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|| SOUTH A 4 BOY
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
ON YACHT DELAWARE.
Enjoyed a Sail Through Staten Is
land Sound—A Floating
Palace.
Ex-seilator D. 0. Chase, of this bor
ough, Governor Mumhv, Senator
Dryden, Senator Kean, Judge Gun
ning, Dewitt VanBuskirk, Bennett
Sawyer, vioe president of the Singer
Sewiug.Maohine Company, and F. L.
Shepherd, general [superintendent of
the P. R. R. Company, were enter
tained by Commodore Borne on his
magnificent yacht, Delaware, Friday
afternoon. Mr. Chase said he had
been on a great many yachts, but he
had never seen any to compare with
the Delaware.
It was simply magnificent and the
handsomest boat he had ever seen.
There were several rooms beautifully
furnished and*in each one a spring in
the floor when pressed, revealed a
bath beneath. The dining room was
grnnd and almost indescribable
When the party stepped on board of
the yacht, which is as largo as a ship,
from the launch in which they were
taken out to her, each one of the
guests had a man in attendance who
furnished them with a full new yacht
ing suit and when they left for the
launch on their return to their houses
the same man gave them their own
clothes. That was a very unique
feature of the occasion, for the yacht
ing suits, hat and all, were a perfect
fit.
The yacht was anchored off Liberty
Light, where they boarded her. The
boat was a fast one and they sailed
through Newark Bay and out to sea
many miles in all. They stopped on
their way and visited the Singer Sew
ing Machine works, which they went
through and were surprised at the
railway through them. They enjoyed
it very muoh. Mr. Borne tendered
them one of the grandest banquets it
is possible to imagine, with a waiter
in attendance on each guest. The
party were back to Jersey City by
seven o’clook p. m. and reached their
homes quite early in the evening,
having had one of the most enjoyable
times of their life.
NO CLUE TO ROBBERY.
Appears that Someone Had Secreted them
selves in the Room.
Up to Saturday evening no clue had
been obtained to the party who had
helped themselves to Mr. Charles
Sprague’s money so mysteriously. It
appears that.the day before the rob
bery, Mr. Sprague had been in the
room and taken an article out of the
bureau and everything was all right.
On the morning after the robbery
Mrs. Sprague had swept the front
yard, so if there had been foot prints
they oould not be found after that by
the police.
Mrs. Sprague, having occasion to go
into the front room afterwards, found
I a bureau drawer on the floor and the
money gone. A good sized square
pieoe had been cut out of the drawer
W containing the money and it had been
opened in that way, as it was locked
and the key in possession of Mrs.
finrormo if. ia oaiH Hho a 1 art fnnnd
. one of the front windows open and
the screen torn out. It would appear
that someone must have secreted
themselves in the room and escaped
by the window, dropping in some way
to the ground and thereby running a
big risk of breaking their limbs, or,
they might have used a latter, as it is
said there is no covering to the stoop,
or posts to olimb up by. Not another
door or window was found unfastened.
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Jlub
rv' „-son,
by steamer Trenton, on October 4 to
play a return game with the Irving
tons. They will leave this borough
at 9 a. m. and Perth Amboy 9.15.
A Tennessee Man Hunt.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn., Sept. 28. -
Posses are scouring London county,
Tenn., for Mack Rose, who in resist
ing arrest at Cloyd’s Creek shot and
killed Deputy Sheriff Ed Griffiths of
Loudon county and fatally wounded
k John Poole, a citizen deputized by the ,
officer. Rose was wanted for a small
offense and was located in a barn.
Rose opened Are on Griffiths, shooting
him through the heart and killing him 1
instantly. Toole was shot in the left
side. A reward of $200 is offered for ■
Rose’s arrest. ]
SEVENTH BIRTHDAY
Councilman Hillman’s little daugh
ter, Sotohie Helen, had a very enjoy
able tyime Saturday. It was the
seventh anniversary |,of her birthday
and several of her little friends called
on hat and helped her celebrate it.
