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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28
LINcoLNs LONE WITNESS.

When Mr. Lincoln was practising law at Springfield" said MT. Duck stein, who is superintendent of art at the capitol. ''he brought in man to testify that he had never been dead, although the lawyers and witnesses had clearly shown that the man had been killed by a farmer in the vicinity of Springfield.
 The farmer had been arraigned on a charge of having murdered peddler, the man having. suddenly disappeared, leaving portion of his stock in trade at point near the home of the accused farmer, where they were found. Soon after this, too. the body of an unknown man.. but believed to be the peddler's. was found in one of the streams. In those days peddlers were held in higher esteem than now, for they were almost a godsend to the housewives who wished thread, needles, faces. pins and such things. This particular peddler was well and fayorably known in the locality, and his disappearance was deeply regretted.
 TO make long story short, it looked like sure conviction for the for mer who had employed MT. Lincoln to defend him. The evidence showed that the last seen of the peddler was at the house os the accused: that he disap- .peared, and that portion of his pack was found near the house, afterwards his body in a stream. More than a year had elapsed since the peddler dis appeared.
 No one dreamed what Mir Lincoln had up his sleeve, and he had not even told his client that he had evidence which would prove him innocent. When Mr. Lincoln was asked to pro- duce his evidence in behalf of the de- fence. if he had any, I have only one witness said Mir. Lincoln. but think he will be sufficient Then asking for Ia moments indulgence of the court, Mir. Lincoln stepped out and soon re- turned with heavily bearded man. The man was sworn. and said that he had returned to Springfield few days before; that he was the dead peddler; that he simply took notion to return to his home across the water. and as he did not owe any one anything he did not think 1t necessary to advertise the fact that he was going to leave Amer lea. I am back in time, said the much alive. peddler. to save my friend. the prisoner. who So cruelty killed me, from any further trouble. and as have been tae cause of all this. have agreed to assist in paying MT. Lincoln for de- lending him. Washington Times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28
Aged s1.

What are the people looking at? Why are they crowding so?" Hold on a bit, be still bit, I'll try to let you know. No circus troupe is going past, There's no performing bear; No ducalswedding party's drawn The crowd that struggles there.
 It's only this, my son:
 They are watching Davis run
 At the age of eighty-one." Who is this aged gentleman? What causes him to fiee?' Hold on bit, be still a bit, Ill see if I can see. The hair is white upon his head, He bends beneath his years; But gallantly he toes the mark, Evoking frantic cheers
 'Tis wondrous thing, my son,
 To be watching Davis run
 At the age of eighty-one." ".Why does he have to do it, pa? If he's so old and gray?" Hold on bit, be still a bit, He's very rich they say, Hark! Hear the people cheering him He's off! Hip, hip, hurrah! A sight more wonderful than this No mortal ever saw.
 Tis thrilling thing, my son,
 To be watching Davis run At the age of eighty-one. IS. E. Riser, Chicago Record Herald,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28
TnAcKnKs RA1ZRoADs

United States folks are pretty smart,
 and quick to take up new things, but it appears that some Of the Germans in
 Germany are quite as smart and quick. For instance Germans are using track less railroads. There are already two in the neighborhood of Dresden, and
 there will soon be one from Mannheim to Langenseld. The roadway from Mannheim to Langenfeld is about twenty-three feet wide, with a good
 basaltic cover about fifteen feet in width, running almost in an air line,
 with the exception of few curves. A special contrivance for coupling is pro-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28

wisconsin. In 1sss St. Germaine enter ed the Indian school at Haskell. Neb- raska. He graduated in the academic department in 1898 and the normal de- partment in 1900. He took a prominent part in athletics. and in the fall of 1901 entered Highland Park College of Law. graduating with honors. He was per- feet in his examination before the Iowa board.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28
A MIL ouRn INKAnsAs.

