p All ^he News From Surrounding Towns. X
1 SOUTH AMBOY
MET WITH ACCIDENT.
Harry Brown’s Rig Upset at lMq Branch
—Horse Slightly InjuH.
Ollie Brown, clerk wifTT^»choft' &
Rue. is enjoying a week’s vacation
driving aronnd the country with hie
brother, Harry Brown, the former
proprietor of the store, but who is
now travelling for #. H. Silvers,
of Cranbnry. Wednesday, while at
Long Branch, with one of Silvers’
horses and top buggy, the.> stopped
to water the horse, when the animal
took a sudden notion to go on his
own account and starting off, reck
lessly ran into a large truck. The
buggy turned over on iis side and the
horse galloped off with it. He had
run about a hundred yards, dragging
the buggy after him when someone
caught him. The horse was pretty
badly cut and the harness broken but
the wagou proved its worth by re
maining uninjured.
Mr. Brown and his brother came
South Amboy last evening but re
turned today, and will start on an
other trip through a different section
of the country.
ON THE EXCURSION.
Many Enjoy the Outing of Sunday Schools
^ Yesterday.
Fully five hundred people took the
L 8.25 a. m. train for Ocean Grove
yesterday. They returned home early,
\ arriving here about 8 o’clock in the
W eveningy All claimed to have had a
very enjoyable time. The day was
an ideal one, the sky clear and the
air perfectly delightful. Some of
those who went in bathing said the
waves were great, but they enjoved
the dip in the briny deep neverthe
less. Lots of pleasure, lots of fun,
was the order of the day and those
who had thought of going but had
changed their minds, could only re
gret having done so when too late.
Two trolley cars brought a load of
people for the excursion from Sayre
ville and South River.
The Baptist Sunday school ex
cursions to Ocean Grove were started
twenty-four years ago -by Mr. Bernard
Roddy Sr. and each year it was called
^ the Baptist, etc., exclusion until
B three years ago when the M. E. Sun
B day school desired to unite for the
Y occasion and have done so ever since.
This year the M. P. Sunday school
joined them.
SHAC.-iLED HIS GUARD.
Convict E»(*ui»<m1 From Sleeping* De
tective.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 20.—Albert
Eekluud, alias George Johnson, who
was captured at Rawlins and was be
ing taken back to Chicago to answer
to the charge of grand larceny, effected
a remarkable escape from Detective
William Marsden. Marsden left Raw
lins with Ecklund, and to make sure of
Ids man shackled him to a seat in the
smoking compartment of a chair car.
While Marsden was sleeping beside
his prisoner, Ecklund went through the
detective's pockets, secured the keys to
the shackles, released himself and then
shackled the officer to the steam pipes.
Having relieved the officer of his
weapons and other property, Ecklund
left the train at Laramie. Marsden
was not awakened by the conductor
until Cheyenne was reached, when he
called for assistance.
As Marsden had absolutely nothing
on bis person to prove that be was not
a prisoner, the trainmen would not re
lease 1dm. The railroad authorities
telegraphed to Chicago for instructions
and when the train reached Sydney
Marsden was finally released from his
predicament.
Mining Plant Destroyed by Fire,
VERMILLION, Mont., Aug. 20.—The
concentrator and nearly the entire
f plant of the Kentucky-Vermillion Min
L lug and Concentrating company have
V been destroyed by fire. The loss is estl
f mated at $150,000.
| The Steamer
“AMANDA”
will leave Spears Wharf Perth Am
boy and Public Dock South Amboy
-For
on Saturday and Sunday as fallows:
Spears Wharf Public Opck
NEWS ITEMS.
Miss Katie Selt, of Broadway, is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Sweiten, of
Camden where she will spond two or
three weeks.
The Misses Rath and Edith Camp
bell, of Sayreville township, Main
street, are spending a few days at At
lantic Highlands.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas of Mechanics
ville, aro on their houseboat at Mor
gan.
