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Laying an Early Foundation.

Was It necessary for you to kiss my
daughter tie very first time you met
herr" G
NO. madam. not, absolutely neces.
snry. but wanted to get on a friendly
basis with her as soon as possible."-
Woman's Home Companion.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-06

The eurest pleasures lie within the
circle of useful occupation. Mere pleas.
IRE. sought outside Of usefulness, %
fraught with poIson.--Reecher.
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Corrected.

"You must have money to be able to
offer me 80 beautiful an enga cement
ring"
Must have had money. yon mean."-
Houston Post
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-06

Furniture packed and crated-L. F.
Hobbs. Phone SO. ap8-su.tu1m
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-06

Furniture packed and crated-L. r.
Hobbs, Phone sc. ap8-su tut m
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be Haul anything-'Phon ss-L. F.
in Hobbs. an s.su.tu1n
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
WILL LIE LOW.
Russian RevOIutiOnaries to Post
pOne Further HostiIities.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 2J.-An I'M
portant conference of the revolutionary
organizations has been concluded in
Finland after several sessions lasting
for two days. The conference decided
to postpone all further revolutionary
operations until March. when. it was
hoped by the delegates. the ag"arian
troubles would recommence.
There were ninety delegates in the
conference, representing the central
committees of the Social Democratic
reyolutionists. the Peasant league. the
Council of Workmen, the Polish Social
lists and the Finnish revolutionists.
The Finnish organizations were in
trusted with the securing of Il new sup
ply of arms to replace those captured
by the government. These arms, it was
planned, would be struggled across the
Finnish border.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
FIELDS MILLIONS.
Great Bulk of Merchant Princes
Estate for Grandchildren.

CHICAGO, Jan, 25.-Thc great bulN
of the estate of Marshall Field. accord
ing to Il member of the family VINO was
present at the reading of the will, VIII
be held undivided under trusteeshlp
for the benefit of the three children OF
the late Marshall Field. Jr. The es-
tate has been estimated at from SlOo,-
600. 600 to J0.000,000.
To the people of Chicago the mer-
chant carried out his implied promise
by leaving $1,000, 900 to the Field Co
lumbar museum.
Mr.. Fields only daughter, Mrs. Da-
vid Beattie of England, receives $S,-
100000.
To his nieces and sisters Mr.. Field
leaves cash gifts of 100000 or less.
Sums are left to various charities i'll
which Mr.. Field was interested. Old
family servants also are remembered.
The chief beneficiaries of the Will
are Marshall Field Sd. twelve years
old; Henry Field. nine. and Gwendo-
Ign Field, four years old. 1t is believed
that Mr.. Field included all three of his
sons children in the trust deed be
cause of the illness from which young
Marshall has suffered.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
SEALED PARKER'S LIPS.
Physician Not Allowed to Testify
as to Burning of Wife's Yacht.

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Dr. Charles
7. Parker was Il witness in the suit of
the London and Liverpool and Globe
Insurance company against Mrs. Susan
Day Parker for $1,000 of the money
paid to her for the loss of the steam
yacht Scythjan.
BY a ruling Of the court DR.. Parker
was not permitted TO deny or in any
way refer to the sworn statement Of
Captain Thomas j.. Cardiff, commander
Of the Srythian, that he had burned the
yacht al the instance of DR.. Parker.
DID yon at any time offer to Cap
tain Cardiff or promise to him a sum of
money if he burned the ScythianY the
witness was asked.
Hubert w. NickerSon. captain of a
boat which he had bought from Mrs.
Parker and mate on the Scythian when
she was burned, was a witness.
He identified Il letter he had written
to Captain Cardiff. 4 passage vas read
to him. and lie was asked to what he
referred by a particular passage.
''WeIl," he said. Il might have re-
ferred to an offer made to me by Cap
tain Cardiff TO pay me $1,000 to come
here and corrObOratr his testimony"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
WAS KILLED
AT RAH WAY.
Fatal Accident at Railroad Cross
ing Woman Killed Others Had
Narrow Escape.

