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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
scratched So She could No. sIeep.

81 write to tell you how thankful
am for the wonderful Cuticura Rem
edies My little niece had eczema for
five years and when her mother died
/ took care of the child. 1t was all
over her face and body, also on her
head She scratched SO that she could
not sleep nights. | used Cuticura
Soap to wash her with and then APP
piled Cuticura Ointment. l did not
use quite half the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment, together with Cuticura Re-
solvent, when you could see a change
and they cured her nicely. Now she
is eleven years old and has never been
bothered with eczema since. My
friends think it is just great the way
the baby was cured by Cuticura. l
send you a picture taken when she
was about 8 months old.
"She was taken with the eczema
when two years old. She was covered
with big sores and her mother had all
the best doctors and tried all kinds of
salves and medicines without effect
until we used Cuticura Remedies,
Mrs. H. Herman, c63 Quincy St..
Brooklyn, N Y, Sept. 81, 1909"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
SIX HELD IN MURDER CASE
Husband Among the Suspects in Kill
ing of Jessie Van Zandt,

Cincinnati, Ohio. - Six persons
were arrested in connection with the
death of Mrs. Jessie Van Zandt, whose
body, bound and gagged and literally
roasted over gas stove, was found
in the kitchen of her home.
Those arrested are: Charles Berry,
Edward Rattmann, Patrick Langen,
Ada Friendship, Mrs Mary Ford, and
the latter's fourteen-year-o daugh-
ter, Lille Ford,
The police have information that
]. Van Zandt, the husband of the
murdered woman, who is being held
on suspicion, spent considerable time
recently in the house with the persons
arrested, in company with Agnes
Berry, sister of one of the men ar
rested, and it is believed that their
testimony will develop something on
which formal charge against Van
Zandt can be based.
Van Zandt spent the day in cell
and he continued to assert his inno-
cenee.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
INDICTED FOR GRAFT.
Chicago Officials Accused of $3.50, 900
Fraud in Sewer Contract.

Chicago, Ill-Paul Redieske, re-
signed Deputy Commissioner of Pub
lie Works; Michael H. McGovern, a
wealthy contractor, who has had
many city contracts, and nine city Of
f1cials and employees of McGovern,
were indicted here charged with con-
spiracy to defraud the city of 1884,
900.
The indictments came as surprise,
as it was believed the alleged frauds
involved only about $45,000 in the
so-called shale-rock" scandal. The
men indicted, besides Redieske and
McGovern are: Otto Niehoff, secre-
tary to McGovern; Max Landguth,
former superintendent for McGovern;
George Moore, a foreman for Meow
ern; Ralph Bonnell, resigned assist
ant city engineer; John c. Parks, as
sistant city engineer; Robert Green,
foreman for McGovern; Richard
Burke, John McNichols and Joseph
Maher, city inspectors in the engi-
neers' department.
The men are specifically accused of
conspiring to defraud the city by lay
ing only one-sixth of the concrete and
brickwork called for in the contract
for the construction of Section N of
the Lawrence avenue tunnel.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
UNEARTH DEATH SWINDLE.
Insurance Crusade Brings to Light
Remarkable Conspiracy.

Louisville, Ky-In line with an in-
vestigation that is said to have I'M
earthed conspiracy to swindle insur-
ance companies by means of grave
yard" cases, warrants were issued
here for three local insurance solicit
tors, John J. Keane, P. ]. Needham
and T. T. OLeary, on charges of con-
spiracy to defraud by insuring dying
persons, through Misrepresentation
The affair involves in one way or
another more than fifty persons, and
relates to fraudulently-obtain life
insurance policies to the value of
100000.
1t is also said that many physicians
are involved. One physician has
admitted that he acted as par
ticipant in conspiracy by filing
out medical certificates asserting that
men and women he had never seen
were in good health and constituted
good insurance risks.
81 believe this investigation now
under way will unearth one of the
biggest insurance swindles ever ex-
posed" said State Insurance Com
missioner Bell, as he took up the
case of Walter E. Rider, teamster.
who died January A, and whose body
was exhumed
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
HARD TO DROP
But Many Drop II.

