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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-04-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


St. Bartholomew's Church was
thronged yesterday at noon by the
many hundreds of relatives, friends
and acquaintances of the Barney,
Stevens, Alexander and Whitney fam
lilies who had been invited to the
wedding Of Miss Helen Barney, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Tracy
Barney, and Archibald Stevens Alex
ander, of Castle Point, Hoboken and
Bernardsville.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. DR.. Walton Battershall, of St.
Peters Church, Albany. The bride
was attended by Miss Adelaide Ran
,dolph, Miss Natica Rives, Miss Mary
Hartman and Miss Ethel Cryder.
The bride was also attended by the
two children of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney, little Flora Whitney
in white lace and her brother in a
Russian blouse suit of white linen.
The bridegroom was attended by
his uncle, Robert u. Stevens, as best
man, while his ushers consisted of
James and Ashbel Barney, Frederick
Kernochan, Eugene Hale, Hugh /.
Wilson, Greshon Poe and T. r.
Stevens.
AT the end of the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Barney gave areceptionand we'd
ding breakfast at their house, in Park
avenue, New York city. Later in the
afternoon Mr.. Alexander and his
bride, who is a neice of the late Will
liam @. Whitney, started on a brief
wedding trip. They will sail for Eu-
rope toward the end of the month.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-04-11
WILLIAM PAPPs.

William Papps died at Newark last
night after long illness. He was
born in England nearly seventy years
ago, but came to America when twenty
years Of age. For many years he re-
sided at Yonkers, removing to Morris
town few years ago. He was q
deacon in the First Baptist Church.
A widow and several children sur
vive him.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-04-11
Minister RookhiII Off For China.


Washington, April 11.-W. w. Rock
hill, newly appointed minister to China,
with Mrs. Rockhill and his daughter,
started from Washington for San Fran
cisco, whence he will sail on the 18th
inst. on the Manchuria for Yokohama.
The body of Robert Brewster was
found in the Morris Canal, on Friday
at Wharton, near where footbrige
had until recently been. 1t is suppos-
ed that Brewster thinking the bridge
was still there, walked into the water
and was drowned. Brewster was sixty
years old. He was struck by train sea-
eral months ago, and was only last week
discharged from All Souls Hospital in
Morristown. AS Brewster had no rela-
tives and no means, Coroner Surnburger
ordered him buried at the county's ex-
penSe.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-04-11

Chas. w. Eaton of Netcong purchased
on April the plant and business of
the Butler Press, newspaper at But
Ter, published for the past two years by
James X Stanton OF Sussex.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-10

brought TO trial or be- released
Statements that he was maltreated
or his health in p Tired as a result o.
his imprisonment are utterly un'
true.
IF should die 10 morrow he
Hull bill would not eff CT me, bu'
would affect many good officers and
also he National Guard. II | &c;
through here before July /, il will
miss its mark. Ii is not a bill
based on economy, as come claim
II they want to save | can shos
them where they can cave millions. y
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-10
CONTRACT SIGNED.
For the Power H,use and Machinery for
the Traction Liue.

Last Monday the construction com.
pany for the Vincenees 4 Jasper 10
terurban road signed the contract
Tor the erection Of the power h use
and mschiner to bs locst.d oil
Whit, river near the waterwork.
power house, the work to b. com
pleted April /, 1905.
Contractor Jesn has an under
standing with tn" compa' y that h
will get the contract Ji the grading
from the river to Jssp r, the term,
having been agreed Oh although no
contract has been sign d.
1t now b, gins to look like this
road would be built, aid the people
along the line are r'ioiclng, Pike
County Republican
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-10

