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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-26
POLICE COURT NEWS.
John Benish Fined $40 for DisOr-
derby Conduct.

John Berish. of Gypsytown, was
fined $40 by the recorder this morn
ing on a charge of intoXication and
disorderly conduct. Berish's jag was
the cause of much connection last
night on Inslee street and the extent
of the fuss was such that three Off
GERS went, not knowing but what a
general row was going on. no one
seemed at fault except Berish and he
was placed under arrest by Patrol
mar Quinlan. The heavy fine was
levied this morning because of the
trouble Berish caused; and the fact
that he has frequently been arrested
before was also taken into considera-
ton.
Hans Hansen, of 27 Grace street,
charged by George Hamilton with as
sault and battery, was discharged.
Andrew Anderson, of 500 State
street, was held in default of $500
bonds on a charge of threatening his
wife.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-26
HUGHES
SICK FROM WORRY,
Nervous Break-d down Follows Acct
dent to an EmpIOye-Has Been
Away Three Weeks.

NEW BRUNSWICK. Mar. PR.
w. Hughes, the Church street laun-
dryman. has been suffering for three
weeks from a general break down of
his nervous system and a heavy cold.
His condition grew so alarming three
weeks ago that he. at the advice of
his physician. left the city, to keep
as far as possible from business cares
or anything which might worry him.
He has been visiting his sister-in-
law, Mrs. Henderson, in West Hobo
ken. where he still is. His son George
said yesterday that his father was
much better. The rest has greatly
benefited him. Mr.. Hughes also said
his father had worried a good deal
about the accident which befell his
driver a short time ago, when he was
him off the laundry wagon, nearly
him off the launrdy wagon, nearly
fracturing the mans skull and demol-
ishing the wagon. Much of the laun-
dry was also lost.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-26
CITY BRIEFS
COOOOO

A local contractor who mad iall-
Ii TO place a light where some eX-
bvating is being done at Lewis and
Water streets. was notified last night
} place a ligAt there 10 safeguard
edestrians.
Proprietor Fox altered his plans
br a dance in Wilder Hall and none
las held there Saturday night.
=Patrolman McDermott found a
ankmap~ buying =, stolen stuff from
vequisite age at Fay
Csrfeet and Willocks Lane Satur-
" afternoon and the stuff was re-
brned to the owners, p. White &
|ons.
Am officer was last night com
lained to by a Washington street
Ian whose twelve-year-old son did
BIT wish to remain under the par
btal roof.
The Anchor Club held a meeting
the Anchor house, in New Bruins
|ick avenue, yesterday afternoon.
hey talked over a number OF things.
bit it is understood that no plans
|r anything special were made.
While coming down Smith street
is morning, shortly before Q
a team of horses owned by
NJ. Peterson & Son, coal and wood
baked at Smith and State
-Lehigh Valley engine 554, which
! told in Saturdays NEWS. was
hdly injured at the Washington
|reet crossing of the Valley, is I'M
frgoing repairs at the local shops.
Curling which is TO be placed
long Madison avenue, is being I'M
hded today. The contractor expects
be able 10 get to work shortly.
Work on the State street wafer
Jain has been held up the past few
hys because of the bad weather,
-Workmen in the employ of
hris Deidrickson are at work today
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-26
BLOC MFIELD
NOT THROUGH
Writes to New Brunswick Paper
About Jackson Latest
Bridge Bill.

