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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-09
YOUNG PLEADS GUILTY,
GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
Unexpected End Of SenSa-
tiOnal Murder Trial.
STORY OF REVOLVING CRIME
LuTed Woman He Loved to His Apart
ments, Killed Her, and Drove Miles
to Hide the Body.

NEW YORK. Feb 9.-The trial of VIII
liam Hooper Young. charged with the
killing Of Mrs Annie Pulitzer in Sep
TENDER last was brought to a sudden
termination this morning, when the
prisoner pleaded guilty TO murder in the
second degree. The plea was accepted by
Justice HeTrick, who Immediately SEN
fenced the prisoner to life Imprisonment
in Sing Sing prison. Young viii be i'm
mediately removed to Sing Sing.
Surprise to jury
The proceedings came as a complete
surprise TO the jury, who we're excused,
and to the witnesses and spectators.
II is believed that Mrs. N, L. Willard. Of
Loomis. Wash. mother Of the prisoner.
was responsible for the entering of the
plea which viii incarcerate her son for
life, unless he is released by executive
clcmency- Mrs. Willard came from the
West on Saturday aud called at once
upon her son. It was the first time she
had seen him for a long time.
Young pleaded guilty to one OF the
bloodiest and most brutal crimes perpe-
Iured Mrs. Annie Pulitzer, with whom he
was in love, 10 his fat There he struck
her with some blunt instrument, and
with fiendish purpose sIashed her with a
knife. He then damned the body OF the
victim into a trunk. carried it down
stairs and placed It in a carriage waiting
al the door.
Rode Miles With Corpse
Then followed wild ride down Broad
way. the gwaying carriage with its
CHASTITY load attracting the attention OF
many pedestrians. He took the ferry to
Jersey City and drove TO the outskirts of
the city to the Morris Canal. into which
he dumped the body.
The remains were found later. and
everything pointed TO Young as the muir
derer- He had disappeared, but was
later apprehended in Derby, Conn.
where he was recognized by his pictures
printed in he newspapers.
Slammed Insanity.
His physical condition OF late has
come by remorse and nervousness over
his crime His thin. emaciated body and
unlempt appearance gave every indica-
tion Of man suffering from insanity
Experts examined him and pronounced
that he was shamming.
Young's grandfather was Brigham
Young. head OF the Mormon Church.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-09
DIED

STIIIE AN-Ou sunday. February $ 1903. q
pneumonia. WILLIE. beloved son Of Mary and
the late Daniel sullivan
Notice Of funeral hereafter i
DE HAYEN-At Atlantic CITY. y J. on s3t-
7lrdav. February :, 1893. at 6.3O p. m, DAVIS
W DE HAVEN only brother OF Mrs Allison
Sailcr, of this city. II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-09
EDNA LYALL" PASSES AWAY
At HOME IN EASTBOURNE
Author Of Fifteen Wen-Known English
Novels.

LONDON. Feb. 9.-Ada Ellen BayIy
EDNA LyalD, the novelist. died at her
home at EastbouTne. this morning, %
pneumonia. following an attack OF in
fuenza. She left instructions that her
body be cremated-
Miss Bayly was the youngest daughter
of the late Robert Bayly. barrister, OF
the Inner Temple. She was educated at
Brighton. and while yet in school began
writing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-09
CYCLONE DEYASTATES
SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
1000 Lives Lost in Brief
Appalling Disaster.
MANY EUROPEANS DROWNED
Islands Swept by Tidal Waye-Only
One Woman Left on Fakatea.
Industries Destroyed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. e-The most
destructive cyclone and tidal wave that
has visited the South Seas for twenty
five years swept over part Of the Pacific
or January u Probably /. 600 lives were
lost by the flooding of the low islands OF
the Paumotu group. east and northeast
of Tahiti The steamer Mariposa, ar
irving today from Tahiti. brought the
news Of the disaster. though details are
lacking.
on January q. a few hours before the
Mariposa sailed from Papeete. the
French Inter-Island steamer Excelsior,
from Faumotu and MarQuesas Islands,
arrived at Papeete, with the news that
on the morning OF January IS a terrific
cyclone and tidal wave swept over and
ruined SIX of the islands-Tikehau. Apa-
TAXI. Marutua. Makatea. Niau- and Hi
kuero.
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Many Europeans Lost.