At recent dinner in London,
says Modern Society, the c,rv-rss
ion turned on the subject OF lynch
ngs 10 the United states. II wac
the general opinion that a rope wa
the chief end OF man in America
Finally the hostess turned TO a.
American who had taken no part in
the conversation, and said:
"You, sir, must often have seen
these affairs"
Yes" be replied, I'VE take q
kind OF municipal pride in seeing
which city can chow the greatest
number OF lynchings yearly"
"Oh, do tell US about a lyncLing
you have seen yourself" broke in
q half dozen voices at once.
1.-The night before | sailed fni
England, said the American. 81
was giving a dinner to q party OF
intimate friends when a colored
waiter spilled plate OF soup ov }
the gown Of a lady at an j,inin.
table The gown was utter y ruin
ed and the gentlemen Of h.r party
at once seized the waiter tied p
rope around his neck, d at q
ipna from the injured lady svu .
him iato the air."
Horrible" said the b stesr,
with shudder.
"Ane did you sctl ally see Thu
YOURSELF"
"Weil, no, suid the Am rican,
spologetically. just At that time
[ was down stairs killing tn. chef
for putting mus ard in the blanc.
mango. "--Indianapolis Seminal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-10
Gen. Miles tells Story Of Jeff Davis
Imprisonment


Boston, Macs. Feb. 3 For the
first time in forty years Lieutenant
General Nelson A. Miles, now Act
ing Inspector General on the staff Of
Governor Douglas, has broken sill
ence on the circumstances surround
ing the imprisonment 10 irons OF
President jefferson Davis Of the
Confed rate 5 sles, who, after be
surrendered himself to the federal
authorities, was 6 ven in charge OF
the then Colonel Miles
~, ffersop Davis did not su rend
sr whensthe capital OF the conf-der
scy in Richmond was captured"
said General Miles. He did not
surrender with bis principal armies
when they surrendered under Lee
md Johnson, but it was his inten,
ion-and be admits it in his own
pook, The Rise and Fall cf the
Confederacy'- try and escape
across the Mississippi, 80 that he
could join the Confederate army i'll
that section and continue the wsr
he was sent TO Fortress Monroe to
await trial for completely in the as
sassination of Mr.. Lincoln.
ION May %, 1865, G. A. Dana,
Assistant Secretary OF War, sutho-
rized and directed me in a special
order to place manscles and letters
upon the hands and feet cf Jefferson
Davis and Clement Clay whenever
Il might be thought advisable, in
order to render their imprisonment
more secure.
"Dsvie, in his book, admits be
intended to attempt TO uuhorse a
man ard escape with his mount
Daily notices OF plots which were
formed to effect the e-cape or rescue
81 Davis were sent me with direc-
tons to take every precaution 10
prevent it. Light anklets were
placed on Mr.. Davis. He knocked
over a strong man who was helpin
10 do it. The anklets were kept on
only FIVE days while a wooden door
vas being removed and an iron
grated one substituted.
"Some OF the workbench were
men friendly to the Confederacy
The anklets gave Davis no pain and
did not prevent him from walking
They we're designed to prevent him
from attempting to escape or to do
himself or any one else injury
There was not the least desire on
the part OF any one to place any
Indignity upon Mr.. Davis or in any
way humiliate him. Mr.. Davis al
he time was fifty-six years old,
strong and agile.
Letters 10 me from Mrs. Davis
and Mrs. Clay, thanking me for nv
courtesies to them, statements under
oath from army officers as to my
humane and considerste treatment
4 Mr. Div,s, and other statements
IN my possessicn, prove that |
lreated Mr.. Davis with all the kind
ness that could be shown him under
The circu instances. All the changes
made from time to time, by which
Mr.. Davis ws' allowed greater lib
erty and additional comforts
fact luxuries-were made by me or
upon my recommendation, and l
also recommended that he be either
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-10
sOLILOQUIEs OF THE GREAT
BY AMBROSE BiERCE
KING EDWARD VII.

