Newspaper Page Text
M [CLE - THE WEATHER-For New Jersey. Warmer to-night Friday probably Snow. ______ ■ — — . ■-» - * - — .•_‘. 1 ", 11" - 1 — —-- ■—-- 1 1 ■■ — ■ ■■ VOLUME XXVIII. NO. 25. _MORRISTOWN, N. J., FRIDAY, JAN i _PRICE 5 CENTS. THE TROLLEY FRANCHISE Morris Township Committee De clines to Call a Meeting to Consider Question. TROLLEY COMPANY'S PETITION Mr. Allaman for the Trolley Company Presents One Petition, with Another np Ills Sleeve, and Asks the Town ship Committee to Call a Public Meeting to Ascertain the Sentiment of the People In the Mat ter. A special meeting of the Morris • Township Committee was held in the town hall last evening for discussion of the advisability of calling a public meeting to consider the trolley ques tion. Present at the meeting were the three members of the township committee, Messrs. Miller, Clark and Parsons, and Counsel John M. Mills. For the Morris County Traction Com pany there appeared Messrs. Allaman. and Frapwell. The opposition was represented by Lawyer E. K. Mills. Mr. Allaman introduced the matter by saying that lie was prepared to pre sent one petition and to file another, lie accordingly presented a map of t he proposed road, which is to be a double track affair running on Speedwell ave nue from the Hanover township line to the city limits. It is hoped to lay the tracks in tire cent er of .the street with poles at convenient intervals. The line is to be operated by power from overhead wires. Mr. Allaman asked for the passage of a resolution authorizing the calling of a public meeting to get the consensus of opin ion in the- matter. He further said that the company thought that the people as a general thing wanted the service and that the opposition was in the minority, In fact he claimed that 51 per cent. of the abutting property owners had already consented to tire plan. He said the company was de sirous of getting the public sentiment in the matter and that the action of the members of the township commit tee in calling a meeting would not af fect. the matter of a franchise. Mr. E. K. Mills, for the opposition, stated that the proposed railroad, al though perhaps a good thing for some property owners, would, on the ot her hand, greatly impair the value-of other property interests. He said that he thought that itrwas advisable to go slowly in the / |ter, as he could see no . reason for the trolley company wishing to gain the right of wav on this strip when they had not as yet ob tained the permission of .either Hanover township or of the town of Morristown. Tie cautioned the mem bers of the committee against,grant ing the railroad company the right of a public hearing. Further, lie argued that tire grant ing of a.double track road t© be laid in the .center of a much frequented thoroughfare between Morristown.and Morris Plains would seriously inter fere with the driving interest. Again neither Hanover nor Rockaway town ship and Rockaway borough had the matter put. before them as yet,.and he claimed that once Morris township granted the petition the fact of their granting it would be used as a reason for the other ^places doing likewise. Tiie opinion of the committee was Jn line .with that of their .chairman, who-stated that he thougbt.it inad visable for the present gathering to take action in the matter before the regular meeting, which will be held on January 12, and it was accordingly so voted. Sufficient time wherein to consider the matter was the reason advanced for this decision. ’ A FA. I, A CL IN A WJL.DEIUT.KIM. The Former Home or Geu Rov Slone. m . I)«80Pl|»tlou of the Curious Il«itso. The Madison Eagle, commenting.ot the statement .tthatHeneral lioy Wtorte and wife jwe to .reside in Morristown 4 this winter furnishes an interesting " sketch of General Boyls iiome in the southwestern part of Jf.ew York. In early life, according to the story, lie had large interests in the pine forests with which that section was formerly covered. Fran tills ttget vast quan ties of timber were cut atf! rafted down the Allegheny River tortile Ohio for distribution among tlie towns along Its banks. A Near tiie center of thi»\ tract he built his Iiome, a structure unique, pa latial and picturesque. Jt at i (acted considerable attention and was known as the “Old Stone House .a mis nomer in one sense. Tlie material for tlie “hermitage ” was taken in its nat ural state from the surrounding forest. "It was sided and roofed with hem lock slabs witb fche bark on, and the veranda (which extended almost en tirely around It) was roofed with the same material. This roof was held in place by rough, crooked poufs- in nat