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VOL. XXV. NO. 22 } PERTH AMBOY, N. J.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2 1903 PRICE ONE CENT
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WERE CRABBING ON
THE BAY WHEN BOAT
COMMENCED TO SINK.
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Hans Lehman and Party ha^ Narrow Escape Yesterday-Were in
Mr. Lehman's Power Boat and Water Began to Flow Inside
—“Captain" Albert Started the Engine and Beached the Craft
k Before She Could go Down.
A crabbing party hart a narrow
i escape on Raritan bay yesterday.
1 Tliov were out near the lighthouse
I when their boot sprang a leak and bat
r for the prompt action of Albert Leh
man the craft would probably have
gone to the bottom.
The party was in Hans Lehman’s
power boat “Adelia” and Mr. Leh
man’s son, known to all his friends as
“Captain Albert,” was in charge of
the engine. They had been enjoying
the usual luck when one of those on
board noticed that water was rising
in the bottom of the boat. It did not
take Captain Albert long to learn
what the trouDle was. The plug in
' the stern near the shaft had been splii
in some manner and it seemed as
though all Raritan bay was pouring
in through the hole. Without getting
the least excited young Lehman told
t everyone to haul .in and before the
lines were in the boat the engine had
been started and the launch was dash
ing through the water, full speed
, ahead. She was headed for the near
est land, which was just above Sea
Breeze on Staten Island. The motion
of the shaft seemed to widen the crack
through which the water was pouring
;t rotting deeper and deeper
in the boat and for a time it was
doubtful whether shore would be
reached in time or not. When the
craft finally grated on tho sand over
a foot of water was in the bottom.
The party reached home safely and
were glad to get there.
TWO CAISSONS
ARE IN PLAGE.
| Work is Progressing on the New
Raritan River Bridge—May be v
Completed in Four Weeks.
Tho work on the new Raritan river
bridge, which has been delayed for
some time, because of the bad weather,
was again started this morning. Of
the three caissons, two, one at the
Sontti Amboy side and the one on this
Bide of the draw, are already down.
The work of placing the third one,
which is to be in the middle, for the
draw to swing upon, is being pushed
rapidly, and the contractor hopes to
see it finished this week.
The piling, whioh are to be used
around the draw, should havo arrived
at the bridge some time ago, but they
got there only tho other day, and they
will be put down as soon as possible
now. It is hopod to have tho work
all nuisiieu us
are concerned by tho first ot next
month.
SEXTON’S PUZZLE.
This picture represents the name of a
vehicle. Can you guest it?
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The prize for to-day will be
I BOX FRENCH SOAP.
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THOUGHT CAR
JUMPED TRACK.
Miss Emma Koyen Leaped When
Trolley Struck Bumper at
Foot of Smith Street
HER FACE WAS CUT.
When the It o’clock trolley car,
bound in from Boynton Beach, reach
ed the end of the line at Smith street,
last night, it struck the bumpers,
placed there, a little harder than usual
and a number of the passengers
thought the car had gone off the track,
and was going down the hill.
Miss Emma Koyen, of 223 Madison
avenne, who was one of the passen
gers. was seated in the last seat when
the car struck. She became frighten
ed and jumped out. She tripped as
she leaped and fell heavily on the
macadam pavement.
Miss Koyen was helped into Mrs.
Mallet’s store at Smith and Water
streets, and after an examination it
was found that the only injuries were
several cuts and scratches on her face.
They bled freely and had the appear
ance of being worse than thoy really
were. The wounds were dressed and
Miss Koyen continued her journey
home. This morning Miss Koyen
appeared to have recovered from her
shock.
LABOR MEN
INTERESTED.
The Idea of a County Central
Union is Very Popular in
this City.
The talk of forming a County Cen
tral Labor Union is being discussed
at all the meetings of the Pertli Am
boy Labor Unions and the idea seems
to be well liked by all members. A
few days ago, A. A. Quinn, organizer
of the carpenters, was in New Bruns
wick, where he had a long talk with
Mr. Abrams, of that city, who is at
the head of the movement to form the
central body.
