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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-26


Texas Flowers For Germany.
Galveston, Texas. Orders have
been received from Berlin for the
shipment of 1000 900 tuberoses from
the Texas coast country to Germany.
Another order calls for 100000 cape
jesamines, which the German inn
porters declare are becoming ex-
tremely popular in Germany
$15O,OO0 Fire in Kentucky.
Mayfield, Ky.-A fire which is be-
lieved to have been started by an in
cendiary caused a loss here which is
estimated at $3.50, 900. There was no
means of fighting the fire, as the
water and light plant was burned
down Sunday night.
Ruef Jury Disagrees.
San Francisco.-After being out
for forty-four hours the jury in the
trial of Abraham Ruef failed to agree
on a verdict and was discharged by
Judge Dooling.
Three Dead in Canadian Hotel Fire.
London, Ontario.-Three persons
are dead as result of fire which
destroyed the Queens Hotel, at Til
sonberg The dead are: Miss Gray,
milliner, Tilsonberg; Clarence Ber-
hard, commercial traveller, Toronto
and Thomas Wheatly, bartender.
Louis Poggi is Caught.
New York City.-Louis Poggi,
known to the under world as Louis
the Lump, who shot and killed Max
Zweibach and Sam Teitch and wound
ed Miss Carroll Terry in front of an
Italian restaurant on Oceanic Walk,
Coney Island, was captured in Say
brook, Conn, by Lieutenant Tony
Vachris and two detectives from the
Brooklyn Detective Bureau.
Sunday Croquet Costs Job.
Columbus.-A special from Grel-
ton, o., says that Professor J. II. Dun
can has been dismissed from the posi-
ton of Superintendent of Schools by
the School Board for playing croquet
on Sunday.
Nicaraguan Minister to Mexico.
City of Mexico. -Benigo Diaz Sa-
liedo has been appointed Minister to
Mexico from Nicaragua.
Russell, Manitoba, Burned.
Winnipeg, Manitoba.-Firea at Rus
sell, Manitoba, destroyed half of the
business section of the town. The
loss is estimated at $150,000 with
little insurance. Russell is 225 miles
from here.
Great Steel Activity.
Pittsburg Activity in the Local
steel and coke market indicates re-
sumption in the iron and steel trade
on large scale. The United Iron
and Steel Company started its large
plant at Leetonia, Ohio, at its full
! capacity.
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NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Effects Of a storm.

A thunderstorm passed through thq
Raritan Valley in New Jersey and
marked it's course with considerable
ruin. At Neshanic lightning struck
the barn and outbuildings on the
farm of John OBren. They were
burned to the ground and their con
tents, with the exception Of The ami
mails, we're consumed The damage
is estimated at $4,000. At Lebanon,
where there is no fire department, the
general store of E. w. Sutton was
struck. Tho villagers formed them
selves into a bucket brigade and pre-
vented total loss of the building.
The damage to the store and contents
was $4,000. At various other points
fires were started by the lightning,
but none of them gained great head
way.
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Headgear For bridesmaids.

The bridesmaids Of this season are
evidently determined to specialize
upon pretty and quite uncommon
headgear. One bevy of charming
girls recently seen looked most pic
tGTesque with wisps of tulle twisted
turban-like upon their tresses, and
fastened at one side beneath sprays of
gilded wheat. Another set wore white
valkyrie wings. supported by circiet
of pleated gauze. A distinguished
milliner has made mobNcaps Of silver
faxed white gauze for a retinue Of
bridesmaids, garlanded with a ruche
of frayed blue silk.
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Venerable Minister Resigns.

Having nearly completed fifty years
of active service in the ministry, the
Rev. Alexander McKelvey has re-
signed the pastorate of the First Re-
formed Church, of Boonton, his resig-
nation to take effect the last Sunday
in July. Mr.. McKelvey has been pas
tor in Boonton for fourteen years.
He was born in the north of Ireland
eighty-one years ago, and came to
the United States when he was TWEEN
ty-one, graduating from the Theo-
logical School of Rutgers College in
the class of 1858.
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VioIets Worn on Arms.

