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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19

description of the fertility of the land
promised the children of Israel, and
followed it with a supplication for
/ guidance in the present undertaking
President Roosevelt here began his
explanation of the reason for the con-
j ference His fifty-minute speech was
many times interrupted by applause,
and when he finally reached his point
of praise of the Inland Waterways
Commission and declared with char
acteristic vigor that should Congress
neglect to perpetuate the commission
II will do it myself" he captured"
the assemblage The Governors stood
up and shouted, Senators and Repre-
sentatives added a laugh to their APP
pIause, and general assent was given
| the sentiment.
Recognizing the significance of the
| demonstration, the President, while
congratulations we're being showered
upon him after his address, came to
the tables reserved for the press and
said he hoped his reference to Con-
gress would not be overlooked.
The Presidents address on "Con-
servation as a National Duty" with
which he opened the conference, was
regarded as clear, concise and force
full presentation of the need for ac-
ton to preserve the natural resources,
which the President characterized as
the basis of National prosperity.
The Presidents speech ended the
morning session He, with the Vice
President, shook hands with each
member of the assemblage The Gov
ernorS and delegates were photo
graphed with the President on the
portico of the White House.
Governor Hughes, who chose a seat
in the first row next to William J.
Bryan and Immediately in front of
the President, led frequently in the
numerous demonstrations of approval
which interrupted the President
A committee on resolutions was
named by the President, consisting of
Governors Blanchard, of louisiana
Fort, of New Jersey; Cutler, of Utah;
Davidson, of Wisconsin, and Ansel,
of South Carolina. To this commit
tee were referred a large number of
resolutions offered by members of
the conference relating to steps to be
taken to properly conserve the Nation
al resources. From these resolutions
the committee will draft a general
resolution, embodying all sugges-
tions which it will submit to the con-
ference for adoption.
Mr.. Bryan was central figure at
the conference, being surrounded at
intervals by groups of his admirers,
who talked politics. Governor john
son was equally in the limelight,
greeting friends here and there and
answering evasively questions too
pointed to be diplomatic.
When President Roosevelt at the
afternoon session mentioned Govern
or Johnson as presiding officer at the
conference cheers broke loose from
Governor Johnson's friends. When
the President later remarked that
the delegates would very much like
to hear from Mr.. Bryan" the latter's
friends applauded until the Bryan
ovation equalled the ovation given to
Governor Johnson.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
The Field of Sports.

Packey Mcfarland says he won't
fight Cans unless he gets $4,000.
In the Pacific Coast tryouts for the
Olympic Games Jos. B. King won the
tifteen-mile Marathon race in 24:29
1-5.
America will not send representa-
tive crew to the Olympic Games Re-
gatta, to be held at Henley-on-T Thames
July 20.
Frank L. Kramer won his first race
on the new Vailsburg cycle track, at
Newark, N. j., defeating Joe Fogler
by a few inches in the haM-miIe
sprint.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
Notes of the Diamond.

Fred Clarke's brother Josh" is
making good for Cleveland.
In Cleveland southpaw pitcher Bill
baltimore is pronounced sure find
Fred Tenney is playing fast game
around first base for the New York
Nationals.
Jimmy Williams, who was traded
by the New York Americans to st.
Louis, has batted in more runs for
the st. Louis American Club than any
player of the team.
Catcher Roger Bresnahan, of the
New York Nationals, still wears his
cricketer's shin-guards.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
Total Observation-Disclosures
Totals of Money Bills.


