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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
contrivances designed by ambitious

contrivances designed by ambitious
inventors. One of the recent distinct
novelties is the electric alarm clock
shown here, designed by a Chicago
man. 1t is placed on the bureau,
where the dial can be readily seen by
the occupant of the bed. If he
awakes in the night and wishes to
know the time, he merely pushes a
push bottom attached to cord which
extends from the clock to the bed.
The little incandescent lamp just
above the dial Immediately lights
up, so that the time can be instantly
seen. 1t is not necessary to arise
from bed to light the electric light
a touch of the button shows the time.
The cord can be put under the pillow
or in any convenient place. The
alarm bell also rings at the hour set,
as with the ordinary alarm clock In
addition, bank is placed on one side
Of the clock; If anybody campers
with it the bell rings and continues
ringing until shut Washington
Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
SCORE KILLED BY TORNADO
Business Section Of BrinkIey, Ark,
Demolished by Storm and Fire.
physicians, Nurses and Fire Fight
ing Apparatus Rushed to
Stricken District.

Memphis, Tenn.-Thirty people
were killed in a disastrous tornado
which swept Brinkley, Ark, town
of 1000 inhabitants. The bodies of
four white persons were recovered,
two more are said to be in the ruins
of the town, and the number of dead
negroes is variously estimated at be-
tween twenty and fifty. Fire added
to the horror caused by the wind, and
the entire town was destroyed. The
property loss, according to conserva-
tive business men of the town, will
reach above 100000.
The known dead are: Porter
Foote, J. L. Starrett, Henry Stove
all, Jr., Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Belle Gar
den, Charles Frenze, Mr.. and Mrs
/ Hood, Miss Clara Rose. A daughter
of T. w. Bunch, one of the wealthiest
citizens of the town, was reported
dead.
With the first relief trains from
Helena, Forrest City and neighboring
towns went all the available fire
fighting apparatus, but the destruc-
ton of the waterworks at Brinkley
practically rendered them useless and
the conflagration burned itself out.
Among the buildings destroyed
were the stations of the Rock Island,
Arkansas, Midland and Cotton Belt
Railroads. In the latter building the
telegraph operator, T. N Kinnell, aud
lineman named Richards were
caught by the falling timbers, but
were not hurt to any extent. When
they had crawled out from the ruins
they walked to Wheatley, town
about two miles from Brinkley, and
sent out the first word of the dis
aster.
Kinnells message told that all the
railroad tracks passing through
Brinkley were blocked by the fallen
walls of the stations and by small
outhOuses and trees which were
blown across the rails by the storm.
With the fire rapidly licking up
the piles of debris, there was every
indication that Brinkley would be
nothing more than smoking pile of
ashes.
Forrest City, twenty miles east Of
Brinkley, was the first town to send
aid. A special train was made up
there, and loaded with all the doctors
in town, 100 nurses and helpers and
the fire companies with hose and
several engines, started for Brinkley.
Nearly the entire State of Arkansas
suffered to some degree from the
high wind. Fences and trees were
blown down, but the heart of the
storm seemed to concentrate on
Brinkley and expended all it's fury
there.
The tornado crossed the Arkansas
River at Fourche Dam and raised a
spout of water about 200 feet high.
1t passed toward the northeast and
swept path about sixty yards wide.
The tornado was followed by a vio-
lent hail and rainstorm, which lasted
throughout the night. The same
storm passed into Barcum and from
there to Kerr, in Lonoke County,
where several houses were demoi-
ished
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16

To know the luxury of smooth,
clean shave the. edge of any razor
must be right to start with and must
be kept right. To the man who
shaves himself the stropping of the
razor is the most difficult part. Very
often he ruins the edge Of the razor
in his endeavors to strop it, Turning
the blade at too great an angle de-
stroys the edge. This cannot happen
with the stropping machine shown
here, patented by an Ohio man. The
operation of the contrivance is very
simple. The razor is placed in posi-
ton at the upper end of the strop,
which, of course, is flexible, and the
strop pulled back and forth. The
strop thus passes alternately over
each side of the blade, catching it at
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
defective PETR0S|NO
A BLACK HAND VICTIM
Slain in Sicily While on Secret
Mission.
WAS KILLED IN DARK SQUARE
Brave SIeuth Gripped His Own Re-
volver, But He Was Murdered in
an misunderstanding Escaped
Amid the Confusion.

