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Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
PRESIDENT OF
LEAD COMP ANY
is IN TROUBLE
Barton SeWeII's Former Wife
Says His Divorce Was OBJ
tanned By Fraud.
HAS MARRIED AGAIN.
Is Also Vice President Of A. S.
& R. Co., and Of the HOyt
Metal Company.

Barton Sewell, vice-president of
the American Smelling G Refining
Company, president of the United
Lead Company and vice-president of
the Hoyt Metal Company, all of
which have large plants at Maurer
and are part of the Guggenheim in
terests, is the subject of sensational
charges made by his divorced wife,
Mrs. Julia Thayer Sewell.
She has filed bill against him,
alleging that his decree of divorce
was obtained by fraud, Januar,
last, during her absence in Europe
on a pleasure trip. They were mar
ried in 1873. They moved 20 New
York seven years ago, living tllcre
since. In November of last year Sew
ell applied for divorce, charging
Mrs. Sewell with intoxication and de-
sertion and misconduct.
Mrs. Sewell alleges that the di-
vorce proceedings went through uii-
fairly, and that they were brought
in order that Sewell might renlarry.
which he did week ago after obtail-
ing the divorce.
Mr.. Sewell is aboni sixty years
old, and is reputed 10 be worth sew
eral millions. The couple have two
grown sons.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22

The long-dormant ordinance Civ
ing franchise to the Hudson & Mid
dlesex Telephone Company was TAX
en- up and passed last night by the
council
1t was amended in every section
but theree, of its previous form, and
several sections were added.
The ordinance as amended, al
lows the erection of poles only on
Division street.
No poles may be erected without
the written consent of property-own-
ers.
The poles are to be not less than
500 feet apart.
The company must commence to
lay it's conduits within two months
from the date of acceptance of the
ordinance, and must begin business
with them within year.
Streets to be TravcrScd.
The streets to be traversed by the
companys lines include Smith street,
State street, Gordon street, Madison
avenue, Washington street, High
street, Fayette street, Johnstone
street, Woodbridge road, New Bruins
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
IN ALDERMEN AND MAYOR STAND BY PEOPLE IN FIGHT
ATE ATE AGAINST ELECTRIC LIGHT MONOPOLY IN THIS CITY
TELEPHONE ORDINANCE PASSED
AFTER NUMEROUS ALTERATIONS
Mddesex Hudson Telephone Company Must Place All Wires
Under Ground Except On Division Street TO the Mayor

wick avenue, Market street, Front
street.
The conduits are to be two feet
under the level of the street.
Inspectors who may be appointed
are to be paid by the company.
The company must file u map of
works to be done, for the street COM
mittee's approval.
Free phones and service shall be
provided in public buildings, fire
houses, for the mayor and chief Of
police, and the company shall rebate
the tolls on all calls within twenty
miles, when made sn public bust
ness.
Fifteen thousand feet of conduits
must be laid within one year.
The service is to be at fiat rates
The charge for business places is not
to exceed $24 per year, and for resi-
dences, SIS per year.
Aldermanat-Large Pfeiffer was
the only member voting mo" on the
amendments ard on the final passage
of the ordinance.
Superintendent William J. Lans-
ley was an interested spectator at the
meeting.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
MAY BE TAKEN
TO GRAND JURY
Charles A. Bloomfield Has Been
in Consultation With Prose
CutOr During Past Week.
,necial to the Evening News.

Special to the Evening News.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Aug. 22:--
The Board of Freeholders will hold
an adjourned meeting here tomor-
row morning for the purpose of TAX
ing further action upon the Amboy
bridge matter and another lively ses-
sion is anticipated as Charles A..
Bloomfield will doubtless be on hand
and have something to say i'll be-
half of the manufacturers he rep
resents.
Mr.. Bloomfield is still determined
that not another dollar shall be spent
by the county upon the present
bridge. He has been in consultation
with Prosecutor Berdine since the
last session of the board and declares
he will sift the matter to the bot
tom.
1t is possible that he will bring
the matter to the attention of the
grand jury although he has not said
he so intended i'll so many words.
His call upon the prosecutor would
indicate that he is getting ready TO
make some such move.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
WATER BOARD
FIXES SALARY.
At Adjourned Meeting Ordinance
Naming the Salary and
Conditions Introduced.

