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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-11-27

The granting of the advance prevented
strike.
In West Virginia, which has no anti
trust statute, the supreme court decid-
ed that the common law gives power
to the people of state to control
trusts, monopolies and combinations.
The engineers on the New Haven
railroad presented formal petition
asking a raise In wages Of from 31a
cents to A cents per hour and other
changes in working conditions.
The will of Thomas A. Maitland,
New York banker who died in White
Plains, n. Y, directs that good care be
taken Of all his horses, mentioning sew
eral Of the animals by name.
According to the interstate commerce
commission, the gross earnings of
American railroads for the year end
J ing June 80 were $3.50, 100000, equiv
alent to $10,543 per mile.
Siberia and Manchurla are yielding
up valuable plants and fruits to the
two experts of the agricultural depart
ment sent to that part of the world
by Secretary Wilson.
The Kentucky court Of appeals has
sustained the constitutionality of the
act prohibiting the coeducation Of
races. The law was aimed at Berea
college.
Bishop John J. Tigert Of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South, died in
Tulsa, 1. T., after an Illness caused by
the lodging Of chicken bone in his
throat.
AT the convention of the American
Federation Of Labor In Minneapolis
formal protest was made against the
employment Of Chinese on the Panama
canal.
Health departments Of several cities
were represented at an important con-
ference held in New York city in the
interest of pure milk for Greater New
York.
The New York state land board took
final steps to consunmate the purchase
by the state of Watkins Glen, Schuyler
county, the price fixed being $46,512.50.
Lieutenant Commander Leroy M.
Garrett, commanding the United States
steamer Albatross, was washed over
board and drowned in the Pacific
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RECREATION
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gies exploding. Too often the cork is
lack of chance to play fairly and
Squarely So they do not much care
where the Lighting strikes when the
cork flies.
Now that is precisely what we are
unwittingly about here with the great
majority of our growing boys and girls.
We are drying the cork in deeper
with every vacant lot built upon and
supplying increased explosive material
with every additional child unprovid-
ed for a fair chance to keep out of
mischief Our play grounds are grow
ing less, our play youngsters more.
We are jamming the dangerous, eX-
plosive forces of emotional childhood
closer and closer together. We are
forcing these dynamite boys and girls
into closer contact and unless we man
age togiye them room to play and play
fair inevitable sorrow will be brought
to many home and an increasing
danger to property and life,
AS long as we fail to provide ade-
quate public play grounds or a proper
public park, we must pay ten times
their cost in the Irresistible instincts
|of normal child to cut up If it
can't play
Respectfully,
w. M. HUGHES.
November 81, 1906.
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NO STAY FOR NEGROES.
Order suspending Sentence on Dis-
obedient Soldiers Rescinded.

Order Suspending Sentence on Dis
obedient Soldiers Rescinded.
Washington, Nov. 81. Secretary
Taft, without waiting to hear from
President Roosevelt directed that the
presidents order discharging without
honor" the three negro companies of
the Twenty-ffth infantry be executed
Immediately. A statement explaining
the secretary's acton was issued by
the war department. Later dispatch
was received from the president in
which he declines to suspend the dis
charge unless there are new facts OF
such Importance as to warrant cabling
him.
President Roosevelt's order dismiss
ing the troops followed their refusal
to tell which eight Of their comrades
were implicated in the row in Browns
vile, Tex, last summer, in which a
white man was shot and the town ter
rified The order deprives the dismiss
ed men Of many civil and military
privileges despite the previous honora-
bic record of many of them. The pres
idents order has caused criticism in
some quarters.
Secretary Taft made public the re-
ports of General Darlington, the In
spector general Of the army, who m
vestigated the case for President
Roosevelt, and Of Major Blocksom Of
the inspector generals department,
who made the preliminary inyestiga-
ton.
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ed to report to the two states plans for
building bridges between New York
and New Jersey will recommend two
bridges over the Hudson river between
Fourteenth and Seventy second streets,
New York.
Explorer Robert q. Peary arrived at
Sydney. n. S.. on his way home from
his attempt to reach the north pole, in
which he made the "farthest north
record. He attributes much of his sue
cess to his ship, the Roosevelt, which
was specially constructed for his voy-
age
Senator James f. Minturn of Hud-
son county. N. r., announced that he
intends to push his resolution of last
session calling on the attorney general
to annul the charter of the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey on the
ground that 1t is monopoly.