KING EDWARD VII.
War is a wicked thing IT'S sad think
That men shed blood who could as well shed ink.
'Twere better far il Kruger, for example
cor men misguided he's perfect sampled,
Had written down his grievances in full,
Even il to do so he had had to pull
The quilts from every goose Wig ia tie lands
On which we d laid our consecrat.ng hands.
Japan and Russia, similarly sinful,
Each others gore are splng by Il skipiul
Blessed are peacemakers IN stop the strife
By Matching plots against the throne and life
Oh Nephew Nicholas With gold we'll spent
III foster-well industrial discomfort"
So my pacific spirit I'll exhibit
And, incidentally, make sure OF rhibet.
THE MlKADO:
How inconsiderate Of the Ru-son folk
To try to break their honorable yoke
Better TO bear it, howsoe'er il vtx,
Until | lift il from their besdess necks.
I'll visit ST. Peter burg some day,
And Kuropatkin cannot block my way.
Why should | not? lis courtesy to GO
The Russians mostly visit Toxic.
Banzs Nippon these isles small aud sterile:
Make room to westward for this Yellow Peril
THE GAR:
NY people come to me and make their moan
eve stsrye, Ionr MAJ ssy- give US u stone.
That's flat rebellion how The devil dare
They starve right in my csptal2 Their prayer
For something in their bellies will meet
With that which I'll trouble them 10 eat.
They ask for greater freedom. No, indeed
What happened to my ancestor who freed
The sens? A grateful subject duly flung
Something that spoke to him without tongue,
So he was sacri6 ed for Freedoms sake
And gathered to bis fathers with rake.
little earlier, beyond the sea-
President had set the negroes free
homely man, great spirited, high hearted.
He, too, when the assassin bsde, departed.
Contemporary with these men OF will.
Another held dou nion in Brazil
He Was liberator, too. His part
In life was exile and broken heart.
Dehroned and banished to an alien shore
He breaihed bis last and Virtue no more.
] from Autocrscy my people free?
Alb, would to Heaven they could
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-10

An advertisement, like q cigar,
should be SO good that the first Whit
or impression will cause q man to
finish it.-Flushine N. Y. Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-10
Madison Township Trustee
Notice.

Notice is given that hereafter the Trus
lee OF Madison township will BE in Ire
land on the drst Saturday OF each
month, and the remaining Saturdays at
my residence, one mile southwest OF
Ireland, for the purpose OF attending 20
township business, and all persons hsv-
me business with the township are ex-
pectei 10 conhne il 70 those days.
rhe township library is KEEP. at Isaac
>orgids' In Ireland where all may
obtain the books.
The Indiana School books will be
,oind Of VIM. T. Young's store at all
Il NEE. SAMUEL A. 6LEzES,
Jan S, 1867 Trustee Madison TIP.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-10
Jefferson TIP. Notice.

The undersigned trustee OF JEFF
ferson township, Dubois county
hereby gives notice that he will at
tend to all business PERTAINING to
the Office Of Trustee at his resi-
dence one mile north OF Birdseye
on the Tuesdays Of each week and
requests all persons having town
ship business to present II on Office
days.
JOHN w. ENLow,
jan B OBJ yr Trustee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-10

An advertisement does not sell
goods, but it helps the seller to sell
them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-10
Il iroison Trustees Notice

Notice is hereby given bat the under
signed Trustee Of HARRISON township,
will attend to township business on each
Monday of the year, at my Office, and
persons having township business TO
transact are required TO present II to him
On Mondays.
The township library will be kept ct
my home near Dubois.
JoHN L. HARDER, Trustee.
Jan 5, 1915 q.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-10

Advertisers in The CouRrERi are
capturing the trade.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-10
Boone Township Trustees
Notice.

Inc undersigned, Trustee OF Boone
township, Dubois county, hereby gives
notice that he will attend TO all business
pertaining TO the Office OF Trustee, at his
residence, four-miles southwest OF Por-
tersville, on Saturdays of each week, and
requests all persons having township
business to present it on Saturday. Clu-
tens desiring books from the Township
Library, are notified that the Library is
Senf st my residence.
School books at Mrs. Mary Gil sler's
at Portersville PETER J. SCHSARR,
Trustee Boone TIP
Jan. 5. 1905 ".
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-01

