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0< Afl The News From Surrounding Town& >o
| SOUTH AMBOY
CANAL BOAT SANK;
MEN NEARLY_DROWNED.
Captain Van Buren Aroused those
in the Cabin Just in Time to
Sava Them.
The canal boat Shrub sank in one
of the slips at the coal dock at 8.80
Saturday morning. Two men asleep
in the cabin had a very narrow escape
Captain EdwTard VanBuren was going
to his tug boat and as the boat with
the water up to her decks. He went
on board and aroused the men and
got them oif the boat. If he had
been a few minutes later the men
would have been drowned.
TEN DAYS CAMPAIGN.
They have been holding a ten day’s
campaign at the M. E. church at
Cheesequakes. It was opened by the
Presiding Elder, R. B. Haines, last
Sunday morning. In the evening the
rain hindered the minister who was
to conduct the services, from coming.
The rest of the evenings during the
campaign have been filled by various
ministers, among them Rev. D. W. C.
Mclntire, of this borough. The meet
ings, which are supposed to start a
rtivivixi, I'avu uuii ueuu u buuuubb iu
that way, but they have caused a
better feeling among the members and
drawn them together. They are think
ing of keeping them going for another
ten days, in hopes of a better result.
. AT COPAKE LAKE.
• Vlnttle For PohkokhIoii Between Syn •
dloatc and 3<iuutter«. •
NEW YORK, Oct. 5—Up in Colum
bia county there is a very pretty little
lake over which there is a great deal
of trouble. It is Copake lake. Not
long ago a syndicate of wealthy New
York men bought it. Hence the trou
ble. The syndicate claims the lake,
the islands and a strip of land sixty
three feet wide all along the water
front. They posted notices to tres
passers to get off and keep off. The
people who have been using that water
front—and some of them living on it—
shot holes through the signs and tore
them down. Meanwhile they keep on
living there, just as they have been
doing for years.
For a generation or two Copake lake
has been a sort of free domain. No
owner exercised any claim to it. The
neighboring farmers used it as they
pleased. Then came summer visitors.
They built pretty little cottages along
the shore and docks for their skiffs.
Nobody objected.
Now it is a question of whether the
people who have bought it or the peo
ple who have built and own houses
there are to possess the lake.
TO GET FREE.
Prisoners Unit Conspired to Drrak
Jail.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5.—One stnr
j tling feature of the investigation which
f has been in progress at the Eastern
penitentiary regarding the counterfeit
| ing of silver dollars within the prison
walls and which lias resulted in the
dismissal of Wooden Bussingor is the
.^revelation that a well organized plot
tS existed among the prisoners for a gen
■ eral jail delivery.
If} Arrangements had been perfected and
Br tiie men were all ready at a signal to
If overpower the thirty-six guards of the
\ institution and empty the prison. The
aross examinations of the various con
victs during the counterfeiting investi
gation gave the prison inspectors a
clew to the plot.
Another subject under consideration
was that of cigar frauds, it having
been learned that convict made cigars
found their way to market without the
required convict labels.
THE DEXTER MURDER.
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Dentil of the Adirondack Landowner
Still a Mystery.
GLENS FALLS, N. Y„ Oct. 5. -
jigearch for the murderer of Orrando P.
LMliexter has been practically abandoned.
QMuiid there seents little likelihood that
T^|lie mystery surrounding the million
i - -lire's death will ever be solved. The
reward of $5,000 offered by Mr. Dex
ter’s father resulted In u few spasmod
ic efforts by amateur detectives at the
outset, but the clews they had to worlc
on were blind, and the men were quick
ly discouraged.
Surprise has been expressed, not that
Mr. Dexter had met a violent death,
but that he lived as long as he did.
American KxnrrMR .Vari-nt Held.
/ NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-Walter Stod
\ dnrd Chatlield, formerly agent for the
^•American Express company at Far
.^^Rockaway, this city, was arrested^ In
the Grand Central station as he alii
ed from a train from Chicago, c]
field disappeared several weeks
Investigation of his accounts is sa
have disclosed a shortage of |3,000|
k c. '.i
NEWS ITEMS.