1.-THE statement that have promised
or intImated that / Will commute the
sentence Of Albert r Patrick is abso
lutely and unquaiifledly false,' said
Governor Higgins OF New York. The
case is still before the United States
supreme court.
The twenty-three surviving members
Of Company F, One Hundred and
Twenty first regiment, Pennsylvania
volunteers, commanded by the late
Captain j. NJ Clapp of Washington,
will each receive a bequest Of $1,000
from his estate
The New York court of appeals de,
cided in favor of Hannah Fl. ELIAS, the
coIored woman sued by John r. Platt,
an aged New Yorker, to recover 1854,
900, which he had given her, he chsrg-
ed, during period in which they had
been friends.
Governor Jefferson Davis, recently
elected United States senator from Ar
kansas, in an interview said that poll.
ticians preach harmony, but it il not
harmony that is needed so much as an
old fashioned row in the United States
senate.
In New York address Jacob G.
Schurman, president of Cornell uni.
versity, declared that the masses OF
wage earners in this country were in
revolt against tne inequaiitles when
tne present business SYSTEM produced
Announcement was made tnat the
Pennsylvania railroad has arranged to
lay off 100 men from it's shops at We
roma. on the Allegheny Valley division.
It Is understood that q similar reduc-
ton Is to take place all over the road.
The first season Of ''debrutalized''
football ended virtually with record
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-11-27
DEAD GIRL S LETTERS
Messages From Grace Brown Il
Her Alleged Murderer Are
Read In Court.
PLEADED WITH HER LOVER

's'TaI<e Me Away From Hsrel" Was
Appeal Constantly Made to Gillette
Believed She Was About to Die
Movements of Couple In the Adiron-
dacks Traced.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The assertions Of Miss Giulia Moro
sini, society woman Of New York,
that her dresses cost 100000 year,
that she never wore anything imita-
ton and that her extravaganza, if peo-
pie chose to call 1t SUCH was justified
by the fact that it put money into cir
culation, We're answered by workers
among the poor and by others. Among
those who criticised Miss Morosini was
Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, formerly a
cigarmaker and now the wife of a
wealthy Socialist
Owing to the fact that wide publicity
has been given to charges that $1,000
600 of the relief fund contributed to
San Francisco has been diverted or
stolen, the California promotion com
mittee has sent out a st2Sement de-
claring that only 5000 went astray.
The relief committee still has $4,000
900 on hand. Mayor Schmitz arrived
in New York from his European trip
and denied the charges of grating
made against himself and Boss Abra-
ham Ruef.
Seven-year-old Edward Behringer
was prevented from becoming blind by
an operation. said to be the first Of the
kind ever performed In the United
States, at the City Polytechnic hospital,
Chicago A worm which slowly was
eating it's way through the ball of the
eye was removed. The boy had been
in the habit Of eating truck just as It
came from the garden, and it is sup
posed he swallowed the bacilli Of a
tapeworm which lodged in the eye.
In a letter imputing narrowness il
not unfairness to his judges the Rev.
Al. S. Crapsey, rector of ST. Andrews
church, Rochester, N. u, who was re
Gently convicted OF disseminating he
reticaI teachings, renowned his minis
try III the Protestant Episcopal church
Or. Crapsey reaffirmed his belief that
the motion of the origin of Jesus, that
a son of man was born without hui
man father, is without foundation in
history"
Because she went on the stump in
behalf of her trade unionist father
William B. Wilson, who was success
full candidate for congress from a
Pennsylvania district, Miss Agnes VII
son received diamond studded watch
from the convention Of the American
Federation Of Labor. President Com
pers was reelected BY the federation.
III. clay Pierce Of ST. Louis and New
York nresfdent Of the Waters Pierce
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Steubenyille, o., Nov. Or Edward
Coulter, a teamster, was attacked by
tramps on the West Virginia side Of
the Ohio river at an early hour, and
after he had been beaten into uncon-
seriousness he was thrown into a fire
and SO badly burned he will die. He
revived sufficiently to roll away from
the fire and give description Of his
assailants, who have not yet been ar
rested
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the bruises found on Grace Browns
body were caused by humping against
the bottom of the boat when she rose
to the surface three times after falling
into the lake
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Paris, Nov. 81 France will soon
have navy OF the air, A tleet Of aerial
warships is to be bullt-indeed, a
squadron is already being constructed.