Palermo, Sicily. -Lieutenant JOS
eph Petrosino, head of the Italian
squad of the New York Police De-
partment, was shot to death at 8
o'clock p. m. under the shadow of the
trees of Marina Square, in this city.
Whether he was lured there or not
is unknown, but it is believed that
Petrosino, who during his stay in
Sicily had been indefatigable in
criminals, had gone to the square in
the hope of getting information which
he considered of the utmost i'm
portance.
The identity of the assassins has
not been disclosed, for they made
their escape after having assured
themselves of the death of the de-
tective. Not the slightest trace of
them has yet been discovered, but
undoubtedly they we're men who had
reason to dread Petrosinos presence
in Italy, either because he was on
their tracks or on the tracks of fell
low members of some of the secret
organizations in America. Petrosino
had managed to collect while here
much evidence of the criminality of
a large number of Italians who have
taken refuge in the United States
which would have given the American
Government the power to deport
them. In number of cases Petro-
sino had traced murder to their
hands. His work will be largely de-
stroyed by his death, as he had not
had the time nor the opportunity to
- - L. Io&
His assassination was most cold
blooded one He was attacked in the
darkness at the corner of the deserted
square by two men, who fired three
shots at him. Petrosino, though NOR
tally wounded, chung desperately to
life and showed at the very last mo-
ment extraordinary courage and cool
ness. Though the blood was stream
ing from him and he could feel that
death was near, he chung with one
hand to the grating of a nearby win
dow. He managed to draw his re-
volver and FIRE one shot and then fell
to the ground.
His bullet missed it's mark, but
the noise of the explosion attracted
several persons. The first of these
was a sailor from the warship Gala.
bria, who as he ran up saw the detec-
tive dragging himself to his feet and
grasping the iron bar with nerveless
hand, but as the sailor reached him
Petrosino fell again to the ground
covered with blood, which was flow.
ing from desperate wound in the
face. His eyes were still staring as.
in last effort to defend himself, he
turned, revolver in hand, to where
his assailants had been. He was
dead before the sailor and others who
went to his assistance could raise
his head.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Deposits $1,000, Gets $500.

A man giving his name as Julius
Gordon went to Paterson recently and
opened an account with a local bank.
He said he was about to engage in
business, and showed receipt for a
months rent on a store on Main
street. Then he made deposit of
$1,000. A few days later he deposited
5000 and then check on a New
York bank for $4,000. The following
day he went to New York City, drew
check on the Paterson bank for
$500 and had it cashed at the Bank
Of the Metropolis. Meanwhile the
$4,000 check deposited in Paterson
had been returned marked IN. G."
and when the check cashed at the
Bank of the Metropolis came the act
ual amount of the credit of Gordon
was $1,000. 1t is not known how
Gordon succeeded in having the New
York bank officials cash the check.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
In avn PARTS of tht State.

Frank Budd, of Woodbury., cap
tured a hen hawk measuring four
feet from tip to tip.
Resolution Hose Company. of Mill
vile, reelected Paul T. Ludlam fire
chief
The Pennington Board of Educa-
ton awarded seventy-five out of a to.
tai of ninety school bonds at a pre-
MUM of $64S.10.
The horse driven to John Pedrick 2
rural mail wagon ran away and scat.
tered mail, stamps and coin off for
miles around Clarksboro.
The Cape May Fire Department.
has elected President of Council ]. F.
Jacoby and newly-elected Council
man Adam Suelke honorary mem
bers of the department.
Afflicted with the smallpox, John
Williams, twenty-one years old, oil
Milgreen. Md, was found wandering
around the Kaighn avenue ferry, in
Camden, and was sent to the Munich.
pal Hospital.
Condemnation awards for the Jer.
sey City postoffice site, taking in hall
a block bound by Montgomery and
Washington and York streets, havd
been made The land and building
will cost S346.6s1.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
MoRR1srowN PosroFr1cE.

