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Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29
ROOSEVELT ON POSTAL FRAUDS
Congratulations Sent to Postmaster
General Payne,

Congratulations Sent to Postmaster
General Payne.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 29.-The presi-
dent has sent the f3,iowing letter to
Postmaster General Payne:
"While all the work of the postoffice
department and the department of
justice in connection with the postal
frauds is not yet over, there is al
ready to the credit of the departments
and therefore primarily to your credit
such an amount of substantive
achievement that l take this oppor-
tunity to congratulate you personally
upon it.
1T is impossible to expect that cor
ruption will not occasionally occur in
any government. The vital point is
the. energy, the fearlessness and the
efficiency with which sHch corruption
is cut out and the corruptionists pun
ished. The success of the prosecutions
in this case as compared with preyi-
GUS experiences in prosecuting GOV
eminent officials who have been guilty
If malfcasance or mlsfensance is as
noteworthy as it is gratifying and
must beSa source Of encouragement to
al mem who believe In decencS and
honesty An public life.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29
SWISS ELECTRIC ROADS.
Are Operated by Cheap Power De-
rived from Alpine stream
Instead of Coal.

Owing to the Increase in the price OF
coal during the last few yoars Mr.. Thor
man, a prominent Swiss engineer, wished
to find out whether it would rot be an
advantage to use electrical energy, fur
nished by hydraulic plants, over the
whole of the railroad system Of Switzer-
land, says a consular report. After in
vestigatipg the subject he published a
report which has awakened considerable
interest and will 70 doubt bring about
practical results in this direction. He
firds that the substitution of electricity
for steam on the railroads is quite prac-
ticable and has many advantages, al
though it will not bring about any con-
siderable reduction in the cost of operat-
ing roads.
The five main railroads in Switzerland
require over 10000 horsepower daily.
In order TO organize a complete electric
al service 1t will be necessary to obtain
about 10000 horsepower in the shape OF
the alternating current of high tension,
not counting the reserve supply, which
Is indispensable. Not taking into &C
SbuAl NutN NOIaluel dDlt number VI ldllS
which are not utilized in the country,
there exist already q large hydraulic
plant which can give a total of $4,000
horsepower. These include the plant OF
Siel, near Linsiedl, which has a capacity
of 10000 horsepower, and the Laufen-
burg plant, on the Rhine, giving also TO-
900 horsepower, and five others, giving
each 5000 horsepower. He enumerates
q plants which will be more than suf-
ficient to supply the energy for the Swiss
railways.
The cost of changing over the system
would. of course. be considerable. 1t is
to be noted, however, that the adoption
of the electrical system would have the
great advantage of doing away with the
present consumption of coal, which is
now imported. and that the use of
hydraulic energy would be of great
benefit in developing several branches
of manufacturing.
The publication of Mr.. Thorman's re-
port aroused considerable attention in
different quarters and already one Of
the railroad companies has applied to
the government for an authorization to
use electric trains on a trial stretch Of
road IL miles long.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29
CAPITOL IN RUINS.
Wisconsin's Statehouse at
Madison Burned.
LOSS ESTIMATED At ONE MILLION
All Important state Records RepOrt-
ed Saved, ms Vaults stood the Fire
Test-Chief of Fire brigade
Seriously Injured.

MADISON, Wis, Feb. 29.-Wiscon
sins state capitol is in ruins. All that
remains sintact from the devastating
flames is the extreme north extension,
the contents of which are practically
ruined by water.
Jagged walls, from which every YES
tige of iniammable material has been
eaten by the flames, alone mark what
was the center of Wisconsin's execu
tive life.
The loss is estimated at $1,000,000.
exclusive of relics. The origin of the
fire is believed to have been a lighted
gas jet in a toilet room oil the second
floor. The flame was close to and ig
nited a vanished ceiling.
The building contained the senate
and assembly chambers and the depart
ments of the tax commission, the adj
jutant general, railroad commissioner,
state school superintendent, superin-
tendent of public property, board of
agriculture, State Normal school. COM
missioner of fisheries, fish and game
warden, state board of pharmacy, state
land office, dairy and food commission
state treasurer, commissioner of labor,
the offices of the governor, secretary of
state, state board of control. the insur-
ance commissioner, the attorney gen
eral, the state library commission and
the supreme court library.
Practically all the valuable state rec
ords are believed to be safe. Most of
them remain in masonry and steel
vaults in the ruins, and their safety de-
ponds on the extent of the fireproof
character of the vaults.
The contents of the immense law Ii
brary in the north end of the building
We're carried out, together with Il large
quantity of other books and papers.
These were not greatly damaged. In
Guided in the burned part of the cap-
itol was the Grand Army hall and all
the priceless records. These were saved
and are now stored in temporary quar-
tcrs.
During the fire Chief Charles Bernard
was overcome by smoke and fell from
& ladder, receiving serious injuries. He
WAS taken to his home, where he is
still unccnscious.
Tie fire involves the building of {
new capitol. Il special session of the leg
islature aud the probable renewal o.
the agitation in favor of tina removal
of the capitol from Madison to MI
wauSee.
There was little or no Insurance.
Tho Evoning News makes q special
ty of real estate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29
TO GUS r EYLER.
Governor Murphy to Reorganize The Board
of Managers.

