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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
LANDSLIDE FOLLOWS
FATAL GAS EXPLOSION
Half a Block Slips Into 48-FoOt
Trench in Brooklyn.
LABoRERs PERISH IN FLOOD
Bursting Water Main mandates Ex-
cavation-Men, Women and Chill
dren Go Down Under Water and
Earth in Gold Street Sewer.

| Brooklyn, N. Y.-Twenty-two lives
are believed to have been sacrificed
in an unusual accident in sewer
trench in Gold street, this borough,
Half Of the block in Gold street. be-
tween York and Front streets, fell
into a forty-eight-foot trench after a
gas explosion that wrecked twenty
four-inch main and loosed thousands
of gallons of water. Men, women and
children walking on the sidewalk slid
into the excavation and were drowned
or were burned by gas fame that
rose eighty feet above the pavement
and burned for twenty minutes be-
fore the Brooklyn Union Gas Com
pany shut it off.
Exact knowledge as to the number
that persisted will not be had until
the big trench is pumped clear of wat
err. The accident is one of the most
unusual in the city's history. The
street is in such a condition that Dep
uty Chief Lally, of the Fire Depart
ment, refused to permit his men to
work at night in the trench, and is
sued an order that no attempt at re-
covery of bodies be made until 7
o'clock next morning. If there are
twenty-one buried in the mass of
sand, timber and water, there is not
chance for getting any out alive.
One body is out of the trench
More than half the block has gone
down from building line to building
line, and the foundations of the old
fashioned frame houses that line the
block are washed by water.
Among the dead is Frederick
Scheffmeier, of the Brooklyn Sewer
Bureau, who went into the trench to
inspect the work on the thirteen-foot
sewer at 8 o'clock a. m. Scheffmeier
was overwhelmed by the flood OF
water released from the burst main.
Four carpenters employed by Hag-
gerty & Rogers, of Manhattan, the
contractors, were swept through the
finished section of the sewer to the
bulkhead at the end of Gold street
and climbed out almost drowned.
They collapsed on reaching the sur
face, and were cared for by one of
the six ambulance surgeons who re-
sponded to calls.
The known dead are:
Samuel Abrams, fifty-four years
old; body recovered.
Gustave Anderson, foreman car
penter.
Francis Armando, laborer, Brook
lyn
Jacques Armando, brother OF Fran
els, also laborer.
Emil Bachman, carpenter.
John Brady, six years old.
Vincent Doherty, seven years old.
Charles Farrell, foreman laborer.
Felix Green, carpenter, Manhattan.
Gustave Lane, carpenter, Manhat-
tan
Charles Nelson, carpenter.
Frederick Scheffmeier, city sewer
inspector, Brooklyn.
Gustave Wallo, carpenter
The unknown dead are:
Two Italian laborers.
A woman.
The injured are:
Dominick Labonio, laborer; scalp
wounds.
Archie Gunochio, laborer; lacera-
lions of face and scalp.
The cause of the catastrophe prob
ably will never be absolutely known,
though the general belief is that it
was the result of the accumulation of
illuminating gas in the sewer trench
and some of its pockets.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
TOBACCO GROWERS
WHIP THE TRUST
American Company Finally Agrees
to Pay Price Demanded.
TOTAL MAY REACH s14,oOO,OOO
Deal Just Closed Means the End of
Night Rider Outrages in State of
Kentucky Nearly SO,0OO,00O
Pounds Held in the Burley Pool.


Louisville, Ky.-The Tobacco Trust
has been whipped to finish and
made to bow down to the Burley To-
bacco Society. Some of the members
of that organization unofficially
formed the bands of marauders
known as night riders, who resorted
to arson and murder to attain their
ends.
BY a deal between the Burley To-
bacco Society and the American To-
baceo Company, closed lately, the
1906 and part of the 1907 crop of to-
bacco, involving 80,000,000 pounds,
becomes the property of the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company at cost of al
most $14,000,000. The average price
per pound for the 1905 crop was
twenty and a half cents and seven
teen cents for the 1907 crop. There
Is great rejoicing in Kentucky among
the night riders and those who SYM
pathize with them. 1t is considered
decisive victory for the night rid
ers and will end the marauding in
IAGnIuGhJ.
The Burley Tobacco Society is an
organization that comprises about
6fty-five counties in the northern and
central portions of Kentucky, and has
in its membership all tobacco raisers.
These growers pooled all of their
crops of 1906 and 1907 and the or
ganization was controlled exactly like
any corporation or trust would be,
that is, by officers and an executive
board. Tobacco raising in the Bur-
ley district is very arduous work, and
employs the time of the farmer prac-
tically the year round. 1t is esti-
mated that it requires at least price
of eight cents pound for a farmer
to realize any profit on raising Burley
tobacco.
The tobacco growers, knowing that
the trust was realizing at least from
forty cents to 81 for the Burley to-
bacco after it was manufactured for
consumption, decided, as last resort,
to organize against trust prices. This
they did, with the result that by this
deal they received an average of near
lily nineteen cents pound for their
tobacco, thus attesting that they have
gained their point This was done by
curtailing the production and not
raising a crop this year.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24