Charles A. Bloomfield has not yet
finished with the Amboy bridge. He
is interesting himself in the Dill SEN
ator Jackson has introduced Ill the
senate to localize hat monumental
Job. Which side he is on may be IN
ferred from what he has to say IN
transmitting to the New Brunswick
Press a copy of the bill. He writes
10 that newspaper as follows:
hand YOU a copy of senate bill NO.
1852, and in my opinion it is wrongly
denominated and should be named;
AN act to encourage crime and
wrongdoing in public officials II 10
protect them in such acts.
The bill was introduced by Senator
Jackson for the purpose OF legallzlnG
all the acts of the late board of emo
sen freeholders of MiddleseN county,
in connection with what is known as
the county bridge at Perth Amboy.
In September, 1902. the board of
chosen freeholders gave to the Sand
ford & Harris company a contract to
build a spile bridge over the Raritan
river at the Amboys for $146,95O.
Their mode of doing so was absolute
w Illegal. and therefore, the CON
tract being null and void, the con-
tractors are only entitled to the ac-
tual value Of the work done, when
according 10 the testimony of experts,
is some forty or fifty thousand dol
lars less than the amount agreed
upon. which with interest, amounts
to nearly one hundred thosuand dol
lars.
Again in July, 1905, the said board
of chosen freeholders would have fol
lowed out the same proceedings and
illegally have given out another CON
tract to substitute $50 feet of steel
spans on stone or concrete piers Tor
smiling for about double the value OF
the work, had they not been stopped
in consequence of legal proceedings.
Again on the 30th day of December,
1905, lust twenty-four hours before
their term of office expired, they bra
zenly gave out another contract for
three hundred feet additional, not
withstanding that they had no right
to do so, and to the same contractors,
thereby committing a crime, for
which ! hold they should be held
criminaIly and civilly liable, and the
prosecutor will not do his duty unless
he brings this matter before the
grand jury and has those responsible
for such work indicted.
Should the Legislature pass senate
bill No. 1862, they will legalize this
work. put a premiu mon crime, and
prevent suits being brought to recov-
er the excess paid by the freeholders
to the contractors.
Sincerely yours,
CHARLES A. BLOOMFIELD.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-26
YAQUIS ARE
ON WARPATH
Senior Pedro Meza and Party
Amhushed and Shot Seven
Victims of Indian Cruelty.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 26.-News
has reached this city of the murder
of five members of the family of Pedro
McZa. president of La Dura, i'll sonora,
Mexico. and brothcr-in-law of Fred
erick Hartmann. president OF the VIII
liam Hoe@e company Of Los Angeles
and two others. All We're maSSacred
nv Indians within a few miles of their
home and their bodies left in the road
WAY between ortiz and La Dura until
- sufficient number of Mexican troops
could he sent to overawc the raidin.
outlaws and bring in the victims. The
names of those killed are:
Senior Pedro Mcza, president of La
pula. IL rich mining contractor and one
of the most prominent men in the dis
trict.
Sonora Elyira Me2a, wife of the pres
ident.
Scnoritas Carmen. Eloisa and Pan
chetta Mezn. eighteen, twenty and
twenty-three years Of age, their daugll-
tiers.
Mrs. Wenceslaus Hoff, an old friend
Of MeZa.
Theodore Hotf. twenty-four years of
age. her only son.
Three members of the Meza family
survive. They are the infant son Of
Pedro Meza aud two young daughters.
Mercedes and Elvira. The children
had been left at home in La Dura
when the rest of the family drove i'll
carriages to Guaymas. Returning
from Guaymas. the party stopped at
Ortiz. and it is supposed they were
joined there by Mrs. Hoff and her son.
Here, it is said, they learned of the
presence of Il band of Yaquis in the
Los Otates mountains, near Otates
pass. through which they would have
to travel to reach La Dura.
The worst of the gorge IA passed,
and they had entered the wider valley.
when from every ledge and mountain
of debris came the crack or rifles. The
men charged desperately up the slopes,
calling upon their heads a rain of lead.
to divert the fire from those they would
be bound to protect. In this way they
fell with their faces to the unseen foe.
The last desperate stand of the sur
vivors was made in the shelter of the
overturned carriage. and they fought
back. dying. but still fighting to the
last. knowing that there was ne mercy
for them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-26

RUMFORD FALLS. Me-. March 26.
-Alonzo II. Gilman of South Berwick
has constructed Il ~'rockophone." 1t IS
the only ''rockophone" in the world
perhaps. Fifty-two rocks. in four oc-
tavcS. are placed III IA case which re-
rocks and little rocks are combined.
The performers oil this peculiar instru-
mcnt strike the rocks with lignum
vitae mlllctS. The tone of the "rockO-
phone is unlike that of any other in
strumcnt in the world.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-26
Mock Hanging Nearly Fatal.

