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The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22

However, it is indisputable that he
has made travel safer, swifter and
more comfortable, and has contrib
uted to the growth of the whole
South Pacific coast in wealth and
general prosperity. His policy has
been liberal in such matters as sta
tion buildings, sidings for manufac-
turers and railroad crossings.
Mr.. Hartman is said to be very
liberal in the matter of salaries. Mr.
Kruttschnitt receives 100000 per
year. and Mr. Stubbs an equal
amount. The salary of ]. T. Hara-
han, Mr.. Harriman's president of the
Illinois Central, is $4,000 per year.
Others in the Hartman organization
with large salaries are S. M. FELTON,,
S35, 900 per year. Samuel McRob-
erts, 100000 per year; P. H. Stohr,
assistant to Mr.. Kruttschnitt, $4,000
per year. and r. o. Mccormick, as
sistant traffic director, $4,000 per
year.
Working for Hartman is simply
a matter Of making good all along
the line"
That is what they say out West.
Hartman is efficiency crazy"
they will tell you in Wall Street, He
wants results and he gets results. -
New York World
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the Stock Exchange. 1t was said of
him that he carried the railroad map
of the United States pasted in the
back of his head
! Hartman always knew what stocks
were really worth. When securities
sold away below their value he
bought confidently, often risking his
entire fortune on the soundness of
his knowledge and the clearness of
his vision.
1t was through the influence of
Stuyvesant Fish, his associate on the
Stock. Exchange, that he first took an
active interest in railroad manage
ment. In 1887 Fish became presi-
dent of the Illinois Central Railroad
and Hartman was made vice-presi-
dent. Hartman, then forty years
old, started in to acquire solid
knowledge of practical details Of rail
roading. Before he finished he
knew all that was to be known down
to the prices of the most insignificant
supplies used by any department of a
railroad
NOW that Hartman has acquired
control of the Erie, it is interesting
to look back fifteen years to the time
when the Erie Railroad was in pro-
cess of reorganization by j. P. Nor
gan. Hartman wanted to reorgan-
ize the Erie himself. but he lacked
sufficient capital to do it alone, and
he was not welh enough known then
to secure allies for the work.
He lacked weapons then for fight
with Morgan, but he went on maxi
ing money in Wall Street, quietly
and unostentatiously When his big
opportunity came in 1898, he was
still comparatively unknown. though
he was fifty years of age. The pub
lished accounts of the undertaking
at that time make Harriman's name
subordinate to that of his financial
hackers, Kuhn, Loeb C Co. In fact,
he was known at the time in Wall
Street as 'Kuhn-Loebs man.
This opportunity was the reorgan-
ization of the badly wrecked Union
Pacific Railroad. Its wreck was one
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
Bond Coupon Mail Robbery.

The Postoffice authorities of Pater.
son and Bordentown discovered a
theft Of 5000 worth of Paterson city
bond coupons. The Bordentown Ma
tional Bank is the owner of a number
of Paterson bonds, on which the an
nual interest was due recently. The
coupons were cut and given to bank
messenger to mail to the City Treas
urer Of Paterson by special delivery.
The messenger says he mailed the
letter at the Bordentown postofice.
After three days had elapsed and the
check for $500 had not been received
the Bordentown bank requested the
First National Bank of Paterson to
collect the money due on the coupons.
Inquiry at the City Hall revealed that
the City Treasurer had paid the in
terest to Merritt D. Mann, of Trenton.
The coupons were sent from Trenton
by Mann, who in his letter asked that
the check for 5000 be mailed to. him
by special delivery, but not regis
tered. How Mann got hold OF the
coupons is mystery to the Borden
town bank officials and the postal
authorities of that place.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
The Fine Points of Drill.

An English drill sergeant, whose
severity had made him unpopular
with his company, was putting a
squad of recruits through the funer-
al exercise. Opening the ranks, so
as to admit the passage of a cortege
between them, the Instructor, by way
Of practical instruction, walked slow
ly down the lane formed by the two
ranks, saying as he did SO: Now.
am the corpse. Pay attention."
Having reached the end of the lane,
he turned round, regarded the re-
cruits with a scrutinizing eye, and
then remarked: Your 'ands is
right and your 'eads is right, but you
'ayen't got the look of regret you
ought to 'aye!" Bellman.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
In All Parts Of the State.

