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Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22

home for her. TO the bullying umbrella
or the gaping handbag the detective al
ludes with an apology, fearing that
madam has inadvertently incommoded
herself with something that fell from
the counter.
First offenders are often cured by mar
row escapes such is this from falling
into the abyss that leads to the dock,
and gladly pay for the experience in
coin of the realm as If they had all the
while meant to purchase instead of to
purloin the goods. Should l%eniency of
such a kind fail to lead the t~respasser
back into the paths of rectitude, the
managers office is made the scene of
more serious negotiations, on which it
is as we'll to draw the veil. But as a rule
it does not.
Considering the immense population
of London and the ease with which
beautiful objects can apparently be
taken in the great shops, the detectives
find their talents called but seldom into
play, probably because their system Of
surveillance is SO capitally organized
and carried out.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22

Today the citizens of New Jersey
vote whether or not the constitution
shall be amended 80 as to change the
present judicial system. The amend
ments should b~e..,,passed. The courts
are too crowded. Years ago the pres
emit system might have been we'll
enough. Then the Supreme Court
justices might have been able to
attend to both the Supreme Court
work and the duties of the Court of
Errors, but times have changed. With
the great industrial combinations and
hundl eds of other organizations
making constant litigation, the
Supreme Court justice has enough to
do in his own court. The amend
ments, for one thing, provide for a
new set of judges for the Court OF
Errors. This is right and every citi-
zen should assist in passing the
amendments.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22
q r James H. Dandy Post
No. Garretson, Commander;
Adit. n French, Westminster.

G r James H. Dandy Post
No. Garretson, Commander;
Adjt. ~ French, Westminster.
Imp'd n. Pc Ambo Tribe Nc. 65
Council Sleep every Thursday. Peter
Axeen, Sachem, Hans S. Smith, c. of r.
Andrew Jensen c. of W..
Ira B. Tice Lodge No. 900 Railroad
rrainmen, meet every Ist and 3rd Sunday
Knights of Pythias Hall Cor. Smith and
High streets. T. J. Griffin Master Robt.
Mulvaney Secretary, Charles Miller Tres
urer.
l. o. of F., Court Keasbey, No. 1867.
Meets last Thursday of every month,
K. of c Hall, corner Smith and Rector
streets. G. w. Fithian, Chief Ranger
H. E. Pickersgill, Secretary, II Lewis st.
1. o. o. F. Lawrence Lodge. No. 81
Meets Odd Fellows Hall, Smith street
every Friday night. W. A.. Mccoy
N. G.; F. L. Harrington, Sec'y., Brighton
Ave.
Jr. o. U. A. M. MiddleSex Council No.
63. Meets every I'd and 4th Wednesday
in City Hall. Charles Quincy, Counsellor,
G. M. Adair, Recording Secretary 2o3
Madison Av.
K. of P. Algonquin Lodge, No. A.
Meets every Monday X. of P. Hall Smith
and High Streets. Harvey Stetson, c. c.;
Chris Meshrow, X. of R. and S.
K. of c. San Salvatore Council. Meets
every cd and 4th Wednesday in K. of C.
Hall, Smith Eand Rector Street. w A.
Growney, G. K; Recording Sec'y.,
Richard A. Bolger, 1874 Market Street.
1. o. of F. Court Perth Amboy, No.
3o43. Meets X. OF P. Hall, High and
Smith Streets, every Ist and grid Tuesdays.
John X. Sheehy, C. R. Peter Poulsen, R
s., los Elm Street
R. A. Middlesex. Council No. HOO.
Meets Odd Fellows Hall, Smith Street
every second and fourth Tuesday. Henry
Mccullough Regent, N. H. Moore, Secre-
tary, 90 Jefferson Street.
X. of G. E. Meets in Odd Fellows
Hall, Smith street, every Tuesday night.
George Bath, Noble Grand; Frank B. Reed,
Keeper OF Records, 12e Mechanic street.
P. o. S. OF A., Washington Camp, No.
70. Meets every second and fourth Thurs
day X. of P. Hall, cor. High and Smith
street Fred Waters, President; J. M. Mills,
Secretary, 2Io Oak street.
w. o. w. Perth Amboy Camp No. 10,
meets at City Hall Ist and grid Wednesday.
Chris. Mathiasen G. c., DR.. H. K. Mason
Clerk, 634 Smith street.
Washington Literary Club meets in Un-
ion Hall Adelaide Building, on the Second
Sunday of Each Month at 3 O'Clock p. m.
John Clark, President.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22
-SHOPLIFTING IN LONDON.
visible Detectives Employed In
Keeping Close Watch Upon
KIeptOmaniacs.

