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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08
Lyric Theatre, Newark.

One of the strongest bills that Man
ager Currie has offered to the patrons
in his beautiful new theatre, the Lyr-
ic, will be presented during the week
of December 7th. The headline fea-
ture will be the first Newark appear
ance of comedianne, Grace Hazard, in
her original creation Five Feet of
Comic Opera" Vasco, the mad must
clan, who plays upon twenty-eight diff
ferent instruments is another distinct
feature of the Lyric bill. George Will
son, the famous minstrel, will have a
new line of witticisms. Alexandra
and Pertie, will appear in novel aeri
al act which they call after the
Doll.n Gertie lie Clair and her Sing
ing and dancing Pickanninies will moi
be the least entertaining number or
the lengthy program. PrObst, for
eign mimic and whistler, gives move
act which Is plentifnlly supplied witt
comedy The Naato Duo, are whirl
wind dancers. with new ideas and thu
ever Charming hyrlscope win have new
pictures
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08

AN Ocean Grove woman has just
discovered that she has been unwit-
tingly paying poll tax for years. She
is real estate owner, and this item
was by some oversight included in her
annualrtax bills. OF course, she wasn't
entitled to pay poll tax under any
circumstances, but the fact remains
that if she hadn't been real estate
owner it would never been assessed
against her. But this is only another
instance of the farcical poll tax, which
is presumably levied against every
man, but which in reality is only col
lected from property owners.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.


The Washington Post says -
Government ownership of railways
receives black eye in the reports up
on the operation of the government
owned roads of Belgium and Switzer-
land for the year past. The deficit for
Belgium is about S2,OO0,o0O, and for
Switzerland it win exceed 81 ,00O,-
900. Belgium is the most densely pop
ulated country in Europe, and as the
railroads were built by the state there
can be no charge Of stock watering.
A high industrial civilization furnishes
huge quantities of freight, and all con-
ditions are ideal for profitable opera
tions Yet, in spite of this favorable
situation, government, ownership and
operation has proved an economic fail
ure. The experiment in Switzerland
is having similar result, although
the mountain republic has civil ser
vice that is model of purity and etfici'
ency. The fact is, governments are in
herently untitled TO undertake success,
fully huge economic and industrial
operations.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08
THE ASSEMBLY CAUCUS.
Richard j, Chaplin, of Morris, Again
Named for Bill Clerk.

Richard j, Chaplin, of Morris, Again
Named for Bill Clerk.
After two hours playing for place
and strong plea from "new idea" in
terests to promote William p Mar
tin of Essex, the Colby leader there,
to the speakership, the Republican
Assembly caucus Tuesday nominated
Dr. John D. Prince of Passaic county
for speaker and named Griffith w
Lewis, of Burlington county, chair
man of the caucus and floor leader.
Captain James Parker, of Passaic
county, was unanimously renominated
clerk, and Upton S. Jetferys of Cam
den was chosen again for assistant
clerk. The choice for journal clerk
was George S. Johnson, of Union, re-
nominated. Lewis r. Williams of
Mercer county was named again for
assistant journal clerk.
The other candidates named were
Supervisor of Bills, George A. Grover
of Essex, renominated; First Assist
ant Supervisor of Bills, Charles E..
Heritage of Gloucester, renominated /;
Second Assistant Supervisor of Bills,
Walter P. Purcell, Essex; Sergeant
alarms, William r. Swan, Essex, re-
nominated First Assistant Sergeant
alarms, VIM. S. Dey, of Middlesex !;
Second Assistant Sergeant-aJ-Arms,
Paul T.. Ludlam of Cumberland Bill
Clerk, Richard j. Chaplin, Morris;
Assistant Bill Clerk, Enoch S. Clout-
ing of Cape May.
The other officers were left to be
named by the steering committee.
Chairman Lewis named this steering
ing committee Assemblyman Gibbs
of Camden; Ginnelley, Mercer; Voor-
hees, Middlesex; Clark, Essex Poole,
Monmouth; Ward, Bergen Burpo,
Passaic Otto, Hudson, and Keffer of
Atlantic.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08