Totals of Money Bills.
Some of the expenditures author
lied by Congress for the fiscal year
1909 are, in round numbers, SILL
100000 carried in the Notifications
bill; 1922, 100000 in the postoffice
bill; $9S,000,000 for the army;
1923, 100000 for the navy; $685.
100000 for pensions, including $751;
100000 to carry the widows pension
bill passed at this session; $106, 000,-
900 in the sundry civil bill; $4,000
900 in the Indian bill; $33,000,000
in the legislative, executive and jul
dicial bill, and $24,000,000 in the
urgent deficiency bill.
The leaders have raised warning
voices and urged the cutting down
of annual estimates submitted to Con-
gress. These suggestions have not
kept the figures down and have had
little good effect.
Democrats are already preparing
to make use of the figures furnished
by their opponents in campaign docu-
ments, and are hoping for success on
the record of the party in power.
Most, if not all, of the committees
making up the money bills have
failed by many thousands of dollars
to meet the estimates made by the
executive departments. The tendency
has been always to increase rather
than decrease the amounts expended
in former years.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19

washington, ID. C.-TWo Ideas deS-
tined to mark material progress in
Americas future resulted from the
first of the three days conference at
the White House, in which President
Roosevelt, the Governors of forty
four States, Cabinet officers, Supreme
Court Judges, Senators, Representa-
lives and experts are participating in
efforts to reach conclusions on the
best methods of conserving the nat
ural resources of the United States.
The first is that a. permanent or
ganization between the States and the
Nation is necessary and will likely
result from the present conference,
to accomplish the end sought The
second, suggested by Secretary Root,
is that there is no limitation by the
Constitution to the agreements which
may be made between the States, sub
ject to the approval OF Congress. The
two ideas, fully developed, it is pre-
dicted, would result in the conserva-
tion of the energies and resources of
the Nation through uniform and I'M
conflicting laws, both National and
State.
An almost complete transformation
of the East Room had been effected
in order to properly arrange for the
sessions of the conference. Along the
east wall was placed combined
framework and platform. This was
artistically covered with green velvet,
trimmed with gold rope. The frame
work afforded setting for two large
maps of the United States, each of
which was colored to show the vari-
Gus resources of the country.
On the platform between these
maps were seats for the presiding
officers of the conference, for mem
bers of the Supreme Court and for
Cabinet officers. Facing this plat
form sat the Governors, while on
each side of the Governors seats were
arranged in sen,i-circle for the dele
gates and Representatives and Sena-
tors.
So crowded was the day with inter
estlng and important developments
and so fraught with history making
sibilities-material, political and
social-that to make but a categori-
cal enumeration of events would
seem to give the best conception of
the occasion.
Forty-four Governors of sovereign
chairs in the East Room of the White
House and chatted from 10 to II
o'clock a. m. Five hundred other per-
sons taxed the capacity of the room.
They were Cabinet officers, Supreme
Court Justices, Senators, Representa-
tives, experts in all lines of industry.
With flourish of trumpets the Pres
ident and Vice-President entered at
IL O'Clock, and the conference, the
first of it's kind in the history of the
Nation, began.
There was no doubling the first cli-
max of the day. 1t was the reception
of the President, He had been at
work in the executive offices up to the
very minute of converting. He en-
tered the East Room on the minute
of IL o'clock as the Marine Band rem
dered the Presidential honors. The
Governors arose; they clapped their
hands, they shouted. Five hundred
others took their cue, and the demon
stration became tumultuous.
Then followed a hush. DR.. Edward
Everett Hale. chaplain of the Senate,
leaning one arm on the back OF the
chair in which the President was
seated, read from the Scriptures the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
GOVERNORS CONFERENCE
HELD At WASHINGTON
Notable Gathering in East Room
of the White House.
TO SAVE NATURAL RESOURCES
Pleas For Less Waste-Nation's Eff
ficiency and Insured Continuance
Next Great Problem, Says Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Subjects Before the White House
Conference of Governors.

