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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
In All Parts Of the state.

Williamstown is to have two more
physicians.
The brick works of Robanna have
closed for the winter.
Ethel Burroughs has been elected
president of the Cross Keys Union
League
At Mays Landing Howard Gardner
and Edward Webb, members of an or.
ganized band of youths that plum.
dered the general store Of George
Leach, Pleasantville, of goods amount.
ing to nearly $4,000, were convicted
The Gloucester City Council elected
James Tige chief of polieeand Charles
Moore constable.
Fl. S. Mower and Rolla Garretsou
audited the books of the late City Col.
lector, Nicholas Corson, at Ocean City,
The machine shops of the Williams
town Glass Works are working two
nights week.
For refusing to show his license
while cunning John Bintliff was ar
rested by Game Warden Mathis and
fined by Justice Stevenson at Beverly
August Forsell discovered a bee
tree near his home at DeIanco and
with his two sons gathered twenty.
one pounds Of honey.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
new JERSEY STATE NEWS
Report indicates business Activity.

Report Indicates Business Activity.
The general return Of prosperity
among industries is related in the an
nual report of Winton G. Garrison,
chief Of the State Bureau of Statistics
of Labor and Industries at Trenton.
The report deals with returns from
2127 manufacturers, and shows that
during the last quarter of 1907 there
was great commercial depression in
this State At this time, Garrison
says, recovery of prosperity is COM
plete, and workshops closed in 1907
are operating in 1909 During 1908
there we're twelve factories closed.
Six companies moved from the State.
OF the 2127 establishments reporting,
s721 are controlled either by private
firms, partnerships or Individuals
1916 are owned by corporations. In
the private concerns there are 1852
partners and individual owners. In
the corporations there are $3.50
stockholders, comprising SIS, g 81 males,
32,4S2 females and $50 banks and
trust companies acting as trustees.
OF the total number of persons en-
ployed, 1883 are males sixteen
years old and over, 81, 607 females
sixteen years old and over, and 5272
are of both sexes less than sixteen
years. Garrison says that the pro-
portion of these classes of labor is
practically the same as it has been
since the operation of the Factory In
spection act, in 1883, and that the
statistics show New Jersey is as free
from child labor as the most advanced
State in the Union
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Want the Delaware Deeper.

The final step in the movement to
inaugurate a deeper waterway be-
tween Trenton and the sea was taken
when ]. Hampton Moore, president of
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Asso-
citation, formed what is to be known
as the on-Philadelphia Deeper
Waterways Association at Trenton,
The meeting was held under the aus
pieces of the Trenton Chamber of
Commerce and large gathering,
most of whom were representatives
from the different towns along the
Delaware Valley. was present. Fred
erick w Donnelly, of Trenton, was
elected president, and G. Arthur Met
zer, also of Trenton, was made secre-
tary-treasurer. Each of the towns
represented in the meeting will have
the privilege of electing a vice-presi-
dent, and these men, together with
the president and secretary, will con-
stitute the Board of Directors. The
association will make an effort to en-
list Federal aid and expects to make
the Delaware navigable stream from
Trenton to the sea.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Meanest Man Steals Woodpile.

Ashley Falls, Mass.-The meanest
man in Berkshire County hauled
away two cords of wood which Henry
Clark. ninety-three and practically
penniless, had laborously cut, sawed
and split for his own use this winter.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14

nervous and all unstrung l thought
| tried every known medicine, but it
was not until began using Doan's
Kidney Pills that l began to get help.
The pains slowly disappeared, the,
kidney secretions cleared up and in a
few weeks my strength returned so
that l could work about the house
again, 1t is three years since then
and Deans Kidney Pills have kept
me well.
Remember the name-Doan's Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Bridge Builder Killed.

