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0< All The News From Surrounding Towns. X
SOUTH AMpOY |
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Edward Rue, of Henry street, was
brought before Recorder Grace, at
Borough Hall, on the charge of trying
to burn the house in whi oh he lived
Saturday, and was sent to New Bruns
wick for ten days. The house belong
ed to Mr. Abe Everett and it is said
that owing to the Everetts having
Mrs. Rue stay at their home over
night on account of her husband hav
ing come home intoxicated and
abusive, threatening to beat her, lie
became enraged and got a pail and
put a lot of stuif into it, saturated it
with kerosene and set fire to the same
inside of the house. It is to be hoped
that a few days of sober thought will
make a change in him. Mr. Rue has
formerly been considered by many as
a harmless, but unfortunate man, be
cause he was addicted to drink, and
no one imagined he would ever do
such a dangerous act.
WORK FOR THE HOMES
We are pleased to learn that one of
South Amboy’s ladies has procured
some very pretty and interesting work
for women and girls, to be taken to
their homes, and it ought to be appre
ciated and a good demand be made
for it, as the shirt factory closing
down has no doubt disappointed very
many who do not like to be idle and
who are anxious to earn pin money,
if no more. It will be a help in many
ways. Winter evenings will not be
so dull with work to do that will
bring in extra money and fires may be
made to burn brighter by expending
some of that extra money on coal,
especially if it is as high priced as it
was last winter.
RALLY DAY SERVICES.
The Rally Day services were carried
out at the M. E. church Sunday and
in the evening, notwithstanding the
rain. The church wub decorated with
flowers, and vegetables of all kinds
made quite a display. The choir and
choral rendered some very fine music.
The Presiding Elder, Rev. Dr. Haines,
delivered a grand sermon, his subject
being, “We Would See Jesus,” and
held his audience interested to the
end.
RAN NAIL IN HER FOOT.
Mrs. Douglas Hunt, of Broadway,
went out in the yard Saturday to get
some wood and stepped on a large
rusty nail. It went through the side
of the great toe of her left foot and
projected two thirds of an inch on
the upper part of the toe. Mrs. Hunt
managed to pull it out after the sec
ond attempt, but she has a very sore
tut? xu uuubuijuuuuu nuix was xuuxxuk
quite ill Sunday night.
HAD DELIGHTFUL TRIP.
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j Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stuart, of
David street, have returned home from
| a week’s tour through four states,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of
Columbia, and Ohio. On their return
kj trip from Canton, Ohio, they stopped
■ off and spent a couple of days at
■ Washington, D. C., and took in the
ftfrWhite House, etc., while viewing
(replaces of importance.. They had a de
lightful trip.
. FAILED TO GET IN.
Some one tried to get into tne base
ment of C. Rehfuss’ bakery Saturday
night. The front door was opened a
little way but on account of an extra
inside fastening, they did not succeed
in getting inside. Being Saturday
__ night the bakers wore not working, so
f no one happened to be there at the
time.
. I t auRlit l*p by a Mint Spy.
PITIl.AHEIiPHIA. Sept. 20—Robert
^ 57 \lvilpi: trick whs convicted in t!ie Unlt
^States district court of robbing tlie
ftills of tlie United States mint in
/is city of 8.'S silver dollars. Ivilpat
| rick was employed at the mbit as a
laborer, and it was charged he cut
open the bags containing the money
while at work in the vaults. A knife
which Kilpatrick accidentally dropped
and had forgotten led to his arrest and
subsequent conviction. Sentence will
be imposed later.
Roosevelt Arrive* at tlie Capital.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20—After an
absence of thirteen weeks spent at
k Oyster Bay President Roosevelt has re
turned to Washington. The president
iwns accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt.
Miss Alice Roosevelt and other mem
bers of the family and by Private Sec
retary Loeb. He was met by Postmas
ter General Payne, Colonel Symons, su
perintendent of public buildings and
grounds, and mauy officials.
THE HONOR OF ROWING.