First-A plan for a universal
divorce law, the classification of
offenses for which DEGREES may
be granted and the simplification
of methods of procedure in rela-
ton to them.
Second-A plan for the extra
dltion of criminals from one
State to another, upon the tele-
graphic demand of Governors.
Third-A plan for universal
agreement regarding the treat
ment of tuberculosis in cattle.
Fourth-A plan for the care
and segregation of the victims of
consumption to prevent the
spread of the disease.
Fifth-A plan for the better
supervision and observance Of
quarantine regulations.
Sixth-A plan for the coop
Grafton of adjoining States for
the better protection of inter-
state parks and forest preserves.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
GIRLS CAN WIN HUSBANDS BY PERSONAL MAGNETISM
Judge Light Urges School Teachers Study the Art
Select

South Norwalk, Conn. Judge John
III. Light, member of the Board of
School Visitors, in an address before
the Norwalk Town Teachers Associa-
ton on 1.-THE Psychology of Teach
ers,' urged the young women to
spend an hour of study each day in
the development OF personal magne-
tism, the same as they would the
study of any art
Primarily this was for the purpose
of gaining the interest and the atten-
ton and the love of their pupils, he
said; secondly, it was not only to OBJ
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
Newsy Paragraphs.

Baron S. Sakatani, ex-Minister of
Finance of Japan, arrived in New
York City.
At Madrid the infant Prince of the
Asturias was made a private in a
Spanish regiment on his first birth
day.
Cardinal Logue preached In st.
Patrica's Cathedral, New York, from
the text, God is Wonderful in His
Saints"
The Navy Department prepared a
new skeleton mast to be tested by
shells when the monitor Florida is
fired upon
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
EXPLOSION KILLS z MINERS,
Rescuers Plan to Save Imprisoned
Men at Wilkesbarre, Pa.

Wilkesbarre, Pa. - Seven miners
were instantly killed and more than a
dozen injured in an explosion in the
Mount Lookout Colliery of the Tenn
pie Coal and Iron Company at Wyo-
ming, near here
The explosion occurred coo feet
under ground and 1900 feet from the
shaft up which the miners make their
exit. John Kosmith, a miner, left a
small gas feeder" burn in the ex-
IRENE end OF gangway all night,
which set fire to the timbers and the
coal.
A party was formed and the air
was let in from another gangway to
allow the gas to escape. While doing
this a second explosion occurred, kill
ing the seven men. The shock of the
explosion was felt on the surface and
a rescue party was formed, several of
whom were overcome by gas,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
Philadelphia Doctor Says
Fatal to Pick Buttercups.'

Philadelphia the picking OF
buttercups is injurious to the health
of children is the theory of DR.. w.
W. Chalfonte. He declared at meet
ing of physicians that some cases
called measles are not measles at all,
but are the effects of gathering but
tercups and inhaling their perfume.
"Buttercup fever" is the term DR..
Chalfonte gives the disease. I'm Ger
many and Holland there are laws for
Kidding the growing and picking OF
buttercups," said the physician.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
About Noted People.

Fernando E. Guachalle has been
elected President of Bolivia.
President Roosevelt returned to
Washington from Pine Knot, Va.
J. Ogden Armour is preparing to
retire as head of the great Armour
packing house.
Senator Teller, of Colorado, says
he will retire to private life after
March 4, 1909.
The engagement Of Joseph Letter,
of Chicago, and Miss Juliette Will
Jams was announced at Washington,
d. G.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
MOB WOMEN IN "sHEATHo GOWNS
For parish at Ru


Paris Disturbances which threat
ened to become a riot arose at the
Longchamps race course on Sunday
from the appearance in the members
enclosure of four young women at
tired in ultra-fashionable gowns. The
dressmakers of Rue de la Paix FREE
gently boom their latest creations at
Longchamps, but Sundays expert
ment was too daring even for
Parisians.
The gowns were so classic, so tight
fitting and so transparent that some
of the onlookers rubbed their eyes in
amazement. Others blushed, others
turned Indignantly away, while some
men laughed and jeered. The wear
ers had been sent by their employers
to advertise the so-called sheath
gowns, an attempted revival of the
Directoire fashion. The most sensa-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19

tain a husband. but that the disci.
pine might win large number of
suitors from whom girl might select
an affinity Many girls had but one
chance, he said, and accepting the
one they soon found they made mis-.
take.
Judge Light said only one-fourth
of the teachers married If they had
spent as much time in cultivating
personal magnetism as they did in
dressing their hair. he declared.
three-fourths OF them would be mar
ried,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
Women in the Days News.

