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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08

Railroad stock which the late
Mr.. , your father, gave you on
your wedding day; also regarding
the mortgages and bank stocks which
were given you by your husband some
years ago. We wish to have an &C
counting of taxes, and must ask you
to give this your immediate atten-
ton"
The rich women of Pittsburg never
stopped to ask questions. They simp-
ly flew to the Offices of the assessors
to settle.
They did not know what might hap
pen later If the assessors could get
their maiden names and their family
history SO readily, and they decided
to get their long held stock placed
on the books and pay their taxes.
Some of the women almost tainted
when told that their maiden names
came from the blue book. The as
SCISSORS sent out 1000 of these letters
and have been forced to put on ex-
ira clerks to handle the business that
is coming in.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, which
had $4,000 holders of stock, is a
favorite for the rich Pittsburg wo-
men, The railroad some time ago re-
fused to permit the city assessors to
copy names from its books, as did
many banks, and there was no way
to get at the fair holders of this
property. Mortgages held on prop
critics outside the State of Pennsyl-
vania was also safe from taxation in
Pittsburg as long as the owners could
keep the knowledge of their owner
ship from the assessors.
According to an employee of the
city there is great fear on the part
of persons of great wealth that they
may be arrested for perjury, since
they recently took oath as to all their
taxable possessions and did not in
clude taxable railroad stocks and
bonds worth thousands of dollars.
but when the blue book was rung in
on them, they uncovered the hidden
store of bonds.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
The World Of sport.

The University of Pennsylvania de-
feated Oxford at chess by score OF
liz to 6h.
w. ]. Clothier defeated R. D. Lit
tie in straight sets in the National
lawn tennis tournament at Newport.
The Nottinghamshire eleven won
the cricket match against the Gem
tlemen of Philadelphia by $50 runs.
M. j. McGrath, of the New York A.
c., threw the sixteen-pound hammer
176 feet from a nine-foot circle at
Nenagh, in Ireland, understanding
John Flanagan's record throw OF It's
feet.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
Nevsv GIeaninps.

Boston merchants Endorsed the pro-
posal for an alliance with China.
Persian nationalists. at Teherans
are holding out defiantly against the
Shah.
Song Piung-Chun, Korea's Home
Minister, favors Japanese rule in his
country. a VIZ
Japanese immigrants in Brazil
proved useless for work on the coffee
plantations.
Word was received in Wall Street
that it would be felony to conduct a
IbucketshoD hereafter In New York
State.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08

London. - David Lloyd-George,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, has
returned to London. He said, when
it was suggested that he discussed
naval programs in the course of his
stay in Germany, that he had gone
to that country simply to investigate
the German system of old age pen
sions. Punch, commenting on this,
says "Now that his recommends
ton to grant pensions has been
adopted he naturally feels that he
ought to seriously study the ques-
ton"
1t seems, according to Mr.. Lloyd
Georges statements in an interview,
that he did not find the German sys-
tenn to be of such socialistic char
acter as he and his friends advocate
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
WEEDS COWGIRL SWEETHEART
Emmett Dalton ro PenIentlary

Emmett Dalton Pardoned From Pen
Bartlesville, Okla.-Emmett Dali
ton and Mrs. Julia Lewis were mar
ried here few nights ago.
4 A few months ago Dalton was par
doned from the Kansas Penitentiary,
where he was serving life sentence
for participation in the raid on the
Coffeyville (Kan.) banks sixteen
years ago.
Julia Lewis is the widow of Err
nest Lewis, who died in bloody fight
with Federal Marshals Keller and
Williams in this city last November.
Lewis killed Williams during the
battle, in which more than twenty
shots were fired in small room.
Lewis served a. term in the Colorado
Penitentiary for train robbery and
had worried the authorities of kan
sas and Oklahoma by conducting a
modern Monte Carlo" on a narrow
strip of ground which he declared
was owned by neither State. 1t was
discovered later that he had moved
the State line marker six years be-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
Ahnnt Nored Peonle.

Senator Scott. of West Virginia,
was bruised in a fist fight at Wheeling
with a local politician whom he had
called liar
President Roosevelt congratulated
and slapped on the back individually
sixty-eight members of the Olympic
team who visited him at oyster Bay,
N. Y.
James &. Hughes, eighty-seven
years old, former member of the Mis-
souri, Legislature, who was impris-
oned during the reconstruction days
in Missouri for preaching, died at
Osborn, Mo.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
BY CABLE.
EmbezzLer Kills Himself.

