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PERTH AOIBOY EVENING NEWS.
VOL. II NO. 227 * PfRTH AMBOY, N. J., SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1903. SECOND EDI
POLITICAL SECRETS /
BEING WHISPERED.
Former Senator Strong Visited This City And T diked Over The
Local Situation?Said To Have Come In The Interest Of
Assemblyman Jackson For Senator? Other Candidates.
A
Former Senator Theodore Stiong, of
New Brunswick, came to town yester
day and spent the entire day, it is
said, whispering political secrets in
the ears of Repnblican leaders. Ac
cording to a reliable souroe, his
mission was to assist Assemblyman
Jackson into the senatorial chair this
fall.
Senator Strong did not altogether
find the local field as fertile as he
would like to have it. Of course he
was greeted by his old friends in a
genial manner and on the surface
everything appeared fiiendly. The for
mer senator, however, learned two
things, if he did not already know
them, which no doubt is oausing him
a great deal of thinking. He found
many of the local politicians talking
about a local man to be the next Mid
dlesex senator and Judge Adiian
Lyon's name was heard perhaps a
little more frequently than suited
the former senator. It is also report
ed that the New Brunswick leader
found a little discord in his own ranks
in that Milton A. Edgar, whom the
\ former senator assisted into the oliair
manship of the Republican oounty
I committee, is likely to want the sena
torial plum for his brother, Charles
*3dgar,of Metuchen. It will be recalled
th?at at the time when, at the bidding
of Milton Edgar, his brother Charles
stepped out of the senatorial race to
give way for thw strong boom, the lat
ter was elected and iVa* ig a man who
keeps his word, consequently when
the question of electing a chairman
at the county committee came up a
few months ago the strongest support
Milton A. Edgar had name from Sena
tor Strong and Mr. Eqlgar won out in
the face of a fight, th^i like of which
has seldom been recorded in the
history of the county Jcommittee.
It may also be recalled that although
Mr. Edgar was turned down for the
nomination of mayorfjn the city con
vention here last j?ear, his friends
rallied around him/ on election day
with disastrous results for some of the
party. It is said tfhese friends will
still stand by him ind, as chairman
of the County Comiiittee, Mr. Edgar's
choice for the next / senator will cer
tainly count for soimething.
Now that formerj Senator Strong has
been appointed Stfote Assessor, it is
said the Edgars f4el that the Metich
en man is the ? rightful candidate,
having stepped /aside for Theodore
Strong. How fa[r this rupture in the
Strong ranks will be carried is not
really known at; present. Milton A.
Edgar, when se^n this morning, re
fused to express himself for publica
tion. / ?
There are several reasons why the
Edgar boom is, receiving support in
this section qf the cou?tv- In the
first place he had a good following
when Theodor? Strong was nominated
and, it is claimed, he can hold those
followers todi^y. Secondly he has the
barrel which yi8 not to be passed over
lightly. Thirdly, in the rivalry which
exists between this oity and New
Brunswick it is pointed out that he
comes from 'a town situated between
these two hlaces and could control
the votes of both.
The Lvon boom is said to be backed
by the faction in this oity which de
feated Mr./ Edgar in the nomination
for mayor.: The followers of Robert
Oarson are also counted among the
supporters of Judge Lyon. The Oar
son men aire not saying much, but it
is understood they were somewhat
pleased Vyith the reception Senator
Strong reoeived while down here yes
terday.
F.J. LAJRKIN, 367 STATE Street,
will do plumbing, steam, hot water
and hot aijr heating on monthly pay
u
RUSH WORK
ON DOOKS.
Bay And Night Force Busy Fill
ing Orders Which Continue
To Come In.
PRICE WAS REDUCED.
During April the Cost of a Ton Is Cheaper
Than Any Month During The Year And
The Dealers Are Taking Advantage of
It? Bins at Stock Yards Are Being
Emptied.
Work on the Lehigh Valley docks is
again rushing. Shipments are being
made night and day.
A few weeks ago the ?rice of coal,
which has been almost the same since
the coal strike, went down 50 cents a
ton, and will stay down until the first
of May when it will advance ten cents
on a ton. The wholesalers are now
taking advantage of this and are send
ing in their orders so fast that it is
all the local docks can do to handle
them. As fast as a train arrives at
the docks it is unloaded into the
scows or boats that are waiting.
During the night the extra gangs
are busy getting the coal out of the
bins which were filled but a short
time ago. At the present time the
bins, which a few weeks previous
contained over 1C,000 tons of coal, are
being rapidly emptied.
