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Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
CAPTAIN WAS
ANGRY AT CREW
Steamer Meteor Had Trouble
When She Reached Here
Last Night.

When the steamer Meteor of the
New Brunswick and New York line,
which was recently organized, arriv-
ed at the local dock, from New York
last night the crew, which, it is un-
derstood, had trouble on the trip
down, walked ashore in a body and
refused to do any work., The captain
lost his temper and went among the
men rough shod and soon scattered
them. There was much excitement
for a time.
After considerable delay a number
of longshoremen were hired and they
unloaded the steamer, after which
she was taken to New Brunswick,
where it is said, new crew was
shipped this morning and the boat
was able to continue her trips.
Just what the trouble was between
the captain and crew no one seems
tc know. AT the steamboat dock this
morning, the agent, James Hender-
son, refused to discuss the matter ex-
oept to admit that the crew left and
the captain handled them rather
roughly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
TROLLEY employees DO
NOT WANT BIG CARS.

During the coming month it is un-
stood that the Public Service Corp
Grafton will send into this city, for
use on the local and New Brunswick
line, twenty-seven of the heavy troll
ley cars which, during the past year,
have been used on the plank road
from Newark to Jersey City. These
cars are the longest in the trolley
service. They are very heavy and
have four wheels on either side Of
the truck. The motormen and con-
ductors are much opposed to the use
of the cars in this city and, 1t is un-
derstood, they will petition the Of
ficiaIs requesting them not no send
the cars here for they fear of an ac-
cident.
The reasons given by the employ
es for objecting to these cars is that
they are unfit for a road where there
are grades such as are encountsgaed
in New Brunswick.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
BRIDGE SCANDAL GROWS LARGER
WITH rue & FOUNTAIN DEALINGS.
HOUSE AFIRE:;
FAMILY SLEPT.
NeighbOrs Had Difficulty in
ArOuslng People Who Were
in Danger Last Night.

While the family slept unawares,
a fire, which caused a loss of $500
before it was extinguisher, burned in
the Kitchen in the apartments of
Michael Doba on the first floor of
the frame house at 81 Watson aven-
ue, owned by John Kutcher, about
| o'clock this morning.
The fire was discovered by Mrs.
l.. Seguine, who lives upstairs About
a quarter to one she was awakened
by the cracking Of burning wood
and the smell of smoke. She aroused
her husband and an alarm was Civ
en-. Mr.. Seguine awoke Mr.. Kutcher,
who lives next door, and the fire
alarm was sounded from box GA, at
Smith street and Watson avenue, by
Otto Smith, who lives in the corner
house.
Meanwhile the Doba family was
not aware of the danger.
Mr.. Kutcher tried to arouse them
by pounding on the hall doors, and,
that failing, he broke window.
They were awakened and at once
turned their attention to saving their
property. The firemen arrived in
good time and the blaze was confin-
cd to the kitchen and adjoining
walls.
- 1t originated in a closet in the
kitchen in a manner unknown.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
SWINDLED AT A CARD
GAME IN OCEAN GROVE.

ASBURY PARK, Sept. 9:-Eden
Laign, a Railway man, was buncied
out OF $4,000 in Ocean Grove Thurs
day. man who SAID he was a
brother to Senator John Kean, of
Elizabeth enticed him to n Mount
Carmel way, There he was introduce
cd to Mr.. Weden, a book agent, who
showed Laign a table covered with
black cloth ON which there were
cards.
Weden said he had originated q
new game and invited his visitor to
try it. "Kean" drew a card and won
SIT, which the book agent gave him.
Finally, he insisted that Laign in
vest 81, and the old man consented.
"Goodness!" exclaimed Weden,
there is a star on the bottom of that
card and you win $4,000"
Weden, however refused to pay
the prize until Laign showed an eq-
ual amount, so that he would have
a fair chance to get back his money.
Laign drew $4,000 from the bank,
and Weden apparently put the mon
ey in a box and gave it to Laign.
When the box was opened later it
was found that it was filled with
old paper and junk. City Detective
Walsh was detailed on the case, but
the gold brick men had several
hours start and there is no clue to
their whereabouts.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
BARGE SUNK OFF SEA
BREEZE IN COLLISION.
Into Tug Captain and
Family Taken OFF in a Launch
Two lows Were Passing at
the Time and Tide Was Strong.