The Tired Feeling Attacks Three Fisher
men and Discussion Arose.
A party of three gentlemen, who
went out', crabbing Sunday morniDg,
got very ,weary. After crabbing for
about th'ree hours, one of the party
proposed that they start for home.
That started an argument as to which
should do the rowing. They were
down c i “White’s flats." After con
siderable arguing all hands declared
they Wouldn’t row. The “Long
felloW,’ said that being the oldest, he
was e| titled to sit in the stern of the
boat, while the “Short-fellow,” who
drives one of the prettiest horses in
the borough of South Amboy, said as
he was the youngest he was entitled
to sit in the bow of the boat and he
thought that the medium sized fellow
who was older than he and had just
been elected a member of the Repub
lican Executive Committee, was en
titled to the seat of honor in the
oentre of the boat, just forward of
where the oars lay and within easy
reach of ;them.
The Republican thought that the
others had as much right to row as he
imu nuu it.JLUBeu iu iuiuibii mo punoi
for moving the boat.
After waiting some time, and being
too weary to argue any more, they
were approached by a boat propelled
by two sturdy pairs of arms: one, the
“ex-mayor” of Frog Hollow and the
other “Inch,” the new mayor of
Catharine street, who agreed to tow
them ashore, providing they would
blow themselves after they reached
land, which the three others agreed
to.
In a very short time they were land
ed safely on the shores of South Am
boy when the.Long-fellow said:
“Will yon please throw out the
anchor as we are too tired to move
after our long row. ”
It was done. Then the Ex mayor
of Frog Hollow proposed to give the
three oocnpants of the boat they had
towed ashore, their catch of the dav,
which consisted of two weak fish and
about eighteen hard crabs. The Long
fellow claimed the fish, while the
1 crabs were divided between the other
two as the three had met with the
fisherman’s luck and hadn’t caught
even one crab. Whether they were
struck with malaria or had been
shocked by the sight of a sea serpent
while out on the briny deep, our in
formant did not state, but certain it
is, they were almost too weary to
blow themselves when they finally
landed. We would advise them to
take something for that tired feeling.
NEWS ITEMS.
Quite a number went from this bor
ougn on the farmer’s excursion from
Cheesequake, Saturday. Miss Dora
Miller, of John street, went, but was
taken sick and compelled to come
home by train.
Nice work (cutting out), for women
ana girls, can be obtained at Mrs.
Frank Rue’s, 23 Church st.
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George Rehfuss Sr. spent Friday in
New York City.
The sudden shower of rain, light
ning and thunder caught a number on
the streets quite unprepared Sunday
afternoon and they had to make a
home run in somewhat of a hurry.
A lot of Gipseys, from Elizabeth,
are at the “Deep Cut” and appeared
to be very proficient in tlie art of
story telling Sunday. Several of the
* * tirniin irnrw mTi oil i n I'orDcf oH
and doled out fitfy cent pieces in ex
change for a glimpse into the future.
The foundation will be started to
day for Baker Rehfuss now building
on Broadway.
William Star, of Newark, was visit
ing his parents on Augnsta street,
Sunday.
It is reported around town that Mr.
Jeffreys has sold ot his business to a
man from Red Bank. Mr. Jeflrevs’s
father is very ill in Italy and he is
desirous of going home to visit him.
Mrs. Fred Littell and party have
returned home from their trip to Los
Angeles and otner places.
Dr. VanSickle and Mr.*G. S. Gulick,
of Princeton, spent Saturday and Sun
day with Stanton ‘JApplegate, of
George street.
A schooner came in Sunday 4o be
loaded with molding sand at White
head’s dock.
Rev. and Mrs. N. Tilghnon, of
Palatka, Florida, are visiting Dr. and
Mrs. Dillingham and family, of John
street.
Mrs. Noah Furman was an out of
town visitor Saturday.
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TOTTEX YILLE.
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.
FIRST LECTURE THURSDAY.