ural state, and the veranda was orna naraented and railed by limbs and roots of curious shape as designed by the great architect, Nature.” There is considerably more descripti ve matter, which gives tlie story an ifr.of verisimilitude, as'our esteemed fiend; “ Pooh-Bah ” of “ Mikado ” ims, would say. it would seem, how vei, as tiiougli the writer iiad gone ■ack to Spattord’s Gazetteer of New /ork for 1840 and read t he description of “ Hornby Lodge,” an unique struct ure built on a cliff overlooking the middle falls of the Portage Kiver in Livingston county, N. Y., with this difference: the older story does not show any chrome yellow tinge. The old “hermitage” fell a prey tp tlie elemeots nearly sixty years ago. BACHELORS' BALL IN WASHINGTON HALL This Noted Annual Event Unnsnally Festlve. A Largo Attendance. Matrons who t^Pselved. Washington Hall was all abate with lights and decorations on Monday night, the occasion being the Bache lors’ Ball which was announced In the Chronicle’s society column last week. The staircases and landings were banked with evergreens. Holly formed the principal decorations, it being festooned along the walls and balcrtnies and twined around, the pillars. A huge Christmas bell formed of mistle toe with a red clapper was pendent from the center of the ceiling. Small Christmas trees were ranged along the railing of the western balcony, and sprigs of holly with their red ber ries peeping from between the leaves ornamented the fireplaces. Supper was served by Day at midnight. The music was excellent. The floor was filled with dancers and it was as suc cessful a ball as Morristown bachelors could wish for. Many , out of town guests were present. Among those who attended the ball were Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. Morgan, Jr.. Mrs. A. R. Whitney, Mrs. Slade, ! Mr. and Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Merrell, Mrs. i Cauldwell, Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Dr. land Mrs. McCarroll, Mr. and Mrs. Gi lbert S. lvip, Mr. and Mrs. Shippan, j Mr. and Mrs. Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. j H. C. Pitney. Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Walsh, j Mrs. White, Mr. and Mrs. Romaine, i Mrs, Fanshawe, Miss Helen Shelton, | Mrs. W. R. Marsh. Mrs. Wallace. Mrs. | VanW.vck, the Misses Boyce, Mrs. i Letchford. Mrs. Hackstaff. the Misses Hurlbut, the Misses Cutler, the Misses Whitney, Miss Foster, Miss Evans, Miss March, Miss Howell, Miss Lois Raymond, Miss Edith Walker, Miss Henry, Miss Lois Vail, the Misses Swords and Miss Dorothea Walsh, Messrs. Frederic .W, Ford, Mason Young, James T. Emott. RobertGran l nis, TIalsted Little, W. Palmer Letch j ford, Morgan Smith. Archie Forbes, I George Little, Gordon Forbes, S. Harold Freeman, John H, Lidger wockL Jr.. James G. Lidgerwood. wanted, an automatic fkkson He Must be Stocked with Bible Read l«*r**, Sermons and Collection (Jails. Jnthe Barrow News there appears an advertisement which, says the London News, must be quoted In full in order to be appreciated: Wanted, for the-Wesleyan Chapel, a Preaching Phonograph, with metal tell and speaking power for a space of about 40,000 cubic feet; also fifty-one Records for same, eaeli Rec ord to contain one dist inct Service, in the following order : Hymn (Wesley’s Hymns), Prayer, Hymn, Chapter (from Old Testament). Hymn,Chapter (from New Testament,), Hymn (x), Sermon, Hymn, Short Prayer, and Benedict ion Each alternate Record must, have serted.at x “Collection u,t the close of this .service’’ (object unnecessary); also one (only)'Record, with service in above order, the sermon if possible to be of superior quality. This Record must have insetted at * “Collection, Love Feast and Renewal of Tickets. ” N. B.—The numbers only df hymns need be given (the singing will be done by the choir and congregation). If satisfactory, a second twelve .months’ order for records will be gi ven. State lowest price, and where can be seen, to Pulpit,” Wesleyan Chapel,--. The atiiNNo—Japanese ImliPogHo. Are the two combatants ready for the conflict if it conies off now ? What is their relative military, naval, ami financial strength ori the spot, and what wilt be the possible effect of this war upon the combatant*, as well as on the world.at large? There ismo doubt that both Russia aaid Japan .have been preparing for this eventuality for several years. Jt is a matter uf, common knowledge that Russia has at present in Chinese waf ers a powerful fleet, almost .equal to the Japanese.fleet in tonnage,speed, armament of -ships, and armor. She lias also becn-storirig Welsh coal, like