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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
RATE PROPOSAL
BEATEN IN SENATE
Amendment For Approval Of Traf-
fic Agreements Lost.
PHYSICAL VALUATION IN HOUSE
Several Regulars Join Insurgents and
Democrats in Putting Through
La Toilette Railroad Plan-Reg-
ulars Still Hold Control.

Washington, D. C-The Cummins
amendment to the Administration
Railroad bill. providing that traffic
agreements, with the rates and CLASH
fications made under them, must be
approved by the Interstate Com
merce Commission before going into
effect, was defeated in the Senate by
a. vote of 20 to IS. The vote demon
strated that the regulars have a safe
though not very wide margin for
heading off insurgent amendments.
At the same time, at the other end
of the Capitol the House insurgents
appeared to have it all their own
way, and the La Toilette plan for
physical valuation, which has no
chance in the Senate, was incorpor-
ated in the bill as an amendment. +
1t is now apparent that by the time
the Railroad bill is passed by the two
houses separately it will have become
two bills instead of one. The meas
ures are daily getting further and fur
Their apart, and even when the House
measure came from Mr.. Mann's COM
mittee it was quite different from the
measure reported by Senator Elkins.
In the Senate fight the roll call
showed eleven insurgent Republican
votes in favor of the Cummins substi-
tute for the mild Crawford amend
ment, which Chairman Elkins had al
ready accepted for the committee.
The insurgents were Beveridge, of
Indiana; Borah, of Idaho; Bristow, of
Kansas; Burkett, of Nebraska; Clapp,
of Minnesota Cummins, of Iowa;
Dixon, of Montana; Dolliver, of Iowa;
Gamble, of South Dakota; La Fol-
lette, of Wisconsin, and Nelson, of
Minnesota.
This list of eleven makes about the
full number of insurgents as ordina-
rily available in the tariff fight The
fact that some of them should be
found in the insurgent column, how
ever, indicates the force of the cry
from home for progressive legisla-
ton Mr.. Burkett has never been
regular in his insurgent tendencies.
and he is up for reelection next fall.
Mr.. Gamble and Mr. Dixon are also
far from straight-out insurgents,
though their terms have still some
years to run.
All the Democrats present voted
solidly with the insurgents, and all
the pairs that were recorded showed
the same tendency. Four Democrats
were absent without pairs, however.
and had they been present and voted
with their party the defeat of the
would have been by the
narrow margin of two votes. The
impaired absentees were Senator
Smith, of Maryland; Bankhead, of
Alabama; Clarke, of Arkansas, and
McEnery. of Louisiana. Mr.. Smith
has been at home i'll for some time.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
Literary Housekeeping.

She laid down her pencil and went
into the room to rearrange her hair.
Her husband glanced at the MS. upon
which she was working and by which
she hoped to achieve literary fame,
''She swept the room with a quick
glance" he read. Then picking up
the pencil, he added:
'Aht If she would only sweep our
rooms with an ordinary broom once
in a while"
But this passage did not appear in
the completed narrative. Brooklyn
Life.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03

LET me know whether you intend
to apply at once, as do not want
more than are needed to apply Write
your reply on the back of this letter
il you wish. Lead pencil will do.
Use the inclosed envelope and put no
stamp on it, as none is required !"
) 1t is known that the plan of send
ing the fleets of the Atlantic and Pa
cffic on extended annual cruises into
foreign waters originated with two
of the most distinguished officers of
the navy-Rear-Admir Richard
Wainwright, who now occupies the
recently established Office of Aid to
Operations, and Rear-Admiral Seaton
Schroeder, who commands the Allan
tic feet.
This fleet is now engaged in man
oeuvres off the Virginia coast, but
will separate in few days and pro-
coed to their several home" navy
yards, where the crews will be given
leave while such repairs as the yes
sells may be in need of will be made.
1t is expected that the Missouri and
the Wisconsin, these being the oldest
vessels now attached to the fleet, will
be replaced by the two newest, these
being the recently completed Della
ware and North Dakota, Of the
Dreadnaught class.
The order which sends the At
lantic feet to the Mediterranean this
fall contemplates the despatch of the
Pacific squadron to the waters Of
South America at an even earlier
date. THE Pacific fleet" the order
says, twill cruise to South American
ports late in the summer to take part
in celebrations to be held in honor
of the one hundredth anniversary of
Chile's independence from Spain"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03

