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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
Fire in Insane ASYLUM.

The lives of eighteen insane per-
sons we're imperilled when fire de-
stroyed the servants quarters of the
Oak Hill Sanatorium at Caldwell
One woman, Nora Finnerty, who had
to be dragged out of the burning
building by two firemen, was bruised
severely in the tussle with her rescu-
ers. The servants attached to the
sanatorium, which is conducted by
DR.. David Moulton Gordon, are quar-
tered in frame building, about ESQ
feet from the main building, which is
a large three-story frame structure.
Close by are three other frame build
ings. Four women servants were in
the upper part of their building when
the fire started. Three of them
leaped from the windows, but Nora
Finnerty became too frightened and
ran back into the blazing house. Two
of the volunteer firemen, Asa F. Har-
kins and Seth Bevins, rushed in after
her, and after hard fight succeeded
in dragging her to safety.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
Three Held For Murder.

Testimony before Coroner Seeds
and jury at Medford concerning the
murder of David Beebe at Chairville
resulted in verdict charging Caleb
Rogers, Theodore Wells and Walter
Simons with the crime and commit
ting to jail Charles Speaker as wit
ness. Harry Hammill and Howard
Reeves were discharged and Harvey
Reeves was detained for carrying con-
cealed weapons. Testimony was CIV
en- that seven men surrounded Beebe
as he came from the house; that
Rogers knocked him down and beat
him after he fell, and then he was
kicked and beaten by Wells and Sim
ons Physicians said that the first
blow caused death When the verdict
was returned Reeves wife and Sim
ons' sister were carried unconscious
from the room. Wells denied any
part in the crime, but none of the
other prisoners would make state
ment
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
TRAVELS OF a AALF-DoLLAR
In 10 Years a Marked Coin Was
Twice Heard From.

Twice Heard From.
George Sizer, a popular young man,
was run over by fire engine In Har-
rodsburg, KY, in August, 1884, and
received injuries that proved fatal
Ten years after his death a letter
addressed to him was turned over to
his mother Mrs. Mary Sizer. It was
written by man in New York, who
stated that he had come in possession
of half dollar, with the name
George Sizer, Harrodsburg, KY"
stamped on it, and if it was of any
value to him to send so cents and he
would return the coin.
Mrs. Sizer was i'll at the time and
the letter was never answered.
The coin is still in circulation, for,
in November, 1908, another lette. came
here, addressed to George Sizer It
was dated Baltimore, Nd, and the
writer stated that her company was
filing an engagement at theatar in
that city and two nights before some
admirers had tossed several coins on
the stage, among them 50-cent piece
with his (Sizer's) name on it; that if
he desired she would send the coin.
Mrs. Mark Sizer has sent so cents for
the coin.
This letter was dated Nov. 81, the
nineteenth anniversary of Mr.. Sizer's
death.-New York Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14

The women of family, as a rule,
have closer knowledge of, and per-
.haps a keener interest in, the schools
than the men have, asserts the Pitts
burg Dispatch. They have the oppor-
tunity and generally the disposition
to learn more than their husbands
how the schools are conducted. While
the factors of Partially and preju-
dice may exist among them as in the
other sex, it is fairly safe PROPOSE
tion that the women Of any given
class will vote on school questions
more conscientiously and intelligently
than the men of the same class.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
Get $500 For Skin Grating.

A jury in the United States Circuit
Court at Trenton gave verdict Of
$500 for Mr.. and Mrs George A.
Spencer, of Philadelphia, in their suit
against Newlin Haines, proprietor of
the st. Charles Hotel, Atlantic City.
Mrs. Spencer was awarded $4,000 for
injuries sustained while operating a
mangler in the hotel laundry, and her
husband was given $500 for the loss
Of her services. They sued for $780,
900 and $4,000 respectively, and
among the allegations was that be-
cause of her injury thirty-two pieces
of skin were grated from her thigh
to her arm.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Runaway Plunges Into the Passaic.

