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PERTH AMBOY EVENING NEWS.
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VOL. II. NO. 297 PERTH AMBOY, N. J.. MONDAY, JULY 20, 1903 atrr-r^
otUUINU EDI I ION
LOCAL ELKS OFF FOR
THE BIO CONVENTION.
Baltimore the Mecca for all Members of the Order This Week- -Fair
Size Delegation from this City? Part of the Program to be Car
ried Out? Maryland Hospitality is the Word.
*
The Elks of this city will be repre
sented at the convention of the order
in Baltimore this week by a Hood
sized delegation. On the Congression
al Limited, which leaves Jersey City
at 3.34 o'clock this afternoon, will go
Dr. Frank Orowther, Peter Floersch
and Thomas J. (Jiark. They will be
joined at Washington, D. O. , by Dr.
William E. Ramsay, who is now in
that city. Tomorrow at 1 o'clock the
following members of the local lodge
will leave for Baltimore: Arthur
Nestor, William H. McCormick,
Joseph E. Strieker and James Voris.
New Brnnswick sent a very large
delegation, for the twenty-six already
gone to Baltimore, will be followed
by the Exalted Bnler W. H. Everson
and fifteen members.
A plan has been mapped ont by the
Baltimore Elks by which on applica
tion at the registration building the
names and lodging of each delegate
visiting the city dnring their conven
tion this week can be obtained. As
each delegate enters the registration
building he is fnrnished with a card
*' on whicn are blai^ for his name,
lodge and his local residence. These
cards will then be assorted for fntnre
reference.
Exalted Raler Charles R. Schirm
sent an invitation to Mayor McLane
to review the parade on Wednesday
from the reviewing stand, which will
be erected 011 Howard street, near
Lexington.
It is reported from Atlantic Oity
that the lodge from that place wonld
parade in bathing costumes. A mess-,
age was sent to the lodge by Mr.
Schirm to ascertain whether this re
port was correct or not, and in reply
He received a message that it had not
been decided. Mr. Joseph tialabes.
secretary of the parade committee,
said,, however, that this costame
' would not be worn.
"Admiral" Pot, the midget of
White Plains, N. Y. , is a member of
the Elks, and is expected to attend
the Baltimore reunion. He will be a
feature of the parade. "Admiral"
Dot is only a little over three feet
high, and is expected to win the prize
for the shortest Elk.
Mr. O. Ross Klosterman, chairman
of the entertainment committee, has
closed contracts for an additional boat
foi the crab feast at Tolchester Beach
on Thursday. The steamer will pro
bably come from Philadelphia.
A bier kite was flying Friday night
in Baltimore and attracted much
attention in the centre of the city.
Attached to this kite is a large banner
on which is: "Elks Coming. Show
Them Maryland Hospitality."
A powerful searchlight was thrown
on the kite at intervals and created
much wonder, as .the attachments of
the kite could not be seen and it
appeared as though floating in midair.
' DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.
Rev. Robert F. Sample, D. D. , L.
L-5D., ex-moderator of the General
Assembly of tbe Presbyterian ohnroh,
is a guest at the Westminster this
week. Testerday he preaohed an
eloquent sermon in the Presbyterian
ohnroh, this oity.
* NOTICE.
Dr. Orowther b?gs to annonnoe that
he will be absent from his offloe until
Saturday morning.
8106-7-21-8t
. Kr NEW DRINK fi*
l/V OBANGE RICKEY i/U
Cooling and Refreshing? Everyone
Likes It.
Parisen's Prescription Pharmacy.
LINEUP FOR
ORANGEGAME.
Marions Will Have Two Batter
ies on Hand To-morrow in
Case one is not Enough.
ORANGE HAS RECORD.
Tomorrow afternoon at 5" o'clock
the Marions and Orange will meet in
a great battle on the diamond. The
teams will bat in the following order :
Marions Orange A. G.
Moorehead, 2b Onsick, ss
Mitchell, rf Bassford, rf
Lamar, 3b Dietrich, If
Lindeman, p McDonald, lb
Bird, If Smith, 2b
McPhiilips, cf Leonard, 3b
Kiernan ss O'Noil, c
Galvin, lb Hatohings, cf
Connell;, c Deegan, p
A glance at the make-up of the
locals is sufficient to convince the fails
that the Marions will present a strong
front when they tackle their old
rivals. Two pitchers, Lindeman and
McPhiilips, will bo on hand for the
home team and it is likely that th?
