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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
WORLDWIDE TRUST
IN POWDER SHOWN
International Agreement 10 Con-
troll Markets For Ten Years.
HEARING AT CLEVELAND, OHIO

DIVISION OF AerrilOFy was MADE ana
Competition For Government
Contracts Was Eliminated--Tes-
timcny of President Lent.
Cleveland. Ohio.-The most start
ling bit of evidence yet brought out in
the Powder Trust Investigation was
disclosed in the shape of an interna-
tional agreement to control the
worlds supply of powder and to reg
ulate prices. The discovery may force
the Government to take up the manu-
facture of its own powder.
The agreement, which was given in
evidence at the Powder Trust hearing
before Commissioner Mahaffy, was
obtained from President Almon Lent,
of the Austin Powder Company, of
Cleveland, formerly part of the
Trust. Lent also produced a scrap
book containing the secret minutes of
the Gun Powder Trade Association,
formed in 1872.
The agreement was signed in 1897
and provided that it should continue
in force for ten years and afterward
until such time as the companies saw
ut to revise it. President Lent said
his company withdrew at the expira-
ton of the ten years He also inti-
mated that the agreement ceased then
so far as all the other companies
were concerned, according to his in
formation.
The agreement fixed the price of
detonator powder, black powder and
smokeless military powder. Manu-
facturers in this country and abroad
agreed to parcel out among them the
world as their market.
The Europeans concerns agreed to
stay out of the American territory
and even to refrain from completing
a plant already begun in New Jersey.
The American companies agreed not
to build in Europe The companies
agreed that when an American COM
pany received inquiries from foreign
Governments for prices on powder,
it should first inquire what price
European companies charged before
1t made a sale. 1t was also bound not
to undersell. The same rule held
when the American Government made
such an inquiry of European fac
tories.
South America was given to the
American concerns as their territory.
British Columbia was common terri
tory The Domonion of Canada was
free territory, where both competed.
The same provision in regard to Gov
eminent orders ruled in these terri
tories. All Europe and Asia belonged
to the European companies.
chairman was appointed for each
factory in the agreement, and these
chairmen were to fix basic prices,
such as magazine and storage
charges. These chairmen were to fix
the selling price.
Lent was accompanied by officers
of his company and many attorneys.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
Ont of Reckoning.

Miss Eve De Chipenham, lecturer
OF New York, holds that beautiful
thoughts make beautiful faces and
figures, and that ugly thoughts de-
form, even as unwholesome work
does.
by taking thought" said Miss
De Chipenham, in an interview In
Chicago, you cannot perhaps add a
cubit to your stature, but you can
eradicate round shoulders and
sponge wrinkles away.
"Our thoughts mould our faces;
form our expression. Thus they give
us away. They give us away as much
as the spoken thought of Chicago
girl once gave her away.
This girl sat in a dim-lit parlor
on winter evening with young
man. A fire Of oak logs blazed in
the CRATE, and, looking into the pink
and gold heart of the fame, the girl,
who was very pretty. murmured:
How divine, my dearest Hilary
But the young man frowned and
started.
'Hilary?' he said. You mean
George, don't you. pet?'
THE girl flushed and bit her lip.
'Oh, dear she said how silly of
me. l thought this was Saturday
night! ~ Washington Star.
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CHAPTER XII.
10
Continued.

Gertrude could see his face at the
moment. The laughing blue eyes,
the bright, frank smile, the careless
air, every characteristic of the brave
and happy boy, appeared to her in
that instant, ennobled, however, by
something beyond all that-and then
he was a yard away-and then she
saw that he was sinking and could
not swim With a cry she made a
violent effort to reach him, but the
life-belt kept her floating on the top
of the water like a cork, and struggle
as she would, she made no way.
She was at the mercy of the winds
and waves like any cork; the water
filed her ears and eyes and nose and
mouth. Deaf, dumb and blind she
was conscious of turning over and
over, and then in an agony of terror
she seemed to shoot down into a
black, interminable gulf, out of sight,
out Of mind, horrid, helpless, suf-
locating rush, at the end of which
she ceased to be.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
Furnishing Fad Girls.

