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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
Afust Discard Corse;s.

Atlantic City Pretty high school
girls of Atlantic City must discard
corsets or bone waists to join fencing
classes which are to be started in the
school gymnasium within few days.
The girls who desire to learn to man
ipulate foils must wear boomers and
blouses, and the wearing OF corsets
will result in the offending damsels
being forced to leave the fencing
classes, according to an order of the
board Of education, which Las started
the innovation.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

A mustache can come back.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
The sono Of the wheeIbarrow.


The typicaI small BOY, with his dis
dnct preference for boots that squeak
would no doubt have an understanding
OF the Chinese character that is lack4
ing to the grown-up Occidental. Mrs.
A. S. Roe, in China as / Saw 1t" DEF
scribing her surroundings In Chsfoos
notes the prevailing taste in wheebari
rows
There are few sounds in the air
save the murmur of the sea and the
sleepy tinkling of the passing mule
bells, and, were Chinese, should
add the music" of the "scissors-grind-
ersp screeching in the willow trees and
the squeaking Of the wheelbarrow
wheels.
There are numerous wheelbarrOwS
at Chefoo, used for heavy roads. and
the wheels always squeak. A squeak
Is lucky, and is, moreover, pleasant
sound In the ears of Chinese. al
wheelbarrow without a squeak is Hike
dead thing. Some one overheard
two barrow men discussing the merits
Of their respective barrows.
An, Sdlu OuS, HS6IStAuily, udtA
good barrow once! It would carry
three hundred catties, and sing all the
time like an army of crickets."
The sound Of the cricket means toI
a working man in China the happlestI
time Of the year, when the field1 are
ripening to harvest and he can rest
while from his strenuous labors.
basking in the sunshine. - outh'si
Companion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
Big industry for Bridgcton.

Bridgeton. The Commercial
league closed deal whereby Bridge
ton will have now enterprise. Phil
adelphia capitalists have agreed to
erect large plant for making steel
castings. Ten acres of ground have
been obtained in the north. Of the
city and upon this will be erected Inn
mediately ten brick buildings, each
40 by so feet Machinery will be
placed at once and the plant Will give
employment to 100 men, with many
more as soon as greater capacity can
be obtained.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

The Woodbury. city council is adj
vocating the duplicating Of the water
mains.
Work has been resumed on the new
$4,000 Culver school building at
Millville.
The engine Of the Melville Water
company, seized for city taxes, has
been released by the delinquent tax
collector, being shown to belong to-
another company The company bases
its refusal to pay taxes on an agrees
msnt made 81 years ago.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
Dream RECEIVERS Lost Ring.

Beverly. Because in dream a
voice seemed to tell her to go to the
river and under big willow tree she
would find an engagement ring lost a
year ago last summer, Miss AnnaheI
Evans obeyed the mysterious man
date and went to big willow. After
searching around the foot of the tree
for fifteen or twenty minutes she
found the ring, buried almost out Of
sight in the dirt The young woman
decided that she must have lost the
ring while jumping out of rowboat.
although at tAe time Of It's disappear
ance she suspected servant of steal
ing it.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
BAY STATES POPULATION
GIVEN AS 3,366,416
RMS Represents an Increase Of 20
Per Cent. Since Census
of 1900,

Washington The state of Massa-
chusetts has population of $780,
416, according to the enumeration
made in the thirteenth census, as an
nounced by the director of the census.
This is an increase Of 561,070, or 20
per cent. over the population of 1900,
when the total was 2,805, 346. The
increase from 1890 to 1900 was $685.
4O3, or 25.3 per cent. The populas
ton of the counties is:
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
STATE SUES TOBACCO TRUST.

Kentucky Says American Co. Held Out
Franchise Tax on $01,O0O,0OO.
Frankfort, KY Suit was filed here
by the state revenue agent against the
American Tobacco company for cor
poration franchise tax for the last FIVE
years on the ground that the company
misrepresented facts in it's annual re-
ports to the state auditor.
The company, 1t is alleged, reported
S118,9S1,0 900 issued capital stock
when its authorized capital stock is
$3.50, 100000. Upon this difference
of SCI, 900, 900 the suit is brought for
taxes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

The fact that the oyster season is
open is notified by the news item that
a Pennsylvania woman found 5000
pearl in an oyster which she was as
Stimulating in New York This is cal
culated to increase the feminine de
mand for oysters, and may entail this
further drain on the family purse OF
trips to New York
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
Charles d. Hilies Resigns.

