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1[ SOUTH AMBOY ]
COUNCIL® MEET AS
COMMITTEE OF WHOLE.
Considered the Telephone Fran
chise— Mattrr Said to be in
a Muddle.
The Borcugh Council mot in Bor
ough Hall last night ns a committee
of tho whole. Present, Mnyor Mcir
head, Councilmen Hillman, Gordon,
Kerr and Clerk Birmingham.
The franchise of tho Coutral New
Jersey Telenhnuc and Telegraph com
pany was talked over with the repre
sentatives of tho company, but as far
as conld be learned, the franchise re
mained just where it wns before. A
borbngh official was heard to say,
after tlfe meeting, that the whole
thing was in a muddle and why one
of tho oouneilmen who had Heretofore
upheld tho conduit system through
tho borough, had suddenly flopped
over and conld talk nothing but over
head system ho couln not understand.
But the company would have >o use
tho underground system through cer
tain streets in this borough. We did
not loaru any more, for wo did not
stand with one ear at the craok of the
door ns others have douo, not wishing
to run tiio risk ot being lodged by
jailor Burns over night.
A SAD DEATH.
Rev. ami Mrs. Mclntirc Riturn from Siuter’s
Funeral.
Bov. D. W. O. Molntiro returned
homo on Friday night and Mrs. Me
Intiro on Saturday, after attending
the fnuorai of tho late Mrs.. Jacob
Headley, Mrs. Mclntire's sister, at
Easton, Pa., who died from the effect
of bums received by her dress having
caught lire from a lighted lnnterii.
Mrs. Mclutiro Bays her sister took
up the lantern from the floor, suppos
ing she had it all, bnt the bottom part
remained on tho floor and her dress
caught firo unknown to her. She
waited around the room beforo obi
serving it and then opened a door and
enlled to her husband to come and
help her. Tho opening of the door
earned her wrapper to burn more
rapidly and she was so badly burned
before anything could be done, that
she died on Wednesday morning. She
left a luisbnna and nine children.
IM FORT ANT UNDERTAKING.
The Channel Which Government Will Build
Means Much for this Place.
Olio of the most important moves iir
tho improvement of South Amboy ns
a deep water shipping port, is the
passage by Congress of n protect for n
channel twenty-two teot deep at menu
low tido and 400 feot wide, which
will allow vessels of 27 feot draught
to pnss nt high water and enter tho
uort. The drodging will probably not
CHALLENGES THE WINNER.
Frank Disbrow Says He Will Shoot For
Either $1 or $100.
Frank Disbrow says that ho will
shoot witli eithor the winner or tho
losor of the shooting nmteh which is
to take place at Morgan, Decombcr 1!)
for $1, $100 or for fnn. Oscar Munily
has posted $o as a forfeit in his match
with John Rea, at twenty nine rocks
nndor tno association rules.
MR. DEY'S POSITION.
As was told in the night edition if
tho Evening News, yesterdny, Will
iam F. Dey, of this borough, has been
cIiobou as first assistant sergeant-at
arms in tho House of Assembly at
Tronton. Last year Mr. Doy was sec
ond assistant. Assemblyman F. O.
Henry, of Perth Amboy, is on the
Steering Committee.
GUN CLUB MEETING
A special meeting of tho Columbia
Gun Club will be held at their club
houso Suuday afternoon, Dcoember 13.
The president desires all of the mem
bers to be present.
FIREMEN ELECT OFFICERS.
There was an election of offloers of
tho fire department at Protection Hnll
on Monday evening. James Gleason
was elected Chief and Patrick Kouuh,
assistant chief. After the election
the boys started in for a good time
and thoy had it. A bountifnl lunch
wob served nnd cigars.
Tho Evening News inakos a special
ty of real estate.
WANT WAITING ROOM.
Peopls Have to Wait Lo.ig on the CornerB
in the Cold.
