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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14
THE FREEHOLDERS.
March Session Of the Board an Un-
usually short One.

March Session of the Board an Un-
usually short one.
The March meeting of the board OF
freeholders was held on Wednesday
morning with Freeholder Mills absent.
Freeholder Spencer opened box OF
cigars on account of his marriage last
week.
The session was unusually short.
Two resolutions were received from
townships pledging the ten per cent.
of state aid road cost assigned to town
ships Both we're referred to the coun-
sci. Hanover pledged the amount,
while the Passaic resolution set forth
that S525 had been subscribed by prop
erty owners along the road intended
to be improved.
A petition from the Butler Water
Co. asked permission to lay water
pipes in the county roads in that bor-
ough. 1t was referred to the road
committee with power to grant the
necessary permission providing bond
of 1000 is given by the company to
secure the county.
The report of the court house and
jail committee showed 81 prisoners in
the county jail at the last report, 16
admitted and 10 discharged, leaving
is there on March first.
The aims house committee presented
the following statistics in house at
last report, 76; admitted, s.; dis
charged, B.; remaining, ~; in chill
dren's home at last report, 80; dis
charged, | remaining. 10.
Fox bounties for February amounted
to $3.50. John Thomas, the cham
pion fox hunter had in bill for six
foxes amounting to $lS. Former Free
holder j. w. Fancher also appeared as
q fox hunter.
The county road committee pre-
sented additional snow bills amount
ing to 1887 So, making the cost to the
county of tile recent blizzard over
ST, 500.
The finance committee reported a
conference with the Sheriff on his bill,
bat no decision.
The bond Of Thomas Tanning, con-
tractor for tie Blackwell street bridge
in Dover was ordered released and re-
turned to him.
A bill Of W. T. Kirk & Co., for $495
for one half the cost Of repairs to a
two county bridge near Stanley was
ordered paid.
Collector Mclean reported that the
bills for emergency bridge work for
the past few months amounted To
about S., 900, and the director and col
lector were authorized to sign notes
for that amount.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14
THE R0BBER FOUND.

Loot of all Description Discovered in
Apartment of Albert Jones.
A search of the premises of Albert
Jones on Speedwell avenue on search
warrant issued for DR.. Kinnicutt clears
the mystery of the numerous burglar
les in this vicinity recently. Not only
was Or. Kinnicutt's property found in
the rooms, but also property of Mr..
Kissel, Rosen, the Speedwell avenue
merchant, and evidence that leads to
the suppoSition that Jones committed
the burglaries at Morris Plains, New
Vernon and elsewhere.
The search was made of the prem
ises on Saturday, and it is thought
that Jones suspicioned that somebody
was on his trail, for he was not to be
found when the house was visited and
has not been seen since. His wife and
brother were arrested on Monday and
committed to jail charged with receiv-
ing stolen goods and being accessories
to the crimes.
Jones had been in the employ Of the
Shepard Transfer Co. For while he
was the night baggage man at the
Lackawanna station, and was en-
ployed about the station at the time
the ticket Office was robbed.
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AN OLD DWELLING.
Built Early IN The Last Century-O
cupied by Prominent Citizens.