Japan, for six years. ' As to the Rus sian a rmy on the spot, ever since Fort Arthur was snatched from the victor ious Japanese, Russian troopships and (transports have b-n landing men. arms, and supplies in Chinese terri ttory; and the Siberian Railway as -aeon as (Completed a lso began to pou.r Ate swarm of soldier into the Orient, i Russia has thus -collected, as report, goes, 400/000 troops in the Far East, to oppose which the Mikado has See,000 t rained sold iers read y t o be mobili zed at; any moment. In regard to the pos sible effect* of the war upon the rival nations, to begin with, the navies of both obaatrtos will be crippled, if at, least cue of them is not completely wiped out- of -exist ance. 'Hie clock of their progress will lie set bark at least a quarter of a century, for it isdiflieult to bt lieve that Russia, under the cir cumstances, can conquer the island empire and dictate terms at Tokio, or vice versa.—Tlie Forum for January. Clltll FAI.LSON RE —HOT STOVE, j — And 1 s -o Badly Burn-d as ti* Cripple Him for i If . Mrs. John Hack, wife of a farmer living at Unionville, Warren county, i laving logo upstairs to attend to her ordinary household duties on Sunday morning, before leaving the kitchen tied her three-year-old son fast in a high chair. Five minutes afterward she hoard the child’s screams, and rushing downstairs discovered that the little fellow tiad kicked his chair over and had fallen upon the red-hot stove. Tile child’s arms were burned to a. crisp, so that amputation was necessary, and both cheeks and its nose were seared. Its recovery is possible, but it will be crippled and disfigured for life. CHRISTMAS PLEASURES Were Enjoyed by Various Sun day Schools, and the Christ mas Trees Were Laden. STEREOPTICON AT ST. PETER'S The Old-Time Christmas Story Told In Poetry and Prose. The Shepherds’ Drill In First Presbyterian Church. Christmas Trees Fruit Grandly and the Crop Fully Garnered, and the Children were Satisfied and Happy. Christmastide is ever pleasant with children, and the heads of the various Sunday schools are fully alive to the fact. Fifty years ago, outside of the Episcopal and Catholic churches,it was considered almost sacrilege to hQld | these pretty observances of Christmas j within the church edifice—in fact, the j Christmas tree was a rarity. But the ; ideas of the world have broadened, j and Easter observance lias also been | added to the Sunday school exercises. It is not always convenient to hold the children’s exercises on Christmas Day, and many church societies! spread them through the week fol-! lowing. ’ The children of St. Pefer’s Church ! had their Christmas festival in the! Sunday school rooms of the church on i Monday evening at 7.30 o’clock. The place was crowded with the children and their friends when the tights were turned low to allow the display I of the stereopticon views, depicting scenes from the life of Christ. The rector, Rev. Philemon Sturges, ex plained the views as they were thrown on the screen, and this part of the entertainment occupied about three fourths of an hour. The sheet on which the pictures had been thrown was then pulled aside and a murmur of “Ohs!” greeted the appearance of the lighted Christmas tree glittering with tinsel and gauze. Gift s were then distributed to the classes, as also boxes of candy, which seemed very accept able to the youngsters. Refreshments were then served. A Christmas Carol service was held on Sunday afternoon, when the full choir under the direction of Professor | Matthews rendered the carol music delightfully. Mr. .larveski sang the tenor solos in the antliein. Christmas tree exercises together witli a carol service were held at the First Presbyterian Church Tuesday evening, beginning at 7 o’clock. A large gathering of children and friends were cm hand, which comfortably tilled the ctourch ediiioe. After the custom ary prayer and "carol singing the primary school gave several numbers in clever inanieor which tickled the risibilities of the audience. The elder children then took a hand in the affair and several excellent prose j pieces and poems were recited by | tiiewe. The crowning number of the .evening was the “Shepherds' Drill,” in which twelve young girls, dressed in white, with ased baldrics over their left shoulders, went through a num ber of pretty figures. Each partici pant had a shepherd's crook in tier baud, which at one point in the drill was inched with that of her neighbor, forming a heart. The whilom shep hedesses also sang creditably. ^ Rev.. Philemon Sturges made the Christmas address, pointing out the helpful points of the Christmas