COTDERSPORT. y. Y, March DC
In imitation of the recon hanging of
Charles Brewster here two schoolboys
hanged Eddie Bentley. their school
mate, to the bell rope of a schoolhouse
in West Branch while playing Sher-
ill." He was cut down by Miss Grace
Reynolds. his teacher. just in time to
save his life. He was unconscious. his
neck was badly lacerated. and Il physi-
clan said he barely escaped with his
Fife
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-26
FIGHT ON THIS week
FOR TAXATION BILL.
Continued from Page ~

Of assemblymen by districts has not
yet been reported. Major Lentz, the
Essex boss, has abandoned his fight
to overcome the Colby recognition
which the measure gives 10 Essex,
and the republican leaders have
agreed to modify the MiddleseX coun-
ty lines to suit Perth Amboy. The
bill. therefore, is not likely to meet
opposition. The MiddleseX lines will
he changed so that the townships of
Raritan and Piscataway and several
boroughs will go into the second dis
trict with New Brunswick, leaving
Perth Amboy and Woodbridge town
ship TO constitute the first district.
This makes the population of the two
districts very nearly equal.
Senator 'Frelinghuysen's automo-
bile. which had such a stormy road OF
il in the senate before it finally pass
ed that body, is now in the hands of
the house committee on judiciary
and probably will be reported this
week.
MI. Colby's lobby bill, which pass
ed the senate without any opposition,
is now in the hands Of a committee
in the house, and if the bill gets to a
point Of third reading its final adop-
ton is practically certain.
There are "A number of important
matters that have not yet gotten be-
yond the point of the Introduction of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-26

Special to the EVENING NEWS:
NEW BRUNSWICK, Mar. 26.-
Decision was reserved in the district
court this morning in the suit of Max
Secarney VS.. T. Diamond, both of
Perth Amboy, for 500. George Sill
Ter was counsel for Secarney and J.
y. Stricken, for Diamond.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-26
40 U

Commencing mex Sunday the for
tr hours devotion will start in St.
Mary's Roman Catholic church. Be
sides the pastor and his assistants.
TWO Passionist priests from New
York will be here. One of the visit
Ing priests will speak Sunday morn
ing and the other Sunday night. The
forty hours devotion will end Mon
day night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-26

NAPLES, March 2G.-J. Scott of Spo-
kane, WASH, is dead here OF heart fail
IRE. Mr.. Scott IA siXty-two years
old.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-26

ST. PETERSEN RG. March 26.-"Re-
ports of attempts to inspire maSSacreS
Of The Jews during EaStcrtidc begin
ming April - in RUSSIA unfortunately
are true" said II high parsonage whose
nam and position cannot be indicated,
but whose competency to speak on the
situation can be vouchcd for. Recent
developments have %prciudic2d their po-
Sition in Russia"
The Press., 1906-10-24

Vegetable Compound had saved other women
from serious operations decided to try IL,
and in less than four months was entirely
cured; and words fail to express my thank
fulness.n
Miss Margret Merlzley, of 275 81
Street, Milwaukee, Wis, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
Loss of strength, extreme nervousness,
severe shooting pains through the pelvic
organs, cramps bearing down pains, and an
irritable disposition compelled me to seek
medical advice. The doctor, after making
an examination said that / had serious
female trouble and liberation, and advised an
operation as my only hope. To this strongly
objected-and decided as last resort to try
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound.
ITO my surprise the liberation healed all
the bad symptoms disappeared, and am once
more strong, vigorous and well; and can
not express my thanks for what it has done
for me-"
Serious feminine troubles are steadi-
~ on the increase among wonderland
before submitting to an operation
every woman should try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
write Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass.
for advice.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been curing
the worst forms of female complaints,
all functional troubles, Inflammation,
liberation, falling and displacement,
weakness, irregularities, indigestion
and nervous prostra ton. Any woman
who could read the many grateful
letters on file in Mrs. Pinkham's Office
would be convinced of the efficiency of
her advice and Lydia e. Pinkhsm's
Vegetable Compound.
N Best Understands q WomAR'e Ills.
The Press., 1906-10-24