EmbezzIeT Kills Himself.
Berlin, Germany -Gustave Herr
perg, proprietor of small private
bank, committed suicide by shooting.
He left letter saying he had embez-
zled the banks deposits, but the
amount of his defalcation has not
yet been established. The manager
of Berlin advertising company is re-
ported to be a fugitive after having
embezzled $125,000. These cases,
together with the suicides after de-
falcation of the cashier of the Dresd-
ner Bank, caused other banks to-
overhaul their books.
Darwin Thinks Plants Have Memory.
Dublin, Ireland-At the opening.
meeting of the British Association at
Trinity College, Professor Sir c. Fl.
Darwin, in his presidential address,
developed the theory of consciousness
in plants. The professor contended
that plants have memory and can de-
velop habits and behave differently
according to what might be called
their moods.
Fleet at Honolulu. p
Honolulu, Hawaii. THE torpedo
feet arrived here in the harbor and
dropped anchor The towing of tor
pedo boat destroyers by the cruisers
of the fleet has proved success in
the cases of the Preble and Perry.
which did not part their cable lines
during the voyage from San Fran
cisco.
Accused of Plotting.
4 Teheran, Persia. -Etemade Khag-
han was arrested and badly handled
while being taken to the Baghshah.
He Is accused of holding secret meet
ings in his house. The Shah intends
to build Notifications around the
Baghshah.
Moroccan View of the Question.
Tangier, Morocco The departure
of DR.. Vassel, the German Consul
here, for Fee, seems to have produced
a general impression among the Mo-
roccans that Germany is the first
power to recognize Mulai Hafig and
the only power friendly to him.
Viscount KaneIxo Quits.
Toxic, Japan. Following the an
nouncement of the Government to
postpone the Japanese international
exposition, Viscount Kaneko has ten
dered his resignation as director-gen-
eral of the exposition.
Gold For Turkey.
Constantinople.- The Imperial OF
toman Bank will advance $4,000
to the Turkish Government for imme-
diate need and will arrange to issue a
| loan of about $18,000,0 900 more.
Kaiser Goes TO Strasburg.
Berlin, Germany. The Emperor
left here for Strasburg to be present
at the maneuvres.
Won BueIow in Aero League.
Berlin. Prince Won Buelow, the
| Imperial Chancellor, has become q
member of the committee of the Aero
Navy League for the Berlin district.
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.entiary in Time to Find Her a Widow
fore, preparatory to entering upon
this sort of enterprise.
The romance between Dalton and
Julia Lewis, known as the Cowgirl,
began twenty years ago, when the
latter was a pretty daughter of Texas
johnson and lived with her parents
near the Kansas line eighteen miles
north of Bart1esville. She and Dali
ton were about the same age and they
rode races, practised shooting with
rifles and rode their ponies to all
of the dances. While Dalton was hid
den from the officers it is said that
the girl cooked his meals and kept
him informed of the movements OF
the pursuers.
They win live here, where the
bride has large amount of prop
erty. The wedding was very quiet
affair before a justice of the peace
The bride and bridegroom have re-
fused to accept lucrative offer to
go on the stage made by Chicago
Snowman
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
PARDoNED BY PRESIDENT.
Cherokee Boy Convicted of Murder
by Sweetheart's Perjury.

Washington, d. C.-The President
has ordered the pardon of William
Judge, Cherokee Indian boy serving
a life sentence at Fort Leavenworth
for murder. Behind this matter of
fact item is q story that would serve
for the foundation of a first-class the
atHe thriller, for Judge was convicted
of killing rival in love, and his
sweetheart, who testified at his trial
and aided the prosecution in convict
ing him, now comes forward to say
that she was compelled to perjure
herself then, and that Judge is inno-
cent ~
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
Find 1870 Mexican Towns
Not Officially Recognized

City of Mexico. The geographical
commission appointed by the govern
ment seven years ago to map all of
the towns of the country have just
made their report. They make the
astounding statement that they dis
covered 1879 towns which were mot
officially known to exist and which
have heretofore had no federal con-
troll.
Many of these towns are of con-
siderable size, ranging in population
from 5000 to 900 people.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
C. 0. JONES KILLED,
HIS AIRSHIP BURNED
Asronaut Dropped 500 Feet at
WateFviIle, Me.
WIFE AND CHILD PRESENT
Bag of Dirigible Caught Fire and Ma
chinery and Inventor Shot to
Earth Before Crowd-Spark of
Motor Caused Disaster.

