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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-26
DIR. EVANS ON THE rnAw CASE.

When the Thaw hearing resumed
Saturday James G. Graham continued
the presentation of evidence in sup.
port of the contention that Thaw is
sane. Michael Cummings and Law
renee j. Creery, keepers in the Tombs
prison, testified to conversations with
Thaw, and said his actions always i'm
pressed them as rational.
DR.. Britton D. Evans, superintend-
ent Of the New Jersey State Hospital
for the Insane, at Morris Plains, was
then put on the stand as an expert liz
Thaw's behalf. 1t was DR.. Evans, at
the first trial, who declared that Thaw
was suffering from brain-storm, y
when he shot Stanford White.
d" l regard Mr.. Thaw as now perfect
ly sane, free from decisions and in
possession of no Authorizations which
would indicate diseased mental
state said DR.. Evans.
DIR. Evans under Mr.. Jerome's Cruel
ing cross examination said that Thaw
was insane when he shot, insane when
he was in the Tombs, and insane when
he wrote the will.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-26

THE State Senate was created by
the Constitution Of 1874, when there
were nineteen counties. When the
Senate convened in 1916, it was divid-
ed into three classes, each with diff
ferent term, the first went out at the
end Of a year, the second at the end OF
two years, the other at the end OF
three years and thereafter the terms
were for three years, the object being
TO have one-third of the body elected
every year. In 1850 Ocean county was
set off and Union county in 1857. This
made the Senate consist of twenty-one
members, and instead of an even third
going out each year, the class of two
periods, were increased beyond the
original number, and it makes year,
with eight Senatorial counties, year
with seven and a year with six. This
year the greatest number is to be elect
ed and seven Of the counties are Re-
publican and one Democratic. Essex,
Monmouth, Union, Camden, Salem,
Somerset and Gloucester are the Re-
publican counties, while Warren is
the Democratic. There is little chance
for change in the politics of any of
these counties.
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wife. Love her as you love me, and
don't let her be lonely, for tomorrow !
go to the front; but, God being willing,
I'll come back"
On the following day earth and sky
seemed blended in perfect harmony.
The roses bloomed in splendor. On
the grassy bank they sat, Mary and
Henry, beside the clustering blossoms.
Henry had picked one of the roses
and lovingly placed it in Mary's hair.
Fair was she then, in all the freshness
of youths bright morning. Tenderly
she placed her hand ON Henry's shout
der and with loving, pleading eyes
whispered:
Henry, please don't 60"
Sadly, slowly, he replied: MARY,
must. But watch for me. I'll come
back to YOU
SO they parted on that fateful day,
and the birds sang, the breezes crept
softly by, and the roses scented the
air But Mary alone on the doorstep
and Henry marching out of the valley
needed them not
Those were trying days for north
and south, The nations best were
Staying each other in terrible battles.
After Burnside's defeat at the battle
of Fredericksburg in December, 1862,
| there had been a call for more men to
| fill the broken ranks, and Henry May
nard had enlisted Dearly as he loved
Mary Harper, he could not resist the
nations call any longer. At first Mary
pleaded with him. Then she realized
the need and bravely gave her con-
sent, only requesting that they be mar
ried before he went When on that
last day as they sat together by the
roses, though she whispered him to re-
main, she knew he would go-that
above all the sorrow at parting she
wished him to go-wished him the
| brave, true soldier of her Dreams
| Thus it was that Henry went, and
Mary came to live with Henry's moth
er-just those two in. the little farm
house, for Henrys father had been
killed years back while hauling logs
from the wood lot. The sled had over
turned coming down the steep hillside
Henry's mother had seen it from the
window where she sat knitting and
calling Henry from the wood shed
went to his aid. Crushed and bleed
ing, they brought him home just al
the close of the cold winters day, and
he died in half an hour.
After this they had toiled on, Henry
growing stronger and more manly
overcoming gradually the sorrow caus
ed by his fathers death. But his moth
er's heart seemed buried out in tn,
lonely grave on the hillside with he
husband, and, though she gave Henry
unbounded love, she cared for LITTLE
else till Mary came and Henry went
Then she talked of Henry and found ii
Mary ready listener. So the two be
came fast friends with one hope-tht
safe return of Henry.
The weeks went by, and together
they read the papers telling Of the war
Henry, too, wrote sometimes to hi
mother, but more often to Mary. Hi
letters told Of the weary waiting anG
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Toned red roses bloom in all their
springtime splendor. Here Outlines a
few years ago merry schoolgirls, with
cheeks that matched the glow of the
roses, paused to gather bouquet for
teachers desk or to place beneath the
flags in the little graveyard on the hill
side on Memorial day. And ofttimes,
too, they paused to listen to the quiet
words of Mrs. Maynard, who lived
here alone. They wondered at the
sadness of her voice as she said:
Eyes; you are welcome to the roses"
Then sudden hope would light her
face as she added, when Henry
comes home he'll tidy up the yard
bit and pick rose for me as he did
once long ago"
After the sun had set and the shad-
ows had crept down the hillside
through the graveyard and filled all the
valley with darkness the lamp was lit
and placed in the window, where its
rays lighted the pathway leading to
the road. BY the table Mary Maynard
would sit, her hands folded. She was
waiting for Henry
Forty-tive years ago on May 20 Hen
ry brought home Mary, his fair young
bride, saying: Mother, here is my
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-26

