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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29
TRUST GOT RIVALS MESSAGES.
Interstate Inquiry Expected to Involve
Telegraph Company.

Interstate Inquiry Expected to Involve
Telegraph Company.
Cleveland, Ohio.-The evidence which
the secret agents of the Government
have unearthed is said to show, among
other things, that through an arrange
ment with one of the large telegraph
companies the Standard Oil Company
is said to receive information regard
ing every matter, business, political
and social, which can in any way af-
feet it's business interests.
BY alleged arrangement with one Of
the telegraph companies, it is stated,
that messages which are sent by the
telegraph company and which are of
interest to Standard, are repeated im-
mediately over the wires of the pipe
line company and thus to the Standard
Oil general offices in New York.
In this way the Standard Oil Com
pany is enabled to obtain daily infor-
nation Of the business of their compet-
itors
All Of this information, gathered
daily from all parts of this country and
by cable from all foreign countries, is
sent to the general Offices of the Stand
ard, at No. 26 Broadway, New York.
and there discussed.
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Facts Leading 10 Indictment
In Tnns River Pnisnn

September %, 1905.-Mrs. Carrie
Brouwer, wife Of DR.. Frank T. Brou.
wer, dies at her home in Toms River.
DR.. w. III. Cate, of Lakewood, signs
certificate Of death, by Bright's dis
ease.
September 20, 1905.-Funeral. In
surance company begins investigation.
Mrs. Brouwer's brother, I. j. Hyer,
states he does not believe cause of
death to have been correctly stated
December 3, 1905.-Dr. Cate mysteri-
ously disappears. Had wandered away
similarly in 1903 during period Of al
legged mental alteration.
December 18th, 19O5.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Heyer, sister of the dead woman,
declares she has learned that DR.. Cate
signed the certificate of death by posi-
tive direction Of Or. Brouwer. Also,
that Cate and the husband had quar-
relied about certain medicine Brouwer
was giving wife.
December 90 19O5.-Body of Mrs.
Brouwer ordered disinterred by Judge
Hendrickson, of New Jersey Supreme
Court. Detectives guard grave.
December o. 1905.-Mrs. Brouwer's
body disinterred in presence of physl-
clans and chemist, DR.. F. A. Centh, to
whom parts are delivered for analysis.
December "a, 1905-Dr. Cate turns
up in Springfield, Mass. Declares he
remembers nothing. Sent to Sanitar-
ium in Goshen, N. Y.
May 18th, 1906.-Announce that the
chemist has informed the Ocean Coun-
" Grand Jury that arsenic was found
N the body. Powdered glass was also
discovered. Public sentiment had
forced a reopening of the case.
May %, 1906.-Indictmen against
Or. Brouwer, the husband, Is found by
he Grand Jury, and his arrest ordered.
Nurses had testified that medicines
mixed by Brouwer had strange effects.
Dr.. Cate returned to be witness.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29

WAsHlNC TON,

The President has appointed Rev.
Washington e. GLADDEN., colored as
chaplain of the Twent y-1ourth Infan-
try. a colored regiment i. the Philip
pines.
The coal land laws are TO be made
applicable to Alaska a bill now be-
fore the Senate Public Land Commit
tee passes.
The House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee has authorized favorable report
on the bill creating Unite9 States
Court in China
Attorney General Moody is ready to
prosecute the Standard Oil Company
for the violation Of both the Elkins and
Sherman laws.
The State Department has asked
Japan to participate in the jamestown
Exposition.
The House Library Committee has
voted favorably on a bill for a 100000
memorial to Columbus in Washington
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FoREIGN