No longer does the New York girl
have huge bunch of violets pinned
to her corsage. Instead she wears
about her glove a band Of velvet of
green or purple as bracelet, and to
this is securely pinned rather small
bunch of violets, fatty grouped.
Sometimes there is gardenia in the
centre, with just few violets en-
circling it, and then again there is
just an orchid with sufficient violets
surrounding it to form a border.
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Guards For Yeggmen.

United States Marshal Alcott left
Trenton secretly with three guards
heavily armed to take to the Atlanta,
Ga, prison John Burns and William
Mccoy, the South Jersey yeggmen
who robbed the Bridgeport and Ped
rickstown postofiices and threw nitro
glycerine at police who chased them.
The secrecy observed by the marshal
was due to the report that there was
confederate abroad who was watch.
ing a chance to rescue Burns and Nc.
Coy.
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Digs Up Coins and Deeds.

While digging cellar under the
Lukins cabin, situated about six miles
east of Millville, Edward Cotty, of
Risley, struck huge stone about a
foot beneath the surface He and
Andrew Snyder, the veteran deer hun
ter, lifted the stone and found an old
iron can containing considerable
sum in coin and some valuable pa
pers. Among the papers were several
deeds which are believed to cover a
large portion of the deer woods sur
rounding the cabin which are now
claimed by nonresident sportsmen.
The papers were placed in the hands
of a lawyer, who will enforce tb
claims
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Auto Injuries a Citizen.

An automobile containing Frank A.
Burrelle, his wife and another wom-
an, knocked down and ran over an
Italian shoemaker, Leonardo Cousins.
forty-five years old, of ITO Branfield
avenue, Montclair, at Broadway and
Mail street. Cousins was removed to
the Hudson Street Hospital. His let
thigh was fractured. The chauffeur
of Burrelle's machine, Vincent Cham.
plain, was locked up. Burrelle took
charge of the automobile and went on
his way.
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Old Vanderbilt Hotel Sold.

The Bellonia. Hotel, in New Bruins
wick, in which Commodore Wander
bilt laid the foundation of the Van
derbilt fortune, was sold at auction
for SIS. There were $15.66 back
taxes due on the property, and the
sale was subject to a dover right
which, if estimated at the above fig
ures, would make the total cost of the
property $500. When Commodore
Vanderbilt ran his boat line from
New Brunswick to New York seventy
five years ago his wife looked after.
the hotel. The Bellonia had many
vicissitudes after the Commodore
dropped boating and went to railroad
ing. In late years the hotel has been
used as a boarding house for for
eigners.
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Feared Disgrace. So Died.

Because he feared that he was sus-
pected of being involved in a hotel
robbery case, Walter Johnson, a
young man of Chesterfield, committed
suicide by cutting his throat in the
home of his aged mother Johnson
had received a summons to appear as
a witness in the robbery case, in.
which several of his friends were i'm
plicated. Although investigation had
proved his innocence, he imagined
that he was suspected and brooded
over the matter. His mother tried to
cheer him up by telling him any one
who knew him would not think him
guilty. She found his body in his
bedroom.
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Famous Madrid Market Rnrns.

The celebrated market and general
bazaar at Madrid. Spain, called local
ly Las Americas" and well known
to antiquarians, has been practically
destroyed by fire. The flames also
consumed 200 wooden cabins, forcing
300 families to fee to the street. The
people lost all their possessions.
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Pongee ParasoIs.

