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to the state.

: This is a direct clash with Judge
Pritchard's order to the same banks To
recognize only the federal courts Or
| der.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
CUT OFF LEG WITH PENKNIFE
Preacher Forced to Act Quickly
When Victim Was Under Wreck.
StocIzman, Who Was Being Scalded,
Begged Minister to Free Him From
Car-Dies in~HospitaI.

st. Louis, Mo.-In an effort to save
the life of fellow traveller pinned
by the leg under the wreckage after
train collision near this city, the
Rev R. G. Allen, of Grove City, Pa,
cut off the leg with penknife. The
heroic effort failed of it's purpose,
the victim dying later in the hospi
tai.
Five men were injured, three seri
ously, in the rear end collision be-
tween freight train and a Burling-
ton passenger train at Spanish Lake
fifteen miles north of St. Louis
j. A.. McKittrick, stockman, of
Brookfeld, was pinioned under the
wreckage by his left leg, which was
nearly crushed off at the knee. Scald-
ing steam from the damaged passen.
ger locomotive was enveloping him.
and to save McKittrick's life the Rev.
R. G. Allen, of Grove City, Pa, per-
formed heroic surgical operation
With the scalding steam pouring
upon him McKittrick pulled out his
knife and, handing it to the Rev.
Mr.. Allen, who with others was try
ing to drag the pinioned man loose
from the wreckage, commanded the
minister to cut off the crushed leg
and save him from being scalded to
death.
Mrs. Emma Renner, a trained
nurse from Cincinnati, a passenger,
pressed bottle of whisky to McKit-
tricks lips and told him to drink.
IN try a little of it" said Nc
Kittrick, "but I haven't touched a
drop of the stuff in five years
The steam from the engine in
creased in quantity. "Cut off that
leg. can't stay here and die!"
shouted McKittrick.
The Rev. Mr.. Allen began cutting
at the tendons. The knife was dull
and McKittrick suffered intense ag-
ony Throw it away and get an AK"
he finally cried. But Mr.. Allen des-
perately continued, and in a few min
utes had severed the tendons and
McKittrick was carried into a car.
Mrs. Renner, the nurse, made tour
niquet of her veil and stanched the
flow of blood, and then gave McKit-
trick morphine and strychnine to
ease the pain and stimulate heart ac-
ton. Later he was brought to a
St. Louis hospital, where he died
Mr.. Allen is a Covenanter minis
ter, sixty years of age.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
NO CALL FOR BUSINESS PEsSIMISM SAYS FRANKLIN X LAM
INTERSTATE COMMISSIONER r. "JIM DUMP s.
AND GIVES ENCOURAGING STATISTICS.
Reports to Much
More Per lie ian n Last
is

Washington, D. C.-Some remarks
about conditions in the railroad
world which were contained in an in
terview with James ]. Hill in New
York brought out a response from
Franklin K. Lane, member of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Here is part of Mr.. Lanes statement:
1.-THE whole world has great adj
miration for Mr.. Hill, but do wish
he would not be so lugubrious. Jim
Dumps has not yet superseded the
optimistic Uncle Sam as the typical
American. A year ago Mr.. Hill said
that the railroads had failed to meet
the traffic necessities of the country;
that there had been steady increase
in business which the railroads had
not met and that it would be neces-
sary to invest $500, 100000 in pro-
viding equipment, double tracks and
terminals to handle the business of
the country properly. And now be-
cause for two or three months the
railroads have been able to handle
more business than was offered them
we are met on all hands with the cry
that the country Is going to the bow
bows.
What is the necessity for painting
the picture blacker than it is? Does
1t arise out of the fact that Congress
is in session. or that there is Presi-
Dental election impending? Is a
man an enemy of the railroads be-
cause he refuses to believe every old
woman's tale that comes out of Wall
Street? l do not understand the rea-
son why at the time when railroad
credit should be upheld those who
ought to be most interested in sup
porting that credit are lending their
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
THOMAS WATSON NOMINATED
Nebraska and Minnesota BoIted
St Louis Convention.
PopuIist Convention Demands That
Money Shall Be Issued by the Gov
crnment Only Direct to Public.