The little Miss received a number of
pretty presents and was very proud of
them. She is a very sweet little child
and quite as pretty^as the half dozen
dolle she took such delight in show
ing the correspondent, who wishes
her^yory many hapny birthdays.
CHILD CHRISTENED.
Rev. H. M. P. Pearse christened a
little ohild of Mr. and Mrs. Diekart’s
Sunday afternoon at the chapel of the
Good Shepherd at Ernston, after
which there was a large social gather
ing at the Diekart’s home at Ernston,
consisting of relatives and friends
from Brown town, Oheesequake and
Ernston.
NEWS ITEMS.
Mr. and Mrs. Rubenstein and daugh
ters have returned to their home in
the Bronx.
John Marshal, who has been clerk
ing for Stnmpf & Stranb, is going to
start selling vegetables aronnd town.
The M. & S. Traction Company
have put on some closed cars the last
two days, Thursday and b riday.
Miss Clara Reynolds, of Seoond
street, lead the Christian Endeavor of
the Baptist church, Saturday night.
Whitehead Brothers are loading a
canal boat with moulding sand at their
dock.
For fine fall men’s suits and over
coats cash or credit, call at I. Miller’s
Furniture Store, 857 State st. Perth
Amoy, N. J.
The heavy rains keep Street Com
missioner Quinlan busy Ailing in the
streets.
John Monaghan’s house in Mechan
iosville, is being newlv painted.
A great many young men of this
borougn seem to have forgotten that
the Bible says “Fools laugh at their
own folly.”
H. U. Perrine & Son are loading a
schooner out in the stream with clay.
Freeholder Welsh is having his
house, occupied by Charles Ulumpp,
on Broadway, repaired where the rain
dashed in.
Frank Dey’s house is nearly com
pleted. The sidewalk lias been Ailed
in, which makes much safer traveling
over it.
The Arm of Stnmpf & Straub is no
more. Chris Straub Jr., has purchased
Mr. Stumpf’s share of the business
and has retained Mr. Stumpf as clerk,
thereby fnlAlling the prophesies of a
number of people from the beginning.
It is said there was frost up country
Thursday night.
The Sea Breeze boat continues to
run from this borough to that place.
Rev. and Mrs. H. Hampton are
anticipating a visit from their daugh
ter, Mrs. Applegate, in the near
future.
Mrs. Fred Littell and party are go
ing to visit Salt Lake City on their
retnrn trip. They are on their way
home at present and enjoying them
selves very much, as they take in the
different points of intorest along the
way.
They are beginning to dig soft
clams.
Mrs. Willis Fisher and guest, Mrs.
Southwick, of New Brunswick, were
entertained bj Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Fisher, of Sayreville, Thursday. Mr.
and Mrs. Fisher have returned heme
from Allenhurst. . ■'
Prof, and Mrs. R. M. Fitcb, of
David street, have been entertaining
Mrs. J. Fitch and son, of New York.
Mrs. E. Miller, of Broadway, was a
Perth Amboy visitor Friday.
The New Brunswick Home News
states that Miss Violet Rose, of South
River, and Jay Sexton, of South Am
boy, were married Thursday night at
South River.
Miss Jennie Rue, of Matawan, was
visiting friends in town this week.
Mrs. George Liming has returned
name from a visit at Higbtstown.
Several olerfcs in town enjoyed a
lOliday last Tuesday while the stores
wire closed for the Jewish New Year,
i^d visited New Brunswiok and
tAainfield while others enjoyed a long
•aknble on the roads on the outskirts
ifithe borough.
Richard Corcoran attended a Har
roat Home at Red Bank one evening
aa( week.
I TOTTENVILLE. |
The Evening News is on sale at Ost
bnrgs’ 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.
NIGHT SCHOOL OPENS.
Beginning with tonight the Totten
ville night school will be opened in
Public School No. 1. All persons
over sixteen years are eligible to
attend.
MR. Me DONALDS SAD ERRAND.