General Morales, the former rresi.
dent Of Santo Domingo, arrived at st.
Thomas from Porto Rico.
There was a strong fee ng in st.
Petersburg that the only chance for
peace between the government and
the parliament lay in the resignation
Of the Goremykin Cabinet
The Manolita, flying the American
flag, was boarded by aiffians, but es-
capped and reported the outrage to the
Spanish authorities
Three Gobelin tapestries were sold
Mt the Hotel Duorot, Paris, for $1,000,
$4,000 and S9420. respec lively
AS a result Of the DISASTROUS foods
in China, causing the loss Of thou
sands Of lives and destroying the rice
crop, famine is feared
Constitutional Democrats will intro.
duce in the Duma a bill establishing
religious freedom in Russia
Mulattoes in Martinique are rejoic-
ing in their political victory, display
ing shackled white lamb.
William M. Croft, of Philadelphia,
was killed by the overturninS Of an
dutOn4OU4AC ilEAl Nuul ltCS+ Idnkt, anu
four other persons We're injured
More fighting occurred in Macedonia
between Turks and Servians and Wall
achians and Greeks; the Rumanian
government has ordered the expulsion
of number Of Greeks.
One hundred and seven political pris-
oners started from Southern Russia
for Siberia.
The German Emperor in a speech at
Diedenhofen, Lorraine, promised the
maintenance of peace.
The peasants throughout Saratoff
Province in Russia are organizing d
general agrarian uprising.
N. Jakovleff, who was the candidate
Of the Constitutional Democrats for
member of the Lower House OF Parlia-
ment. was shot at Baku by two I'M
known men and died in the hospital
The German Reichstag passed a bill
taking the regular Bourse tax Off all
transactions in Government bonds.
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continue TO suffer rather than submi&
to examinations which so many physin
cinns propose in order to intelllgently
treat the disease; and this Is the rea-
son why SO many physicians fail TO-
cure female disease.
This is also the reason why thousands
upon thousands Of women are CORES
spending with Mrs Pinkham, daughters
in-law Of Lydia e. Pinkham, at Lynn.
Mass. To her they can condde every
detail of their illness, and from her
great knowledge. obtained from years
of experience in treating female Ills,
Mrs. Pinkham can advise sick women
more wisely than the local physician.
Read how Mrs Pinkham he'll ped Mrs T.
G. Willadsen, Of Manning Ia. She writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:
s can truly say that you have saved my
Life, and cannot express my gratitude IA
words. Before ! wrote to you telling you
how felt, had doctorsd for over two years
steady, and spent lots OF money in medicines
besides, but it all failed to do me any good.
had female trouble andwould daily have fainb-
ing spells, backache, bearing down pains, and
my monthly periods were very irregular and
finally ceased, wrote to you for your adj
vice and received letter full of instructions
just what to do, and also commenced to take
Lydia q. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound,
and have been restored to perfect health.
Had It not been for you would have been
IN my grave to-day =
Mountains Of proof establish the fact
that no medicine In the world equals
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Come
pound tor restoring women's health.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29
EQUITABLE TO BE MurUAL1zED
Thomas F. Ryan's Stock to be Trans
ferred to Policyholders.

Thomas r. Ryan's Stock to be Trans
ferred to Policyholders.
New York City.-On the initiative Of
Grover Cleveland and Paul Morton and
with the harmonious assent Of Thomas
r. Ryan, decisive steps have been
taken for the naturalization of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society un-
der the terms specified by the New
York State Insurance laws.
The charter of the Equitable Life
will be radically amended to provide
for the election by direct vote of the
policyholders Of twenty-eight members
Of the Board of Directors, or a major
ity OF four in the total board member
ship of fifty-two The remaining twen-
ty-four minority members Of the board
are to be elected, as at present, by the
stockholders.
Provision is to be made for the re-
tirement Of the society's stock, the con-
trolling interest in which was bought
from James H. Hyde for 81, 500 600 by
Thomas r. Ryan, and by him was
trusted in the hands Of Grover Cleve-
land, Judge Morgan J. O'Brien and
George Westinghouse.
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Or. BROUNER INDICTED
FOR POISONING WIFE
New Jersey Physician Pleads MOI
Guilty and Is Sent to Jail.
NURSES DAMAGING TESTIMONY
Sick Norman Seized With convuI.
sions on Taking Medicine From
Her Husband Died From Ar
senie and Ground Glass.