Hoboken twirler will be selected to
pitoh the game, in which case Mc
Phiilips will be used in the outfield
beoause of his good hitting.
The rooters all know Lindeman to
be a clever pitcher and they are con
fident that he can hold the Orange
players safe.
Hoffner has been ill for several days
and on that account Peter Lamar has
been seoured to play third base. In
order to give place to one of the pitch
ers "Tommy" Lyons will not be in
Tuesday's game but will be on hand
in oaae of emergencies. The locals
will thus have two complete batteries
in the field, McPhiilips and Connelly
and Lindeman and Lamar.
For Orange, Deegan and O'Neil will
probably be the battery? Deegan is
the mute twirler who was once with
the New York National League team.
He has speed to burn and has good
control of the ball. The Marions will
have a hard proposition in Deegan
and it will take some good hitting to
win the game. Most of the names In
the Orange line-up are familiar to the
fans and they are all clever players.
CATHOLIC SOCIETIES
SECOND CONVENTION.
Held Large Meeting in Newark
? Bishop? McFaul was
Present.
The second annual convention of
the New Jersey branch of the Am
erican Federation of patholic societies
was held yesterday afternoon in Catho
lic Institute Hall, Newark.
Bishop McFaul, of the Trenton
diooese, and Bishop O'Connor, of the
Newark diocese, were both present,
and delegates were in attendancH from
nearly all the counties, representing
a total membership in the subordinate
societies of 22,066.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
?A special mrteting of the Chamber
of Commerce is called for tomorrow
night at the office of the Central
Electric Company. A good attendance
is requested as business of importance
will be brought before the members.
AaaahiiIa of Merchants, Manufacturers, Corporations
ACCOllllIS and Individuals Solicited ?
INTEREST PAID ON ) 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
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
no SMITH STREET, PERTH AMBOY, N. J.
Capital 1 Profits | Deposits .$1,000,000
SAM1IAOM V. KKAN, PuaiBlVT* V HABBYtCONABPCin.il
OYSTERS WILL
BE EXHIBITED.
Commissioners to St. Louis Fair
Met at Sea Girt and Decided
to Allow a Space.
APPROPRIATION MADE.
Shellfish Commissioner Charles R. Bacon
Says he will have Prepared an Exhibit
Showing the Importance of the Oyster
and Clam industry in this State? Work
Begins at Once.
The New Jersey commissioners to
the St. Louis fair held a meeting at
Sea Girt last week and decided to
allow to the Shellfish Commission
space in the New Jersey exhibit and
made an appropriation for the exhibit.
Shellfish Commissioner Charles R.
Bacon, who was present, said that he
would have prepared an exhibit whfcb
would show the importance and extent
of the oyster and clam industry of
New Jersey.
soutOmboy
IN THE RAGE.
Yacht Club Officials Went Across
the Bay Yesterday and Meas
ured two Crafts.
NUMBER IT ENTRIES.
Yesterday chairman Pierce and
Commodore Evans, of the Raritan
Yacht Olub, went to South Amboy
and measured the two boats which
have been entered thus far from that
place. These officials had intended
to visit Keyport also, but the rough
weather prevented them. The total
entry list for the contest on August 1
now numbers nineteen. The race is
now less than two weeks off. By the
time of the race the clubs in Keyport,
South Ambov and New Brunswick
will have sent in their entries and
most of the boats from thiB city whioh
were in the first race, together wtth
some new^ones, will be entered. It is
expected that the list will be much
greater than for the former contest,
which numbered thirty.
Lost anything: A cent-a-word ad.
in the Evening News will find it for
you.
STORMlJRT
THE RESORTS.
Small Growds Ventured Out on
Saturday Night? But Many
Made up for it Yesterday.
GROUNDS WERE WET.
The severe storm on Saturday killed
the business at the pleasure resorts in
this vicinity. Saturday night is the
big time for all ot them, but last Sat
urday was an exoeption.
At Boynton Beach the orowd was
very slim, but it was not the fault of
the manager. A double attraction,
however, is being made for next week.
The Sea Breeze boat was running as
usual and some crossed the sound to
danoe, but they were scarce. Yester
day was much better and a large num
ber were on the point.
Pulaski Park Saturday had a good
crowd. It was their resrnlar Saturday
night dance and it was easily reached.
The picnic at Union Grove had to be
abandoned.
Bargains in real estate are to be
fount) in the real estate column on
pacta 8.