The travelling public who nso tho
trolley lino are dosirious of having a
waiting room where they can ho
shielded from tho wind and storms,
instend of being compelled to stand
on the street corners while waiting
for tho cars. Tho .Central station is
too far away from the tracks, especial
ly when it rainB.
Why doesn’t the company hire or
purchase the building now used ns a
photograph gallery by Miss Prescott,
as she is desirous of going sontn and
tho bollding without donbt could bn
hired or purchased very reasonable
and it is just adapted for that purpose,
as it is in line with tho depot and
about fifteen feet from the trolley
tracks. A great many people can be
seen standing in front of tho building
or sitting on the adjoining steps night
nfter niaht, waiting in the cold and
many w ith children in their arms.
OBITUARY.
Mr. Steven Cannon, a boarder at
Tompkins Home, who has been an in
valid for a long time, died yesterday
morning. Da'o of funeral not yet
nnuouuced.
NEWS ITEMS.
They are roplanking the steamboat
dock and have already made new
stringers and reniled it. When the
planking is finished the dock will be
extra strong and almost like a new
one.
Miss Dottie Jones, of George stroet,
hns accepted a position with Reynolds
& H nnson dry goods merchants, at
Perth Amboy.
It is said potatoes have gone up in
m ica. Poople are wondoring wliat
next?
Irving Turner has been trimming
his windows for the holidays and
offers a turkey, goose and duck to
buyers at his store for a New Years
dinner.
Frank Stratton will occupy the
I10U30 his father is living in at pres
ent, in the near future.
George Ritter hns a position at the
Vaseline works as office boy and has
givon np his jiositiou at Jaques drug
store.
Frank Ritter was a New York visit
or Monday.
Mrs. Ad. Thompson, of Henry
street, 1ms retnrnod home after a
week’s visit with friends iu New
York.
Coal 1ms gono up twonty-flve Jcents
on a ton of chestnut anil twouty eonts
on a ton of pea coal.
Frank Fnlton Jr. his a position in
Reynolds & Hanson’s dry goods em
porium at Perth Amboy.
Mrs. Philip Rendor 1ms moved from
Mrs. McConnell’s lionsn rn Mrs
■lames’ honse on Catherine street.
Mrs . Culver moved from that house
to Meohaniesville.
Mrs. Thomas Locker, of Broadway,
hasjboen spending a few days with
friends at Elizabeth.
The Christmas cantata of tho M. E.
church is boing practised in tho
ohuroh now instead of at private
houses ns formerly. Tbo children are
getting along splendidly with their
singing.
Mr. and Mrs. George Walker have
moved into Whelehnn’s honse on
Bordentown avonuo.
Rev. J. D. Dyer, of Tottenvillc, S.
I., was calling on momborH of tho
Bnptist church Monday in this bor
ough. Mr. Dyer is always a very wel
come visitor here.
The West Jersey and Senshore
steam launch Longpoit, was put up
for the winter on TuoEday, at tho
shipyard.
Mr. and Mrs. Prank Dey are cozily
settled inltheir pretty. new home on
Bordontown avonuo, and started at
housekeeping Hominy evening for the
first.
Three members of the First Hebrew
Mutual Aid Society, of Peith Amboy,
residing in this borough, attended a
meeting on Sunday evening for the
Bleotion of officers at the society’s
rooms at Perth Arnbov, and after rou
tine business, were very 'pleasingly
jntertainod bv their bretheru across
the bay, so that the morning dawned
before they broke up and dispersed
to their homes. They had a grand
supper and a grand tune.
Little Beatrice Rue, daughter of 1
Ur. and Mrs. Frank Rue, of Church
street, has been very ill with chicken
pox and heavy oold, for the past week
tnd is not very much better at the
rresent time. Sho canglyt the chick
>npox nt public school 'No. 3. Two
ilnldren were sent home from that
ichool Tuesday with the s'gme disease.
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Bhip Trust Hearing Brings
Out Connection of Morgan.
HOW BETHLEHEM WAS ACQUIRED.