Chief Engineer John McDonald, of
the ferry boat Warren, was called
suddenly to Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
Saturday morning, by the sudden
death of his mother.
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED.
The marriage of Miss Grace La
Forge, of Pleasant Plains, to Robert
E. Pearsell, of Brooklyn,is announced.
It occurred about a week ago.
MONTHLY MEETING.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Young People’s Society of St. Steph
en s church, will he .held at .8 o’clock
Thursday night. All members are
requested to be present.
WAS WELL ATTENDED.
The New Dorp Pleasure Club outing
at Helches’s Pavilion on Saturday
afternoon and night was well attend
ed by many Tottenville and Pleasant
Plains people.
YELLOW FEVER IN MEXICO.
PeNtilence Spreads at Lareila, and
Thousands Have Fled the City.
LAItEDO, Tex., Sept. 28.—Two deaths
nnd twelve new cases of yellow fever
were reported at the close of yesterday.
This city now presents a dead appear
ance, all those who could get away
having departed for points north of
Texas and for points south. It is esti
mated by the authorities that nearly
1,000 people have fled from here since
the beginning of the yellow fever scare
nnd the later development of the dis
ease.
The city is now quarantined against
In all directions of the state, and no
person can get beyond the limits of
Webb county, other Texas counties
having established a shotgun quaran
tine nnd tunring back all those who
lire endeavoring to get away In coach
es, buggies and carts.
The situation in Nuevo Laredo is un
changed. no deaths or new cases hav
ing occurred so far as can be learned.
The Mexican custom house authori
ties have been moved temporarily to
Lampasas, where all Incoming baggage
and freight over the National Railroad
of Mexico Is examined, thus permit
ting trains to run through to Laredo,
Tex., without stopping at Nuevo La
redo.
One Dentil at Monterey.
MONTEREY, Mexico, Sept. 28.—Dr.
Alvin G. Alderman, a well known
American, founder of the Christian In
stitute, Is dead at Ills home near the
school from what is said to ho yellow
fever. The authorities are taking ev
ery precaution to prevent the spread of
the disease, and no new case has been
reported. The schools have been sus
pended.
Itefngees at the Capital.
CITY OK MEXICO, Sept. 2S.-Rof
Ugees from Valles, Victoria. Santiago,
Linores and Tampico, fleeing through
v»«. uiv viiun iv i v i, uiv. iiiniwiirv
tlielr appearance here. Their stories of
tlie progress and ravages of the scourge
are varied.
Fresh Outbreak at Tampico.
TAMPICO, ITxico, Sept. 28.—Five
new cases of yellow fever have ap
peared here, though they are of a mild
form apparently. The authorities are
uniting in their efforts to kill the plague.
lloy Slayer In Pitiable Condition.
BOSTON, Sept. 28—Fred A. Wilson,
aged sixteen, of Worcester, who tied
from that city Saturday night after
having unintentionally, he says, shot
and killed his companion, Carl Fitigal.
has been discovered in a freight ear In
the yard of the New York. New Haven
and Hartford railroad here. Wilson
was found by Inspector Roach of Wor
cester, who had traced him to tills city.
The condition of the boy was pitiable,
grief and fright having evidently seri
ously affected his mind, lie was ar
rested on a warrant charging man
slaughter and taken to Worcester.
Cotton Crop Itnrily Dmnnced.
HOUSTON. Tex., Sept. 28. The Post
today publishes a report showing that
great damage lias been done to cotton
over the (state by thp boll weevil, the
boll worm, the sharpshooter and dry
weather. s The estimate of the proba
ble crop, based on the reports from
country correspondents, is placed at
2,500,000 ikies, provided that there is
a late frosM The popular estimate six
FREE LECTURES BEGIN.
The Board of Education of New
lork will commence their free even
ing lectures in the Tottenville Public
School next Thursday. The lectures
will continue until Thursday, Decem
ber 17.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR BALL
The members of Court Tottenville
413, Foresters of America, will hold a
ball and reception in the Knights of '
Pythias Hall, Amboy avenue, one
night daring November. The follow
ing committee are’making.the arrange
ments: John P. Bolan, chairman;
Edward Krause, James Clancey, Ed
ward Hcgan, Peter Hanson. 1
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NEWS ITEMS.
