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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
Secrets of Horse Tricks.

Here is another fond Illusion shat
tered. ''The horse" says an animal
trainer, SIS the most stupid of all
the dumb creatures man has made
his friends. He is so stupid that he
can be taught anything is, any
habit-and having no mind of HIS
own, can be relied on to do exactly
as he is told. All the authentic tricks,
whatever the details, are worked in
this way.
The horse is taught by endless
repetitions some mechanical habit A
given signal, and he begins to paw
the floor. Another signal, and he
takes a sponge and rubs it over a
certain spot on blackboard, or picks
up card lying in certain position.
The meaning of the act exists for the
spectator only. The pawings count
the answer to the problem in addi-
ton; the card bears the reply to a
question; but the horse does not
know it.
HE merely follows blind habit,
just as he will stop when you say
Whoa The reason the horse is so
easily managed in this particular de-
ception is that he possesses just the
right degree of stupidity. If he were
more stupid he would not be plastic
enough to acquire convenient habits.
If he were cleverer he would acquire
too many habits and lead too much
his own life. like that particularly
clever animal, the cat. "--Tit-Bits.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
Low FARE FRANCHISE WINS
Cleveland Gives Big Majority Of
800 For Plan Proposed.
Contest For Three-Cent Trips Made
Famous by Tom 4. Johnson Was
Begun Fifteen Years Ago.

Cleveland, Ohio.-Turning out to
vote in blizzard, the people of Cleye-
land ended the fight for low street
car fares begun fifteen years ago, and
latterly made famous by Tom L.
Johnson in his four terms as Mayor.
The new franchise. proposed by
Judge Robert w Tayler, of the Fed
eral Court. was approved by refer
endum election by majority of 500,
the largest majority ever given to a
public measure in Cleveland. The
basis of the franchise is that street
car service under control of the city
must be furnished by the Cleveland
Railway Company at cost, plus six per
cent. return to the stockh olders on
their investment
For the first eight months the fare
will be three cents, with penny
charge for transfer, this fixed rate
being made as test. The maximum
rate of fare allowable during the term
of the grant-twenty-five years-is
four cents cash. or seven tickets for
twenty-five cents.
A street railway commissioner, to
be paid 100000 year out of the
company's earnings for his salary and
expenses, will act as the advisor to
the city in the regulation of service
and fares, and have access at all times
to the company's books.
Gerhard M. Dahl, former lieutenant
of Senator La Toilette in Wisconsin,
has been named for this place. The
three-cent fare goes into operation at
once.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22

New York City.-New York has
been called ''the graveyard of minis
ters,' the Rev. DR.. William Carter
told his congregation of the Madison
Avenue Reformed Church at Fifty
seventh street, in q sermon on the
Lords Prayer"
Dr. Carter discussed freely the diff
ficulties of a minister in carrying on
the work of a large church with its
many exactions and the conditions of
life surrounding him. He did not
mince words. Too much criticism,
he said, has been and is being di-
rected against pastors. Perhaps. ne
suggested. it might be we'll to turn
the criticism the other way and Yet
the members of the congregation ns
well as the large number of church
members who are seldom seen in
their pews ask themselves honestly if
they are trying to give the encourage
ment and aid to the pastor so much
needed for successful work
when l realize that the year I
was broken down in health after but
two years service here, there were
three other New York ministers away
for a year for the same cause" said
LIT. Garter, Wlen T6dllz0 LQaC one
who was away had committed suicide
in fit of melancholia and another
died Immediately on his return; when
I realize that still another has just
died, so suddenly that 1t was shock
to his congregation. while fourth
has been driven from his pulpit
through encouragement and despair,
I feel deeply how true the phrase is
that New York City is the graveyard
of ministers.
''Of all the pastors of large
churches in New York City know of
but one or two who have encourage
ment in their work and the right
kind of joy in their service. When
you consider that three of the largest
pulpits in the city are vacant. and
call after call has been refused, not
withstanding the large salaries Of
fered, you must admit that ministers
seem to be stunning rather than
seeking New York City pulpits.
Because large salary is offered
New Workers apparently think that
men ought to run at the opportunity,
forgetting that consecrated ministers
are not in the market for the money
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
SHE QUIT
But 1t Was a Hard Pull.

