generally shared by the people of this
country, who desire not merely pax
| Americana Britannica but peace uni
/ valsal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

The Whitehead Literary Reservation.
y rich California philanthropist. Mr..
Whitehead by name. has unique, but,
it is feared. unworkabie, scheme for
the amelioration of certain of his fellow
men. Ii is no less than the establish
Rent Of a literary reservation, provid-
ing Il home near 10 natures heart for
aspiring genius. He proposes To devote
a0,0G0 acres of his large estate to this
purpose. though the details of the plan
are not set forth Presumably the col
eny is to share his bounty on the forty
acres and mule" principle without
distinction between minor poets and
writer's of the great Americans novel.
Mr. Whitehead must be credited with
the best of intentions but he should
think seriously before he launches Il
philanthropic enterprise which might
entail such WEAKNESS and vexation Of
spirit as to make him in reality what
lie is in name Think of herding col
any of "iitery fellels' ON a single tract
Of hnd.. however large. There would
b. 10 telling what weaId happen if
al u uumter of classic poe.s were turn
81 leose III the s;ime lot with an equal
Eumber OF sentimental rhymesters
Then. again. could the society and
rsjJleni novcliSts dwell harinoniously
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07
D. p. I1cClellan
rIORRISTOWN POSTOFFIcE.
Open from in the forming Until J
In the Evening.
MORRIsToWN, N. j.

MAILS CLOSE.
7.3O a. m.-For New York and all
intermediate stations.
8.15 a. m.-For Easton, Newton,
Chester and all intermediate stations.
Whippany.
S.15 a. m. For Brookside, Mend
ham and all stations on the Rockaway
Valley Railroad.
9.15 a. m.-For New York and in
termediate stations.
9.15 a. m.-For Mount Freedom.
9.45 a. m. For Newark. New York
and beyond.
1925 a.m.-For Newark, New York
and beyond.
IL. 40 p. m-For New York and all
intermediate stations.
1916 p. m.-For Rockaway and
Dover.
$50 p. m.-For New York and all
intermediate stations.
MAILS READY FOR DELIVERY.
W. 90 a. m.-From New York and
intermediate stations.
6. 80 a. m.-From Haokettstown and
intermediate stations. Whippany.
Mt. Freedom.
a. m.-From Brookside, Mend
ham and all stations on the Rocka-
way Valley Railroad.
70 30 a. m.-From New York and
intermediate stations.
10 a. m.-From Dover.
Ito D. m.-From New York and in
termediate stations.
! 1898 p. m.-From New York.
$3.50 p. m.-From Philadelphia, Eas-
ton, Newton, Chester and intermedi-
ate stations.
A. 80 p. m.-From Brookside, Mend
ham and all stations on the Rock
way Valley Railroad
$40 p. m.-From New York and
intermediate stations
%Delivered by carriers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07
SAME NUISANCE EXISTS HERE.

One of the greatest nuisances that
affiicts Newtonians says the Sussex
Register, is the large amount of loose
waste paper flying about the streets.
1t forms most unsightly litter, yet it
is OF character that could easily
be minimlzed in quantity. if more
care was exercised The mayor of
Philadelphia, at the solicitation of
civic societies, comprising both
men and women, has ordered the
police to arrest all persons throwing
advertising circulars about the
streets
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07
MORRIS COUNTY REPUBLICANS.

tuesdays election proves that the
Republicans can carry Morris County
at any time if they put men of high
character on the ticket. Such candi-
ldates draw to their support not only
the rank and file of the party but
young voters who are more and more
making study of politics.
When as in this case the ticket is
backed by a thorough and effective
organization, no attempt to defeat the
ticket either by the regular opposition
or by soured members of the party
itself has the least chance of success.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07
WHIsTLING DEMOCRATS.

The brag. buster and blow which
constituted the Democratic stock il
trade for the contest in this neighbor-
hood, reminds us of fiat other gentle
man VITO coutruou-ly blew hi uwI
whistl-. while the Morris Comfy Dem
ocrats ceased a. soon * the LAST drop OF
el, cllnn nun lost its eff Ct.
Oh he whislled through the morning through
nt day and fhr-u a The nigh
And he wiiistieu Use The debble, gotn ie bed
On! he wbisted like locomotive eng ne in
hlS steep,
And he whisted when his wife was dead.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

The Molineux trial has proceeded in
New York without 80 much Of the an
moving publicity that attended the pre-
ylous trials. People have looked at
the pictures OF the various persons as
sociated with it until even morbid
curiosity has become satisfied
London has new game called 'pif-
puff" Its name sounds foolish enough
to make 1t a rival Of plngpong In pop.
ularity,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07
SOME SULPHUR THEY SAY.