Three schools for the instructor OF
Divers are maintained by the British
navy. The diving service is composed
entirely Of volunteers. No man is pass
ed as candidate who has a short neck
is full blooded or shows a forid com
psexion. Those suffering from bm-
paints affecting the head Or heal kor
having a sluggish circulation are also
excluded. Six weeks of training at a
Lying school fits man for open sea
work. 1T is essential to descend and
ascend very slowly owing to the eff.
fects of the great. change Of pressure.
A man of strong constitution is not
advised to ascend faster than two feet
a second when the depth does not ex-
coed eighty feet. The men in training
are first taken to slight depths, which
are gradually increased to a maximum
of 12O feet. The normal limit is $50
feet, to which practiced divers often go.
The Press., 1906-10-24

The elephants howdah is that bed
Of Procrustes, in which one can neither
sit nor stand with any approach to
reasonable ease, and in which re-
cumbent attitude is impossible, says
Blackwood's Magazine. It's advantages
are, first, that standing In 1t a man
can shoot on every side of him; second,
that it is convenient for the carriage
Of the occupants paraphernalia-h
guns on racks on either side, his am
munition in a trough in front, his
other requisites in leather pockets here
and there on the sides of the machine
and his bed blanket on the seat-and,
third, that in a hinder compartment
an attendant can stand to hold that
monstrous umbrella over his head, or
when quick loading is required take
from his hand the gun just fred and
recharge it. These are the advantages.
Otherwise the howdah is an abomina-
ton.
The Press., 1906-10-24
ANIMALS AND SCENT.

| One of the Miracles of Nature Thai
Is Past Understanding.
| One of the most interesting of all the
miracles Of nature Is scent as applied
to animals. The subject is neither un
derstood nor eXplainable. Whether il
| Is q sixth sense or a marvellous devel
opment of one of the five is uncertain
Quite likely, however, it has very little
relation to that sense which we know
as smell. ....-
To the sportsman the quality of scent
Is extremely important. When the all
is dry and the ground hard there is lit
tie scent. When the wind is north or
east scent is either largely wanting or
does not readily diffuse itself. A
southerly wind without rain and q
westerly wind, if not too rough, are
| most favorable to it. Of course if the
wind is strong it blows the scent away,
and severe storms entirely destroy it.
1t Is very difficult for a dog to follow
| scent just after shower, and it is
dispersed by the hot sun as we'll as
by the storm. 1t is a fact also that
body as from its feet.
There is no time that a dog will fol-
low a scent better than when the track
Is made upon white frost If the frost
is thick over the track. of course the
scent is buried, but as soon as it be-
gins to disappear the dog follows it
easily. During thaws or melting snow
scent seems to dissipate rapidly. Sled
paths, swamp bottoms, dry wood and
ice are all bad for holding or preserv
ing scent, and so are sandy places and
Of course plowed fields when the feet
sink in so deep that the earth is likely
to fall over them.
Another peculiar thing about scent
Is that it generally ceases as soon as
the animal is dead. This, at any rate,
is the claim, and, for that matter, al
most all knowledge concerning scent is
merely made by observation and is
rather unscientific, or at least liable to
be erroneous. 1t is claimed also that
nature often protects animals in the
breeding season, so that they give out
but little scent. For illustration, the
coon gives no scent from spring until
about the middle Of August, when the
young begin to take care of themselves,
and their scent increases with their
age and size. Both the rabbit and the
coon have very little scent, but the fox,
deer, moose and elk give out a strong
scent and can be followed by a dog
long after the track is fresh. Birds
give but little scent, and it has been
claimed that quail close their feathers
closely when the dog is near and thus
destroy their scent altogether. &
Whether scent as we understand it
as applied to animals is the same quail
ity that human beings possess in smell.
ing a flower is uncertain. Just how
dog, for Illustration, can distinguish
the track of his master from that of
some one else or from score of otsers
perhaps hours after the track has been
made is simply one of those marvellous
miracles that are as incomprehensible
as eternity or limitless space.-Amateur
Sportsman.
The Press., 1906-10-24
Beware the Hard Toothbrush

