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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
BOARDS
WERE NOT NAMED.
Lists Not Ready at Meeting of
County Election Board
Yesterday.

The county board of registry and
election met at New Brunswick yes
terday to approve and appoint the
lists of election officials for the diff
ferent voting districts of the county,
but as the lists were not completed
by the respective county chairmen,
who are charged with the duty of
making the appointments, the county
board could do nothing, and adjourn
ed until tomorrow morning, at which
time it is expected the lists will be
ready.
Richard H. Wilson, of Metuchen, is
chairman of the Republican county
committee, and George S. Silzer is
the democratic county chairman. Mr..
Elmendorf stated that Mr.. Wilson's
list was almost completed.
Judge Brown stated that Mr.. Sill
ger had the democratic list and it
was not quite filled out. Both thought
that by Saturday the lists would be
completed, and adjournment was talk
en- to that date.
1t is understood that the republi-
can list will show a number of mark
ed changes from last year, as the re-
publican machine has been very care
full to weed out of the district cleo
ton boards every man suspected of
Fordyce affiliations.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
RECORDS INQUIRY
ADJOURN MEETING.

JERSEY CITY, Aug. 24.-With
George l.. Record satisfied that he
had discredited the testimony of
John c. Payne, the riparian commits
sion's secretary, by forcing the latter
to admit that he had taken s%urrepti-
tiously some of Records private pa
pers and had withheld information
from the riparian board, and with
the legislative investigating commit
tee so amazed by the revelations con-
corning the method of disposing of
state lands that a resolution was
adopted by the probers requesting
the riparian commission to make no
further grants or leases until the in
quiry is ended, an adjournment was
ton last night until some time in
September.
No date was fixed because of the
anticipated call of a special session of
the legislature to consider a ean of
relief for the Passaic valley sewage
problem and Chairman Wakelee was
directed to CONNER with Governor
Stokes and arrange the neXt SESSION
for some date that will not conflict
with the special session of the legis-
lature.
At the close Mr.. Record asked the
committee to remain in session until
the former governors and commits
sioners who had been connected with
the riparian land be summoned and
testify, but this request was denied,
on the ground that all Mr.. Record
had demanded was the right to make
a statement and face his accuser.
Senator Wakelee, as chairman, re-
iterated his assertion that it was not
the purpose of the investigation to
attack anybody. but to ascertain the
methods employed in handling the ri
parian lands of the state.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
BOROUGH CLERK A THIEF.

Borough Clerk H. Van Wagenen
Meyer, of Madison, has confessed
thai he is an embezzler. 1t is be-
lieved that he has stolen $4,000. Dr..
Calvin Anderson, mayor of the Dor
ough, when asked yesterday what eX-
PLANTATION Meyer, who confessed to
him. had made, replied:
at was the old story; he had anti
cipated salary payments with the in
tention of putting the money back,
and it got beyond him."
Meyers confession merely antici-
pated the report of a citizens COM
mittee which. with an expert, has
been going over the books. The con-
fession, which has just been made
public, was made to Mayor Anderson
last Friday. Meyer repeated his
statement at a special meeting oil the
borough council on Monday. The
American Surety Company, which is
on his bond for $4,000, has been no
tilted.
Since the disclosures, Meyer mas
been aiding the accountants to
straighten out the books.
Madison has a municipal lighting
plant and water supply system, and
Never had to make out the bills,
which were then paid to him. When
a resident paid a bill of $12.25 Meyer
would enter $2.25 on the books and
pocket the balance. The stealings
are said to date back to the first year
of Meyers incumbency. When ne
went % Madison from Newark fifteen
years ago he bought a fine place
worth $4,000 and lived there sever
al years. He met with reverses and
lost his fortune, so that the clerk
ship of the borough was a windfall-
Since then he, his wife and three
daughters have been occupying a
modest little home, which is owned
by Mrs. Meyer.
Simon T. Flanagan has been APP
pointed in Meyers place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
ROASTED THE
LEGISLATURE.