A collision occurred between two
tows off Sea Breeze in Raritan bay
late yesterday afternoon, in which
barge was sunk and the captain and
his family had narrow escape from
drowning.
About o'clock the big tug Coast
wise left the Lehigh Valley coal
docks, with a barge loaded with coal
and bound for Scully's slip at South
Amboy. AS the Coastwise approach
ed Wards point she let out long
tow line. The tide was very strong
and swung the barge around in such
way that a New York tugboat,
which was coming from South Amboy
with two barges crashed into the
Scully barge before the captain of
the Coastwise could swing the craft
out of the way. The crash when the
two boats met resounded over the
water like the report of cannon.
The nose of the tug made big hole
in the side of the barge and when
the tug backed off the barge COM
menced to fill.
The Coastwise turned and was soon
at the side of the sinking barge. 1t
tried to push her on the flats and
succeeded in getting her out of the
channel before she went down. Her
stern sank first and her bow rose
high in the air before disappearing.
Small Boats to the Rescue.
A number of small boats and
launches put off from this city and
Sea Breeze to lend what assistance
they could. As soon as the barge
began to settle the captain got his
family, consisting of his wife, son
fourteen years old, and a baby, on
deck and they were taken off in the
first launch to reach them which
was in charge of Henry Odlum and
Andrew Nelson, of this city. They
were taken to South Amboy, where
the captain went at once to the Of
flee of the Scully line and reported
the matter.
The barge sank in water shallow
enough so that as she rests on the
bottom her mast and part of the ca0x
in remain above water and besore
the captain of the Coastwise left her,
he placed lantern on the mast to
warn other vessels of the danger.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
HURT JUMPING OFF
CAR AT SOUTH AMBOY.

While trying to jump off of a rapid
ly moving train. at South Amboy, this
morning, Peter Larson, of Washing
ton street, this city, presser and
linisher at the Swan Hill Terra Gotta
Works. was thrown to the ground.
One of his legs was slightly injured
and he received numerous cuts and
scratches, but was not hurt to any
great extent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
EXCIT EMENT
OVER MAD DOG.
State Street Was Lively for a
Time This Morning Dog
Was Killed.

A mad dog ran amuck with froth
issuing from its mouth and nostrils
on State street opposite school No.
2 shortly before II o'clock this
morning. He was first noticed in a
vacant lot running blindly about.
There were from thirty to forty small
children playing on the walks near
by at the time and, anxious to see
1.-The funny dog as one youngster
yelled, they gathered closer and
closer. The frenled pup suddenly
darted from the lot and dashed
among the youngsters. He ran in
and out among them and their moth
ers, many of whom had heard the
yelping of the dog and the shouts
of the children, realized the danger
CT someone's being bitten. The child
rem did not heed their mothers call
ing, however, and the danger of one
or more of them being bitten was i'm
minent.
Once or twice the canine ran for
some distance only to return to the
crowd of children. Once he ran to
liiS ydiu vi iNOpPCi . illSoI illeOl hClJ
running out again Immediately. Some
Of the children not realizing their
danger, followed the dog, whose
whining and yelping could be heard
for some distance, about as best they
could.
One woman, with small child by
the arm, ran down State street and
found Patrolman McDermott who
fastened to the scene.
Meanwhile, however, a street de-
partment wagon happened along and
Henry Nolan took his log-handled
spade and, with some difficulty,
struck the dog on the head, killing
it.
The dog was of small size and
light brown in color, with short hair.
1t wore no collar or registry tag.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09

KEYPORT, Sept. 9:-On an al
legation of burglary, John S. Sproul,
of Keyport, son of the late Assembly
man Sproul, was arrested Thursday
night. Justice of the Peace Taylor
held him without bail to await the
action of the grand jury, and he is
now in the county Jail at Freehold.
The grocery store of John w.
Krough, president of the Keyport
Banking Company, has been entered
three times within month and mon
ey taken from the cash register. 1t
is alleged that Sproul was caught
marked bills that had been taken
from the place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
A Polish Newspaper.

