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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-07
I. c. DRuCE'S BODY Found !
Coffin at London Contains Re-
mains of Aged Bearded Man.
Claim of Hollamby Druce to the Vast
Portland Estate Falls to
the Ground.

London. The grave Of Thomas
Charles bruce, in Highgate Cemetery,
was opened forty-three years to
day after the funeral Of the wealthy
merchant. The coffin was found to
contain the remains of a human body,
thus exploding the romantic tales
told by Robert G. Caldwell and others
who swore during the recent hearing
OF the bruce perjury case that it con-
tanned roll of lead.
The official statement given out by
representatives Of the Home ONCE
and others who were officially present
at the elimination not only definite
ly disposes Of the lead myth, but
seems effectively to confirm that the
body buried In 1864 was actually that
OF T. G. bruce. The authorized state
ment follows: THE coffin was opened
and found to contain the body of an
aged, bearded man; the plate on the
coffin bore the name Thomas Charles
Druce."
The scene at Highgate Cemetery
when the vault was opened was re-
markable. Constables seemed to
spring from everywhere; every bush
and every tree apparently hid an Off
Ger of the law. All the entrances to
the cemetery were surrounded by
cordons of police. Only those persons
who had passes from the Home ONCE
were admitted to the grounds. George
Hollamby bruce, who claims he is the
rightful heir to the Portland duke
dom and to its vast estates, tried
twice to get into the cemetery, but
was met with stern refusal.
There was no need for the dictum
of the eminent surgeon, Augustus J.
Pepper, who was appointed by the
Home Office to carry out the exhuma-
ton, to assure all present that hui
man remains lay in the coffin.
The bruce vault has thus given up
its secret after ten years of legal pro-
ceedings which have cost all told
considerable fortune A large part
OF this money was obtained from SER
want girls and other workers who
were induced to buy shares In a COM
pany formed to prosecute the claims
of George Hollamby bruce against
the estate Of the Duke of Portland.
Those persons who have sworn to
the placing OF lead in the coffin in
stead of a human body have deposed
to statements which now have been
disproyed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-07
PAYS SIX CENTS ON DOLLAR.
Receivers, After Spending 10000,
Give Stockholders $4,000.

New York City.---After almost
eight years, spent in the process of
dissolution, the Republic Savings and
Loan Association will pay to it's
shareholders SIX cents on the dollar,
according to the report filed in the
Supreme Court, Brooklyn, by Referee
Alexander Mckinney, who was APP
pointed on February ~, 1907, to ex-
anime into the receivership of Ed
ward G.. Riggs and Otto Kelsey and
report on the objections to the re-
ceivers' accounts fled by sharehold-
ers in the company. According to the
testimony taken by the referee, which
comprises 1876 typewriter pages,
there remains for the victims of the
Inflated concern but $40, 900.
The last official report of the COM
pany put the estimated value of as
sets at $1,086, 900, and declared that
at least 1904, 600 could be realized on
them The actual amount realized
by the receivers, however, was only
SITS, 900, while the cost of admins
trating the company's affairs was
$193, 600 OF this amount the re-
ceivers' fees amounted to $4,000,
while $179, 900 was paid to receivers
attorneys, clerks and stenographers,
and for incidental expenses.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-07
Arizona Trapper's TIack.

4. r. Ford, who deyotes his time
to trapping, brought to Phoenix yes
terday the results Of a months work
along the ella and Salt rivers. He
captured in that time six wildcats,
seven coyotes, four raccoons, seven
skunks and two foxes. The bounty
on this kill will be about $40, and
the hides will brilng an additional
lesser sum.
Coyotes are plentiful in that sec
ton, but are hard to capture by trap
ping and still harder to get with a
gun Wildcats are so few that he
thinks he landed the most of them
and will have to hunt in another
place.
All the animals were caught with
a steel trap set in the brush and
baited. A wildcat measures about
sixteen inches from where he plants
his feet to the point where he noses
for the bait. and the trapper says he
has it figured down to such a fine
point that he hardly ever fails to lay
the bait at just the right distance
from the trap, SO the cat will step
into it as he reaches for the meat.
Coyotes are shrewder and soon get
wise to the trapper, and it is not long
before the whole coyote relation in
the region has been informed and
spotted every trap SO they can get
around them to secure the bait and
make safe getaway.--Arizona Re-
publican.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-07
MOB JAPANESE IN UTAH.
Railroad WorI1men Who Attack For.
eigners Are Dispersed.

