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Evening star., 1907-11-17

Without, the street is gray with CRIME
From vernal time to vernal time.
Through the blear windows you may see
The lineaments of misery
The drawn, white visage of despair
And snug behind the counter there
Sleeps Avariee, that makes show
OF sniveling sympathy with woe.
What intimate, beloved things
Are gathered there Long rows of rings,
Evening star., 1907-11-17
|6J6 THE PAW WNsHOP 3I6E
" By CLINTON SCOILARD MNsNsS
Drawings by J. L. s. Williams

Trinkets, and keepsakes, fallen with pride,
Each with its telltale ticket tied.
Never did stranger comrades mate
Than in this dismal bourn of Fate.
No spot without its burden; look
How parcel packed are niche and nook,
And shelf o'ertopping shelf as high
As the cracked ceiling dark as dye,
Wants grisly write on every wall
All, the sick pathos of it all!
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coming before them; but time may
dim and obliterate the. recollection,
therefore the members of the grand
inquest of the county of Morris, in
closing its laborS, would present to you
as a token of their regard and esteem
this tasteful service, and ask you TO
accept it III the spirit in which it is
given Take it to your home, use it
and remember the names it bears.
When he had finished speaking a
large case was carried in which, when
opened disclosed very handsome af-
ter dinner coffee service, the larger
piece bearing the inscription John
I'll. Capstick, Foreman Grand Jury.
Norris County, New Jersey;' and up
on the opposite side the names OF the
grand jurymen as follows: Charles l..
Chovey, H. A. VanGilder, Rudolph H.
Kissen, Andrew L. Cobb, r. J.. Chap
lin, Henry W. Bergman, William D.
Jardine, Joseph B. Fighter, Fred. N.
Taft, Henry Comley, John A, Tiger,
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ANNUAL MEETING.
Young Mems Christian Association
Elects New Onicers.

Young Mems Christian Association
Elects New Omcers.
The annual meeting of the Young
Mems Christian Association was held
in the parlor of the Association build
ing on Monday evening. f. V. Pit
ney, the treasurer, reported balance
last year of $136.51, receipts of &c.
852.18, including So, 160 from subscrip-
tions and 1,2l9 from memberships.
The receipts also included the gross
receipts from the entertainmentc course
and dinner. The disburse en- S
amounted to S6,691.21, including 3d.
7O8.33 for salaries, leaving cash bal
ance of $297.21, but the treasurer
stated that there was deficit of 5000
for the last year and one of $500 for
the previous year. The endowment
fund now amounts to $2,740.
The membership now totals 279 Of
whom 169 are active, SO associate and
81 boys. There have been no regular
mems meetings, but six young men
have Joined churches from the bible
classes. Since the first OF the year
the physical work has been carried on
by volunteer workers.
Before the election was taken up,
the designations Of Frank Eaton, DR..
r. w. Owen and A. j. A. Bennell
were read and accepted with regret
and it was announced that L. G..
Brearley had resigned some time ago
on account Of removal from town.
@. w. Ennis for the nominating
committee reported that the commit
tee could not present any candidate
for president, but named the follow
ing officers; vice-president, HI. w.
Buxton recording secretary, w. r.
Eadie; treasurer, f. V. Pitney; di-
rectors for three years, F. e. Stults,
A. B. Leuder, G. e. Surdam, W. r.
Halliday, H. S. Loud B. S. Day and
Kinsley Twining for one year; 1. r.
Pierson and L. B. Day for two years.
Mr.. Stults asked that his name be
not considered. but the ticket as NOM
mated was elected.
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SOCIETY EVENTS.
UUIo IIUIy,
THOS. w. CAULDWELL