Everything is now in order for the
first lecture to the people which is to
be delivered in the Knights of Pythias
Hall, Amboy road, Tottenville, Thurs
day night. The subject for this lec
ture is “Arizona” by Miss Anna
Rhodes. It will be illustrated by
stereopticon views. The lectures are
given every year by the Board of
Education of New York.
K- OF P. ENTERTAINMENT.
The members of Richmond Lodge
No. 80, Knights of Pythias, have de
cided to hold au entertainment in
their hall on Amboy avenue next
Monday night. Newton Beers, of
New York, a well known imperson
ator, will give the play “Damon and
Pythias. ”
CHURCH ENTERTAINMENT.
Tomorrow night the members of the
ohnrch of the Hoiv Comforter of
Eltingville, will hold a musical even
ing at the Parish Jionse. The enter
tainment will commence at 8 o’clock.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. David Simonson died suddenly
from heart disease at her home on
Bay View avenue, Princess Bay, Sun
day night. Mrs. Simonson was sixty
five years old and leaves a husband.
The funeral arrangements will be
completed today.
FORMER SHERIFF RETURNS.
Former Sheriff J. L. Daly has re
turned to Tottenville after an absence
of over six mouths, which he spent^i/i,
Nome. Alaska. e
Max Itoxe May Be I.yix'hed.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn., Sept. 29.-Max
Rose, who shot and killed Deputy Sher
iff Edward Griffin at Duita, was cap
tured in a pine thicket near the scene
of his crime. Considerable feeling ex
ists in the community in which he was
captured, and it is likely he will be
brought to this city for safe keeping.
BELFAST, Ireland, Sept. 29. — The
collapse of a wall of a foundry belong
ing to the Falrbairn. Lawson <St Combe
company, limited, during the rebuild
ing of the works buried a number of
workmen under the debris. Five men
have been extricated dead, and others
are injured.
Williunt Ziegler Reclines.
NEW YORK. Sept. 29. William Zieg
ler has declined to accent >« nomination
to run ns an independent candidate foi
mayor of New York.
SOUTH AMBOY
A Rhode Island clambake was held
at the Poor Farm Sunday afternoon.
Quite a crowd was present and the
usual good time was had. It was
gotten up by Al. Ginter, of Broadway.
The Haymakers Association held an
“All day Clam Bake” at Mechanics
ville. Sam Freeman made the bake
which was very much enjoyed by
those present.
About fifty people were disappoint
ed Sundav as no boat was running to
Sea Breeze. They waited two or
three hours on the borough dock.
Most or mem were irom our or iuwu.
Three Gipsv women have been com
ing to this borough from Perth Am
boy the past few days and were tell
ing fortunes in exchange for money.
Mrs. Bastedo - and daughter Agnes
will return home in about a week
from their sojourn at Hatboro, Pa
There is quite an improvement in the
health of the latter, who has been ill
for a long time.
Recorder Grace has returned home
from his outing.
It is said that George Wood, who
was so badly injured by being run
over by his own wagon some time
ago, and whose limbs were paralyzed
on account of spinal trouble, is im
proving so much that it is expected
he will soon be able to walk.
Acting coroner J. J. Soullv and
family enjoyed a drive and were call
ing on friends at Ernston, Sunday.
Mrs. A. Steiner, of Perth Amboy,
was visitind friends in this borough
Friday. 1
A big crowd came on the late train
Sunday evening from a trip down the
road.
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JAPANESE FAIR.
The Ladies Aid Society of Bethel
M. E. church will hold a Japanese
fair in the Knights of Pythias Hall
on Tuesday, November P> and Wednes
day, November 7. There will be
Japanese booths and tea tables and tlie
ladies who will have charge of them
will be dressed in Japanese costumes.
IN AMBOY HOSPITAL.
Miss Pounding, a school teacher of
Public School No. 3 at Pleasant
Plains, is a patient at the Perth Am
boy Hospital, where she underwent
an operation for appendicitis. Her
many friends hope for her speedy re
covery.
