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Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
President Beck with Dead.

OBERLIN, o., Feb. &C.. Il. Beck
with, president of the Citizens Nation
al bank, which was ruined through
loans made by him to Mrs. Cassie L..
Chadwick, died late last night. When
the Chadwick bubble burst ii was
found that Beckwith had involved his
banks funds, and his wife is left prac,
tically penniless. He suffered severely
from the shock of the exposure and
from his subsequent arrest on indict.
ment for violation of the federal bank
ing laws and felt keenly the distress
he brought on the depositors of his
bank. His health failed rapidly from
that time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06

passage which WoGld LEI the Russians
through on lie way to the far east.
from the straits Of Malacca to the west
md of the German possessions in New
i.ninta. has its scouts and cruisers
watching day and night.
Tie naval experts here. who are
awaiting news Of Rear Admiral Stir
'in%'S movements with great interest,
ire convinced that Japan docs moi for
/ moment assume that tie Russian
Icct is turning back. Rear Admiral
Stirling has in all twcnty-onc warShips
N readiness for Tie enforcement Of
neutrality.
The destruction Of the Russian Port
Arthur fleet made the next step in the
laval campaign fo" the Japanese the
obstruction of the Baltic fleet. Admiral
TOGO has evidently planned to meet
his feet somewhere in Occanica. This
means that the bulk of ,Iapan's fleet
IS nov operating to the %Southward Of
the Philippines. between l.50O ami
1000 miles from Japan. 10 neutral
governments like the United States.
whose possessions are in these waters.
il means that m ~unfaggill. watch
must be kept to prevent violation of
the neutrality Of our colonial ports by
Japan or by Russia.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6.
B0OMTVG PERTH AMBOY.

Whether or not Perth Amboy's
growth in the future will be as rapid
as it has been during the past ten
Yeas will depend largely upon the
heople living in the city. There is no
'oubt but that all this section Of the
ounly will continue to increase in
population in q substantial manner,
+ but it has done more than that in the
past and Perth Amboy should do
; more in the future.
o. While the city is becoming more
widely known and its popularity
among manufacturers is increasing
the progress in this line is not neatly
as fast as some of our sister cities in
New York aud Pennsylvania and
throughout New England, vet no
where has a city betterfaciIities for
: shipping than Perth Amboy. What is
needed is the spreading OF Perth Am.
boys boom throughout the country
We want to call the attention of every
business man and manufacturer in the
United States TO the advantages of
this city as a place TO do business.
For this purpose thoss interested in
the welfare Of Perth Amboy should be
united and, leaving all else alone, to
work for the advancement of the city.
1t should not be necessary to have both
a Merchants Association and n Cham.
Der of Commerce in Perth Amboy.
The objects OF both organizations are
to boom the city and work for their
mutual advantage, but much more
effective work could be done if the
organizations worked together.
Tie Chamber of Commerce, if it
had the hearty support Of every bust
ness man and everyone Interested in
the city, could easily afford to have
rooms of its own. 1t should rent and
equip good sized Offices and have a
Aelerk at IL nominal salary in charge.
This office should be open to the free
use OF everyone and all the facts and
details about Perth Amboy should be
on file. There should be stacks OF cir.
culars and booklets setting worth the
advantages of the place. Not only
this, but facts and details of other
cities should be on file and it should
be the duty OF the clerk in charge to
watch the newspapers of all the lead
ing cities aud clip out any article of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
HIGH TIDE.
NEW YORK HERALD WEATHER
FORECAST.

today cloudy weather and snow or sleet
will prevail, with higher temperature
and fresh TO. brisk variable winds, mostly
northeast and easterly, and increasing on
the coasts. On Tuesday overcast to part
ly cloudy weather will prevail, preceded
by snow generally in the eastern districts,
with nearly stati3hary temperature and
brisk variable winds, mostly westerly,
in this section, and on Wednesday general.
ly clearing and slightly colder weather.
European steamers now sailing will have
mostly cloudy weather, with strong vari-
able b~reezos, to the Banks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
Old Woman Burned To Death.