Toms River, N. jim the presence OF
his aged mother and two small chill.
dren Dir. Frank III. Brouwer, d we'll
known physician and prominent citizen
Of this place, was arrested here charged
with numbering his wife, Carrie Brou.
wer, last September by administering
10 her ground glass and arsenic. Brou.
wer was locked up in the county Jail
and his trial is set for the first Tues.
day in September.
The Grand Jury, after considering
all tile evidence in the case, had re-.
turned the day before an Indictment
charging murder in the first degree.
County Prosecutor Brown made a hur
Esed trip to Red Bank, where Supreme
Court Justice Hendrickson was trying
? murder case, and laid the facts be.
Dre the Court Justice HendrIckson
arrived in this village next morning.
He went at once to the Court House,
where q large crowd had assembled.
Hardly had he been seated when the
Grand Jury handed up the Indictment.
Fhe Justice read it aloud and then or.
lered Sheriff Jefferys to arrest Brou.
Wer.
The arrest has caused a great sensa.
lion in the quiet village where the
doctor and his wife were known by
everybody.
The Grand Jury came into court at
noon and made a presentment, and
soon after DR.. Brouwer entered in the
custody of the Sheriff, accompanied by
his counsel, l. w. Carmichael. The
prisoner was very pale and nervous
While the indictment was being read
to him he kept biting his lips, but at
the conclusion of the reading he plead
ed not guilty in firm tone. He was
then taken to Jail.
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elOO Reward. e1OO.

The readers ofthis paper will be pleasedto
learn that there's at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
itsstages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being con-
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally acting directly upon the blood andmu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation ofthe disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the CON
stitution and assisting nature In doing its
work The proprietors have so much faithin
Its curative powers that they offer One Hun
bred Dollars for any ethat it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials Address
F. J. CHENEY d Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take Hall's Family Pills for consultation
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29
PERKINS NOT GUILTY

No Crime Committed in Giving In
surance Money to Campaign Funds.
New York City George w. Per
kins, former vice-president of the New
York Life Insurance Company, was dis
charged from custody by an unani-
nous decision of the Appellate Divis-
ion of the Supreme Court to the eff
feet that contributions to political cam
paign funds by life insurance com
nanies did not constitute larceny
Mr.. Perkins paid $4,000 to the Ma
tionaI Republican campaign fund at
the request of President John A. Nc
CALL and later was reimbursed from
funds of the company. The charge
of larceny was made and Mr.. Perkins
was arrested
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Id1est Person She Knew.

Here is a bit of exact reasoning on
the part Of little schoolgirl. The
teacher wished to impress the idea of
the wrong of idleness. He led up to it
by asking who are the persons who get
all they could and did nothing in re-
turn. For some time there was silence.
but at last the little girl, who had OBJ
viously reasoned out the answer induc-
lively from her own home experience,
exclaimed, with good deal Of conf
dence, please. sir, It's the baby!"-
Detroit Free Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29

A lady and her little daughter were
walking through fashionable quarter
when they came to portion of the
street strewn with straw, SO as to
deaden the noise of vehicles passing a
certain house. whats that for, ma y,
said the child; to which the mother re-
piled: "The lady who lives in that
house, my dear, has had little baby
girl sent her" The child thought a mo-
ment, looked at the quantity Of straw,
and said: lawfully well packed,
wasn't she. ma ~
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29
Personal Gossin

Lord Wodehouse is the youngest
member Of the British Parliament, be
ing but twenty two
It is said that King George Of Greece
when young man often participated
in athletic contests at Athens under ali
assumed name
Ciprian Castro, President of the Re
public Of Venezuela is coming tc
America when secret diplomatic nego4
tiations with Washington are com.
pIeted.
w a. Harris, the Democratic candi,
date for Governor ct Kansas. served
III the Confederate ANN
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{, German Mayors 70 visit london.

