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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
N. \. REPUBLICAN AssEABLY.-
Party Gains Three Members in Lower
House OF Legislature.

Albany, N. Y.--Assemblymen were
elected in New York State. Latest
returns indicate that the lower house
of the Legislature next year will be
composed of 102 Republicans and 48
Democrats. The Republicans have
gained three members
Lewis Stuyvesant Chan1er, who ran
for Governor on the Democratic ticket
last year, was elected Assemblyman
in Duchess County. In Orleans the
Democrats increased their hold on
the county by electing their candi-
date, G. P. Wright
Speaker James w. WadswOrth, Jr.,
was reelected from Livingston Coun-
ty by $50 votes In Ontario anti
Raines feeling elected S. w. Abbey.
Democrat. Abbey declared in favor
Of direct primaries, as did another
successful Democrat, Roberts, Of
Onondaga. In Manhattan incomplete
returns indicate that Stern and Gu
villier, both Democrats, failed to be
reelected.
The New York State Senate holds
over another year, except in the Thir-
ty-fourth Senate District, comprising
the counties of St. Lawrence and
Franklin, where Herbert p. Coates,
of Franklin, has been elected to sue
coed the late Senator William 7.
O'Neill.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
woman Infects MIX.

a Boston waitress, who infected a
large can of milk by drinking from
the supply which was next day given
to the guests, was the cause OF the ep-
idemic of typhoid at Jefferson, which
resulted in the death of several well
known Bostonians, according to an Of
fetal statement issued by Dr.. Mark
w. Richardson, secretary of the State
Board of Health. There vas a wait
ress at the house who was in the first
stages of typhoid on and before Labor
Day. She went to the refrigerator,
drank some of a can of milk and then
put the can back In the morning the
same milk was used by the guests at
breakfast. The girl had infected the
can, and as result all those who
used the milk contracted the disease. "
New York Tribune.
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for manslaughter was found against
Professor Frank T.. Hill, of Fall Riv-
err, for having caused the death of
Amelia st. Jean, of Woodstock, r. T.,
October s. The case. will mot come
to trial before February.
Sentence Boy Horse Thief.
ottawa, Ont.-Cyril st. Armand,
of Thurso, ten years old, has been
sentenced to six years for horse steal
ing. When eight years old he was
convicted of an attempt to wreck
Canadian Pacific Railroad train.
Stops Liquor Seizure.
Guthrie, Okla. - Federal Judge
Cotterall reafirmed his decision that
State officials cannot interfere with
interstate commerce shipments, thus
restraining State officers from Selling
shipments of liquor before delivery
to consignees.
Burley Tobacco Plans.
Lexington, Ky.-The directors Of
the Burley Tobacco and Insurance
Company took up the question of
preparing the 1909 crop of pooled to-
bacco for market, and it was decided
that the new company should handle
the crop directly through it's own
employees.
Pretty Girl Elected Treasurer.
Lincoln, Neb.-Miss Gertrude Jor-
dan, good looking and twenty-eight
years old, has been elected treasurer
of Cherry County. Until recently
she had been a deputy in the Office
Athlete in Fatal Shooting Accident.
Cincinnati. Ohio.-Charles Dexter,
twenty-five years old, first baseman
for the New Orleans Southern League
team, accidentally shot himself while
hunting near his parents home at
Mount Holly, Ohio, and died Dex-
ter was running down a hill when he
stumbled and fell.
Shooting ARRAY in Bank.
Mount Vernon, Ill.--Frank Brook
man was shot and seriously wounded
by D. B. Archer. The ARRAY occurred
in the Third National Bank, and be-
cause of the prominence of the men
involved caused a sensation. The
trouble arose over business dispute.
Women After Census Positions.
Chicago. Two women were among
the twenty-nine applicants for census
appointments who took the Govern
ment Civil Service examinations here.
Six Cents Alienation Damages.
Dover, Del-Frank J. Collins de-
manded $4,000 damages before a
iurv from Walter Shelton his former
partner, for alienation of his wife's
affections. Six cents damages is what
the jury gave him.
Woman Acquitted Of Murder.
st. Paul, Mimi Mrs. Nina Arbo-
CAST, charged with the murder last
May of her husband, Louis Arbogast
a meat dealer of some local promin-
ence, was found not guilty by a jury
I here.
Foretold Own Death.
Tulsa, Okla. IS. E. Norman. thir-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
New England Pie.