TRENTON, Aug. 24:-Germans
from all parts of the state met here
last night to adopt resolutions con-
demning the bishops law" which
prohibits Sunday selling in saloons.
The legislature was also slated for
a roasting, and it got it generously,
the speakers blaming the majority
for passing the measure, and declar-
ing that individual members should
be held accountable for their way of
voting on the bill.
Colonel e. G. Stahl, of this. city,
was the principal speaker. He used
much the same argument as he did
before the committee last winter,
when he was. opposing the measure.
He said that such a law was an insult
to all liberal-minded people, and a
direct slap at the Germans of the
state, who were accustomed to drink
what they pleased, and when they
pleased, so long as it did not inter
fere with the freedom of others. He
demanded that the next legislature
repeal the measure, asserting that
the old Werts law, if properly en-
forced, would remedy all existing
evils.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24

lions and prevent political corrup.
tion In every form.
Every man who believes In the
principles as here stated is invited to
fill out the above coupon and send it
to the NEWS Office.
This is a movement to down the
bosses, overthrow the corporation
control of tho state legislature and
put the reins of government in the
hands of the people direct.
Every honest citizen who has the
welfare Of his country at heart should
be glad t 0 assist. Every name lends
encouragement to the cause, and each
man can do his own little part. The
ring is powerfully entrenched and
the success of this movement for the
cause of good government depends on
the individual voters.
Everybody join the movement.
Don't think there will be enough
without you. Suppose everyone
thought that way. Remember the
names received on these coupons VIII
not be made public. 1t is merely q
pledge that you are with the league
in its campaign for clean politics and
good government.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
EX-JUDGE STRONG
WON HIS SUIT.
Appeared as His Own Counsel In
an Action Against a Tenant
Yesterday.

Despite his more than four score
years, former Judge Woodbridge
Strong demonstrated his ability to
conduct a case yesterday when he
appeared in the New Brunswick dis
trict court as his own counsel in a
suit for ejectment brought against
Earl Aumann. Aumann has occu-
pied the premises of the judge at 90
Peace street, New Brunswick, con-
Quoting there the business known as
the Van Dyke Ice Cream company.
The concern went in bankruptcy
some time ago and on August 16 was
sold out under a chattel mortgage.
The judge brought suit for unpaid
rent. A verdict of dispossession vas
granted by the court.
In the suit of the Haussling Soda
Water Apparatus company VS.. Louis
Smith and John Hansen, of Perth
Amboy, a judgment of $202. so and
costs was given for the plaintiff.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
COUNTY ROADS TO BE
TREATED WITH TARVIA.

PLAINFIELD, Aug. "a. - The
county roads are to be treated with
oil or tar to lay the dust. This an
nouncement will be received with sat
isfaction by all who have reason to
ride owe them or live alongside of
them.
Some months ago officials and 9TH
ers at Roselle Park petitioned the
board of freeholders to take steps to
mitigate the dust nuisance, and as a
result, Contractor w. H. Weldon, of
Railway, began on Monday to treat a
stretch of Westfield avenue, from the
Elizabeth line to Magic avenue in the
Lorraine section, a distance of about
a mile, with a top dressing of tar and
crushed stone. The tar, or tarvia,
as the patent preparation is called,
has been used in other places with
great success, and for it lasting quail
ties are claimed. The dust and loose
fine stone are thoroughly swept from
the telford road and the heated tar
via Is then sprinkled upon it in a
thin layer from a sprinkling cart.
Before 1t cools, a layer of fine
crushed stone is added and the whole
thoroughly rolled with a steam roll
err. The surface of the road by this
treatment becomes, it is claimed, alb
solutely impervious to water, and as
the stone is securely held by the tar
nc dust can be raised.
This section of the road is being
treated with this preparation as an
experiment. 1t is feared, however,
by the county officials that its cost
will render it impracticable for the
whole system of roads in the county.
Engineer Bauer estimates that it will
cost about 500 per mile.
Other sections of the roads are to
be treated with oil, as have been
some of the streets in Elizabeth, and
a tank a of a preparation which is
practically odcrless has been ordered
and will be received within a few
days. This preparation will cost be-
tween 500 and 5000 per mile. The
tarvia people claim that while the
first cost of their preparation is
greater it will not have to be applied
nearly 81 often as the oil, and dence
in the long run will prove no more
expensive.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24

Citizens OF this county are asked
to sign the above coupon and send 1t
to the EVENING NEWS Office as soon
as possible. The names thus sub
scribed are not to be published, but
merely 10 be enrolled as members of
the Independent Republican League
of Middlesex County. They will be
kept on file in the headquarters of
the league.
The objects of this league to which
the citizens are asked to subscribe
as above, are:
One. To promote the best inter-
ests of the republican party in the
county of Middlesex.
Two. To eliminate bossism and
corporate control of the republican
party.
Three. To further the cause Of
equal taxation, limited franchises
taxation of franchises, popular selec-
tion of United States Senators, popu-
lar interest in primary elections, and
such other progressive measures as
may be necessary in the interest OF
the people.
Four. TO promote honest cleo
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
GARFIELD MEMORIAL DAY.
To BE Observed at Long Branch Sep
TENDER 1O-President Died There.