story and reminding the congregation that the Christmas message was one of iov land goodwill. As scan ;ae the benediction had been j said the Sunday school again filed back to tlte Sunday school rooms where the tree had been prepared and the pres ents were appropriately distributed. The Industrial School held its exer cises in the First Baptist Church on Tuesday afternoon and tiie occasion was made more enjoyable than usual by the singing of the different classes. A responsi ve Bible reading—each verse being followed by a chorus—made an attractive programme. The Rev. Will iam M. Hughes, ns;tor of the Church of tiie Redeemer, made a, very happy address to the children, in which he warned them about “fitsand starts.” The tree wa* handsomely decorated with dolls, strings of popcorn and other trappings, so that w hen hire candles were lighted the effect, was .charming. Presents and candy * ere distributed at tiie end of tile exercises. The Christmas entertainment at the Methodist Church was emjoyed by a large gathering in spite of the lengthy programme. The exercises began wtt.fi singing by tiie, whole school, which was followed by prayer and re sponsive reading. Tiie Primary de partment's share in the entertainment was especially well received. Among tiie pleasing pieces presented by the youngsters was a cantata entitled “ Who is Santa Claus ?” There were also numerous recitations, dialogues and duets with choruses. The five part recitation, “ Crowning the Cross,” given by tiie Junior and Intermediate Departments was especially well well done. The “Shepherds’ Dril,” in which ten young girls participated was a particularly pretty affair. At the conclusion of the exercises, re freshments were served in the Sunday school room. . At 6 o’clock on Wednesday evening the Sunday ^school of the Baptist Church held its exercises in the church. After tiie usual prayer and scripture reading a hymn was sung, the forerunner of the regular exercises. A recitation entitled “ Star, Crown and Sceptre’’ was aquit i pretty affair, w, ila 8her recitations and PAGE.] SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF GRANVILLE W. GARTH Believed to Have Leaped from tba Steamer Denver whte Voyaalna From New York to Oalveaton. The death of Granville W. Garth, president of the Mechanics’ National Bank of New York, who Is reported to have committed suicide by jumping from the steamer Denver into the Gulf of Mexico on Christmas night, would have attracted merely passing notice had it not been that the Garths were residents of Morristown summer be fore last, having rented a house on Macculloch avenue ind lived there for several months. Later on, Mrs. Garth, who is quite wealthy in her own right, purchased the house formerly owned by Henry P. Woodward, of Newark, located on Nor mandie Heights, and which she was planning to occupy in a few weeks, or as soon as the painters and electricians were through with their work. Mrs. Garth took lessons at norland's riding academy and Hubert Hartigan was assigned as her Instructor. Pleased with his work she had her husband engage him as coachman. While here Hartigan taught her children to ride, j Naturally she was present during: many of the lessons. Prom this arose j a rumor that she was too intimate | with Hartigan. Shortly after this the j coachman was discharged., Some time afterward Hartigan pur chased a stock farm near Monroe of a j man named Schmoizholz, paying some thing more than ?2a,000 therefor, ac cording to Lawyer John K. Mills, who j represented Schmodiolz in the tran.s-1 action, although no consideration is mentioned in the deed. Now the state- j ment has been volunteered that Mrs. Garth furnished Hartigan with the; purchase money, although there is no evidence to suppor. the assertion. The known fat ts connected with' Mr. Garth’s suicide are sufficiently distressing without, forced woes being j added by the too imaginative to port-| ers. A LESSON 1 OR CABMEN. Robert Price, Cabman, has Licence Revoked for Overcharging:. The license committee of the Board of Aldermen in conjunction With the Mayor have evidently determined that overcharging by cabmen must cease, and as a result luve revoked the li cense of Robert ’rice, the hack man who doubled the fare on Mrs. Elliot Smith, of 80 Map'e avenue, recently. The incident happened about ten days before Christmas when Mrs. Smith and a friend wei.3 returning from a day in New Ycvk. While the lady accompanying Mrs. Smith was looking up her trunk, the latter chartered a cab and paid twe ty-live cents apiece for the trip to he house. The search ! of Mrs. Smith’s ■ iend for her trunk | was