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| SOUTH AMBOY |
RAIN WAS HEAVY.
Basements Flooded and Water has Soaked
Throu ,h Everywhere.
A number of basements along Broad
way have had considerable water flow
into them during this storm and also
some houses in David street. They
have bad to pump some of them out.
Almost all of the houses in the bor
ough have sprung a leak. Some of
them are in a bad oondition indeed
and keeps some of the house wives
busy trying to catch the water as it
drips through the ceilings. The rain
f forced an entrance through almost
' any place and side walls as well as
ceilings have caught it, as weather
boards are not on it when the storm
king comes around, any more. Where
the plastering is poor the rain again
shows its power by bending it down
to the floor. The wind howled so last
night that it made one think of winter
and empty coal bins, top coats, etc.
THE GAME WARDEN.
The editor of the Citizen asks
‘‘Where is the Game Warden” and
then goes on to relate that a resident
of Main street has found two wounded
and dead robins in his yard within a
week, etc., adding it would be well
for the game warden to keep a sharp
lookout for such violators of the law.
l In reply 1 will remind the editor
that I have not been wearing an in
visible coat and that he has met me
several times of late. I hope his
memory is not failing so early in life.
As for the robins, it would have been
better for the Main street resident to
have sent me word, so that I could
have watched and found ont who was
doing the shooting, instead of having
it published in the papers and thereby
warning the law breakers.
It is well known in this borough
and elsewhere, that I am always ready
to attend to any case brought to my
notice, whioh is the usual thing for
parties to do who know that people
are breaking the law ; as a game war
den is not supposed to be in two places
at one time any more than any other
persons, nor has he eyes to enable him
to see what is going on in the bor
ough, woods and field at all times.
G. M. CHURCH.
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Frank Ronan, of Augusta street,
was to celebrate the tenth anniversary
of his birthday last night. A large
number of invitations wero sent out,
some said fiftv, while others said one
hundred. All were going who re
ceived them, it was said, and they
had been searching the town for suit
able presents for a boy. It was so
much harder to suit a boy than a girl.
So many spoke of getting him a pen
knife, that it was reokoned that he
would have enough of them to last
' for some time. Some of the grown
/ up children were going to attend the
party, too. We hope on Monday to
be able to give a full account of how
the lads and lassies enjoyed the even
ing ana all about the presents.
H WILLIAM M. RICE MURDER,
I Patrick, Under Sentence of Death,
Huv F.uf>n
ALBANY, N. Y., Oet. 10,-The post
ponement until Monday of argument in
the Bice will case, in which Albert T.
Patrick, awaiting death in Sing Sing
prison for the murder of William M.
Kice, led to the discovery of a remark
able chain of circumstances by which
Patrick may escape the electric chair,
not through a reversal by the court of
appeals of Ids conviction and death sen
tence, but through an amazing tangle
of legal technicalities. Ajs the ease
stands Patrick is a condemned prisoner
in the death cell at Sing Sing prison.
Nearly eighteen months have passed
since the week in which he was to have
died for the murder of Millionaire Wll
, liam M. Bice, his execution being
^ stayed ostensibly by an appeal to the
^ court of appeals, but the records of the
If court show no such appeal in existence.
The legal time for the filing of such
appeal elapsed six months ago. and a
' legal problem which may piiive exceed
ingly troublesome lies behind the ques
tion as to how the death sentence may
again be imposed upon him.I
Two Found Death In Flood.
CATSK1LL, N. Y„ Oct. W.—During
the most destructive freshen seen here
in thirty years a brick Imvge broke
from its fastenings and crashed into
the lower bridge, carrying/away the
longest span. Five men ware seen to
|| go down with the mass of iron. Two
^ of them, Captain Michael Moran and
William Dwyer, were drovyhed. The
others were swept ashore and escaped.
The village is without electric lights,
and the trolley road is tiedBip owing
to the freshet having put mil the fires
at the electric light station.
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NEWS ITEMS.
It took the P. R. R. men about an
hour Thursday morning to get Mr.
Shepherd’s yaoht out and into its
winter quarters.
It|was fine to have the electric lights
burning brightly Thursday evening.
They have been out so often the mst
few months whenever there was a
rainstorm, that one can fully appre
ciate the benefit of them, especially
in trying to cross over the guttei
canals.
The lawns with their beds of fall
flowers are very attractive just now'.
The many showers have kept the grass
from drying up and made it a beauti
ful green.
