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Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
FELL WITH CHILD.
Mrs. Williams Tripped as She IA Alight'
ina from the Amanda.

Mrs. George Williams, of Broadway,
who has been assisting her husband
in the photograph gallery at Sea
Breeze, came over on the IL o'clock
boat from that place Tuesday evening,
accompanied by her husband. AS she
was stepping on the borough dock
from the boat Amanda, with her baby
in her arms, she tripped and fell and
received a very bad cut on the side of
her head by striking it against a
bench. 1t is not known whether the
child was hurt or not, but it cried
heartily.
The captain of the Amanda went
ashore at Sea Breeze to see Mr.. Fiigen
regarding running Wednesday and be-
fore he could get back to the boat, the
whistle was blown and the boat start
ed for South Amboy in charge of a
party by the name of Johnson, who
had the wheel and was steering the
boat. Johnson had been employed as
a deckhand aboard the Amanda and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP
woo DB RIDGE
NEWS ITEMS.

Miss Alice Gidley, of Hudson, Eng.
land, is the guest Of Miss Grace
Huber.
Miss Bertha Powers, of Kingston,
is visiting Miss Nellie Carpenter, OF
Green street.
Mrs. VOORHEES,, of Franklin ParK, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. NJ. Irving
Demarest, of Sewaren.
Mrs. G. W. Fernald, of Sewaren
will entertain the Whist Club on
Wednesday.
Miss Lillian Waring and Miss Ethel
Way, of Maryland, who have been
visiting Mrs. Wilson Warlng, of Sc.
warren, have returned home.
Miss Elsie Woodruff has returned
home after visiting Miss Edna J.
Brown.
Mr.. Harry Brown, of Railway, ran
into the yacht Rita, owned by Mr..
Harry Demarest, on Sunday and broke
her bow spirit.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
LIEDERKRANZ CLAM BAKE.

The German Singing Society Leid-
erkranz again changed their minds
about holding the clam bake on Swan
Hill Monday evening. They thought
it too wet for comfort, so accepted the
privilege extended to them and held
it at Borlund's large hall at Mechan-
icsville. There was a big crowd and
all had a good time playing pool, etc.
MI. s. Rubenstein won the first prize,
a colored doll, and Master Willie Reh-
fuss won the second prize, a set OF
children china dishes. They had a
fine banquet and it was very much en-
ioyed. 1t was gotten up by Jerold
Roberts. The eatables left over were
auctioned off before the people de-
parted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
AMBOY

The borough has been without the
electric lights again Tuesday night.
1t is said the trouble is caused by q
broken cable at Woodcliff and that we
won't have any light for a week yet.
Sheriff Carman, of New Brunswick,
attended the clambake of the Elks al
Sea Breeze.
There was a big crowd from South
Amboy at Sea Breeze Tuesday evening.
They were compelled to cut the
electric light wires on Henry street
before they could get the ice house
out of the yard back of Stumpf's meat
market, Tuesday.
Mrs. H. Cadmus, the former post
mistress of this borough, now living
at Elizabeth, was q borough visitor
Tuesday.
Miss Fannie Kollisch, of Brooklyn,
was the guest of her uncle, Mr.. H.
Kollisch, and attended the Leider.
kranz clambake with him and his
other guests, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Ruben.
stein, of New York, the Bronx.
Frank Dell was loading a wagon
| with meat, preparatory to taking out
orders from Pavolosky's meat market,
early Tuesday morning, when the
first trolley car came rushing along
and frightened the horse which start
ed on a run. On the opposite side OF
| Broadway the clerk in Stumpf's meat
market was also loading up their
wagon and seeing the other clerk s
horse going out on his own response
bility, dropped an armufl of meat and
ran out and caught the horse before
it had gotten further than Henry
street.
Parties who we're travelling over
the Mechanicsville road Tuesday even
ing, say it is in a very bad condition
and was full of pools of water. They
thought too, that. the opening beneath
the P. r. r. bridge was a spooky and
dangerous place to travel through,
especially at night time. The old
Stevens mansion was in the way on
this side of the bridge, so they had
lots of grievances.
Mrs. John Watson, Jr., of David
street, and daughter, Mrs. Charles
Stuart, were New York visitors Tues
day.
Prof. Stems was a New Brunswick
visitor Tuesday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
The boundary Award.