Queer things continue to happen in Kansas, and among the latest is the discovery of a new cure for drunken ness. A man named Williams got in gloriously drunk at Whiting the other day and was arrested and taken to the local bastile. After he had been secure ly locked in he began to scream and begged to be let out, but the marshal thought he was only mad and trying to give him more trouble. Williams continued to make a lot of noise and when the marshal went to investigate he found that colony of humble bees which had been occupying the cala- boose did not like to have such com pany thrust upon them and were mak- ing things sharply unpleasant for the intruder. Williams was taken out quite sober, but somewhat changed in ap- pearance. ..
 It has been believed that bee stings are good for rheumatism, and now that it has been discovered that they will cure drunkenness the busy bee may be kept even busier than he has been. Perhaps the time is not far distant when every town of any size will have a dungeon cell made to bring drunken men and bees together. It has long been known that rum stings like an adder, and now it appears that the sting of bee is the antidote to the sting of rum. 45# s& ~
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28

came a cripple through some spinal af- lection at twelve years of age. and the best medical skill failed to save his life, for he died about.two years ago. It is on account Of this bereavement that Paderewski has appeared So little be- fore the public of late. His second wife, however, whom he married about the beginning of 1900. has done much to- ward mitigating her husbands sorrow. Paderewski is again absorbing himself in his musical WoFk.-Hour Glass.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents. and other small advertisements, One Cent a Word each insertion. Five Cents Word for a full week.
 Display advertisements. per incb, one insertion, $1.20: each subsequent inser- tion, 40 cents; one week, SS.2O; one month, Sl0; one year, $40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28

To the priests of the Roman Catholic diocese of Glasgow Archbishop Maguire has issued an order prohibiting any person whose occupation is known to be connected with betting, gambling or bookmaking from being admitted to the League of the Cross Temperance Or ganization.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28

The surprising fact that during the past year there have been only sixty private dwelling houses erected in New York testihes to the growing popularity of flats and apartment houses.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28

It is said that Swedish restaurant keepers of the old-fashioned kind charge less for woman's meal than for a mans, on the theory that she is physically unable to eat so much. A husband and wife. travelling together. only pay at many hotels as one person and 3 half; and, in like manner, wife in her husbands company may travel with a halk ticket by train.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28

Thomas l.. St. Germaine, of Rhine- lander, Wisconsin, who has just been admitted to the bar at Eldorado, Iowa, is a Canadian half-blood otibway In- dian, and the first one of his race to practice law in the State of Iowa. He was born at Rhinelander in 1880. His father was direct descendant of Great Beard on his mothers side, and of the noted trapper, St. sGermaine. St. Ger niaine's father was farmer and Ium- herman by trade, a great hunter and a crack shot with the rifle, and also a leader of his tribe. Young St. Ger maine led a semi mi-barbaric life until he was fifteen years old. At sixteen he was sent to the government school in
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28

The Quincy (Missourn Journal last week grossly insulted the people of this section and especially the proprietors of the Clarence Fur company, declares the Clarence (Missouri) Courier. 'The Journal contained an article which stated that two brothers in Lewis county were the proprietors of a new and novel industry that is, a one-acre skunk farm, in which are thirteen old skunks-and that this is the only irl- stitution of the kind in Northeast Mis- souri, We wish to inform the Journal that three-quarters of a mile northeast of Clarence, or1toward Quincy, is locat- ed ten-acre skunk farm owned by Clarence capitalists. In this inclosure there are 1S0 old skunks and about 500 young ones. Quincy is only f1fty-nine miles from Clarence, and as we have had considerable southwest wind this year, we see no excuse for the Journals gross ignorance"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28

Congressman Wade of the second Iowa district. has a well established reputation as wit and raconteur. One of his stories is of a young man who took a sack of grain to an old-fashioned mill to have it ground into meal The pom derous wheel revolved so slowly that only a tiny stream of meal trickled freely. while the young man patiently waited. Finally his patience was ex- hausted and he complained to the mill- er. Do you know" he said, T could eat that meal faster than your old mill can grind it." Yes" replied the mill-. CT, "but how long could you keep on eating it?" T could keep on eating it until starved, ' was the conclusive an- swer of the young man.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28

An electric railroad is to be built up Mont Blanc, on the plans of M. Ballot, an engineer of great ability. The cos wheel system used on the Jungfrau road will be employed, and the rail- road, which will start from point S,2OO feet above the sea level, will ter minate only S1O feet below the summit of the mountain. The tourist will be 14,97O feet above the sea when he steps out of the cars. In making the ascent of the Il, ,71O feet from the starting point the road will traverse nearly eleven miles, to lower the grades as much as possible and obtain the most favorable conditions for construction.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28

By anotheryear, if pr. Wymar, sur geon-general of the Marine hospital, is right, yellow fever will be entirely stamped out of this country. pr. Wy man bases this prediction on the fact that not a single case has appeared in Texas this season, while last year at this time the State was badly infected. Mexico is also free from the fever. In both States the noxious mosquito, con- veyer of the disease, has been largely eradicated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL, Issued Thursdays. one Dollar Year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10
Committee Appointed 10 Make
Arrangements for a Per-
fOrmance There.
$50 FOR THE HOSPITAL.
Proceeds of the.Show Given in Wilder Hall
Amounted to $i98 of Which 50 Is for
Expense Boys to Limit the Men bership
to Twenty five - A nendment to Con.
stitution -Meetirg Held Last Night.

