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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13
WAC ONS COLLIDE ON
NE " BRUNSWICK AVE.
One Man Wanted Damages as His
Horse Was Iniured--W Was Refer
red to District Court.

A baker wagon owned by Soren
-clsaIensen, Of GO New Brunswick
avenue, ran into and badly injured
the horse of Morris Fellis, of 21
John street, New Brunswick, at noon
today. The accident happened on
New Brunswick avenue, and Fellis
AYERS that Clemensen is to blame
claiming that he deliberately ran in
to his horse, which received two
severe cuts ON the chest from the
shafts of the bakers wagon.
Fellis, who is a wholesale vege-
table dealer from New Brunswick
claims damages and wanted Clemen'
sen arrested, but did not press the
charge on being told that the district
court was the place for his case. II
is thought that the horse will live in
spite of his injuries.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13
CRY BRIEFS
.1OOOOWN1NnXD

"A stray bay mare was found on
New Brunswick avenu at 4 o'clock
this morning by Policeman Niels
Tonnesen. The horse is now at the
stable of Liddle & Pffeifer.
"A number OF children, while
playing in the park Saturday after
noon, pulled a large limb from one
OF the trees.
AT the regular monthly meeting
of the Board of Education tomorrow
night at the high school, another eff
tort will be made to settle the heat
ing and furniture tangle.
The bowling of a sick collie dog
owned by f. J. Palmer, of Gordon
street, was heard by residents of that
mart of town for some distance yes
terday morning. The animal sue
cumbed.
"A number of property-owners
on Gordon street are raising their
sidewalks on account of the new
pavement.
DR.. G. w. Fithian dressed a crush
cd finger for a member of a party of
automobiles that passed through
here on their way to Asbury Park to-
day.
u. j. Flynn. of New Brunswick
avenue, has taken the agency for the
Ohio Fire In%suprance Company, of
Toledo, Ohio.
The Pape building on Smith
street is about ready for occupancy.
Mason & Smith completed sur
veying the lot for the Koehl Tool
Works, on Raritan avenue, last
week. The Koehl Tool Works is
preparing to erect a building so by
100 feet for the manufacture of sur
gical and dental instruments.
"A man whose name is not known
received a five inch scalp wound in a
saloon brawl Saturday night. He
called on DIR. G. w. Tyrrell and had
the cut dressed.
Frank Huda announces that he
has given up the h-orseshoeing
branch of his trade and will here
after do only wagon work, rubber
firing being q speciality.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13
EAGLE A. c.. OUTING
Annual CIambake Was Held at Sen
iOr's Farm Yesterday.

About sixty members of the Eagle
Athletic Club and their friends left
here at $3.50 o'clock yesterday norm
ing for Steve Seniors farm, on the
Metuchen road, where their annual
outing and clambake took place. The
day was spent in playing games,
singing and having a good time in
general.
The bake, which was made by the
veil known caterer, Louis Morris,
was served at 1880 o'clock and thor
oughly enjoyed by all and was voted
as being one of the best that they
had sat down to in some time. The
feature of the day was the two base
han games. The game in the morn
ing was between the Eagles and the
Nowheres and was won by the
Eagles by a score of 10 to II, and in
the afternoon the second game was
between the Eastends and the West
end, which resulted in favor of the
Eastends by a score of 8 to 0. They
returned to this city again about c
o'clock last night. The committee
In charge, who helped to make this
affair a grand success. was Thomas
Cluney, chairman; j. H. Hope, MAY
Kutcher, William Hinkle and So.
Rubenstein.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13
RECEIVE Upton CUP.
Owner Robinson of SIOOp Gauntlet
Gets Prize for Bermuda Race.

George w. Robinson, of New York,
the owner of the sloop Gauntlet,
which with the yawl Tamerlane, fin
ished the recent race to Bermuda for
the Upton cup for sailboats under
fifty feet, has received word of the
shipment by Sir Thomas Upton, on
board the steamship Oceanic from
England, of a handsome cup valued
at about $500. This bears out the ca
blegram SEM by Sir Thomas to Mrs.
Robinson, formerly Miss Thora Lund,
of this city, upon the Gauntlet's ar
rival at Bermuda, stating that he
would award the Gauntlet a special
cup.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13

Rev. Herbert X. England, of Eliz-
abeth, occupied the pulpit in the
Presbyterian church yesterday morn
ing. There was no service in the
evening, but the Christian Endeavor
service in the chapel at 6:55 p. m.
was largely attended. The meeting
was led by Miss Mary Hansen. The
subject vas: "My Favorite Para
Bile" A special Offering was taken
up which amounted to So, which was
for the Fresh Air Camp at Keans-
burg, N. J.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13
KIEFER YACHT
WON THE CUP
Exciting Finish in SaiIbOat Race
Of Raritan Yacht CIub----HOId
Race Every Saturday.

