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Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-06-06
A NEW DEcKHAND.

Captain Eddie Lindblad, of the Bee
Line barge Beacon, is happy man
and is receiving congratulations all
around. He came home from trip
to Boston, the latter part of last week,
and was agreeably surprised to find
that his family had increased sixteen
pounds, which appears to be the re-.
cord this year. 1t is boy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-06-06
cARTERETi BOY IS BAD.

Sbecial to the Evenfng Meas.
New brunswick, June 6:-Paul 6 Ko-
kas, ten years old, of Carteret, who
was charged with robbing trunks and
stealing money for drink was com
mitted to the reform school this morn
inn
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-06-06
GyPsIEs MOVE.

Gypsy Sam has left the camp
which he has occupied all winter and
has gone on his summer pilgrimage.
: He win probably return IN the fall
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-06-06
DOCTORS TO CELEBRATED

The Medical Society of New Jersey
will celebrate its one hundred and
thirty ninth anniversary by holding
meeting at Long Branch, June 20,
81 and %. 1t is expected that some
of the local doctors will attend.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-06-06
COMPLAIN OF SHOP.

Numerous complaints have been re-
ceived of the shoe shop which is
directly on the sidewalk at the corner
of State and Board streets. 1t covers
the pavement entirely, and is a great
inconvenience to pedestrians, especi-
ally in wet weather. The occupant
will occupy one of the stores in the
new Ricci building adjoining, when
finished.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-06-06

Situation Want ads. printed free.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-06-06

Need roomss The News want column
will find them for you.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-06-06

Continued on paqe ~
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-12-02

SUDDENLY WITH A QUICK MOTION
THE WOMAN DREW SOMETHING
FROM HER BREAST AND CAST 1T
WATERwARDs.
exhaust her. for she sank down a mo-
ment, clssping her hands before her
face.
The weakness was only transient.
With nervous hands she pulled the
veil over her face and wrapped the
long cloak closely around her. Almost
headlong was the haste with which
the ngure turned toward the road
again.
Looking neither 70 right nor left.
she passed very near the man who
had thus played the spy upon her.
No anrighted fawn. thought Thomas.
could have run more neetly, under the
spell Of any dread Whatsoever.
For an instant the reporter was In
Quandary. He desired TO do two
things ~ once-to follow the neetinE
ngure; to stop and investigate. He
stood up. looking after her.
Queer thing!" he thought. she is
not going back TO the North villa; at
least, not by the same route by which
We have come. She continues on the
road toward the Phillips Beach station.
Can II be that this woman has been
kept here in hiding, and is going
away? Perhaps, IL hurry, / can still
overtake her"
He stumbled hastily across the rocks
20 the place where she had stood when
she threw the something, which had
aroused his curiosity, toward the wa
ter. IL was vell-nigh hopeless quest
He stood for a moment in the very AT
titude which he had seen her occupv
the lonesome swash OF the sea in his
ears. measuring the distance with mis-
eye and trying to calculate the limit of
her force. He walked down slowly In .
straight line to the very edge of the
water. The tide seemed very near the
food.
Quite hopeless. Not a chance in q
million" he said at once. But IL
mark the spot and the height of the
tide, by daylight tomorrow | can Ia
vestigate with possible chance OF sue
cess"
He was looking about him for some
object by which TO secure the neces-
sary landmarks. when his glance was
attracted 10 a glittering something on
= point Of rock about which the water
nowed. Even a. he looked q wave
dashed over II. obscuring II for the
time, only to leave IL giearaing In Q
reelected lisht again As the dark eie-
ment receded.
An astasn,sh.A I,er~d,fr,,. .t.-.t
No. IL could not be: yet IL would pay
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landscape. enabled him 10 see that
somebody had emerged from the win
dow and was coming down n treIlis
work into the garden. He heard the
swapping of the frail wood work. the
cracking Of the vine that chung to IT,,
aud finally the precipitate, probably
unsntentional. drop to the ground. and
the accompanying thud. But the fig-
ure gathered itself up quickly-came
toward him-paSsed hlm-breathinE
with audible excitement.
II was figure yelled and closely
mufiied in a long cloak-the figure of a
woman.
lis II one OF the servants?" Thomas
asked himself. as be observed her bur
Fied steps until the gate was reached.
her backward glance. as If hesitating
FOR moment whether to go on or to
return. and then quick. almost head
long flight directly up the street in
the direction OF Marblehead.
She cannot be going 10 the town. at
any rate whoever she may be-" was
Mr.. Thomas mental comment. is
she thief or a servant? / shall make
II my business to know more about
the matter. AZ all events"
With a stealthy dread. quite as noise
less as that OF the cloaked figure hur-
rying before him, Thomas followed
the woman. keeping her as well in
sight as the darkness would permit.
Regarding one point there could be
no doubt in the watchers mind. The
fugitive knew the road she was tax
ing. and followed II with a fixed pur-
pose. Mr.. Thomas began to find Il a
matter OF some difficulty to keen her
within view, especially as the thick
foliage made the darkness in some
places very black indeed. Suddenly
the woman left the road. and ran
across the lawn Of private estate
Thomas fastened after her. expect
Ing TO see her enter at the servants
door. But. TO his surprise. she avoided
the house. and eventually came out
upon the rocks behind II. overlooking
the sea
Utterly absorbed in what she has
In mind" thought Thomas. And go
ing straight toward the water. too
1 don't know much about this district.
but l think there Is a little point or
rocks out yonGer. just in the direction
the woman is taking. What II the
creature should have come to this lone
ly spot at night to end her life?"
Startled at the thought. the reporter
made haste. 50 that in case OF emer-
gency he might be ready to act
Nearer and nearer he approached
the unknown wanderer. She stood
sttll at last upon a rock that overhung
the water that FLASHED monotonously
along the long beach.
The night wind swayed the folds Of
her cloak as she remained there for
moment like a statue
Suddenly. with a quick motion, the
woman drew something from her
breast. and cast Il waterwards with all
her strength. The effort seemed TO
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-12-02
CHAPTER TX.