Mornitn'H Partner Read Calilcorram
to ParfN IIoukp Maying Solsmib
ami FrlendM Are 1 ittrrented lu
Kew Shipbuilding Company.
NIOW YORK, I Ice. 9.—At llie hearing
In the United States Shipbuilding re
ceivership proceedings Lewis Nixon,
president of the company, concluded
bis testimony and was followed by
George W. l’erkins, partner in the J. 1’.
Morgan & t'o. linn, who gave the story
of the connection of Morgan it Co. with
tlie shipbuilding flotation. Ills testi
mony on direct examination went to
show that Morgan & Co.’s connection
with the shipbuilding company consist
ed in supplying trust companies with
money to loan the shipbuilding com
pany and in the sale to It of the Iicth
lclicin plant.
The defense made strong efforts to
keep certain cablegrams and letters
bearing on the French underwriting
firm from being published, and at the
close of the hearing Mr. Guthrie pock
eted the copy of one letter, the news
paper men being tumble to obfuln It.
Mr. Perkins rend n cablegram which,
he said, laid been sent by his bouse to
Morgan & Co., Mr. Morgan’s Paris con
nection:
“Mr. Charles M. Schwab and bis
friend are interested in the new ship
building company, and we would be
glad to have you take as cordial a view
of it as is consistent.”
Mr. Perkins insisted upon reading the
cablegram despite the strenuous objec
tions of William D. Guthrie of counsel
<v„. Wv CVIm.fit,
The witness declared that so much
had been said about this cablegram
that it would be u real pleasure for him
to read it.
The cables preceding this, In which
Mr. Alexander of the firm of Alexan
der & Green had cabled to Colonel Mc
Cook urging him to get the influence of
Morgan it Co. to stimulate the French
underwritings and the reply that Mor
gan & Co. had cabled to their Paris
liouso commending the scheme, approv
ing the personnel of the promoters and
saying the properties to be acquired
wore valuable, were all suppressed.
The Bethlehem plant was acquired
from Mr. Schwab by .1. P. Morgan &
Co. as syndicate managers for the Unit
ed States Steel corporation In the fall
of 11)01, the arrangement being, witness
said, “that If we disposed of the prop
erty he (Schwab) should have a share
of the profits.” Schwab had no other
interest in the eompnny after Its sale.
Mr. Perkins then gave an account of
the connection of the firm with the
shipbuilding company. In August, 100U.
ho said, he was approached by Mr.
ram, Mr. Nixon and Mr. Dresser, who
wished to obtain from Morgan & Co. a
loan for the shipbuilding company, Mr.
Dresser representing to him on Aug. 11
that a large amount of the shipbuilding
securities had been underwritten In
France, that the money would arrive In
u week or ten days, but that funds
were needed for the eompnny at once.
Mr. Perkins raid he declined to make
the loan for the week or ten days, say
ing that ns a firm Morgan & Co. could
have no connection with the shipbuild
ing Industry.
The next day, after another conver
sation with Mr. Dresser, Mr. Perkins.
In behalf of his firm, agreed to deposit
$750,000 In each of three trust compa
nln« *1,,. sr*.all,. T >
public, the Knickerbocker nml Manhat
tan trust companies—for ten days, Mr.
Dresser having represented that these
trust companies were willing to take
an Interest In the shipbuilding compa
ny If they had the necessary funds to
loan. The money was deposited, but
the Manhattan Trust company sent
back the loan, lindlng that .Morgan &
Co. were not Interested In the compa
ny. and Mr. Dresser made an arrange
ment with the New York Security nud
Trust company to obtain that portion
of the money, Mr. l'crklns introducing
Mr. Dresser ut the trust company, of
which he was a director. Mr. Perkins
Insisted that the transaction through
out was ‘'merely an ordinary transac
tion In foreign exchange" on the part
nf the Morgan company, the money be
ing deposited temporarily with the
trust companies In order that they
might have funds to make loans
sgainst expected money from abroad.