THE Civil Service Commission or
gained on Tuesday after selecting
Willis Fletcher Johnson, Of Union, as
president, chose Frank B. Jess, of
Camden county, chief examiner, and
Gardner Colby, of Essex, secretary.
Mir. Jess was Speaker of the Assembly
in the last Legislature, and is law
yer by profession. Gardner Colby is a
cousin of Senator Everett Colby. He
has been one of the prominent new
idea men of Essex, and until last
year was president of the Republican
League for the Equalization OF Taxes
and Limited Franchises, the New Ice
organization in Essex. Governor Fort
suggested these appointments.
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IN. J. EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
The Fifty-second Annual Meeting to
Be Held on June s6-3O, 1905.

The Fifty-Second Annual Meeting to
Be Held on June 5000, 1905
The Fifty-Second Annual Meeting
Of the New Jersey Editorial Associa-
tion will be held on June 26-3O, 1908.
The Executive Committee, upon whom
deyolved the selection of a place of
meeting, felicitates itself upon the
fact, that it has been able, after cor
siderable effort, to complete arrange
ments for what it believes will be one
of the most attractive and enjoyable
outings the Association has held in
many years. Lake George, the most
picturesque resort in America, will be
the place of meeting. The itinerary
is as follows
Leave New York City Friday, June
26 at $40 a. No., via the Albany Day
Line for Albany, connecting with train
for Saratoga arriving at 7.15 p. M;
where stop will be made over night
dinner, lodge and breakfast-at the
American-Adelphi Hotel. Leave Sara
toga Saturday morning via D. & HI. r.
r. for Lake George station where
steamer will be taken for Hotel Saga.
more arriving there about IL O'Clock,
a. M, remaining two full days. The
" Sycamore is one of the leading
hotels in that section. 1t is equipped
with every modern improvement for
comfort and safety, located on an is
land ten miles up the lake, and accom-
modates 400 guests. Monday, at IL
a. M, start on the return trip will be
made, boarding steamer for Baldwins,
at the head of the lake, where short
stop will be made, after which boat
returns down the lake to the railroad
terminal. Opportunity is thereby
given for all to enjoy sail over the
entire lake-32 miles of the most
beautiful scenery in the world. Ar
irving at the terminal, train will be
taken for Albany where direct connec-
tion is made with the Peoples Line
for New York, arriving there early
Tuesday morning, June 80. Tickets
for the round-trip, covering all eX-
penses, with exception of meals on
boats and stateroom on return trip
from Albany, have been fixed at $14.00.
A few tickets will be sold to other than
members. Application can be made
to this office.
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AS a result of a careful study of the
situation by the leaders on both sides
of the Capitol, it is practically settled
that there will be no currency legisla-
ton enacted at this session of Con-
gress. The differencies between the
A1drich bill, which passed the Senate,
and the Vreeland measure, which
passed the House, are so radical, that
the leaders agree that in the short
time remaining before final adjourn
ment on Saturday, it will be impossi-
BILE to induce either House to yield de-
spite the fact that the conferrees
might be able to reach an agreement
between themselves. 1t can be stated
on the highest authority that the
leaders now believe financial legisla-
tion of any kind, at this session, to be
out Of The question. The whole mat
ter will goover until next winter
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-26
RESOLUTIONS.