At the adjourned meeting of the
water board held in the Office of Sup
erintendent Joseph Burns, in the city
hall, last night, two ordinances were
introduced by Commissioners O'Hara
and Jensen. The first had to do with
the request for more money of the
employees at Runyon. 1t was in two
sections and gave to all employees free
rent and coal.
The second one defined the duties
and fixes the salaries of the clerk and
linemen to be employed by the board.
The salary of each one is to be $3.50
per year, payable semi-monthly. The
ordinances will be put up to the ma
yor for his approval. The next meet
ing will be held at s o'clock, August
go when bids for the new pump and
for the laying of pipe will be re-
ceived.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
STATEN ISLAND CANNOT Get
WATER SUPPLY FROM JERSEY
Decision of Vice Chancellor Bergen UphOds the BaChee
Law Passed by the Legislature Last Winter.

er state and prevents the Hudson
Water Company from carrying outs
its contract to supply Staten Island
with water from the Passaic river.
The suit on which the decision has
just been given is that of Attorney
General McCarter for the state of
New Jersey against the Hudson Wa
ter Company. The attorney general
apeared for the state in the suit
and the water company was repre-
sented by Gilbert Collins, well
known New Jersey lawyer. The de-
cision is far reaching as it will pre-
vent all future diversion of New Jer-
sey waters to New York and Penn
sylvania.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
ANOTHER STORE TO OPEN
IN THE SCHEUER BLDG

The store in the Scheuer build
ing at 120 Smith street, formerly
occupied by Joseph Bruck, has been
sublet to a mems furnishing firm
and it will be occupied about Sep
tember l.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
HAD A KNIFE.

John Lukash, of Woodbridge, got
little, too much third rail Sunday
night and was running about North
Amboy with an open knife. When he
saw Patrolman Quinlan he started
to run for liberty. He gave the po-
liceman a merry chase, which ended
when Lukash fell in surmounting a
fence. and hurt his knee. He was
fined SIS by the recorder and was
committed for sixty days in default
of the fine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
PETIT JURY
DRAWN TODAY.
Only One Man from Perth AmbOy
on This Term Others from
This Section.
,necial to the Evening News.

Special to the Evening News.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Aug. 22:-
Sheriff Carman drew the petit jury
this morning, James A. Smith is
the only representative from Perth
Amboy.
Those from South Amboy are:
William Birmingham, Patrick Camp
ion, Andrew Kusbusllie and Louis
Sulejack.
From Woodbridge are, Alexander
Hamilton, Marcus A. Brown, Peter
Debold, Otto Spitz and John Wey-
gand.
From Raritan are Charles Morris,
Oscar Martin and Theodore Lehlein.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
COON & GO. TO HAVE
MARTINS BIG STORE.

Coons & Company, of State street
have signed lease for the building
now occupied by Richard Martin in
Smith street and it is expected they
will move in about October |. Mr.
Martin, it is understood, will retire
from business. The store will be
made much longer than it is at the
present time. Many Improvements
will be put in, among them n new
front
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
Special to the Evening News.

Special to the Evening News.
TRENTON, Aug. ga decision
in an important case which has been
agitating the state for years, partic-
ularly the northern section, was
handed down today by Vice Chancel-
lor Bergen in the court of chancery
and by its provisions will prevent
the waters of the rivers of New Jer-
sey from being diverted from their
course to bes used as a water supply
for any municipality outside OF the
state. The decision upholds the
Bacheller law passed last winter by
the Legislature prohibiting the diver
sion of New Jersey water to any 9TH
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
MAN HAD BEEN
BADLY BEATEN
Was Lying in a Gutter and
Calling for Help When
Officer Arrived.

Just after Patrolman Kozusko had
left his home in North Amboy, at a quar-,
ter to II O'Clock last night, after having
his supper he heard frantic outcries.
Running to the spot from which the
cries came lie found man lying in the
quite" with many wounds about the
head, caused by blows, and with blood
smearing his face
The victim said that he was Andrew
Yakob. His home is i'll Keyport. but
he boards in Catherine street. near where
he met with his beating. He was urged
to make complaint against his assail-
ants
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
PATROLMAN WAS IN
p DEMAND AT THIS HOUSE

Patrolman Kozusko had two calls
to the same house in Broad street
Saturday night. The man OF the
house was having a row with his
wife. The first call was at 7.2O o.
clock and the wife did hot want her
husband arrested. The second call
came at 10 O'Clock, but the police
man could not locate the man.
The same patrolman mad similar
call to Washington and Division
streets, but no arrest was made.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
ATE MOST WATERMELON
AND WON A PRIZE

A watermelon party was held at the
home of Miss Adela Lehman. Games
we've played and very pleasant evening
was passed. A prize was given to the
one who ate the most water melon Mag
gle Dahl, of Crawford won the prize.
Those present were. lille Singer,
Minnie Shmsky Mr.. and Mrs. Quaken-
bush, Adela Lehman, Dora Singer,
Eta Quakenbush, of New Brunswick
Minnie Smith of South River Maggie
Dahl, of Crawford, Grace Meyers, Of
New York, Dorathea Weise, of Staten
Island.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
TO RIVERSIDE PARK.