FINEST TABLE BOARD
IN THE CITY AT
WOBBESLL'S,
$5.00 Per Week.
40 SMITH STREETS
WATER MAIN
NEAR BRIDGE.
Water Committee of Board of Al
dermen Discussing Location
of Extention Under River.
AFFORDS "PROTECTION.
Present Main is Aortas a Meadow and
Much Difficulty was Experienced? Plac
ing the New Main near the New Bridge
Weald Protect It From Vessels :atj Lew
Tide? May Soon Advertise for Bids.
The Water Committee of the Board
of Aldermen haH under consideration
the extension of the new pipe line
under the Raritan river to this side.
Already work has began in laying
this main from the stand pipe at Run
you to the sonth shore of the Raritan
and before it is completed it is proba
ble the Water Committee will have
advertised for the extension farther.
The question before the committee
is what route to follow. The present
pipe line runs across considerable
meadow land and it was necessary to
obtain permission from the owners to
lay the main. In the middle of this
meadow is a brook and the contractors
experienced much trouble in getting
the pipe laid. Then, during low tide,
the river in some parts is shallow and
vesrfela have often struck the pipe,
doing more or less damage.
The committee now proposes to have
the new pipe line follow the new road
being built to the south approach to
the bridge and have the pipe pass
under the river about twenty-live feet
west of the brid ge. This, it is point
ed out, will not only avoid the marsh
lands, hut, the pipe being so near the
bridge, that struoture will protect it
from passing vessels. The matter
will be taken up at the next meeting
of the committee and probably a
definite ronte will be fixed.
LOCAL ITEMS.
Among those registered at the'West
End, Asbury Park, Friday night were
Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Kitchel, of this
city.
John Fothergill, of High street,
spent Sunday with his daughter, Mrs.
Wiseman, at Asbnry Park.
O. M. Ashton, of Hightstown, visit
ed relatives in this oity yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Farrington, also
Misses Augusta and Olara Farrington
leave todav for Stratford, N. Y., for
their summer vacation.
Mrs. D. B. Farrintgon left for New
burg Saturday to spend a few weeks.
Mr. B. F. Farrington returned Fri
day from Stratford, N. Y. , where he
left his family for an outing.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hughes are visit
ing Mrs. Hughes' mother, Mrs. John
Halpin.
Miss Helen Runyon, of High street,
left this morning to visit her grand
mother at New Brunswick.
OCEAN CROVOOTEL
BURNED LAST NIGHT.
Lawrence House on Fire Just as
Auditorium Service was Over
? Asbury Park Helps.
ABBtTRY PARK, N. J, July 20.
The Lawrenee House at Ocean Grove
has been gutted by fire. The blaze
started in the room of a guest. Twen
ty thousand promenaders on the As
bury Park boardwalk rushed over to
Ocean Grove and watched the flames.
The visitors organized a salvage bri
gade, but little furniture and practical
ly none of the effects of the forty
guests were saved.
NEW ORGANIST CHOSEN.
F. J. Oox has been appointed oigan
ist of the First Presbyterian church.
Mr. Oox is oonneoted with the firm of
Boynton Brothers, and is a graduate
of Brown university. He will take
charge at once.
RARITAN LAUNDRY,
44 Fayette Street.
HULSIZER & LYDIARD, Props.
First-ClMa Work Guaranteed.
FISH STORIES GALORE
SINCE YESTERDA Y.
Many are the Tales Told of Wonderful Success With Hook and Line.
All the Boats Hired out Early in the Morning and Late Comers
Were Disappointed-Saturday' s Storm Interfered.
MAY CLOSE
CASE TODAY.
George Sklencher s Suit Against
Fire Insurance Association has
been Delayed Somewhat.
PLAINTIFMiT PRESENT.
(Special to the Evening Aews )
New Brunswick, July 20:? The suit
in which George Sklencher is trying
to recover $500 insurance on goods
destroyed in the shop for which he is
serving two and a half years for tiring,
was continued before Judge Schenok
this morning and the prospects arc
that the case will go to the jury to
night.
The case has been delayed for three
or four days because of the inability
to get the plaintiff out of State prison
so that he could testify on his own
behalf at the trial. Judge Schenck,
early last week, granted a writ of
habeas corpus to bring him to the
court, here hut the man's lawyer,
Judge U. T. Gowenhoven, thought an
order of thiB sort should be obtained
from Justice Fort which he secured
on Thursday. Sklencher was pro
duced in court today. He has to pay
the expense to which the State is put
in bringing him from the State prison
to this city.