"In spite of all that is printed now
adays about the care of the teeth
said an experienced New York dentist
1--WE should have to go out Of business
If we depended upon the patronage of
men and women who have passed the
prime of life. 1t is a mistake to as
sumo that most of the false teeth arc
made for old persons. l venture to say
that scarcely a day passes that a pa
tent we'll in the sixties does not come
to my office for some slight treatment
to an almost perfectly sound set Of
teeth.
II have frequently treated men and
women past fifty who never had q
tooth out and but one or two slight cav
tiles that required filling. On the other
hand, we are repeatedly called upon to
make artificial teeth for very young
persons. l attribute it to the use OF
the hard toothbrush. which is COM
paratively modern invention. The use OF
hard brush even occasionally is a
great mistake. The softest kind of
hogs bristlss makes the best tooth
brush. New York Press.
The Press., 1906-10-24

When q physician tells woman, suf-
fering from female trouble, that an
operation Is necessary it, Of course,
friRhtons her.
The very thought of the operating
table and the knife strikes terror to
her heart As one woman expressed
IL, when told by her physician that she
must undergo an operation, she felt
that her death kneu had sounded.
Our hospitals are full of women
who ara there for just such operationsl
It Is quite true that these troubles
may reach q stage where an operation
Il thu only resource, but such cases are
much rarer than is generally supposed,
because g great many women have
been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound after the doctors
had said an operation must be per-
formed. In fact, up to the point where
the knife must be used to secure instant
relief, this medicine is certain to help.
The strongest and most grateful
statements possible to make come from
women who, by taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, have
escaped serious operations.
Margrite Ryan. Treasurer of St.
Andrews Society, Indianapolis, Ind,
wrAtes OF her cure as follows:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
cannot find words to express my thanks
for the good Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did me. The doctor said could
not gee well unless had an operation for
the troubls from which suffered. knew
could not stand the strain of an operation and
made mp my mind / would be an invalid for
Ma Hearing how Lydia E. Pinkham's
Ank Ira. Plnkham'S AdVICe-A Won
The Press., 1906-10-24

La Prensa is the greatest and most
influential paper in South America. Its
Offices are in Buenos Ayres, Argentina.
situated in magnificent building in
the Avenida. This building Is said to
be one of the most imposing In the
world. 1t has a tower crowned by a
great golden statue of a young woman
representing the Spirit Of the Press.
The proudest possession of La Prensa
Is 5000 horsepower steam operated
siren. Whenever there is an appalling
disaster-the death Of a crowned head
or other event Of worldwide interest
whoop goes La Prensa's siren and is
heard for while throughout the city.
The local government exacts a fine for
this performance, 800 per minute
with minimum Of 5000, and If the
fine Is not paid on the nail the charge
Is double, SO when one man is sent to
operate the screecher another is sent
running with a two hundred dollar bill
to the courts. The next operation is to
drape the above referred to. young
woman's torch with red velvet In case
Of catastrophe; with Grape In the
event Of death. All this causes the
most extraordinary sensation.
The Press., 1906-10-24

Baptist church officiating. The Wales
veteran association was in charge of
the funeral arrangements and attend
ed in body. The burial was in
Laurel Hill cemetery. Mr.. Gardner
was born in Wales and had passed
most of his life in the town. He en-
listed in the 34th Massachusetts vol
unteers and saw considerable service.
At one time he was quite prominent
man in town affairs and held several
town offices. In later years he had
been in feeble health and had been
cared for at the home of Mr.. Durham,
where his death occurred
The Press., 1906-10-24
Her Sum knnta

Sir Robert Ball on one occasion, aft
er delivering a. lecture on ''Sun Spots
and Solar Chemistry" met a young
lady who expressed her regret that she
had missed hearing him on the pre-
vious evening. WELL you see," he
said, II don't Know that it would have
interested you particularly, as it was
all. about sun spots" why" she. re-
Piled. sit would have interested me
extremely, for have been a martyr
to freckles all my life."
The Press., 1906-10-24
Doctors Said He Would Not Live.

Peter Fry, Woodruff, Pa, writes :
After doctoring for two years with the
best physicians in Waynesburg, and still
getting worse, the doctors 1vised me if l
had any business to attend to I had better
attend to it at once, as could not possil
bly, live another month as there was no
cure for me. Foley's Kidney Cure was
recommended to me by a friend and I
Immediately sent my son to the Store for
it, and after taking1 three bottles 1 began
to get better and Continued. to improve
until was entirely well. sAnders Jacob