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Mrs Milton A. Edgar Fell Down Stairs And
Broke Three Rib?.
Mrs. Milton A. Edgar fell down |
stairs and broke ihree ribs Wednesday.
Mrs. Edgar was getting ready to move
and was carrying chairs down from
the attic. She had a chair in each
hand. They came down with a crash,
breaking the chairs and injuring Mrs.
Edgar severely. She suffered much
pain and a doctor was summoned. He
declared that three ribs had been
broken in the fall.
Mrs. Edgar is resting comfortably j
now and it is expected the fractures j
will soon knit.
I. 0. 0. F. CELEBRATE.
Tomorrow is the 84th anniversary
of the organization of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows in this country.
It is generally celebrated in some way
or other by every branoh of the lodge
throughout the oountry. During all
next week exeroises will be held. The
local lodge have no plans this year
and as a result only their flag will be
raised in honor of the day, on Mon
day.
MR. DE WILTON LEAVES.!
E. D. DeWilton has resigned his
position as the local freight agent for
the Central railroad companv, to take
effeot Mav 15. Mr. DeWilton has
been very successful while here and
the business of the Central railroad
had doubled since lie took charge. He
leaves to aocept a flattering offer of
M W. Kellogg & Co. , contractors and
engineers of New York City.
Real Estate advertising in the Even
ing News brings results.
of Merchants, Manafacture 8, Corporations
ACCQUrilS and Individuals Solicited
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INTEREST PAID ON i 2 per cent, on $ 500 or over
DAILY BALANCES ) 3 per cent, on $1,000 or over;
Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent at Low Rates
| LIBERAL POLICY
:,E FIRST NATIONAL BANK
l XO SMITH STREET,
PERTH AM BOY, N. J.
Capital | Profits | Deposits .$1,000,000
UTON V. KKAN, Phmidimt;
HABHY OONASD, Oawii
KNOCKED DOWN
BY AUTO CAR.
James Laden Struck But Only
Slightly Injured This
Noon.
HAS SCALP WOUND.
Boy Was Playing In The Street? Auto
Sounded Warning But He Apparently
Did Not Hear It? Said To Be Hard Of
Hearing? Parents Presented With $10
Bill.
Seven-year-old James Laden, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Laden, of Madi
son avenue, was rnn down by an anto
car on New Brunswick avenneatnoon
today and had a narrow escape from
being killed outright. The people in
charge of the car, who afterwards
gave their names as Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Kohns, of New York city, saw the
boy playing in the street and when he
paid no attention to their warnings,
they slowed down, bat struck the lad
before they could stop. The occu
pants of the car did all they oould for
the lad and when they starred off they
presented Mr. Laden with a $10 bill.
The auto car knocked the boy to one
side and while part of the body of the
machine passed over the child, the
wheels did not touch him.
Doctors Lund and Levy were sum
moned as quickly as possible and when
they arrived the boy was taken to the
house where a careful examination
was made. It was found that no
bones were broken but that the lad
was suffering from a slight scalp
wound.
Mrs. Laden, when seen after the
accident, said that her son Was some
what deaf which would aooount for
his not hearing the warnings of the
car.
Mrs. Eohns said tney would not
have hit the boy but for the fact that
he ran directly in front of the machine
when he saw it ooming.
The people in the auto were on their
way to New York, having left Prinoe
ton this morning. They had arrived
at Princeton from Wilmington, Del.,
after a tour through Virginia.
The owner of the machine showed
every desire to do what was right and
requested the doctors to do their work
well and as he boarded his car he
presented the money telling the par
ents to buy toys for the bov.
CONSIDERED JELIN CASE.
The United States Grand Jury, at
Trenton, considered the oase df
Michael Jelin, who is charged with
fraudulently concealinii goods belong
ing to his creditors. He was arrested
some time ago and taken before a
United States Commissioner at Jersey
City, where he waived a hearing and
gave bail for the Grand Jury. Sever
al witnesses were snbpoenaed before
them yesterday in the matter, but
what action was taken is not known.
It is claimed by friends of Jelin
that he has affidavits showing that a
witness or witnesses were paid money
for testifying against him. The con
sideration is said to have been $25 and
it is said the payment was made by a
note which has been seen by Jelin 's
friends.
ENTERTAINMENT PLANS.
The committee in charge of Lincoln
Hose Oompany No. 1 entertainment,
which is to be held in Music Hill,
Tuesday evening, have made arrange
ments with the following people who |
will appear on the stage : Elmer P.