To BE Observed at Long Branch Sep
TENDER 1O-President Died There.
LONG BRANCH, Aug. 24.-En-
thusiasm marked the organization of
the James A. Garfield Monument As
ISOLATION in the councilmanic cham
bers in city hall Wednesday night.
The gathering was a representative
one, being composed of Grand Army
veterans, ministers of the gospel ard
professional and business men, who
endorsed the movement to honor the
the late president on the t~wenty-fifth
anniversary of his death in this city
on September 10.
A temporary organization was af-
fected by the election of Daniel Do
ran, president, and H. p. Bennett,
secretary. The remaining officers
will be elected at a meeting to be
held in the city hall next Monday
night, at which time a special com
mittee consisting of j. A. Stratton,
w. s. B. Parker and DR.. George II.
Baker, will report on site, statue,
and best n to raise funds to
erect a monument to the memory of
General Garfield in Elberon, this
city.
The president was directed to
name an executive committee of If
teen between now and the next meet
ing.
A committee on bylaws and con
stitution was appointed to report at
the next meeting. The members of
this committee are Thomas p. Fay,
w. S. B. Parker, and e. r. Slocum.
Wednesday, September 18th, next,
will be Garfield Memorial day" in
Long Branch. Mayor G. Asa Francis
will be requested to issue a procla-
nation to that effect.
At Monday evenings meeting the
program for Garfield Memorial
day" will be outlined.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
PIPE LINE TO pLAINFIELD.
Trench Digging Machines Have Be-
gun at Highland Park.

gun at IIiSilAsftO "A'
NEW BRUNSWICK, Aug. 24:-
The work of excavating the bitches
for the extension OF the gas pipes of
the Public Service Corporation of
New Jersey from Highland Park to
Plainfeld was started yesterday. The
work is being done by two steam ex-
cavating machines under the manage
ment of the Harrison Construction
Company, and these machines attract
considerable attention from the resi-
dents of this city.
When pipes were laid in other
parts of the city, Livingston avenue,
for example, the bitches we're filled
up and a mound allowed to remain
on the top. This was, of course, done
to allow for sinking, but it appears
that the mound was too high and it
left a ridge along the road, which to
a great extent spoiled driving. 1t is
the hope of patrons of the roads
along which the new line will run
that the mounds over the bitches will
not be made quite so high.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
WOMAN
THROWN FROM MACON

TRENTON, Aug. 24.-Mrs. Ellen
Conoyer. a m%iddle-aged Hightstown
woman, vas painfully hurt last night
while driving near this city. Her
horse became frightened at an auto
mobile and ran away, throwing her
from her carriage.
The offending autoist paid no at
ltention to the mischief he had done,
but drove rapidly away. Mrs. Con-
over gathered herself up and hur-
ried to the nearest telephone office,
where she notified the Trenton police
that the autoist's number was 1915.
According to the records in the auto
department here license No. 1915
was issued to F. w. Rothschild, of
West End, Long Branch. The police
will keep watch for the autoist.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
FAMILY CHLoRoFoRMED.
Jersey Farmers VIII Hunt for the
Burglars Who Did II.

PATTERSON, Aug. 24:-After adj
ministering chloroform to Edwin w.
Schwinderhammer and the rest of his
family at Richield, yesterday, bur-
glars ransacked his home and es-
capped, leaving no clue to their iden-
tity.
The citizens of the village will
form a Vigilance Committee" for the
purpose of capturing the burglars if
1t is possible. This morning Mr..
Schwinderhammer called on Chief of
Police Bimson, of Paterson, and re-
ported the robbery. When he came
to his senses after the burglars left
he said he found the bureau drawers
in his home pulled out and their con-
tents strewn about the floor. The
odor of chloroform was strong
throughout the house. A woman's
gold watch. a mans gold watch, two
diamond pin. and SIS in cash were
among the articles stolen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
WILL SOON Be READY.
Machinery is Now Being Installed
COnduits to be Laid in State
Street Next Week.