LONDON. Sept. 3. Ambassador
Choate gave a dinner to Chief Justice
Alverstone and all the boundary com
missioners, Judge John NJ. Dickinson
representing the American counsel and
Sir Robert Finlay and Sir Edward Cur
son representing the British counsel.
Chief Justice Alverstone has been cho-
sen chairman of the commission, which
assembled in the cabinet room of the
foreign office. An adjournment for a
fortnight was then taken to allow coun-
sci to prepare their oral arguments. 1t
is now believed that the award will be
rendered in the middle of October.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03

NEWS ITEMS.

julius Wilson spent Tuesday after
loon in New York.
Mrs. J. g. Wilson ana her little son
and daughter, Donald and Pauline,
have returned from Whitesvllle, N. T.,
and vicinity where they have been
spending the summer.
D. R. Wilson was in Elizabeth on
Tuesday.
Miss Nellie Sexton spent Tuesday
out of town.
Walter Reason was out of town on
Tuesday.
Miss Name S. Kieffer and Miss Ma
E. Scheib, who have been visiting
their cousin, Mrs. L. M. Beam, have
returned to their home in Baltimore.
Miss F. Belle Beam accompanied
them.
Miss Herman spent Tuesday out of
town.
Mrs. Nellie and her sister fromWest
Virginia, were in Newark on Monday,
sightseeing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
x All The News From Surrounding Towns. y
SOUTH AMBOY

as the captain had allowed him to
steer the boat a few times, he took
the liberty of taking the wheel and
starting the boat for South Amboy
instead of waiting for the captain.
He said he thought the captain was
aboard. In trying to make the land
ing at South Amboy it appeared that
he did not understand how to do it
and instead of landing broadside to
the dock he landed with the bow close
to a bunch of piling and made the
passengers step first On a stool, then
OIL the railing of the boat and from
there to the string-piece of the dock.
The railing Of the boat is about three
feet from the deck and the string
piece about one foot higher than the
railing and how Mrs. Williams ever
saved the baby from being crushed
under her as she fell is a mystery as
she landed on top of it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03

HONOLULU. Sept. 3.-Walter Brew
ster, a member of a prominent Eliza
beth IN. j. family, is engaged to one
of the famous All Fong sisters. One of
the most romantic stories of the Pacific
islands is that of the All Fong family.
The father of the thirteen girls, of
whom seven have married Caucasians,
is Wing All Fong, a Chinaman, who
came to Honolulu in 1858. He amassed
a fortune in the silk and bric-a-brac
trade and became several times a mil
lionaire through investments in sugar
plantations. In 1860 he married a
daughter of a Portuguese sailor and
then regarded as the belle of Honolulu.
The daughters were famed for their
beauty throughout the world. The
house of the All FOngs is a palace and
is regarded as one of the show places
of the Hawaiian capital. The dowry Of
the young women is $150.00O each. The
father took his son with him and went
to China in 1892, from which country
he has never returned, and all trace of
him has been lost.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
DEMOCRATS NOMINATE.
The State Convention at Harrisburg
In

The state Convention at Harrisburg
In
HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. g. The
Democratic state convention nominated
the following ticket by reclamation
Auditor general, Senator Arthur G. De-
walt of Lehigh county; state treasurer,
Senator Joel G.. Hill of Wayne county
judges of the superior court, ex-Judge
Calvin Reyburn of Armstrong county
and John A. Ward of Philadelphia.
The campaign will be conducted by
Chairman j. X. p. Hall OF the Demo
cratic state committee from the head
quarters in this city. The nominees for
auditor general and state treasurer and
Senator Webster L. Grim Of Bucks
county, permanent chairman Of the
convention, were members of the last
legislature and voted against the Ora
dy-Salus libel bill, which will be one of
the principal issues in the campaign.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
AN HEIREss.
Duke of ROxburghe VIII Carry on
Miss GOelet.

Duke of Roxburghe VIII Carry on
Miss GoeIet.
NEWPORT, Sept. 3.-Miss May Goe-
let has promised to wed the Duke of
RoXburghe. The duke is now the guest
of Mrs. Ogden GOelet here, who has
confirmed the reported engagement of
ISr daughter.
Miss Goelet is one of the youngest of
American heiresses and is possessed of
a large fortune in her own right and
will inherit several million dollars upon
the death of her mother.
Ogden Goelet, her father, died while
cruising on his yacht. the Mayhower,
in September, 1897, off Cowes. He left
IN immense estate.
Miss Goelet has been n of the most
sought after heiresses of the past few
years. One story vas that Prince Hugo
Won Hohenlohe of Germany made a
proposal of marriage. The offer was
ignored by Miss GOelet's mother.
The Duke of RoXburghe is twenty-sev-
Ell years old. His title was created in
1907. He was educated at Elton. He is
a large landowner. holding 60.500 acres.
all unincumbered. The rental annually
amounts to 100000. He served during
the South African war as an officer of
the Household cavalry.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
STERN JUSTICE.
Judge CavanauGh Sent His Friend ia
Jail For Ten Days.

