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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Fought a Lunatic.

Charles B. Scudder, promi-
nent business man, who lives on
the outskirts of Trenton, nearly lost
his life in struggle in water TO pre-
vent crazy woman from committing
suicide. Scudders house is not far
from the New Jersey State Hospital,
and the road in front of it is a walk
for the patients. Mr.. Scudder recently
built deep lake on his place, which
runs along the road. A woman, who
is an inmate of the hospital, broke
from party passing the spot, ran
screaming to the water and jumped in
at the deepest point Mr.. Scudder ran
from his house and sprang in after
her. The woman had already gone
down once. When she arose to the
surface Mr.. Scudder seized her and
she tried to pull him under the water
with her. At one time Mr.. Seudder
went under the water and believed
that his end had come. When he
finally got the woman to shore he was
exhausted.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

Michael Mallelwlcz, of No. 521 North
Olden avenue, Trenton, woke with a
stinglng sensation about the right side
of his head and found his right ear
lying on a piece Of paper on shelf be-
side his bed He became frightened
and called for help. Then he was told
by those in the house that he had been
drinking the night before and that he
had had narrow escape with his life
after desperate struggle with Vim
cent Gundozel. boarder in the house.
Gundozel had plunged a knife into
Malielwicz's scalp, tearing a hole sew
eral inches long to the skull. The next
plunge sliced off the ear. The fight
had then been stopped by fellow
b0arder. The police arrested both
men, and Malielwicz was sent TO St.
Francis Hospital
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

John Jacob Astor and his son rigidly
attended to business in the same Office
"a little one-story building in Prince
street, just east Of Broadway. Their
constant companion there was Fitz-
Creme Halleck- Marco Bozzaris Hal
leck. Halleck became clerk for Astor
in 1882 and worked seventeen years.
The employment, he himself said, was
not profitable but permanent" Astor
warned him when he began not to
talk to anyone Of his wealth. The two
men became great friends. Halleck
spent months with his patron at his
country seat and became one Of the
trustees Of the Astor Library. The
poet frequently rallied the old man ON
his wealth. why, Mr.. Astor,s he
would say, IF / had 5000 a year and
was sure of it would be content"
The great landowner took him at his
word, and in his will. much to the
amusement Of bohemian New York,
left Halieck an annuity Of $780, BUR-
ton ]. Hendrick in McClure's. ~
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

/ The pace this nation has taken, as
The mightiest organized industrial force
on earth, in land area best fitted for
industrial effort. is rapid, no doubt;
it makes those dizzy who, like Mr..
Choate, can stand little at one side
and see the ending rush, but no
one needs conjecture that there will
not be minds enough and bodies
enough and nerves enough and brains
enough to carry it all on. 1t is our
part of the world, continues the Hart
ford Courant-it is our instructive and
aatural line Of effort-and there is no
doubt that we shall keep at it with
|fidelity that comes from natural pref
erence, and with the ability that in
-creasing practice and the conclusive
Itests Of success or failure inevitably
produce.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12
Gas Tears Up a Sidewalk.

Half the sidewalk on the south side
of Slater street, Paterson, between
Main and Jackson streets, was torn
up for fifty feet by an explosion At
first there We're wild rumors of loss Of
life, but *investigati proved nobody
had been hurt Excitement was in
tense in the nelghborhood. a sewer
that formerly drained off the surface
water from Main street runs under
Slater street to the old Colt Hill ponds.
1t is thought gas had been accumulat-
ing in this old sewer for a long time
and finally blew up. There was a
story that a small boy had been light
ing matches in the street, and that the
escaping gas reached the fame of one
of his matches The hole made by the
explosion was deep and the sidewalk
blocks lay in the bottom Of the pit.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12


