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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17

A public meeting of the Millyille
Anti-Tuberculosis Society was held,
when plans were made to continue
the fight against the disease through
out the winter
Twenty-four square feet Of dollar
bills, amounting to $40. was cleared
by the Mantua Epworth League. each
member having agreed to earn 81.
While working to extinguish u fro
of unknown origin under the floor of
his residence in Yorktown, at mid
night, Stacy D. Layton had one hand
severely burned.
Hundreds of lots and properties
at National Park are advertised to be
sold for taxes.
Superintendent of Schools ]. ]. I'M
ger, of Vineland, has recommended
The erection Of a new high school
building separate from any other
grade.
Bridgeton canoeists make a novel
trip from Willow Grove with the swift
current to Union Lake, and thence to
Port Norris, on Maurice River,
George Manslove, of Paulsboro.
picked quart Of second crop rasp-
berries
John Chesney was injured severely
In game Of football at Paulsboro.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
STANDARD OIL Co. WINS
VIII Not Have to Pay That $751;
a 100000 Fire.
L. 3. Circuit Court Of Appeals Denies
Government a Rehearing in
Famous Rebate Case.

Chicago. -The Standard Oil Com
pany will not have to pay the famous
S29,240,0D0 fine. The United States
Circuit Court Of Appeals, with Judges
Grosscup, Baker and Seaman sitting,
denied the petition of the Attorney
General for rehearing of the de-
cision handed down by Judge Cross
cup, reversing the decision of United
States District Judge Kenesaw Noun
tain Lands and remanding the case
to his court for retrial.
Acknowledgement Bonaparte in
tends to take the case to the Supreme
of certiorari This is the last hope of
the Government to force the Oil Trust
to pay the record rebating fine inn
posed by Judge Lands.
In the opinion the Court took oc-
casion to criticise sharply the Gov
er-ment's counsel for alleged miscon-
struction of the Courts previous
ruling.
The great fine was imposed by
Judge Lands on the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey, the parent
company of the Trust, after a jury in
the court had found the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana, branch of the
Trust, guilty of rebating on 1852
counts. The minimum fine in each
count was $1,000 and the maximum
$4,000. Judge Lands gave the Oil
Trust the full limit, saying that "the
men who thus deliberately violate
this law wound society more deeply
than do they who counterfeit the
roin or steal letters from the mail. :"
The denial of the Government Pc
tition as announced was based on the
grounds outlined by Judge Grosscup
VEN he reversed Judge Lands and
ordered new trial
IN the opinion of corporation law
yers the ground of error taken by
Judge Grosscup is the worst blow to
the cause of the Government. 1t was
the evident plan of the Attorney Cen
eral to force by constant heavy fines
the subsidiary concerns of the Stand
ard Oil to break entirely from the
parent company or come out into the
open as mere agents and thus place
themselves squarely under the Sher-
man Antitrust law.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17

AMERICAS "DREADNOUGHT."
North Dakota, Most Powerful in Navy
Glides Into Water.


Glides Into Water.
Quincy, Mass.-In the presence of
10000 persons the giant steel battle
ship North Dakota, the first of the
American Dreadnoughts" and the
initial all-big-gun ship of the navy,
was launched at the works of the
Fore River Shipbuilding Company.
With the foam of the christening
wine streaming down her bow plates
from the bottle smashed by Miss
Mary Benton, of Fargo, N. D., and
under the watchful eye of Governor
John Burke, of the State for which
she was named, the most powerful
United States sea fighter glided off
into the basin about sixty per cent.
completed. This is new record, as
only 2S2 working days have elapsed
since her keel was laid.
A special train brought 1875 citizens
of North Dakota, and many distin-
guished naval officers and Govern
ment officers were present.
When placed in commission the
North Dakota will be SIS feet long
over all, with breadth of eighty-fve
feet two and five-eighth inches. She
will have a displacement of 10000
tons, which is 1000 in excess of the
original British Dreadnought. She is
expected to attain twenty-one knots
speed and develop $4,000 horse pow
er. Her complement will be 900 off,
GERS and men; her total cost $1,000
900.
The North Dakota will have:
Ten twelve-inch breech loading,
long range rifles.
Fourteen five-inch rapid fire guns.
Four three-pounders.
Four one-pound automatic guns.
Two three-inch field pieces.
Two fifty-calibre machine guns.
Two twenty-one-inch submerged
torpedo tubes.
Her armor will be eight inches
thick around the hull.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
Government Caught an Octopus.