Runaway Plunges Into the Passaic,
Three lives were imperil1ed in the
Passaic River, near Caldwell, as the
result of a remarkable runaway,
when a horse and rider plunged into
the water, landed upon canoe and
overturned it. Neither John Thomp-
son nor Frank Williams, of Little
Falls, the young men in the canoe,
could swim, and they were rescued in
a drowning condition by the occu-
pants of another boat who had wit
messed the accident. Frederick H.
Gallagher, nineteen years old, of
Fairfield, the rider of the horse, was
unseated when he and the animal dis
appeared below the water, but he
held to the horses name, and when
they came to the surface, pluckily re-
mounted and attempted to guide the
animal back to the bank. But the
horse had caught one of his forefeet
in the bride rein and could not con-
troll his course in the water The &C.
cupants of the boat came to the res
cue and unfastened the rein.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14

Here is what Mr.. Carnegie says Of
the Wall Street spectators who are
denouncing the Government and
clamoring for relief: 1T is a good
day for the country when gamblers
and spectators come to grief.
wish l could invent plan whereby
both sides would come to grief. /
never made a dollar on the Stock Ex-
change in my life. Let me speak for
the business men of the country.
Wall Street is not America. Specula-
ton is a parasite feeding on values
and creating none. think it is
about time we business men should
decline TO recognize men who make
money without rendering some value.
either in service or giving something
IN exchange or in manufacturing
soMethjne
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
MADE > PROFITABLE TRADE.
Land Worth MiIliona Exchanged For
Secondhand Articles.

Land Worth MiIliona Exchanged sor
secondhand Articles.
Frank A. Mings, principal OF gram
mar school No. 21, has suddenly found
himself prospective millionaire
while a six-flgure fortune is plainly
within grasp.
Mr.. Mings is the owner of an eighty.
acre tract of iron land about 100
miles north of Duluth, in st. Louis
county, MINI. He got the land on q
trade in 1887 for secondhand buggy
and furnace more or less the worse
for wear. He didn't think much of his
land, though 1t was located on the
Mesaba iron range, from which mil
lions of tons of ore have been taken,
but one day mining expert wrote
from Ely, Mimi, offering $4,000 for
his waste land.
One company looked over Mr..
Wings holdings a short time ago and
offered him $4,000 per month for the
privilege of working a mine on it.
Another company wished to buy q
part interest for 100000, and begin
work Immediately.
AS an absolutely clear title to the
property is vested in Mr.. Mings, and
it's reputed value as an outright plr-
chase climbs up to $1,000,000. it looks
as if the principal Of school No. 81
made record-breaking bargain when
he exchanged an anti4uated buggy
and a secondhand furnace for eighty
acres of the Mesaba r;lnge.
Mr.. Mings says he will continue to
teach.-Buffalo Enquirer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
Miss Jennie Fowle., who prac

Miss Jennie Fowler, who practices
the gentle art Of phrenology, thinks
that since women "have been going
unto business and doing all sorts of
things that they never used to think
of doing their skulls have changed
in shape as well as quality" In her
opinion the skulls of the modern
women are more like mems skulls,
and are certainly quite different from
"those of the stay-at-home women of
some years ago"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
Chocolate Makers.

Switzerland produces more choc-
olate than all other countries com
bined, and the Swiss consume more
of the article in proportion to the
population than any people in the
world. The annual consumption
amounts to $2,500.000, and the ex-
ports to nearly $6,000,000. The
yearly export to the United States
is about $1,000,00O, while England
takes over 100000 of concerns in
the confederation engaged in the
manufacture of chocolate, and there
are employed in the various factories
about 10000 persons, many of whom
are women.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
NEGRO Saves Seven at Fire.

Thomas Mason, negro, saved
seven persons from a fire which de-
stroyed a double house, occupied by
four families, in Railroad avenue, at
Bloomfield. When the stairway was
burning he got ladder and almost
unaided carried out Mrs. Philip Will
son and her two daughters, Albert
Burnham and his wife, an aged cou-
Pile; Ella Berman and Mrs. William
Van Ripper, the last from the first
floor. The property of the four fam
lilies was completely destroyed, and
two dogs in an upper room were
burned alive.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
Order For Slippery Elm Bark.