William Hendrickson, of Pittsbnr
is visiting his parents at the Heights
on Conovers’ place.
Miss Josie Compton of First street
accompanied her grandmother, Mrs.
M.E. Sexton for a visit with relatives
near Farmingdale.
A dog belonging to Nowell James,
of Second street bit his little boy and
Mr. James shot the dog. It took four
bullets to end his life.
William H. Hatherley and daughter
Ella aro visiting Postmaster and Mrs.
B. Roddy, of Broadway. Mrs. Hath
erley, who has been very ill at her
sisters’ house is convnlsent and able
to be around again.
The sidewalk on Main street, where
linndoomn nnnf hononn linirn Keen
built, on the street oetween the walk
and the trolley tracks, are in a terr
ible condition. Street Commissioner
Quinlin is very much [needed around
th^re.
Mrs. Herman Kolliscli, of Broad
way, was out Tuesday evening for the
first .time in several weeks’and attend
ed the meeting and social of the ladies
fo the Leiderkranz.
David Hoaeland has moved from
Jersey City to this borough and lias
hired one of Mr. Monoghan’s flats on
Broadway.
Mrs. James Kennedy lias moved into
the house with her mother on Stock
ton street.
Mrs. Louis 'Bastedor, of Philadel
phia, is visiting her mother , Mrs.
George Liming, of Main street.
The old Steven Mansion has been
moved about two hundred yards and
the stones of which the foundation
was built, will be used for the
foundation where the house is to be
placed. The ground is dug for it.
The basement of the old mansion con
sisted of many rooms with solid brick
walls, but only stones were used in
the foundation.
The ladies of the Leiderkranz met
at Mrs. Max Kaufman’s on Broadwav
Tuesday evening and from there pro
ceeded to Mrs. Grohe's on Borden
town avenue, it being Mrs. Grohe’s
birthday they tendered her a surprise
and spent the evening in social chat,
besides settling the question whether
they would go on an outing to Trenton
by trolley, or witli the Baptist and M.
E. and M. P. Sunday Schools excurs
ion to Ocean Grove on Wednesday as
several of the members desired. Be
fore leaving for their homes the ladies
enjoyed a treat of ice cream and cake.
NEWARK SUFFERS.
Electric Storm Causes Panic aid
Dimate.
NEWARK, N. J., Aug. 20.—A fierce
storm that caused a panic and heavy
property damage has swept over this
city. Lightning struck in four places,
setting fire to buildings, while tht
streets were flooded by a deluge of
rain.
Willie the rain came down in torrents
four lire Hlarms were Sounded almost
simultaneously from different, places.
The engines answering were impeded
by a flood of water that rushed through
the streets, while flying tree branches
and fence boards menaced the firemen.
Lightning struck the residence of J
S. Handy at 137 Plane street, tearing
off a portion of the roof. Workmen
were busy at Palmer & Price’s varnish
works, 270 to 270 Chestnut street,
when it was struck by a bolt. Light
ning also struck the leather factory of
Wellington & Haggerty at 94 Howard
street. Workmen were blinded for a
moment and a rush was made for the
exits. The fourth bolt struck a shed
at the Chestnut street railway depot.
Comiiunltor Kill* Foreman.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 20.—Ed
win H. Wilburn has been shot and
killed in the composing room of the
Southern Methodist Publishing house.
He was the foreman of that depart
ment and was killed by C. O. Pettus, a
former employee. Pettus was dis
charged about three years ago for
threatening to kill a coemployee, and
his mind is said to affected.
A Shipload of Animals.
NEWr YORK. Aug. 20.—The steamer I
British Princess, from Antwerp, which !
arrived, has on board 109 stallions, two
gazelles and a number of pheasants,1
plgeona and swans.
Weather Probabilities.
Fair and warmer.
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The Evening News is on sale at Ost
burgs’ 44 Main street, and at John
Boss' Hotel, formerly John Kail’s
stand. Extra copies of the News and
all NewYork papers can always be se
cured.
