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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
Explaining an Excuse.

An Atlanta merchant has frequent
occasion to rebuke Ike, his darby
porter, for his hardness in reporting
for duty in the morning Ike is al
ways ready with a more or less in
.genious excuse.
you're two hours late, Ike!" ex-
claimed the employer one morning.
This sort of thing must stop! 9th
Aerwise I'm going to fire you. Under
stand?"
Deed, Mistah Edward" replied
Ike, sit want NAH fault dis time!
Honest'l / was kicked by a mule!''
"Kicked by mule? Well, even If
that were so, it wouldn't delay you
for more than an hour. You'll have
to think of a better exuse than
that"
'stF Ike looked aggrieved. "Mistah Ed.
ward" he continued solemnly, I'll
might have been all right eff dat
mule kicked me in dis direction, but
he kicked me de odder way. ATTAIN.
ia Journal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
FOOTBALL INJURIES FATAL
University Of Virginia Student
Dies of Conclusion of Brain.
Young Christian, Eighteen Years of
Age, o Sacrifice to the Game at
Georgetown University.

Washington d. C.--Archer Chris
tian, Jr., eighteen years old, the Unis
versity Of Virginia football player
who was injured in the game with
Georgetown University, died without
regaining consciousness for more
than a few moments. Death was due
J to cerebral hemorrhage following
conclusion. The athletic authorities
OF both institutions have. cancelled
their remaining football games.
Mr.. Christians father, mother and
brother were wish him at the last.
Mrs, Christian had not witnessed the
game, but had. come over simply to
be present in case OF accident having
a premonition that her son would be
injured. She was at the Union Sta
ton, on the point of returning to her
home in Roanoke, Va, when she
called up the university to make sure
all was right. She was told that her
son had been injured and hurried to
the hospital, Mr.. Christian was sum-
moned from Richmond, va.
Young Christian died from con-
cussion of the brain, sustained by
fall after he was tackled by one of
Georgetown men. The play was a
mass outside of tackle, and it is
thought that the dead man was fatal
ly hurt when he was first thrown and
not after the tackle was made. He
was placed on the operating table
and for three hours the physicians
worked over him, removing at least
three blood clots from the brain.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Christian, and his brother were with
him when the end came Sincere
sympathy is manifested for them, and
in the university chapel the entire
undergraduate body knelt to pray for
the repose of the soul of young Chris
tian. s{ fs
Columbus, Ohio.--In the football
game between Ohio State University
and Vanderbilt University teams
Metzger, of Vanderbilt, was injured
in the first half, his leg being broken
just above the ankle
Grand Rapids, Ohio-Foy Vogel,
a schoolboy, injured two weeks ago
in football game, is dead, A blood
vessel in his head was ruptured and
he was unconscious for thirteen days.
Chicago, Ill.-The Chicago Tri-
bune's annual list of football acci-
dents, which is not yet completed, al
ready shows ltwenty-three dead and
forty seriously injured.
hi
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
COULDN'T AWAKEN
HYPNOTISTS SUBJECT
Friend Cries in Vain to the Man
Dead in the Morgue.
FORMER PIANO MOVER HELD
Must Answer to Grand Jury in Somer-
as Vile, N. u, Fol Death of Man He
IA ,Hypnotized For Exhibition
es Death Due to Heart Rupture.