1t is hard to believe that coffee
will put person in such condition
as it did an Ohio woman. She tells
her own story:
81 did not believe coffee caused my
trouble, and frequently said liked 1T
SO we'll / would not, and could not
quit drinking it, but | was a miser-
able sufferer from heart trouble and
nervous prostration for four years.
II was scarcely able to be around,
had no energy and did not care for
anything. Was emaciated and had a
constant pain around my heart until
/ thought could not endure it. For
months ] never went to bed expecting
to get up in the morning. I felt as
though was liable to die any time.
Frequently had nervous chills
and the least excitement would drive
sleep away, and any little noise would
upset me terribly was gradually
getting worse until finally one time 1t
came over me and asked myself
what's the use of being sick all the
time and buying medicine so that
could indulge myself in coffee?
$50 thought would see IT / could
quit drinking coffee and got some
Postum to help me quit. ! made it
strictly according to directions and 1
want to tell you, that change was the
greatest step in my lie. It was easy
to quit coffee because l had the Pos
tum which now like better than the
old coffee.
zone by one the old troubles left.
until now I am in splendid health.
nerves steady, heart all right and the
pain all gone. Never have any more
nervous chills,. don't take any medi-
cine, can do<all my housework and
have done great deal beside"
Read 1.-THE Road to Wellville." ID
pkgs There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
THREE GIRLS KIDNAPPED
TO GET HOLD OF 100000
Daughters of John A. Barnard
Seized by Mothers Relatives.
RECOVERED BY HIS SISTER
Mother Died, Leaving a Fortune, Az
ter Her Return From Brookline,
Where Her Husband Was Ill, to
Pasadena.

Los Angeles, Cal.--The kidnapping
of the three little children of Mrs.
John A. Barnard, who died six days
BEFORE. sister of Mrs. Booth Tar
kington, in q race for the control and
custody of the youthful heirs to
100000 by State Senator Leroy Al.
Wright, acting for the mothers rela-
tives in Indiana; the final location
and recapture of the little ones in
Glennwood Inn, Riverside, and their
return to Los Angeles in care of their
fathers sister, Miss Helen Barnard,
of No. Pill Ellendale place, was
brought to light in court proceedings
and by the recovery of the children
The struggle for the custody of the
children was a sequence to the death
of the mother, Julia Fletcher Barn
ard, who died, leaving an estate of
100000. The father, J. A. Barnard,
was i'll in Brookline, Mass, where he
has been undergoing treatment
The children are Hilda, eight years
old; Julia, six, and Agnes, five. Mrs.
Barnard returned from Brookline,
where she had been visiting her hus-
band, retired capitalist, who was
making arrangements to return to
Pasadena. Barnard, owing to sick
ness, had been in Brookline for five
months, and Mrs. Barnard had ar
ranged for him to leave there.
A week after Mrs. Barnard's return
to Pasadena she died. Following the
news of her death, Barnard was in
formed of the intentions of his wife's
brother and sisters, of Indianapolis.
to gain possession of the children.
Upon receiving this information, Bar
nard telegraphed to A. G.. Wells, gem
eral manager of the Santa Fe, a
brother-in-law, to apply for letters of
guardianship of the children immedi-
ately. SO they might be safe from an
attempt at kidnapping.
Wells made the application, but
owing to the absence of Barnard the
custody of the children was awarded
to his sister, Miss Helen Barnard, of
No. 2711 Glendale place.
Miss Barnard went to Pasadena to
the home of Mrs. Barnard, where the
children had been under French
governess pending the arrival of their
father. Much to Miss Barnard's as
constituent, the children were not
there. A man had come and told the
governess she was discharged and
had taken the children. 1t was sew
eral days before the whereabouts of
the children was learned
Miss Barnard left for Riverside,
where she found the children, and
also discovered that they had been
brought there by Mr.. Wright. She
returned to Los Angeles with the
children.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
sPRECKELs' WILL BROKEN
Widow of Sugar Millionaire Dies
Same Day.
Trust Provision Swept Aside in Favor
of Children Practically Disinher-
tied, All Five Sharing Alike.