Mr. Lerner, a junkman, had [a fuss
with some school boys and got hit
face scratched. He says he will have
the boys arrested if they do not stoi
molesting him.
Orlando Perrine, of Broadway, hat
had the front of his grocery store
painted and it looks fine.
Miss Sarah Scully, of Augusts
street, iB said to be seriously ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gaub, of Em
ston, spent Thursday in New York.
A number of parties in the borough
enjoyed eating part of the drum fish
caught in Mundy’s seine. It was cut
into steaks and sold and those who
partook of it pronounced it good 'eat
ing and would like to have more of it.
The bowling alleys, ot the South
Amboy Yaoht club, have been over
hauled and put in good shape bv Dick
Furman, who has charge'of them.
The “Troubedorsz” came to town
Thursday afternoon and performed at
K. n P. Hall, in the ovenine. Owinc
to bad weather, they had a very small
attendance.
H. G. Perrine and party have re
turned home from their trip up the
Hudson on Mr. Perrine’s yacht, the
Hadassah.
It is rumored that Miss Frankie
Mulholland and Mr. Duree VanDorn
were married at Perth Amboy, Mon
day afternoon, and Miss Mulholland
does not deny it.
Quite a number enjoyed the Wed
nesday night dance at the yacht club
and it was kept up until the wee sma’
hours.
Oscar Mnndy has Ohris Straub Jr. ’s
new slaughter house and factory, on
David street, nearly finished. It is
said to be np to date in every partic
ular an£ that the machinery will be
run by electricity.
The Central Railroad Company paid
their men on the fifth instead of the
seventh, as usual, this month.
The seotion boss of the Central rail
road bad men out watching the traoks
at the cove Thursday evening on
account of the heavy storm.
Miss Sallie Manion, of Felter street,
entertained Dr. C. Galligher, of
Wilkesbarre, on Tuesday last.
Joseph A. Sexton’s launch Glance,
has Deen put away for the winter.
Inspector of Board of Health, C.
Bnckalew, reports that Mr. King’s
children are doing nicely. Dr. Al
bright used anti-toxin at once.
Justice Mason was a New York
visitor yesterday. On his return trip
to this borough, he saw three houses
at Rahway with water up to within
six or eight inolies of the first floor
windows and thought there must have
been from two to three feet of water
in the houses. It was owing to the
river having overflowed the place, It
was said.
ClirlxHaney'x HcxlKnation Accepted.
WASHINGTON, Oct. lO.-The post
master general has accepted the resig
nation of G. A. C. Christiancy, assist
ant attorney in the office of the assist
ant nttorney general for the post office
department. Christiancy was acting
attorney general of the post office de
partment for a time, until in April of
this year Charles K. Itobb was appoint
ed and replaced him. W lien an investiga
tion was made of the rifling of a safe
in the office of the attorney general by
thf w>?e of General James N. Tyner
of papers wanted in connection with
the post office investigation it was al
leged that it was Christianey’s neglect
that permitted her to obtain the docu
ments.
Called the tiuvernor n Mar.
LITTLE ItOCK, Ark., Oct. Hi. Gov
ernor Davis, Judge C. D. Wood and A.
F. Vandeventer. candidates for govern
or, met in the senate chamber to ar
range appointments for a joint can
vass. Governor Davis objected to Mr.
Vandeventer’s presence, stating that
Vendeventer was not In the race for
any good purpose. “Governor Davis,
you are a contemptible liar, and you
know it!” said Vandeventer. Each
grabbed a chair, but before any harm
could be done Judge Wood and Gov
ernor Davis’ private secretary were be
tween the men, and peace was restored.
I TQTTEHYILLE.
II
The Evening News is on sale at Ost
bnrgs’ 44 Main street, and at John
Boss' Hotel, formerly John Kali’s
stand. Extra copies of the News and
all NewYork papers can always be se
cured.
HEAVY Ra¥ 1}R0kF
THE RECORD YESTERDAY
Washout Caused Much Delay and
Cellars were Flooded—Warren
Towed Canal Boats.
The storm of yesterday did so much
damage to Staten Island that it will
be a long time before the people fully
recover. The washout on the Rapid
Transit Railroad at Richmond Valley,
which was caused by the heavy rain
of Thursday night, is still unrepaired.
Although the railroad oompany had
fifty men out all day yesterday, as
fast as they laid the tracks the flood
of water was so heavy that they were
washed away again.