JaIt Ut Ith VA
CHICAGO. Sept. 3.-In a habeas cor
pus case growing out of the arrest for
the second time of Walter B. HOyt on
a charge of obtaining money under
false ~pretenses in defiance of an order
of Judge Cavanaugh in the criminal
court, the latter ordered the arrest for
contempt of Assistant States Attorney
Barnett and sentenced him to ten days
Imprisonment and to pay a fine of $50.
Thomas J. Howard. detective. and Off
Ger Louis Houillion of Cincinnati were
also committed for ten days.
You assumed that the court did not
know what he was talking about and
advised the officers to act in defiance
of COURT exclaimed Judge Cavanaugh
with spirit. Mr.. Barnett, although
you are a friend of mine, l can make
no exception in your case. l will sen
tence you to Jail for ten days and then
pay in addition a fine of $50"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
Edison Stays woman and Himself.

NEW YORK. Sept. 3.-Crazed by the
fear that he might be forced to publicly
confess himself an embezzler of church
funds, Henry Townsend Edison, a son
of former Mayor Franklin Edison, be
fore taking his own life shot and killed
Mrs. Fannie w. Pullen, wife of John
Pullen, a New York Central employee.
Just before the shooting he had in his
W home and in the presence of his
wife asked Mrs. Pullen to go away
with him. Friends of the family de-
clare the elopement proposal of Edison
to Mrs. Pullen came from a diSordered
mind and that there was nothing TO in
dictate that there was any attachment
between them. In the apartment was
found a letter, apparently in Edson's
handwriting and inclosed in an enVel-
ope bearing the name of his victim, in
which he professed ardent affection for
Mrs. Pullen and begged her to see him
again.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
NEWS MS.

The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Thorne, of ElizabeIh, died on
Sunday morning at 4 O'Clock and was
brought here for burial on the IL. 80
train yesterday. Rev. Joseph Jack
son, the great-grandfather of the babe,
conducted the burial services at the
grave, in Christ church cemetery.
Mrs. Charles CLARK, of New York,
was the guest of her mother, Mrs.
Noah Furman, Monday night. She
returned home Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Allie Dayton, of Perth Amboy,
is visiting Mrs. Louis Suits, of George
street.
Mrs. Herbert Berrien, of Benson
hurst, was visiting her parents Tues
day.
While Charles Hendrickson was con-
veying the guests to the church for
Miss DeGraw's wedding Tuesday, in
Harry Davis carriage, the breast
strap of the harness broke just as he
stopped for Mr.. Robert Kerr, on
Broadway. He was compelled to Dor
row a strap of Mr.. Welsh. In the
meantime Mr.. Kerr walked to the
church.
Lots of fine wood and brush is be-
ing picked up on the shore, showing
the effect of the storm.
Miss Maude Adams, of Augusta
street, has returned home from Long
Branch and has recovered from her
recent illness.
Mrs. Edward Anderson and children,
of Yonkers, are visiting Mrs. Thomas
Baker and will remain over Labor
Day.
Mrs. William Wooton and daughters
Hazel and Dorothy, of Trenton, are
visiting Mrs. William Wooton, of
Catharine street.
Aloo oOlAb L OdASO3 VI OiiOPSCiuhhO
has been spending a week with Berry,
Hendrlckson, of the Heights.
It is said that the New York and
New Jersey Telephone Company has
had q number of wires cut in this
vicinity and the wires stolen, over
seven lengths between poles.
Mrs. William Riesdorph, of Has
bruck Heights, who has been %sojOurn-
ing at Ocean Grove the past two
weeks, stopped off at this borough on
her return trip to her home and spent
the afternoon and evening with her
sister, Mrs. K. S. T. Church, and son,
G.. M. Church, of Broadway, Monday.
VOLTS building, on Broadway, be-
gins to look fine. The windows are
in the store and the roof over the
porch is being built. Mr.. Lucitt will
have a very nice store when he takes
Gession of it for a bakery.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
NEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Miller, have
moved from Tottenville, to Huguenot.
Misses Edith Nance, and Nellie Leg
get, Of Pleasant Plains, have returned
from a two weeks stay at Asbury Park.
Prof. Wilbur Strong, of Wesleigh
College, st. George, was u Totem
vile visitor Wednesday.
Thomas Arnold, has returned to his
home in Newark, after a two weeks
vacation spent with Lester Rogers,
of Johnson avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Krleser, have
removed to New York City.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
RESUME REGULAR MEETINGS.