The Paris branch of Morgan & Co., lie
said, had no connection with the French
underwriting.
Mr. Fntermyer pressed him with
questions about the knowledge Morgan
.v i o. nnu or tup r rencu underwriting
mil of the security upon whjcli Mr.
Dresser obtained the money from the
l rust companies, but Mr. l'erkins In
sisted that these were details In which
1:1s company was not concerned.
American Conntil Innultcd.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 0. - The
['lilted States flag over the consulate at
■Mexandretta, Asiatic Turkey, has been
hauled down and Consul Davis has left
!is post for Beirut in consequence of
Mi attack on the consul, during which
Mr. Davis was Insulted anil assaulted
ly the local police. Tile affair grew
jut of the arrest of an Armenian,
Ihanncs Attarlan, a naturalized Amer
enn citizen, whom the consul was as
ilstlng.
Wr.ll Street Clgarsi nt f-t Enrh,
NEW YOltK, Dee. !>. Huge black d
pars of special brand and manufacture,
losting it oaeli, will be sent out as
Christmas boxes to customers of a Wall
itreet Stock Exchange firm. It is said
hat the maker of the brand has given
r guarantee that the customer will be
:ome beurisb after smoking the cigar. ;
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The Evening News is on sale at Ost
bnrgs’ 44 Hum street, anil at John
Boss' Hotel, formerly John Kail’s
stand. Extra copies of the News and
all NewYork papers can always be so
cored.
TO CLOSE BROADWAY.
Properly Psners Notified that Sewer is to
be Put Town
All of tho residents of Broadway,
Tottenville, received the following
uotico yesterdny from tho Commis
sioner of Public Works of New York :
“To tho Residents on Broadway,
Tottenville, S. I.
Notice:
“Tho construction of a sewer on
Broadway, between Bentley anil Main
stToct, Toftenvillp, will maUo it neces
sary to praoticallv close t hat section
of the street to vehicle traffic during
such constrnction. Every effort will
be rnnde to expediate the same con
sistent with good workmanship.
“Should the work for any reason be
stopped the trenches will bo refilled,
and the street opened to traffic.
LOUIS L. F RIBUS,
Commissioner of Public Works.”
WORK AT BROWNS.
ThertJ is now n heavy rush of work
at tho shipyard cf A. 0. Brown &
Son. Besides the building of two
new tugs, tho two masted schooner
Emily Bayringo iH to receive a new
coat of paint and six oyster (loops arc
to ho generally overhauled.
MUST USE OIL.
Tho Aqnahongn club are now in
trouble. The work of installing the
electric light plant in the club house
has been delayed for some reason and
the members are eoiiiDolled to oontent
themselves with oil lamps for tho
present. How long it will last they
do not know, but hope that it will
now end soon.
A. 0 U. W. SMOK' R.
The members cf Westfield Lodge
No. 35, Ancient Order of United
Workmen, will hold a smoker aril
ntertaiumeut tomorrow night in K.
if P. Hall, Amboy avenue. New
York taleut will furnish tho entertnin
mont. Several of the grand officers of
the order are expected to be present
md address the lotal members.
Pnrlxliurst “Toole the Siuns."
NEW' YOllK, Dec. it. -District Attor
ney Jerome, who has been accused in
directly by Dr. Parkhurst of familiar
ity with “cigarettes and high balls,”
■efusod to discuss Dr. Pnrkhurst's
statements, lint to a friend, who re
sulted Ids remarks, lie said that the
uorp Dr. Parkhurst tibused him the
cotter he thought it would be for tils
•eputatiou. lie also said to tills friend
that Dr. Parkhurst was not qualified to
discuss his personal habits. lie do
..Inwo.l <l,o *1.... 1.. l,...t
Nikon n drink In Hip pivnonoe of I)r.