Mortified, Mass.--O. G Wright, of
Hoboken, N. j., a construction super
intendent of the American Bridge
Company, lost his footing on a bridge
being built at West Mortified and
fell twenty-five feet, striking on the
river bed. He died without regaining
consciousness.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
BY CABLE.
Gladstone to Be a Peer

OiduStohe 10 be TeeE.
When Herbert j. Glad
stone goes to South Africa in April to
assume the duties of Governor
eral of United South Africa he will be
raised to the peerage.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
The
Tx optional
Eq1lfpn1ey1f

of the California Fig Syrup Co. and the
scientific attachments of its chemists have
rendered possible the production Of Syrup
of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA, in all Of its
excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
inal principles Of plants known to act most
bene6cially and combining them most
skillfully, in the right proportions, with
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup Of
California Figs.
As there is only one genuine Syrup Of
Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA and as the gem
uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Coz only, it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge of the above facts enables
one to decline limitations or to return them
if, upon viewing the package, the full name
Of the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found
printed on the front thereof
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Snakes in Railway Carriapes.

The railway station of Bragulia
tServia) is so infested with snakes
that special precautions are taken
when trains stop there to prevent the
reptiles from entering the compaft-
ments. An Englishwoman coming
from Constantinople was appalled, to
find small snake coiled round the
handle Of her travelling bag. The
consequent search resulted in the dis
coyery of several other snakes among
the passengers rugs. London Even
ing Standard.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Items of Interest.

Paris revolts at proposal to use the
flesh Of dogs for food.
The Berlin Aero Club appointed g
committee to gather information fol-
air charts.
Secretary Knox came to the con.
clusion that President zelaya violated
all military codes, as well as interna.
tional law, in executing the tive
Americans.
President Shonts said the INTERIOR.
ough Rapid Transit Company, of New
York City, had adopted the fixed pol,
icy of settling all just damage claims
against it.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
WOMAN WHO ADMITS
MURDER GOES FREE
Reveals Husbands Brutality as
Extenuati0n Of Crime.
SONS cONFIRM HER STORY
Mrs. Anderson Arose From the wit.
ness Chair as She Told Of the
Tragedy of the Duel in Her
Home.

Warren, Pa. Not guilty. was the
verdict in the case of Mrs. Anna An
derson, charged with numbering her
husband, "Bull'' Anderson, near this
city on October FL Mrs. Anderson
admitted the killing, but her story Of
the circumstances persuaded both
Judge and jury that she was justified.
Women sobbed as she told it.
Mrs. Anderson, afrail, white-haired
woman of fifty-six, told how her hus-
band, after abusing her all day and
evening, came into the house after
she had retired and, revolver in hand.
ordered her to get out OF bed and
pray, saying that as soon as she had
Amen" he would kill her. She
dropped on her knees and began to
pray, and in the midst of her prayer
he ordered her back to bed Then he
lay down at the foot of the bed. An
other revolver lay on the floor at the
side of the bed.
The wife went on to say that she
waited until she thought he was
asleep and then picked up the revol.
yer on the floor and began shooting.
At this point in her story Mrs. An.
derson arose to her feet and her reel.
tai became dramatic.
ION my first shot," she said, che
jumped from the bed with the other
revolver and began shooting at me. /
kept shooting and shooting at him
until the revolver would not shoot
any more; then I tainted The last
thing / remember was seeing my ilus-
band still standing up trying to shoot
me. When I came out of my faint he
was lying dead across the bed
She remained in the lonely farm
house that night with the dead body,
and next day worked about the house
until 3 D. M, when she left and
walked a long way and took train
that night for New York City. But
on reaching New York City she start.
ed back Immediately, and on her ar.
rival here gave herself up
Mrs. Anderson said her husband
was always cruel to her. had fire.
quently choked her and threatened tc
Kill her. He always carried a mon.
key wrench with a string through the
handle and passed around his wrist
carrying it up his coat sleeve, and had
often struck her with it. Once he
threatened to cut off their son Oscars
head. Another time he knocked their
son Elmer unconscious with piece OF
iron.
Three sons of the woman, with
their wives, were in court and they
corroborated her story.
When the verdict of mot guilty"
was announced shout went up from
the crowd that could be heard all over
town.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
ACETYLENE KILLS TWO.
Explodes and Crushes Workmen In,
stalIing Tank-Mauy Slightly Hurt.