F. E. Harris has returned to Totten- t
ville from his western trip.
Milton Meshrow is no longer em- 1
ployed at the Acker Machine Works.
Mrs. Charles Cole, of Princess Bay, 1
is visiting friends in Brooklyn.
Capt. Huyler, of sloop Pocahontas, 1
will be at the Tottenville Lumber :
Co. ’s dock from now on.
3617-9-28-2 i
PANAMA’S CABLE WAR.
Line#* to Be Closed Decanie of Re*
fnttal of Increased ConcesHionn.
PANAMA, Sept. 28.—It Is announced
that the cable service to Buena Ven
tura will be closed at the end of Sep- '
tember. The Inspector of telegraphs <
has received orders from Bogota to
dose the Central and South American
company's ofiice in this town on the
suspension of the service to Buena
Ventura. If the government carries out
Its threat the company will lose heav- I
uy. i
The government In the meantime Is ,
making efforts to establish the Marconi
system of wireless telegraphy between
Panama, Chirlqui, Buena Ventura, Co- 1
Ion, Boons dd T oro and Cartagena. It
Is also repoii d that the West India
and Panama Telegraph company will
offer to construct a cable to Buena
Ventura.
A dispatch from Bogota says:
“The minister of state has made pub
lic the demands of the cable company,
which asks for n new concession last
ing twenty years and the privilege of
raising the tariff. Among the reasons
given for the government’s refusal of
these propositions is that an Italian
company has applied to establish a sys
tem of wireless telegraphy.”
A Macedonian Demonstration.
SOFIA, Bulgaria. Sept 28.—Pathetic 1
dignity and the utmost peacefulness 1
characterized the Macedonian demon- 1
stration here yesterday. After the cel- '
ebration of a requiem in the cathedral, i
which was crowded, 15.000 Macedoni
ans and their sympathizers joined In a
procession which marched through the
principal streets of the city. Bands
played funeral marches, and carried 1
aloft were black flags and black 1
framed pictures representing the dead
leaders of the movement, burning vil- ■
lages, etc. Outside the cathedral Mi
chailovskt, the president of the Mace- ■
donian organizations, addressed the <
demonstration. Other speakers also I
urged the maintenance of peaceful con- '
duct. A committee of three was ap- 1
punueu us a delegation 10 can oil atcv
mier Petroff and ask him whether the
government would help the Macedoni
ans.
Sea's Bottom Fallinic*
Scientists tell us that, counting from
the sea level, the lowest body of water
on the globe Is the Caspian sea. For
centuries its surface has been gradually
settling down until now It Is 85 feet
lower than that of its near neighbor, the
Black sea, which also lies far below the
level of the oceans. The common con
clusion all along has been that the Cas
pian was simply losing its waters by
evaporation, but recent investigation
shows that this is not the case. Sound- 1
ings made and compared with records 1
of soundings made over 100 years ago t
reveal the astounding fact that there Is
even a greater depth of water now than c
then. This leaves but one hypothesis I
that would seem at all tenable—that the ;
bottom of the sea is actually sinking.
Brisk Correspondence.
Mrs. Lamson was saying an affec
tionate and tearful farewell to her
husband, as she was abbut to start for
a month’s visit to her old home.
"Now, my dear,” said Mr. Lamson,
in a pleasant but firm tone, “I wish |
you would try not to akk me for ]
money every time you write.”
"Well, I will try not to/’ said Mrs. ,
Lamson, wiping her eyes, “but you— <
you know, Henry, that means I shall
have to write even oftener than ,
usual.”—Youth’s Companion. (
The government of Japan now limits *
the number of emigrants to Hawaii to
225 per steamer, of which the number of
men must not exceed 150, the rest being
women. This is to encourage the emiga
tion of the married.
foleysmoney^tar
fi/f. iws, So opiatoo
WOODBRIDCE TOWNSHIP.
