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Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-09

NEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. and MIS-. Frank Glyn, of Perth
Amboy, are the guests of Mr.. Gyms
sister, Miss Kate Glyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Chase and
daughter Marion have returned from
Atlantic City, where they have been
spending a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson, of Eliza
beth, are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Jones, Of Quinn street.
George H. Wilson has returned from
Wh~itesville, N. Y, and vicinity,
where he has been spending his two
week. vacation.
Miss Edna Slugg spent Saturday and
Sunday at Staten Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. L. Slugg have been
called to Philadelphia by. the death of
Mr.. Slugg's sister.
Mrs. 7. T. Beam has returned from
Philadelphia, where she has been
spending a few days.
Charles Wood. of New York, spent
Sunday in town.
Mrs. William Nash and her daughter
Julia were out of town on Saturday.
Miss Nellie Sexton spent Saturday
out of town.
Morris L. Slugg was in Railway on
Sunday.
Julius Wilson was in Perth Amboy
on Friday.
j. Edgar Davis has moved to Perth
Amboy, where he will reside with his
sister, Mrs. John Bryan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward VanBuskirk
and Joseph Robert visited in Paterson
Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Dittrich and her daughter
Lizzie, of Brooklyn. Mrs. Aibrecht
and Miss Roof. of Staten Island, and
Mr.. Newman, of Jersey City Heights,
we're the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Walz on Sunday and Monday.
Jack Wilkinson spent Sunday and
Monday in Newark.
Harvey Mallory spent Sunday in
Perth Amboy and Monday in Newark.
Edward Chapman and family hd :
moved into Mr.. Shotwell's house o.
Baltimore avenue
Miss Katie Walz, Inez Counelly and
Josie Dorsey, Christian WaIz and
Allen Platt spent Monday afternoon
at Boynton Beach.
John Wickham, of Lowell, Mass, is
visiting friends in town.
Miss Ethel Winchell spent Friday
afternoon visiting her aunt in Newark.
Misses Ruth and Margie Slugg spent
Friday visiting friends in Railway.
Miss Hazel Win chell spent Friday
in Elizabeth.
Miss Alice and Annie Adams spent
Thursday in Railway.
Miss Lizzie Clauss is visiting in
Schenectady, n. Y.
DIR. and Mrs. Fishback and Miss
Augusta Fishback are visiting Mr..
Fishback's sister in Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Lena Clauss spent Saturday in
New York.
Miss Fannie Johnston, of Trenton,
has returned to take up her school
duties. Her little sister came with
her for a visit and is the guest of
Mrs. H. Y. o. Platt.
A very sad incident happened last
Thursday in the sudden death of a
we'll known Hungarian of this town.
He had been saving money 10 take
him back to his home in Hungary
when he was stricken.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-09
On the Summit of Mount washington

SUMMIT HOUSE, Mount Washing
on Mount Washington, and only a light
wind blew, while the $50 visitors were
favored with the finest conditions Of
the entire summer. The ocean was dis
tinctly visible from sunrise to sunset,
while the great range of sight extended
1876 miles and included five states and
the dominion of Canada.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-09
< All The News From Surrounding Towns. X
TOTTENVILLE

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.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-09
DISCUSSED CHURCH WORK.

The regular monthly meeting of the
church guild of church of the Holy
Comforter, at Eltingville, was held
last night in the lecture room of the
church. The main topic for discus
sion was regarding the church work
to be done this fall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-09
OFFICERS ELECTED.

The following officers have been
elected by the members of the Young
Peoples Society of st. Stephens
church, Amboy venue President,
G. F. Meyers, vice president, Miss
Addie Cook secretary, Miss Sadie E.
VanDusen, and treasurer, George
Scull.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-09
FIFTH BAND CONCERT.

The famous brass band, composed of
the boys of Mt. Loretta Institute, gave
their fifth open air band concert at
Sailor Snug Harbor, Saturday night.
The band concerts are becoming quite
popular with the Tottenville people
who journey to Sailors Snug Harbo1
every time the Mt. Loretta boys play
there.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-09
HAD GOOD TIME.

The m~oulders of the s. S. White
Dental Works at Princess Bay, who
went on their excursion Saturday
afternoon up the Shrewsbury river,
returned home late the same evening.
They report a glorious time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-09
Him On.

at is a great mistake, Mabel, to trifle
with the affections of a man who loves
you by encouraging someone else"
well, he's a little slow, auntie. I
think he needs a pacemaker. '-Tit-Bits.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-09
READY FOR FESTIVAL.