Joseph Smith, of John street, will
soon have his house newly painted.
He has a beautiful home.
Mrs. Green, of Augusta street, is
going to have her house newly
shingled.
The tin roof is on Mrs. George
Lahne’s house and it is ready for the
painting to be done.
Miss Addie Dolan has been on the
sick list the past week.
Special revival services will be
started October 18 and be held for two
weeks in the M. E. church, in John
street, Rev. D. W. O. Mclntire, pastor.
The funeral of Frank Disbrow’s in
fant son Gamaliel was held Saturday
afternoon. The little one has soon
followed his mother, who died recent
ly. Mr. Disbrow says this is the
third member of his family to be
buried inside of the year and that
they are all leaving him.
A signal tower is being built in the
P. R. R. yard.
Douglas Hunt and Master Melvin
Hunt, of Broadway, attended the
Trenton fair Thursday, and also Mr.
Far lander.
Mrs. Eliza Miller, cousin and guest
of D. O. Chase, has returned to her
home at Gloversville, after a four
month’s visit.
Pnrnnrrh fllorlr Rir rn l n olmm
the voting machine that wub designat
ed for 3d election district of Sonth
Amboy, was ordered by the secretary
of State to Sayreville township.
Justice Mason, of First street, is
quite ill and in the care of Dr.
Haines.
They are tearing up the platform at
the New York and Long Branch sta
tion and it is said will make an 'entire
new one.
William Mclntire has accepted a
position as traveling salesman for a
large drug house at Trenton.
Mrs. John Dayton and daughter, of
George stroet, visited Mrs. I. T. Rne,
of Matawan, this week.
Mrs. Bastedo and her daughter have
returned home from several weeks’
visit at Hatboro, Pa.
MISS ANTHONY WINS.
Western Expert Golfer Gets Nation
al Championship.
CHICAGO, Oct. 5.—Miss Bessie An
thony of Glenview added fresh laurels
to a uniformly successful golfing enreer
by winning the national women’s cham
pionship. In the final on the links of
the Chicago Golf club at Wheaton the
Evanston expert defeated Miss .Johan
na Carpenter of Westward Ifo by 7 up
and 6 to play. It was a runaway match,
Miss Carpenter repeatedly finding bunk
ers and the other troubles that besot
and fluster a golfer.
Miss Anthony has now won seven
teen first cups In open tournaments.
This includes three straight victories in
the Governors’ cup at Onwentsea, con
amricu in iiatu, n urn niir uini null ll,
emblematic of western supremacy. The
last three seasons she lias won the Wil
liam A. Alexander cup( the champion
ship trophy in the recognized western
championship.
On qualifying day Miss Anthony and
Miss Carpenter tied for third place at
99 strokes. The following day Miss An
thoHy had the satisfaction of defeating
the Philadelphia woman.
Eastern Champions Ileat Hoboken.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.—The Eastern
league baseball champions of Jersey
City defeated the Hoboken team on
the grounds of the latter, the score be
ing 6 to 1 in favor of the visitors. Gar
vin of the Brooklyn Nationals pitched
for Hoboken, but he was hit opportune
ly, while the home team only got one
safe hit off Barnett.
Cincinnati ^iHtioiials Win.
CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 5,-The Cin
cinnati National league team took the
second game of the series from the
Cleveland Americans for the Ohio
championship by their timely hitting.
Ewing was hit liurd, but he kept the
hits well scattered. Score: Cincinnati,
if v/icTciauu, u.
Brooklyn Nationals Shut Oat.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.—At Bayonne,
N. J„ the Baynide Athletic chib base
ball team shut out the Brooklyn Na
tionals by the score of 1 to 0. The
Brooklyns outbatted the winners, but
poor base running lost them at least
two runs.
Americans Turn the Tables.
