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PERTH AMBOY EVENING NEWS.
VOL. II NO. 273 PERTH AMBOY, N. J.. FRIDAY, JUNE 19 1903 SECOND EDITION
ACCIDENT
PREVENTED.
Derailing Switch Threw Penn
sylvania Engine Into Embank
ment to Prevent, Collision.
BOLGER'S ACTION.
Engine had no Cars and was Moving Fast
? Bolger Says Red Ugtitwas. Set but
no Stop was Macto ? Engineer and Fire
men Jatnped and Saved Themselves?
Train Delayed Several Hours,
A serious accident, in which there
would probably have been a loss of
life, was narrowly averted bv Thomas
Bolger, the switchman in the Wash
ington street tower, on Wednesday
night about 12 o'clock. A Pennsylva
nia engine was approaohing the Wash
ington street crossing of the 'Lehigh
Valley railroad as a coal train 'on the
latter road was prosing. Bolger threw
the derailing switch and eent the
Pennsylvania train into the ditch,
thus preventing <<he engine from crash
ing into the coai train.
The Pennsylvania engine, which
had no oars, left Jersey City a little
Lite and was geing at full speed when
she arrived at the Washington street
crossing and, it is said, although the
signal was set nod, the engineer kept
right ahead, it is declared, -expecting
every seoond to see the white flash.
Just as she was on the ^derailing
switch Bolger, seeing that no stop
was to be made, and knowing that a
heavy coal train was passing at the
time, promptly thi'ew the essgine off
the track, into the embanKment. Both
engineer and fireman jumped and thus
escaped with a few injuries Word
! was dispatched to Jersey City for the
wreck train. After six hours delay
t the engine was ?ut back on tfce track
again.
'SKIMMON'S TRIAL
NEXT WEDNESDAY.
Justice Fort Fixed that Time To- 1
day? Accused of MurJeringhis
Step Father.
Special to the Evening News.
New Brunswick, June 19? Justice
Fort sent word today that he will try
Henry Skimmons, of bouth Amboy.
next Wednesday, who is charged with
murdering his step-father. This
will necessarily put off the Sklenohar
snit against the Fire Insurance Asso
ciation of Philadelphia, which was to
ha\'e come np, until a later date.
THOR LODGE PICNIC.
The members of Thor Lodge No. 46,
i Danish Brotherhood have decided to
() told a picnic on the 4th of July at
Union Grove. The regular committee
if Thor Lodge will be in Charge of
.11 arrangements. All kinds of sports
will be the feature of the day. The
people of this city remember well the
intertainments and balls given by
thor Lodge last winter. A large
Irowd is expected to be present. The
licketB are selling fast.
> BOY HAS RECOVERED.
rank Voelkor, the young man from
/wark, who was shot by a tramp
./hile riding on a freight car near
rStelton about two weeks ago, has
almost folly recovered from hiB wound
, and was discharged from Wells Mem.
L<u:.;il Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
Je left at once for his home in
Newark.
Cleanliness is akin to Godliness atl
the Columbia Lunch Wagon. 1
6-5-tf ? adv.
IN CLUTCHES
OF THE LAW.
Woman Arraigned Before Recor
der PickersgillThis Morning
on Charges by Dr.Ramsay.
HELD FOR GRAND JURY.
Dr. W. E. Ramsay at the instance
of the Middlesex County Medical
Society, of .which he is a member, and
npon the advice of Prosecutor Voor
hees, yesterday caused the arrest of
Annie Sylinskie and Mary Brisko,
whom Iw charges with unlawfully
practising as midwives. The women
were arrested by Detective Peltier
veaterdav morning and this morning
they were arraigned before Recorder
Pickeregill sittteg as Jvstioe of the
Peaoe. They plead girilty in each
case and were keld in default of <800
bail t ? await the action of the grand
jury. Justice Pickersgill gave both
*omen the chence to get some one to
go their bonds, bat the Brisko woman
refused to do so and -she was -com
mitted to jaiL
In ?n interview after the bearing
Dr. Ramsay -eaid the Sylinskie -woman
had been violating the law ?n the
manner that ho had alleged in the
complaint for the pant ten yearc. Re
peated warnings that they were doing
wrong has failed to -stop them. Dr.