UNDER COVER OF THE NIGHT
When the yellow state house dome
next came into Reporter Thomas
view that Sunday after the funeral, he
had gained q deal OF information about
the people At the North villa.
Quite naturally. one OF the nrSt
places he sought was the quiet once OF
Detective Lamm-
The door being locked between them
and possible intrudsrs. Mr.. Thomas
began his disclosures.
AT the present time. LAmm," he
said. giving the once chair q twirl be-
fore sitting down in II. there are two
things which strike me as peculiar.
There are two men In this case who
naturally come under suspicion-one
OF them because be has no history:
the other because his history Is Pc
euliRr."
And the man with no history is!''
Thornton Stackhouse. You may or
may not be aware OF the fact that
until he appeared In Boston ten years
ago. he was unknown TO anybody In
these partA. and that OF his earlier
life there are only extant to-day the
vaguest and most conflicting rumors.
He never refers 20 anything in his life
more than ten years old. So. as I say,
he has no history"
''Umhal" said Lamm; las you say.
] may or may not have been aware or
the fact. Well. then. as 20 the other
man whose history is PECULIAR"
Il referred, Lamm. 20 Mr. Richard
Fetridge. the Apollo Belvidere OF
State street. the ideal lady killer, the
man whose personal appearance is the
principal thing about him which
would At once strike an observer"
And why does this man begin to
appear suspicious to your"
Because can't exactly understand
his relations 10 the North family, nor
his motives in his relations to them. :"
Tell me what you know and I'll
try to help you"
From what people down at the
shore gossip. IL appears that Fetridge
made the acquaintance of the Norths
ut Swampscott three years ago. The
young man was boarding at some hotel.
met the young ladies seems TO have
been particularly struck with Marion.
che elder daughter. and began 90 20
90 the house a good deal. People will
talk. you know. and people said that
Fetridge was dead In love with the
girl. and probably might have mar
ried her but for old man North's op-
position"
All" Mr.. LAmm lii a new cigar.
Didn't like the young fellow. chr"
May have liked him welt enough,
but didn't want q man without money
for q scn-iz-law." rejoined Thomas.
"But hsrton was not his own dsuKh.
tart"
no. But he adopted her when she
Vas . year old, aad he had no sypse-
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WRITTEN In RED
cHAs. HOWARD MONTAGUE AND c. W. DYAR
WRlTTEN -