WINTER QUARTERS.
A number of the New York pleasure
yachts and steam launches, which
have been in use during the summer
months, are now finding winter quart
ers at the shipyard of A. O. Brown &
Sons, of Tottenville.
NEWS ITEMS.
Master Charles Neil, of Manhattan,
is visiting his nncle, John H. Scho
field, Main street.
Patrolman J. J. Lynch returns to
duty today, after a ten-days vacation.
Fredrick O’Connor is back from his
trip to Oil City, Pa.
William Frerish, of Broadway,
spent Sunday in Westfield and Cran
ford, N. J.
Capt. Hnyler, of sloop Pocahontas,
will be at the Tottenville Lumber
Co. ’s dock from now on.
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BOTH ARE ARMING.
Turkey and BuUaria Make Active
Preparation* For War.
LONDON. Sept. 29.—Dispatches re
ceived here sny both Turkey and Bnl
11 (aria are actively preparing for the
possibility of war.
The skillful disposition of the Turkish
troops for delivering a quick blow
against either Servia or Bulgaria is
evident at Monastir. There are 10,00(1
soldiers in the vilayet of Kossovo, 70.
000 men with 300 guns in Adri-tnopli
vilayet. 50.000 in Monastir vilayet and
a huge reserve of 170.000 in Salonika.
Sixty-four battalions (about (>4.000
men) of the Adana. Angora. Kastanmni
and Kaisaries divisions have been or
derod ready for tlie field immediately.
Tlie sappers and miners are rapidlj
preparing for war. Work on the bridge
across tlie Mnritzn river and the road
and forts in the vicinity is in active
progress.
A report from Beirut says 500 troop
frotn the American war ships are ready
to land at a moment’s notice, with
knapsacks and guns stacked on deck.
It is thought tlie admiral wants to get
an American killed first. On Sunday
there was a Musaithe row. and the
Christians have not dared to bltrv tlieii
dead yet.
Haklizar I’nslia. win was responsible
for ilie massacres at Kntshevo and
Smilevo, has heen decorated with the
Order of the Medjidie of the First
Class. He has been sent to the dis
trict of Kastoria. where six villages
have already been burned and many
insurgents killed.
VETERANS CONVENE.
S|>nnl»h War Stories Ketnlil Within
Vale's Walls.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Sept. 29.—'The
Spanish war veterans' convention has
been opened .here in Woolsey hall, the
new auditorium of Vale university.
Fully 2,000 persons attended, including
about -400 Spanish war veterans dele
gates to the convention, several hun
dred Grand Army veterans and the re
mainder citizens of New Haven. The
speeehmnking was preceded by an or
gan recital ou the Newberry memorial
organ by Professor H. K. Jepson of
Vale.
Major J. y. Tilson of the local com
mittee introduced General Phelps
Montgomery of New Haven as chair
man. General Montgomery called up
on Mayor Studley for an address of
welcome. The mayor before tendering
the freedom of the city to tip* delegates
in a brief and apropos speech reviewed
the history of the wars in which the
I'iVted States has been engaged and
felicitated the Spanish war veterans
ui)on having fought in a war that
united north and soutli and cemented
national interests and sympathies.
Hunting For Ffekimo Hoy».
TACOMA. Wash.. Sept. 29. The po
lice of Tacoma and Seattle are ransack
ing the cities for two Eskimo boys who
arrived by a late Alaska steamer on
their way to the Indian school at Car
lisle. Pa.. The Northern Pacific agent
was advised that the boys would get
their railroad tickets in Tacoma, but
they have not appeared and cannot
thus far be found in either city.
FOLEYS HONEY^TAR
ftfrtKS-wi ««t». murm* Mm mpiatmm
WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, t
| ADIRONDACK CAM
Hostile Natives Apply the
Torch to Summer Homes.
WEALTHY OWNERS SLEEP IN FEAR.
l-’eiid Is Hct.vecii the I.iirne I.Hnil
otruer. und the Old Settler, and
the Recent Squatter., Who
Have Taken I j» state hand..