The members of Bethel M. E. Sun
day school are now ready for the fes-
tival and entertainment which is to
be held in the lecture room of the
church Friday evening.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-09
wary.

Mrs. Farmer-Here. my poor man, are
some cold sausages.
Weary Willie-'Scuse me, mum, but
don't your sign say Beware of the dog?"
Judge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-09

Grand Stand Falls. Injuring Many.
L~EAVENWORTH. Kan, Sept. "a
grand stand erected on g knoll in the
Fort ~Leavenworth reservation gave
way during a sham battle. injuring
tw%enty-four persons. None was killed,
but many of those injured received
broken legs. Fully 1900 people had
crowded upon the stand. Some one an
nounced that the cavalry were emerg-
ing from a ravine to charge, and the
people on the grand stand jumped up
to see them through the smoke. The
grand stand went down with a crash,
and confusion followed. accompanied
by shrieks of victims who We're pinned
down under the boards.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-09
Peach ShOrtCake.

To two cupfuls of flour add four tea
%spoonfuls of baking powder, one-halftea-
spoonful of salt, one-quarter cupful OF
butter and one tablespoonful of sugar.
Mix with milk and spread on two round
buttered pans. When done, remove and
butter under crust well, spread with
peaches, pared and cut into sections.
sprinkle we'll with sugar and put over
the upper crust buttered. Cover the top
with peaches and arrange pieces around
the outside edge. Cover with whipped
cream.-Good Housekeeping.
Nov, Willie, what will you say If I
give you a piece of cake?"
please, ma'am, | don't know what to
/ say, cause ma told me l wasn't to ask
Cor a second helping."-Chicago Amer
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-09
Craved salmon and Oregon water

Craved Salmon and Oregon Water.
Many Oregon1ans were inclined to
laugh at the Missouri woman men,
toned a short time ago who insisted
on going back to her native state be-
cause there were no catfish in Oregon.
1t appears, however, that Oregon
women are as whimsical as Missouri
women, as a citizen who has two sons
practicing law in Brooklyn, n. Y, and
doing very well, went on there with
his wife to visit them a short time
ago, and at her desire left her there.
She thought she could look after the
boys and enjoy life in the east, but
she has quite UNEXPECTEDLY returned
home. When asked why she did not
remain in Brooklyn, as arranged, she
said such a craving came over her for
a slice of Chinook salmon and a drink
of Bull Run water that ii seemed as
if she could not live XiaAout them,
and so she came rPortland
Oregonian.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-09
NEWS ITEMS.

Frank Ellis and family have re-
turned TO Philadelphia, after a pleas
ant visit spent with G. A. Ellis, of
Pleasant Plains.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27

BY a stroke Of fortune, 800 Detroit
ers, capitalists, business men and oil
well promoters, who left Detroit Sat-
urday noon to inspect the OIL fields
about bennington, ont. and see "A
"gusher' touched off on the land OBJ,
Grated by the bennington OIL Co.. Lff4
tied. escaped being blown to atoms.
A 10gallon can of nitro-glycerine.
which was being lowered into the oil
well was exploded. The 72-foot high
derrick, the engine house and all the
drilling apparatus were wrecked. Two
men lost their lives. being killed and
nlangled TO pulp. Fifteen minutes
later the train bearing the Detroiters
arrived. stopping az roadside cross
ing only a short distance away from
the oil fields. As the crowd piled of
the train they were informed of the
accident, and OF tie fact that two men
had been blown TO tattcrs. The party
were only in time 10 see the remains
of the two victims gathered MP from
various parts OF the 20-acre lot.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27
Salt saved Her.

MISS Pearl Courtemansh. of Sagan.
ing, six miles southeast of Standsn,
owes her life TO the fact that an In.
dian carried salt with him while out
berrylng' She was picking berries
ana was bitten by n poisonous snake.
Before she could get out of the field
she became unconscious. An Indian
who was also berrying found her. He
OWNED the cause of her condition ana
by liberal administrations and applica
lions or salt succeeded I'm restoring
her lie then carried her to her home,
where physician attended her, but
found her out of danger
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27
s,nm the RAPIDS.

j. w. Glenistor. tie New York ath-
lete, successfully swan the Niagara
river rapids Tuesday, thus accomp-
fishing feat which has never been
performed before, and in which the
world-famous English swimmer Capt.
Webb. lost his life 20 years ago. Glen
lister wore no cork jacket or protec-
ton Of any kind. The man leaped into
the maelstrom one Of the most ter
rible I'm the world. ut the cantilev"r
bridge. and made his swim in constant
danger OF drowning or being dashed to
pieces on thu sharp. concealed rocks
on which Capt. Webb met his death.
He was pulled ont Of the water AT
Devils hole. five miles down the river
from his starting point. having fought
through the maelstrom and the upper
and lower rapids. Glenister sustained
Il fractured rib. COMMISSIONS of the right
side. and terrible gruelling, and his
condition is serious.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27
A pnlIfIcaI SnIarr.