An effort to have May 10 made
Mothers Day" was defeated in Con-
gress.
A son has been born to Nine. To.
SELF, formerly Crown Princess of
Saxony.
Barnard College girls are going to
make baseball feature of this year $
graduation festivities in New York
City.
DR.. |. Herman Randall, of New
York City, advised the Kindergarten
Association to try hypnotic suggestion
for good, instead of Furnishing chill
nl.sn
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19

Chicago, Ill.-Harnessed between
the shafts of wagon heavily laden
with old iron, bottles and rags, Mrs.
Frank Mulcaski, fifty-five years old,
wife of an Evanston junk dealer, has
taken up the task left off by the fam
lily horse at it's death two weeks ago.
Supplied with specially fitted harness,
she has made it possible for her hus-
band 10 continue In business.
Daily she draws the wagon through
the streets of Evanston and Wilmette,
responding with alacrity to her hus-
bands cries of whoa" and "giddap."
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19

tional of them have a divided skirt
showing the outlines of the lower
limbs.
The excitement became so great
that the police were Obliged to re-
move the young women from the en-
closure. A blushing policeman
wrapped his cloak around divided
skirt and conducted the owner to a
cab. Summonses were talked of, but
the police decided not to act. Director
Touny, of the municipal police, said.
1T seems these dresses are the
latest fashion. l think them some
what daring, but If it is the prevail
ing fashion, there is nothing more to
be said"
+ One cynic remarks: "As Paris
thinks to-day, the world thinks to-
morrow. This fashion will spread
over the whole world"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
Squeezing Of Heard Nav
Save "Drownedr Men.

Hartford, Conn.-W Wonders are pre-
dicted by DR.. D. F. Sullivan for the
new method of resuscitation which
he employed on Nuncio Chial who
was saved twice from death after his
heart had stopped beating by the
squeezing of his heart in time with
normal pulsations
DR.. Sullivan believes that if a per-
son who is apparently drowned could
be immediately operated upon and
the heart exposed, artificial respira-
ton might be induced.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
Rear-Adnniral Rae Dead.

Rear-Admiral Charles Whiteside
Rae, engineer-in-chief of the navy
and chief of the bureau of steam nav
igation of the Navy Department, died
at his home in Washington, ID. c.,
from complication of diseases.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
FINDS CONVICTED BANKER DEAD
Son Refuses For Hours to Let Mar
shall See Corpse.

Baltimore, Nd. John H. M.
Geiger, former cashier of the Canton
National Bank, convicted of misap-
propriating the banks money and
sentenced to five years in Jail, who
was out under $4,000 bail pending
an appeal, was found dead in his
home BIZ the United States marshal
who went to arrest him.
AT Z O'Clock p. m. Geiger's con an
nounced that his father had died and
the marshal desired to see the body.
The son declined, but pointing to the
door of the room, which was locked,
said the marshal could break it down
il he wished to. An undertaken who
had been sent for wastold his services
were not yet required.
After the family physician arrived
at late hour the marshal was ad-
mitted. The physician said death was
due to hemorrhages.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
WEST POINT MAN SUICIDE.
Former Second Lieutenant Shoots
Himself at Washington.

Washington, d. C.-Charles Z.
Bamford, of Trenton, N. j., a grad
uate of West Point, who resigned
from the army as second lieuten-
ant in September, 1906, shot and
killed himself in his room at the Re-
gent Hotel. in this city,
Bamford had recently been en-
gagged in civil engineering, but a let
ter addressed to Adjutant-Gener
Ainsworth, asking for reappoint-
ment to the army, which was found
in his pocket, leads to the belief that
his visit to Washington was for the
purpose of being restored to the
army.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
Grating Aldermen Fined $4,000.

DR.. e. C. Dunn, John Nash and O..
H. Woolsey, all ex-Aldermen, indicted
on charges of bribery. were arraigned
at Rockford, I'LL, and pleaded guilty.
They were fined $4,000 each. They
are alleged to have taken $500 each
to pass the Central Heat and Power
Company franchise.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
Defers Negro soldiers Bill.