Mrs. George S. Wylie will be at Mrs
Tunis about May 18th.
Miss Alice Butterworth is away
from home on visit.
Mrs. William Macy and Miss Macy
are at the Morristown Inn.
The Misses Hondlow will close theil
South street apartment on May 18th
and go to Seabright, N. j., for three
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence r. Congel
have returned from Lakewood
Mrs. Stephen H. Little entertained
at bridge on May 7th.
William Wallace has rented his Far
ragut place house from June 1st for
the summer.
Miss Ethel Cutler has been in Prince
ton for portion'of the week.
Mrs. Granville M Whites bridge
party of twenty tables, at the Whip
pany River Club on Thursday of last
week, was very fine entertainment.
The tea table was in charge of num-
ber of debutantes.
Miss James will be with Mrs. Arnold
of South street Tor the next three
months and go with her to Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Marsh spent
Sunday last with Mrs. MarSh'S parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard w. Cutler.
Henry e. FanShawe was in Morris
town on Sunday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Il. Ford, of Frank
lin place, returned on Saturday last
from Bermuda where they spent the
winter.
Mrs. E. N. r. Hull and family are
occupying their new residence, 26
Maple avenue.
Mrs. VIM. A. Lockwood is spending
a few weeks with her mother, Mrs.
Edwards, of Madison avenue, before
opening her home at East Hampton,
for the summer.
Mrs. Dadmun, Miss Foster, Theo-
dore White and Thomas Dickson will
entertain at dinners at the Whippany
River Club before the ball of May IT,
Mrs. Proudfit has gone to Italy for
the summer.
A. e. Outerbridge and family have
taken possession of their home for the
summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury. Langdon
are expected to occupy their Madison
avenue house this week.
Mrs. Dadmun entertainS the NTnsi
cal Club at the Whippany River rI1h %
this Thursday evening.
Invitations are out for a bachelors
ball to be given at theWhippany River
Club on Friday evening, May 17th.
Patronesses are Mrs. Robert d. Foote,
Mrs. Frederic W. Merrell, Mrs. Albert
Fl. Vernam, Mrs. Alexander ii. Tiers,
Mrs. John r. Emery, Mrs. Robert A.
Granniss, Mrs. Ransom FL. Thomas,
Mrs. George G. Frelinghuysen, Mrs.
Joseph B. Dickson, Mrs. Francis S.
Hoyt, Mrs, George b. Raymond, Mrs.
Abram @. Garretson, Mrs. William S.
Letchford, Mrs. John j. Waterbury,
Mrs, Granville M. White, Mrs. Robert
Fl. McCurdy. The committee is Pal
mer Letchford, Thomas Dickson and
Theodore Il. White.
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MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FAIR

Event Under Auspices of Young Wo.
mans Guild Great Success.
The annual fair for the benefit of the
Morristown Memorial Hospital was
held in Washington Hall, last Wednes
day continuing on Thursday morning
| AS is always the case the affair was q
great success. The tables were heapeo
with pretty things, articles good tC
eat, and plants, while supper was
served in the gallery.
A vaudeville entertainment added
considerable to the revenue derived
| from the fair as well as to the pleasure
of those who attended and the new
edition of the cook book found many
customers.
Those in charge of the tables were:-
Mrs. Edward X. Mills and Mrs. Wynant
D. Vanderpool candy; Mrs. Fayette
Smith and Mrs. Francis A. Henry,
utility; Mrs. Emlen p. Franklin, Mrs.
Wallace and Mrs. Anable, fancy arti-
cleS; Miss Goliath, miscellaneous arti-
cleS; Mrs. Samuel v. Hoffman and Mrs.
George Z. Palmer, grab bag; Mrs. Fred
erlcK W. Merrall Mrs. Loud, Miss
Little, Mrs. Max e. Schmidt and Mrs.
Peckham, note paper and the hospital
cook book gotten up especially for the
event, with cartoon by the late
| Thomas Mast adorning the cover; Mrs.
III. @. Pitney and Mrs. Philander B.
PierSon, sofa pillows; Miss Lidgerwood,
china; Mrs. Ebert S. Kip, lamp shades;
Mrs. Lloyd Saltus and Mrs. Fraser,
millinery; Mrs. Il. A. Day, "caSual;"
Mrs TAYLOR and Mrs Granville M
White, bridge prizes; Mrs. F. L. Hum
phreys, assisted by the seasons debu-
tantes, sachets and frames; Miss CHS
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Pierson M. Chamberlain, William
Gill, Jarius J. Langdon, Isaac w.
Soaring, Edwin T. Wills, Simon E.
Estler, Charles E. Hopkins, George
McCracken, Philip S. Young, Moses
II. Spencer and John Simmons.
Mr.. Capstick gracefully responded,
thanking the gentlemen for their gift
and the good will that.prompted it.
He said it was a pleasure for him to
serve the public andwas always will
ing to do so. He had come to Morris
county twenty-five years ago on :hjs
honeymoon, and it had been a honey
moon ever since. He thanked the
members individually for their help in
: the grand jury room, and hoped all
would long live to do good service for
the public.A
a vote of thanks was rendered Mr..
CapStick for his courtesy and fairness
as presiding officer, and the meeting
closed with the generally expressed
opinion that it was very pleasant af-
fair.
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The June graduating class OF the
State Normal school will have about
123 members and Principal Green is
receiving calls from all over the State
for teachers. The outlook is good fol
the employment Of every member. OF
the class at salaries ranging from BATE
to 5000 per year, an advance over the
amounts Of other years. From mum.
Der Of city superIntendents offers Of
$3.50 as the first year salary have been
received, with rapidly rising scale.
Newark has offered to take from six
to eight Of the graduates at a first
year salary of $3.50, second year salary
OF $500 and an increase of $50 until the
maximum OF $3.50 to sl,150 is reached.
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therefore it becomes necessary at this
time for this grand inquest that has
Just closed it's laeors to express in a
more substantial manner our appreci-
alton of the very efficient manner In
which our foreman has performed his
duty as our presiding officer. Every
citizen owes his town, his county, state
and country the best service he can
give. but it is given TO some to perform
that service with greater ability than
can others, hence they are entitled to
our esteem and regard. Its said that
what we need in this age is more flow
ers and not so much tombstone. We
should not wait until the ear is duled
before we express the appreciation we
feel.
Therefore, Mr.. Foreman, permit an
expression of the great regard and es-'
TEEN which we as members OF the
grand jury have for the service rem
dered. Doubtless you will recollect
your associates and appreciate the at
tention they have given to the duties
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MORRIS COUNTY COURTS.