Though there is every appearance in
all the great London shops that the
public is to be trusted implicitly, an
elaborate and carefully organized sys-
tenn of espionage prevails to circumvent
the designs Of the peripatetic thief and
the maurauding kleptomaniac, says the
Mail.
The invisible detective, whose office is
some unsupported gallery in the ceiling,
whence from artfully designed peep
holes in the molding he can survey the
whole establishment, is the most sue
cessful foil to the shoplifter. But there
are only a few shops so structurally
designed that surveillance of this kind
Is possible. Some of the jewelers.
treasure palaces are guarded in this
manner and, to make assurance doubly
sure, no attendant is without his satel-
lite, who keeps a wary eye on the cases
Of gems exposed to the customers in
spection, standing at the salesman'S
elbow while he is showing them.
At all periods a careful watch is kept
on those dress establishments that are
pervaded by women, but more especially
at sale time, for it Is then that covet-
BUSINESS overwhelms morality most cas-
lily, and the crowded state of the shops
favors the picker-up of unconsidered
trif1es. A manager of one of the largest
establishments in the metropolis says
1t is in those departments that are not
spacious that pilfering principally goes
on, and that in them detective supervi-
sion is always most acute.
Every shopwalker and counter at
tendant Is in effect a detective, but there
are some professionals who assume the
Euise to hide their real position. 1t is
the duty of each attendant when he is
Suspicious of a customer to call the at
tentiPn of the detective to her, not bla-
family, but by prearranged sign. Tho
detective then keeps the suspect under
her Immediate eye. In the large en-
poriums where women chiefly congre-
gate the most efficient, because least
conspicuous, detectives are women,
either employed as shopwalkers or as
customers.
When an attendant misses or thinks
he misses something, or notices dis
turbing signs of thievery, he speaks to
the detective, who, as an elegantly
garbed customer, seats herself in a po-
sition commanding a good view of the
suspect and makes her purchases like
any other woman, all the while gather
ing data upon which to proceed. The
disguise assumed by the shop detective
differs day by day.
If there be one result less desired by
the shop proprietor than another 1t is
to convict a kleptomaniac. Prosecu-
lions do not forward business. The
proprietor's policy is to prevent pilfer-
ing by every conceivable means. Hence
a blind eye is turned to what is a theft
In embryo, and the wretched shoplifter
caught in the act of purloiHing a blouse
under cover of her waterproof is asked
whether the article may q be ssRt
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22
SURPRISED THE CHINAMAN.
American Soldiers in the Philippines
Took Only C~Rbbnges as
Presents.

Some time ago it was stated that the
sum total of graft acquired by Gen.
Otis while he was in command in the
Philippines consisted of a quarter of
a pound of tea that he accepted just
as he was leaving the island. An OF
fcer who served with Otis, says the
Washington Post, relates that he did
not accept another gift. 1t seems that
the first Christmas which Gen. Otis
spent in the islands he received from
the head Chinaman, the mar who
managed all the affairs of the Chinese
residents of Manila, quite a large as
sortment of gifts, consisting of silks
and other Chinese goods. They were
really valuable, and, in addition there
were four heads of cabbage. These
vegetables were brought from Hong
Kong, and were considered a great
delicacy in the Philippines. The next
officer in rank received a less quantity
of goods and three ca~bbages, and so
on down the line, a smaller quantity
of goods and two caDbages, and a still
smaller quantity and one cabbage for
the lowest in rank. Gen. Otis gave
directions to send all the goods back,
save the cabbages. He accepted these
and allowed the other officers to re-
tain their cabbages, but they had to
send back tie valuable gifts. The
head Chinaman was much disturbed
and feared that the rejection of his
gifts might mean disagreeable con-
sequences for him and his people. He
had never had anything turned back
under the Spanish rule, and he had
learned that gifts paved the way for
favors. The way of the Americans
in the orient must have been a sur
prise to many people who have been
in the habit of purchasing favons.
Read the real estate ADVERTISING
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22
Familiar Subject.