The big Government dredge Cum
berland while at work with her giant
suction pump in the Savannah River
drew up into the vessel a real live oc-
topus. The animal was not quite as
large as other octopi are pictured,
and seemed badly frightened at being
caught by Government vessel The
eight tentacled fish died soon after
being caught, and in one instance, at
least, the United States has put an
octopus out of commission. -Savan-
nah Correspondence Atlanta Constitu
ton,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
DR.. Abram II. Lewis Dead.

The Rev. DR.. Abram H. Lewis, OF
Plainfield. died at Watch Hill, Pa, at
the age of seventy-two years Death
was the result of blood poisoning
caused by an liberated tooth. The
Rev Dr. Lewis was native of Scott,
N. Y, and was a graduate of Alfred
University. Alfred, N Y, and. was
also postgraduate of the Union
Theological Seminary. Alfred con-
ferred on him the degrees of D. d.
and LID. At various times he was
pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist
churches at Westerly, r. L.; Shiloh,
Alfred, N. Y, and Plainfield. He was
also formerly editor of the Sabbath
Recorder, corresponding editor of the
Philanthropist and corresponding sec
rotary of the American Sabbath
Tract Society. He had written many
books on theological subjects. His
wife, one son and five daughters sur
vive him.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
w. E. AMMON KILLED.
Shot in p. r.. r. Station in Jerse,
City, N. j.

Jersey City, N. J.-Walter E. Am
mon, well known business man of
Jersey City and brother of Colonel
Robert A. Ammon, was shot and in
stantly killed in the Pennsylvania
Railroad Companys ferry house at
Jersey City. Andrew McGrath, a man
he had befriended, was arrested as
the slayer of Ammon.
Mr.. Ammon was about to have his
luncheon in the restaurant in the rail-
way station, on the second floor He
has assembled the stairs and turned
toward the restaurant, when he was
confronted by McGrath, to whom he
made a CHEEKY remark. Without a
word in reply, McGrath drew re-
volver, which he carried in his coat
pocket, and fired at him. The bullet
entered the left temple and plowed
into the brain. Two more. bullets
were fired into his body after he FELL
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
"Chance."

When you talk Of chance you are
only confessing ignorance. The very
spin of the coin is governed by the
nerve, muscle Tor manipulation) of
the thumb and brain that spin it. The
only chance about it is your ignor-
ance of the forces that lift, twist and
catch the coin. If you could calcu-
late the physical and mental forces
between the half-penny's leap and re-
turn you might buy the world. But
you can't. And it's just that bit of
blindness that we have to call chance.
London Chronicle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
G. A. Veteran Killed.

Caught in a landslide at the Bowen
gravel pit on Jacksonville road Will
lam S. Clayton, seventy years old, a
Civil War veteran, met instant death.
Several fellow-workmen had narrow
escapes. Clayton thought he was at
safe distance when his companions,
who saw the side of the hill crumble,
shouted. With a roar hundreds of
tons of earth fell. Clayton was
crushed and nearly every bone in his
body was broken. Before he could
be dug out it was necessary to exca-
vate a wagon that had been buried
and behind which his body was Clay
ton had held several offices at Mount
Holly
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17

Tommy was a very sound sleeper
and wouldn't get out of bed earlier
than 10 o'clock, no matter what his
mother said to him. So one morning
she tried coaxing, and said to him:
You have heard of the little boy
who got up at 6 o'clock in the morn
ing and when he went out he found
a purse of gold?"
"Oh, yes, said Tommy; but what
about the little boy who got UP be-
fore him and went out and lost it,"
New York Globe.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
UPWARD START
After Changing From Coffee to Pos.
tum.

