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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
NIGHT IS MADE
DAY FOR ELKS.
FOrty-SeCOnd Annual Convention
Of Order Opened at Denver
With 10000 Present.

DENVER, Col, July 17.-There
was no night in Denver last night,
and there will be no darkness until
the vast hordes of Elks who are here
to attend the AID annual convention
of that order fold their tents and de-
part. When the sun ceased to shine
this evening 200, 900 electric arc and
in~candescent lights shed their lights
for the visitors turning night into
day.
More ideal weather for the opening
of the convention than dawned on
Colorado today could not be asked.
The thermometer at nc time regis
tered more than 65 above and gentle
breezes from the mountains all day
long kept the visiting lodge men and
the natives In the best of spirits.
The opening and pu nc session of
the grand lodge was h a in the Ia
Dor Grand opera house, at 8 o'clock
last night, when Governor McDoland
and Mayor Speer and others formally
welcomed the lodge men to the city
and state.
'Takc whatever you want, and If
you don't see it, just ask" was the
way the governor put it.
This afternoon at 2 the real work
of the convention will begin, and on
Thursday the mammoth parade in
which 10, 900 Elks will take part will
be held,
The general consensus of opinion
among the delegates is that Judge H.
IA. Melvin, of Oakland, Cal, will be
the next grand exalted ruler. DR.. w.
F. %SSiIand, one of the grand trus-
tees, who was mentioned by his But
ter brethren as a candidate in Opposi-
ton to Judge Melvin, today positively
declined to allow his name to go be-
fore the grand lodge.
"Re-elect me a grand trustee and
/ will feel sufficiently honored," he
told his friends.
Philadelphia, up to the present
time, has the Indian sign" on other
cities who covet the honor of enter
tanning the grand lodge next year,
but Baltimore Is putting up a stub
born fight. Rooters for st. Joseph,
Mo-, found early in the contest that
the far east was bound to have the
meeting in 1907 and gracefully re-
tired from the fight, hoping for better
luck next year.
That one long-established custom
OF. the grand lodge will this year be
changed is almost an assured fact
e. yccrding to the statement of Chair
2 man Pinkney Barble, of the audit
ling committee. This custom relates
= TO the superintendent members OF
the committee three in number. Here
tofore, the grand exalted ruler has
appointed three new men at each
meeting of the grand lodge to check
up the offices of the secretary and
treasurer. The men are usually
chosen from remote portions of the
country and their work entails con
siderable travel and expense and in
convenience, as each new committee
had to take lessons in auditing before
it could understand the books. This
has led to a recommendation by the
committee that one of the body be
retained each year so that less time
will be required to start the work OF
the committee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
ROUTINE OF
THE COUNCIL
Many Questions Of Interest Were
Discussed : Meeting of
Short Duration.

In a session of but a few minutes
last night, the Board of Aldermen
transacted much business. All the
members yer present. Beside the
matters of the Sheridan street sew
er, spa Springs Clay Company taxes,
and municipal lighting proposition,
as told in other columns, a large num-
Der of questions were under consid-
Grafton.
A petition for paving Fayette
street, from New Brunswick avenue
to Maple street, with brick, was re-
ceived from John S. Hanson and
thirteen others, and referred to the
committee on streets and sewers.
Regarding the large petition re-
ceived at the previous meeting for the
extension of the sewer near Madison
venue and South First street into
the sound, the committee on streets
and sewers recommended that it be
provided for in the next budget.
There is no money now.
A petition for an arc light at Wood
bridge road and Neville street was
received from Abel Hansen and ten
others, and was referred to the com
mittee on lamps and lights.
A protest against having a sewer
built in Broad street, from Division
street to the sound, as petitioned for
at the previous meeting, was read
from George E. Whitworth, executor
of the estate of w. s.. Whitworth,
and ten others. Referred to COM
mittee on streets and sewers.
A request for the cancelling of a
certain tax bill was received from
the First Perth Amboy Hebrew Mu-
tual Aid Society. Referred to the
committee on taxation.
C. ... Rasmussen asked in a letter
that a bill for a sidewalk assessment
of $17.S5 be cancelled as the walk
so he claims, was laid by a private
contractor, in 1904, and paid for. The
pr>perty is on Elizabeth street. Re
ferrei to the committee on taxation.
The clerk reported that the act,
ing mayor had approved the follow
ing resolutions: To divide the Fourth
ward ioto two faolling districts, an6
to issue SIS, goo anticipation bonds
ordinances to pave market street, anC
to issue school and improvement
bonds. The clerk also reported tn
filing o. the final assessment for tn
Sheridan street grading.
On recommendation of the CON
mittee On taxation a certificate of sal
of property Sid for taxes vas order
ed cancelled; ee,sYarrant for $4.3
drawn for leo an A'tz; and the ia
charged toFShS ssaritan Realty Com
pany.
The street copr~ ;ssioner raj di
rected to adv5 rtiFes pr bids for grad
ing Inslee stIketaN
~, .IlIam MaolIszwas named as In
spectpr on the Rattan street sewe
construction,
The city nrveyor reported tina
$S,284.S7 was due B. f. Sweeten
Son on the upper State street brio
paving, and a warrant was ordere
drawn. Likewise with $431. rs du
on the Sayre avenue and Matan
place sewer, being ten per cent. helt
Two Killed by Eating Toads.OoIs.
LAKEWOOD, JULY 17.-Josep
Pasarella, ten years old, and his brt
Their, Pasauuel, two years old, al
dead from toadstool poisoning. TIL
toadstools were supposed to be musl
rooms. Their parents and sisters al
also vary Ill,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
.LEHIGH VALLEY
AND ITS TAXES
Representative Of the Real Estate
Department Had Talked With
Local Tax Commissioners.