st. Louis, Mo.-The Populist Ma
tional Convention, after a one-day
session of storm and stress, marked
by the angry withdrawal of the dele
cations from Nebraska and Mime
sofa, who bolted for Bryan, presents
as it's candidates;
For President-Thomas E. Wat
son. of Georgia.
For Vice-President- Samuel Will
Jams, of Indiana.
Williams accepted promptly in a
neat little speech. Watson was heard
from at Jacksonville, Fla, to the eff
feet he could say nothing until no
had been officially informed of the
conventions action
The platform, put together after
an all night struggle. was damned
through against the protests of a
strong minority as to its money plank
The Platform.
The Populist platform for 1908 de-
mands that all money shall be issued
by the Government direct to the peo-
pie, without the intervention of
banks, and be full legal tender for
all debts, public and private, and in
quantities to supply the necessity of
the country.
The other demands in the platform
are:
No alien ownership of the public
domain; forfeiture of land by corpor
ations which have violated grants.
Government ownership and control
of railroads, telegraph and telephone
1innc and nthnr rnnnnnn1ictio hIiP
utilities, also the establishment of
parcels post; governmental regula-
ton, under uniform laws, of private
trusts and monopolies, and adequate
taxation of monopoly privileges.
Establishment of the initiative ref
erendum and proportional represen-
tation and direct vote for all public
officers, with the right of recall.
Preservation of the right of labor
to organize; no more government by
Injunction; no more child labor or
Sweatshop; no more convict labor.
The enactment of an Employers
Liability bill and the institution of
general eight-hour day.
Abolition of gambling in futures"
in the stock market.
= Exclusion of foreign pauper labor.
Legislation in favor of safety APP
pliances for workingmen.
Immediate adoption of precaution-
airy measures to prevent repetition
of recent mining disasters.
Work on public Improvements in
times of depression for unemployed
men.
The passage of law prohibiting
courts from assuming jurisdiction in
volving the constitutionality of any
law enacted by Congress and ap-
proved by the President
The maintaining of farmers or
CARNATIONS and extensions of their
power and influence
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07

Washington, d. C.-The Govern
ment will not prosecute railroads for
failure to comply with the ''commod-
ity clause" of the railroad law pend
ing decision of the Supreme Court.
That decision has been arrived at,
1t is understood, after careful consid-
Grafton by the President. and he has
accordingly directed the Department
of Justice to bring test case as soon
as possible after May 1, the day when
becomes effective the law forbidding
any railroad to transport any article
or commodity (other than timber)
manufactured, mined or produced by
such road, or in which it Is directly
or indirectly interested
Thus any railroad that owns coal
mines would be liable to prosecution
should it carry it's own coal to mar
ket.
The decision of the President fol-
lows the recent decision of the West
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
KILLS POLICE CHIEF IN COURT.
Man Convicted of Arson Wounds
Three Others and is Himself Shot.

wan Convicted OF Arson Wounds
Three Others and is Himself Shot.
Terre Haute, Ind.-Found guilty
of arson, Henry F. Mcdonald in the
Circuit Court room shot and killed
Chief of Detectives William e. Dryer,
seriously wounded three other Off
GERS and was himself badly wounded.
Mcdonald had been tried on a
charge of dynamiting stores and a
church in Sanford last year.
Mcdonald jumped to his feet, drew
a revolver and fired at Prosecuting
Attorney James A. Cooper, Jr., but
missed. Mr.. Cooper lodged and Nc
Donald directed his fire at the officers
seated around the table.
Policemen and deputy sheriffs in
the court room drew their revolvers
and opened fire on Mcdonald, who
fell with half dozen bullets in his
body
Harvey V. Jones, superintendent
of police, was shot in the side. Dep
uty Sheriff Ira Wellman received a
wound in the chin. Sylvester Doyle,
City Court bailiff, was shot in the
leg. Another shot struck A. s..
Walker, bystGnder.
The shooting was the climax of a
sensational trial which has been bit
terly contested Mcdonald was
known to be bad man but had not
been locked up during the trial. The
police had expected some demonstra-
ton, but nothing violent.
Chief Dwyer had been on the local
force twenty-six years.
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In
AdnatT t,eyS seen ofIn 5usin

because they were engaged in more
profitable employment and work
more to their liking. Furthermore,
they do not care to associate with the
motley gangs that usually go to make
up the repair squads. Now that many
men are out of employment it is
hoped by railroads to get larger
percentage of Americans, who admit
teddy are the best sworkmen in the
world. Formerly forty per cent. of
the laborers employed in the spring
work were Italians on roads between
the seaboard and the Rocky Mount
aims. West of the mountains, espe-
cially ON the Hill lines, Japanese
were employed. In the southwest
Mexicans, Indians and Italians pre-
dominate, but everywhere there have
been many Greeks, Slavs, Poles, Huns
and other nationalities. Because of
the financial stringency many thou
sands OF these have departed for Eu-
rope. Now it is hoped to get the
work done by Americans.
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influence to breaking it down.

