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RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
Work on Washington, Alexandria and
Mount Vernon Road.

Two new motor cars built at the Brill
shops in Philadelphia for the Washington.
Alexandria and Mount Vernon railway,
have. according to a notice received by
Superintendent Colvin of the railway COM
pany, been shipped from Philadelphia and
are expected to arrive at the power house
at Four Mile Run within the next day or
two.
The new cars are exactly like the four
new motor cars received about two months
ago, which are now in service on the
road. They complete the order for six
new motor cars which the Brill Company
was to build for the local railway and
gives IL ample new equipment to maintain
Its new fifty-minute schedule between the
two cities. The service Is now perfectly
satisfactory. and except for an occasional
delay, when the draw of the Long bridge
Is open, the trains go to and fro between
this city and Alexandria without a hitch.
The Mount Vernon Company now has
large force OF men employed in building the
approach on which the trains will travel
when the new Highway bridge is thrown
open to traffic some time during the win
ter. The grading and laying OF the new
track will be completed by the time the
bridge is ready for use. The plans are also
being completed for the building of the
new double track from Arlington Junction
over the marsh at Alexander's Island to
the Virginia end OF the Highway bridge.
When this work Is completed and the
track in use 1t is stated that trains will
leave this city for Alexandria about ten
minutes apart throughout the day.
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Ing interests are held by a group Of British
publishers. capitalized 1T 100000 The
companies affected are the Reid Newfound-
land Company. the Exploit Lumber Com
papy. the Newfoundland Timber Estates
Company and the Newfoundland Lumber
and Pulp Company. Public opinion in New
fcundland. which opposed the recent grant
to the Harmsworths. is said to be In favor
of the present merger.
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UTILIZING THE POPPLE.
Increasing Study to Be Given the Tree
by the Forest Service.

The northern poplar, or popple, of the
northeastern states, is coming in for in
creasing study by the forester and lumber
man. Not so very long ago the wood of the
popple was used only for excelsior. Some
two or three years ago the pulp manufac-
turer added 1t to his list of species supply
ing his mill, and 1t is now generally and
increasingly used for paper pulp of certain
grades throughout the northeastern states.
1t Is very rapid-growing tree, with a
pronounced tendency to extend itself on old
fields so that a considerable area of I'M
wooded land, cut-over lands, and burned
areas are coming up to growth of popple
which will figure Importantly in the lumber
ing problems of the regions in which it
occurs.
The forest service has received large
number of applications for advice relative
to the management of forest lands con-
tanning stands of popple, and in conse-
quence is making a detailed commercial
study Of the several species, with special
attention to the reproduction, growth rate,
market value and quality for pulp and ex-
celsior use of each. In addition. the study
will keep in view possible fresh uses for the
popple, and ways of preventing the injury
Of popple stands from fire.
1t Is highly probable that working plans
for future forest management in New York
and New England will take increasing note
of popple.
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Big merger Of Pulp interests.

One of the biggest of pulp mergers In the
history of Canada was recently perfected
az Montreal. whereby number of compa-
MES operating in Newfoundland, having an
aggregate area of million and half
acres OF pulp lands. surrendered their in
tezests to company In which the controll-
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States pension agent here. and his sue
cessor chosen at Denver last week has
been resident of Washington for 4 good
many years or his picturesque and patri-
otto career. Corporal Tanner. after his
service in the civil war. which ended by
the loss of both lower extrer1ities, was
first for SORE years 4 department clerk
here, afterward held the Important Office
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open-Air Sacred Concert