CHICAGO, Oct. 5.—The American
league team turned the tables on the
Nationals and by bunched hitting and
dean fielding won their first game of
the series very easily. Score: Nation
als, 2; Americans, 10.
Americans Win at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 5.—The St. Louis
American league team easily defeated
the St. Louis Nationals. Sudhoff twirl
ed for the Americans and was very
effective throughout. Score: American.
Nationals, 2.
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TOTTENVILLE.
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.
MAN SHOT HAS
DISAPPEARED.
One is Locked up—Believe In
juries are not Serious-Was
a Boarder.
Tottenville is somewhat mystified
over an alleged shooting affair which
is said to have taken place Saturday.
Frederick Harris is locked up on a
charge of shooting George Pender
grass, of Prinoess Bay Road. Harris
also lives there. Since the shooting
the injured man cannot be found. He
is believed to be but slightly injured.
Pendergrass was a boarder with
Harris and, it is said, that caused the
trouble. The injured man is known to
have come to Tottenville and had the
wound dressed but no one seems to
know where ho went afterward. Ac
cording to a story told, Pendergrass
had left Harris’ house about a week
ago and the men had not met until
Saturday when, instead of greeting
each other with a handshake, Harris
pulled a pistol and fired.
DAUGHTERS OF THE KING
The members of the Daughters of
th Kings Society of St. Stephens church
are reqnested to attend the meeting
which will be held at 8 o’clock to
morrow night in the lecture room of
the chnrcn. The election of officers
will take place. ,
LADIES’ NIGHT.
Tonight will be Ladies night at the
meeting of Richard Lodge No. 80,
Knights of Pythias and the members
will entertain them with a concert
and supper in the K, of P. Hall, Am
boy avenne.
Ch«sa Match by Wire.
LONDON, Oct. 5.—The City of Lon
don Chess club has sent a challenge to
the Brooklyn Chess club for the annual
cable match.
Klnir Alfonso Is u Cunil Shot.
PARIS, Oct. 5. — The Archduchess
Augusta, well known as an intrepid
sportswoman, has just distinguished
herself by killing a magnificent black
bear. She was on a deer shooting ex
pedition in the Marmaros mountains,
in Hungary. The archduchess brought
down the hear at the first shot. Alfon
so XIII. is Improving as a shot. In
a' pigeon shooting contest at San Se
uusuuu up currieu on irupiues in a way
that gained the approval of old sports
men. Shooting for the Casino cup, the
king won the trophy against all com
ers without missing a single bird.
Tonrintt' Auto t imet.
NEW YORK., Oct. 5.—Beyond control
on a steep incline in Force Tube ave
nue, East New York, an automobile in
which were Herbert. E. Bowen, a pub
lisher; Mrs. Bowen and their five-year
old son, Herbert. Jr., was overturned
at a sharp curve. As a result all the
party are now at the Bradford Street
hospital. Mrs. Bowen, with a broken
nose, abrasions of the face and possi
ble internal injuries, may die. Mr.
Bowen, with a broken cheekbone and
many bruises, is painfully injured,
while the lad escaped with no more
than a few scratches.
Chilli lluriu'd to Death.
RICHFORD, Vt„ Oct. 5.—Ada Bon
neati, aged eight years, was burned to
death and the other members of the
family had narrow escapes from a tire
which early destroyed the home of Mo
ses Bonneau at Sutton, Que., eight
miles north of here. Mrs. Bonneau was
seriously burned and cut by glass while
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
—
Dr. Frederick A. Cook of Brooklyn
has failed to scale the summit of
Mount McKinley, In Alaska.
The friends of Major General Corbin
say that his transfer to the depart
ment of the east was not a slap from
the president.
Mr. Chamberlain in a pamphlet pre
face has opened his campaign for fiscal
changes, attacking the present British
free trade system.
Twenty uionarchs of Europe will be
present at the wedding of Princess
Alice of Battenberg and Prince An
drew of Greece at Darmstadt on
Wednesday.