Perth Amboy is to have another
newspaper. 1t is to be published in
tho Polish language and John zona
is to be the editor. The name of the
latest addition to Perth Amboy
journalism is "Slovensky Illasnik. :"
The paper is to appear weekly, and
it already has an assured circulation
which stamps it a success.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
GIVEN HIS LIBERTY TO
LEAVE THE COUNTRY
ipecial to the Evening News:

Special to the Evening News:
NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept. o.
John Pascie, the Italian boy, who
was sentenced to two years in state
prison last Saturday for shooting
William Stillger, had his sentence
suspended this morning by Judge
Strong, on condition that he leave
this county for Italy before Septem-
Ter 26. This leniency was due to the
urgent request of Nicholas Paseoe,
the boys father
There is a possibility that the SEN
tence of Edward Fleschner, the rob-
Der, who also broke Jail, may be
changed from year in prison to a
term in the reformatory.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
HOUSE WARMING.

At the meein~ of the special COM
mittee of the l. ritan Club held in
the club house in High street, last
night, it was decided to have house
warming on next Thursday night.
Each member will be allowed to
invite two friends as his guests for
that evening. 1t is expected that all
will have gala time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
INnninn OFF TrncI,

Engine No. 105 went off the track
while drawing heavily loaded car
at the American Smelling e Refin-
ing Works yesterday. The driving
wheels went off. The engine was re-
stored to the rails after some time,
but it is believed that this engine
will be replaced by another because
of its track-jumping proclivities.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
ARE WORKING INSIDE !
Contractors Still About One Month
Ahead of Schedule Time.

The contractors with the untiring
cooperation of the government sup
ervisor, D. D. Williamson, are still
about a month ahead of the sched-
ule on the new federal building.
The fireproof flooring is in place,
the balustrade finished and other
features completed, and, all in all,
the disappointment, occasioned by
the original announcement that it
was to be a one-story building, is
rapidly being dissipated.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
LOESER MUST PAY
DOBRlNER'S BILL.
Special to the Evening News:

opNblil " VIC ANCW
NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept. o.
In the Court of Common Pleas this
morning Judge Strong gave Judgment
for $1S0.39 in favor of Solomon
Dobriner against George Loeser, for
a cigar and wine bill. The original
bill was for $157.92 and Judgment
was given by Justice Wiley, of Wood
bridge, for $50 Dobriner appealed
it, and this morning got the higher
Judgment which includes interest.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
NInfnchen EesfivnI-

A number of young people from
this city have received invitations
10 attend the lawn festival of the
Young Ladies' Society of st. Francis
church, of Metuchen, tonight The
affair will be held on the lawn of
the church on Main street Music
will be furnished by Prof Steinhaus-
nr
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
Excursion TOMORROW.

If the weather proves clear the
employees of the Hirchborn- Mack
Cigar Company, of this city and New
Brunswick will go on an outing to-
morrow to Coney Island. The out
ing was postponed from last Sunday
on account of the storm.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
Sexton Resigns.

After a service of between twelve
and thirteen years as sexton of the
First Baptist church of Fayette
street, George Ryder, of Hobart
street, has resigned. He has found
that his health will not allow him to
continue
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
Outing At Midland.

Tickets are now being sold by the
employees of the Standard Under
ground Cable Works for the outing
which they will have at Midland
Beach.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09

One side of the road on Smith
street for nearly a block west of the
Central railroad is partially sub
merged with water.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09

Try Helmsman &c cigar at Sections
Drug Store, 70 Smith st. 1874 S,25 pot
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
HAS NO PLACE YET.

Martins Furniture Store has SO
quite lot but not enough to mai
moving easy. Mr.. Martin in an int
view today said, If people only kne
how cheap we are selling, everythir
would be picked up in day or two. :
1906 80
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
GREEN TURTLE SOUP.

William Strandberg invites his friends
to partake of green turtle soup at his
saloon, corner High and Washington
streets, this evening; it is free to those
who call. 13OI7 90 1t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09

FL. LARKINS s57 STATE Street,
will do plumbing, steam, hot water
and hot air heating on monthly pay
ments. $40 per month.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
Robbed While AsIcen.