Many a talented person Is kept
back because of the interference OF
coffee with the nourishment of the
body.
This is especially so with those
whose nerves are very sensitive, as is
often the case with talented persons.
There is simple, easy way to get rid
\. of coffee evils, and Tenn. lady's ex-
sEerience along these lines is worth
Monsidering. She says
Y, Almost from the beginning of the
fse of coffee it hurt my stomach. BY
Er[he time was fifteen | was almost a
nervous wreck, nerves all nnstrung,
No strength to endure the most triv-
.hl thing, either work or fun.
Il There was scarcely anything /
Would eat that would agree with me.
1.-The little did eat seemed to give me
4more trouble than it was worth. /
FINALLY quit coffee and drank hot wat
err, but there was so little food T
could digest, was literally starving;
was so weak | could not sit up long
at a time.
1t was then friend brought me
not cup OF Postum. | drank part of
it and after an hour felt as though
4 had had something to eat - felt
strengthened. That was about 1--WE
years ago, and after continuing Pos
tum in place of coffee and gradually
getting stronger, to-day can eat and
digest anything j want, walk as much
as want. MY nerves are steady.
II believe the first thing that did
me any good and gave me an upward
start. was Postum, and use II alto
gether now instead Of coffee
There's a Reason.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
GEEK. Mich. Read THE Road to
Nes:viile." in pkgs
Eyer read the above letter. A
~rzss one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full Of
human interest.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
SEVERE BLEEDING HEMORPHOIDs,

Sores, and Itching Eczema--Doctor
Thought an Operation Necessary
--Cuticura's Efficacy Proven.
Il am now eighty years old, and three
years ago l was taken with an attack of
piles (hemorrhoids), bleeding and protrud-
ing The doctor said the only help for me
was to 60 to hospital and be operated on.
tried several remedies for months but did
not get much help. During this time sores
appeared which changed to a terrible itch
ing eczema. Then began to use Cuticura
Soap, Ointment, and Pills, injecting
quantity of Cuticura Ointment with Cuti-
cura Suppository Syringe. 1t took month
of this treatment to get me in fairly
healthy state and then treated myself
once day for three months and, after
that, once or twice week. The treat
ments | tried took lot of money, and it
is fortunate that | used Cuticura. j. Fl.
Henderson, Hopkinton, N Y, Apr. &c, '07."
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
Nuggets az News.

Followers of e. v. Debs estimated
his total vote at 100000.
The Bagdad Railway Company is
to make extensions aggregating 525
miles.
Tang Shao vi, the special Chinese
envoy to this country, has left Yoko-
hama for San Francisco.
A dispatch from Manila says that
Moro outlaws made an attack on the
plantation of an American, Mr.. Sbep-
herd, in Mindanao, killing ten Fill.
pinos, wounding others and destroy.
ing or stealf1g large AMOUNT OF
Droperty.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
The Fall of Rome.

2 Joseph Tunison, the Roman schol-
& Mand translator of Virgil. always
maintained that the luxurious Roman
oaths destroyed the Roman Empire.
He paid no attention to the encour-
agement of mendicancy by Caius
Gracious AS many as 100000 peo-
pie were fed at the public stores in
the time of Augustus, and it was inn
possible to get men to labor. Don't
encourage mendicancy, Chicago
Feed the needy, but require the able
bodied to do a full days work.-New
York Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
HENEY, GRAFT PROSECUTOR,
SHOT DOWN IN COURT ROOM
AssaiIant a Saloon Keeper, Who
Was Kept Off Jury.
RUFF SENT BACK TO JAIL
Wound Not Likely to Be Mortal
Wild Excitement in San Fran
cisco, and Threats of Lynching
Are Made by Angry Citizens.