CHARLTON. Mass, Feb. Il. Mrs.
Luann I.amlson, ninety years and two
months old, was burned to death in Il
small house i'll which she lived. Il mile
and Il half from this village. The house
was all right ut midnight. and nobody
saw the fire, but her charrcd body has
been found in the ruins of the house.
She is supposed to have SET her cloth
ing on fire by pouring oil in her stove.
as was her custom. She had lived
alone thirty years.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
WAR LOSSES
Matsumura, Hero of Meter
Hill, Dead From Wounds.
GENERAL DEMBOWSkI WOUNDED.
Tachimi Fought Fierce Battle at
HeikOutai and Would Not Retreat.
Lost over 5000 Men, Includ-
ing Many officers.

LONDON, Feb. Ga spcci,,l dispatch
from Tokyo says that Lieutenant Gen
eral Tachimi. in command of tho
Eighth Japanese division. bore the
brunt of the fighting in the battle of
Heikoutai. He was constantly opposed
by superior forces, but continued fight
ing till the last. with Il total loss of 1G2
officers and $500 mel killed or wound
ed.
General Matsumura has died at the
| front from congestion Of the brain. He
commanded the operations ut Two
Hundred and Three Meter hill and was
decorated and promoted for heroism.
Adricos from st. Petersburg this
morning say that, according to Gener-
al kuropatkin's latest reports, which
Indicate the wOunding Of a third Rus
sian general, Dembowski, the opera
tons ut Sandepas and the fighting at
Shakhe have been m~omentarily sus-
pended. The Russians successfully re-
pulsed the latest attack of the JaDa-
lese eastward with heavy loss. The
cold is still intense, there being "a de-
SiN'S vi llOSt. lltIt are llulC'ttlOllS
thar the Japanese are preparing to
break the inactivity on their own ac-
count as soon as fhe weather moder-
ates.
The war office is closed. and no fur
Their facts regarding the reports that
General Kuropatkln is about 10 give
up his command can be obtained.
During the night the Japanese at
tackled the village of Schantan and adj
Joining Russian positions, but by day
light they had been defeated along
the entire front. The Russians ever
advanced slightly. The Russian losses
were about .00, and those of the Japa-
nesc were heavy.
japanese prisoners believe that an
important movement is pending.
The Japanese advanced guard on the
left flank toward Saosyr and Chansan
has been repulsed, with slight losses,
the japanese leaving fifty dead on the
field.
On Saturday 600 cavalry cOmpris-
ing one force and two companies of in
fantry and one battery another stimuli
t~aneously attacked Chitaitse, on the
right bank of the Hun river. The Jap
anesc garrison at Chitaitse was defend
ing the place when the report of the
attack was forwarded.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06

NEW YORK. Fob. 6. 4 jubilee
service was held yesterday morning by
the Calvary Methodist Episcopal
church here, 4 climax to the month of
special evangclistic effort. Services
were held every evening i'll the month
except Saturday. the services being
conducted by the pastor, the Rev. DR..
Charles J.. Goodell, and his assistant,
the Rev. G. Howard Taylor. There
were 361 persons received in the church
yesterday morning MS Il result.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
WATCHING POWERS,
American Asiatic Fleet Will
Preserve Neutrality.
STIRLING HAS TWEyTY-0yE SHIPS
Destruction Of RuJchtvrnsk, 's squad.
ron Main OBJECT of Japanese Naval
Strntcgy-Wiii want Port of
Call In Oceanic Waters.

WASHINGTON. Feb. Cit is said
that Rear ADMIRAL Stirling, commandcJ
Il. chief of the .\Siatic feet. has dis.
patched Il portion of his command 10
III" Souihcrit Philippines for the pm.
pose Of preserving American neutral
ity.
Rear Admiral Stirling is doing this
in obedience to Tie rcitcration of in.
$trrctipnS already twice sent To the
.NSiatic squadron to apply President
i%uo>cvclt's proclamation OF neutrality
t. tie waters of TIC Philippines Just
'~ they would IL applied TO the COASTS
Uf Tie Inilcd States. 'Thc;r were
caused by The reported presence of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06