Anton Kohut has complained to
the police that he was robbed of IS
while asleep. NJ IS III
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09

NOW is the time for Clam Bakes, Union
Grove is the place for them. X.
Hanson. 1850 $50 til 81
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09

EVENING NEWS has branch Of
fees
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-07
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From, the Atchison Globe.

From the Atchison Globe.1
Money is spent on the Fourth to keep
father poor, and make his independence
further off than ever.
We never want to live in a town SO
large that when the band plays on the
streets. we don't know what it is for.
The new name for the toy balloon is
two-veeps. The child weeps to have
one and weeps a few hours later when
it blows UP.
The father who refuses to buy fire.
works for the children is regarded as
an undesirable citizen by the doctor and
undertaken.
One of the best safeguards any girl
can have is a friendship with her father.
A mothers talk, advice and prayers do
NOT have the influence in protecting a
girl that a comradeship with her father
would have.
We will take a garden for summer
amusement. instead of an automobile.
No farmers horses scare at a garden.
Still, a garden has this disadvantage:
If you have a good one the farmers will
be jealous of it.
In trying to arrange a rain schedule
today, we ran into trouble. Our inten-
ton was to have dry weather for three
weeks, but one farmer suggested two
weeks; another said a good rain in a
month would be all right Still another
said the late rain wasn't any too much,
and that a rain in a week would suit
him. So we gave up in despair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-07
NO STATE on REFTNERY.

The expected has happened. The
supreme court of Kansas has declared
the state oil refinery law unconstitu-
tional and consequently Kansas will
build no state refinery.
A state oil refinery is not really es-
sential to the oil industry in Kansas,
in spite of all that has been said and
written about it. The oil refinery law,
which was passed by the last legis-
lature. was chiefly valuable for the adj
vertising it gave Kansas as an oil state
and because it encouraged capital to
come into the state and build indie
pendent ref1neries.
This was really the big thing. AL
though the refinery bill was passed
with a hurrah and it was told what
great things it would accomplish in
fighting the Standard Oil company, the
real thing was to encourage capitalists
to build independent refineries. This
has already been accomplished.
The more important oil legislation
passed last winter was the maximum
oil rate law and the -discrimina-
ton law. Next to these came the
common carrier law, declaring all
pipe lines to be common carriers.
The action of the supreme court to-
day knocks out the oil refinery law,
and Senator Fred Dumont Smith, the
author of the common carrier law,
says that also is unconstitutional. 1t
is to be hoped that no Ioopholes will
be found in the two more important
measures.
The fact that the oil refinery has
fallen by the wayside ought to have no
effect upon the development of the
Kansas oil fields and the real fight
against the Standard. There is a pos
sibility that it will be bad thing for
the state, however. in its effect upon
the penitentiary binding Irvine plant.
If it should also invalidate the binding
Irvine plant the decision will be dis
astrous to the state, for it may en-
able the binding Irvine trust to again
put I'D the price of twine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-07
CONVICTION OF MTTCHELL.

The verdict of the jury in the Mitchell
case in the Oregon federal court few
days ego goes a long ways towards up
holding the conviction of Senator Bur-
ton in the federal court at st. Louis.
Both senators were convicted of yiolat-
ing the same statute.
John H. Mitchell, United States sem
ator from Oregon. was one of the oldest
and most respected members of the
senate. Some time ago it was discov-
cred that systematic frauds were being
perpetrated on the government to Sc
cure government lands in Oregon. Sen
ator Mitchell, it was discovered, had
gone before the land department and
represented the conspirators in urging
certain matters necessary to the per-
petration of the frauds. He was in
dicted for violating exactly the same
statute that Burton was charged with
violating, and he has been convicted.
The difference between the Mitchell
and Burton cases was that Mitchell
practiced before the land department
with the intention of defrauding the
government. while Burton practiced be-
fore the postoffice department with the
intention of aiding get-rich-quick con-
Germ to defraud poor people. In addition
to that, Burton lent the influence of his
name and high office to the get-rich-
quick people in furthering their fraudu-
lent schemes.
Burtons friends made the plea that he
was singled out and prosecuted because
conviction of Senator Mitchell puts an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-07
LAYHA WKER .JOTS

