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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-26
SCOUTS IDEA Of WAR
Mark Twain Discusses ReIa-
tons With England.
PRAISES QUEEN VICTORIA
As a Far Reaching Benefcient Moral
Force Without a Peer.
MONARCH WITHOUT REPROACH
Dinner Given in New York Last
Night by the British Schools and
Universities Club.

NEW YORK, May 2S.-king Edward.
through his private secretary. Lord Knoll
lys. contributed a message of good will
and Mark Twain made a characteristic
speech at a dinner given last NIGHT by
the British Schools and Universities CUB
at Delmcnico's in honor CT the late Queen
Victoria s bir: hday. which since her death
has been celebrated throughout England
vast dominions as Empire day.
DR.. Walter Eyre Lambert. president OF
the club. which is composed exclusively OF
English and American alumni OF British
universities ard colleges. such as Elton.
Harrow and Rugby presided. with Sam
uel l.. Clemens. the guest of honor
and the oossessor of the degree OF
doctor of literature. conferred unon him
last year by the University of Oxford, at
his right.
Dr. Lambert. af er proposing the health
of King Edward and of President RooSe-
Welt. which were received with the sing
ing of the British national anthem anu
The Star Spangled Banner. read d ca
blegram from Lord knollys conveying
message of good will to the club on the
part of the king. All present were then
called upon to drink a silent toast to the
memory of Queen Victoria. and DR.. Glenn
ems was asked by DIR. Lambert to give
expression to an American appreciation
of the monarch who reisned for more
than threescore years over the Brltlsh
empire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-26
What Victoria Did for America.

What she did for us in America in our
time of storm and stress we shall not for
get, and whenever we call it to mind we
shall always remember the wise and
righteous mind that guided her in 1t and
sustained and supported her-Prince Al
bert'S We need not talk any idle talk
here tonight about either possible or i'm
possible war between the two countries:
there will lie no war while we remain sane
and the son of Victoria and Albert sits
upon the throne. In conclusion. l believe
| may justly claim to utter the voice of
/ my country in saying that We hold lin
| in deep honor. and also in cordially wish
| Ing him long life and happy reign.
! Among the other speakers We're the
| British consul general, Walter courtenay
| Bennett, G. !. f.. who having spent thirty
| years of his life in representing his coun-
| try in all parts of the world was called
| upon To speak for The Empire; the Rev.
DIR. Parker Morgan. who as tne first
president OF the club praised the good
work which it was accomplishing in pro-
noting good will between the two great
Enelish-speaking countries. and Mr.. Rob-
ert p. Porter. who. although an American
citizen and director of the eleventh United
States census, received his education in
an English public school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-26
Prisoner a Plasteret by Trade.

The prisoner said that he was Casino
Eiccobono. twenty-six years old: that he
was plasterer by trade and lived at
4.6-42S East Sth street. Further tina
his he would not talk. He was later
taken to police headquarters. and will DE
arraisned in the Yorkvlle court today.
At the 18th street address 10 one could
he found who would admit knowing the
prisoner. but at No. ol6-1S, a fish market.
he proprietor was found to be one
Caesar'o Riccobono. Persons in the
neignborhood said he was Riccobono' s
uncle. and that they had been in this
country about four months. No one
seemed to know where Riccobono lived.
as 1t was said he had recently been mar
ried and moved away from the neigh
borhood.
About o'clock two Italians and a boy
were brought to headquarters by de-
were Riccobonos father and two brothers.
Giovanni, fifty-five years old: Salvatore.
| thirty-one. and Dameano, eighteen The
old man and the younger son gave their
address as 40 East 18th street. and Sal
vstore said he wed at No. Az. They all
gave their occupation as peddlers. They
we're locked up suspicious persons, and
will be questioned by Inspector McCaf-
| fert" today.
| hroGgil. in He said he was Antonio Ric-
cobono and that Giovanni Is his father.
| He was also locked up.
Nolsor was able to leave Bellevue for
| his home, in Brooklyn late last night.
| His sister came over for him in a car
ria2c. and one of the doctors accom-
panied them across the river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-26
mark Twain's" Response.