The Woodbury. Gun Club will build
new clubhouse.
Charles Munyan. of Mullica Hill,
has been awarded the contract for the
erection of the new barn on the Glou-
cester County farm.
Former County Clerk Andrew r.
Dilts died suddenly from apoplexy at
his home in Pennington. He vas
sixty-five years old,
The bill of $1S450 charged by The
Millyille dog catchers for a few
weeks work and afterward held up
by Council, was paid.
Robert Sheppard killed a rattle
snake in his yard at Cedarville after
a fight.
Daniel Dickinson, Of Cedarville. has
a remarkable citron vine on his farm.
1t is sixty-five feet long, has twenty
six prime citrons on and is still grow
ing.
The body of Mrs. Ashton Harvey,
wife of a New York lawyer, was
found, with all her jewelry, in North
Pond, near her home at Short Hills
During a quarrel over a note that
was past due, John Gotti beat Lewis
Schiuck with a stake and cut a large
cash in his forehead. at Newheld.
Gotti was placed under bail Tor trial
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
Fortune Gone, Won't Wed.

Devotion to her father, whose for.
tune she helped build. Miss Mary A.
Camera, of 205 South Broad street,
Trenton, daughter of Angelo Cam
era, has broken off her engagement
to marry Dominick Richard, shoe
dealer, of Princeton. She has applied
for her old position as a school teach
er in the public schools. The young
woman says that her place is helping
her father up in the world again, not
getting married when he is in diff
culties. She resigned as a school
teacher to marry, and the wedding
was to have taken place on October
3. Cameras fortune was swept away
two months ago when ex-City Treas
urer Joseph R. Encke went into bank
ruptcy. He was indorser on much of
that officials paper.
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of the worst ever known to railroad
history. 1t had been in the hands of
receivers for five years. One plan
after another had been taken up and
abandoned. ]. P. Morgan headed a
syndicate to rehabilitate the road,
and then gave up the task in disgust.
Kuhn. Loeb & Co., the wealthy
Wall Street banking house, repre-
senting a syndicate. finally made an
offer for the property, which was ac-
cepted, and on the last Cay of jan
uary, 1898. the road was turned over
to this syndicate. which included, be-
sides e. H. Hartman, two members
of the Vanderbilt family, two of the
Goulds, and several Independent cap
italists. Hartman was looked upon
as the most humble of the group.
The Union Pacific at that time was
merely a main line, 1000 miles long,
from Omaha to Ogden. The syndi-
cate bought a group of branches
called the Kansas Pacific for $6,303,-
900. Altogether the syndicate was
called on to arrange for less than
SIS, 100000. Within three years the
syndicate received back, in profits,
every cent that had been put into the
property.
In all Wall Street history the ere
alton of the present Union Pacific
system is the most marvellous chap
ter. Here is Harriman's own story
of the reorganization, which, at one
stroke, caused him to be looked upon
as the best all-round practical rail-
road man in America.
Harriman's Story of His Success.
when l commenced to reorganize
the Union Pacific in 1898 there was
no reason why any one of a dozen
men should not have done it. but
nobody else seemed to have the
nerve. The road was practically a
wreck. Il had been five years in the
hands of receiver and the times
were so bad that it could not earn
cough to pay expenses. l have since
made new road of it, and to pro-
mote economy and convenience of
management and to benefit the stock
holders and the public, placed it in
close traffic relations with the South
ern Pacific, the Oregon Short Line.
the Oregan Railway and Navigation
Company, the Pacific Mail steamship
lines and various other railway and
steamship lines of less importance.
II have practically rebuilt them
all, have opened up vast area of
valuable contributing territory by
building nearly 1000 miles of new
road, and haYe 1850 additional un-
der construction or projected. 1
have shortened distances, have re-
duced grades, cut out curves, relaid
the tracks with heavy steel rails,
have replaced the wooden bridges
with masonry, have double tracked a
considerable distance where the
trafic is the heaviest, have provided
additional terminals and facilities
for handling freight. have built eight
of the finest steamships on the ocean.
have bought or built 141S locomo-
tiyes, 1860 passenger cars and 49,
500 freight cars.
In these improvements I have
spent $257,76O,7OO to promote the
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
Silas Stuart Dies.