Four hundred and ninety-six natives
and Europeans were reported drowned on
the island OF Hikuero. where the great
est loss OF life occurred. A white man
named Salmond. related to the family
of former King OF Tahiti, was among
the lost The other Europeans missing
included Alexander Brander and family,
q trader named FIunkett, and Patrick
DonneIy, formerly fireman on the steam
ct Australia. but who has been trading
among the Islands.
Almost without warning the storm
came from the south and southeast and
leveIed cocoanut trees and other vege-
tation. causing panic among the
natives Of Hihuero and the low neigh
boring islands. Following the ire
mendous blow the storm became circular
In movement, the sea rose rapidly, and,
before The day passed. great tidal
wave struck the low islands and swept
them where no waves had reached for a
quarter Of a century
Only One Woman Left on Hakatea.
On Hakatea Island only one woman Of
ali the natives was left alive, and she
was saved by her prompt action in
climbing q stout cocoanut tree.
villages and towns on Hikuero we're
swept away. Many natives who at
tempted to save themselves by climbing
TO the tops of cocoanut trees were
caught in the food and drowned The
recedins wave left nothing OF their
habitstions or Of their store Of hun
dreds OF tons Of copra, awaiting ship
meut 70 Tahiti The island of Hikuero,
in fact. was left desoiate waste and
the same is true of the other islands
mentioned. though the loss Of life was
not so great on them. The total num-
Der Of lives lost may reach 1000.
officers Of the steamer Excelsior said
that this was a greater storm than that
which visited Aria, Samoa. nearly q
score Of years ago when the warships
Of the United States. Great Britain.
and Germany suffered so severely, for
instead Of being a steady gale Of hurri-
cane force the storm was circular and
wrecked everything before It
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IN MEMORIAM.

CNRROIT-Our darling Iiltis ETHEL low
iagly remembered by papa. mamma, brothers,
and sister Died two years ago TODAY aged
three years and four months
February g. 1903. il
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
VENTILATION IN zee HAT.
Good for The Hair and Adds Not a
Little to the Comfort
of the Head.

"Some customers have nonsensical
notions about the proper way to venti-
late a hat" said fashionab BILE halter,
to New York Times man. "In fact,
they are so whimsical about it that we
make the hats without a ventilator
and try to suit the wishes of the GUS
toner after he has handed his money
to the salesman. Many customers will
not have hat ventilated at all. Well,
they miss a great deal of comfort and
take long chances for badness in old
age. The English style, and the only
one that some buyers will adopt, is a
ring of perforated holes in the crown
of the hat. In my opinion, it is just as
well to have no ventilator at all as to
put it there. The best way is to have
two holes, one on each side of the hat,
just above the band. Then you get
good circulation all the time. There
are ways Of punching the holes artis-
tically so that they do not detrect from
the appearance of the hat. But you
would be surprised at the number of
men who will not have them, some be-
cause it is not fashionable, and others
because they think the hat will not
wear so we'll"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The equator of Mars is inclined to
the plane of it's orbit about 25 degrees.
That of the earth is inclined % degrees
"a minutes.
It was Japanese scientist, Prof.
Ktasto, famous az q microscopic,
pho discovered that the long, narrow
l0ckjaw germ lives in the earth and
can only work at its dangerous trade
when buried deep in wound where no
air can reach it.
Capt. Scott, with the Discovery, has
penetrated 100 miles nearer the south
pole than any previous explorer, and
discovered an extensive mountainous
region hitherto absolutely unknown.
He thinks this indicates that land
stretches to the pole ia series OF very
lofty mountains.
DR.. Demploff, the head Of the Ger
man antimalaria expedition to New
Guinea, announces that he has discov-
cred an aquatic insect which destroys
the anopheles mosquito, and that he
proposes to cultivate the creature ar
tiflcially in the hope of exterminating
the mosquito, thereby exterminating
malaria.
To eye strain, usually unsuspected,
DR.. GeorgeM M. Gould attributes much Of
human misery. He finds evidence that
It was indirectly responsible for the
opium habit of De Quincy, caused the
morbid condition and breakdowns Of
Carlyle, and gave Browning his head
aches and vertigo. Printing books in
white ink on black paper is a suggested
means for lessening eye strain.
Rurge and Precht, Revue Scienti-
dque, have classified radium by the
spectroscope. The most intense lenses
OF the spark-spectrum of radium are
vigorously analogous to the strongest
lines of barfum and its congcners mag
nesium, calcium and strontium. They
place the atomic weight of radium at
1918. This high atomic weight fur
nishes in part the explanation of the
ease with which it's elements split into
electrons to produce radioactivity.
Ozonizing apparatus for vitalizing
the atmosphere of the sick chamber
may become a necessary part of the
PHYSICIANS outfit. DR.. ]. E. S. Barnes,
an English medical man, reports hav-
ing used the ozonizer in a severe case
of pneumonia complicated with pleu-
E1sy, and the result was an immediate
and Important change in the air of the
room, which was followed by rapid i'm
provement Of the patients condition.
Ozonizers are being used also for bet
Sering the air Of factories.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27