Some poor dweller in the benighted
beyond of Chicago asks what real
New England pie is like. It probably
will not help him to be told, but If he
means apple, it is like an essay by
Emerson liquefied with the music of
Massenet and spiced with the syn
icism of Shaw; if he means pumpkin,
it is like some of Gounod's music
heard in landscape all sun and
flowers. 1t is too early yet to de-
scribe the mince pies Of 1909, but
last ycar's-and last year was not an
extraordinary good year-were like
an increase in salary and a present
from home arriving on the day when
ones conscience was behaving itself
Boston Globe.
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All Who
Wozlld Enjoy

good health, with its blessings, must UNI
derstand, quite clearly, that it involves the
question of right living with all the term
implies. With proper knowledge of what
is best, each hour Of recreation, of enjoy
ment, of contemplation and of effort may
be made to contribute to living Alright
Then the use Of medicines may be dis
pensed with to advantage, but under or
binary conditions in many instances a
simple, wholesome remedy may be invalu-
able if taken at the proper time and the
California Fig Syrup Co. holds that it is
alike important to present the subject
truthfully and to supply the one perfect
laxative to those desiring it.
Consequently the Company's Syrup Of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA gives general
satisfaction. To get its beneficial effects
buy the genuine, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading dHggists
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
"MEMOIRs OF DAN RICE" THE
CLOWN OF OUR DADDIES.
Dan Rice in His memoirs Tells In.
side Mysteries of Show Life.

Dan Rice i'm His "Memoirs'' Tells In.
side Mysteries of Show Life.
Guy bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest of his customers
Is for "a book which will make me
laugh" The bookman is compelled
to reply that the race OF American
humorists has run out and comic lit
erature is scarcer than funny plays.
wide sale is therefore predicted for
She Memoirs of Dan Rice" the
Clown of Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, book guaran-
teed to make you roar with laughter.
The author presents to the public
volume of the great TESTERS most
pungent jokes, comic harangues,
caustic hits upon men and manners,
lectures, anecdotes, sketches Of adj
venture, original songs and poetical
effusions; wise and witty, serious,
satirical, and sentimental sayings of
the sawdust arena of other days.
Old Dan Rice, as proprietor of the
famous Zone Horse Show" was more
of a national character than Artemus
Ward, and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book of 500 pages,
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
you postpaid for $3.50 by Book Pub
fishing House, 1874 Leonard street.
New York.
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Women After Census Positions.
Six Gents Alienation Damages.

Dover, Del.-Frank J. Collins de-
manded $4,000 damages before a
jury from Walter Shelton, his former
partner, for alienation of his wife's
affections. Six cents damages is what
the jury gave him.
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WHATS a Gentleman?

An exact definition of gentleman
has been tried many times, never per-
haps with entirely satisfactory results.
Little Sadie had never heard of any of
the definitions, but she managed to
throw CLEAN of light on the subject,
albeit one touched with unconscious
cynicism. The word was in the SPELL
ing lesson, and said:
Sadie, what is gentleman"
Please, ma'am," she answered, "a
gentleman's a man you don't know
very we'll. WOMAN Home Com.
panion.
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HooKwoRM IN FAR WEST.
San Francisco Doctor Says 1t Game
There From Hawaii.

San Francisco, Cal. The hook
worm disease has been brought to
San Francisco from Hawaii and the
Orient and hundreds of cases of hith-
srto unexplained detection, laziness
and supposed lack of moral initiative
are now attributed to the inroads of
the little parasite.
DR.. Herbert Gum, who directed a
campaign of physicians against the
disease, said;
Il have treated more than 100
cases of hookworm in this city. ! re-
call at least one death due to it, that
of boy who died in the Lane Hospi-
tai two years ago. The disease has
not been known to exist in California
except in very rare instances until
four years ago. A colony of laborers
who were born in the West Indies
came here from Hawaii, and forty
Ave per cent. were found to be seri-
ously affected"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
Stub Ends OF News.