unsuccessful however and she | accordingly ..lid", alee would wait at the station till her baggage arrived. Mrs. Smith was accordingly I compelled to come home a/lone and 1 after alighting from ttie carriage re minded the cab driver that he had been paid for carrying two .people but had only brought up one. FI is only reply was to whip up Inis horse and disappear in the twilight eff the winter evening. Several days after this the aggrieved lady ran across the man down town and inquired his iname and in formed him that she intended enter ing a complaint. Complaint was accordingly made to ttoe chief of police and «n the matter being reported to the license committee the license was revoked pending the pleasure of the board. OBITUARY. MILLKK. WSIliam Miller, a>n old resident <«f Denville, died on Thursday morning of last, week at the home of his son-in law, George Van I>uyne. Mr. Miller was born near Pine 15rook some yeans ago and up to thirty-five years ago resided there. Ife /next, located mi DenvEle, which was his home to the day of his death. Six grown children survive him, as well as a number off grandchildren. The funeral services were held from the Iberville Methodist I Church <on Sunday afternoon, the Rev. T. E. Gordon officiating. The burial will take place in tfre l»enville ceme tery. , SHIPMAN. Mrs. Joseph H. Shipman, an es teemed resident of Whippany, died on Thursday night of last week of pleuro pneumonia. She was an active mem ber of the Presbyterian Church, one of the .charter members of the Wom an’s Missionary Society, and was iden tified with all religious and benevolent work of the church. She was always ready to lend her aid to every good cause. She will *fie greatly missed, not only in her own family, but in tiie church and community as weli. The deceased is survived by a husband, two daughters and three sons. “Mother (iooftp” a Gn at Triumph. Klaw & Erlanger, whose remarkable energy and enterprise have done so much for the American stage, have achieved their greatest triumph in the production of “Mother Goose,” now running at their New Amsterdam Theatre. What, this theatre is to the playhouses of the world, the finest, tills production is to stage efforts in general, the greatest. Nothing like It in magnitude, gorgeousness of scenery and costumes or number of people em ployed in presentation, lias ever been seen in the world. Originally staged at tiie Drury Lane Theatre in London, where the most magnificent produc tions made in Europe are presented, it h is been made even bigger, better and brighter in Klaw & Erlanger’s adapt ation of it to the American stage, sur passing every expectation of the aud itor. ■ilium ihim SOCIETY IN MANY ROUTS Cotillons Enliven Holiday Week and Favor Figures and ] Suppers Abound. \ * - YOUNG FOLK IN PLEASURETIDE \ - \ Numerous Parties are Given by tbe ' .Juvenile Members of Society’s Clr- 1 cle, aiid They Enjoy the Pleasure of j Giving and Receiving as do Their ■ Elders. Numerous Dinners and Teas ■ Announced for the Coming Week. i The engagement is announced of j Miss Helen Slade, daughter of Mrs. J. ( Morgan Slade, and sister of Miss Laura Slade, whose engagement was an- ( nounced not long ago to Mr. Oscar B. < Smith. Jr., of Morristown. ’ About twenty-five were present at ; Mrs. Pierre Smith’s children's party ‘ on Christmas evening. The house 1 was prettily decorated with holiday * greens, and several entertaining games ' were played, affording great arpuse- * ment to the children, who considered < the party just the right thing to end l the day with. Miss Elsa Hurlbut will give a little m tea on Wednesday afternoon of next' i week. I * Mrs. Paul Bigelow will entertain the Fortnightly Bridge Club on Tues- j-' day afternoon, January 5th. at herj Morris avenue home. The children’s subscription Christ-;1 mas dance in Washington Hall, in the j1 early hours of Wednesday of this week, i was also a pronounced success. A !, cotillon was danced by over twenty- • i ti ve couples of young m isses and youths. I After many favor figures and supper, the cotillon was ended by a shower of colored papers, which had previously been distributed among the onlookers in the gallery, mostly composed of parents, as well as the dancers on the j tioor, which, unwinding in long strips,! ; produced a very picturesque and novel effect. On next Wednesday the Misses Vail j ! of South street vyll give an afternoon ! j card party. At the party given by Mrs. George W. Jenkins for her children on Tues-1 j day afternoon of this week, some forty or more children were quite delighted with a sleight-of-hand performance i which was provided