1t was believed in Berlin that
France and Germany are nearer war
than they have been since 1870.
Washington dispatches reported
Frank H. Hitchcock would be Post
master General in the Taft Cabinet.
Charles f. Murphy asserted that
Tammany Hall did all it could for w.
j. Bryan, despite charges to the con-
trary.
1t is now .AlI aboard for Guate-
mala% from any railway station In
the United States. All rail commu-
nication with Progressive City is now
open.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
Prominent People.

Elihu Root, Secretary Of State, said
he would accept the New York Sena-
torship.
Senator Elkins denied that his
daughter is engaged to the Duke Of
the Abruzzi
A movement was begun to over
throw Charles F. Murphy as the lead
or of Tammany Hail.
DR.. Waldemar Jochelson left New
York City on two years ethnologi-
cal expedition among the Aleuts.
In his annual report Rear-A Admiral
Pillsbury recommended restoring The
rank OF Vice-Admiral OF the navy.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24

There are signs of revival in the
lead and slate Industries Of Wales.
A union labor club was formed at
the last meeting Of the San Francisco,
Cal, laundry workers.
Typographical unions have been
formed in the colonies Of Barbados,
British Guiana and Trinidad.
Printers unions have been started
in the sister colonies of Trinidad,
Barbados and British Guiana
An Oklahoma farmer insists that
a man can live on nine cents day
provided he uses the products Of hts
farm.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24

wholesale. He asserted the recent
forest fires, that swept hundreds OF
acres in the northern section OF
Maine, killed off thousands of young
trees. Already dealers are in the
north woods of Maine, having the
trees cut and getting them ready for
shipment. A large real estate dealer
In Maine says the forest fires de.
stroyed Christmas trees ready for
cutting that represented a market
value of 100000.
All famine stories, whether Of
shellfsh, fruit or trees, wind up with
certain form Of announcement. II
comes with the Christmas prediction.
1t is:
PRICES WILL BE HIGHER
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
Queer DIR. Gabrini Dead
in His Swiss Chateau

Geneva. The richest and most &C.
centric man in Switzerland, DR.. Ca
brini, is dead at Lugano, leaving a
fortune of 100000, most of which
was made in America.
DIR. Gabrini was a man of the sim
plest habits. He would wear the
shabbiest clothes, and many tourists
who visited his beautiful chateau at
Ciani accepted his services as a guide
under the impression that he was
one of his gardeners. He used to
take their tips with glee.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
SHOOTS JUDGE IN COURT.
Detected Litigant in Leipsic Wounds
Presiding Justice and Kills Clerk.

Leipsic, Germany.-A defeated lit
igant in the Supreme Civil Tribu-
nal, of Leipsic, drew revolver and
opened fire on Herr Maenner, the
Presiding Judge, and the Court Clerk.
The Clerk was shot dead and the
Judge dangerously wounded.
The assassin, a man named Gros-
ser, succeeded in firing ten shots be-
fore he was overpowered. Grosser
was plaintiff in suit concerning the
validity of will, and the decision of
Judge Maenner was in favor of the
defense. AS soon as Grosser heard
the ruling he drew revolver and
began firing. CONSERVATION reigned
in the court room until he was dis
armed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
CLOSES "MoTHER's ROOM"

Thousands of Christian Scientists
Have Made 1t Shrine.
Boston, Massey order of the
board of directors the mothers
room in the original part of the
great Christian Science tabernacle in
the Back Bay has been shut to the
public, curious or devout, without a
single explanation being given as to
the reason.
Ever since the original church, the
First Church of Christ, Scientist, was
dedicated, the mothers room" has
been one of which thousands of the
devout made shrine. At first it was
open to the public at all times, then it
was decided to open it only on three
days week.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
Two Maine Canoeists Drown.