Silas Stuart, Treasurer of Montclair
since its incorporation in 1894, died
suddenly in the library of his home
there from apoplexy. Up to five min
utes before his death Mr.. Stuart was
in excellent health. He was born at
Sag Harbor, L. l., on March 3, 1S48.
Shortly after becoming of age he be-
came a partner in the firm of Stuart
C Sheppard, dealers in watches and
lewelry, at No. 2 Maiden lane. New
York City He went to Montclair to
live in 1881 and was elected Treas
urer and continued in the Office.
Mayor Henry v. Crawford ordered the
flags raised at half mast on all public
buildings in the town,
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
Celebrates His DIST Birthday.

Henry B. Howell, of Trenton, one
OF the founders of the Republican
party in New Jersey. owner and edi-
tor of the first Republican paper in
New Jersey, has celebrated his ninel
ty-first birthday. He received letters
of congratulation from the Rev T. l..
Cuyler, of Brooklyn, and many other
distinguished men in New York and
philadelphia, all of whom have been
his friends for the last fifty years.
Mr.. Howell went to work as news
boy when eleven years old.
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This clasp consists of a clasp

here. This clasp consists of clasp
comprising stud and a cooperating
eyelet. Both are formed of hard rub
Der and attached to shanks, which
are fastened to the garment. The
stud is hollow, and is shaped similar
to the ordinary collar button. The
eyelet is slightly smaller than the
widest portion of the stud, to insure a
firm hold. Being of rubber the eye
let naturally will expand sufficiently
to slip over the stud, The latter be-
ing hollow and also of rubber will
contract, making the. operation of
slipping on the eyelet an easy matter.
When the eyelet and stud are thus
clasped considerable force is required
to unfasten them Washington Star.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
MonR1srowN rosroFF1cn.
Open from in the Morning l-ltIl 7
in the Evening.
MAILS CLOSE

In the Evening.
MAILS CLOSE.
1904. M For New York and all intermedi.
ate stations.
s.15A M.-For Easton, Newton, Chester and
all allintermediate stations. Whippany.
s.l5A. M-For Brookside, Mendham and 81,
stations on the Rockaway Valley Railroad
e15A. M.-For New York and intermediate
stations.
e.l5 A. M.-For Mount Freedom.
9A5A. M.-For Newark, New York and os.
yond.
1l.25 A. M.-For Newark. New York and no
yond
12.45 p. M-For New York and all interms
diate stations,
l2.l5 P. M.-For Rockaway and Dover,
$50 p. M.--For New York and all interme
date stations.
MAILS READY FOR DELIVERY
T.eOA. M.-From New York and internedi-
ate stations.
$50 A. M.-From Hackettstown and inter
mediate stations. Whippany. Mt Freedom.
GA. M-From BrooIside, Mendham and all
stations on the Rockaway Valley Railroad.
1920 A. M.-From New YoIS- and interrnedi.
ate stations
12A M.-From Dover.
+1.lO p. NJ From New York and intermedi-
ate stations.
1.28 p. M.-Fronl New York.
$50 p. M.-From Phlladelphia, Easton, New
ton, Chester and intermediate stations
480 P. M.-From Brookside, Mendham and AA
stations on the Roclaway Valley Railroad'
%A4l p. M-From New York ann inter.Aedi'
hte stations.
" Z
%4l4 From Newark and Aew YORK
sDelivered by carriers.
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memorative piece of sculpture worthy
of the man whose bust it will bear.
1t is the work of Mr.. George Tramp
ton, a member of the Royal Academy
of England. Above the bust is the
coat of arms of Sir George, and on
each side of the name-tablet are two
supporting figures. The quotation
below is taken from one of his last
public utterances.-C Christian Herald.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
A Beautiful Memorial.

All people are familiar with the
story of Sir George Williams, the
Englishman who founded the Young
Mems Christian Association; whose
work spread to every land, and who,
in recognition of his services to hui
manity, was knighted by his sover-
eign.
England has several memorials, and
now the United States, in which the
Y. M. G. A. movement has reached its
greatest magnitude, is to have COM
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22

day, as by this paper the master re-
ceived $25 month, the two mates
$22 and SIT respectively, and the
seamen $12 month, while the boy
received $3.50. The back of the
articles shows copy of the laws for
the government of seamen in the
merchant service signed by George
Washington, President; John Adams,
and Thomas Jeffer-
son, Secretary of State.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
Boiling Starch scalds Child.

Rosa Baker, five years old, the
daughter OF Mrs Joseph Baker, of
No 6S Straight street, Paterson was
scalded by boiling starch. The child,
playing about the house, pulled off
table cloth on which was a pan of
starch. The upper part of her body
was scalded.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
New Idea in Garment Fasteners.