A young Calf wife talks about cof
fee.
ut was hard to drop Mocha and
lava and give Postum a trial, but my
nerves were so shattered that was a
nervous wreck and of course that
means all kinds of ails.
Eat first | thought bicycle riding
caused 1t and gave it up, but my
condition remained unchanged. did
not want to acknowledged coffee caused
the trouble, for ] was very fond OF it,
AT that time a friend came to live
with us, and ! noticed that after he
had been with us a week he would not
drink his coffee any more. asked
him the reason. He replied, 4 have
not had a headache since left Off
drinking coffee, some months ago, till
last week, when began again, here
at your table. ! don't see how any
one can like coffee, anyway, after
Thinking Postum!'
II said nothing, but at once or
aered package of Postum. That
was five months ago, and we have
drank no coffee since, except on two
occasions when we had company, and
The result each time was that my hus-
band could not sleep, but lay awake
and tossed and talked half the night.
We were convinced that coffee caused
his suffering, so he returned to Pos
tum, convinced that coffee was an
enemy, instead ef friend, and he is
troubled no more by insomnia.
Il, myself, have gained s pounds
in weight. and my nerves have ceased
TO culver. 1t seems so easy now to
quit coffee that caused our aches and
ails and take up Postum"
Read the little book, 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's Rea-
SON."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
nre genuine. true, and full OF human
interest.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
new JERSEY STATE NEWS
Explosion in Edison establishment.

Explosion in Edison Establishment.
A boiler explosion in the Edison
plant, Mill and Van Houten streets,
Paterson, injured dozen men, tied
up trolley traffic and left the city
without lights or electric power for
hours until battery of boilers held
in reserve could be fired up Commu.
tiers arriving from New York City, ac-
customed to use trolley cars, and men
dismissed from all the local mills at
the end of the day shifts mad to walk
to their homes through the rain. Those
most seriously hurt were. Emil Won
Hounden, of No. So North Main
street, scalded, bruised and lacerated
three ribs broken; Francis Parker. of
No. 331 Grand street, ribs fractured;
Isaac Plaxton, of No.r19 John street,
skull fractured, alarming condition;
George Trevor, of No. 80 Dewey
street, an arm and leg broken.
Tony Malone, of No. 81 Cross street.
head and back injured; Tony Galezio.
of No. 342 River street, right leg
broken and head lacerated; George
MCGOWAN, of No. IS Vine street, arm
broken, bruised, lacerated and con-
cussion of the brain; Gustavus Fuller.
of No. 208 Fifth avenue, head lac
Grated; Gustav Holman, of No. 30
Cross street, limbs severely sprained.
Parker, Malone, Plaxton and Trevor
were employed by the Edison COM
pany and had to be dug from the
wreckage. The plant is on the river
front in the mill district. Directly
across the river, in the yard of silk
mill, Won Hounden was at work. Fly
ing timbers and scalding water struck
him. He was further away than any
one else who was hurt, but received
the worst injuries.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
Fear Cost Man His Life.

His desire to hold his job, which
ne feared he might lose if he took a
few days off to attend to slight In
Jury, was responsible for Walker Jes-
Seventh street, losing his life in the
General Hospital at Paterson. Jessup
ran splinter in his hand while, at
work. His hand began to swell up
and physician advised him to quit
work, but he would not do this.
When he went to the hospital it was
necessary to perform an operation,
after which he died. Jessup had lost
"a position year ago when work was
slack. He feared he might lose his
Job this time if he laid off.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
THIEF SHOT FATHER AND SON
In Struggle With Burglar Moses Goot.
man Lost His Life.