What promises to be--one of the success
fnl trolley rides of this season will be
held tonight by the Young Ladies
Social Circle to Riverside Park The
car will leave Hall avenue at 7.30 and
State street at O'Clock. The ride is
for members and their friends only. Re
freshment will be served aboard the car
and dancing will be the feature of the
evening when the park is reache d.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
RUSH OF WORK.

Because of the great rush of work in
the drawing department of the Standard
Terra Gotta Works, number of new
employees have been added Among them
being George Brennan, and William
Frederckson, from the Perth Amboy
Terra Gotta Works, and Lewis Ernest
from the Atlantic Terra Gotta Works, of
To ttenyille
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
COUNTING UP RESULTS.

A special meeting Of the Electrical
Workers Union clambake committee was
held in the Union rooms 13s Smith street,
last night, to find out how much wa S
cleared by the clambake at Union Grove
SunIav aftprnoon
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
BOUGHT HORSES.

Graham & McKeon have purchased
the horses and coaches owned by Thoma as
Burke, the undertaken, of state street'
They will now furnish coaches Tor wed
dings and funerals
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
Ground Broken Yesterday.

Ground was broken for house
for Rasmus Johansen, in Madison
avenue, near Gordon street, yester-
day. 1t will be a frame dwelling
with all modern improvements. Fred
Christianson, of Madison avenue, is
the contractor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
TWO BOYS IN RABBIT
CASE WE'RE DISCHARGED.

The two other boys implicated in
the theft of $50 worth of rabbits
from Walter G. Voorhees,, of 2OS
Smith street, as told in yesterdays
NEWS, were arraigned before the
recorder this morning. They were
discharged with a reprimand as
their part in the occurrence was not
great.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
SUIT ON BOOK ACCOUNT
Special to the Evening News.

Special to the Evening News.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Aug. 22:-
In the District Court here Lawyer
Leo Goldberger, representing Will
lam Gross e Brother, of Fords,
brought suit against John and Mary
Soloasky. of Perth Amboy, for a bill
on a book account. Judgment was
and costs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22

A special collection to help pay
the interest on the church debt, was
taken up at st. Mary's Roman Cath
olic church at all masses Sunday. Tne
interest amounts to $1,000 and soon
falls due.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
Milk Dealers To Mcet.

The Milk Dealers Association will
meet at the home of Richard Koch,
z Ogden place, tomorrow night to
discuss some important matters. II
is earnestly desired that all the mem
bers be present. Mr.. Koch reports
the association in excellent condi-
ton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22

AS only few of the members put
in an appearance Sunday afternoon
the meeting of the Acorn Social Club,
which was to have been held in the
office Of Leo Goldberger. in the
scheuer building, was postponed un-
til one night this week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
Ram Screw Driver in Hand.

Patrolman Niels Tonnesen report
ed off late Saturday afternoon. He
is suffering from wound caused by
running screw driver in his hand.
AT his physicians orders he stayed
home and kept the woGnd thorough
ly bathed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
STOLE POCKETBOOK
FROM MANS POCKET.
1t Contained $5.25 and Matter has
been Referred to the Police
for Investigation.

Neils M. Jensen, a boartler in a
house in Sayre avenue, has reported
to the police that someone stole his
pocketbook from his trousers pock-
ct. The pocketbook contained S5.25.
The theft was committed in his
room during his absence from the
room.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
NELS PALMER DEAD.

Rumor has it that Nels Palmer died
yesterday at the asylum in Trenton,
where hehas been a patient for the past
few years. Nels was at one time a well
known figure on the streets of this city.
He is in the neighborhood of 90 years old.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
PRESBYTERIANS READY
FOR THEIR TROLLEY RIDE.

Everything is ready for the trolley ride
of the Christian EndeavoI Society of the
PRESBYTERIAN church around the loop
tonight The cars leave High street at
! 30 O'Clock and from present indica-
tions it will be pronoun ced success.
Miss Mag gle McClymont. Wellington
LaRoe and Ernest Hancock are the com
mittce in charge of the affair
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
MONEY WAS GONE.