Ranson, William J. Daly. Miss Gert- 1
rude Morten and Frank Houlihan.
None are known to Equal It
Never have manufacturers |
Excelled >t
Krogh's
Tooth Powderl
, SOLD EVERYWHERE
'ake Home
30 C
iRAWBERFtf , ^tOCOLATI
UNIONISM
DESCRIBED.
Painters and Decorators Held
Mass Meeting Last
Night.
TWO SPEAKERS PRESENT
Union Men Hear the Subject Discussed
by New York and Philadelphia Men
?Chairman Also Made an Address
?Said Unionism Greatly Aided the
Worklngman.
Unionism was described in detaii at
the mass meeting of the Painters,
Paperhangers and Decorators Union,
held at 138 Smith street, last night.
The speakers were A. Afflebach, the
general organizer of New York, and
John Tasseler, the general organizer
of Philadelphia.
Charles Beck, the chairman, made
the opening speech. He told why a
mass meeting was being held, saying
that many peonle heard of a anion bnt
did not know what it was or what it
meant. For that reason the local or
ganization had asked to have speakers
sent here to thoronghly explain the
matter to Perth Amboy citizens.
Mr. AJflebach was then introdnced.
He explained just what a anion is and
told what good it does for the work
ingman. He spoke for over an hoar.
Mr. Tasseler spoke briefly as it was
late. Another speaker, who was to
have come, was detained at the last
minute and was unable to be present.
Y.M.G.A. MEETINGS.
The promoters of the Y. M. 0. A.
in this city held a preliminary meet
ins in the Presbyterian churoh last
night. The meeting was called for
the purpose of discussing the advis
ability of holding another Y. M. C.
A. meeting here. After some remarks
it was decided to hold a meeting to
which the public will be invited. Tie
date has not yet been fixed.
TO HAVE BASKET BALL TEAM.
Westminster Cadets Met Last Night? Lit*
erary Program at Next Meeting.
The Westminster Cadet- team
for practice at 2.30 o'clock met
today on the Ramsay Held. There
are about twenty candidates to
try Jfor the team. Mr. Daring, tiea
snrer of the Oadets, will coach
the boys and endeavor to have a win
ning team too represent the Cadets in
their class.
At the next meeting, which is Fri
day night, the entertainment commit
tee will have a program ready. Those
on the committee are : William Horns
by, Albert Krogh, John MoClymont
and Mr. Daring. The regular drill
will be omitted. The committee of
four will meet at the chapel on Thurs
day night at 7.30 o'olock to complete
their arrangements.
In the absence of Captain Danner,
last night, Mr. Daring and Albert
Krogh drilled the Cadets.
To Resume Work.
Some time ago the Central Railroad
started to pnt in the new automatic
signal blocks in this city. The work,
which was stopped for some reason,
will be again resumed Monday.
On The Spot.
V. S. Richardson, H. V. Snyder and
F. N. Roberts, of the New York and
New Jersey Telephone Company, are
in town to receive applications and
complaints day or evening. They are
stopping at the Packer House.
4-23 6t
E3. cm
SOCIABLE AND ENTERTAINMENT
Consisting of
Dialogues, Tableaux and Music
SIMPSON M. E. CHURCH,
TUESDAY EVENING, April 28th 1903
Home-made Candy, Ice Cream and Cake.
ADMISSION 10 CENTS.
a Box of Ice
GbTTS .A. Q,T TJl*
MANY CLAIMS
WERE FILED.
Creditors of The New Brunswick,
Amboy & New York Steam
boat Company.
TO BE REORGANIZED.
Filing Took Up Several Hours? With James
Parker Referee In Bankruptcy? Com
pany Operates Line Between New York
And County Seat Stopping at This
Port.
Eighty claims, aggregating about
165,000, were filed by creditors of the
New Brunswick, Amboy and New
York Steamboat Company, yesterday,
with Captain James Parker, referee in
bankruptcy. Tne bnlk of these claims
were filed by Lawyer SpeDce, repre
senting Obarles M. Englis, a wealthy
boat owner, who intends reorganizing
the oompany.
The claims were filed at the first
meeting of the creditors held at the
court house. George H. Janeway, of
New York, the receiver of the com
pany, was present, with Willard P.
Voorhees, counsel for the company,
Supt. G. B. McLaury, and representa
tives of sotue New York creditors.
