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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05

The French cuirassiers regiments
were abolished because it was q
choice between retaining them or
having 120 new batteries of heavy
field artillery. The Ministry of War
chose the latter, and the 5000 horses
which have carried men in armor
will now drag big guns.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05
No Machinery Used.

But" protested Mrs. Newliwed,
II don't see why you ask twenty-five
cents a half peck for your beans.
The other man only wanted fifteen
cents.
j Yes m" replied the huckster,
but these here beans O. mine Is all
hand picked, "-P Philadelphia Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05

Mr.. Rockefeller's gift of $32,00O,-
900 to the General Education Fund
is unrivaled in it's way. He has now
given $43, 100000 to this fund, which
establishes new record of private
contributions to educational purposes
Ito say nothing of the millions he
has given to the Chicago University
and other institutions.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05

The City Council of Birmingham.
England, has increased the number
of women health inspectors from
four to twenty, because of the ex-
cellent results achieved in the homes
of the poor and in the factories. In
the same city the policemen have
been taught the principles of first
aid"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05
Old Man Killed by Automobile.

Joseph Hundertpford. sixty-twc
years old, of 10 Van Rensselaer,
street, Belleville, run down by an au
tomobile, died without recovering
consciousness. The automobile,
owned by Joseph c. Cloud, of 27S
Graham avenue, Paterson, was driven
by Robert Corser, its sole occupant.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05
Exciseman Opposes Licenses.

The new excise board of Asbury
Park has one member who opposes
all licenses. He is EXciseman John
III. McMurray, and says he was elect
ed without any pledges, and he will
not vote TO give licenses to the hotels
He has nc supporters in the board.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05
Uncle Sam Making Mexican Coin.

For the first time in the history OF
the New Orleans United States Mint
Mexican money is beng coined there
Work was started January / on the
coming Of 100000 in Mexican
twenty-cent pieces, and it is expected
that by March 80 all of the 100000
silver pieces will be ready for ship
ment.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05
Killed While on Errand For Dead.

John Channell, president of the
Middleton Real Estate Company, of
Atlantic City, was killed by an cleo
trio train at Pleasantyille. He had
gone to the cemetery to select grave
for his sisters husband. While at
the railroad station he stepped in
front of an electric train and was
crushed to death.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05

The Nashville American thinks it
must be source of qualification to
that clientele of play patrons who re-
gard the drama seriously and with
dignity, that the stage offering of
wholesome nature and clean interest
is winning vogue for itself in this
countrv
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05

Steel is in these days as truly an
index of the exuberant growth of
national resources as wheat or cot
ton; and to surpass in it's use and
production France, Germany and
Great Britain combined is no trife.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05

Observes the Troy Record: A list
of people Killed at crossings in the
United States during the last ten
years would astound the public. 1t
is time that the death traps were
abolished.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05
Arrested For kicking a Boy.

Robert McGuigan. foreman at the
Wall Rope Works ct Beverly, was
held under bail on a charge of hav-
ing brutality kicked Albert G. Ander-
son, OF Bridgeborough, a sixteen-year-
old employe, because he was not apt
in his work.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05
.Tripped with a Lamp; Dead.

Mrs. Rosa Bells, well-to-do
widow, who lived alone in School
street, Washington, was burned to
death. She was going up stairs with
lighted lamp, when she stumbled
and fell, and in falling fired her
clothing.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05

has decided to build a new structure
for the exclusive use of high school.
1t is understood that about $4,000
will be asked for. The board has also
decided to teach music in all of the
schools.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05
The ChiIdren's Safeguard.

The cornerstone of our nation is
religious liberty. The cornerstone
of the home is the family altar. The
greatest safeguard we can throw
around our children is to establish
and keep up the family altar in our
homes.-Ram' Horn.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05

All the world loves a lover, espe-
cially the jeweler, the florist and the
confectioner, says the Milwaukee
Evening Wisconsin.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05

William Dean Howells continues
to discourage American literature by
saying that genius means hard work.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05
Makes Clothing at 81 Years.