interest regarding any new departure
10 municipal Improvement or any
manufacturing concern about 70
'hange its location or just settling.
The clerk should have nil the circulars
about Perth Amboy len out every
where. The leading hotels in New
York should be supplied with local
directories. There should be adver.
tisements setting forth the advant.
ges of the city in the leading metro.
politan papers throughout the country.
This would be booming Perth Am.
boy. Some of the conversative citizens
hink Perth Amboy does not need to
be advertised for it will boom itself.
This is true in a very small degree,
but take Atlantic City for example.
There is not n summer resort in the
world better known than that place,
vet the secret of her continual growth
is always advertising. Even now
bureaus are icing established in the
larger cities to boom Atlantic City,
he city papers carry advertising about
che resort. The people interested there
are not content to let the place boom
itself. Perth Amboy's citizens should
get to work. The merchants are in
terested because the more industries,
the more people to trade here. The
real estate men are interested for they
want to sell the factory sites. The land
owners are interested for they want
TO sell their lots and every property
owner is interested because their prop
rety will increase in valuation just
twice as fast as the city grows. If
the Chamber of Commerce would
shake itself, get the Merchants Asso-
citation in with them, open offices,
employ a clerk and work along the
lines here mentioned, they would be
booming Perth Amboy and, at the
same time putting money ia their own
rockets. This can be done. The
scheme here laid ont is not above
Perth Amboy. With all united, it
would require hardly any more money
than is now paid into the two orgaui-
cations row in existence here. New
ark has just such a Board of Trade
and the plans carried out there could
be duplicated here on a smaller scale.
Perth Amboy should have such an
organization thoroughly a live. There
is no end to the good work that could
be done and few cities have as much
to brag about.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
Washington Doctor FOund Dead.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.--Dr. James
A.. Freer, n well known physician and
surgeon of Washington, aged forty-six
years, was found dead yesterday at il
country inn near Washington, where
he had gone for the night. The coroner
gave Il certificate Of death from ccre-
bral congestion. but will have IL chem
ical analysis Of the stomach. DR.. Freer
was a native of New York, and his
body will be taken to Gilhcrtsvillc for
intcrment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06

NEW YORK. Feb. 1.-THE Rev. John
Morris. Colored, OF this city, Il friend
that he was the originator of the calk-
walk. is dying in the Mount Vernon
hospital as the result of being frozen.
He was picked up in IL dazed condition
in Stevens venue on Saturday night.
whore he dropped from exhaustion.
Morris, who gives his age as eighty.
says that he lived in Mount Vernon for
ty years ago.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
Smith and Ma rsh Are Better.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The condi-
ton of Representative Samuel w.
Smith of Michigan, who is i'll with
pneumonia, is considerably improved,
and his family believe that he is now
out of danger. Representative Marsh
of Illinois, who also has been suffering
with pneumonia, is mending slowly.
1t is thought he has now passed the
dangerous point in his illness.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06

PADUCAH, ny, Feb. G.-Out on the
farm of Will Albert. near Heath. this
county, the people are wrought up over
the talking tree" that has been there
tor some time. Enormous crowds con
Time to gather there almost every sun
day TO hear the strange noises that
romc from the tree. The voice can he
distinctly heard and says. There arc
treasures buried at my roots"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06

BATH, n. Y, Feb. 6.--Justice Sever
ance Sharp of New York and his sister.
Mrs. Ira Davenport, were hurt here
last night in n runaway accident. One
of Justice Sharp's arms was broken.
The team attached to their sleigh be
frightened and they We're tossed
Il tree. Michael Barrett, the
driver, was seriously injured internally.
Mrs. Davenport vas bruised.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
NcwpOrt HarbOr lee Locked.

NEWPORT, X. L., Feb. G-Ncwp0rt
harbor is fast in the grip OF al ice em-
barge, and shipping is practically Mt a
standstill. The thermometer registers
; degrees above zero, and the weather
has moderated but little. Last night
the harbor was completely closed. and
both the eastern and western passages
of Narragansett bay were blocked by
loo
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
to brag about

You don't hear anyone today com
planning OF Mayor Braces order t.
clear out the cutters. 1t is safe to
say, however, that one-hslf Of them
would not have been cleaned had not
the mayor taken it upon himself to see
hat it was done. A firm grip Oh the
reins f city government is what is
needed. With the mayor exercising
his full authority and Alderman Stacey
at the head of the street committee
1t looks as If the citizens of Perth
Amboy were going 10 get some consi-
deration for their comfort this year
It's a good start, l5t the good work go
on.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
Machine Explosion Causes Fire