New applications laid over until Fri.
day were l. G. Bryant, wholesale, Sue
casunna; F. J. Scheer, hotel Lagundy
House; ]. L. Banghart, Keystone no
tel, Landing; George e. Earls, Farm
er's hotel, Montyille; f. M. Duryee,
Forest House, Budd Lake; A. S. Bry-
ant, Westmoreland Hotel, Landing;
John Denney, Hotel Breslin, Lake Ho-
patcong; Margaret HeSlin, wholesale,
Hibernia; Edward t. Jones, wholesale.
Budd Lake, and VIM. Matthews, Riy-
erdale hotel. RemonstranceS were
filed against the EaTls and Matthews
applications.
The grand jury returned into court
on Monday morning with thirty-one
indictments, the largest number for a
May term grand jury in a long time.
Prisoners were brought before Judge
Mills and made pleas as follows Louis
Monaco. keeping disorderly house
and illegal selling, five counts, guilty.
He was bailed under $500 for sentence
on May 81.
Z Louis Wanna, assault and battery,
plead guilty and was fined $50 without
costs and givenan indeterminate sem
tence.
d. Andrews, illegal selling at Nor
ris Plains, plead not guilty and was
held for trial on May 20.
Edward Tully, boy of sixteen, an
orphan, plead guilty to stealing dia-
mond ring from Julia A. Ellis, Of
Whippany and was held for sentence.
He came from Irvington.
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THE SHADE TREE COMMISSION,

Mayor Benneu Appoints Messrs. Cam
field, Burnham and Chisolm.
Mayor Bennell pursuant to the reso-
luton of the board of aldermen
adopted at it's last meeting has ap-
pointed Messrs. John D. Garfield,
Frederick G.. Burnham, and B. o.
Chisolm as shade tree commission
to serve for three, four and five years,
as they may decide among themselves,
their successors to be appointed for
terms of five years.
Under the charter OF Morfistown,
the board of aldermen has the power
to regulate the planting, rearing,
trimming and preserving OF ornamen-
tai shade trees in the streets, parks
and grounds of the town.
The shade tree commission law of
1898 permits the appointment Of the
commission which may have trees set
out in front of properties at the ex-
pense of the real estate benefited, the
cost being assessed in the taxation
and the commission may care for The
trees at the general expense. Notice
of the intended improvement must be
! given in the newspapers and the
amount which the commission can ex-
pend is also regulated by the law.
BY the act of 1905 the supervision Of
the commission is extended to the
public parks under the control of any
municipality and authority is given
the commission to pass ordinances for
the protection, regulation and control
! of such parks with the trees, flowers,
shrubbery, statuary therein. All
money collected from fines, penalties,
ETC., is credited to the funds of the
commission
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The Lauter Piano

The Lauter Piano is the result of
artistic endeavor, the product Of fac
tory in which scientific construction
is carried out in every department..
We affirm that in no piano factory in
this country are such great pains taken
to secure faultless results as in ours.
In many respects we go to extremes to
secure durability, tonal excellence and
general efficiency.
AS two examples Of our methods
Of manufacturing Lauter Pianos, we
might cite these facts: We slow-season
our sounding boards for ta0o gears be-
fore putting them in place; the usual
time is eight or ten weeks. We. use
our own Lauter Back Bolt, which posi-
lively prevents pulling apart of wrest-
plank and back, as is all too common
in even high grade pianos. This Back
Bolt can be found in no other instru-
ment; it is our own invention.
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STONE PROBE COMMISSION.
Governor Appoints the Man Who
Will Investigate.