The rebels in Santo Domingo cape
tured villa Lobo after hard fighting.
King Ferdinand Of Bulgaria met
the Crown Prince of Servia at Krushe-
vatz.
hours In the recent typhoon in Luzon,
p. l.
The new battleship Delaware made
o speed Of 21.0S knots on her stand
Rrdization trials.
The State Department announced
that those who wish to ship goods to
the closed ports of Nicaragua must do
90 at their own risk.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
Busy English County.

The county of Lancashire, England,
employs 10000 people in its coal
mines, producing 28,000,000 to 3d.
000, 900 tons of coal yearly. In 1908
the output per person employed was
243.3 tons The death and accident
rate is high; last year twenty-four
per cent. of the miners received in
juries requiring medical attendance.
Lives lost numbered 206.
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River, N. j., makes a
statement in this con-
nection that is worth
attention. Says he:
81 was suddenly TAX
en- with an attack of
kidney trouble, had
severe pains in my
back and loins and
was generally run
down. Doctors were
not helping me, so /
began using Doan's
Kidney Pills. They
brought me prompt
relief, and as I con-
tinued taking them
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
MILLIONS TO ARREST DISEASE.
Mrs. Russell Sage Gives $1,OOO,OOO
and Carnegie Adds Another.

Mrs. Russell Sage Gives $1,OOO,OOO
and Carnegie Adds Another.
Washington, D. C.-The Public
Health and Marine Hospital here an
nounced that Mrs. Russell Sage would
contribute $1,000,000 to the institu-
ton for the promotion of the war on
tuberculosis, and also that Andrew
Carnegie had sent word from New
York City that he would give 1,000,-
900 for a campaign against pellagra
in the South.
This makes $4,000, 900 that has
been placed at the disposal of the
hospital, John D. Rockefeller week
ago having given $1,000,000 for a
scientific attempt te suppress the
hookworm. The officials of the hos
pital were enthusiastic over Mrs.
Sage's gift. The fight against tuber-
culosis now is countrywide, but there
mas been a scarcity of funds for its
promotion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
WROTE HIS WILL ON THE WALL.
Brooklyn Man May Get Estate Of
Georgia Hermit.

Savannah, Ga.-Peter G. Leist, a
hermit. was found dead at his home
near Savannah, He was seated in
chair, apparently staring at the wall
of his room, on which he had written
his will
His property, which ~ considerable,
is left to his son, who IS in school at
Sharon, Ga, or, In case of his death,
to Henry Dryer, Of Brooklyn, N. Y.
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s3O,00O,OO0 TOPUBL|CUsE
John S. Kennedy's Will For $780,
100000 Filed.
Half of His Estate Goes to Religion,
Education and Charity-Relatives
and Servants Provided For.

New York City=The will of John
Stewart Kennedy, filed for probate,
disposes of 360,00O,000, approx
mately half OF which goes to educa-
tional, charitable, religious and BEN
eyolent institutions. His widow and
executrix. Emma B. Kennedy, re-
ceives $15,0O0,00O, the remainder
being divided among relatives,
friends and servants.
The will shows him to have been
among the rich men of the world
He died on October 81, after a
short attack of whooping cough, fol-
lowing a severe cold of long dura-
ton. AS banker and railroad
builder he was associated with j.
Pierpont Morgan and James J. Hill,
and for ten years he was a partner
of the late Morris X. Jesup, whose
will of few months ago also gave
large sums to charitable and educa-
tional institutions. Mr.. Kennedy
was born in 1880 near Glasgow,
Scotland. He came to this country
in 1856.
Mrs. Kennedy receives also the
city home at No. West Fifty-sev-
enth street, the country home at Bar
Harbor, Me-, and s1.000,000 in cash.
Columbia University, the Metro
politan Museum of Art, the Presby-
terrain Hospital and the New York
Public Library receive the largest
requests among the local benefac-
lions approximately $2,250,00O
rian Church divide equally $6,750,-
O., III, -,
sions and foreign missions.
The requests to public institutions
are as follows:
$2,25O,O0O.
Columbia University.
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Presbyterian Hospital, New York
Public Library, Astor, Lenox and
Tilden Foundations.
Board of Foreign Missions of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America.
Board of Home Missions of the
Presbyterian Church.
Board of Church Erection Fund of
the General Assembly of the Presby-
terian Church.
$1,5O0,OOO.
Church Extension Committee OF
the Presbytery of New York
United Charities, a corporation of
the State of New York.
Robert College, of Constantinople,
Turkey.
S750,OOO.
The Presbyterian Board of Aid for
Colleges and Academies.
The American Bible Society.
New York University.
The Charity Organization Society
of the City of New York, for its
School of Philanthropy
Following those are many be-
quests for 100000, $4,000, $780,
900, $4,000 end smaller sums to
colleges, churches and various socie-
ties aggregating millions of dollars.
Mr.. Kennedy's relatives in Scot
land, two brothers and the children
of a deceased brother, receive Legal
cies varying from $4,000 to $40,0 900
each.
That part of the estate which is
given to American relatives, and
which is a little more than quarter
of the whole, is divided between his
nephews and nieces, children of his
sister, Mary K. Tod, and the nephews
and nieces of his wife, children of
his sister-in-law, Susan v. Baker.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