When Mr. Quinn was seen by a
News reporter he said that Mr. Abrams
was very enthusiastic and it was
arranged tnat both men should do all
they could in their respective cities
toward poneciiug me men. an.
Quinn says he had little doubt bat
that ail the labor unions in Perth
Amboy will elect delegates to the
central body and if New Brunswick
and Perth Amboy unite the boroughs
and townships are bound to fall in
line.
WILL EXAMINE SAFE.
At a convention of bankers, which
will bo held at Cincinnati, Ohio, to
morrow, it is said tbat one of the
safes manufactured by the Manganese
Steel Safe Company, of Plainfield,
will be on exhibition and will be
thoroughly examined. If the exam
ination proves satisfactory, it is sab’, 1
the company will start their Plainfield j
shop on full time again.
Real Estate column page 2.
*3K-< FIELD DAY
BOYNTON B E A OH
Wednesday* Sept 2
Free to all. Games of all kinds.
CHARLES PETERSON.
B A C CAC E EXP R ESS.
Orders left at Sexton's Pharmacy, 7U Smith
POPULARITY
OF THE ELKS
IS SUPREME.
Hundreds of People Turned out
to Enjoy their Hospitality at
Sea Breeze Yesterday.
MUSIC WAS~FEATURE.
First Bake was Opened at I O'clock and
from that Time Until 7 O'clock the Clams
were Devoured as Rapidly as They
Could be Brought 01 the Tables—Bill
of Fare wjs Complete.
The Elks upheld their reputation at
their clambake yesterday at Sea Breeze
and everyone of the 300 or more per
sons present had a fine time. The
bake started at 1 o’clock and from
that time on there was no cessation
in the enjoyment until 9 o’clock.
Clams, hundreds of them, disappeared
like magic and with them went all
the accompanying details of a first
class clambake.
The boat service between this city
ana the resort was anything but the
best. A great many of those on hand
back in launches. The steamer
Amanda was in dry dock for repairs
until about 4 o’clock and, even after
that, trips seemed to be few and far
between.
A large number of people from New
Brunswick went to South Amboy, ex
pecting to take the boat from that
place to Sea Breeze. They waited for
some time and then returned to the
county seat in a disgusted mood.
These poor transportation facilities
were a deplorable feature, since the
bake itself was excellent.
Great preparations had been made
and ample provisions secured for tbe
event and no one could enter a com
plaint against the menu. This clam
bake has grown to be an annual affair
and its popularity was ably demon
strated yesterday afternoon and even
ing.
All in all the local lodge may well
feel proud at the excellent time its
members afforded their friends. The
music was one of the enjoyable feat
ures. The concerts delighted every
one and added much to the lively
occasion.
WANTED $16; SAYS
HE WAS ASSAULTED.
Henry Shapiro Claims he Went to
Collect Bill and Received
Abuse Instead.
Henry Shapiro, a dry goods mer
chant at Smith and Oak street, this
morning in the police court, swore
out a complaint against Joseph Walt
enspiel, in widen he charges the latter
with assault and battery.
According to Shapiro, lie secured
an order for $1(! worth of goods from
Mrs. Waltenspiel, who lives on the
road between Woodbridge and Rah
way. This was on Thursday ana on
Friday Shapiro went, as lie declares,
to collect the $16 from Mr. Walten
spiel. The men had an altercation
over the payment of the bill and
finally, Shapiro further alleges, Walt
enspiel struck him several times in
the back. A warrant for Waltenspiel
was put in detective Peltier’s hands
and he is expected to have his man in
custody before tomorrow morning.
YACHT CLUB MEETING
An important meeting of the Rari
tan Yacht Club will be held in the
club house tonight. As the future
welfare of the club largely depends
upon the action taken tonight it is
very desirous that all the members be
present.
F.J. LARKIN, 357 STATE Street,
will do plumbing, steam, hot water
and hot air heating on monthly pay
ments.
P.NY G RE EN ,
Successor to L. Albert & Co.
...Photographic Studio...