Sulzer Brothers, of Madison, Ind,
have Just booked the largest order
they ever received from Europe for
slippery elm bark. The order calls
for 10000 pounds of the inner bark
Of trees and limbs. It is peeled be-
tween April Is and June 15, between
which dates it peels as easily as a
banana. Slippery elm is found ex-
tensiyely in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky
and Missouri, and is used for making
medicine.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14

Red hair is indicative rather of ex-
ecutive than judicial temperament,
according to the diagnosis of the At
lanta Constitution. A red-headed
man on the bench is a rarity; we can
recall no instance; neither have we
ever heard of a red-headed convict.
Despite quick temper, they seem, gen
orally, to avoid contact with the Grim
inal courts.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
RInnd Transmission Fails.

Charles Goodfellow, of Trenton.
died at his home after efforts to save
his life by blood TRANSMISSION had
failed. Goodfellow was stricken with
kidney trouble some time ago and
was removed to the University OF
Pennsylvania Hospital Mrs. Good
fellow went to the hospital and the
physicians there transfused blood
from her to her husband. This failed
and .GoodfelIow was brought home TO
dfo
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
Negro Sentenced to Twelve Years.

Swift justice was melted out to Ed
ward Gibson, a negro, at Woodbury.,
who attacked Miss Dorothy Paris,
nineteen years old, of Wenonah. Glib
son, who was caught soon afterward,
was arraigned before Judge Scott. He
made no defense, and the court SEN
fenced him to twelve years imprison-
ment and to pay fine of $4,000. Be-
fore pronouncing sentence Judge
Scott severely scored the negro and
then imposed the extreme penalty Tor
his crime
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
On any particular date there may

On any particular date there may
be less prosperity or there may be
more, insists the Hartford Courant,
but it will be prosperity in either
case: Where the governing economic
conditions are sound, as they are in
this country, they are bound to assert
themselves as against temporary po-
1itical plans and passions.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14

Russia is no longer merely great
geographical or military expression.
She has a people conscious of it's in
terests and rights, one that refuses
to be annihilated by autocracy and
bureaucracy, maintains LIE Radical,
of Paris, and that is determined to
acquire the franchise and guarantees
existing to-day in all civilized States.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14

That Connecticut man who came
home the other day and found that
his wife had eloped with a burglar
could console himself, suggests the
Pittsburg Dispatch, with the evidence
that the burglar was not profess
sional. He did not take anything of
real value.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14

A Congressman reported that the
meals at Panama might be better.
panama is not so different from
iAmerica, after all, pleads the Atlanta
journal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14

| General Morris Schaff, in the 1t
fantic, declares that Grant and Sher-
raan were the only officers of high
rank he ever met who did not charge
the atmosphere about them with mil
itary consequence.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
Showed Whisky in Pulpit.

The Rev. c. D. Sinkinson, of Christ
Church, preached against the liquor
evil. at Atlantic City, and emphasized
his remarks by pointing to his four
teen-year-old son, who had pint
flask of whisky, which he had no
trouble in buying. Most of the sa-
looms were closed. but one was
raided.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14

Different guesses may be made
about the meaning of the Japanese
note to the Russian Ambassador, sug-
gests the New York Press, but the
order for the biggest battleship in
the world will give a slight clue to
the Mikado's attitude toward dis
armament.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14

A North Beverly Mass, youth
came near precipitating storm Of
trouble in grocery store day or
two ago, when he stuck his head in
at the door and asked in perfect limo
cence, Say, mister, have you got
any meat ft for my dog!"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14

Machine politics has disappeared
from most of the States, and the re-
formers will not have to waste any
more time in smashing states, hope
fully announces the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. Once more the voice of
the people bids fair to dominate the
To1J
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14

II a playwright has been instructed
90 write play in which woman is de-
Ipicted just as she is. In some plays
now, sneers the Atlanta Journal, shc
almost looks that way.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
Father Barnard Vaughan, brother