whether you should leave US together.
It is a true telltale, the voice; man
may change himself from white 70
black, but he cannot disguise his voice.
All that I have related to you was
gained, at odd times, ~ me and my.
partner, from the conversation we over
heard between Mile. Rosalie and Red
wing. Little did they suspect that they
were pronouneing, bit by bit, their own
death warrant He is now with her
at the Bull and Mouth, and the hand
cuffs are in my partners pockets. J
will tell you something more, sir.
know where Redwing purchased the
cord with which Mr.. Wilmot was
strangled. ! will tell you even some
thing more. They have spent the five
hundred sovereigns; but at this very
moment they have upon them the four
thousand five hundred pounds in Bank
of England notes, which as yet they
have been afraid to attempt to pass. !
have the number of these notes in my
pocketbook here; obtained them
from the bank at which Mr.. Wilmot's
check was cashed. We have the ne,
tight round them, sir. The reward YOU
offered is all right, I suppose, .sir?"
at shall be trebled," | said, "and all
the expenses you have been put to
repaid"
"That is my affair." said Stanmore;
'the detectives were engaged upon my
business"
May" / said, they were engaged
upon mine. Do not argue with me. I
am like man newly risen from the
grave
Indeed, was trembling SO that they
had to assist noe into a chair. Pres
emily said:
Il know now, Stanmore, where I saw
copies Of those sketches which l recog-
nized in your portfolio last night. Your
wife had them
ut did not surprise me, said Stan
more
when she ran away from me with
that infamous wretch Redwing she
robbed me pretty freely. Heaven have
mercy upon herl''
10 WHICH 5atluy A1Hcl-
l could prolopg my story, but it would
be only repeating what is already
known.
But little more remains to be told.
Redwing and Mrs. Stanmore were
tried and condemned. He expiated his
crime upon the scaffold. She was sen
fenced to Imprisonment for life.
Months have passed since then, and
II have recovered my peace OF mind.
My darling wife is by my side as l
write these concluding words. Eunice
and Harry ClanTonald are in the gar
den below. They are soon to be mar
ried.
we are in the garden of England, in
Devon, having left Boscombe Lodge
for good. We shall never return to it.
Humbly do thank God for the peril
/ escaped.
Over the grave Of Samuel Fleetwood
bright flowers are blooming. We shall
meet him in the hereafter.
THE END,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

! Desertions from the United States
Army are very properly causing anx-
1ety among the military authorities at
Washington. asserts the Boston Globe.
Last year there were 6528 assertions,
a slightly larger average than for the
preceding three years. A contempor-
larry suggests as remedy that the pay
of enlisted men in the army should be
increased to $40 a month. The Globe
has called attention heretofore to the
small pay, not only Of soldiers, but Of
sailors. and believes that increased
compensation for them would correct
many evils in the military and naval
service. The pay Of $40 month, I'M
changed for generation, is insult
Client for these times. Better pay and
better treatment of the men viii stop
desertions quicker than anything else.
1t is up to Congress to give soldiers
and sailors a square deal" otherwise
the army and navy will deteriorate
sadly in numbers and efficiency
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12
Heads Appeared as shot FIew.

Two deaths cametvery near being the
outcome Of a burglar scare at Bridge
boro early in the morning. John Neidt,
an insurance agent, heard strange
noise about his house and hastily
dressing, grabbed his old reliable gun
and started for the lower floor. Every
room was carefully looked over, but
nothing strange was found. and he
went TO the yard with the same result.
Neidt then decided to "let 'er so" any
way, and fired the load While Neidt
was going over his premises Benjamin
Funk and Charles Anderson, living
about 100 yards away, heard noise
and they, too, decided to look around
They had opened a door to so to the
yard just as Neidt's gun went of. DR..
Lambert, of Riverside, succeeded in
removing forty-six shots from Funk's
head and twenty from Andersonss arm.
Funk was in a serious condition.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12
Mother Dead. Son Missing.