The Young Mems Catholic Associa-
tion has adopted the following resolu-
tionS:
WHEREAS, The hand of death has
been heavily laid upon our ASsocia-
tion, and thereby beloved, honora-
BILE and active member, the late Ed
mund /. Norris cut down while in
the bloom OF early manhood land
WHEREAS, The demise of the young is
particularly sad, and especially SO in
the case OF our esteemed friend and
associate, who, by his perennially,
genial and kindly ways endeared
himself TO all with whom he came
in contact and
WHEREAS, While we bow in meek sub
mission to Him who made all things
out of nothing, yet we grieve be-
cause, by the demise Of the said Ed
mund |. Norris, the members of this
Association individually feel a pei
Sonal loss, and because a useful, hon
orable and promising career has been
abruptly ended the Association has
lost valuable member, the commu-
nifty deprived of an upright citizen,
and the family Of the deceased a
dearly beloved and loving brother
therefore be it
ReSoloed, That we extend our sin.
cere and heartfelt sympathy to oul
late members sorrowful family, ano
for strength to bear up under this
grievence affection, we commend then
TO the keeping of our loving Saviour.
ReSotced, further, that a copy O.
these resolutions be spread upon oul
book of minutes, and published in the
newspapers of our town.
JAMES f. BELBEY,
WILLIAM H. MANSFIELD,
WILLIAM Ii. WHITE,
Committee
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THE creation of a joint committee
of congress, to devise a permanent
banking and currency system for the
United States is assured by action
taken by the house committee on
banking and currency on Friday. The
house committee reported favorably
the joint resolution passed by the
senate providing for the appointment
of committee of eighteen senators
and representatives, nine from each
body, charged with the duty of max
ing an Investigation and report upon
which permanent banking and cur
rency laws will be based, at the next
Session
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-26
A DON'T WORRY" HERO.

Admiral "Bob' Evans seems to have
qualified for membership of the Don't
Worry Club, and, as he is going to be
retired in a few weeks from active SER
vice in the navy, he might find an
agreeable post as president of the adj
mirable association above mentioned.
The New York Times quotes the
old sea dog as saying in reference to his
retirement that there are two things
about which he does not worry what
he cannot help and what he can" and
adds;
The phrase sounds like one of those
that must have been made hundreds
of years ago and used ever since, and,
therefore, we would not dare to credit
the Admiral with originating it, but,
just the same, we do not remember
ever to have run across it before, and
it is not il the quotation books. Old
or new, it is pretty phrase, and not
half bad as rule OF life.
The idea has, in fact been used in
numberless shapes. 1t is at least as
old as the New Testament, which puts
it this way:
"Take therefore no thought for the
morrow; for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself. Suf-
ticient unto the day Is the evil there
Of"
We have at home an old pitcher
carrying moral which Fighting
Bob" has happily condensed. 1t reads:
" For every i'll beneath the sun,
There is a remedy, or none,
If there is one, then try to find it,
IL there is none, then never mind
it," Paterson Press"
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A Beautiful Woman.

Her surroundings should be-in harmony,
and can best be made SO by well kept
home. The L. & M. Pure Paint makes the
home beautiful. 1t preserves it and prevents
decay. The cost per gallon ready for use is
only $I.2o. 1t wears for ten years and
longer. Thirty-three years of continuous
use is evidence.
Phillips & Day, Morristown; P. c. Henry,
BaslSing Ridge, N. j.; w. r. Wilson, Whip,
pany; J R. Meade, Hanover, 1. & NJ. Pain
Agents.
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| REPORTED MISSING AFTER GETTYSBURG
A svar Story Of u'afcbfng
~ ~ and TUa1fin6 @
BY L. S. MILLS 1905. L. Mills.
Of HUdfcbir16
WatffnS e
Copyright. 1908. by |. S. Mills.

