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Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11
MCCURDY ON
THE DEFENSE.
President of Mutual Life InSur-
anCe Company Did Not Protest
Increase of Salary.

NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Richard A..
McCurdy, president of the Mutual Life
Insurance company, Oh the witness
stand at the Investigation defended the
increase in his salary made three a
ago.
He said he was not called ON to enter
a protest when his salary was increas-
ed from 100000 to $150,000, as he tool
the increase as an evidence that the
finance committee appreciated his serv-
ices $4,000 worth a year more.
He did not think that any unusual
drain was being made on the funds of
the policy holders in accepting such Il
stipend. He had not increased his serv-
ices as a result, as he believed that the
services of a president of such a corpo-
ration were always cumulative.
Q. What grounds We're advanced for
the increase? A. The general. | don't
want to sound my own praise, Mr..
Hughes. | would much rather other
people would do that for me. ] took it
as an Indication of appreciation put
upon my services by the finance com
mittee, who were the mouthpiece of the
finance committee and trustees gener-
ally, or they would not have done it,.
q. Do you know any president of
any other insurance company that re-
ceived as much? A. l felt all the more
compiimented by the fact that | be-
lieved that there was no other life in
surance president that got so much.
Luncheons We're an expensive luxury
with the Mutual Life Insurance com
pany, according to the testimony
brought out when Mr.. Hughes dissect-
ed Il ledger account statement which
had been put in evidence upon which
two items appeared that disturbed Mr..
Hughes very much. One was for lunch
con expenditures during 1903 and
amounted to $74,994.20. The year fol
lowing another item showed a total eX-
penditure of S72,S61.19 for the same
purpose.
Inquisitor Hughes brought out the
interesting fact that the Mutual Life
had contributed $4,000 to the national
Republican committees campaign fund
in the last three presidential elections.
This admission was made by DR..
Walter r. Gillette, one Of the vice
presidents.
DR.. Gillette declared that he had con
ferred with other officials of the COM
pany regarding the contribution of $40,
600 made in 1904 before the money
was paid out.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11

GLUECKSBURG. Sleswick- Holstein.
Oct. II. - This little town presented
Il festive appearance in its gala dec
GRAFTON for the marriage of Prince
Charles Edward, duke of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha, a nephew of King Edward,
with Princess Victoria Adelheid, eldest
daughter of Duke Frederick of Sles-
wick -Gluecksburg
and niece of Empress Augusta Victo.
ria. today. The emperor and empress
were present, with all the imperia.
princes except Crown Prince Fredericl
William. Prince Arthur of Connaught
represented the British court. The en-.
gagement dated from February last.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11
HIS THUMB
CHEWED OFF.
Caught in Cog Wheel and Oper.
alton Was Necessary
Slipped and Fell.

John Connell, of Keyport, a ma
chinist in the employ of Or. G. w.
Tyrrell, of this city, lost the thumb
of his right hand yesterday after
noon by having it chewed off in the
cog wheels of the big lathe in the
machine shop of Schantz & Eckert,
OF Front street. He was taken to the
city hospital where in operation was
performed.
Council was at work on DR.. Tyr
ellis launch about 2 o'clock, when
he found that he needed something
from a machine shop, and as he was
near the dock of Schantz & Eckert
he decided to go to that place. AS
he was entering the shop he slipped
and, in putting his right hand out to
saw himself from falling, he did not
notice the lathe. His hand went
against the cog wheels and the
thumb was caught.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11
OFFICERS MEET.
Association Will Meet in Elizabeth
Next Week-The Speeches Made.

ELIZABETH, Oct. 11:-The an
nual state convention of the Supreme
Police Officers Association of New
Jersey, comprising the chiefs of po-
lice, captains and s%ergeants, will be
held next Tuesday at former Free
holder John Bender's hotel, in Lor-
raine, near here. The business meet
ing will be held at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon and officers chosen for the
ensuing year.
In the evening a banquet will be
served, at which former Governor
Voorhees, will preside as toastmas-
ter. Governor Stokes has been in
vlted to attend and deliver an adj
dress.
There will also be speeches by
City Attorney James G. Connolly and
Mayor Berry. of Elizabeth; Frank
Bergen, general counsel for the Pub
lie Service Corporation; Senator
John Kean, Major Richard Sylves-
ter, head of the Capitol police,
Washington; Judge William Nelson
Runyon, of P~lainfield, and by the
members of Elizabeth's Police Com
mission and others. The social fea-
ture of the convention, from the ar
engagements in progress, will be one
of the finest of its kind ever given in
Union county.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11
MAN
IN The CASE.
Junkman Arrested in Con-
leCtiOn With Copper Rob-
berry at Carteret.

