Perth Amboy evening news. [volume], December 08, 1903, NIGHT EDITION, Image 5

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It SOUTH AMBOY |
MR. CHASE HAS MUCH
TROUBLE OF HIS OWN.
Bothered by Reporters Concerning
the Story Publishrd in the
Evening News.
The Nows correspondent started last
night for the residence of Mr. D. O.
CUrnse, Chief Terminal und Shipping
Agent, with the intention of having
nn interview with him regarding the
new machinery to be placed on the
conlj docks in the near future.
Some weeks ago the correspondent
had interviewed Mr. Chnso concern
ing his trio on the yacht Delaware
mid found him very gcninl and will
ing to givo the details, but this even
ing she found him being interviewed
hr another rjportcr and although
courteous, nfter having ushered the
other ono out, ho npeeared in no
mood for enlightening tlie reporter on
the subject she was most interested
in
Ho couhl talk "overhead brldgo”
nnd show the plans, but appeared to
have studied tho word "luum” re
garding the subject of the "new
machinery.” lie had been bothered
by newspaper reporters all day. They
had eome from New York and Phila
delphia, called him up on the tele
phone from all over and all ho coaid
toll tl em was, if they wished to know
anything about shipping coal, etc., he
conld give them nil tho information
they wanted, but when they asked
him anything about ’“new machin
ery” he couldn’t toll them anything.
Telling him that some other time
she would talk overhead bridge ami
look at tho plans, the reporter took
her departure, about as wise when
she did so, ns when she entered, and
feeling that she, too. wns one ol
“tlioso reporters’’ who had caused
him so much tronblo all day.
OLD PUBLIC SERVANTS.
Mr. We sh of this City Has Been New York
Mc’senger for Forty. Years.
Mr. W. Tibley, of Paterson, and P.
8. Walsh, of tins borough, formerly
of Yonkers, N. are, it is said, the
two oldest men going to New York
' ns express messengers at the oroscnt
time. Mr. Tibley, ntrod sixty-tire
years, lias sorved in that capacity
thirty-eight years and Mr. Walsh,
aged sixty-six years, has served torty
years. Tlioso men often meet in their
travels and have a ohat. T!i»y have
travelled thousand of miles through
sunshine and storms, sometimes ar
riving at New York when, as daring
one of our recent storms, it was iui
possible to get nrouud to any of the
bnsiness houses.
These express messengers me very
important personages and exceedingly
iielpfnl to the coinmnuity at !arg>.
Mr. Walsh acts in his capacity as
ex- mossongor for people in Perth
Amboy ns well as Smith. He says bis
work will soon bo douo, bnt we hope
that ho will be able to carry on this
business for many vears to come, and
Mr. Tibley also. The records of their
Jives speak so well of them that they
need no recommendation.
INJURED HIS BACK.
John Rush, a Polander, employed
I on tlio P. R. R. coal docks, sat down
on a bench on the dock and this bench
unset, throwing him over backwards
am! down about twenty feet into a
coal bin. Ho walkod to Dr. Haines
office with the assistance of two men.
The doctor was unable to tiud any
particnlar injury at the time, bnt said
ho could tell bettor in the morning
After leaving the doctor’s office hi
walked nbout ono blook. when lie was
compelled to sit down on a stoop, bo
iug unable to go any farther. Ono ot
the men sent to tho docks for a
stretohor, nnd they plncod him on it
and carried him to his homo at Mel
rose.
PAPER TRAIN DELAYED.
Tho paper train was delayed over
ah hour at tho approach of tho bridge
on tho Perth Amboy sido yestcrdar,
owing to a broken drawhead. There
Was a whole carload of express matter,
which had to be transferred from that
car to another, boforo tho train could
proceed on its way south.
PAID THE PENALTY.
A man by the name ot Dunn, from
Mata wan, was picked np, it is said,
nt the Central station, by one of the
marshal* Sunday night, intoxicated
uud numb with cold nnd locked np
for the night. Monday morning he
was given a hearing before Reoordoi
(traoe, who fluod him $3 -10 and lei
him go.
WAS ANOTHER MAN.
Thought Another Member to Practice Car
ols Had Arrived and Found a Tramp.
