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Che morris County Chronicle
and the Morris County Standard,
Morristown, N. J.
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The Republican papers of Morris
county are giving Robert Dumont
Foote a boom for the Democratic Gub
ernatorial nomination. Strange to
say, however, his party papers in his
home town have not yet put. their
Foote in it. -Newark News.
The writer of the above seems to
be of the opiuion that there is a
Democratic paper in Morristown.
The Senate Committee on Privi
leges and Elections has decided to
drop the specific charge of polyga
my against Senator Smoot and to
institute instead a general inquiry
into the relations of the Mormon
church to the State and Federal
governments. The committee will
inquire particularly into the control
which the church, through its apos
tles, is alleged to exercise over the
political actions of its members.
Are there any really fireproof
buildings? Judging from experi
ence in the Baltimore fire there is
no such thing. It is evident that
modern fireproof buildings cannot
withstand the fiery blasts of a heavy
conflagration directed against them.
Ingenuity has constructed immense
buildings, nominally fireproof; but
stone aud brick crumble ; steel posts
and girders expand and twist, and
the costly fabric in a short half
hour is but smoking, ruined mass.
The city ot Baltimore on Sunday
was visited by the most destructive
fire in its history. The fire loss is
estimated at $125,000,000 and the
insurance loss at $90,000,000. Re
garding its fire department, Balti
more is now shown to possess one
of the poorest equipped departments
iu point of apparatus in the Union.
Ten engines were sent from New
York and when they reached the
flame-wrapped city there certainly
was‘‘something doing ”, as they
effectually checked the fire.
w. C. Garrison, chief of the New
Jersey Bureau of Statistics, has is
sued a monograph on " The Social
Aspect of Child Labor in New Jer
sey,” which is an excerpt from the
twenty-sixth annual report of that
bureau and contains the reflections
on that subject by Mr. Garrison
which have caused so much discus
sion and criticism. Perhaps if this
section of the report had been un
derstandingly read at first there
would not have been so much un
favorable criticism. A few dissen
tients raised the cry of condemna
tion and the pack, Tray, Blanche
and Sweetheart, joined in the chase.
Some tomfool legislator has intro
duced a bill in the New York As
sembly imposing a fine of from $5
to $10 for the failure of any quali
fied citizen to vote, and increases
the fines for each subsequent viola
tion. It is claimed that this is a
step in the direction of clean poli
tics. If politics never get a fur
bishing until sanctioned by legisla
tive action of the above nature they
will keep on increasing their coats
of verdigris until doomsday. Such
legislation is of the same nature as
that of imposing a tax on bachelors
proposed from time to time in seve
ral States. It should be understood
that the elective franchise is a priv
ilege and not an entailed legal duty.
A compromise appears to have
been reached between the friends
and foes of the robin, and, like all
compromises, it is decidedly bad—
for the robin It is now proposed
to embody in the forthcoming De
Cou bill a proviso that farmers and
fruit-growers are to Ire permitted to
shoot the birds on their own prem
ises when caught destroying fruit,
but they must first obtain permits
from the Fish and Game Commis
sioners of the State, and make affi
davit that none of the birds killer!
are to sold or ,shipped out of the
State ; nor will there be an open
season for the indiscriminate shoot
ing of the birds. The original bill
was apparently framed in the inter
est of the “pot-hunters” with the
agriculturist leaning on the fence
in the distant background, but this
provision will knock out that miser
able scheme.
“ Ilow the turkeys gobbled which our
commissary found ! ”
The legendary rights of “ March
ing through Georgia ” appear to
prevail with the soldiers who con
gregate at various points for military
nianceuvers under the direction of
the Federal Government.
At the close of the nianceuvers
last year claims aggregating $21,
000 were submitted for damage
done by soldiers, most of the amount
being claims for chickens alleged to
have been looted by the soldiers.
A board appointed by the War De
partment reviewed these claims and
cut them down to $2,100. That
these claims may be paid and a fund
provided for payment for chickens
which Uncle Sam's rangers may
appropriate during future manceu
vers Lieutenant General Chaffee
has recommended that Congress be
asked to appropriate $8,000, and
Secretary Taft has made the re
quest.
In peace or war the predatory na
ture of the soldier asserts itself.