The bodies of the three Van Wordier
brothers, electrocuted for the murder
of their uncle, Peter A. Hallenbeck.
were burled in o iyler
hook, N. Y. _ !
MR FITZGERALD’S FUNERAL
The funeral of the late William
Fitzgerald was held from the church
of Lady Help, of Clinton, yesterday
afternoon . It was one of the largest
funerals Tottenville has seen for some
time. Mr. Fitzgerald as a member of
the Knights of Columbus, the Royal
Arcanum and the Brotherhood of Rail
road Conductors. These organizations
turned out in a body. The flowers
which filled a coach, were beautiful.
Interment was at Grassmere.
DIRECTORS MEET.
At the meeting of the Board of Di
rectors of the Staten Island Amateur
Bowling League, held Friday night
at Nickels alleys, Stapleton, all the
plans for the first match, which will
be held tonight, were completed.
FIREMEN’S EXAMINATION.
The Civil Service Bureau,' of New
York, has given public notice that
they will hold an examination for the
position of firemen in the New York
Fire Department on Wednesday, Octo
ber 14, at 4 p. m. must be over twen
ty years old. A number of Staten Is
landers will try the examination.
SALARY INCREASED.
The salary of Cornelius Lynch, who
is the inspector of all the Dew schools
whioh are being or are to be built in
Staten Island, has been inreased from
$20 per week to $27 per week.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY.
On Friday night Mr.and Mrs. Char
les Marshall, of Main street, gave a
dinner party to about thirty of their
friends from Staten Island. It was in
honor of their first wedding annivers
ary. They received some handsome
presents.
NEWS ITEMS
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Miss Jennie Forester, of West
Brighton, was a Tottenville visitor
Saturday. .
Police Captain Naughton, Comman
der of all the Staten Island police,
who lias beeu on a month's vacation,
returned to his duties Saturday. Dur
ing his absence Sergeant James Ryan
was in charge.
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Irlali Election Blot.
LONDON. 'Get. 5.—The candidature
of John Howard Parnell, brother of
the late Charles Stewart Parnell, at
the parliamentary election for South
Meath, which Is deeply resented by the
Redmondltes, led to a riot when John
Redmond and other Nationalists went
to speak in support of their candidate.
David Sheehy. The rival factions came
to blows at Duushuugldin. Bludgeons
and stones were used, and many per
sons were Injured. John Redmond in
ins speed] aenouneen .1. 11 l'amen us
a traitor to Irish unity.
Four Killed by Electric furs.
SPRINGFIELD, O.. Oct. 5. - John
Hoss, former postmaster at Catawba.
O., was fatally hurt by an electric car
here. The accident occurred within a
few feet of where the Cameron car
riage was struck and the father and
one child instantly killed. A second
Cameron child died, and the mother is
so low her death is expected hourly.
The Tillman Trial.
LEXINGTON, S. C„ Oct. 5.—In the
trial of former Lieutenant Governor .T.
H. Tillman for the killing of Editor
Gonzales several eyewitnesses of the
shooting gave their versions of the af
fair, and Mary J. Roper, a trained
nurse, testifying for the defense, told
of alleged derogatory remarks about
Mr. Tillman made by Mr. Gonzales.
French Cruiser at Xew Ynrlc.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.—The French
cruiser Jurien de la Graviere. Com
mander Lemoiule. arrived in port from
Sydney, C. B., and is at anchor in the
North river. She has two military
masts and with her four funnels pre
sents an odd appearance.
Soiindlns Board H'orL» Burned.
T'TICA. N. Y„ Oct. 5. Julius Rreck
wold's sounding board factory at Dolge
ville, the principal industry of that vil
lage. was entirely destroyed by tire.
The loss is $100,000. Eighty men tire
thrown out of employment.
Hurrah for Scotland. '
Two Scotchmen were conversing to
gether one day, when one exclaimed:
"I wonder what Nelsc.n meant when he
said, ‘England expects every man to do
his duty,’ and never said a word about
poor old Scotland?”