| influence to breaking it down.
Let us see what these figures
show" said Mr.. Lane. 1.-THE average
monthly receipts from freight and
passenger traffic for each mile of the
225, 900 miles of railroad in the Uni
ted States reporting to this commits
sion for the first seven months of this
fiscal year were $3.50, which Is $3.50
per mile per month more than the
average for the fiscal year ended
July l, 1906, the year of the last
Presidential election, which was GER
tainly not regarded as poor year in
the railroad or industrial world. The
net revenue from traffic allowing for
all operating expenses, including in
creased wages and cost of material in
the fiscal year ending in 1908, is $37
per mile per month greater than in
the year, 1904-05. The net monthly
revenue for this fiscal year is thus
far 81 less per mile than for the pre-
ceding year 1906-07, which may be
taken as high water mark thus far in
the history of the United States"
The interview which drew the
above comment is as follows:
New York City. james J. Hill,
who has arrived in this city, says of
business conditions: while 1 cannot
permit myself to be too optimistic,
am trying not to be pessimistic. The
general recovery in business which
has been predicted has not yet mani
tested itself to any remarkable de-
gree, and it is not to be expected that
it should. The prevailing conditions
were not brought about overnight;
they are the result of events of many
months, and revival will no doubt
be CORRESPONDENCE gradual.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07

Chicago. unemployed, who
are ,congesting the cities, subsisting
upon charity and menacing the peace
Of various communities, if they really
want work can find it with the rail-
roads of the United States at once
This is the opinion expressed here by
leading railroad men. The wages
range from $3.50 to $3.50 day, in
Guiding good board and transporta-
ton. Within the next sixty days the
railroads must find 100000 men to
repair roads, bridges, Turkish up sag
ging tracks, build extensions and man
the shops. The ravages of the win
ter months have left much work to
be done, and it must be done speed
lly,Jfor the railway managers admit
they see many signs of improving
business and must have their lines
and equipment in condition to care
for it.
Americans will have the prefer
ence. Heretofore it has been impos-
sible to get Americans as laborers,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07

OF late yachtsmen have wondered
why the public does not take as live,
ly interest in the sport afloat as 1t
did few years back.
Coach Courtney, Of the Cornell
Varsity crew, has discovered a new
Varsity rowing star in E. A. Stevens,
a junior in the College OF Law.
New Orleans papers announce tina
beginning of a campaign to abolish
horse racing in Louisiana The nance
of many well known men in that city
are signed to petition now being
circulated for presentation to the Leg
islature.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
KILLED HERsELF FOR SISTER
Counted 800 Days Until Suicide
Would Not Invalidate Insurance.

st. Louis, Mo.-Marie Lehman,
twenty-six years old, counted the
days of whole year which she must
pass before, under the terms of a
life insurance policy, she could kill
herself, and thus leave her invalid
sister Margaret, nineteen years old,
$1,000.
A clause in the policy said the in
surance would not be paid if the
holder committed suicide within one
year. but after that self-destruction
would not be bar to collecting the
insurance.
When the year expired Marie Leh-
mann killed herself by swallowing
carbolic acid. The insurance policy,
naming her sister Margaret as bene-
ficiary, was found among her effects
When Margaret Lehman was
seven years old scarlet fever made
her hopeless invalid, who required
constant attention night and day, and
for twelve years the burden of caring
for the afflicted girl had been borne
by her sister
The father of the girl was a ranch
man in Idaho, who was shot from
ambush and killed five years ago.
Under the terms of his will each of
the girls received $4,000, but Marie
had to spend not only her sisters
share but her own for medical and
surgical treatment for Margaret.
Only few hundred dollars re-
manned when Marie hit upon the plan
of insuring her life in her sisters
favor and killing herself When the
year was up she went to Forest Park
and committed suicide
Marie is described by her landlady
as having been of noble character,
devoted solely to the care of her sis
ter. For months she carried Mar
garet up and down stairs every day
when she took her to hospital for
treatment.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT EASES UP ON RAILRol
of Law
Pend rerreC