Representative Malcolm, of the Le-
high Valley real estate department,
held a consultation with the local tax
commissioners in the city collectors
office today. The state, this year,
assessed the main road, thus necessi-
tating the taxation of the local land
of the Lehigh Valley railroad COM
many. MIR. Malcolm is here to talk
the question over with the commits
sioners and have the necessary ad-
iustments made.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
THREE CONVENTIONS AT
ASBURY PARK THIS WEEK

ASBURY PARK, July 17.-Three
conventions are to be held in Asbury
Park ttis week-the New Jersey
State Union School for Christian En-
deavor Workers, the New Jersey
Retail Grocers' Association and the
New, Jersey State Dental Society. The
Endeayorers will be here for a week
The trsdesmen will tarry for two
days and the knights of the forceps
til ee days.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17

Moments Good Cambria Nrawers-
wide cambria ruffle, six tucks,
2 rows heui stitching usually 3D.. III
No Mail or Telephone Orders
Cambrfr and Nalnsook Drawers
2 tnsertings aud edgc-fancy lace
or deep ruffie, good emb'y-reg. .88. .4D
NaInsoCk md Cambria Drawers
= vide ruffles OF emb'y or new meets -
yin fancy laces-reg. $1.24........,.. I'D
Good Muslin Night D~resses--yoke Of
tucks and 9 emb'y iuserts-rcs .69. .SD
Nc Mail or Telephone UederA
Nninsook Night Dresses-Cnelnlse mud
other styles, with yoke of elnb'y.-
washable ribbon fnish--short or long
sleeves-regularly $500. ........, 1sX4
Extra Size Muslin Night Dresses
v neck--yoke of tucks and
hemstitchlng-value 0 .....:.-.. I'D
No Mail or Telephone Orders.
Extra Size, soft finish, Muslin
Drawers-wide Fl. s. ruffle-vai. 40 1T
No Mail or Telephone orders.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
Hungarians Law Cornerstone.

WHARTON, July 17.-The corner
stone of the Hungarian Presbyterian
church at this J lace was laid with APP
propriate ceremony Sunday after
noon. Rev. DIR. w. w. Holloway,
pastor of the Presbyterian Memorial
church, of Dover, laid the corner
stone as chairman of the Synodical
Home Missions committee of the
Presbytery of Morris and Orange.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
Midsummer Reductions
In Dress Goods

80 IN IN All Wool. Crepe Egyptiennes-
all colors and b~lack--valpe 40. =. .8Ht
42sInch All Wool Nuns velli.ngs-
~ Inch Imported SILK Finished
Sicillienne-royai. navy, myrtle.
garnet, light and dirk brown, &
cream and black-value Q &c.,. $50
50-Inch imported Panamas- avf
full assortment OF fashionable
56-fnch Ail.wooI Homespun suitinEs-
newest gray colorings-value SIPS So
80 Inch Imported Cream siciIiennes- Mai
extra silk lustre-7value .ea...... .6B'
42-Inch Diach French voIles-
chiffon fnlsh-vaiue .08......... TO
45-lnch Imported Pruneiias- <
rich silk hpish-raiueY s1.A9. 1,10.
46.1nch Black EDkllsh PannrnH 9aitinks-
close why weave-vaiues ei.2e...ss .DS'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
HOLD BUSINESS MEETING.