Many of the pongee parasols are
embroidered in all-over design, or in
deep border, the embroidery usually
being in self color, though occasion
ally the Chinese and Japanese designs
and colorings are employed and rich
Oriental blues, greens and yellows are
used upon the natural toned ground.
Some very good pongee models are
quite plain, save for wide border of
gay stripes or a border of gay color
embroidered in pongee-toned dots.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-26

Spanish fiounce and which is eminent.
ly graceful and becoming, while it is
simple in the extreme. In the illus
tration it is made of bordered batiste.
Bows of ribbon and folds of silk are
greatly in vogue for the purpose, and
lace and landings are much used
after the same manner, while folds OF
one material on another are also
liked.
The skirt is made with upper por,
ton and the fiounce. The upper edge
of the fiounce is turned under to form
it's own heading and is gathered and
joined to the skirt, which in turn is
gathered at its upper edge and Joined
to the belt.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is seven yards of
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-26

half yards twenty-one or twenty-four,
three and one-half yards thirty-two,
or two and three-fourth yards forty
four inches wide, to cut from striped
material as illustrated; four yards
twenty-one or twenty-four, three
yards thirty-two, or two yards forty
four inches wide, to cut from plain
material or with stripes on the
straight.
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SSz ! ~ j 6sz2K0zY' 5
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New York City. Military effects
are greatly in vogue just now, and
this blouse is one of the favorites of
the season. In the illustration it is
made of striped material and it's
smartness is somewhat enhanced by
the fact that it could be utilized for
plain fabrics cut on the straight il
the bias effect is not liked. 1T is the
straps and buttons that really give
the military suggestion. and these re-
main however the material itself may
be cut. The model is closed invisibly
beneath the strap at the back, but
those women who find that waists
that close at the front are a boon can
easily make it that way by simply
closing the back seam and finishing
the front edges under the strap.
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| JEWS E By WIRE
aCHIcKENn DANCE STOPPED.

the Talent Club have roos The police
Hugh president
Ekert printer who published pamphlet pictung the joys Of
Chicken is Chicago slang
led into evil The Talent Club
Chicken" lid
have chicken friends should their
brought before the committee they will
Attorney halls
improper determined
that these who advertised
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Princeton sociologist pies.

Walter Augustus Wyckoff, assistant
professor of political economy in
Princeton, is dead. He was about
fifty years old, and had been i'll for
some time. He was the author Of
The Workers and several other so,
Geological works.
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Seek to Sell Steel COMPANY.

Upon application of John r. Lee
and William A. Arnold, receivers of
the Passaic Steel Company, United
States Judge William M. tanning
made an order. at Trenton, to show
cause why the big plant in Paterson
should not be sold for the benefit of
creditors. William B. Gourley, coun-
sci for the receivers, in applying for
the order, said that the concern is
losing money under the receivership,
and the assets are rapidly shrinking
in value. TIE assets are placed at
S1.0S7,262.99 above liabilities, al
though the total loss of the four
months the receivers have been in
charge nets S54,157.45.
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when TaIl and short wasted.

If a girl is tall and short wasted
she should contrive to have the tucks
in her waist running up and down,
and the tucks and ruffles in her skirt
going around. A narrow belt of the
material of the waist should always
be worn.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-26
Prune Crop Small.

1t is generally admitted that the
prune crop will be one OF the smallest
produced in both California and the
Northwest, but New York buyers are
not disposed yet to take hold.
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Spokane, Wash.-The Democratic
Convention instructed its delegates
for Bryan. The platform demands a
non-partisan tariff commission trust
regulator, and adequate initiative and
referendum legislation.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR BRYAN.
Alabama, California and Washington
Vote For the Nebraskan.

Birmingham, Ala--Bryan' major.
ity in Alabama will be fully to
over Johnson. 1t is practically settled
that three of the declared Bryan dele.
gates have been elected-John w.
Tomlinson, of Birmingham; Con
gresham j. Thomas Helm, of the
Fifth District, and Congressman H.
d. Clayton, of the Third District.
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For Tall Girls to Avoid.

A tall, slender girl may wear pic.
turesque hats, the large and droop-
ing kind, but should avoid the new
striped effect in suitings, as we'll as
the long panel effects in skirts and
coats
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MAY Corn up to 7o Centp.