Ono night last week n number ot
young people were to meet for pract
ise at a house of one of our residents,
when a knock was heard on the front
door of the honse. A young girl at
the house stepped out of a side door
opening on a long porch and when
she reached the front dcor she wbb a
man stnnding there. Thinaing it
was a gentleman who had como to
join with them in practising the
carols, she cordially invited him to
come around to the other door and as
ho slowly followed her she chatted
to him about tho carols, etc. She
tnrned around as they roached the
other door, where her mother stood
waiting to greet tho guest, and saw
a man with a lone beard, evidently a
tramp, standing in place of the gentle
man Bhe supposed it to be.
He asked her mother for an over
coat, or a coat of some kind and it
was hard to make him tako no for
an answer and as ho would not loave
niter being repeatedly Informed that
she could not supply him with a coat,
they were compelled to close the
door iu hi3 face.
Imagine the feelings of tho yonng
girl and think too, of the poor tramp
raised to tho pinnacle of bliss only to
De brought down to terra firnia and
sent away ly the astonished members
of the household ns only tramps can
be sent from ones dr or. The family
thought they hoard him fall off of the
stoop and n number of them went out
to see if he had dono so, but ho had
disappeared and that was tho last
seen of him.
UNDER $200 BAIL.
Ebenezor Browne, of Mndison
Township, was placed under $200 hail
to keep the peaco by Justice Lambort
son, of Madison. Tho compliint was
made by Stephen Ahearn before Jus
tice Mason, of this borough.
NEWS ITEMS.
Tho Girls Friendly Society will en
joy n recreation party tonight at the
Parish honse. r
Two new lionscs are being built on
Henry street, near Stevens avenue.
Some complaints iiavo been made
ibout frozen snow on some of the
sidewalks. The reason hns been given
by some of the offending parties that
ivhilo attending to business that, call
ed them uway from home, tho chil
dren had packed the snow so while
sleigh riding, that it was impossible
to got it off afterwards without the
help of good warm sunshine.
tine of the “Lady Eagles” savs
Mrs. M. Thompson is ngaiu qnite ill
at her homo in Perth Amboy, so that
she requires attendants nights.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Robert Black, of Jer
sey City, spent Sunday as tho guests
of Mr. and Mrs. John Reynolds, of
Second stroot.
Mr. nnd Mrs. John Roynolds spent
Saturday nt Jersey City and Brooklyn.
The trolley cars carried qnite a
number of passengers to and from this
borough Sunday.
Mrs. Joseph Carmen, of Brooklyn,
formerly of Hits borough, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Newell James, of
Seoond street.
Mr. Oarberry 1ms repaired the boat
er in the M. P. church.
It is said that Mr. Elias Stratton
will occupy tiro house now occupied
by Mr. Richard Stephenson, when lie
moves into his honse in David streot,
after it is thoroughly repaired—tire
Martin proiicrty. that ire lately pur
chased.
Fritz Kirk, of Bergen Hill, lost one
’ » »■ Tiltliltwtu IIWtOVB) •• VW(<VW i ■ U1 D< •
It died ou Friday.
Rev. nnd Mrs. Nevias, of tho Pres
byterian church, are entertaining
company from ont of town at their
home on Henry street.
Miss Lottie Cleever, of the Heights,
returned homo Kan.lav after n mouth's
visit at Hollis. Long Island, with her
sister, Mrs. McDowell,nnd her father,
Mr. James Oloever, who is visiting
there.
Joseph Kngler, of Second street,
had a window broken on Saturday by
a boy who was throwing snow balls.
C. Olumpp was making farewell
calls Saturday evening.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Dillon and son How
ard, ot Second street, have returned
home from Altoona, Pa., where they
attended n funeral of a relative.
Serena Lear lias been quite ill with
quinsy sore throat, so flint she was j
unable to receive the right hand of
fellowship Sunday evening at the
Baptist church.
Miss Bello Jackson, of Broadway, :
who has been on the sick list for tho
past two weoks, is visiting .nt Youk
ers, N. Y., where she went for change
of air, by order of her physician, and
she is improving.
Mrs. Joseph Enuis and children, of
Catherine street, returned home from
a two weeks visit in the city. Mr.
Hollis hambeen employed in Massa
chusetts since tbo shirt factory closed.
Mr. and Mrs. George Tice drove in
from Mopgaiiville and spent Sunday
with tlilTir daughter. Mrs. Thomas
Wobterf, df Catherine street.