SALEM, Mass, Feb. Ga moving pic
tur" machine exploded on the stage
during Il performance ut the Mechanic
Hall thcater, starting Il fire that drove
an audience of 1900 people in II panic
from the place and destroyed the
building, cntailing il loss of S50,00G.
None of the audience was seriously in
jured. James \. Torrcy, Il fireman. had
n leg broken.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Feb. G.-Io-
seph Caputo, who was shot in Il fight
with three other Italians Friday night.
is dead ut the hospital here. There is
no trace of Augustine and Noloccio
Gugliclmino. the brothers wanted on
the charge of numbering Cnputo.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06

BATAVIA, n. Y. Feb. &c. $. KIM
bail of BroOkline, Mass. died on a
train between Buffalo and Batavia yes
terday from heart disease. Mr.. KIM
ball, who was about sixty years old,
IS Il travelling salesman. The body was
IKE from the train at Batavia.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
Plot to smuSsIe JewcIry Detected

CITY or MEXICO, Feb. 6.-Custom
hous" officials ut Vera Cruz have de
tcctrd Il plot to smuggle II large guam
tity of iewelry from Germany into this
country. the goods being concealed in
the bottom of an ice cream freezer. Ac-
tive investigation into the matter is
being mAde.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06

GEORGETOWN. :. c.. Feb. CIV. C..
special agGSt of an insurance
company. while shooting ducks on
Black river, near Georgetown, was
drowned, together with Il negro boat
man. Zeb Barron. 1t is not known just
how the accident happened.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
Will 10 Away With Mule Cars.

CITY OF MENICO. Feb. Civilian
Mckenzie of Toronto. with other asso-
c%iates. have arranged for the purchase
OF The concession for electric car lines
for Monterey. They are also negotiat-
ing with +. s. Slayden of New York
to buy his system OF mule cars and coz.
vert the Two systems into one electric
liae.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
FIRE ALARM BOXES.

% Raritan Copper Works
26 High aud Lewis
"a Madison ave and Paterson At
% Market and First SITS.
80 Smith and High st
81 state and Smith sts
% BuekiD cham ave and Hartf
10 Commerce and Front SIS
AZ High and Washington str
- State st and buckingham ave
IS Hall ave and Charles vt
81 Railroad ave and Wayne
G2 Washington and First SITS
G3 Turnpike ana Elm st
GtSmith st and Watson ave
s. Commerce and State t.
~ Front and Smith SITS
IS Water and Gordon SITS
~ Kearny ave and Gordon st
- Smith and Herbert st
So Woodbridge road and Washington st
81 Lehigh ave , y Stanford st
To send In an alarm, open the door of the DO,
and pull down the lever and let go once only
Stay at box until fremen arrive.
SPECIAL CALLS.
tap-Break In circuit. 2 taps-Drill and fire
alarm test. Hydrant at corner of Jefferson an
High street alwayst to be used for this trial.
taps Fire out. taps Police call. l2-Call 10
Lincoln Hose i8-Cail for Washington Hose
l4-Call for Mcclellan Hose l5-CaIl for Pro
lection Il. and L
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
Richmond Rolling MIL. Destroyed.

RICHMOND, Va. Feb. 6.-Fire has
destroyed Arlnory Rolling mill Nj of
the Tredegar company here. causing a
loss of probably 10000. fully covered
by Insurance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06

1t you are out Of wor put an I'D
in the Evening News, it will cost ov
nothing
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06

To Our PeaderS:-If you do not receive
your paper regularly, We would consider it a
favor if you would report the matter at once.
No attention paid to unsigned communica-
tions.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06

Snow a foot deep on the ground,
and raining. Ugh!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06

Entered at Post onlce as ~second-class matter
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06
Consumption Threatened.

c. Unger, 21l Maple ST.. Champaign,
ILL.,, writes: II was troubled with a
hacking cough for 4 year and l thought
l had consumption. tried a great many
remedies and l was under the care of
physicians for several months. l used
one bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar;
it cured me, and l have not been trout
bled since"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06

Long Distance Telephone 9s
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-06

Three sizes-25c, Soc, $1.00.
The SO cent size contains two and
one-half times as much as the small size
and the $l.00 bottle almost six times
as much.
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For Al, AutOm ObIlists.