[’nrklinr.it wi:s in tho Ilotrl Savoy sonu
vonin nj;o. On tliat occasion ho drunk
brandy, anil Dr. Farkhunt "took tho
4amo.”
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing? Steel* Quotations.
Money on call e-iaDr at r»%6*<5 per cent,
'"rliiio mercantile paper. Mi0% per cent.
Exchanges, iSDS.l(»o; l;rilances, $10,038,
Exports u nierchardl*,.- from the port
f Now Yi ~k to foreign ports for the
v. ok ci:n!i:^ t day \v r • value 1 at $11,694,
,0f..
C»oBlr»g prices:
Amal. Copper.. 45 Norf. Sc West... 58%
YtchJscn. 6S% Penn. R. R.118%
3. & 0. 79% Rending . 44%
Brooklyn R. T.. 46% Rock Island_ 2i3%
Chfs. .<• Ohio... 33 Ft. Paul .112%
'hi. £• Northw.. 108 Southern Pac... 47%
Erie. 28% Southern R.v.... 21%
Gen. Electric... 161 South. Ry. pf... 78%
Illinois CVn.130% Sugar .124
Lackawanna_743 Texas P:\eifV .. 2“’%
Lbtils. & Nash.. joo'a Union Pacific .. 78**
Manhattan.111% V. H. Steel . 11%
Metropolitan_1: % U. 8. Steel pf... 57%
Missouri Pac_33% West. Union ... 88
V. Y. Central_US%
Xm Yo-k llnrltPl.i,
FLOUR—Qul< t and steady: Minnesota
patents. $4.5;.a4.75; winter straights. *4u
4.10; winti i- extras, $3# 3.35; winter patents,
d <57 4.35.
tVHKAT—Opinf-.l ° i s y find )nt,-r dp
-•lined on the p or cnbl.es. snow west and
liberal northw- *t receipts; May. 85 11-1*#
S(i%e. • July, 8*0.
RYE—Steady; state and Jersey. 56#58c.;
No. 2 western. <>3:i*t:.. f. o. b., clloat.
CORN—Weak and lower on selling foj
long- uccount and easy cables; May, 4S%#
48% c.
OATS—Nominal; track. white, state. 41#
4V.; track, white western. 41#45c.
PORK—Dull; mess. $13# 13.75; family.
$15,566*15.
LARD — Dull; prime western steam
C.90c.
BUTTER—Firm: extra, creamery, 2Cc.;
state dairy. 15#22c.
CHEESE Quiet; small, colored. Septem
ber. 12c.; late made. 10c.: small, white.
September, lie.; late made. 10c.; large,
colored. September. 12c.; late made. 10c.;
large, white, September, 12c.; late made.
10c.
EGC1S—Firm; state and Pennsylvania
nearby average best, Sir.; state and Penn
sylvania seconds to firsts?, 28#30c.; west
ern extras. 31c.: western firsts. 30c.
TURPENTINE—Quiet at 59%#AV.
TAFLOW—Firm; city. 4%c.; country, 43f
<7?4%c.
HAY—Dull; shipping, GO# 73c.; good tc
choice, 85#92%c.
Live Stock Market.
CATTLE-Market slow: choice. $5615.10;
prime, S4.70#4.S5; fair, $3<&3.tiO; veal calve?
$7.30# 7.75. V
HOGS—Market slow; prfme heavy. $4.6f
7*4.65; mediums/ 4 45#4.80; heavy Ywkem
$1.45114.50; lighr Yorkers. $4. tOtff 1.45; pigs,
$4.40^4.45; roughs, $3#4.25.
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NEWS ITEMS.
Fatnck Bedell is now clerk at the
Island Hotel.
Miss Gertrude Fountain, of Bontley
street, has resigned her position ns
cashier at Masterson's restaurant,
Perth Amboy.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Wood, of Tot
teuville, aro spending a few days at
Port Richmond.
Mrs. Clarkson Totten, of New York,
spent yesterday witli friends in Tot
teuville.