In an exciting finish, after a beau
tiful race, the Minnie H., owned by
Louis Kiefer, of Tottenville, Won the
Raritan Yacnt Club cup for sailboats
Saturday afternoon by only five sec
onds, from the Wasp, owned by Vice
Commodore n. p. T. Macan, of the
Raritan Yacht Club. Mr.. Macan sue
ceeded in blanketing the Tottenville
boat at the finish and forcing it out
side of the buoy. Mr.. Macan could
have claimed the race, as the Minnie
II. had not crossed the line. He did
not do SO, however, and the judge
awarded the race to the Kiefer boat,
which was sailed by Edward Lyons
and Abram Simonson.
The race was sailed over the new
course, which proved so satisfactory
that it will, in all probability, be
adopted by the clubs regatta com
mittee.
it affords a better view of the
yachts from this shore at all times
and gives the yachts deep water on
all tides. 1t is about fourteen miles
in length, and is as follows: From the
dub house, around a stakeboat off
Cheesequake, then around the boun-
Diary beacon, thence around the buoy
off the yacht club, and again over the
same course. The rules required the
boats to sail west of buoy 10 and
east of the lighthouse. The time
limit was three and one-half hours.
The preparatory gun was fired at
1856 o'clock, and the starting gun at
2 O'Clock. The gun was fired also for
each starter.
Ten boats had been entered for
Saturdays race, but only six started.
The Housman's Just Woke Up and
the Lizzie H., two Railway entries,
did not appear, and Gunderson's
Skylark and Evans Ideal, two local
craft, did not start, the latter boat
having too much water in it.
The starters, with their times of
starting, according to the handicaps,
and the times at which they finished,
were as follows, the boats being, be-
sides the Minnie H. and the Wasp,
L, V. Emanhel's Cobweb; w. A.
Jacks Angora; C~hristiansen's Es-
meralda, from To~ttenville, and the
Cl,o.,,,-l I@,F
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13
DOUBLE WEDDING HAD
TO BE ABANDONED

Special to the EVENING NEWS:
NEW BRUNSWICK. Aug. 19:-
Miss Anna Cashier and her sister,
Miss Sadie Cashier, daughters OF Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Cashier, of Rail-
road n were introduced to
Glenn A. Halliday and his brother,
Vincent Halliday, two years ago.
Each IL man admired a different
young woman; each young woman
was attracted to the man who cared
for her. 1t was a great opportunity
for Cupid, and before long plans
We're formulated for a double we'd
ding. A short time ago Miss Sadie
Cashier was taken i'll, and the
double wedding was abandoned. But
Miss Anna r. Cashier and Glenn
Halliday were married last week by
Rev. Joseph Horner, and they are
now on their wedding journey: Miss
sadie Cashiers marriage to Vincent
Halliday will take place in the fall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13
CAUGHT BIC SNAPPER.
]. F. WOrreII's Venerable Father-in-
Law Hooked 20 Founder.

Fishing with a hand line and small
hook for catfish, Peter Antonides,
father-in-law of J. F. Worrell, the
restauranteur of Smith street, caught
a swapping turtle weighing twenty
nine pounds in Swimming river, near
Red Bank, a few days ago. He
brought the large snapper to this city
Saturday and it was prepared to be
served to Mr.. Worrell's patrons. An
tonides is an experienced fisherman,
eighty-nine years of age, and he play
ed the turtle when he found what he
had hooked until, after some time he
succeeded in landing it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13
Objected to the Material.

NpcclNE 20 the EVENING NE WS:
NEW BRUNSWICK, Aug. 10
The Public Service Corporation, in
accordance with a resolution of com
mon council, started to repair the
macadam pavement on French street
Saturday. They dumped a mixture
of broken stone and dirt OIL the road.
Aiderman-at-large Groves insisted
that the material was not fit for a
macadam road, and he instructed
Street Commissioner Farrell to stop
the work until proper material was
supplied.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13
CONEY ISLAND
CROWD REBELS
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Puts
Thousands OFF Its Cars Re-
fuse to Pay Extra Nickel.

