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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-08-31
LEFT HOSPITAL
DURING NIGHT
Woman from Roosevelt, InCar-
Cerated by Husband. Alleged
10 be Insane.
Special to the EVENING NEWS:

NEW BRUNSWICK, Aug. al
Mrs Merona Kabista, of Roosevelt,
who was jailed here by her husband
as an insane person and who later al
legged that her husband had tried to
poison her and had put her in jail
so that he could pay attentions to
another woman, escaped from Wells
Hospital in her nightgown early yes
terday. She had been sent there Dy
the county physician for stomach
trouble treatment The police are
trying to locate her. She may have
gone back to her home. She alleged
that matches were put in the soups
and other foods by her husband and
that when he did so he never ate any
of the victuals.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-08-31
DRUG STORE
WAS ROBBED
F. A. Seaman's Pharmacy on
State Street Entered --$4 StOI-
en- from Cash Register.

Thieves entered the drug store of
r. A. Seaman, at 37S State street,
Wednesday night, and succeeded in
getting about "a from the cash reg
lister, which they wrecked in their
operations. Entrance was effected
through rear window, which was
found open yesterday morning, Moth
ing else in the store was touched by
the thieves, as far as can be learned.
The police have been notified.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-08-31
KEENE ESTATE
AT $36,575.
Valuable Real Estate Sold at
Auction Yesterday About 200
Men Attended Sale.

A partition sale of a number of
properties of the Charles Keene es-
tate> was held at the Packer House
yesterday afternoon by the executor,
C. T. Cowenhoven, of New Bruins
wick.
The properties were all well known
and a crowd of nearly two hundred OF
the local business men were the com
petitors for the valuable tracts Many
of the tracts were sold for prices
above all previous estimates, and the
real estate men of the city all agree
that the lowest price was fair one.
The crowd was so large that Coun-
sellor Cowenhoyen requested the men
to step around the corner on High
street, where the first tract was Of
fered for sale.
The old homestead just north OF
the city hall park in High street was
well received, and was finally sold to
Clancy ID. Boynton for $4,000. The
next piece of land, which adioins the
homestead, 47x167 feet, was sold to
Forrest L. Smith for $4,025.
Water Front Cheap.
Next came the Front street proper
ty, which is now occupied by Schantz
& Eckert, being 33 feet wide on Wat
er street, and 107 feet frontage on
the sound. Some one bid $4,000 for
the tract, which was rdiculed by Mr..
Cowenhoven. "Why, the assessed val
uation is $9,200," said he, "and my
conscience would not let me sell ii
any less, and you know what law
yer's conscience is" few bid the
price up about $500, and it seemed
for a time that the price would be
small. A Mr. Wolff from New Bruins
wick then made a bid, which was
quickly raised by Adam Eckert. Mr..
Wolff followed suit, and after much
exciting bidding, it was sold to Adam
Eckert for $9,450. This is thought
to be cheap, and it is said that Mr..
/ Eckert expected to pay as high as
$4,000 for it.
After Woodland Tract.
An eighteen-acre woodland tract
on Woodbridge road, opposite Union
Grove, was then put up for sale, and
was received eagerly by the real es-
tate men of the city, who started the
price at $1,000 and in about ten
minutes had bid 1t up to $4,000. A
few more raises were received and
Emil Koyen was awarded the land
for $4,000. This price for wood
land is the best value quoted in years
and Mr.. Kelly, of the firm of Kelly &
McAlinden, was heard to say: well,
our lots are worth something now,
they owning tract nearby.
The last tract of the five, the house
and lot at "a New Brunswick ave
nue., was put up for sale, and after
much rival bidding between JOIN
Goldsmith and Max Goldberger, the
latter received it for $3,700.
Executor Cowenhoven then declar
ed the sale closed. 1t was authoriZ
ed by G. C. Hommann, the attorney
for the estate.
The total of the sale amount tC
$36,575, which is the sum to be di-
vided among the heirs of Charles
Keene.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-08-31
Water Board Deal
Is SPreVented
BY Court.
CITIZENS WIN.
Vice Chancellor Pitney Has Writ.
Ten to Lawyers Willard D.
Voorhees, and Adrian Lyon
Granting InjunCtiOn--Q -Ques-
tiOn Of Jurisdiction.