The “ first flag in Virginia ” con
troversy is getting to be a chronic
nuisance. Several weeks ago Gen
eral J. Madison Drake, of Eliza
beth, claimed to have the first flag
—that of the Third New Jersey
carried across the Long Bridge
into Virginia at the conimeneeinent
of the Civil War. A Trenton man
claims that the credit belongs to an
other New Jersey regiment. In the
heat of the argument the Twelfth
Regiment N. Y. S. N. G. steps for
ward with its claim. General Drake
admits that the Twelfth and Twen
ty-fifth New York regiments crossed
before the Third New Jersey, but
says their flags were furled while
his was unfurled. A slight differ
ence ’twixt Tweedledum and Twee
dledee—in fact, as told in the old
nursery rhyme, it’s a battle over
a rattle.
However, on Monday night Gen
eral Drake presented the tattered
flag of the Third New Jersey to
Governor Murphy for the State as
the first Union flag “unfurled’’
that was carried into Virginia dur
ing the Civil War. Governor Mur
phy, replying, said in substance
that whether or no it was the first
flag was of small consequence. The
important feature is that flag was
borne by men of New Jersey to de
fend tlieir country when it was in
danger. _
Assemblyman Duffield, of Essex,
is jm-tly entitled to the credit of
having introduced more bills tend
ing toward a further centralization
of the powers that be than any
other member of the lower branch
of the Legislature His latest ex
ploit is the introduction, at the in
stance of Mrs. Emily E. William
son, a charitable woman of the well
meaning but erratic type, and the
State Charities Aid Association,
providing for the creation of a
11 State Board of Charities and Cor
rection,” to consist of seven mem
bers, not less than two of whom
shall be women, and while no fixed
salary is at present provided for
them, not less than $10,000 is to be
annually placed at their disposal for
expenses.
The board’s powers are practical1
ly to be unlimited. It is to have
the right to send its secretary or
agents into all charitable or correc
tional institutions, including the
jails, asylums, hospitals, or any
like place that receives aid of any
character from the public funds,
State, county, or municipal.
This bill appears doomed to de
feat—and deservedly. Not only are
the managers of public and private
institutions of a charitable charac
ter, together with associations and
societies doing charitable work, ar
rayed against this totally uncalled
for ” grab,” but it is expected that
municipal officers will join hands
with them because of the power
contained in the bill to interfere in
local institutions
Mayor Thomas W. Millet, of
Cape May City, has furnished the
State press with copies of the con
current resolution recently intro
duced in the Legislature, accompa
nying a letter of transmittal ask
ing that the resolution receive the
indorsement of the newspapers ot
the State.
The resolution recites that, owing
to the physical formation of the
coast of New Jersey, with its dan
gerous shoals, shallow harbors and
tuous inlets, no refuge is offered to
Your Wife
can be provided with an annual income for life, in event of
your death, at less cost than you can make the same provision
for your children.
The low rate makes very attractive this form of contract,
devised and introduced by The Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of New York.
August 7, 1899, a voung business man of New York took out Policy
No. l.uutf.742 in favor of nis wife. He paid three premiums of $698.40, *nd in
September 1902, he died. The Company at once paid his w idow $1,090, and
will continue to pay her that sum annually as long as she lives.
in writing for terms, state the amount of income you
would like to provide your wife, the amount of cash you
would like returned if you survive the period of limited pay
ments.
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J. Frank Lindsley, Morristown Trust Co. Bldg,
vessels of modern draught. Deeply
laden vessels proceeding north or
east from Delaware Breakwater fre
quently encounter storms that pre
vent their return, making a new
harbor of refuge absolutely neces
sary. Then appears the meat in i
the cocoanut :
' ‘ An association of capitalists is
excavating at least 500 acres of land
north of Cape May City and there- f
by making an inland body of water i
of sufficient depth for vessels of the j
greatest draught, and at a great out
lay of individual funds to create an
artificial harbor, equip it with em
bankments, piers, docks and coal
ing wharves, all of which on a scale
sufficient to meet the demands of
commerce for the coming century.”
There is not the slightest objec
tion to the Federal Government
appropriating funds for the estab
lishment of harbors of refuge along
the Jersey coast as it is sadly defi
cient in such harbors. But why
should Cape May City be the fa
vored spot ?
It is about one hundred and twen
ty miles from Cape May to Sandy
Hook. Thirty miles southward,
across Delaware Bay, is the Dela
ware Breakwater, which affords a
refuge for all vessels able to reach
the Delaware capes. Great Egg
Harbor lies about thirty miles to
the northward and is a natural har
b. >r which would require but a small
appropriation to vastly better the
conditions. Twenty miles further
northward is Great Bay, perhaps
not as good under present conditions
as Egg Harbor, but can easily be
made so at comparatively small cost.
