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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
ST. PETERS GETS $4,000.
Request by Mrs. MilIer-other wins
Probared Thursday.

Bequest by Mrs. MilIer-Other wills
Probared Thursday.
The will of the late Mrs. Catherine
s. Miller, of Morristown, widow of
Henry W. Miller, was admitted to
probate Thursday. Among it's be-
quests is one Of 5000 to st. Peters
church of this town. Her cousin,
Henrietta Sites Eagleson, receives
$1,000. Mrs. Mary Louise McVickar,
niece, to whom she gave her home
stead property, the :" HEDGE" on Mac
culloch avenue, during the testatrix's
lifetime, is left an additional piece of
property to be connected with it. All
of her neices and nephews are remem-
bered and the residue of the estate is
left Unequal parts to Mrs. Emma Hoff-
man Larned, Hoffman Miller, Mrs.
Elizabeth Agnes Brinley, Leverett
Salton Miller and Edith Macculloch
Miller. Hoffman Miller is named as
executor.
BY the will of the late Elizabeth
Burnett, Of East Orange, all of her
personal effects, such as ornaments
and jewelry, are left to her sister, Mrs.
Imogene Wheeler Burnett, of this
place. All moneys and securities are
to be divided into four equal parts.
two to go to her Sister, Mrs. Burnett !;
one to her nephew, Edward Stanley
Burnett, of East Orange, and the
other share to her neice, Helen Gladys
Burnett, of Newark.
Edward Parson Burnett, brother,
receives the residue, including the in
terest in the homestead farm at Lit
tleton.
s. The late Louis NJ. Noe, of Madison,
by his will leaves to his wife the house
hold furniture, horses, carriages, etc.,
and the homestead property. His
daughter, Lillian NJ. Noe, is left
$4,000. The balance of the estate is
left to the widow and children in
equal shares, with the exception of
the greenhouses and business con-
nected Herewith. The business is to
be conducted by his executors for five
years or longer if in their judgment it
is desirable for the benefit of his es-
tate.
Tie proceeds are to be divided into
two shares, one to go to the widow and
daughter and the other to the balance
OF the heirs. Mrs. Noe, her daughters,
Mrs. Maria Noe Pierson and Miss Lii
liam M. Noe, and his son, Louis A.
Noe, are the executors.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
WANT NO CHANGE.

Morristonians Would Have Power
Boat Inspection Laws as They Are.
There are many Morristown people
who have cottages or who spend much
time at Lake Hopatcong during the
summer months and they are all op-
posed to any change in the power boat
inspection service as contemplated by
a bill introduced into the legislature
by Senator Frelinghuysen.
The inland power boat inspectors, of
whom J. Fred Runyon, of this town, is
the chief, receive salaries aggregating
81, 400 annually. The state receives
about $3.50 in license fees annually col
lected by the inspectors. On Lake
Hopatcong alone the number of pas
sengers carried during the season by
the licensed boats amounts to more
than $4,000 and with the addition of
10000 more for Deal lake and other
inland lakes in the state it seems to
the people here interested that the
states payment of approximately $500
annually for protection to $1,000 peo-
pie is exceedingly cheap.
Conditions at Lake Hopatcong be-
fore the present regime were very
bad. The inspectors formerly pocket
ed the license fees, receiving no salary
and it was to the interest of the in
spectors to be, to say the least, lenient
with their inspections.
The last year the old system was 10
vogue at Lake Hopatcong three Ii
|censed boats sank during the season.
Under the present system the in
spectors get a regular salary and are
careful in their work Licenses are
promptly revoked in case of violations
of navigation laws, drunkenness of the
master or any of the stipHlations Of
the law which are violated.
Morristonions under the present
system feel safe while travelling upon
the lake boats and want that feeling
to continue.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