Trenton, Feb. 29:-Governor Murphy
has signided his intention of reorgan-
izing the board of managers of the
State home for girls, with the avowed
purpose, it is said, of replacing Mrs.
Myrtle b. Eyler, the superintendent,
and her husband, the Rev. Clarence
q. Eyler.
No charges have been preferred
against Mrs. Eyler and lone will be
preferred and the only motive which
the governor is said to have for the
reorganization of the administration
of the MANAGEMENT is the alleged dis
sessions that have existed among the
board of managers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29
RERoRT OF P. R R.
Annual Statement of the Conditions Of The
Company is Issued.

Operations of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, with its controlled and affiliated
lines, for the fiscal year ended Deem
Der 81, 1903, were made public Fri
day night in the annual report to be
submitted to the stockholders March
8. Gross earnings of all companies
were $242, 5I7, 757, an increase of $780,
438, 527 compared with 1903; operating
expenses, SITS, 379, 437, an increase OF
$22, 639, us; net earnings $67, 1873, 800,
n decrease of $401, 1911 income other
than that derived from operation,
$lS, 795, 1886, an increase of So, $40, 626 T;
gross income, $50, 933, sos, an increase
of 30, 1879, 434 interest, rentals, divid-
ends aud Extraordinary" expenses,
$82, $3.50, 400, an increase of 81 $3.50, OBS,
and total surplus, So, 067 247, an in
crease of $173, 396.
The statement of the pension de-
partment is interesting. For the year
the company and it's Subsidiary COM
panies appropriated for the payment
of pensions $500, 600. The road has
,470 pensioners, of which number
/ ,255 have reachedFseventy years old.
The average of oil pensioners is seven
ty-three years six months. The age
of the Oldest employee receiving a
pension was ninety-two years.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

DR.. Doyen of Paris has found an in
lection which has cured twenty-one
cases of cancer.
President Roosevelt and Secretary OF
War Taft favor a proposed bill to guar
antee profits on capital invested in rail
roads in the Philippines.
Paris has enjoyed q great improve
ment in the weather during the last
few days, and the Bois de Boulogne has
put on a springlike appearance.
1t is asserted by Nj. Mariottc at Paris
that a Raphael purchased by him is The
original ..La Belle .J~ardyniere" and that
the Louvre painting II only 4 copy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29
POSTAL cRAFTERs SENTENCED

Mnclen, LOrcnz and ID. ID. Croft &c
TWO Years Each.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.-Thc post.
ii fraud cases were called in the crimi-
lal court here for the pronouncing CT
sentence on the foufrmen convicted.
After noting exception. the defense
made n motion in arrest of Judgment
This motion was oyerrulcd except as tc
Samuel a. Croft, whose motion will be
considered later. Exceptions were noted
by the defense, and after arguments as
TO tie sentence that sholld be pronounc-
cd the court took a recess.
A. W, Machep. Dillcr Il. Croft and
George T. Lorcnz were each sentenced
to two years Imprisonment in the pen
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29
THE TENDERFooI" A BIG HIT,

