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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
RAILWAY BILL PASSED
VOTE IS zoo TO 1875
First United Republican Action
of This Session.
INSURGENTS FORCED CHANGES
Amendment Permitting Mergers in
Certain Conditions" Fails
Senate Expected to Reject Phys.
ical Valuation Section.

Washington, d. C.-The Republi-
cans of the House, uniting for the
first time this session, passed the adj
ministration railroad bill. The meas
ure went through by vote of zoo to
1875. Not Republican strayed from
the fold. Ten Democrats, on the
other hand, deserted the minority at
the critical moment.
While the bill contains some pro-
visions that are Objectionable to Pres
ident Taft, administration leaders
were elated over the fact that the
measure was now on it's way to the
Senate, and Republicans generally
agreed that "a good railroad bill"
will be enacted.
The indications are that the admin
istration measure pending in the Sem
ate will be passed. 1t will then go to
a conference committee representing
the two houses. There are provisions
in the House bill that will not be
accepted by the Senate. Among the
more Objectionable is one authorizing
the Interstate Commerce Commission
to make a physical valuation of rail-
IOd0 UlOpSl LIE QIODOS1tlOu WAS
rejected by the Republican national
convention of 1908 by vote of 10
to /.
Another section Of the House bill
that will NEE. opposition in the Sen.
ate is that declaring telegraph and
telephone companies to be common
carriers" Senate Republicans and
the House leaders agree that if tele-
graph and telephone companies are
to be brought under the interstate
commerce law that they should be
dealt with in separate bill.
There are other amendments in the
House bill that are bound to excite
controversy in conference, but the
President believes, and his view was
shared by Republicans in the House
and Senate, that compromise will
be effected that will have the support
of a comfortable Republican majority
in both branches.
In the preliminary skirmish lead
ing up to the passage Of the bill in
surgents and some regulars sided
with the minority, but ON the final
count Speaker Cannon had the salts
faction of announcing result that
was brought about by the responsible
majority acting as unit for the first
time in this Congress.
The Democrats who supported the
bill on the ground that it marked a
step forward in the direction of gov
ernmental regulations of railroads
were Messrs. Russell, Gillespie,
Hardy and Smith, of Texas; Bou and
Kitchin, of North Carolina; Jameson,
of Iowa; Saunders. of Virginia; Mich
oils, of Pennsylvania, and Bartlett, Of
Nevada.
Just before the passage of the bill,
representative Mann, of Illinois, en-
deavored to secure the adoption of an
amendment making mergers of rail-
ways legal under certain circum-
stances. The section OF the measure
which authorizes mergers had been
eliminated by a combination of in
surgents and Democrats.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
Silence Was Courtesy.

A man in West Newton, who has
many friends, was puzzled the other
day when one of them called him to
account for neglecting his wife.
What in the world is the trou-
ble?r said the friend "You used to
be madly in love with Mrs. Blank.
Don't you care for her any more?"
II surely do" said the husband
We'll, if you love her, how does 1t
come that you haven't spoken to her
for the last fifteen years?"
"Oh, that" said the man. "The
fact is. hate to interrupt her. -
Boston Traveller.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
Fined Enough to Buy Court.

IF had the money I've paid in
this court in my sixty-five years I'd
own the building, and won't pay
another fine, said Hugh Mccarthy
in the Flatbush Court. Long Island.
The technical charge against him
was yagrancy, but Patrolman Lloyd
said Mccarthy had stolen three young
trees from a lot at New York avenue
and Thirty-third street. The aged
man was held for examination to-
morrow He admitted he had been
arrested 161 times. Philadelphia
Record
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
Seekers After Silence.

Some fellow up at Kansas City has
succeeded in breeding crowless
rooster. Another fellow at Independ-
ence is trying his luck on speech
less cat, while another at Warrens-
burg says he is going to stop the
barking of the dog. Now. II some
fellow will invent soundless graph
ophone, a biteless mosquito and a
non-kicking mule, we will want to
live in Missouri always. We have al
ways contended that all great prob
lens will at last be solved by Mis-
sourians. Columbia (Mo.) Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
Unhallowed Kidders.