At 3.30 o’clock the operator at the
Tottenville end of the line received
word that another washout had
occurred at Eltingville. The people
who came over from Perth Amboy,
expecting ta go to New York, not
knowing of the washout, were up in
arms against the ferry people for not
telling them'before crossing.
The ferry boat Warren also had hei
own trouble during the storm. No
schedule was used but as soon as
there were sufficient passengers, the
boat left. On the 11 o’clock :rip from
Perth Amboy to Tottenville, Captain
Raymond Ellis found that he could
uut muu ctt uio xuuieuviuo Blip u«
cause three barges had broken away
from the tug which was pulling them
and were hard and fast against the
slip. Captain Ellis got a line aboard
the barge and towed the mup the sound
until the tug got control of them
again.
The rain came down so fast at 11
o’clock in the morning that nearly
every store on Main street and all of
the cellars of private houses on Bent
ly street and Amboy avenue were
soon flooded.
CHURCHES.
South Baptist.
The morning subject tomorrow will
be “Paul the Preacher and Writer,’’
evening subject, “The Fruitless Tree,
or Nothing but t Leaves. ’ ’ Preaching
services 10.30 a. m., and 7.30 p. m. ;
Sunday school at 2.30; Y. P. S. C. E.
at 6.45; Midweek prayer meeting on
Wednesday at 8 o’clock, led bv Rev.
W. H. Gardner, followed by the
monthly business meeting of the
ohurcb. The annual meeting of the
Southern New York Baptist Associa
tion will meet with the Baptist
church, Warburton avenue, Yonkers,
N. Y., Ootober 13 to 15.
WORK DELAYED.
The work of building the new fire
house on Hillside avenue, Giffords,
for Giffords Hose Company No. 1.,
has been delayed the last few days
because of the bad weather. As soon
as the weather permits work will be
resumed and things rushed.
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Jeweler & Optician
STREET
LECTURE POSTPONED
The lecture which was to have been
given iu the Knights or Pythias Hall,
Amboy avenue, Tottrnville, Thursday
night, by Dr. Curtis Hidden Page, of
Columbia College, New York, did not
take place. The lecturer got as far as
Richmond Valley and the washout on
the railroad hindered further progress.
FAIR CLOSED.
The fair which the Ladies Aid
Society of Rossville Reformed church,
was holding at Rossville, closed
Thursday evening after three very
successful nights. The ladies worked
hard and faithfully and they are hop
ing that the fair was a great success.
SURPRISE IN STORE.
The committee in charge of the ball
and reception, which is to be given
in the Knights of Pythias Hall, Tot
tenville, Monday, .November 2, by
Court Tottenville No. 413, Foresters
of America, claim that they will have
a number of surprises in store for all
who attend.
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
The Tottenville night school, which
is held every night in the week except
Saturday, is so well attended that the
superintendent finds it almost im
possible to get room enough for all
the pupils. At the present time 118
Dupils are registered.
unc.ni OUUUC.OO.
The reception which the Richmond
Lodge No. 80, Knights of Pythias,
^members gave to their lady friends
last Monday night, most have been a
great success from the glowing
accounts which the ladies who attend
ed, give.
MASQUERADE BALL
The Star Pleasure Club, of Totten
ville, gave a masquerade ball to a
number of their friends last night.
TRADE CONDITIONS.
R. G. Dun & Co.'a Report For the
Week.
NEW YORK. Oct. 10.—R. G. Dun &
Co.’s review of trade says:'
There have been no developments of
importance in the commercial world.
As a rule there is more caution in mak
ing contracts, especially among manu
facturers. Uneasiness regarding the
financial situation recedes as the sea
son advances without producing any
monetary pressure in connection with
crop moving. The proposed reduction
in pig iron output lias been indorsed by
nil leading producers, steadying prices
just when changes in freight rates
started another reduction. Other man
ufacturing news is favorable, except
where the raw material markets are"
unsettled or labor struggles cause trou
ble. Suspension of an iron plant was
attributed to the latter cause, and the
movement of cotton at New Orleans
also suffered because of a strike. Trade
locally is quiet, preparations for elec
tion, together with unseasonable weath
er, having an adverse effect.
Coffee reacted from the best price,
but holds fairly firm on the strength of
gloomy cables from Brazil, although
A generally lower level of quotations
for the leading farm staples was most
encouraging. It indicated that sup
plies were coming freely to market and
testified to the growing confidence in
ample crops.
Failures this week numbered 239 in
the United States against 245 last year,
and 17 in Canada compared with 21 a
year ago.