Fortunately the fire yesterday after
noon was in a woodshed and there
was sufficient pressure to force the
water out of the hose as far as the
roof of the building. This was all
that saved the houses which so closely
surrounded the shed. The streams
with which the firemen conquered the
blaze were not strong enough to reach
the second story windows from the
ground. The promptness with which
the firemen responded to the alarm
would lead stranger to believe that
Perth Amboy had a paid fire depart
ment with the men ready to jump at
the first tap. The boys certainly de5
serve the best equipment money can
huv
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27

NOTICE of Intention to Construct
a Sewer in Railway Avenue. Carteret.
Notice is hereby given that petit
tion has been presented to the Town
ship Committee of the Township of
Woodbridge in the County of Middle
sex, asking for the construction of a
sewer on Railway avenue, Oarteret,
and that it is the intention of said
Township Committee to cause a twelve
inch sewer to be constructed on said
avenue from the northwest terminus
of the existing sewer westerly five
hundred feet more or less, to drain
the territory along said avenue, for
the length of said proposed sewer and
extending four hundred feet more or
less to each, side thereof; and the
owners of land within the area ito be
drained by said sewer are requested
to present their objections, if any, in
writing at meeting of the Township
Committee TO be held at the Township
Hall on Thursday, the eleventh day
of June, Nineteen hundred and three,
at eight O'Clock, in the evening, at
which time and place a hearing will
be held upon said objections.
M. IRVING DEMAREST,
Township Clerk.
27Bl .6. .9O-8vv Bt. a. W.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
BARBER's TOOL KIT.
Investment Necessary Ia Smaller
Than That in Any other of
the Skilled Trades.

Considering his earning capacity,
the barber perhaps invests fewer dol
lars In the tools of his trade than does
the craftsman in any other line of
skilled work. If he be proprietor and
have to furnish his shop, the situation
is different, but as journeyman he is
not burdened with an iota of the
weight of tools that belong to the car
penter, plumber, stonecutter, cabinet
maker, and kindred trades. Half a
dozen razors, two pairs of shears, a
hone, strop and mug and brush
equip him for position anywhere,
says the Chicago Tribune.
AS for the razors, six of them at 81. so
apiece, providing that each be good,
will last him for his lifetime, and, per-
haps for the lifetime of his son, who
may take up the same trade. A razor
with blade only one-fourth of an
inch wide has not nearly served the
limit of its usefulness. Sometimes it
may shave only ten faces and need a
honing; at another time it may shave
40 faces and still be in good shape.
As for the shears, the two pairs at
cost of $3.50 may be counted on to
last 30 years in metropolitan barber
shop having a good trade. Cutting the
hair from an average of Is heads day,
pair of shears needs to be ground
about once month. The work of the
grinder finally wears out the shears by
shortening the blades rather than
wearing the blades too thin to close.
A hone is bought for lifetime, and
strop may last for 20 years. A brush
may last dozen years. and the mug
for 100 if it is not broken. Altogether
barber with the salary of one week
might easily equip himself for the oc-
cupation of a lifetime.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
Gunboat on the ohio.

Gunboats were common on the Mis-
sissippi river forty years ago. In
recent years the river has seldom
fioated ships of the navy Conse-
quently, when the monitor Arkansas,
one of the newest ships of it's class,
steamed up the river recently on it's
way to St. Louis, it attracted much at
tention. It astonished and delighted
the people of Evansville, Ind, by maxi
ing an excursion up the Ohio as far as
that city, for not since the civil war
had any ship of the navy touched at
that port Roth the Mississippi and
the Ohio are deep enough to float a
much larger vessel than the Arkansas.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
ROBINS EARN THElR cHERRIEs
Destroy Insect Pests and Save Fur
More Fruit Than They Can
Possibly Consume.