This month London will receive a
visit from large number of represent
tatves of German municipalities, who
are anxioIs to acquaint themselves
with the latest forms Of municipal en-
terprise in England. According to
present arrangements, the party will
arrive in England on May IS, and are
expected to stay for about week.
They viii number between sixty and
seventy, and among these who have
intimated their intention to make the
trip are the mayors Of several Of the
largest German town..
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29
Blue ana Gray March Together.

An immense crowd Joined in cele-
bratlng at Charlotte, N. G., the one hun
dred and thirty first anniversary Of
the signing of the. Mechlenburg dec
laration Of independence. Drilling of
the United States troops was preceded
by big parade Of soldiers and Con-
federate veterans. An address was
delivered by Governor Glenn.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29
This Editor a SLAYER.

The editor Of the Sullwell q. ~ Sen.
tinel is growing to grow up with the
country. He is a slayer. He says:
'.The editor Of this paper is here to
stay. Some who are kicking against
him and his methods will turn their
toes up toward the blue vaults long
before this editor does, and he will be
here to note their removal from Still
well. Some of the people now in Still
well have to get out Of town, and they
will before the town amounts to any
thing"
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the doctors failing to help, began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. The urine soon
came freely again. and the pain grad
ually disappeared. have been cured
eight years, and though over 20, am as
active as boy
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29
BABYS AWFUL ECZEMA.


Il can truthfully say that just two
cakes Of Cuticura Soap and two bottles OF
Cuticura ResoIvent surprised me, as the
skin was peeling of my baby's hands and
face, and he was suffering awful When
the eczema first appeared he was very
healthy, but as soon : hr was covered
with it be lost flesh rapidly But as soon
as | commenced to use the Suticura Rene.
dies he started to mend. ! keep on using
the Cuticura Soap, as think it is an in
dispensablc article around the house As
my baby weighs thirty-seyen pounds and
is only seventeen months old, you can i'm
agine the torture ae endured My neigh
bors can ouch for this statement as be-
ing correct. Mrs Alex Weeks, Jr.. 26S
North Water St, Newburgh, N. H., Sept.
7, 1905"
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Canon Greenwich. Of Durham, the
well-known antiquary, recently cele-
brated his eighty-sixth birthday by
catching a seyenty-two-pound salmon
on the Tweed. A less truthful man
would have caught an eighty six pound
salmon.--London Punch.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29

Weak ankles viii be much strength
ened if bathed regularly in sea salt and
water # your feet become tender and
blister easily when walking, Try wear
ing thick wooden stockings. Before
Nulling them on. dust the feet wen
over with starch powder.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29
Valuable Cape Cod Cottage Burned.

The Cape Cod (Mass) summer home
of Roland c. Nickerson. of New York,
was destroyed by fire, and Mr. Nicker-
son, who was in the house, i'll with
an attack of heart disease, was awak-
ened and carried out safely The
Nickerson home was one of the finest
on Cape Cod, and, with its furnish
ings, paintings and bric-a-b rac, was
said to be worth nearly 100000
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29
Summer Novel rslot.

There is a plot for a summer novel
In this advertisement which recently
appeared in the Lucknow Qndia) Daily
Telegraph: "Will any gentleman, edu-
Gated, European, marry Immediately
young lady to save her from hate
full marriage?"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29
Newsy Gleanlngs.

Across Atlantic trips are expected to
be shortened to four days by 1910.
The Society for Ethical Culture re-
ports assets Of more than $1,000 1000.
France imported $500 600 worth Of
apples from Canada lest summer and
fall
The latest census gives the popula-
tlon Of London and the suburbs at
6,5S1 ,402.
Gifts of $4,000 and S125.000 from
unnamed donors to Union Theological
Seminary were announced.
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Telephone Company Climbs Down.
The New York Telephone Company,
in letter from its President to
the Mayor, offered to reduce its rates,
invited an inspection Of its accounts by
the city and even suggested paying for
its franchises
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29
PASS FREn ALooHoL BILL.