that IL l was BIT grtff'ff in my manner
there was not any harm meant and that
am much obliged to him for picking
up my books"
you make too much of trile," said
l. MAY ! ask how you knew who I
WASP"
"Yes, sir. If it isn't too great a liber-
ty am a neighbor of yours, for you'll
find my little bookshop at the corner of
Church street. and very happy to see
you, I am sure. Maybe you collect
yourself, sir. Here's British Birds
and 'Catullus' and The Holy War'-a
bargain, every one Of them. With five
volumes you could just fill that gap on
that second shelf. 1t looks untidy,
does it not, sir?''
l moved my head to look at the cabi-
net behind me. When l turned again
Sherlock Holmes was standing smiling
at me across my study table. rose to
my feet, stared at him for some sec
onds in utter amazement, and then 1t
appears that must have tainted for
the first and the last time in my life.
Certainly a gray mist swirled before
my eyes, and when it cleared found
my collar ends undone and the tingling
after-taste of brandy upon my lips.
Holmes. was bending over my chair,
his flask In his hand
My dear Watson" said the we'll re-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-01

ana over he went. With my face over
me brink saw him fall for a long way.
linen he struck a rock, bounded off and
spiashed into the water.'
] listened with amazemept to this av-
PLANTATION, which Holmes delivered be-
tween the puffs Of his cigarette.
But the tracks!' l cried. ST saw
with my own eyes that two went down
the path and none returned"
/ 1T came about in this way. The in
slant that the professor had disap-
peared 1T struck me what really ex-
traordinarily lucky chance fate had
placed In my way. knew that Mort
arty was not the only man who had
sworn my death. There were at least
three others whose desire for yenge.
ance upon me would only be increased
by the death Of their leader. They were
all most dangerous men. One or other
would certainly get me. On the other
hand, If all the world was convinced
that was dead they would take liber-
ues, these men; they would soon lay
themselves open, and sooner or later I
could destroy them. Then it would be
time for me to announce that was
still III the land Of the living. So rapid
~ does the brain act that I believe l
had thought this all out before Profess
or Moriarty had reached the bottom of
the Reichenbach fall.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-01
SHERLOCK HoLMEs WAS STANDING sMlIISe, A Mn

stood up ana examined the rocky
wall behind me. In your picturesque
account of the matter, which I read
with great interest some months later.
you assert that the wall was sheer
That was not literally true, A few
small footholds presented themselves,
and there was some Indication Of a
ledge. The cliff is 40 high that to climb
it all was an obvious impossibility.
and IT was equally impossible to make
my way along the wet path without
leaving some tracks. might, it Is true,
have reversed my boots, as have done
on similar occasions, but the sight Of
three sets of tracks in one direction
would certainly have suggested de.
ception. On the whole, then, 1t was
best that I should risk the climb. It
was not pleasant business, Watson,
The fall roared beneath me. am not
fanciful person, but I give you mP
word that seemed to hear Moriarty's
voice screaming at me out of the abyss,
A mistake would have been fatal.
More than once as tufts Of grass came
out In my hand or my foot slipped in
the wet notches Of the rock 1 thought
that was gone. But I struggled I'm.
ward, and at last reached a ledge
several feet deep and covered with
soft green moss, where could lie un-
seen in the most perfect comfort. There
I was stretched when you, my dear
Watson, and all your Following were
investigating in the most sympathetic
and inefficient manner the circum-
stances Of my death. .s<-
At last, when you had all formed
your inevitable and totally erroneous
conclusions, you departed for the hotel,
and was left alone r:had imagined
that I had reached the end Of my ad-
ventures, but very unexpected occur
renee showed me that there were SUR
prises still in store for me. A hugs,
rock, falling from above. doomed past
me, struck the path and bounded over
into the chasm. Foe an instant I
thought that it was an accident, but q
moment later, looking up, saw. 4
man's head against the darkening sky.
and another stone struck the very
ledge upon which was stretched
within a foot of my head. OF course
the meaning ar this was obvious. Mo-
'riarty had not been alone. A confeder-
ate-and even that one glance had told
me how dangerous man that confed.
crate was-had kept guard while the
professor had attacked me. From a
distance, unseen by me, he had been q
witness OF his friends death and OF
my escape. He had waited, and then,
making his way around to the top OF
the cliff, he had endeavored to succeed
where his comrade had failed.
TO be continued.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-01