THE fourth-class postmasters OF a
number of states, including New Jer-
sey, have been placed by the president
under civil service rules, which means
that Is, 4SS postmasterships will here
after be filled after competitive exami-
nation by applicants, and the con-
gressmen of the districts affected be
relieved of any responsibility in the
premises. The extension Of the civil
service system ought to put an END TO
the administration alleged use of the
offices TO secure delegates to national
conventions, which has been stand
ing complaint for many years past,
especially by the friends of those can
didates who claimed to be handicapped
by the proceeding.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08

ACCORDING to the evidence called
out on the investigation now going on
concerning the methods of the Stand
ard Oil company, there are at the
present moment no fewer than 80,O00,-
900 barrels of crude petroleum stored
in iron tanks by producers and specu-
lators, awaiting the time when there
shall be a call for it on the part of the
Standard Oil company, which cannot
take it faster than the market for re-
fined oil demands that product. The
tanks in which the oil IS stored alone
represent an Investment of $4,000, 900.
Meanwhile, the annual product of our
oil fields is about $50, 900 barrels, so
it will be seen it will take years before
all this surplus oil will find Its way in
to the markets as refined oil.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08

THE death rate in New York among
children under fifteen years Of agefrom
pulmonary tuberculosis and Uubercu-
losis meningitis was in 1885 sixty seven
per 1000 and in 1906, twenty six per
1000, a decrease of more than tifty-tive
per cent. In 1886 the death rate
among those of all ages from tubercu-
lar diseases was 4.42 per 1000. In 1907
it was ZAP per 1000, decrease OF over
forty per cent. These figures demon
strate conclusively the farsightedness
of the persistent aud intelligent fight
made by the health authorities in New
York against tuberculosis.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08
COMMUNICATIONS.
TO THE CONSUMERS OF ELECTRO
CITY OF MORRIsIOwN.

III 1ItE GUNS U MEhS DE ElEC1hl~
CITY OF MORRIsIOwN.
The reasons why the form of service
charge as adopted by the electric COM
pany is more fair to you are, that about
575 consumers out of TOO would pay
more at u cent rate than by the
charge adopted, and about 70 would
pay more at 10 cent rate based upon
existing conditions, and for the cur
rent consumed for the past year.
1t is. hardly fair to compel IS per
cent. of the company's patrons to
make up the losses of the other Is per
cent.
January first a notice will be sent to
each consumer by the electric compa-
ny, stating the amount of the service
charge. | would suggest that you add
this charge to your bill for current
consumed for the past month or year,
which will show you your increase for
the future with the same amount of
current used; also take your kilowatt
hours used for the past month or year
and figure.it at 13c per kilowatt hour
rate, which will show which is the
more fair charge to you personally.
Do not act hastily in this matter by
removing lamps and fixtures until you
have given this charge month,or two
trial and assured yourself that the COM
pany is treating you unjustly, as it
must be remem oered large reduction
in your equipment OF installation also
reduces the company's income and will
place them in the same posi-. ion as
and will mean the discon-
of business or an increase in
rate
The above statement is made from
the fact that believe the general in
depreciation of the company's letter
TO its consumers is wrong.
p. ". STRIKER.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08
BIG HOLIDAY SHOW.
Now Being Made at Hahne 81 Co.
Mammoth Emporium.

NOW Being M aue at Aann9 cU 20 $
Mammoth, Emporium.
For the fifty-frst time in its history
the great Hahne s. Co. store makes a
magnificent holiday display, the pres
emit one being, doubtless, greater than
any that has preceded it, because of
more thorough organization, more
complete stocks and greater variety
With many notable achievements in
the way of holiday displays to guide
by, the great Broad street emporium
has endeavared this year to surpass it,
self. That it has done SO will likely
be conceded by the most critical. Hun
dreds of thousands of people will visit
this store between now and Christmas.
People flock here from towns within a
radius OF fifty miles. The Hahne &
Co. establishment is so fully abreast
of metropolitan methods that few
New Jersey folks find it necessary to
90 TO New York to do holiday shop
ping. With its fields OF furniture, its
upholstery stock, its showing of Orien-
tai and domestic rugs, its toy store,
its book and stationery stores, its
wearing apparel departments, it's jew
elry and Silverware store, its candy
store, and its basement full of art
wares, chinaware, cut glass and house,
hold utensils, and its splendid grocery
store, the Hahne & Co. establishment
brings to the people of New Jersey
practically everying in gift way that
could be thought of. Stocks now are
at their very best. and no one can
profit by delay in purchasing. Santa
Claus will be at the big store every
day from now until Christmas, and
will distribute toys free to his little
visitors. The children are invited to
write letters to Santa Claus telling
him what they want.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08