Roy E. Tyler, the engineering ex-
pert, said in the course of an adj
dress in New York on the Panama
}anel:
Much of the adverse criticism of
the canal is unscientific, ridiculous.
1t makes me think of fakir heard
tle other day,
1.-THE ruan was selling hair grower.
He said:
Yes, gents, one bottle of this UNI
rivaled hai2 grower will raise rich,
luxuriant crop of hair on the baldest
head in the crowd But let me give
you this one word of warning.
Here he paused to pocket a half
dollar and hand bottle of the
liquid to baldhead.
My warning is--do not neglect,
when the full head of hair is grown.
to take the last dose in the bottle
internally. That is, swallow it,
Swallow it! What for?' the
buyer asked.
ITO clinch the roots, was the
reply. Washington Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
The somber side of Il.

The society dame was giving lun-
cheon to the distinguished aviator
In spite of the danger of your oc-
cupation," she said, there is an ire
sistible fascination about it, is there
Mr.. Uppengo?"
There is, madam" he answered.
In fact, does not the excitement
of 1t seem to be species of intoxica-
tion?'
1T does, madam" sighed the avia-
tor, "and sooner or later every one of
us takes drop too much. Chicago
Tribune,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
Permanently Soured.

The lawyer was examining the
venire-man as to his qualifications to
sit on the jury
you know. Mr.. Swaddleford, he
said, the meaning of the phrase 'rea-
sonable doubt, do you not?
Yes sir"
IF the testimony in this case
should cause you to entertain doubt
as to the guilt of the defendant, do
you think you could give him the
benefit of it?"
No, sir; I couldn't"
Why not?"
Because, sir, snapped the venire.
man, for the last six months I've
been givin old Doc Cook the benefit
of all the doubts, and now that I've
found out that he's the worst faker IL
the business amt got no patience
with nobodyt That's why!"
THAT is all, Mr.. Swaddleford.
"You may stand aside" said the
Court. Chicago Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
Three-Year-Old Eggs in China.

According to the Secretary OF the
National Poultry Organization OF
London, England, an egg should be
either at least three or four years old
or not more than three or four days.
Ho says: Il have eggs from China
which are excellent. The Chinese
wrap them in clay, put them away
fol three years and then bake them.
The clay pulls off the shell and
the interior resembles a plover's egg
In appearance. They are much nicer
than a stale English egg, because the
chemical process of change is COM
plete.
The abomination is the month
Old egg, which the cooperative de-
pots we are establishing are designed
to abolish. Chicago News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03

The American treating custom Is
one of the most senseless, disgusting
and baleful of which this people can
be accused. Beginning with the men.
1t has of recent years spread among
women and children to an alarming
degree, and to-day it extends far be-
yond its early limit of drinks. and
cigars to every kind Of social ex-
pense.
Compared with the evils of the
tipping system, against which Amer
leans rail abroad. this habit of treat
ing is far more noxious and counter
to economic sense.
In its relation to the evils of drink
and extravaganza, treating is revealed
In it's worst light. It is probably di-
rectly responsible for more drunken
ness and excessive expenditures for
drink than any other cause. Con-
ceived as an act of good-fellowship,
1t Is in reality species of low patron
age on the part of the spender, while
it robs the recipient of his inde-
pendent will.
so strongly intrenched has become
this idiotic custom, relic of our
salad days as a people, that the in
dividual who stands aloof from it
brands himself as a crank and sub
jects himself to the dfstasteful banter
and urging of his fellows.
AS few men have the moral cour.
age to go through such an experience
time and again, many who are op-
posed to treating submit to 1t. with
bad grace, sacrificing principle and
money because OF a silly custom
Milwaukee Free Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
SMITHS WOMAN FRIEND KNOWN.
Folding Bed Victims Family Recog-
nizes Description.