San Francisco, Calculus Spreck.
els estate must be divided among all
of his children instead of being per-
petuated as a trust in the control OF
two of them, as he had intended. The
inventory prepared for the Probate
Court placed it's value at $4,000, 200,
but it is said actually to be about
$4,000, 900. This estimate does not
include requests to the widow. con,
sisting of the family residence in Van
Ness avenue and other realty and
cash amounting to about $2,500,OOO.
She died a few hours before the an
nouncement that the estate must be
distributed, at the age of seventy
nine years.
BY the terms of the will Rudolph
and Claus A Spreckels as executors
sought to preserve the estate intact
and under their control. except such
part as had been directly bequeathed
to their mother. Three other chill
dren. John D. and Adolph Spreckels
and Mrs. Emma Ferris, were left de-
pendent on the bounty of the execu-
tors. 1t had been arranged, however,
that Mrs. Ferris should receive for
life the income of one-third of the
residue, such interest not to extend
to her children. Mrs. Ferris home
Is in Reigate, Surrey, England.
John D. and Adolph demurred to
the probate of the will as thus con-
strued. They chose this course rather
than contest. Decision was handed
down in the Superior Court by Judge
J. D. Coffey, who holds that the trust
clause is invalid under California
law
Now the estate must be appraised
in the interest of all and be equitably
divided. The brothers who brought
the proceedings in demurrer and Mrs.
Ferris will be entitled to separate and
Independent estates, which they may
enjoy apart from supervision and
which they may devise by will. There
was no talk of appeal from Judge
Coffey's decision, and it was under
stood that $1,5O0,000 each will be
placed at the disposal of the three
new beneficiaries pending final adj
iustment.
Avoidance of contest prevents the
disclosure of the enmities within the
family that are VIGOROUSLY bitter.
Rudolph had for years been violent in
denunciation of his two brothers, who
were made executors, and since his
fathers death he had threatened to
carry his luminosity to extreme legal
lengths if forced to do so in seeking
his full share of the estate.
The death of Mrs. Anna Christina
Spreckels, widow of the sugar mill
lionaire, will not affect the settlement
of the estate. as the Court decision
ioes not touch her property.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
SAYS NEW YORK IS PASTORS GRAVEYARD
Dr. Carter Tells His congrega ton Cegymen Are Not Properly
Encouraged in New York cityMore Than Big Pay Needed

they can make, and, again, that the
large salary is often hardly sufficient
to meet the added expense deemed
necessary in maintaining the position
considered proper for the pastor of
a large New York City church.
personally know of men in large
churches who actually have not
enough to live on, and have to bor-
row money for the privilege of
preaching the Gospel to those who
seem Indifferent to it."
Dr. Carter then referred briefly to
the difference in his former pastorate
as the minister of a large Presby-
terrain Church in Kansas City, and the
conditions as he had found them in
New York City since he was called
to succeed DR.. Abbott e. Kittredge
as pastor of the Madison Avenue Re
formed Church. A great many are
crying out against the conditions of
the church, he added. The preacher
and the plans of the church are dis
cussed and criticised, but few think
of coming nearer home and trying to
ascertain if some of the fault is not
their own.
''It is the spirit of personal examin-
alton l would seek to develop, ne
said What the church needs to-
day is personal application of the
principles of Jesus to the hearts and
lives of its people. I believe that
prayer and closer communion with
God to be the fundamental basic prin-
ciples for the regeneration of the
church to-day. Preachers hesitate to
be prophets. 1t is easier to swim
with the current than to stem the
tide; it is easier to conform than to
reform, but a prophet sometimes is
necessary to cry out aloud and spare
not. Personal piety is at an ebb. Is
the fault entirely with the pastor?
If, instead of criticising the preacher,
the people would do little CRITICS.
ing of themselves, realizing that the
church stands for brotherly love.
sympathy to humanity, the saving OF
souls, and sympathetic interest in
those needing the cheer of personal
uplift, the pastors labors would be
lightened and the church would full
fill more truly the attributes for
which its members as Christians
ought to stand for before the uni,
verse;"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
ICEBERG SINKS STEEL SHIP.
Yucatan, of the Alaska Steamship
Company, Goes Down.