Ramsay said the reeoits of the practice
of these women have in some cases
been too repulsive tc tell, let alone
print. He declared tihat in some in
stances it had been little lees than
cold blooded murder. The dootor re
called several cases which he had
come across in his own practise and
he added th? other doctors ooald re
lite tnany other instances.
In both cases this morning the
women plead poverty and the Sylin
skie women -said many times she had
been fairly dragged out of bed at
night to attend some ?cases. Thiaonly
proves from the beginning Dr. Ram
say's statements and when itisinown
that there are several others doing
the same thing, the enormity of their
offences can onlj be g?essed at.
GEORGE C. MUNOY DEAD.
For Fifteen Years he Wat Janitor at ibe
Custom Houie
George O. Mandy, for fifteen years
janitor of the losal custom house, died
at an early hour this morning at his
home in Bonhamtown. A wife, son
and two grand-children survive him.
Mr. Mundy was fifty-seven years
old. His service as janitor in the cus
tom house served at two different
periods, altogether amounts to fifteen
year during which time he was ever
faithful to his post rain or shine.
Each day he'drove to and from his
hom^in Bonhamtown.
Mr. Mundy was the only brother ot
the wife of Captain William Buchanan
of this city. The funeral arrange
ments have not yet been completed.
LOCAL ITEMS.
Miss Anna Mullins and MiBs Fanny
Einsey attended the graduating exer
cises at Woodbridge last evening.
Mr. and tMrs. Philip Gabriel, of
State street, left for Europe today.
They will remain until December.
After a vacation of a few weeks
George McGregor, of Gordon street,
has returned to his duties at the Rari
tan Dry Dock.
Howard Schroder, of Water street, ,
is in New Brunswiok today.
Charles Hilker, of South First
street, was in Elizabeth yesterday.
Miss Susie Bloodgood, of South Am
boy, was a Perth Amboy visitor to
day.
Try the coffee at the Columbia
Lunch Wagon. 0-5-tf ? adv.
a of Merchants, Manufacturers, Corporations
ACCOUnTS and Individuals Solicited ?
INTEREST PAID ON ) 2 per'cent. on $ 500 or over
DAILY BALANCES \ 3 per cent, o ' 000 or over
Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent at Low ..ates
LIBERAL POLICY
_E FIRST NATIONAL BANK
>110 SMITH STREET, \ PEUTH AMBOY, N. J.
Capital | Profits [ |e posits! .$1,000,000
BAMLTOM r.!KZAII,riWiraxt. S Hi BEY CONABD Oamub
HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
CELEBRATED GLASS DAV.
Amid Much Merriment and Good Natured Fun the Graduates Tell!
Tales on Fellow Members and Jolly with the Faculty
Class Poem by Arthur Eoughton ? History by Miss
Ella Deitche? large Audience Present.
"The auditorium of the High fJchool
?was filled to overflowing by trhe many
friends and relatives of the graduating
class at their class day exercises yes
terday afternoon. The room was dec
orated with the class colors, vellow
and black and black-eyed uusans was
evidently the class favorite flower
for it ocmld be seen ?everywhere.
Wit twd humoT was Hhe principal
feature of the exercises throughout
and after a selection was -played upon
the piaao, Leon Kaplan, President of
the class, and wbe afterward proved
to be an excellent waster of ceremon
ies delivered an aSdTess. He spoke ?s
follows :
" In behalf of fhe class-of '03 I extewi
to you all a most cordial welcome on
this our class day. T/e are happy in
deed 'to see you afll here today because
we wish you to know what we are
doing here and wfhat we intend to do
in the future.
""As you are aware om lives are not
one -round of happiness lor there are
many obstacles te overcome. We all
look forward to great deeds and ac
complishments i-n life and at the same
tim6 are aware of the great hardships
which attend thew. While we are
thitfking of these difficulties we under
stand that victories obtained without
them are victories of lifcCle value to
onrstelves or to others.
" Yet there are two ways in which
to enjoy our environments, :fihe first by
little or no effort and the second by
peraerverance and determination to do
or fail in the attempt. Oaly those
who employ the latter method enjov
success in the true sense of the word.