CHATTER STORY opens IN ofnces OF
North a Stackhouse, a Boston brokers and
bankers concern. Directors OF Nicaragua
Midland and Stackhouse await North who
some days before had received letter threat
enins death. Search FOR North reveals his
dead body al his unoccupied town home.
BESIDE body. In scrawl OF RED. Is writ
ten "StRckhous
CHATTER 2-Ofncers. reporters and
physicians Investigate and perfumed WON
ans handkerchief Is found on st.ircase
kinEman p. Thomas. OF Boston Globe. in
troduced
CHAPTER 3-Fetridge. friend Of the
nrm. and Stackhouse engage Detective
Larnm 70 probe murder. and each In private
declares the other the criminal. Lamm goes
10 SwampScott. North's summer home
CHATTER 4-Lsmm hides IA North
home. where Stackhouse also lives. and
hears Nrs. Stackhouse. North's daughter.
accuse husband OF murder Stackhouse
leaves home, wife faints
CHAPTER 5-F=l sfdge arrives Al North
home. Lamm interviews Mrs Stackh ouse
Fetridse and North butler Marie Moissot
known 20 both Fetridge and Stackhouse
connected with case
CHAPTER 6.-Medical Examiner Jar
rett reports view Of case Thomas inter
views surgeon IA autopsy: then confers
with Lamm- who tells Fetridge connection
with case.
CHAPTER Busy days at police Office
Disclosed that Mrs Stackhouse was North's
adopted child. Inspector Appieby visits
Stackhouse. purloinlnE love letter 20 Ma
zion menuoninE blackmailer
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but Stella who seeGed to appeal TO his
heart. Once only ne caught sight OF
her face. and its pathetic. frightened
look again touched him nearly What
would not give" he thought. almost
wondering at the sudden feeling. "for
the opportunity TO help that poor grill
How l wish II were in my power to
give her courage and hope"
Miss Harwood sat with Marion and
Stella on either side. closely yelled.
No other relatives we're present. for
Paul North's only brother-a Chicago
merchant-wRs abroad with HIS fam
fly.
AS the sweet, mournful strains OF tho
funeral anthem we're heard, the
searching eye OF Mr.. Thomas noted
the presence. In a seat not far from the
central group. OF the worthy Inspector
Appiebse.
Mr.. Thomas mental surmise was
quite correct Inspector Appiebee was
there on business. But the outcome OF
that visit surprised no one more than
the oHicer from police headquarters.
The brief service had ended: the as
semblage rose respectfully 10 permit
the special mourners TO pass through
the room; and Inspector Applebee
found himse4. directly before them as
they went on, followed by many a
sympathetic look
Aunt Comfort came = little in ad-
vance; and then the two orphaned
girls, Stella walking on the side near
er 20 the watching Inspector.
A subtle. deliCste odor came TO his
sense as Stella stopped for a moment,
so near that he might have touched
her without lifting his arm-a faint
rare perfume
InstantaneOusly the scent recalled a
certain scene TO the inspectors mind
His thoughts went from Paul North $
villa at Swampscott 70 Paul North's
town house in Marlboro street: and
he seemed TO hnd again. where II had
lain overlooked in the masters house.
bit OF hlmy lace.
There could be no mistake. the In
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Elm TO make sure,

him 20 make surei
He drew on his ssoes and socks and
prepared himself for the effort OF In
vestigation. A few cautious steps
brought him so near that there could
be no mistake. He uttered an invol-
untary cry, and. plunging forward. re-
gardless OF a thorough wetting from
an unexpected wave. grasped the glis-
tening object in his shaking hand
1t was a pistol
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spector said 20 himself. outwardly I'm
passive. but every nerve Quivering
with excitement
With Stella North, almost as II Il
were a part OF herself. came that faint.
yet penetrating and subtle odor which
Inspector Applebee had known in all
his life but once before; when he was
keeping watch in the house where
Stella North's father lay, cold In death
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-10
See Both Sides of the Shield
FOR THE POOR.