BY Naval G. F. Band This Afternoon.
Take Pa. ave. cars marked + & G going
east. Only II minutes ride from the Capt.
toll Building to the Highlands overlooking
the city.
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of United States pension commissioner
under President Harrison (although not
for a long period and is now register of
wills of the District of Columbia by vir-
tue of President Roosevelt's commission.
1t will be recalled that he was also for
considerable time engaged in the pension
practice here, and that his term as pen
sion commissioner came to rather sud-
den end.
The Corporal" as he is best known.
was warmly supported in his campaign
for the honor, and won a sweeping VIC
tory, Notwithstanding that after the ar
rival of the delegates in Denver there
were reports of formidable movements in
favor of Gen. Granville NJ. Dodge and
some other distinguished dark horses. His
election is cordially indorsed by the local
G. A. r., and his administration is ex-
pected to meet the hearty approval of
the great war fraternity.
Others on tie List
In addition to the fact that both the re-
firing and incoming ommanders-in-chief
of the society live in Washington it is
worthy of note that there are others among
us who have occupied the much desired and
highly honorable place of leader of the
Grand Army Samuel S. Burdett was the
head of the organization in 1850, United
States Senators William Warner and Rus
sell a. AfgCr Were its commanderS-in-ch chief
respectively in 1SSS and 1889, and Gen. John
c. Black civil service commissioner. was In
command tWo~YearS ago. All of them have
passed many years in Washington. Cor
p0Iaf' Tanner will be the thirty-fourth
commander-in-chief. In the early days of
the order it was customary to give the COM
manders-ln-chief more than one term, but
this practice has not prevailed since 1878,
and there Is every reason to believe the
Corporal" will pass his hcnors on to a sue
ceSSOr next VePr.
Commander-in-ch.ef John r. Is ng had
but short service at the helm. having only
succeeded the lamented Wilmon w. Black
mar about six weeks ago. His administra-
ton was, however. characterize by ener-
getic capacity, and was warmly indorsed by
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in affiliation with the members Of the Reg
uiar Army and Navy Union, ii is difficult
to tremendously blend the two organiZa-
tons. What action will be taken in this
matter remains to be seen.
Commanders, Also.
There is a movement on foot which had
its origin in this city, and which, it is ex-
pected, will develop into a fixed rule, 20
have the headquarters and the command
ers of these various organizations located
in the national capital.
1.-THE American Federation of Labor has
headquarters located in this city. Why?"
inquired a veteran. Because the mem
bers feel that their representatives should
be right here on the ground where the ne
tons business is conducted and the ma
TONS laws enacted. With the heads of
the various soldier bodies of the United
States located here, much good could be
done in the interests of the members of
those organizations. We should be in close
should see to it that the interest of any
man who ever served the flag of the United
States at any time be he regular or vol
unteer, soldier, sailor marine, should
receive the consideration his valor and
patriotism warrants. As he stood ready 20
defend the flag in time of peace, or did de-
fend it in time of war, this service should
not be lost sight of, and sufficient influence
should be brought to bear the Congress
of the United States and the heads Of the
executive departments to enact laws and
make rules giving the country's defenders
their rights"
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TANNER IN COMMAND
Recently Elected to Highest
Office in the e.. A. R.
POPULAR SELECTION
SKETCH OF HIS CAREER AS SOL
DER AND POLITICIAN.
Enlisted Early in Civil War and Lost
Both Legs in Second Battle
of Bull Run.
POPULAR SELECTION

Communicating of the Grand Army
of the Republic is now the title of that
intrepid soldier so long and widely known
Corporal Tanner. The selection is a
popular one in Washington, and will doubt
less prove to be the same throughout the
country.
The Lew commander-in-chief is one Of
the youngest soldiers who has ever been
elected to the Office. He was but eighteen
years old when the loss of both his legs
al the disastrous bate of Second Bull Run
took him out of the civil war. But his
keen interest in those who were his asso-
ciates in that war has never Jagged during
the forty-three years that have elapsed
since he ceased soldering from necessity.
and now after almost forty years of con-
tlnuous membership in the Grand Army he
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MARRIED.

SCoTT-MATIiEWs. on Thursday, September z,
1905, at Philadelphia, GEORGE A. SCOTT and
MINNIE L. MATHEWS. both Of Washington,
ID. Z.
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OTHERS WILL DO LIKEWISE,
Soldier Organizations Want Their
Headquarters in WASHINGTON.