Open from In the Morning l-atil 2
In the Evening.
MAILS CLOSE.
1904. M For New York and all intermedi.
ate stations
s.lb A. M.-For Easton, Newton. Chester and
ali intermediate stations. Whippany.
s.l5A. M-For Brookside. Mendham and al,
stations on the RocKaway Valley Railroad
9.15A. M.-For New York and intermediate
stations.
g.l5 A. M.-For Mount Freedom.
9.AbA. M.-For Newark New York and be-
,yond.
n.s5 M.-For Newark. New York and hs
yond.
l245 p. M-For New York and all inferno
diate stations.
1915 p. M-For Rockaway and Dover.
ESQ p. M.-For New York and all inter'ss
date stations.
MAILS READY FOR DELIVERY.
1904. M.-From New York and intern,edi
ate stations.
$50 A. M.-From Hackettstown and inte +
mediate stations. whippany. Mt. Freedom.
sA.M-From Brookside, Mendham and all
stations on the Rockaway Valley Railroad.
1920 A. M.-From New Yorte and intermedj.
ate stations.
IL A. M.-From Dover.
FLOP. NJ From New York and intermedt
ate stations.
l.28 p. M.-Frum New York.
$50 p. M-From Philadelphia, Easton, New
ton, Chester and intermediates stations.
40 p. M-From Brookside, Mendham and MI
ytations on the Rockaway Valley Railroad.
%44I p M.-From New York and inter1nedi'
ate stations.
ala From Newark and New York
delivered by carriers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16

The boys of Northern New Jersey,
If the tyranny of parents is continued
much longer, will organize an Anti
Short Pants League. Many youngs-
ters of Montclair section of the State
are compelled to wear knickerbockers
long after they are fourteen years
old, even though they have devel-
oped the underpinnings of athletes.
The reason is that their mothers,
knowing that shopkeepers are averse
to selling tobacco to boys in knee
breeches, persist in keeping the lads
In abbreviated trousers, so that they
will be handicapped in their efforts
to smoke. 1t is almost impossible for
a boy who wears knickerbockers to
purchase tobacco in many of the New
Jersey towns, and the mothers have
shrewdly taken advantage of this con-
dition.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
John 7. Thatcher Dead.

The man who interested Thomas
A. Edison, according to his friends, in
the manufacture of Portland cement
and induced him to establish his
plant at Edison, died in New Village.
He was John T. Thatcher, postmaster
for thirty-four years. Mr.. Thatcher
was foremost in the development of
the local trolley line. Several years
ago Mr.. Thatcher began to take an
interest in cement. He noted that
the country in the vicinity of New
Village was we'll supplied with the
kind of rock used in making cement.
He learned that Edison was on the
watch for place where he could To-
cate cement plant, and he person.
ally went to the inventor and placed
the matter before him
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
RUTH BRYAN GETS DIVORCE.
Tells Court w. H. Leavitt Did Not
Contribute Toward Her Support.

that her artist husband had failed to
support her, Ruth Bryan, eldest
daughter of William ]. Bryan, OBJ
tanned divorce from w. H. Leavitt,
who married her against the wishes
of her father.
Mrs. Leavitt came to court with her
mother. She was the first witness
called, and after telling of her mar
riage five years ago, she said her
husband had not contributed to her
support for more than year.
Mrs. Bryan gave similar testimony,
and no defense being offered, Judge
Cornish promptly signed the decree of
divorce
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
MERCHANTS SON A THIEF.
Shot After Being Caught Drilling
Safe at Galena, Kansas.

Galena, Kan.-Frederick Davis,
son of prominent local merchant
and Spanish War veteran, was shot
and seriously wounded while trying
to escape after having been detected
in the act of drilling the safe of the
Citizens Bank
He said his motive in attempting
the robbery was to get money to
branch out in business. What
think of more than anything else is
my family, my five children. l wish
to God the officers had shot me
through the heart
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
Paper From Stalks.