The government commissioners APP
pointed in Italy to report on the ques-
ton of woman suffrage have recon-
mended that women engaged in trade
have the right to vote for members of
the chambers of commerce.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
LATEST News.
BY WIRE.
Despondent. Girl Ends Life.

Despondent, Girl Ends Life.
Cleveland, Ohio. Celia Duber-
stein, nineteen, respondent because
she fancied her sweetheart in New
York would desert her, ended her life
by jumping from a window on the
ninth floor Of the Card Building.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
PRISON FOR BOY DESPERATE.
Old in Crime, Though He Has Lived
But a Decade.

Ottawa, Ont-Cyril st. Armand.
of Thurso, ten years old, was sem
fenced to six years for horse stealing.
When eight years old he was con-
victed of an attempt to wreck q
Canadian Pacific Railway train.
His youth enabled him to escape
sentences for this and number of
burglaries which followed.
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Peary UDheId.

Commander Robert E. Peary is In
dorsed as a discoverer OF the North
Pole by the National Geographic So
ciety, Washington. Every indication
points to the fact that Peary's per-
sonal statements before the sub-com-
mittee Of the society convinced its
members that he had set foot on @the
top OF the world"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
BLUE LAW INDICTMENTS FAIL.
Prediction Promise Causes Dismissal
of All OF Them.

Prediction Promise Causes Dismissal
of All of Them.
Kansas City, Mo.-More than 1000
indictments, returned during spec
tacular Sunday Blue-law" crusade,
made by Judge William H. Wallace,
of the Criminal Court, year ago,
were dismissed by Judge Latshaw
Prosecutor Virgil Conkling moved
that they be dismissed, in keeping
with his prediction promise.
Judge Wallace began his campaign
by calling a special Grand Jury to re-
turn indictments against all persons
whit worked or kept their places of
business open on the Sabbath. Hun
dreds of indictments were returned
daily.
Theatres were special marks of the
inquisitors. Blanket indictments
were returned against whole COM
panies. Only nine cases were ever
tried. Seven resulted in acquittal
and two in convictions
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

The total length of railway under
construction or Immediately project
ed in India is 1922 miles, of which
about one-third is by the British Gov
eminent and the rest by private COM
panies. The estimated cost is over
$12, 900.
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A Yarn OF the Sea.

Eyes, I've seen some rough times,
sir. Once we was wrecked and we'd
eaten all our provisions. Then we
ate our belts, and then the old ship
turned turtle, so we ate her, too. -
Cassell's Saturday Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
Taft Promotes Forbes.

w. Cameron Forbes, Vice-Govern-
or-General of the Philippines, has
been named by President Taft as
Governor-General, to succeed the
present Governor-G General, James
Smith. whose resignation has been
accepted.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS AT
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Not Penny to Pay For the Fullest
Medical Examination.