Juneau, Alaska. The steel steam
ship Yucatan. Of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, formerly yacht used
by George W. Perkins, of New York
City, bound from Valdez to Seattle
with sixty-fve passengers, struck an
iceberg in Icy Strait and sank within
eight minutes in six fathoms of water
at high tide. There was no loss of
life and no one was injured
The shipwrecked passengers and
sailors are camped on Chichagof ISL
and to be taken to Juneau by the
steamer Georgia, which left Juneau
soon after news of the wreck was re-
ceived.
First Mate Gustafson, of the Yucca
tan, and Captain Raymond Jaeger, of
the fishing schooner Alexandria. ar
rived at Juneau with news of the
wreck of the Yucatan.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22

might we'll be applied to those cases
of late cancer in human beings in
which surgery has nothing to offer
and the outlook is hopeless"
Cancer in fish and the possibility
of infection by human beings have
been investigated. 1t has been found
that cancer of the thyroid in particu-
lar is of very frequent occurrence in
fish of the trout family.
1T is very remarkable coinci.
dence." says the report, that the
area of the United States which in
cludes the greatest concentration OF
human cancer cases is almost identi.
cal with the area through which the
various members of the trout family
are distributed"
Statistics are given to show that
cancer continues to increase.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
Pennsylvania Graft Witness
Found Dead in Bathroom.

Harrisburg, Pa.-The strange IA
tally that has pursued some of the
principal figures in the State Capitol
was noted when John e. Stott, one of
the chief witnesses was found dead
in the bathroom of his home while in
Harrisburg. He is the sixth man in
the case to die. Stott was secretary
to the Board of Public Grounds and
Buildings which let many of the con-
tracts for furnishing the Capitol that
brought more than a dozen men to
the bar of justice.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
MRS. TILLMAN GETS CHILDREN
Court Holds That Father Had No
Right to Deed Them to His Parents.

Columbia, S. C.-Declaring uncon-
stitutional the statute under which
B. r. Tillman, Jr., transferred the
custody of his children to Senator
and Mrs. B. r. Tillman, the Supreme
Court of South Carolina rendered a
decision that the two little girls be
returned to the mother, Mrs. Lucy
Dugan Tillman.
Attorneys for Mrs. Tillman at once
took steps to recover the children.
who were held by Senator and Mrs.
B. r. Tillman under a deed of trans
fer executed by B. r. Tillman, Jr.
The children were at Trenton, S. c.
The court bases it's decision on the
ground that the husbands action was
in contravention of the rights guar
anteed in the State Constitution and
in the Fourteenth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States. 1t
was held that the deed was made by
B. r. Tillman, Jr., only. and was not
concurred in by his wife.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22

Municipal dance halls where work
ing girls may enjoy recreation with
out evil influences were promised by
Park Commissioner Slower in New
York City.
Mrs. Oceana Seaborn Pollock died
at her residence near Christiansburg,
Va. in her SEVENTEEN year. She was
one of the best known educators in
the South.
Alabama, Mrs. o. H. P. BeImont's
native State, has made the president
of the Political Equality Association
member of the Alabama State Fed
Grafton Of Labor.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
Jottings About Sports.

Swathmore College lost to the Navy
at basketball, So to 16.
Dr. James Dwight, of Philadelphia.
was unanimously elected president OF
the United States Lawn Tennis Assoc
citation.
Tommy Burns and Bill Lang, the
heavyweight champion of Australia.
are matched to fight for the Austria.
lian title.
Football canno. be ranked as s
sport for the general upbdilding o.
the average boy, inasmuch as csrtaiL
physical qualifications are necessary
to start with.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
Minor Mention.

Two Cuban editors were sentenced
at Havana for libeling President Co
meZ.
Athens hoped that Italy would call
conference of the Powers on the
Cretan question.
Emil Won Mueller, locked in cell
at Hoboken. N. j., denied that he had
married nineteen women.
Senator Frank p. Flint, Of Califor-
mia, announced that he would not be
a candidate for reelection.
Storage houses, railroads, farmers
and middlemen all denied responss-
biiity for high prices of food.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
Essence of the News.

The Bennett white slave" bill was
passed ~ the Senate at Washington
d. G.
Mayor Gaynor signed the bill for q
new County Court House on City Hall
Park, New York.
Leader j. J. Hagan launched q
Presidential boom for Mayor Gaynor
of New York City.
United States Judge Martin, in New
York City, refused to grant immunity
to Charles r. Heike, of the Sugar
Trust, who had testified in the anti.
trust proceedings against his com.
Danv-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
WILL ORDERS MAUsoLEUM.
John III. Core Was One of Famous
Niosby CavaIrymen.