Another local junk dealer alleged
to have bought some OF the copper
stolen from the De Lamar Copper
Works was arraigned before the re-
corder this morning on complaint of
Detective J.. e. Gallagher. He is j.
Tillman, of 253 Prospect street, and
he is charged with buying one cop
per ingot worth SIS from Louis Mona
one of the two youths concerned. He
pleaded not guilty but he waived a
hearing and furnished 500 bonds
for his appearance before the grand
jury.
He is the third local junkman ar
rested in these cases.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11
POINTS
OF INTEREST.
Delegations of Daughters of
American Revolution Greatly
Pleased With Perth AmbOy.

The fourteen members of Camp
Middlebrook Chapter. Daughters of
the American Revolution, who came
here Yesterday and we're entertained
at the Westminster by ]. p. Holm,
visited, in the afternoon, such other
historic places as st. Peters church,
the old tea house and the barracks,
and they were highly interested in
everything they saw. They were
rendered a sumptuous luncheon by
Mr.. Holm, after which they gathered
in n of the parlors and W. H. Dun
ham, of Bound Brook, spoke enter
tainingly of Perth Amboy fifty years
ago, when he lived here as a boy.
They then went for their short sight
seeing tour. They left this city
about A o'clock after a stay of four
hours in town. The trip to and from
this city was made by trolley.
Those in the party We're: Mr.. and
Mrs. David Townsend, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. r. Mason, S. e. F. Stryker,
Mrs. Elizabeth II. Olendorf, w. H.
Durham, Mrs. c.. B. Durham, Mrs.
Ida Drummond and Hrs. G. II. Perry,
all of Bound Brook; and Mrs. e. c..
Wise, of Somerville, regent of the
chapter; Mrs. A. l.. Stillwell, of Som
erville; Mrs. C. H. Durham of Plain
field, and Mrs. G. r. Garretson, of
New Brunswick.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11
O. A. SEXTON, Special Agent.
OF PORT ARTHUR
TO BE PRODUCED HERE.

The following letter has been re-
ceived by Rev. e. j. Keuling from
Lyman II. Howe, who will give a
moving picture exhibition in this city
shortly for the benefit of Grace Eng
lish Lutheran church. Mr.. Howe
wrote from London, under date OF
August 20, 1905:
'Rev'd and Dear Sir:
1T is with a feeling of pleasure
and satisfaction that l to
you that | have secured the Ameri-
can rights for the sole and exclusive
exhibition of the greatest collection
of animated pictures that modern
science, hardship, and fearless BRAY
cry, combined with great expense
has ever produced.
The series includes actual scenes
taken inside the firing lines, showing
the awfulness of war as enacted at
Port Arthur. These pictures of
the tragedy of Port Arthur are alb
solutely the only authentic and gen
uine animated views taken during
this, the greatest siege in history,
and were secured, by permission of
the Japanese army officials in coop
GRAFTON with Generals Nogi and
Oshima. who granted every facility
to Mr.. Joseph Rosenthal of the Ur-
ban Co., Ltd. Loncon, from whom
the great American rights have been
secured. Rest assured that my col
lection for the next entertainment
held under your auspices will be
conspicuously superior to all past eff
forts.
Hoping you will join me in maxi
ing the coming season a banner year,
Il remain yours for success,
.LNMAN Il HOWE.N
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11
BARKOWlTz NOT THERE.
Will be Summoned Into Court To-
morrow Morning.

r. 3. Smith and John Anderson,
of New Brunswick avenue, appeared
in police court this morning in ms
wer to a disorderly charge made by
Simon ~Barkowitz, who alleged, in
his complaint, that they tried to en-
ter his place at 55 New Brunswick
venue twice Monday night, sup
posedly after a bicycle which, ac-
cording to Barkowitz's story he had
mended for Smith, and for which re-
pairs, he said, Smith refused to pay.
Barkowitz did not appear against
the men this morning, but they ask
ed for a hearing, which was set for
tomorrow morning and Barkowitz
will be summoned to court.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Oct. lire
ferring to President Rooseyelt's talk
with the men representing college foot
ball at the White House, President
Charles w. Eliot of Harvard uniyer
sity said: THE president with charac
t%eristic vigor has tackled a hard job
1t is hard to bring about a reform
through the very men who have Ions
known about the existing evils and
have been largely responsible for theil
continuance. His only chance is to con
vince them that the evils have become
intOlerable."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11
JAPANESE GIRL USED
THE JIU JITSU TRICK.
Threw a Big Man Twice When He
ACcost Her on Street in
New York.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1f.-Weighing no
more than ITO pounds, O Mi Misoa
Sogo, Il japanese woman, twice threw
to the sidewalk in West One Hundred
and Twenty-ffth street an athletic man
named John +. McCullen, who address
ed her in offensive terms. Miss Sogo
took Just a moment TO kick him be-
hind the left knee, and when McCullen
weakened she thrust her other No. 1
boot against his ankle' and threw him
over Oh his back on the sidewalk.
When he arose she repeated the dose.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11