The diriglble war balloon OF NM. Lee
baudy. built on the plans BY the ceie-
brated engineer Juliet. has made an
astonishing flight absolutely unattach-
ed, ana has proved as much under con
troll as first class yacht
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New York, Nov. ~. Senator Thomas
G. Platt is quoted as again declaring
that he is going to Washington to
serve out the session Of congress and
that ne does not intend to resign at
least while Governor Higgins Is in
the executive chair What be may dc
after Higglns retires tho senator ~.
fused 10 say.
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New Haven, Conn, Nov. 81. The
lives of three men were almost instant
" crushed out and FIVE others injured
seriously by the collision of work car
crowded with Italian laborers on the
railroad and a string Of three heavily
loaded gravel cars in the upper end Of
the Cedar Hill yards Of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad.
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Russell II. Conwell lectured in the
Lyceum ON Monday evening under the
auspices of the Y. M. G. A. Course.
His subject was g HeIoism Of Pri-
vate Life, taking the life Of Daniel
Monin, of Venice, as the story Of the
evening The lecture was well re-
ceiyed, the attention OF the audience
being held for over two hours.
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The Denville Land and Improve
ment Co., has been Incorporated by
Joseph Hinchman, A. E, Mills and =.
X. Mills. Authorized capital stock is
$40, 900 OF which 81 900 is paid in,
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tab
lets. Druggists refund money If It falls to
cure. e. w. GROVES signature Is on
each box. 25c-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-11-27
ON MARCH 8,1808

a resident Of MontcIair, N. j., took out
a $1,000 policy in The Prudential. On
January s, 1905, the insured decided
to stop paying premiums. The auto
matte extended insurance clause of the
policy Immediately went into effect,
keeping the policy in force until August
10, 1906. The policyholder died on
June 80, 1900 The Company paid the
claim and the policyholder reaped the
benefit of his insurance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18

ern snlilax and red leaves were used as
background. In the. dining-room the
centerpiece Of the table was Of pink
roses and cloud Of pink tulle over the
flowers gave a pretty effect. Heart
shaped bon bon boxes were at each
cover and the souvenirs were German
favors.
The last Of q group OF informal teas
for Mrs. J. X. Mason was given yester-
day afternoon at the home Of Mrs. f.
r. Chase, 3048 Fifth avenue s, by Mrs.
Chase and Mrs. Flora Arnold. Tho
hours were from to O'Clock and
about forty guests called. Mrs. Jacob
Stoft and Mrs, S. s. Linton presided
in the dining-room.
Burning tapers decided who should
be the next bride and bridegroom lat a
gathering which Miss frances Edridge
gave Friday evening at her home for
Miss Henrietta Seyfried, a bride of
the monts. A tiny taper was placed
with the name cards at each plate and
the two that burned out the quickest
foretold the next weddings. Candel-
abra with red tapers and heart fayors
| decked the table. Games were played
| before supper.
| A very pretty and simple valentine
wedding was solemnized Wednesday
evening at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
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D, The annual banquet Of the Twin City
Alumni association Of Phi. Kappi Psi
will Be held at the Minneapolis club
tomorrow evening This banauet will
commemorate the fifty fourth alni'yer-
sary of the founding of the frat rnit!y.
phi Kappa Psi has a large number OF
alumni loeated in the twin cities and
scat TERED turnout the state and about
sixty Of them will be present: y. ".
Helm. who is an alumnus of Depauw,
has been zen invited to- attend as a guest
Iof the local association and will tell
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der canopy Of green and white sur
mounted by two large white satin
hearts. The bride wore simple gown
of cream nun IS yelling and carried
white roses, while her bridesmaid, Miss
Nina Hamilton, wore white Swiss and
carried white carnations. Chadbourne
Rucker, brother of the bride, acted as
best man. Supper was served and the
table was daintily decorated with scar
let hearts, carnations and ferns. Mr..
and Mrs. Miller will be at home after
March 1 at 829 Fifteenth avenue Sc.
Mrs. Jack Williamson entertained
Friday afternoon at her home in the
Savage. Progressive cinch was played,
Conklin, Mrs. Paul Murphy and Mrs.
helene Tanner. Light refreshments
were served after the games. The
guests were Mines. George Richards, J. ].
Miller, N. Jaax, Frank Mccormick, j.
Rice, Helene Tanner, J. Browne, F. B.
