The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-05-10

as sailed on Saturday from San Fran
cisco for Manila by way Of Honolulu.
She carried 221 recruits for the army
in the Philippines besides the Twenty
sixth and Ninety batteries Of
artillery, which are to be stationed at
Honolulu. Her treasure vault contain
ed $17,000,O00 IN silver coin for the
Philippines,
A Kindness done a stranger fifteen
years ago has brought its reward to
Mrs. George Lands of Sterling, ILL.,, in
legacy of 100000. The man whom
the woman befriended was George
Houseman. She nursed him through
an attack of pneumonia when he was
poor. When he died several days ago
at Harrisburg, Pa. he made her his
sole legatee.
William Randolph Hearst carried the
Iowa Democratic convention by ma
jority of more than $50 votes Hearst
resolutions were adopted, Hearst dele
cations from the contesting counties
were seated, and Hearst delegates
were selected. The delegates were in
structed to vote as a unit
A storm which began on Sunday in
Colorado developed into a blizzard.
Two feet of snow fell in the streets Of
Cripple Greek and four feet in the hills.
A gale formed drifts five to seven feet
in depth. Electric and steam railroads
were blocked, and business is general
~ suspended.
At the meeting Of the Democratic
state committee at Albany on Satur-
day Cord Meyer of Queens was elect
ed chairman of the state committee
and Patrick FL. McCarren chairman Of
the executive committee.
The New York city bank statement
for last week again broke all previous
records for grand total Of loans and
deposits, loans now aggregating ST.
O49,636,SOO, with deposits Of $1,114,-
367,S00.
NEWS oE Nine-tenths Of Fernie,
OUR .oWl - osooo
NEiaf16oho' est settlement in
Crows Nest Pass district, has been de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated
at $500,000 The water supply almost
failed, and the fire burned itself out.
Nearly the whole of six blocks was
destroyed including six hotels, two
wholesale houses, Christ church and
virtually all the retail stores in town.
The steamer Bruce, which arrived at
st. Johns, N. r., Monday from Sydney,
=
of st. Lawrence she passed through
the heaviest ice of the winter. The sea-
son is unusually late. The ice blockade
on the west coast Of Newfoundland
still continues, and Bay Of Islands is
covered with mass Of ice four feet
thick.
The Brazilian congress opened Mon
day. President Alves in his message
opening the session referred to the
great success of the measures adopted
for the stamping out of yellow fever in
Rio Janeiro and urged the necessity for
voting civil code and an electoral re.
form bill.
Formal possession of the Panama
canal property was taken on Wednes-
day by Lieutenant Mark Brooke, U. s.
A., representing the isthmian canal
commission, and the United States flag
was hoisted over the companys Office.
The Halifax On. 81 schooner Onoro
of 1877 tons was wrecked early on Sat
urday on reef off Duncans cove.
about twenty miles west of Halifax,
and her captain and crew were lost
cptMEs A worlds fair special
nMn on the st Louis, Iron
. Mountain and South
SASoAL TIES ern railroad was
wrecked by an open switch near
Kimmswick, Mo-, Saturday. Nine dead
bodies were taken from the debris, six
passengers were seriously and more
than score slightly injured
John Van Gorder, brother Of former
Senator Greenleaf S. Van Gorder of
Buffalo, and Miss Anna Farnham, their
half sister were found murdered in the
Van Gorder home at West Almond,
near Olean, Allegany county, N. w. on
Wednesday, italian railway laborers
are suspected, and the motive for the
crime is thought to have been robbery.
All central Texas was visited on
Tuesday by a terrific cIoudburst, the
rain pouring down in incessant torrents
for several hours. City streets were
wrecked by the food of water and
great damage was done to crops in the
fields. Five children were drowned in
creek five miles from Austin.