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Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28
is
The PRISON.
District Attorney Warns Broker
Who Is Ohdurate Cotton
Deals.
HE REFUSES TO RIVAL.

WASHINGTON, July 2S.-When F.
A. Peckham, a New York broker, re
fused to answer questions as to his
dealings in agricultural products be-
fore the grand jury Investigating the
cotton report leakage here, Mr.. Peck
ham was told by United States Dis
trict Attorney Beach that unless he
(Peckham) changed his mind by today,
when the grand jury convenes, his re
calcitrancy would be reported to judge
Wright of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia, who already has
given public notice of his intention to
punish any witness refusing to reply
to proper questions. The penalty is
Imprisonment.
Secretary Wilson in his report on the
examination into the affairs of his de-
partment by the secret service men
referred to Mr.. Peckham at some
length, saying:
MIR. Peckham was interviewed at
the Hotel Breslin in New York city.
He was shown the above series of let
ters and asked for an explanation of
their contents. Mr.. Peckham stated
that the only explanation he had to
give was that at the time the letters
were written he was trying to make
some money in the cotton market.
Further than this Mr.. Peckham re-
fused to give any information about
his relations with Mr.. Holmes, Mr..
Haas or Mr.. Van Ripper that could
throw any light on the matter under
consideration.
shortly after Mr.. Peckham was in
terviewed he left New York for Wash
lngton. and Immediately on his arrival
in the city he held a conversation with
Holmes yer the telephone, in which
he inquired whether Mr.. Holmes in
tended to resign his position or
whether he expected to be dismissed
from the government service.
"Mr. Peckham was interviewed
again at the Hotel Breslin in New
York after his trip, but declined to
give any further information concern
ing his relations with Mr.. Holmes.
when Mr.. Holmes was questioned
about his relations with Mr.. Peckham
and Mr.. Van Ripper he said that they
had all been on very intimate terms
socially and that when he had occa-
sion to visit New York he frequently
found that his hotel bills had been
paid by Mr.. Van Ripper or by Mr.. Peck
ham. Mr.. Holmes admits that he and
Mr.. Peckham and Mr.. Haas were at
one time associated in a business ven
ture in which Mr.. Holmes was to have
an interest equal to the sum of $4,000,
which he was to receive as a gift from
the other members of the firm"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Trenton State Gazette:
e Supreme Court Justice Fort has
evidently made up his mind to give
the Middlesex County gamblers the
same bitter dose that he administer
ed to the club keepers of Long
Branch.
He recently recalled the Middle
sex County grand jury and as a re-
suit, indictments have been found
against several men, it is said, who
have relied upon their political pull
to enable them to go on breaking the
law without fear of being punished.
The slot machine seems to be the
thing that Judge Fort has had his
eye on for some time and 1t is safe
to bet that If he sets out to put these
machines out of business in Middle
sex County they will go.
Golfers for July 80:
Depravity Becomes Safe, almost
inevitably, and sometimes respect
able, when 1t can accumulate suffic-
lent gold. District Attorney Jerome
has finally been able to secure evil
dence sufficient to arrest n of the
agents of Town Topics" for black
mail. Colonel Mann, however; pro-
prietor of the publication, will hard
ly land in prison, although he it is
who, it is generally understood,
forces the socially prominent to pay
and be praised, or refuse this black
mail and be maligned. Yet decent
women have been known to read
that paper and decent business men
to advertise in it. 1t ought to be
looked upon as a compliment to be
slandered by the paper, for it is a
badge of courage to refuse its de-
mands, and praise in its columns
means merely that a coward has
paid. These are disgusting, trivial
of crime and vice, and the
authors of them are at least exclud-
ed from decent company, although
they escape the prisons where they
belong. The ADLER men who, in high
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28
Tornedo Came nacIx.

NEWPORT, r. l., July 28.-While
testing torpedoes in Narragansett bay
the United States torpedo boat Vesu-
yius was struck by one of the proiec-
tiles which turned in a circle after it
had been launched from one of the
vesuvius' tubes. The torpedo was not
charge with explosives, but so great
was its speed that it dented n of the
Plates on the port side of the vessel
about ten feet below the water line.
Lieutenant Albert Cleaves, command
ing the ship, said, the damage could be
repaired without serious 'diaiculty.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28
On ~BUILDINGs WANTED.