Joseph NJ Weiss, of Detroit, is pre-.
pairing to press claim for STOPS
against the estate of the late Senator
Mcmillan. with whom he was closely
identified in a political way for years.
According to the statement presented
to the commissioners on claims against
the estate the amount named repre-
SCENTS balance due him for four years
services dating from July l, 1893. to
July L, 1897 at an agreed compensa-
ton of $1,000 per year. The statement
shows that Weiss received. by pay
ment from time to time" $4,975. The
commissioners turned the claim down.
Recently Weiss filed notice of an APP
peal from the decision and is now pre-
pairing to prosecute his claim in the
circuit court where it can be reviewed
by jury.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27

THE MICHIGAN NEWS
Showing What's Doing In All Sections Of the State


I, A murder was committed in Detroit
Monday night which for gruesome-
ness and brutality is almost without a
parallel IN the criminal history of the
world, not excepting even the White
capel murders In London, England. Ii
was the tiendish deed Of a pervert ana
the victim an innocent lad of IA years
named Alphonse Welmes. The little
fellow had been playing about home
in the early afternoon, but nothing ~
known OF his movements after tnat
time. His mutilatcd body was founu
Tuesday morning showing the per-
petration OF "A crime horrible almost
beyond belief. The little corpse was
found among a pile of molding boxes
on the commons back and east or the
Michigan stove works plant. The
childs dark blue knee trousers We're
pulled down. his red-striped shirt
pulled up the waist opened ana MS
white undershirt cut from top TO bot
tom and soaked with the little ones
life blood. a long piece of copper wire
was tied around his right wrist so
tightly as to cut deep into the flesh.
An old red handkerchief. bandana,
was forced down his throat so COM
pletely MS TO leave only very small
end exposed and to render It difficult
to remove it The injuries inflicted.
however. were appalling. One could
not gaze upon them without the
strongest feeling of repulsion toward
the perpetrator and of unmeasurabie
pity for the little victim of so das-
tardly crime.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27

Decatur is the only town which
stands show of getting the new S4o,-
600 normal school" said Henry Rus
sci, chief counsel of the Michigan Cen
trail Railroad co. Decatur town is To-
Gated ~ miles west of Albion, p
miles east of Niles and 16S miles west
of Detroit. The State Gazetteer gives
the population as l.4OO; location, van
Buren, county. 10 miles southwest of
Paw Paw, the county seat. and II
miles from Kalamazoo. Incorporated
as village in 1861. Has Adventist.
Catholic. Christian. Free Methodist,
Methodist. Presbyterian and Univer-
salist churches, public library, a
bank, n weekly newspaper. an opera
house and brick town hall. Stage
daily 10 Volina, Prairie Ronde and
Marcellus. Tel, w. L. EX., Am.
Telephone connection. VIM. III. White,
postmaster
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27
Herrien berries.

The season of 1903 has been a most
marvellous ole i'm raspberries and
blackberries, and Berrien county did d
great business. The crop harvested
WAS 10000 bushels, or 80 per cent of
the total production OF the state. The
fruit matured earlier than ever before.
ana the favor Is surprisingly fine. The
quality created great demand, and
the average market price was 81. This
brought return Of $4,000 TO This
county. Some farmers netted s165 an
acre. This season 1900 acres were set
In blackberries. and in another year
the acreage promises to be double.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27
The Lumber Is Gone.

Estimates by conservative lumber
men show that the days of numbering
in the upper peninsula will soon be
past. Before five years have passed
there will be practically no timber left
standing in Baraga, Houghton and
Keweenaw counties large enough TO
make log. MenOmnee county. which
about ten years ago was the largest
lumber producing district in the world,
has lost its rank and now produces
scarcely a tenth of its former amount
.IElRe milk ysyisJ5esd " gouisiaha and
Washington Baraga has timber
enough TO keep its few mills running
for few years more. hut like all the
other parts of the state where lum-
bering has been carried on its end is
near. Every season makes the timber
tracts of Houghton county smaller.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27
Reliance Wins FIRST Race.