Mrs. Annie Lindsay, seventy years
of age, was found dead on the floor in
back bedroom of her home at No.
104 Kossuth street, Trenton, and theo-
ries of murder were entertained by the
police until post mortem by County
Physician Rogers showed that death
was due to pneumonia. James Lind
say. the woman's forty year-old son,
was believed to have committed sui
eide, as there was. no trace Of him for
nearly a week The woman and her
son lived together in the house. When
the body was discovered by collector
the place was in horrible condition, the
floors covered with filth and rags, and
the furniture demolished and thrown
about the rooms. The woman's body.
only half clothed, lay on the floor with
the face against closet door, Signs
Of a recently made fire on the cellar
floor looked as though an attempt had
been made TO burn the house.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

N Charles M. Manly, who was for sew
eral years associated with Professor
Langley in experiments which had an
unfortunate termination, believes that
a large sphere Of usefulness is open to
the flying machine, says the New York
Tribune. In an address to the recent
" organized Aero Club in New York
City the other night he said that the
snyention would probably prove as SER
riceable to mankind as the steamboat,
the locomotive OF any other modern
vehicle. Few persons who are not aer-
onautic enthusiasts win accept this
estimate. That self-propelled air
ship will facilitate the exploration Of
hitherto inaccessible places and will
enlarge the possibilities OF military rec
bnnoissance is beyond the question:;
and geographical research certainly is
desirable more SO, perhaps, than adj
sances in the art Of war. But the
world cannot possibly derive such
great and practical benefits from the
airship as it does from cheap means Of
transportation for the masses. A much
tnore limited number OF people viii
employ it than use an automobile; and
even the automobile cannot be said to
meet an oYerpOWerlpg human need.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12
The supplv Of ivory.

During a recent visit to the London
docks Her Majesty the Queen was in
formed that the stock of ivory then
shown represented on an average, the
annual slaughter of some 10000 Afri-
can elephants. This statement has
been contradicted in two letters in the
daily papers. In one of these Messrs.
Hale, Of No. 10 Fenchurch avenue.
state that at least eighty-fiye per cent.
Of the supply is dead ivory" mainly
obtained from boarded stores Of Afrl-
can chiefs, who are shrewd enough to
put their commodities on the market
only in driblets. The most interesting
part of the letter is, however. the
statement that the great bulk of this
boarded ivory is obtained from "ele-
plant cemeteries spots met with
here and there in the jungle where ele-
plants have resorted for centuries to
die. Much of the ivory that comes to
the market may, therefore, according
to this letter, be several hundred years
old. The marvel is why it is not de-
youred in the jungles by porcupines, as
certainly happens with tusks Of the In
dian elephant which are left in the jun
gle. knowledge and Scientific News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12
IRoycoTT SPREADS 70 RELIGION
Queer Phase Of the Recent Movement
in China.

I
in China.
Writes Canton correspondent Of
the China Mail: "The fierce struggle
to which the boycott has given rise
has now entered the sphere of religion
and concerned itself with ceremonial
'observances. Everybody in China
knows of the great moon feast held
about the middle Of September. One
of the special features of this feast
is the preparation of peculiar species
of moon cakes which are very popu-
lar with all classes. In the prepare
tion Of these cakes for many years the
finest quality of American -four has
been used. 1t has now been decided
by the ladies of Inc Canton, whose
business it is to attend to these mat
tiers, that they viii not buy any cakes
made Of this flour, but will content
themselves with fried rice cakes in
stead.
Moreover, in regard to the cakes
usually presented to the servants. it
has been decided that money shall be
given instead. Indeed, through the
medium of the planchette. the far
famed god of war has made known his
win in the matter and has warned all
to keep from the orthodox luxury or
they will incur his fierce displeasuTe.
In addition to this most important de-
cision, it has been decided that at
weddings and such felicitious oc-
casions the same rule shall apply.
Il have touched only on the fringe
Of the subject here. for the native ac.
counts cover wide scope of what
shall not be eaten, if any American
flour is used. And so it win be found
that this problem will solve itself, for
the owners Of the cake shops were per-
picked as to what they should do were
they to boycott American flour. and
now the people themselves have de-
cided for them"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12
HAS seven Grandparents.