The election of Corporal James Tanner
as commander-in- chief OF the Grand Army
of the Republic VIII necessarily bring the
headquarters of that organ "a ton to this
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members consent to the establishment Of
headquarters also In this city. During the
present month several such organizations
will convene In annual and biennial SEES
sions. Following the encampment of the
G. A. r. at Denver and the United Spanish
War Veterans at Milwaukee come the en-
campment of the Union Veterans Legion.
which will be held September II to 1 at
Wilmington, Del, and the American Vet
Grams of Foreign Service of the Spanish
war and Philippine Instruction, at Al
toona, Pa, September Is to 16, inclusive,
at which gathering both the eastern and
western branches of this strong organiza-
tion will be merged.
Commander II. o. Kelly says after this
encampment. at which over 10000 visitors
and visiting soldiers are expected. the vet
Grams will consider the question. now up
permost with all patriotic soldier organise
lions, of getting in closer touch with each
other.
1--WE hope to see a branch OF our great
organization soon located in Washington.
ID. c." he said.
After the two last-named conventions
have mapped out their next years work
and elected their national officers, then
comes the big convention and encampment
of the Army and Navy Union. u. s. A,
ut Newburg, n. Y. September 20. q. p.
At this convention considerable business
of interest to every man who served In
the United States army, navy or marine
corps at any period will be considered and
no Soiuier OF SAILOR OF marine VINO mas
served his country honorably Is barred
from membership In this organization. One
important question which will come before
the Army and Navy Union at Newburg ia
the proposed anna lgamation with the Regu-
lar Army and Navy Union. The latter or
ganiZation is composed only of men who
were either in the regular army, navy or
marine corps, and do not accept the vol
unteers.' Whether the two forces Will
unite cannot be definitely stated. One rea-
vi
stated, is that Il large percentage OF the
members of the Army and Navy Union
are volunteers. and as volunteers are not
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port submitted by him was excellent
and thorough one. although necessarily pre-
pared in much haste.
The Present Membership.
Incorporated in it the report of Ad-
jutant General Gilman, which showed that
the present membership was 49,, 400 The
order gained 22,G09 members during the
year and lost 3G,9St-a net loss of 14,SS5
The deaths of the year aggregated 9,152,
only 123 more than in the previous year
There are now 6,03l Grand Army posts
The leading departments in present mem
bership fellows: New York, %, 26S;
Pennsy lvania, n ,343; Illinois, 1925; Ohio,
1S,27S; Massachusetts. $40. The Depart
ment of the Potomac showed a net loss OF
fifty and has IL present membership OF
2,29s Maryland's net loss was 40, present
membership =, 10I. Virginia and North Car
oina's net loss 81, present membership 713;
West Virginia, net loss, 81; present mem
bership LOT.
In the great parade on Wednesday there
were 15.00J participants. one of the largest
turnouts of veterans in several years. The
Department of the Potomac marched be-
tween Vermont and Virginia and North
Carolina. Ii is estima ted that there were
125, 900 out of town visitors in Denver dur
ing the encampment.
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appointments made by Gen. Harrison after
his Inauguration was that of James Tanner
to succeed that other war-shattered vet
eran, Gen John G. Black. as commissioner
of pensions. 1t is something OF a coinci-
dence that he should also so closely succeed
Gen. Black as commander-in-chiefo of the
Grand Army.
Head of Pension Bureau.
AS commissioner of pensions Corporal
Tanner, with ms accustomed enthusiasm,
went about the business of seeing that all
his old comrades were pensioned HIS
course, however. did not wholly meet with
the approval of President Harrison, and in
October, 1859. he was succeeded by Gen.
Green b .Raum. He then settled in Wash
ington in the practice of law, making pen.
sions a particular feature OF his business,
and won some notable successes. To his
efforts before Congress have Reen given the
credit for the passage, first, of the bill
raising the pensions OF soldiers who lost
both legs in battle to 500 per month, and
subsequently of one pensioning totally
blinded veterans al the same rate
Corporal Tanner Is serving register OF
wills of the District by President Roose-
velt's appointment, and has made an effi--
cient officer.
The new commandments chiefs war serv-
Ice was In the S7th New York Volunteers.
In the Grand Army he has been depart
ment commander OF New York, 1SI5-70,
twice judge advocate. and five years a
member of the national pension committee.
He has also been national commander OF
the Union Veteran Legion.
COMMUNICATIVE Chief in Washington.
The veterans of the Grand Army of the
Republic who live in Washington can
claim both the retiring and incoming
commanders-in-ch as cp-residents of
Washington. John r. King Ii the United
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California State Association Meets.