Ogden, Utah. With cries of Hang
the Japsi" 200 men invaded the Jap
anese quarters here, and but for the
timely arrival OF the police a riot
would have resulted The trouble
was brought about by the replacing
of a number of white laborers with
Japanese in the railroad yards.
Union Station and then marched to
Twenty-fourth street to the Japanese
quarters. The crowd grew, and its
threats of lynching frightened the
Japanese into deserving their homes.
When the police arrived they found
a Japanese named Skavoy trying to
encourage his countrymen to organize
and attack the whites. Skavoy was
arrested
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-07
TRAGEDY IN A FARMHOUSE.
Farmer Kills His Wife and Son and
Then Cuts His Own Throat.

Kingston, N. "a horrible trag-
edy was discovered at the home of
Irving Baker, who lived in the town
Of Rochester, midway between the
hamlets of Leibhardt and Mettaca
bouts. Neighbors discovered that
Baker, a farmer, thirty-five years Of
age, had killed his wife and four
year-old son by cutting their threats
with q butcher knife and then COM
mitted suicide with the same weapon.
Neighbors becoming suspicious
over the non-appearance of the Bak-
ers broke into the house and went
from room to room. They found the
woman and son lying on bed un-
dressed with their throats cut and the
husband and father lying crosswise.
over their bodies, also dead with his
throat cut.
The knife was made by Baker out
of a scythe, the blade lying at his
side. The child's head was nearly
severed from the body, while the
woman's face was cut in several
places, and the cut in her throat indi-
Gated that she had struggled for her
life.
Baker is said to have been drinking
heavily lately and was insanely jeal-
Gus Of his wife, frequently brooding
over imaginary troubles. He owned
the farm, large one, on which he
lived, on which was a cider mill, and
had been prosperous.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-07
HARDEN SENT TO JAIL.
Editor Convicted of Libel in Berlin
Four Months and Costs.

Berlin, Germany. The Harden
Won Moltke libel suit came to an end
when the accused editor Of Die zu-
kunft was sentenced to four months
Imprisonment and to pay the entire
costs of both the present and former
trials. Harden and Count Kuno Won
Moltke sat on opposite sides Of the
courtroom, which was crowded.
The president of the court said
that in spite of the prisoners asser-
ton that the insinuations contained
in the articles referred merely to the
scientific and artistic leanings of
Count Won Moltke and Prince Philip
zu Eulenburg, and that they had had
nothing whatever to do with immoral
or unnatural practices, it was evident
that If this was the meaning 1t had
been intended to convey the articles
were senseless and purposeless. The
intention of the prisoner was to de-
grade Count Won Moltke and Prince
zu Eulenburg in the eyes of the pub
lie.
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ROOSEVELT LASH FOR
ADMIRAL BROWNsON
Act in Resigning Described as
Childish" and 1lInSeemIy."
PUT IN THE "DISLOYAL' CLASS
Navy CIiques Denounced ysterical
Exaggeration and Malicious Un-
truthfulness in Charges Against
Seryice--Dispute Argued.