Innumerable attempts have been
made to provide satisfactory fasten-
er which could be substituted for the
button and buttonhole SO long used
for fastening all manner of garments.
These substitutes have taken the form
OF hooks and eyes, of all shapes and
sizes, and similar patented clasps. An
entirely new idea in this line that
should prove successful is shown
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22

beyond the bread board and secured
over tae board by being slipped un-
der the window SILL A couple of
large stones were placed on the long
end of the board, and had the most
satisfactory fruit press l ever used,
and one that took no twisting and
strength to operate.-N. S. S., in the
Ladies' World.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
Worlds silk Industry.

The ancient city of Lyons, the thiro
city in France, with a population of
100000, vies with Milan in i'm
portance in the worlds silk industry.
No fewer than 10000 men, women
and children are employed in the
factories
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
w. G. T. U. onicers EIected.

At the meeting of the w. c. T. u,
of Manasquan, these officers were
elected: President, A. Eliza ,Tarr
formerly of Haddonfeld) vice.
president, Mrs. Andrew j. Gregory;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. e. A.
Evans; recording secretary Marietta
Allen; treasurer, Mrs. Carrie Lupton
Moore
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
Joseph e. Pierson DEAD.

Joseph B. Pierson, Sergeant at
Arms of the New Jersey Supreme
Court for twenty-seven years, died at
Trenton, aged seventy-eight years.
He was well known to lawyers of New
Jersey. New York and Pennsylvania
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
Harriman's Life at a Glance.

Born February rs, 1848, one of
six children Of a country clergy
man, whose salary was only $500
: year, or $4 a week.
Poverty cut short his school
days, after two years spent in
church school,
At fourteen he became an err
rand boy in Wall Street brok-
er's office.
At eighteen he was clerk,
with a share in the profits.
At twenty-five he bought
seat on the New York Stock Ex-
change with money he made in
speculating with his savings.
At forty he became vice-presi-
dent of the Illinois Central.
At fifty he undertook the reor-
I ganization of the Union Pacific.
AT sixty he realizes his dream
of an ocean to ocean railroad
system under his absolute control.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22

When a vessel is on her trial trip
she runs four times over a measured
mile, twice with and twice against
the tide. Her average speed is thus
arrived at.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
Woodrow Wilson Back From Euro

Woodrow Wilson, president of
Princeton University, who went
abroad several months ago, has re-
turned to Princeton.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
An Improvised Jelly Press.

l had a large order for jelly and
my press broke down. The fruit was
ready, and as there was no time to
waste in going to town and waiting
for repairs, fixed a device that an
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
now TO LOCATE AN Ar.ARM.

4 tnc alarm is sounded from box 25, the fra
bell will strike two, then pause and strike fvM
which will indicate that the fire is in the vcins
ity of No 25 box. Every alarm is repeated
four times.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
HARTMAN GETS ocean TOOcEAn LINE; HOPE OF LIFETIME

He is The First Man Control Really Transcontnental System
Working For Country Move in Recognizing the
U. P. Made Him Foremost Of Our Fnanciers.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22

Total of stocks and bonds outstanding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-12
FREEDOM FOR CANADA
Dominion Jurst Predicts 1t Will Be Independents Not
to Join United States.

Sitting In fhe next seat but one to
the British ambassador. ex-Justice j.
II. Longley OF the supreme court Of
Nova Scotia made Il speech at the din
ner of the Canadian club In New York
the other evening in which he declared
that within fifty years Canada would
have become an independent nation
and instead of being Great Britain's
COLONY would he her ally.
There Was some applause at this pre-
dictiou. hut not of the kind that would
seem to Indicate that the New York
Canadians ;in;i ex Canadians were look
lug forward to il. In fact. from The
lusty way they cheered for King Ed
ward at every chance they got they
seemed to lie as loyal and enthusiastic
toward the crown as any LOnd0ner
Judge Longley. who. with Ambassa
dor Bryce. was down to speak on the
subject of the relations between Can
ada. Great Britain and the United
States. said that in another ten years
even the most phiegmatic American
would bave to ask himself il the Unit
ed States was really and truly Ameri-
ca and that Canada to-day was of more
direct concern To the United States
than any other nation in the world
In nation buiIding." said he, fifty
or even 81 hundred years is not large
span. aud before the lesser of these
periods has passed there will lie not
one but two great English speaking ma.
tons Oh this continent. enlightened.
progressive. moral and free. and each
will he more 10 the ether than any
half dozen nations in Europe, Asia or
Africa"
Confirming. Judge Longley said that,
while Il colony, Canada enjoyed as
much self government as the United
States and went on To pay tribute
TO King Edward. who was as iilustri-
GUS as President Roosevelt. of whom
he was sincere admirer. Judge Long
ley said that he was speaking for no
one but himself and recognized that
others might hold different opinions
THE regard for the motherland is so
great in Canada" he went ON to say.
that there is no disposition to- sever
formally the happy connection which
now exists, but all reasonable men, all
responsible statesmen. recognize that
the time will come when the relations
will not he severed. but readinsted.
Canada has no idea of joining in any
project of imperial federation or turn
ing its back upon the immense advan-
link itself TO the inilitariSm of Europe
or identify itself with the semi-feudal
institutions which still prevail on the
other side. country which has
reached the proportions of wealth and
population which Canada has now at
taiaed can he n colony ouly i'm name
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-12
Only One Way to Retain
Good Health, Says Cooper