knowledge of machinery can never he
derived from books alone and the practise
of driving automobiles has preceded by
long time the books written on the sub
ject. These are appearing now in num-
bers. however. and the good ones contain
information that can help the experienced
and instruct the novice.
An admirably arranged work Of this sort
will be found in Mr.. Robert T. Sloss's The
Book of the Automobile" tAppletonsl.
First comes an interesting hist orical chapter
Then follow careful and clear explanations
of the motors, gasoline. steam and electric,
with chapters on trans mission of power
and control, on the upper frame and tires
and on different types Of motors. Practi-
cal directions come next on the principles
that should guide in the choice Of machine.
on how to run it and how to care for il,
which last covers the long series of ac-
cidents that may occur and how each is 10
be remedied.
Tho chapter on the automobile in COM
MERGE is suggestive and opens up the pros
pect of uses that people do not generally
think of. There are accounts Of the auto
mobile in sport and for touring, and in an
appendix are laws and rules and a glossary
with explanations and French and German
equivalents. 1t is a thorough and help
Jul book and, We imagine, will be sought
for by many. Mr.. u. H. Morris writes an
introduction.
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Nor,c- merIcsn Dialect Poems.

The Norsemen are in northern Wis
consin and Minnesota among other places
and The Nor-k Nightingale Beng the
Lyrics of a Iumberyack, by William J..
Kirk ISmall. Maynard 4 Co, Boston,. l.
small book of verse expressed in the dialect
which We do not doubt that our lumberyack
EMPLOY. Highly amusing, in particular.
are the Historical tales" here retold, and
the "poetica TRANSACTIONS" here Afforded.
We have "Horatius at the Bridge" and
civilian Tell" and The Courtship of
Mile, Standsh." and George Washington.
and "Pa Revere" and Maui ulcr.
and "Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight
1t j. an aid in reading these .yric,to re-
member that "skol" means shall or will.
In the poem about the curfew Josephine
consults with the sexton. but he cannot
hear very well. She does not allow hers II
to he thwarted 10y that misfortune. We
read in two Of the verses:
Den. yo saf IL, na">'cr >'S'"I, hr can't hearing
NoS"phluci
lie ban vnra IN hn,icr factory ven hc ban aon"s
NaNcru,
AMI /, max him deaf laN blarrs. So he 90
and grabbing ron,
Bu, Miss NoSrphiur AM Vr'tcr. she ant losing any
hope.
No. sir she mn op in bell tow'r yui' so FAST sim
she run.
And she tax ruir hold he'll tongue. and hang
on ak ot gun.
MacS,cr sexton. he keep rrnglnG bu, dis bel ant
rcng. yu SAL
For Miss ios"phnc han op dsr: she ant ban no
country yaN.
Ay yust he, yu she get groggy. for her yoh ban
purity tough:
But the bell dom "dugle dansle,"h ant even mas
ing blui.
VAL by yingcr'" say the sexton. dis har rope han
awful tight"
Yosrphine look down and tai him. "Curtew shoi
not reng TO night"
We would quote number of these highly
ingenious and amusing verses, and do it
gladly, did we not feel that it would be
better. and much greater kindness to the
author, for the reader to buy the book
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benefcent than his fathers, though his
personal acts were not tinged with so much

benefcent than his fathers, though his
personal acts were not tinged with 80 much
barbarity.
1t Is we'll known that after the war with
France was over the cloud that had long
seemed to hang over members Of the House
Of RomanofY began to envelop Alexander l.
Like his father. he grew gloomy and sus-
pioious. A nameless dread encompassed
him, till he began to fear to be alone. When
he was attacked by a mysterious illness,
the symptoms OF which puzzled the ply.
scans. at Taganrog. on the Sea OF Azof
he made no struggle for life, his spivit seem.
Ing to be broken by knowledge OF thS
perfidy and ingratitude that surrounded him
There is some ground for the belief, evi-
IDENTITY shared by the author OF the sketch
before us. that Alexanders fatal illness
was not entirely due to natural causes
The advice given him by his physicians to
remove the court from st. Petersburg to
far away and desolate region may in itself
have been the outcome Of plot gainst the
Crown