OLD KOItOK. N\ Y.. Sept. "JP. -Tragic
as it was, tlie murder of Orrando 1*.
Dexter ten days ago was only ,i single
example of the hatred of the Adiron
dack native toward the millionaire
owners of the vast tracts of forest.
Another t-ase has just come to light.
John 0. Freund, a New York publish
er; his family, a guest, their servants
and guides hail a very narrow escape
from death when the camp in which
they were spending the sunimei was
burned by incendiaries. As it was.
they' escaped witli few possess oils. It
is not believed that there was any
feeling toward Mr. Freund, but to
ward the owner of the camp from
whom he leases.
Mr. Freund, his wife, two children.
Miss Marjory King of New York city,
a friend of the family: three servants
and two guides had been occupying
summer. This was a very pretty es
tablishment anti lielonged to Jerome
Wood, who is superintendent of Wil
liam Carnegie's large tract, also on the
lake. Mr. Wood lias incurred the hos
tility of tile mountaineers, and for sev
eral months lie and his wife have been
compelled to live in a constant state of
watchfulness.
Mr. Freund's family and household
had retired, when simultaneously
dames hurst from every building of
the camp. The sleeping persons could
only grab a few clothes and dash into
the night. Wrapped in nondescript
garments, they were taken in boats to
a neighboring camp, where they were
provided for until other garments
could be obtained. So far as can be
learned no clews were left by tlie in
cendiaries. who must have fled in ca
noes after applying the torch.
Conditions on Racket lake are so
alarming that some of the largest own
ers have almost made up their minds
not to take the risk of remaining in the
district until a better sentiment pre
vails. One of the owners is said to be
Mr. Carnegie, who is a nepliew of An
drew Carnegie. He lias spent &iOO.UOU
on his camp within the last two years.
Another who is known to have come
under the ban is Mr. Inman, also of
New York.
There are at present three warring
elements in the Adiroudacks. First are
the guides and old settlers, who find
their shooting and fishing curtailed by
the big camps: secoud. the owners of
the old hotels, who are fighting the
railroads because, as they assert, an
undesirable element of sportsmen are
being brought in, and. third, the squat
ters. who came to the woods fifteen or
twenty years ago and took up state
land.
KiiNbiii Prepared In Far Kant.
TTKVTSl \ Sent The mllitarv
strength of Russia in tlie far east is
now as follows; In Manchuria proper.
50,iKXi men ot all arms, including eight
een batteries of artillery; on tlie lines
of communication between Port Arthur
and the Amur province. 110.000 men.
and at Port Arthur and Tailenwan. 00.
000 men. Thirty forts have been erect
ed at Port Arthur, and fifty others are
under construction. All tlie peaks in
this district are being fortified. In ad
dition to the land forces there are al
ways forty Russian vessels at Port Ar
thur and forty others constantly under
steam at Talienwan. Three battle
ships, two cruisers and four destroyers
are expected to arrive in Chinese wa
ters Oct. 15.
Hiishih'w Trade With China.
LONDON, Sept. 20. An Odessa dis
patch to the Standard reports that a
conference of Siberian merchants and
traders was recently held at Tomsk.
Siberia, with the object of developing
Russian commerce with China. The
meeting arrived at unsatisfactory con
clusions, the bulk of the evidence ad
duced proving that in the existing cir
cumstances it is practically impossible
for Russian products and manufac
tures to compete successfully in China
against those of western Europe and
tlie United States. Tlie administration
of tlie Siberian railroad has declared it
impossible without a ruinous loss of
revenue to greatly reduce the freight
rates.
\\ here There Is Knom.
“I read in the paper a statement by a
diver that his business was not over
crowded. and that the pay was good,'
said FosdieU.
“Then that is one profession in which
there is plenty of room at the bottom,'
said Keedick.—Puck.
Correct Habit*.