Father Barnard Vaughan, brother
of the late Cardinal Archbishop of
Westminster, says that Englishwom-
en- in society" are constantly grow
ing less religious and may yet be-
come positively irreligious. Arch
deacon Sinclair says they drink 200
.o,,o1,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14
The number of cigars smoked is

The number of cigars smoked is
an index of the nations prosperity,
argues the New York Times. The
cigar manufactures have doubled
their output in eight years, the num-
Der for the fiscal year 1905-'06 being
S,07O,672,649, as compared with
4,O63,16s,O97 for the year ended
June 80, 1898.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14

Negroes plan to run line of
steamers from Baltimore to the
jamestown Exposition to aGcommo-
Sate colored persons only.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-14

Lake Huron holds curious record
in having more islands than any Other
lake. 1T has at least 5000, Tough
Erna- hI Ireland. has $50 islanaa~
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-25
SPECIAL OFFICER BUSY
SEVERAL JOINTS RAIpED AND A
QUANTITY OF BOOZE
SMASHED.

Special whiskey officer Sam Cone
and his force Of deputies got a lit.
tie busy yesterday afternoon and Wis
tied a number of the joints in the
city, with the result that a large
quantity of booze was broken and
the fixtures OF a joint on East Main
street confiscated.
The proprietors and clerks were ar
rested, all OF whom made bond. The
sale of all tin top drinks will be
stopped until statehood when the du
ties OF the special whiskey officers
cease. and the state authorities will
then have control.
Since the arrival OF the special ON
Ger and his deputies in the city
and the publishing OF the ukas'
against the sale OF territorial drinks
business in the police court has fall
en- OF to a great extent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-25
ENDORSED BY the BAR
RICHARD N. LESTER AN APPll.
CANT FOR ASSISTANT AT.
ToRNEY oENERALsAiP.

Richard VI. Lester. one OF the
younger members Of the bar of this
city has been unanimously endorsed
by his associates for the position
of assistant attorney general. under
Chas. West. Every member Of the bar
has written a personal letter to MIR.
West endorsing Mr.. Lester for the
position.
During the campaign, Mr.. Lester
was an ardent supporter of MIR. West
and To a certain degree managed his
campaign in Carter county. where
he received a plurality of the votes
cast.
Richard NJ. Lester is a native OF
Georgia. and a graduate OF Yale Uni.
versity. and the law department Of
the University of Georgia. lie ranks
high as a lawyer among his fellows
in the city and section Of the coun.
try, and II he secures the appoint
mcnt will make an able assistant TO
MIR. West who is known all ove the
state as a trust buster. and the nan
that made the railroads smell smoke
for a time in the rate investigation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-25
SCHEDULE OF PRICES
FOR USE OF NATURAL GAS TO
BE ANNOUNCED IN SUN.
DAYS PAPER.

A peep into the display window of
the stevens, Kennerly & Spragins
Cos. hardware store reveals the in.
teresting fact that Ardmore has en-.
tered upon a new and an important
era in It's history. This firm is the
first in the city to add to their stock
Of stoves a line of heating stoves and
cook stoves adapted for the use OF
natural gas. The window has three
stoves, two heaters and one range
for the kitchen. Many people were
attracted to the window display and
wanted to compare figures on the
relative cost OF the use OF natural
gas. wood and coal for fuel. No fig
ures are obtainable yet and no sales
OF stoves will be made and no gas fit
ting will he done until a definite
rate for gas is fixed.
The gas company has agreed to
give the Ardmoreite a statement Sun
day morning which Will show the
rates to be charged for gas for home
use and for use in factories.
One of the pleasing features of the
gas situation is the fact that the
gas we are to burn Is the natural
product which is far ahead OF artifi-
cial gas. When the people have esti'
mated the cost OF burning gas and
in the event II proves economical
| there will be a rush for gas stoves
and ranges and the gas filters vii
enjoy a season OF prosperity In fit
ting the homes Of the city for the
use OF gas
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-25
THOMAS JEFFERSON
TOMORROW NIGHT

Ardmore theater- goers will give
Thomas jefferson a hearty welcome
tomorrow night.
Leaders of society are now arrang-
ing TO have several theater parties,
and from all indication every seat in
the opera house will be sold to see
this great actor.
People are coming here from all
nearby towns, and those wishing the
best seats will do well 20 be at Lon
Frames drug store when the sale
starts tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock.
25-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-25
new RECORD At WHEELER
NEW WELL BROUGHT IN AFTER
TWENTY.oNE DAYS OF
DRILLING.