San Francisco. Cal. ~ Francis T.
Heney, chief prosecutor in the graft
cases and Assistant District Attorney
was shot in the head by Morris Haas,
saloon keeper, during five-minute
adjournment of court in the Ruef
case. The bullet hit no vital organ
and he will recover. The shooting
was the result Of an exposure of
Haas criminal record made by Heney
in the previous trial of Abe Ruef
for the Parkside bribery case.
Heney had been in Judge Lawlor's
court all day prosecuting Ruef on the
charge of bribing Supervisor Furey.
When court adjourned James Foley,
his body guard, who usually sticks
very close to Heney to guard against
any attack, had walked to the rear of
the room. Heney was seated at a
small table at the side of the court
room talking with former Supervisor
Gallagher.
Suddenly Morris Haas, who had
been a venire man in the Ruef Park
side bribery case, sauntered into the
court room, came up behind Heney
and pulling out a pistol shot him just
below the right ear. Heney fell out
of his chair, while Gallagher grappled
with Haas and prevented him from
firing a second shot Heney was
rushed to the hospital and Haas was
taken to the city prison.
Haas, who is an understood Ger
man, was wildly excited, but declared
that he had shot Heney because He
ney in the Parkside bribery case had
first accepted him as juror and then
had him rejected because he asserted
Haas was an ex-convict and therefore
unfit.
Il shot him." he shouted, ito get
even for humiliating me-"
Immediately after the shooting
Judge Lawlor, against the protests of
Ruef's attorneys, ordered Ruef into
custody regardless of the fact that he
has been at liberty under the record
breaking bail of S1,500,000.
The feeling among the decent peo-
pie of the town is that the shooting
of Mr.. Heney is a triumph for the
graft element.
The report that Mr.. Heney would
recover, breaking in on prevailing
certainty of several hours duration
that he was mortally wounded, has
relieved the public tension in small
degree. Yet there are citizens in the
streets discussing the ethics of lynch
law
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
/ read of Doa

/ read of Doan's Kidney Pills and be-
gan using them. One box made me
stronger and freer from pain. kept
on using them, and in three months
was able to get out on crutches, and
the kidneys were acting better. i'm
proved rapidly, discarded the crutches
and to the wonder of my friends was
soon completely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, Il. Y.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is 9
to cure it you must take internal remedies
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
face. Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one OF the
best physicians In this country for years,
and is regular prescription. 1t is composed
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination
of the two ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results in curing catarrh
Send tor testimonials, free
E. j. CHENEY u Co., Props. Toledo, ..
Sold by druggists, price, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for coustipatio
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
Elected and Left in Cold.

Albert Noble, resident of Clays-
Vile, small settlement near Salem,
and the authorities have demanded
an investigation of the case. Noble,
it is claimed, had been drinking heav-
lily, and was elected from one of the
hotels and allowed to remain in the
cold on the ground until removed to
the county jail by policeman. When
the warden went on his rounds next
morning he was surprised to find the
man dead. He Immediately notified
Sheriff Allen, and the case was placed
in charge of Coroner Donnelly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
Wax Matches.

Wax matches, SO called, are made
by drawing strands of fine cotton
thread, twenty or thirty at a time,
through melted stearine, with small
admixture of paraffin. The wax
hardens quickly upon the threads,
and the long tapers thus produced
are smoothed and rounded by pulling
them through iron plates perforated
With holes of the desired size. FL
Tally the tapers are cut into match
lengths and dipped.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
He Had Reformed.

"Uncle Nose said the drummer,
addressing an aged colored man who
was holding down dry goods box in
front Of the village store, they tell
me that you remember seeing Gen.
eral Washington. Is 1t true?"
mo, sah," replied the old man.
"Ah ulster 'membah seem him, but
All don't no mob since All done j'in'd
church, sab. Judge. MY
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
NEW SUPERINTENDENT.
Colonel Torney Jumped Over. Nine
Seniors by President.

Washington, D. G. - President
Roosevelt, on the recommendation of
Secretary Wright and the General.
Staff, has appointed Colonel George
Fl. Torney Surgeon-General of the
army, to succeed Robert M. O'Reil-
ley, who retires January IA He is
tenth ON the list of the medical corps
and His appointment will cause sore
ness among his seniors, but 1T is the
Roosevelt idea that the older men had
their chance for promotion when 9TH
er urgeons-General were appointed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
LORD MAYOR IS INAUGURArED.
Banquet Closes Celebration Of Kings
Birthday In London.

