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Pert!? flmbog Evening flews FOUNDED 1879 AS THE PERTH AMBOY REPUBLICAN. An Independent Newspaper published every afternoon, except Sundays, by the Perth Amboy Evening News Company, at 5 King Street, Peith Amboy, N. J. J. LOGAN CLEVENGER, Editor j D. P. OLMSTEAD, - - ? - - - - Business Manager !*? ?> ~ . i TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION." The Evening News is on sale at newstands and delivered by regular carrier in Perth Amboy, South Amboy, , Woodbridge, Carteret, Tottenville and surrounding towns for tc per week. By mail, postage prepaid, per year ..... $3.00 " " " six months 150 BRANCH OFFICE: Newark, ..... F. N. Sommer, 794 Broad St. Long Distance Telephone 98 Entered at Post-Office as second class matter. FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1903. While on your vacation Don't for get to have The Evening News mailed to yon, and in this way keep in tonoh with yonr home doings. No extra charge for mailing, and address changed as often as desired. Streets make an interesting snbjeot these days bnt the people of Perth Amboy seem to be satisfied, or at least enough of them do, to prevent improvements being made. The pres ent condition of our principal thor oughfares is a disgrace, bnt then people have become so aconstomed to this disgraceful condition which has existed so long that there appears to be no disgrace any more. The Chamber of Commerce started out in a bold manner to tacklo the question, but it has gotten down it such fine legal points that its time, henceforth will be pretty much occu pied. The auestion before that body now is, does mncadam constitute a pavemen..? Everybody seems to be lieve it does, but none will swear to it and a committee is investigating. To get right back to actual facts, however, the residents o^ihis city are still wading through mud in wet weather and dust dry weather. of two less dogs in in Perth Amboy yesterday. That's good. The only trouble is the shots are few and far between. Things are Improving, however, and we'll soon be reoordmg the death of five or six at a time. Perth Amboy has too many dogs. We can afford to lose a hundred or two and they would never be missed. The public schools close this after noon. It is greatly to be desired that No. 6 is completed by the time they open again. The room is needed and it might be a wise idea to retain all of the annexes to. The waiting list should be as small as possible. Astfury Park ought to give that re porter who wrote about the snow squall there on Tuesday, a medal. As a matter of fact, acoording to most reliable authority, there was no snow there at all, but the newspaper man's story served its purpose all right. It is giving the resort plenty of free ad vertising for there is hardly a paper in the country which has not comment ed upon the report. Perhars it is going to clear offr'-then again, perhaps it isn't. / EDITORIAL comment. Can it bf/ possible that politics play ed a hand in the robbery of Senator Kean'i/ henroost near Elizabeth? If so, it was a desperate move on the part of one of his opponents to lure the Senator from his headquarters in South Jersey and it will be gratifying news to learn that it failed of its ob ject. The Senator is still roosting at Atlantic City. ?Newark Evening News. There is agitation in different parts of the State to make the billboard and billposter subject to municipal con trol. That has been done in this city, and the ordinance which Councilman Collins originated, has effective pro visions. It saves this oity from the disfigurement that is complained of in so many of the other cities and towns in New Jersey. Yet there is here some room for improvement; there are too manv large billboards in places where their tendencv is not! to beautify the localities.? Elizabeth Journal. New Jersey can throw no stones at Delaware for the lynching of a negro ravisher. It is not so many years agD that we lynched a negro at Eaton town, Monmouth county, for a similar: crime.? Camden Post-Telegram. FOUR SHOT IN RACE KIOT. tiro Wilmington Policemen and Two Xenroeii Wonnded, WILMINGTON, Del., June 26,-The expected conflict between the two races lias occurred, and four men have been Bhot, two of them policemen and two negroes. The fight took place shortly before 11 o'clock last night. For some hours the negroes had paraded the Streets, driving the white people