for them. Danc , ing was also a feature of the after 1 noon’s jollity. Mrs. Emlen P. Franklin will give a small tea for her niece, Mrs. Farrand D. Brower, on "Monday, January 4, i from 4 to b. Invitations will be limited I to the younger set, and more partieu- j | larly tc those who were Mrs. Brower’s ! friends when she resided :rt■Morris-1 j town before her marriage. Tuesday evening of this week Mrs. William Shippen, of Convent Station, gave a danoe for her son Teddy at her Madison avenue home. The house was made very attractive with ihs trim mings of Christmas greens. The cotil lon W’as led by Marmaduke Tilden, Jr., of Madisnp. and Miss Marion Swords. | Teddy’s guests were about fifty in I in umber. i Mrs. Adams, of Elm street, will give ;a card party or Saturday, January a ' j On Thursday afternoon next Mrs. ' T. Olnry Hill will hold an open sub j scriptien bridge tournament at her ■j Morris street home. Among the ladies from out of town, who have | entered the tournament, are Mrs. Samu«! Campbell and Miss Campbell, of Orange; Mrs. William H. Macy and Miss Creighton, of New York. It is expected that about forty ladies will . be present on that, afternoon. Entries will ckwe on Wednesday, January ft. Mrs. George H. Watson, Jr., gave a [ dinner Monday evening, at which Me. Curtis, son-in-law of Mr. Charles K. 1 Cutler, of Kahdena, was present, Mr. ’ Curtis was Mrs. Watson’s guest at tbe B ache tor’s ball later in the evening. Mrs. Emlen P. Franklin entertained Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Pitney, Jr., a* dinner, previous to the hall on Mio 1 day evening. , M iss Edit It Walker, who recently re j turned from Europe, was tbe guest of Miss Henry, of Maeculloch avenue, at l ithe Bachelor’s ball. i If „ A M— TAII a C» J a iek W. Ford at diutter on Monday | evening before attending the Bache ! Ions’ ball. A s many com merits have iteeu made concerning the apparent ‘alighting of j certain parlies, lit the invitation issued , to the Bachelor's hall, it may as well : l;»e stated that it Is Hemi-ortleially an nounced, that the oversights in ijues | tion were purely accidental, and were ! exceedittgly regretted by those re sponsible for tliem. Later, invlt.v I tlons were seitt where the omissions were discovered before Monday last, 1 but unfortunately, in some eases, other ; engagements had meanwhile been ! made. Mrs. E. Nott Anable has issued In-1 vitations for Friday afternoon, Jan-j i uary «, at 4 o’clock, at Iter residence 1211 South street, when Miss Mary I Harriot Norris will talk on Fashions ; arid bu. ial Customs of the iienais I sauce. Mr. W. Palmer Letchford gives a! | dinner of sixteen covers this evening, | (New Year’s Eve,) at his Madison i avenue home, after which the Junior : dance will be at tended. The Reading Club will resume its i weekly meetings on Monday, January 4, when it will be received by Mrs. William Watts, of Hill street. At the men’s meeting at the Y. M. C. A. building, < n Sunday the Rev. William R. Bennett, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will ad ZHEMICAL ENGINE m GREAT DEMAND fire Alarms Keeps this Company Busy. Fortunately the Damage Is t of Small Account. Still alarms have been very plenti ul during the last few days, and the esult. has been to make the Chemical engine work overtime in answering hem. The fun began on Christmas >ay when a chimney fire at the resi lence of William P. White at 5 Fara :ut place called for the efforts of the lepartment. No service was required lowever, as the blaze had already been extinguished. On SaturefS^a false alarm was rung n for a supposed fire at the house of •f rs. Duane, 22 Elm street. No ser dee was required. Another call came n on the same day from the house of drs. Alice D. Stephenson. 142 South treet, where a slight blaze in an ash kjx gave cause for the alarm, It was xtinguished without difficulty. On Sunday, a chimney fire was dis overed in the house 34 Franklin t reet. Here the only apparatus used vas one tank. The Chemical was ■gain called out at 3 o'clock on Mon lay, to look after a supposed blaze at he home of W. C. Estes. 28" South treet. The only fire on the premises vas discovered to be in the furnace, so o that no service was required. At 8 •’clock on the same date a chimney ire at the resident of C. D. M. Cole. 4 Franklin street , called for the en ieavorsof the firemen, but it died a lat ural death wit' out the aid of the Chemical. On Tuesday, the Chemical was again ■ailed out at 8.50 a. m.. to look after a •oiler at. the residence of Dr. O’Beily, 4 Maple avenue, due to the drawing •If of the water. The doctor suc ceeded in cooling off rite boiler before he firemen came. 