Miss .Nellie Thomas, of Second
stretrt, spknt Friday attcrnoon with
friends at Railway.
The yoong people enjoyed the skat
ing at th^ram pond the past week.
Georftl Everett, who is very ill with
pneumonia, at his home on the
Heights, has a professional nurso in
attendance. Ur. Albright is in charge
of the case, it is said.
Abe Everett is very weak as com
plications that liavo sot in nro very
hard to conquer.
Nothing but good nows hns reached
us concerning Mr. Leonard, but it is
said that Mr. Rea is very ill.
GRAND RAPIDS’ GOODLERS.
WnrrnntH Isancri For Arremt of Sere®
Prominent Men.
GRAND RAPIDS, Midi., Doc. 8.
Chapter two of the Lnko Michigan wn
ter scandal was opened to the public
when Judge Haggerty of the indict
court signed warrants for the arrest oi
seven more prominent men lwplicatec
in the scandal by the confession of ex
City Attorney Lant K. Salsbury ano
by Ills testimony at the police court
examinations thus far held. An eight),
warrant will he issued very shortly
The list of men for whom warrants
were issued is as follows:
Charged with conspiracy, J. Clark
Sproat, former manager of the defunct
Grand Itapids Democrat; Charles S
Burch, manager of the Grand Itapids
Evening Press; Eugene D. Conger
manager of the Grand Itapids Herald
J. ltusspll Thomson, former rcportei
for the Grand Itapids Evening Press,
and Isaac E. Lamoreaux, former city
clerk.
Charged with attempting subordina
tion of perjury, William F. McKnlght,
attorney, who was the Democratic can
didate for attorney general in 1002.
Charged with perjury, ex-State Sena
tor George E. Nichols, Ionia, Midi.,
attorney at law.
TIic. warrants were Issued on the
complaint of Prosecutor Brown, based
on the testimony of ex-City Attorney
Lant K. Salsbury.
It is the intention of the prosecution
to make the arrests some time today it
the persons whose names are mention
ed do not appear voluntarily.
The warrants for conspiracy in the
famous water deal charge Charles S.
Lurch of the Evening Press, J. Clark
Sprout of the old Morning Democrat,
E. D. Conger of the Herald, J. ltussell
Thomson, former reporter of the Even
ing Press, and Isaac F. Lamoreaux,
former city clerk, with accepting mon
ey from Salsbury for assisting him to
try during the summer of 11100 to se
cure a contract with the city to furnish
its inhabitants \*ith water from Lake
Michigan.
Salsbury swears that he gave Burch
$5,000, Sproat $17,500, Conger $10,000,
of n $100,000 boodle fund placed In his
hands by H. A. Taylor, a New York
capitalist, to procure a contract with
the city.
William F. McKnight is charged
with attempting to suborn F. II. Gar
man, one of tin* people's witnesses, to
swear falsely in the trial of Salsbury
In November, 1001, when the latter
was convicted In the superior court.
PADUA’S PALACE OF REASON.
Haffnfflcent Hull That In Said to He
the Lurg;o»t in the Entire
World.
Italy should really have the riches of
til tils mines of Golconda to maintain
her artistic and historic treasures as
they should be. There is scarcely a vil
lage which does not have Us antiquity,
>o that it would be impossible for the
richest government in the world to do
what Is expected of comparatively poor
Italy, writes a Padua correspondent ol
the Pali Mail Gazette.
This was brought forcibly before me
to-day In the magnificent ball of the
Palace of Reason here. The hall Itself
-said to be the largest in tfTe world—is
lu good enough repair, but the palace
requires millions to put It in order. It
his practical!} only one big vaulted
. room, containing a colossal
wooden horse by Donatello; nothing
is» .A rofi tlit- center tics a strip of
• 'Hie marble, put down by no less a per
n than Galileo, to mark the noon hour.
to simulate the taklns of Troy, but is dear
all patriots, as five men lived In it for
■ .gin day x under the Austrian dominion
v.lille the Austrian police searched for
litem high and low. They lived to tell
the tal^. tit" lost, Capt. Beltrami. dylDg
only a few months ago.
It is. however, the university and its
memories which dominate tSic town.
i naland ha» her Interest here also.