Built Early IN the Last Century-Oc-
cupied by Prominent Citizens.
Another Of the old houses Of Norris
town is being demolished to make
room for an automobile garage for
Willis II. Dutton. The house at
present, or what John Denman has
left of it, stands In the rear of
the Washington street buildings on
the lane running to Ann street. 1t
was built early IN the nineteenth cen
tury and for many years the small por-
tiOn Of the house which was torn down
when it was moved ia the early seven
ties, was occupied as law Office by
the late Judge Ira @. Whitehead. The
late Captain David Gillespie resided
there for time, later w. S. Babbitt
occupied the house. One of the old
physicians, Or. Fisher had his office
there. He was the first homeopathic
physician to settle in Morristown, but
did not remain long. DIR. Sanborne
followed MIN IN the same location.
About 1878 Jerome L. Stout, who at
that time was large land owner,
bought the place and moved back the
main part of the old house to the
present site, where it was made into a
storehouse. Soon after it was moved,
somebody set it on fire and many Of
the old firemen remember the blaze
1t was Mr.. Stout's intention to erect
on the site a large department store,
but he failed and the property was
sold, one lot being purchased by the
Masonic Hall Association and Masonic
hall erected in 1874, while the late
Charles Kersting bought the rest OF
the lot.
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p. m. About sixty testamentS have
been distributed, hundreds of tracts
given away and several hundred vol
umes of the Moody Colporterage Lii
brary have been sold during the year.
In the industrial department. 6,242
meals and 2, 1913 lodgings were earned
and 40 meals and 16 lodgings were
given free. The record of meals and
lodgings shows an increase of nearly
48 per cent; 1928. .6f paid for work de-
crease of nine per cent. compared
with last year. The balance sheet OF
this department shows a considerable
excess of assets over liabilities. Per
manent employment was found for
seven and temporary employment for
large number.
The gospel wagon was used as usual
during the summer season. About 43O
garments were bestowed upon those
who were needy and number Of
Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners
we're provided.
The report Of Robert Carter, the
treasurer, showed receipts Of s2.951. .02
and expenditures OF S2.9l6.94, leaving
balance of $34.OS.
After Mr.. Carter had finished read
ing the annual report Superintendent
T. B. Ironside spoke on the work OF
the mission.
In the evening an address was
made by Robert Q. Ogden, President
of the Hampton Institute.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14
ENTERTAINMENT AT
ST. VIRGILIUS HALL.

Following is the program OF an en-
tertainment which will be given in
st. Virgilius Hall, Five Corners,
March is, and at Whiponong Hall,
Whippany, March II:
CHORUS God Save Ireland =
DRAMATIC Harvest Storm.
Mabel Radford, sister of Andrew
Radford, employed by John Gar
ner.. ........ Miss Frances Drake
John Garner, an honest farmer.
...................W Walter CoSs
Dick Darrell, an unscrupulous
schemer. .......... Geo. O'Grady
Samuel Lexicon, compiler of die
tonary, ..... Ed. Gilligan
Lynx, detective, an honor to the
profession. ........ Gus Monahan
Barker, police officer Joseph Duval
Andrew Radford, clerk in New
York brokers' Office, absconding
not from guilt but from fear,
brother of Mabel. . Edward Drake
Nat Lovel and Charley Smith,
two gypsy thieves, who loot
Garner'S house, ................
.. Francis Byrnes and George Nun
Scene is placed near McAlpin's Farm,
Morris Plains.
RECITATION /" The Harper" .....
............ ..Mollie Murphy
RECITATION Irish Emigrant's Fare
well to her Mother. ...... Edith Nun
VIOLIN SOLO. George Grailey
Vocal sEIEcTIoN-"T The Harp that
once through Tara's Hall 49,. !.
-. -. .,.............. Miss Mcclure
Ventriloquism and Miinicry, .....+.
......... Leonard King
FARCE Pickles and Tickles, rival
dealers in second hand clothes, who
afterward go i'll the circus business.
Pickles. Matthew Madden
Tickles. Francis Byrnes
Overanxious, apoliceman,. Ed. Drake
Parson Tittlebeg. .....Ed- Gilligan
The audience is requested to keep ex-
tremely quiet when the circus starts.
CHORUS" Columbia, the Gem Of
the Ocean .
Miss Madden, pianist.
Soloists, Miss Drake and Miss Jackson.
CHORUS" Dear Little Shamrock
Mrs. T. ] Ellis, Director
The Celebrated Drama, THAT RAs-
CAL PAT" +"
Charles Livingstone ......
~. 4........T Thomas Manning
Patrick McNoggerty. ~ Owen Steele
Nancy ...... ....... Ella Fables
Major Puffjacket. Il. Alex. Steele
Laura. Teresa Fullerton
CHORUS Come Back to Erin =
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PATERSON TO SUE
FOR DIVERSION.