^OODBRIDGK
SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS
The Senior ClasB of the Wood bridge
3igh School held a meeting on Thurs
lay afternoon and elected the follow
ng officers: President, Mr. Francis
H. Drake; vice president, Mr. Wili
am Moffett; secretary, Mr. Phillip
Sowell, and treasurer Mr. Robert
Sattler. The class colors are gold and
vhite and the flower is the daisy.
NEWS ITEMS.
Miss H. V. Harding returned to
icliool Friday, after a severe attack
>f ivy poisoning, which has kept her
iway for four days.
Mr. and Mrs. Duguid, of Syracuse,
ire visiting Mrs. Duguid’s parents,
tfr. and Mrs. Mulford Valentine, of
Jreen street.
Miss Essie Wylie spent Sunday with
fiends out of town.
Miss Cornish and Miss L. Runyon
pent Sunday at their homes in Mil
ngton.
Mrs. W. H. Jackson and children
ire^visiting relatives in Brooklyn.
Dr. King, of Little Silver, was the
;nest of Dr. Lockwood yesterday.
Mrs. C. F. Newton, who has been
11, is improving.
A new grocery store will open next
veek in Mr. G. W. Ruddy’s building
in Main street.
Many of our business .men are re
resented by their advertisements in
he Woodbridge Cook Book.
Miss Susie H. Dixon will reopen her
Saturday morning Harmony Class on
)ctober 10th. Tuition in Harmony
vill be free to all piano pnpils.
Mrs. J. Edgar Brown is expected
lome from Mouutain Side next week.
EXPRESSED A MAN.
Prisoner Way billed From Xebrankn
to BoNton.
BOSTON. Sept. 28.—Without doubt
he first prisoner ever sent by express
s Floyd T. Ferris, who arrived here by
Ymerican Express from Columbus,
S’eb., en route to Lynn, where he is
vanted for the larceny of $250 from
he company which transported him.
•’erris was willing to return, so word
vas sent east that it would not be nec
■ssary to send an officer after him.
He was accordingly entered upon the
•egular waybill ns “one man” consign
d to “police, Lynn,” at “owner’s
lsk” and with “liability limited to
ictual value.” He was placed in the
■xpress car, with the messenger as
;uard.
He was not handcuffed and was fed
■egulurly, as a pet animal would be
inder similar conditions. Ferris says
le en* 'd the trip, and he hopes to
ret 1 : oubles straightened out and
>egi ■ anew.
Si orators DenoonrcO In Chnrch.
J FOLK, Ya., Sept. 28. — Rev.
fob.. J. Doherty, pastor of St. Mary’s
•hurch, the lurgest Catholic church in
Norfolk, created consternation at mass
vhen he denonneed male members of
he parish for spitting on the floor of
he church. Father Doherty declared
uch men desecrated the house of God
Sy their action and were not wanted
n the church. "I have a pretty fair
dea of these men's identity,” he said,
'but to be doubly sure I will employ
i detective to attend services and re
>ort expectorutors to me. These re
>orts I will read to the congregation,
md I will cause the arrest of the
fuilty parties as violators of the city
irdiitance prohibiting spitting in public
luildings.”
A September linilMtarm.
WEST CHESTER. I’a.. Sept. 28.
>amage to the extent of at least ?25.
KX) was done here yesterday aftcm-am
>y a hailstorm, the stones in some in
itances being two inches in diameter.
Ill the school buildings, churches,
■ourt house, depots and the cars on
Kith steam and trolley lines were dam
tged to considerable extent. Severn
>eo;>!e wore badly bruised and cut by
he hailstones. One nursery had It.no.
>aues of glass destroyed, while the
Pennsylvania Railroad company had
he windows of forty cars broken.
Victoria’* better* to He Published.