Agion*. An coats of arms of great
i ‘udetml, eSmt of William Harvey is
proudly exhibited He studied hero and
left Ms nthfirnmong his contemporaries. J
Other b-'ogi •'h and Scottish tianiM aro |
also to be seen. Thr building, however. |
breathes the spirit of Galileo. In the
greje sratt- tre gave Ms lec'ttres from a
noodm “pulpit.” sMI! preserved, which
is nothing but rough hoards stoutly
nail"'1 toept^i ar.ii much shrunken
rrom 'he rfjfi-S of foreign souvenir
hunter?. of his lione t hang in the
imatontj ro..■ ,; oor reminders of agreat
man. the g! irj of the uni verse and of
•taiy.
The Evening News is on sale at Ost
hnrgs’ 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.
PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS
A number of the New York oiliciuls
of the S. S. White dental works paid
a visit to the plant one day last wees.
They inspected the work of building
the new additions to the different
buildings and seemed to be mnch
pleased with the progress made. The
company is very busy and both day
and night shift is kept going pretty
fast.
GOOD TIME PROMISED.
“The Distriot Schcol of Blneberry
Corners” will be given in Washington
Hall, Rossville, Eriday night, by the
members of the Nickel Clnb, of St.
Luke’s church. The scholars are of
all ages, smart and ignorant, good and
bad. It will pay all who can, to
attend thu play. The money cleared
is to help St. Luke’s church.
PARENT’S MEETINS.
Thero was a “Fathers anil Mothers
meeting” Friday night in St. Mark’s
church, Pleasant Plains. It was well
attended. The Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union had charge of the
meeting. Mrs. H. Weed, who is the
County Superintendent of parlor meet
ings, addressed the gathering.
FOUR NEW MEMBERS.
At the meoting of the Aqnahonga
club. Saturday night, four new mem
bers were admitted to membership.
They are Richard Carfcrd, George
Clayton, L. Hopping and J. Peterson.
The club is practicing bowling every
night lor the next leaguo game.
READY FOR BALL.
All is now ready for tlio bali and
reception which the West End Social
Club, of Main street, will lie 'cl in K.
of P. Hall, Amboy avenue, Friday
night. The committee have left no
stone unturned and tlio friondH who
attend arc assured of a good time.
Dancing will be tlio feature of the
evuuiiiK
TALK QF BIG CONVENTION.
The Christian Endeavor Society, of
Staten Island, are talking over the
plans for holding a big convention in
Tottenville. If the idea goes tnrongh,
delegates from ovory society on the
Island will bo appointed to nttei d the
meeting.
PLANT IS MOVED.
The Acker Marine Eugino plant has
now been moved to tho Van Name
property, Bentley street, Tottenville.
Tho different sheds which were towed
up by a tng, nnd nre now on the
beach, will be placed in position ns
soon ns possible.
FOR CHRISTMAS FUND.
The PrincesB Bay cliapel will hold
a fair tomorrow night The amount
realized will go toward tho Christmas
Tree Fund, which will ho need to
give tho children a merry Christmas.
Bargains in real estate are to be
found in the real estate column on
nago 2. '
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BELL IS HUNG.
Tlio bell which was presented to the
Plensaut Plains fire department, some
months ago, by Mr. Erown, lias now
been placed in position in tho tower
of Amicitia Hall, and will be used to
call fortli the firemen where doty
needs them. As it is a big b. 11, and
can be heard clearly in all parts of
the town, there will be no excuse for
the volunteer in not responding to an
alarm.
NEWS ITEMS.
Tho work of building a new mg
boat lias commenced at the shipyard
of A. C. Brown & Son.
The Tottenville tug A. Watts towed
the big schooner, Ellen Roshannah,
out into the stream yesterday after
noon.
Tho power boat Rocket? Ann is now
stored high and dry on the bench for
the winter.
Two new roundsmen are expoctod
at the Tottenville police station tins
afternoon.
Chris Larsen, of Perth Amboy, is
now n passenger brakemnn in the em
ploy of the Rapid Transit railroad.
■ Tho woik of repairing tho Rapid
Transit freight stution at PriuceES
Bay, has been completed.
The members of Richmond Lodge
No. 80, Knights of Pythias, held n
meeting in K. of P. Hall, Amboy
nvenne, last night.