on fIN ~ NfN' 90 49, 90
RAILWAY. Jan. 25:-Because of
the alleged carelessness of a gateman
at the Cherry street crossing of the
Pennsylvania railroad, in this city,
one person is dead and four others
escaped with their lives by the small
fraction of a minute.
A westbound passenger train had
stopped at the station at 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon and many alight-
ed. Among them were Mrs. Isaac
Davis, a resident of Church street,
this city, and Charles OXman, of No.
305 Sayville street, Brooklyn. They,
with Michael Leonard, of No. 1874
Irving street, and Mrs. w. Frost, of
No. III West Milton avenue, crossed
the railroad at Cherry street when,
to their horror, a fast train was al
most upon them.
The %quickness of Leonard saved
Mrs. Frost and her child in a baby
carriage, but in also trying to aid
Mrs. Davis he was not so successful.
The train proved 10 be the Florida
special, several minutes late, and be-
fore Mrs. Davis cleared the track she
tripped and fell across the outer rail
of the eastbound track. The wheels
severed both legs and otherwise in
iured her, so that she died an hour
a%fterward. Mr.. OXman escaped all
harm.
Mr.. Leonard, in his efforts to save
Mrs. Davis, was hurled many feet,
landing in the street, but was able to
make his way to his home, which
} was only u short distance away.
Here he began 10 suffer great pain,
md medical aid was summoned. He
$ not seriously hurt, the physicians
iay.
1t is said the gateman is to blame
or not lowering the bars.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
SOME RECENT SALES.
Real Estate Transactions Through The
Agency of Pierce & Watson.

The estate of James Haney,
through Pierce & Watson, have sold
he two dwellings at the southeast
,orner of Broad and Mechanic streets
0 an investor.
Pierce e Watson have sold for the
Perth Amboy Trust Company a num-
Der of lots on the westerly side of
Sherman street to investors for i'm
mediate improvement to consist OF
modern dwellings.
William H. Cottrell has sold,
through the agency of Pierce & Wat
son, the remaining lots owned by
him on the westerly side of Division
street.
James F. Burns is occupying the
dwelling recently purchased of
Charles K. Stevens at GA jefferson
street, sold through the agency Of
Pierce & Watson.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
A BIG BAN D
OF ASSASSINS
Warrants in Hands of Police for
81 Anarchists Threaten Gov
ernOr With Death.

WASHINGTON, Pa, Jan. 25.-While
ing for alleged leaders of the desperate
anarchists gang discovered to be in
existence at Baird a meeting of the So
ciety was held at Courtney.
knowing that nothing was suspect
ed at this place. leaders of the reds"
who are charged with various murder
Gus conSpiracies. gathered in the tsa-
loon of John Eckert. Il German, and
with imprisoned speeches urged the
members of the society to resist arrest
and conceal their fellow members
wherever possible.
There were more than half Il hundred
members in the saloon, and Eckert
was informed that he would have to
close his place and not allow any one
to leave or enter until told that he
could do so. The doors were barred,
and Eckert was held Il prisoner.
Vincenzio Valdi and Pedro Giuseppe,
leaders of the band. are said to have
made fiery addresses, in which they
urged their countrymen to carry out
their prearranged plot of assassina-
ton and not TO be inundated by Of
ficers. They advised the Italians, it is
reported, to use every means possible
to overthrow the government. Use
b~loodshed if necessary said Valid,
and Giuseppe reiterated his advice.
The officers did not learn of the meet
ing until it was too late to a|pprehend
any of the leaders. \ posse of nine
officers, headed by Chief of Police Leo
Logan of M%onongahela, is in search OF
Levi Constantine. the alleged secretary
of the anarchist band.
Warrants have been issued at Mo-
nongahela for the arrest of thirty-one
foreigners believed to be members of Il
band of anarchists whose headquarters
at Baird, Pa, We're raided by the police
early in the morning. and Il mass OF
literature threatening the life OF GOV
ernor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania
Governor Pattison of Ohio and othel
prominent men in different parts of tho
United States was found. According IL
the police, the members of the organi
cation are scattered over n large area
and it will take several days to serve
the warrants. Secret service Officers
from Pittsburg and other points are
after the band.
John Spiba. the alleged president OF
the band, and George Barli. who are III
custody. have refused to discuss the
affairs of the organization.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
FOR new
MAIN Are IN.
Water Board TO Have Twin Mains
Through Northern State
Street for Factories.