The answer of Manager Foote to
exPresident Cleveland's telephone
inquiry on Tuesday night as to
"how the tariff reformers in Morris
had voted" has not been made public
tho the employees in the local CEN
trail Office are said to have had for a
time considerable trouble with the
wires usually only noticeable after
severe thunder aud lightning storm.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

There can be no doubt that the Re-
publican majorities throughout the
country are largely the result of the
confidence reposed in President
Roosevelt. and of the country's APP
proval of the stand he has taken upon
the Cuban question, the Trusts and
of the admirable way in which he
settled the coal strike. There is
therefore every reason in believing
that when Congress reassembles it
will proceed to deal with these i'm
portant questions along the line sug-
gested by the President.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07
THE BULLETIN is CORRECT

The Republican leaders of Morris
County. and the voters, too, are to be
congratulated.
There was full and proper recogni-
ton of Republicans in all parts of the
county Tuesday. and all seem to be
satisfied So much for present Morris
county poli'ics.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07
canada's Ungailant Game wardens.

The game laws &c Canada are in the
main wholesome and reasonable and
are usually cHforced with propriety
md good effect. Occasionally. howev-
er. the game wardens 20 trife too
far and construc the law somewhat
100 literally. az shown in recent dis
patch from Nanccboro. Me
A Maine woman had been hunting
bears with some success and unwit-
| tinsly strayed across the borders into
New Brunswick. when she was sud
denly confronted by large moose.
She was not seeking that kind of game,
and when the moose shook its antlers
and menaced her she retreated The
moose followed and she was able only
with great difficulty to climb a tree
out OF its reach. Then. as the creature
still remained in am ugly. challenging
mood and there was Il prospect of her
being kept a prisoner for some time,
she shot ii and escaped from her pre-
dicament
But her troubles did not end here.
| The laws of New Brunswick require
the nonresident hunter to obtain a
license. She had no such license and
was forthwith mulcted in 500 for her
violation Of the laws. Notwithstanding
the fact that she really shot in self
defense.
1t is not stated in the dispatch wheth.
er the bears she shot fell in Maine OF
New Brunswick, but apparently bears
do not count, as they are scarcely to
be regarded in the same light as moose
1t would seem that the Canadian game
/ laws might be amended for the sake al
least of gallantry TO freed Dianas.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

An Indiana physician has been placed
In an insane asylum because he wanted
to perform surgical operations upon Ill
Of his patients. This would seem to be
g deliberate effort to discourage the
prevailing surgical enthusiasm.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

A Florida congressman was freed by
bear the other day and remained In
elevated captivity for several hours
before sllccOr' arrived. He is probably
now convinced that there are some
things as bad as the octopus
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

Possibly If Mr.. Morgan had started
in to settle the coal strike last summer
he would have had more time to look
after the London underground railway
franchises and might not have been
beaten by Mr.. Yerkes. The public.
therefore. may not be expected to shed
many tears in sympathlzing with the
defeated magnate.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07
The Uncomnlaining Life.

There is wholesome lesson for those
people who are constantly grumbling
over what they call their luck in the
career of James Alexander Plummer,
who died the other day in Nineennes,
Ind, at the age of seventy-six wears.
In 1S45, when Mr.. Plummer was a
member Of the Cincinnati volunteer
fire department, he was run over and
so badly injured that his life was de
SPARED Of But he got we'll He was
a soldier in the Mexican war. and. al
though he had many hairbreadth es-
capes, he left the army only to con-
tract Panama fever.
In 1919 he went to the California
goldfields and survived the free pistol
practice of those days. In 1877 he
was struck by lightning. In 1880 he
suffered from lockjaw. In 1887 his
limbs were crushed in the machinery
of chair factory, and in 1901 he fell
and dislocated his hips What further
mishaps would have befallen him had
he not been cut off at the untimely age
of seventysiX can only be imagined.
II is learned from an Indiana paper
that he never complained. Men who
pass through such experiences seldom
do. On the other hand. they are in
clned to take cheerful view of life.
His case was very much like that of the
veteran at the soldiers home who was
shot to pieces in one of the great bat
ties of the civil war. An old eomrade
found him in the home, where he had
been living in peace and comfort for
thirty-five years Both legs and one
arm were gone. He had lost an eye.
He was almost stone deaf. But when
his comrade shouted words of sympa-
thy at him the veterans face lit up
with smile. Why" he said. would
you believe itY | have only two teeth
In my head, but one is an upper and
the other lower, and they are direct
ly opposite each other so that l can
chew with them beautifully. | always
was lucky dog"
The late Mr.. Plummer is said to have
expressed himself very much as did
the old veteran--that, although he had
met with more than his full share of
accidents. only lucky dog" could
have survived so many of them. hold
Ing that things were never so bad but
that they might be worse. And, after
all, this is the true philosophy Of life
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

At feast after the funeral of cen
tenarian in Hungary recently the
mournevs consumed 400 gallons of
wine, six barrels of beer and thirty
gallons of brandy Literally they
drowned their grief.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