FOR THE POOR.
Peter Stewart, wife and twin girls,
II months old. found starving in an at
tic at No. 10 Rochester street, Boston.
No work.
A thousand applicants besieged Pow
ers' department store, Minneapolis, in
response to advertisement for clerk
wanted. A riot ensued in the scramble
to get in first and the police had to
be called.
The Boston Journal says: Poor of
the city suffering from sudden cold
snap. Ragged clothing, dilapidated
tcnements, gaunt bodies, pinched faces,
hungry children crying for bread,
empty coal hods, unpaid grocery bills
and utter helplessness due to lack OF
employment and sickness.
McClure's Magazine says there are
ten times as many murders in the
United States as in any other country.
The Cincinnati Post says they are
caused by bad government.
Every day people come to me and
complain that they must have work or
lstarve.-Mayor Of Portland, Ore.
Nora Clem, Omaha, out of work, at
tempted suicide rather than prostitute
herself to keep from starving
Seven thousand worthy families in
Boston fed by Salvation Army-all pau
pers but willing and able to work.
Chas. Draper, Omaha, broke fourteen
window lights to get back to Jail to
Keep from starving and freezing.
Cleveland (Oh;o) Leader: There
are five thousand men in Cleveland
who are out of work and don't know
where the next meal Is coming from,
right now"
Mrs. c. 0. Erickson, Duluth, Mimi,
worn out with work to keep her chill
dren, had to give up the struggle Be
fore she was succored it was too late
and she died from starvation, and her
little ones We're saved only with great
difficulty. See ST. Paul Press, Decem-
ber 10th
Tacoma News: Recorder Goff, OF
New York, has sentenced John Crane
and Arthur Nagle to nine wears in pris-
on for stealing thirty cents. Mr. Mis-
| piegel, late cashier of the st. Charles
savings bank, stole $7S, ,163.0O and is
living in luxury at his home in st.
Charles, Mo. How slow is justice when
dealt out by judges against their own
kline! by Appeal to Rea-
'son.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-10
FOR THE RICH.


James j. Hill, president Great North
ern Railway.-"The general business
OF the country IS satisfactory.
Lucius Tuttle, president Boston and
Maine-"Conditiohs for the future are
in a most wholesome state"
T.. Van Etten. second vice president
New York Centrel.-"The war in the
east will make a demand for fnanufac-
tured products which will necessarily
be of benefit to this country
w. c. Brown. vice president Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern railway.
THE prospect for next year was
never better than now"
B. L. Winchell, president Rock ISL
and system.-"Business men are en-
couraged and arc buying more Hber-
ally"
E P Ripley, president Atchison sys-
em-"Everything points to good con-
ditions.''
II. T. Nudge, general manager Atch-
ison system.-"Prt spects, in my judg-
nent, were neve" better"
Z. H. Gray, president United States
Steel Corporation.-"Thc outlook at
present is bright.
S. p Colt, PRECEDENT United States
Rubber Company have never
known the underlying conditions to be
better than they are at the present
time"
John Stanton, president of several
large copper companies.-"Thc pros
rects for a large consumption OF cop
per during the coming year are very
bright"
John Clahin. president H. B. Claflin
Company.-'"The increase OF the wealth
Of the whole country during the last
twelve months has been marked, and
confidence in the future seems now
completely restored"
| Eben d. Jordan. Boston merchant
greatest prosperity"
Daniel G. Wing, president First Ma
tional Bank, Boston.-"W With fair crops
l believe we shall have for severa
years to come expanding business and
general prosperity
From :he Boston Journal
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-10
THE OPEN SHOP.

There thousand TIC
shop The shop that the better will be brought down
the level of the weakest and poorest
But there overshadowing why the OBJ
jects working alongside worker of the
Every for the upl of labor has been made by labor
Every dollar of incurred securing better
better conditions and better hours has been paid by The
have performed all the work and footed all the bills
calculated up the and make his
and these benefits
without sharing of the work And the
who has paid all has much alongside
sharing the benefits OF without doing his
wards paying the
That's along
the The who will
without his share of the selfish
low in the moral scale to be fit for who big
enough and broad enough his
conditions of the oirs of earth this
business The open shop idle dream in the field Of skilled
trades The who working for chasing phantom
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-10
A Matter of Crave
Personal Interest

At last Sunday meeting OF Lincoln Typographical Union No
member who purchased
cigars handling the Henry George and George W.
Chills cigars the sum Of 81.
printers "scab" cigars principle, but
other the fight that they making the
Henry George George w. Chds In the first place
printer scab for either of these
great friends of mionsm Henry George printer,
whose whole life effort
rpt George W. Chlds his friendship for
than and Mr. Chis who solved
printers problem by donating $4,000
afterwards built the Union
Printers Home Colorado Springs To scab cigar
insult that
forciby possible And dealer who persists handling
Henry George George W. Chds scab cigars face Of
deserving of the Of printerand by
the token he it, either 1t enough
dealer should handle large line Of union made cigars If
printing fraternity he will have
the brands that insult printers and deame the of
other laborers had
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-10
OUR LABOR LEADERS.