TOLEDO, o., Oct. 11.-After fifteen
hours Of almost continuous work by
tellers in the annual election of direct
ors of the Wabash railroad it may he
said with safety that George J.. Gould
has won a fight with Joseph Ramsey
Jr.. so far as the election is concerned
Roughly estimated, votes representing
S22.000,000 in bonds were cast for Mr.
Gould's ticket ana only about $1,000,
600 for Ramsey.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11

CRY BRIEFS
ooooOOodOOOo NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


-PatrolmAn L. A. Long found the
door of a SNk 18th street saloon not
.lpeked >hl2;2&'clock this morning.
-The-slingshSt case Adjourned from
last Wednesday was dismissed by the
recorder this morning With a warning
to the boys.
James Hughes, of CAT State street,
who was arrested yesterday on his
wife's complaint that he was drunk
and disorderly about the house, was
arraigned this morning and, at his
wife's request, he was discharged
with a reprimand.
Court Standard No. III, Foresters
of America. will hold an important
meeting tonight.
AT the adjourned sale of land for
unpaid taxes for 1904 this morning
about sixty parcels were sold, most
OF them being bought in by the city.
The tax books for 1905 must be
turned in to the collector by tomor-
row, according to law, and the max
ing ont Of the bill will be commenced
shortly.
"A special meeting OF Court Mar
tina Washington will be held at Mrs.
loves tomorrow night.
This afternoon the last of the
brick was laid on State street, be-
tween Market and Gordon streets. and
all that now remains is the sanding
and the final sweeping.
"A foreign factory employee who
sustained a fall this morning was at
tended by. DR.. W. f. Ramsay and was
taken to the city hospital. His in
luries are not Of q very serious nature.
The members of Camp Goodwill
NO. 81, Woodmen of the World, are
working hard for the entertainment
which they will shortly give in Dana
Hall, Smith street. Out.of-town talent
has been secured and u good time is
in store for all who attend,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rhodes have
moved to 10 New Brunswick avenue.
The Friday Nights will meet at
the Hartmann Hotel, in Front street,
tonight.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11
THE PEOPLE ALL
In Chorus Cried, Give Us Nevvbro's
Hcratclde.

This word of late has been in every
ones mouth, and many are wondering
what the word signifies, though no one
has yet been found, who will deny that
EEWBRO'S HERPICIDE does the WORK.
Well, for the information of thousands of
people who like to know all about a good
thing, we would say that HERPICIDE
means. a destroyer or killer of Herpes"
Now Herpes" is the family name of a
disease caused by various vegetable par
asites. A similar microbe causes dam
druff. itching scalp, and falling hair; this
Is the microbe that NEyVBRO'S RERPI-
eide promptly destroys; after which the
hair grows. Sold by leading druggists.
Send 1Oc. in stamps for sample to The
IIerpicide Co., Detroit. Mich.
G. A SEXTON Snaoial AGENT.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11
ONE NEW MEMBER

AT the meeting OF Halcyon Castle
No 81, Knights of the Golden Eagle,
last night, N new member, William
Harvey, was taken into the ranks.
The applications Of two others were
received and viii be acted on at the
next meeting. The committee in
charge of the coming ball reported
that they were meeting with great
success.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11

Finnish Assnssin's Appeal Rejected,
lie Cuts Prison Bars,

HELSINGFORS, Finland, Oct. H.
jected the appeal of Hohenthal, the
murderer of Soisalon Soininen, against
the sentence of Imprisonment for life,
and by midnight Hohenthal had effect
ed a dramatic escape from prison, his
flight being discovered at 6 O'Clock in
the morning.
Hohenthal escaped by cutting the
half inch iron bars of his cell and drop
ping from IA second story window. A
rope ladder was found by which he
had surmounted IL twenty foot wall
and dropped into IA well lighted street.
No further trace of the fugitive has
been found.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11