THE Rev. Ernest A.. Boom, of Cam
den, who is pronounced Prohibit
zionist, has written a letter to AS
semblyman Prince, OF Passaic county,
repudiating the attack made by j..
Frank Burke, the local option agitator,
on Professor Princes speakership
candidacy. The letter was not neces-
sary, for no one believes that as
speaker Assemblyman Prince will not
be perfectly fair; but it serves to in
dictate that Burke is without a follow
ing in New Jersey, unless it be from
those who have been beguiled into
contributing toward his salary as an
agitator and meddler. Burke has lost
his influence.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08
A Mistake.
w - s"hOs
EDITOR OF THE CHRONICLE:

EDITOR OF THE CHRONICLE:
Sir:-With some ballots sent to in
dividuals by Republican managers
just before the election, and before
the 1908 tax bills had been issued,
there came printed slip stating
" The tax rate for the year 1905, dur
ing Mayor Reeds term, was Sl.86 ;
this year it is $l.70, or sixteen points
less than during Mayor Reeds incum-
bency."
This was plainly to convey the inn
preston that the tax rate for which
Mayor Reeds administration was re-
sponsible-viz.. only the municipal
tax rate was higher in his time !;
whereas now that the election is over,
and the tax bills are at last out, we
find on the contrary that the munich
pal tax rate was only 440 in 1905 and
has jumped to 749 in 1908, or, cutting
out the sewer charges, $50. The
printed slip was a mistake.
FRANCIS e. WOODRUFF.
8 James street.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08

ROBERTS-At Lockwood, December
2, 1908, from stroke OF paralysis,
Mary Elizabeth Peterson, wife OF ].
Allen Roberts. Deceased was life
long resident Of lockwood.
COGHILL-At MOrristown, N. j., on
Thursday, December 8, 1908, j. Hen
ryCoghill, in the 92d year of his age.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08

A GOOD many Of the girls who are
sent to the State Home for Girls
should be sent to state prison. Girls
who are of age are hard to reform and
one who is postgraduate in crime
will contaminate house full.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08

THE good time coming. which every
body has been predicting and waiting
for, will be the time when honesty and
fairness shall prevail in railroading,
manufacturing, politics, business and
professional pursuits of every kind,
and in the social life of the nation.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08

AsTRoLoGERs are at work on Bryan's
chances for 1912. For start add the
figures together.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08

Mr.. BRYAN may decide to run
again in 1912 just to see what he can
do without The Gompers handicap.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08

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SUBSCRIPTION RATES

One Year ZOO Six Months. S1.00
81 PAYABLE IN ADVANCE 80
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22
GEORGIA
FOR Lewis
Chatham County Delegation Will
Launch Boom Before State
Convention.
LABOR LEADERS ARE
FOR JOHN MITCHELL
Said That the Great Labor Leader Has
Strong Support-Name Of Tom Wat
son May Be Presented Il, the conven-
tion by His Friends.

Hearst News Service.


Atlanta, June 22.-The Democratic
state convention will meet here Tues
day and nominate Joseph M. Brown for
Governor and Stephen D. Clay for
United States senator, carrying out
the will Of the people as expressed in
the recent primary election.
1t is announced that the delegation
from Chatham County will start a
boom for J. Hamilton Lewis, of Chi
cago, for vice president. Lewis is a
native Georgian and it is believed that
the state convention can be stampeded
In his behalf
Labor leaders in Fulton Countyswill
present the name of John Mitchell
and great many party leaders are
said to be committed to his support.
Stu another faction favors the nom
ination of Thomas E. Watson for sec
ond place on the Democratic ticket
but it is believed that Mr.. Watson
will discourage any movement to that
end.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22
LUMBER IS
PICKING UP
Machinery Supply Man Says That
His Business Has Increased
Fifty Per Cent.