Although eighty-four years old, Mrs.
Achsah Wood, of Cape May, is max
ing clothing for her great-great>
grandchild.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05
Few Paupers in Japan.

1t is estimated that there are less,
than 10000 paupers in the Japanese
Empire. with its population Of s7s5
100000
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05
A Delusion.

Some men seem to think that
slashing up the creeds will be ac-
cepted as substitute for deeds
Rams Horn.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05

New ScIaOoIhousT Planned.
The Bridgeton Board Of Education
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
THERE is NO CRIME WAVE
Assertion of a Gotham Man Who
Should Know.

New York. Aug. 7.-"There isn't any
crime wave" said Superintendent Jen-
kins, of the Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Children" II mean by
that our statistics show no increase in
the number of actual assaults commit
ted upon girls under Is years. At this
season of the year there is always
relative increase in the number of as
saults and attempted assaults upon
girls under 16 They have not, how.
ever, increased relatively to the in
crease of population. They are about
the same number to date, this month
and last, that there We're in July and
August of 1906"
More of what have come to be seri-
oHsly known at police headquarters as
near" crimes against girls have been
followed by nearer lynchings. Out of
a score of complaints that reached the
police a half dozen demanded serious
attention. Whether the number is ex-
traordinary is disputed, but certain II
is that never before has mob venge-
ance so frequently attended attacks
upon children.
Led by woman who alternately in
italian and broken English cried
"Avenge my daughter" reckless
crowd of perhaps 1000 persons
stormed the Fourteenth street car
barns of the Metropolitan Street Rail
way company, where a policeman had
sought refuge with a seriously pum-
melled prisoner Paul Sorgerato,
Gree peddler 80 years of age, had
made the mistake. so it is charged. of
kissing Grace Josco. an italian of IL
years A shrill cry from the girl and
an impassioned appeal by the mother
put the foreigners of the neighborhood
in rage. and as the Greek took to
his heels the mob pursued.
Cheated of its victim the crowd vent
ed its fury on CASTOR keriskell. an
! unoffending workman bound home
ward. As he was passing the rioters
boy pointed him out, at the same
time yelling That's the mans friend.
He was there too" Keriskeli was
pounded until he was unconscious.
| The police reserves finally got the in
! iured man and removed him to a hos
piatl
Edward Pratt, millwright, &c
! years old had a somewhat similar ex-
/ nerience in West Fifty-seventh street.
/ Nellie and Helen Farrell. each about
1 10 years old. accused Pratt of improp-
] er remarks. He was frightfully mauled
1 before rescue from mob by the po-
/ lice Adelaide Wildrer. a nurse, fought
/ of an assailant on the west side. The
man was arrested. A man who at
| tempted a rape upon a little girl in
! Greene street escaped. Tony Sardo
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07

town. The horsemen were riding mad
" in circles.
The Du Chayla also sent a party
ashore under Commandant Mangin. As
they We're landing these men were sub
jected to a fire from a Moorish force
under command of the Marabout Sidi
Belout, but the rapid-fre guns in the
bows of the French launches cleared
the ground for the sailors. who made
their landing expeditiously. They
scaled the walls OF the Portuguese con
sulate and reached the French con-
sulate under cover of the guns of the
marines already there.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
FOUR KILLED; SCORE INJURED
Wild Gondola Car and Express Train
CoIiide-Dead Are Mother and
Babe and An Engineer.

Pittsburg, Aug. -Four persons
were killed and twenty-five injured in
a railroad wreck on the Buffalo and
Allegheny division of the Pennsylvania
railroad at Kelly, about thirty-five miles
from this city. The wrecked train was
the Titusville Express. While passing
through Kelly the train was side
swiped by a gondola coal car and the
engine, tender, baggage and express
cars, with the three day coaches, were
derailed. The dead are: Mrs. AlOnzo
Huff and male infant, of Johnstown.
Pa; VI. B. Irwin, of Oakmont. Pa, en-
gineer of the passenger train; George
Cochran, Riverburg Pa.
The Gondola car was loaded with
coal and had broken away from 9
train and rolled down over a switch
extending over on to the main track
The passenger train, running at about
sixty miles an hour, came around a
curve. and before the speed could be
reduced had struck the gondola The
engine was thrown about thirty feet
from the track and landed on it's side
Engineer Irwin was caught beneath
his engine. The tender was likewise
turned over and the cars broken and
battered were strewn along the track
on their sides. Most of the injured
were cut and bruised, but none seri
OuSlV
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
NEW PAPER MILL COMBINE
One Proposed That VIII Steer Clear
of the Rocks of the Anti
Trust Laws.