Somerville, N. JAIL the hypno-
lists, mesmerists and other varieties
of trance inducers in the country
seemed to, be trying to get into COM
munication with this place to offer
suggestions to Professor" Arthur
Eyerton as to how to awaken Robert
Simpson, who died in the cataleptic
state into which Everton had thrown
him during an exhibition Of stunts
in the Scneryille Opera House In
/ one of the stunts he jumped on the
subjects body as it was stretched be-
tween two chairs. ~ S
4 William e. Davenport, of Newark,
ian amateur hypnotist of some note,
spent long time over Simpsons
body in the dead room of the hospital
trying the awakening process. He
touched the dead man S cheeks and
bent over him, alternately whisper
ing and shouting invitations to him to
come to life.
! Bob, your heart action attend.
Listen, Bob, your heart action is
strong. Bob, your heart begins to
beat Bob (loud) do you hear me?
Bob (whispering), your heart is start
ing"
But Simpson was beyond awaken
ing-dead of a rupture of the aorta,
as an autopsy disclosed, and Everton,
the hypnotist, under arrest, seems like
ly to have to stand trial on a charge
of manslaughter. He has employed
counsel and will fight the case. 1t is
suggested here that he may make the
novel plea that the man was still alive
when the autopsy was performed, cit.
ing various cases Of suspended ANNA
ton as proof of this. DR.. John Quack-
enbos, Professor Emeritus of Column
bia University and one of the leading
authorities on hypnotism in the coun-
try, said before the autopsy was made
that it was not unlikely that Simp-
sons was a case of suspended anima-
ton, and that an autopsy should be
attempted with caution or perhaps
deferred until there was no possibility
of life.
But the autopsy was made, and
seems to have disposed effectually of
the suspended animation theory.
Eight physicians assisted in it. They
issued a statement at it's close that
death was due to rupture of the aorta.
OACf VI t11C 6lSdL DlOOQ ttCSSGlS CIOSd
to the heart. This indicated to the
Coroner that death was primarily due
to natural causes and that the man
had probably been suffering for some
time from an aneurism or similar at
lection of the ruptured vessel. Death
was practically instantaneous, and
evidently occurred just as Simpson
was coming out of the trance into
which Everton had thrown him.
Professor" Eyerton, who recently
was a piano salesman in Newark, and
before that a travelling hypnotist, had
just begun an engagement at the
Somerville Opera House. He was
just starting out anew ON his old
business of hypnotizing; he had
finished week at the Arcade Thea
tire in Newark where he had done
well. iie
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
NEGRO AND WHITE
MAN ARE LYNCHED
Slayer of Annie PeIIey Hanged
and Shot at Cairo, III.
HUNDREDS or WOMEN HELPED
Killed in Public Square and Then
Burned--White Man Dies Next,
Who Was in Prison For Murder
ing His Wife.


Cairo, Ill.-"WillH James, the me-
gro murderer of Miss Annie Pelley
here, was lynched by a mob. After
James was strung up to the public
arch, the rope broke, and at least
500 shots were poured into his body,
which was then dragged through the
streets to the place where Miss Pei
ley's body, bound, gagged and
bruised, had been found, and burned.
He made a confession and implicated
another negro, Arthur Alexander,
who was not found.
Hundreds of women were in the
crowd, anxious to help do the work.
After killing James, the mob went
to the county jail and after battering
down a steel cell took out Henry Salz-
ner, a white man, charged with the
murder of his wife, and dragged him
up Washington avenue, where he was
also lynched.
Salzner was photographer, who,
it was charged, killed his wife last
July with an ak. He was hanged to
a telegraph pole and his body was
riddled with bullets.
The mob gave Salzner a chance to
confess after the rope was around his
neck, but he was so frightened that
he could only humble that his sis
ters had killed his wife, The mob
became furious at this.
When Salzner was asked for his
last statement, man, stranger in
the crowd, stepped forward and said
he believed Salzner was innocent,
whereupon the mob fell upon him,
III hi nd L. =,
down.
James was found with Sheriff
Davis between Karnak, ILL.,, and
Belknap by Cairo mob, which went
there. The crowd overpowered the
them. After a conference it was de-
/ this city and lynch him.
Sheriff Davis had been evading the
mob for twenty-four hours with the
prisoner. Driven from town to town
by menacing crowds, the Sheriff had
taken to the woods with James, but
could not escape the persistent search
of the avengers.
Miss Annie Pelley was an orphan,
twenty-five years old. Her home was
formerly at Anna, ILL.,, but for t., o
years she had lived with her sister,
Mrs. John Coffman, in Cairo. She
was employed as a salesgirl in dry
goods store and was on her way
home.
The finding of the handle of her
umbrella in the front yard of the
residence of Harry Lipe, three doors
from the Coffman home, indicated
that this was where she was first at
tackled. Markson heground showed
that she was dragged seventy-fve feet
to the spot where she was strangled
to death.
Bloodhouds were put on the trail,
and each of the dogs tried separately
on eight tests led directly to house
where four negroes, including wom-
an, were arrested. One of them was
James, the man lynched.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
Tommy to the Fore.