For what satisfaction can one exper
ience who has succeeded and that by
no effort of his own. He will rejoice
for a Short time but then he becomes
aware of the true facta, he is in a
worse position than he was before.
So you see effort, energy and perser
verance are the time marks of a suc
cessful person.
"You will ask what has that to do
with you and your class? I will tell
you how it is with us. We, twenty
one in number, the largest class of P.
A. H. S. graduates, have finished a
four year coarse, some of us even in
three years. Some indeed have not
done their best and were satisfied to
plod along with little or no effort
while others, I am glad to say the
majority, have endeavorel to show
satisfactory results at the end of the
course. And I dare say the latter
have succeeded more or less. Do not
think for a moment that to go through
our High School course with results
of whioh you need not be ashamed, is
an easy matter. There are rocks to
overcome, such as Greek, Geometry.
Physics, Stenography and English, [
and those who teach us these so well
beloved studies, too must be contend- J
ed with. Considering then these J
difficulties, we, with the best of aid j
from our kind instructors, hav? made
a mark of which we caD well boast.
Oar motto, 'Viocit qui se vincit1 ,tell
in a few words our minds and I am
glad to say that it was never disre
garded by any 'of us.
"*T? conclude I would say that our
class heartily thank our kimfc and
benevolent instructors the worthy and
honorable Board of Education, for
their efforts in our behalf and all the
undergraduates, who have given us an
opportunity to teach them thart noise
and do wofk is not the "Boad to
Socoees."
This was followed by an esoellent
history of the class given by Kies Ella
Dertche, daring which ma?y kind
references iw the days gone by were
made and her address to the incoming
class could (not be better. She said
there were "twenty-one members, the'
largest cloec that has yet graduated
from the ?igh School. Their totail
weight wac 2,743 pounds and their
average ageds eighteen.
SEies Mary Conquest then gave the
class statistics and this was followed
by a flong by the class which was
composed by A. H. Bouehton -Jr. , a
member of tfra class.
Mr. Boughton's class poem came
next. It was sread by the poet him
self. The poe.ii contained a friendly
jest far every member of the class as
well as those of the faculty, which
created much laughter.
The elass will, as read by Miss Julia
O'Toole, was amusing, as she read
off the various things the class be
queathed to the members of the in
coming class as well as the Board of
Educaii ? Superintendent Shall and
Mr. Z;llers the janitor.
The admonition to the undergrad
uates by Mies Emma Fraser was good
and the class seemed to take it real
seriously. The members then sang
another song.
Miss Lettie Tooker, one of the class
prophets, told very prettily of the
pleasant walks of the class, how she
became lost in the woods, found a
witch who handed her an envelope
containing a prophecy of the fature of
the class of '03. The young men in
the class, however, were the only ones
for whom a prophecy was made, and
J. E. Growney, another class prophet,
read a newspaper printed presumably
in 1917, tailing with considerable
amusement the various occupations of
the girl members of the class.
The presentation of mementoes by
S. 0. Nedham, after he had presented
Miss Vaughan, the class teacher, with
a handsome silver loving cup, was
amusing in the extreme. In short
speeches fiittng'eaoh case he presented
every girl[of the class with gifts, "and
Miss E. A. Courts, for the .girls, got
even with the boys by presenting each
with a memento and a loaf of bread
in the bargain.
Another selection on the piano by
Andrew Nelson, closed the exercises.
DRUM CORPS REORGANIZE.
Independents are Ready for the Season?
60 to Carteret Tomorrow Night.
At the l?st regular mooting of lade
pendent Fife and Dram Corps, held
at the home of George Roarers on
Jefferson street, the corps reorganized
as follows: James Ward, president;
Ernest Stranberg, seoretarr ; William
Keeley, treasurer; Edward Williams,
finanoial seoretary; Harry Dnrrna,
bass drnm; Harry Barter, cvmbals;
John Sannders, drnm major. The
fifers are as follows : George Parsons,
William Keeley. James Tooker and
James Oasey, and the drnmmers are
George Rogers, Raymond Abildgard,
Ernest Stranberg and James Ward.