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-One woman
may die from her injuries, scores were
hurt and mistreated and over 1GU,OOO
persons We're put to discomfort or III
danger of their lives when the Brook
Ign Rapid Transit and the Coney Is
land and Brooklyn Railway companies
refused to accept Justice Gaynor opln-
ion that they had no right to collect Il
second fare from Manhattan to Coney
Island. Many passengers and two I'M
portant officials of the company were
arrested, one of the latter twice. -Four
inspectors of the company were also
arrested.
The police failed miserabiy in ham
ding the crowd, and not until Deputy
Commissioner O'Keeffe took personal
command did they try to protect the
public or put any stop to the rutiianism
rampant all day.
The railroad sought to block Deputy
Commissioner O'Keeffe in his efforts to
1Cl lliC NbIo IulllllnS. anu NV hiti
Dow f. Smith, general superintendent
of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit com
pany, had been arrested and Ii. c.
Davis, superintendent of the Culver
division, had been arrested twice did
the road pretend to obey the orders of
the police. Deputy Commissioners
O'Keeffe forced Davis to resume run
ming cars after the officials of the road
had ordered the motormen away from
them. At that time 600 cars were
blocked, making a line two miles long
The police took charge of the soma
phores and other signals. and every
car after 1890 a. III. left Coney Islant
with a policeman on board to force hin
to run through and to keep him from
deserving the car
Commissioner O'Keeffe went ava!
shortly before midnight, when he
thought things were running smooth
ly once more. Scarcely was he out o
sight when the railroad started dump
ing passengers into the street again
They chose a new dumping grOunt
this time. Instead of at Kensington
passengers We're elected at Sixteenth
avenue, three blocks farther up thu
line.
BY . o'clock the decentralization wa
worse than ever. The Brooklyn Rapit
Transit inspectors, who had been ar
rested, were all out on bail and tax
ing their vengeance on the passengers
Cases of %unprovoked brutality occurred
too often to be recorded. AT , o'clocl
all trolley cars on the Culver line were
stopped. although thousands Of persons
many of them women and children
were still at the island seeking to fine
some way to get home.
The Culver line, into which half
dozen different lines converge, was tn
one Nmost affected. but rioting occurred
also on the Smith street line of tn,
Coney Island and Brooklyn railway
where, among others, an old blind ma
was literally thrown out head first, al
though he declared that he had paiC
his fare. He got no sympathy, how
ever either from the special or cit.
police. who found the incident anus
ing.
After Il day of almost indescribabl
turmoil. of acts of brutality by r%ailroaI
men, aided and allotted by the police
close on to threc-quarters of IL milliol
of persons had been affected.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13
LOOKING AFTER THE
HEALTH OF THE CITY,

Health Inspector G.. w. Fithian
has notified Cortlandt Parker in re-
gard to the garbage dumping ground
at South First street requesting him
10 sees that the nuisance is abated.
In conversation with a NEWS re-
porter. this morning, DR.. Fith1an
said that he has quietly been maxi
ing Investigations of a number OF
unhealthy places that have been
complained of recently, and hat the
conditions of nearly all of them are
as stated in the complaints.
1t was learned this morning that
a load of fish had been added to the
heap of refuse now in the hole at the
northern part of the dumping
ground near the slippery meadows.
The inspector has not had time to
investigate the report as yet, but it
is said that the people nearby claim
that the individuals who are in the
habit of using it for a place to throw
their rubbish, still continue to do SO.
On account OF the warm weather the
stencil is still more prominent than
usual. and nearby residents say that
sonnet g should be done at once to
abolish it,.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13
CIRCLE GROWING

A meeting of the Workingmen's
C4'cle was held last night. All mem
bdrs were present. One new member
was taken in and two new members
WIRE proposed. /. Berger acted as
chairman. J.. Leider gave a lengthy
discussion on the movement of Soc
ialism and a recitation was given by
i, Berger, entitled, 1.-THE Shoemaker
iii Heaven" j. Robbins, financial
secretary, resigned, and S. Golub was
! Elected in his place. The meeting
Mosed~at IL O'Clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13