Washington, D. G. President
Roosevelt fatty charges Admiral
Brownson with being "disloyal to the
interests of the navy, and therefore
Of the country as whole, for re-
signing as Chief Of the Bureau of
Navigation rather than sign an order
which he believes to be unlawful, as
signing a naval surgeon to command
navy ship.
The President made his personal
entrance into the navy row by caus-
ing to be given out for publication at
the Navy Department two letters
which he has written to Secretary
Metcalf. In one of them he denouncas
Admiral Brownson in language calcu-
lated to put more severe strain
upon that officers self-restraint than
it has ever endured before. In the
other he defends the choice of med
ical officer to command the hospital
ship Relief.
All the scorn and reprobation in
the Presidents vigorous vocabulary
are employed to describe the conduct
of the Admiral in quitting his post
rather than, as he viewed the matter,
surrender its functions to the White
House physician, and to characterize
the contention of the line that only
line officers should command ships
The President denounees the ac-
ton of the Admiral as s'unseemly and
improper" and as 'prejudicial to the
interests OF the navy. J" He refers to
the controversy about warship con-
struction, raised by the publication
of the Reuterdahl charges, and in
wolves the Admiral in that, despite
the fact that Admiral Brownson
stoutly defended the navy in an inter-
view given only two or three days be-
fore he left the Bureau of Navigation.
These controversies are highly in
furious to the service, says the Pres
ident. With another reference to the
grave improperly of the Admiral's
conduct" ne declares that it is not
merely childish, but in the highest
degree reprehensible to permit per-
sonal pique, wounded vanity or fac
tional feeling" to render man dis
loyal to the interests OF the navy and
the country"
Those friends of Admiral Brown
son who have believed that the Presi-
dent would make public the Admir-
ais letter of resignation were disap-
pointed. There is no direct mention
OF it or its contents in either of the
Presidents letters to Secretary Met
calf, and not the slightest indication
Of any intention on the part of the
White House ever to permit it to be-
come public. There are only two
ways in which Admiral Brownson
can get his side published-one by
resigning from the navy, giving up
his commission entirely, and the
other through a Congressional inves-
tigation.
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rub and
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk Of life and are essential to permanent
success and crcditable standing Accor-
ingly, it IS not claimed that Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA Is the only remedy Of
known value, but one Of many reasons
why it is the best Of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cIeanses,
swcetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and it's component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-07
CATARRH MADE LIFE
"A BURDEN TO ME.

KNISS ANNIE CATRON, 927 Main St.,
Mk Cincinnati, Ohio, writes:
As | have found Peruna O blessing for
q severe case of catarrh Of the head and
throat which suffered from for number
Of years, am only too pleased to give it my
personal endorsement.
Catarrh, such as | suffered from, made
life burden to me, my breath aDG8
ofcnstve, stomach bad, and my head
stopped zap SO that was usually troubled
with a headache, and although ] tried
many so-called remedies, nothing gave me
permanent relief. ] was rather discouraged
with all medicines when Peruna was sug-
gested to me.
However, / did buy bottle, and before
that was finished there was a marked
shange in my condition. Much encouraged
4 kept on until | was completely cured
IN months time, and find that my
general health is also excellent"
People who prefer solid medicines should
try Peruna tablets Each tablet represents
one average dose of Peruna.
|Man-a-iin the Ideal laxative.
4sIc Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac j09' 1905.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-07
NIGHT RIDERS DYNAMITE
TWO TOBACCO FACTORIES
Three Men In Streets Wounded
BY Marauders in Kentucky.
RAIDERS WERE WELL ORGANIZED
Governor Issues Protest ~ White
Capes, False Boards and Masks
Worn by the Organized Mob
Loss Of Property Heavy.

LOSS OF properly heaVy.
Russeilville, Ky Night riders, 100
strong, swooped down on Russellville
early In the morning and after over
powering the three policemen and
providing against giving an alarm dy-
namited and burned the two indepen-
dent tobacco concerns in the city and
several other establishments and rode
away out the Hopkinsville and
ClarksvilIe turnpike. Three men
were fired upon and wounded by the
marauders and the telephone girl OPP
orators and police were held prison
ers for nearly three hours.
The following buildings were de-
stroged: Frank G. Works tobacco
warehouse, loss on buildings and con-
tents, $4,000; American Snuff Conn
pany's factory and contents, loss $751;
900; Roberts & Browns planning mill,
loss $4,000; Alfred Underwood's
grocery, loss $4,000: King & Proctor's
stable and Joshua Knowles cottage.
The wounded are DR.. Charles Nj.
Roberts, Evansville, Ind; J r. Nc
Lean, Russellville; ]. H. Moseley,
Russellyille.
Captain w. r. Bruce. the chief Of
police, as soon as he heard the noises,
fastened to the fire tower, where he
attempted to sound the alarm, but
was overpOwered by four Of the
masked riders.
Two merchants, J. r. Mclean, a
grocer, and J. Henry Moseley, owner
OF dry goods store, did not hurry
into their homes as fast as the night
riders desired and were shot.
The most seriously injured was
DR.. Roberts, Of Evansville, Ind, who
was a guest at the Forest House. He
was wounded about the head and
face by charge of buckshot, fired as
the night riders were leaving town.
Dr. Roberts, thinking that the raid
ers had departed, ran out to see
what had happened. He came face
to face with group of the departing
mob, and as he started to run was
shot.
Augusta, KY. - Three hundred
might riders" called on Charles X
Blates, of Poweryille, and upon Isaac
Munson, Edwin Ware, William T..
Downward and Martin Holeran in sue
cession, all signing the contract not
to raise tobacco crops this year and
to hold their 1907 crops for six
months.
Frankfort, Ky.-Governor Wilson
in statement issued regarding the
Russellville raid, blames the tobacco
association for breaking a promise to
keep order. The Governor offers
$500 for any conviction obtained
through advance information Of an
intended raid. He says the inform
ant will be protected and the secret
guarded.
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Incorrieihle.