Appleton, Wis, Aug John T.
Hanrahan. of New York, is at Apple
ton looking over the paper mills with
the object of forming a combine OF
all the mills in the state that will not
be declared a trust. With him are J.
It. Hanrahan, Jr.. and D. S. Lansing,
an expert appraiser.
Hanrahan would neither affirm nor
deny that eastern capitalists We're at
tempting to get control of the Wiscon-
sin paper industry but John Van Mort
wick. president of the Five Locks
company, said that he understood that
this was the object of Hanrahan's
visit 1t is said that the Menasha
Paper company property will be ap-
praised first
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
WAS PROBABLY DROWNED
One of the Battleship Georgia's Ma.
rines Has Disappeared-Fathe
Says Foul Play.

New York. Aug. Henry Francis
Lynch, a United States marine of the
battle ship Georgia, lying at anchor
in the Hudson River, is missing. The
ships officers say that Lynch toppled
over the side of the vessel while hang
ing a light Saturday night. Daniel
Lynch. father of the missing or drown
ed sailor. believes that his son. who
was to have been a witness in the in
vestigation of the explosion in tht
gun turret on the Georgia. met with
foul play and has asked the police to
investigate.
It is learned from the officers of
the Georgia that following the explos-
ion Lynch, who is only 10 years ole
went on a furlough and Captain Nc
Crea ordered him TO report Saturday
Lynch reported, but after he was or
ship he disappeared. \ lantern he
was to hang on the yardarm wa:
found floating in the water.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Flagler's Daughter Insane.

New York, Aug. 7.-Broken in
health and mind, a shadow of her
former self, the Baroness Anna Har-
den Hickey, widow of the eccentric
nobleman who committed suicide
daughter of John H. Flagler and
cousin of Henry NJ. Flagler, the
Standard Oil multi millionaire, has
been committed to a sanatorium al
Stamford, Conn. To the shock of her
husbands suicide in her presence is
directly ascribed the present condition
of the baroness.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
HUNDREDS OF MooRs KILLED
report of the Affair as Received by
the Paris Press.

Paris. Aug. IA special dispatch
received here from Tangier says the
street fighting in and the lombard
ment of Casablanca, according to
refugee who arrived from there on the
steamer Anatole, continued through
out Sunday and was still in progress
when the Anatole left at o'clock Sun
day evening. The French ships fred
a total of about 1000 shells The num-
Der of Moorish dead will run into the
hundreds A single party Of marines
killed $50 Moors. The French wounded
number about twelve. No Frenchman
was killed The Marabout Sidi Marouf
was wounded.
On Saturday night the Moorish pasha
at Casablanca was advised that troops
would be landed the next day. He
gave assurances that the city would
remain calm. At a. m Sunday a
detachment of fifty French marines in
command of an ensign landed in the
city This force had hardly passed.
through the water gate before it re-
ceived volley fire at point blank
range from a detachment of regular
Moorish troops. Five marines and the
ensign were wounded. The ensign
was shot through both hands.
In spite of his injuries he ordered
his men to fix bayonets and charge.
This the Frenchmen did. and in the
fighting 100 Moors lost their lives. The
marines continued their way. clearing
the ground of the enemy as they went.
until they reached the French con
Sulate. where the French citizens in
Casablanca had taken refuge. The 9th,
or European residents had sought safe,
T. at their respective consulates In
the mean time the French cruiser Cali
lee had commenced shelling the native
villages outside of Casablanca to pre-
vent armed Arabs from entering the
city. According to the Anatole paSSen-
ger Tie shells could be seen ploughine
up the earth and killing men and
horses.
At II a. m. the French cruiser DU
Chayla arrived. She had been in wire
less communication with the Galilee
and as she steamed in her gunnerS
were at their stations. Broadside or
20 the beach she opened an enfiladins
fire with mellinite shells on the horse
men and natives on foot who were
ln the market place TO the east of the
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Coudert on Our judiciary.