John HI. Donehue, who as told in
the NEWS yesterday, was at the city
hospital underwent an operation
yesterday afternoon and from re-
ports received this morning is get
ting along as well as can be ex-
Dected.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11

OTTAWA. Oct. 1.-Two Canadians
one named Grant of Victoria and an.
other named Findiay of Pictou, n, ).
have been released from prison NJ
Medwild on application of the Cana.
dian minister to the British foreign
office. The men were captured by a
Russian warship while on board a Jap
aneSe sealer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11
-.
MISSION CLOSES.
Last of the Services Held in St.
Stephens Danish LutheranChurch

Yesterday afternoon was the last
of the three day missionary meeting
held by st. Stephens Danish Luth-
eran church.
The meeting in Keyport was wei
attended as has been all the other
meetings.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11
RARITAN CLUBS BALL.

: AT a special meeting of the Raritan
Club last night the plans for the com
ing army and navy ball in Wilder Hall
October "a. were advanced. The
decorations of the hall will be in
charge of Laggren Brothers. of Eliza
beth, who are well known in this city.
The drapeiy will be of silk. and armor
and armament will be used in the
decorative scheme. Theie will also be
electric canopy. The sale of tickets
is already large. .
Leave Want Ads. a. branch Of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11
High school Alumni Meeting.

The regular quarterly meeting OF
the Alumni Association of the High
School will be held at the high
school tomorrow night. A large at
tendance is requested.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11

WHILE housekeeping, have your
carpets cleaned and secured by J
G. Conover, 1879 High st.
1912 ia o. sa-S
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11

Leave Want" Ads, at branch Of
fees.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-11

Leave Want Ads. a. branch Of
Gees.
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The Afternoon Races,

But the real attraction of the day
was the races of the afternoon. The
other things were, as already hinted
similar to the past days, but the races
We're new and were of a kind that
pleased everybody. Indeed, it is not too
much to say that the races Of this af-
ternoon, were among the very best if
not the best, among the many good
races that have been held on this race
course.
One man said to the Journal:
"Those were the best races l ever saw
i'll my life" and he was a man who has
seen good races. too. The fact is, they
were fights for the money and although
each race was won in straight heats,
the winners had n go for their money
in the literal sense of the word.
This was particularly true of the 2.14
class. Frank s.. owned by II. Hudson &
Sons, won in straight heats, but in the
second and third heats, he was crowd
ed by Bessie Besure so hard that 1t
was an open question within few feet
of the finish who would win. While this
was true of the second heat, 1t was so
in the third. After the heat was I'M
ished opinion was about evenly divld-
ed in the grandstand as to who had
won and when the announcement was
made from the judges stand there was
those who were surprised. The re-
marka BILE thing about this heat was the
fact that at the stretch Bessie Besure
was a long distance behind her rival as
the result of a break on the back
stretch, and the way she came down
the stretch was one of the spectacles
which is not often seen. 1t brought ev-
ery one in the grandstand to their reef,
while Pandemonium reigned for rev
minutes. This race and this heat In
particular was the feature OF the day.
and indeed one Of the feature OF the
fair.
The next best race was the go class.
There were but three starters In this
event. and Pointer Patchen, owned by
n. T. Foss, made it three straight in a
close and exciting race, Goldfinder Boy,
owned by J. H. Goddard, making it in
tarasting all the way around In each
~ the heats. Gray Rex was the other
starter, but he was SO far behind that
CONTINUED on Page Five.l
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500 And COSTS
Is the Punishment for
Rev. F. W. Sanford
Who Stands Convicted Of Cru
city to His Own Son.
The Statutes Permit a Fine of $500 or a
Year in Jail for Such Offence.

Lewiston, Me. Oct. 13.-Rev. Frank
W. Sandford of Shiloh, was sentenced
at the supreme court, Friday, to pay
a fine of 500 and costs on the charge
of cruelty to his son. The court made
extended remarks in imposing this SEN
tence. The statutes permit a fine of
500 or year in Jail.
In Judge Emery's remarks on SEN
fencing Sanford he said:
Mr.. Sanford has not yet been con-
victed of any mtns rea, of any moral
turpitude. of any evil intent. At the
most, he has been necessarily convicted
only Of an error in judgment-of in
flictinG a punishment which the jury
thought dangerous to the health of
his child.
This conviction, therefore, is not
inconsistent with the theory that in
fact, he was an affectionatc father,
seeking his child'S good though he I'M
willingly exceeded the limits set by
the statutes. 1t is evident also that
the affcctionatc relations betw zen Mr.
Sanford and his son continued after
the fast
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Closes With a Crowd Of
5000 to 1000.
Three Good Races, Each One
Taken in Straight Heats.
Frank S., Pointer Patchen and Lou Foster
Are Easy Winners.