TO GO TO CONEY.
Employes of the Dental Works Arrange for
an Outing Saturday.
Tho steamer Lottie B., Captain
Bedell, has been chartered for Satur
day afternoon by a number of the
employes of the S. S. White Dental
Works at Princess Bay, who will take
a trip to Coney Island. They will
leave the Princess Bay dock at 1.80
o’clock and will sail direct to Coney.
When they arrive there they will take
in all the places of amusement. They
will start for home at about 10
o’clock.
WATCHING FOR THIEVES
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The local police are keeping a sharp
lookout for the chicken thieves, who
were reported to be active around
Pleasant Plains and Princess Bay.
During the last woek not a robbery
has been reported at the police station.
The police claim they know who the
thieveB are, but that thev will have to
eaten them in tne act before they can
arrest them.
WILL MEET HERE.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Con
ductors, who have held their regnlar
monthly meetings in Staploton ever
since the order was established on
Staten Island, will hereafter hold all
their meetings in the Knights of
Pythias Hall, Tottenville.
THREE NEW MEMBERS
The members of Court lottenville
held a meeting in the Knights of
Pythias Hall, Amboy avenue. After
the regnlar business was transacted
three new members were taken in.
A light lunch was served. The order
is making great progress in Totten
ville of late.
BACK AT WORK.
All of the employes of the gold de
partment at the Dental Works, have
now returned to work. They were on
their annnal vacation of two weeks
which the company gives them everv
year. Many spent the time camping
while others were at the seashore or
in the mountains.
Jr. 0. Ui A. M. TONIGHT.
/
The members of the Junior O. U.
A. M. of Kreischerville will hold a
meeting at 8 o’clock tonight in
Mechanic Hall Kreischerville. All
the members are asked to attend.
OBITUARY.
Mabel Black, aged one vear and
sixteen days, died Tuesday morning
at Pleasant Plains, from summer
complaint.
GOLD MINERS AT WORK.
Ell Paau Mine at Cripple Creek Ha*
an Armed Guin-d.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., Aug.
20.—A force of over fifty miners lias
gone to work at the El Paso gold mine
at Cripple Creek under the protection
of sin tirniprf iriinnl nnrfr of whirli WHS
furnished by the sheriff of Teller coun
ty and part by the Mine Owners’ asso
ciation. Men armed with Winchesters
are guarding the shaft house and all
the approaches to the mine, refusing
admittance to strangers. Even Presi
dent Kennison of Miners’ union No. 40
was refused admittance to the shaft
house.
The action is in the nature of a test
case, and if no interference is made by
the union miners it is understood that
a number of other leading mines of the
district will attempt to resume opera
tions also. Provisions and bedding were
hauled to the El Paso mine, it being the
purpose of the operators to keep the
miners on the property during the pres
ent labor difficulty. Work was also re
sumed on the big drainage tunnel un
der the same conditions.
Prominent Man Held For Murder.
WILLIMANTIC, Conn., Aug. 20.
Tlie little village of Canterbury is all '
excitement over the arrest of Thomas,
,T. Brown, a prominent resident and {
former selectman, on the charge of |
murder in the first degree. On .July 3
last Brown and Frederick F. Montgom-,
ery went out on the Quinabaug river ■
in a boat. That night Brown returned
alone and said that Montgomery had
become tired of living and had taken
his own life by jumping overboard. j
fmreht> ’~rr; e«fu* suru. Xu upiatuu
TICKETS SELLING FAST
Railway Trainmen Promise Everyone a
Good Time Saturday.
Tickets for the outing of the Staten
Island Lodge 560, Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, are selling fast.
Saturday is the date and the lodge
and friends will gather at Silver Lake
Park. The committee in charge are
completing the last details. The fol
lowing are the officers of the lodge,
some of whom live in Tottenville and
others are well known here, Charles
Barton, Master: Michael Thompson,
past master; Charles Beck, financier;
Joseph Doughtry, secretray; James
Gerow, chaplain; William Hayes,
conductor; James Lynch, warden;
Harry Finley, outside guard; Richard
Taxter, inner guard and Frederick
Clark, journal agent.