Mrs. O'Ransky, of 23S Washington
street left her house for a while sat
urday. When she returned Si".' D
was missing. She has reported tho
robbery to the police. An investlSa-
tion is being made.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
A MATTER OF BUSINESS.

The Young Man Loves The Young Lady,
That's His Business.
The Young Lady Loves The Young Man
That's Her Business.
The Minister Performs The Marriage Ceremony,
That's His business.
They win Need Furniture and Carpets,
That's Our Business.
One Dollar Per Week win Furnish Your Home
LEON q R0EsSI.liis
Ial aInlIh HlEanI
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
ODD FELLOWS WE'RE
AT BOYNTON BEACH.

Odd Fellows from many places
were at Boynton Beach Saturday af-
ternoon as the guests of the ARast
Grands Association of the tenth Rf-
trict. Most of them did not arrive un
til late. All had an enjoyable time. y,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
ROBBED CHINAMAN.

Burglars entered the laundry of
Jim Lee, at IL Hall avenue, Satur-
day night, and stole $14 from Jim
Lees trouser pockets and SO and a
gold watch from the pockets of Lee
Hens clothes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
NC cLELLANS MEET.

A special meeting Of the members Of
Geo rye B. Mcclellan Engine Company
will be held in the engine house State
street ton light at O'Clock. All members
are request ed to attend,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
lConner Fen On His Foot.

While at work in the machine shop
of the Raritan Copper Works last
week Richard Nolan OF smith street,
machlnist's helper. dropped a big
piece df copper on his fnei He VIII
be laid up for some time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
PAINTERS PICNIC.

The members of Painters, Paperhang-
ers, and Decorators, Union Local No. IA
will hold an outing at the grove n ear
the Chesebrough Vaseline Works Satur-
day afternoon
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
LAY WOODEN BLOCK
IN FRONT OF HOUSES.

Morgan Larson assistant to Chris
Brogger, city surveyor is at work sur
veying in front of all the local firehouses.
The city has decided to lay wooden block
pavement in front of them
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
NOTICE.

| hereby give notice that Carl Knud-
son is no longer in my employ. He is
not authorized to collect or contract ex-
penses on my account
Signed j. S. Hanson,
1876 s-22 1t 5G New Brunswick ave,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
ON AN OUTING TODAY

1t is Knights of Pythias field day
at Boynton Beach today and many
knights from this city, Railway Lin
den, and Woodbridge are present.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
PLEASED WITH HORSES.

Eagle Hose Company of Davidson
avenue are well pleased with their new
team of horses.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
Railway Outing.

The employees of the Regina Music
Box Factory, of Railway, enjoyed an
outing at Murray's Grove, near the
Railway Reformatory yesterday
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
Fish Biting Well.

The fish are biting well lately.
A large number of boats were out
and good catches were the rule.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
MISSING JEWELER
NOT YET RETURNED.

Herman A. Plischly the missing
jeweler, of $50 Smith street, has not
returned yet. 1t is still believed he
is on business trip to Pennsylvan-
ia.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
LAYING NEW RAILS.

From Smith sire ct to the drawbridge
the Central railroad is aging new rails
on both tracks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
Methodist Excursion,

Tickets are out for the Simpson
Nj. e. Sunday school excursion TO
Ocean Grove.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
House Rules Posted.

The house rules have been posted
at the Raritan Yacht Club.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22
BATHING

Suits TO hire; swimming taught;
bath houses for rent; sandy beach;
no sewers. Adjoining cooper's
dock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-22

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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-13
The yellow Fever SeOurgc.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1.-THE fact
that the great mass of the people are
not working with the same zeal that
marked the earlier stages OF the fight
Is given by the authorities as one OF
the reasons why yellow fever is not
declining as steadily as it was a cou.
pie of weeks ago. The death rate
continues to be exceedingly low be-
cause the fever is now only occasion.
ally found among the Italians, but
there are more new cases reported
daily than the marine hospital ~.
thorities expected would be reported
ut this time. Over confidence is re.
sponsible for the check in the excel.
lent progress heretofore made.
Total cases to date, 1927: total
number of deaths, 3l6.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-13
Innocent Man Was Hanged.