A new material for paper making
is found in the use of corn stalks,
which it is said are a good substi-
tute for wood pulp in making ordi-
nary newspaper for printing. Beside
the pulp for paper making a ton of
corn stalk yields c.bout SO worth of
a coarse molasses.- Guilt
vator.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
RELAXING RIGoR IN RUSSIA.
Capital Punishment and Courts Mar
tial to Be Abated.

st. Petersburg, Russia. The Gov
eminent has determined to abate the
infection of capital punishment ard
the application of martial law in or
binary crimes. The improvement in
the general condition of the country
renders this possible.
The judicial department of the Min
istry of War has sent a circular to
the district courts martial recon-
mending the transfer to the civil
courts of all cases that can be set
tied in these tribunals. The death
penalty will be imposed only in the
most serious cases and after careful
consideration of all the evidence
The carrying out of this reform
was strongly urged upon Emperor
Nicholas by M. Khomyakoff, presi-
dent of the Duma, at recent audi
ence.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
Always Claimed to Be Poor.

1t is authoritatively stated that
William Rogers, of Long Branch, IA
miliarly known as "Old Rogers" who
died recently, and who had always
been known as great miser, left
$50, 900 on deposit in three New York
banks. "Old Rogers" who was
widely known character, had lived on
the bare necessities of life and had
always denied he had any money, al
though friends felt that he had for
tune hidden away. The discovery
and proof of this has been revealed
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
with His Little Hatchet.

Six-year-old George Guest, of Ber-
nardsviile, was impersonating George
Washington, showing Robert Palmer,
of the same age, how the immortal
George cut his fathers cherry tree.
In his demonstration he cut off the
little finger of Roberts left hand
Scared almost out of his wits, but
honest as Washington, George helped
his fainting comrade home and told
a truthful story of how it happened.
II did it, Mrs. Palmer" he said. be-
tween sobs; ut was all my fault"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
Election of D.. A. r.

Hannah Arnett Chapter, Daughters
of the Revolution, held it's annual
meeting at Vineland and elected the
following officers Regent, Mrs. E. H.
J. Kimball; secretary, Mrs. G. H. An
derson; treasurer, Mrs. Harriet E..
Lee; historian, Mrs. Mary H. Irish;
registrar, Mrs. E. G. Howe; delegate
to the national convention. Mrs. M.
j. Kimball; alternate, Miss Lucy A.
Barker; substitute for the regent,
Mrs. Mary H. Irish.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
AN AERoDRoME RECORD.
The Silver Dart Covers Eight Miles
in IL Minutes rs Seconds.

Baddeck, n. Styling eight miles
in eleven minutes and fifteen seconds,
Douglas McCurdy, in his big aero
drome, the Silver Dart, established
new record in the work of the Aerial
Experiment Association, which is con-
Quoting a series of flights here under
the general direction of DR.. Alexan-
der Graham Bell.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
Heavy Damages From RaiIroad.

After celebrating several hours a
jury in the case of Walter Dobbs and
J. Berton Fischer, to recover $4,000
damages against the West Jersey and
Seashore Railroad Company, rem
dered verdict in the Circuit Court
in Camden for SIS, 900 for Dobbs and
$1,000 for Fischer When a team they
were driving was struck by train on
April a, 1908, Dobbs was permanent
ly injured and fischer was badly
hurt. The horse was killed and the
carriage wrecked
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
out of Work, Kills Himself.

Andrew Brown, thirty-three years
old, of No. 325 John street, Harrison,
shot and killed himself in his home.
Brown had become respondent over
his inability to get steady employ
ment. He gave $50 to his wife just
before he shot himself. He leaves
four. small children.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
RECORD sNowFALLs N WEST.
Heaviest in is Years For Iowa and in
History For Southern Arizona.