The Devlin failure comes close to
southeastern Kansas where Mr.. Devlins
coal company has a $4,000 pay roll COM
ing due on Saturday.
A northern Kansas editor has discov-
cred how to detect counterfeit hundred
dollars bills. He made the discovery,
not by experience, but by hearsay.
The Great Bend Item says that most
of the wheat of Barton county will test
better than 90 pounds to the bushel
which is just about as good wheat as
one could wish.
Wichita tries to break into the lime
light because Mrs. Henry Schad of that
place knew John Hay when the late
secretary was a small boy. This is not
necessarily a fish story.
With the farmers just about ready to
market their wheat, the IL hundred
thousand dollars which Mr.. Devlin owes
the First National bank of Topeka will
not be missed in the wheat belt.
Billy Morgan, who is doing Europe
thinks that the Earl of Warwick, who
used to make and unmake kings eight
hundred or thousand years ago, was
the Cy Leland or Roscoe Stubs of his
day.
P. w. Goebel. of Miami county who
has been one of the Democratic leaders
in the lower house during the last two
publican in the future. And Mr.. Goebel
had a real healthy boom for the Dem
ocratic nomination for governor, too.
ITS a mean man." wrote Editor
Brady in the Lawrence World, who be-
grudges the small boy the pleasure of
explosives on the Fourth Just then a
cannon cracker exploded near the edi-
torial chair, and he hastily added: "And
we are nearly all mean men under that
definition
The steam pillow is making Roadway
in the short grass country. The eastern
farmer who thinks a little 40-acre patch
is a big field would be amazed if he
saw a steam pillow at work in western
Kansas. Here is an item that the
Dighton Herald prints about a new one
in that locality: 20. P. Jewett has put
his big 25-horse power Beeves engine at
work, in fact it didn't stop after it left
the car till it began to throw dirt. At
present he is drawing ten plows, a two
section harrow, and a Campbell packer,
and keeps the ground plowed behind one
header without running much more
than half the time. A little later Mr..
Jewett expects to put on Is plows, an
other harrow and another packer and
bv the time he is through harvesting he
will have his 1900 acres of ground ready
for crop again. And herein lies the ad-
vantage of the steam blowing outfit. If
every farmer was so situated that he
could pIow his ground as fast as the
crop was harvested there is no doubt
but what better results would be had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-07
.sTECHNICALLY.,'

When T. T. Kelly used $4,000 of
the state school fund to take up note
of A. A. GODDARD and enable Mr..
GODDARD to finance the notorious CO.
manche county bond deal, the Topeka
Capital and other hackers of Kelly
said Kelly was guilty only of tech
meal embezzlement.' After sixteen
days he got the money back, although
he paid GODDARD interest out of the
state treasury on the states own
money.
Kelly deposited more than half a
million dollars in the First National
bank SO that it could be loaned to C. j.
Devlin, but this it seems was not a
technical deposit. He has not got
the money back.
Now, when is a man really guilty of
violating law sufficiently to be prose-
cuted for it-when he violates it
technically or when he does not
violate it technically? Will the
Capital or some other of Kelly's
former hackers please answer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-07
JOURNAL ENTRIES

so many people are claiming that
they didn't vote for Tom Kelly last fall
that one cannot help wondering where
Kelly got his votes.
Iowa was surprised that man from
that state was not summoned to take
the state portfolio Iowa thinks she
could fill three or four more cabinet Jobs
just as well as not.
Too many people put their religion in
the refrigerator and keep it on ice, in
stead of keeping it out for daily use.
Incidentally one cannot heir, wonder
ing what the national bank examiners
were doing.
A Denver doctor claims to be able
to make people taller by stretching their
backbones from one to three inches. ANY
number of people can pull your legmore
than that, but it makes you shorter in
stead Of longer, paradoxica1 as it may
seem.
There seems to be a great possibility
that the infant czarowitz will not sue
coed to his fathers job when he grows
up. He. can still remain a. member of
royalty, however, by coming to Ellis
county, Kansas, and becoming wheat
king.
You can get a lot of fun out of it,
and it is much cheaper, by taking your
vacation by reading the summer resort
literature instead of sampling the sum-
mer resorts personally.
In advertising for king Norway has
failed to state whether applicants may
be nonunion men, or whether they must
hold working cards in the kings union.