DR. Clemens spoke, in part. as follows:
| You do me high honor, indeed. in Sc
| Letting me to speak for my country In
this commemoration of the birthday OF
that noble lady whose life was conse-
Grated to the virtues and the humanitles
and to the promotion of lofty ideals ana
was the model upon which many mum.
bier life was formed and made beautiful
while she lived. and upon which many
such lives will still be formed in the gem
erations that are to come-a life when
finds it's just image In the star Whlcn
falls out of its place in the SKY ana out
of existence, but whose light still streams
with unfaded luster across the abIsses
of space-lOng after its fires have been
extinguished at their source.
LAS woman the queen was all that
the most exacting standards could re-
uuire. AS far-reaching and effective and
beneticent moral force she had no peer
in her time among either monarchs or
commoners. AS monarch she was With
out reproach in her great office. one may
not venture, perhaps. to say so sweeping
a thing as this in cold blood about any
monarch that preceded her. upon either
her own throne or any other. 1t is
colossal eulogy. but it is justified In
those qualities of the heart which heSet
affection in all sorts and conditions OF
men she was rich. surprisingly rich. and
for this she will still be remembered and
revered in the far-off ages when the po-
faded from vital history and fallen to a
place in that scrap heap of unverifiable
odds and ends which we call traditions.
Which is to say. in briefer phrase. that
her name will live always. And with II
her character-a fame rare in the lis
tory of thrones. dominions. municipalities
and powers since IT will not rest upOp
harvested selfish and sOrdid ambitions.
but upon love earned and freely voucn-
safed She mended broken hearts where
she could. but she broke none.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-26
SERIOUS CHARGES
AGAINST JEROME

CONTINUED from First Page.)
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28

1t is encouraging to hear that the
rural delivery branch of the postal
service is no longer operated at a
loss, states the New York Tribune.
This latest extension of the postal
field was undertaken as wise pro-
vision against the future, since ex-
perience had shown that every extern
sion or Improvement in postal facili-
titles intimately proved profitable. In
the first years outlay naturally ex-
ceeded income, but SO cumulative is
the growth of postal business that
within a decade the rural lines -
often condemned as a mere luxury
are beginning to pay their own way.
Their value as means of education
and civilization has also been enor-
nous. They have overcome the iso-
iation OF the country, and, with the
trolley and the telephone, have
brought far-off, stagnant communi-
ties into quickening touch with towr
and City life.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
To be Continued.
Bronson Alcott's System in England.

Bronson Alcott's System in England.
Educational circles in Wolverhamp-
ton district are interested in a re-
markable incident which occurred in
a voluntary school. A boy had been
punished by the headmaster, and
complaint being made to the man
ayers the chairman, who is a we'll
known clergyman, went to the school
and asked that he should receive the
punishment which had been inflicted
on the boy, so that he could test and
judge of it's severity.
The headmaster explained that the
boy had received six strokes, three
on each hand.
well" said the reverend gentle
man, "I'll take them" and he held
out his hand in the conventional boys
fashion. The headmaster screwed
up his courage, and in the presence OF
the assistant teachers and class ,ad-
ministered six vigorous strokes.
The clergyman lost his smile at the
second stroke and WINGED at each of
the succeeding ones, to the great JOY
of the assembled boys. After the
punishment he picked up his hat and
hurriedly left the room.-London
Daily Mail.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28

st would sooner see a Mexican bull
fight than a game of football" Prof.
w. N. Ferris, of Big Rapids, Mich
told the Southern Indiana Teachers
Association, land my boy may break
his arm or his neck in a game some
of these days, but I let him play. He
needs it. Why, believe that boxing
gloves would not be bad thing for
good many girls. And in more
than one way, perhaps, if they should
draw some men l know for hus-
bands"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
ORDER WOOD pulp INQUIRY
House Passes Resolution For
Committee to Study Tariff.
Probe For Paper Trust - Cannon's
Measure Wins by Party Vote
Investigators Headed by Mann.