Wife (after returning from church,
You should have been in church this 7
morning. We had a beautiful Sermon.
Husband-Ill bet you can't repeal
the text.
Eyes | can. 1t was the tenth verse 4
the 10Th chapter of Ezekiel-T grid
thee about with fine linen, and l COW
cred thee with silk" -
Huh! 1t is no wonder you remem-
bered it."-London Tit-Bits. a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22

A delay in the reorganization of the
New York Cloakmakers, caused by
conflict of opinions as to the title for
the new body has been settled by ar
bitration. 1.-The Amalgamated Cloak
makers Union of the Internal ional
Ladies Garment Workers Union is
the new name.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22
amendments

The historical value Of the West
minister H H2 e was a. ', Sar,.p pointed so out
day night and the Evening News was
gla1 to print the discourse in yester-
DAYS paper. Hundreds of cities would
be proud of such a structure and the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22

Irate Guest Ito waiter)-Look here,
didn't l order a Swiss cheese sandwich?
Polite Waiter-Yes, sor, and there it
is.
Irate Guest-There're two slices of
bread all right, but can you find any
cheese on them?
Polite Waiter-I'm sorry, sir, the
cheese is there all right, only-you hap
lened to hit on one of the holes.-N. Y.
Times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22
The Acme OF Realism.

Manager-What excuse have you
for drawing your play out into nine
acts?
Author - Well, you see, the hero
gets tangled up in a lawsuit in the
first act,-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22
A Bad Case,

The cynical man was staring througM%
the window at the chesty man swinging
down the street. Does Chesty know
anything" asked his companion.
Know anything!" said the cynical
man, "he doesn't even suspect any
thing."-N. Y. Times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22
Strong Resemblance.

Strong Resemblance.
There is a strong resemblance be-
tween the first president of the United
States and the present one"
What is it,"
washington was the father of his
country, and Roosevelt is the great an
tagonist of race suicide. Town Topics.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22
In Danger.

Nodd-I heard you abusing yot
servants as l passed your piazza la4
night. ~
Todd-Good heavens! is that 30? J
hope they didn't hear me.-4ToN
Topics. "
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22
ORGANIZED LABOR.

A new labor socialists party will be
formed in Porto Rico to act independ-
entity of the American Federation of
Labor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22

Machinists on the Boston & Albany
Railroad have accepted the nine-houl
day, and nave been promised an in.
crease in wages.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22
A Question.

We hope for mansions in the skies,
We yearn for future glory where
The splendid, golden turrets rise
And all the scenes are passing fair,
But shall we, if we ever win
Such glories as we crave, agree
To be content if others there
If all the people who get in,
The high, the low, the fat, the thin
Are just as richly blest a. We?
IN. Y. Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22

citizens would unite to preserve it
forever. Perth Amboy should not
neglect its opportunity.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-22
All Together.

All TORether.
Sunshine tomorrow
Shall trouble destroys;
Sing out your sorrow
And whistle for joy!
Atlanta Constitution.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
SAMOANS IN
AGITATION

Tutuila, March 80, via San Francis
co, April 14.-Natives of Tutuila have
been much agitated lately over claims
Of German SamOans, to land in Tu-
tuila. One of the chiefs advocated
the assault and slaughter of all the
Upolu people who come over to this
island and claim the land. Several
young men set out with a determine
ton to carry out the decree of the
chiefs. They were promptly arrest
ed by order of the secretary of native
affairs and a political embroglio be-
tween the United States and Germany
in Samoa was averted. This land
question was anticipated when flag
was first hoisted and in the deed of
cession of Tutuila to the United States
the natives stipulated there shall be
an investigation into the land ques-
ton by the United States government
and the hopes Of the Iutuila Samoans
are now in the United States to re-
deem their lands for them after the
adjudication Of the court or a COM
mission Of competent jurors has made
decision. The German government
has appointed mixed commission of
German, British and SamOans, but so
far the United States has done moth
ing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
MADISON BOY SHOt.
Participates in Bloody Saloon Fight
Near kenosha.

KenOsha, Wis, April 14-During a
, bloody fight Sunday evening in a sa-
loon at Four Corners, a resort a half
mile west of KenOsha, Harry Van Du-
sen of Madison, and J. Van Est of Col
umbus, O., were shot and probably
! fatally wounded. The shooting was
done by Al Brown, who was arrested
by Chief of Police Reynold, after a
struggle. He is now in Jail, but re-
fuses to make any statement Van
Est was shot through the stomach
and is in an unconscious condition
Van Dusen Was shot through the hip
and through the thigh. Joseph John
son, cab driver, was fired on and
narrowly escaped death.
Nobody seems able to give a clear
story of the fight, but it is said that
Brown and the two men had been at
the resort all day, and had some trou-
bic which was apparently settled.
Leaving the resort Brown called
the men into the barrOom to have a
drink, and without a word OF warning,
it is said, he drew a revolver and be-
San firing. He then started down the
road and entered the house Of man
Larsen and forced the family to leave
the house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