Everything in Portrait, Landscape
and Interior Photography.
p. O. Bulldlnu. Perth Amboy, N. J.
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MANY NEW
TEACHERS
THIS YEAR.
Besides School No. 6, There are
Six Vacancies in the Other
School Buildings.
CHANGES TO BE MADE.
Thirteen New Instructors have been Cho
sen and More will be Selected Later
No. 6 will not be Ready Before Novem
ber—New School is the Largest in the
City Excepting the High School.
Superintendent S. E. Shull and the
Board of Education are having their
hands full these days preparing for
the opening of school next Tuesday
morning. A large number of applica
tions for teaching positions have been
received and several new teachers
have already been elected, but the
nanieB are not yet given cut. School
No. <i will require thiiteen new teach
ers, and that number have already
been chosen. They will not all be
put in the new building, but teachers
in the other schools will be shifted
about. Who will go to the new build
ing has not yet been decided.
There are six vacancies in the
schools, which will open Tuesday but
which occupants have not yet been
chosen. Those who have resigned and
left these vacancies are as follows:
School No. 1, Misses Edna Cobb,
Marlon Tavlor and Marv E. Wait; No.
5, Emma E. Hollander and Miriam
Stover; High School, Miss Gibbons.
It is not expected that the new
school building will be readv for occu
pancy until the early part of Novem
ber, and even to have it as early as
that work' will have to be rushed tight
along. It cannot be conjectured as to
whether or not this building will re
lieve the congestion until the schools
open, as it is not known how many
children will return to the parochial
schools.
The next meeting of the school
board will be held next Tuesday even
ing.
Messrs. Shelley and Reagle, for the
high scnool and No. 6 respectively,
are expected to arrive in town to
morrow.
TO ALLENTOWN
ON A SPECIAL.
Local Firemen who will Partici
pate in the Parade will have
Car to Themselves.
At the last meeting of the commit
tee of firemen, who have charge of the
arrangements for a local representa
tion in the parade at Allentown, it
was decided to go to Allentown by a
special train over the New Jersey
Central instead of the Lehigh Valley,
[as was first planned. Ihe oentrainas
not only agreed to furnish the firemen
with the best cars that they can get,
but also one of the new engines, and
they will also add a freight car to the
end of the special and the fire appar
atus will be taken on this.
The committee in charge of the
clambake, which will be held at
Looser’s Excelsior Grove on Septem
ber 20, claim that they will have a
good sized crowd out. The tickets
are selling very fast. The money
cleared will be used to help pay the
expenses to Allentown and return.
Tfte committee in charge of the ar
rangements are as follows: John H.
Danner, chairman. William Hartman,
Sr., treasurer, J. H. Hallahan, Patrick
Rocks, L. F. Cosgrove, Peter Martin,
Louis H. VauHorn and Theodore
Anderson.
Real estate! Real estate! Read
he bargains in special column on
page 2. _
BLUE POINT OYSTERS
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SOFT SHELL CRABS
-AT
WORRELL’S, -
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FREEHOLDERS HOLD
BUSY SESSION AT
THE COUNTY SEAT.
Bids Opened for Seven Roads—Rue & Fountain, are Lowest on Con
structing the South Approach to the New Raritan River Bridge
C. M. Liddte. of Woodbridge. is Lowest on One Road--Report
of Finance Committee.
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CONTRACT
AWARDED.
Trust Company's New Building
will Soon be Started-A
Handsome Structure.
PATERSONMAN LOWEST
The contract for the new building
of the Perth Amboy Trust Company,
which is to be erected at the corner
of Smith and Hobart streets, was
signed last Saturday, and before the
first of October, work will be com
menced on the edifice.
Several contractors from this city,
as well as many others from Newark,
New York, Paterson and Brooklyn,
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tiou of the building and the lowest
bid was that of John W. Ferguson of
Paterson. The total cost of the struc
ture, including a steel-lined burglar,
bomb, fire and mob proof vault and
also fixtures and furniture, will be
$36,500. The company tases particular
pride in the vault because it is equal
to any to be found anywhere.