Who viii be the first man to
put up a four story stone-front build
Ing in Smith street? Two or three
Of that kind are needed here. 1t
looks little more prosperous. All
kinds Of money has been invested
IN FACTORIES in this vicinity, a cool
million being a trife when compared
With the total, and we acknowledge
that it has been this kind of al in
Testment that has raised Perth Am
4ys population to where It is to-
but we want q fey good sized
sings now to show bf our pop
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28
FRIDAY. JULY IS I.
PuBIdo DANGER.


The Board of Alderman would not
need their attention called to a sew
er which empties into the bay close
inside theteps on the bluff il they
.parE1naess- around that way some
afternoon. This sewer should be car
ried out to low water mark, at least.
Doubtless the city fathers have not
been enjoying the cool breezes or
jolly dip in the water that is to be
had at this point or the matter
would have been attended to long
ago. IS
The sewer. in its present condition,
Il more than a nuisance. 1t is a
grave danger to public health, and
typhoid 81 some other disease is IL
able to be taken from 1t. The Board
OF Health would say they have moth
ing It'd do with this matter, so the
appeal is made direct to the alder
men in hopes something will be
done Not a hundred yards from
this disgraceful stream, trickling
across the sand, is one Of the few
Mandy beaches of which this city can
30as All the rest are bulkheads.
This. beach is used by hundreds of
bathers and, during those extreme
hot days a large per centage of Perth
Amboy's population found enjoy
ment there, within a stones throw
of this sewer. Those steps, which are
almost directly over the sewer, are
very popular, but the smell from that
ugly black stream is repulsive and
dangerous.
The blur is one of the attractions
Of Perth Amboy. 1t is a place where
every6neStaB their guests when Wis
iting here. The city cannot afford
to- allow this eve to remain as 1t
is. The aldermen will see the nee
essIty Of something being done, If
they win visit the place, If only to
walk down those steps.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28

No friend, the fire yesterday after,
noon was not near the NEWS Of
flee. That was simply Lincoln's
steamer getting up steam in front
of the fire house while waiting for
horses. The fire was up in the west
ern part of the city, but it is doubt
full it made much mores moke than the
steamer did. The horses were out with
the street sprinkler. AS soon as the
tank was emptied they were hurried
to the fire house, about ten minutes
late and the steamer proceeded to
the fire.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28
aeLuEsEARD" AocA DOOMED.
Governor of Illinois Tells Why He
VIII Not Interfere.

Governor of Illinois Tells Why He
win Not Interfere.
CHICAGO, July 2S.-"Bluebeard"
Johann Hoch win be hanged today for
wife murder. Appeal to the state
board of pardons was without avail.
The governor had previously declined
to further interfere. The reasons
which induced the governor to refrain
from interfering were the following:
Hoch was first sentenced to be
hanged ON June 81. Through his coun'
sci he requested a reprieye in order to
be able to present his case to the SUI
preme court in the June term, the
court being then in session. A re
prieve was requested to the end OF the
term. The court was expected to az
journ in about a week, and Governor
Deneen granted a reprieye of five I'M
one-half weeks in order to give him
ample time to have his case presented
to the supreme court, but this was not
done.
1t has been represented to the gov
ernor by the states attorneys Office
that the case has been tried with the
utmost care for the rights of the de-
PENDANT and that the only point raised
by the defendant was as to the right
of a woman whom Hoch had married
to testify against her husband in a
criminal case. On that point 1t appears
that the state proved that before Hoch
had married the woman in question
he had been married to another
woman, who is still living, and from
whom he never had been divorced.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28
rrouhle In Plant nureau.

WASHINGTON, July 2S. = Another
scandal was disclosed in the depart
ment of agriculture when representa-
tiyes Of the National Stockman and
Farmer of Pittsburg made charges to
Assistant Secretary Hays that George
I. Moore, in charge of the laboratory
of plant physiology Of the bureau of
plant industry, has been guilty of ir-
Irregularities in connection with the ex-
ploitation Of nitro culture"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28

NEM YORK HERALD WEATHER
FORECAST.

In the middle states and New Eng
land today fair weather and slowly
rising temperature will prevail, with
light and fresh southwesterly winds,
shifting to southerly. On Saturday
fair to partly overcast, more humid
weather and slightly higher temper
aturel will prevail, and on Sunday
fair to partly cloudy, slightly warmer
weather, probably followed by local
rains fnsthe northern districts.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28
VALUE OF THE STEAMERS.