Richard earle and his musical
comedy, The Tenderfoot." in which
he plays the title role, have made q
great hit at tile New York Theatre,
where q run of several weeks was
begun last Monday afternoon. This
is certainly a most unique production
and teens with novelty from start to
finish novelty in locale of scenes, nov
city in Characterization and novelty in
music.
This piece captured the favor of the
two great holiday audiences at the
New York ON W%ashingon's birthday,
the unstinted applause showered on
svery feature indicting unusually en-
thusiastic appreciation. 1t is refresh
ing in its newness of theme and the
6rst comic opperetta that deals with
the wild Southwest and the Texas
Mexican borderland with its rangers,
cowboys, Indians, Mexican, senoritas
and border girls.
In contrast with these un%convential
characters is the part played by Mr..
Carle, Zachray Pettibone, a Vermont
travelling tutor to q flock of pretty
seminary girls from the East. He is
a typical "tenderfoot, lean, lank and
retiring and a fitting subject for sew
eral very spirited Wild West pranks,
which furnish much OF the humor Of
the piece.
The main story concerns Paul Win
throp, colonel of Texas rangers, and
Marion Worthlngton, q high strung
md impulsive girl who owns q ranch.
The incident which sets the plot in
motion is told in the dialogue and
! takes place at a military ball where
Winthrop impulsively tears the mask
| from Marion face and kisses her.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29
E~Iectriclnn 1.ilIed bx Live wire.

WESTFIELD, Mass, Feb. 29.-L. J.
Marion, an electrician in the employ of
the Woronoco Street Railway compa-
ny, was instantly killed by electricity
while repairing a break in a trolley
wire. Marion was splicing the trolley
to a new piece of wire when he was
seen to fall directly on the wire. grasp
ing it with both hands. The electricity
burned through the flesh and bones of
the fingers Oh both hands, the little
sputtering flames and smoke showing
the deadly work of the powerful cur
rent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29

1t was a pleasant looking Irishwom-
an, says the Philadelphia Public Led
ger, who walked into a store and asked
the price of the collars she had seen
displayed in the window.
Two for a quarter" said the clerk.
How much would that be for one?"
Thirteen cents"
She %pondered. Then, with her fore
finger, she seemed to be making invis-
ible calculations on the sleeve of her
coat.
That" she said. would make the
other collar twilve cints, wouldn't it?
Just give me that wan"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29

Get what you want by advertising
in the Evening News Want columns.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29
CUBAN ELECTIONS.
Liberal Increase In Lower House
No Change of Policy.

No Change of Policy.
HAVANA, Feb. 29.-The COMPRESSION
nj elections, the first ever conducted
entirely under Cuban auspices. weg'
quiet and well conducted. Pred Ion
of disturbances at certain points cadseC
some apprehension, but SO far as re
ported nothing unusual occurred.
Secretary Of the Interior zero and
General Rodriguez, commander of tn;
rural guards, received dispatche.
throughout the day from all parts oil
the island. and not in n single instance
was disorder reported.
While the Liberal representation in
the lower house of congress appears tc
have been increased by several seats
the small Republican majority in thu
senate will prevent any RADICAL change
of policies.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29

itentia"y and to pay a fine of $4,000
each. The court decided to make the
several counts In the Indictment con-
stitute one 0ffense.
The beginning Of their penitentiary
sentence is to date from the time of
their arrival at the ~penitentiary.
All three defendants have given no
tice of appeal and have furnished
bonds in the sum Of $4,000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29
Melbourne Mol Chases "Eiiiah III

ander Dowie's meeting in the Exhibit
ton building here was broken up by
the crowd shouting and singing comic
songs. He was obliged to abandon the
evening meeting and was himself
chased around the city by the rougher
element, the mob yelling challenges to
him to Justify himself as a prophet,
Public antagonism is SO strong that
Dowie has been refused rooms at a
fashionable hotel.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29

SARATOGA. N. T., Feb. 20. The
body of Mrs. Charlotte Evans of How
ards Corners has been found in Il fielt
about two miles from her home. Sh'
had been visiting friends at Midi,
Grove and started TO walk home. Ap
parently she lost her way and was fro
zen to death.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29
George w. cable. wife Dead.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Mrs. Georg,
w. Gable, wife Of the novelist. is deat
i'll the German hospital here in conse
quencc of an operation to which she
submitted some time ago.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29
Big Blaze ut Rending, Pa.