Philadelphia, Pa.-George A. Fow.
Ter and his brother, Robert Fowler:
were crushed to death in an explosion
of an aeetylene tank in the safe fac
tory of Stiffel C Freeman, at Second
street and Lehigh avenue.
The two men we're engaged in in.
stalling the tank in a specifically con.
structed concrete room with walls
thirteen inches thick. When the ex.
plosion occurred not only the walls OF
the room but the outside wall of the
factory were shattered The Fowlers
were buried under mass of debris.
They were both alive when rescu.
ers reached them after more thar
two hours work, but died on the way
to the hospital.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Wagner ON ParsifaI.

Wagner had finished the score OF
"Parsifal," and after whistling it
softly to himself few times his face
wreathed with smiles.
There, by Ginger!" he said. sign
ing his name to the score. With all
due respect to the Society for the Sup
preston of Unnecessary Noises, |
think that is pretty good stuff. -
New York Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
H. G. PIERCE NOT GUILTY.
Texas Oil Magnate Exonerated of the
Charge of False Swearing.

Charge OF False Swearing.
Austin, Texas.-The jury in the
case of H. Clay Pierce, charged with
false swearing, returned a verdict
here Of not guilty.
Judge Calhoun sustained the con-
tention of Pierce's lawyers that he
was immune from trial under the
laws Of Texas, as the counsel for the
State sought to use testimony given
by Mr.. Pierce on the witness stand
in Missouri with the intention, if pos
sible, of securing his conviction.
At public auction the Texas prop
erty of the Waters-Pierce Oil Com.
pany was sold to S. w. Fordyce and
associates, of St. Louis, for $1,431,-
TAI. The property of the Security
Oil Company was bought by John
Sealey, Of Galveston, for $4,000,
and that of the Navarro Refining
Company, Of Corsicana, was bought
by Sealey for S750,000.
The properties were sold on &C.
count of the antitrust suits and
custer proceedings instituted by the
State of Texas.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
IL Had FalIen.

"Thee New York women are very
handsome, said the visitor from the
West, but some of them seem to be
a little deformed, don't they? Look, .
and he pointed out woman whose
uplifted skirt discovered an ankle a
little distigured, true, by what APP
peared to be a wen, or something.
"Sh-h-h!" explained the New
Yorker softly. "Her powder puff has
fallen down, is all. New York
Press,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14

The magnificent memorial church,
being erected in Birmingham, Eng
land, through the generous contribu-
tions of worldwide admirers Of the
late John Henry Newman, is nearing
completion. 1t has been built outside
the old Oratory. SO dear to the heart
Of the late cardinal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Killed in Hudson Tunnel.

In the south tunnel of the Hudson
and Manhattan Railroad Company,
near Sixteenth street, Jersey City,
Fred Albrecht, forty-six years old, of
Jamaica, Long Island, was killed. He
was pumping out water that settled in
the roadbed. He stepped to a siding
to allow a New York City train TIC
pass, fell under the wheels of car
and was ground to death. His body
was sent to the Jersey City Morgue.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
FIRED. r.. GREEN PARDoNED.
Vice-President Sherman Requested
C1emency.

Washington, D. C.-Acting on the
personal request of Vice-President
Sherman, Representative Vreeland, oil
New York, and several others, Presi'
dent Taft granted pardon to Fred.
erick R. Green, former cashier of the
Fredonia, N Y, National Bank
which closed its doors in 1905.
Green pleaded guilty of making
false reports to the Comptroller oil
the Currency, and his sentence of si1
years in Auburn Prison would expire
August L next. 1t was represented
to the President that Green had beer
guilty of no personal dishonesty, anc
that the bank was insoivent the day
he became responsible for it.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
DIR. Banker Dead.

DIR. Pierre A. Banker died at his
residence, 1855 East Jersey street,
Elizabeth, of heart disease. DR.. Ban
ker was elected recently a member Of
the New Jersey Excise Commission,
and had been practically decided upon
for the presidency of the commission.
He was born near Rhinebeck-on-the-
Hudson, N. Y, and was about sixty.
eight years old. He was veteran OF
the Civil War and member of the
Union County Medical Society. He
leaves a widow, two daughters and
two sons
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
GIRL HELD FOR MURDER.
Accused Of Killing Her Employer.
Clarence #. Glover.