Miss Maud Boliff, twenty-five years
old, of Monroe, a teacher in one Of
the public schools of Bradley, and
Edwin M. Gray, twenty-one, Of Brad
ley, were drowned in Great Works
stream about two miles from Brad
ley, Me. They were on their way in
a canoe to a hunting camp.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
Chestnut Crop Good.

The chestnut crop in New Jersey is
the best that the State has enjoyed in
the last ten years. In some places
the ground is covered with nuts.
While the nuts are smaller this year
than usual they are almost entirely
free from worms.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24

At Washington, D. c., the post OF
Secretary of Agriculture in President
Taft's Cabinet has been offered to
clifford Pinchot, and it is almost GER
tain that Mr.. Pinchot will accept
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
Tobacco Interest Protests.

At the revision hearing in Wash
ington, ID. c., American growers pro-
tested against any reduction of the
tariff on tobacco.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
JUsTIFIEs A KILLING.
Kentucky Governor Pardons Man
Who Was Trying to Protect Girl.

Who Was Trying to Protect Girl.
Frankfort, KY That Governor
Wilson believes it the duty of man
to kill if necessary to save the honor
of girl who has no protector is set
forth in his reasons given for pardon
ing Green B. Howard, of Harlan
County, for killing Jacob Noe while
in pursuit of Rena Noe who, it is al
legged, had stolen the girl from How
ards house to marry her to man
whose character Howard did not think
would stand up.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
Steel Trust to Spend $4,000, 600.

Arrangements for spending about
$1O,000,O00 on new mills and inn
provement of old mills in the Pitts
burg district were completed by
officials of the United States Steel
Corporation at Pittsburg.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24

The French Minister of Public
Works, M. Barthou. has obtained the
consent of the Cabinet to introduce a
bill for the eventual acquisition and
operation by the State Of mining con-
cessions.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
Lookout Inn Burns.

Famous old Lookout Inn, on the
crest of Lookout Mountain, Tenn,
was burned to the ground, together
with all it's contents.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
rs our subscribers.

When you wish to change the address
Of your paper be sure and send the
present address as wen az the new one
II this Is not done it is impossible to
make the change promptly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
Plumbing. Timing. Steam
and Gas Fitting

at their OFFICE, Al Mill street, tele-
phone 2s4-l, or at the store Of William
81. Hihler, South street, city.
The Senior member of this partner
ship, JOHN J. CARROLL, has been
plumbing in this city for twenty-nine
years, and his reputation as a plumber
is too well known for any further COM
ment. 2538.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
NOTICEy

JOHN j. CARROLL. who for years,
has been in the firm of LooNEY &CAR-
ROLL, has formed a partnership with
his son, WILLIAM J. CARROLL, and
they are now ready to receive orders for
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-21
MAN LAUGHS DISEASE
AWAY-HAW, HAW

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 21.-Francis
Brandewiede, candidate for re-elec-
tion to the ONCE OF justice OF the
peace in Alton, declares II you laugh
long and loud enough at disease 1t will
become disguised and leave you. This
from one who has made a study OF
medicine, too, when he was a recluse
in a monastery many years ago.
Paralysis made its abode In Brande-
wiede's left side and limbs two years
ago. Instead OF being seriously i'm
pressed with the importance OF his
visitor, Brandewiede laughed. Even
when his limbs dangled as grotesquely
and useless as hound pups paws
Brandewiede chuckled and shook with
the humor Of II.
Ever see anything as funny In your
life?" Brandeweide chortled as they
carried him home from his Office the
day he suffered the stroke. He
watched his leg drag along behind his
body and giggled like child with a
new toy.
What's the use?" said Paralysis.
"F1fty-seven kinds OF polysyllabic all
ments with Latin roots would waste
their efforts on this fellow" and
Paralysis quit him. Anyway, that's
how Brandewiede says it happened.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-21
Ru 7 c. ShOTWEll.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2l.-Owing 10
higher range OF prices for American
securities in London. the stock market
opened in Wallst. today with advances
averaging a point throughout the list.
The traction shares were the most
prominent in the department, Brooklyn
Rapid Transit rising one point. inter
boro Metropolitan common s. and the
preferred l 3-S points.
Al the end OF the first 10 minutes or
trading the bears. using Saturday $
poor bank statement as an excuse,
raided the list. forcing Union Pacihc
doAn -l-2 points from the high figure
Southern Pacific. is. reading Sc,
Smelters. IA, Northern Pacific 5-S.
and Great Northern preferred Il On
the downward movement. Brooklyn
Rapid Transit held tirm. but lnterooro
Metropolitan shares lost all their
gains. At the end OF the first hour
the traction shares again assumed
leadership and showed net gains while
standard railroad shares were al
lower than the closing figures Of Sal
urday.
In London. Union Pacific was the
leader in strong market for Ameri-
can shares.
On the New York curb mining stocks
opened irregular.
The census bureaus repON issued
today. places the quantity OF cotton
ginned from the growth this season to
Dec. IS at 1882. 900 bales, which corr.
pares with 9.2sl,011
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-21
SEEKS DIVORCE
AND MINISTRY
WOMAN'S RELATIVES CHARGE
HUSBAND SUES so HE CAN
ENTER THE MINISTRY.