James Graham, of Amboy avenue,
Pleasant Plains, is having his house
repainted and a new fence pint up.
MisB Jessio Perry, of Pleasant
Plains, has a position at the S. S.
White dental works. Princess Bay.
Seymour Case, of Tottehville, a
foreman at the S. S. White dental
works, who has been ill, is improv
ing.
A number of the plasterers and
pressers and finishers at the Atlantic
terra cotta works, were laid off at
noon yesterdav.
Tomorrow afternoon the Aquahongn
bowling alleys will be used by thi
lady bowlers.
Lester Rogers, of Johnson nvenne,
has a position with tho New York
and New Jersey Telephone Company,
as relief operator. Ho worked ii
ltossclle last night.
Miss Elizabeth Forman and Miss
catena aierserean, oi iotrenvme,
spent Sunday in Koselle, It. J.
Frank Finnity, of West Brighton,
chief telephone inspector, was at work
in Tottenville yesterday.
Frederick Drake and Alfred Eoyri
left yesterday for a few weeks stay in
Virginia.
John Corcoran, of West Brighton,
was a Tottenville visitor yesterday.
To Remove S'tnlnn.
Bouillon stains can be removed from a
delicate silk or other fabric by first
sponging with ether, then applying
French chalk to the wrong side of the
material and leaving It all night.
Her Admlrlnx Friends.
Eva—Maude’s having her portrait
painted.
Ida—Well, It’s liable to look Just like
her If they get the paint on thick
enough.—Philadelphia Bulletin.
Have Little Money.
The average Italian immigrant has
$11 in his pocket, the average German
$34.
Her Retort.
“Fish,” he said, "is brain food.”
"Better have some more," she urged
solicitously.—Chicago Post.
WHOLESALE FIRE FRAUD3.
*l'"s Knri»fle!«r» (onlcaiion Impli
cate* Mmi) ln*uraiice ItooOler*.
Ni\.W YOICK, Dec. s. Startling dis
closures, based upon information ob
tained through a confession made b
Max Kamfield. a public tire adjuster,
who lias eouvietrd of fraud in
connection with a claim of loss in* had
himself put in and who is awaiting
sentence, were made by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Oarvan.
'1 i.'* eases of twelve persons who are
suspected of having defraud'd insur
ance companies in a similar manner
will 1)0 presented to the grand jury
within a few days. Among them arc
three lawyer*, several merchants, sev
eral public lire adjusters and two or
three adjusters employed by lire insur
aiiee eon panics. Mr. <»nrvnn declare*
that fire insurance companies have lost
hundreds of thousands of dollars
through paying false claims of loss.
Pellce l n<»nrth Thieve*’ I’lnnder.
IirULINDTON. X. ,T.. Dee. 8—An
dersen Shinn, a detective of tills place,
has unearthed at Uiveniale the head
quarters of a gang of thieves who
for weeks have been terrorizing this
portion of the state and adjacent towns
in Pennsylvania. Jewelry, groceries,
house furnishings awl plunder of ev
ery description was found in quanti
IW lf'llltOll <1* _
Tlf rendezvous of the gang was in a
bouse occupied by William Tallman.
who is under arrest. A big dray load
of the plunder, including jewelry, gro
ceries. smoked meats, dry goods, silks,
lace curtains, canned goods and wear
ing apparel, was removed from the
Tallman home at Riverside.
Want to Cancel Illnlr's Pol fry.
ST. LOTTS. Dec. 8.—Henry T. Kent.
.1. 1 . 1 x*!1 and A. Dec entered appear
ance In the United States circuit court
as conns**! for Janie* L. Blair, Pauline
Blair, Percy A. and Frank P. Blair in
a suit brought against the Blairs by
the Mutual Life Insurance company of
New York to cancel Blair’s $200,000
policy. _
An Importnnt Capture.
LONDON. I»cc. 8.—John Davis, nn
alleged coiner captured at Revere.
Mass., is believed by tie* Scotland
Yard authorities to be Henry Schmidt,
the most notorious forger of the age.
Standard Oil Double* Capital.
ALBANY. N. Y.. Hoc. 8.-The Stand
! ird Oil company of New York city tiled
I with the secretary of state a certificate
I of increase of capital stock from $7.
:>00,000 to $1.r».fO<
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Oo»lr.{? Stork Quotation*.