Faltham, Mass. Hattie LIE Blanc.
the sixteen-year-old girl from Arichat,
N. s., was sent to the Middlesex Coun.
ty jail in East Cambridge after Judge
Enos #. Luce had held her without
bail for the January term of the Mid.
dlesex County Grand Jury on the
charge of numbering her employer.
Clarence F. Glover.
The evidence in the case was pre-
scented at the juvenile session of the
Waltham District Court, and, as in ali
juvenile cases, the hearing was Sc
cret
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
DOCTOR HELD WITH HIS WIFE.
He is Accused of Having Guilts
Knowledge of Murder.

St. Louis, Mo.-Dr. Loren q. Dox.
ey, OF Columbus, Neb., and his wife,
Mrs. Dora E. Doxey, were held by a
Coroner's jury to await the action of
the Grand Jury in regard to their al
legged connection with the death of
William J. Erder, to whom Mrs. Dox-
ey is said to have been married biga-
mously last spring.
DR.. Doxey was arrested at tho door
of the jail as he was seeking ad1nis-
sion to his wife, with whom he came
from Columbus, Neb
Fourteen witnesses identified MTs.
Doxey as the woman who lived with
Erder, whom she is accused of po7son-
ing, as his wife. DR., w. III. Warren's
report that arsenic had been found in
the body of Erder was submitted to
the Coroner's jury, which returned
the verdict.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Mad DOG spreads Terror.

A mad dog played havoc with the
other dogs Of Clinton and vicinity.
Nearly fifty dogs are reported to have
been bitten, and twenty-five known to
have been bitten have been shot and
killed. The rabid animal appeared in
the western part of the borough and
several pedestrians had narrow es-
capes. Wesley Hoffman pursued the
animal on horseback and shot 1t
while it was racing through the east
ern part of the borough. 1t is feared
that COWS and dogs in the adjoining
townships were also bitten.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
NntroIs Telegraph.

Telephone and Tele.
Qk formal control
n and elected d.
Gould directors
a meeting in
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
VITALIZER

RESTORES LOST POWERS. A weak
man is like clock run down. MUNYON'S
VlTALIZER will wind him up and make
him go. II you are nervous, if you are
irritable, IL you lack confidence In your
vigor, begin on this remedy at once. There
are 10 VITALIZER tablets in one bottle;
every tablet is full of vital power Don't
spend another dollar on quack doctors or
harmful drugs. Begin on MUNYON'S
VITALIZER at once, and you will begin
to feel the vitalizing effect OF this remedy
after the first dose: Price, 81, postpaid.
Munyon, 53rd and Jefferson, Phila, Pa.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
To Try Would-Be Suicide.

For the first time in the history of
Bergen County man was indicted in
the Hackensack courts for attempting
suicide. Albert E. Haley, of Engle-
wood, is the defendant. He tried to
end his life with carbolic acid while
under the influence of liquor. There
are many lawyers unaware of the fact
that there is law on the New Jersey
books under which we can prosecute
such a CASE said Assistant Prosecu-
tor MackeV
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
VESTS Heiress Has SIC, ooo, 900.

~ $50 . AA~AAOcc AAee5 YAOSOOUiOOVs
San Francisco -MissJ Jennie Crock
er is the richest heiress in the West.
A legacy of $3,000,O00 will come to
her from the estate of her uncle,
George Crocker, who died in New
York City. 1t is estimated this brings
her wealth up to S10,000,000 From
her fathers estate Miss Crocker re-
eeived $5,000,000 and on the death
Of her sister, Mrs. Mary Croker Har-
rison, she inherited nearly $4,000
more.
Becomes Fathers Brother.
Chicago. Waldo Dux, Jr.,
seven months old, legally became the
brother of his father when the child
was adopted by his grandparents,
Joseph Dux and his wife The child's
mother is dead and his father lives
with the elder Dux.
Robbers Sack Town.
Suffolk, Va - After robbing the
County Clerks office, Southern Rail-
way passenger station and four stores
and attempting to break into nearly
svery other store in town, burglars at
CORTLAND, Va, escaped with cash
loot of less than $500. They we're
followed two miles by bloodhounds,
which lost the trail.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Cold water Cure For Truancy.