Medical Examination.
If you are in doubt as to the cause
Of your disease mail us a postal re-
questing medical examination blank,
which yvu will I'LL out and return to
rs. Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case, and il you can be
cured you will be told so; If you can
not be cured you Will be told so. You
are not obligated to US in any way:
this advice is absolutely free; you are
at liberty to take our advice or not as
you see fit. Send to-day for medi-
cal examination blank, fill out and
return to US as promptly as possible,
and our eminentdoctors will diagnose
your case thoroughly absolutely free.
Munyon's. SD and Jefferson Sts.,
Philadelphia. Pa.
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Mrs. Wyman, age seventy, of Pitts
field, Mass, recently broke all rec
ords in her piemaking career. She
made seventy-two pies of nine differ
emit varieties as follows: Custard, APP
pie, cocoanut, prune, raisin, squash,
chocolate, BURBERRY and lemon. Mrs.
Wyman did the work alone and had
it finished by noon.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
THIEvEs nor WANTED IN NAVY.

Recruiting Ofsicer Asked to Explain
Enlistment of Confessed Criminal.
Washington, D. C.-The Secretary
of the Navy has asked Lieutenant
Commander John r. Eide, of the
naval recruiting station, at Baltimore,
to explain how he came to accept for
enlistment confessed thief.
The recruit is Charles FL. Stehle,
who was dismissed by Magistrate
Grammar, of Baltimore, after the Mag
istrate had received assurances that
the young man would not be refused
enlistment on abcount Of his con-
fessed crime.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
Australian Beef in London.

London. The arrival of cargo OF
chilled beef from Australia in tiptop
condition, was heralded as foreshad,
owing relief of the British meat mar
ket from ''the danger of being throt
tied by the American beef trust.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
Tibaldos Arrested in Greece.

Athens, Greece. - Lieutenant I'll
baldos, the naval officer who led the
recent revolt against the Government.
and companion, Lieutenant Dimou-
lis, have been arrested. All of the
principals in the mutiny are now in
custody.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

Public watering troughs for horses
were condemned as disseminators of
disease by the State veterinarian of
Missouri, DR.. F. D. Luckey, and by
DR.. Schoenleben, of Kansas, at the
session of the Interstate Association
of Live Stock Sanitary Board in
Chicago.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
FOR A FIXED EASTER DATE.
German State Church Approves the
Suggestion.

Berlin, Germany. The general
synod of the State Church approved
in principle the suggestion to fix by
legislation an immovable date to be
observed as Easter Sunday, This is
proposed as convenience to both the
church and the public.
DR.. Bryander, vice-president of the
Superior Church Council, said that
the Council had the matter under adj
Yisement
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Hardin, Manchuria. The assass-
ination of Prince Ito was not unpleas-
ing to large section OF the Korean
population, according TO dispatches
from Seoul,
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the pains in my back disappeared and
the kidneys were restored to normal
condition"
Remember the name-Doan's Sold
by all dealers. SO cents box. Eos
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y,
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BY CABLE.
Fighting in Persia.

st. Petersburg, Russia. Ardabil,
in Azerbaijan Province, Persia, has
been captured by the Shahsevan and
Karadaghi tribesmen. The invading
forces plundered the town, and the
Governor, the municipal officials and
the clergy took refuge in the Russian
Vice-Consulate.
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MUST BELIEVE 1T.
Every Reader VIII Concede the Truth
of This Statement

One who suffers with backache or
any form of kidney trouble wants
cure, not merely temporary benefit.
Rev. Maxwell S. Rowland, of Toms
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
Stons Liauor Seizure.

Guthrie, Okla. - Federal Judge
Cotterall reafirmed his decision that
State officials cannot interfere with
interstate commerce shipments, thus
restraining State officers from Selling
shipments of liquor before delivery
to consignees.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
Sentence Bow Horse Thief.

Ottawa, Ont-Cyril ST. Armand,
of Thurso, ten years old, has been
sentenced to six years for horse steal
ing. When eight years old he was
convicted of an attempt to wreck a
Canadian Pacific Railroad train.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

After twenty strenuous hours In
Savannah, Ca, including drive over
the automobile race course at fifty
two miles an hour. President Taft
spent the night in Charleston. $, G.
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WOMEN VOTE IN NORWAY.
Returns Show That the Radical Gov
eminent is Defeated.

Christiania, Norway. In the gem
eral election that took place through
out Norway women for the first time
obtained the right of suffrage. They
voted heavily in the towns, but light
ly in the country districts.
Returns which were sufficient have
been received to show that the Radi-
cal Government was defeated.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09

Resigns as Chief.
The Grown Prince of Greece de-
cided to resign his post as COM
mander-in-chief of the army.