Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-05
new JERSEY AT
WASHINGTON.
4 Days Gleanings of The News
Taking Place at The National
Capital lntereSttO JerSeynen.
tFrOm the NEWS cOrrespondent.)

AOENb ~ ~ May o.
Wandering around aimlessly, a stran
ger who gave his name as A. S. Dol
ton, of Dayton, Mass, was taken il
custody yesterday at the lower en-
trance of the capitol by William
Dunn, of New Brunswick, a membe
of the capitol police force. Doltol
was evidently demented. He carried
a box in which he had a strange as
sortment of old brass and lead pipe
He offered to sell the contents of tn,
box to Dunn, the capitol policeman
and took the lid off the box with al
X which he carried in a satchel
8 The captain of police sent the stran
ger to the local headquarters, where
he was held for an examination into
his sanity. He admitted in his ramb
ling talk that he was released from
an asylum last August. He had aboui
$l2 in cash in his possession, anC
1T was evident he was not a crank.
Senator's Kean and Dryden have
received petitions from the Calvary
Methodist church of East Orange
and the First M. e. church, of Gran
ford, favoring the control of the
schools in Alaska by the bureau OF
education; from Ida l.. Beach, DR..
Elizabeth Mercelis and j. L. Snyder,
all of Montclair, favoring a national
children's bureau; from the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian church of New
ark, in favor of a constitutional
amendment to prohibit polygamy;
and from Pomeroy Brothers Company
of East Newark, and the Drysalters
Club of New England for removal of
duty on denaturalized alcohol.
The senators have received petit
lions in favor of the Howell naturali-
cation bill from councils of the Ju-
nior Order United American Mechan-
les at Midtown, Sapreville, Fanwood
and Camden.
Representative Loudenslager has
been advised that a pension has been
granted to Mrs. Emma Neill, of 1145
South 10th street, Camden, at So and
So additional for minor child, from
July 20, 1890, a period of sixteen
years in July, SO that she will get
about $1,000 back pension. He has
also been advised that a pension has
been granted to Frances Mcdonald,
of Spruce street, Merchantville, at
$12 a month from April 3, 1906.
Representative Gardner has notice
of a pension being granted to Loren
20 Gould, of Bridgeton, al So a
month from Dec. z, 1906; and to
Charles Pullen, of C~rosswicks, at IS
a month, from March 2S, 1905.
Mr.. Gardner has a petition in favor
of the Howell naturalization bill from
Linwood, Millville and Mount Holly.
Representative Wiley has received
a communication from w. c. Whit
man, of East Orange, advocating the
establishment of an insurance bureau
in the department of and
labor.
Representative Van Wrinkle has
been advised that a pension has been
granted to Catharine Scheerer of Jer-
sey City, at j$S a month from March
81, 1905
Representative Howell has been adj
vised. that a pension of So a month
has been granted to Duncan K. Shea
Ter of Asbury Park, from Aug. IL,
1905.
Representative Wood has filed a
petition from the society of Political
Study club of New York, in favor of
the bureau for child labor.
Mrs. Rosa Wright Smith, of New
Jersey, corresponding secretary of
the Colonial DANES of America, has
returned home after attending the
session of the society in this city.
The Misses Kean were hostesses at
a large tea the other evening in honor
of the New Jersey Colonial Danes.
Six New Jersey boys have passed
the mental examination for entrance
into the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
They are E. O. Erickson, M. B. Nc
w. S. Nicholas, F. r. North
J. w. Reeves, Jr., and H. o.
Stanton. The examinations were
held at Annapolis. Three of the
young men were designated by Mr..
Howell. They were, Nicholas, prin-
cipal; Stanton, first alternate; and
Erickson, second alternate. {
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Emmick, of Or |
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Bumsted, of |
Jersey City, are at the Ebbitt; d. p. 9
Morrison, of Newark, is at the Briggs.
The ~postoffice department has au-
a temporary carrier at Long
Branch from May Is to Oct. 81; one !
June Is to Sept. 80, and a third 9
rom June 1 to Sept. 80. u
The statement of rural routes for d
Nay 1, 1906, shows 29S applications F"
'eferred; A adverse reports; 100 in a
operation June 80, 1905; 229 in OPP L
May 1, 1906; and 25 applica- "
ions pending. G. S. A. v
want" advs. for the EVENING a.