Mrs. Elizabeth v. H Manseli, su
perintendent of the New Jersey State
Home for Girls at Trenton and hei
dark room and corporal punish.
ment methods of maintaining disci
pline have been Endorsed by the
members of which have expressed
themselves as satisfied with her iudg'
ment in such matters. In deferenc,
to public. opinion Mrs. Mansell will dc
the whipping hereafter without tn,
assistance of the male engineer, who
heretofore has been holding obstrep-
orous girls for punishment. The
board has condemned the scheme OF
DR.. Charles Rosenwasser. a trustee
VINO suggested hypodermic injections
of soothing drugs in place of the lash
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
NEW JERSEY STATE MEMO
James ". LeaI,Y Dead.

James w. Leaby. a well known
Hudson County civil engineer, died
of heart failure following complica-
ton of diseases, at his home, 1913
Kensington avenue. Jersey City. He
was born in Philadelphia on Septem-
Der ~, 1860. He came to Jersey
City in 1893 as engineer of mainten-
ancc of way for the Jersey City and
Bergen Street Railway Company,
which operated horse car system.
He subsequently was employed as an
engineer by the McAdoo tunnel COM
pany Mr.. Leahy was ? county engi-
neer at the time of his death. He
had charge OF the construction Of the
eastern section of the Paterson plank
road and the Newark plank road
bridge over the Haekensack River.
His last work was in connection with
the building Of the Fourteenth street
viaduct from Hoboken to the bluffs
at West Hoboken. He is survived by
his wife and three sons.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
Truant's Mother Arrested.

Mrs. Annie Rudwanskv, of II John
street, Bayonne, was ordered locked
ND by Recorder Lazarus for violating
the truancy law Truant Officer
Charles Wick testified that Mrs. BUD
wansky had refused to send her thir-
teen-year-old daughter to school, and
had sent her out to pick coal from
railroad tracks. When questioned
by the court the woman declared that
she was i'll and needed the child at
home. She refused point blank to
promise to send her to school, and
when the mother was sent to a cell
the child wept loudly. This was the
first case where violation of the tru-
ancy act has been punished in this
manner.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
Sees Twin Brother Killed.

Joseph Switzer, seven years old,
one of the twin sons of John Switzer.
a farmer of Little Ferry, was instant
~ killed in the home of neighbor.
John Koeunemann. while irving to
retain possession of a loaded 80 cali
bre revolver. The Switzer twins had
gone to the Koeunemann house to
play with friend, Carrie Koeune.
mann. twelve wears old Little Joe
found the revolver on a mantel, and
Carrie tried to take the weapon from
him In the struggle the self-cockine
revolver was discharged and the bull.
let went through the boys breast near
the heart, killing him instantly. John
saw the accident. but had taken NO
part in the struggle. Coroner Curry
of Hackensack, attached no blame tc
the little girl and deemed an inquest
unnecessary.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
MoRRIsrowN PosroFFIcE.
Open from In the Morning EatH z
In the Evening.

Opon ArOm III the AOrnlHR @AttA
in the Evening.
MAILS CLOSE.
7.eoA. M For New York and all intermedl-
ate stations
s.15 A. S.-For Easton, Newton, Chester and
all intermediate stations. Whippany
s.15A. M-For Brookside Mendham and als
stations on the Rockaway Valley Railroad
9i5A. M.--For New York and intermediate
stations.
9.I5 A. M.--For Mount Freedom.
9.4b A. M.-Tor Newark, New York and be-
yond.
u.25A M.-For Newark. New York and be
yond.
l2.4S p. M.-For New York ana all interms-
date stations.
12.45 p, M.--For Rocxaway and Dover.
$50 p. M.-For New York and all interms-
6iate stations.
MAILS READY FOR DELIVERY.
T.2OAx -Erom New York and intermedi-
ate stations.
$50 A. M.-Erom Hackettstown and intel
mediate stations. Whippany. Mt. Freedom.
9A.M.-From Brookside, Mendham and all
stations on the Rochaway Valley Railroad.
1920 A. N.-From New Yorts and intermedi-
ate stations.
ia. M-From Dover
nl.10 P. M--Trom New York and intermedi-
ate stations,
1923 P. M.-Frum New York
$50 r. M.-Erom Philadelphia, Eastpn, New
ton, Chester and intermediate station8
$50 p. M.--From Brookside, Mendham and an
stations on the Rockaway Valley Railroad.
e4.Al p. M.-Erom New York and intsrmsdis
ate stations
s4.I1 From Newark and Asew York.
sDeliyered BY carrlerA
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
Girls Mistake Kills Her.