Bids for laying an eight-inch water
main in State street from Hall ave
5000 feet north were received
by the Board of Water Commission
ers at an adjourned meeting last
night. The new main will run par
allel with the present main which is
ten inches in diameter as far as
Gadek's and eight inches in diameter
from that point to Loeser's.
The bids, which We're referred to
the committee of the whole, were:
H. V. Oliver Construction Com
pany, of New Brunswick, 80 cents
per foot.
S. Chris Diedricksen, of this city,
"a cents per foot.
John Quinlan, of South Amboy, "a
cents per foot.
b. F. Sweetn & Sons, of Camden,
43 cents per foot.
The board also received bids for
supplying 1,500 feet Of eight-inch
iron pipe as follow: VI. ]. Drum
mond, $2S.10 per ton. The Warren
Foundry & Machine Company, $3.50
per ton. The United States Cast
Iron Pipe & Foundry Company,
$29.40 per ton. John Fox & Com
pany. $3.50 per ton.
The matter OF putting pipes in
Barclay and Cortlandt streets was
discussed.
Commissioner Haney again asked
questions us to the duties Of the de-
partment's engineer S. j. Mason. He
thinks it unnecessary for the engi-
neer to watch over a job such as
pipe laying. Mr.. Haney was told
that all the engineer does is to lay
The lines for the pipe and go over it
when completed to see that the pipe
has been laid straight and properly.
a resolution introduced by Com
missioner Haney was adopted, award
ing the contract for the card index
system 10 the United States Card In
deX Company, for $92.25, the estim-
ate submitted. The system, which is
expected to greatly facilitate the
work of the department, will consist
of $4,000 cards and fifteen card
drawers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
"CnsiIe In SPAIN Worth $500, 900.

MUNCIE. Ind, Jan. 23.-Mrs. Carrie
Abbott, who married Edmund j. Alb
bott of New York city while he lay on
his deathbed here so that she might le-
gally accept property in New York
which he asserted was worth 100000,
has given up all hope of yer coming
into possession of the wealth. Mrs. Alb
bolt admits that she was duped and
that she has spent several hundred dol
lars in trying to locate Il small fortune
that never existed. she had planned
how She would spend the 100000. but
instead had to pay the funeral eX
DenSCS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
PUBLIC SERVICE is
STORING UP COAL.

PLAINFIELD, Jan. 25:-In order
TO be sure of coal enough for all
emergencies, the Public Service Cor
poration has secured the use of the
Twins coal yard, on Watching avenue,
(for a coal storage, and is unloading a
large quantity of coal there. Be
this storage the company is fill
ing the storage bins at the electric
light plant on Madison avenu
Three years ago at the time of the
strike the electric light company was
at wits ends in the endeavor to keeI
the necessary daily supply for the
boilers on hand for the electric lights
and power for the trolley cars.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
STUDY
IN AM
Chinese Imperial ENJOYS Re-
Ceived by Roosevelt Present
Letter from Emperor.

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. China's
imperial commission, sent to the Unit
ed States to study American conditions
social, educational and Industrial
was received formally by President
Roosevelt at the White House.
For the imperial commissioners, 1ai
lung Chi. one of the most eminent
scholars in the Chinese empire ana
Tuon Fang. governor of the province
of Human. and the members of their
suit. the reception by the president was
a fitting celebration of the Chinese New
Year, and the commissioners expressed
their appreciation of the cordiality of
the greeting.
The commissioners were accompa-
MED by Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, the
Chinese minister to Washington;
Charles Denly. chief clerk. and Pro-
fessor Jeremiah w. jerks of Cornell
university, representing the state de-
partment. and ten members of the com
m~issioners' suit. The Chinese men,
bers of the party were attired in fig
ured silks of elaborate pattern and
orgeous hues. In the blue room See
rotary Root formally presented the
commissioners to President Roosevelt.
Tai Hung Chi addressed the president
and presented an autograph letter writ
ten on silk and inclosed in Il handsome
case from the emperor of China. He
said in Chinese:
1--WE have the honor to place in your
excellency's hands the letter intrusted
to us for delivery by our august SOW
ereign, his majesty the emperor of Chi
ma. We consider ourselves fortunate
in that the discharge of this agreeable
duty has given us the much %appreciat-
ed opportunity of paying our respects
to the greatest champion of peace, who
of China. In thus executing our soy
ereign's command we avail ourselves
of the opportunity to respectfully offer
to your e~Xcellency Il heartiest wishes
for YOU eXcellency's continued health
and happiness and for the peace and
prosperity of the people of the United
States"
The president replied:
"In the name of my fellow country
men / have great pleasure in welcom-
ing you to the United States. Enter
tanning. AZ we do, feelings OF sincere
amity and of the highest regard for
your people, whose progress in inven-
ton and discovery stretches back
through the centuries to eras which
to the communities Of the west are pre-
historic, we. who stand among the
younger nations, are glad to all Oppor-
tunities to bring our peoples closer to-
gether and to diffuse among each Il bet
ter knowledge of mutual interests tend
ing to mutual advantage.
THE kindly sympathy of this coun-
try for the eastern empire has found
many opportunities of expression in
late years. and | trust that the new
century will bring a larger realization
of our common desire for the peace,
prosperity and advancement of China.
| appreciate the friendly sentiments
thus testified by your sovereign, to
whom / ask you to make known my
sincere wishes for his majeSty's health
and welfare"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25