Norfolk, Va.-John H. Core, one
of the famous Mosby Confederate
Rangers, who died here recently, had
accumulated $750,O00 since the Civil
War.
His will directs, as the first pro-
vision, that a mausoleum similar to
John w. Mackay's in New York City
be erected to himself, but must cost
100000, mo more, no less" A "Cle-
opatra's needle" monument to cost
$4,000 is to be erected to his parents.
and local hospital gets bequest of
$4,000, with the provision that it
shall care for his 100000 mauso-
leum.
The Mayor of Norfolk is to certify
that Cores body is not stolen, but
that it has been safely deposited in
his tomb.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
$4,000, 900 TO IMPROVE A ROAD
c., H. & d. Railroad Will Add to Its
Terminals and Rolling Stock.

Cincinnati, Ohio. William Cotter,
president of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton Railroad, announced his
company has closed contracts for i'm.
provements worth $S,000,000 during
1910.
One-fourth this amount will be
used to improve the Cincinnati ter
minals, $1,OOO,000 for new yards and
warehouses in Toledo, S3,000,000 for
new rolling stock, including thirty
locomotives. and the balance In road
betterments.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
Stop the Clocks.

Bendigo, Australia, has started a
reform movement to stop the Ginning
and striking of all-nightpublic clocks,
the city being moved thereto by Nine.
Media. The prima donna passed a
sleepless night in Bendigo owing to
the din of clocks, and she has threat
ened never to visit the city again.
The complaint has been discussed by
the Bendigo City Council, and it was
decided to silence the clocks from
midnight to 6 a. m.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
s4o,oOo.ooO FOR WATERWAYS.
River and Harbor Bill Passed by the
House Of Representatives.

washington, D. C.-An expenditure
of 100000 900 for the improvement
of the waterways of the United States
is authorized in the river and harbor
bill passed by the House.
The appropriations were allotted in
tory il recognized. That was why the
bill went through by unanimous vote,
substantially as it came from the
Committee on Rivers and Harbors.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22

The lady from Boston looked
bored. The hostess noticed the fact
with some anxiety.
MY dear Mrs. Flannel" she said.
II want the Hon. Mr.. Bobstay to
meet you. He's such a gifted con-
versationalist.
The lady from Boston failed to
look interested.
II have met seven gifted CONVEX
sationalists this evening" she said,
"and their only topic was the financial
altitude of the edible animal tissues"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
MARK SLATER ARRESTED.
Former State Printer of Ohio Ac
cused of Grating in Office.

Detroit, Mich.-Mark Slater, for,
mer State Printer of Ohio, who is un.
der charges of grating, was locked
up at Police Headquarters here.
He said he would waive extradi.
ton. He said that published state
ments had greatly exaggerated the
charges actually made against him.
Slater had been working here as an
agent for a coal concern.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
JAIL FOR RICH MAN.
G. A. Dickens Gets Two Years For
Violating Bankruptcy Laws.

Mobile, Ala-Charles A. Dickens,
worth half a million dollars, was
found guilty by jury in the United
States Court on the third count of an
indictment charging him with viola
ton of the United States bankruptcy
laws, in concealing from the referee
in bankruptcy bonds to the value of
$55, 900.
There is no fine in the case and the
court sentenced the man to two years
Imprisonment. Dickens, a former
resident of Houston, Va, where he
has wealthy relatives, has been ar
rested for embezzlement and served
seven months in jail for contempt of
the Chancery Court in refusing to
give true account of his dead broth
er's estate
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-22
DIRECT PRIMARY BILL WINS.
Long Fight in Illinois Legislature is
Practically Concluded.

Springfield, 1ll-The long fight in
the special session of the Legislature
ended in the House with sweeping
victory for direct primaries.
Final approval was voted by the
House of the Staymates bill. which
covers nominations for all Offices ex-
cept State Senators and Representa-
tives. The House by "a to 2S con-
CURED In the Senate's amendments
and the bill now goes to Governor
DenaaD for his signature.