Lee, Mass.-The identity is known
of the handsome woman who was
with Wellington Smith when his neck
was broken by the closing up of a
folding bed in furnished room house
in West Twenty-third street, New
York City.
The family of the wealthy paper
manufacturer recognize the descrip-
ton of Smiths companion as that of
well-to-do unmarried New York
woman. long friend of Smith, whom
he called Anna" She usually
passes the summers in Lee.
The family, it is said, will not dis
close the woman's name. Smiths
body arrived here in charge OF the
son Augustus.
Mrs. Ralph, the clearinghouse
keeper, said the couple had been
there before, occupying the same
room. She is described as good look
ing, we'll preserved, with brown eyes
and hair streaked with gray
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
KANSAS CUTS WHEAT ACREAGE.
Nearly 100000 Acres Abandoned
Owing to Winter killing.

Topeka, Kan.--Nearly two million
acres of wheat have been abandoned
in Kansas this year and the crop con-
dition on the remaining 4,5S2,000
acres is seventy-six per cent, due to
winter killing These are the
figures given by F. D. Coburn, Sec
rotary of the State Board of Agricul-
ture, in his first report of the season,
based on conditions April 20,
Reports of correspondents indicate
that the area sown to winter wheat in
the fall of 1909 Appropriated 6,47S,-
900 acres, or more by about $4,000
acres than in the fall preceding. OF
the total area it appears from the re-
ports that thirty per cent. Is such a
failure that the ground will be de-
voted to other crops, quite consid-
cradle portion OF 1t being already
sown in oats.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
ONLY FULL BLOOD, NEGRO.
Louisiana Court Exempts All Of Mixed
Percentage.

New Orleans, La. That large
part of the legislation in Louisiana
directed toward the separation of the
races does not apply to mulattoes, oc-
toroons or quadroons was the gist of
decision handed down by the State
Supreme Court in the case of the
State against Octave and Josephine
Treadway. The latter is an octoroon.
The court holds that where the text
of the law merely says negroes" it
cannot be applied to mulattoes, octo-
rooms or other persons of mixed blood.
The court says there are no ne
groes who are not persons of color,
but there are persons of color who
are not negroes. The term "color" is
applied to a negro for the very pur-
pose of having in the language term
including within its meaning both
persons of pure and Of mixed blood,
but the converse is not true.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03

Princeton's CALIFORNIAN games date
back thirty-seven years.
Holdman, of Dartmouth, IS doing
10 feet right along in the pole vault.
Stevens Institute defeated Carlisle
Indians in la crosse game by score Of
to
The Cornell varsity crew, they say
in Ithaca. isn't up to the standard
Courtney has set
Senator Timothy D. Sullivan, as
stakeholder in the Jeffries-J Johnson
prize fight, paid $2390 physician 4
bill contracted BY Tex Richard. one
OF the promoters.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03

a tum0r caused by rupture. wrote
to you for advice and you told me not
to get discouraged but to take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
j did take it and soon the lump in my
side broke and passed away" - Mrs.
r. r. HUEY, 713 Mineral Ave., Galena,
Kans.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms Of
female ills, including displacements,
inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu-
larities, periodic pains, backache, bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostration 1t costs
but trifle to try it, and the result
has been worth millions to many
suffering women.
If you want special advice write
fOrit to Mrs. Pink ham, Lynn, Mass.
1t is free and always helpful.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
BAY STATES CHARITY LIST.
Nearly Third of Its Population Got
Some Benefit in the Past Year.

=
Boston, Mass.-That 913,401 per.
sons, nearly one-third of the entire
population of the State of Massachu-
sets. were beneficiaries Of charitable
corporations is a feature of the an
nual report published by the State
Board of Charity for 1870
OF this number III. 672 were aided
free, the remaining 742,029 paying
in whole or part for the service rem
dered. In addition to the individual
beneficiaries are 44S6 families.
These figures are derived from the
returns of SIG of the 583 such cor
porations in the State. Their total
valuation is reported as $56,37O, 1865,
and their disbursements $7,S56,363.
or the SIG nearly half, or 245. are 10.
Gated in Boston. The 1879 city and
town almshouses had 10,025 inmates
during the year.
The annual cost of all paupers,
State and town, in Massachusetts has
increased from $2,338,578 in 1889
to $5,S06,1SS in 1909, or from s1.0G
to $1.93 per capita.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
TO PROSECUTE BUCKET SHOPS.
Attorney Robbins, of Chicago, Re
tanned as Assistant.