Waterville, Me. - In full view of
$4,000 spectators on the Maine fair
grounds Charles Oliver Jones, the
well known aeronaut, of Hammonds-
port, N. Y, fell a distance of 500 feet
to his death. Among the witnesses
of the frightful plunge were Mrs.
Jones and her child. They were the
first to reach the side of the dying
man. The aeronaut expired about
an hour and half after the accident.
Jones had been at the fair grounds
with his dirigible balloon, the Boom
Crang, known as Strobel airship,
since the opening day of the fair.
When the aeronaut reached a
height of more than 500 feet the
spectators saw small tongues of fire
issuing from under the gas bag in
front of the motor At this time the
balloon had passed out of the fair
grounds. Many persons in the great
crowd shouted to Jones of his danger,
but several minutes elapsed before he
noticed the fire. Then he grasped
the rip cord and endeavored to reach
the earth. The machine descended
but a short distance when a sudden
burst of fame enveloped the gas bag,
the framework Immediately separat-
ing from it.
Jones fell with the frame of his
motor, and when his wife and child
and the spectators reached him he
was lying dying under the wrecked
machinery quarter of mile from
the grounds. The gas bag was COM
pletely destroyed. 1t is thought that
the bag leaked again and that spark
from the motor caused the disaster.
Jones was forty years old.
Hammondsport, N. Y. - Charles
Oliver Jones, killed at Waterville,
was numbered among the younger
aeronauts, but his work in the field
had already marked him as one of
the most successful opponents of
aerial navigation.
He came here year ago from his
home in Cincinnati with some entire
ly new ideas in regard to airships,
and joined Alexander Graham Bell
and others in their experiments with
aeroplanes. 1t was Jones who
evolved the famous June Bug"
which made several record flights for
short distances. The June Bug"
won The Scientific American trophy
offered for heavier than air machines,
attaining speed of about thirty
miles an hour against the wind.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
SLAIN ON HIS DOORSTEP.
DR.. Rustin's Wife Heard Shot-Found
Her Husband Dying.


Omaha, Neb.-Dr. Frederick T.
Rustin, one of the best known sur
geons in the West, was shot and
killed as he was about to enter his
house.
DR.. Rustin had remained out late
for the primary election returns. His
wife was awakened by a pistol shot
and rushed down stairs and out on
the porch. DR.. Rustin was sitting in
chair.
"A man shot me-" he gasped.
He was unable to speak further,
and became quickly unconscious. A
medical examination showed that but
one shot had been fired, apparently
from a revolver. The bullet had en-
tered the abdomen.
DR.. Rustin was graduated from the
Sheffield Scientific School, Yale Uni
versity, in 1895, and was captain of
the baseball nine in that year.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
CANAL BANK is BLOWN UP.
Illinois and Michigan Waterway
RadIy DAMAGED at Channahon I'll.

Illinois and Michigan Waterway
Badly Damaged at Channahon, Ill.
Joliet. Ill.-By the use of dyna-
mite breach was made in the bank
Of. the Illinois and Michigan Canal at
Channahon, twelve miles southwest
of Joliet. The break is 100 feet long.
The district is flooded, and the en-
tire section of the canal from Joliet
to Channahon is emptied of water.
Boats are stranded, fish by thousands
cover the bottom of the canal, navi-
CATION is tied up, and factories using
power furnished by the canal have
closed.
The dynamiting is the result of a
fight between the Canal Commission
ers and the State, on one side, and the
villages Of Channahon and Troy, on
the other. The State refused to build
or repair broken-doWn bridges.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
Wars Of Future Should
cN.AAI.ll u A I'll :.

Washington, d. C.-That airships
will play an important part in the
next war between world powers; that
the Civil War would have lasted but
nine months IL either army had a
balloon corps like that now at Fort
Myer, Va, and that the United States
Government should secure the SER
vices of the Wright brothers and
Thomas S. Baldwin, were the opinions
expressed by Colonel James Templert
in command of the aeronautical divl-
sion of the British army.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
Lynches Assailant Of Girl.

A negro named George Johnston
was hanged by a mob at Murfrees-
boro, Tenn. The negro attacked a
Miss Morris seven miles from Muir
freesboro.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
GERMAN OLD AGE PENSIONS.