Vice Chancellor ii. G. Pitney today
granted the injunction preventing the
Board of Water Commissioners from
carrying out the deal to purchase the
tract of about thirty acres of land at
Runyon from Asbury and James
Fountain for $4,000.
In the letter received today by Ad-
rian Lyon, counsel for the plaintiffs,
and Willard =. Voorhees,, special
counsel for the Water Board, Vice
Chancellor Pitncy states that the in
junction will issue. He reserves the
question of jurisdiction, which was
raised by the defendants, until final
hearing. The defendants maintained
that the vice chancellor had no iuris-
diction i'm an action of this character.
In his letter the vice chancellor
says in part: 81 have gone carefully
through the case of Mundy VS.. the
Water Commissioners.
~ find no difficulty on the merits
of the case as presented. They are
all with the complainant # % the
injunction will issue"
Judge Lyon said that this may be
regarded as complete victory. The
opinion of the vice chancellor is very
complimentary to the arguments sub
mitted by Judge Lyon in behalf of
the taxpayers and corresponds with
the words of the vice chancellor at
the hearing, when he said:
"The talk of paying $500 an acre
for such land is nonsense and shocks
common decency. It's all wrong"
said the vice chancellor. "I'd like you
to know what's in my mind It's not
worth it at ALL"
Judge Lyon said that final hear
: ing will be held on the question of
the vice chancellors jurisdiction in
the matter, but that the hearing will
not be held for some time, as it will
have to take the regular course of
matters in the court of chancery.
Meanwhile the deal is prevented
and the Water Commissioners, or
rather all but one, William ID. Voor-
hees, who opposed the deal, are en-
Joined from paying $500 an acre of
the taxpayers money for land not
worth, in the judgment of expert
witnesses and the vice chancellor,
even small part of that sum.
That the question of jurisdiction
is simply a bugaboo in the matter, is
the opinion Of Judge Lyon, who says
that he has no fear whatever that
the Injunction will be lifted after the
final hearing, and that he is satisfied
that this decision will be entirely
final
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-08-31
BROUGHT LAD ASHORE
Youthful Bather Rescued by Samuel
Bayard Yesterday.

A youngster who got beyond his
depth at Bayard's beach yesterday
afternoon was brought safely to
shore by Samuel Bayard, who was in
his bathing togs at the time, and saw
the boys plight
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-08-31
M M'ARDLE AT METUCHEN

AS yet no word has been received
from Hugh McArdle, who left town
Wednesday afternoon, but he is said
to have been seen at the depot IN
Metuchen by a well known local man.
where are you going?" casually
inquired the man.
"Why, I'm going west on an linz
portant case" said McArdle, who was
formerly special officer connected
with the city marshal's Office. This
is the only definite information con-
nected with his disappearance,
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-08-31
INJUNCTION GRANTED
SCHOOLS OF
THE COUNTY
Superintendent Willis Sends His
Annual Report TO State Depart
ment Telling OfLOCaI Schools.