Ptl«*knrd It<>m{knation Accepted.
GREEN FIE LI), Mass.. Oct. 10.—
Yielding to the pressure of public opin
ion, the trustees of the Greenfield Sav
ings bank at a meeting received and
accepted the resignation of Treasurer
William G. Packard. Mr. Packard was
president of the Packard National
bank, which recently suspended, and.
While there has been no official criti
cism of his capacity as an official of
the savings bank, so many rumors
have arisen causing some uneasiness
among many depositors that the trus
tees felt that the interests of the insti
| tution would be served by his resigna
tion..
Panic on Chlcnitn “I,.”
CHICAGO, Oct. 10.—Harry Jacobs,
nineteen years old. a painter, rushed
through the smoker of an elevated
train, his clothing enveloped in flames,
causing a panic among the passengers
and sustaining painful injuries. Ja
cobs' clothes, which were saturated
( with benzine, became ignited from a
cigarette* which he held in his hand.
' A policeman extinguished the blaze by
. throwing his overcoat about the man.
Foleys honey^ear
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Woodbridge
CHURCHES.
Methodist.
On Sunday morning Kev. M. W.
Womer’g subject will be “Measured
by a False Tape. ” At 6.45 p. m. the
Epworth League will meet. At 7.30
there will be a song service and an
illustrated sermon.
The Bible Study Circle will meet
Wedensday evening at 8.15 in the
church parlors.
The prayer meeting will be held on
Wednesday evening at 7.30, until
further announced.
All persons expecting to take part
in Jed Bassett’s entertainment will
meet Friday afternoon, October 16, at
3.30 in the church.
OBITUARY.
HART—Richard B., Friday, October
9. Funeral service at late residence
on Edgar’s Hill, Woodbridge, N. J.,
on Monday afternoon, October 12,
at 2 o’clock.
NEWS ITEMS.
Mr. Donelly, of Carteret, well
known in Woodbridge, is seriously ill
at his home.
Mrs. Anthony Schoder and Mrs.
Freeman G. Leed entertained their
friends at an afternoon tea at their
home on Rahway avenue, on Thurs
day. v
Master Williard Pierce, who lias
been ill, has recovered.
Several nights ago Mr. Howard
Hancock had all of his grapes and
pears stolen.
On acconnt of the storm, the “Trip
Aronnd the World,” has been post
poned from Friday evening, October
9, to some time next week.
The Presbyterian social, which was
held at the residence of Mrs. Seth
Lockwood, of Prospect Hill, Thursday
evening, was very poorly attended.
Instead of the hundred which they
expected, only eight were there. Al
though few in number, they had a
very pleasant time.
ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
By Agreement Will Try to Prevent
War In the Far East.
LONDON, Oct. 10.—In addition to
the settlement of an Anglo-French ar
bitration treaty an important under
standing exists between the govern
ments of she two countries in connec
tion with the far east.
When the French foreign minister
M. Delcasse. accompanied President
Loubet to London recently he dis
cussed with Lord Lansdowne the pos
sibility of a Russo-Japanese war. with
the result that both foreign ministers
agreed to exert the utmost possible
pressure to prevent their respective
far eastern allies. Russia and Japan
from coining to hostilities. It was
frankly recognized that any such vai
would seriously endanger, the entente
which is now having practical results
In an Anglo-French arbitration treaty,
as some reckless action by either Rus
sia or Japan might involve France and
England in hostilities.
To avert this a private understand
ing was arrived at that Minister Del
casse should urge pacific measures at
St. Petersburg, while Ixird I.ansdowne
should use every endeavor to keep Ja
pan in cheek. This understanding is
tlie most important factor looking to
peace in the far east and. taken in eon
junction with the Japanese assurances
to Russia with regard to the evacua
tion of Manchuria and the generally
pacific tone adopted tty the Japanese
government and its representatives
abroad. i1 goes far to explain the feel
ing of security exhibited in London and
several other European capitals in con
nection with the alarming reports ema
nating from China and elsewhere.
Xo Trade Prospects at Wtju.
LONDON. Oct. lu.- The Tokyo corre
spondent of tlie Times says that M.
Pavloff, tlie Russian agent in Korea
replying to Korea’s proposal to open
Wiju to foreign trade and close You
gnmplio. objected that there was an on
tire absence of trade prospects at Wiju
as compared with Pyongyang. M. l’av
loff also declared that tlie unsettled
state of Manchuria rendered the open
imr of Wiju dangerous.