Just before the performance was
about to commence at a certain music
hall in Newcastle-on-Tyne a soldier,
arriving late, found all the cheaper
seats occupied. Seeing, however, a
few of the more expensive places va
cant. he made toward them.
Here, where are you going?"
called an attendant.
Where am going?" replied Tom
my, cheerfully. Where a good sol
der should go-to the front, of
course And he went, amid the
cheers of the audience Home Notes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
MME. sTEINHEIL FREED.
Woman Carried Painting From Court
gg in Paris After Verdict.

Paris, France.--s'Not guilty. was
the verdict returned in the case OF
Nine. Steinheil, accused Of the MUIR
der of her husband and stepmother
The jury returned to the courtroom
after two and a half hours deliberas
zion.
Nine, Steinheil, who had for an
hour been in a state of collapse and
kept conscious only by means of slim
ulants, family smiled and exclaimed,
Thank God! Now my daughter will
have no cause to tank i'll Of me"
Nine. Steinheil was carried from
court and taken il motor car to st.
Lazare prison, where the formalities
for her release were carried out. She
then started in a motor car for an
unknown country retreat holly pur-
sued by reporters. M M
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
OUTLINE OF PRESIDENT TAFTS ANNUAL MESSAGE.
Roosevelt Policies Be Commended Congress Corporations the Chit
TOpcBetier Antitrust Law Railroad Rate Court and ASOCk Wafer
ing Plan to Be Recommended conservative Regarding MsSs
Sippi--C0mmlSSlOn Government For Alaska.

exempted from the opcsation of the
law, but the effect Of the amendment
he admits, will be to put labor out.
side the law. Under the present
statute it has been decided by the
Supreme Court that boycotts are q
violation of the Sherman act.
The Presidents position on the
subject of honesty in business is as
summarized by himself:
1T takes some time for series OF
courts to make a decision which shall
be plain to the business world. But
we are going on with this antitrust
law, and If we amend it as I suggest
we shall draw the lines closer and en-.
able men to know what is legitimate
business and what is not.
Postal savings banks will be urged
President Taft will Recommendation.
tinuance and extension of the conser
walton of national resources and rec
lamation of arid lands. He will say
that these subjects include also reten
ton of control over the water power
sites by the Government, so that it
may regulate rates charged for the
power furnished, and retention OF
control of coal, oil and phosphate
u
vent the use of those lands by mon.
opolies.
Conservative as TO Mississippi.
b On the subject of waterways the
message will recommend continuance
and extension of harbor work, such as
the San Pedro Harbor, on the Califor.
ma coast, Dut MS recommendations
for work on the inland WATERWAYS
VIII De most conservatives. The Presi'
gent saw LOT on ms trip down the
MISSISSIPPI River, put ms conclusions
uiu not encourage the inlanu wafer
ways boomers, VINO went 70 great ex
pense TO snow the-rlver 10 MIN.
.Regaralng the MISSISSIPPI the FIRES.
ldeht Will go no Iuruher IN the next
message imam 70 recommend lcontinu.
ance OF the protectlon OF the banks al
She nends, where the current IS con.
staHtly cuIllng. Optslue OF tnat u
VIII pc me position 81 Mr: Iatt tha'
no Improvement snalI pc undertaken
| until engineers have approved It's fea,
! slpillty and nave esvimated It's cost
ana, IN addltlons IL mas been demon
straCed lhat aIter the millions OF the
Government nave Deen spent the pro.
Ject VIII De worm whlle-7tnat is, tha'
Cne commerce. VIII 9ustify the expense.
ana tnat the Shippers VIII not desert
Ine river Ior the railroad tne nrst
| Tune the latter cuts rates, All those
conditions Iuihiled, the president VIII
state ne Is IN FAVOR OF the government
issuing all the bonds necessary and
completing the WORK that II mas de-
clded, carefully, TO begin.
me PRESIDENT wlil not make any
recommendation Tor monetary legis'
iatlon, leaving tnat TO the next Con,
gress. N
"A commission government foi
Alaska VIII be recommended. It Is
the result OF ms experience in the
philippines and: as Secretary OF War
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
The Amenities.
met at the elevator.

