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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
local Optiop CONSTITUTIONAL.

Springfield, Ill. - The Supreme
Court decided the John Bride appeal
case, holding that the local option
law which was passed by the Legisla-
ture last year is constitutional in
every respect. The court was unani-
nous in it's decision,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Bryan Gets Illinois.

Springfield, Ill.-The Illinois De-
mocracy adopted the unit rule and
instructed it's delegates to the ma
for William J. Bryan and to "use all
honorable means" to secure his nom
nation.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28

Rebellion in India.
Simla, India.-A serious native re-
bellion has started in North India.
The Mohmand tribe, the best native
fighters. 10000 strong. is already in
the field Many Afghans are joining
them. Risings of other tribes are i'm
minent.
Chemist Dies of Plague.
Guayaquil, Ecuador-Flores On
taneda, noted European chemist,
died in this city from bubonic plague,
which he contracted at the Municipal
Laboratory while preparing Haffkine's
prophylactic.
DIR. Barth Quits Radicals.
Frankfort, Germany. - Dr.. Theo-
dore Barth and his followers publicly
withdrew from the Moderate Radical
party during the National Convention
which was held here.
Cholera Feared in st. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg, Russia-The Pre-
feet of Police has placarded the city
with stringent regulations, warning
the residents of an expected epidemic
of cholera.
Luzon Men Pygmy Race.
Manila. Frederick Starr, Professor
of Anthropology in Chicago Univer-
sity, says the Negritos of Central Luz
zon belong to the same race as the
Pygmies of Central Africa.
Boycott of Japanese Spreads.
Sydney, New South Wales. - The
boycott by Chinese of japanese goods,
which originated in China as an out
come of the Tatsu Maru incident of
last February, has reached Sydney
and is practically complete here.
Persian Brigands RepuIsed.
St. Petersburg, Russia. News was
received here that the Persian bril-
gands who advanced to attack the
Russian forces in Persian territory
were driven back with heavy losses
and retired to the mountains.
Dubuque OF to Venezuela.
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. The Uni
ted States gunboat Dubuque sailed
from here for Venezuela. She will
be employed in carrying dispatches
for Mr.. Russell, American Minister to
Venezuela, to the cable station at
Willemstad, Curacao.
General Linevitch Dies.
st. Petersburg, Russia. - General
Nikolai Petroyitch Linevitch, who
succeeded General Kuropatkin as
Commander-in-Chie of the Cars
forces in Manchuria in the war with
Japan, died Of heart failure foIlowins
DneumOnia
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
NEW 5 BY WIRE,
ROOSEVELT PLANS BIG GAME HUNT IN AFRICA.

Washington cPresiden Roosevelt has made up his mind
He has talked enthusiastically the sub
with His plan sail English
England brief informal Mr.
will the capitals
He reported, and New
plan big game
will him that such
for instanc
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
NEWS BY CABLE
ExPATRIATED AsToR BOUGHT CHESAPEAKE FLAG

LondonThe flag of the American frigae Chesapeake which
taken M Shannon, l. 1913, and which
this the Royal
William Waldorf Aston This is the
of the flag
auction the secured the
behalf which
sounded well Crimean med
have been presented by him to the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
rhaw Family Not Aiding Him.

Pittsburg, Pat is reiterated
here by friends of the Thaw family
that there is no disposition on the
part of the immediate family of Harry
x. Thaw to assist him in getting out
of MatteaWan
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
sulzer Bill For Raising Maine.

Washington, D. ca bill for rails
ing the Maine and the burial of the
bodies there entombed was intro
duced by Representative Sulzer, of
New York.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Ohio Fears Bloodhounds.
Mildred Brewster Released.

Montpelier, vt.-Mildred Brewster,
who shot and killed Anna Wheeler
in this city in 1898, but who was
found not guilty of murder because
of insanity, was released from the
insane as glum at Waterbury.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Straw Hat Causes Broken Nose.

PHILADELPHIA he wore
the first straw of the season, Charles
Damarat has broken nose. A crowd
Of boys began to throw missiles One
of the missiles struck him on the
nose,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Fan River Mills Reduce Output.