LONDON, Sept. 2S King Edward
las commanded the publication of se
ections from Queen Victoria's corre
poudonce between the years of 18.17
ind 18i.il and has appointed Arthui
Christopher Benson, master of Eton
ollege and son of the late Archbishop
if Canterbury, and Viscount Esher,
loputy governor of Windsor castle, to
dit the letters.
A Texn* Car Strike.
WACO, Tex.. Sept. 28.—A strike on
he local street car system has gone
□to effect, and not a car has moved "
or twenty-four hours. The men do- *
aand recognition of tlic union and a»
□crease ,u« wages, both of which weic I
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THE PRESS WARNED
Reports Regarding Sault Ste.
Marie Declared Falsa
AN INSULT TO CITIZENS OF THE S03
Consolidated I.nke Superior OHIelnl
Say* All 1* Orderly nnd \ew*pa
pcr* Will Be Held lle*iMin*l
ble For UitiuageM,
NEW YOIiK, Kept. US.—The follow
ing di'patch for publication Inis Just
lie on received from William Coyne, as
sistant to the president of the Consoli
dated Lake Sup rior company, and W.
II. l’lummcr, mayor of Sault Ste. Ma
rie:
“Insurance companies are threaten
ing to caned, in some cases ull, in
others half of. their policies on the
works of the Consolidated Lake Supe
rior company and the business houses /
and privute dwellings of the citizens s'
because of reports in newspapers of
disorder, violence, etc., occurring in
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
“This is to inform nil the newspapers
that there is not. nor has there been, a
more orderly town in Canada or the
united states tnan tne soo ror tne past
thirty days. There has been no disor
der. no trouble nr lawlessness of any
description, nor is there likely to be.
Statements to the contrary are unjust
to the authorities and citizens of the
Soo and an insult to the ijulet. law
abiding Canadian citizens and small
percentage of foreigners who go to
make up the compliment of men em
ployed by the company in its woods,
mines and works. There are no cases
of destitution. The company and the
town are feeding the ex-employees who
cannot tie paid for the day or two at
most that elapses after they arrive at
the Soo before they leave for other
parts to take employment with other
interests.
“The town is full of employment
agents offering free transportation and
good wages to all the men, and they
are moving away in large numbers
promptly after their arrival, entirely
satisfied to leave the matter oK their
back pay to their friends or attorogys.
The company is giving them all gowl
and sufficient evidence of its indebted
ness to them, and they are either
lng their claims with friends for collect
tlon or taking them with them, trust*
ing the near future to see them paid 1
full. te*''
“The attorney general of Canada has
been asked to take cognizance of the
situation and to prepare to take action
against any newspaper that has. or
does, publish untruthful information
regarding the situation at the Soo. and
If Insurance policies are canceled by
reason of exaggerated reports and Are
losses occur an attempt will be made to
collect the amount of loss from the
newspaper at fault."
Fitzsimmons to Flsrht Gardner.
NEW YORK, Sept 28.—At a confer
ence held at Bath Beach between Bob
Fitzsimmons, William Tierce of Bos
ton, manager for George Gardner, the
light heavy weight champion of the
world, and James C. Kennedy, repre
senting the Yosemlte Athletic club of
San Francisco, Fitzsimmons and Gard
ner were matched to fight at the Yose
mlte club the latter part of November
for the title held by Gardner. The con
est will tie for twenty rounds at 108
Kiunds. the men to weigh at 3 o'clock
In the afternoon of the day of the bat
tle. The purse will he divided. 75 per
cent going to the winner and 25 per
cent to the loser. Edward Graney of
San Francisco was chosen as referee
and forfeit holder.
Boy Accidentally Shot.
UTICA. N. Y.. Sept. 28.—Richard, the
ten-year-old sou of Bert Ertz, living
Just south of Sherburne village, was
killed by the accidental discharge of a,
shotgun with which he and a lad were
playing.
THOMAS F. BURKE
. Funeral Director..
This is the only up-to-^ate Funeral
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363 State St. 27 Mechanic St.
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JOHN THOMPSON