They met at the elevator.
"Why, where have you been? I
haven't, seen you for long time, :"
says the first girl.
ooh. I've been busy" says the sec
ond girl.
Catching sight of the second girls
new chapeau. my, what pretty
fall hat!" says the first girl. you
bought it rather early. didn't you?"
"Well-yes, had to-my summer
one was all faded and battered out of
shape
Turn round and let me see It. It's
very becoming. And you have used
your COG from your last winters tur-
ban?"
'iNo-if you recall didn't have
COG last year, had stiff feather
that curled at the ends"
"Oh!"--New York Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
They We're Good Mothers.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is quoted
as saying that woman's first duty
is to develop all her powers and pos
sibilities, that she may better guide
and serve the next generation. Mrs.
Stanton raised seven uncommonly
healthy and handsome children, says
an admirer Of hers, and the children
of Mrs, Julia Ward Howe testify to
the virtues of the noted woman as a
mother The eagle may be as good
a mother as the hen or the goose.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
Vegetable Suspension Bridge

~ a remarkable suspension bridge
spans the river Apurimac in central
Peru. The ropes of this bridge are
composed of pliable roots and vines,
while the planks are made of
branches. In the humid climate of
Peru 1t would be by no means extra
ordinary if,this vegetable bridge were
lone day to start growing, Wide
World Magazine.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
MUST FILE oLEo RETURNS.
Big Corporations Under Law, SUI
! preme Court Holds.

Washington, D. C.-That the law
requiring dealers in oleomargarine to
make returns of their business APP
plies to corporations was held by the
Supreme Court of the United States
in deciding the case of the United
States VS.. the Union Supply Company
in favor of the Government.
The Union Company operates in
Camden, N. j., where it was indicted
for not making the returns required
by the law. The United States District
Court for the District of New Jersey
quashed the indictment onthe grounds
that the law applies to individuals
only and not to corporations.
The opinion of the Supreme Court
was announced by Justice Holmes and
reversed the decision of the District
Court.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16

ness, headaches,
tired feeling, urin-
airy troubles. Doan's
Kidney Pills cure
the cause. Mrs.
Virginia Splitter,
Ruena Vista, Va,
says: "For thirty
years II suffered
everything but death
with my kidneys. I
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
All Future Boston schoolhouses to
Have Sun and Fresh-Air Rooms

Boston. All new school buildings
erected in this city in the future are
to contain sun and fresh-air rooms
according to a communication to be
sent by the School Commission to the
containing such recommendation
was adopted at a special meeting.
A committee of the board also has
under consideration a plan for utiliz-
ing the roofs of the present buildings
and it is probable that a recommen-
dalton Will be made on this.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
Insanity Caused Strange Auto
Deaths in Chicago

Chicago. -Thebody of Ernst Camp,
the chauffeur who drove his automo-
bile with two passengers into the riv-
er Sunday night, has been recovered.
The bodies of Miss Beatrice, Shapiro
and Max Cohen are still in The river.
It has been learned that Camps par
ents are insane, and the theory Of the
police is that he was also. The trag-
edy has aroused a public demand for
an ordinance requiring mental and
physical examination OF all men who
drive automobiles.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
GIRLS SLAYER ADMITS CRIME,
Hend Fonnd Where Prof. Frank. Il.
Hill Said He Had Thrown 1t.

Taunton, Mass. While the attor-
neyi for Professor" Frank l.. Hill,
the Fall River herb doctor, who
pleaded guilty in the Bristol County
Superior Court to an indictment Of
manslaughter in connection with the
Tiverton suit case mystery, was MAX
ing statement in the nature Of a
confession, reporters in the neigh
boring city of Fall River found in a
spot indicated in the confession the
head of the victim, which completed
the dismembered body of the young
woman. d
Hills attorney, in his statement to
the Court, said that the victim,
Amelia st. Jean, Of Woonsocket, r. l.,
had died in Hills Office as result of
her owl act, after the herb doctor
had refused to give her the surgical
relief which she sought.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
GIRL TO SERVE SEVEN YEARS.
Supreme Court Confirms Sentence of
Orphan Who Took Five Eggs.