L. T. Cooper's theory regarding the
human stomach is rapidly becoming a
topic of universal discussion Cooper
claims that the human stomach has
become chronically deranged by mod
ern conditions, and that sickness gen.
orally is the result
In recent interview, while intro
ducing his medicine in a leading city
Mr.. Cooper said: There is just one
way, in my opinion, to maintain gen.
eral health, and that is by building UP
the digestive organs. The vast major
ity of Americans today have weak,
fabby, distended stomachs This has
been caused by many generations of
over-feeding and lack of exercise, until
today the entire civilized race is af.
fected This is the true cause of most
of the i'll health of today. Little can
be done to relieve it until the stomach
is once more brought back to normal
conditions.
Il am successful because my prepar
alton puts the stomach in sound con
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-12

and even the It;iiiiesis Icing discarded
What IN my view Is likely almost
eertaili- To happen is that by Il process
df development t'nnaia will gradually
as;iiiine he rswpnasfbilisies Of nir indie.
pendent nation. hut the only difference.
thsi will fellow. so fair :is Great Brit
ain il c.neernrsl IL that instead OF be:,sg
n colony she will p an ally instead
OF Il condition of dependence the rela-
tisn viii he an alliance
SHE will not hesitate. however. when
the tint, comes far her tn assume this
national autonomy to throw The weight
OF her influence in support Of British
principles and pat behind the British
empir" whatever moral or physical
fierce she can command. This con-
ccive to he HE relations likely to exist
laiwoen Csipadl and Graa. Britain"
Judge IOngiey declared that the Ca
indians had no thought Of politicai
niion with the United States hut as n
result of their growth In recent years
they now sought to achieve Il recOg-
njzcd place among the nations
No one" said me. "entertains q
Thought that any disposition will ever
be made by the people of the United
States to seek Il forced union. There
is room in NOrtl, America for two great
English speaking nations. and Canada
has made mp her mind to be one OF
them
aggression from our hig neighbor
dismiss as unworthy OF cousidera
ton. tut if by any mad miSchanca
power becomes vested in the United
States in any body of men So mad as
to attempt to Infringe on Canada's fih.
critics can only say that there is some
COOL stuff on the other side Of the line.
and when Canada has $4,000 900 PEG,
pie she will not be averse to cbal,
lenge the issue with all the spirit of 10
prOnd and independent race"
Judge L0ngiey wound up by saying
that such an occasion was hardly one
for discussing such an unpleasant con.
tingency. but rather Que to give thanks
jointly that we. the people of the Unit.
ed States and of Canada. had been
born In North America. the home of
freedom and justice
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-12
A Nature Study.

like to watch the old fool hen that's
tied beside my door She has Of little
chickens ten and thinks she has three
score. OF all the blamed important
things that ever fused around she Is
the worst. All day she sings and
claws the dirt around. She thinks she
has the only chicks. and so she clucks
and humps. All other chickens are
gold bricks: all other hens are ehumps.
She sees a foe in every friend and
drives that friend away. Her feathers
always are ON end; she's mad the live
long day And so watched the old
fool hen. and still she seems to me
like many chuckle headed men whom
every day see. This life to them's
not worth u cuss. no pleasure it affords,
because they fume and fret and fuss
about their little boards. with bile
and envy in their souls pursue their
narrow plan and ever guard their
dirty rolls and hate their fellow man.
Emporia Gazette