RIVERTON, y. L.. Dec. 2l-After
eour years OF married life, In which
the shoals appeared very soon after
the wedding. Claude w. Shinn has filed
Il petition for divorce from his wife,
who was Miss Frances T. Ripperger.
According to relatives OF the hus-
band. Mrs Shinn Was fond OF the so
ciety and Gattery OF other men from
the first This caused her husband
some uneasiness. but he had implicit
confidence.
Then came an anonymous letter
while h. was away from home on
business trip. caurioning him 10 look
after his wife. and throwing suspicion
on a young man prominent In Palmyra
social circles. This was followed by
others OF like nature, until Mr.. Shinn
employed Detective Bovine, OF Camden.
who furnished the evidence on which
the application for divorce was based.
Neither Mrs. Shinn nor her mother.
Mrs j. G. Ripperger was at home to-
day. but IL was learned that Mrs Shinn
will not only fight the action. bur
promises to make startling disclosures
when the case Is given preliminary
hearing before Vice Chancellor Lean
ing, in Camden.
II is said by the Rippergers that Mr.
Shinn wishes to enter the ministry and
is attempting 10 obtain the divorce for
infidelity, because that is the only
grounds that will be accepted by the
Episcopal church
Al the Ripperger home II was stated
that Mrs. Shinn knew OF no reason
why her husband left her several
months ago. He simply kissed her
goodbye one morning. as usual. and
went away. The next thing she knew
she received notice OF the filing OF the
application for divorce
Mrs Shnn Is an amateur actress OF
considerable ability and has appeared
On the local stages in both Riverton
and Palmyra. II was in the rehearsais
for these plays that she is said TO have
been first attracted by the man named
as correspondent.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-21
SPECIAL POLICE NOT
GUILTY OF ASSAULT

John Woznack and Frank Reske.
special officers for the Grand Trunk
railroad. who were charged was as
saulting Martin Krokowski, were &C
Quilted BY a police court jury. Mon
day morning. The assault was alleged
to have taken place when the officers
tried TO arrest Krokowskfs son on a
larceny charge. Krokowsk declared
that the pair had kicked him In the
side aud broken three of his ribs.
The officers story was that kro-
kowski had followed them up ladder
leading to a hay loft. They became
involved in a tussle while still or the
ladder and all three fell TO the ground
In a heap. IL Krokowskis ribs Were
broken it was the result OF the fall,
they asserted. The jury was out only
a few minutes. Both defendants are
former police officers, Woznack hay-
ing been sergeant in the Delrsy dis
trict. while Reske was patrolman.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-21
Appies-Fancy. s+9A6o: common. :,
q 30 per Dbl.

