The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-06-07

paintings, bldtudTy anu SlShAhSS va
ued at $25O,OO0 was presented to the
college by Judge and Mrs Miles z.
O'Connor of Los Angeles, Cal. The
collection is housed in handsome
building, also given by Judge and Mrs.
O'Connor
Yale university will receive as residu-
airy legatee over $250,000 from the es-
tate Of William B. Ross, lawyer Of
New York city. A portion Of this sum
will be used for the erection on the
Yale campus of building as me-
mortal to DIR. Jared Linsly, Yale, '26,
prominent physician of his day and
relative and benefactor Of Mr.. Ross.
The steamer Siberia, from the orient
via Manila and Honolulu, landed at
San Francisco fifty Filipinos chosen
as board of observation by the Phil
ippine commissioners They will visit
the st. Louis exposition and also in
spect many parts of the country, the
object of their trip being chiefly edu-
cational.
The United States monthly treasury
statement shows that the available
CASH balance is $163, 2S7, $40, loss dur
Ing the month of $57,631, 672. Pay
ments of the Panama canal and the
loan of 100000 made to the st.
Louis exposition explain this large fall
ing off in cash.
The result of the annual physical ex-
aminations at Annapolis, Md, Of the
midshipmen Of the three classes now
at the academy shows that seventeen
midshipmen are disqualified to con-
tinue in the service, and their resigna-
lions will be handed in within few
days.
A dispatch from Victoria, B. G., on
Tuesday announced the death in the
wilds Of Alaska OF the long sought for
Tascott, wanted in connection with the
murder of Millionaire Smell in Chicago
fifteen years ago. He is reported to
have confessed the crime.
President Roosevelt on Monday drove
over the battlefield Of Gettysburg and
later delivered an address on Little
Round Top. No president had spoken
on the famous field since Lincoln made
his memorable speech in 1868.
BY the decisive yea and nay vote Of
AL to 1888 the Methodist general con
ference az Los Angeles, CAL, decided
not to make any change in the church
discipline in the meter of prohibited
amusements.
The department Of agriculture an
nounces that an ant has been found In
Guatemala that is an effective enemy
Of the boil weevil 1t will be imme-
diatelE introduced into the cotton
statesA
The population of the Philippine Is
lands, according to the census just com
pleted under Brigadier General J. p.
Sanger, is 1885, 426, of which 647,740
are classified as wild and uncivilized.
The Presbyterian general assembly
of the United States declared in favor
Of union with the Cumberland Pres
byterian church by a vote so nearly
unanimous that 1t was not counted.
The Cleveland (O.) city council has
passed an ordinance making 1t a mis-
demeanor to use, give away or sell a
toy pistol or blank cartridge in that
city on the Fourth Of July.
The Insurance Press states that in
1903 S340,0O0,OOO was distributed for
life insurance in 12,474 cities and
towns in the United States and Can
ada.
The United States supreme court has
ordered a new seal for the court for the
first time since 100.
cn,MEe The freight handlers
AMn strike in the marine
oAs,,n,-,-a department of the New
CASUALTIES. York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad company on Satur-
day night led to the murder Of one
man and the infliction of severe beat
ing of another in Jersey City The
victims We're Poles and nonunion men,
who were employed at pier IS, North
river, and We're on their way to their
homes in Jersey City when attacked.
The murdered man was Dominlck So
kotoski, twenty-eight years of age.
lii Baltimore on Monday afternoon
Mayor Robert NJ McLane shot and
killed himself in bedroom at his
residence, 20 West Preston street. His
bride of less than two weeks was at
the time of the tragedy asleep in an
adjoining room and was awakened by
the discharge of the revolver, which
Mr.. McLane evidently fired while
standing before the mirror of the
dressing case. No cause for the rash
act is apparent.
At Salida. Colo, Monday, while the
memorial exercises were at their
height and veterans were casting flow
ers in the waters of the Arkansas riv-
er in memory Of the heroic dead four
persons were plunged to death in the
river by the breaking of footbridge
in Riverside park number of 9TH
er persons narrowly escaped death.
A tornado which struck the little
town of Selden, Kan, on Wednesday
demolished church, five dwellings and
much farm property. A funeral service
was being conducted In the church at
the time. A dozen persons were hurt.
Hiram Staley, young business man,
was stoned to death just after stepping
from an electric car at Chesterfield.
Ind, Monday. His assailants have
not been identified, and their motive is
not known.