Last night the Royal BOOSTERS met
at the home of William Bodle and
elected new officers for the year
William Bodle was elected president !;
Charles Stumps, vice president; /;
Thomas Hanson, treasurer and Ira
Vaudeville, secretary.
After the election of officers the
roosters discussed the adyisability of
holding another show and after a
warm discussion they decided to 60 to
Metuchen. No date was set, but the
following committee was appointed to
go to Metuchen one night next week
to complete the arrangements ::
Thomas Hanson, Fred BRIGGS, Albert
Pett, Lester Deitche and William
Bodle.
The committee in charge of th Q
minstrel show in Wilder Music Hall,
the other night, reported that they
had taken in Sl9S. OF this about $40
will 60 for expenses leaving 500
clear. Half of this goes to the Perth
Amboy City Hospital
The BOOSTERS now have twenty five
members and as they consider this
enough. the constitution will be
amended so that no more members
can be admitted
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10
DANCE WAS
INFORMAL
About Twenty Couples Spent
Pleasant Evening in FIOerSCh
Building Last Night.

A pleasant informal dance was held
last night in the new Floersch build
ing I72 Smith street. Tho large store
floor, as yet unused, made au excel
lent place for DANCING Music was
furnished BY Mazzei brothers we'll
known orchestra from Newark. About
midnight supper was served. Owing
to tine inclemenoy of the weather, the
number of guests was not MS large MS
had been expected. About twenty
couples were present. The committee
in charge was composed Of Heman
Anderson, r. A. Gar ter, Il. j. Nc
Cormick, Charles Barnekov and
William NJ. Fioerseh.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10
WOULD CLEAN
OUT FIREBUGS.
Prosecutor Wants FreehOlders
to Offer Reward for
Arrests.
.Sbeciai 10 Me EOening Me70

Sbeciai 10 fhe EOeRiRg Nc70
New Brunswick, Dec. l0:-Director
Asbury Fountain has been written to
hy Prosecutor George Berdine who
has requested him to lend This aid to-
ward a movement to have the Middle
sex County Board of Freeholders
authorize the Offering of q reward for
the CAPTURE of firebugs and horse
thieves. There have been two or
three iucendIary fires lately, two at
the home of William Voorhees, at
Cranhury and both of nature to
suspect that the same purity fired
both buildings. The theft of team
of horses in Pisoataway township last
week has also reached the attention Of
the prosecutor. He has no power to
offer a reward but the wants the
Board of Freeholdersito do so, SO that
it will act as an incentive to officers
to capture the guilty parties.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10
EXPECT TO TAKE CHARGE
AGAIN IN SHORT TIME.
Hilsdorfs May Close Store at
Maurer and will Remain Where
They are for Present.

This morning J. H. & f. HiIsdrof,
owners of the Blue Front grocery.
stores, who, as told in yesterday 8.
News, made an assignment to Mr..
Potts. of the firm of Potts & Kauf
man, were still doing business in all
of their stores.
Yesterday afternoon MI. Potts,
whose home is lin Elizabeth, was at
the State street store. Today he ID In
town again. tits under stood that the
store at Maurer will be closed. The
firm will most likely not move into
tile new store in the Slobodien build
ing in Smith street at present, but
will remain in the present building Ia
Slate street until affairs are settled.
1t is expected it will be but o short
time before the firm will be able to
resume the business themselves,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10
WANT TO Get
RID OF PIANO.
WOOdmen Of World was Pre-
Senled With Instrument
Have No Use for ii.

Last night committee from the
Woodmon of the World, Camp No. 10,
held spe cial meeting for the purpose
of talking over plans to get rid of the
piano which was presented to the
order some time ago tor having more
members than any camp in the order.
The committee did not come to any
agreement, but will get together one
night next week and agree upon a
plan.
The piano is a handsome instru-
ment and is now in the home of the
clerk, Emil Warter, in Market
street The reason the Woodmen
claim that they are getting rid of it
is that they have no us for it,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10
PROGRAM FOR
NEXT WEEK
High School liieraries Arrange
for the Meeting to
Come.