May corn shot up three cents,
reaching seVenty-nine cents at Chi
cago, a price exceeded by the yellow
cereal only twice in the history of the
grain trade.
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CanucI1 BookmaIkers Let Off.
NEWS By CABLE CABLE
BRAZILIAN AERoNAUr CRUSHED TO DEATH.


brought home from France recently military balloon and
his ascension before the Mill
School Minister Of War Fonseca and large number of off,
witness the The lieutenant entered
the and completing final preparations when strong gust
the holding the The balloon
held it, 5000
fell earth The lieutenant crushed
lAa4h
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Skirt with Spanish FIounce.

Every design that suits bordered
material or flouncing is in demand
just now, when there are SO many
beautiful fabrics of the sort offered.
Here is skirt that is made with
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Washington, d. G. - Reports re-
ceived here show that the Demos
tic State. conventions of Missouri,
Michigan and South Carolina in
structed their delegates to vote for
William J. Bryan at Denver
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'orto Rican Delegate Sails.

Porto Rican Delegate Sails.
San Juan, P. Roberto Todd.
Porto Rico's delegate to the National
Republican Convention, sailed for
New York on the steamer Coamo to
attend the meeting of the National
Committee.
Japs Get $40, Loan.
London.-The Japanese financial
agent here has placed with financial
houses of London South Manchurian
Railroad notes to the amount of S10,-
900, 900 at five per cent, maturing in
1911.
Cyclone Wrecks Colombian Port.
Kingston, Jamaica. The seaport
town of Santa Marta, Colombia, has
been completely destroyed by cy-
clone which swept over the South
American republic.
Revolution Threatened in Portugal.
Lisbon. Alfonso Costa, one of the
Republican leaders, made speech in
the Chamber of Deputies in which he
declared that unless the present Gov
eminent was economical in its ex-
penditures, liberal in its ideas and pa
triotic in it's purposes his party would
organize revolution.
Denmark Goes in For Railroads.
Copenhagen. - The Folkething
adopted bill, which had already
passed the Landsthing, authorizing
the State to expend during the next
sixteen years $14 100000 for new
railway construction, including a line
from Copenhagen to Kjoege, greatly
shortening the international route via
Gjedser.
Fleet Not to Stop at Apia.
Berlin. The United States Govern
ment has informed the German Gov
eminent that it will be impossible for
the Atlantic battleship fleet to pay
visit to Apia, Samoan Islands, on its
way across the Pacific.
To Study White Plague.
London.-The British Government
has received from Washington an in
vtation to attend the International
Tuberculosis Conference to be held in
! Washington next September 1t is
understood that the Government win
be represented.
Diamond Market Revives.
Antwerp. -After several months
stagnation, due to the American bust
ness depression, the trade between
this port and the United States has
revived. The diamond market is es-
pecially active. merchants buying
heavily for New York account. The
rubber market has also been revived,
and shipments are going forward.
Queen Alexandra to Go to Russia.
London-It is announced that
Queen Alexandra and Princess Vic
toria will accompany King Edward on
his visit to Russia.
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Fresno, Cal.-The Democratic State
Convention adopted a platform in
structing the California delegation for
w. ]. Bryan
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PROSPERITY Congress in August.

The Commercial Travellers Inter-
state Prosperity Congress will be held
in New York City on August IA.
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The waist is made with fronts, side
fronts, backs and side-backs, the vari-
Gus Jennings allowing of the cheyron
effect, which is SO we'll liked just now.
The fronts are Joined to the yoke
portions and the side-fronts are
tucked. The straps conceal all the
seams and the straight military collar
finishes the neck. The sleeves are
made in sections and the seams join
ing them are to be found beneath the
straps, while straps also trim the
lower edges.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is five and one
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Forbids Revolving Doors.