Kyle, P. Murphy, Misses Lou Conklin
and Sayde Solem.
| Howard B. Upton entertained num-
Der Of his friends at his home Friday
evening. Games were played and light
refreshments served. Among those pres
ent were Julia Dickinson, Laura Caff-
4 ray, Winnie Kelly, Margaret Nelson,
Marie Silesky, Ruth Bremen, Susie
Drew, Bernice Drew, Helen Landquist,
] Harry Dickinson, James ST. John, Ed
ward Wales, Edward Bremen, Ross
Bourquin, Herman Landquist and How
ard Upton.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. G. Travis enter
tanned group of young people at their
: home on Hennepin avenue "Wednesday
evening for Misses Loretta and Della
Tobin, who leave this month to join
their parents in Spokane, where they
] will reside. Dancing and music were
the amusements. Mrs. Travis was aided
I by Mrs. j. G. Lawrence and Mrs. a.
!: Roman. Present were Misses Elizabeth
: Strelo, Florence Daily, Kit Copley, Mar
garet Smith, Anna Lincher, Loretta
5 Robin, Della Tobin, Stella Donahue,
!: MCGOWAN, Westfall, Messrs. Isadors
Bofosky, Ed Nye, Robert Lockley,
q Hyser, Harry Taylor, George Coales,
8 C. G. Wisekuss, Tom Clarke, viii Rod.
3 dy, Hensen, Kelpp.
3 Mrs. Ooet, 1929 Columbus avenue
s gave luncheon Thursday afternoon
{ Covers were placed for nine and the
!. guests were Mines. z. Thompson, s
Z Peterson, A. A. Holm, c. o. Johnson
81. Ellis, Tine Hanson, William Carlson
8 and Miss Hattie Peterson.
~
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd F. Raymond gave
g birthday party in honor Of their son
$ Floyd F. Raymond, Friday evening a
: their home, 1913 Bryant avenue s
Games were played and light. refresh
e ments were served. There were twenty
five guests.
/ Mrs. E: Edgertz Of the CHAMBERLAIN
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Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Stoft announce
the engagement Of their daughter,
Frieda B. to Levi Charles Robinson.
The marriage will take place March Z.
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Mrs. E. Edgertz Of the Cumberland
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into a cafe With:sa lunch counter and
small tables 8deeked with tulips and
tapers. The walls were hung with gay
theatrical posters. Mr.. and Mrs.
George A. Hughes haperoned the
young people. ..5s.
y Mrs. F. g. Howard Of 254o Pleasant
avenue, entertained at q luncheon
yesterday afternoon at Donaldson IS
tea rooms. The decorations were in
white and yellow and covers were laid
for twelve. @s~. --.s
1t required over $4,000 'violets to
carry the valentine messages from the
Minneapolis SWANS to their lassies.
Just imagine! And the florist declares
that is a very. conservative estimate
and suppose it is when you consider
that there were from 100 to 500 violets
in bunch. At So a hundred tho
pretty girls who received 400 .ror, 500
violets MAY have reason to fancy that
some one thinks well Of them. Fancy
heart-shaped baskets flled with violets
were thes'favoritet valentine? and some
ofsthe baskets were large enough for
| a table top. OF course other flowers
were used, roses, the ever present car
| nation and hosts Of spring flowers, DAT.
| fodils, tulips and s1larcissus and some
4 orchids, not. many, for orchids cost q
lot Of money. Never before, declare
the florists, have Minneapolis people
I sent so many floral valentines. @I@E
Surely there was magic in the we'd
ding bouquet Of Mrs. Frank Fer4alt
nee Stafford, which she tossed to 3
group Of friends as she came down the
aisle Of st. Marks church after he
marriage, for here not much more thar
a week has passed1and yet the engage
/ ment has been announced Of one Of TIN
4 girls who caught her flowers. tPeopl
had their suspicious, they always have
fbut formal announcement was no
made until last week. az ID
Mrs. Katharine Gordon French an
3 Signor Canpanari, who appeared in til
!, concert at the People church i
= Est. Paul Thursday evening, wer
greeted by a large number Of not onl
/. the St. Paul society people, but b
! Minneapolis, friends, as well. Mr.
French belongs to one of the prom
! nents st. Paul families and her appea
: ance was made the occasion of st. Pa
society paying her due homage, as a
). artist and as one Of their. numbt
Among the lMIiinlneap Oils musical Peep
I. who went to II s Is 'al1 that eVeniI
!. we're Abel Clara liam
: Frank. KIreiger 3 Carlton Tor rel
Miss Anna D witt Cook and SEQ
+. w oodworth. ss.sts 5ssssss.. s5s*.
q The Chinese imp erial commissit
j made &. onderfu impression on t
/. Wells college girls. There are abo
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April 8, at the. home of the brides
parents, GOT Eighth avenue s.