After a glorious contest over a 30
mile windward and leeward course,
the Reliance won her first race for the
America cup SATURDAY.. defeating
Shamrock III. by exactly 8 minutes,
elapsed time, and Z minutes. three sec
onds, corrected time. Tie race was
by no means as one-slded as the final
figures would seem TO indicate. as the
challenger did remarkably well in the
thrash TO windward. The net result
Of the race shows that barring the
fiuke Shamrock III. had held her own
in the windward work and had been
beaten more than five and half min
utes TO leeward.
1t Is expected the next race will be
sailed on Tuesday
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27
Condensed NEWS.

Caleo Towers will make a speech TO
the Jury In his own defense in the
ooeoei murder trial at Georgetown,
Ky.
Vesuvius is again in eruption. satur-
Day night frequent explosions were
hearu ana stones We're thrown TO a
night or GOO feet above the crater.
A cemetery for pets. animals and
BIRDS, Is projected al Boston by the
society Tor Prevention OF Cruelty TO
Animals. One woman Is having a $500
monument erected for her dog.
A negro who confessed 10 cutting the
throat OF little Mary Griffin, aged -.
at Halifax y. c., after he had as
saulted her. was taken from jail and
hanged and his body riddled with bull
lets.
A sermon brought death in Ellen. I.
i. Tom Lanham, catteman. crit.
cised sermon of ID. Roach's father,
and Roach fired at him, shooting and
killing his own brother, j. o. Roach,
by mistake.
Maj. Samuel Reber, signal corps,
general STAFF officer, has been detailed
as secretary of the army war college.
He is son-in-law OF Lieut.. Gen.
Miles, retired. and formerly was his
military secretary.
Miss Marie Schekopof, of Indian
apolis, lost the gift of her Iiancee. a
81 200 diamond sunburst, ut country
dance in Hammond. Ind. Lottie Still
son. 9-year-old girl. returned il, and
her reward was 500 bill.
Chicago sympathizers with Mace
donia held meeting and framed reso-
lutions denouncing the sultan's govern
ment. which they will send To PreSi
dent Roosevelt The powers are asked
to interfere for the sake of human
ity.
TO Patrick Sharpe, leader of the
miners in the Tamaqua, Pa, district.
shot in Nesquehonlng year ago by
deputy, handsome monument OF
Barre granite was dedicated in the st.
Joseph cemetery, Summit Hill, Pa.
Tuesday.
Barefoot monks, clad i'm rough
brown, attracted much attention on
Broadway, New York. They are
band of Il Of the Trappist order, exlled
from France by the associations bill.
and on their way to Gethsemane Alb
hey. Gethsemane, Ky.
Rev. jeff Denny. of Georgia City,
Mo-, assaulted Frank Schmidt. at an
ice cream social administering n fear
full beating because Schmidt had in
situated that the pastor intended to
use the funds raised by the social to
give his daughter an education.
Driven TO desperation by an accusa-
ton of stealing so from his uncle,
Samuel Rosenberg. aged 20, of Mid
land, Pa. saturated his clothing with
oil and set them on fire. and then tried
to jump from second-story window.
He died of his injuries within three
hours.
Marius c. Krarup and Thomas
Fetch, who are touring from San Fran
cisco to New York in an automobile
reached Poughkeepsie Thursday.
They left San Francisco July 20. hav-
Ing undertaken TO journey from the
shores of the Pacific to those of the
Atlantic.
Count Nandervlade, said 10 be men,
her of IN aristocratic Holland fam
lily. was found dead in the street In
San Francisco. He was left a fortune
of 100000 by his father but lost it
in an Alabama colonization scheme,
and for ten months had worked as a
common sailor
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27

NEWS OF THE WORLD
Brief Chronicle Of All Important Happenings


Great Britain has offered the Jews
vast tract of territory in East Africa
for colonization. III the Jews accept the
offer Great Britain pledges herself 10
grant an autonomous government. sub
ject only to British suzerainty. This
means that the Jews, for the first time
since the days of the Roman conquer
or. would have Il country, n ruler and a
flag of their own, with IA government
of their own choosing. The offer OF
the British government was made To
the sixth Zionist congress, which as
sembled at Basel. Switzerland. with
900 delegates, representing nearly
every country in the world
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27
Another Rad DRIFT.