Most of the Tottenville stores will
remain open evenings until D o'clock
dnring this month.
Word lias been received of the safe
arrival of Mrs. Lyon and son Edward,
of Richmond Valley, in Monticello,
N. Y.
A dance is to bo held in Amicitia
Hail, Pleasant F’lains, Saturday night.
William Bolan, formerly of Totten
ville, now of Philadelphia, was in
town this week.
Mrs. A. A. Androvette nml daughter
Viola, of Pleasant Pluius, are home
from Brooklyn.
Mrs. Janies Smith, of Ilugnerot,
who underwent an operation two
weeks ago at St. Viueont’s hospital,
New York, is improving nicely.
The meeting of Richmond Lodge,
No. 80, Knights of Pythias, was well
nucuutru iuumiaj iiikiu,
The Totteuvillo police are ou the
watch these navs for tlio chicken
thieves, who are said to be very active
around Totteuvillo and Pleasant
Plains.
Tomorrow night is the lecture on
Canada.
When all cf the expenses of the
Twentieth Century department store
fair are paid, it is expected the young
people will clear abont ?425.
Ou Friday night the West End
Seoial Clnb will nold their ball and
reception in K. of P. Hall.
AIV Still* Wnn Wrecked.
WASHINGTON. Dee. It. — t'nder
weather conditions which were regard
od us perfect the Langley ship or aero
plane was given a second trial a short
distance from Washington down the
Potomac, the result being the complete
wreck of the air ship. Everything has
been in readiness f, r the trial for
some days, so that it was felt all that
was need for the ti st was the rigid -ort
of wind and weather. These conditions
presented themselv* s. and the test was
made under auspicious conditions.
Count Was ttio l.nst of Ills Ifoee.
PROVIDENCE, It. I.. Dee. II.—Count
.Maurice de Pradel. sou of Henri and
Louise tic Pradel. who diiuT in pover
ty as an inmate of iho Home For Aged
Poor In Pawtucket, it. !.. has bean
buried in St. Francis’ cemetery. He
died of a complication of disease!.
Realizing ills condition, lip reipi-stod
that ail his papers and documents al
luding to his title and family be buried
with him, as he was tile last of his
race.
HnMii Herman fliiMn Drnd.
WILKESJ5AHHI:. Vn.. ]n «*. !).—Kab
]>I Herman i;ub!:t. the oldest minister
in tills city, is dead. The deceased was
horn in Hohenzollcrn. Prussia, and
earnc from New York city !■ re in 1.S.V!.
He was seventy-eight years i Id.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Rnssiao troops have defeated a band
nf Chinese rubbers in Manchuria.
I'ather. mother and three children
were burned io death at Clarksburg,
N. J.
Tlie Metropolitan Opera House (New
York) chorus girls have made a de
mand for damaged gowns ruined by
aehl.
An attempt was made to wreck pas
senger trains on the Panhandle road
by tampering witli switch lights in its
yards at Wheeling. W. Ya.
Attorneys in the Kishineff mnssnere
trial are said to have abandoned the
case because of the refusal of the court
to take steps to discover the real crlm
'a:\ls.
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7’oODBRIDGE
ENTERTAINED WHIST CLUB.
Miss Mabel Freeman, of Prospect
Hill, entertained the Tuesday After
noon Whist Clob at her home yester
day. All had a very pleasant time.
Those present were the Misses Edith
Whitney, Hannah Harding, Mary Sea
mans, Anna Dixon, Elsie Martin.
Katheryn Unthbuu, Susie Freeman,
Mrs. Stuart, Mrs. Crnsko ami Mrs.
Yonngman.
NEWS ITEMS.
Mr. and Mrs. John Gage and Mitts
• Both are visiting Mrs. Fanny Demur
est, of Upper Green street.
Miss E. W. Cornish is suffering
with a severe cold.
Mrs. S. M. Brewster and Miss Helen
Brewster have returned from their
visit to New York.