Washington. Charles D. Hilles Of
Dobbs Ferry, ". X, assistant secre-
tary Of the treasury, has informally
rendered his resignation to President
Taft to take effect at the Presidents
pleasure.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

The tide OF immigration is swelling
but the vigilance against undesirables
is also increasing. Ofacial reports
show that i much larger number thar
usual failed to pass the test during the
last few months. There is no inten
ton to keep out the worthy. the indus
t5ious, and the laW-abiding, but the
government IS exercising commenda
PIE care e exclude tho ether sorta.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
WON'T TAKE STRIKERS BACK.
Midi Railway of France Also to Re.
ward Faithful Employees.

Paris.--The Midi railway, which
was the least affected of all the
French railways by the recent strike,
announced that it will refuse to take
back any of its dismissed employees.
1t also announced that it would dis.
tribute 100000 francs among its
faithful employees and 10000 francs
among those whose salary is less than
2,400 francs year.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Woman Freed BY jury.


Saiem.--A jury acquitted Mrs.
Eliza Robinson of the charge Of shoot
ing Walter Harvey in June last at
Pennsville. The spectators clapped
their hands and shouted while Mrs.
Robinson stood up and cried, Thank
God. thank God, thank God. She
fell on, the neck Of her father and
wept. Mrs. Robinson testified that
she kept house for Harvey and
companion. On June IL Harvey
didn't go to work because he was
sick. She heard Harvey walking
around the room, she sgd, and he
came and lay down on the bed with
his hands under his head. Harvey
again asked if she loved him, and she
replied in the affirmative. She then
heard the clicking Of revolver and
Harvey placed his hand, which held
the weapon, in her lap and asked her
to shoot him, she said At the re-
quest of Mr.. Ashbridge, his associate.
James M. Davis, lay on the cot in
about the same position in which
Harvey was when shot. The defend
ant said she raised herself and placed
her hand in her lap; the revolver
went off, but that it was in Harvey's
hands and not hers. At this point a
cot was brought into the room and
the defendant was asked to take "a
seat showing the position she had on
the bed on the day of the tragedy,
Then she broke down for the first
time, cried and moaned and said "she
wished she could be with him now"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Havana. Salvador Cfsneros. Mar
quis de Santa Lucia, who was the Sec
ond president OF the Cuban republic,
died at his plantation, near Nuevitas.
from injuries received in falling from
his horse.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
search for Farmer,s win Fails.

Burlington. Search has failed to
reveal the existence of will left by
Schuyler Rainier. the wealthy farmer,
who died of apoplexy in his cornfield
and a contest for the estate between
the direct heirs and those more re-
mote is expected The direct heirs
have engaged Robert S. Gaskill of
Mount Holly, while Assistant County
Prosecutor Robert Peacock will repre-
sent the nephews, nieces and more
distant kim The estate is estimated
as worth from s150,000 to 100000.
1t consists largely Of farm lands and
securities. Rainier was accounted ec-
centric. He never married, but lived
with his housekeeper, Mrs. Nixon, and
an aged helper. Mrs. Nixon is ready
to enter claim against the estate for
services, which she says were never
paid for.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

While the increase in population is
five per cent less than that shown in
the twelfth census, the result is con-
sidered by the census officials as very
creditable. In 1890 Massachusetts
was sixth state in the union in point
of population, but in 1900 Texas
forced her into seventh place.
Whether the state will retain seventh
place in the 1910 census cannot be
determined until the statistics for the
remainder of the states have been an
nounced. Indiana is believed to be
pressing close.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
100000 GIFT FROM MORGAN.

Aids Movement for Church Unity as
Episcopalians Adjourn.
Cincinnati.-A gift of 100000 to
the campaign fund for the worlds
conference on church unity made by
J. P. Morgan served as fitting cli-
max at the close of the triennial con-
vention of the Protestant Episcopal
church.
Mr.. Morgan was named as treasu-
rer of the movement to raise the
funds required to bring about what is
hoped will be the greatest worlds
conference of Christian churches
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
SUICIDE PACT is MURDER.
Widow Sues Survivor and Gets Yer
dict for $4,000.

Gadsden, Ala. - "A unique damage
suit was decided in the city court here
when Mrs. Leila Ashley was awarded a
verdict of $4,000 against K. X. Nc
Mahan, who is serving life sentence
in the penitentiary for the murder Of
Mrs. Ashley's husband, Sam Ashley.
McMahan testified that he and Ash
ley had entered into suicide compact
and that Ashley accidentally shot
himself while handing pistol to Nc
Mahan.
The court charged that the survivor
in suicide compact, when one party
already had committed the act, was
guilty of murder.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
CORPORATION TAX.
Practically All Collected-It Aggre-
gates $27, 100000.