Mistaking bottle of carbolic acid
for medicine that had been prescribed
by her physician, Rose Kaufman,
student in the Paterson High School.
took dose from it. She staggered
into the parlor OF her home at 400
Temple street, Paterson. and fell to
the floor unconscious. She died in an
ambulance on the way to the General
Hospital Miss Kaufman had been
suffering from cold and the family
physician had sent bottle of cough
medicine
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
Prominent People.

Senator Milton, the new Senator
from Florida, has heavy black mus
tache and long black hair like Span
lard, which he isn't.
Mr. Roosevelt says the country
need not worry about its ex-President
when he retires from ONCE. He Will
go quietly to work"
AT a recent banquet President
elect Taft turned down his wine glass
and announced that henceforth he
would abstain entirely from alcoholics
liquors. II Is understood that his
reason Is that drinking even slightly!
made him take on flesh.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
DIR. BIRDsoNG KILLS RIVAL.
Stays DR.. Pitts, Who Had Complained
of His Boisterous Conduct,

Hazelhurst, Miss.-Dr. A. B. Pitts
was shot and killed in his Office by
DR.. T. ]. Birdsong, rival practition-
err, who had an Office across the hall
In the same building DR.. Pitts had
notified the owner of the building
that on account of DR.. Birdsong's
boisterous conduct when intoxicated
and because of the companions he
brought to his office, which interfered
with visitors to DR.. Pitts office. one
or the other would have to move.
The landlord laid the complaint be-
fore Birdsong, who called on Pitts.
A quarrel followed. Will Sumrall, q
negro porter, the only witness of the
tragedy, says that after the quarrel
Birdsong came out of his Office re-
marking to Pitts
1T seems like you are trying to
run the whole thing up here"
Pitts replied: mo, / only am run
ming my end of it."
Birdsong walked down the hall a
few steps, returned with a pistol IN
his hand. forced his way into DR..
Pitts office, and fired several shots
at him, killing him instantly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15

T. Henry SickIes. mining engineer
and broker, was released from the
Hsckensack jail after serving thirty
DAYS for deserving his wife. 1t was
believed that Sickles would go to the
handsome residence of his wife at
Alpine-on-the-H Hudson and sign pa
per- so that she might mortgage her
$40 COO property there. Mrs. Sickles,
though nominally wealthy, is without
money Neighbors have furnished
her with coal aud other necessities
during her husbands stay in Jail
Sickles did not go near his wife and
said he would not sign the papers He
Is angry because she disposed of sew
eral valuabl, paintings one worth
$500, and pawned his. oyercoat.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
Has Physician Arrested.

Frank J. Richardson, recently OF
Union Hill, but now of 1855 East
Fifty-fifth street, New York City,
caused the arrest of DR.. Grant p Cur
tbs, of l16 Palisade avenue. Union
Hill. on the charge of alternating Mrs.
Richardson's affections. Richardson
is a travelling salesman. He left his
wife and preferred charges against
the physician. DR. Curtis was ar
rested and taken to the Hudson Coun-
ty Jail in Jersey City. He asserts his
innocence. The suit is for $4,000.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
Where Il Ought to Be.

Cardinal Manning, once while in
Rome sat to celebrated sculptor
who was an expert in phrenology.
and during one of the sittings they
fell to discussing the sculptor's hob
by. Tell me. then" said Cardinal
Manning at last, where is the seat
Of conscience?' The sculptor strobe
across the studio and. indicating a
spot on the cardinals head. That's
where 1t ought to be. he grizzly said.
London Bellman.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
Son Of Wealthy Parents Accused.

The identity Of a thief VINO robbed
the home of Frederick t. Wander
WORT, in Paterson, year ago. is
known to the Paterson police, but the
Vandervoorts have received all the
stolen goods, and ii is said the matter
is to be dropped. The guilty man is a
son of wealthy parents. He is resi-
dent of Park avenue and very we'll
educated. The police know him rs .
real Raffles,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
Ptomaine Poisoning Ki!Is Two.

