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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
GEN. CASTRO ABDICATES
Dictator d Venezuela Turns Over
Reins to Gomez.
PLEADS lLL-HEALTH AS REASON

Puts The vice-President in Charge
WIN Probably fake the once Again
After q 9o-Day vacation. But a New
Cabinet win 60 in Meanwhile to Han
die the present Bicker with France
New York City.-General Cipriano
Castro has retired temporarily from
the Presidency of Venezuela. General
Juan Vicente Gomez, First Vice Presi-
dent of the republic, is the present OK
ecutiye head. This information was
contained in an official cable dispatch
received from Caracas by Carlos Ben
ito Figueredo, Venezuelan Consul-Gen
eral in this city.
Those who are acquainted with the
tenacity with which Castro has kept
his office since 1899, with the whole
country, and other countries too,
against him, viii be surprised to learn
of his voluntary retirement, aud sew
eral Venezuelans in this city see a
string tied to it. There has been not
the slightest intimation that he con-
templated such a step.
General Jose Manuel Hernandez. for
merly Venezuelan Minister ait Wash
ington, who is now living in this city.
said that he did not believe Castro was
the kind of man to retire. He said:
My opinion is that the whole affair is
comedy. General Gomez will be
President in name only"
The official announcement gives as
Castro's reason for resigning that che
desires to retire to restful private life
for some time owing to the strenuous
work his position exacts and which he
has so successfully carried on for the
several years
The change took place when Castro
issued a proclamation, wherein ap-
peared the following:
Should his temporary separation
bring harmony and good will to the
country, he would Willingly make his
retirement permanent-if necessary"
The dispatch also says that peace is
assured in Venezuela and Tat the in
ternational questions will be either
amicably arranged or arbitrated. If
this latter promise is carried out it is
probable that the Government dispute
with the New York and Bermudez AS
phalt Company will be adjusted. The
companys property It Guanoco was
seized nearly two years ago by a Vene-
zuelan court in obedience tc an order
from Castro.
Ciprlano Castro became President
of Venezuela on October rs, 1899, hav-
ing headed a revolution againse Presi-
dent Ignaeio Andrade. His father was
az Indian cattle ranch owner and his
mother mulatto. He is about fifty
years old, and is reputed to be wealthy.
General Gomez, who becomes Presi-
dent temporarily, is known as an able
military man. He aided Castro in his
revolution against President Andrade,
and is commander of the Venezuelan
army.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
TESTING. BRIDE KILLS SELF.
Drains Vial of Poison as Her Husband
and Two Friends Look On;


New Brighton. Pa.-Facing her hus-
band and his friends in her Oak Hill
home with words so light they seemed
almost a jest, beautiful Katharyne An
derson, barely seventeen years old. q
bride of four months, drained a vial of
poison as he sprang to her side and,
without word of explanation, died
within the hour.
The suicide was so sudden that not
one of the three men who witnessed 1t
had time to reach the young woman
before she emptied the bottle, al
though she stood in the same room
with them. She stepped a foot or two
inside the threshold when Joseph An
derson, her husband, was entertaining
two of his business associates. The
three looked up at her approach and
started from their chairs at her words.
what do you think of this, JoeT
she asked gayly. "This' was a tiny
Hask of potent poison. A dancing ray
of sunshine struck it like sword as
She held it up in plain view. 1t
flashed wickedly- brightly than
the strange light in her eyes.
"Katep' cried Anderson. He was
beside her in another instant. But in
the second he spent in bounding for
ward she gulped the contents of the
vial, and it was in writing agony that
she sank into his arms. She dieu
while two skilled medical men were
striving to save her
Anderson is one of the richest young
farmers in the Beaver Valley.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
DoW1E RETURNS TO FIGHT.
Former Leader in Chicago, Broken in
Health. Old and Weak.