In an interview with an Evening
News reporter, this morning, Mr.
Sidney Riddlestorffer, treasurer of the
trust company, said that ground would
be broken on the site owned by the
company at Smith and Hobart streets
and that work would be begun some
time during the latter part of the
month.
The building will make a handsome
addition to this city's number of brick
and stone structures and will be of
great improvement to the city at
large. A picture of the new home of
the trust company has been on exhibi
tion and it has been greatly admired
by all. It is complete in every par
ticular, and has the appearance of a
home for a progressive financial in
stitution.
VISITORS FROM THIS
CITY NARROW ESCAPE.
House Where Mrs. Harry Woglom
and Miss Charlotte Lembcke
Were Staying Burned.
With the burning of the home of
Mrs. Colonel Mersey, at Laceyville,
Pa., early Saturday morning, Mrs.
Harry Woglom and son Charles, and
Miss Charlotte Lembcke, of this city,
who are the guests ot Mrs. Mersey,
nconnoil i¥*i tVi tlinir livoe T'
occupants were awakened out of a
sound sleep by the crackling of the
I flames about 2 o’clock in the morning
and were forced to flee, leaving every
thing behind. As the house is situat
ed some distance from the town, the
dwelling was completely destroyed,
together with all its contents, before
help arrived. How the fire started is
a mystery.
OBITUARY.
Ernest Kircher, of this city, died
yesterday at the Post Graduate Hospi
tal in New York City, where he had
been for a year. Hr1 was born in
Germany 25 years ago and had lived
in Perth Amboy since his thirteenth
year. Funeral arrangements have not
y t been completed. The body will
be brought here from New York this
afternoon.
NEWSBOYS WANTED—to sell Even
ing News. 8-18-tf |
Parisen’s Pharmacy
60 SMITH STREET
Perth Amboy New Jersey L
m
{Special to the Evening News).
New Brunswick, Sept. 2:—The free
holders held a very busy session here
today. This morning at 11 o’clock
they opened bids for seven new stone
roads. The work for constructing the
stone retaining wall on the Cranbury
bridge was also taken up. This after
noon a hearing is being given the
Jersey Central Traction Company for
a rigiit of way over Cheesequake Creek
bridge.
There were two bids for the road on
the south approach to the new Rari
tan river bridge, lhese were John H.
Hurley, of Trenton, whose figures
were #13,988.70. Rue & Fountain, of
Old Bridee, #13,647.14.
For the Sayreville, South Amboy
macadam road there were three bids,
one by J. D. Murray, #16,181.91; J. H.
Hurley, *13,328.07, and Rue & Foun
tain, #15,470.39.
C. M. Liddle, of Woodbridge, bid
on three roads in the southern end of
the county. He was lowest on bnt
one of them. This is the Oak Tree
iselin road. Mr. Liddle’s figures are
#10,604.04. All bids were ref err eel td"'*—'
the road committee.
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of the board shows that $46,430.31 is
on hand. Expenditures during August
amounted to $23,250.04.
NO RACE TODAY
At 12.27 o’clock the yacht-face be- _
tween Reliance and Shamrock''''^nuT
called off.
WOODMEN OTWORLD
HAVE OUTING TODAY.
Large Representation of Lodge
Men at Boynton Beach -Prizes
for Events, v_„__
The Woodmen of the World, of the
New Jersey District, are holding their
great field day at Boynton Beach to
day. A silk umbrella and a silver
smoking set were purchased last night
by the local camp.
Prizes of all kinds are to be award
ed for athletic feats. The grove is
crowded and it is said to be the largest
representation of lodge men that has
ever been at that place at one time.
FOR OLD TIMES SAKE.
William T. Major, a well known
local photographer, took a picture of
the old Kant buildings, Smith and
State street, yesterday afternoon. The
structure is soon to be torn down and
the picture will be preserved for
future years.
WEATHER.
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The forecast received at tne local Sigaa I
Station is for fair and warmer.
The maximum temperature yester
day was 73 and the minimum 63.
HIGH TIDE.