Topsham, Me-, Oct. 13.-(Special)-
The closing day of the Sagadahoc
County fair, which was postponed
from, yesterday, proved itself as sue
cessful as that of previous days. That
is, it was as great, it not greater sue
cess, than last days usually are. OF
on Wednesday, which was banner
day. Yet according to the word of the
ticket takers and officials the number
was considerable larger than they had
expected. There were probably from
5000 to 1000 present.
That people will turn out to the
Topsham fair, postponement or no
postponement, there is no room to
doubt and it is one of the many signs
of the permanent popularity of this
old and reliable fair
The weather, today, was not what
could be called hot, or even warm, and
OvcrcOats were a necessary article to
the visitors if they wished to enjoy
themselves to the fullest extent, and
nearly everybody was SO equipped. No
one ever thinks of coming to Tops
ham without them, for, the fair comes
in the latter part of the season, and
the hints of Old Winter comes to be
an expected thing and you almost en-
joy it.
The attractions of the day were sim
liar to that of previous days. The ex-
hibits We're in their places in most
cases, and as in the case of previous
days drew their throngs of visitors.
In the halls there was a good crowd
of people, all day, even. in the evening
hours, while after the fashion of fairs.
it increased greatly in the afternoon
and in spite of the last day atmosphere
of things, the crowd was plenty large
enough for one who wished to get
about easily.
This was equally true in the stock.
horse and poultry departments. where
goodly crowds of interested observers
were present during the greater part of
the day.
The Trail or Midway was in bust
ness, as usual, during the day, but
here, perhaps more than elsewhere,
were the signs of the last day, for even
during the early afternoon a number
stealing away-most of them doubtless
considerably better off in this worlds
goods, at least.
However, there were enough left to
satisfy the crowd and they were offer
ing all sorts of inducements to close
out their wares.
Perhaps the most interesting fea-
ture Of this department were the ban
throwing booths, which were apparent
ly the most popular thing of the day,
many young men. and some not 50
young. trying their luck at hitting the
black spot in the blanket. 1t is re-
markable how popular this sport it,
and it is one of the attractions that
never grows old at fairs in general and
Topsham in particular. Few fairs have
so many of these places as does Tops
ham.
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TREATY RATIFiCATIONS
Will Be Exchanged Between Russian
and Japanese ENJOYS, Today.

Washington. Oct. 13-It has been
arranged that the ratification of the
Russian-Japanese peace treaty shall be
exchanged. tomorrow.
Mr.. Takahira, the Japanese minister
will notify the state department that
his Emperor has signed the treaty at
Toxic.
The state department will notify
the American embassy at st. Peters
burg to that effect, and Spencer Eddy.
the charge there. will notify the Rus
sian government.
That government in turn will notify
the French foreign Office in Paris
through its own ambassador in that
city that the Russian Emperor has
signed his copy of the treaty.
The French foreign office will notify
its minister in Toxic and he in turn
will inform the Japanese foreign office
and this will be regarded as formal
exchange of notifications.
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THE SCHOONER RACE
From Baltimore to Boston Won by the
Alice M. CoIburn.

Boston, Oct. 13.-The race of the 5
four-mastcd SchOOners from Baltimore
to this city. which has created 10
small interest along the water front,
came to an end, tonight. when the Alice
NJ. Colburn, the Edward T.. Bricry.
the Benjamin +. Pole and the Thomas
S. Danison anchored below boston
light. The victory in the impromptu
contest over a SiX-hundred nile course
goes to the Alice NJ. Colburn which
reached the light slightly in the lead
Of the Edward Z. Bricry. The fifth
boat, the j. Holmes Birdsall, which
was reported as passing Vineyard
Haven, this afternoon, has not Yet been
reported below the light.
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Played As Usual in Even
ing in Good Health
But Expires Suddenly After
Reaching His Hotel.
Passing Of One Of the Greatest
Actors World Has Known.

London, oct. 13.-The English, speak,
ing world has suffered an irreparable
less by the sudden DEATH tonight, of
Sir Henry Irving, who was universally
regarded as the most representative
English actor of contemporary times.
Sir Henry died literally in harness.
He was giving Il series of farewell per-
formanccs in the English provinces
and, this week, was playing an engage
nent at Bradford appearing in several
iavoritc roles. Thursday, he present.
ed king Rene's Daughter" and 1.-THE