Men are busily at work installing
the machinery of the Citizens Elec-
trio Light, Heat and Power Company
in the new plant on Mechanic street
and Pearl place.
Superintendent Albert Buys is in
charge of all the details and hopes
to have all the dynamos installed
within a few weeks.
Secretary Clancy d. Boynton OF
the company, told a NEWS reporter
that they expected to begin furnish
ing light by October /.
Monday the Perth Amboy Conduit
Company will commence laying the
conduits OF State street, and in about
three weeks they will be ready for
the wires.
The water board received a petit.
ton from the electric light company
at their last meeting asking that the
water main be extended to theil
building on Pearl place, which was
ordered done by the water commits
sioners.
At the last council meeting the
company was granted permission to
transfer their conduit rights to the
Perth Amboy Conduit Company.
Great activity is being shown by
all the stockholders at present, and
other moves are expected shortly.
The %conduits to be laid on State
street, are now on the ground, and
nothing should delay the starting of
the work Monday. A test will be
held at the plant as soon as all the
necessary machinery is installed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
BRYAN WAR IN
NEWARK MERELY ON
Committees on He Wilt Come and
Come Still Fighting
With Each Other.

NEWARK, Aug. 24:-Indications
are that echoes of the wrangling of
the local democracy about the pro-
posed visit of William j. Bryan to
Newark a week from today will be
heard loudly on election day. The
worst of it all is that all the row
seems about nothing, as it is not
probable Bryan will come here.
Having assumed charge of ar
rangements, the Democratic County
Committee, representing the Smith
wing of the party, has refused to
give the anti-Smith organizations any
official part in the preparations, and
these organizations, ~resenting this,
announce that Bryan will not be
here and that the Smith committee
of arrangements will only have its
labor for its pains.
As a fact. no proof thus far pre-
scented has convinced the public in
general that Bryan intends to come
to Newark. On the other hand, he
has sent word by cable that he will
not come. 1t is probable that no
further decisive information on the
question can be had until after his
arrival in New York.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
MAYOR FACAN WILL
HEAD ASSEMBLY TICKET
He and His Followers Name New
Idea" Republican Ticket
for Hudson.

JERSEY CITY, Aug. 24.-The fol-
lowers of Mayor Pagan, of Jersey
City, met in the City Hall there last
night, and nominated the ticket to be
voted for at the primaries September
%, Mayor Pagan, who is the leader
of the reform element in the local
republican party, was urged to run
for delegate to the legislative conven-
ton. He will head the assembly tick
ct.
Others nominated last night are:
James Mccarthy, president of the
board of aldermen of Jersey City, to
run for congress from the ninth con
gressional district; Assemblyman
Theodore Bierck, for surrogate; Carl
SCHNEIDER, supervisor, and Thomas
McManus and William r. Harrison,
street commissioners of Jersey City.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
MANYAT CAMP MEETING
Ocean Groves Big Event is Now in
Full Swing.

OCEAN GROVE, Aug. 24,-Spe-
cial trains were run yesterday on the
railroads for the accommodation of
those city folk who desired to attend
the camp meeting. For this reason
the attendance at the morning
preaching service in the auditorium
was larger than usual, there being
nearly three thousand persons pres
ent. Bishop FitzGerald again pre-
sided.
There are 1875 annual conferences
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
in the United States, Canada, South
America, India, Japan, China, and
Liberia. At a recent conference of
the commission on aggressive evan
gelism, of which Bishop William F.
Mallalieu, of Boston, is president, it
was decided to send a representa-
tive of the commission to each annu-
al conference, and urge united effort
on the part of the ministers to bring
about a revival of religion of the old
fashioned sort. The Rev. Theodore
S. Henderson, of Brooklyn, the field
superintendent of the commission,
and the Rev. DR.. j. P. Brushingham,
of. Chicago, the secretary treasurer,
were suggested as the representatives
best fitted for this work, and they
will begin their laborious work as
soon as sufficient funds are in hand.
REMEMBER THE PRIMARIES
EPnLrAIRE 0H
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24