A meeting of the California State As
ISOLATION was held last night at POI I
street northwest to commemorate the
fifty-fifth anniversary of Admission day.
The meeting was largely attended Col
Thomas Nee. Brady of Los Angeles was
present. Mr.. A. J. Boyer read a paper on
California's history. The proposition to
create a sailors home at San Diego I'm
commemoration of the Bennington dis
aster was indorsed and the association
adjourned to meet the first Thursday in
November
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has risen to the command of body Of
survivors who yet form a grand army of
nearly quarter of million.
James Tanner was born in Schoharie
county, New York, in 1914. and that state
and the District of Columbia have been his
places of residence throughout his life.
His political career has been long and
interesting. AT the close of the year he be-
came clerk in the War Department, and
then went to Albany to serve as a clerk in
the New York legislature, where he con-
tinued several years W hiie there ne stud I'D
law and was admitted to the bar in IS 3,
when twenty-five years of age. After prat :,
ticing for a few years he resumed the pos
litical life for which he was exceptionally
qualified by his army record, His terrible
Gripping at Second Manassas, and his ora
torical powers, which, rare from the first,
have ripeHed with years and great expert
ence, until he is considered one Of the best
speakers of the country. Before his ad
mission to the bar re had done considerable
stumpng and has taken part in every cam
paign since 1866, in each national canvass
visiting many states of the Union.
II Public Service
His rcwlrds have Leen numerous and his
services have always been OF 4 high char
acter. He became cIecll in tn United
States custom house n the administration
of General Grant and after several years
service rose to be deputy collector of GUS
toms under Collector Chester A. Arthur,
who subsequently became President of the
United States.
In 1877. at the age of thirty-three. the
manned young veteran became collector OF
the city of Brooklyn, and served four two
year terms. His administrations ended in
1855. For few years subsequently he lee
tured, practiced law and spoke in cam
paigns. His work in the famous national
canvass of 1883, which resulted in the cleo
ton of Harrison and Morton, was conspicu-
ously successful, and one of the earliest
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-28
NEW BOOKS
AT LIBRARY.

The following books recently adj
ded to the Public Library, are now
ready for circulation:
NON-FTCTION.
Bellamy-Looking Backward.
Clerke-Astronomy.
Dawson-Matthew Arnold C His Re-
lation to the Thought of Oul
Time. ~
Farrar-Life of f. w. Farrar.
Ford-Few Remarks.
Garner-Apes and Monkeys.
Observation-Disclosures; a Book OF
Dramatists.
Lubbock-Round the Horn Before
the Mast.
Miles-Racquets, Tennis & Squash.
Mills-Historic Houses of New Jer-
sey.
Muller-My Autobiography.
Peary-Northward Over the Great
Ice."
Peters-Jew as a Patriot.
Sa1ford-Art Crafts for Beginners.
5hoemaker-Great Siberian Rail
way.
Standardization of a Player.
Todd-True Aaron Burr.
Thomas-Account of Pennsylvania
& West New Jersey.
Watson-Life and Times of Thomas
Jefferson.
Wilde-De Profundis.
FICTION.
ildrich-Sea Turn e Other Matters.
Jutting-Little Stories of Courtship.
Garland-Tyranny of the Dark.
Grant-Orchid.
Howells-Miss Bellard's Inspiration.
Lefevre-Golden Flood.
Reed-At the Sign of the Jack-'o-
Lantern.
Rice-Sandy.
Robins-Dark Lantern. .
Tarkington-Beautiful Lady.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-28
r. AMBOY NEWS.

