Perth Amboy evening news. [volume], October 08, 1903, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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HEBREWS RAISE $2000
A T THE CORNERSTONE
EXERCISE ON SUNDA Y.
Most of the Amount Is now on Hand and Rest Promised Before End
of the Month—Every Person who Contributed to the Cause
will Receive a Note of Thanks-Committee Will Wait Upon
Rev. S. T. Jackson.
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At the meeting of the First Perth
f| Amboy Hebrew Mutual Aid Society
building committee, held last night,
’ it was found that when all of the
money i r ;mised by the congregation
had been turned in, over $2,000 would
be added to the treasury.
The collection was taken up Sunday
at the laving of the cornerstone and
many people who did not give any
thing that day, have promised a cer
tain sum before the month is over, so
the committee know about how much
they will receive.
The building committee also talked
over the plans of the new synagogue
and they were much pleased with the
way 'things are going.
Every member who contributed
money toward the building of the
synagogue will receive a written note
of thanks from the committee.
Rev. S. Travena Jackson, pastor of
Simpson M. E. church, will also re
ceive a letter from the committee
thanking him for his kiudnesk toward
the society, in speaking of their work
L last Sunday afternoon. The letter
will be delivered to Mr. Jackson by a
special committee, who will be
appointed by the sooiety.
GRAND JURY CONSIDERS
THE JAPANESE MURDER
Mate and Engineer of the Vessel
Brought from Baltimore for
Examination.
Special to the Evening News.
New Brunswick, Oct. 8:—The grand
jury adjourned yesterday afternoon
till next Wednesday, when they will
hear further testimony ir< the Japanese
sailor case. Yesterday the grand jury
examined the mate and engineer on
the boat Hugonia, on which the dead
sailor was employed. These men sail
in a day or so on another voyage and
were brought before the grand jury
from Baltimore yesterday. The grand
jury adjourned till next Wednesday
after spending the most of the day
I considering the John Rosso shooting
case.
Boys corduroy knee pants warranted
not to rip, 45c, at Gannon & Sheehy’s.
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/ DEPUTY TO BE PRESENT.
There will be a meeting of Raritan
p Lodge No. 61, F. & A. M., tonight at
^^whioh time the Deputy Grand Master
EVot this Masonic district, will make
^Hhis official visit.
f SEXTON’S PUZZLE.
This picture represents the name of an
old popular son" Can you guess it?
The winner of yesterdays p ize is U. Hope
The answer to yesteidat s uzzle fs Nancy Lee
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GRAND PRIZE OFFER.
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The prize for to-day will be
I BOX FRENCH TOILET SOAP.
Balloon goes up tonight at 7.30.
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BOYS ARE ON
PARADE TODAY.
Lehigh Valley Special Took Away
a Large Crowd This
Morning.
THOUSANDS ^IN LINE.
All of the local firemen who are to
take part in the'Allentown parade,
are now at that place. Some of the
boys got off on the Central Railroad
special at 3 o’clock yesterday after
noon. Before they left town they
marohed through the principal streets
ot the city at the head of the Perth
Amboy Independent Drum Corp.
Most of the local and Staten Island
firemen and their friends left this
morning at r’.30 on the special train
that the Lehigh Valley ran, because it
landed them at Allentown at 9.50 this
morning and that gave thorn all the
time they needed.
The Amboy firemen are out to win
at least one prize. There is a large
number of people on hand to cheer
them for the Lehigh Valley special
was crowded this morning.
The special train, which took the
1 nna 1 nrtin no n tr hart snirifl fnrf.V-twn
members of the Wesley Hose and
Engine Company, of Asbnry Park,
aboard. This company had their hose
carriage on q, flat car and horsos in a
box car. McClellan’s hose oarriage
was run on another flat car and placed
next the tender. Representatives
from the Goodwill and Neptune Com
panies, of As^crv Part were ai*o- cu
the train.
CENTRAL TRACTION CO.
BEFORE FREEHOLDERS.
Permitted to Give Personal Indem
nity Bond—May Change
Route.
Special to the Evening News.