The following are on the committee
of arrangements: Richard Taxter,
chairman, William Lang, John Boyle,
Joseph A. Davis, John McDonald,
Samuel A. Pettis, Owen McFarland.
NEWS ITEMS.
Mrs. John Thorton, of Bentley
street and Elliot avenue, was taken
to a private hospital in Passaic yester
day afternoon for an operation for
cancer.
The tug Conkin took a crowd from
iouenvme aua jxreiscnerville to see
the yacht races today.
George Cunningham and family, of
Main street,- spent yesterday at Glen
Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Lehman,
return home today from a trip to
Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Williams,
of Tottenville, leave today for a trip
in New York state.
A steamer and barge landed at Sea
Breeze yesterday.
Harry Fenton, of West New Brigh
ton, was a Tottenville visitor yester
day.
Miss Mabel Hilton has returned to
her home in Brooklyn after a pleasant
visit with Miss Mabel E Skidmore.
Mr. Eugene Winant, of Fords, was
a Tottenville visitor yesterday.
THUNDERCLAP PANIC.
Wall Street DintitrlMMl l>y Suppf>*e<l
Exploit I on*
NEW YORK. Aug. 20.—There was
another panic in Wail street. It didn't
affect stocks, however, and it was
caused by a harmless thunderclap,
which was misinterpreted by the sur
face and aerial population of the finan
cial district, who swarmed into the
streets in the lower part of the city
looking for tlie signs of some terrible
disaster.
The boom of the thunder which
caused all the trouble came at 1:43
o’clock.
In the vicinity of the Stock Ex
change, where the crash seemed to lie
the loudest, pedestrians were startled
and ran back into Wall street, thinking
that a disaster had occurred very near
them. As they ran others followed, and
in a few minutes Wall street was
packed from side to side. At the same
time people in the vicinity of Exchange
place began to move quickly toward
Broadway, where there arc one or two
buildings in process of construction.
This thoroughfare was packed in a few
minutes.
Business was practically suspended
throughout Wall street during the pe
riod of this excitement. Telenlione mes
sages carried more inquiries about ex
plosions. collapse of buildings, falling
of elevators, etc., tlinn they did about
stocks, and during tbe rest of the after
noon messages came from all over town
asking for details of the great down
town explosion.
First “Old on Scltnnlhnnac.
COLERAINE. Mass.. Aug. 20.—The
Catamount Hill association has dedi
cated a monument marking the site of
the sclioolhouse here over which in
1812 was raised the first t'nited States
flag to float over a school building in
til IS OAlint-c
1 ROYNTON REACH*
Full Orchestra of fijpieces, ,
daily.
Dancing Free (every af
ternoon.
Hops—Tuesday, ’Thursday
and Saturday evenings, 7:30
to 11:30.
Concerts—Monda
uesday and Friday
Special Concert Sun
noons.
WOODBRIDCE TOWNSHIP. |
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NEWS ITEMS.
Mr. Everitt Ensign is the possessor
of a fine Edison phonogtaph.
Miss Grace Harned is at her home
on Rahway avenue after spending part
of her summer vacation at the sea
shore.
Mrs. Oscar Miller, of Edgar’s Hill,
is on the sick list.
Mr. Charles Craske is out of town.
Mr. B. L. McNulty, of Washington,
has joined his family, who are staying
with Mrs. George Brewster of Green
street.
Mrs. Anthony Schoder is suffering
from ivy poisoning.
P O R D S
Mr.W’orth spent Sunday with his
family in Asbury Park.
Andrew Olesen is once more seen
in this vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Conelly, of New York,
is visiting Mrs. Conelly’s sister at
Keasbey.
The Episcopal Sunday School from
here went to Boynton Beach for their
picnic. They all had an enjoyable
time.
y
Benj. Harvey and J. Couster, of
Tottenville, spent Sunday in this
vicinity.