A meeting of prominent and intluen-
tial citizens Of Paterson was held on
Friday night to consider the condition
OF the Passaic river, in view of the re-
cent decision of the Court of Appeals
against the trunk sewer.
The meeting was called to consider
what could be done in regard to the
diversion of the river, by which its
flow has been so much lessened in the
last dozen years. 1t is claimed by
Paterson that the amount of water
taken by Newark from the Pequan-
noe watershed, and by the East Jer-
sey Water Company at Little Falls,
and at Rockaway, are sufficient to
make the river foul from sewage, and
thus make Paterson suffer, not only
By the nuisance, but by the suits for
damages which have been brought
against the city By riparian owners
below the city. The diversion is
claimed to be the chief cause Of the
nuisance.
1t was announced that former At
torney-general John w. Griggs and
former City Counsel William B. Gour-
ley, were both convinced that the di-
version of the waters of the upper
river constituted such grievance to
the city of Paterson that suit against
Newark and the East Jersey Company
could be maintained in Court, and
that the damages would probably be
equal to the amount for which Pater-
son would be liable if the suits of the
riparian owners should succeed. 1t
was said that Paterson might claim
to be relieved from the cost of sewage
disposal, on the same ground-that
the water diversion had really caused
the nuisance.
1t was agreed at the meeting that
Paterson should contest the case to
the end and sufficient funds will be
provided, in case the city authorities
do not increase the amount already
available for legal service.
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purchased in 1891, building destroyed
by fire in February, 1898, new build
ing opened in November 1898, the ad-
.dition erected in 1901.
During the year just closed there
were All meetings held with an aggre-
gate attendance of 26,546, gospel
meeting being held every one Of the
366 nights of the past year, with an
average attendance of over 40. Special
evangelistic meetings were held for a
week in November at which several
profesSed conversion.
-Four special stereopticon lectures
were given during the year, besides a
lecture on Christmas customs, with
music by the choir of the First Pres
byterian Church. The mothers meet
ings have been continued with an en-
rollment of 1877, and on Mondays a
children's meeting is held conducted
by committee from the Y. P. S. q.
E. Of the South Street Church.
There have been total Of II enquir-
ers during the year and thirty-nine
have prs fessed conversion.
The Young Women's Christian
Union continues to do good work and
the reading room for girls is more
frequented than at any previous time.
In September last Miss Annie E.
Collier began her labors as missionary
worker in connection with the mission,
visiting among the mission families,
and Others having no church connec-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14
p1yoRcE BARS UP IN JERSEY

DAN OAhAGS Dams ~ AAN JLAS II 4 .
That the New Jersey court of chan
Gerry intends to put a stop to men and
women of other states who come into
this commonwealth to acquire a resi-
dence SO that they may get divorces
on grounds not actionable in New
York state, was all shown in the opin-
ion of Vice-C Chancellor Stevenson, filed
Monday, in which he refused divorce
to Nellie Mason from her husband,
Carlton p Mason. She sued for di-
vorce on the ground of her husband S
desertion.
The court says that there is no evil
dence that she knows a single person
in the state, or has any ties except
those of tenant. Her mother lives in
Brooklyn, and the vice-chancellor
draws a pen picture Of Mrs. Mason GO
ing across the Jersey City ferry every
night and morning to and from busi-
ness, and then going home to her
mother On Saturday afternoon to live
until Monday night.
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Y. NJ. c. A. AFFAIRS.

Friends of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association who would like to see
the completion Of the Association
Endowment Funds third thousand" "
are cordially invited to send any
amount, large or small, to either Of
the following members Of the Endow-
ment Fund Committee, Or. f. w.
Owen, chairman, John B. Vreeland,
Charles r. Surdam, Charles w. Ennis,
IT. g. Stults, ex-otiicio, d. M Clag-
horn, ex-0fiicio.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14
OBITUARY.

George t. Barnes died at Memorial
Hospital on Monday noon. He, was
taken there on Thursday, but had been
sick at his home on Mendham ave. for
several weeks from a complication Of
diseases. He was painter by trade,
and belonged to Morristown Lodge,
No. l2l Knights of Pythias, Morris
Lodge, No. 100, /. O. O. f., Enter
prise Encampment, No. A. /. 0. o. E..
The deceased was So years old, and
leaves a widow and three children
Charles, William and Harry.
Interment in Evergreen Cemetery
at 2 O'Clock Wednesday afternoon
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14

The Mansion House, at Dover, N.
j., owned and managed by Albert
Richards, was sold Tuesday night to
Mr. Bennett, of Dover, present pro-
prietor Of the Dover House in the
same town. Consideration 100000.
This was known throughout the coun-
ty as the Jolley Hotel, and possibly
one Of the best known in the State,
Mr.. Richards remodelled the hotel
about three years ago, making it the
largest in the county with the excep-
tion of the summer hotels at Lake
Hopatcone.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14

The sixteenth anniversary Of the
Market Street Mission was observed
by services of special interests in The
South Street Presbyterian Church on
Sunday. At the morning service the
report Of Mrs. v. Al. Stiles, the secre-
tary, was read. A brief historical
sketch showed that the mission was
opened March l8, 1889, the property
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14
The AMERICAN REPORTER.
opinion of AzIz Bey Hassen In EGyp-
tian Gazette.