Tomorrow^night the boys will go to
Carteret where a new dram corps is
to be organized.
Pianos at the old stand. Peder
Olsen, 86 Smith street.
6-9to7-4- e.o.d? adv.
Something New. Perfumed Disin
fectant
This preparation contains all the dis
nfectin^ and germacidal properties of
the Strongest Chlorides, and besides it is
perfumed so that it is ple&baot to use.
Very large bottles, 25 cents.
Parisen's Prescription Pharmacy.
CATHOLIC CLUB MEETIN5.
There is to be a special meeting of
the Catholiq Club Monday night at 9
o'clock. The meeting will be held in
the clnb house, 16 Smith street. It is
called for the purpose of settling the
accounts of the lawn festival last 1
Tuesday nigbt.
BUILDING TRADES ASSN.
There will be a meeting of the
Bailding Trades Association tonight
in Dana Hall, Smith street. All the
members are requested to be present
as business of importance will be
transacted.
Recommended Highly
r
WHAT IS?
Why
Krogh's
Antiseptic
Tooth Powder
of course.
Recognized everywhere
as THE BEST.
>rtT
ONE MAN IS
PUT TO WORK.
Boss Painter Succeeds in Get
ting a Job Under Way in a
State Street House.
ALL .ARE DETERMINED.
Tkere are threats of serious disturb
ances among tbe building trades be
fore night. Perdinand Wetterberg, a
member of bosses association, has a
?necro at work today and all efforts on
?h? partfof the painters to have him
to qnit h?ve thus far failed. The
journeymen declare that if he does
not stop before tonight tbey will call
?out all the mechanics.
Mr. Wetterberg went to Boynton
?Beach yesterday and hired the negro
And put him to work painting the in
terior of a new house en State street.
The waiting delegate of the painter's
'unisn had a conversation with the
fellow and thought he had him fixed,
but this morning the negio started to
work again. All efforts to see the
fellow today have failed. A delega
tion, it is said, will meet him when
he quite tonight. If the negro does
not quit, there will probably be a
meeting of the delegates of all the
trades tooight to decide what action
they will take.
A ' letter from the amalgamated
painters ;&as been received *by the local
union in which the New Tork men
say they will not work here while the
strike is gb.
Mr. Wetterberg is very determined
in the matter. He has several con
tracts to get out and if the other
painters don't want to work under
seasonable terms, he h is oce who will
and he is going to keep him at work.
It is believed by some of the bosses
that this is the opening wedge for
breaking the strike.
[RECEIVER'S SUIT
IS_CONTINUED
Hearing in Newark Yesterday? Will
Come up Again on June 29 at
Same P.'ac?.
The hearing in the suit of Edward
S. Campbe'l, receiver of the defunct
Middlesex County bank against the
Perth Amboy Mutual Homestead and
Building Association as told of in the
Niws Wednesday, was continued be- 1
fore Vice Chancellor Emery in New
ark yesterday. Testimony of the re
ceiver's side of the case took up the
morning session after which the testi
mony of the defense began and lasted I
the balance of the day. The case was
then adjourned until June 29th. The
testimony in the case will still take
up another day. Sherrad .Depue is
counsel for the receiver and Allan ?
Strong and W. A. Spencer represent ,
the building loan.
A Few of the Prominent Merchants
who Give Trading Stamps
Throughout the U- S
For the beuefit of the uninformed, aud
in denial of the assertions that merchants
handling Trading Stamps lower the stan
dard of their business in the eyes of the
inteligent buying public, aud ra'siug pri- j
ces on all merchandise sold by them, we
insert just a few of the prominent mer
chants throughout the U. 8. who are giv
ing Trading Scamps with all cash pur
chases. By a perusal of this list, you wil
find names of busiuess houses, who^e busi
ness is the largest iu their line, the quali
ty of their goods the best while the prices
are the lowest, which shows that mer
chants handling Trading Stamps do not
increase their prices to do so.
New York City, Siegel Cooper Co.
Messrs. Rothenberg & Co.
Brooklyn. N. X. Messrs. Chapman Co.
Troy, N. Y. Dodge Dry Gotxls Co.