“Ach!” replied Sandy, "he didn’t re
quire to tell the Scotchmen, for he knew
they would do their duty without being
told.”—Tit-Bits. ,
FOLEYS 110NEY*®TAR
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WOODBRIOCE TOWNSHIP. 11
Wool) BRIDGE
NEWS ITEMS.
Mrs. Hunt, of Newark, has moved
into the house on upper Barron ave
nue, owned by Mr. Shnltie.
Mrs. Mace, of Brooklyn, is visiting
her brother-in-law, Dr. J. M. Mc
Nulty.
Mrs. Runyon, of Water street, Perth
Amboy, entertained a few friends on
Wednesday evening. Several from
Sewaren were among the guests.
Miss Louise Boynton dined with her
sister, Mrs. W. T. Ames, on Wednes
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. Belle Roderique, who
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. F.
G. Tisdall for several weeks, returned
home on Tuesday.
Mr. Clancy D. Boynton dined with
Mr. and Mrs. Parker Runyon, of Perth
Amboy, on Friday night.
Miss Florence Tisdall leaves town
on Monday for St. Xaviers Convent in
Pennsylvania.
Miss Grace Ensign, of Elizabeth, is
visiting her cousin, Miss Carrie
Ewing.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Brewster
and Miss Grace Brewster, of New
York, are spending a week with Mrs.
S. M. Brewster, of Sewaren.
Mr. Norman has bought Mr. Hamp
ton Cutter’s house and moved in with '
his family, today. /t
At a business'ineeting of the sopiety
of the Fjrst Congregational church,
on Wednesday evening, Mr. John
Lockwood was elected clerk, the
trustees this year are as follow*:
Messrs. L. Kelly, W. L. Harned, O.
A. Campbell, C. Cutter, W. A. Os
born, H. D. Brewster, and D. 8.
Voorhees. The auditors are Messrs.
W. A. Osborn, D. S. Voorhees and O.
A. Campbell.
Mrs. Samuel Ewing, of Main street,
spent Friday in New York.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Liddle, Mr. and
Mrs. R. Battler and and Mr. and Mrs.
F. Cutter attended the Trenton fair,
on Wednesday.
Mrs. Henry Hilsdorf and family, of
this town, will move to New York
city, next week.
Miss Cornish spent Sunday in New
York.
Mr. Samuel Ewing, of Main street,
attended the State fair at Trenton on
Thursday.
Miss Katheryn Rathbun dined with
Miss Anna D. Dixon, of Main street,
on Friday night.
Mr. D. B. Voorhees, of Edgar’s
Hill, will entertain the teachers and
officers of the First Congregational
Sunday school at lus home on Satur
day.
The last dance of tne season was
held at the Sewaren Lana and Water
Club on Friday evening. Tne assem
bly was held at 9.80, supper at 10.80
and cotillion at 12. Prof. Taylor, of
Elizabeth, furnished the music.
HOT-WATER FISH. ^
Curios* Specie* Found In Ilie Bolll ik
Luke of Anintiflun In l.iinternala
—Ollier InNlaiieea.
M. Marcellin Pellet, a French writer,
who has recently returned from Guate
mala. describes a curious species of
fish, the Pacilia dorri, which he found in
the boiling lake of Amatitlan. It pass
es its days literally “In continual hot
water.” So hot is the water of this lake
that it ia said to thrust one’s hand in
it means scalded fingers. Ebullition is,
however, somewhat tempered,-says the
New York Herald, as the really boiling
water rises to the surface, leaving a
temperature of 35 degrees centigrade at
the level, where the fish are found, w'hieh
is even then sufficiently warm for cold
blooded creatures like fish.
Frank Buckland states in one of his
works that the naturalist Brossonnet
found by experiments that some fresh
water fish would live several days in
water so hot that a human being could
not keep his hand in it for a minute.
Dr. Saussure, the Swiss scientist, dis
covered living eels in the hot springs of
Aix. the temperature of which averages
113 degrees Fahrenheit. Humboldt also
saw living fish thrown up in a volcano
in South America.