David Feigen, the Hall avenue mer.
chant, has a new telephone in his
store.
Miss M. Weiss is visiting a few days
at New York with relatives.
Miss Florence Snyder spent a few
days with her sister at Allentown
recently.
Hans Johnson, of Elizabeth street,
had a beautiful ight-blooming cereus.
The flower was eight inches across.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bohlke have
moved from ParKhurst street, New
ark, to the Alflerbach fiat, 10 Fayette
street.
Miss Annie Bohlke has been visit
ing during the past week in Newark.
Miss Martha Chandler gave a party
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-28

Politics are shaping up lively in
this city and it looks like an active
campaign. Besides the democratic
club for the city, they are now or
CARNATIONS in each ward, showing
that the democrats are more united
than they have been for years and a
determined effort will doubtless be
made to carry the election this fall.
In this case, it means the republicans
are not going to have the "walk-
over'' they had last year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-28
III Together, Amboy's!

Nhere seems TO be a mistaken idea
about the construction of the Amboy
bridge oven the Raritan river that it
is being built for the benefit of long
distant automobile riders and the up
per and lower sections of the county.
While these are bound to be greatly
benefited, the primary object of the
bridges to connect the two Amboys,
Perth and South Amboy are bound
together by ties that cannot be broken
and it is time the two places stood to-
gether for their mutual advantage.
The Amboys are situated at the head
Of Raritan bay, only a river sepa rates
them. Their conditions are alike in
a great many respects and by working
together the two places could gain
much for their mutual advantage.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-28

large coal shipping ports and both
have valuable clay and sand deposites.
Everything tends to keep the Amboys
together and the citizens of both
places should work toward that end.
This does not necessarily mean being
under one government, although such
an outcome would be the best thing
that could happen, but it means n
working together, consultations as to
the best steps to be taken for the adj
vancement of the places and q general
understanding and friendly feeling.
Heretofore this has been practically
impossible because of the unsatisfac-
tory communication between the two
places. The new county bridge, how
ever, is to eliminate this, The bridge
is to make the Amboys sister cities in
every sense of the. word. Both Perth
and South Amboy should work for the
early completion of the structure and
for the abolition of the "Hole in the
Wall'' under the Pennsylvania rail-
road on the south shore. Get togeth-
or Amboys, it's to your W advant-
age to do so.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-28
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2S.
Crowded Schools.

The wonderful growth of our city is
manifested in the continued crowded
condition of our public schools. One
new building after another has been
erected but it does not seem to ever
make IN impression. This fall the
city had an entire new building,
school No. I, in additi on to those Of
last year when there were only six.
and yet, with all this additional room,
the children cannot begin to be ac-
commodated. Already Perth Amboy
leads the county In the value of her
school property and at the present
! Crate we will soon rank among the lead
in the state.
@ In building hereafter it would seem
: that instead of erecting more new
structions, additions would be built
to the schools we already have. Prac.
%ticallv every section of the city is now
IN
rhoaccommodated as far as location is
'lal concerned and 1t only remains to
Skin.
Non urn'sn 'he RUM ia 'ne ieepe0'i'e
y(o buildings.
Y That more building should be
planned there is no doubt. Education
for the--children of this city is of
vital Importance. A large percentage
OF our population is foreign born.
They must be taught the American
system of government and American
customs. In no other city, except
those of similar population, is the
question of education so important
1t cannot be neglected.
Taxpayers often wonder where
much of their money goes, but it is
easy to find a greqAd deal off by lcok-
ing at our publi; schoels. This is one
thing in which the city has kept in
the front ranks. Our schools are sec
ond to one and they should be kept
so.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-28
HIGH TIDE.
NEW YORK HERALD WEATHER
FORECAST.

In the Middle States and New Eng
land today fair weather will prevail
with slightly higher temperature and
light to fresh variable winds, mostly
westerly. On FRIDAY fair to partly
overcast weather and nearly station
AIRY temperature will prevail, with
light and fresh variable winds; and
on Saturday partly cloudy weather,
with slight temperature changes.