GOVERNOR FORT seems to have seen
new light. In his special message of
January 9th to the legislature, he
said -" Nocause seems to have exist
ed for the passage of this act 1906
that is founded either in reason or a
sound public policy and that care
must be taken to prevent prodigality
and reckless expenditure y by the pub
lie schools; also that "the state, by
the laws of 1906 has appropriated cut
OF the states revenues more than it
should for school purposes" He urged
the repeal of the act of 1906 and if The
legislature should refuse to do that,
then the taking away from the schools
of railroad tax of one-tourth of one
per cent, amounting to $500, 900, and
diverting to other purposes $4O0, 900
making loss to the schools of nearly
100000. But now, after the subject
has been thoroughly discussed, and he
has heard from various parts of the
state he says, that no man would
do more for the public schools than he,
that he has never suggested the TAX
ing away from them the surplus rev.
enue derived from railroad taxes, and
that he fayors giving more money to
the schools than they have ever had
before. Probably the act of 1906 will
not be repealed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30

contemplated calling the legislature
in special session to further consider
the financial matters Of the state, and
that the legislature would adjourn at
The end of next week.
l never at any time thoughtof call
ing the legislature to consider finances,
and believe that the financial question
will be satisfactorily settled by the end
of next week; at least shall insist that
it be settled before the legislature adj
journs.
"The statement that was made on
that subject was evidently done malic-
iously and intended simply to make
trouble
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
OFFICIALS INSPECT ROADS.
Town and County Officials, Make
visit to Camden County.

Town and County Officials, Make To
visit to Camden County.
State Road Commissioner Frederick
Glkyson has planned campaign of
education which, it is expected, will
result in improved methods of road
construction being introduced in some
of the North Jersey counties. Mr..
Gilkyson, State Road Supervisor Rot
ert A. Meeker, the county engineer OF
Camden county, and members of the
Camden board of freeholders, met
on Wednesday with the engineers OF
Sussex, Hunderton. Morris, PaSsaic,
Middlesex and Monmouth counties,
the purpose being to inspect several
roads built in Camden county the past
year in the construction of which new
methods and ideas were used.
Mayor caldwell, street committee
man Ayers and street commissions r
Cole Of Morristown, freeholderS john
son, Norris, Grimes and Carl, road in
spector Mitchell and road clerk White
and State Treasurer d. S. Voorhees,,
we're in the party. These officials,
were taken over the roads in auto
mobiles.
The Imperial road in Westville,.
Gloucester county, was first visited.
This road was found by the local OFF,
Gals to be practically the same as the
section laid by the Imperial company
at Landing in this county.
/ The ChpW'S Landing and RIanl1 wood
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
SPECIAL ELECTION ON
CONSTITUTION.

Attorney General Nelson B. Gaskill
is preparing bill to be presented to
the senate as soon as that body concurs
in the corrections to the Hillery consti-
tutional amendments, fixing the time
for holding special election in Sep
TENDER, when the voter can accept or
reject the proposed amendments to
the constitution.
He said that although there is no
provision in the proposed amendments
regarding the extension Of the terms
of the governor, senator's, assembly
men, sheriffs and coroners, the election
ticket must be so arranged that the
voter can split it, voting for or against
the extension of time for each and
every one of the officers affected.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30

SPEAKER PRINCE, of the Assembly,
is going to make the endeavor to do
away with the all-night session at the
wind-up of the Legislature, and it is
hoped he will be successful. If he can
do it, and Assemblymen should give
him all the aid possible to do it, it will
save the State from batch of bad
laws and the legislative scandal of the
past. There is no question about ac-
complishing the desirable purpose if
the members will only act reasonably.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
MENDHAM.