Mr. and Mrs. F. I. Perry and Mr.
and Mrs. John Lockwood dined with
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Boynton on Sat
urday evening.
Miss Katheryn Louise Jackson is
rapidly improving from her rocent
illness. Dr. Florence E. Voorhees is
in attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Boynton
dined with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Boyn
ton on Sunday last.
Mrs. W. T. Amos spent Saturday in
New York.
Orpheus met as nsoal on Monday
night in the club Dense. The first
concert will take place on Tuesday
evening, December 20.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Grant and Mrs.
Glidden will soon go to New York
for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs.* M. Irving Demarest
spent Sunday at Franklin Park.
Miss Carrie Ewing spent last Friday
with friends out of town.
^RTEKET
NEWS ITEMS.
Miss Clara Bartlett, of Brookyn,
and Miss Ohio Rose, of East Orauge,
wire guests of Mrs. L. A. Chase on
Sunday.
Miss Bessie Slneg, Miss Fannie
Johnston and Miss Maude Platt speat
Saturday in New York.
Mrs. C. S. Walling spent Friday in
Newark.
Mr. D. R. Wilson was in Newark
on Friday.
Mr. Peter Fiunigan spent Sunday
out of town. ,
,ORDS
Hurry Moody celebrated his 9th
birthday with a party to las friends,,
nrnong whom there were: Gertrude
Cornish. Grace Cornish. Ethel ana
Siras Dunham, Corrie W inant, Hans
Hausen, William, Lizzie and Ella
Oleson, Laura Nelson, Annie, John
nnd Mary Jesko, Helen and Harry
Schilcox. All had an enjoyable time.
Gaines were indulgen in and at 4.H0 a
dainty supper was served.
Mrs. J. Ernest celebrated hor birth
day with a number of her friends yes
terday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Olsen and fam
ily spent Sunday with Mr. Olsen's
parents here.
Lewis Blomar, of Rahway, spent
Sunday with his mother,Mrs. William
Bolmar.
Mrs. William Bolmar will move to
Rahway this week. She will be
greatly missed by her many friends,
as she has lived at Fords for over
thirty years.
There have been two cases of diph
therin and one death here. Lizzie
Nyte died of the disease on Suudny.
A lit? U lull UUf, UUUU VittUBCli, 1C 1111*
proviug.
D. M. Sprague, principal of the
Fairfield school, is quite ill at his
homo in Metuchen.
Mrs. Thomas Feeuey is on the sick
list.
KEASBEY.
Mrs. William Roraer lias been visit
ing her mother in Brooklyn.
Harry Schilcox is on the sick list.
Eveiet Mnndy, of Perth Amboy,
was a Koasbey visitor Sunday.
Mr. ana Mrs. Samuel McGraw and
family spent Sunday in Metuchen.
Miss Christina Peterson, of Metheb
en, was a Keasbey visitor Snnday.
Miss Thresa Rankin, Jof Jefferson
street, spent Sunday with Mrs. Elmer
LaForge. 2
Read the real estate advertising
column on page 2, today.
€lures So opiate#
HENTERS OF FORTUNE ]
Make the Keeping of Wealth DiCl
cult to Capitalists.
An Army of Fakir* tint! fRvrntor* Art
in Coimtaitt Puranit of the
Muu \\ lio Has 12it<le
Money.
In Chicago to-ctay. says the Tribune, j
there is a comparatively young mao .j
with a strong chin and good executive
<• i tity who within a few years baa
tt vie a million collars or more through
txp/HIng some successful invention*.
Ir, looking back over the making of the
brume, however, he confesses that the
1 tding i-| 'hat fortune against the ar
r.v of fortune hunters in Chicago so far
fx -t.tdt the capacities which be pos
ed in t.h“ making of the fortune that
ii was ' hild's ptay merely to make It.