Fall River, Mass.-Practically all
of the cotton mills in Fall River have
decided to adopt drastic policy of
curtailing production.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Every Day BIouses,

For shirtwaists and everyday
blouses, cashmere, nuns veilings and
fine cloth will be good.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Victim Thrown Under Train.

Manhattan, Kan.-W. w. Hutton,
principal of the high school, was way
laid by three men, beaten into insen-
sibility, robbed and thrown under the
wheels of train. One of his legs
was cut off.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Mckinley Home a Hospital.

Cleveland, Ohio.-The Mckinley
home in Canton has been given to
Bishop Ignatius F. Horstman, of the
Cleveland Catholic Diocese, to be
used as non-sectarian hospital, open
to every one. 1t will be known as
Mercy Hospital.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28

/ The lid is then lined with quilted
silk and the basket prettily finished
with bows of colored ribbon
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
WHEN THE FIRE BELL RINGS.
Look at This and You VIII Be Able
to Locate the Blaze.
HOW TO SEND IN AN ALARM.

HOW TO SEND IN AN ALARM.
To send in an alarm, open box and pull down
the lever on the inside. When an alarm 10
sent in, the fire bell will sound the number Of
the box and repeat the alarm four times.
There are several keys to each box, which are
held by persons living nearby-a card attached
TO each box gives the names Of such holders.
Policemen also have keys.
HOW TO LocATE AN ALARM.
I; the alarm is sounded from box 05. the inv
bell will strike two, then pause and strike Ave-
which will indicate that the fire is in the vicin.
ity of No. rs box. Every alarm is repeated
four times.
NO. BOX. LOCATION.
26............. ,Mendham Ave-, corner Mis- st.
H..............C Corner EARLY and Harrison SITS.
.Speedwell Ave, near EARLY st.
Water st., corner Cole Ave-
Morris St.. at Depot
S6......... Morris st., near Washington Hd'q's
T............ Madison Ave, near Ford Ave
@............ Franklin st., near Franklin Place
A.. Maple Ave sbetween Oak s. Boyken SITS.
46.......... Market St., corner Macculloch Ave
E......... Washington St. at Roy's drug store
52........ Police Headquarters, speedwell Ava
t53. ...............M Memorial Hospital Morris 81
81. Water St.. corner Linden Ave-
Sc. ............ Maple Ave, corner Madison ST
-62.. ...... An Souls Hospital, Mt. Kemble Ave-
SO. South ST., front Morristown CluJ
"a Sussex Ave, corner Mills St
85..... Washington ST., corner Atno Ave
72. .Macculloch Ave, corner Boyken st
73........... corner Park Place and Soutl, st.
II Cor Ridgedale and Albeit AYES,
%To be rung az Police Headquarters.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28

Little jeweled pins and collar sets
are now shown on the counters in
endless profuslon.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
General Linevitch Dies.

st. Petersburg, Russia - General
Nikolai PetroYitch Linevitch, who
succeeded General Kuropatkin as
Commander-in-C Chief Of the Cars
forces in Manchuria in the war with
Japan, died Of heart failure following
pneumonia.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
.Burlington DISCHARGES 5000.

Omaha, Neb.-The Burlington
Railroad closed all shops in the West,
discharging 5000 workmen temper
arily.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Keeps Eggs in Condition.

Small cosies for keeping hot one
egg at time are nc longer new, and
are seen now very frequently, shaped
in all kinds of ways. It is quite a
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28

Indian Family browns.
Shawnee, Okla. AS the result OF
a cloudburst here an entire family of
Kickapoo Indians, consisting of five
members, were drowned.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Mystery at Stanford University.

Stanford University, Cal.-Consid-
cradle mystery surrounds the exhum-
Ing by unknown persons of steel
coffin containing the body of woman
buried apparently for many years in
little graveyard on the Stanford
campus The reason for the desecra-
ton of the grave and the identity of
the dead woman remain mystery.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Lynching at slsidoo.