Still about twenty miles further
north is Barnegat Inlet with a depth
of water sufficient to float the ave
rage ocean-going steamer, and the
channel is kept open by the natural
scour. From there to Sandy Hook,
a stretch of fifty miles, there is no
harborage. •
The Cape May scheme appears to
be of the nature of a "strike” in
the interest of "An association of
capitalists”, which desires Govern
ment aid to enhance the value of
its property at as little cost to itself
as possible. To keep Cold Spring
Inlet—the entrance to this proposed
" harbor of refuge”—free of the
ever-drifting sands would take a
heavy annual appropriation. The
five hundred acres of land in the
course of excavation was some
twenty-five years ago a marsh. It
is, undoubtedly, a good thiug to re- j
claim the noisome fen, but let the j
projectors (and beneficiaries) pay i
for it instead of appealing to the
Federal Government for aid under j
the plea of a "harbor of refuge”
when such harbor is vastly more
needed nearer the center of the At
lantic coast line.
Association Notes.
John Salford of Yale, will address
the men’s meeting on Sunday, and
Carl Engel, of the Madison Avenue
Congregational church of New York
will sing.
Boys’department will give a Coney
Island social to-night.
Everything looks promising for the
minstrel show. The performers are
anxious to have it a success and are
working to that end. The soloists
will be Frank Eaton. Harry Owens
and William Johnson. Aquartetcom
posed of Messrs. Eaton, Genung, Glaze
brook and Johnson, will sing a number
of selections. Miss Lilian Chapman,
of N. Y., has been engaged to play the
piano. 1 n the second part a song and
dance by George Babbitt, will he
given :a broad sword contest : a “turn’’
by Secord and Hickock; apparatus
work by a Brooklyn gymnasiun team
and work by the local “gym”
members.
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the
Young Men's Christian Association
will hold a homemade cake and candy
sale on Saturday, February 111, from
2 until <> p. m„ at the Y. M. C. A.,
for the benefit of the Woman's Aux
iliary.
PINE BROOK.
B. Kessler is laid up with* the
grip.
Dennis O. Connor is suffering from
heart trouble.
Mrs. Weldon, uf South Seventh
street. Newark, is visiting friends
here.
Some of our milk producers are
selling off their cows, finding it dif
ficult to procure hay.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Dixon are
on tlie sick list. Dr. Bond, of Cald
well, is attending them.
Mr. Lubclmnsky lias sold his house
and effects to Mr. Kaufman, a jew of
New York, and gone with his family
to reside in New' York city.
Sleighing has been quite fashion
able, part ies having been out nearly
every night and some during the day.
(Jn Friday night Mr. Ackerman took
a party to his sister-in-law’s. Mrs.
Bush, at Montclair, w here they were
entertained right royally. A party of
seventeen, under the guidance of D.
Fee went to 111 North Mapie avenue,
East Orange, the residence of Marcus
B. Mulford. where a musical enter
tainment, was given under the direc
tion of Mr. Fee and daughter Florence.
Mrs. Dickinson and daughter Edna,
of Chatham, paid a sleigh visit to
friends here on Friday. On the same
day Mr. and Mrs. George Galloway, of
Washington street, New York city,
who are visiting their sick son at
Boonton, drove over here to call on
friends.
Hardships of the Ice-harvesters.
The dangers, difficulties, and hard
ships which the ice-harvesters must
endure and overcome are surprising;
their manner of living is unusual, and
the details and problems of ice-cutting
and storing are extremely interesting.
It is said among the laborers in the
ice fields that men do not undertake
the job if they can get something else
to do. A large number of the ice
workers belong to the class of drifters
who do not usually hold steady em
ployment. The 25,000 harvesters who
were engaged on the fields of the
Hudson this winter were men of all
sorts and conditions. Among them
was one who had inherited a million
dollars and who had straightway
thrown it to the winds.—Leslie’s
Weekly.
INICDT ICZIZ I
In compliance with Chapter CCLXXIX Laws of the State of New
Jersey, entitled an “Act concerning unclaimed deposits in Savings
Banks,’’ approved April y, 1S8.S,
The Morris County Savings Bank
OF MORRISTOWN, N. J„
publishes herewith a list of its unclaimed deposits exceeding $50.00 up
on which accounts there have been 110 deposits or withdrawals for a
period of ten years or more next preceding the first day of January,
iyo4
No. wJthdJwSf ‘ Name of Depositor- Amt, of Deposit
3202 March 30, 18113 Frank J. Mather, Trustee_ » 3M 22 Morristown
4386 April 2, i881 Wm. Vail Lldgerwood. 50 34* Morriatown
10,425 March 30, 1883 0. .1 Mather. 73 2-.* Morristown
10,884 April 20, 1882 P. Revere, et. ala., Trustees., 108 34* Morristown
11,414 October 1, 1882 K L). Halaey, Guardian,
Julia A. Murphy. 318 18* Morristown
'Deceased. 4184
PLEASANT HAPPENINGS
IN SOCIETY'S CIRCLES
[continued from i*age one. 1
player from Montclair, which may
partly be answerable for the result.