I1cdllll, OIu duu weak.
Chicago. - Weak and sick almost unto
death John Alexander Dowie arrived
in Chicago. Instead of going on to
Zion City he went to the Auditorium
Annex and from that base conducts
his fight through the courts. He re-
tanned leading law firm and for more
than ten hours he was in consultation.
1t was decided that legal proceedings
should be begun to set aside the trans
fer Of the Zion property made by Vol
iva.
Voliva and his followers threaten to
meet this move by filing a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy
The old man was John Alexander
Dowie. And such was his re-entry into
Chicago, where first he acquired fame.
riches and power.
1t was Dowie, but not John AIexan-
der, erstwhile General Overseer of the
Christian Catholic Church in Zion. 1t
was far from being the man who by
the power of personal magnetism had
drawn tens of thousands to his creed
and score of millions TO his purse,
had founded a city and spread his
teachings to the ends Of the earth.
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Timely Topics.

The grandchildren OF Joseph Per-
kins, for many years trustee OF Adel-
bert College, have given the Institution
$4,000.
Jesse Jones, of Pulaski, Tenn, is
nearly 40 years old, having been born
Of a Portuguese father *nd Choctaw
Indian mother in Raleigh N. c., June
10, 1896. He has fought n forr wars.
Major RI. S. Jersey, director OF the
United States Weather Bureau at Mill
waukee, has been ordered to report to
Washington to accompany Walter
Wellman's airship expedition to the
North Pole
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
SELF-PLAYING EITHER.

Inventors are quicR to attempt any
thing that affords a chance of reward.
Why they do not tackle musical in
struments is query hard to answer,
but the fact still remains that prac-
tically no new musical instruments are
patented. Improvements on those al
ready in use are occasionally recorded,
one of the most recent being the self
playing either, illustrated here. This
is an attachment for zithers or similar
stringed instruments to produce con-
tinuous vibration Of the strings. Jour
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17

of the device in the water. This con-
stitutes the primary element Of the
attachment, the form and manner of
attachment being modified to the re-
qulFements of arm and leg.
To supplement the leg movement
with the instep action Of the foot. the
yane frame is pivoted to the leg at
tachment BY system Of parallel links,
which link motion is connected by 4
light rod to the toe of a sandal or shoe
on the foot. The feet, instead of act
ing merely as paddles, are utilized to
impart considerable muscular power to
propei the body forward, the legs
being kept merely far enough apart to
avoid striking the frames together
Philadelphia Record
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
The Gentler Sex.

,St. Andrews University conferred
the degree Of Doctor Of Laws on Miss
Agnes Irwin, dean Of Radcliffe College,
Cambridge.
Mrs. Anna Gridley, although eighty
years old, is clerk in one Of the de-
partments In Washington. She is the
mother of Captain Gridley, who was
with Dewey at Manila.
Mrs. Ella e. Tilton. Grand Chief OF
the Rathbone Sisters, Of New Hamp-
shire, died at her home at Exeter. She
was also prominently connected with
several other fraternal organizations
She was fifty-nine years Of age.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
RECORD ID Ikaiaer.s volca.

Dr. Il. w. Scripture. who has been
making researches in phonetics under
a Smithsonian Institution grant, has
secured a gramophone record Of the
voice Of Emperor William Of Germany.
It will be preserved by the National
Museum at Washington and, OF course,
will not be used IN amy public way tn
the Kaiser's lifetime.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17

lead, But the little thing, as unintelli-
gent as it looks, maggOt-Iize, has per-
haps mind Of its own, as we have
seen. The habit is almost invariable;
the victims crawl from their usual
places and position themselves on the
leaves. Out Of seventy-one parasitized
plant lice found two on the stem
and one on the tip of a thorn. as If it
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
Cut ont Brain's covering.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Dr. John B. Muir
ply has restored the reasoning powers
Of Arthur Melton. since his fifth year
a victim of epilepsy.
mer patient at Esperanza while visit.
ing at Pasadena, and, becoming inter-
ested, agreed to operate. DR.. Murphy's
theory is that the membrane surround
ing the back of the brain, known as the
dura mater. is the seat of epileptic af-
fections, and he removed It, The pa.
tent is rid of his affiiction.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17

or course the aphis SO treated does
not die at once, else Natures plan
would miscarry It lives. and goes on
feeding and maintaining the same stiff
and seemingly contented attitude for
a little while Meantime the egg
matches a minute. white, maggot-like
larva, and this at once begins feeding
on the soft muscular tissues Of its
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
MoRRIsrowN PosroRFICE.
open from z in the Morning UntiI 2
In the Evening.
NAILS CLOSE.