In certain school in Washington
there was one lad who would persist
in saying "have went. "
One day the teacher kept him in, =
saying:
While I am out Of the room you
may write have gone fifty times. /"
When the pedagogue returned he
found that the boy had dutifully per-
formed the task, having written
have gone fifty times. On the other
side of the paper, however, was this
message from the absent one:
II have went JOHN WHITE. -
Harper's Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-07
FOUND A WAY
|ro Be Clear Of the Coffee Troubles.


Husband and myself both had the
Eoffee habit and finally his stomach
hnd kidneys got in such bad condi-
ion that he was compelled to give
Hip good position that he had held
for years, He was too sick to work.
His skin was yellow, and I hardly
think there was an organ in his body
that was not affected.
Il told him felt sure his sickness
WAS due to coffee. and after some dis
kussion he decided to give it up.
4 ut was struggle, because Of the
powerful habit. One day we heard
about Postum and concluded to try it,
land then it was easy to leave off cof-
Tee.
z Ills fearful headaches grew less
frequent, his complexion began to
sclear. kidneys grew better until at
hast he was a new man altogether, as
h result of leaving off coffee and TAX
ing up Postum. Then / began to
brink it, too.
although was never as bad off
IS my husband, was always very
eryous1and never at any time very
ktroh& only weighing 95 lbs. before
jbegan to use Postum. Now weigh
& Is lbs. and can do as much work as
.Iny one my size. think.
Many do not use Postum because
have not taken the trouble 70
Y 1t right have successfully
ID great many persons who
drunk It at my table. They
Id remark, You must buy high
lie Of coffee One young man
clerked in grocery store was
enthusiastic about my coffee,
n told him what it was he said,
y, Ice sold Postum for four years
had no idea it was like this.
lk III drink Postum hereafter. /"
aIne given BY Postum Co.. Battle
*, Mich. Read The Road to Well
in pkgs There's a Reason (,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-07
! costs Of (ymce,..

On the day after his election the
chief magistrate of certain town
in the Midlands, who enjoys the
reputation Of being rather near in
money matters. was asked for sub
bcription to the local football club.
Il really can't do It," he replied.
F.Just look at the outlay I've already
been put to through accepting office!"
)Ahd he produced small ledger, in
|Ecribed on the cover, Mayoralty Elk
|penses." On the top line of the first
aside page was the entry, Dress
{ it. $40. Reynolds Newspaper.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-07
CHANCE FoRRETURNrNG ALIENS
May Buy Farms in New York For
Less Than Buildings Cost.

xtG6S \ AAtlA AbulAOAAtSS OOahs
Albany, N. Y.-The fact that for
eigners are leaving this country in
increasingly large numbers this sea-
son Is awakening the interest of the
State Agricultural Department Since
January 1, 1907, over 100000 have
returned to Europe in the steerage.
This is unprecedented. The represen-
tative OF the State Agricultural De-
partment called on Governor Hughes
to discuss the questions involved.
This department has branch Office
in New York City for the purpose of
securing laborers for the farmers OF
the State, and in 1907 secured places
for 5000. Many immigrants in this
country who at home were farmers
labor otherwise here and stay just
long enough to save money to return
home and become small landed pro-
prietors.
The State Agricultural Commits
sioner said that there were thou
sands of good farms in New York
State which could be purchased for
amounts less than the buildings upon
them were worth, and that an effort
is to be made to reach this foreign
population, especially the Hunga-
rians, with a view of showing them
the bright possibilities of becoming
property owners in New York State
rather than return home.
Al representative of the State Ag-
ricuItural Department has recently
visited the steamship docks in New
York City and talked with many for
eigners who were returning home in
the steerage. Some were going back
home to spend the winter months,
others were going back for good.
IT is the latter class the State Agri-
cultural Department intends to make
an especial effort to reach from this
time on. with view of having them
become New York State farmers.
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The Field Of sports.