New Orleans, June 22.-J. G. Nc
Donough, of the McDonough Manufac-
turing Company, of Eau Claire, Wis.
widely known in this section and TO
the lumber industry generally is in the
city in connection with the equipment
of the new plant of the Long-Bell Lum-
Der Company at Longville, for which
his firm has the contract, as well as for
four smaller mills in Louisiana and
Mississippi. The new plant at Long
vile will be completed in about six
months, and it will be the largest lum-
Der manufacturing plant in the south,
with the exception of the Great South
ern mill. at Bogalusa.
"Our business is a sort of barome-
ter of the lumber situation" said Mr..
McDonough yesterday at the Grune.
wald Annex. THE prosperity of the
lumberman means prosperity for us.
and hard times for them means that
we will get our full share, too. But
Ill tHe last thirty udSS ouI puSlhcoS
has shown an increase of so pen cent.
over that of the thirty days preceding.
This is very hopeful outlook. 1t
shows that while the lumbermen may
not be doing much now they are con-
fident of the early resto"ation of a
brisk demand, and are taking advan-
tage of the present lull to erect new
mills and improve the old ones
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22
REPUBLICAN PARTY
BITTERLY ASSAILED
Anti-lnjunctiDn Plank Is Not Satisfac.
tory-Taft Is Criticised for Having
Sustained injunction Against Organ
lied Labor


Springfield, ILL.,, June 22.-The first
political convention of the Labor party
in Illinois took place here today. Sew
eral hundred delegates were in attend
ance and the meeting was enthusiastic
and Harmonious.
1t was decided to place no presiden-
tial ticket in the field but to urge the
Democratic national convention at
Denver to nominate John Mitchell for
vice president.
Strong resolutions we're adopted con-
demning the Republican convention for
its failure to insert the anti-iniunction
plank written by Samuel Gompers in
its platform and condemning Mr.. Taft
for having sustained an Injunction
against organized labor while on the
supreme bench.
The resolutions conclude by pledging
tAf labor vote of the country to the
Democratic ticket provided the Com
pers anti-injunction plank is adopted
and John Mitchell named as the run
ming mate of Bryan.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22
BOILER EXPL0DES. On
FAST Freight TRAIN
ENGINEER LOST LIFE

Inlay City, Mich, June 22.-The en-
gine of fast train on the Grand
Trunk line, was wrecked this morning
just outside this city. The boiler
blew up while the train was running at
a speed of thirty miles an hour. En-
gineer Thomas Gibbs was killed in
stantly and Fireman William Brown is
probably fatally injured.
The train was a fast freight carry
ing forty-nine cars. The accident oc-
Cured while the train was going down
a slight grade on a straight stretch of
track. The force of the explosion
wrecked the boiler and almost COM
pletely demolished the cab and ten
der. These we're piled up in mass
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22
saw Mill
IS BURNED
Plant Of Stevens { Company at
Chattawa Dam Aged to the
Extent Of $4,000.


Chattawa, Miss, June 22-The saw
mill of the A. w. Stevens Company
was destroyed by fire here at 5 o'clock
yesterday morning. The planer, dry
houses and lumber yards were not
damaged, but the mill proper is a
complete loss. There is no way at this
instant to ascertain the exact amount
of the loss. 1t is, however. rumored
that the mill was valued at 1000,
with insurance on it Of one-third this
amount. 1t is said the company will
rebuild at once.
This is the second fire that occurred
here in the past week. the first being
one of the old land marks, the Conway
residence, owned until recently by A
! Leblanc and bought lately and was
owned at the time it was burned by the
Stevens Lumber Company. This was
one of the few remaining beautiful
homes for which Chattawa was noteC
before and directly after the civi
war. 1t was built fifty years ago b.
General Smedes, and was owned 70
many years by Captain J. J. Conway
now resident of New Orleans.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22
BARBER EXCORLATES
CONGRESSMAN BOWERS
Clues Complete Inside History of the Con-
gressional Appropriation For the
GuLfport Harbor.