READING, Pa, Feb. 29.-Fire in TIL,
big plant of the National Brass ans
Iron works here resulted in the entire
destruction of the property, causing a
loss of 100000.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-05-27
JEROME MEANS
BUSINESS
New Y0rk's Famous Attorney is
Now Making it Warm for
Sporting Fraternity

,cnecif.l Telegram to Evening Teller.)
NEW YORK, May 27.-The war
against the gambling house keepers in
general and Richard Garfield. the
gambler king in particular. has begun
and district attorney. Jerome. seems to
mean business. The investigation has
been started and the first sensational
developments have brought consider
able trouble to one of the star wit
nesses, Jesse Lewisohn. wealthy
broker. who is said to have been one
of the regular patrons OF Canfield's
establishment. Upon the advice Of his
attorney Mr.. Lewisohn refused to tes-
,ify concerning the gambling transac-
tons al Canfields and thereupon Judge
Mcmahon. of the court OF special ses-
sions declared him in contempt Of court
and committed him to the Ludlow
street jail. The commitment was after
wards changed to the Tombs. as the
Ludlow street Jail is not a proper place
for the imprisonment of persons in
yolved in criminal cases but only in
civil cases. The matter is still pend
ing and the gambling fraternity and
the patrons of gambling houses are
watching the outcome of the case with
considerable interest and anxiety.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-05-27
FOR JEWISH UNIVERSITY
establishment National in Its Scope
Being Planed

fSpecial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
NEW YORK, May 27.-At a meeting
of prominent Jews from all parts Of
the country the plan of establishing
Jewish university on large scale was
discussed at some length and With con-
siderable enthusiasm. Many promi-
nent Rabbis and speakers expressed
themselves in favor of the plan and it
was stated that the object of the
movement was to create a spirit for
the promotion of Jewish literature in
all parts of the country and to educate
rabbis and teachers. The university
shall stand on equal footing with Yale
Harvard and the other great institu-
tions of learning in this country and it
is expected that it will tend to pro-
mote Jewish learning and spread the
Jewish religion in the United States.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-05-27
DAYTON WANTS
MAIN LINE
O. R. & N. Urged to Connect
POmer0y and Turner Braa-
cheS This Year

DAYTON, Wash. May 27.-The mat
ter of connecting the Turner and Pom
eroy branches of the o. r. & N. COM
pany's railroad so as to place Dayton
on the main line between Pendleton
and Spokane has been revived. Last
fall the conn ercial association there,
with the co. operation of the business
men of Waitsburg, took up the matter
with President Mohler. 1t then ap-
pointed committee to investigate and
recommend a route This was sur
veyed by local surveyor and a report
thereon submitted to the official men,
toned above. The matter was then
dropped, but it was recently revived
with the new president OF the company.
About three weeks ago he sent a party
of surveyors to determine the feasible
ity of the route which had been repre-
sented to have no heavier grade than
2 per cent, and to possess other ad-
vantages worthy of consideration. It
would make the distance from Bolles
Junction to Starbuck both on the main
line. about l6 or II miles greater. and
necessitate the building of about Is or
13 miles Of railroad circuitously across
the country. But the increased dist.
ance between the .Ho points s,,st
named would avoid az per
grade of the present and more direct
route. which requires two engines to
pull over 1t a train of three coaches.
1t would also dispense with two daily
passenger trains going thirteen miles
from Dayton to Bolles Junction to
make connection there with those run
nin6 between Pendieton and Spokane.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-05-27
WEST WANTS SOMETHING
Making . Stand at Conference for $50.
rstaryship Of Benevolent Board

LOS ANGELES, May 27-Rev. w.
F. Anderson. OF New York, was elected
by the Methodist conference this NORM
ing to succeed Bishop w. F. McDow-
ell as secretary OF the board Of educa-
ton The west is making it's last fight
to land an official plum and hopes to
get the secretaryship Of benevolent
board.
J. ]. Mcfarland of Kansas was
elected head of the Sunday School and
Tract society and +. M. Randall OF
Puget Sound elected secretary of the
Epworth League a victory for the west.
Bishop Josephs F. Berry OF Chicago
presided today He is the first new
bishop to take the chair.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-05-27
ASA NEWELL
CONFESSED
Robbed the Mail of Registered
Letters Two Years
Ago
Especial to Evening Tel,er.)