Children should .e taught to stand,
sit and walk correctly, and not allowed
to fall into careless, improper. v un
healthful attitudes. An erect habit of
standing and sitting broaden^^the
chest and strengthens the spij
ing ample space for the develojj
sound luncs.—Household.
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NEWS ITEMS.
Mrs. D. C. Winchel spent Satnrday
in Newark.
Mrs. J. Steinburg spent Friday in
Elizabeth.
Miss Ida Shapiro spent Satnrday in
New York.
M. L. Slugg spent Saturday after
noon and evening in Newark.
Ira Carpenter, of Chicago, former
editor of the Belvedere North Am
erican, was the guest on Satnrday and
Sunday of his consin, Mrs. T. T.
Beam, whom he has not seen for
thirty-eight years.
Harvey Malory spent Satnrday after
noon and evening in Perth Amboy.
Mrs. Jnlius Wilson haB been called
to Belmont, N. Y., by the severe
illness of her mother.
Mr. DeWitt Cave spent Sunday in
Newark and New York.
Miss Georgia Beam spent Satnrday
afternoon in Newark.
n iTic.yMVAM'i ntnumc.
Senorfta (ioniez Stn>-z the Y el law
Fever at Linares.
LINARES. Mexico, Sept. 29.—Seno
rita Manuela Gouiez is the heroine ot
this little town, which has been re
duced by yellow fever from a popula
tion of 15.UOO to 3,000 within a few
weeks. Her father was Colonel Maria
no Gomez, mayor of Linares.
Loved ones dear to Miss Manuela
took the fever and died. She witnessed
the fatal blow Btrike the city treasurer
and so on. until every city official had
been stricken. She was left alone to
conduct the affairs of the desolated
city.
Slje could obtain the aid of only one
person in those days of panic and grief.
This person was a young naan belong
ing to a good family, who has been
performing the services of ajerk- He
has been of assistance to her^MMfP
ing the municipal records in ah^^^^L
Miss Manuela is eighteen
and took a position several umH^^
as secretary to her fatner. Yellow fe^^B
ver reached Liuerefe from Tampico w
about six weeks ago. and Mayor Go- "
rnez was among the first to fall a vic- v
tim to,die terrible disease. There were
multitudinous duties to perform In
combating the epidemic, and Miaa Man
uela took the official reins of the city
government in her own hands and has
handled the affairs of the place w^h a
skill and bravery that have won for
her the highest praise of high govern
ment officials of Mexico.
The city health authorities did heroic
work, hut they acted under the direc
tion of Miss Manuela. She has estab
lished mosquito proof rooms, to which
yellow fever victims are now removed
as fast as the cases occur. By this
method of isolation the disease ts being
rapidly wiped out.
It is stateil that President I>iaz has
written her a personal letter of com
mendation and that the Mexican con
gress will vote her a medal of honor.
NEW YORK. Sept, lift.—J. K. Mad
den's The Minute Man easily won the
$10,000 Fifth Matron stakes for colts
nnd geldings at Morris park. He and
his coupled stable companion, Panique,
an added starter, were favorites in the
lietting. W. C. Whitney's Hippocrates,
second choice, was second and D. Hig
gins' Collector Jessup third. The Min
ute Man at once went out to make the
pace. As the field came In sight at the
head of the Eclipse course the favorite
was leading by a length and. gradually
increasing his lead to the finish, won
"fisily by four lengths from Hippocra
tes. \v^> ■ !i turn was a neck in front of
Collector Jes*r.p.
THOMAS F. BURKE
• Funeral Director-.
This is the only up-to-date Funeral
establishment in Perth Amboy & vicinity
Office Residence
363 State St. 27 Mechanic St.
Telephone 45f Telephone 45m
PERTH AMBOY, N. J.
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OTTO SPITZ, I
Sanitary Plumber. |
STOVES, RANGES, HEATERS.
Rahway AVe.
Shop near C R Depot, Carteret,
JOHN THOMPSO
Careen r and But