Two grandchildren Of Samuel Ed
gar, clerk in the coroner's Office, are
blessed with seven grandparents. They
have living two grandfRthers, two
grandmothers, two great-grandmoth-
ers and a great-grandfather. The great
grandfather is William Kropp, who is
ninety five years old. he is farmer
and lives near Quakertown, where he
has a ten acre farm which he runs
alone. Edgar's grandchildren are
three years and eight months old, re-
spectiyeIy Philadelphia Record.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

I The Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott, in his
address at the annual meeting Of the
Associated Charities on the causes Of
poverty, gave them as social and in
dustrial wrong, individual sin and
crime and misfortune, relates the Bos-
don Herald. These comprehend a wide
field, but they do not. cover the whole
ground. Idleness and shiftlessness de-
serve to be mentioned in the category.
They are rather more common causes
of want and suffering than those con-
tanned in DR.. Abbott's schedule.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

Fltlesta N. Haskins, a merchant 81
Clinton la., went to Cedar Rapids "a
visit relatives fifteen years ago. He
did not return at the appointed time,
Mrs Haskins instituted search foE
him, but i was futile One day Mrs
Haskins read in newspaper that
lighining had struck the hearse in
which the body of Fiiesta NJ. Haskins
was being borne to the cemetery al
Ute, la. and investigation revealed to
her that the body was that of her huss
Dand: Ute is only twenty miles from
Clinton.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

son. of Rockhill, while intoxicated, it
is alleged, launched boat in the
Milestone River, near Kingston, the
other afternoon. AS they boarded il
the boat capsized. Handerham man
aged to get ashore. He walked to his
home in RockhilI, and did not recall
the affair until friends of Mason began
to search for the missing man. Ham
derham had a vague recollection of
having seen Mason holding on to a
boat. This gave the clew, and Ma
sons body was found near where the
capsized boat was floating.
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lnconslssent science.

ibid you like that scientific paper
on germs and baleful bacilli that /
read at the club?" said Ethel to her
companion as they entered a Lexing.
ton avenue car.
Indeed I did. dear. was shocked
to know that almost every article is
covered with disease germs
We'll" said the amateur scientist,
every word spoke about the danger
OF infection is absolutely true" she
fumbled in her pockethook as she
spoke NO. dear. she added hastily:
'it's my turn to pay the fares" She
spoke rather fndistinctly because she
held greasy battered dime between
her teeth as she used her hands to
close her. chatelsine bag New York
p4Ass
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

4 Here is the stern, dark problem that
confronts New England a steadily and
swiftly increasing foreign invasion
land a constantly decreasing native
force to cope with it. All Of which
imeans that if our local conferences
hare to stand the strain and are to sue
3cessfully meet the situation the church
tat large must come to their aid, avows
Zion's Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

A blacksmith at Aswarby, near Slea-
ford, has made most curious discov-
cry.
He received from neighboring farm
stead a harrow for repairs, and while
these were being executed a twenty
two carat gold wedding ring was
found sticking on to one Of the teeth
of the implement. It is supposed that
the ring was lost on the land ana that
it was picked up by the harrow in the
course Of its work. Reynolds News
paper.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

The minor poet sighed.
A happy dream, he said. "A hap.
Ply dream"
What was it. dear?s
= dreamed said he, that the edi.
tor of the Trash Magazine asked me
TO lend him So. ] haven't that much
with me, answered, but here's a
$50 sonnet, Joe. Get it cashed in the
front office and bring me the change
The editor thanked me, rushed Off
with the manuscript and few min.
utes later handed me nine crisp S.
notes"
The minor poet sighed again.
"A happy. happy dream. - hiladel.
phia Bulletin.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

"a director Of the Steel Trust asserts
that salary Of 100000 year is not
moo much for the right man in the right
place. Yes; and every man who works
for salary has firm conviction that
ihe is the right man, comments the
Washington Post.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

With students of an Illinois college
tying a fellow student to railway
track and students of Connecticut
college soaping the rails on danger
GUS curve, says the Kansas City Jour
nal, we can begin to understand how
so much deyiltry is committed by col.
aege students in Germany, Russia and
other European countries.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