Washington, D. C.-Speaker Can
non put through the House by a vote
of 1874 to 10, under the crack of the
| party whip, his answer to the demand
for the removal of the tariff on wood
! pulp in the shape of his resolution
for a general investigation of the Pa
per Trust and all the circumstances
surrounding paper prices by special
committee of six.
This means that there will be no
revision of the tariff for the benefit of
newspaper and magazine publishers.
Such was the declared effect if not
purpose, of the Cannon resolution,
which provides for the appointment
of committee to investigate and re-
port whether or not there was CON-
bination to force up the price of pa
per and what effect the tariff on wood
pulp and print paper had upon the
price of the latter article and upon
the forests of the United States.
The resolution was reported from
the Committee on Rules at the first
opportunity. 1t was opposed for the
Democrats by Mr.. DeArmond, of Mis-
souri,, on the ground that it was add
ing insult to injury, and by Mr.. Will
Jams, of Mississippi, because in his
opinion it was not intended to get at
the facts in the case, but to white
wash the effect of the tariff upon that
particular industry.
Messrs. Payne, of New York, and
Cushman, of Washington, declared
there would be no revision in the
tariff until it was made along all
lines, and not until the House was
in possession of all information neces-
sary to enable it to act intelligently.
The resolution was adopted, 154 to
10.
Speaker Cannon announced that
the following members would consti-
linois; Stafford, of Wisconsin; Miller,
of Kansas; Bannon, of Ohio, Repub-
licans; Sims, of Tennessee; Ryan, of
New York, Democrats.
AS set forth in the resolution the
duty of the committee is to investi-
gate land obtain all possible informa-
ton" as to the reasons for the in
creased price of white paper, "to the
end that needful legislation may be
enacted"
A protest on the part of fifty big
paper manufacturers of the United
States against the proposal to remove
the tariff on print paper pulp and
pulp wood is about to be filed with
the House and the Senate. Delega-
lions representing paper manufacture
ers are arriving here to enter their
opposition to the movement.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28

Perhaps it would be a good idea
to provide some quiet island for the
anarchists, putting them there at
their own request, or as fast as they
might be legally convicted of preach
ing violence, declares the New York
Journal. Let them have on the ISL
and their own kind of government,
which is no government. Let them
try life without any protection for
property except Inmate honesty .
and let them try life without civiliza-
tons protection.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
QUITS PLAGUE FIGHT TO DIE.
Passed Assistant Surgeon Halsted A,
StansfieId Ends His Life.

San Francisco, al-Brooding over
the death of his wife and daughter.
which occurred last year, is believed
to have unhinged the reason of Dr..
Halsted A. Stansfeld, passed assist
ant surgeon in the marine corps, driv-
ing him to resign his position as Off
cial bacteriologist and diagnostician
of the laboratory in this city under
DR.. Rupert Blue, and prompted him
to blow out his brains in the Sutro
forest, where the body was found two
days after the deed had been COM
mitted.
Some of DR.. Stansfield's associates
hint that the young physicians life
rs q government agent, detailed to
wage ceaseless campaigns against the
plague, cholera and Elalarial fevers
in many unhealthy lands, may have
warped his brain and brought on
creeping insanity.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
OVER $50 LOSE LIVES
IN MANY T0RNADOES
-Four Hundred Injured in Five
Southern States.
WIDE TRAIL OF WRECKED HOMES
Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Ten
nessee and Texas Affected-Vic-
TINS Mostly Negroes, But Many
White Persons Also Persisted.

