Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1895-07-17
ATLANTIC CITY.

| Does building inspector inspect?
The Elks owned the town last week.
Trolley parties will be an Atlantic City
| fad this season.
The summer travel has fairly set in
| and trains are running crowded from
| the heated cities and towns.
Enes Ware, Jr., aged IA, was probably
fatally injured Monday morning by the
collision of a runaway team with troll
ley wire pole on Atlantic avenue, in
| front of kuehnle's Hotel.
DR.. Cochran, young and prominent
physician of Philadelphia, rendered noble
assistance to the injured at the Casino
disaster. He worked with DR.. c. E.
Timer, who was one of the first on the
scene and the last to leave.
The bicycle stolen three weeks ago
from Thomas Harris, an employe Of
Kirk, johnson & Co., dealers in bicycles,
by a man giving the name of James
Williams, has been recovered. 1t was
found at Toms River, NJ.
City Treasurer John A. Jeffries is lying
unconscious at his home tonight as the
result of injuries he sustained in a runa-
way accident. Mr.. Jetfries was thrown
out upon his head and dragged consid-
erable distance. The full extent OF his n-
uries cannot be ascertained tonight.
The recently elected officers of Ameri-
can Star Lodge, |. 0. O. f., were in
stalled Thursday evening by District
Deputy George b. Lutz, of AbsecOn. Fol
lowing were the officers installed Noble
Grand, j. l.. Young Vice Grand, John
Clement; Recording Secretary, Frank W.
Reeve; Treasurer, John Gouldey; Out
side Guard, Joseph Walker; Inside Guard,
Nathan Prickett.
The Benevolent Protective Order Of
Elks, No. /, delegation from New York
City enjoyed their trip to the City blythe
Sea. Among the many who attended
the convention we had the pleasure of
meeting the following gentlemen from
No. 1: Christian Clausen, Thomas M.
Acken, M. d., Henry f. Bellmer Diedrich
Arder and II. Clausen. We hope to see
your handsome faces again this season.
Chief of Police Eldridge says that the
department is doing all in it's power to
clear the city from the thieves who have
been coDgregating here 1orseveral weeks.
Last Sunday night gang Of four noted
crooks, including Fred. Mason, one Of
the best known confidence men in the
country, were given 20 minutes by
Mayor Stoy to leave. There are ten
more thieves, all of one gang, in the city
prison tonight. Chief Edridge states
that there are, to his knowledge, two
gangs here from Philadelphia, one from
Gloucester and one from New York.
They will be picked up as soon as the
police can spot them.
The Elks elected the following officers:
Grand Exalted Ruler, VIM. G. Myers,
Philadelphia; Grand Esteemed Leading
Knight, Geo. A. Reynolds, Hartford,
Conn.,; Grand Esteemed Loyal Knight,
B. NJ. Allen, Birmingham, Ala; Grand
Esteemed Lecturing Knight, W. II. Nc
Dermott, Columbus, O.; Grand Treas
urer, Percy G. Williams, Brooklyn, N. Y;
Grand Secretary, George A. Reynolds,
Saginaw, Mich; Grand ESQUIRE, Thos.
McNulty, Baltimore; Grand Tyler, Geo.
W. June, Indianapolis. Ind; Grand
Trustees, E. B. Hay, Washington, D. c.;
W. c. Vanderlip, Boston,, and Joseph B.
Laub, Richmond, Va; After the install
lation OF new officers Grand Exalted
Ruler Meyers appointed Thomas f. Nc
Nulty of the Baltimore Grand Esquire,
and named the following committee on
laws and appeals; Martin A. Foran.
Clevelandj P. J. Campbell, Baltimore,
and Jerome B. Fisher, Jamestown. The
observance of the IL o'clock toast was
made universal, and after delegatlng to
the Grand Trustees the duty OF selecting
the time and place for the next meeting
the Grand Lodge adjourned by singing
"Auld Lang Syne."