Judging from the fact that there are
people still living in Venezuela. it may
be inferred that some of those san
culinary engagements down there last
ing anywhere from two to ten days are
fought with long distance typewriters.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

The time was when the name of
the Sunfower State was associated
with grasshoppers, cyclones and farm
mortgages, but that was the old kan
bleeding" mortgage ridden Kan
sas. There is now a new Kansas, the
picture Of which is graphically and
sympathetically drawn by Charles Mo
reau Harger in the Atlantic Monthly.
1t, is usual to ascribe all the prosper
ity that has come to Kansas to the
good crops of the past few years.
Good crops were, of course, an impor
tant factor but Mr.. Harger points cut
that much Of the present prosperity is
due to the thrift, economy and deter
mfnation of the people. Those who
went through the dark days from the
bursting of the boom in 1887 until
the clouds lifted n decade later ac-
CURED a hatred of debt in every form.
They made 4; VOW that when the cred
itors were satisfied Kansas would new
er again be nortgaged to the east.
They have kept the VOW, assisted, Of
course, by natures bounty and the ex-
perience acquired in mastering the in
tricate problems of western develop
ment.
In the five years ending with the crop
of 1901 Kansas raised 1913, 49, AGA bush
els of wheat and 6s1, 452 906 bushels of
corn. The average annual yield of
wheat for ten years was 49,450354
bushels and of corn 142, $3.50 bush
els, the average total value of both
crops being over S60,000,O00 The av-
erage total product of farm and ranch
for twenty years has been $142,861 $3.50
annually.
In addition to these bumper crops
the state has made magnificent show
ing in finances. 1t has paid off nearly
all its mortgages, has built costly
schools and other public buildings and
has money in the bank. In December,
1896, the state banks had on deposit
S14, 553. 0O0 in September, 1901, they
had $42,000000, while the national
banks had S45.G00,000 more
Kansas has many fourishing manu-
factories in her towns, but it is not the
destiny of Kansas to be a manufactur-
ing state, says Mr.. Harger. The Kan
san will try no more to make farms of
the short grass country nor to build
metropolis at every crossroads. After
three decades of trial he will pin his
faith to "miXed farming" to grazing.
to cattle, horses. sheep. wheat and min
let, alfalfa and corn. cows and soy
beans, windmills and hay.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

Just for the novelty of the thing
some New York police captain ought
to die or retire without fortune. 1t is
related that railroad official once did
this, but that was a good many yeas
a pn
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

a Kentucky paper gives graphic
account Of the licking of Jim Finis by
one Bud BROKER. If Mr.. Finis is a
true Kentuckian, this is not the. end of
the incident
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

The crown prince of Siam declares
that the newspapers of the United
States are the best in the world. We
have printed pretty good pictures Of
the boy.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

The crown prince of Siam has seen
the New York elephant and freely ad-
mits that it is much larger than the
picture of that animal on the Siamese
dag.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

The complaint which the Kentucky
state railroad commission has lodged
With the interstate commerce commits
son against the proposed merger o.
the so called MORGAN lines in the south
promises legal teton in some respects
mere important than that which has
been taken under the sherman anti.
trust law against the Northern Sccuri
ties company in the northwest The
complaint alleges in substance that the
close relations which have been estah
lished between the louisville ana
Nashville ana other formerly rival
lines IL the south means that connect.
ticn has been or viii be eliminated and
that "all the business and products Of
over 100000 people in 442 900 square
miles of territory" will lie under the
control and domination of Il single in.
+. dividual There is hero Il much more
complex situation than is that iuyoly.
ing the merger of the Northern Pacific
ard Great Northern. and the hearings
held by the interstate commerce com
mission will be watched with interest.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

The census figures on literacy of inn
migrants children show remarkable
eagerness on the part of our foreign-born
citizens to seize the benefits of educa-
ton Taking children between the ages
of 10 and IA years, it appears that %. s
per cent. of the native white children of
native parents can read and write. while
so per cent. of the native white child
rem of foreign-born parents can read and
xurita
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07
RgpeAL TAE MeEkER LAw. p

Assemblyman Meeker and Carl Lentz,
sponsors for the . Meeker. election law,
now doubtless realize thatathe people did
not want the measure which was finally
forced upon them, y gse9.f
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

We ought not to be too severe on the
Colombian revolutionists, as the pres
ent is likely to be the last opportunity
they will have for this sort of per
Torrance. They will have to be stop
ped for good and all when we begin
digging the isthmian canal. and that
ought to be very soon
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

There is an apparent disposition Sd
the part of the diplomatic bleachers to
kick on King Oscars umpiring.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-07

An express train has been held up
and robbed iii Spain very much in the
same style MS the trick is done ON our
western frontier. Spain appears to be
learning American methods fast since
the Cuban war.