'JEW YORK POULTRY SHOW Fifteenth Annual Exhibit Ion of New York Poultry, Pigeon and Pet stock Association. Next week beginning on Tuesday morning. January 5, and dosing on "Saturday night, at Madison Square harden, the New York Poultry, Pigeon t & Pet Stock Association will have five I Says of success with its Fifteenth j f Annual Exhibition. In addition to j K the poultry and pet stock, the Allan-j' tic Oat Club will make a fine showing ' on Wednesday, Thursday aud Friday g of long and short-haired -cats compet ing for many prizes. The Cat Show ; will be located in the Concert Hall, i while the big space in the Garden will ' have thousands of birds of the finest 1 breeds. The Incubators, brooders and ’ exhibition yards will be features with ( the finest display in all classes that j the Association has ever presented. Each year shows the importance of the New York Show, not only to breeders, : but to all who are interested in poul try. pigmy. • ••• , > t stock. The ar rangement, of the Show gives each de partment its fullest representation, and prize winners from every locality and foreign birds will also be shown. Tlie Show has become a fashionable one, even in the great city, and it Is never disappointing, either in its commercial value to the breeders and buyers, or to the public, and from 9 o’clock in the morning until 10.30 at night, the pretty pigeons, the beauti ful fowl, the cunning cavies and the rabbits have lots of admirers, while the cats ha we their friends who are enthusiastic on their pets and fkvor ites. A M YSTKHIOU8 81NK-HOLK. The < IhiouRo Uiilv. rxlt.v’s Treasury E-vUlemly Has No notion. We hear weekly qi large sums of money being donated by rich men to this or that moral project intended for the welfare of , mankind. "Carnegie’s libraries have been scattered broad cast and John I). Rockefeller's prince ly gifts to Baptist institutions are sis household words. These gifts have been made with the provision that certain amounts should be added by the recipient*, so (hat the whole bur den might hot rest altogether on the shoulders of one man, even if be should be heavily weighted with tins world’s wealth. < The quest ion now arises, Are these donations of unalloyed benefit, to the recipient institutions'? Apparently jmt. In some cast>s the provisioned condition is not fully complied with, aud in others after a year h;is passed inside effort ceases and tilings drift along haphazard. John D. Rockefeller lias given large sums to the Chicago University: the total since 18SMJ foot ing up $13,000,000. Tile other day Dr. Harper, president of that institution, stated that four years ago it was agreed that $5,000,000 of endowment I would prevent an annual deficit. He j said that, since that time Mr. Rocke feller had given $3,000,000 with the result that instead of $3,ooo,ooo more being required to wipe out the deficit upward of $(>,000,000 more are required to accomplish that end. The tendency instead of being toward a decreased deficit has been decidedly and alarm ingly toward an increased deficit. The Chicago University evidentIv lacks business brains, or else needs scourging for lazoiess or negligence. Shotgun sub-tt me lor Spite K no... “Spite fences” are not in it when a man has a shotgun, axe and severa' other lethal weapons at hand, toget hei with a full vocabulary of “sweai words.” Adolph Tigger, a Nevnr barber lives next door to Henry lilte - man. Between the two houses then is a narrow alley, six inches of w oic belongs to Tigger. Hillerman woun like to have his house painted, bu i order to carry out his desire the patm er’s ladder will have to stand on -t’i, ger’s six-inch strip, and the barber’ consent does not appear to be >r, coming. Unless Tigger recede > his position, Hillerman's house unpainted unless a winged pain d iscovered. WANT MORRIS ■ CANAL SAVgD Numerous Protests Against Its Abandonment Filed with State Commission. MANY LAWSUITS THREATENED The State Commission Met In Newark Yesterday to Hear Ora! Arguments For and Against tjie Abandonment of the Canal. A Htroog Aray of Counsel for the Opposition Pres ent. Yesterday was tire day set by the State Commission for the tearing of oral arguments for and against the projected abandonment of the Morris Canal. There was not much done beyond arranging the details for dis cussion. as to-day is a legal holiday. Briefs have been pouring in since midsummer and the Commission has teen considering this dowmentary mass for "some time. It is a subject not handled easily, as it presents so many conflicting points. Many con veyances of land, either by