Washington-A statement issued
at the treasury department says:
Practically all of the corporation
tax, exceeding s27, GOO, 900 in the ag-
gregate, has been collected by the
treasury department. Some small
amounts are outstanding where
claims for abatement are pending,
and there are few instances Of for
eign companies, whose main offices
are in foreign countries, refusing to
pay and having no assets in this coun-
try subject to process. The tax has
been collected with less annoyance
and paid with apparently less reluct-
ance than any other internal revenue
tax imposed"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

The mint officials have just discov
cred that the citizens Of the United
States don't seem to be able to keer
any Of the $11.000,0o0 coined annually
in gold. So they are going to stor
coining 1t.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Trenton. zyomoski kept
his ten-year-old daughter, SteDhanie,
from school to do the housework
while he and his wife were employed,
and was highly indignant when
Truant Officer Quigg hailed him be-
fore Police Justice Harris. He de-
clared that it was no ones business
what he did in his own household
and that he could not be compelled
to send his child to school if he did
not want to. Justice Harris delivered
to zyomoski lecture on good citi-
zenship, Informing him that the laws
of his adopted country were made
to be obeyed, and then fined him IS.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

A court has decided that platonic aft
lection for a married woman does moi
Justify gifts Of silk hose and lingerie
rot even in these ultra-modern times
Stick to Browning and essays on
friendship, and the lady win be safe In
divorce suit.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

From the depths of the sea new
island has added itself to the AleutiaH
group. Uncle Sam should hurry III
with more definite government for
Alaska, which is twice as large al
Texas and still growing.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Washington. According to figures
issued by the census bureau the total
population Of Arizona is 204,354 In
1910, as compared with 122,931 in
1900. a gain Of sc per cent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
Demands PART Of Texas.

Santa Re, II, MThe boundary
committee Of the New Mexico consti-
tuti0naI convention decided to insist
on boundary line which would give
the new state 200 square miles now q
part OK Texas,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Washington. In formal order
the interstate commerce commission
announced its intention TO administer
strictly section 4 tthe long-and-short-
haul provision) Of the recently
amended Interstate commerce act.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
FIRST CANADIAN wARsHIP.
Arrives at Halifax Flying Canadian
Admiral's Flag.

Halifax, N. S.The cruiser Niobe,
the first ship on the Atlantic coast Of
the new Canadian navy, arrived here
from England, flying the flag Of the
Canadian Admiral Kingsmill,
The Niobe was purchased from the
British navy and is commanded by o
Canadian, Commander Macdonald OF
British Columbia.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Our leading lady smugglers may
console themselves with the thought
that Collector Loeb win have no such
perfected system Of search when the
ocean-going aeroplane is in commits
sion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Birmingham, Ala Jury in the
circuit court awarded Mrs. Rose
Drummond $500 damages from e. J.
Goldsmith. The allegation was that
the defendant had tried to kiss her.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
PAYS FOR BEATING PUPIL.
Miss Kelly, After Four Years, Salts
fies 81 200 Judgment.

Champaign, IlI.-Having stood out
for four years on her right as school
teacher to punish refractory pupil
as hard as she thought he deserved
Miss Annie Kelly capitulated by pay
ing $4,000 to William Burke of To-
lono, the boys father, to satisfy a
Judgment for damages that he OBJ
tanned soon after the beating The
case was stubbornly fought by both
sides and it is said to have cost them
each at least $1,000.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

A very young magazine writer in
sists that girls of the present age do
not know how to kiss. 1t is hoped
that he win, with more experience
have cause to revise his opinion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
MOB SETS MURDERER FREE.
Opens Cell Door and Rescues Man
Sentenced to Die.

"Opens Oe1I DOUI dIU 1NVSN0ECs 4NHe'1H
Sentenced to Die.
Lovingston, va.--John Moore, the
condemned murderer who was sem
fenced to pay the extreme penalty of
the law on November 25 for the mar
der Of Frank Howl on May "a last,
was rescued from jail by a mob .of
about seventy-five men, who took the
prisoner away with them and turned
him loose.
Jailer Perry and Deputy Sheriff
Gleason, who was summoned soon af-
ter the prisoner had been liberated.
started in pursuit in hope Of rearrest-
ing Moore.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

If one had ones choice of deaths
that by the administration of hot
mince pie over period of about sew.
enty-five years would seem as de-
sirable as any.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Any man who is inclined to feel
naughty should stop and consider that
according to the census he is just
about 1-90,OOO,00Oth part of the popu.
iation of this country.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

What has become of the old-fash
Toned youth who grew long hair for
every football season. even though
he never got any closer to the game
than the grand stand?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
SUICIDE DUE TO HAzING.
Mind Affected, Former Naval Cadet
Shoots Himself.

