Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-23
NEW JERSEY AT
WASHINGTON.
Interesting Events Taking Place at
the National Capital in Which
JerSeymen Are Concerned.
(From the NEWS Correspondcnt)

(FrOH the NE WS COrrcSpOHdCHt)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Apr. %
Representative Wood has been invit-
ed to attend as one of the guests OF
honor, the banquet of the NationaI
Manufacturers Association at the
Waldorf-Astoria, New York, on May
16.
Mr.. Wood, with others of the New
Jersey delegation, will attend the
John Paul Jones ceremonies at An
napolis, tomorrow. A special train
will take the congressional party
from this city to Annapolis.
Mr.. Wood is e~ndeavoring, through
the war department, to get some trace
of General j. d. Vroom. a retired L.
s.. army officer, and a brother OF
Judge G. d. w. Vroom, of Trenton.
General Vroom lived at the Hotel
Hyston, San Francisco. The war de-
partment officials promised to advise
Mr.. Wood if any news was received
regarding the general.
1t is expected that the nomination
of Alexander c. Yard as postmaster
of Trenton, made the other day by
Mr.. Wood, will be speedily confirmed
by the senate.
Representative ]. Adah Bede, who
will speak at the banquet of the re-
publican club in Trenton early in
May, said that John w. Griggs, for
mer attorney general of the United
Statac mazda ono IF tha 6poct cuaacb-
es he had ever heard in his talk be-
fore the committee on rivers and har-
bors on Saturday in behalf of the
preservation of Niagara Falls.
Colonel William NJ. Palmer, and
his sister, Mrs. c. E. Bortiner, both
of ~Haddonfield, had a narrow escape
from serious injury on Friday eve
ming. They were getting off an cleo
trio car at 14th street and New York
avenue, when the car started. Mrs.
Fortiner was thrown to the pavement
with considerable force, and in fall
ing she fell against her brother,
knocking him down. Both were pain
fully bruised and were taken to the
George Washington University hos
pital, where their injuries were treat
ed. Colonel Palmer has placed the
matter in the hands of an attorney,
and will endeavor to get damages.
Senators Kean and Dryden have
received a petition from the Pomona
Grange, of Mullica Hill, in favor of
the removal of the duty on denatur-
allied alcohol, and from Headley and
Farmer Company, of Newark, i'll IA
vor of the Payne bill.
Many nice things have been said
about Senator Dryden by his col
leagues since they have learned that
he subscribed one thousand dollars
to the fund for the relief of the San
Francisco sufferers.
Thomas w. Millet, mayor of Cape
May City, has written to Senator Dry
den urging that the bridge spanning
the Raritan river from Perth Amboy
to South Amboy should be opened in
the neal future to the use of the pub
lie. Mr.. Millet has been advised that
the matter is in the hands of the
board of freeholders of Middlesex
county.
Representative Howell has been
advised that a pension has been
granted to Jacob e. Corliss, of Ocean
port, at Sc a month from Jan. "a,
1906.
Thomas w. Graham, of Point
Pleasant, was here on Saturday in
connection with the selection of a site
for the post office, the former site
having been destroyed by fire.
The comptroller of the currency
has approved the application for a
national bank at New Egypt, with a
capital of SIS, 900.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schultz, of Jer-
sey City, Mr.. and Mrs. II. d. b.
Barnes, of Asbury Park, are at the
Raleigh; d. A. Brown, of Trenton, is
at the st. James.
The wedding of Frederick L. Buck
elew, who was graduated from
Princeton university, in 1904, to Miss
Mary H. Elliott. of this city, will take
place on April 2S. Mr.. Buckelew is
well known in New Jersey.
Cards have been issued for the
wedding of Miss Zadie Cobb, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Cobb, to
Cornelius Bliss, Jr., of New York, on
Thursday afternoon of this week. AT
ter a trip IL Europe, they will live at
Sea Bright, Monmouth county.
Mrs. J.. Lesser and daughter have
returned from Lakewood. where they
spent two weeks. E. Heidenheimer,
of this city, is visiting friends at At
lantic City.
n. w. Fraser, of Red Bank. is at
the Raleigh; Mrs. H. j. Cornell, Miss
Cora M. Council, of Montclair, are at
the National; Mr.. and Mrs. r. w,
Cramer, of Trenton, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
C. McCallan, of Bloomfield, are at