| Miss Mary NJ Teese has returned to
| her home, Gravesend. and is spending
several weeks at New York city.
| Miss Dora Hoffman has had as her
guest Miss Edna Buchanan, of jersey
City.
Mrs. M. Dodd returned the latter
part of the week from a visit at New
ark.
Freeman Brothers will build an au-
tOm0bile garage. 1t will be used as a
demonstrating building for the Ford
car, of which they are the agents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lowery have
been entertaining their son Robert,
| ir., of Coleman's Business college,
Newark.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Phoenix, of
New York, opened their summer
home on Church street Thursday of
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. D. Mccoy have re-
turned to their home near Pitney, af-
ter spending the winter with their
son, Louis Mccoy, at Montclair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowe have been enter
tanning their daughter, Miss Martha
Lowe, of Newark.
Clarence McMurtry spent Sunday
with Miss Grace Cramer, of Somer-
vile.
At the school meeting held at Rails
ton on Tuesday, MeSSrS. Hugh Bah
bitt, Baldwin Thompson and E. d.
Schenck we're elected, each to serve a
term of three years. The school board
OF Mendham township is as follows !:
Messrs. Chas. Leade, W. B. Woodruff,
William Garabrant, Samuel NeSbitt,
Edwin Schenck, Baldwin Thorn pson.
Hugh Babbitt, Peter DeMott, w. I'll.
,Schenck.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Apgar have had
as their guest their niece from High
Bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keen will return from
New York the first of April and open
their summer home here on Church
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph DeGroot, of
Washington Corner have been enter
tanning friends from Annandale.
Miss Isabelle Thompson has re-
turned from six weeks visit with
friends at Brooklyn.
Mrs. David Terhune has returned
from a visit with her daughter at
Crawford.
Mrs. r. Woodruff has been enter
tanning her sister from Mountainville.
Mrs. John Coghlan has been enter
tanning her daughter, Mrs. John Car
ney, Of H0boken.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Menagh have
had as their guest their daughter,
Mrs. William Osmun, of Roseville.
The engagement of Miss Helen By
ram, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Bryan, formerlyNof this place but now
of Succusunna to Chester F. Bray, of
Newark. has been announced.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Hoffman,
Edwin Mitchell and Ernest Bockoven,
Of MOrristOwn, were in town on Sun
day.
The monthly G. e. business meeting
will be held at the home of Miss Leila
Babbitt on Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Q. D. Carley have been
entertaining Mrs. James Brown from
Gladstone.
Mrs. Nellie Vannest returned home
Sunday after being away for eight
weeks.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
Few Spring FlittIngs.

Among the removals to be made on
April 1st are. the following:
Joseph Van Dyke from Hillside to
WetmOre avenue.
John Hance from Cobb place to
Washington street.
James Boston from Ann street to
Harrison street.
James X. Swick from Elm street to
one OF James Clark's houses on Morris
street.
Albert Allen from Speedwell avenue
to No 81 Mills street.
w. H. p. Day from Mt. Kemble ave-
nue. to the Moody house on Washing
ton street.
Arthur Mills from Morris Plains to
Washington street.
Mrs. FL. M. Day from Washington
street to. the house corner Of Gran5
and Cleveland street.
Frederick Loree from Washington
street to Mt. Kemble avenue.
Harry Carpenter from 1872 Washing
ton street to Cobb place.
Mrs. Fl. @. Wells from Pine street
to the Moody house on Washington
street.
John Broderick from Harrison street
to Speedwell place.
William Peters from Harrison street
to Hillside.
Herbert D. Tunis Atno avenue to
Llttleton.
/ Miss Clara L. Abbott from No. 141
Washington street to No. 80 WASH
ington street.
Halleck Wells from Liberty street
to Long Island.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
* Vice Point in school Law.

The school election at Boonton
raised a nice point OF law. Two days
after the ten days notice required for
a school election had been posted Mr.
LOCKER, hOld-over member of the
board Of education died. At the cleo
tion the name OF j. j. Green was
placed upon one of the tickets to fill
the vacancy caused by his death.
When the votes were counted objec-
sion was made to counting the votes
cast for Mr.. Green as due notice had
not been given. County Superintend-
emit Hulsart decided that there was no
election. The question then arose as
to how the vacancy should be filed.
The law provides that when vacancy
occurs through death or resignation
the board shall fill the vacancy but
where the vacancy is caused by the
failure to elect the county superin-
tendent shall appoint. The point was
whether the death Of Mr.. LOCKER, az
ter the notice was filed, could be called
vacancy In the incoming board to be
filed by the board, or whether IL was
a vacancy to be filled by the superin-
tendent. The matter was settled by
the superintendent appointing for
mer member OF the board and the
board also electing him member.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30