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Asylum Attendants Acquitted.
TOI’EKA. Kan.. Oct. 10— Earl Noil
and J. M. Peterson, the young men
who were attendants at the Suite in
sane asylum and who were Uiarged
with tlie murder of A. R. L. Maxwell,
one of the patients, were acquitted in
the district court.
Xyack Man Drowned. '
NYAOK, N. Y„ Oct. 10. — Edward
Smith, f brother of Postmaster David
Smith o* West N.vnck, was drAnert
while crossing a bridge over Ha“\cn
sack creek- Tlie flood upset his b’»gy
»ad threw him into the creek.
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Tfie Theatres*
Theshow scheduled as the attrac
tion at Proctor’s Twenty-third street .
Theatre next week will be worthy of
a visit from any lover of good, refined
vaudeville. For the head liner Mr.
Proctor has secured the services of the
famous Marshall P. Wilder, who *
quaintly styles himself "Prince of
Entertainers and Entertainer of
Princes. ”
At Proctor’s Fifth Avenue Theatre
this coming week a special revival
will be made of Mark Twain’s famous
dramatization of his book of the same
name, "Pudd’nhead Wilson,’’ a strong
comedy in four acts and five soenes,
which ran at the Herald Square
Theatre for many weeks some years
ago, with Frank Mayo in the title
role. Next week will be its first re
vival by a stock company in several
years.
Next week at Proctor’s One Hun
dred and Twenty-Fifth street Theatre
Harlem will have its first chanoe in
many seasons to see "The Two Or
phans,” that famous tear-compelling
melodrama with its record of a quart
er of a century of success.
Proctor’s Newark Theatre next week
will have another headline bill, head
ed by McKee Rankin & Co., in a little
Southern romance, entitled ‘‘Ole
Virginia in 1872.” Fisher and Oar
roll, America’s cleverest exponents of
Irish comedy; the Four Riaoos, in a
sensational accrobatic comedy sketch,
entitled ‘ * In Africa, ’ ’ Halfrey and
Hilton, novelty cyclists; the Avon
Comedy Four, presenting “The New
in tor; Baker ana Lynn, offering
“The Electric Boy,” and fifteen other
novel and comic specialties will com
plete a genuinely good all around
vaudeville.
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the\tillman trial.
Prisoner Gives His Version of the
Shooting. »
LEXINGTON, S. C., Oct 10.—The
examination of James 1J. Tillman, who
went on .he stand as n witness in hia
own behalf, was resumet,Kvhen court
convened. _ \
Mr. Til’tian. in liJ^yfiffi'a ruiTlS|^f
the- court rendered after an hour’s ar^
gument by counsel, was asked what
impression was made upon him by the .
editorials written by Mr. Gonzales. He ,
replied that they were intensely bitter. - __
Mr. Tillman, giving his version of the
shooting, said he was walking down
from the state house after the adjourn
ment of the state senate Jan. 15 in.
company with Senators Talbird and
Brown, the former being on the out
side, the latter on the inside. Before
reaching the transfer station, he said,
he noticed Mr. Gonzales down the
street looking at him very intently.
He said he (defendant) had on his
overcoat, buttoned. He said lie never
took his eyes from Mr. Gonzales and
that Gonzales did not take his eyes off
him.
He said Mr. Gonzales had on an
overcoat, tightly buttoned, with hands
in his pockets, thumbs sticking out.
Mr. Gonzales cut diagonally across In
front of him. he said, and tbe thumb
of his right hand disap|>eared in the
pocket.
He said he thought Mr. Gonzales was
going to draw a weapon, and be fired,
first saying, "I got your message.” The
message, he said, referred to the state
ments reported to him by Witnesses
White and Holzenbach. These state
ments were to the effect that Gonzales
had said he had made Tillman show
the white feather twice liefore and
would do it again. The defendant
said he did not tire a second shot as
Mr. Gonzales did not draw a pistol.
On cross examination the defendant
said he had reason to expect from the
moment hejtnw Mr. Gonzales that he
(Ghnzalesi would shoot when they met
Western Miner. May Strike.
1X01 ANAPOI.IS. Ind.. Oet. 10.—A
strike of coni miners in Colorado, New
Mexico and I'tah will follow failure to
adjust differemvs within a week, ac
cording to a statement issued by Presi
dent Mitchell and Secretary Wilson of
the 1'nited Mine Workers.
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