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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. • / ( ) 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. ******* ******** Imore men X THAN THERE ARE4IN * ™EVARMY | AND NAVY J^^COMBINED 1 Simmon! * Watch Chains simply because Simmons 2 Chains are the best in de g sign, wear/and price. % And more men than *r there are in the army £ have eye trouble. X If you are subject to y headaches have your jp eyes examined.Our Opti ® cian has had 20 years experience. L. Kreielsheimer, 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 j •—**. cwro. i/o MlalN 9 WOODBRIDCE TOWNSHIP.! 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. » — 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. I ' ' ‘* \ 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. NJ_ 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. sgsaaesasesasgsa——bm ————P—| j CARTERET BDSIHESS j -^COLDMN_e OTTO SPITZ, Sanitary Plumber. • STOVES, RANGES, TIEATKHS. Rahway Awe. ** Shop near C R Depot, Carteret,N-J- I 0 ‘ JOHN THOMPSON Careen r and Builder Jobbing rroirptly attended to. SstinatMgteaa FORT READING, N. J. CU^IiLES Painter and Paperhanger A1 order* by mail promptly attended 0, CARTBRBTCh.j, . .,inn