Especial to Evening TellerD
GRANGEVILLE, May q. Much
feeling has been aroused over the con-
fession of Asa Newell. who Is now in
the county Jail to answer for the shoot
ing of Henry Keuther at Denver. in
inwilder of Spokane that he Is respon-
sible for the pilfering of the registered
mail sack in May, 1902 at which time
he was engaged in carrying the mail
between Kamiah and Cottonwood.
When the mail arrived at Cotton
wood at that time 1t was discovered
that three registered letters were miss
ing and as the postmaster at Green
Creek reported by card that they had
passed through his hands all right. Su-
specion at that time pointed to Newell
and an inspector arrived at Cottonwood
but was unable to lay the crime to
Newell who had ridden into Denver in
company with VIM. Rhodes. Newell
displayed some money the next day but
reported that he had sold a horse to
Rhodes which was corroberated hv
Rhodes The matter was dropped and
was forgotten until the confession OF
Newell recently. Newell says that lie
only got about $4,000 at the time and
SAYS that he extracted the letters from:
a hole in the sack which had worn
there through constant rubbing on the
saddle.
Great preparations are being made
here for Memorial Day exercises nex'
Monday The members of the q. A. K
and the w. r. c. will lead the ex-
| ercises assisted by the veterans OF the
Spanish and PHILIPPINE wars. All the
lodges of the city viii also particinate
in the exercises at the cemetery and the
children of the public school will hole
! special exercises.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-05-27
DETAILS OF THE FIGHT
IN CAPTURING KIN CHOW
Commander Sends to Toxic the Movements of
His Forces in the Advance and Victory
Near Port Arthur

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
TOKYO, May 27.-The commander
attacking Kin Chow reports that on
May % a reconnaissance was made and
the enemys cannonading showed they
had on Nashan hill south Of Kin Chow,
four fifteen centimeter shrap pnel guns,
ten nine to fifteen centimetre cannon
and twenty twelve centimetere quick
firing guns besides at least ten fort
guns. At the foot Of the hill were wire
netting and mines. On Man % the at
tacking force commenced operations.
prearranged. On the 23rd. a recon-
noisance was made which led to the
discovery of the enemy's right wing on
Ruashang Tow with about eight heavy
guns facing the sea.
Fragments Of the enemy's shells
guns. fifteen centimetre shot cannon,
eight ten and one-half centimetre can
non and seven centimetre quick firing
guns. Small bodies of infantry and
artillery of the enemy were observed
stationed at Kain Chow. On the morn :
ing of the 25th our forces attacked Kin
Chow engaging with enemy's artillery
on Nashan hill. On the dawn of the
26th we commenced a cannonading
which lasted five hours while three
japanese warships assisted the land
forces from Kin Chow bay. The enemy's
gun boats attacked our left wing from
Tallien Wan we took Kin Chow at
80 the same day and after severe
lighting occupied Nashan hill. and pur-
sued the enemy
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-05-27
CARDINAL SA1OLPS MISSION
SOURCE OF SPECULATION HERE
Catholic Leaders in America Puzzled to Know
the Real Object of His Hurried Ameri.
can Tour

WASHINGTON. d. c., May 81
Though they decline to discuss the
matter publicly, it is known that the
Catholic church leaders in Washington
and elsewhere throughout the country
are indulging in much speculation just
now as to the real purpose of Cardinal
Satollis visit to the United States His
eminence is scheduled to sail from
Naples today and it is understood that
upon his arrival in New York he will
proceed direct to this city. Several
stories are current as to the object of
the cardinals visit. but all of these are
palpably more in the nature OF excuses
than reasons. 1t is not believed in
we'll informed circles that he is coming
solely to visit the st. Louis exposition.
nor is it regarded as likely that the
purpose of his trip is to officiate at the
Moloney wedding, as announced in a
recent Philadelphia dispatch.
More reasonable is the story that ap-
peared in a recent issue of the Figaro
Of Paris, which declared that the real
purpose Of Satollis visit was to in
stitute an inquiry into the present con-
dition of Roman Catholicism in the
United States and to investigate seri-
Gus difficulties said to have arisen be-
tween the Apostolic Delegate Falconio
and majority of the American
bishops.
"The American Episcopate," accord
| ing to the writer in the Figaro" is re-
solved to enjoy certain liberty and
| finds II difficult to submit TO the alb
solutism of Rome. which would impose
regulations entirely at variance with
American customs. The turn things
are taking arouses a certain amount
Of anxiety at the vatican. where re-
crudescense Of Americanism II appre.