jeremiah Lynch, thirteen years old
of Avenue G, Bayonne, sprang into
Newark Bay off the City Park to es-
cape Truant Officer Charles Wick,
The boy remained in the water until
he was almost frozen. Then he wad
ed ashore and promised to stop play.
ing truant
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14

At the Lambs group OF actors
were laughing heartily over story
just told them by the irrepressible
Willie" Collier, when some one, in
a spirit Of banter, asked:
Willie, !" isn't that one of Lack
ayes stories?"
mot yet quickly answered VIII
lie. "-Lippincott's.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Schools In Turkey.

In Turkey there are 1900 schools
In which girlsreceiveeduc There
are forty secondary schools having
5000 girls on their rolls. The learn
ing of Koran is compulsory, and arith-
metic, geography and elementary
science are taught.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Bow killed by Eive Wire.

Willie Bailey, eight years old, was
killed at Spring Lake when he picked
up a live electric light wire which
had been blown down in a storm. He
was son of William Bailey, a for
merS station agent at Spring Lake.
He died instantly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
sufrragettes collect s1O, GOO.

London.-At welcome meeting of
suffragettes at Albert Hall, in honor
of Mrs. Emeline Pankhurst, who had
returned from the United States, near
ly $4,000 was subscribed for the
coming elections.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14

of weakness that l
could do no work,
and the pains / suf-
fered would throw
me into spasms. /
was dizzy, worn and
sleepless, my back
ached terribly, l had
rheI1rnaticn and mae
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
SteaIinc Electric Current.

Charged with having tapped the
wires of the Millville Electric Light
Company and stolen current for sew
eral weeks, Howard Parker has been
arrested by Marshal Biggs and held
by Mayor Smith for a further hearing.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
SENTENCED TO PRISON

He Was Tried on Charges of Irregu.
larities in Stock Deals.
Cincinnati, Ohio.-Charles ]. Bud,
deke, the broker recently convicted
on a charge of embezzlement, was
sentenced to serve two years in the
@hio penitentiary at hard labor.
Ne sentence was suspended, how.
TN order to allow the case to be
No on appeal Buddeke's bono
at $4,000. Buddeke's ar.
ial followed charges of ir,
Yin stock transactions with
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Find Body OF Missionary.

Spooner, MINI The body Of Rev.
Ole 0. Fugleskyie, missionary, was
found by searching party, which
had been hunting him three days. He
had been frozen to death.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
A New Anaesthetic.

At New York City Prof. Thomas
Jonnesco, of Bucharest, demonstrated
his method of anaesthesia ON four pa
tients in local hospital, and all went
through operations conscious and
without pain. Fifty noted surgeons
witnessed the test.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Gubata,s T1,ial postponed.

Paris.--The trial Of Gubata and his
wife. arrested for fraud after they got
jewelry under the names of Count
and Countess de Gubata, has been put
over for a week. Gubata admitted
the accusations against him. The
woman protested her innocence.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
SigniRcances.

Father" said little Rollo, what
does a politician mean when he says
he is going to retire from public
life?"
He may mean one of two things,
my son; either that his pull has been
entirely exhausted or that it has
become too good to be wasted on a
Government salary" - Washington
Star N Y-51
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Powers Deny Turkeys Request.

London, The protecting Powers
Great Britain, Russia, France and
Italy-have declined Turkeys re-
quest for settlement of the status of
Crete.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
LATEST News.
BY WIRE.
Governor and judge Named.

Washington, D. C.-The President
sent to the Senate the names of Will
lam J. Mills and William Fl. Pope,
both of New Mexico, to be Governor
and Chief Justice respectively cs that
Territory.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Fruit From the Tronics.

a single fruit company exported in
1908 100000 punches of bananas
to Europe and the United States from
Central and South America and Ja-
maica.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14

The famous elevated cycleway be-
tween Pasadena and Los Angeles,
Cal, which cost 100000, is being
RACED to make way for trolley line.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14
Loot

Y Loot.
ence in the
Erust men
@the Gov
annually
crooked