Money on c:;!l firm at «',% per cent. Trimr
mercantile on per. per cent. Ex
•hangps. $113.05.4.704; balances, $tt,0GG,iGl.
Closing prices:
Amal. Copper... 46% N. Y. Central...119%
Atchison. GSV Norf. & West... 58
B. A 0.79% Penn. R. R.118
Brooklyn R. T.. 47% Heading . 44%
• \.C..C.& 8t. L.. 74b. Rock Inland — 2G%
Ches. A Ohio... 32% St. Paul .343%
Chi. & Northtv..l6>u~ SOuthrrn Pac... 47%
Erie. 28", Southern Ry_ 21%
ten. Electric... 163 South. Ry. pf... 787,
tilings <>n.130%. Sugar .121%
Lackawanna—24"-. Texas Pacific .. 26
Louis. & Nas?h...'07*. Union Pacific .. 77%
Manhattan.141% U. S. Steel. 12
.Metropolitan —121% U. S. Steel pf... .77%
Missouri Pac... 91% West. Union .. S7%
\'ovr York Market*.
FLOUR—Dull, but firm: Minnesota pat
ents. |4.55®4.75; winter straights. $4fj4.10; i
winter extras, $3® 3.35; winter patents. $4®
4.35.
WHEAT-Firm and more active on cov
ering and stronger western markets: May,
85 9-lGfi-8G%c.; July. 82%$/83r.
RYE—Quiet; state and Jersey. 5G®5Sc.;
N<». 2 western. G3%c.. f. o. b.. afloat.
CORN—Dull, but steady with wheat.
OATS—Nominal; track, white, state, 41®
45c.; track, white, western. 41® 45 c.
PORK-Dull; mess. $13® 13.75; family,
$16.25.
LARD—Steady: prime western steam. 7c.
BUTTER—Firm: extra creamery. 25c.;
state dairy. 15®22c.
CHEESE— Dull; state, full cream, fancy,
small, colored. September. 12c.; late made.
10c.; small, white. September. 12c.; late
made. 10c.; large, colored. September. 12c.;
late made. 10c.; large, white, September.
12c.; late made. 10c.
EGGS—Firm; state and Pennsylvania
nearby average best. 31c.; state ana Penn
sylvania seconds to firsts. 28®30c.; west
ern extras. 31c.; western firsts. 30c.
SUGAR—Raw nominal; fair refining.
3 3-lGc.; centrifugal. 96 test. 3 11-1 Gc.: re
fined (iuiet; crush- 1. 5.05: powiered. 4.55c.
TURPENTINE—Quiet at 5S>V'/tHk\
MOLASSES—Steady ; New Orleans. 31®
3Sc.
RICE—Firm; domestic. 3%®5%c.: Japan,
nominal.
TALLOW—Firm; city. 4%c.; country. 4%
*M%c.
HAY—Dull: shipping. 60®75c.; good to
choice, S5&02%c._
Live Stock Market.
CATTLE—Market lower: choice. $5®3.10;
prime. $4.70®4.85; fair. $3*73.60; veal calves.
y 50® 7.75.
HGOB—Market active; prirse heavy. $4.K
r» i—iD: mediums and Yorkers and pigs
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ZEIGLERJ)ENIES Alt
Millionaire Under Charge cl
Bribery on the Ctand.
"TOO MUCH RED PEPPER,” SAYS ODELI
Accnafd tatd Rmphatleallf Tliat H«
ii>(J A«»t Commit Any Crime,
.%«r Wax lit* n Fugitive
IViiui Juxticr.
ALPAXY. N. Y.. Dec. 8.—William
7. ig|p|-, the New York millionaire who
i< < with bribery in the state ot
Missouri, aj im miv< 1 In perron befort
. rm >r Udell liere in the proceeding*
to i i si nee tin- governor to surrendei
bin: to the authorities of that state to
stand trial.
7.■ igler is eliarged with supplying
>:.• » o wiiieli was used to brllie legis
I. of Missouri lo prevent the re
p-a) of a law prohibiting the salt ot
all a linking powders. I
lie was represented by IJe1 irgey
.N oil. former district attorney of New i
You: ; John M. ltowers, Edward Lau- \
terhaeli. John M. Lindsay and William \
.1. i nd twikmI. The application was
I !"-Ke.1 by II. C. Crowe, attorney gen
eral of Missouri, and Judge Thomas
li. Ilarvey of St. Louis.