Washington, D. C.-Attorney- Cen
eral Wickersham retained the SER
7ices of Henry S. Robbins, Of Chica-
go. as special counsel in connection
with the prosecution of the bucket
shops.
Robbins is the attorney of the Chi
:ago Board of Trade and has devoted
much time and attention to the prep
lration of legislation on and prose-
buttons against bucket shops in Illi-
aois and the Middle Western States,
and is said to be qualified exception
ally to assist in the effective prosecu-
lion of them.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03

The first OF the string of Long ISL
and hospitals planned by Mrs. o. H.
P. Belmont was opened at Hampstead.
Hawaiian women sent cablegram
to the Hawaiian delegate in Congress
asking his support for the cause Of
woman suffrage.
The Grand Duchess Elizabeth.
widow OF Sergius, who was killed by
a bomb in 1905. took the veil Of a
nun in st. Petersburg.
The Womens Municipal League
appointed a committee to wage q
campaign for detention house for
women in New York City
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
BY Different Roads.

A prominent New Hampshire farm
er Of the Old type has two grown-up
sons. One is preacher of the Cos
pei. while the other is liquor dealer.
A New Yorker, in company with
several other friends, was talking at
the old mans home about his family.
At last one Of the company present
asked the old man what his sons did
for living.
The old man replied: zone Is
serving the Lord, and the other the
devil, and both are doing we'll
Lippincott's,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03

Grant B. schley, banker. is sixty.
1--WE.
Lord Kitchener. Britain's military
idol. arrived in New York City on his
way around the world.
Col. Roosevelt saw the sights oi
Venice, chatted with the Duke Of the
Abruzzi and left for Vienna.
Mark Twain, suffering from angina
pectoris, returned from Bermuda and
went 70 his home at Redding. Conn.
A bill giving Major~C eneral Daniel
e. Sickles the rank and pay oil a re-
tired lieutenant-geupral was defeated
in Congress-.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
KERN TO BEAT BEvERDGE.
Endorsed by Democratic Convention
of Indiana at indianapolis.

Indianapolis, Ind.-Two big Demo-
cratic bosses who have menaced In
diana with their ambition to repre-
sent the State in the United States
Senate, John E. Lamb, of Terre
Haute, of corporation fame, and
Thomas Taggart, gambling king Of
West Baden, literally destroyed each
other in the State convention here
The bitterness of their fight made it
possible for the Democratic party to
nominate John w. Kern, of Indian
apolis, a candidate for the United
States Senate. Kern was the party's
candidate for Vice-President in 1908.
The action means that Kern should
be elected to succeed Senator A. J..
Beveridge, provided the Democrats
have majority in the next State
Legislature and that majority adheres
to the Endorsement. The opposition
to the plan of indorsing candidate
wanted a State primary to select a
nominee.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
EIGHT-HoUR LAW HOLDS.
Court of Appeals Declares Railroad
Act CONSTITUTIONAL

Albany, N. Y.-The Northrup law,
enacted a few years ago, limiting the
employment of certain railroad en-
ployes engaged in moving trains to
eight hours out of twenty-four, was
declared constitutional by the Court
of Appeals
The court reversed the Judgment
of the Appellate Division, Second De-
partment, which set aside judgment
of the Supreme Court in favor of the
State, in an action to recover 800
fine and costs against the Erie Rail
road Company for permitting one Of
its telegraph operators to be on duty
more than eight hours.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
keep Your Thumb Out Of NV
Mouth" Mr.. Rarhe,

Waterloo. Neb. AN ordinance has
been passed by the City Council and
signed by the Mayor, and is effective
at once, which among other things
regulates matters relative to the
cleanliness Of barber shops, and then
provides:
1T shall be unlawful for any bar
Der in this town to eat onions be.
tween Z O'Clock a. m. and b. m,
No barber, while shaving customer.
shall Insert his thumb or finger in
the said customers mouth"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
TOLD HER AGE TO CENSUS MAN.
But 1t Took Warrant and the Police
to Make Woman DO 1t.