The defense will get its testimony
in today and Judge Gowenhoven said
thin morning that he expected the
case to be summed up this afternoon.
It may be that the jury will not be
sent out till tomorrow morning.
BIC Iteamer
FOR CRECORY'S.
Sound Steamboat, Massachu
setts, will be Brought Here
to be Broken Up.
SOON BROUGHT HERE.
Another big steamship is to find her
last resting place at Gregory's grave
yard on the banss of the old Raritan.
This time it is the old Massachusetts,
one of the big sonnd steamers. Mr.
Gregory has just been awarded the,
contraot for dismantling the steamer
and she will be brought here shortly
and beached beside the old Drew.
The Massachusetts will be remem
bered by all who have traveled on the
sound in years past. She was built
in Greenport, N. Y. , in 1877, and her
home port is Providence, R. I. Ht r
gross tonnage is 2,606. Her length is
323.8 feet; breadth 42.5 feet; 15. i) feet
depth.
TESTIMONY HAS
ALL BEEN HEARD.
Case Concerning Contract for
Bridge Approach Closed- Will
Now 6o to Trenton.
The taking of testimony in the cer
tiorari proceeding of T. D. Murray
against the County of Middlesex bo
cause of the rejection of his bid for
the Amboy bridge approach, was con
cluded Friday afternoon before
Supreme Court Commissioner Edward
W. Hicks in the District Court room.
The testimony was taken by a steno
graoher and has been Bent to the
Supreme Court at Trpnton for review.
A decision will probably be given
some time next week.
Real estate 1 Real estate! Read
he bargains in speoial column on
P?ge ?.
?
* *
Yesterday was a great day for the
fishermen and they took advantage of
it, by coming to this city from all the
surrounding towns and cities in great
numbers. The fishermen yesterday,
that is, a large majority of them, were
from ont of town, and were attracted
hither by the ^reports of those who
have seonred their share, and perhaps
more, of the finny inhabitants of the
waters of Raritan and Prinoesa Bays,
and also of the sound.
While the storm of Saturday inter
fered somewhat with the abundance
of fish, very fair catches were report
oil' by thoso who went out yesterday,
even though mauy of them were suoh
"duffers" that they didn't know how
to use the oars, or how to handle a
crab without getting into a lawsuit
with his teeth.
Early yesterday morning all the
boats on hand at Liddle's, VanPelt's
and Walters' were hired and many
more could Have been rented had they
been available. The largest oatoh re
ported at VanPelt's was twenty-five,
bnt they were all well up and no one
had any "kicks ooming. "
Two gentlemen from Newark, who
were too bashful to give their names
and who hid behind a door so that the
reporter conld not take their photo
graphs for publication, showed a
catch of nineteen and refused to tell
how many more they threw away.
A party of four yonng men, who
went out in one of VanPelt's skiffs
about 4 o'clock in the morning and
returned at noon, had sixteen nice
ones, and another crowd of three ex
hibited eleven as a mark of their
angling ability. Vl M j
Commodore Garret V a' ~
nice bunch yesterday and also this
morning. One noticeably fine oatoh
was made by merry half-dozen from
some nearby town. By reqnest the
name of the fish canght is not pub
lished.
The Alpine Baseball Clnb went fish
ing in two boats and secured four
toad fish and a sand porgy. For chal
lenges address their manager, Qeorge
Woitscheck.
The best fishing was a short distanoe
off shore and not, way ont as is usual
ly the case, so that few were fatigued
by the row to the fishing arrounds.
On the whole the d;ty was a gala one
for Perth Amboy fishing expeditions,
and all got what they came for.
PLANS FOR PICNIC.
If the weather permits the grove on
the Koch homestead will ring with
merrv laughter Friday afternoon when
the Baptists will hold their annnal
Sunday school picnic. 1 earns will
leave the ohurch on Friday at 9
o'clock in the morning, and for those
who can only spend the afternoon in
the woods, another team will leave
the church at 1 o'clock.
WEATHER .
The forecast received at the looal Signal
| Station is for clear.
The maximum temperature Satur
j day was 78, and the minimum 63.
Yesterday 80 and 68.
HIGH TIDE.
July I a. m' p.m. July a. m' p.m.
21 4.11 4.59 24 7*24 7.46
22 5.24 5.59 25 8.17 8.89
23 0.26 6.54 26 9.09 9.28