To promote the best interests
of the republican party in the
county of Middlesex.
To eliminate bossism and
corporation control of the repub-
lican party.
To further the cause of equal
taxation, limited franchises,
taxation of franchises, popular
selection of United States sena-
tors, popular interest in primary
elections, and such other pro-
gressive measures as may be
necessary in the interest of the
people.
To promote honest elections
and prevent political corruption
in every form.
I M pledged to the people
only, and consider myself the
candidate of all who are oppos-
ed to political debauc-5ry and
graft.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
FARMERS
HEAR ABOUT NEW IDEA"
William H. Parry, of Newark, Tells
Then What is Being Done
Throughout the State.

FLEMINGTON, Aug. 24.-Much
favorable comment was heard today
on the speech of William H. Perry,
of Newark, supporting the Colby
movement, at the Hunterdon county
farmers picnic. Commencing with
the story of the fight Of Pagan in
Jersey City and of Colby in Essex,
he told how the new movement was
responsible for the enactment of laws
limiting the franchises of public SER
vice corporations and compelling the
railroads to pay a larger share of
the burdens of taxation. He com-
pared the railroad legislation that
had beer passed by legislatures in
bygone years with the dog law that a
certain democratic statesman asked
his lawyer to draw for him.
81 want a dog law" he said, that
will please my constituents, but that
won't interfere with the rights of the
dog"
1.-THE Arrowsmith bill, which was
favored by the Colby men in the last
legislature" he continued, would
have made the railroads contribute
to this years taxes, instead of keep
ing it off for another year. The joint
effect of the Hillery and Avis bills,
passed last year, is to defeat to some
extent, the purpose of the equal taxa
ton bill by compelling an assessment
of the property of the private land
owner at a higher rate than before,
while the railroad assessments re-
main nearly stationary.
1--WE favor a bill compelling a COM
mittee of the senate or house to give
up a bill committed to it upon the de-
mand of 20 per cent. of the members
of that body. With such a bill upon
the statutes 1t would be impossible to
smother a worthy measure like the
employers liability bill, introduced
by Assemblyman Martin last year.
We also favor a bill compelling the
registration of all lobbyists. We
want to remove as far as possible
all chance of temptation to the man
who goes to represent us in the halls
of Trenton.
THE believers in the new move
ment believe in clean politics, both in
the republican party and in the DEM
ocratic. Personally, l would be glad
to see the reform element in the
democratic party gain the ascendency
in that party and overthrow the
bosses, who have dominated a great
political party solely for selfish and
corporate purposes.
This new movement is spreading.
Last year the figst was made in Essex
by Colby and in Hudson by Pagan.
Men like General Grub and former
Assemblyman George Wildes have
taken up the fight in Burlington.
Over in MiddleseX, Colonel Fordyce
is waging a bitter fight on the Strong
machine. In the nearby county of
Union, Runyon has discarded a lu-
crative office to take up the fight for
reform. But while these men are
the leaders, the fight is the peoples
fight"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
O. U. A. NJ. State Convention.

MOUNT HOLLY, Aug. 24:-The
state convention of the Order of Unit
ed American Mechanics of New Jer-
sey will be held in Red Mems Hall
here, Wednesday, September 5, and
for this event elaborate preparations
are being made by the members OF
Washington Council No. 10, OF this
place. Sessions will be held during
the day and evening.
Mount Holly is the home of III re-
firing state councillor, Walter w.
sherman. In addition to providing
luncheon for the visitors, Washing
on Council will present each dele
gate with one of the handsome SOU
yenir badges that have been pur-
chased.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
Funds for Meadow Improvement.

A mortgage recorded in the coun-
ty clerks office, Jersey City, Tues
day, following the borrowing of
$4,000 from the New Jersey Ter
minal Dock and Improvement Com
pany, by the Hackensaclk Meadows
Company, was signed by w. G. Kin
ney and f.. w. Walz, the former be-
ing identified with the banking firm
of Harvey Fisk &c Sons, of New York.
The additional funds are needed to
continue the work of reclaiming the
meadow land between Jersey City
and Newark. The mortgage, which
was filed on Tuesday, pledges 1887
acres Of marsh land near Kearny,
on the west bank of the Passaic riy-
err. The loan is for sixty days.