New York CityaIn struggle with
a burglar Moses Goodman, fifty-fye
years old, of No. 16 East 109th street,
shirt waist manufacturer and head
of the firm of M. Goodman & Co., No.
465 Broome street, was SHOT and
killed.
His son, Isaac. thirty-five years old,
a lawyer, and known under the name
OF Gutman, was shot, but only slight
ly injured, when he went to his faith
er's aid. The murderous attack on
the Gootmans followed visit by bur-
glars, of whom the police figured
there were two or three, to several
flats in the house and in the imme-
date neighborhood.
AT least one fiat was robbed of
jewelry valued at $275. The bur-
glars escaped, and the police have
only meagre description.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01

grew stronger, and within three months
l was a perfectly well woman.
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Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
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Women who suffer from those dis
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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01

Charles A. Potts. of Philadelphia,
died from starvation at Springfield,
Mass
William H. Riker was beaten in
sensible and robbed by a,highwayman
in New York City.
A riot between Royal Catholic and
Republican students took place al
the Sorbonne, Paris.
The Paris Figaro decided to en-.
large it's daily stock quotations, add.
Ing many American shares.
The Committee ON Congestion 81
Population in New York City made d
report on the need of school sites.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
Woman Dies in Auto.

Mrs. Alice Abrams, of No. "a Mat,
lock street, Paterson, died in an auto.
mobile while being taken to the home
of her sister in Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs
Abrams several months ago had 9
stroke Of paralysis. Her relatives al
Paterson realized that she could mol
live much longer, and arrangements
were made to take her to Brooklyn
Her brothers-in-law, Simon and Jacot
Ipp, engaged an automobile. She
tainted three times on the way, anc
at Arcola it was discovered that she
was dead.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01

Pretty Miss Rosa Virginia, seven
teen years old, expressed her displeas
ure in the police court at Montclail
when Recorder Henry l.. Yost fined
Santo Banana $40 for stealing a kiss
from her. Miss Virgiana said Banana
seized her in the hallway of No. II
Glenridge avenue, where she live;
with her parents, and forcibly stole {
kiss from her. When the Recorder
announced the fine of $40, Miss Vir
giana declared it was well worth
500. AS Banana left the courtroom
he said: ''It was worth the money"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
In the Hives of Industry.

Efforts were made to reorganize
the bartenders' union at Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa.
Carthage (Mol unions have under
discussion the formation of central
organization.
Building workers are threatening
to strike in support of the steamfitters
now out demanding increased pay.
George l.. Berry, of San Francisco,
president of the international Print
Ing Pressmen and Assistants Union,
has announced his candidacy for re-
election.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01

The outlook at Yale for strong
niue this year is particularly bright.
Kaufman is eight years younger,
three inches taller and forty pounds
heavier than O'Brien.
Tex Richard signed contract for
use OF arena at Salt Lake City for
Jeffries-Johnson fight.
The seating capacity at the Phila-
delphia National League grounds will
be increased to 10000
Basketball at Michigan lost on an
average $42 q game last year and
took up too much time. and so it was
abolished as varsity sport.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
Sacrificed His Orcharl.

In one instance in the West a
ranchman found gold "color" in his
valuable orchard. He figured that he
could make more money gold mining
than by fruit raising, so he installed
a dredge in his orchard The trees
were cut down as the dredge pro-
crossed and soon all the great orchard
had been destroyed by the machine.
but the ranchman had been made a
millionaire, while it was matter of
ease to replant his orchard
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
ice Yacht Hits Skaters.

John Manning, OF Fair Haven, and
Miss Horrigan, of Red Bank, were
skating opposite Paterson's Cove on
the Middletown side of the Shrews-
bury River when Silver Heels, an ice
yacht, sailed by Reuben White, con
tanning party of women, was skim.
ming up the river under full sail at a
rapid rate. White did not see the
skating couple and ran into them
head-on, Manning was seriously
bruised about the legs and body, and
it is thought was injured internally.
The young woman's head was cut, but
she was not seriously hurt.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
HORSES KILLED FOR FOOD.
Much of the Meat is Sold in and Near
Chicago.

Chicago, Hin an official report
to the Illinois State Food Commits
sion, State Inspector Hoey says that
horses are slaughtered in Chicago and
the meat is being sold and distributed
for human consumption The meat,
he says, is being cut into roasts,
steaks and sausages, and is sold to
freen lunch vendors in Chicago and
to some farming districts and mining
camps where foreign miners are en-
ployed.
Heretofore, says the report, it was
the general belief that all horse meat
prepared in Chicago was for shipment
to Copenhagen, Denmark, and the
fact that it is being put up for home
consumption is looked upon as re-
curing new State law regulating
the killing of horses. In one place it
was found fifteen horses week were
killed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
The Mascot.