Opinion of Aziz Bey Hassen In EGyp-
tian Gazette.
In the Egyptian Gazette, pub
lished at Alexandra, Egypt, appears
the following interesting interview
with Prince Aziz Bey Hassan;
Prince Aziz Bey Hassen has only re-
Gently returned from trip around
the world, and his experiences are not
without interest. His Hfghness
started from Genoa at the end Of last
September, and travelled to America
by the North German Lloyd's SIS.
g Princess Irene" His Highness was
delighted with the accommodation
and service of this steamer, which he
declares are admirable, as are those on
all the boats of this German line. On
landing at New York on October 4,
the Prince went to the Astor Hotel
and was at once besieged by a crowd
of reporters for the various American
newspapers. The Prince could not
have any rest owing to the perslstency
of these gentlemen. His privacy was
invaded, and from morning to night
they pestered him with demands for
his opinions and impressions on the
people and institutions of the United
States. His Highness at last was so
annoyed that he determined to put
his foot down, and gave orders that
no more journalists were to be ad-
mitted. The hotels were filled with
myriads of newspaper men clamoring
for an interview with Prince from
the land of the Pyramids. His High
ness refused to grant asingle interview
but it did not have the slightest effect,
as the New York papers came out
during the next few days with columns
of printed matter containing the opin-
ions and reflections on every possible
sort of topic Of this scion Of the family
of the great Mohamed Ally. Every
thing that appeared, the Prince in
forms us, was utterly untrue, and he
begs us to state that ne disclaims any
responsibility for any of his alleged
statements in these journals. The
only newspaper which did not worry
his Highness was the "New York
Herald, /" which did not either send a
single reporter or invent any imagin-
airy interviews.
The Prince considers that ciyiliza-
tion in the United States is very over
rated, and compared with England,
France, and other European countries,
he is Of the opinion that the standard
of comfort is very low. Prince Aziz
travelled by Niagara, Buffalo and St.
Louis to San Francisco, and between
the last two cities he was the specta-
tor Of no less than five railway acci-
dents. From San Francisco Prince
Aziz went to Honolulu, which he de-
scribes as a paradise for missionaries,
who all came poor TO the country but
have become the most wealthy per-
sons in the islands. On arriving at
Yokohama the Prince was at once
struck by the extraordinary superior
ity Of the Japanese over the inhabi-
tants of the United States. His High
ness informs us that the Japanese, in
comparison with the Yankees, are
greatly their superiors in politeness
and general culture, and in every way
their behavior towards strangers is
far and away more civilized than that
of the Americans.
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NEWS ITEMS
OF RAILROADS,
The Lackawanna Planning Il
Electrify the Morris & Es-
sex Division.
NEW FERRY SCANDINAVIA.

General Counsel Walter w. Ross, Of
the Lackawanna, at a conference with
the railroad committee Of the Orange
Common Council on Sunday announc-
ed that it is the intention of the
Lackawanna to electrify the Morris g
Essex Division as far as Morristown
as soon as the grade crossings are
eliminated. He also said a new sched-
ule providing for much better accomo-
dations than exist at present, and
which VIII include both express and
ordinary trains, will be put into eff
feet. Under the new arrangement,
when completed and when the Hud-
son River tunnel is finished, it is
planned to have trains running from
Orange to New York in sixteen min
utes. The plans provide for three
tracks on the road to the meadows.
From there to New York there win be
but two.
A model of the proposed new depot
and ferry terminal Of the Lackawanna
Railroad at Hoboken has been placed
on exhibition in the station. The
building will be two-story steel
structure, finished in sheet metal,
with high clock tower. The wait
ing-room, 100 feet square, will be on
the second floor, and will open on a
lobby leading to six ferry slips for
double deck boats. A feature Of the
depot will be restaurant overlooking
the river. A separate structure south
of the main building will contain the
immigrants room, parcels depart
ment, information bureau and Pull
man conductors quarters. Sixteen
sets Of track will enter the depot. In
the place of an enclosed trainshed
there will be covered waiting plat
forms running hhe length Of trains.
go
The new ferry Goat Scandinavia, the
last of a fleet Of four new boats for ser
vice on the Lackawanna ferries in New
York harbor, was launched Saturday
at Newport News. Va, The boat was
named in compliment to the Scandl-
navian-American Line, the bulk OF
whose westbound passengers are car
Tried by the Lackawanna Railroad. The
new boat win be of thessame type as
the Scranton, Binghamton and Ell
mira.
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SENATOR JOSEPH CROSS TO BE i. S. JUDGE.