An orcha ardist at Fulton makes COM
plaint against the robins or Jack rob-
ins" as he calls them. He says they
are nipping all the blossoms off his
cherry trees. They just strip the trees,
and the ground beneath them iswhite
with blossoms. He says the wicked
birds tear the hearts out of the bios
SONS and then bite the stems in two
and let them fall and fears that his
cherry crop will be ruined, says the
Portland Oregonian. A member of the
John Burroughs society who has been
applied to for information on this sub
ject says the ofchardist is mistaken;
if the robins do cut off any blossoms
it is only defective ones, or such as
have insects in them, and that the birds
are doing good instead of harm. He
says he puts up nests of boxes among
his trees to enable birds of any kind.
even sparrows, to make their homes
on his grounds. He says that birds help
themselves to a few cherries when
ripe, but they are welcome to them, as
they have earned them by destroying
insect pests, 1t is hoped that this in
formation will satisfy the orchardist.
1t is doubtless correct, for if robins
were as destructive as he imagines
there would long ago have ceased to
be any cherries in Oregon, while the
fact is that the cherry crop is large
almost every year, and of great value,
The birds must not be condemned on
false or mistaken testimony.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27

There are forty cases of typhoid
fever in fenton and the number is
sEiIl growing. The doctors declare it
10 due to the drinking water. Every
effort should be made to guard against
such an epidemic in Perth Amboy
When the water pressure is low, is
the greatest danger. Water pumped
from the mud hole at Eagleswood is
not fit to drink. Perth Amboy wants
better streets and more sewers, the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27

To His Honor the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen of the City of Perth
Amboy N. j.:
Gentlemen We, the undersigned
property owners on New Brunswick
avenue, request your Honorable Body
to CAUSE the sidewalk and cutters to
be worked to an established grade
from the westerly side of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad to the westerly side
of Oonvery Place on the southerly
side of said avenue and from the Le-
high Valley Railroad to the easterly
line of property belonging to Rachael
Elbe on the northerly side of said
avenue and cause to be laid a side
walk of Blue Stone, each stone not
less than five feet wide and two inch
es thick. Set Blue Stone Curb four
inches thick and: twenty inches wide
Cor deep) and make gutter of Belgium
Blocks. Lay the necessary crosswalks
not less than four inches thick and
your petitioners will ever pray.
Harry Oonard,
L. Jensen,
The Harrington Co.,
8. r. Harrington,
p. A. Hospital Assn,
8. r. Harrington, pres't. /,
Therkelsen & Brown,
Charles e. Wilbert,
N. j. Dinesen,
J. N. Peterson.
Jens Mikkelsen,
M. Momberg.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27

Something should be done regarding
the taking of "hoboes" to Jail by
trolley. Some of those who are sent
lover the road" for thirty or sixty
days are so covered with vermin that
it crawls from their clothes on to the
floor as the men stand before the re-
corder, and the policemen and con-
stables give the prisoners as wide a
berth as possible. Yet these men, in
that same condition, are Jaken into
the trolley cars, where respectable
people ride, and sit there for a half
hour or more. A woman may sit in
the place occupied by the "hobo" on
the next trip. The result can be
imagined.
Such things should not be allowed.
Trolley cars are for the public use and
it is supposed that everyone who has
q nickle can ride, but there is limit
to all things and it is about reached
when these vermin covered prisoners
are permitted to occupy seat in a
public conveyance. A good open farm
wagon is the best thing for conveying
such characters to Jail. Then, if it
rains, the harder the better.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
PETITION.

To The Council of The City of Perth
Amboy:
Gentlemen THE undersigned. pro-
perty owners on New Brunswick ave-
nue., west of the Easton & Amboy
Railroad Co., respectfully petition
your honorable body to establish a
grade for said avenue as far as the
northerly line of che property of Cort.
landt Parker. Your petitioners will
eyer pray, etc.
Harry Oonard,
S. r. harrington
for The Harrington Go.
Perth Amboy City Hospi.
tai, by s. r. Harrington.
Pres't.
Charles E. Wilbert.
2804-5-22 81 80 .6-1
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
PETITION.
To The Honorable Council of the Git,
of Perth AmboY:

To The Honorable Council of the City
of Perth Amboy:
Gentlemen-We, the subscribers,
property owners along Prospect street
between Smith and New Brunswick
avenue in said City, do hereby petit
tion your honorable body to pass an
ordinance to have said Prospect street
between Smith and said avenue work
ed to the established grade, curbed
and tagged and your petitioners will
ever pray. -
L. O. N. Brogger, agent,
W. H. McDermott,
Jcoab Greenspan,
Patrick Crivers,
Jacob Slobodien,
August Ulmer,
Mrs J. Schverlichovsky,
FL. Stevenson,
Peter Floersch,
Patrick McNulty,
Nels Bjornsen,
Mrs. Catherine Oonvery,
John Poulsen,.
Jacob Tillmary.
1908. 20 -27 80 6 i
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
Revelation.