You have seen the bridge player
manipulating his mascot, a weird
slell from the South Sea Islands, a
bit of lava or frightful coin which,
though it will not be accepted even
by the Bureau de Change, has pc
culiar properties of luck for it's own
er? Yes. You have seen the absent
minded bridge player sit, revoke, turn
pale and scream loud reproaches at
himself for having forgotten his mas
cot? Eminent writer's, too, make the
most appalling faux pas if their lucky
charm is not lying on their table when
they are at wofk. (When we say
lying on their table" we speak gen
erally.) For every section of that
amalgam of dessicated consomme
which we call life the necessity for
one to have mascot is growing more
and more abject, and in regard to the
stage more than elsewhere this ten
dency is particularly pronounced. Es-
pecially on the vaudeville stage, as a
glance at the pages of the Encore An
nual rapidly assure us. Probably
those persons" remarks a writer in
that periodical, mot identified with
the profession, who have entered din
ing rooms and noticed horseshoe
suspended BE- ribbon attached to a
nail on the wall will wonder why this
customary token of good fortune has
been arranged with the toe down,
ward. 4" The answer is, that If the
shoe was reversed "the good luck
would drop at the ends" oh, those
artists London Globe.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
SCANDAL SUIT IN SOCIETY.
Wife of Federal Judge Quarles One of
Four Accused.

Milwaukee, Wis.-Mrs. Kate A..
Townsend, a society leader and club
woman, has brought suit for $4,000
damages on charge of alleged SLAM
der. against four prominent women.
They are Mrs. Frances S. Kempster,
recently divorced from Dr. Walter
Kempster, noted alienist; Mrs. s. v.
Quarles, wife of Federal Judge and
former Senator Quarles; Mrs. Thomas
H. Brown, former president of the
State Federation of Women's Clubs,
and Mrs. Edward Ferguson.
The charges filed by Mrs. Town.
send are general emitting times and
places the defendants are alleged to
have spoken unfavorably of her.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
sized On.

Visitor ~ "How's Senator BUMP
from this Slater"
Citizen Rotten! A living dis.
grace to the Commonwealth. He tol.
lows the leaders down there at Wash.
ington like little lamb"
Visitor-"Wha do you think of
the other one, Senator Lump?'
Citizen obstinate as a mule.
The crazy NUT insists on blocking
every measure they are trying to put
through"
visitor-"How about your Repre-
sentative, Gump?"
Citizen" Most unstable fellow ]
ever saw. Can't tell anything about
him Sometimes he's on one side,
and sometimes on t'other. Puck.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01

1t had been a hard day in the field
and father and son were very hun
CRY. The only things eatable on the
table were twelve very large apple
dumplings. The father had consumed
ten while the boy was eating one, and
then both reached for the one re-
naming.
Son." pleaded the farmer, you
wouldn't take the last apple dunn
ping from your poor sick pa, would
you success Magazine.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
TeIegraphic Ticks.

The fight for eight-cent milk was
won in Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Spanish troops from Melila
were warmly greeted as they returned
to Madrid
The boycott on meat grew to i'm.
mense proportions, reaching to all
parts of the country.
Reports of 1909 of imports show
larger increase in value than guam.
tity. owing to high prices.
The American note on the tariff,
which was received in Berlin, was
disappointing to the German Govern.
ment.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
THEY DIED FOR LOVE.
Boy and Girl Could Not Wed, So They
Drank Poison in Buggy.

Des Moines, Iowa. Vernon Barr,
aged sixteen, and Lima Ammer, aged
fourteen years, killed themselves be-
cause their parents objected to their
marrying so young.
They were found near Monroe,
clasped in each others arms, sitting
upright in young Bars buggy, in
which they were riding home from a
dance.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
DYNAMITE KILLS FISHERMAN.
Was Thawing 1t in Court House
Two Fatally Injured.