The steam fire engines paid for
themselves many times over last
night. 1t is freely admitted that it
was the work they did that saved a
valuable business block going down.
Likewise at the fire in the afternoon,
had Lincoln's steamer not been delay
ed for want of horses the fire would
have been under control in much
quicker time. The steamers are a val
liable asset to the city. Now it is nee
essary to get them out promptly when
the alarm sounds.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28

This is the kind of advice the
Bridgeton Evening News is giving
its readers:
THE very in which Wis
itors to Bridgeton go into raptures
over the place should be an object
lesson for some to boast and not
knock. 1t it is the rule that all the
visitors in this city during the sum
mer speak in higest praise of the
place."
That's just the same thing visitors
say when they come to Perth Am
boy and the remarks of the News
will apply here very well.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28
MA. cram Lies Unconscious.

LENOx, Mass, July 2s.-Miss Ethel
NJ. Cram of New York, who was in
iured three weeks ago by being kick
ed by her pony. is still unconscious. At
intervals she has moved her lips, and
trembling eyelids have given hope to
sanxiously watching friends that SEN
safe life was about to return.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28
would rake Referendum.

CHRISTIANIA, Norway, July 2S.-
The Norwegian government has pro-
posed to the storthing the holding of a
referendum on the dissolution of the
union with Sweden. The proposal wds
referred to a special committee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28
SUI AGAINST EQUITABLE.
Policy Holders Want Receiver For
S421, 100000 Surplus.

Rt&ls OOosV0O SuEuAuS
NEW YORK, July 2S.-I1 the form
of an amended complaint tosa bill filed
suit has been begun in the United
States circuit court for the southern
New York district to throw the entire
S421, 100000 assets of the Equitable
Life Assurance society into the hands
OF receivers, who shall take possession
Of all the funds, assets and property
held by the defendant society of every
character and description and admins
ter the same as they may be directed
by the court"
More than forty policy holders in the
Equitable, representing a dozen differ
ent states, are included as complain
ants in the present suit. which is based
ip part upon the allegation that the
society has no funds with which to
meet its enormous losses and is insol-
vent.
With J. Wilcox Brown of Maryland,
the holder of Il $25, 900 policy, as com
p%lainant, papers were filed last April
to compel a distribution Of the $S4, 000,-
600 surplus fund of the society, to com
pei the management to make an ac-
counting to the policy holders and for
the appointment of receivers for the
surplus fund pending judicial ascer-
tainment of the rights of the policy
holders thereto.
Since the filing of that bill permits
sion was obtained to file ain amended
complaint. Since the original bill was
filed forty-four other policy holders
have interviewed in the suit.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28

uiation and let people know who we
are when they come to see us, Well
kept streets and modern buildings
are what make up a progressive city
today. We are getting the streets,
now let's have a few buildings.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28
Edward a Guest with Reid.

LONDON, July 2S.--Mr. and Mrs.
William George Cavendish Bentinck
gave a dinner party last night at their
residence on Richmond terrace, White
hall. The guests included King Ed
ward, Whitelaw Reid, the American
ambassador, and Mrs. and Miss Reid
and Mr.. and Mrs. d. Ogden Mills.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28

Evidently there is something do
ing in the Royal Arcanum ranks. The
Grand Council of New Jersey has
been called together and it is prob
able the supreme council will also
assemble before the winter is over.
Those new rates will not down.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28
DON'T USE POOR OIL

For use on sewing machines, bicy-
cles and all purposes requiring a fine
lubricant, the best is cheapest in the
end. Genuine Singer oil can only be
obtained at Singer stores. Look for the
red S. 1929 State ST., Tel. 81 W-T-Call,
N. Y. & N. ]. Tel. Co., Perth Amboy,
N. T.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28

FLORENCE, July %. = Professor
George d. HERON and Mrs. Heron of
Burlington, Ia, have left for the Unit
ed States. They took with them the
ashes Of Mrs. Elbridge Rand, whose
no1y was cremated here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28

GENEVA, N. " July 2s.-Mrs. John
Lackner, wife of a local harness maxi
er, is the sole heir to an $4,000 estate
left by ]. w. MasoH, an uncle who re-
Gently died at Eld9edge, Pa.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28

While on your vacation don't fail
to let people know you are from
Perth Amboy. Tell them about the
place and its wonderful growth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28

Mistakes will be made by the best
of us. Witness the shooting of a
licensed dog by a policeman Wednes-
day night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-28

Leave Want Ads. at branch Of
fees.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-04
NOT A CANDIDATE.