Governor Appoints the Man Who
Will Investigate.
Governor Stokes has appointed the
commission to investigate the in
creased cost Of stone roads, under
Senate joint resolution No. 2, by Mr..
Robbins, of Burlington county Those
named were: Elijah G. Hutchinson,
State Road Commissioner Winthrop
e. Scarritt, East Orange, president Of
the Automobile Club of America
John e. Darnell, of Masonyille; John
]. Albertson, engineer of Camden
county, and D. d. Denise, of Free
hold.
The joint resolution provides that
the commission shall ascertain the
reason for the increased cost of con-
structing stone roads and report upon
the advisability of the purchase and
operation by the State of Quarries for
the purpose of supplying stone at cost
to the several counties of the State
for the permanent Improvement and
repair of roads, and to consider any
other matters appertaining to the
question of lessening the cost of con-
structing improved roads and keeping
them in repair. The commissioners
are to serve without compensation,
but 81 900 is appropriated for the ex-
penses of the investigation, exclusive
of printing. The commission is to re-
port to the next Legislature.
There have been built in the State
| l, ,l5l.77 miles of improved roads, the
total cost of which has been s6,140,-
4S1. Il. OF this sum the State has
paid one-third. The average cost OF
| all the roads constructed under State
aid has been S., $50 per mile. OF course
| il this investigation should result in
cheapening the cost of road building
it would benefit the people in two
ways. 1t would lessen the amount tC
be raised in taxation to meet the two
thirds cost paid by the counties. ano
would decrease the amount to be ap
propriated by the State to meet its
one-third Of the expense.
| The sweeping statement has beer
made that the costs of building o.
stone roads has increased nearly one
hundred per cent. This is mislead
ing, inaSmuch as it does not state thai
the principal reason for the increase
in the cost of roads is due to the fact
that much better roads are now being
constructed under the State Aid aci
than was the case when built by the
counties. The local stone dealers say
that the price of crushed stone ha:
not increased more than ten per cent
while the cost of laborand machinery
tools, ETC., has increased to a much
greater extent. In Morris county the
| price of stone has not advanced at all
the variation being only in the place
of delivery caused by railroad rates
The contractors have learned wisdom
by experience and are trying to builC
roads at profit instead of loss a;
was frequently the case in the earlier
roads,
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EFFORT TO SETTLE THE STRIKE
The Mayor and Messrs. cauldwo,I
and smith OFFER to Arbitrate.

The Mayor and Messrs. Cauldwo.l
and smith Offer to Arbitrate.
There is little change in the strike
situation in Morristown except that
the men have placed pickets at the
railroad station to stop if they can
any men who may come in response to
the advertisements of the employers.
The following letter was sent last Fri
day in the hope of possibly helping a
solution Of the difficulty:
Morristown, May 10, 1907.
To the Master Builders Association,
the Boss Carpenters Association
ami Carpenters Union, the Boss
Plumbers Association and Plum
ber' Union, the Sheet Metal Work
s. Union, the Boss Painters AsSo-
citation and the Painters Union
GentlemeE- We, the undersigned,
being citizens of the town of Morris
town, and having the interests of all
Of the people Of The town in mind, and
believing that the strike existing in
our town, at the present time, is detri-
mental to the best interests of all the
town, desire at this time (without
reference to whether or not the strike
was proper and without reference to
the causes therefor) to eudeavor to
see if the differences now existing be-
tween the parties thereto can not be
adjusted without embarrassment OF
prejudice to any OF the parties con.
cerned:
To that end, therefore, we respCc ul.
ly suggest to all of the above named
bodies that steps be taken Immediate
| ly for conferences upon the above
proposition, and we further suggest
that committees from each of the
above named associations meet US,
the undersigned, at an early date, anc
we do hereby offer our services in an
endeavOr to settle the differences that
may exist. Respectfully,
ALEXANDER BENNELL,
THOMAS w. CAULDwELL,
GEORGE @. SMITH.
Address or deliver replies to any o.
the above signed.
We have received the following
communication
Morristown, May 12, 1907.
EDITOR OF The CHRONICLE
Dear Sir:-I notice in to-day's issue
of the Newark Sunday Calf an ar
ticle on the Labor Crisis in Morris
town"
The communication states correctl!
that Mr.. Alexander Bennell, Mr.. Geo
G. Smith and / have consented tt
use our best endeavors to secure ;
settlement of the existing strike.
Mr. Smith and / are described al
presidents respectively of the Busi
ness Mems Association and of tn,
Civic Association, but we trust tha
it will be clearly understood that W.
are not acting in any official capacit!
on this committee, nor in any way al
representing those associations.
The subject has never been brough
before either of those organizations
but it is matter in which we in
diyidually have been asked to act
and in which the associations hav,
not and will not take any part.
We are acting simply "as citizen
of the town of Morristown, and hav
ing the interests of all the people o
the town in mind" as stated in ou
letter which was published in tn
Newark Sunday Call.
Yours truly,
THOS. w. CAULDWELL
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Annual Meeting woman,s Branch.