Mrs. HI. Z. Marks will give a parcel.
shower at her. home, 815 Sixth street s:
Tuesday afternoon and a number OF
other affairs have been planned. The
marriage will be solemnized in the
presence of a group Of friends and the
only attendant Of Miss Spaulding viii
be her sister, Miss Luella Spaulding.
Mrs. James Kelly entertained delight
fully at her home on Eighteenth ave-
nue. S.. for her niece Tuesday evening.
Covers were laid for fourteen guests
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some Of his persopal. experiences IN
Japan during the Russia J apanese war.
Warren NJ. Homer will act as toast
master and the address Of the evening
will be by Judge H. D. Dickinson.
Mrs. A. B. Gates entertained at q
children's party yesterday afternoon
at her home, 1924 Park, avenue, for her
daughters, Natalie and Louise. The
birthday anniversaries Of the two,
girls fall within two days Of each other
and the occasion was made the event.
of a gathering Of twenty fourHof their
young friends. The. decorations were
carried out with valentine emblems and
red carnations and tulips were used as
flowers. The hours were from two to
Ave Q clock and games made q pleasing,
diversion. #
Mr.. and Mrs. i. K. Myers left last
evening for a visit Of ten days in Chi,
cago and Peoria. Mr.. and Mrs. Myers
gave a dinner last week for Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence E. Horton Of Mayvillc,
IN. D. Covers were placed for ten.
The Kappa Sigma fraternity gave a
delightful informal party Friday even.
ing at the fraternity house. A pro.
gram Of informal dances was enjoyed
by about forty Of the university young
people and later buffet supper was
served in a room cleverlY stransfo rmet
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. x1a3xxaxxAE19aax5
George Rucker, s2s Fifteenth avenue
Sc, when their daughter, Beatrice, was
married to Owen Miller. Rev. DR.. Jor-
dan oficiated. Before the ceremony
Miss Rose Crossman sang 80 Promise
Me- and the wedding march from
I" Lohengrin" was played by Maurice
Salisbury. The bridal party stood UNI
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and the decorations were carried out
with hearts and cupids. The place
cards were valentine favors. During
the evening music and games were
enjoyed and Miss Spaulding was
showered with many dainty parcels.
Miss Mary Blunt assisted the hostess
and the guests were, Misses Alice
Spaulding, Anna Glennon, Helen Dahl,
Agnes Anderson, Agnes Dahl, Nellie
Dahl, and Mines. Bryant, T. F. Kelly,
Glennon, Mahaney, Byrne, Marks, J. P.
Spaulding and G. H. Spaulding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Stoft announce
the engagement Of their daughter,
Frieda B. to Levi Charles Robinson.
The marriage will take place March I.
The merry jingle Of sleighbells will
be heard on the roads to the Minkadah
club at all hours now. Sleighing is
good, and of course, it will bring the
club members out in great numbers
Last evening was a delightful clul
night, as a host Of the members went
out to have dinner and to enjoy tn
club house hospitality. # -
While the coming Of Nine. Bernhard
will be genuine treat, it has in a wa.
spoiled the entertainment at the club
which had been planned for Washing
ton s birthday. A vaudeville ha'
been arranged for and there was t
have been no end Of fun and frolic
But the great actress will be too grea
a rival Thursday, and SO the entertain
ment will be given at some more OF
perfume time. .~-.s<. E.. a,.ac.
= What-a. lot Of Minneapolis peopl
are in California! Mr.. and Mrs. F
4. Linton are the latest additions
the colony at Santa Barbara. M
and Mrs. A. r. Rand, Miss Rebecc
d Semple, Kenneth Rand and William
semple are also in Santa Barbara, whe1
Mrs. George H. Partridge and Mis-
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Mrs. George Fulford entertained yes
;terday afternoon at eh home on Chicago
avenue in4honor.of the birthday anniver-
ssary Of her daughter, Geneyieye. South
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Mr.. and Mrs. II. .Cohn will entertain
at a dinner party today at their. home,
/ 723 Dupont avenue 4, in honor Of the
engagement of their daughter, Tillie,
to Abe Hirsh Of New York. Covers
will be laid for twenty.