The Santa Fe company has broken
all records for bringing in a we'll
at the Wheeler oil fields. and a day
or so ago brought in a fairly good
producing well after boring for TWEEN.
tyone days. rs against twenty-six
days heretofore.
The new well produces oil In good
paying quantities, although not as
much as the company expected, on
account OF the great amount Of water
with Il.
The rigging for the well to be
known as the California well is up
and within a short time will begin
drilling for deep oil.
A number OF riggings are being
put in place In a new section Of
| the field that has been untried, ant
should the new venture prove sue
cessful 1t will not be a great while
before the work OF constructing q
pipe line between Wheeler and Ard
more will be commenced and oil
racks built in this city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-25
new SUIT FILED
SUIT FOR BREACH OF CON.
TRACT FILED AGAINST
AN ATTORNEY.

II. W. Choate OF Marietta has
hlcd suit In the district clerks Of
flee against Guy II. Sigler of this
city to recover the sum of s1lO.45
as damages for breach Of contract
In not turning over TO the p,aintif
the agency for a number of fire in
surance companies that the defen-
dant represented and which he was
to have turned over to the plair;!r
having accepted a promisory note
therefor.
The complaint alleges thai the de-
PENDANT Sigler was to transfer TO
the plaintiff his insurance agency
which place defendant had been
conducting in the city of Marietta
In consideration OF a certain sum
Of money. That the def ndant Sig
Ter transferred the agency Of one com
pany. wherein he was to have trans
ferred several companies and never
did. The complaint alleges a breach
Of contract IN the part OF the plain
tin and fraud.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-25
The University Of Oklahoma.

With the coming OF statehood, the
University Of Oklahoma Is naturally
attracting more attention abroad than
formerly. The November number OF
the Inter.varsity and College Review
will contain a write.up and pictures
Of the young institution. The No
vember Beta Theta Pi. the oficial
organ of the fraternity. will also
have an article on the university II
mstrated. The registrar has Just re
ceived a letter from the secretary Of
the graduate school at Harvard which
reads in part as follows: I'VE have
recently established % new scholar
ships. II you have any bright Sc
niors who would like to apply for one
of these, kindly encourage them to dc
So" In educational circles the Uni
versity has been known favorably for
several years. but just now It is at
tracing somewhat wider attention.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-25
ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED AND A
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS
ADOPTED.

The reorganization Of the Ardmore
Bar association was perfected last
night at a meeting held In the dis
trict court room and attended by
about t~h!rty-five members OF the legal
fraternity. A constitution and bylaws
were adopted, and the following OH.
GERS elected for the ensuing year:
President, w. A. Ledbetter; vice pres
ident, j. c. Thompson. secretary
Richard NJ. Lester. The executive
committee, which is composed of five
members, three of whom were elected
and the other two consist of the
president and vice president. is as fol
lows: w. A. Ledbetter, J. C. Thomp
son, II. C. Potterf, Thos. Norman and
S. T. Bledsoe. c. o. Bum was elected
as treasurer OF the association.
Under the reorganization the asso
citation is composed of the officers
and the executive committee and al
members of the bar who have beer
members OF the association Will have
to submit their application for mem
bership and be passed upon the sam
as II there had been no previous
organization. The applicant must sub
init his license and diploma. an,
state where he was admitted. an
for what length Of time he studio,
law, and whether or not he has eve
been disbarred. or whether disbarmen
proceedings have ever been institute,
against him. The membership fee wa
placed at $3.50. The regular meeting
of the association will be held in tn
months OF March. october and jar
uary, and the annual meeting tn
first Monday night in May.
The constitution adopted is simila
TO the one in force in Oklahom
City with some amendments or in
provements In the instrument.