open from In the Morning UnttI 2
In the Evening.
MAITs oLosH-
g.se A. M.--Tor New York and I'll intermedss
lte stations
e.i6 A. M.-For Easton, Newton, Chester and
Ill intermediate stations. Whippany.
BIS A. M.--Tor Broohside, Mendham and a1a
tations ON the RocKaway Valley Railroad
els A. M.-Bor New York; and intermediats,
stations.
els A. M.--For Mount Freedom.
9.4b A. M.--Eor Newark, New York snd b..
Tond.
llssAM-Eor Newark, New York aud y
Fond.
l24s r. M.--For New York and All interms.
tiate stations
is.4b P. M.-For Roclraway and Dover.
aDO P. M.-Eor New York and all interHss.
late stations.
MAILS READY FOR DML1vERx.
40 A. M.-Erom New York and intermsds
ste stations.
$50 A. A.--Trom Hackettstown and inter
mediate stations. Whippany. Mt. Freedom.
ca. M.--Erom Brockside. Mendharn and AM|
stations on the Rockaway Valley Railroad.
ee.2O 4. K--From New York and antermsda
ste stations
IL A. M.-From Dover.
s110P. M.--From New York nnd intesmedt
Ate stations.
LBS r. M.--yrom New York
B.e0P. M.-Erom Philadelphia. Kastons Now
ton. Chester and intermediate stations.
AB0 r. From Brookside, Afendbam ana a
stations ON the Rockaway valzny Railroad
eAn p. M-Eroru New York hna interme
Ate stations
rtI4 From Newark and New York
sDeliverod By CARRIERS
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
Poisoned Candy in School Fatal

Gertrude Il. Law, Of Alta Vista, w.
Va, sixteen years old. ate candy with
her girl friends at school. In the even
ing she was taken i'll and after several
hours of terrible suffering became un.
conscious. In this state she fingered
thirty six hours before death. An
analysis viii be made to ascertain
what poison was in the candy.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
Police Attack Socialists.

Eighty policemen charged a gather
ing Of Socialists who were holding a
demonstration of protest in San Fran
cisco, Cal. against the arrest of Off
Gals of the Western Federation of
Miners for alleged completely in the
murder Of former Governor Steunen-
berg, of Idaho. Twelve Socialists were
arrested, most of whom were rescued
by the crowd.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
COST OF LIVING HIGHER.
Greater Than For Twenty-Five Years
On Crest Of Prosperity.

Greater Than For Twenty-Five Years
On Crest of Prosperity.
New York City. Meats, milk, butter,
eggs and vegetables are higher in price
now than for twenty-five years. accord
ing to a statement issued by Dun's
Agency. Bread and breadstuffs are a
little lower than they were year ago.
Clothing and everything that the
people use, including all the industrial
metals, are at the top price since 1884,
This means that the cost Of living is
greater now than for nearly a genera
tion past, which is taken by political
econimists to indicate that the wave Of
prosperity In America is on the crest
with no sign, though, of an immediate
break.
The advance in clothing and metals
has been more pronounced than in
food,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
self-playing Either.

nailed in the centre and at one end
of the either are rolls to receive a long
strip of perforated music. Between
the rolls are number of holes which
connect with a wind bag beneath the
instrument. The passage Of the roll
Of music over the holes operates a Sc
ries Of pickers, the latter vibrating the
strings. The action throughout is SINH
lar to that used in pianolas and eolians.
Philadelphia Record.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
Apples Scarce and High

Apples are easily maintained at the
high level Of prices and advance up
ward a notch ait every opportunity.
The supply is now very light and the
trade is equally limited on account OF
the high prices Consumers use So
apples very sparingly so far as the
great mass of people are concerned.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
SURGERY MAKES BAD BOY GOOD
Incorrigible, With Pressure Removed
From Brain, Becomes Tractable.