Mobile, Ala. Miss Lille Sutton,
of Ocean Springs, Miss, who was sem
fenced last spring to seven years in
prison for the theft of half pound
Of butter and five eggs, voluntarily
gave herself up to the sheriff, the SUI
preme Court having affirmed the sem
tence.
Left fatherless and motherless and
having to care for an invalid brother,
Miss Sutton led solitary life, which,
1t is believed. impaired her mind and
rendered her irresponsible for her act.
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cannot describe my suffering from ter
rible bearing down pains, dizzy spells,
headaches and periods of partial
blindness. The urine was full of sedi-
ment. was in the hospital three
weeks. Doan's Kidney Pills were
quick to bring relief and soon made
me we'll and strong again.
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers, so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
Jottings About sports.

Young, the Yale freshman centre.
weighs ESQ pounds.
High, Of Brown, is regarded as one
of the best backs Of the season
Howe, the Yale quarterback, is q
brother Of last years crew captain.
Syracuse has all the players OF
last seasons baseball team except
Stein and Banks.
Roy Mercer. the freshman pole
vaulter at Pennsylvania. has record
OF ~ feet e inches.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16

and misery. i advise all suffering
women to take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound" - Mrs. EMMA
WHEATON, Vienna, W. Va.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
offemale diseases of any similar medi-
cine in the country, and thousands of
voluntary testimonials are on file in
the Pinkhaml laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form OF
female complaints, inflammation, Ill
ceration, displacements, fibroid tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostratioR
Every such suffering woman owes it to
herself to give Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a trial
If you would like special advice
about your case write cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
DIED FROM HYDRoPHOBIA.
Athlete Bitten by Pet Dog Thre
Months Ago Victim.

Elizabeth, N. -Nipped on the
finger three months ago by pet dog
mo more being thought of the
wound after it's cauterization Will
lam Scheerer, forty-two years old,
weighing $50 pounds and an athlete,
died in the Elizabeth General Hospital
from what DR.. Otto Wagner says is
hydrophobia
Scheerer was a member Of the Ger
rnan Turnverein and was known as a
heavyweight litter.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
Sure of Himself.

s'I'lI give you a position as clerk to
start with said the merchant, "and
pay you what you are worth. Is that
satisfactory
ooh, perfectly" replied the college
graduate, "but-er-do you think the
firm can afford it?"--Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
G. o. LANrPRECHT GUILTY.
Member of N. Y. Stock Exchange and
Chicago Board of Trade Convicted.

Cleveland. - George Lamprecht,
former manager of the brokerage
firm of Lamprecht Brothers & Co.,
was found guilty Of embezzling $2932
from Ralph Ellsworth, of Lakewood,
N. j., who gave the money to the firm
to invest in railway stock.
Lamprecht Brothers &c Co. failed
over year ago, with liabilities APP
proximating $1,50O,000 The Arm
was member of the New York Stock
Exchange and of the Chicago Board
of Trade.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
Newsy Cleaning.

The body Of Prince Ito was saken
to Toxic.
United States Steel common stock
has been placed on four per cent.
basis,
ma Two bombs were exploded in build
fngs in Chicago occupied by gambling
clubs making thlrtyrtWo similar exr
pipsiQns
Thres steamships load led with wines
fsached the port 81 New York ID time
N aHhld nAXManL ol The new duties.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
Cuba Asked to Explain.

The State Department at Washing
ton, d. c., has asked the Cuban Gov
eminent for an explanation of the
new trade treaty with Spain, and it is
said that continuance of the reciproc-
ity treaty between the United States
and Cuba will depend on the answer
received
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
Esscncc Of the News.

Directors OF the Monteflore Home
in New York City decided to erect a
new and larger Institution at cost
of $3.50. 000.
It was announced that President
Taft's next message to Congress
would deal chiefly with control Of
corporations, also reasserting his
fidelity TO the Roosevelt policies.
Premier BRAND narrowly escaped
defeat in the French Chamber Of
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-16
The Growth Of Genius.

The man who succeeds above his
fellows in the one who, early in life.
clearly discerns his object, and to-
ward that object habitually directs
his powers. Even genius itself is but
fine observation strengthened by fix
ity of purpose. Every man who OBJ
serves vigilantly and resolves stead
lastly grows unconsciousIy into gen.
ius.- Bulwer-Lytton.