County Superintendent of Public
Instruction II. Brewster Willis, has
completed his annual report to the
state department of public instruc-
ton, which contains the school work
accomplished during the school year
ending June so, the existing school
conditions and recommendation un-
der the following heads:
Borough and township high school
course of study; central high school;
transportation of pupils; approved
high schools; tuition of pupils;
length of recitations in the different
years of work; : the amount of work
assigned to each teacher and pupil;
length of intermissions work of the
supervising principals; supervising
principals, association; county school
board association; new and improved
school houses; teachers Institutes;
district commencement exercises;
county pedagogical library with it's
$50 new books added during the
year; work of teachers professional
circle, and many other subjects of
school interest.
The statistical report covers TWEEN
ty-five pages, comprising 1876 items,
sifted from about 400 local school
reports.
Show Big Increase.
These figures show a decided in
crease III the enrolment over that of
the year 1905, increase in teachers
salaries and for all school purposes.
Seventeen teachers have been added
to the ranks, making the total num-
ber in the county including the cit
les, 35S. The aggregate salary paid
to male teachers is $32,5S0, maxi
mum 81 400; minimum, $400; aver
age, $50.
The aggregate salary paid to fe-
male teachers is $143,250 maxi
mum, $1,000; minimum, $500; aver
age, $472. The average period of
teaching by a teacher in the same dis
trict is 4.74 years, and the average
total experience is s. AT years.
The superintendent has drawn the
following conclusions from the re-
suits of the years work:
First-That the boards of educa-
ton and the patrons of the public
schools are insisting upon modern
school houses, improved school
equipment, and better sanitary con
ditions for the children. $4,000 is
now being expended for new school
houses.
The Good Teacher.
Second-That the truly good
teacher, in the broadest sense of
teching, is being more and more APP
preciated by the boards of education,
pupils and community, and is justi-
fled in demanding a sustaining sal
airy.
Third-That many boards of edu-
cation cause the one-room schools
to be simply practice ground for high
school graduates and inexperienced
teachers, by reason the half living
salary which they offer. That con-
tinuation of this mistaken economy
will drive away the trained teacher
from our rural schools and make it
not only possible, bu very likely, that
many of our bright boys and girls
will be so handicapped that a year
or so will be lost in reaching the high
school, if they ever succeed.
Fourth-That the members of
school boards are mostly willing,
busy and capable men and are mani
Testing more and more of the wide
awake business methods in school
They are beginning to
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-08-31
I'd Ward Democratic
M EE I'll N G

The Democratic voters Of the I'd Ward will
meet at Polling Assembly rooms, formerly
Elens, 500 State ST.. This evening, Friday,
August b By ORDER Of COMMITTEE.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-08-31
To Hold Funeral Sunday,

The funeral of Mrs. Sophie Peter
son will be held from her home at
25l Washington street at 3 O'Clock
Sunday afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-08-31
AUTOMOBILE ROBBERS
LOOT POST OFFICE

KINGSTON, N. Y, Aug. S1.-Au-
tomobile robbers who have commit
ted depredations in Long Island, have
probably appeared in this vicinity
Early this morning several men and
women, all masked, entered the post
Office at Highland, blew open the safe
and secured $500 in cash and $500
in stamps.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-08-31
NOTICE.

The republican voters of the First
Ward are requested to meet at odd
Fellows hall Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock
Signed by order Of the County
Committeeman. 31O9-o-d l-zt-~
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-08-31
4TH WARD DEMOCRATS

A meeting of the Fourth Ward
democrats has been called for to-
night in |. o. G. T. hall on Prospect
street, to hold a caucus to decide ION
delegates. All democrats are reYdes-'
ted to attend
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-08-31

REMEMBER THE PRIMARIES
SEPTEMBER 25.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-20
Worlds Wheat.

England's wheat importation
for 1905 amounted to 1882, 752
hundredweight. Russia supplied
a fraction more than one-quarter
of this (24,7O3, 200, Argentina a
little less than another quarter
1896, 400, and the British East
Indies a little less than a third
quarter (22,S07,4 22). Australia
supplied 10,004,700 hundred
weight, the United States 6,634,'
700 and Canada 6,522 ,030. The
imports of 1904 were Approximate
" the same as those of 1905.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-20

ness, the cupidity of professional
Jurors have become so potent that
the lawmaking power seems unequal
10 the task Of reforming the code of
procedure so as to eliminate these
gross abuses which are stranglng
justice and making our jurispru-
uence a farce.
The writer OF the foregoing let
ter puts before Us in a penetrating
satire reb1Ike that applies not only
TO Harris County, but to every state
N the Union. Although we may
we'll believe that Ellis County is des-
titutc OF the sharp criminal lawyers
who ornament the bars of Houston
and Of Dallas, still the very fact that
4 jury in that enlightened county
is wiling to assess life imprison-
ment for the murder of a helpless
infant shows that the Ellis County
Attorney for tie defense was no
SLOUGH himself and would with few
years experience in either Dallas or
Houston become one Of the best o.
them.
A Texas paper noting the other
day thai man had been fined $500
and sentenced to sixty days impris-
onmcnt for violating the law by
lending an acquaintance $1.15 with
which to pay his poll tax, remark
cd that tie lender could have muir
dercd tie borrower with less risk.
The Post believed that public opin-
ion is inst as ri ghteous as it ever
was. but the laws are inadequate to
suppress the sharp practices that are
common to the trial Of every muir
derer who can command a little
money or influence. There has been
great outcry among the people
about certain violations of law in
Texas lately. but apparently the peo-
rlo feel powerIcsS to deal with tho
murder situation. There must be a
way to arouse public sentiment on
this subject. There must be way
to rc-consccratc and re-cnnoble the
profession of law. to re-vitallze It's
ethics and to re-imbue its members
with a sense of obligation to organ
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-20
Malaria in Horses,