INJllID = INyhV
A business meeting of the Epworth
League, of the Danish M. T.. church,
will be held in the chapel Thursday
night.
Dana b. Yeaw, who left this city a
few months ago for Bay City, Mich,
is east on a business trip and visited
in town Sunday.
John Block, of Seattle, Wash, who
returned yesterday from a visit to
his parents in Denmark, is the guest
of his brother, Rev. M. o. Block.
Miss Alice Durham left Matawan
for a trip through the western part
of New York state. She will visit
Niagara Falls and other places of in
terest in Canada.
Miss Cora Pfeiffer, of Trenton, is
visiting In town.
Miss Fannie Smith, of Hoosatonic,
| Mass, is spending two weeks vaca-
ton with Miss Mazzie McDermott, OF
l35 Jefferson street.
Miss Laura Preston, oil Brooklyn
lis visiting Miss Quackenboss, of 7t
Jefferson street.
John Gleason, of 1872 State street
left Sunday for Port Chester, N. Y.
where he will spend the remainder
lof his vacation with his grandmother
John Kline, of Brighton avenue
is spending a weeks vacation in New
York.
A baby boy has arrived at the
home of r. It. S~nodgrass, of IL Rec
tor street. He has been named Nor
man Roberts Snodgrass.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
GOOD New. Ktllea sritchman.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. July 17.-While
reading a letter from his sister, Mrs.
w. ]. Hammer of Greensburg, Pa.
saying that he had fallen heir TO $780,
600. w. r. Johnson, a s%witchman, forty
years old, died of rupture of an artery
near the heart.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
FOUR COLBY MEETINGS TO
BE HELD IN PATTERSON.

PATTERSON, July 17:-Four Col
by meetings have been arranged for
this city during this week, and the
first will be held in the Third Ward
tonight. Wednesday night there will
be a meeting in the Second Ward,
and the following night in the Sixth
Ward. For Friday night an open-air
massmeeting has been arranged.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17

ON RAHWAY

About fifty people from this city
went by trolley to Boynton Beach
yesterday morning, where they went
from there on the annual excursion
of Court Railway, Foresters of AM
erica, to North Beach, on Long Island
sound. The barge Empire and a tug
had the excursion. Everybody spent
an enjoyable day. Dancing was In
dulged in by all, both on the barge
and at the beach. The return trip
made early in the evening.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
REMEMBER THE PRIMARIES
SEPTEMBER 20.

Removes the microbes which i'm
poverish the blood and circulation.
Stops all trouble that interferes with
nutrition. That's what HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea will do. Tea or
Tablets, 35 cents. Sections drug
store, 20 Smith street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
FOR, SUNDAY SCHOOL.

All arrangements are about COM
pleted for the annual Sunday school
excursion of the Danish M. e. church
to Boynton Beach Thursday, July 26..
Cars will leave the corner of State
and Smith streets at 9 o'clock in the
morning.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
oEEICIAL MET.

The regular monthly meeting OF
the official board of the Danish M. e.
church was held in the church last
night. The usual routine of business
was transacted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17

Tied down to his desk in the office,
While others are free and at play,
Papa fancies he is having a vacation,
While drinking Rocky Mountain
Tea. Sections drug store, 20
Smith street,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
LADIE AID MEETING.

The Ladies Aid Society, of the
Danish M. E. church, will meet at
the home of Mrs. Chris Peterson, No.
652 Fayette street, Thursday after
noon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
THOUSANDS IN THE SURF
AT ASBURY PARK BEACHES

ASBURY PARK, July 17.-There
were more than 5000 bathers here
yesterday. The demand for bath
houses exceeded the supply, and hun
dreds of visitors were thereby pre-
vented from enjoying a swim in the
ocean. A strong current prevailed,
and the life guards were kept busy
assisting exhausted bathers, but nc
serious accidents were reported al
the Emergency Hospital. A free con.
cert by Pryor's band was the limo.
walton introduced yesterday after
noon by the Public Grounds Com
mission. The concert was given al
the arcade, on the board walk, and
] was oSsinN suIsUVE AUDITORIUM.
OCEAN GROVE, July 17:-The
biggest musical treat this resort has
yet seen is in store for summer visit
ors. Nordica will sing In the audi
.torium on the night of August /. A
positive announcement to this effect
was made last evening by Musical
Director Tall Essen Morgan at the
concert of the National Choir of
Sweden. In the auditorium.
The Swedish singers drew an aud
fence of 1000, the largest at a con-
cert here this year, and they we're
given an ovation. The concert closed
their American tour. They sail for
Europe today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
sibertnn pest at Bialystok.