The work of filing claims occupied
the time of the referee up to noon,
when Receiver Janeway was elected
trustee for the oreditors, after which
an adjournment was taken.
From the course of events yesterday
it looks as if a reorganization of the
company will take place ana that the
boat business will be continued. It is I
understood that three men of financial ^
standing are interested in the reorgan
ization.
A meeting is to be held next ^eek,
at which time plans will be formula^
ed. Receiver Janeway would give
out no information about the new
plans yesterday.
SIXTH ANNIVERSARY.
Mohawk Council No. 8fi, Daughters
of Pocohontas, celebrated their sixth
anniversary in their meeting room in
the city hall building last night. The
meeting was largely attended and
everyone had a royal good time. At
the close ot the meeting a supper was
served. This was the real feature of
the evening.
STREETS ARE CLEARED J
Chief Bnrke and Street Commission
er Weirup are well pleased with the
results of their efforts yesterday to
clear the streets of obstacles along the
oarb line. Officer McDermott said
this morning that every merchant was
now in line. The efforts of the police
and the city authorities generally will
certainly be appreciated tonight when
the usual Saturday night crowd comes
out to do their shopping.
A. B. APPLEGATE'S WILL
Oirects That Monument be Erected For
Himself And Wife.
(Special to the Evening News )
New Brunswick, April 24th The
will of the late Abram B. Applegate,
assessor of South Amboy, was filed in
the office of Surrogate Daly here to
day. It directs that the fishing nets,
boats and other property located at
Cheesequakes Creek be sold and the
prooeeds used to erect a granite monu
ment eight feet high. One daughter,
Rebecca Dey and one grandson, George
Herzop are cut off with one dollar.
Louis Dey and Richard Bloodgood get
$60 each as do also three granddaugh
ters. Anna Hart and Mabel] and Eve
Bloodgood.
Sent To Jail.
|[John Urban was sent to jail for
thirty days this morning in default of
$10 fine on a charge of beine drunk
and disorderly. Offioer McDermott
arrested Urban yesterday afternoon.
Cream
6T 133:
GOAL BOAT
GOES DO'
Sank at the Lehigh Valley!
Last Night With He(
Cargo.
HAD 2 1 9 TONS
Said to Have Been An Old Vessel
Often Been In This IPort? Cap]
Awakened in Time to Es
Boats T ried to Save Her But
Success.
At 11 o'clock last night
scow New Land, which was
at the Lehigh Valley dooks,
leak and sank. Late yester
noon she was loaded with 219
hard coal and was to have a
her port this morning.
The captain was awake at tH
of the accident, but it all hapj
quickly that he had hardly
save himself from drowning
Lehigh Valley tng boat captai
were watching th coal boats at
heard the cries of the capt
although they managed to ma
fast and blew for iielp they wi
able to save the Vessel. Tt
were forced to cat their lie
move away.
The New Land, according
member of the dock employes,!
boat about as old as the Thur
like the latter, had been comiij
year after year for coal wit
pairs. Coal pumps will be
work ami the cargo will be
,t may
The four"
Buchanan from" Brunswi
lumber, arrived in port this mj
o ?
The schooner William Neelj
tain Thompson, arrived from
wick, Ga. , this mornning with]
of lumber.
The Bchooner Lizzie V. Hall
from South Amboy for Stoni
Me., yesterday.
o
" Tho schooner James A. Gray J
from South Amboy for a sot
yesterday.
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The schooner Charles R. Flii
ed form South Amboy for
Harbor yesterday.
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The schooner Charles A.
sailed from Port Reading for :
Fla. , yesterday.
The big four masted sohoonei
ed unloading her cargo of luml
the new Raritan river bridge i
river yesterday and sailed in
in the afternoon.
o
The schooner Eliza A. So
which was blown ashore twioe
recent storm while lying in thi
has arrived at Wilmington, N.
which place she was bound.
Strike In New Brunswick
Fifteen members of the Iron
ers' Union, of New Brnnswi
gether with thirty-six appr<
went on strike at the Empire F
Works yesterday, when their d
for an increase of 5 per cent in
was refused by the managem
the foundry.
"Eat and Run"
No, don't do that. If you m
t hen get. one of our Nutritio<
Water drinks. Fruit Ch.?rl<
great favorite. Frappe's,
Sonde's, with Crushed Fruits
PARISEN'S Prescription Phi
A. K. JENSI
Successor to J . K. JENSEN,
MASON and CONTRAC'
| 250 Washington St. Cor. iohnt
SEXTON'S