cellor N. C. Hill. From that decree,
the Railroad, with Mr. Bowers as it's
attorney, took an appeal to the Su-.
preme Court of the State. The SUI
preme Court of the State affirmed the
lower court. The Railroad then ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court of the
United States, and the Supreme Court
affirmed the Supreme Court of Missis-
sippi. All of the courts thereby de-
ereeing that the Gulf & Ship Island
Railroad Company should bear it's pro-
County of Harrison, and the State of
Mississippi Thereafterwards, the Rail-
road Commission of Mississippi passed
an order directing the Gulf & Ship
Island Railroad to reduce it's freights
2 per cent. on bricks, lumber, and
other building materials, and the Rail-
road decrimed to do SO. Mr.. Bowers,
as its general counsel, evidently hav-
ing come to the conclusion that the
courts of Mississippi could not be de-
pended upon to uphold the Railroad
in its attempt to violate the laws of
Mississippi and evade taxation, ap-
piled to Hon. H. c.. Niles, the Repub-
lican Federal Judge for Mississippi,
for an Injunction against the Railroad
Commission, restraining it from inter
-fering in any way with the Gulf &
Ship Island Railroad Company, looking
to its general supervision in the inter
est of the people and the shippers
along the said line This injunction
was, by the Federal Court, presided
over by Republican Judge, made per
Epetual, thereby decreeing that the Rail
road commission of the State of Miss
issippi should desist from in any way
supervising said Railroad on its mair
line, MendenhaM branch, Columbia ant
Lumberton branch, or any othel
branch that might thereafter be built
The final decree in this behalf wa.
written by Mr.. Bowers ( suppose i
was written by him, for he was ther
4 general counsel for the Gulf & Shil
Island Railroad, and managed the case
for it, after he was elected to Con
gress, and while he was representing
the 9th District at Washington
/ l have given you this much of the
history of this Railroad in order tha
the people might be advised as to the
conditions prevailing. l now propose
to show Mr.. Bowers connection will
the said Railroad in his official ca
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22
WIDOWS Want
TAFT ELECTED

Washington, June 22.-Secretary
Taft today received letters from the
widows of Presidents Garfield and Har-
rison wishing him success. Taft will
conduct his campaign for the present
from Hot Springs, Va.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22
SAYS
WE'LL FIGHT

Washington June 22.-Congress-
man Lloyd, of Missouri. chairman of
the Democratic National Congressional
campaign committee says that the
Democrats are prepared to fight all
summer. The campaign book will be
issued about July 1. Then will begin
the effort to carry the next house for
the Democrats.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22
LEGISLATORS KILLED
In LOUISIANA Wreck

Baton Rouge. La, June PA rumor
reached the city this afternoon that a
serious wreck occurred on the Cotton
Belt Railroad this morning and that
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22
HORSES DROWNED.

Prairie Du Chen, Wis, June 22.-
Rain, wind and hail yesterday did dam
age estimated at not less than 100000
lhere and 5000, 900 at McGregor. At the
Natter place several horses hitched in
the streets were drowned. A.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22
Il DROWNED
lin ; new YORK
Wisconsin Floods Drown Horses
Hitched in the Village Streets.
Property Damage.

New York, June 22.-Not less than
twelve men were drowned yesterday in
the waters of swollen streams in the
vicinity of New York. The rains were
unprecedented in many places.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22
LOEB MAY GET PLACE.

New York, June PA conference
was held at Oyster Bay this after
noon to decide the Craftsmanship of the
Republican National Committee. Pres
ident Roosevelt is anxious that the
place be given to Secretary Loeb and 1t
is said that Loeb is willing to accept
the responsibility.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22
COTTON MARKET
Opens STRONGER
Hearst News Service.

/ New York, June 22.-Cotton futures
opened as follows:
June, 105O@10.54c; August, 10.47@
10.4Sc; September, 101S@10.14c; Oc-
tober, 9.47@9.49c; December, 9.27@
9.2Sc; January, 9.24@9.25; February,
9.23c; March 9.23c bid; April, 9.25c of
fered; May 9.23@925c.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22
Daily News Staff Special.

Daily News Staff Special
Gulfport. Miss. June 22.-Hon. E. M.
Barber, candidate for congress, ad-
dressed a large audience of Harrison
County voters at the court house in
this city at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Hon. E.. J. Bowers, who was invited
to join in the discussion, declined to
speak, but has announced to his
friends that he will deliver an address
tonight.
During the course of his remarks
this afternoon, Mr.. Barber read the fol-
lowing carefully prepared and signed
statement:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22

of debris which Immediately took fire.
Slack between the cars and the prompt
use of brakes saved the train and the
lives of the rest of the crew.