New Orleans. Storms of cyclonic
violence traversed parts of Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama, and reports
from the stricken localities tell of
nearly 100 dead ard scores injured.
The fatalities are confined for the
most part to negroes, but perhaps a
dozen whites are among the victims.
The loss of life was greatest in
Louisiana and Mississippi in the
former State a score of small towns
were destroyed or partly wrecked.
They include Amite City, Arcadia and
Independence.
In Mississippi the storms rayaged
Belle Grove, Melton. Lorman, Line
Ridge Quitman Landing, Fairchilds
Creek. Purvis and Lumberton. Of
the Alabama towns Dora, also known
as Bergen. was the chief sufferer
The wife and daughter of Station
Master Moore were among the four
or more killed in Dora, and fifty per-
sons were injured. Those in a cliti-
cal condition were carried to hospi-
tails in Birmingham. A Mrs. McCully
died on the train. and two members
of her family are in a serious condi-
ton. Cars were blown from the rail-
road tracks and homes were de-
stroyed.
Reports state that nearly the en-
tire northern section Of Albertville,
Ala, was destroyed, cotton mill be-
ing one of the largest buildings to
collapse. In al the stricken districts
in the three States visited by the
cyclones, the loss of life was heaviest
in the quarters of negroes. The cab
ms. were wrecked, and the occupants
assailed with fatal results. Trees
were uprootel, telegraph and tele-
phone poles torn up, and all buildings
were either shaken or wrecked.
Authentic reports from the stricken
districts in Louisiana and Mississippi
give total of lis dead, and the
fatalities in Alabama are from thirty
to thirty-five. A special train was
dispatched from Birmingham, Ala,
carrying physicians and squad of
State militia to the scenes of suffer
ing
In Meridian, Miss, Mrs. John Min
niece and her child are reported dead
and many residents injured. Win
chester, MISS, is SAID TO De pTaCJlcally
destroyed, although only two persons
are known to have been Lilled there.
Nearly a fifth of the populations of
Richland and Lamourie, La, are said
to have been injured.
At Deport, Texas, w R. Isbell, a
druggist, was killed and several per-
sons were injured. Practically all
the residences in the eastern section
Of the town were destroyed. The
storm swept eastward over path 100
miles in width
Three whites and negro were
killed at Richland, La About 100
persons were more or less injured
In Hattiesburg, Miss, fifty children
had narrow escape in their school
house, which was demolished. In
Amite, La, forty-five persons were
killed and seventy-fve injured
The storm extended into Tennessee,
doing widespread damage. The wind
reached velocity of sixty miles an
hour in Memphis. A relief train left
Memphis for towns where the storm
did most havoc.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Stole Red Hot Stove.

Wait till I see if the pies are
done,' cried John Keishock, as he
was arrested in Doud's< alley at
Youngstown, Ohio. Court Constable
Elias Jones had chased Keishocly.
who was trundling a roaring hot
cooking stove ON wheelbarrow for
six blocks. The stove BELONGED ~
Mrs. Charles Pull. Jones waited hnt
he arrested Keishock as he ate fhe
last of the two apple pies which had
been in the stove. Keishock Nod
wanted only the pies, but stole stove
ana an w Y, ne nad the opportunity,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
MoRRIssEY WON MARATHON.
Sturdy Runner of the Mercury A. q.
Led Field of 1875 at Boston.

Boston.-Thomas P. Morrissey, of
the Mercury Athletic Club, of Yon-
kers, N. Y, won the Boston Marathon
race here, and thereby he gains the
honor of being the first American to
make the Olympic team which will
represent the United States in the
struggle for world honors in Lon
don this summer. He defeated a
field of 100 of the greatest long dis
lance runners in the country and fin
ished as fresh and strong apparently
as though he had only romped half
mile.
John J. Hayes, of the 1rish-Amer-
lean A. c., of New York City, finished
second, and Robert A. Fowler, of
Cambridgeport, third.
Morrissey covered the twenty-five
mile course in two hours, twenty-five
minutes, forty-three and one-fifth
seconds, which was second only to the
record made last year by Tom Long
boat, the Canadian Indian marvel
Longboat Travelled the distance one
minute, nineteen and one-fifth sec,
onds faster than did Morrissey.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28

We fear, says the Birmingham
Ledger, that it will be impossible to
prevent dealing in stocks, by law.
There are some things that the law
cannot do and should not try. There
is nothing worse than law which
nobody wishes enforced except some
few people. The exchanges in New
York which deal in stocks and cotton
have really come pretty close to being
highway robbery. but they can hardly
be closed by law. Men will do some
things without regard to law.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Prairie Chickens Invade Farm.

!, Jim Stain reports that d,,r;rr ~.
r - EN-, neavy snowstorm large flock
- Prs a cnlckens became bewildered
WI W. new lneo MS yscd at Athena.
s w,s en- snu against building with
T Tqem force tnat they were killed.
5 lmey we're exceedingly fat ana
aaesseu Two and one-half pounds
ssrn IN me open winter has proved
lss n@.s1i Lor wild game birds, and Il
Z nUpsu VS. quails and chickens may
t MA - from the setback they have
~ - ing lsst few serATA winters
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
DUO DE cHAULNEs DEAD.
Life Suddenly Ended at Paris After
Marriage to Miss Shonts.