Regain filled a big gap in the Penn
sylvania team.
The Hockey Club. of New York,
defeated Harvard at polo by q score
Of three to two.
Manager McCloskey, OF the st.
Louis Nationals, says that he will not
let 60 Of Pitcher Karger for any con-
sideration.
There Will be legislation by both
OF the big leagues before next season
which win prohibit owners Of clubs
which take part In the worlds series
from donating their share Of the re-
celptz to the players.
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Feminine Notes.

Telegraph operating is a favorite
pursuit for women in England
Woman's average life is forty
four years, and mans forty-one
years.
An exhibition Of the clothing,
jeweIry, etc, worn by women during
the last 800 years has been opened in
Rome. Italy.
A new pfima donna Is Elizabeth
Parkinson, a young soprano who has
created a real sensation in Paris and
London. She is q protege Of Nine
Media, who predicts great future
far the Western spnaster
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-07
DOCTOR SAID USE cUTICURA'
For Bad Case of Eczema on ClaiId--
Disease Had Reached Fearful
Stakeholder Resulted in

when ! was small | was troubled with
eczema for about three months. 1t was all
over my face and covered nearly all of my
head. 1t reached such state that it was
just large scab all over, and the pain and
itching were terrible. / doctored with an
able physician for some time and was then
advised by him TO use the Cuticura Rem
edies, which did and was entirely cured.
/ have not been bothered with it since. |
used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment,
but do not know exactly how much was
used to complete the cure. Miss Anabel
Wilson, North Branch, Mich, Oct. 20, 'O7, .
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NATIONAL FINANCES.
December Deficit So, 5s5, 0OO--Inter-
nal Revenue Receipts Decrease.

+
Washington, D. G. The monthly
statement of the Government receipts
and expenditures shows that for De-
cember, 1907, the receipts were $47,-
2S3,328, and the expenditures $685.
818,872, being a deficit for the month
of $685., 900. The receipts fell off,
as compared with December, 1906,
about $S,530.0O0. and the expendi-
lures increased by about s9,281, 900.
The receipts from customs for Decem-
Der, 1907, were $21,744,672, which
is decrease for the month of about
50, 100000. Internal revenue also
showed marked decrease, the re-
ceipts falling from $23,5S3,S69 in
December, 1906. to $20,815,224 in
December, 1907.
For the six months Of the present
fiscal year a deficit is shown of So
303, 900.
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A very modern architect predicts
the house of one large room, small
electric kitchen attached and an
enormous inclosed porch with facili-
ties for outdoor sleeping. Whether
housekeepers will care for his scheme
or not is a question, but it is un-
doubtedly true that the comparative
ly small kitchen, the big porch, and
the generous living room have come
to stay. San Francisco Argonaut
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-07
PnIifical Pot a-Roiling.

Secretary Taft's tour of the world
is to be put on the stage.
There are more than ninety menu
bers of the House of Representatives
who are serving their country for
the first time.
President Fairbanks was en-
Enthusiastically urged for President at
the biennial Republican love feast
at indianapolis.
Mayor Mcclellan. OF New York,
asked the Supreme Court to compel
jackson to submit more complete
bill Of particulars in his suit to GUST
the Mayor.
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NAMED IN BRowNsoN's PLACE
Captain Pillsbnry to Be Chief Of Bu-
rean OF NAVIGATION.

washington, D. C.-Captain John
Elliott Pillsbury will succeed Rear
Admiral Willard II. Brownson as
Chief Of the Naval Bureau OF Nayi-
cation, according to an announcement
made at the White House. Captain
Pillsbury, or Rear-Admiral Pillsbury
as he win be then, will become the
head Of the most important executive
Office in the Naval Administration at
a critical period In its existence.