From Brain, Becomes Tractable.
Toledo, Ohio.-From a boy who was
so vicious that he was declared incorrL
gible and sentenced to the reformatory,
Harold Hurley, twelve years old, has
been transformed by surgery to boy
whose one object seems to be to do
good and comfort his parents.
Harold's parents could do nothing
with him, and the probation officer had
him sentenced. Before he was taken
away the officer noticed d scar on the
boys forehead. The mother told him
that the boy, when five years old, had
fallen and fractured his skull. Elk.
animation revealed a swelling of the
bone, and physician was consulted,
The result was an operation which re.
moved bone about an inch long from
the boys brain. His transformation
was completeanda almost instantaneous.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17

host. Some little time is required for
the larva to complete its growth-five
or six days during very warm weather,
longer when it is cool. With an in-
stinct that has ever been a marvel to
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
Two Students Drowned.

George Eubanks, Jr., of Birming
ham, and Tom Matthews, students at
the university, Tuscaloosa, Ala, were
drowned while fishing. Their canoe
drifted too close to the whirlpool at the
foot Of the fails and was eapsized,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17

Mrs. William Floyd, of Roanoke,
Va, intending to shoot cat on the
back fence, accidentally shot her little
three-year-old daughter in the neck,
from the effects Of which the child
died. The mother is Frustrated with
grief.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17

Stafford County farmers, in their APP
peal to the Kansas State Employment
Bureau for 2500 harvesters for their
100000 bushels of wheat, say they
don't want college students in white
waist coats and kid gloves.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
Camhlers Mined $4,000

Lawrence j. Gallagher, proprietor
of gambling house at Lakewood, N.
j., known as the Albemarle Club, with
his three assistants, Charters, Fay and
Silbers. pleaded guilty to conducting a
gambling house, and were fined in the
aggregate $4,000 and costs. This
amount they paid.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17

In conference with President
Roosevelt, at Washington, DR.. Scale
Harris, Of the University Of Alabama,
expressed the opinion that the negro
race is likely to become extinct in this
country through the ravages of dis
ease, especially consumption
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
1876. 600 Ians Starving.

Red Cross cable reports state that
the number of persons in Japan who
have to depend upon outside help is
over 100000. More than 10000 are
without food.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
Mutiny on Portuguese Cruiser.

Two hundred and fifty men of the
Portuguese cruiser Don Carlos /. mutt
MED at Lisbon The outbreak was
quelled by Admiral Ferreira, who sent
the men on shore under arrest.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
sIeepwalI[er Drowned in Pond.

Mrs. Hormidas ST Almond fell into
small pond near her home at Harris
Vile, K. l., while walking in her sleep,
and was drowned. Mrs. ST. Almond
was thirty years old.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
To Row Around the Horn.

Captain William FL Gillen has
planned to row and sail from New
York City around Capt Horn to San
Francisco in an open boat.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
Merchanfa Rnsu

Clothing manufacturers and whole
sale dry goods houses are especially
busy, and forwarding Of footwear from
Boston for the year thus far surpass
all previous records.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
women Buried Alive.

Two aged women were dug out alive
at Ottajano, Italy, after having been
buried six days under ashes and stones
thrown out by Vesuyius.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17

Chat is but an imperfect science
which studies world of effects and
neglects their cause.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-17
WHEN THE FIRE NEIL HINas-.
Look at This and You WIN Be Able
to Locate the Blaze.


to Locate the Blaze.
now 10 SEND in AN ALARM.
10 send In an alarm, open box and pun dowm
the lever ON the inside. When an alarm IL
sent in. the fire bell win sound the number ce
the box and repeat the alarm four times
There are several keys to each box, which are
held by persons living nearby-a card attached
to each box gives the names Of such holdarn.
Policemen also have keys
HOW 10 LOCATE AN AIARM
II the alarm Is sounded from box Is, tho flrs
bell win strike two. then pause rnd strike dvss
which win indicate that the fire is in the vicsnr
ity Of No. Is box. Every alarm is repeased
four times.
NO. BOX. LOCATION.
5........-........W Western Ave, near Miller &C.
B............. .Mendham Ave-. corner Mills St.
H.....-..-... Corner Early and Harrison sts.
B......---.......H peedweIl Ave, near EARLY 81.
M.................-.W Water St., corner Cole Ave.
Morris ST. ct Depo4
B.......... Morris g., near Washington Hd'q'a
H.......-........ Madison Ave. near Ford Ava.
B............ Franklin st., near Franklin PlMca
b.. Maple Ave between Oak q Boyken Sta
B...--..... Market St.. corner Macculloch Ave.
E......-.. Washington ST. at Roys drug stue8
E........ Police Headquarters. speedwez Avs
'b8. ............... Memorial Hospital. Morris St.
H............... Water St.. corner Linden Avs
TO- ............ Maple Ave, corner MadisonEt.
12........Ail Souls Hospital Mt. Kemble Ax@
South St., front Morristown Club
M................. Sussex Ave, corner Mills Sc.
s5............ Washington ST., corner Atno Ave !
fS.......... hIacculloch Ave, corner Boykon Sc
ls..............c corner Park Place and South ST..
i4......-.......C Cor. RidRedaIe and Albeit AYES.
$40 be runR at Police Headquarters
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GLASS.