New Brunswick, Oct. 8:—The New
Jersey Central Traction Company was
permitted at the meeting of the Board
of Freeholders yesterday afternoon,
to give a personal indemnity bond of
$10,000 instead of a surety bond' and
to change its route in the borough of
South Amboy providing that they got
the consent of the borough officials.
The company, at th® last meeting of
the council there, asked to be allowed
to lay their tracks on Portia street.
YEARLY DONATION.
J The City hospital has just received
a donation of $50 from the New Jersey
Terra Cotta company. This is a part
of a yearly appropriation which the
lirectors of that concern have decided
to DDt aside annually for the local in
stitution. The total yearly donation
of the company will bo $100. The
hospital authorities acknowledge tlie
receipt of this and are delighted with
the action of the company. It is
pointed out as an example which other
oonoerns might follow.
Latest creations in millinery nt
“The Palace.” 390 State st., (Ricci
Building.) adv
DON’T FORGET
OUR MEDICINES ARE AL
WAYS PURE.
CAMPBELL PHARMACY,
<Vir. State and Washington sts. Tel. 103 i
!~S. J7MASON,
Civil Engineer.
102 Smith Street.
FATE OF OLD
MANSION
IS AWAITED.
Committee had Conference with
Mr. Bruen in New York
Yesterday.
PROPOSITION IS MADE.
Offered to Buy About 300 Feet Square ol
the Property Including the Old Mansion
—Would Erect new Sdhool House on
Site—Heirs will Discuss the Matter—
To Report Later.
The fate of the Westminster hangs
in the balance, or apparently so. The
committee from the Chamber of Com
merce and others had a conference
with Alexander Jay Brnen in New
York, yesterday and placed before
him a proposition which they hope he
will accept. Mr. Bruen will lay the
matter before the other heirs and give
an answer later.
In the party which went to New
York yesterday were Mayor Charles
K. Seaman, Rev. Dr. H. G. Menden
hall, H. O. Bishop, W. A. Belcher
and several members of the Board of
Education. They told Mr. Brnen that
they were willing to buy a piece of
the property nbont 300 feet square,
bounded by State street, Harrison
place, and Kearney avenue, if extend
ed. This would include the old build
ing. They stated that it was their
intention to build a new school house
at State street and Harrison place and
keep the Westminster for educational
purposes such as museum, literary
societies, and the like.
Mr Rrnon ornmcoPfl ft ilnflirfl tr\ rpII
the whole property at once, not want
ing to cut it up. It was evident
from his remarks that the heirs wer^
holding back for the city as several
real estate syndicates had offered tc
take the whole property. The com
mittee anxiously awaits the reply tc
their proposition. /
T3 ESTABLISH
A PIG FARM.
James Smith of McClellan Street
will go into the Business
at Wholesale.
James Smith, of McClellan street,
has purchased a farm of 271., acres of
land at Menlo Park and he will
go into the pig raising business.
He expects to raise at least 1,000 pigs
and perhaps more.
This will be the only pig farm in
this vicinity and as there is only one
on Staten Island and that at the Drum
goole Institute, Mr. Smith expects it
to be a paying investment.
Mr. Smith, who has been a dealer
in swine for a number of years, told
a News reporter this morning that lie
did not see why it should not prove
successful, as he at the present time
was able to dispose of 1.000 pigs
iinnnally, and that from last April np
to the present time he had sold 800 of
them. He expects to make use of the
garbage of all the local restaurants
and hotels. Carpenters will soon start
to work on the farm and they will
build stalls for the pigs and every
thing will be gotten in order.
LECTURE IN TOTTENV'LLE.
A number of Perth Amboy people
will go to Totteuville tonight to attend
the free lecture in the Knights of
Pythias Hall, Amboy avenue, which
is given under the auspices of the
New York Board of Education. The
lecture commences at 8 o’clock and
the doors are closed during the dis
course. The lecture will be finished
in time for all local people who attend
to catch the 9.40 boat from Totteuville
to this city.
BOSTON- LOBSTERS,
SOFT SHELL CRABS,
Rockaway & AVQTPPC
Blue Point
WORRELL’S
Tel. Call 200, L. 2. 46 Smith St.
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PROSPECT OF
THE RARITAN
YACHT CLUB.
Idea is to Pay off the Debt and
Build a New House on the
Water Front.