There are unhallowed kidders in
this town, says the New York CORE
spondent Of the Cincinnati Times
Star. The other day a voice on the
telephone asked for Examiner Hughes
at the local Office of the State De-
partment of Insurance. Mr.. Hughes,
who is an Englishman and most COR
rect in habit, said ah-yes over the
wire.
Il don't care to give my name, Mr..
Hughes" said the stranger at the
other end. But you may tell Super
intendent Hotchkiss for me that if he
calls on Coffin & Graves at 129 Broad
way he can get some important infor-
nation bearing on this investigation
of insurance matters he has started
Mr.. Hughes said: Hum, all, yes;
quite so. And then he asked if
there were any reason why he
(Hughes) should not call at once
upon Coffin & Graves.
None whatever said the voice.
Though there isn't any hurry. They
will be there whenever you are"
The Insurance Departments Offices
are on the twenty-eighth floor of the
Singer Building. Mr.. Hughes stumped
busily through the hall, rode down
twenty-eight floors, walked out
through the long foyer to the street,
and turned south. He counted the
numbers as he went along. "One-
.dfty-five, said he. "One~forty-seven,
one-thirty-five," and SO on to No. 129.
That number is about the middle Of
Trinity churchyard.
Hum" said Mr.. Hughes, .how
very odd"
A moment later he struck the iron
fence violently with his cane
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
News Of Sports.

r. L. SPOTS won the annual trap
shooting championship of the Larch-
mont Yacht Club.
The intercollegiate Football Rules
Committee postponed action on the
list of amendments.
w. Gould Brokaw's black pony
Live Wire won two races at the Rock
away Hunting Clubs meeting at Ce-
darhurst.
w. Mott. of Riverside, N. j., de-
feated w. e. Shackelord, of the home
club. on the nineteenth green in the
hnal of the golf tournament at Allan
tic CITY
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17

virtues and values OF Mnnyon'e Paw
Paw tonic and are made from the
juice of the Paw-Paw fruit. I'M
hesitatingly recommend these pills as
being the best laxative and cathartic
ever compounded. Send us postal or
letter, requesting free package of
Munyon's Celebrated Paw-Paw Laxa-
tive Pills, and we will mail same free
of charge. MUNYON'S HOMOEO-
PATHIC HOME REMEDY CO., SD
and Jefferson Sts. Philadelphia. Pa.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
Those Who Walk Pay 4

Boston.-The chief cause of the
high prices of leather and rubber
boots and shoes is the constant adj
vance in the cost of materials. There
were 100000 sides of leather used in
the manufacture of automobiles last
year, while the demand for rubber
for automobile tires was enormous.
The price of crude rubber has risen
from sixty-seven cents a pound in
1907 to So this year, so the Massa-
chusetts Commission ON the Cost of
Living reports.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17

This comet scares lot of people.
It is bound to hit US, but they say it IL
nothing but dust"
Then why notset up few vacuum
machines and absorb the blamed
thing, Louisville Courier Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
A Package Mailed Free on Request of
NUN 0N'S
PAW PAW PILLS
The best Stomach and

NC UCot OlOiudSn anu
Liver Pills known and
a positive and speedy
cure for Constipation,
Indigestion, Jaundice.
Biliousness, Sour Stom-
ach, Headache, and all
ailments arising from a
disordered stomach or
sluggish liver. They
contain in concen-
trated form all the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
Veterans Bin ~ Signed.

Governor Hughes, at Albany, N. Y,
signed the bill Of Senator Cobb, which
provides that veterans of the regular
army In the Spanish War and the
philippines instruction prior to July
4, 1902. when holding positions in
the public service shall not be re-
moved except after hearing upon
charges proved.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17

Canada's public debt ON February
rs, 1910, was $S2S.65S,SsO net, an
increase of $20,6QO.0OO in twelve
months. The increase is small coDq-
pared with the great railway work
Canada is doing or aiding.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
First Negro Martyrs.