WASHINGION, Jan. -. senator
Plat has introduced a resblution pro
viding for "a j'a. rommittee in connec-
ton with Grraf Britain to study the
effect u. Ai.-a.I falls of the diver
sion or v.."rs of Niagara river.
The resolution contemplates the ap-
pointmcut of four members by each
country and appropriates 100000 to
pay the American share of the eX-
peusrs. The commission is to have i'll
view the protection of the falls against
such diminution of the flow of waters
the falls as to impair their natural
beauty.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 25.-The known vie
Tins of Jack the Stabber,'' the young
degenerate who has created terror Oh
the streets of st. Louis. now number
fourteen. The victims We're all young
women, whom he stabbed in the lower
limbs with a sharp s~tiletto. Alienists
ana professors Of psychology agree that
the crimes were committed by Il per-
verified type well known to the police
and to alienists. In many respects the
st. Louis pervert recalls the IA of the
celebrated girl stabber of Boston
known to medical men the world over.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
Palma Vetoed She Bill.

HAVANA, Jan. 25.-PreSident Palma
has vetoed the measure passed by con.
gress prohibiting the Importation of
foreigners to work in the ports during
strikes. His message conveying the
veto says that the order issued by Gen
eral Wood, which the bill amended.
merely related to the publication of
matters concerning wages and hours OF
labor which had been mutually agreed
upon by employers and employees. The
president holds that it would be i'm
practicable TO raise this order to the
character of a law.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
SCIENCE SPECIALS.

Experiments made with kites on the
Mediterranean have shown that over a
large surface of water the temperature
and the rapidity of air movements de-
cline steadily in proportion to the alti-
tude.
Prof. Nichols, the astronomer, made
u delicate instrument some time g to
measure very faint heat-wayes. 1t is
-reat thai it registers the
warmth that emanates from a mans
face 1000 feet, or more than q third Of
a mile, away.
The furnace as q means of ventilation
is said TO be more economical in deel
mines than in shallow ones. as it act.
by heating a column OF air; the highe!
that column the greater will be the diff
ference in the weight of air in the up
cast and downcast shafts. and cOnse
Quently the greater the motive power.
Carrying out'eXperiments in psychic
phenomena, some scientists at RuyC
produced some striking results. A IA
year-old boy was put in a trance, and il
this condition answered questions put tx
him in Greek, Latin. Arabic. French.
English, German, and conyersed il
those languages, his voice being shat oi
a al
Radium breaks up into helium and
lead, if Rutherford s differences are true.
Radium has an atomic weight of 225
and if each of the five alpha particles
given off is an atom of helium Of mass
4, the residue must have an atomic
weight of POS, about that Of lead. This
metal, moreover, is present in all radio
active minerals
Advertising in the NEWS brings
good results.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
CITY BRIEFS

The Mattice Stock Company will
play in Wilder Hall next week.
-Patrolman Meshrow had his
monthly holiday yesterday and Pa
trolman Tonnesen was off last night.
Dub" Ward was taken to the
city hospital today suffering with a
crushed foot.
Leon & Roessler. of Smith
street, have purchased Il new team
of horses.
Albert Carter is now in the em-
ploy of D. Wolff & Co. as a driver.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
FiTZ BUYS FARM
NEAR DUNELLEN.

NEW BRUNSWICK, Jan. 25:-
Bob Fitzsimmons and his wife have
bought a farm at West D~unellen, and
paid down cash on the nail for it,.
The farm was formerly the truly
rural home of United States Senator
Dryden, who spent more than 500
600 in improving it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25

ELMlRA, n. Y, Jan. 25.-Mrs. Clara
A. Spaulding, mother of Mrs. John B..
~Stanchticld. is dead at her home in this
city The death of Mrs. S~pauldlng ne
cessitated the adjournment of a term
of the supreme court. Mr.. Stanchheld
is the attorney on one side or the other
in every case on the calendar.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 25.-Miss
Cora Maynard, aged twenty, Il pretty
girl Of Lyme, was married to Marshal
Ney. aged seventy-two. who has lived u
PERMITS life. When the counting was
done is II mystery to the people OF
Lyme. After the marriage ceremony
the couple went to the humble abode OF
the recluse. She forbade any of her
friends to visit her.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
A Fake Monk at Newark.