New York. Aug 7.-Frederick r.
Coudert of COudert Bros, who have
an international reputation as lawyers,
has returned from a visit to Europe
He is convinced that a comparison of
the judicial systems of England and
France with that of the United States
would result unfavorably to the Unit
ed States system. He believes judges
in the United States often fall short
in qualifications for their positions.
He attributes this mainly to politics.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Suicide OF Stock Broker.

New York, Aug. 7.-William s. AL
ley, a member of the New York Stocl
Exchange, committed suicide at the
Larchmont Club by shooting. H,
died while being removed to a hospital
Alley had been under suspension from
the stock exchange for almost a year
and since then had confined his oper
ations to the curb market He left n,
word to explain his act. which hi'
friends believe was caused by despond
ency over his financial troubles. H,
was 53 years old.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
was arrested on a ehiId's complaint in
ANOTHER CASE IN OHIO
With Very Probable Attempt at
Lynching at the End.

Wadsworth, o., Aug. Anna Kiel
q years old, a daughter of a promi-
rent farmer living near here, was 1T
tackled while on her way to a street
car line by an unknown man, and aft
er being terribly bruised and cut was
tied to a tree, where she was found
several hours later by a passer-by. The
condition Of the young woman is criti-
cal. and fears are entertained for her
recovery. She was unable TO give a
coherent account of the assault
Several hours after she was found
an unknown tramp was captured and
brought to Wadsworth. He refuses to
give his name or explain his presence
in the vicinity. Great excitement pre-
walls and soon as her condition will
warrant the tramp will be brought
before Miss Kiel, with a view TO pos
sible Identification, when an attempt
at lynshing is not unlikely if she ac-
cuses the prisoner.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Wife shooter a Fugitive.

New Castle, Pa, Aug with a
troop of the state constabulary in pur-
suit Lafayette Parks, a dairyman of
this place, is n fugitive in the hills
surrounding this city. Parks, in a fit
of jealous rage, grabbed his wife by
the throat and fired five shots at her,
three of which may be the cause Of
her death. Immediately after the
shooting Parks made his escape and
was pursued.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Not Quite. But Nearly.

Dover, England. Aug. Tn a fifth
attempt to swim the English channel.
Jabez Wolfe, the amateur swimmer,
made a record swim from South Fore
land. getting within three-quarters of
a mile of Cape Blanc, France, in the
quick time of fifteen and one-half
hours. The turn of the tide carried
him away from the land and necessit-
tated the REIMBURSEMENT If his at
tempt.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Capt. Young's Claim Has No Base.

Washington, Aug. THE state de-
partment officials are not in the least
concerned about the reported inten-
tion of Captain Young and his party
Of Canadians to raise the British flag
over Isle Royale in Lake Superior.
They point out that the treaty of 1912
expressly names the channel between
Isle Royale and the Canadian main
land as marking the international
boundary at that point in Lake Su-
Derior
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
semonin PAYS Up His Shortage.

Frankfort, Ky, Aug. THE official
report of State Inspector Henry B
Hines as to the Indebtedness of for
mer County Clerk William B. Semonin
of Louisville. to the state, was filed
here and shows that Semonin owes the
state $45,4 ,465. AS matter Of fact Sem
onin does not owe the state a cent
having paid up in full at Louisville
about the time the foregoing repor
was issued
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Negro I,ynched in Texas.

Runge, Tex, Aug. Z. A negro
named Tom Hall, living at Goliad,
was arrested charged with an attempt
cd rape of two young white women
and placed in the city jail. Early next
morning his dead body was found
hanging to a tree in front of the jail.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Gar Sails for Home.