M1NOT, N. D., Sept. 11.-"When my
l~ifeless body is found, notify my
mother, Mrs. Catherine Herzig, of
Girard, Ohio. See the enclosed let.
ter, which will reveal my identity and
the awful secret of my wretched life.
| can endure it no longer"
The foregoing note was found by
Frank Dyer, who lives on a claim,
near Hidden Wood, this county. 1t
was written by q Of his harvest
hands, called Frank. who disap.
peared. In the letter, the writer, who
signs himself Charles Herzig, say:
dear MIR. Byer:-Iu the early
seventies Charles Sterling, a sup
posed tramp, was tried for the murder
Of Lizzie Grombacker. a beautiful
young woman residing near Youngs.
town, ia M%ahoning county, Ohio. He
was convicted on cirrumstantia evi.
dence and was hanged for the crime
in the county Jail at Youngest own.
"Charles Sterling was an innocent
nan l am guilty of the murder OF
that young girl"
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Sept. 1.-THE
murder Of Lizzie Grombacker oc-
Cured in 1874, and Charles Sterling,
a tramp, was hanged for it in 1877.
Sterling maintained his innocence to
the last.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-13
Expresses Deep Emotion.

The status of the dance. especially
the waltz, has been defined by a mas.
ter of the art from Indiana. Whatever
1t may be in other and shallow com.
munities it is not in Indiana a mere
design for killing time or for spooning
to music: it is "a vehicle for the ex-
preston Of deep emotion" Your true
hoosier takes life seriously, and to
this may be attributed his supremacy
ia every line of intellectual human en-.
deavor. The barbarian or the thought
less mar whirls amiably in a dizzy
round because be has a pretty partner,
or the music sets his feet going, or the
doctor has recommended exercises for
his liver. But the gentleman from
Indiana waltzes becauses he has a
deep emotion to which he must give
expression. Only an Indiana man
can tell you what that deep emotion
is, but you may depend upon it it is
something too sacred for ordinary in.
depreciation; you cannot walk it off.
That the emotion Is coldly intellectual
let nc one doubt; as a vehicle it might
be purposefully an ice wagon.-Chi-
cagO Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-13
Boy Has Wireless TELEPHONE.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. ll.-Francis
j. Mccarthy, a 17.year.old San Fran.
cisco boy, seems to have demonstrat-
ed the application OF wireless telegra.
ply to the telephone. Yesterday at
Ocean Beach, on home made instru.
ments, he was able to carry the words
of a song for one mile so they were
heard distinctly at the other end of
his circuit.
For several months the boy has
been working on his invention, on
which he hopes to get q patent. His
apparatus is a secret. In the base.
ment OF the Cliff house, in front of his
apparatus, he sang a dozen songs,
and newspaper men and others at his
receiving station, a full mile away,
heard the words.a as distinctly as il
they came over an ordinary telephone
wire,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-13
TWELVE KILLED IN WRECK.
Crowd of Passengers Thrown From Ele.
waited Tracks to the Street.

NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-Twelve per-
sons we're killed and more than 40
injured when the second car of an ele.
waited train jumped the tracks and fell
from the structure to the street at the
junction of the Sixth and Ninth aven.
ue lines at $50 street and Ninth Nv.
enue at 7 a. m., today. The car, the
platforms of which we're thickly packed
with humanity, were turned bottom
side upward. The heavy truck of
another car fell upon it, crushing out
the lives of the passengers.
The cause of the accident and the
Immediate responsibility remain to be
seen. The motormsn Of the wrecked
train is a fugitive, while a switchman,
cond uctor and four guards are under
arrest.
The switchman is charged with man.
and the trainmen are held
as witnesses. Tonight Coroner Soho.
Ter, who has undertaken the work of
fixing the blame for the wreck, an.
nounced that the switchman's bond
had been placed at s., 1000 and those of
the Witnesses at $1OO each.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-13
4 Russian Concession.

OYSTER BAY, Sept. 1O.-At the con.
ference last night between President
Roosevelt and the Russian en-.
voys. Mr.. Witte, b.. direction of the
emperor OF Russia, presented the fol.
lowing communication:
"Some years ago, in consequence
OF a misunderstanding in the interpre.
tation of the most favored nation
clause. there were established In Rus.
STA. on several articles of American
production, customs duties on a high.
er scale than those levied on the same
articles when imported from other
countries.
"Hls majesty. the emperor of Rus.
STA. has commanded me to inform the
president OF the United States tina, he
has been pleased to order the discon.
tinuance of the levyiny Of such higher
duties on American products 10 order
that henceforth American mauufac
lures should pay the same duties as
imports from other countries"