London. The Prime Minister, Her
bert H. Asquith, was the principal
speaker at the Guild Hall banquet,
which marked the Inauguration of
the new Lord Mayor of London, Sir
George Wyatt Truscott, and brought
to a fitting close the celebration of the
Kings sixty-seventh birthday.
The Prime Minister devoted his
observations mainly to the European
situation After congratulating Tur-
key, in the person of the Turkish
Ambassador, Musurus Pasha. on the
success of the most amazing revolu-
ton in the annals of history, he de-
clared that, subject to the important
principle that international treaties
could not be altered except by the
consent of all the signatories, the
British Government had no prejudice
against or preference in favor of any
particular settlement.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
Breaks a Cold Promptly.

The following formula is never
failing remedy for colds:
One ounce of Compound Syrup of
Sarsapariila. one ounce Toris Com
pound and one-half pint of good
whiskey, mix and shake thoroughly
each time and use in doses of table
spoonful every four hours.
This If followed up will cure an
acute cold in "a hours. The ingre-
dents can be gotten at any drug store.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17

The Rev. Ernest Boon. q member
Of the State Crime and Dependency
Commission. and George Haven,
chairman of the State Prohibition
Committee, were arrested at Camden.
The two men visited saloons where it
was supposed liquor was being Sold
Mr.. Boon was kicked into the street
at one place and his chin was badly
cut. Haven escaped without injury
Policeman Palese then arrested both
man
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
Two Hurt at Football.

John Nash and James M. Denton,
members Of the Bloomfield Academy
football eleven, were badly injured
while at practice. The young men
came into collision. Other players
broken shoulder, Both are out of
the game for the season.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
schoolbox shoots Himself.

George Ferguson, sixteen, high
school student and son of Charles
Ferguson, of Paterson, received a
load of birdshot in his head. Fergu-
son, John Donald and Edward Ball,
Jr., went on a cunning trip. Game
was scarce and they decided to fire a
few shots at moving targets. Young
Ferguson was shooting at hat which
was thrown up when he shot himself.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
DR.. schenck Griggs Dead.

Schenck Griggs, former postmaster
at Franklin Park, died at st. Peters
Hospital, following an operation for
appendicitis. He was fifty-seven years
old. He leaves a widow, three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. John A. Bodine and the
Misses Jeanette and Agnes Griggs;
also two sons, Dr. Eugene Griggs, OF
New York City, and Ernest Griggs, OF
Franklin Park.
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PUBLIC IN MARKET.
Stocks Rise on New York Exchange
in Ten Days $4,000, 900, 900.

New York City.-Sipce the Presi-
Dental election the market value Of
stocks and bonds quoted in Wall
Street has been advanced more than
$4,000, 100000.
The enormous increase In value has
been accomplished in ten days of
trading. This calculation is based
upon actual quotations made on the
New York Stock Exchange.
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paralyzed me and
affected my kid
neys. My back
hurt me terribly,
and the urine was
badly disordered.
Doctors said my
right kidney was
practically dead.
They said ! could
never walk again.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
Smiles as Husband is Jailed.

J. Henry Sickles, mining engineer
and broker, convicted in the Hacken-
sack court of wife desertion, was SEN
fenced to serve thirty days in the
county Jail by Judge Demarest. It
was severe blow to Sickles, we'll
dressed and jaunty. His wealthy
wife, who came from her handsome
home at Alpine to see her husband
punished, smiled with satisfaction as
Sickles was taken away by two con-
stables.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
Wen Understood.

Barber Cooking for business -
Excuse me, sir, but your hair is go
ing, to come out soon by the handful. .
Saggs (who was out all night and
is just going home to face his wife) -
You (hic) shpose l don know Chico
that ?"-The Bohemian.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-17
METCAI4F RESIGNS.
Ills Assistant, NewberTy, win Be-
come Secretary of Navy.

Washington. D. c. Victor H, Met
calf, of California. resigned as Secre-
tary of the Navy. Truman H. New
berry, of Michigan, Assistant Secre-
tary, succeeds TO the portfolio. The
change will take place December /
Lack of health and probably a
sense Of isolation and arrangement
between himself and President Roose-
welt prompted Mr. Metcalf's resigna-
ton. He has been i'll for year, and
during the last two months he has
scarcely been able to sit at his desk.