, the seemingly useless marching ana
countermarching, yet he was always
the same brave, loving Henry. Soon
the war would be over, and Mary
would meet him, and they would sit by
the roSebusheS again.
In her dreams she saw him, her SOL
der, her "boy in blue" amid the roar
and smoke of battle. "They win the
crest; he takes the flag; he is hero"
| The dream changed, and she saw him
alight from the train at the village
station. The neighbors had read of his
brave deeds in the papers and had
come to cheer him. Once more the vi
sion changed, and hand in hand they
sat by the rosebushes He placed a
rose in her hair and, gently kissing her
cheek, whispered:
Mary, we won't part any more"
And, looking to his well beloved
face to read the love his voice ex-
pressed it seemed the face of Henry,
but old, so old, and his hair so gray.
One day there came news of Lees
swift advance northward in July,
1868. There would be a battle. Mary
wrote a long letter full of love and
cheer to Henry. But no answer came.
In the papers were rumors of a great
battle being fought, 1t was at Get
tysburg. Would Lee win? The sus-
pense was awful to millions of north
ern people as they waited with bated
breath for news from the front. Lee
retreatsp This was the report that
came on the fourth day, and the drawn
faces relaxed. Then followed columns
of Killed, wounded missing"
Thousands of homes were plunged in
gloom, for many a husbands name
and many sons name and many
lovers name was there.
A neighbours boy brought the papers
that evening. Though he came on
swiftly, Mary couldn't wait, but ran
out to meet him. Together Mary and
Henry's mother looked down the long
list of killed Not there. Thank
God! Then the list of wounded"
Not there! Then missing Henry
Maynard
"There is hope" said Mary. But
SllC oeiL win hAC PuPCA lA5hliJ clasp
ed. All night she sat thus and Leeded
not the time nor saw the neighbors
who came to comfort her. AS the sun
light stole in the east window they
gently lifted her and placed her on the
bed.
s After a time she slept and dreamed
of Henry He was on the crest of
hill behind low bank of earth. Hun
dreds of men were at his right and
left. Before him, advancing up the
hill, were thousands of men with gray
uniforms. Then began the roar of ar
tillery, and the smoke of battle rolled
over all, and she saw him no more. Yet,
half waking, half sleeping, she seemed
to hear him say, as on that day of
parting; watch for me! I'll come
back to your
Then began the years of waiting
weary years In the afternoon when
4 \, II
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WOULD in not be well for our es-
teemed contemporary, the Newark
" News" to give its regular-and gen.
orally excellent Washington cores
pondent a short vacation, say until
after the Chicago convention, and put
temporarily in charge Of its bureau a
man who will at least keep one eye
open to the political situation at the
National Capital p"
This is from the Paterson +" Press, y
which considered Mr.. Walker almost
inspired when he was dishing up "new
idea" stuff last fall.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-26

THE Bethlehem Steel Works, owned
by Charles Nj. Schwab, last year made
a net profit Of s2,63s,957. Yet Mr..
Schwab is one Of those captains of in
dustry who says that any revision OF
the tariff would be ruinous to our in
FAINT industries, Exchange.
This is pure rot; if the per cent. age
of profit on the. amount Of business
done was given it would show that the
steel business is no more profitable
than many other industries.
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Morris Circuit Court.
Daniel M. Merchant On Contract
W., In Attachment.