Lynching at Skidoo.
Rhyolite, Nev.-A small band Of
citizens at Skidoo, fifty-fiye miles
south of here, overpowered the Sher-
IFS guard in charge of Joseph Simp-
son, gambler, who shot and killed
James Arnold They hanged Simp-
son to telegraph pole.
Values His Wife at $40.
Columbia, Tenn.-W. J. Higgins, 4
white man, replevined his wife, for
merly Ada Templeton, from her par
ents. Esquire Farris required bond
of twice the value of the property in
question, and Higgins placed value
of $40 on his wife, giving bond in the
sum of $40.
Ohio Fears Bloodhounds.
Columbus, Ohio The House,
shocked at the brutality of the propo-
sition, indefinitely postponed the
Kinsman Senate bill to authorize
Sheriffs to keep bloodhounds to trace
criminals.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Dubuque OF to Venezuela.

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.-The Uni
ted States gunboat Dubuque sailed
from here for Venezuela. She will
be employed in carrying dispatches
for Mr.. Russell, American Minister to
Venezuela, to the cable station at
Willemstad, Curacao.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
no Prosecute uJohanites. n
Annamese in Revolt.

Saigon, Indo-China The natives
in Central AMMAN have rebelled
AGAINST their Governor,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Cleveland Kin Jailed.

Cleveland Kin Jailed.
Toledo.-William N. Cleveland,
nephew of the ex-President, convicted
4 year ago as an agent of the So
called Bridge Trust, was fined $500
and sent to Jail for five days.
Senator Lodge May Preside.
Washington, D. C.-That Senator
Lodge, of Massachusetts,, will be tenn
porary chairman of the Republican
National Convention is regarded here
rs almost assured.
Mercury Tuberculosis Cure.
Washington, D. C.-That mercury
Fan be used as an effective weapon
against tuberculosis is asserted by
Naval Surgeon Barton Lisle Wright
IN the latest issue of the United States
Naval Bulletin.
Ninety Cent Gas in Washington.
Washington, D. ca bill provid-
ing ninety cent gas for Washington
was reported to the House. 1t came
from the Committee on the District
Of Columbia
Commission Rules Chelsea.
Boston.--A bill providing for the
government of the burned city of
Chelsea for the next five years by a
commission with powers the same as
given the commission at Galveston,
Texas, after the disaster in that city,
was agreed upon at meeting of rep
sesentative citizens of the city and
rnnortad in the Massachusetts House
Of Representatives under suspension
Of the rules.
Captain COwles Promoted.
Washington, D. C.-The President
nominated Captain William Sheffield
Cowles to be Rear-Admiral. Cap
tain Cowles, who is the President 8
orother-in-law, is at present Chief of
The Bureau of Equipment.
Mvsforr of Stamford TTnivarSitv
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Demand Free Trading.

London. 80 The conditions under
which Great Britain is willing to rec
ognize the annexation of the Congo
Independent State to Belgium include
the establishment of free trading and
the abolition of forced labor.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-08

and when Squire. called quit and begged merry
he the worst licked man In that old Mis-
souri, town. A few minutes later Bert west was
apoogizing for the delay in neat curtain speech,
explaining all about a broken mechanical effect
that caused it. When the curtain went up
Squires was there, his bruises all hid by grease
paint funnier than ever and making the hit of
his life He must have woke up to the situation
for next day he compromised all back salary
claims with Bert for second-class ticket to
Broadway and five case note, and the second
comedian slipped into his place.
Kansas City folks stood for the show and the
heat two weeks. Then the heat got the best OF
it and the engagement came to an end with no
word from Madam Favette, but appeals TO hold
on dated from Colorado Springs. Bert discharged
half the chorus girls there, where he knew they
could get work. slipped them few dollars apiece
and whispered them the true status of affairs as
a warning against tying up the show by legal at
tachment. Then he numbered the sinking Corsair
up to st. Joseph for three days, whlp-saWed
through the state a day two down towards
Joplin and ever he kept the wires hot with mes
sages to Salt Lake and Colorado Springs
At Joplin he picked up Kansas City newspaper,
and almost the first thing his eye fell on was this
interesting telegraphic note under date OF Colorado
Springs:
Mrs. Martha Harris followed her husband on
a secret trip here and came upon him this AFTER
noon in company with a handsome and stylsniy
attired woman. She fired three shots at her nus
band and broke a champagne bottle over the
woman's head None of the shots took effect Har-
ris is a wealthy and influential resident OF Salt
Lake The woman in the case is supposed to be
an actress. Mrs. Harris was arrested, but her
victim declined to prosecute and boarded train
for Denver without making any statement"
"Wine for the excess baggage and handout for
the dog" commented Bert bitterly and he strolled
over to size up the advance sale. The companys
share was about two hundred dollars that night,
and after he paid all the hotel bills and had the
show moving toward Webb city he quietly slipped
each of the women ten dollar bill.
Don't let it burn your fingers or your pockets
he said significantly. Things are going pretty
bad and you can't tell when you'll need it."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-08