Richmond, Vat took warrant,
police officer and United States
commissioner to make Miss Ellie Pet
.icolas tell her age to the census man.
Miss Petticolas declared she wouldn't,
slammed the door in the census man s
face and fed to the postmaster for
aid.
A warrant was issued, and when
United States Commissioner Brady
told her there was prospect of a
heavy fine and jail sentence If she
didn't answer Miss Petticolas tear
fully surrendered.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
Cardinal Gibbons Urges Need of
Industry in Household.

Baltimore, Md have ten times
more respect for the woman who
goes out and earns her living, tolls
for herself and family and becomes
good housekeeper. than for the idle
and gossiping society woman who
doing nothing, said Cardinal Glib
tion exercises at St Joseph's Catholic
Church
Above all, my boys and girls, be
Industrious" urged the Cardinal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
HOUSE OF LORDS YIELDS.
Passes Final Stages of Finance Bill
Without Division.

London, England In a quiet ses-
sion, lasting two and half hours,
the House of Lords without division
passed the final stages OF the finance
bill. There were few peeresses in the
gallery and small attendance Of
peers.
Lord Lansdowne. leader OF the Ops
position, denounced the governments
capitalization to the Irish members as
an act worthy Of Morocco or Somali-
land.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
TO ELECT SENATORS DIRECT.

Massachusetts, House Demands Fed
eraI Constitutional Amendment.
Boston, Mass. The House by a
resolution Of Representative Riley
(Democrat), Of Maiden demanding
that Congress call constitutional
convention to amend the Federal Con-
stitution SO that United States Sena-
tors shall be elected by direct vote OF
the people.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
A Package Mailed Free on Request of
MUNYON'S
PAW-PAW PILLS

The best Stomach and
Liver Pills known and
a positive and speedy
cure for Constipation,
Indigestion, Jaundice,
Bilicusness, Sour Stom-
ach, Headache, and all
ailments arising from a
disordered stomach or
sluggish liver. They
contain in concen-
trated form ali the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03

"A resolution opposing the imposi-
ton of Federal income tax was
passed by the House in concurrence
with the Senate in the closing hours
OF the session of the Rhode Island
General Assembly at Providence.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03

1t was shown at the trial of F. A.
Heinze in New York City that the
Mercantile National Bank, of which
he was president, lent 100000 to
an employee of the United Copper
Company, the only security being his
note
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03

virtues and values OF Munyon's Paw
Paw tonic and are made from the
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ever compounded. Send us postal or
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Munyon's Celebrated Paw-Paw Laxa-
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not sleep. It kept
growing larger and
by fall it was as
large as a hens egg.
i could not go to
bed without a hot
water bottle applied
to that side. / had
one of the best doc
tors in Kansas and
he told my husband
that / would have to
be operated on as it
was something like
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03

small of my back
and I became so
weak I could hard
ly stand. / lost
flesh rapidly and
was becoming wor-
ried. I fortunately
decided to try
Doan's Kidney
Pills. I began taxi
ing them and De-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03

ADVISED
OPERATION.
Curedby Lydia E Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Galena, Kans. ~ "a year ago last
March I fell, and few days after
there was soreness in my right side.
In short time bunch came and it
bothered me so much at night / could
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
rs PLYMOUTH ROCK A sHTH2
President Lowell Also Questions Au-
thenticity of Washington Elm.

tIenIICIIy OF washington Eth.
Cambridge, Mass. President Low
ell, of Harvard University, address
ing three thousand school teachers of
greater Boston. questioned the exist
ence Of Washington elm and Ply
mouth Rock.
He was speaking about entertain
ing President Taft and the visitors
who will attend the convention of the
National Educational Association on
July in hospitable manner
He said the convention would be a
failure If the entertainment commit
tee only showed the Chief Executive
places like Plymouth Rock, if there
IS Plymouth Rock, and the Wash
lngton elm, if Washington had any
hing to do with the Washington elm.
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Ballinger's fearful Denial.

Secretary Ballinger took the stand
at the Ballinger-P inchot investiga-
ton in Washington, d. c., denied
CLAWS charges and shed tears.