The estate of the late State Oil In
spector VIM. Judson can now be added
to the long list of victims of Frank c.
Andrews, the Detroit bank wrecker.
That some interested people are per-
kuading Gov. Bliss to release from
jackson. Before the failure Of the
City Savings bank, of Detroit one OF
Judson's deputies bought a draft at
that bank and turned 1t into the state
treasury to settle an account. The
failure of the bank made the draft
worthless, and now the state treasurer
VIII nile a claim with the administra-
tors OF the Judson estate for the
amount.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27

Eleven Whltecappers. prominent
white planters of Poynsett county.
Ark, have been arrested for attempt-
ing to drive negro mill hands from the
vicinity.
Capt. Clarence Sharon. OF Topeka
Kas., who served i'm the ntjeth
regiment in Manila with discretion. IL
under arrest in San Francisco charged
with embezzling the funds OF the Kan.
sas National Guard.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles has been
named as possible nominee for gov.
ernor OF Massachusetts on the Demo.
cratic ticket by Democrats OF that
state, In which he was born.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27
Two boys Roasted.

James Budd and Eugene Moss,
young sons of JOS. Budd and Andrew
Moss, of Saginaw. climbed an electric
light tower Thursday night, and were
caught by the feed wire, charged with
a current of $1,000 volts. \ citizen who
saw their bodies writing telephoned
to the lighting plant, and the current
supplying the whole If the west SIDE
was shut Off. \ patrol wagon with II
detail of officers and several linemen
arrived. and the bodies were lowered
with ropes. Tho clothing of both boys
had almost all been burned of and
their flesh was roasted SO that IL pres
ented slckening sight.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27

GraSshoppers check the trains in the
vicinity of Red Lodge. Mont. The
locomotive wheels are made so slip
perry that when the engines stop il is
ditficult 10 start them again.
Samuel A. Mason left Elgln several
years ago after being divorced by his
wife on account of cruelty and drunk
enness. 1t was thought he was dead
He reformed. and Friday turned up
in Elgin an ordained minister
Doctored ice cream poisoned more
that 80 tourists in Colorado Springs
and Manltou, Col, several of them
critically so. The cream. which was
the basis OF the dish, sent from a big
dairy near Denver, was charged with
formaldehyde. Arrests will he made
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27

The steamer Carolina. with 3f7 ex-
cursionists OH board. mostly Ameri-
cans, went ashore in the Saguenay riv-
er. six miles from Ladousac Most OF
the passengers landed on the rocks I'm
their night garb. wrapped in rugs and
blankets. and suffered considerably
from the cold.
William III. Gross. proprietor of the
Lee Marble Works In Lee. Pa. and rat
ed a millionaire. Is soon 10 marry his
stenographer, Miss Katherine Toby,
aged 40. He has just settled a breach
of promise suit In which Miss Helen
Potter. OF New York. said now to be
In a sanitarlum, was plaintiff.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27
Cleaning House.

The investigation being made by
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow into the alleged crookedness
that is said 10 have pervaded the de-
partment, is drawing near its close.
AS result of the disclosures that
have been made he has decided III
recommend the dismissal of about %
sub-chiefs and clerks. The cases Of
these men, while not criminal in char
acter. arc considered sufficiently irreg-
ular to call for prompt attention at the
hands of the department. Among tho
cases of this character is that of w.
c. Hazard, division superintendent Of
rural free delivery for the state Of
New York. who, 1t is charged. drew
"a per day from the government as IL
on active field duty while confined In
a hospital under treatment for a gum
shot wound
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27
Lord Salisbury Dead.

Lord Salisbury. one of the last Of
Englands great statesmen Of the past
generation. is dead. under the burden
of his advanced age. He had been i'll
since early last winter. but his condi-
ton was not regarded as serious until
early in the present month. Accord
ing TO the medical journals he suf-
fered from Intestinal paresiS. which
developed from the illness following
the death of his wife i'm 1899 The end
of the distinguished statesman was a
peaceful one, without the slightest ,evi-
dence of pain.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-27

It turns out that the supposed case
OF cholera on the transport Sherman
at Manila was merely an attack of Sc
we're cramps.
Former Postmaster-General Wilson
s. Bissell is iii at Bar Harbor, Me-, OF
nervous collapse. due TO overwork, ag-
gravated by kidney trouble.
Ignorance rather than intentional
wrong doing was the opinion of Coro-
ner Hagan. of Fayette. Pa. who re-
leased Mr.. and Mrs. Jubilier. who had
shipped the body Of their 5-year-old
son TO Dravosburg in tin can after
he had accidentally shot himself.