Two members of the family O.,
George Vanhorn, of Menden Hall,
Chester County, Pa, are dead and
three others are i'll as the result of
ptomaine poisoning caused by sau-
sage procured from a local grocery
store. John Vanhorn, eight years
old, and his sister, Mabel, sixteen
years old, passed away. Both suf.
fered intense agony.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
Poison in Priests Cup.

Youngstown, Ohio.-It is now be-
lieved that all effort was made to kill
the Rev. Louis Lops, of st. Roccnus'
Catholic Church. by placing strych-
nine in his communion cup. During
the afternoon the priest lowered be.
tween life and death
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
Uncle Sam Bars Statue Of Carmnck.

The Treasury Department at Wash
ington has denied the request of
Postmaster A. w. Wells, of Nash
Vile, Tenn, that statue of the late
e. w. Carmack, formerly United
States Senator, be placed on the Gus
tom House Grounds at Nashville.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
NEWS
BY WIRE.
General Worthington Stricken.

Washington, ID. General Henry
G. Worthington, a former membe. of
Congress from Nevada, the only liv-
ing pallbearer at the funeral of Abra-
ham Lincoln, was stricken with apo
plexy and fell heavily on the floor Of
the House. He was taken to his
home in this city in critical condi-
ton.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15

but one thing for Gertrude to do
viz, to stay with the luggage. Heart
sick with disappointment and faint
for want of food-for she had not
been able to eat that morning she
dropped into a seat on deck, but a
man came Immediately, having, APP
parently been sent. and shouted about
her in general way: "All who have
no business on board must leave the
ship at once
She got up YEARLY. would they
let me wait, wonder, if they knew"
she said to herself. Then, address
ing the bawling man, she asked for
the captain.
'tThe captains very busy, miss"
he answered, looking hard at her
purse, which she was holding in her
hand; "but think could manage
it," he added with an unmistakable
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS air.
Gertrude gave him half a crown,
and presently he returned, followed
by the captain, a tall, dark, thin
man, with worried, irritable air.
well, what is it?" he said, not
overcourteously.
II came to meet my husband"
Gertrude explained; "but he has gone
on shore and left no message, and
don't knew where to find him. He
has left his luggage, though. May
stay here and wait till he comes for
RN?"
The captain frowned. tits against
the rules" he said roughly. Pas
sengers must all go ashore as soon
as the ships in. How'd we ever get
her cleaned up If we let you hang
about the decks all day?"
Gertrude drew herself up. II beg
your pardon" she said, proudly. II
had no idea of incOnveniencing you
TO such great EXTENT and she
turned on her heel and Immediately
left the ship, the captain watching
Aer irresolutely.
go after her and tell her 1 don't
mind" he roared at last at the man
she had sent to fetch him, as If the
latter were responsible for his bad
temper.
But I do" was Gertrude's an
swer when the message was deliv-
cred to her.
Human nature will out, and in the
midst of all her anxiety she could
not stifie her pride enough to accept
the favor of seat on his ship at the
hands of such boar, so she decided
to wait and watch upon the quay.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
MRS. CHEsEBRoUGH A SUICIDE.
Wife of Yacht Designer Fires Two
Bullets Into Brain Before Mirror,

Bullets Into Brain Before Mirror.
Providence, r. Mrs. Emma
Russell Chesebrough, wife Of Albert
5. Chesebrough, the yacht designer,
and sister of Mrs. Samuel P. Colt,
stood before a mirror in her home at
Bristol and fired two shots into her
brain. She lived only few minutes.
Melancholia superinduced by insom-
MIA is given as the cause Of the deed.
Mrs. Chesebrough was born in
Bristol thirty-nine years ago. She
was a daughter of the late Judge
Jonathan Russell Bullock, who was
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
1S60-61 and Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court 1S62-64.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
Prison For Russian Police Chief.

At Kazan, Russia, M. Dubinoff, the
local Commissioner of Police, was
condemned to six years imprison-
ment at forced labor for ill-treating
prisoners.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15

A fox. pursued by pack OF
hounds In Somersetshire. stopped
long enough IN his light to select
fat duck from farmyard he was
passing and carried It o0.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
Norfolk and Southern ForecIosed.
BY CABLE.
WORLDS Fair to open, Canal.