before them. As the negroes paraded their temper grew steadily worse until finally the police reserves were called out. Pres ently the negro mob. came in collision with a crowd of whites. It is reported that a negro slapped a white man in the face and that the negroes shouted: "You white men keep off the streets. This is our night!" Instantly the shooting began. Four policemen under Sergeant McDermott were hurried to the scene. When they arrived they saw a negro drawing a re volver, and the sergeant attempted to seize the weapon. He was shot in the forehead, and a patrolman who came to his rescue was also wounded. The negro was roughly handled by the whites, and another negro was shot. About fifty shots were exchanged, and then the two crowds separated. After the shooting the negroes dis persed, but there is little short of a reign of terror here. Many of the peo ple on the streets are armed, and there Is already talk of reprisal on the blacks. There was another collision between the whites and negroes soon after mid night, in which 'William Kramer, a ne gro, was shot through the stomach and j may die. New York Pre?H Aftaorlatlon. THOUSAND ISLANDS PARK, N. Y., June 20.? Two hundred and fifty members were present at the opening of the annual convention of the New York Press association at Round Island. The convention murks the fiftieth an niversary of the organization, which first met in Blmira in 1853. President Edwin S. Underbill of the Corning Leader gave an interesting address, and several papers were read by mem bers of the association^ ? v - SERVIAN KING TAKES OATH. Swonr? to the Independence of tlie State. BELGRADE. Servia. June 26.-Amid enthusiasm King Peter took the oath before the skupslitiiia. Subsequently he held a review of the troops. The oath taken by the king was in the following terms: "I, Peter Karageorgevitch. on ascend ing the throne of the kingdom of Ser via and assuming the royal preroga tive, swear by the Almighty God and by all that is holiest and dearest to me upon tills earth that I will protect the independence of Servin and the unity of the government; that I will main tain inviolate the constitution of the country: that I will govern in conform ity with the constitution and the laws, and that in all undertakings and deal ings I wifl keep the welfare of my people before my eyes. "Taking this my oath solemnly before God and the people, I call as witness the Lord God, to whom I shall give ac count at the judgment seat. So help me, God! Amen!" Rejoiced in Five Hour* of Sunahtne. NEW YORK, June 26.? New York for five hours rejoiced in sunshine, which formed a state of weather which was a grateful surprise to humanity. With so few days \n the month in which the sun may be said to have made any serious efforts toward giving the city a cheerful appenrance, the per formance was considered very credita We. For Sick Headaches try these famous Pills. They remove the cause and act quickly. You will feel like a new person after tak ing Beechams Pills t Sold Everywhere. Ia boxes 10c. ud 25c. ' Smith .jjrat* s \w*m^ W' AttBOY N.*\ Tomorrow ; Saturday i Is the June Free Day f For TRADING STAMPS Bring your book to our store and get $1.00 worth of Trading Stamps Free We will also sell Childrens Muslin Drawers at per pair # 8c! Ladies White Chamois 98c Gloves at per pair Ladies $2.98 Shirt Waist Suits of Pebbled Duck in Black and White and Blue and White at $2.49 Gents Black 10c Socks at per pair 6c Parasols at less thau Retail ers can buy them for at Whole sale. 5 4 INCOME FROM TRUST COMPANIES FOR YEAR. ^ ? ? ? ? ? Figures Given out at Trenton Shows Amount Paid to State Treasury. Trenton, June 25. ? From the taxes on Trnsts and large corporations hav ing New Jersey cnarters, the State will this Tear receive npward of #3, 000,000, exclusive of the fees charged for granting charters, which will aggregate about $600,000 more. The first schedule of taxes was todav com pleted bv the Boird of Assessors and turned over to the State Comptroller foi 1 collection. This schedule includes all the trusts and shows a tax levy against 5,315 companies, the total taxes of which amount to 12,375,790.28. The corresponding schedule of last year showed that the aggregate tax on 4,648 companies was 11,960,874.14. These figures show [an increase of $418,816.14 in the amount of taxjto be paid, and it is estimated that there will be an increase of about 1,000 in the