Tho following are the programs
arranged for next Friday in the High
School Literary Societies:
Senior r-SoDllomore Society, Presi-
dents address, Wilbur LaRoe, Jr.
Current Topics, Arthur Ernst, Jettn
Stacey. Forrest Hanson, Elizabeth
Anderson.
Humorous Residing, Jack Klein.
Debate: Resolved that General
Stoessel is no longer justified in de-
Tending Port Arthur On tho
affirmative side ara Elsie Mercer.
Jacob Splitter and Elsa Robins On
the negative are Julius Guttman,
Bessie Pullen and Max Kaletsch,
The program for the Junior Fresh
man Society is as follows:
Current Topics, William Bodle,
Myrtle Synder and Howard Hardiman.
Humorous Reading, Carrie Arner
Extemporaneous Spsech, Harry
Barter.
Defamation, Edna Christopherson.
Debate: Resolved that there
should he military dill in the nigh
school The affirmative side will be
upheld by Louise Rock, Joseph Horns
by and Ida Moore. Or the negative
side are Geraldine Brown, Kenneth
Martin and Anna Dover.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10
WORK STOPS
AT NIXON'S
!. THURSDAY. !.
Employees at the Yard Have Been
Notified the Plant Will
Close Down.
LITTLE BOATS SHIPPED.
LITTLE BOATS SHIPPED.
smiII Crafts WhichIWere Constructed Here
Are Being Loaded on Scow ana tho
Destination is as Much Mystery as
Ever Although is Generally Believed
They viii be Loaded on Steamer.

At the local yard of Lewis Nixon
the work of taking down all Of tho
small torpedo boats was completed
this morning and the workmen hav8
received notice that they willtbe laid
off next Thursday night. From now
until then they will be kept busy
cleaning up the yard and shipping
the machinery to Elizabethpcrt, for
it is understood that with the com-
pletion of the little boats the work at
the local yard has been finishep.
The boats, sSas .toldiin the News, have
been placed on scow. This scow
will be towed away from this CITY
Wednesday night. it is said, but
where it will go only few Of tile
employees at the yard know. fRumor
las that it will be Long Island sound.
from where the parts will be placed
ON an ocean steamer and sent to tho
other side. t
The one boat which has been COM
pleted. and is now tied at the docks
is scheduled to be given q trial trip
this afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10
ONLY 4 CASES
ON THE LIST.
First Time in History of Middle
sex County the Number Has
Been So Small.
.S6ecial 10 tie Evensn.g Ne70s

SbeCIdI 10 FHe E1eHzHg 4Ne7OS
New Brunswick, Dec. 10:-Never
before in tine history of Middlesex
county has the Justices appeal list
contained so few cases as there are on
the calendar for the December term Of
court which opens here Tuesday. 1t
is not SO many terms past that there
we're as high as sixty and seventy
cases on the list, several cases having
been carried over from term to term
and these with the new cases added
made the calendar become so bulky
that the judge could not dispose of
them.
at 'one term there were eighty three
cases on this calendar, some of them
having been on the list for ten years.
For the present September term there
were thirty cases Oh the list.
There are but four cases listed for
the December term, the number being
so small that Judge Strong Will
hardly set day for the calling of the
list. AS q matter of fact there are
but two of these cases really to be in
quired into. One Of these is the suit
of ,Janny vs.. Dinner, an appeal from
decision of Justice Esberg The
other is that of the State against
Lester, a local case, in which the
defendant was fued $40 by Justice
Sedan for shooting two doves which
he claimed were blackbirds.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10
AFTER SLOT
MACHINES.
Prosecutor Berdine Will Call the
Attention of December Grand
Jury to Them.
Sbecial TO tie Evening Me7Os

ope(I1I ~ THe EUeHIHS Ne7OS.
New Brunswick. Dac 10:- Prose
cutor Berdine, as result of an inves-
tigation he has been making as to
there being several of these machines
with gambling devices in operation il
'Middlesex county, will present the
matter to the December grand jury
with what evidence he has collected.
Mayor Meyers, here, ordered the
police to make raid on these
machines but the prosecutor got
ahead of them by capturing one of the
machines. This was followed by all
of the machines disappearing for a
term of three or four days when they
again were brought out. Justice For
at the opening of the December term
on Tuesday will probably charge the
grand jury as to the matter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10

In the List Of 100 Cities
Of United Stated Regis
tering Letters by lndi-
vididuaIs Carriers
Higher than Camden
THE RECORD.
Carrier 7. |. Crowe|I Registered
53S Letters During the Year
and Ranks Fourteenth in
LIST of All Carriers Of
100 Largest Cities.
Sbecial 10 the Evening NeqOs.