The cause Of Identification has been
introduced at Rome OF several negro
Christians who were martyred for the
faith in Uganda, British East Africa.
They will be the first martyrs of their
race to receive the honors Of the
altar. America
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17

London's newest music hall seats
1000 persons. st. Peters Cathedral
in Rome can hold at pinch $4,000
persons. Milan Cathedral holds 49,
600. st. Pauls, in London. has seen
10000 within its walls.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
JEALOUS LOVER KILLS F1ANcEE.
Then Angry Youth Shoots Himself
and is Likely to Die.

Lynchburg, Vain a jealous rage
John Going shot and instantly killed
his sweetheart, Miss Banton, in low.
er Amherst County, because he found
the young woman out driving with
his brother.
He then turned the revolver upon
himself and inflicted a wound which
probably will prove fatal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17

Miss Caroline e. Bogart, twenty.
Fix years old. died at Easton, Pa.
from lockjaw caused by a splinter
which she accidentally ran into her
hand three weeks ago. A sister died
from the same malady eleven years
ago
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17

The Honduras monetary commits
sion recommends the adoption of the
gold standard Practically no gold is
in circulation at present, but much is
exported.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
A Hotel Thief Sentenced.

AT Berne, Switzerland, John Tauer
OF New York City. nineteen years old,
who confessed to numerous robberies
of hotels at Berne, Zurich and Lu.
zerne, was sentenced to five months
Imprisonment.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
objects to Congressional Inquiry.

President Taft in message to Con.
gress, at Washington. D. G., said u
was his duty to Investigate the sugar
frauds, and that a Congressional III.
curry at this time would embarrass
him.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
Novel Filing Cabinet.

A novel and ingenious fling cab.
met has been designed by a Michigan
man. When closed the device is
about the size of an ordinary cigar
box, but when'open it presents a long
row of shelves on which lie the va,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17

Bled eight feet from the ground I,
rubber-yielding three of fifteen inches
diameter gives three pints of liquid
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17

Prince Tokugawa Iyesato, Presi-
dent of the Japanese House of Peers.
went about New York City seeing
the sights.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
yUa sbinaton

Such quantities of obsolete and
useless public documents are being
shipped into Virginia under the
franks of members of Congress that
emphatic protests are
A Disgrace beginning to reach the
full Practice. members whose franks
this waste paper bears.
The reason for this deluge, which is
arousing the ire not only of the post.
masters, but Of those to whom the
stuff is addressed, is that the mails
are being weighed in that State,
Once in two years the mails in a given
section of the country are weighed
and the average struck is made the
basis of compensation Of the railroads
until there is anotsier weighing. OF
course the heavy public documents,
ancient volumes of The Congressional
Record and similar valuable publica.
tions greatly increase this average.
1t is asserted that the railroads EN-.
ploy the entire time of man who
goes about asking the secretaries of
members of Congress to mail this,
that or the other publication to adj
dresses furnished in order thus to
cheat the Government. A thorough
investigation of this antiquated and
inaccurate method of compensating
the railroads for carrying the mails
would doubtless prove far more pop
ular, and probably not less profitable,
than the increase. of the postage rates
on periodicals so energetically advo-
Gated by the Postmaster General.
The Republican members of the
House Committee on Postoffices have
come to verbal agreement on a
postal savings bank bill which they
expect to pass as soon as
Postal the sundry. civil bill, the
Savings last but one of the big ap-
banKs. preparation bills, is passed.
The House bill will limit
individual deposits to $500; will au-
thorize the deposit of the receipts of
the postal banks in National and
State banks and their investment in
Government securities, and in bonds
of States and municipalities which
have the taxing power; but reserve
fund of five per cent of the total de-
posits shall be kept in the Treasury
at all times. Investment in indemnity
JULIUS - pLOHlDit6u. Inc trustees are
authorized at any time to devote for
ty-seven per cent. of the funds of the
postal banks to the redemption of
Federal bonds or to the purchase of
bonds of any new issue. An entirely
new provision requires that all new
issues of United States bonds, for re-
funding or new loan, shall be in
denominations of $24 and multiples
thereof. This is designed to afford
convenient form of investment for
those of moderate means. The de-
position who manages to save So a
month, for instance, could purchase
a bond each year. The House lead
ers are proceeding on the theory that
1t is their duty to pass the best posi-
bic bill without regard to the diff
guilty which may be encountered in
inducing the Senate to accept such
measure.
4 X X
The Smithsonian Institution has re-
ceived the dig dig killed by ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt To the great grafifina
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
Fruit Jar Holder.