WILL ISSUE BONDS.
Matter was Disscussed at Length at Meet
ing of the Members—Enthusiatic over
the Ifea—No Action was takenjConcern
ing New Building but all Agreed Improve
ments were Desired.
At the regular meeting of the Rari
tan Yacht Club, held last night, the
subject of a new building was dis
cussed for the first time. The mem
bers have not decided to erect a new
structure, and some are inclined to
think that the present quarters, with
a little improvement in interior furn
ishings would be good enough. The
matter was discussed informally and
while no definite actiont was taken
at the meeting, it is evident that the
idea is growing and it is probable
that before another season rolls around
some definite action in this regard
mav be taken.
The proposition was discussed when
the matter of selling bonds was taken
up. At present there is a small debt
on the club and it is proposed to wipe
this ont by issuing bonds of $5 each
to be sold to the members. The
money raised in this way will be used
to clear the club and have the debt
entirely among the membership.
These bonds will be matured, one or
more every month until all the mem
bers are reimbursed.
This scheme has only been started
and already many of the bonds have
' been~sold. They oear 3 per cent, in
terest. The idea is that when the
debt has been wiped out to put up a
new building on the present site. To
have it of two stories, the first to be
exclusively for boats, bathers, with
lockers and such like, while the sec
ond floor would be devoted more to
the social sides with pool and billiard
room, game room and reception hall.
Some of the members are quite en
thusiastic over the project and claim
that within a short time they could
double the membership.
STOVE HOLE IN HER
SIDE WHILE DOGKINC.
Sloop Had too Much Speed—Was
Loaded With Oysters at
the Time.
The'oyster sloop Peter Metsger had
a narrow escape from sinking at the
steamboat dock at 9.30 o’clock this
morning. She came in so fast with a
cargo of oysters that before she could
be stopped, she had hit the side of the
dock and stove a hole in her.
The sloop, heavily loaded with
oysters for the Booth Company, the
local oyster shippers, came up the bay
in a strong wind, when opposite the
steamboat dock she tnrned in. As
she did so the sail was dropped bnt
si 10 had much headway and before
the anchor coaid be put ont the sloop
had hit the dock. The hole in the
side was the only damage. It can be
readily repaired.
WILL BE OUT SOON
It is expected that Richard Bolger
and Herbert Ford, who were badly
burned Thursday night by the ex
plosion at the Central depot, will be
out the first of the week.
WILL BE MARRIED SUNDAY
It is announced that the marriage
of Charles Helmer, of New Brunswi, k
avenue, and Miss Jorgenson, of New
York, will take place Sunday after
noon in New York..
P. NYGREEN,
Successor to L. Albert & Co.
...Photographic Studio...
Everything in Portrait, Landscape
and Interior Photography.
P. O. Building. Perth Amboy, N. J
DRUM FISH APPEAR
FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN SEVERAL YEARS.
One was Caught on South Shore Tuesday Night—Oystermen Hope
it is the the Last of them--Fish Destroy Oysterbeds and
Cause Much Loss—Were here Seveial Years Ago but Left Sud.
denly and have not Been Seen Since.
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PROGRAM FOR
CONVENTION.
Father Quinn Council Complet
ing Arrangements for
the Session.
RECEPTION^” FOLLOWS.
It is the New Jersey State Council
of tiie Catholic Benevolent Legion
which is to holt! its annual conven
tion in Perth Amboy, for the first
time, October 13. This is a large and
growing organization and has consid
erable inflgence throughout the State.
The program for the day has been
completed. The delegates will attend
mass in a body at St. Mary’s churcli
at 9 o’clock. After this they will
march to the Kniehts of Columbus
Hall, at Smith and Rector streets,
where the convention will be held.
Business will then be transacted and
dinner will be served at the Island
Hotel. The following schedule has
lvrnrvQ rnH f rvr tVtn rnmoinrlov nf
the day:
After the convention a recepticm
will be held, and addresses macjgat
Braga Hall by Rev. FajJ^p^ionnell,
Supreme PresideftUFfbbett. and other
snprB JtB* “’an d b" a t e officials. Prof.
Morrissey’s full orchestra has been
secured for the occasion, and a first
class program for dancing has been
arranged.