Mrs J. Ernst, of New York, spent
Sunday in this vicinity with his fam
ily
The Union Sunday School is at Boyn
ton Beacli today. Theywent in wagons.
George Murdock, who is employed
in Lyle’s factory, spent Sunday in
this vicinity with his parents.
There was an exciting time at h'e
dak’s saloon in Sand Hills, Saturday
night, when the old original Sand
Hillers and the Hungarians came to
gether. The cause of the trouble is
not known, but it is said it ended in
the use of knives, chairs, bottles,
glasses, and billeys. Many men were
injured, it is declared some very bad.
The saloon is situated in front of the
dance hall which is used for a school
and is owned by the same man.
Professor of Arabic Dead.
BERLIN, Aug. 20.—Professor Fried
rich Dieterici of the Orientalist univer
sity is dead. He was born at Berlin in
1821 and wrote extensively on the
grammar, literature and philosophy of
the Arabs.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Cloning Stock Quotations.
Money on call steady at 2 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper. 6^6% per cent.
Exchanges. $189,753,044; balances. $7,038,060.
Closing prices:
Amal. Copper... 46% N. Y. Central.. .122
Atchison.60 Norf. A* West... 62%
B. & 0. 82% Penn. R R.123%
Brooklyn R. T.. 41% Reading . 54%
C. ,C.,C. & St. L. 75 Rock Island .... 26%
Ghee. & Ohio.... 33% St. Paul .141%
D. & H.162% Southern Pac... 44
Erie. 28 Southern Rv 22%
Gen. Electric... 163 South. Ry. pf... 83?£
Illinois Cen.133% Sugar .115
Louis. & Nash..104% Texas Pacific .. 20%
Manhattan.«134 Union Pacific .. 74%
Metropolitan_113% U. S. Steel. 22%
Mo. Pacific. 93% U. S. Steel pf... 71%
New York Markets.
FLOUR—Remained irregular and nom
inally unchanged, but lower to sell. Min
nesota patents. $W0t|4.95; winter straights,
fi -i Ul, ■ TlHntov lift'll or • nTntar
patents. $3.90(04.30.
WHEAT—Opened steady and was later
advanced by firmness in the northwest, to
gether with light local covering; Septem
ber. 86 3-16(0889*0.; December. 86 15-16(fr“s7^c.
RYE— 8tead> ; state. 58(0591-0.. c. i. f..
New York; No. 2 western, 69c., f. o b..
afloat.
CORN—Inclined to be rather firm on
prospects for lower temperatures in the
belt; September. 57Vo577*c.; December.
6794 @ 58c.
OATS—Nominal; track, white, state. 41 (p
4694c.; track, white, western. 41@46V4c.
PORK—Easy; mess. $16(015.76; family,
$17.50(017.75.
LARt>—Quiet: prime western steam. 8c. 1
BUTTER—Steady to firm; state dairy,
14(ffl71Jc.; extra creamery. 19c.
CHEESE—Qui t; state, full cr<°am. fan
cy. small, colored. 10^c.; smajl. white,
lOVic.; large, colored. 10c ; large, white, f
9*4c.
EGGS—Strong; state and Pennsylvania
fancy mixed. 21c.; state and Pennsylvania
seconds to firsts. 170d9c.; western extras,
19 U (020c,
SUGAR — Raw firm; fair refining,
3 5-16c.; centrifugal, JW test. 3 13-16c.: re
firm;_crushed. 5,60c.; powdered._6.10o.
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SPECIAL
CLEARING
FOR 10 DAYS
FROM AUG. 19 to
Second hand Wheels from
Goodyear Cactus Tires
from 84.00 to 82.50 each
NEW ROYAL SEWING
Style 19, reg. price 845, uow $27
Style 12, reg. price 40, now 23.50
Style 18, reg. price 30, uow 19,50
Each Machine Guaranteed for
Ten Years.