MINIATUKE PIG STICKING As SEEN THROUGH MAGNIFYING
The fly of the aphi il
and
green pig and they get ABOUT much like oat Their inactivity permits
bodies which
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rHE PARAsIrE or THE ROSE APHIs. MucH MAGNIr1Ep

and
yellow,
of Of
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-23
Didn't Keep the appointment.

A young American student at Prague
fell deeply in love with a pretty Ger
man girl and sent her a note propos-
ing a place of meeting. He wrote:
THAT my darling may make no mis-
take, remember, | will wear a light
pair of trousers and a dark cutaway
coat. In my right hand | will carry a
cane and in the left a cigar. Yours
ever, Jake" The girls father got hold
OF the note and sent this answer:
dot mine future son make no mis-
take, | viii be dreshed in mine shirt
sleeves. | viii wear in mine right hand
a club. and in mine left hand | will
grasph a six-shooter. You will recognize
me by de way | bats you on de heat a
goaple time twice nit mine club. Wait
for me at de corner, as / have some
dings important to inform you nit.
Your trent, Heinrich Muller"
Query-Did the young man keep tho
appointment?
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-23

were really there, or my spirit a
come back to haunt the place.
presently the head jailer came to
me and told me that a fire had taken
place in the neighborhood the night
before, in which two strange men were
so badly burned that death was but
a matter of hours with them. One OF
the men, when he was told that he
could not live, sent for the minister
and confessed to having committed the
murder | had been convicted OF. His
story, which vas subsequently confirm
ed by the other burglar, was, substan-
TALLY, that they had come TO Il
town in quest of proper prey. They
had learned that Miss c had many
Well-to-do boarderS in her house, some
of whom carried money with them in
large amounts, and they had determin.
ed to rob the house. The hou was
late, and the night very tempestuous
and black, the very elements seeming
to favor the wicked purpose of those
men. Their plan was to go to Miss Cs
room and secure the keys of the
house, after which they could loot at
leisure. Accidently, however, they
awakened the landlady, who immedi.
ately set up such In unearthly scream
Ing that it was found necessary to
despatch her without more ado. One
shot was enough for the dastardly
purpose, and the poor old creature,
who had never done any other harm
than to ask for her just dues, went
quickly over the river The robbers
then paused for a moment to ascertain
If anyone in the house had been arous-
ed by the shot. Concluding finally
that the storm had drowned the re-
port of the pistol, they determined to
leave at once, as the murder had so
unnerved them that they had no
thought of theft, but cared only to
get away. AS they We're going out,
however, they discovered a man lying
In the hall at the landing, near Miss
C's door, in a drunken stupor. Then 1t
occurred to them to drag the man noise
lessly into her room, and leave him
there with a pistol on the floor near
his hand. Their motive in doing this
was to divert suspicion from them
selves, as they we're strangers in the
place. When they discovered that
had a pistol in my pocket similar to
their own, they exchanged cartridges;
hence the empty shell in mine.
Gentlemen, that is my story.
Presently he said.
81 know there's n question you
all want to ask. You want to know
what I've got in my hat that had such
a startling effect upon me. | will
tell you what it is,-it's "a picture
it's not that of mother. nor my sweet
heart, but,"-and he held his hat with
the inside turned toward us.
There was a picture there, n that
caused us all to shudder. 1t was the
picture of a gallows.
Todd extended his hand.
"The deal is on" he said.