Buttsr-offciai prices: Extra cream
cries. SOC: rrsts. sc; crooks. i2o; pack
CabbaEe-se. per Dbl
CsuIinower-ss.5o per crate.
CeIery-s5 q 3oc per dos
Ice: old. l5c: Limburger: Ice: brick.
Ice: Schweitzer 1sc per 10.
California Fruits-Grapes. f27S per
con.e~Paekase coffee. sis75eIsas
Crasberrie.-Fancy. SIS per ou; $3.50
Dressed Cai,e.-Faney. &c; common.
Dressed Hoxs-Light &c; medium. s
R5iac per ID
Esgs-Michisan current receipts.
orator extras, csc per doz.
FIoar-Michigan patents In wood.
RE e second Is p asr ssl $685. straight
Feed-Jobbing lots. bran. .t2+: coarse
1880; coarse middlinss. ,25. fine mid
Ftnsan Hnddie>-1oc per ID.
Fresh yexetnbles--Cucumb not
house, sl6oai.75 per dox; LETTUCE. i2c
tomatoes. si5o per s-basket crate;
iadishes. e5c per doz wax beans, $3.50
per bu.
Green Pepper.-ss.75as per s-basket
(srapes-Cetawbas Alb baakets. 18c;
Mslagas. s6Gs per bbi.
Honey-Fancy white 176fsc: amber.
ieGlic; eItrec'sd; s66hc per 10;
foliowins. prices for osied hay In
mi1sa. 6Mieoso ry. c .sy.a ,7s $685.
wheat and oat straw. s5.Sc4s ton.
Hides-No. I cured. lie: No cured.
Ee e Mo- S Soeen 81 No NO. sSe s Sc
No: l. i4hc: No; :, ;se' green. 70
No. /. IS: No. !. 81: sheep skins. as to
Hsrdwsre-wirs nails. $3.50: base
20 and per cent OF. poultry netting;
Ssrbed wire. $3.50: No. . anneaied wire.
o23o poultry netting before weaving.
cloth. 01.%0 per 100 feet: lap and ilip
after weaving. SO poi cent on. wire
Joint savetrough. so and 10 per cent
OF: round and corrugated conductor
pipe. 7b and per cent on.
Limes-90c per 1o0
Lemous-California. 93.60G4 per box.
Maple Sugar-New. pure. &c per 10
Mushrooms-6oU soc Der ID.
Oni0ns-Spanish, tl.60 per crate;
Michigan, SIS 500 per ou-
Oranges-Sew Floridas. S225q3 per
boz.
Oils--Raw iinseed. 4oc: boiled lin
seed. soc gal. less l per cent for cash
IN 10 days: diamond headlight kero-
sene. skc: turpentine. In barrel iotA
44c per gal
Pop Corn-Ears. IN 12c per 10.
Observation-Disclosures $3.50Q4 per
crate: $l.50G2 per doA
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-21
NOT ALLOWED TO
APPROPRIATE STREET

j. j. Karamon, who conducts a
butcher shop at Michigan and Wesson-
aves., will not be allowed to add six
feet of the latter thoroughfare to his
possessions. His petition 10 be al
lowed to extend hts building six feet
over the lot line was argued by Aid.
Gadde before the streets committee,
Monday morning, and enthusiastically
turned down. The excuse for asking
the concession Is that a saloonkeeper
at Wesson-ave. and Julia-st. has built
over his lot line, thus narrowing the
street.
Aid. Gadde now says he will ger
after the saloonkeeper to make him
nave back. The Michigan-ave. front
age which Karamon wanted is worth
several hundred dollars.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-21
SWELL GOWN, STOLEN
FROM WAGON, is FOUND

Miss Stella Myron, No. 459 Frank
Inst almost stumbled over a bulky
parcel lying on the sidewalk near her
home about 10 o'clock. Saturday even
ing. II was found TO contain hand
some imported gown, valued al up
wards OF $500. which Jacob Hook. a
fashionable ladies' tailor on East
Adams-ave. had made for Mrs. f. T.
Barbour, No. $50 Jefferson-ave. The
parcel was stolen from q delivery
wagon in front OF the Pasadena apart
ments. Jefferson-aye. and Dubois-st.
and it is thought that the thief. after
finding that his loot was dress, drop
ped Il in the street where IL was
found. Miss Myron took the dress to
Mrs. Barbour and received $40 as a
reward.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-21
WANT PAVEMENT ON
CLAY-AVE. WIDENED

A committee of Milwaukee Junction
manufacturers called on the streets
committee OF the council. Monday
morning, to request that an estimate
be passed for the widening OF the
pavement on Clay-ave. The street now
has a single-track street railway line,
and IL is likely that this will be made
double track line If a settlement of
the street railway question is arranged.
The street is now so narrow that there
is difficulty in driving wagons past the
cars. II will not be necessary to
widen the street. the idea being merely
to replace the present grass plots be-
tween sidewalk and curb with paving.