The horse sickness of Cape
Colony resembles human malaria,
and attacks animals exposed in
low-living swamps or left out at
night. Horses pass safely
through affected districts during
the day. The government bac-
teriologist of Natal suggests that
the mosquitoes carry the infec.
ton, and he has shown that
horses protected by wire gauze or
smoke may remain unframed in
the midst of disease while the I'm.
protected succumb.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-20
Well Preserved.

Preserved salmon in porcelain.
lined cans have been found in good
condition in England, after being
kept seven years.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-20

the utilization of waste hill and
rough mountain" land in every
State of the Southwest that we call
attention to these revolutionary
statements.-Farm and Ranch.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-20
Light of Radium.

If small quantity of radium is
held against the forehead while
the eyes are closed one will see the
light.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-20
Consumption in Canada.

The annual number of deaths
from tuberculosis in Canada is
about 5000.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-20
THE HANGING PROBLEM.
A Time-Honored Punishment Now
In Oecadence.

In the Posts 'Letters from the
People department, which is one
OF the most interesting as well as one
Of the most useful and popular de-
partments of the paper, there appear
eI Monday communication which
May have escaped the attention of
many readers and for this reason it
is herewith republi she'd:
To the Editor:
observed in the Post of FRIDAY
that West Tune of Ellis County had
been Sentenced to a life term for
luurder,and that the court of Grimm
al appeals had affirmed the decision.
The item does not 90 into details
out states tIst TIE victim was a
newly born ha y.
An cNamna. m of the transcript
will probably slow that Tunes at
torncys did not Use proper effort to
secura an ay1u.ttai or a reversal, in
that they did not URGE threats" and
"saH-jciu>c.' Hal they come to
Houston the probabilities are that
they could have secured witnesses to
show that the baby had long been
making threats against its slayer and
that at the time of the homicide the
baby was in the act Of Staying Tune.
In fact, some of them might easily
have been found willing to swear
that they saw the infant reaching to-
ward its rear safety pin at the time.
The attorneys must ccrtainIy have
overlooked that point. though it has
become such a standard that il is
Ciilicult to see how they did so.
While the transcript is not avail
able for examination, it is a cinch
that the point was not used, as shown
by the fact that there was an affirm
ance of the case.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-20
SINSHOOTERS.
Houston. Texas.


If Tune killed the infant at all, a
more atrocious murder could scarce
iy be conceived, and yet tie feeling
against capital punishment for MUIR
der seems to have made such head
way in Ellis ounty that a murderer
can not be executed even for muir
deripg baby.
Throughout the country the ex-
ecution of murderers is becoming
questionable if appearances are to
be believed. 1t is because the peo-
pie are indifferent about the crime
of murder? Not a bit of it. 1t is
because in the evolution of the Grim
NAL practice the art of jury-fxing,
the periured witness, the corrupt wit
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-06
Upper Part Is to Be Used
by the Managerial
Departments.
Lower Floor VIII Become
Big Ticket Office
Center.