number of corporations, with a corresponding increase in the assess ments, before the year closes. Of the companies included in the preliminary schedule 5,292 were taxed on their capital stock, the assessments amount ing to $2,143,060,64. The others be long to the special class of corpora tions taxed ' on their gross receipts, and are as follows: One electric light company, tax $25.11 : three life insur ance companies, $223,682.23; fourteen insurance companies other than life, $5,678.60; one parlor car company, $2,141.15 and four express companies, $1,207.55. The Prudential Insurance Company is the largest tax paying company in the State, this year's assessment against it amounting to $144,715.12. It is taxed on its gross receipts Next in order comes the United States Steel Corporation, which is taxed on an issned capital stock of $1,018,583,600, and will pay to the State $54,679.18. Diplomat* Summer at Say~rllle. N. Y. SAYVILLE, N. Y? June 2<3.-Senor Don Martin Garcia Merou, minister from the Argentine Republic, has rent ed a cottage near Great South bay for the summer. He will come here with his family about July 1. The Peru vian and Guatemalan ministers are al ready here. Otla'r diplomats have op tions on Say ville and Bayport cottages. t THERE'S P In our special sales that is certain to attract the attention of every economical housekeeper? no secret, either. It is a combination of HIGH QUALITY and LOW PRICES; in fact, our prices are so low that it 1$ easy to reduce your household expenses one-third by purchasing your Groceries and Provisions from us. And besides, we give Red Star Trading Stamps FREE with every purchase; you ought to see the handsome premiums which in this way you obtain for nothing; they're great. But the main thing, of course, is this: Compare the prices you are paying elsewhere with the prices that we quote, you will soon see why you should trade here. Specials for Saturday ><" Monday New Grass Butter The kind that everybody likes, worth ftlj easily 28c, our popular price, a lb , only ft ill# New Potatoes Market's gone up a dollar a barrel, but we keep on selling them, per peck ... w wU Shredded Wheat 10c The popular breakfast food; for this sale, pkg. . Pettijohns Breakfast Food<- regular 11^ 15c, only Illf Malted Breakfast Food re?ular 15 cts" |2c Swiss Cheese . . . Extra choice Swiss Cheese, old and rich, ITFj* sold elsewhere at 20c, our price, 2 days, lb III# Gallon Apples . . Finest N. Y. State Apples, pared, peeled and quartered, delicious for apple sauce very economical, large gallon can, only. EXTRA STAMP SPECIALS One Dollar's worth of |Red Star Stamps with each of these articles. 2 cans best Red Salmon 25c 1 box Power 10c 1 jar Liebig's Extract 25c 1 pkg. Imported Macaroni . . 10c 1 pkg. Baby Oats 10c 1 lb Chocolate Cream Drops 1 5c 1 bot Gold Medal Root Beer 10c 1 bot. Pure Cider Vinegar. . . 10c 1 qt. bot. Best Salad Oil 22c 1 qt bot. Sweet Catsup 1 5c 1 box Gold Medal Cocoa .... 1 8c Fruits and Vegetables at Popular Prices. New Red Beets, large bunch. 3c New Jersey Carrots " " 2c Kohlrah, choice new, bunch. .2c Watermelons, each 25c New String beans, Jerseys, qt. 6c New Wax Beans, fancy, qt.. 6c New Onions, Louisiana, qt.. 7c Bermuda Onions, only, qt . . . 9c Oranges, St. Michaels, doz . . 18c Lemons, ex. choice Palermo. 15c Blackberries, extra large, qt. 11c Long Island Cabbage, Florida Tomatoes, Bock Port Canta loupes, Georgia Plums, etc EXTRA STAMP SPECIALS Fifty Cents' worth of Red Star Stamps with each of these articles. I jar Best Fruit Jam ioc i jar Williams' Marmalade. . ioc i can One Pound Milk. ioc i ca n Oil Sardines 5c 1 can Potash or Lye ioc 1 pkg. Pan Cake Flour, 3 lb. ioc 1 cake Scouring Soap 5c 1 pound Evaporated Apples, ioc 1 can Black Jack Stove Polish 7c 1 can Whitewashing ioc 1 lb. Shredded Cocoanut .... 1 5c . FRESH ROASTED COFFEES . . Do you know what it means to get/Coffee that's roasted fresh daily? It means that you obtain the entire benefit of the delicious aroma, the full strength [of the coffee bean, which disappears by half in coffee that's been roasted for any length of time, We roast our coffees daily in our store; that's why we sell so much. Have you tried it? One Dollar's wrt of M Star Slams Free villi every Pent 18c, 22c, 25c, 27c, 30c, and 32c per Pound. S, Star & Sobs NEW JERSEYS LEADING GROCERS TELEPHONE 71. ESTABLISHED I860 118-120 Smith St. 1-3-5 New Brunswick Ave. \ . ' i y ,\