President J. c, Hardy, of the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col.
Iege, has been criticised for his &C,
tlyity in holding farmers institutes,
limitations being made that his in
terest was prompted by the fact that
he was or would be a candidate for
Governor at next election. In an in
terYeiw with the Columbus Dispatch,
Mr.. Hardy emphatically denies that
he will run for Governor in the fol-
lowing words:
Under no circumstances am | a
candidate said Mr. Hardy, and YOU
will do me a personal favor il you
will make this fact known over the
state: am engaged in a great work
for Mississippi and the suggestion
that am doing it with political de-
sign and effect is repulsive to me
and does much to minimize the good
results attending my labros. Please
say that am not a candidate"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-04
KILLING MOSQUITOES BY THE
MILLIONS.

The decision Of the US. War De
partment to retain the troops al New
Orleans during The present outbreak
Of fever is direct and convincing les.
tlmony Of the efficacy of the mosqui-
TO treatment as applied to the one
time dreaded scourge. The expert
ments Of Surgeons Reed, Guiteras,
Carroll, Gorgs, Carter, Finlay Of
the Z. S Mrine Hospital and seye-
raj eminent scientists Of Central
America have demonstrated beyond
the question Of a doubt that to the
agency OF the Stegomyia or striped
daylight mosquito, breeding in els
terms and clear stagnant water, is
due the yellow fever. The educa-
ton Of the people Of the South to
this fact will speedily remove the
threat OF Quarahtines as at present
carried on and restore the general
confidence in the ability Of simple
methods TO stamp out fever when it
is brought into any of the Southern
The story of Major Reeds
experiments in Cuba reads like a
novel yet these experiments have
convinced medical authorities the
world over as to the wonderful truth
md complete revolution of the theo-
and prevention Of yellow fever.
the authorities, aided by
he citizens are extermnating the
mosquito at New Orleans in a won
Ierfully rapid manner. The citi-
ems have organized ward clubs
Thich report TO a central body.
losqulto determination is being eff
'cted by screening c~isternstand by [
kerosene oil in all stagnant j
dolls which destroys the lavre. |
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-04
RIVER RIppLES.

The Yazoo river is on the rise from
the heavy rainfall Tuesday night.
Steamer Choctaw is the T~allahatchie
packet, leaving promptlo at noon every
Thursday. P. D. Montjoy master, Robt
Luckctt pilot.
The Str. Imogcn, the regular Belzoni
packet, leaves foot George street every
Wednesday at o'clock.
The Greenwood Packet Co. is doing
repairing on their fieot Of boats and
bargcs. They are making the model
barge, Sunlight, most az good ~ now.
The eficiept caulker, Mr.. 8. II. o,Don-
nell, from Memphis, is doing the caulk.
Ing for the feet.
Tho Planters Transportation Co. has
beachcd Tho Ruby barge and will have
her overloaded thoroughly for fall trade.
The reports Of crops on TalIahatchie
arc moderately good.
The US. snag boat Is up Tallahatchie
making a clcrn swccp Of snags and
obstructlons. Capt, John Young ID
star gsxcr on her.
Capt. Brick Autcr has quilt Steamboat.
foa . while to take a rent during the
hot months.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-04
RED GUM TIMBER