Asheville, N. C.-The accidental
discharge of stick of dynamite in
the County Court House at Bryson
City instantly killed Omar Conley.
Barrett Banks lost both eyes, and Lee
Francis, Register of Deeds, of Swain
County, was fatally injured.
Conley and Banks were thawing
dynamite on the radiator of the Reg
ister's office in preparation for fish
ing trip. One of the sticks of dyna-
mite fell to the ground and exploded
with such force as to shatter the doors
and windows of the office and serious
ly damage the west end of the Court
House. Many valuable county rec.
ords and legal papers were destroyed
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
CoNFEssEs KILLING FATHER.
Sought to Prevent Parents Divorce
and Remarriage.

Minot, N. D.-Charles Moline, aged
twenty-three years, confessed that he
had murdered his father, Frank Mo-
line. The elder man, died on his way
home from Barton, in Pierce County.
and an inquest was in progress on the
assumption that Moline had died Of
heart disease.
The son confessed that he had pns
strychnine in whisky which he gave
to his father. He said his mother.
who had been divorced from Moline,
believed that Moline was about to re-
marry, and was afraid he would leave
his property to his second wife. The
son said he meant to murder both his
father and the woman.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
Three Drown in Launch.

Memphis, Tenn Floating help
lessly in disabled gasoline launch
three men we're drowned when the
little craft was run down by the tow
boat Enterprise off Hopefield Point at
night The dead are Albert Schinner-
er, aged thirty-two; Joseph Dietrich,
aged thirty-three, and Harry Hurst,
aged thirty years.
Charles S. Auferoth, fourth occu-
pant of the launch, saved himself by
Selling the gunwale of heavily la
den coal barge which the Enterprise
was towing.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
Parson shins Tree For Coon.

At the weekly coon hunt a.
Paulsboro the Rev. Richard Danwick
pastor Of the colored church, was the
winner. The dogs freed the coon af
ter three-mile chase and the dom
inie Skinned" up the tree and cap
tured the prize. The affair created
considerable sport for fifty men anc
boys.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01

! bridges, twelve of the twenty-five pe,
ing closed to traffic
The Northern Railroad alone of the
vast network of railways operated
directly into the city, and the opera
ton of this line was threatened by
the deplorable situation at the St.
Lazare station, where the tracks
were submerged and the immense
building in danger of falling as a
result of broken water mains beneath
it's foundations.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
STATE LOSES ON WAR CLAIM.

New York's Statement of Pay Due
Volunteers Presented Too Late.
Washington, d. C.-New York
State has lost the right to prosecute
her claim for pay alleged to be due
certain voluteers from the State who
served in the Spanish-American War.
The claim cannot be collected unless
relief is given by Congress or the
courts.
The law provided that such claims
should be in by January /.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01

There is in use in some parts of
the west coast of Africa a system of
writing of native invention, which is
said to be successfully competing with
English writing. 1t is called the Val
language, and was invented by Doalu
Bukere, assisted by five of his friends.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
TWO FATALLY Hunt in pistol nnel.

In pistol duel in Edgewood, KY.
Deputy Sheriff Gordon Givens and
Benjamin Gatliff, miner, were both
! mortally wounded. Owens was at
tempting to arrest Gatliff on charge
of disorderly Conduct.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female lis
Minneapolis, Mimi was great
sufferer from female troubles which

CduS6u u WEAKNESS
and broken down
condition of the
system. / read so
much of whatLydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
had done for other
suffering women ]
felt sure it would
help me, and / must
say it did help me
wonderfully. My
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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
Taft Pushes Beef Trust Case.

President Taft, annoyed at reports,
sent Wade Ellis, assistant to the Att
torney-General, to Chicago to push
the Beef Trust inquiry.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01
THE Won Nordens Resign

Warner NJ Van Norden, president
Of the Van Norden Trust Company,
Warner Van Norden. his father, d.
rector, resigned.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-01

The management of the steam
roads entering Paris is considering a
proposition to electrify all lines fol
sSme considerable distance into the
suburbs.