ern Maryland, Gould coal road, to
go into the hands of receivers. That
action, it was announced, was forced
on it by the commodity clause of the
rate law, which, bearing as it did on
the roads prospective earning capac-
tty. affected its borrowing capacity.
The President, it is stated, has no
desire to add to the embarrassments
which surround the railroads in their
efforts to comply with the law, and
as the question of the validity of the
commodity clause" has been criti-
cised by competent legal opinion it
was thought best for all interests In
volved that prompt determination
of the question by the Supreme Court
should be sought. tits understood
that the railroads have given assur-
ance to the Government that If the
courts decide against them they win
Immediately and in good faith COM
ply with the law
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
Feminine Notes.

Paderewski's wife recently paid
$500 for four live chickens.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish is said to be
New York's best woman bridge
player.
King Victor Emmanuel expressed
the wish that Miss Elkins should
have no dowry.
Mrs. Sage granted an appeal Of
little girls ard gave back house she
had bought OF their father.
The craze on tho part of American
women for marriage with titled for
eigners IL causing amazement In
England.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
Newsy Paragraphs.

Colonel Goethals says there is no
gold in the canal zone,
Pay-as-you-enter cars were success
fully put into use in New York City.
The Better Times Association be-
gan big political postal card cam
paign,
General Bulkeley Wells was blown
up by bomb in Telluride, Col, mar
rowly escaping death
The House of Commons passed by
two to one vote a resolution offered
by John e. Redmond favoring self
government in Ireland OF purely Irish
affairs.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
Akont Nnted Peonle.

Andrew Carnegie's income is said
to be $4,000 day.
Prince Luitpold, Regent of Bavaria,
celebrated his eighty-seventh birth
day.
The Dukes name is pronounced
"Abbrutsee." Second syllable ac-
cented.
Emperor William and the Empress
arrived at Venice and were welcomed
by King Victor Emmanuel.
Father Peter Chang, the first Chi
nese priest to visit America, cele-
prated mass in Hoboken Catholic
church.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
Polanders Going Home Because of
Reduction of Wages in Cotton Mills

Springfield, Mass. - A wholesale
exodus of Polanders to Europe will
follow the ten per cent. reduction in
wages in the Chicopee and Holyoke
cotton mills. Seventy-five per cent.
of the $500 operatives are Polish.
= Steamship agents stated that they
have sold all the steerage and second
cabin accommodations at their dispo.
sal in outgoing liners for six weeks
to come. Four days work week at
reduced wages, the workmen assert,
will not pay the cost of living.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
JUDGE KILLS WIFE
AND SHOOTS HIMSELF
TeIsphoned Physician and Lawyer
to Come to His House.
DEsPoNDENCY WAS THE CAUSE
w. F. M. Rogers, of New London,
Had Been on the Connecticut
Probate Bench and Brigade Sig
nal Officer of National Guard.

nal Officer of National Guard.
New London, Conn.-Judge W. F.
M. Rogers, of this city, shot and killed
his wife at an early hour in the morn
ing and then killed himself.
DR.. Hiram B. Thomson, his physi-
clan, received a telephone message
from Judge Rogers shortly before Z
O'Clock to come to his home at once.
He was instructed to bring with him
Richard P. Freeman, Jr., who had
long been Judge Rogers attorney,
and who is executor of his will
These two men live in the same
apartment house about mile from
the Rogers home. When they
reached the house they found the
door held ajar with a chair so that
they could enter
Waiting a few minutes in the hall
expecting to be met by Judge Rogers,
they at last went upstairs. where
they found the bodies of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rogers in their chamber 1t
was evident Mrs Rogers had been
killed as she slept.
DR.. H. M. Lee, the medical exam
iner, was at once called, and he no.
titled Franklin H. Brown, the Cor
oner. Dependency over business re-
verses is supposed to have been the
cause of the act
Years ago the Rogers family was
in excellent circumstances. The
homestead was at Waterford, now a
summer colony. The links of the
Quaganapoyet Golf Club were laid
out on the estate. But some years
ago the house where he had recently
lived was purchased by Mr. Rogers.
1t is said to be heavily encumbered.
He had long been practicing at
torney, and was approaching the close
of his twenty-f1fth year at the bar
In 1886 he was elected Judge of Pro-
bate and was reelected in 1888 and
1890. In 1900 he ran again as
Democrat, failing of election Later
he became identified with the Re-
publican Party, and was appointed
prosecuting attorney of the police
court in 1903, serving two years.
His loss of this position was the
cause of much disappointment to him.
He had always been interested in
the National Guard of the State, and
was at one time brigade signal Off
Ger. He served under Gen. Miles in
the Porto Rican campaign in the
Spanish War, and received the ap-
pointment of Captain in the volun-
teer signal corps.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
Chicago Police Chief Exonerated
For Shooting Anarchist Assailant