BIALYSTOK. Russia, July 1.-THE
"Siberlan pest" which was first re-
ported at Y~ekaterinoslav, has appeared
here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17

How is it with the children these
DEV ~ days? Have they plenty Of grit,
HLkl EffH courage, strength? Or are they
thin. pale, deIcateP This reminds
you Of Ayers sarsaparila; It does great things for children. II gives them
your doctor if he endorses this. Y: h%sR = ssSsa W R%ass IaoAY%gcC:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17
Final Shipment
y Manfr's Stock Muslin Underwear

Last opportunity to Benefit BY this Large Clcan-up Pufchase.
Prices about Hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17

. REMEMBER THE PRIMARIES
SEPTEMBER rs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-17

A business meeting OF Inc EpWOTl1
League, of the Danish M. i. church.
will be held in the chapel Thursday
night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09

tanned from the surrounding Arab tribes At Bis
lnya arrangements were made with the sheik of
the Il Bedier Arabs 10 employ Of his tribe
only and 81 return protection from all other tribes
which might modest promised for our
selves and property. Altogether. including twenty
men who had been trained IN the excavations at
Babylon six soldiers from tie government. the
watchmen and water carriers. numbered about
hundred and fifty, while the families Of the
ment IN the desert 20 about Ave hundred
The divided into gangs Of nine each
At the head Of the gang was the pickman. who re-
ceived - cents day TO loosen up the ground.
follow tho walls which he discovered. and search
for antiQuities- Immediately behind him two
with triangular hoes 10 scrape the dirt into
the baskets. Their pay was Is cents day. With
each scraper were three basketmen. who received
y cents a day 20 carry the dirt the dump. In
upon the slOpng side OF the mound 10 dig a
trench toward its centre, and II a building OK
listed within the walls sooner later dis
covered The trench would then follow
them 10 doorway ana thence into the chambers
after another. until the entire structure had
been cleared II IL usually IN the corners of the
rooms, upon the floor. and sometimes beneath IT.
thai the antiquities found. just they had
been thrown aside by the ancient occupants.
square shaped mound which NJ once sug
gested the stage tower Of Babyonian temple. and
on one frosty morning. by the aid 81 the satpetre
OF the soil able 20 trace the inclOsing wal!
and several Of the chambers IN the court. AS most
Of the valuable Babylonian antiquities elsewhere
discovered have been I'm connection with the tenn
pies. II was in this mound that the excavations
were opened. Gangs II men were placed upon its
four sides. and trenches were started toward the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
Expert Declares Doctors Practically Ignore the
Mental Disease OF the Drunkaro. with Con-
sequences That Disastrous.

the time. and cloudy. moist atmospheres are sa q
especially 10 excite desire To drink.
Both Dr. Crothers and Mr.. Helburn point out
that a mans mode Of life has much 10 do with
his desire 10 drink Chronic inebriates, says
the latter" are recruited mainly. not, as might
be expected from the day labOring class. but
from tradesnen clerks walters. mechanics.
those who live or work indoors. and also from
the very poor There can be little doubt that Dr.
Robert Bird the English authority hits the true
exclamation of these facts when he says that bad
air excess OF carbonc acid tends TO create a
craving for alcohol; that undertaking and Cx-
haustion also tend 10 create craving for alcohol
lust as shock and dysentery do, by weakening
the system and making a stimulant welcome.
Sanitary Improvement. the extinction Of the ten
ement house and the sweatshop and the alevia-
ton of poverty. will doubtless in some desree
lessen inebriety.
Delirium tremens comes the final stage
of the drunkard's disease. True delirium
tremens." says Mr.. Helburn. lis literally the re-
suit Of soaking" II is experienced when the
tissues are saturated with alcohol Usually IT
appears at the end OF long spree. or In the case
of a steady drinker, when he has been taking
more than his usual allowance. But as alcohol
remains In the system from three 10 eight days
the delirium may develop some days after the
spree ThereupOn the victim ascribes IL 10 the
fact that he gave up alcohol and took 10 water.
II is a state Of collapse. insomnia, trembling
acute terror and usually violent delirium. which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
BY Edgar james Banks.