Elktpn, Md. His mind permanent
ly aifected by blow on the head re-
ceiyed last year in hazing at the
Annapolis Naval academy, John r.
Bartlett Of Centrevilie shot and killed
himself In a secluded spot on the farm
of John Abrahams.
Bartlett. who was twenty-five years
old, entered the naval academy last
year, and short time afterward was
hazed BY q number Of cadets.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

A hen that sings has been discov
cred in South Carolina. Owing to the
stiff price of eggs, she will not be
likely to cast much of a shadow over
the hen that lays.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Japanese children are to be taught
to write with both hands. The pa
per trust may be encouraging the
movement.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Why is it everybody has a bottle
of carbolic setting around the house
somewhere to be taken in mistake for
medicine?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

When song writing has been intro
duced in the schools win the pupils
take their arithmetic lessons home
and try them ON the piano?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

General Sheridan received SS votes
and Noah Webster SO. DR.. Morton,
the reputed discoverer of anaesthesia,
received SO votes. William Lloyd
Garrison, IS votes and Joseph Henry,
80.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
COST or LIVING HITS SPORTS.

Total Expended at Harvard for Year
10 $t2z, s45.90.
Cambridge, l1asc. TT cost Harvard
$127,945. 90 to support athletics dur
ing the year 190s-'1e. Nearly one
fourth of this went toward defraying
football expenses. The Harvard Bulls
letin, the official organ of the alumni
body, in commenting on this attrib-
uted it to the high cost Of living.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Speaking of menu French, it is a
fact that English is expressive enough
to designate all that the ordinary
man wants to eat.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Not all men are poets, says re-
viewer of current verse. Now, If we
could only convince them of that
truth.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Boys in Chicago public schools are
to take up sewing. Why assume
bachelorhood for them so early in the
day?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

According to an eastern writer.
woman Is responsible for all Ameri,
cas- woes. Women should now cut
the hebble and clear her skirts.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Baden-Powell has landed in New
York. If your boy asks for khaki
suit and scout hat don't be sur
prised
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Now that New York has abandoned
the horse cars we may entertain
hopes of her one day being real up
todate and enterprising village.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

It win take snow storm to dc
away with straw hats.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

An attempt is being made to Ameri.
canize hotel menus. Pork And
white Wings" "One in the Dark
and Ham on Rye"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

II your digestion is bad it's because
you lack sand" A spoonful with
each meal, says the doctor.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

If the world is going insane, some
modern music must be consciously
written for the future.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Aeroplane flights and balloon races
are fascinating, but think how good
the walking isl
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

The frost Is on the Sunday school
picnic.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

In the matter of joy-riding 1t Is be
coming harder than ever to tell steal
from a borrow.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Outside the slight chill of this
weather, can you beat it?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

The best of aviators often come
down when they least expect to.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

Guess they will discard the hobble
skirt now. Fashion says it's passe.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

While the aeroplane is still in Its
infilncy, it is a very husky infant
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25
KILLS WIFE AND HIMSELF.

Pensacola Bank Cashier Commits
Murder and Suicide.
Pensacola, Fla. The bodies Of
Capt. r. NJ Bushnell and his wife
were found in their home by neigh
bors who heard shots fired in the
house. 1t was evident that Captain
Bushnell had killed his wife and then
shot himself. A revolver which he
carried during the Standardization
war lay beside the bodies.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-21
LOST BALLOON IS
NOW DOW! To EARTH
Miss Sophie Alights in the
Mountainous District OF
West Virginia.

ITDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Sept. 2O,-Fhe
last Of the thirteen balloons which started
In the American champion and free-for-
ali races AT the indianapolis motor speed =
way last Saturday afternoon has landed
The Miss Sophie came down et Clio
q. IN, Sunday IN the mountains of Cal
houn county West Virginia, miles from
anv railroad or telegraph otnce. and inc
landing was not reported until today.
The other two balloons which were not
reported down until today are: The
BucIeve. at Shovaltcr. Va, nj so a. m.
Monday, and the New York. which landed
at Portsmouth. Ohio. ut p. IN. Sunday.
The three victors. which Will represent
America in the international meet TO
he held In St Louis October II next.
will not he known until the Aero club
Of America passes on the reports of
the pilots
For elapsed time of flight the America
IT, leads with approximately a. hours
and II minutes. almost four hours behind
the American endurance record OF 4S
hours and 2S minutes.