VS.. A..aoh.r.o4
Parmly S. Clapp.
Notice is hereby given that a writ of at
tachment at the suit of Daniel M. Mer-
chant against the rights and credits,
monies and effects, goods and chattels
lands and lie dement's of Parmly S. Clapp,
a nom resident debtor for the sum of four
hundred and sixty dollars issued out OF
said court on the Twenty fifth day of April,
A. D. nineteen hundred and eight and re-
turned into court duly executed by the
Sheriff of the County of Morris, in the
State of New Jersey, on the Twenty ninth
day of April, nineteen hundred and eight.
Dated May 1908,
DANIEL ) VOORHEES,, Clerk
NATHANIEL g. Tons, Attorney 6
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LIE Eo pr rolN D JAReE riosity to know
FLAG. a man who was
so loyal as to fly the stars and stripes
while the city was still beset by Con
federate spies.
''Come inside and l will show you d
still bigger American flag" said the
man of the house.
Coffin accepted the invitation. The
loyal Teuton brought forth large flag
somewhat crumpled.
There he said; "my wife and ]
have slept on that flag every night fol
four years We had it sewed inside
our mattress"
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LOOKING FOR HENRY. dreamy look in
her eyes. So the time passed.
Each succeeding year stole something
away from her beauty,
Leaving behind it, broader and deeper
the gloom and the shadow.
Henry's mother died and was laid
away in the quiet graveyard, and the
years rolled on; the SHOWS came and
went; the roses bloomed Schoolgirls
came for them and in time grew to
womanhood, and other girls came.
Each evening the lamp was placed in
the window. Each day Mary watched
and waited.
The sympathetic neighbors kindly
cared for her few wants. Many letters
had been sent to the war department
fnquiring for Henry Maynard, but
"Missing after the battle of Gettys-
burg was all the reply.
In a pleasant room in Melbourne,
Australia, Hubert Smith lay sick Over
forty years ago he had come to Austria
| liza, or had found himself there, but
with no remembrance of where he
| had been before. He had become a
merchant in a small way at first, but
| gradually increased his business till
at the time of his sickness he had be-
| come man of means with a small
| fortune. Still, he had remained unmar.
red
All day he had tossed about in fever
'ronight there will be a change" the
doctor said, and the nurse watched
patiently till he seemed to grow quiet,
and finally he slept. Then she knew
the crisis was pa :
When he awoke in the morning he
was Hubert Smith no more, but Henry
Maynard, ana all the remembrance of
Mary and home came over him. He
had been wounded in the head at the
battle of Gettysburg. In a seemingly
| lifeless condition he was left on the
field until after the battle. He was
| cared for by farmer and when, partly
recovered wandered away, giving no
name How he reached Australia he
never learned.
His recovery was speedy, and he
fastened to America to find Mary il
possible. "Oh Mary, are you waitingf
Shall see your he cried. And all
night he paced the steamers deck over
whelmed with love and longing.
On May 80, 1905, Mary sat in the
doorway, looking down the road. Her
hair, once black, was now streaked
with gray She had been looking at the
roses and thinking of Henry. "Will he
come todayY' An hour later an old
man came slowly up the road and
turned up the pathway to the house
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.Slepf on Old Glory.

Charles Carleton Coffin, who was a
war correspondent during the conflict
between the states, relates an incident
showing the remarkable fidelity of a
loyal Unionist to the flag When Mr..
Coffin entered Charleston, S. c., in
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By L. S. MILLS

NE $ T I E I'D D
green hills of
western Connect
cut there stands
today, a little way
b a * from the
Ion el y country
road, a brown,
weather beaten
farm b ouse. On
each side of the
door the wood
bine climbs, and
overhead it forms
in an arch Of liy-
ing green.
On the west side
nv the low bank
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-26

1865, just after
the evacuation of
that city by the
@ Confederate ties,
who had held the
place for four
years, he observ-
ed a small Union
flag floating from
a window. Cot
fin knocked at
the door, which
was opened by a
middle aged Ger
man resident t.
The ne wspaper
man told the cit
izen that he had
called out of GU
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WAS It a formal dinner?'.

WAS It formal dinner?"
Il should say so. There were so
many knives, forks and spoons that ev-
erybody had his eyes glued on the
hostess to see which to pick up next. -
Washington Star
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l Ii Z w U L IL Was
done many and
many a day Mary
sat on the door
step looking down
the road--looking
for Henry. To
the many friends
who came and
went Mary sell
dom spoke. She
was like one pre-
o up i e d her
t h o u g b t S far
a W a y a n d a
=
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-26

TAFT has 531 votes pledged to him.
This assures his nomination. Knox
has 81, Hughes SO, Cannon AS, Fair
banks 52, La Toilette %, Foraker 4.
Uncommitted 1917, not heard from %.
The result Of the convention so far as
the Presidential nomination is con-
cerned appears to be settled.
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Mary, waiting on the doorstep, knew it
was Henry, for the face was the face
she saw in her dream.
Henry
"Mary"
That is all those two said as they
clasped hands and sat once more on
the grassy bank where the roses bloom.
But heart spoke to heart in love and
joy deeper than all words and deeper
than all thought
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SAVE YOUR OLD CARPETs-We mako
handsome reversible rugs out Of them
Send Tor pamphlet giving full particulars
The New Jersey Rug Co., Hackenaanlr n
J. Women agents can earn good money
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-26

The Bernardsville National Bank
has taken the bonds of Passaic town
ship for the erection OF the proposed
school house at Stirling.
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EGGS EoR HATchlNe

From my prizewinuing Silver Wyan-
dottes-6 firsB prizes and snecial this
season. ST 90 per setting. Judson A
Davis, Morristown, n. j.