Boston, Mass. Messrs. Houghton &
Dutton. Messrs. Pitts Kimble & Co.
Worcester, Mass. Gross & Gross.
Providence, K..I, Anthony Cowell Co.
Buffalo, N. Y. W. Hengerer Co. The
Anderson Co. H. A. Meldrum Co. Wal
bridge & Co.
Jersey City, N. J. Furst Co. Bern
stein Co.
Newark, N.J. The Georke Co. S.
Sclieuer & Sous.
St. Paul, Minn. Powers Dry Goods Co.
Peoria, 111. Sohipper & Block Co.
Perth Amboy, N. J. S. Soheuer, Sons,
Salz & Steiuer: Sickles Bros, aud thous
ands of others. Adv.
S. J. MASON,
CIVIL ENGINEER
43 Smith Street.
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TWO PITCHERS
FOR MARIONS.
Will Play West New York Again
Tomorrow? Carsey will be
in the Box.
THE SECOND GAME.
Visitors Took the Locals Into Canp to the
Tune of 2 to I the Last Time They were
Here? Relief for Rochelle In Case he
Needs Rest? Was Hit Hard in Last
Game.
Tomorrow afternoon, with the kind
cermission of J. Pluvius, the Marions
will oppose Kid Carsey's West New
York team. The batting order will
be as follows :
Marions. West New Yorks.
Moorehead, 2b Kelly, rf
Kruger, ss Guggenburg, 3b
Leach 3b Harney, lb
Galvin, lb Devins, ss
Hoffner, If A. Carsey, cf
Kelly, rf Carsey, p
Connelly, c Stapleton, 2b
Lyons, cf Tip, c
Rochelle, p Reilly, rf
The Carseyites were here before on
Jnne 6 when they took the looals into
camp by % score of 2 to 1. The game
was a very pretty contest in which the
visitors distinguished themselves by
some fast fielding. Their playing so
impressed the fans that they were
anxious to see them return as soon as
possible and the second game was
booked with them in deference to the
wishes of the rooters. The Kid de
clares that his team will be even better
iiban before and that he thinks the
game is already Tjron.
In order to p-P- "V) for emergencies
the management" J^|e Mp^^ have
secured another p.^gT
on hand tomorro-W^o ^ieve Roc2e?_
in oase the visitors develop a batting
streak. While "Gns" was hit hard
last Sat>-j^y with an even break of
luck would have indicated a
much c1Sb<& ^ame. There has been
fear expressed by some of the fans,
however, that Rochelle would not be
able to hold his own against the West
New Yorks and on that account an
extra pitcher will be here to save the
followers of the team from needless
anxiety. The Marions two new in
fielders, who showed up well in last
week's game, will also be here to
cover short an third and as they will
make the locals stronger than on the
occasion of the previous visit of Car
sey's team a victory for the Marions
may be expected.
MRS. MARY A. MERCER.
Mother of George W. Mercer, of this City,
Passed Away.
Mary A. Mercer, aged eighty-one
pears, died yesterday at the home of
ber son-in-law, R. H. Valentine, in
Woodbridge. The funeral servioe will
be held in "Woodbridge, interment in
Mpine cemetery.
Mrs. Mercer was the widow of the
late George W. Mercer Sr., who died
in 1889. She is survived by her son
3eorge W. Mercer, of this city, and
;wo daughters, Mrs. R. H. Valentine
?nd Mrs. Vanderwater, of Princeton.
CLOSING MEETING.
Ladies Auxiliary of Simpson M. E. Church
at Mrs. Rankin's.
The Ladies Auxiliary of Simpson
M. E. church held their last regular
susiness meeting at the home of Mrs.
Rankin, No. 1 Center street, last
light. The closing of all the regular
business was finished, after whioh re
freshments were served.
FINEST TABLE BOARD
. .IN THE CITV. .
* WORRELL'S
$5.00 per week.
46 SMITH STREET.
HIGH TIDE.
Tune
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a. ni.
10.51
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p. no.
11.03
11.44
12.26
June
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12.33
1.25
2.28
p.m.
1.22
2.22
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WEATHER.
The forecast received at the local Signa
Station is for occasional showers. x