Senator Foraker abandoned his eff
fort to secure consideration at this
session of Congress of his bill rein
stating the negro soldiers, and moved
to make the bill the special order for
December 16 next.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
Waiting on Legislation.

Jacob H. Schiff, returned from Eu-
rope, declared business here would
not return to normal conditions until
it were seen what kind of tariff legis-
lation this country is going to have.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
Rains and Bad Roads.

Farm work, retail and jobbing
business and the movement of old
crops to market have been restricted
by heavy rains, low temperatures or
bad roads.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
WIFE TAKES HORSES PLACE.
a round Driving a,
Humam SOciet is PoxHer

Mulcaski kept to the outskirts of
the town at first with his novel
"steed." AS long as Mrs. Mulcaski
is willing to perform the task the
Humane Society can not interfere, it
is said, and there is no other agency
which would be empowered to act.
At times Mulcaski stops to consult
with his wife concerning purchasers
and routes to be taken. In addition
she is watchful for chance custom
ers, pointing them out when her hus-
band fails to notice them. This is an
advantage he did not enjoy before.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19
Cardinals at White House.

Cardinals Logue and Gibbons and
other distinguished churchmen were
the Presidents guests at luncheon at
the White House, Washington, D. G.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-19

made and contemplated by the pres
ent session of Congress to $1,044,.
248,679.63. The total appropriation
of the last session of Congress
amounted to $919,948, 679.63.
The increases, actual and esti-
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-02-26
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To O. Leo Wheeler. his heirs. success sors or assigns.
 You are hereby notified that the un- dersigned has expended in labor and improvements the sum of one hundred dollars for the year I907 upon the fol- lowing claim. to-wit: Coppered Queen Lode. situated between Sherret creek. tributary of Pilgrim river. and Lulu creek. Kougarok Mining district Dis trict of Alaska.
 And you are further notified that if 'ynu do not. within ninety (s0) days from the date of final publication here To, cause to be paid to the undersigned your proportionate share of said expen- allure. as co-owner. your interest in said claim will become the property Of the undersigned. under Section 2324 Revised Statutes of the United States. Date of first pub. Jan. ?. 1908. Date of last pub. March 2e. 1908.
 F. F.. DUSLEVY.
 co-Owner.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-02-26
KENTUcKYs TARIFF ON MURDER

Kentucky. ar al least that part of Il con prised in Breathitt county. ap- pears To have gone back to the old Saxon custom af redeeming murder hy the payment of civil damages. In the days of Saxon heptarchy the rcla- lives of murdered man were com pcnsated for the injury and loss by a fine in the nature of damages. In Kentucky Judge James Hargfs of Breattitt has paid the widow of James E. Marcum $500 for civil dam ages fer tho murder of her husbana. which he compassed. and he still owes her $2406 on the same account He "a paying for murder hy nstallments.
 Hargis was tried for his life for this and other murders done in pursuance nf a Kentucky blood feud. but the ju- ries of that strange commonwealth look kindly on crimes of this sort. Be- sides, the fear of assassination always attends jurors and witnesses. The mountain men are lawIess folk The Courier-Journal sizes up the situ- ation:
 The payment on account calls at. lention once again to the anomalous situation Hargis holds. When tried on Inc criminal charge of procuring the death nf Air Marcum. Hargis by means Of notorious manipulatlons of the law and the apparent connivancs Of certain public officials in high places. vent acquit The courts were made ridiculous. Despite the power ful evidence against Hargls he went Tree. Il was a scandal and a disgrace but wasn't he Jim Hargis 2"
 Hargia is guilty in one court and in- nocent by the verdict of another. The killing Of Mareum was only one of a series of murders of which Hargis is notoriously guilty a an accessory be- fore the fact. but the commonwealth Of Kentucky is unable 10 hold him to ac- count except by the queer expedient of tarif on murder payable by install ments.-San Francisco Call