WOrlu'S FAR TO open canal.
Panama Steps are being taken to
celebate the opening of the Panama
Canal in 1915. 1t is proposed to hold
a worlds fair here. Many prominent
men on the Isthmus have Endorsed
the idea.
POstoflice Opens Wireless.
London.-The first postoffice wfre-
less station in England was opened
by Postmaster-Genera Buxton. 1t is
situated at Bolthead, ON the Devon
shire coast, and is intended, prima-
rily, for communication with ships at
sea. Mr.. Buxton, in a speech at the
opening, intimated that series of SINH
lar Offices would bescattered through
out the United Kingdom.
England Revolzes Patent.
London. The first revocation of
foreign patent in Great Britain under
the recent law occurred when one
held. by Belgian for making tiles
was cancelled on the ground that
there was no valid reason for the
manufacture of the tile not being
prosecuted in Great Britain instead
of Belgium.
Won't Have Women Voting.
London. THE House of Lords de-
cided that women graduates of the
Scottish universities are not entitled
to vote for the university Member Of
Parliament This decision follows
representations made to the Lord
Chancellor in November by Miss
Chrystal Macmillan and Miss Frances
Simpson, graduates of st. Andrews
and Edinburgh universities respect
lively The two ladies are masters of
arts, and they argued that women
who had gone through a university
course and taken the qualifying de-
gree are entitled to vote.
Italian General Ousted.
Rome, Italy. - Lieutenant General
Mangiagalli, Inspector-G of Ar
tillery, has been relieved of his COM
mand for making public confidential
letters from the Under Secretary OF
War, General Spate, who has resigned
as consequence.
Earth Shock at Mont Albano.
Messina, Sicily. - Several earth
shocks at Mont Albano created
panic among the people. The church
and number of public buildings
were badly damaged.
Soldiers Settle Strike.
Valparaiso, Chile. The strike that
broke out at the Collahuaso coal
mines a week ago came to an end and
work has been resumed. The move
mani WAS nt1f down nv troons WIN
oyerawed the rioters and arrested
their leaders.
BanIxnote Fraud in Russia.
ST. Petersburg, Russia, Immense
quantities of banknotbs and coupons
belonging to the State, which were
taken from circulation and ordered
to be destroyed havei again been put
In circulation Onek Of the ofiicials
has made confession
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CHAPTER XIII.

GT1AE 4 ALL
It was an unfortunate, not 10 say
CALLING position for a young and
delicately nurtured gentlewoman,
lettering about on that foreign
quay, among the crowd of sailors,
porters, and, more offensive still, the
idle loungers, with leisure to observe
her and become curious about her
object. She was afraid to go far
from the gangway, and there was no
seat near it, nor even a post to lean
against. She was afraid to walk up
and down lest her husbands messen-
ger, who might be on board the ship
even then for anything she knew,
should leave it with the luggage when
her back was turned. Providence
had favored her search so far-she
had all but succeeded, and failure at
this last moment seemed impossible;
but her anxiety was trebled, never
theless, and an unbearable feeling of
irritation, the consequence of overex-
element and the abnormal tension of
her nerves, began to Cypress her.
She would have given anything for
a glass of water-anything to sit
down-yet she could not stand STILL
This was the most trying expert
ence she had had yet. 1t was worse
in it's way than the burning ship. UP
and down she paced from the edge of
the quay to the road, walking beside
the planks down which the cargo
from the ship was being wheeled, so
as not to lose sight of the gangway:
hustled and jostled by men carry
ing heavy weights, abused with round
oaths in the Breton patois for getting
in the way. and, worse still, admired
and openly complimented on her
good points. fortunately in terms
which she did not understand, though
she might, had she been less pre-
occupied, have guessed something OF
the matter from the manner OF
speech through it all, and feeling it
all in way, she stuck to her post.
But her face grew pale, her eyes hag-
gard, her gait uncertain; and any obs
server with the least sympathy must
have been struck with the terrible
anxiety expressed, like Cressida's
character to the shrewd old man in
every joint and motion of her
body"
To be Continued.