Little Joke.

in Great Britain. He said: Elm
ployers will tell you that nearly all
their workmen are Socialists" Re-
ferring to the pension system he said:
What a gigantic scheme is theirs
compared with ours. Thirty-four
million pounds 0,000,000) are
distributed in pensions every year"
He added that of this sum the
State pays $14,000,000, the cost of
administration only. For the rest
$40, 100000 is sick pay. The work
men contribute two-thirds. Eleven
million pounds, or 100000, is
paid to the aged and incapacitated,
masters and men contributing
equally, and $45, 100000 is paid for
accidents, which expense the employ
ers must meet.
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Dies a Pauper at ia Years.

John Morris, of the town Of Day,
N. u, inmate of the County Aims
house, is dead He said he was liza
years old, and told OF events which
appeared to prove it. He was a ma
tive of Canada and of French extrac-
ton.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
EDWARD BACON DROWNED.
Body of Cousin of Robert Bacon
Ashore at Falmouth. Mass.

Falmouth, Mass,-The body of Ed
ward Bacon, of New York City, cou-
sin of Robert Bacon, Assistant Secre-
tary of State, was washed ashore on
the beach at Falmouth Heights. He
was forty-one years of age,> and the
son of Daniel Bacon, of New York
City
Mr.. Bacon disappeared from the
Dexter House at Woods Holl, where
he had been spending the summer at
the hotel, and was not in the best of
health.
Medical Examiner Charles Mill
ken, of Hyannis, said death was due
to drowning. The body was taken to
New York City for burial.
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The Chamber Of Deputies, Lisbon,
Portugal, has passed the budget,
which estimates the deficit at $4,000
900. Emigration and arbitration
treaties with the United States also
have been adopted.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
FAMILY BURNED IN HOME.
Two Dead, Four Seriously Injured
Mob Threatens Incendiary.

Louisa, Ky.-John Sprouse, charged
with incendiarism, was brought here
to escape mob violence. He is &C
cused of setting fire to the home of
Charles Cooper, near Cherokee, re-
sulting in the destruction of the prop
erty and the death of two of Cooper's
children. Two other children are in
serious condition. Cooper is 10
badly burned that his recovery is not
expected. Mrs. Cooper is seriously
burned.
Bloodhounds took up trail at the
house and followed it. to Sprouse's
house. Sprouse was arrested and
brought here. Sprouse and Cooper
had been engaged in a suit over lun-
her
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In an encounter betweenthe French
and the Arabs on the Algerian from
tier, lasting a day and a night, the
tribesmen were repulsed with heavy
losses, while the French loss was
slight. 49,.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
MRS. HALLAN FREES NEGRO.
Exonerates Man Whose Arrest Started
Springfield Riot.

Springfield, Ill.-Mrs. Earl Italian
signed statement that George Rich
ardson is not the negro who attacked
her on the night of August IA. 1t
was the charge against Richardson,
followed by his arrest and removal to
Bloomington, that precipitated the re-
cent race riot.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
American Mills Decline Cotton.

American mills seem to be inn
pressed by the prospects of an early
moving crop, and are not as anxious
for cotton as they were several weeks
ago.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08

BY WIRE.