Mrs. John I. Waterbury is reported
as being ill with an attack of grip at
her home. Fairfield House. Madison
avenue.
Mrs. Charles C. Emott gave a bridge
party at her home on Headley road
yesterday afternoon.
Miss Sadie Randolph will receive the
Reading Club on Monday of next week.
Mrs. William M. Hughes and Miss
Egbert are visiting in New York.
Miss Sallie Tunis and the Misses
Dalrvmple gave a tea yesterday after
noon at the house of Mrs. Tunis.
Mr. Charles D. M. Cole is in Colum
bia, S. C., where he has been for the
last two weeks.
Mrs. Robert I). Foote gave a “ bob”
party for her daughter Alice on Sat
urday afternoon.
Miss Dana, who has been confined to
her home for some months, is now
much improved in health, being able
to go out for a drive on pleasant days.
Miss Dorothea Walsh is organizing
an embroidery class for a Martinique
lady, who is one of only four or five
survivors of the terrible catastrophe
at St. Pierre.
I*hl Alpha’s Banquet.
Phi Alpha fraternity of Drew
Theological Seminary field its third
annual banquet in Day’s parlors in
this city last Wednesday night. The
following toasts were assigned. “The
Senior as 1 Knew Him,” by W. M.
Nesbit: “The Queen of the Manse,”
by II. (1. Humphrey; “The Preacher
and the Poet,” by H. K. Ebright:
“Phi Alpha,” by F. E. Adell: “The
Drew Fellowship," by F. C. Wit/.ig
man; “The Minister and the Man of
Wealth.” by Professor Faulkner.
President It. C. Wells acted ns toast
master. Music was rendered by a
quartet composed of Messrs. Young,
Bovce, Black and Collerd. The guests
besides the faculty were representa
tives from t he Browning Club, Sliak
spere ('lull and Alumus.
Tlmt Clicstei1 Church Case.
Stories of the hearing by a com
mittee of the Morris and Orange Pres
bytery of William E. Collis. of
Chester, and the action of the Firs t
Presbyterian Church of Chester, do
not exactly jibe. Mr. Collis claims
that before all the evidence was sub
mitted tl’.e commission was ready to
make concessions and agree that if he
would withdraw his suit the Presby
tery would droii the matter and make
a retraction. On the other hand it is
declared that Mr. Collis made over
tures to the moderator of the session
of t he church that he would like to
settle the matter amicably. The
hearing in the matter was strictly
private, and no official information
given out, and now the part ies in the
controversy have an unpleasant duty
of running around contradicting
stories.
NEW SPRING GOODS
At E. s. Plant it Co.’* Store. Each Day
V(I<1* to the Sprlnirrline Exposition.
1 >espite the fact that freezing weath
er lias prevailed until recently, L. S.
Plant & Co. are already in the field
with a splendid showing of Spring
merchandise. Every department par
ticipates in this advance display.
Dress goods, silks, wash fabrics, laces,
embroideries, trimmings, ribbons,
men’s and women’s neckwear, shirt
waists, garments, millinery and uphol
steries. Especially noteworthy are the
displays of millinery and garments,
both of these departments are offering
exceptional values. The wash goods,
embroideries and laces also come in for
a large share of praise, being more
complete at this early season than
ever before and hundreds of people are
even now planning frocks and waists
for the coming season. A visit to the
Hee Hive will repay you.
WHY ARE YOU SO BEAUTIFUL?
'Somebody thinks you are, they think
so nine times out of ten, because your
expression is good. Beauty of expres
sion depends largely upon the teeth.
A re yours good and pearly ? I f not, go
to your pharmacist and ask for Flora
foam. A perfume of the flowers with
Peroxide of Hydrogen. For sale by
Henry M. Smith.
AT THE FRONT
On the til ing line, fighting under-the stan
dard of HIGH 01 ALJTY and RIGHT
PRICES and we're bound to win.
New Embroideries
have just arrived and are now displayed.
Can’t begin to tell you about them: could
not do them justice if we tried. Come
and see them for yourself, that’s the best
way. All widths.
NO BETTER PLACE
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