boarding house. He was later arrest
ed, however. When Deputy Sheriff
Byron arrested Mrs. Schaefer she at
tempted to pull revolver from her
dress to shoot him, but was over
powered.
The complaint against Mrs. Schae-
fer was made by Herr Schaefer, who
declares he will urge the seyerest pun
ishment known to the law. An army
of detectives has pursued the woman
since Feb. II, when she kidnapped her
children, Eleanor and Freda, in Cen
trail Park, and disappeared. SeveraI
months before that she and Worth had
eloped, it was charged. Although the
detectives were constantly reporting
all sorts of clews and every once in a
while turned up the information that
Mrs. Schaefer, Worth and the chill
dren had been seen together in Con
necticut, but he was also by her sue
cessful fight prevented from serving
on her divorce papers which he very
much desired to do. Worth is a son
of General Worth of civil war fame.
His mother is now Mrs. Austin Abbott
of Sparkill, n. Y, wife of an attorney
who acted as one Of the counsel in the
famous trial Of Henry Ward Beecher.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
OMAHA MURDER MYSTERY.
j. {. Knight, Said to Have Killed
His Wife and Hauled Body Away.

j. {. Knight, Said to Have Killed
His Wife and Hauled Body Away.
Omaha, April 14.-Late develop
ments lead the police to believe there
has been committed a most deliberate
murder and they are looking for
Frank E. knight, whose wife they be
lieve was poisoned and then buried
secretly. Mrs. Lucy Stile and her
son. Malvin Dusenberry are under
arrest, charged with the alleged
crime. Last week Mrs. Knight. who
was formerly Miss Rose L. Snyder of
Waukesha, disappeared suddenly and
the neighbols asked the police to
make an investigation. Her husband
said the woman had gone to South
Omaha to prepare a home to which
they would move shortly, Knight
being employed in packing house
there. Further investigation showed
that Mrs. Knight had not gone to
South Omaha. 1t was also learned
that Knight had borrowed a wagon
and a horse late Saturday night,
which he used to convey something
from his home in this city. The
police allege he haU' ed away the body
of his wife.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
SHOE MANS BRIDE
HANAN, THE MILLIONAIRE MAN
UFACTuRER, TO MARRY.
MIXED LOVE AFFAIRS
They Cause Frequent Litigation-Once
He Sought to Recover Real Estate
from the Woman Whom He Is Now
to Wed-Had Several Divorces
Ceremony to Be Private.

New York, April 14.-John H. Ha.
nan, the millionaire shoe manufacture
er, will wed tomorrow Mrs. Edith Eve
lyn Smith. The wedding will take
place at Shore Acres, the summer
home of Mrs Smith at Narragansett
Pier. Invitations have been given to
a few close friends of Mr.. Hanan and
Mrs. Smith. Accommodations have
been engaged at Greene's Inn fol-
about thirty guests, who will 60 from
New York.
Mr.. Hanan's love affairs have been
considerably before the public ever
since he was sued for $150,000 by Mrs
Buelah H. Dutton of Chicago.
In January, 1898, Mr.. Hanan brought
suit against suit against Mrs. John H
Thompson, who was known as Mrs
Charles Talbot Smith prior to he1
marriage with Thompson, this suit be-
ing to recover certain real estate
which, it was alleged, he had given
her While this suit was pending
Mrs. Dutton of Chicago brought her
action, which was settled out of court
Soon afterward Mr.. Hanan withdrew
his suit against Mrs. Thompson, who
has since resumed the name of Mrs
Smith, and whom he is now about to
wed.
Mr.. Hanan brought suit against his
wife in April, 1902, in Rhode Island,
but failed to get a divorce, Mrs Hanan
engaging lawyers AMI combating her
husband at every point. Last au-
tumn Mrs. Hanan herself sued for di-
vorce in New York and obtained a de-
cree. She and her husband had not
lived toether for a long time. Mr..
Hanan has recently transferred to his
former wife the house No. 16 Eighth
avenue, Brooklyn, where she now
lives, with the understanding that he
will pay taxes on it and care for the
property.
Since Mr.. Hanan and his former
wife have been separated he and Mrs.
Smith have been together many times
and have taken trips to Europe and
cruises in his yacht with a congenial
party of friends. Mrs. Smith has act
ed as hostess on the yacht on many
occasions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
FAIR WILL CONTEST ON.
Testimony Points to the Death of Hus-
band First.