Diver Dies While at Work.
Baltimore, Md.-While at work
under twenty feet of water William
I heart failure and died before his com
panions could get him up and out of
| the armor
Gored to Death by Bull.
Chicago. - William Calder was
gored to death after terrific struggle
| with Shorthorn bull in freight car
in Libertyville. The bull is owned by
Arthur Aleeker, manager for Armour
& Co., and was destined for a county
fair.
Captain Merriam Dead.
Portsmouth, N H.-Captain Green
leaf A..Merriam, who commanded the
battleship Missouri in the recent
cruise of the big feet from Hampton
Roads to the Golden Gate, died in the
Naval Hospital here of appendicitis.
Captain Merriam was born in Balti-
more October %, 1849.
Mrs. Taft Defeats Arson.
Chicago, Ill.-Judge Maxwell. of
the Municipal Court, granted judy
ment in favor of Anna S. Taft, wife Of
Charles P. Taft, Of Cincinnati. for
possession of the building at 1876 Mad
ison street, occupied by the A. G. An
son Company as billiard hall.
Howls at Woman in Boomers.
Boston, Mass.-A yelling, laughing
crowd of nearly 1000 persons poured
into Pemberton Square at the heels
OF strangely CARRIED woman. The
woman was Isobel Louise johnson.
who wears a knee-length dress cut
bloomer fashion. II wear this cos
tune" she said, because the muddy
streets OF Boston demand it,"
Georgia Convict Lease Bills.
Atlanta, Ga.-The Georgia Senate
refused to consider the bill dealing
with the convict lease system, passed
by the House, and adopted a measure
which provides that convict leasing
snail cease upon the expiration of the
present contracts.
The Rev. DR.. SyIvanus Hayward.
South Bridge, Mass.-The Rev. DR..
Slyvanus Hayward, pastor of the
Union Church, died, at the age of
seventy-nine. He was graduated from
Dartmouth College in 1853, and was
professor of mathematics at Fisk
University. He was the author of
hymns and poem entitled "The
Schools of Misertown."
Thoroughbred Kills Yonkers Man.
Lexington, Ky-Frank Kelly, of
Yonkers, N. Y, who arrived here with
stable of thoroughbreds, while pre-
pairing to exercise colt, was thrown
and kicked over the lungs, dying in
stantly.
Senate Seat Fight Costly.
Milwaukee, Wis-The enormous
expenses of the three millionaire can
didates for United States Senator
prior to the primary election may re-
suit in an investigation by the Legis-
lature. The amount expended by the
candidates is said to reach $S5O,OOO.
Jail For Reckless Driving.
Boston, Mass.=A jail sentence for
reckless automobile driving was i'm
posed by Judge Murray in the Mu-
nicipal Court upon John T. Fay, of
No. II East Twenty-second street,
New York. Fay appealed and fur
nished a 5000 bond Judge Murray
stated that in view of the numerous
automobile accidents Jail sentence
was necessary.
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DefaIcation at Havana.

Havana dispatches placed the
amount of the postofice defalcation
there at $53.135.
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Plumbing, Timing. Steam
and Gas Fitting

at their OFFICE, Al Mill street, tele-
phone 2S4-l, or at the store of William
81. Hibler, South street, city.
The Senior member of this partner
ship, JOHN J. CARROLL, has been
plumbing in this city for twenty-nine
years, and his reputation as a plumber
is too well known for any further COM
ment. 253S.
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KRONENBERG'S
az w SHIN TON ST.
Ts our subscribers.

Te Our Subscribers.
When you wish to change the address
Of your paper be sure and send the
present address as well as the new one.
II this is not done it is impossible to
make the change promptly.
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Gored to Death by Bull.

UOreu 10 Death by Bun.
Chicago. William Calder was
gored to death after terrific struggle
with Shorthorn bull in freight car
in Libertyville. The bull is owned by
Arthur Aleeker, manager for Armour
& Co., and was destined for a county
fair.
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Captain Merriam Dead.

Portsmouth, N. H.-Captain Green
leaf a.. Merriam, who commanded the
battleship Missouri in the recent
cruise of the big feet from Hampton
Roads to the Golden Gate, died in the
Naval Hospital here of appendicitis.
Captain Merriam was born in Balti-
more October 20, 1S49.
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notice.!

JOHN J. CARROLL, who for years,
has been in the firm of LooNEY s. CAR
ROLL, has formed partnership with
his son, WILLIAM J. CARROLL, and
they are now ready to receive orders for
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Diver Dies While at Work.
Baltimore, Md. While at work
under twenty feet of water William
Small, diver, was stricken with
heart failure and died before his COM
panions could get him up and out of
the armor.
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Geosgia Convict Lease Bills.

Atlanta, Ga.-The Georgia Senate
refused to consider the bill dealing
with the convict lease system, passed
by the House, and adopted measure
which provides that convict leasing
snail cease upon the expiration of the
present contracts.
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Chicago, Ill.-Judge Maxwell, o.
the Municipal Court, granted judg
ment in favor of Anna S. Taft, wife O
Charles P. Taft, Of Cincinnati. fol
possession of the building at 1876 Mad
ison street, occupied by the A. G. An
son Company as a billiard hall.
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Thoroughbred Kills Yonlxers Man.
Lexington, Ky.-Frank Kelly, OF
Yonkers, N. Y, who arrived here with
a stable of thoroughbreds while pre-
pairing to exercise colt, was thrown
and kicked over the lungs, dying in
stantly.