The proposition to increase the rev.
enues of the general government by a
collateral inheritance tax is meeting
with general opposition on the part of
the state officials in many of the
states. New Jersey solons also are
taking up the matter and will endeay,
or to prevent congressional action in
this regard. Morris county has a
lively interest in this matter, and
also in the bill pending in the
legislature to have a state collateral
inheritance. Morris county is the
second county in the amount of
revenue derived from this source, be-
ing excelled only by Essex county
The average revenue from this tax in
this county for series of years is
about $4,000 per year. The proposed
law provides for a commissioner and
clerks that will make the expense of
collecting the tax several thousand
dollars year. At present the tax is
collected by the surrogates without
expense to the state or county. Sur
r0gate Young and the freeholders
have taken measures to save this tax
TO the county where it belongs, by in
forming our representatives in the
legislature and have the bill defeated :.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30

DISCUSSING the possibilities for the
Republican gubernatorial nomination
In 1910 has already been begun, though
Governor Fort still has nearly two
years to serve. The names already
mentioned include Vivian M. Lewis,
of Passaic Joseph T, Frelinghuysen,
of Somerset William j. Bradley, Of
Camden Thomas ]. Hillery, of Nor
ris Samuel X. Robbins, of Burling-
ton; Everett Colby, of Essex former
Governor Stokes, of Cumberland
Mark NJ. Pagan, of Hudson, and Will
liam M. johnson, of Bergen. The
Trenton Times" says it is already
quite respectable list, but in order
to complete it to date, let these two
names be added Mahlon Pitney, OF
Morris, and Francis J. Swayze, OF Els.
sex. Present indications are that the
Republican candidate next year will
have no walk-over.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
THE FRIDAY EVENING CLUB.
President Eliot, of Harvard Uniyer
sfty VIII Be Next Speaker.

President Eliot, of Harvard Uniyer-
sity VIII Be Next Speaker.
The Friday Evening club will end
the ninth year of its history by the
noteworthy occasion Of receiving Presi-
dent Eliot. of Harvard, who will speak
on sThe University in American
Life,''0n Friday evening, April End.
AS his influence on educational insti-
buttons in this country has been great
err than that OF any one other person,
and has earned for him the distinctive
title Of "Dean Of American Educa-
tion,'' his views upon this subject OF
so much interest to every citizen
would under any circumstances be OF
great Importance, but reinforced by
observations recently made on an ex-
tended tour to the universities of the
central westy south west, and the
SOUTH Ut will have an unusual signifi.
canoe.
Among the cities and colleges he
AlGo yuOu FfotUCdF may NC HCAttOIiCu
the University of Minnesota, at Min
neapolisr and Of Hamline in St. Paul,
Chicago, Memphis. Nashville, Dallas,
and galveston; Tulane university at
New Orleans; Atlanta, Charleston,
Richmond college and Washington.
In all of these places, he has re.
ceiyed the most enthusiastic welcome,
not only from educational institutions
but boards of trade, civic organiza-
tiOnS, and other centres of state and
city activities and as he ends his trip
here, Morristown will have the Oppor-
tunity to show that it is not unmind
fpl Of its honor in entertaining so dis
tinguished citizen.
His visit is made even more interest
ing in view OF the evident intention
on the part of President Taft TO ex-
tend to President Eliot the opportun-
ity to represent our country as ambas-
sador al the Court of st. James.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30

FORMER PRESIDENT THEODORE
ROOSEVELT started Tuesday morning
from New York on the steamer Ham
burg, bound for Naples, from whence
he will proceed to British East Africa
to slaughter big game. He had a
"great send off" hundreds of personal
friends and prominent federal, state
and city officials gathering at the pier
to bid him Godspeed." He carries
with him the earnest good wishes of
his fellow citizens for 'corking time
and safe return.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30

WHILE it is now regarded that man
has succeeded in limiting natures
laws, it is significant that two hun
dred and twenty-one persons persisted
by shipwreck and eighty-nine vessels
met disaster off the New England and
British North American coast, or
while engaged in the New England or
Canadian trade, during the fall and
winter of 19OS-O9 OF the eighty-nine
vessels cast ashore or lost at sea. six
steamships and tifty-six sailing craft
were wrecked. The financial loss ex-
ceeds $4,000
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30

STATE SENATOR WILLIAM j. HAIR
RIsoN, of Ocean county, died at Lake
wood, Tuesday. Mr.. Harrison fell i'll
with pneumonia at Trenton last
Thursday while attending to his
duties in the legislature. He was
born in Monmouth county on January
18th, 1852. For nine years he was
postmaster at Lakewood, having been
appointed under the Cleveland admin
istration. He was president of the
Peoples bank, of Lakewood
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30