The Judge was w. A. Crowell, and
the starter was e. X. Southwick. The
judges of the purse were George
Schantz, John E. Sofield and w. A,
Belcher, who followed the yachts in
powerboats, seeing that they held to
the course, diagrams of which had
been supplied to each contestant, to-
gether with all details as to time and
requirements.
Another race will be sailed next
Saturday and on succeeding Satur-
days. A cup will be awarded each
week. The members of the regatta
committee are George Schantz, chair
man; John n. Sofield, w. A. Belcher,
Il. X. Southwick, and William Han
son.
Hundreds on the shore watched the
race.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, Aug.
13.-The tug Shawanese, from Perth
Amboy for Boston, towing barges
Eckley, Bristol, Bizarre and Buttress,
when leaving here yesterday morning
was obliged to return on account OF a
leak in her boiler. Temporary re-
pairs were made anG she proceeded
with her tow.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13
STEALS HIS BOTTLES
Walter Mullins Complains to the
Police of the Matter.

Walter Mullins, a milkman, has
reported to the police that a man
has been stealing his milk bottles
for some time. This morning he
AYERS that he saw the fellow deliber-
ately secure some more OF thom. AS
yet no warrant has been sgTo.n out.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13
DOG WENT MAD.
Created Some Excitement in CataI-
pa Avenue-FinaIIy Shot.

Some excitement was created on
Catalpa avenue last night by a dog
going mad, The animal was tied.
and it's bowls brought a large crowd
TO watch the struggles to escape.
A man with a revolver finally shot
the brute, and put it out of it's mis-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13

Some Of the want advertisers in to-
days NEWS will be more widely read
in and about this city during the next
"a hours than will Dickens or Bal
FAC.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13

Better late than never is not SO
good a maxim as Better never late"
Especially does this apply to those
who answer ads.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13

Never trouble trouble till trouble
troubles you"-and then take the
sting out of 1t with a want ad.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13

Everybody advert1ses in the EVE
MING NEWS because everybody
reads the NEWS, and everybody
reads the NEWS because they can
read everybody's adv. besides get the
news concerning everybody.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-13

Subscribe for The NEWS
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-07
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The play when Knighthood Was
In Flower" affords great OBJ
iportnnity for lavishness In scenery,
settings. properties and costumes, and
1T Is said that every advantage of the
many openings along this line has.
been taken by Ernest Shipman. by
whom the play is being produced this
season.
/ According to the advance man, from
the standpoint of scenic investiture
alone the play is well worth seeing,
nut when the company producing 1t
Is taken into consideration, he who
misses an opportunity of seeing It
must need have very urgent business
to attend to on the night of its pre-.
sentation.
Miss Anna Day is the star of the
company. which appears here tomor.
row afternoon and night.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-07
DIRECT BOAT LINE
TO THE EXPOSITION
Mr.. McGarviI Arranges With o. d.
Land Co. For Use Of
Pier A,

Mr. II. +. McGarvie vice-president
anc general manager of the James
town Exposition Excursion and
Steamboat Company, was in The
city Yesterday for the purpose of ar.
rRpsing with the Old Dominion
Land Company for the use of pier
a rs docking place for "a steamer
which Is to ply directly between
THIS city and the exposition wharf
during the tercentennial. Sat;slac.
tory arrangements were made with
the land company.
The company which Mr.. McGarvie
represents will operate what will
be known as the Water Belt Line"
lis steamers touching at Norfolk,
Portsmouth, this city, Old Point,
Hampton and the exposition grounds.
Frequent trips will be made to
jamestown island and, If the bust
ness jnstifies, there will he q reg
ular service up the river to the
island. Five or six steamers v
be employed at the start and others
will be put on as they are needed.
Mr.. McGarvic says that wonderful
progress is being made on the en-
position grounds: that the company.s
affairs are In better shape than any
other exposition has been five
m rths before the date set for
opening. IIe declares that in New
York great interest Is being mani
Tested in the approaching cxposi.
tion and that the New York and
Brooklin public schools have asked
Tor the company's literature for
distribution among the pupils.
Discussing the preparations for
entertaining the exposition crowds
Mr.. McGarvie said that the problem
of how TO transport the people to
and from the grounds would prove
the most troublesome one to solve.
FIe Is of the opinion that it will
BIO impossible for the Norfolk and
Atlantic Terminal Company to hat
die the crowds that will want 70
travel between Norfolk and the ex-
position.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-07
Old DomI0|on Liner Princess Anne
to be Heightened.
BIDS MILL Be OPENED MONDAY
Local Yard Has Landed Two Similar
Contracts from Same Company and
is Almost Certain to Get This
One. x .-lG1KIE