Swinemunde, Prussia, Aug. 7.-Em-
peror Nicholas has sailed for home on
the Russian imperial yacht Standard,
escorted by a squadron of Prussian
warships. Previous to the Russian
emperors departure Emperor William
and Princes Henry and Adelbert
breakfasted with his majesty in pri-
vate on the STANDARD. Emperor VIII
liam intends to go to Wilhelmshohe.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Attempt to Wreck a FLYER.

Hiram. O.. Aug. 7.-An attempt was
made during the night TO wreck Pitts
burg flyer No. % on the Erie road.
Between this place and Garretsville. a
trunk of a tree was dragged to the
track and chained down. Section men
discovered the obstruction and sent in
IN alarm
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Winona Hit by the Wind.

St Paul, Mimi. Aug IA tele-
phone message from Winona, Mimi.
says that a terrific wind and rain
storm which broke over that city
did damage which is estimated al
100000.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Last Hanging in New Jersey.

Flemington. Y. J., Aug. John E
Schuyler, convicted of the murder of
Manning Riley. has been sentenced to
be hanged Aug. so. He will probably
be the last person to hang in the state
as. under new law, condemned per
sons hereafter are to be killed by
electricity.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07

London. Aug. 7.-According to 4
special dispatch from Tangier about
110 Moors were killed in the town, bat
terry and villages around Casablanca
during the bombardment by the for
egn warships.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Georgia Is a DRY" State.

Atlanta, Ca. Aug. IA large crowd
of enthusiastic Prohibitionfsts watched
Governor Hoke Smith attach his off
cial signature TO the prohibition bill.
and the act has become a law of the
state, effective Jan. /, 1908.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07

Tangier Aug. Z. = According to a
seni-ofticial account of the fighting at
Casablanca the commander of the
French warship Galilee asked for per-
mission to land guard of sailors to
protect the French consulate, which
was granted; but while the guard was
proceeding to the consulate it was fired
upon4in the streets and six blue jack
cts and an ensign were wounded. The
French then cleared the streets at the
point of the bayonet, killing many of
the Moors.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Insatiate Devil Wagon, !,

Binghampton. y Y. Aug. w. B.
Stretch. of Killawog. was thrown
from his automobile at Richmond, his
skull was crushed and he died six
hours later.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Rain Washes Out the Tracks.

La Crosse. Wis, Aug. "A rain
torrent lasting a quarter of an hour
washed out the tracks and telegraph
lines and tied up all traffic on the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul and
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail
roads
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
They Begin Fight at Casablanca
That Teaches Them a
Bloody Lesson.
MANY OF THEM BITE THE DUST
French and Spanish Naval Guns Get
Into Rapid Action.
Outskirts of the Town Swept by Shell
and the Ground Uttered With
Dead and Wounded-Story
of the Fight.

Tangier. Aug. Z, $50 a. m. = The
Kmass tribesmen are suing for peace,
but the commander of the shereefan
troops declines to negotiate until Caid
Sir Harry MacLean is released.
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Second Victim of the Dayton Dew.
iItry Passes, Leaving No Clew
to His Slayer.
he SPOKE IN HIS DELIRIUM
What He Said Useless in tho Hunt for
the Miscreant.
Sleuths are Busy With the Case But
With Little Hope of Discover
ing AnythinG-Situation
At New York.

Dayton, O.. Aug. with Abe Co
han dead the Sunday night crime mys-
tcry becomes a double murder, inten-
sified in horror by the rape alleged
to have been committed upon Anna
Markowitz before she was strangled
to death. Cohan died at the hospital
after an Intellectual attempt had been
made to secure from him a coherent
statement of the crime and an identi-
fication of the two Markowitz broth
ers Owing to his delirious condition
the information he gave as to the
tragedy is considered Of little value.
His father and brother were with him
an hour before death came, but could
obtain no rational answers to ques-
tions regarding Sunday nights fatal
events
The Lake County times., 1907-08-07
Was This That Albany Shock ?

Santiago. Chill, Aug. 7.-An earth
quake shock was felt late Monday at
Valparaiso.