THE LARGEST BRICKFIELD.
Brltixh Center Make* Enough Brick*
Every Year to Girdle the
Earth Four Timex.
Peterborough, England, makes
enough bricks in the course of a year
to put a girdle four times around the
earth, says t-o Philadelphia Public
Ledger. It is estimated that the busy
brickmaking yards, which have grown
up in great number round the ancient
city in the last 20 years, turn out Slid.
000,000 bricks annually. As the
length of 9 brick is about eight inches,
then, if Peterborough's annual output
were laid out in a single line, it would
stretch over 100,000 miles.
The brick industry has revolution
ized the trade of Peterborough. Such
is the wealth of clay and the profit
to be drawn trom it, that one part of
the brickmaking district has been
fitly named "Klondike." It lies in
beds of enormous area and depth, and
i some of the experts say they could go
on taking out the easily accessible
clay for the next century without tak
ing thought as to where the next sup
ply of the material is to come from.
Photograph and Bird*.
A perfect phonographic record of the
exquisite song of the brown thrush
was produced before the American
Ornithologists' union by Prof. S. D.
Judd. With equal success Dr. Judd
has neen experimenung wun omer i
birds, and his achievements are at
tracting attention in the scientific
world. The educational possibilities of
the undertaking are generally con
ceded. Nature study in schools is just
now receiving more attention.
She Got Hep Compliment.
AJiee (looking at her portrait)—Don’t
you think that Mr. Van Brush has man
aged to make a rather pretty picture of
me?
Edith—Yes, he really has—what a re
markably clever artist he is. —Stray
Stories.
A Poop Finhepman.
“I’ll never go fishing with thm lunk
head, Smith, again.-”
“Didn’t catch anything, eh?”'
“No; add dasn’t say I caught' a/t
thing. for\ fear that he will tel ( d
truth about it.”—Judge. 4,
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A DUEL TO THE DEATH.
Thrilling Fight In Wliioh a FtmoM
Robber howt H1m Life In
Aunt ralia.
A thrilling duel to the death is re
called by the announcement in the
S>\inev Government Gazette of the ap
pointment of Superintendent Walker
to ole of the most important police
districts of New South Wales. Super
intend’evt Walker is the Constable C
Walker who killed Capt. Thunderbolt,
a famous A'lstra''an bushranger and Ti
mail robber, ’on May 25, 1870. Thun- £
derbolt, whose real-name M ^
ick Ward, fired at Walker and gaTMfJW W
away. Walker returned the Are and
pursued. Both men fired at each oth
er as opportunity offered. The Rocky
river confronted the outlaw, but he
took one daring leap. His horse was
killed by the constable's next shot.
“Are vou married?” cried Thunderbolt
from the middle of the river. ‘‘Yes,"
replied Walker. “Well, remember
your family.” "Oh. that’s all right
Will vou come out and surrender?”
“No; I’ll die first.” “Then it’s you
and me fer it.” said the constable, as
he plunged into the river. The duel
continued in the water until Thunder
bolt was mortally wounded. He died
nPYt dav.
Arctic Relics.
A curious relic of the Baldwin-Zieg
ler polar expedition, which returned
last August, has been received by the
Americai consul at Bergen. Norway. It
is a message from Mr. Baldwin, dated
June 11, 1902. from Camp Ziegler,
Franz Josef Land, asking for more
coal, hay, fried fish and Bledges.
This message, neatly written on a
small piece of parchment, was inclosed
in a copper tube, which was inserted in
a large cork, shaped like a top, with a
copper peg. which made it float like a
miniature buoy.
The cork top was picked up at
Vopuajord, Iceland, by a farmer, who
handed it to a merchant, and the lat
ter. carrying out the instructions con
veyed in the message, forwarded it,
under date May 20. 1903, to Mr. E. S.
Cunningham, the United States consul
at Bergen.—Philadelphia Public Led
ger
THOMAS F. BURKE
. Funeral Director..
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