The President on Monday sent to
the Senate the nomination of Joseph
Cross, to be United States Judge for
the district of New Jersey.
This action by the President was not
unexpected When United States
Senator Kean introduced a bill in the
last session of the Fifty-ninth Congress
providing for the creation Of a second
federal judgeship in New Jersey it was
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14
18th ANNIVERSARY MARKET ST. MISSION.

tion. Up to February 28th she made
sol visits.
The boys club is at present under
the direction of Leroy Haven, and
now numbers thirty members. A
class in carpenter work is conducted
each week by George r. Gordon.
The mems reading room continues
to be open daily from 7.30 a. m. to 9.3O
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14

David Salkind has commenced the
Improvements of the Parsons row on
Spring street, which he recently pur-
chased. He is having the superstrut-
ure raised three and a half feet, by
James Clark, bringing the floor of the
basement above the street level, and
giving the opportunity to put win.
dows in the rear. Two areaways will
also be cut through the building.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14

understood that, should the bill be-
come law, State Senator Joseph Cross
president of the New Jersey Senate,
would be the beneficiary.
Joseph Cross was born at New Yer
non in this State, December %, 1S43,
and graduated from Princeton in the
class Of 1865 He attended Columbia
College Law School, and was admitted
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14

The fifth meeting of the Mems Club
of the First Presbyterian Church will
be held on Monday evening. March 20.
Rev. A. II. Bradford, D, d., Of Mont
clair, will speak on Japanese Char
acteristics and Japan's Leadership In
the East DIR. Bradford has visited
Japan, where, from personal observa-
tion of the people and acquaintance
with their life and thought, he has
gained valuable information bearing
upon subject of worldwide interest
to-day. Men are cordially invited to
attend this meeting.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14

The union service in the South Street
Presbyterian Church, on Tuesday even
ing, was we'll attended. Owing to the
illness Of Rev. r. B. Urmy, who was
announced to preach, addresses were
made by Rev. w. r. Bennett and Rev.
o. G. Horsman. Another meeting will
be held in the First Baptist Church
this evening.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14

Rev. John l.. Dube will be in Nor
ristown, on Thursday afternoon. and
address a Union meeting for young
people In the Baptist Church, at 3.45
O'Clock, and a meeting in the South
Street Presbyterian Church in the
evening Mr.. and Mrs. DUDE sail for
Africa on Saturday.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14

as attorney in 1868, and as counselor
in 1871. after which he became the
partner of his preceptor, William j..
Magic, with whom he remained until
the later was made Justice Of the SUI
preme Court in 1880 Mr.. Cross has re-
sided in Elizabeth since 1858. He was
made Judge Of the District Court Of
Elizabeth in 1883, and held that Office
until 1891 lie was member Of the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14
Mr. capstick ImprovIne

State Sewer Commissioner John H..
Capstick who has been seriously i'll
with threatened pneumonia is, we are
pleased to state, now considered out of
danger. He sat up in bed little
while Thursday, and his recovery is
now only regarded as question Of
time.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14
Consolidation Of Forresters.

Twenty-six members Of Court Nor
ristown were received into Court
Ridgedale last night. High Chief
Ranger David 4 Howell, of Newark,
oficiated There will be but one Court
OF Forresters in MorrsCown hereafter
Court Ridgedale with about 800
members.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14

Officers and teachers Of the First
Baptist Sunday School and few
Others surprised the Misses Harriet
and Emily Smith at their residence on
Western avenue Monday night, The
Misses Smith are soon TO remove to
New York.