Paris, France = The Due de
Chaulnes, who, accompanied by his
bride, who was Miss Theodore Shonts,
of New York, arrived in Paris from
New York only a month ago, died
suddenly from heart disease in his
apartments in the Hotel Langham
Rue Boccabor.
He and the Duchess were together
in their apartments when suddenly
the Duke was seized with pains and
suffocation The Duke was only
thirty years old
The drug habit was acquired long
ago by the Duke, and friends tell OF
times when ne remained under the
influence OF the narcotic for days at
a time.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28

DR.. Buckley says number of in
teresting things in his paper about
the late Bishop Charles H. Fowler.
Here is one of them; I'm college he
excelled in mathematics. This was
his pride and JOY. In the whole four
years of his course he did not fail to
answer single question propounded
in his class in that abstruse science.
In the time required by the average
student to work one example on the
blackboard he did several. Further
more he committed to memory the
table of logarithms and could recite
it as others recite the multiplication
table"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28

The normal Spaniard, such is his
nature, education and training, could
die watching a bull fight, declares
the New Haven Register. The blood
Ter the fight, the happier his death
would be- What the baseball game
is to the American, what the duello is
to the Frenchman, the bull fight is to
the son OF sunny Spain.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28

During the first eight weeksyof the
present year about ITS people were
killed in railroad accidents and about
425 were injured. We Americans
are very callous about our annual
list of the dead and wounded travel
ers and railroad employees. The
minor casualties make little impress
sion on the public mind, though they
count up in the annual total. The
big accidents are more effective in
jolting our sensibilities, and Of these
there have been so many of late that
travellers nerves are unusually sensi-
tiye.--Harper's Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28

Hamilton. Ohio, has sixty-cent gas
Chicago will establish curb mar
ket.
Independent automobile manufac-
turers plan travelling exhibition OF
cars.
The German Imperial Government
is thinking of establishing petro-
leun monopoly.
America leads the world in trade
with Japan, according to figures pub
lished in Toxic.
The National Civil Service Reform
League in pamphlet attacked the
Crumpacker census bill
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Al KILLED IN AUSTRALIA.
Victims of Train Collision Near Mel.
bourne--Sixty Are Injured.

Melbourne, Australia - Forty-one
persons were killed and sixty injured
in a collision between two trains at
Braybrook Junction, eight miles from
this city, A train from Bendigo, with
two heavy engines, crashed into the
rear of train from Ballarat, wreck
ing five cars of the train.
The wreckage took fire and was al
most completely consumed. Many of
the bodies were unrecognizable when
recovered.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Nebraska sinitten.

Omaha, Neb,-Reports from The
scene of the tornado in Northern Ne
braska show that twelve farmhouses
and twenty other buildings were de-
stroyed and that over hundred head
Of livestock were killed. No addi-
tional reports of fatalities have been
received.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Damage In Iowa.

Murray, Iowa. Farmers at In
wood, Iowa, suffered heavy loss and
two persons were injured.
Westfield, Iowa, suffered from two
small tornadoes playing around the
edge of the town at the same time
Farm buildings were destroyed
Milnerville and McCook. in the Big
Sioux River Valley, both suffered, but
no great damage was done.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28

Russia owes $4,25O,oOO,OOO and
wants to borrow more. The man who
accepts a second mortgage on that
country must be pretty reckless, OBJ
serves the Chicago Record-Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28

Three hundred and fifty lives sac
rificed to the wrath of the North
Atlantic last winter, makes formid-
able record, laments the Boston Tran
script, yet it would have been much
greater but for the heroic and eff
cient efforts of our national life-sav-
ing service
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28

Tagging interest in the Panama
Canal suggests, to the Atlanta Con-
stitution, that it's going to take some
active and patriotic publicity to keep
the healthy national attention cen
tered on this gigantic project until
its completion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Conductor Says His Wife
Rides All Day in His Car

Cincinnati. Edward Leroy Meyer,
a street car conductors, liz his divorce
suit against Amy Meyer, charges her
with extreme cruelty. This consisted
chiefly in boarding mis- car and riding
with MIN the entire day. The trips,
he says, were made ID the accompan-
iment OF seedlings and false accusa-
tons
continually Irffle, quarrelsome
and fault finding Ind with trying to
STAB him