A number of persons from Morris
town attended the annual meeting of
the woman's branch of the N. j. His
Jorical Society held in the library at
Newark last Wednesday. The follow
ing officers were reelected for the
coming year: Miss M. Antoinette
Quinby, of Newark, president Mrs.
Garrett A. Hobart, of Paterson, first
vice president; Mrs. ThomasJ. Craven,
of Salem, second vice president; Mrs.
James j. Bergen, OF Somerville, CORE
spending secretary; Mrs. Sidney N.
Ogden, of Newark, recording Secre-
tary Miss Rosa Murphy, of Paterson,
treasurer. Miss Ginevra Freeman, OF
Orange. was elected assistant record
ing secretary and historian. The
members of the board of managers
we're reelected with the exception of
Mrs. j. Hugh Peters, OF Englewood,
and John o. Fl. PitneY. of Morris
town, who Sc It In their resigna-
tions from the board during the year,
They are still members of the society.
In the afternoon Nichogas Murray
Butler addre sed the association.
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stood SO many
years of continual
use, and still re.
tain the quality
of tone and even
ness Of action, and
| am glad to say
that | believe my
piano is in as good
condition to-day,
with all its use,
as it was on the
day it was bought
from you.
| am always de-
lighted, especially
in accompanying,
to find a Lauter
Piano provided
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MR.. CAPSTICK ENTERTAINS.
Ana In Turn is Presented with Tes.
timoniaI of Regard.

And In Turn is Presented with a Tes-
timoniaI of Regard.
Upon the adjournment Of the Grand
Jury on Monday, John Fl. Capstick.
the forem an, invited the p@embers to
be his guests at complimentary din
ner. At one O'Clock they, with the
county officials and few friends Of
the host, assembled at Days dining
rooms where fine dinner was served.
At the close of the dinner Isaac w.
Soaring, of Dover, took the floor and
presented the following Indictment
ment against the host =:
Mr.. FOREMAN
1t is said that thanks are often but
the empty expressions of sentiments
they should,convey; are often forgotten
as soon as expressed and do not convey
the sincere expressions Of the neart,
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No pianist or musician ever plays
upon the Lauter Piano without being
delighted with its beautiful quality.
We have hundreds of glowing testi-
monials from the most prominent
musicians. all testifying to their appre-
citation of the Lauter Piano.
We have just received a letter from
Mr.. James Philipson, the well-known
organist of Newark which speaks for
itself. We reproduce it here:
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A.Card.

The Young Woman's Guild would
like to express their appreciation Of
the generous and hearty cooperation
Of those who so kindly advertised in
the Cook Book.
SARAH L. MERRELL, Pres.
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Newark, New Jersey
Lauter Co


Dear Sirs Having used Lauter Piano in
my home for the past seven years, it gives me
pleasure to say few words as to its merits.
am sure that no other make of piano could have
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al use. for know it will respond to every de-
mand may make upon it, as well as sustain the
efforts Of the singer
Wishing you continued success in MAX
ing the Lauter Piano so exceptionally fine in
every respect, remain,
Yours very sincerely,
[Signed] JAMES PHILIPSON,
Organist, Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Newark