The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19

That Theodore Roosevelt is the choice
Of the Republican party of his own
state for president was put beyond any
chance of bubble by the action of the
state convention held in Carnegie hall,
New York, Tuesday. The emphasis
of a unanimous vote of the 974 dele
gates present was given to the conven-
TONS Endorsement of the presidents
administration, and the delegates at
large to the national convention are
directed to use all honorable means to
secure the nomination of Theodore
Roosevelt" The delegates at large
chosen for the national convention
were Thomas G. Plat of Tioga, Benja-
min B. Odell of Orange, Chauncey M.
Depew of New York and Frank S.
Black of Rensselaer,.
At st. Paul, Tuesday Attorney Cen
eral Knox surprised the Hartman in
terests when he opposed their appli-
cation for leave to intervene in the
settlement of the Northern Securities
company's affairs, recently ordered by
the United States supreme court, the
United States circuit court there. The
occasion was the hearing of the mo-
ton of e. Fl. Hartman and Winslow
s. Pierce for leave to file an interven-
ing petition in the case
DR.. Charles Baskerville, professor of
chemistry and director of the labora-
tory in the University of California,
III 4l,e mir
hitherto known as one of the seventy
primary elements, is complex in its
nature DIR. Baskerville has resolved
thorium into two new elements. He
has named one of these carolinium,
after the state, the other berzelium, in
honor of the great Swedish chemist
who nearly hundred years ago dis
covered thorium.
Another strange lake has been form
ed in the Olympic mountain range by
the disappearance of part of Queets
valley, in Washington. This occurred
three weeks ago, at the time of the
recent earthquake, which created
much excitement among the Indians
on the west side of the Olympic noun
An article in a recent issue of the
American Grocer, summing up the ma
tons drink bill for the year ended
June 80, 1908, says that the total re-
tail cost of alcoholic and other stimu-
lating beverages is estimated at ST.
451, 633,379. This is considerable ad-
vance over the average annual cost for
five years before, $1,293, 903,35S
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Ogden Armour of
Chicago sailed Tuesday with their little
daughter, Lolita, for Vienna, where the
child will be placed for a time under
the care of Professor Adolf Lorenz
that she may be taught the fullest use
of her muscles and limbs. There will
be no second operation.
An expert of the agricultural depart
ment at Washington has discovered
that typhoid fever, malarial fever and
mosquitoes can be exterminated alb
solutely from water by the use of
used for many years in spraying fruit
trees.
Impelled by an increase of cent in
the retail price Of bread, 200 Chicago
grocers have organized to be their
own bakers and to oppose the United
Master Bakers association by manu-
featuring bread and selling it at the
usual rate of cents loaf
An April blizzard, bringing with it
two and half feet of snow and sleet,
has practically isolated western Mime
sofa and large section of North Da-
kota. The storm ragged with great
fury for over twenty four hours.
General Cronje and Commandant
Van Dam of Boer war fame, accom-
panied by $50 Boer soldiers, are in ST
Louis to participate in the worlds
fair After the fair is over they will
go to Mexico to live.
Two boys, sons of Mexican bankers,
have tramped from their home to New
York city in less than six months and
won 5000 wager, which they will
give to charity.
An extensive deposit of coal, Access
sible to the Pacific ocean, has been
discovered from twelve to twenty-five
miles inland from Controller bay,
Alaska
Juan ]. Jiminez, the Dominican rebel
general who fed from the victorious
forces of President Morales, arrived in
New York Monday
Ninety-seven arrests were made in
Buffalo on Sunday for alleged viola
ton of the excise law.
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CRIMES At Oil City, Pa, Mon
AIM day, Mrs. Luke Cough
cAs,'n, -re aged twenty seven
years, having become
Insane on religion, obeying what she