Chicago. A Coroner's jury de-
ciared Chief of Police George M.
Shippy ard ]. f. Foley, his driver,
to have been justified in killing La
zarus Averbuch, the young Russian,
who attacked the Chief in his home
recently.
were examined, chief among whom
were Olga Averbuch, sister of the
son, Harry. who is recovering from
. serious wound in the chest.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
JERSEY LEGISLATURES ADJoUINs
Public Utilities Matter Left in the Air
Primary Bill Passes Assembly.


Trenton, N. 1.-THE Legislature
adjourned without reaching any
agreement as to the passage of a
public utilities bill. The House
passed substitute offered by Assem-
blyman Martin for the Senate meas
ure adopted. The Martini substitute
was returned to the Senate in the
form OF House amendment 1t in
cluded a provision authorizing the
fixing of rates, and the Senate refused
to concur
The Assembly passed Gov. Forts
primary election bill, which regulates
the selection of delegates to the ma
tional convention. The bill was vari-
ously amended and does not restrict
the parties except to enforce pro-
visions looking toward an honest pri-
mary.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
MAY BE NIGHT RIDERS WORK.
Big Fire in Lynchburg-W. G. Dun.
nington's Tobacco Factories burned.

Big FIRE In Lynchburg-W. q. Dun
ningtOn's Tobacco Factories burned.
Lynchburg, Va.-One of the most
destructive fires in this city in twenty
years took place, when four factories,
three of them tobacco plants, and
four dwellings, were consumed, caus-
ing total loss of 1925, 900, with
insurance of SITS, 900. A high wind
prevailed, and the firemen were pow
erless to cope with the blaze.
The factory of the Norfolk and
Western Overall Company and three
tobacco factories occupied by w. G.
Huntington, of Farmville, in which
more than a million pounds of to-
bacco were stored, were the business
buildings destroyed, the loss on the
tobacco factories being $115,0OO,
fully insured.
1t is believed that the fire was of
incendiary origin. Huntington is a
heavy buyer in Kentucky, which gave
rise to a report that might riders"
might have been concerned.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
WOMEN Housewife PASTOR.
Three Angry Mattresses Lash Victim
Into InsensibiIity.

San Francisco, Challenging that
their characters had been assailed by
the Rev. j. M. Hilbish, pastor of the
Methodist Church, at Turlock, three
women publicly horsewhipped him.
The minister was so badly dashed
and beaten that he became uncon-
scious and had to be carried home
The women are mattresses.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
WE'RE ALL RICHER.
That is, If the Money in Circulation
Were Divided Equally.

Washington, D. C.-The per cap
ita circulation in the United States
on April was $685., which is the
maximum record ever reached. This
figure is based on an estimated pop
ulation of S7,140,000. The per cap
tia circulation at this time last year
was 1891. At the beginning OF the
present fiscal year it was $33.S6.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
TO PRISON FOR PEoNAGE.
Seven Missourians Pay Fines From
800 to $4,000 and Go to Jail.

%IOO 10 %OUOU stHu 90 10 JAN.
st. Louis. Seven men from South
east Missouri, who had been con-
victed in. the Federal Court on the
charge of peonage, surrendered to
United States Marshal Morsey and
were taken by him to the United
States prison at Leavenworth, Kan.
They were convicted in the United
States District Court at Cape Cir
ardeau of having kept negroes in
bondage. They applied to the United
States Supreme Court, which affirmed
the judgments.
The fines range from 500 to
$4,000 and the terms of imprison-
ment from one and half to three
and a half years.