Fatbei Quinn Council feels proud
of the honor bestowed upon it by the
meeting of the State bodv here. The
local council was organized in this
city in 1884, and numbers close on to
two hundred members. Its meetings
are held on the second and fourth
Tuesdays of every month in Knights
of Columbu^ Hall, corner Rector and
Smith streets.
CHURCHES WILL VOTE
ON SMOOT PETITION.
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Ma'ter was Discussed at Meet ng
of Ministers Yesterday-Mr.
Jackson's Address
The Minister’s Alliance met in the
Presbyterian chnrch parlors yesterday
afternoon. Rev. S. T. Jackson gave
an excellent address one evangelistic
work. The ministers voted to have
the question of the Reed Smoot
before the churches and have them
vote upon the petition.
Decidedly new. a young man’s derby
hat just arrived at Gannon &
Sheehy's, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 ami $3.00.
10-8-1
ARE LAW STUDENTS
Leon Thompson Has Entered New York Law
OfPce to Study.
Leon Thompson, of this city, has
entered the law office of Abram Ober
itein, of 307 Broadway, New York,
is a law student. Mr. Thompson will
jontinne his studies at the New York
haw School during the evening.
Julius Kaplan, who was one of the
High School graduates, has entered
the New York Univeristy of Law,
without an examination.
Exclusive models in Hats, Toques,
uid Turbaus. Now’ on exhibition at
‘The Palace, ” 399 State st., (Ricci
Building).
Its the Way
the World many colds t^ei
op lung troubles,
it’s mush the wiser way to taki our
White Pine Cough Balsam, quick)}
;ure tlie cough or cold at the start. Lari-/,
’Ottle 25e. S
Walter Mnndy, of South Amboy,
caught the first drum fish that lias
been seen in these waters for several
years. The fish, which weighed sixty
pounds, was in his seine which he
hauls on the south shore, Tuesday
night.
The drum fish is dreaded by the
oystermen. It has a flat head and
lives principally on oysters. A few
years ago these fish came to the looal
waters in great numbers and the
oystermen lost many dollars worth of
oysters.
All kinds of schemes were tried to
rid the bay of them. The most suc
cessful idea was to get a large piece
of iron and attach a piece of rope to
it and fasten a shingle on the othe
end of the rope. The iron was sank
in the vicinity of the oyster beds,
carrying the shingle below the sur
face. The arum fish, like all other
big fish, will not go near anything
that is moving, always waiting until
it is quiet. As the tide kept the
shingles moving backward and for
ward the fish were scared off.
The oystermen who remember the
time when they infested the bay, edt
that they went away as quick as they
came, and they can assign no reason
for it. All of the oystermen are
hODincr for fcho «7hir»h in thot
drum fish will not make its appear
ance in any numbers, for if it should,
^neoysterfiy'n would reap br little ' x^H
profit this season
As this is the^ifrst appearan^^ of 111
the fish in the ba^Btfo^stern^^kj^^^
of any more com ng here, action will
be taken to drive them away. Tuck
erton oystermen, in South Jersey, had ™
a hard battle with the drum fish last
year. The fish nearly ruined their
oyster beds and dynamite was explod
ed in the water to drive them away.
HIGH SCHOOL ALUMINI.
Will Meet in School No. I to Discuss Plans
for Coming Season.
The Alumni Association. Perth Am
boy High School, meets tonight at
School No. 1. The meeting takes
place at 8 o’clock. This is the first
meeting of this year and important
business is to be transacted. The
class of 1903 will join and plans for
the ensuing year will be discussed.
The best black hose in the city, four
pairs for 50c, at Gannon & Slieehy’s.
10-8-1
RARITAN LAUNDRY,
44 Fayette Street.
HULSIZER & LYDIARD, Props.
Fiist-OlauR Work Guaranteed.
Telephone.65 I.
WEATHkH ‘ ^
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The forecas'. received at the local Signal
Station is for Fair and Cooler Tomorrow.
I-IIGH TIDE.
OCT AM P.M OCT. AM. P.M.
6 7 IS I 7.87 9 Ml 9.86 4
7 7.49 8.05 10 9.56 10.U
8 8 3 ) 8 44 11 10.44 11.01
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