Forbids Revolving Doors.
Paris.-M. Lepine, project of po-
lice, has issued an ordinance forbid
ding the use of revolving doors in res
taurants, hotels and other buildings
capable of holding more than hun
bred persons on the ground that they
are dangerous in the event of fire or
panic.
Drought in Jamaica.
Kingston, Jamaica. THE drought,
which has now prevailed for some
time, is causing a serious water
famine in some parts of the island.
Home For Aged Dramatists.
Paris DIR. Henri de Rothschild,
member of the famous family and an
eminent physician, announces he will
construct, at his own expense, home
for aged dramatic authors. The
building will include small theatre.
Art Prize Now Open.
Paris-Jules Lefebvre, the artist,
is anxious that the prize he has Of
fered to American art students, con-
sisting of years tuition at the
Julian Academy under himself and
Robert Fleurry, and a silver medal,
shall be more generally competed for
by art students in America. Hitherto
the competition has been confined to
the students Of the academy at San
Francisco
To Celebrate Quebec Day.
Paris.-The French Government
has decided to take part officially in
the celebration in Quebec next July,
commemorating the 300th anniver-
sary of the founding of the city.
French Parliament Opens.
Paris,-The French Parliament re-
assembled with the Clemenceau Cab
met more strongly entrenched than
ever as result of the recent munich
pal elections
To Arm Porto Rican Police.
San Juan, P. R.-Governor Post,
who is now in the United States, is
making arrangements for the pur-
chase of arms and equipment for the
insular police, the Federal Govern
ment having Withdrawn the arms and
equipment which have been used by
the police for several years.
FiIipinos Waste Time in Oratory.
Manila, P. 1.-The Assembly adj
journed after having sat 1870 days.
An extra session will be called imme-
diately. About a dozen bills were
passed into law, none being drastic,
the Commission refusing to pass
number of queer ones. The general
consensus of opinion is that the AS
sembly up to date is mere excuse
for outbursts of political oratory.
Kaiser Back in Berlin.
Berlin.--Emperor William returned
to Berlin after an absence OF two
months.
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Collars and Chains For NIourninp.

Jet collars, necklaces. long chains,
bracelets and pins of all descriptions
in a dull finish are worn by women
who are in mourning.
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FiIIpinos waste Time in oratory.


Berlin. Emperor William returned
to Berlin after an absence OF two
months.
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BOW no LooArr Az A1ARM.

Z the alarm is sounded from box Is. the fiiU
bell viii strike two, then pause and strike fvsh
which will indicate that the fire is in the vicinS
lty of No. rs box Every alarm is repeated
four times
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Diamond Market Revives.

Queen Alexandra to Go to Russia.
London.-It is announced that
Queen Alexandra and Princess Vic
toria will accompany King Edward on
his visit to Russia.
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WHEN THE FIRE BELL RINGS.
Look at This and You VIII Be Able
co Locate the Blaze.
HOW TO SEND IN AN ALARM.

HOW TO SEND IN AN ALARM.
To send in an alarm, open box and pull down
the lever on the inside. When an alarm Ia
sent in, the fire bell will sound the number Of
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 holders.
Policemen also have keys.
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Denmark Goes in For Railroads.
FIeet Not to stop at Apia.

Berlin-The United States Govern
ment has informed the German Gov
eminent that it will be impossible for
the Atlantic battleship fleet to pay a
visit to Apia, Samoan Islands, on its
way across the Pacific.
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Revolution Threatened in Portugal.

Lisbon -Alfonso Costa, one of the
Republican leaders, made speech in
the Chamber of Deputies in which he
declared that unless the present Gov
eminent was economical in its ex-
penditures, liberal in its ideas and pa
triotic in its purposes his party would
organize a revolution.
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London British Government
has received from Washington an in
vitation to attend the international
tuberculosis Conference to be held in
Washington next September 1t is
understood that the Government win
be represented
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Art Prize Now Open.
To celebrate quebec Day.

Paris.-The French Government
has decided to take part officially il
the celebration in Quebec next July
concentrating the 300th anniver
sary of the founding of the city.
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French Parliament Opens.

Paris. THE French Parliament re-
assembled with the Clemenceau Cab
met more strongly entrenched than
ever as a result of the recent munich
pal elections.