The meeting of Richmond Lodge
No. 80 Knights of Pythias, have not
held any regular meetings during the
month of August because of the hot
weather. They expect to hole the
meetings regularly from now on. An
entertainment has been arranged.
The we'll known Rathbone sisters will
take part. After the entertainment
a supper will be served. A number
of ladies and friends of the members
of the Knights will be invited to be
present,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
MISS JACKSON'S WEDDING
Became the Bride of Charles Campbell O
SayreviIIe Township.

A. pretty, informal home wedding
took place at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Jackson Jr., last
night, when their daughter. Margaret
H. jackson, was united in marriage
to Charles r. Campbell. The parlor
was very prettily decorated with flow
ers. At 8 O'Clock the bride S sister,
Miss Sadie Jackson, played Hail to
the Bride, and the happy couple en-
tered and stood under a canopy of
golden rod and foliage, backed by
other beautiful flowers, palms and
ferns, forming a perfect bower.
A ring ceremony was performed by
Rev. j. Y. Irwin of the Baptist
church, assisted by Rev. Joseph Jack
son, ST., the grandfather of the bride,
who made a beautiful prayer. There
were no attendants.
The bride was prettily gowned in
satin foulard, trimmed with embroid-
cred chiffon and applique. She carried
a shower boquet of white bridal roses
and m~aidenhair fern and wore the
same beautiful flowers in her hair.
She looked very pretty. Immediately
after the ceremony the bride and
groom preceded the guests to the din
ing room, Miss Sadie Jackson render
ing Memberships Bridal march as
they walked out of the parlor. A
dainty supper vas served.
Only the immediate relatives and
friends of the families were invited.
A number of relatives and friends
from Yonkers, N. Y. gave them a
pleasant surprise, by being present.
The bride and groom are members of
the First Baptist church of this bor-
ough. Mr.. Campbell is the son Of
MI. and Mrs. Daniel Campbell, of
Main street, ~Sayreville Township.
He is a fireman for the P. R. 9. Co.,
and a very promising young man.
There were a number of pretty
presents. The happy couple left town
on the 10. Is D. m. train for Buffalo
and Niagara Falls. The bride wore a
handsome blue cheviot travelling suit
with a hat to match. The bridal
coach was decorated with white
streamers galore, and a crowd went
to the station to see them off. They
received a shower of rice at the house
and again at the depot. They also
received a big send off from the
young men and boys of n neighbor-
hood, who serenaded them at the
house with all sorts of tin pans, etc.
and kept pace with the carriage trund-
ling along on the sidewalk the same
musical instruments with a rattley
bang, bang, bang, making noise
enough to be heard quite a distance.
We wish the happy couple a great
deal of JOY and happi ess.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
PATIENTLY WAITING.

The Rossville Hook and Ladder
Company are waiting patiently for
the completion of their new building
which is being rushed along as rapid
ly as possible. A number of new
ladders have been purchased for use
the truck.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03

5hOA "a
BALDWIN,, y. V, Sept. 3.-Tracked
over a country road and trapped in a
house they were rObbing three broth
ers. Italians. turned on their would be
captors at Lakeview Park. AS a result
of the struggle in the darkness To
masso Delasso. twenty-three years old,
of 4S2 Carroll street, Brooklyn, was
killed. He was shot through the heart
by Deputy Sheriff Louis L. Cook. An
tonic. a year younger, is at the Mineola
hospital, seriously wounded. He was
shot by Charles Crowley, who assisted
the deputy. A third brother, Frank, d
lad of fourteen. is a prisoner in the
Mineola Jail. For months the outlying
towns of New York city and Long ls-
land have been robbed nightly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
CAR TRIAL.
Judge Gummere Reserves DectsiOn
on Motion ia Dismiss.


on Motion to Dismiss.
NEWARK, N. j.. Sept. BIN arguing
for the dismissal of the case in the troll
ley disaster trial Mr.. Lindsbury said
that the claim that the defendants had
allowed the car to be so crowded that
the motorman could not work his brake
had not been upheld, but disproved, as
it had been testified by the state wit
nesses that the motorman had room
sufficient. 1t had not been shown that
the defendants had any knowledge OF
the crowding of the cars.
He argued that the state had failed
absolutely to show there was any con-
nectiOn between the acts of the de-
PENDANTS and what occurred.
Justice Gummere reserved decision
on the motion to dismiss.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
WEATHER TOO COOL.