LIZ novel bill introduced in the
New Jersey Senate by Mr.. Leavitt be
comes a law, any person thinking him
self insane, or about to become SO, will
have the right to go to any of the
state asylums and, upon application
60 the medical director, be admitted
for treatment. Another bill of Mr..
Leayitt's provides for the commit
ment of confirmed inebriates to insane
asylums. Both bills were introduced
at the request of DR.. Henry A. Cotton,
medical director of the State Hospital
for the Insane at Trenton.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30

The plans for the handsome new
residence of Thomas III. Hoaglano, to
be located on the shores Of the White
Meadow lake, near Rockaway, are
completed and the contracts have
been awarded and work will commence
in few days. The carpenter work
has been awarded to Reeves & Burr,
Of Morristown; the masonry to Stur-
gis brothers, of the same town, and
the plumbing to J. r. Kerr, of Dover.
while S. B. Libby, of Rockaway, Sc
cures the electric wiring. Robert S.
Walsh, Of Morristown, is the architect.
Besides the erection of the new resi-
dence the grounds will be laid QUO I'M
der the direction Of landscape gar
dener, and when completed, il is an
tlcipated thai this win be one OF the
finest estates in Morris county.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
JERSEY SENATORS GET IMPORT.
ANT PLACES.

In the reassignment of the standing
committees of the senate, Senator
Frank o. Briggs Jared well. While re-
tanning his membership on his old COM
mittee, expenditures In the treasury
department, he was transferreds from
the Craftsmanship to that of the COM
mittee on geological survey, succeed
ing Senator Flint, of California, who
went to the committee on interoceanic
canals.
What gave the greatest satisfaction
to Senator Briggs was his assignment
to membership on the military affairs
committee, one OF the most important
in the senate. He filled the vacancy
left by Senator Foraker The other
new committee assignment received
by Senator Briggs was that of irriga-
tion, committee of rapidly growing
Importance. While retaining men,
bership in~the committees On library
and immigration, Senator Briggs re-
membership on two COM
mittees, fisheries and Canadian rela-
tiOnS.
Senator John Kean, New Jersey s
senior member, was recognized in the
naming of one Of the two most i'm
portant committees of the senate, that
OF the committee on appropriations,
he being one of the three new repub-
lican members OF that committee. He
was retained as chairman of the COM
mittee on contingent expenses, and
reappointed as a member OF the COM
mittees on interstate and foreign
commerce; foreign relations; terri
tories. and claims, on all of which he
served during the sixtieth congress.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30

THE Newark STAR truthfully
says: i" Nobody's dictum as to the
kind of ballot the New Jersey voter
shall use can be accepted. The people
want the simplest ballot obtainable
and they have got that ballot now
There is no better ballot anywhere in
the United States. Complications OF
any kind in printed ballot are restric-
tions upon the right to vote That
right is inherent in citizenship. A
ballot printed in Latin or expressed in
geometric figures would hardly be
worse than some of the monstrosities
that theorists would impose upon the
electorate. And one of these is the
big blanket ballot which in Pennsyl-
yania last November disfranchised
about 100000 voters. Nobody in this
State but a few men with a chronic
penchant for novelty and change has
asked for blanket ballot"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
- NO EXTRA SESSION.. SAYS
GOVERNOR.

Governor Fortson Friday gave out
the following statement i'm refuration
Of North Jersey story to the effect
that he intended calling an extra SEES
sion Of the legislature to legislate for
the finances of the state. He said
" Ny attention was called this morn.
ing to a statement in a newspaper that
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30

a ssEAIBLYMAN HARRY BARBER
Moon died yesterday at the home of
his father, former State Senator James
E. Moon, at Phillipsburg, from tuber-
culosis. His death takes the second
member from the democratic side OF
the legislature at Trenton within four
days, State Senator William J. Harri-
son, of Ocean county, having died on
Tuesday. Mr.. Moon was born in Bel
videre on October 9Th, 1878. He was
graduated from Lafayette college, Eas-
ton, Penn, in the class Of '99. Lately
he had started as real estate broker
in Phillipsburg.