tide over the rotten business and vowed that once
the Missouri reached their troubles would be
at an end, for then the mysterious hacker in
Boston who really owned the show would come to
the front and claim his own and get them all
out of pawn.
So Bert hustled and scrimped and stood off the
people for salaries, and shaved bills and nursed
the sick and managed secret fumigations and put
down mutiny and held the outfit together. And
best of all he worked east. The turns and twists
he made were for all the world like the lacking or
a doomed wind TANNER beating to port Every
wind was against him. but he made it. goodness
only knows how 1t was summer when that wreck
reached Fort Leavenworth, within sight OF the
goal Kansas City. Business was worse with the
advent of warm weather, but the outfit looked as
snick and span as ever and Bert was as clipper
and confident though his bank roll would choke
an OK and the Madam was all smiles and thank
funess. Maybe it the swell appearance OF
things that induced the railroad to move them
without money that last stand with only lien
on the scenery and baggage as collateral That
was an old story with Bert but the actor folK
never dreamed such thing
Then came the seal from sailing order number
two 1t was a telegram from Boston. Inc packer
had had enough; he was through.
"Stck" urged the Madam. Hold things In
shape just few days My reputation, everything
7 have in the world demands that l land these
people back in New York can't dump them
here on the prairie and we haven't as mucn as
street car fare for the crowd
So Bert stuck Madam Favette fired an appeal
ing telegram to Martin Harris, took the last cent
in the treasury for railroad fare and rushed on
to meet him in the hope of raising the WIND. zen,
niess Bert forced date in Kansas CITY, wlggeu
the show into town in some mysterious manner,
soaked his watch to pay the last imperative Dill
that barred the way and opened for business at
summer prices. 1t took Dig croWd at tnose
prices to amount to any money, but 1t gave the
actors courage after the long spell OF lonely houses
to see parquette and galleries filled and 1t began
to look as though The Corsair was saved
There was hitch and delay in the second act
IN the fourth night of that providential engage
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-08

All that day at Webb city, Bert hoped and wait
ed for the telegram that would decide his course
and would settle the fate of The Corsair. But it
not. When time to open up rolled around
Bert was on hand with CHEEKY smile-the first
real smile his face had worn since they left Kansas
City-and he passed around among the boys
handing them out couple of dollars each his
light drew from many one the query,
Heard from the MADAME"
"Sure" was the answer he made to each, and
he hurried to the front to be alone with his
thoughts while speculation ran high in the wings
and dressing rooms concerning the good news Bert
had received.
Oh Manager West and the honor OF square
fellow and a hustler tool
The companys share something over seventy
five dollars that night, pretty slim for nearly
forty people. Bert made his settlement as soon
the second act was rung up. He poked his head
in and took a last sweeping look at the stage,
filled with color and action and faces he knew so
well-each face representing soul absolutely de-
pendent upon him. Then he strolled across the
street and took a drink, the first he had had
since old man Harris injuncton-but he needed
it that night Bert took cigar, too, and lit it
and wandered out in the darkness.
A few minutes later the cigar glowing in
sullen red rivalry with the signal lights near the
little depot at the edge of town. Then the night
express for the east tore in and stopped on
signal to take on a waiting passenger Bert
knew it was due at that hour and the stop de-
cided his The conductor wondered at
the man who swung onto the off side OF the smoker
and pr0Hered caSn instead OF Ilchel, DuC ne Sdlu
nothing and Bert West was left alone with his
thoughts.
Seventy five dollars and cakes for five months
of that sort of thing" he mused Fifteen dollars
a month, almost much good farm hand"
And he tossed into restless sleep to dream of
the waiting wife and child he had not seen in
nearly year and the resemblance of the crash of
the train to Martin Harris pounding telegraph
ticker, and the punched troubles that lay behind
Harris sealed orders and the CONSERVATION that
spreading even now in the ranks OF The
Corsair. And there was CONSERVATION when
they found him gone, and weepin' an wailin
and geenashing of teeth and sending of collect
kilograms to old Harris and to Boston, and
charges of pirating and theft and embezzlement
But Bert West far the state line speed
ing for his wife and baby when they found what
course he'd taken, for no saw him board the
train or knew anything about it until the con-
ductor read of the thing in the newspapers and
recognized his strange passenger as the barrator
and absconder.
Old man Harris never quite got over the way he
was double crossed and packed gun and threaten
ed to let daylight through Bert West But, as |
said before, as for me, l never could quite blame
Bert entirely.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-08