The people Of Nice, France, are going
70 erect statue to the memory Of a
cook, Urtain Dubois. He was for many
Years head cook for King William or
Prussia, at salary Of $4,000 a year.
but as soon as war was declared in
1870 he resigned to fight against his
former master The statue to the pa
triotic cook will appropriately be erect-
ed n the Central Market.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

ALLOW me, before | close. to repeat
the words Of the immortal Webster
Foddershucks tn stage whisper
ally landl Meria, let's git out O. here.
He's a-goin ter start iii oil the afctIon.
ary Cleveland Lender.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

Three burglars in New York claim to
have robbed 400 homes. It's great
record. thinks the Montreal Star, butit
docks dim beside the record Of three
insurance companies who have touched
about 100000 homes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

Some men are born rich, some
achieve riches, and some are related
ITO presidents of insurance companies,
remarks the Saturday Evening Post
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

: College hazing seems to be crowding
football pretty hard this year for the
educational morality honors observes
The Detroit Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12
preaches WIN bones Broken.

Two broken fingers and bruised
face and body did not prevent the Rev.
James Harle, aged sixty Trenton's IA
NOUS "backwoods preacher" from
driving thirty miles in terrific rain
storm to the little Baptist Church at
Bushington, Bucks County. Pa, to per-
form his ministerial duties. In nearly
twenty years he has not failed once to
minister to his flock. On week days
he tolls at the carpentering trade. He
fell from a scaffold and received pain
full injuries When the physician or.
dered him to bed for q week he looked
up calmly and quoted: know ye not
that ] must be about my Father bust
nessg' And or he went to church.
Tafan,t 1<'rovU Friend Drowned
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

None Of the dictionaries is late
enough to define graft but the
people of the United States know what
jdt is, asserts the st. Louis Post-Dis-
batch.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

The Richmond Dispatch, says;
soThe military fence which Russia is
planning to throw about Poland will
not be constructed from native Poles"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

Russian Pilgrims to JerusaIem.
Only 400 Russian pilgrims went n
Jerusalem this year, as against the
usual average 0f 5000.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-12

Didn't Know Friend Drowned.
Jack Handerham and Edward Ma
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Subject: Preparation For tho AEesaiahs
Nal. ill, 1-1e-Golden Texr. MAI. ILL.,,
1-Memory Verses, ELECTROMAGNETIC
on the Days Lesson.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
Special Dispatch to The Call.

BERLIN, April 15.-Emperor William
has called one Of his college chums to
the Prussian Cabinet. He recently ap-
pointed DR.. Won Bethmann- -Hollweg to
the important portfolio of Prussian
Minister Of the Interior. vice Baron Won
Hammerstein. deceased. The new Min
lister is one OF the Kaiser's warmest
personal friends. dating from the days
when they were students together at
the University of Bonn. They were not
only fellow students, but fraternity
brothers. being members of that his
torie and ultra-exclusive corps the
Borussia, to which most Of the Princes
and noblemen Of Germany have be-
longed in university days. The Kaiser.
following the ideal upon which is sup
posed to rest the success of American
politicians. has always taken care Of
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
re than $4,000 has

completed. More than $4,000 has
been expended in the work. 1t is in
tended to have a grand opening dur
ing the early part of May. 1t is on
the programme that here is to be a
vaudeville entertainment and a ball
after the inspection of the building by
the general public. On that occasion
those highest in rank in the guard
will be invited to attend.
On Saturday. April 20, the four
batteries of the Artillery Battalion
will go to point near Tiburon for a
practice march and will hold evolu-
tions the following day. The Signal
Corps, which is located in the bat
talon armory, will accompany the
batteries.
Captain J. b. Dickinson of Company
c, Fifth Infantry, located at Peta-
luna, will go to San Rafael to-day
with twenty-five men to shoot the first
of a series of three matches at 200,
800 and 500 yards. with a like num-
Der of men belonging to Company D
of the city visited.
Colonel Hayes. commanding the
Fifth Infantry, has, at his own re-
quest, been relieved from the regi-
mental board and the board now con-
sists of Captain Margo and Lieutenant
Bush.