Senators Make But One Slight Change
in House Measure
Washington, D. C.-The Free Alco-
hol bill, relieving denatured alcohol
from an Internal Revenue tax, was
passed by the Senate, substantially as
reported from the Committee on FL
nance. The only amendment made
in the Senate was one providing that
Decentralization shall be done upon
the application of any registered dis
tillery IN denaturalizing bonded ware
houses especially designated for that
purpose solely.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29
More Kiaaes Than 80 nthnr -.

More Kisses Than Any other Person
The Queen Of the Hellenes probably
dispenses more Of what may be de-
scribed as official kisses" than any
one else on earth. Every lady present.
ed to her with whom she is on inti-
mate terms she kisses on the cheek;
others who have not the honor Of
knowing her well she kisses on the
forehead.
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The Rate bill was sent to conference
by the House. Washington, D. c., after
Mr. Cooper, of Wisconsin, had openly
charged Chairman Hepburn with con-
spring to cut out the express company
amendment
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29
cost MANSON sGas4 u Rnn

Richmond Pearson Hobson certified
at Montgomery Ala, that it cost him
s60s4 to defeat Representative Bank
head for the nomination for Congress.
It is said his recent lecture tour was
very profitable.
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Iudge censured RaiIroad,s read.

In affirming a judgment of Robert
Fl. Westcott against the Lackawanna
Railroad for breach of contract, Judge
Wallace. Of the United States Court,
New York City, characterized Presi-
dent Truesdale's act in repudiating the
contract as morally no better than lar
eeny."
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29

An Emporia woman brought suit in
the District Court to-day for a divorce
from her husband because she found a
cancelled check in his check book for
81 for ribbons for his typewriter.-Em-
poria Gazette
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29

bad weather brought
kidney troubles on
me, and / suffered
twenty years with
sharp, cramping pains
in the back and urin-
airy disorders. ! often
had to get up a dozen
times at night to uri-
nate. Retention set
in, and l was obliged
to use the catheter.
i +ooly n nv I,o1 md
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29

Roosevelt Said to Favor Taft
Many public men in washington, D.
G., think President Roosevelt aims to
have Secretary Taft nominated to sue
coed him in the<White House.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29
REBATE GIvERs GUILTY.

Jury Convicted Broker G. l.. Thomas
and Clerk-Out Thirty Minutes.
Kansas City.-George i. Thomas,
freight broker Of New York. and u.
B. Taggart, clerk employed by
Thomas. We're found guilty by a jury
in the United States District Court OF
conspiracy with shippers to give re-
bates. The jury considered the case
only thirty minutes.
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The Standard Oil hearing in Cleve-
Land disclosed that the trust has an
extensive telegraph system, leased or
owned. and does not depend on the
regular telegraph service.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29
Editor Made Police Head.

Governor Guild Of Massachusetts,
named Stephen O'Meara, formerly edl-
tor Of the Boston Journal, to be police
commissioner of Boston.
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Inc bulgarian Government has de-
clded to start a motor omnibus services
Ior connecting up outlying towns and
villages to the railways. For this
scheme, according to the Motor News,
they are inclined to favor private enter
prise. AS there are no motor manufac.
tories in the country, the cars win
have to be procured from abroad.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29

The Senate, Washington, D. c.,
passed a drastic Meat Inspection bill,
insuring pure meats for home as well
as foreign consumption.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29

Twenty times six per cent. of its
paid up capital is what the Japanese
Government is paying for the Seoul
Fusan railway.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29

FITS. st. vitus' Dance:Neryous Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 80 trial bottle and treatise Free
DIR. 81. r. KLINE, Id, 93I Arch st. ,Phila., Pa.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-29

Millions OF Immigrants.
Nearly 100000 aliens have landed
on our shores during the last five years.