The Southern Pacific Company has
finally made arrangements to lease
the James Flood building The nine
top floors will be used for the Offices
of the general managerial Depart
ments. while the ground floors will be
turned into ticket Offices This will
make probably the greatest railroad
office building in the country
Early yesterday morning Joseph H
Horsburgh Jr., assistant general pass
enger agent; w. S. Sproule. freight
traffic manager, and G. W. Fletcher.
general agent, made a thorough inspec-
tion of the first floor OF the building,
with view of using it for ticket Of
fees, and while after their visit there
they would not. state that they had Sc
cured the building they would not
deny the fact
In these new ofices the company
will be able to house it's 1900 en-
pIoyes This will include all those
that were in the Offices in the Mer-
chants Exchange building. those in
the big counting department in the
building at the corner of Fourth and
Townsend streets and those in the old
ticket offices at Market and New
Montg tgomery streets under the Grand
Hotel. Every leading department of
the Southern Pacific Company will be
brought together under one roof.
The upper nine floors. where the
general Offices of the company are to
be. will be ready for occupancy Oc-
tober 1. This portion Of the building
will have to be largely remodeled so
far as the rooms are concerned. but
-
TALLY destroyed by IRE the work viii
not be difficult. Oficers Of the COM
pany were busy there most OF the day
yesterday deciding where the ofices
of the different departments should
be located.
The offices of E f. Calvin. the vice
president of the company. will be at
the corner of Powell and Market
streets. either on the third or fourth
door. The third floor was first select
ed. but owing to the heavy archways
of stone masonry at that point IL was
found the light would be better ON
the floor above, and IL is probable that
the chiefs quarters Will be located
there These Offices are to be large
and spacious. with a cOmmodi0us re-
ception-room- They are 20 be fitted
with every modern convenience
Tho first floor will be devoted to
the ticket Offices of the Southern Pa
cifc Company and also for offices FOR
the many different city offices OF the
various Eastern companies. This floor
which is without many partitions. can
be utilized to great advantage. ana
offices will be constructed to suit the
wishes OF the many different railroad
officers The Offices are all to be hand
somely and elaborately fitted. ard
when completed the interior Of the
magnificent building will ne in kssp-
| ing with its exterior
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-06

in the meat trade has brought a brisk
demand for their wares. In many
homes and hotels dishes In Whlcn
cheese and eggs figure prominently
have supplanted roast and boiled
meats.
Meat-market men generally admitted
today that the disclosures affecting the
methods of the packers at the stock
yards had caused falling off in the
retail business The decrease in sales
of sausages and other manufactured
products from the packing plants is
declared to have been from 35 to 60
per cent throughout the city.
Small packers are finding prosperity
in the grilling the big fellows are get
ting. There are half dozen con-
Germs in Chicago which kill and handle
from so to 900 animals daily. These
manufacture, meat dealers say, most
of the lard and much of the sausage
sold in the city. 1t is asserted that
the smaller companies have much
cleaner methods of doing business
than many of the big concerns.
Fishmen with wagons, doing a
house-to-hous business, are stepping
lively" in competition for the increased
trade due to the public distrust Of
meats. Where these peddlers formerly
made weekly trips, they are now COW
ering their routes daily, and extra
wagons are being placed in commits
sion throughout the city.
PLANTS GET A CLEANING.
One of the immediate effects of the
Presidents disclosure of packing
house conditions was seen in a fren-
zied attempt in the big plants to
remedy the conditions condemned in
the report Practical confession of
the truth of the. criticisms was seen in
the hurried manner in which toilet ar
rangements were renovated, fio1rs
cleaned. walls scraped and light and
ventilation improved.
The surroundings of the workers in
these three plants were improved so
per cent in one day. 1t was said that
the packers knew of the report on
Sunday night, and gangs of nkn were
taken from their work and placed at
various cleaning and whitewashing
fouffuued ON Page =. Column l.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-06
WOMAN JUMPS
FROM BALLOON
Makes Daring Parachute
Drop as a Result of
Bantering.
Special Dispatch te The car.

MIDDLETON, June 5.-Because she
was dared to do it and did not relish
being called coward. Miss Maggie
Daley a young woman of this city.
took her life in her hands and made
a balloon ascension and parachute leap
at Midway Park. a summer resort near
here, today While her horror stricken
friends stood below and watched her
whirling several thousand feet above
ground. Miss Daley cut loose from the
balloon and made a leap with the para
chute with the skill of a veteran. land
ing about two and half miles from
her starting point. uninjured, but COM
pletely unnerved-
Miss Daley was with several COM
panions at the park when Aerpnaut
Kelley, who makes daily ascensions.
was getting ready for his afternoon
exhibition, and they commenced ban
tering and daring one another TO make
an ascension. Miss Daley would not
take the dare and prepared to so up
In the balloon
She got away safely and ascended
nearly 5000 feet and was but a mere
speck in the sky when the parachute
was seen to separate itself from the
balloon and the young woman shot
toward the earth
She was apparently much frightened
by the experience, but also much eIated
at the successful outcome.