ment and Bert West hur-
ried back on the stage
to find Squires the CO.
median in revolt. Packed
houses and no salaries
didn't make a very good
combination he said and
he'd be blamed If he'd
go on until he got a cen
fury bill on account as
an evidence of good
faith. Bert West didn't
say he had pawned the
receipts to move the
show in or that his own
watch was ticking mer-
rily at his uncle's to keep
that beggar from starv-
ing. That would have
b en- dangerous and
would have brought the
finish then and there.
Instead, he turned to the
second comedian and
asked coldly how long it
would take him to make
up for the part and go
on.
The second comedian
hung back.
IF l don't go on no
one WILL" neere d
Squires in a tone of tri-
umph.
Then by all that's
good and bad you'll go.
I've shaved for you and
scraped for you and lied
for you and everything
short of blowing railroad
safes these weary months
and now you'll go on to-
night or never live to see
another"
And suiting the action
to the word Bert had him
by the neck, a-choking
him till he was black in
the face. Down they
went in a tangled heap,
fighting like bobcats, but
no one raised a hand
The Globe-republican., 1908-09-03
The jolly Eat Man.

When you meet a bow-legged man
In the street, do you stop him and
ask how 1t feels to walk that way?
On being introduced to man with
q face like an inverted comic sup
plement, do you condole with him on
being so homefy? Do you recommend
to the sallow man sitting next you
in a car tonic for his liver? At
luncheon do you hint to the puffy-eyed,
red-nosed stranger opposite you that
he ought to get on the water wagon?
OF course you doait You would not
be SO impolite. You might hurt their
feelings.
But when you meet fat man, It's
different. Everybody recognizes him
as legitimate prey. He is a butt for
jokes, a subject for coincidence, an OBJ
ject Tor advice. Even the man so
thin that he does not know whether
It is his back or his stomach that
hurts him, takes It for granted that
he is the fat mans ideal, and in
sists on giving him advice on how to
reduce. Everyone imagines that the
fat man must be unhappy because he
weighs more than the average per.
son.-Exchange.
The Globe-republican., 1908-09-03
Imauinary Necessities.

"Were 1t not for the thousands of
people who are slaves to imaginary
necessities we might have avoided the
panic of last October" says writer
in Appletons. ut was these people
indirectly who brought 1t on. 1t was
these people who suffered most when
It came. The laws Of nature are iron
in their retribution. The man who is
earning $50 week and spending SIS
does not fear panics. Neither does
the man who is earning $4,000 a
year and spending $4,000. Sailors
who do not know how to reef their
sails would be at the mercy of squalls.
People who do not know how to cut
down their expenses are at the mercy
of panics. A certain rich New Yorker,
who retired from the stock exchange
recently. started business 40 years
ago with three friends. When times
were prosperous he could not afford to
live as well as they did. When times
were hard they had to borrow money
Of him in order to live at all"
The Globe-republican., 1908-09-03
Two Horses Stricken Deaf.

An unusual incident occurred az
Clark's Corners, two miles north OF
Conesus Lake, when a recent cleo
trical storm passed over the place.
The barn on the Bartlett farm was
struck by lightning during the night,
and when Stephen Bartlett went to
the barn in the morning he found
that the post between two Of the
horses stalled in the barn was
smashed to kindiing. Although the
horses must have been rendered
senseless by the shock, they did not
show any injury until after being
hitched up. When Bartlett began to
gee, haw and eluck 10 the horses they
paid no attention whatever to him,
but as soon as he touched his whip
TO them they responded. An examine
ZION showed the animals had had their
eardrums broken by the crash. Both
horses are now stone deaf.-Geneseo
Cor. Rochester Herald.