One evening about three years ago the late PTesi-
Gent Harper OF the University OF Chicago, while
discussing with John l.. Rockefeller the importance
OF the results Of excavations in the ruins Of the
sncAeut BabylOnian cities, briefly described the
work u the Babylonian expedition OF the Univer-
.ity OF Pennsylvania and the large collections %
antiquities IN the national museums at London and
Paris. Among other things he said that Bahylonlan
excavations during the last half century had
thrown light upon the Bible and the early
history OF the Semitic peoples than had come from
al other during the previous eighteen cen
turtles The next morning Mr.. Rockefeller an
nounced that he would give fund for excavations
20 be undertaken IN Babylona. Palestine and
Eeypt. The sum mentioned vas larger than has
smsT Sn6ertSag PTesden az EaTper decided
that the Babylonisn held. the most important.
e sPponted ela director Of The exps9on WtR
tTman from the sultan q Turkey. which l
stsntnople 10 obtain crossed ne desert 70 Bis;
opened excavations on Christmas Day, lsOs
The ruins OF Bismys are situated in the heart Of
belt which forms The dividing line between Arab
Il6es hostile 20 each other Inc region has always
thu few Bsbylonan explorers but two or three have
sreusht Ss. asree only An tst The surroundine
country exceedingly dangerous. One called the
date Dr. Peters. OF New York. described il as
ruin OF The sreetest antiquity ana promising in re-
with nearly every danger and hardship which one
Tho mounds OF Bismya, though insignificant in
heisht-for they nowhere rise more than forty feet
above the Desert level-form OF the most extern
ssve a the Babylonisn ruins The length OF the
sre9P n - ,spSb Iks nam oteI y aI1 T,
consists OF number OF Irregular mounds. sepa-
rated from each other BY ravines, and among them
is the bed Of ancient canal upon which the city
stood. The surface, al other Ba6yl0nian ruins,
Bisrnys I was rejoioed 10 ma among Them no
glazed frsgneEts but numerous Dts or poIshea
lonian eXoavator these are the evidences that be-
meath the surface are ruins OF the greatest an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
OLD TEMPLE UTENSILS.

The gold miner who chances upon a rich vein Is
no more delighted than one day when.
digging down 10 learn the depth OF the platform
upon which the temple IF 400 b t.. stood. we dis
covered the old refuse heap Of the discarded worn
out and broken utensils of the temple service
Most Of the valuable antiquities in the great Euro
pean museums We're once objects regarded as
worthless and 50 from this temple dump the broken
marble and alabaster vases. inscribed. engraved
and tnlaid. the carved ivory, the aabaster images
and the most ancient % lamps are now some Of
the worlds rarest treasures Of ancient art. Upon
the Inscribed vase fragments were the names OF
kings entirely new 10 history: unique examples OF
sculpture appeared IN such quantities. and OF such
eNCeIent merchandising as 10 Justify the belief that
the golden of BabylOnia was previous to Alo
roman history was CIVILIZATION or art more advanced
than then The greater part OF this valuable col
lection Is now IN the Haskell Museum of the Uni
Versity Of Chicago.
The excavations were not confined TO the temple
and the ruins beneath IT, for the surfaces Of Otner
mounds showed traces Of the foundations or large
buildings. In one We eXCavated palace OF about
twenty-five rooms. and scattered about IN the
ners and beneath the dirt floors were several hun
dred ciay tablets covered with cuneiform writing
and number of clay statuettes which appear 10
have been the household gods OF the people. In
tanned we're surrounded bv a wall and provided
with drains 10 protect them from the rains Of win
Ter; The tombs themselves, about hve feet high
and long and wide enough TO contain the body.
We're miniature gable-roofed houses constructed Of
unbaked bricks. and during the four thousand
years or more since they were erected they have
resisted the storms and winds which sweep over
ths Bahylonian plain.
One. perfect as II was. when opened
introduced before Il could be examined. Yet every
bohe or the body, and even the teeth, though the
climate Is dry, had turned 10 dust About the edges
OF the tomb were eight large vases. In which food
ana drink TOT the spirit OF the dead were placed
~InSn was o9Ilea tnSe, Shu sPpaaeRtS , SHe
layer Of dust upon the noor-au that remained OF