AHCtSWS ~ SNc L%CcNfNS AfceS''
Washington, D. O, Dec. 10:-Perth
Amboy gets honorable mention in the
report of the third assistant postmas-
ter general in the list of one hundred
cities at which the greatest number
of letters were registered 5y any in.
dividual carrier. T. L Crowell,
carrier No 5, registered 558 letters
last year and stands fourteenth in the
list of one hundred cities.
= In the list OF post offices at which
more than 500 letters were registered
by carriers Perth Amboy is given a
total of 8SS By way of comparison it
may be stated that Newark had 3,5l4
Camden, 684; Jersey City, CAT, and
Hackensack, 566. Chicago headed the
list with 1897 and Westerly, L. l.,
was ut the foot with 500.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10
DEMAND FOR
MORE GIRLS.
Big Rush Of Orders at the CHEESE.
borough Means Work for
Fifty Additional Hands.

Work at the Chesebrough Vaseline
Works isrushed The firm cannot gat
enough girls to do tho work. 1t is
the intention to place fifty or more
hands at work IN different parts of
the factory Monday morning if they
can get them.
During the last month the company
has received many European and
United States rush orders and they
have worked early and late to fill
them. Last week extra girls were
put ON and with the fifty who. it is
hoped, will start to work Monday, the
company expects to fill all contracts.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10
The SUPREME
COURT CASES
NUMBER Is.
Those Not Ready by Tuesday
Will Go Over for the
Term.
CIRUIT COURT ALSO.
CIRUIT COURT ALSO.
Judge HeisIey Sit With Justice Fort and as
Soon as The Supreme Court Case are
Called, Those of The Circuit Court vii!
be Considered Some of the Cases of
Interest to Perth Ambty.
Sbccial To Tie Evening Neaos.


New Brunswick, Dec. 1O:-Justice
Fort will have but fifteen cases in the
Supreme Court on the Middlesex cir
cult to try at the coming December
term of court. Under his new ruling
they must either be marked for trial
and the day fixed on Tuesday or they
will go off for the term.
Justice Heisley will also sit with
Justice Fort on Tuesday and call the
cases Or the liss in the Circuit Court
Immediately after Justice Fort has
finished with his cases. There are
only fourteen cases IN the Circuit
Court.
Among the Suprame Court suits are
four against railroads. One is that of
Josephine Fuchs, executrix of the
estate of Joseph A. Fuchs, who was
killed in an accident near Metuchen
on the Lehigh Valley railroad. The
case was or the calendar at the last
term but the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company was sued and not the LIE.
high Valley Railroad Company of New
Jersey, those three words leading to
q dismissal of the case and the start
ing of new suit.
The other railroad cases are those of
The Dundee State hank to the use of
Daniel Hallahan against the Central
Railroad of New Jersey; Thomas
Dreamer as administrator of Henry
Hansel, killed at South Amboy in an
accident caused by the breaking of
the brake rod onta coal ar he was
shifting, against the Pennsylvania
railroad company aud John Scully,
and Louis and Melio and Mokan
against tho Elizabeth and Raritan
river street railway company, another
accident case.
The cases on call of interest to
Perth Aiuboy are these:
In the Supreme Court
William e. Winant against the
Nautical Preparatory school, action
on contract; Lawyers, Guild, Lum
and Tamblyn and w. p Voorhees,.
Thomas Creamer, admr., of Henry
Hansel, against tile Pennsylvania
railroad company and John Scully:
action in tort; George S. Silzer and
+. M. p. Pearse.
In the Circuit Court
HezeKiah Warne against George W.
harrington contract; Messrs. Strong
and ]. w. Beekman.
David Wood, ct ais, executors,
against Ulella F. Thomas ct ais. !;
contract; f. M. P. Pearse and G. S.
Silzer.
The Frank Bre very against Joseph
Laskowski contract; Q. O. HON.
mann and J. W. Boekman.
Joseph Gadek against Joseph Schle.
singer; contract; Adrian Lyon ana
q. U. Hommann.
Samuel Smilovio against Nathan
Roth at ais; tort; Chauucey NJ
Beasley and Adrian Lyon.
Trustees of William L. Fisher Com
pany. bankrupt, against Frank E.
Fisher. /; contract; Robert Adrain and
G. s. Sllzer.