'Would you believe it?" he asked the
writer, raising his voice In his carnest
rr.-'. "thrrf's a company organiz'd
right here la this building with a capital j
of $200/oj put into a process for aging
whisky in ten days to the ripeness ordi
narily represented by three years, and .
i <! all 1! has to show for the business is ^
a pile of oak shavings through which
the hicrhwir.es are supposed to be fil
tered to accomplish the results.
“And here the other day an acquaint
ance brought a man in to see me who
was introduced as having a process by
which h» had been turning copper into
gold. ‘Tell him about It,' prompted my
friend. The chemist looked all around
the room with some show of suspicion,
then put up his hand to one sid,e of his
mouth and whispered: 'That's right; I
was making the gold out of the copper
all right till the government got on to
n ana maae me stop:
"I have been attending a great school (
for the last year and a half.” said the
-peaker, waving a hand around the
well furnished office room from which
he controls his affairs. "I may be con
ducting the school, but there is no mls
aking that I am the student who is get
ting the greatest benefit from the
schooling. Incidentally I have learned
a whole lot abon' my fellow man w hich
has not been calculated to endear him
to mo especially.
“I have never laid claim to more than
common sense and a practical mersure-.
ment of things along that line, hut It
would surprise you to know how much
advice I am asked to give to those who
might he suspected of having advice to
give. For instance, not long^tfgo
the wealthy and influentialMawyers
this town had me come Into a meeting
with himself and some trther inquiring
capitalist?. They had an inventor of a
wonderful 'solidified soap' hefrre the m
giving
In
"Well. I look off this- ring when h»
was done and asked for the grease pot.
'That's great stuff, isn’t it?’ the lawyer
asked as I took up the grease. 'Still,
I'm glad to see you gq about it in a prac
tical sort of way,’ he added, p.nd he was
looking on while 1 smeared the greas,e
over my hard and then turned and ‘
picked up just an ordinary cake of soap
that had been lying on the basin. I
rubbed the soap over my hands, dipped ;
them In water and the grease slipped
i'll Hi.■ UdiUiS iiunr as as u nou <-ui.u
from the hands of the Inventor who had
used the ‘solidified soap.' That, of j
eours". spoiled the whole invention.
The philo; ophy of the capitalist is
that the man who puts up money back- •{
Ir.E a man's invention in any line is
simply backing that man's imagina
tions. When a man has put $5,000 Into
r-uch an invention as a starter he has ^k
got Into a position to follow it with J®
•no core order to make that
S', on coo’ And h» may have it to d^H|
• h-on that even the hardaBnB
■ a *• ’ no ’ a- r.o paid-' Hr- or. the
or which " .". itidiest® when MMsSs*
p i'.' foe drcSHfij
! r: r 1.
r.’ • typrs of thflHHj
■ ■ ■ ■ i vMsgLm
"T!>* n- is i|®M
who has iHysj
■ y - • who ' aH|l|f|B9!
’■ : "" : •'•11'r :if'. iHHyHH
t'i WI.
■ , ar. '’''I'lflBg
th» invertor
v rk in ! is nvnIHI
rl: anywher^HHH|
■ /‘WWH
dirjftlon. IkenKEH
■ piri, inventor, who will notJ^Hj
m know enough of his pet Idea Jt»
;m Ice whether it is worth anythlnpor
not; the man who has been stealing
>as all his life, and. finally, the real
Inventor—the man who wants a shop,
ins* as the great artist wants a studio;
the man who hes small idea of the value
of money save as it will equip him with
tills perfect shop that ehall produce his
invention In perfection under hi; own
personal supervision.”
Bnd Break.
"That fellow you advertise us a pro
fessor of physiognomy is a rank im
pos'.tor,' said the man with the scanty
lock*. i
"What makes you think so?" asked J
the museum manager. ”
•'ll cause." answ ered the kicker, “he
said my wife had a weak chin."—Chi
cago Daily News.
Served Him Right.
Corliss—Your cough seems to be get- A
ting worse.
Haj 1;-;. Awfully worse; think I ruust^ft
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