Il have shipped $4,000 tons O
red gum lumber from Mississippi t
pave the streets Of London and you
are putting down brick pavements
with this exhaustless supply of tim.
Der at your DOORS"
This remark was made by Ed.
ward Olcott Of London, England, the
premier hardwood lumber importer
of the world, Mr., Olcott has been
in this country ostensibly to secure
large quantities Of gum lumber for
paving purposes in England, and
has secured the $4,000 tons referred
to above at a cost Of about a million
and a half dollars.
Mr.. Olcott owns vast timber lands
IN southern Mississippi and Louisi-
ana, and has exported large quanti-
ties of red gum to England for paw
ing purposes. He was in the Unit
ed States on the same mission some
two years ago, securing vast quaint
ties of gum lumber.
He has completed several large
contracts for paving in various cities
in Great Britain. In speaking of
his work, Mr.. Olcott said: 81 have
done considerable paving in Eng
land, and | was the first person to
introduce the wooden pavements in
London. We must use red gum for
paving, laying it upon a six-inch
concrete foundation. 1t makes the
finest pavement in the world, and
will last from forty to fifty years.
The brick pavement breaks easily.
and the cobble stones are jostled out
of place, leaving a ragged, rough
street, but our process becomes
smoother with time.
The Nicholson pavement absorbs
water, decays and becomes rough,
Gum blocks set upon a concrete
and braced together
make the best pavement in the
world. The gum is a dense, gum
my wood, and the wheels of vehicles
smooth the top Of The blocks together,
making the surface as amooth as a
hardwood floor.
Il have laid about twelve miles in
London suburbs. | have also
completed a contract for a large
AMOUNT in Southport. The gum
blocks vary in size, some are 5x3 in
hes, all nine inches long. Our pro
'ess is altogether different from the
Nicholson pavement. We use pitch
,reosote oil and some tar, The 49,
100 tons which we are now shipping
IRE the the first l have shipped in
wo years. | am now taking a rest"
Exchange. |,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-04
FOR BETTER FREIGHT RATES.

Greenwood announces that she ha
secured a material concession in hav
ing that city placed upon the sam,
! basis Of Memphis in the matter O
freight rates on the staples, such a.
hardware, furniture, grain and grair
products, etc. This win at once
give this city an advantage which
few places in the delta enjoy, and il
will result in building up a large
Iobbing trade for that enterprising
and progressive town.
The success which Greenwood has
attained and the advantages which
she will enjoy over her competitors
will act as an incentive for Column
bus to maintain her fight for lower
rates. This city is handicapped
fearfully in her wholesale iobbing
trade by the schedule tariffs in
force here and until this matter is
satisfactorily settled we can never
hope to build up this branch of our
business.
There is strong sentiment develop
ing here in favor Of employing some
good strong legal firm to undertake
the fight for better rates here. Gen.
Monroe McClurg, whose experience
as Attorney-G General gave him an in
sight into the freight rate situation
In Mississippi, has been employed
by Meridian to represent the mer-
chants of that place in the grain rate
fight pending there and it would
not be a bad idea for Columbus to
get a man of his experience interest
ed In our case. The case which has
been appealed to the United States
Supreme Court will decide the lust
ICE of allowing similar rates to Co
umbus via the river at Greenville,
even if Meridian wins her fight
t may be necessary to employ an at
orney TO make the railroads grant
he rates to this place. L
The railroad discrimination in this 4,
State is rapidly becoming an issue $
nd with competitors of Columbus ,
Employing men and spending money !
0 secure their rights, it becomes all {
he more imperative for Columbus +
0 make similar ction.-Dispatch. !
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-04

Nearly every city, town and ham,
let IN the State is under strict quar-.
antlne against all yellow fever infec.
ted points. Health certificates are
necessary to travel on any train OF
steamboat and the officers should
continue to be watchful and vigilant
IN the discharge of their duty in en-
forcing the quarantine laws to the
letter, In this way we may prevent
the dread disease from getting into
the different communities of our
State.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-04

The Governor, State Board O
Health and health officers all ovel
the state are working harmoniously
In the matter of enforcing rigid
quarantine against yellow fever in.
fected points. This is as It should
be, Only one case has been reported
IN the State-an Italian who made
his way from New Orleans to Lum-
berton. His case was improving at
last accounts and the attending ply
sicians are confident they will be
able to prevent the spread of the
fever in that town.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-04

John Sharpe Williams will visit
Europe in August to attend the In.
terparliamentary Convention Of
Arbitration, which meets at Brus.
sells. This convention is attended
by the legislators, representing the
various countries, who come togeth-
er to discuss the methods and regu-
lations OF warfare in case it should
happen, and to settle international
questions Of war and arbitration.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-04

The State Board Of Health prom.
Uses to keep the people posted
There will be plenty of time to be.
come frightened after the Board Of.
flcially announces that there is vel.
low fever in the State. In the mean.
time don't pay any attention TO the
rumor fiend, lie will keep you
scared all the time if you do.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-04

Screen against the mosquito and
oil or drain off all stagnant water
about your premises. The experts
claim this will prevent Yellow Jack
from coming into your homes, and
experiments demonstrate pretty con-
clusively that there is good logic in
their theory.