The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26
NEWS OF A WEEK
photographic Photographs Of the Worlds Doings

lives. 1t is suspected that the fire was
set by enraged miners, who have been
on strike for some time.
Ex-State Senator Burton H. Mat
toon, formerly treasurer of the Water
town Conn Savings bank, has been
sentenced to a minimum term of eight
years in state prison on four charges
of making false entries in the books
of the savings bank.
Early Sunday morning 100 patients
of st. Vincent's hospital at Indian
apolis, Ind, were thrown into panic
by fire in the building. One patient
was killed by jumping and several 9th
ers seriously hurt.
George Clauser, aged forty; Edith M.
Metzler, aged fifteen, and Stella
and instantly killed by Reading rail
way passenger train near Macungie,
Pa, on Sunday.
At Paterson, N. j., Saturday, at the
opening game of the baseball season
there the bleacher seats collapsed. Five
Iucu were luIOM " LIN
ground, and more than thirty were
hurt
Two policemen were wounded, prob
ably mortally, by four burglars whom
they surprised while at work on the
east side, the fashionable district of
Providence, R. l., Saturday morning.
nEArue Dr. Wilbur f. Nutten,
ar Norrn one of the best known
medical practitioners
in western New York,
died Tuesday at his home in Newark,
N. Y, from heart disease at the age OF
| sixty-four years. He was found in his
room stretched across the bed. partly
disrobed. He was graduate of the
Medical College of Physicians and
| Surgeons of New York.
| In Boston on Monday DIR. Sumner
Paine, a well known revolver marks
man, of pneumonia, aged thirty-four
| years. He was a member of the Amer
| lean revolver team that competed in
the Olympic games at Athens.
In New Rochelle, N. Y, on Wednes-
day, Mrs. Sarah j. Lippincott, best
known under her pen name of Grace
Greenwood, aged eighty years. She
had been in i'll health for month
past.
| In ST. Louis, Monday, of heart dis
ease, Professor Thomas Il. Vickroy.
| aged seventy-one years, well known
among educators as an advocate of
phonetic spelling.
| In Philadelphia, Saturday, Captain
Robert J. Linden, former chief of Phil
adelphia police and a detective who
had much to do with destroying the
Mollie Maguires.
At his home in Paterson, n. j., Sun
day, Zebulin NJ. Ward, one of the best
known criminal lawyers in northern
New Jersey, aged sixty three.
In Atlanta, Ga, on Tuesday, John
Oliver, one of the best known cotton
mill experts in the south. He leaves
100000 life insurance.
- - The special committee
of congress which in
| SoNen@SS' vestigated the charges
against Senator Dietrich of Nebraska
unanimously declared him to be not
guilty of any violation of the statutes
of the United States or of any cor
rupt or unworthy conduct relating eli
ther to the appointment of a Sostmas-
ter at Hastings, Neb., or the leasing OF
building in that city to the United
States for a postotfice.
| On Monday the house passed the last
of the supply bills of the government
measure, after stormy session which
lasted till S:15 in the evening. The
contest was a party one over the def
cheney appropriation for pensions
which the Democrats tried ineffective
| ly to amend by Incorporating as law
the recent executive age disability pen
sion order.
The pension appropriation bill, car
| rying an appropriation of over $751;,
100000, and the emergency river and
harbor appropriation bill, which car
ries S3,000,000, We're passed by the sen
ate Thursday. On the same day the
house passed the bill providing tenn
pOrary government for the Panama ca
nal zone after it had been criticised
roundly for the power it gives the pres
/ ident.
After a spirited debate lasting three
| Ie l. m.
day passed the statehood bill, which
creates one state from Arizona and
New Mexico and one from Oklahoma
and Indian Territory. The vote on its
passage was on strict party lines.
A bill providing for the allotment OF
the lands Of the New York Indians was
passed by the house ON Wednesday
under resolution of the committee on
rules for its immediate consideration.
The investigation of the Reed Smoot
case was reopened "Wednesday before
the senate committee on privileges and
elections. Brigham Ii. Roberts was
the principal witness.
ME,ue nE A fire in Toronto that
$40 ragged throughout
. Tuesday night in the
N|'STDOno' wholesale and retail