Housewives who have burned their
fingers in handling hot fruit jars and
have sometimes dropped and broken
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17

The Smithsonian Institution has re-
ceived the dig dig killed by ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt, to the great gratifca-
ton of Director Walcott. 1t came by
express. DR.. Walcott
The Dig Dig says many other speci-
Arrives. mems have arrived, but
he seems to be espe-
cially pleased with the dig dig, which
be intimates is fascinating little
creature, although he exhibited such
reticence when members of Congress
asked him what the dig dig looked
like that some of them suspected it
had not been unpacked and that the
director was as much in the dark re-
garding the personal appearance of
the interesting specimen as they were.
Director Walcott said it was not the
purpose Of the institution to exhibit
the many specimens furnished by Mr.,
Roosevelt as the trophies OF an indi-
vidual or an expedition, but to add
them to the many groups which with
out these trophies of the Roosevelt
hunt are far from complete. The di-
rector says that 1900 specimens
have been or will be received from
Africa, but even that number consti-
tutes small portion of the whole
exhibit of the National Museum.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17
w. L. DOUGLAS
SHOES


- NNbN - = -
FOR so YEARS.
Millions of men wear
w. l.. Douglas shoes be-
cause they are the low
est prices. quality con-
sidered, in the world.
Made upon honor. of the
best feathers, by the
most skilled workmen,
in all the latest fashions.
w. L. Douglas $500
and $500 shoes equal
Custom Bench Work
coating $500 to SO. 90.
Boys Shoes, s3,s2.5o&S2
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-17

That the coming census will show
such an increase in population as to
warrant the addition of sixty-four
mem bers to the House of Representa-
tives is the predic-
Congressional ton of those who
Representation. have enjoyed an OPP
portunity to study
the census returns thus far received.
That such action will be taken is,
however, gravely doubted by those
who realize how unwie1dly the House
has already become in its present
proportions, and they suggest the
probability of an agreement on an ar
bitrary number of Representative
from each State, to the end that the
House membership may not be fur
Their increased. 1t is generally real
lied that even the present member
ship of the House is far larger than
was contemplated by the trainers of
the Constitution, and that it is be-
cause the House so greatly exceeds
the Senate in numbers that it has
been Necessary to adopt rules which
seriously curtail the liberties of indi-
vidual members and have deprived
the House of the right to be regarded
as a deliberative body.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-05

Statement No. is an issue just to
the extent that it is alta oked by its
opponents, of which the Portland Ore
gonian, the Eugene Guard and other
assembly papers are exponents; no
more. no less. The fact that State
ment No. / is a law and placed on
the statutes by 10000 vote of the
people of the state does not remove it
from the thrusts of the old machine
manipulators nor does it bar their en-
deavors to bring about its revocation.
These facts have been substantiated
from time to time, both in editorial
attacks on the part of the Oregonian
and the trumpetings of machine pol.
ticians throughout the state. 1t is
his com bination which forces State
ment Mol to the front as an issue on
the one hand, and the defense of the
measure which permits the people to
name their choice for United States
senator, on the other.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-05

Before anaeSthetics were known the
surgeons only eXpedient was to abridge
his patients sufferings by working
rapidly. In this the old time surgeons
did wonders. They had control and
a surety in their hands that are now
seldom found One day the celebrated
surgeon Maisonneure had to amputate
the leg of a poor devil, who began to
howl in advance. "Pll give you my
watch" said the surgeon, "if the oper
alton lasts more than a minute" The
man accepted the offer, but was oblig,
ed to forego the handsome watch, as
the operation took less time than it re.
quires to describe. To amputate an
arm at the shoulder is a most difficult
operation. DR.. Langenbeck of Ger
many did 1t in two minutes. A young
physician who came to see him per
form the operation adjusted his spec
tacles to his nose so as not to lose a
single movement, but when the spec
tacles were in place the operation was
over and the severed arm lay on the
floor. Times have changed much since
then.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-05
Stories of Frederick the Great.