NEWARK, n. j.. Jan. 25.-The Right
Rev. Hilary Pfraenglp, abbot of the
Order of st. Benedict. has sent to the
police a warning of the return to New
ark of Il young Frenchman alleged to
be posing as Il monk. One who wore
the garb of the Benedictines and whose
head was shaved applied ut the New
ark abbey and was found to be an i'm
DOStOr.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25

OWENSBORO, Ky. Jan. %. The
BellewOod mines, near here, have caved
in, instantly killing William Burnett.
the proprietor, and Edward Pierce and
Herbert Walden. his guests, who were
inspecting the mines. There were no
caNe-in.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
General wheeIer a Little WEAKER.

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-The condition
of General Joseph Wheeler, who is ill
with pneumonia at the home of his sis
ter in Brooklyn, is not so favorable.
DR.. A. j. McCorkle, who is attending
the aged veteran, announced that he
was a little weaker and his condition is
less assuring. All General Wheeler's
daughters as well as his sister and
brother-in-law are now with him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
Town Tonnes Libel suit.

NEW YORK. Jan. 25.-In the Town
Topics libel suit Harry S. Lehr, a soci-
ETY. leader, denied he had contributed
news to Colonel Mann's paper and
Charles S. Wayne, formerly managing
editor, gave startling testimony as tc
the names of writer's for the paper and
some of their methods.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Jan. 2J-
Three Yale students out for q walk at
Lake Whitney found a mans body in
the ice. Dr.. Josliu and Il constable
went there and with the help Of others
chopped out a mans body. 1t was
identified as the body of Edward J..
Coyle, who disappeared last November.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
Railway woman Run Down.

RAILWAY, n, j., Jan. 25.-Mrs. |,
Davis was struck and killed here by Il
Philadelphia express on the Pennsylya-
mia railroad as she was crossing the
home from a shopping tour. The gates
vrsre up, and a dozen other people baud
narrow escapes. Mr.. Davis leaves a
husband and six children.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25

WORCESTER, Mass. Ian. 25.-Tla
will Of stephen Salisbury. which give
Il fortune valued at &2,0N9.00O to tine
Worcester Art Museum. was allowed
here at a special session o1 ase probate
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25

NEW YORK. Jan. ga Brooklyn
man has demanded $500 from a Arm of
their mince pies lacerated his mouth
and throat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
Complaints Against Mutual Reserve

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Many com
plants have been made against the
Mutual Reserve Insurance company by
policy holders, and District Attorney
Jerome is expected to act on them soon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25

To make difficulties of trifles is the
common tendency. Want advertising
enables one to make trifes of Difficult
ties.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25

Want" Ads. left at EVENING
NEWS branch offices receive prompt
attention.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-25
!

Trading stamps Gall kinds) bought
for highest cash prices, loose or in
books; tobacco tags, milk and soap
wrappers bought OF exchanged for
stamps. Perth Amboy Trading
Stamp Exchange, 33S State st.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
Seventeen Year Locust.

In his April bulletin Professor
ii. A. Surface, state economic
zoologlst, says that the seventeen
year locust will make it's appear
ance In Pennsylvania this year
and that they may possibly
spread all over the state.
DR.. Surface will not say posi-
lively that their appearance will
he general, but he says they ar9
certain to appear in Colum bid,
Montour, Norlhum berland, Suy.
der, Juniata, Miflin, Centre,
Huntingdon, Blair, Cambria and
Cleartield counties.
AS we had the locusts in 1902,
they will not be due in this coun-
ty until 1919, so we have thirteen
years to prepare for them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-09

The number of pupils enrolled
at the McConnellsburg Primary,
du-lug the eighth month, was Al;
average attendance 80; per cent.
of attendance, "a. The following
are the names of the pupils who
attended every day during the
month Mary Irwin. Rozeila
Stevens, Samantha and Winnie
Mellott, Goldie Trltle, Dorothy,
Robert and Ross HamIl; Grace.
Harry and Dwight Steach, Pierce
Henry, and Guy Reed. Mac
Morton, Hollis While, Wayne
Taylor, Raymond Grsslnger,
John Stouteagle, John Suders,
Mary IRWIN, and Grace Steach
attended every day during the
term, and Ross Hamil, Hollis Wi
bic, Guy Reed, and Pierce Hen
ry were absent only one day.
Olive Grssinger, teacher.