A^NYDER Jr,
■VOODBRIDGE
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C A R T E R R T
NEWS ITEMS.
Mr. Joseph Young, of Woodbridge
avenue, has bought a house on Emer
son street and will move into it next
week.
Mrs. Driscol sailed for Ireland
Wednsedav, with her two children,
and will make her home there.
Mrs. James Fee, of Rahway avenue
has gone for a week's visit to South
River.
Mrs. Devereux spent Wednesday at
Rahway.
Mr. Devereux has broken ground,
for his new house ou Bryan street. D.
R. Wilson has the contract for the
building.
Mr. Samuel Harris spent Wednesday
in Newark.
A large number of people from this
town went on the Foresters’excursion
of Amboy on Tuesday.
Theodore Leber and family, of
n_i. TO . - j:_ .3 a 1- a
L VJ1 i auu iUlDO AUU1C BUU
Miss Ursula Leber attended the For
esters’ excursion on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton,of Connect
ion!, were the guests of Mr and Mrs.
rheodore Leber on Sunday.
Miss Vernon, of Cleveland is the
?uest of the Misses Leber.
Miss Ursula Leber has returned
from a visit to New Brunswick.
Mrs. T. L. Slugg, Misses Bessie,
Fauna and Jnle Slngg and Miss Mable
Smith went on an excursion to West
Point on Wednesday.
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WAR LOOMING UP.
Russian Demands and Msetisslss
Rebels Trouble Porte.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 20.—Tbs
Russian demand on Turkey .growing
out of the recent murder of the ttusslas
consul at Monastir, M. Rostkovskt
have been formally presented Vt tbs
Yildiz palace. V
Count Lamsdorf, the foreign minis
ter, telegraphed to M. ZinovWff,Rus
sian ambassador here, that neitbenb^^^.
sultan's expressions of regdebglh£_^BBH|(l
of Prince Ahmed, the sultan’s son, be
the ambassador nor the expressions of
sympathy of the grand vizier and otbet
high Turkish dignitaries were consid
ered adequate satisfaction for the mur
der of M. Rostkovski.
The czar ordered the following de
mands to be made:
The immediate severe punishment of
the murderer, the arrest and exemplary
punishment of the person who Bred at
}1. Rostkovski's carriage, immediate
production of positive proofs that ths
vali of Monastir has been actually baa
ished and the appointment of European
officers for the gendarmerie.
The insurgents in Macedonia arc us
ing small quick tiring Austrian cannon
and have captured near Resen a Turk
ish courier who was carrying Impor
tant orders to the Turkish troops at
Okliridn. , |
At the recent visit of the king of Hou- ,
mania to Emperor Francis Joseph at \
Ischl the moan rolls arrived at an un- 1
derstanding that in the event of a was %
between Bulgaria and Turkay Rouma
nia should mobilize her army and occu
py the triangular territory between
Rustcbuk, Varna and Silistrla, includ
ing these towns, in order to maintain
the equilibrium of power In the Bal
kans in the event of Macedonia becom
ing an autonomous provlnos, which
would otherwise give Bulgaria a too
predominating influence in the penin
sula.
THOMAS F. BURKE
■ Funeral Director..
This is thi- only up-to-date F®neral
establishment in Perth Amboy & vicinity
Office Rksidcrcb
363 State St. 27 Mechaaic St.
Telephone t5f Telephone 45m
TERTH ABBOT. X. J
| CARTERET BUSINESS
^COLUMN^
OTTO SPITZ,
Sanitary Plumber.
STOVES, RANGES, HEATERS.
Rahway Ave.
Shop near CR Depot. Carteret,N*J
JOSEPH SHERWOOD
Carpenter and Builder
tea given. Jobbing promptly attended to
CARTERET, N. J.
n at. & Hazelwood ^ve„ Rahway. V. J.
JOHN THOMPSON
Careen r and Builder
pron ptly attended to. Estimate* given
PORT READING, N. J.
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