purchase, or grant with seversionarv rights ||| attached, do not appear as having been recorded: but there are many other records in existence sutlicieut to establish the fact that the wholesale claims of the Lehigh Valley. Railroad Company have but an insecure foundation. V -T/fcS When the Lehigh Valley corporation took over the canal by. lease the.' > waterway was in good condition, and t lie annual report Shows that the last . year it was operated by the Morris Canal and Banking Company it brought in a net revenue of *107,000. . Then the canal was in good repair and several hundred teats were running throughout the season. Now it is in poor condition, but not so poor but that it can be restored to its former useful ness. There is not the least doubt that the Lehigh Valley Rail mad Corporation leased the canal with the deliberate, purpose of wrecking it, not only to get rid of an undesirable competitor, but to gain the Jersey City terminus, which would well repay them for the out lay, as well as control of the water supply with its prospective millions. The briefs that have been presented, according to published reports of interested opposers of the scheme, will create much trouble for the Lehigh company that its able lawyers will tind difficulty in overewning. u< The salient point presented by the opposers of the abandonment scheme is Lake Hopateong. Many of the points advanced in the briefs presented tiifclie Commission by the counsel advocating the rights of the owners of property contiguous to the lake— the most beautiful sheet of Water in New Te:s«j’ rA*ave been presented in the Chronicle from time to time, by our Lake Hopateong summer corre spondent, and therefore' are not unfamiliar with our readers. These are so numerous that they cannot all be repeated in this article. Among the important objector's are Seymour R. Smith, of Waterloo, sur viving executor of the estate of Peter Smith and the estate of Samuel r. Smith, both of Waterloo, and Peter JD. Smith, of the same place, who have tiled notices with the commis sioners that, in the event of a de cision to abandon the canal and any attempt upon the part of the Morris Canal ami Bank Company or the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company to e/I'i et such abandonment, they will either apply to tire eourts for an injunction to restrain the abandon ment, or wilt sue at law for damage to extensive properties owned by them in tire counties of Sussex and Mor ris. They will sue as successor to the riparian rights of the Smith estate and under an agreement with the Morris Canal and Banking Company, reserving to the estate certain pri vileges, which was signed November 22, 1830. J. H. Neighbour, Esq., of Dover, attorney for the By ram Cove Lana Company, which is capitalized at $100,000, has invested $172,000 in land and improvements on tire west (or Sussex) side of Lake Hopateong and still owns 20,000 linear feet (nearly four miles) of shore line, has also on behalf of the company presented a brief. After detailing the advantages of Lake Hopateong as a summer resort and discussing its advantages as a summer resort, together with t ire vast amount of money expended on beautifying the purchased pro perty, its cottages, wharves, bridges, etc. Mr. Neighbour says: -'jpE ‘•This lias all been done, relying upon the fact that the State has chartered the Morris Canal and Bank ing Company as a permanent body, j lor using tlie waters of the take for t tie purposes of its canal and hot for any other purpose, and tlie public, especially owners of lands adjaceiit to the lake, have acquired certain righto as riparian owners, such as boating, flailing, dockage, bathing, cutting ice, etc. These rights have been used in an open maimer, with Knowledge of the canal company and its lessees, and have never been ob jected to or questioned by the canal company: in fact, by its silence it has acquiesced in all these expenditures, iinpiovcaicuts and uses. "the Legislature has no constifu i iOnal power to do anything that will enable the canal company ,o ,nspo,c •f its chartered rig, ms for any other purpose than operating its canal, nor on anything that will cast upon any person in,, ) i,-1 -n 111 i :p m«> of nilgai ion to detenu lus property or .ns rights.-’ It may also be added that, of the , nii't\-se>6U sie.unut.ifc lan lings on ne west side of the Lane but tive voulit be avaiiaole m cose the canal vas a undone! a i t toe dam •wn otit, ■vintc mi Mie east sale he ’>«*„) ■ ,,.e,sami cottagers o d be com II- .. . II iVl. (I | g»> » . t.il {>. ‘© 0';' iutl • i v||jj \ dtia ii»v . he i ' i 7^ iki iiit at^ t i «e r