testimony Points to the Death of Rus-
band First.
New York, April 14-In the Fair
will hearing yesterday afternoon
counsel for Mrs. Nelson, mother of
Mrs. Fair, called Alfred J. Moranne Of
France, who tes,4ded that he had dis
mounted from his wheel when the
Fairs automobile passed; that he saw
the accident to the automobile; that
with his friend Mas he went to the
place. The Chauffeur was trying to
rise, and Fairs skull was crushed out
of all semblance Of humanity. Mas
sail to the witness, The lady is not
dead" and he lifted her up. Witness
was within a yard Of her.
Il saw her lips move said the wit
ness, her hands tighten and her chest
move slightly. The ups moved as
though she was breathing"
DO you recollect what you saw al
ter your friend put her DOWN."
For about a minute l saw her
breathing gently, her lips were still
moving when I turned away from
her?"
Did the gentlemen move at alp"
He did not. He was in the same po-
sition when I turned away as when /
saw him first
At TINS point adjournment was TAX
en- until today.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

FACTURE IN THE NORTHWEST
ARE COMMON IN GERMANY
William de la Barre of Minneapolis
Now Abroad Studying the Process
es-North Dakota Ignite Said to
Entirely Suitable.

factory in the northwest In North
Dakota and Montana there is a layer
of Ignite $4,000 square miles in ex-
tent and from 20 to 80 feet thick, and
Germany has pronounced the quality of
the best for briquetting. Here is
what the consular reports say of tests
made with it:
THE Dakota Ignite is old and hard,
contains SO per cent. of water, but
brushes and pulverizes easily ana
forms, without binder briquettes of
firm structure, which burn readily,
are practically smOkeless and leave
only 4 per cent. of ash, while the best
German brown-coal briQuettes yield
from to II per cent. of inorganic res
idue. The percentage of water con-
tanned is rather low, but by adapting
the heating-drying process to that pro-
portion of moisture, this obstacle,
such as it is, can be easily met and
the reduced task Of evaporation will
be an economy in the general pro
cess
A typical German plant not far from
Berlin turns out daily from 500 to 600
tons of briquettes which sell on the
cars at the factory for from $1.66 to
$214 per ton. Brown coal briquette
companies in Germany pay dividends
of from Is to 20 per cent.
With such profits in the industry,
and the vast supplies of Ignite in the
northwest, including the beds in North
Dakota, Montana, and some in Iowa,
the northwest will doubtless soon see
the development Of the business. The
fact that briquettes make an almost
smOkeIess fuel will also add to their
popularity.
The process of manufacture is in
teTesting Ignite containing less
han 80 per cent. of water is difficult
to handle The part played by the
water contained in Ignite forms the
key to the whole economic briquetting
process. The crude brown coal is
brought from the mine crushed and
pulverized. and then run through
large revolving tubular cylinder, heat
ed by exhaust steam from the driving
engine, and hung On an inclined plane
so that the po-- red material runs
downward thrC~- the tubes by graV-
ity and is cal into the machine
press that staI- ) it into the briQutees.
During this passage through the CYL
inder, it is dried and heated until
there remains the right proportion of
moisture, combined with the proper
temperature to develop the latent
bitumen in the Ignite and make the
powdered mass plastic and easy to
mold under heavy pressure between
heated iron jaws into hard, clean
briquette, with a glistening surface
and sufficient firmness Of-structure to
stand weather, transportation and
other contingencies. To do this per
fectIy and economically the natural
Ignite should contain, as it comes
from the mine, approximately enough
water so that heating to the proper
temperature for pressing will evapOr-
ate out just enough water to leave it
at the proper degree Of moisture.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

were completed yesterday for sending
to Springfield the committee of coun-
Gil members and citizens, headed by
Mayor Harrison. who will present the
city's case to the lawmakers.
The party of thirty-fve left last
night over the Illinois Central rail-
read and will appear before the legis-
lature this morning. They are in
structed to take such steps as will re-
suit in the passage of the Mueller bill
during this session of the legislature.
Edwin Burritt Smith and John c. Ma
this, special counsel for the local
transportations committee, will draw
up any amendments that may be de
manded to safeguard the rights of the
city,