The cool weather has had effect on
all of the summer resorts of S.aten
Island. 1t is so cool that bathing is
out of the question. Thu hotels and
amusement places are preparing to
close after Monday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
The Brooks-Thayer wedding.

NEWPORT. R. l.. Sept. 3.-All New
port turned out for the wedding Of Miss
Gladys Brooks and Mr.. Eugene v. r.
Thayer, Jr., Of Boston. Miss Alice
Roosevelt was among the guests, and,
next to the bride, the president r6eugh-
ter was the most interesting
the assemblage. which number
1.500. 1t was the largest gathe
a wedding in Newport in years.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
Closing stock Quotations.
New York Markets.

FLOUR-Steadier in tone, but still very
dull; Minnesota patents, A.7o64.&; winter
straights, 50. 6543. 80; winter extras, g. 500
3.25; winter patents. $39Oq4.30.
WHEAT-Fairly active and generally
higher on firm cables, a sharp northwest
advance and covering; December, $40
IS 3-16c.; May. IS 9-166Ss%c.
RYE-Firm; state and Jersey, 50d5Se. /:
Nc. ? western. 6f19c.. (. 0. b.. afioat.
CORN-Acted dull and featureless, but
was strong west on a scare of shorts,
higher cables and fears of cooler weather.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
Veteran Colonel Dead.

GARNETT, Kan, Sept. 3.-Colonel
w. A. Johnson died at his home here of
Bright's disease. He had been promi-
nent in Kansas politics for forty years
and in 1888 was a delegate to the Re-
publican national convention. He was
active in the border warfare and served
through the civil war.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
MAKING REPAIRS.

Much needed repairs are now being
made to the fire house of Eureka Eng
inc Company No. 3. A new roof will
be put on, and a number of repairs
will be made inside. The work will
take about three weeks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
HORSES RAN AWAY.

Horses attached to the Swan Hill
Ice Company's wagon, ran away yes
terday afternoon. Mr.. johnson was
in the wagon and by excellent man
agement allowed the horses to have
their run out and stopped them before
damage was done. The animals were
frightened by DR.. Albright's automo-
bile.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
Fatal Co,Ii.ton WIN . Do~.

NEWBURG, n. Y, Sept 3.-JohI
Richie. a railroad employee Of Poo
keepsie, was thrown from a motorN
on the West Shore railroad at Val
Cottage and died in the hospital h9
The car hit a dog.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03

CHICAGO, Sept. "a strike of 700
trunk makers, followed by a lockout.
has tied up seven manufactures of
trunks, satchels and dress suit cases,
practically gripping the industry in
Chicago. Nearly 1000 men are idle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
TO HOLD A FAIR.

The Ladies Aid Society, of st.
Peters church, of Kreischerville, are
making great preparations for a fair
which they will hold next month, for
the benefit of the church.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
Tucker Gone with $56O.OOO.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 3.-William T.
Tucker, who is known in club circles as
willie" Tucker. is missing and so are
$560,000 worth of securities belonging
to a trust fund of his fathers estate, OF
which Tucker was a ~coeXecutor with
his mother. The discovery of the short
age was made when Mrs. Tucker, who
had been summoned from Europe, di-
rected that the doors of the box in the
vaults of the Mercantile Trust company
be broken off.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-03
OTTENVILL

The Evening News is on sale at Ost-
burgs' "A Main street, and at John
Boss Hotel, formerly John Kall's
stand. Extra copies of the News and
all NewYork papers can always be Sc
cured.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-02-08

laws, and their right to the fullest
measure of prosperity possible under
stable state conditions Geographically.
they are divided by a great range of
mountains. and the people of neither
territory have very full information as
to local conditions in the other. The
area of the new state would be so vast
and local interests so varied that law
makers could not legislate intelligently
without personal knowledge of the two
sections. And this personal knowledge
o: the legislature travelling back and
forth
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-02-08
Little James

Concerning the proposed New Mexico
Arizona Statehood Compromise)