Bids for lcngthening the Old Do
minion liner Princess Anne DC feet
will be opened In the main offices of
the Old Dominion Steamship Company
at New York Monday and the con.
tract for the work probably will be
awarded the lowest bidder sometime
next week The job will cost about
$l25 900
Tho local yard will submit an esti-
mate on the work and II Will very
probably land the contract. as 1t has
already heightened the Old Dominion
liner Hamilton and Is now lcngthen-
Ing the steamer jefferson of the same
line. The work on the Princess Anne
VIII require several months for COM
Dlction and during that time the Old
Dominion company will charter an
extra steamer for the route between
Newport News and New York
The Princess Anne probably will
be the last Of the Old Dominion fleet
TO be heightened. as the Monroe Is of
such great tonnage that 1t would not
he feasible to lcngthen her and the
jamestown very probably will not be
altered.
About year ago tho freight trade
between Newport News ana Norfolk
nnd New York became so large that
the Old Dominion fleet was
nnnble to handle II properly and the
OFFICIALS of the company decided to
iengthen the Hamilton. jefferson and
princoss Anne. Later It was forescen
mat with three of the vessels of tho
fieet heightened the company would
not be able to properly take care of
me steadily increasing traffic and
about n month ago II was decided to
nave new freight steamer built for
me service Tho contract for the con.
s,rhction Of that vessel has been let
INC local ward and she will he com.
nlctcd within n wear. The work of
lon"thcning tho Princess Anne proh.
nhiv VIII not he started until after
'"At on tho jefferson has been com.
wcted. which Will he within tho next
two months.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-07

tacle not often seen I'm this section
I'm December that Of an electrical
display in the heavens. Flash after
flash of lightning played across the
sky In the southwest and the distant
roar Of thunder was plainly audible.
A southwesterly gale swept over
this city all day yesterday and was
accompanied last night by a heavy
dOwnpour of rain. The storm moder-
ated about 10 o'clock and before mid.
night the clouds had passed away.
but later the skys became overcast
with mantle OF heavy grey ana at
midnight there were indications of
more bad weather today.
The wind did considerable damage
In various parts of the city yesterday
afternoon, smashing I'm a large plate
glass window in |. Mirmelstein' s.
clothing store at $500 Washington
avenue. and blowing down numerous
telephone and telegraph wires. The
trolley wire on the Newport News &
Old Point line OH Twenty-fourth street
between West and Washington ave.
nucs was blown down about 6 O'Clock
and it was mn hour before the wire
could be repaired. In the meantime
the cars operated between the Ches.
apeake & Ohio depot and Fifty-fihth
street were unable to run on schedule
time as one OF the cars was mt the
depot when the accident occurred and
was compelled to remain there until
after Z o'clock last night.
The gale which swept across James
river from the southwest kicked up
considerable sen in the harbor and
made navigation exceedingly difficult
FOR small craft. So far as was report
ed no damage was done along the wa.
iterfront by the seas.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-07
GROOM SEVENTY-FIVE;
BRIDE SEVENTY.THREE
Mrs. Sarah Gibson and William
West Married by Rev. D. S.
Henkel.

Mrs. Sarah Gibson, aged 73 years.
ana Mr.. William West, rs years old,
were married ut the home OF the
bride on the Boulevard at 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon by Rev. D. s.
Henklc, pastor of the Twcnty-fourth
street Christian church. The mar
rage was attended by number
of people from this city and Hamp
ton.
The bride wore gown OF grey
cloth and the parlors OF the little
home were decorated for the &C.
cnslon.
This Is the the fourth time Mrs.
Gibson has been welded. The first
was In England when she was 90
years old and the second occurred in
that country some nineteen years
afterwards. With her second hus.
band she came to this country
lie died more than ten years ago.
Later she married Mr.. Gibson
and was only recently divorced from
him. This Is the first time tho
groom has been married.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-07
Chauncey Atcott.

Chauncey Olcott, sweet singer and
clever delineator OF romantic Irish
roles. will appear in Newport News
on next Wednesday In II new play en-
litled Eileen Ashore (Ellen, my
treasure) from the pen of Theodore
Burt Sayre.
The role of Richard Temple in
which he will be seen is said to af-
ford him peculiar opportunities In
which to display his versatility as an
actor He has new songs too, this
season--four OF them-and they are
sure TO have vogue as Olcott songs
always do have. One OF them-Ol-
colts Love Song-arouses interest
from Its mere title. Manager Angus
Jus Pitou has made most preten-
tious production of the new play.