Des Moines, Iowa.-Snow fell in
Iowa continuously for twelve hours.
There is more snow upon the ground
in Iowa than there has been for
fifteen years, being fully six inches
deep ON the level.
El Paso, Texas. The heaviest fall
OF snow in the history of Southern
Arizona was reported over eight
inches fell at Bisbee and Tombstone,
where snow is seldom seen. In New
Mexico the railroads are still expert
encing difficulty.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
Rnbbing on the Bloom.

mo, don't care for her as much
as did," said the particular young
man. "since she told me l had an
automobile face.
eyes. know she meant mobile.
but the expression had the effect
somehow, of rubbing off the bloom"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
MEAT WILL BE CHEAPER.
SO Says j. Ogden Armour, and He
Ought to Know.

Atlanta, Ca" Meat will be cheap
er this summer" said J. Ogden Ar
mour, who passed through Atlanta
in his private car.
he continued, but this is because of
the increased cost of feeding stock
just now. 1t follows that when corn
is high meat is high. This summer
we expect the price of corn to so
down"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
Ts our subscribers.

When you wish to change the address
of your paper be sure and send the
present address as well as the new one.
II this is not done it is impossible to
make the change promptly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
Live as One Fifty-seven Years.

The unusual event of the celebra-
ton of the fifty-seventh anniversary
of their marriage was observed by
Captain and Mrs. David w. Lenox, of
Centre street, Trenton. Captain
Lenox is eighty-seven years and his
wife eighty-two years old.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
Death by Fast Express.

While crossing the tracks of the
Lackawanna Railroad opposite the
Lyndhurst station, Edward DECKER
mann, fifty-nine years old, whose
home is on Livingston street, was
struck by the New York express and
instantly killed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
Suicides Daughter Ends Life.

Miss Dot Thomas, of Bonneville,
Ark, committed suicide in hotel at
Nashville, Tenn. She was daughter
of e. w Thomas, of Bonneville, who
committed suicide three years ago.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
Top of Mountain FeII on.

The Empress of China, which ar
rived at Vancouver, B. c., brought
news of the destruction of three viii
lagos in Java by the top of Mount
Kentjana falling off. A thousand
people were killed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
Woman FAILS Dead as Bryan Talks.

When William Jennings Bryan was
delivering his lecture on THE Prince
of Peace" in University Hall, Ann Ar
Dor, Mich, Mrs. G. l.. Grimes, sixty
five years old, who was in the bal
cony, fell dead from heart disease.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16

exactly the right angle. A clamp Sc.
curely holds the razor in the correct
position and at the proper angle to
the strop. 1t also prevents the razor
moving. Obviously any person with
a few quick passages of the strop can
sharpen any razor without danger of
dulling the blade. Washington Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
Castro and Wife Are Exiled.

The Venezuelan envoy to France
announced at Paris that President
Gomez has forbidden either Castro or
his wife to return to Venezuela.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16

A census of the railroad cars of
the country shows 1900, 900, OF
which 10000 are PASSENGER cars
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
BattIeship Kearsarge Returned.

The battleship Kearsarge arrived
at Philadelphia Navy Yard, after its
trip around the world.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16

of first sprinkling the floor before
sweeping is unnecessary with the
moistener, but is done automatically
as the work is being done. The mois-
tener is in the form of a receptacle,
which is clamped to the handle above
the top of the bristles. Depending
from the reservoirs is a discharge
pipe which is arranged on curve.
Perforations are placed in the sides
of the pipe. Water, oil or other
liquid is placed in the reservoir, be-
ing distributed in the centre of the
broom through the curved pipe and
passing down the bristles. The tank,
being detachable, can be readily re-
moved from an old and worn broom
and nlaced on new one.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-16
Flashlight Alarm Clock.

Applications for patents on electri-
cal novelties pour into the Patent
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-13
Abstainers Honor Foustycr

BOSTON, Oct s.-Father Mathew
Lay. in memory of Father Thebold
Mathew, who accomplished much for
temperance among the Catholics Of
Europe, America and throughout the
world, will be observed in Boston to-
morrow. The occasion will bring TO
gether the ''old guard" Of the tenn
peran canse, those who as mere
children took the pledge from Father
Mathew. Of many thousands of Ros-
tonians who were his converts. only
hfteen are left alive. All of these
nave strickly kept their pledges. al
though made sixty years ago. Steps
VIII be taken to arouse interest in
next years national convention of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of
America, which will be held i'm
Boston.