A hard tight was mnde to force the
Missouri officials to show' the exact
dates when Mr. Zeigler was in Mia
souri. 4 ,,
Mr. Zeigler denied .emphatically that
he had committed any ViVftery or that
he was a fugitive frXmcJilsticp and de
clared tliat the tv half} yx^coeding was
iii iirjuuw m i ui iu^uru
chiefly by his personal enemies. These
enemies lie named as Evelyn B. Bald
win, whom, he says, be discharged
for failure to carry .qiit. faithfully the
Zeigier-Bald win arctic expedition; Pat
1 ‘-rsou Bain, whose'1 eiffnuy. be says,
grew out of antlntum’^MiBeeutions in
Missouri, and F. A. I'delie with whom
he had a controversy through Zeigler's
attempt to secure control of the Provi
dent Chemical works in St. Louis.
T’pon the question of being a fugitive
from justice, lie declnred that he had
since the dates alleged been three times
openly in the state of Missouri upon
personal business, whose exact nature
he set forth in Ills statement.
Zeigler's counsel then called a long
series of witnesses, including Mr. Zeig
ler's private secretary and business
associates, to cover almost evpry day
in March. 1901, all of them tending to
show that Zeigler was not out of the
state or city of New York^feyie days
Tlic hearing was ^BI^^^Red with
spicy tilts between coun^Rand once
Governor Odell cautioned Mr. Bowers
against the use of "so much red pep
per.”
At the close Governor Odell said he
would give the Missouri people two
weeks in which to subniithrief^and
„ counsel two weeks after that
irt tvllfclt to n ncti'ov tlinm -• -■ c
conference was held Ik*tween
Wei’s and representatives of the strik
ing coal miners in an endeavor to reach
a -basis of agreement for a settlement
of the strike, hut after several hours of
discussion ihe conference broke up
without result. Attorneys Elder and
Fowler, representing the miners, told
the governor that if the state troops
were withdrawn all the camps would
be completely unionized within three
weeks.
Wcmrin Miser Killed liy Train.
MOUNT VERNON. N. Y„ Dee. S.—
A woman, evidently a miser, who had
more than a thousand dollars in gold
and bank notes concealed in bags linng
about her neck and under her skirts,
was struck and killed instantly by the
rittsfield express at the Mount Ver
non station of the .New York and Har
lem railroad. The woman, who was
poorly dressed, had evidently lieen in
New York shopping anti had come to
West Mount Vernon on iftrollcy ear.
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teffio Saved I-'rtim Snli.
ST. J,OUIS, Dee. 8.- -Joe Irwin,
negro, aged seventeen, narrowly -
raped harsh treatment—jrMtii* ha
of a mob in East St. Louis follow
the shooting by Irwin of Edward La
sou. a white man, aged thirty, v
home is in Mount Yernou, 111.
hundred persons were in the cl
that gathered after the shooting.
rmlpL* vriti'L- SvV-.ll/.nmnn 41.,
gro. Law boh Is
Rich Crznk
DERBY, Conn., Deo.
$.">0,000, all In money,
sixty-two years old. a
lngton. has died here,
been failing for
eating sufficient food, and a month
nfter a fainting fit his condition
serious. The dying man’s plea v
buying focal was a waste
that he could not afford it.
Civic Elect ions at Portland.
PORTLAND, Me., Dec. ,8. -James P.
Baxter (Rep.) was elected mayor of
this city over Darius II. Ingraham
(Deni.u The rote for mayor was: Bax
ter (Rep.). 4.720: Ingraham (Dem.),
3.147: Box (Soc.i. 238; Perry (Pro.). 139.
Baxter carried seven of the Bine wards.
The council will stand twenty-one Re
publicans to six Democrats.
Dinner to McClellnn.
WASHINGTON. Dee. 8. — Mfl.ror
Elect George B. McClellan of Greater
New York was given a complimentary
dinner last night by the Democratic
delegates in the kouse of representa
tives from New York city and state,
lion. John Sharp Williams, the Demo
cratic leader in the house, was a guest
of honor.
Wrnlhcr Probabilities.
Cloudy and colder; northerly winds.