Certainly magazine has higher standing among
than the Reviews, more
closely than DR. Albert Shaw upon
Of the National Civic Federation
here remain heads OF great corporations and large
ployers OF labor
adherence the
the Civic Federation would
leaders
capitalists and nancers who table them
of the the church
Undoubtedly dectnes the
public speakers any that made up the
party"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-10
THE FACT IN THE CASE.

Dr. Mino J. Savage, of the Unitarian
Messiah New York,
If could have would
world organized instead Of partially
legally responsible
they undertake When the of
expenditure OF their time
their safety and webeng given
uton morally their right and logically their duty
the
labor
II other words, insist that he shall Join uniono
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-10

their members time and themselves with
existing conditions and seek the remedy The of
lied labor would debae citizenship by compelling ignorance and
dermins organizations continually working for
upft of humanity. Parry associations the like conn
aly working for the upft of the dollar and the debscncnt
All talk abors welfare
will conceal this ironclad fact
The eight hour day another forward and labor is going
take it. Those who the will be stepped The
peacefully the sentiment OF humanity behind
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-10
THE EIGHT HOUR DAY,

The eight hour working day coming and coming The
industrial world well make its that this
cgin the conditions The
vancd against the adoption OF the eight hour day old
the
day the eleven hour day the hour day and honr
day. All the underanded scheming will avail Its opponents
in dark. Those who work II the
Those who child labor shops and unsaniary
tory conditions make their fight in the broad light
Those who things tricky Misrepresentation
bribery corruption Labor lzatons patriots BY
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-10
A "Friend1y Critic''
Given Answer

Journal day people Lincoln what
m a i that h Waoe did not know
at talking about when referred to the business as species
Sf sweatshop. .-.: .:.,
Far be from The he h to @ s ta t nsd w
lady Rather & than DO such thing we wr aam. h aa bt M m @
Mr. l. Q Jones thinks nothing Of personal profit So long M he
family newspaper the of woman the brother OF another
shness the mpoeness of getting dispute with member
Miss or Mrs) Pattcrsons figures regarding so
after @ the the M snd to 1cs t bsee sTen o h M & oh @
Patterson performed the most of her figuring with Mr. Jones pencil
Our friendly critic of the Journal tells many
SIS week If this be ueand must be because lady said
pay an average wage Of $500 week Mr. Jones' the
the ep0y m % - and has pay % e
SIS week The Wagewo<er prefers leave
newspaper that Mr. Jones' while forming the
nd h out as an oe oe e d s m
the in lieu Of salary On this basis
the News the day after the fire. said that the Of profit
was small owing to the keen M & Now M Mr. ones
shirt field Mcdonald of St Joseph factory that
organized labor attempt economy
bring the net profits up to point that would enable him to draw
o. would I'D be economy i the matter & Of % and he he
largest possible showing of profit and thus make his salary
Clearly our friendly critic and Mr. Jones' gallant defender
y twisted in her logic, else biased in her Judgment
from S2 SIS week How many? Twenty of the
fNe? Well let call twenty who make s1s week That's sso
twenty of the employees leaving $3.50 be
divided among fyve empoyesan of $472 And the
number who from $2 week the smaller
the Of the balance.
Miss that the
nanes of the of that there fany
ccd employees That does sound good If the
good friendly critic of the Journal claims how
that there inexperienced employees Why do not the
experienced and skilled employees remain at the factory instead
of giving place inexperienced help?
The dive this the complicated it
Wages good but the
unsid that small That's feminine logic for
The Wageworker still that
whose average scale $500 week hour day
credit profit any city And it
further that asks the rally
its exhibiting of that ought be sufficient
that has little nothing from keen
OF similar factories in neighboring
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-10
MAKING THE LAW RIDICULOUS.

The child labor law should be enforced without
favor 1t should not be relaxed whom it affects.
But that that it should be enforced with
keen spectacular effect.
When the of the young violnist Won Vesey
rested for violating the law by causing the lad play the
stage after O'Clock the plain that mistake
made Won Vecsey gives but single Chi
Common be before
ing his described child labor
State Factory Inspector Davies should have thought
things before he began suit.
For all that Mr. Davies does make the law vigorously
he deserves praise But his
have other effect than make the ridiculous
condemned Chicago Record-Herad
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-02-10
UNION LABOR IN POLITICS.

The Wageworke authorized by labor make
But this knows labor well
the without fear of contradiction
The labor going take the city
If politicians figuring that OF thing they MAY
we'll put up their pipes.
take hand and don forget