In the course of some military evOlu
tions Frederick the Great of Prussia
irritated by some mistake Of Il captain
ran after him with his stick in order
to strike him. The captain ran away
The next morning the commanding of
ficer reported to the king that the otii
Ger in question. one of the most rtii
cient in the regiment. had sent in his
papers. ''Tel him to come to me-
said the king. The officer. in great
per; urbation. came Good morning
major" he apostropbized the officer
who was speechless with surprise. 81
wanted TO tell you of your promotion
but you ran so fast | could not catch
you up. Good morning"
Another time an officer attempted to
get comrade into bad odor with the
king by telling his majesty that he
was drunkard. In IL subsequent bat
tie the latter's fitness was conspicu
Gus, whereas his slanderer played Il
very poor part. When afterward he
defled past the king at the head of
his regiment his majesty called out to
him in voice of thunder, THE sooner
you take to drink the better.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-05

st. Clement Danes has never forgot
ten the fact that Johnson worshiped
within its walls. The pew in which
he sat Dit is in the north gallery, close
to the pulpit is marked by a brass
plate which was erected by the parish
toner's in 1851. In December, 1884, the
centenary of DR.. Johnsons death was
observed by memorial service, when
a special address was delivered by the
Rev. DR.. Lindsay, at that time rector
of st. Clement Danes. Johnson's pew
was on that occasion draped in violet
Johnson was always constant in his
attendance at church on Good Friday
and Easter day. On April 8, 1913. he
went with Boswell. His behavior
writes Boswell. was. as / had imagin
ed to myself. solemnly devout. l shall
never forget the tremulous earnestness
with which he pronounced the awful
petition in the lltany, In the hour OF
death and in the day of judgment, good
Lord, deliver us" "-London News.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-05

In Russia one letter in every ten
passing through the post is opened by
the authorities as matter of course
Indeed, the postal authorities of every
country have experts who have raised
letter opening to fine art. Some
kinds of paper can be steamed open
without leaving any traces, and this
simple operation is finished by re-
furnishing the flap with bone instru-
ment. In the case of seal a matrix
is taken by means of new bread be-
fore breaking the wax. When other
methods fail the envelope is placed be-
tween pieces of wood with edge pro-
jecting one-twentieth of an inch. The
edge of the envelope Is first fiattened'
then roughened and finally slit open
Later Il hair line of strong white gum
is applied and the edges united under
pressure. Chronicle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-05

Assembly "leaders" down in Ciack
amas county are given severe jolt by
j. A. Tufts, E. p, Dedman and 9. L.
Tooze. men who were nominated for
offices by the county assembly last
Saturday. These men refuse to have
nominations by the Clackamas county
assembly thrust upon them. The con-
vention consisted approximately Of 80
out of total of membership Of 232
and Tufts and De1man have pub
lished written statements over their
signatures repudiating the assembly
movement and refusing to make the
race under the convention flag. Their
action makes it necessary for the
leaders to 60 clear through with the
convention plan and pick ont other
candidates for the three offices, il
men can be found in Claokamas coun
ty to accept them.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-05

A grouohy exchange remarks: A
town that never has anything to do in
a public way, is on the way to the
cemetery. Any citizen who will do
nothing for his town is helping to dig
the grave. A man that curses the
town furnishes the coffin. The man
who is SO selfish as Ito have no time
from his business to give to city affairs
is max ing the shroud. The man who
will not advertise is driving the
hearse. The man who is always pull
ing back from any public enterprise
throws boquets on the grave. The
man who is SO stingy as to be bowling
hard times, breaches the funeral. sings
the doxology, and thus the town lies
buried from all sorrow and care.