II struck me that the felloap must be some
poor btbltophtle.
TO the house which I had come to see,
a tall, thin man with colored glasses,
whom I strongly suspected Of being a
plain clothes detective, was pointing
out some theory Of his own, while the
others crowded around to listen to
what he said. I got as near him as I
{ could, but his observations seemed to
ne to be absurd, SO withdrew again
IN some disgust. AS did SO struck
/! against an elderly, deformed man who
had been behind me, and knocked
down several books which he was car
J, rytng. / remember that as picked
!, them up / observed the title Of one Of
, them, The Origin of Tree Worship, 2
and It struck me that the fellow must
be some poor bibliophile who either as
q trade or as a hobby was collector
OF obscure volumes. endeavored to
apologize for the accident, but It was
evident that these books which had
30 unfortunately maltreated were very
precious objects in the eyesvof their
owner. With snarl Of contempt he
turned upon his heel, and saw. his
curved back and white side whiskers
disappear among the throng.
My observations OF 427 Park lane did
little to clear up the problem in which
I was interested. The house was sep
arated from the street by a low wall
and railing, the whole not more than
five feet high. It was perfectly easy,
therefore, for any one to get into the
garden, but the window was entirely
inaccessible since there was no water
| pipe or anything which could help the
most active man to climb IT. More puz-
eled than ever, retraced my steps to
| Kensington, had not been In my
] study five minutes when the maid en-
tered to say that person desired to
see me. To my establishment 1t was
none other than my strange old book
collector, his sharp, wizened face peer
Ing out from frame of white hair, and
his precious volumes a dozen Of them
at least, wedged under his right arm.
AYou're surprised, to see me, SIR
said he in strange, croaking voice.
acknowledged that was.
well, I've a conscience, sir, and
/ when CHANGED to see you go into this
house as came hobbling after you, /
thought to myself I'll just step in and
M that kind Eeatleman and tell hin.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-01

ribly mutilated by an expanding re-
volyer bullet, but no weapon Of any
sort was to be found in the room. On
the table lay: two bank notes for f1O
each and Ell los. in silver and gold, the
money arranged in little piles Of vary
Ing amount. There were some figures
also upon sheet of paper, with the
names of some club friends opposite to
them, from which it was conjectured
that before his death he was endeayor-
Ing to make out his losses or winnings
at cards.
minute examination Of the circum-
stances served only to make the case
more complex. In the first place, no
reason could be given why the young
man should have fastened the door
upon the inside. There was the posi-
bility that the murderer had done this
and had afterward escaped by the win
dow. The drop was at least twenty
feet, however, and bed Of crocuses In
full bloom lay beneath. Neither the
flowers nor the earth showed any sign
OF having been disturbed, nor were
there any marks upon the narrow strip
OF grass which separated the house
from the road.
Apparently therefore 1t was the
young man himself who had fastened
the door. But how did he come by his
death? No one could have climbed
up to the window without leaving
traces. Suppose a man had fred
through the window, he would indeed
be remarkable shot who could with
revolver inflict so deadly wound.
Again, Park lane is frequented thor
oughfare. There is cab stand within
hundred yards of the house. No one
had heard shot. And yet there was
the dead man and there the revolver
bullet, which had mushroomed out,
as soft nosed bullets will, and SO in
ficted wound which must have caus-
ed instantaneous death. Such were
the circumstances of the Park lane
mystery, which were further compli-
Gated by entire absence of motive,
since, as have said, young Adair was
, not known to have any enemy, and no
attempt had been made to remove the
! money or valuables in the room.
All day turned these facts over In
my mind, endeayoring to hit upon
some theory which could reconcile
them all and to find that line of least
resistance which my poor friend had
declared to be the starting point of
every investigation. confess that |
made little progress. In the evening
strelled across the park and found
| mvanIf ahn,lt q O,clonly AT Tho Ovford
! street end of Park lane A group Of
loafers upon the pavements, all staring
up at particular window, directed me