Ifyou will make inquiry it will be re.
velatiqn to you how many succumb to
kidney or bladder troubles in one form
or another. II the patient is not beyond
medical aid, Foley's Kidney Cure viii
cure. 1t never disappoints. Sold at Sex.
toms Pharmacy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
The Wise barber.

The Young Barber-But a fellow
can't talk politics without fear of Of
fendin' some one he don't know.
The Wise Barber-Don't ever men
tion names, you know, but growl about.
political humbug." Each man IL
think you're abusing the other fellows
arty.-Tit-Bits.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
A Theorv.

"Who originated the remark: TT is
always the unexpected that hap
pens.'"
II don't know" said the melancholy
government attache; "but suspect he
worked in the weather bureau. Wash
ington Star.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27

1t begins to look as if that $25, 900, 900
corporation of Newark was organized
to own New Jersey. Besides swallow
ing up everything worth having in
North Jersey, 1t has absorbed several
of the largest public utility companies
in South Jersey and rumor has it that
the Central Electric Company, which
supplies Perth Amboy and all of GEN.
tral New Jersey with light and power
will go next. Then, one or two troll
ley lines and gas company here and
there and. the deal will be complete.
There is at least one consolation in
this. If everything is to be gobbled
up we would rather it be done by a
strictly New Jersey concern than by
any outsiders.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
A Lesson In Health.

Healthy kidneys filter the impurities
from the blood, and unless they do this
good health is impossible. Foley's Kid
ney Cure makes sound kidneys and will
positively cure all forms of kidney and
bladder disease. 1t strengthens the whole
system. Sold at Sections Pharmacy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
But It's Cheeky.

"Could you admire girl if she made
remarks about her own beauty?"
"M'm-well, if she really is beautiful
you can't blame her for having the face
to say so."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
What Is FoIey,s kidney Cures

Answer: 1t is made from a prescription
of a leading Chicago physician, and of
the most eminent in the country. The in-
gradients are the purest that money can
buy, and are scientifically combined to
get their utmost value. Sold at Sexton's
Pharmacy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27

does not a1was mean over charge
and dishonest dealings. A business
man who follows this method al
ways fails. Large profits are real
lied only by selling the best quality
at such small margin of profit as
to insure continued trade. Ten per
cent. of one customers business for
a whole year is larger profit than
one hundred per cent on an unsat-
isfactory sale. Consider the logic
of this and you will readily see why
it is our customers stick to us. Our
Garden Hose at SC, &c, l0C per fl.
Vim. 4. Mccormick
50 SMITH ST.
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
Learned.

Biggs-Your friend Dobbs seems to
be very well-educated man.
Boggs-I should say he is. He knows
so much that he doesn't believe any
thing.--Judge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
How Mineral Wool Is Made,

Mineral wool, which is used for
packing around boilers, furnaces and
pipes to retain heat, to deaden walls
and TO keep out cold, is made from
furnace Stag by blowing air through
it while molten.-Science.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27

"I don't know why it should sur
prise you to find that love you," said
The elderly gallant.
"But, really, Mr.. Oldbeau," replied
the fair girl, "I always thought you
were an old woman-hater."
Quite so, but I'm not a young wom-
an-hater. Philadelphia Press.
Foley's Honey and Tar contains no
opiates and can safely be given to child
rem and is peculiarly adopted for asthma,
bronchitis aud hoarseness. Sold at Sex
toms Pharmacy
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27

duts settled and numerous other
things done, but first of all let us get
the city's water supply in the best of
condition.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27

H gains in real estate are to be
fok6d in the real estate column on
page 2.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27
CALENDAR OF LOCAL EVENTS

May 2S-Concert, Young Mems Forum.
May 49, go 0-Society Amateur Circus.
June 1-Charity Ball, North Amboy
Slovak Cadets, Kozusko's
Hall.
June 4-Ooncert, Simpson M. E.
Church, Lyric Mandolin
Club.
Aug. 18-Excursion auspices Court
Amboy f. of A.
Aug. 27-Excursion to Ocean Grove,
Simpson M. E. Sunday
School.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27

He-What would you say, my dear, if
should win big stake to-day?
She-Why, I'd say to have it cooked
ware. to be sure.-Chicago Chronicle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-27

To His Honor the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen of the City of Perth