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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-20
TELLS OF OPERATION.
Has Broken Into Freight Station
and Robbed Many Gas Meters
and Telephone Boxes.
ACCUSED OF STEALING A RING.
When Arrested on That Charge Po-
lice Put Him Through Third De-
gree and Obtained Statement.

BY the arrest of Christian Bastian,
seventeen years old, the police have
solved the mystery of the gas meter
and telephone box robberies which
have been going on in this city for
several months. Bastian was arrest
ed on a charge of stealing diamond
ring. When put through what the.
police term the third degree, he made
complete confession of all his
crimes.
When arraigned before the recor-
der this morning he asked that he
be sent to the Railway Reformatory.
He was told to sign an allegation to
that effect and his wish would prob
ably be granted.
In his confession Bastian said:
my name is Christian Bastian. l
am seventeen years old. have no
home at present. voluntarily make
the following statement to Chief
Burke, in the presence of Detective
Huff:
my first stealing was at the Cen
trail Railroad depot about a year
ago, where cHttTcu anu SOI 80 V.A 4.
My father made it good and was
let go. On April 1st, '06, | tapped
four gas machines at No. 4 New
street, and got SITE I also tapped
machine at Cohen's house in Madi-
son avenue, and got about 50. |
then collected a bill for Mr.. Ford for
$17 and kept 1t. I tapped Poland's
machine In State street twice. | got
about Sc in all.
II also tapped D. Wolff's telephone
and got 55 cents. | tapped Houser's
for $175. / tapped a bicycle store
in the Shangold block and got twenty
five or fifty cents. ! tapped one in
Grecian's flats and got twenty-five
cents, and Morris Planes house for
seventy-five cents, and a shoemaker
in Cooks building for fifty cents.
"(Signed) CHRIS. BASTIAN.
witness: JOHN A HUFF"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-20

board are afraid that bad results
may ensue from the removal of part
of the foundation. It was asserted
that the architect should be here, as
he is under pay by the board, and
the contractors have to go accord-
ing to the architect. The schemes of
stopping the work until Mr.. Jensen
returns or of hiring a substitute ar
chitect met with little favor. Presi-
dent Walker said that he expects to
hear from Mr.. Jensen in a day or
two. Commissioners Moore and
Sturn reminded Mr.. Walker that he
had said the same thing week ago.
Chairman Crowell, of the building
committee, said that he had instruct-
ed the contractors to put supports
up.
Discussion Over Heating.
Commissioner Sturn moved that
the board readvertise for bids FOR the
changes in the school No. 2 heating
system. The four concerns bids re-
ceived some months ago have been
held in abeyance, as have also the
bids for furniture for schools Nos.
2 and 5. Commissioner Massopust
seconded the motion. President
Walker said that he did not see how
the board could readvertise, as bids
conforming to the specifications had
already been received. Commissions
er Crowell, chairman of the building
committee, said that the school board
was to receive but $500 from the
Board of Estimate originally, for
No g, and that, when it was found
tha' the cost of rebuilding and heat
ing repairs would exceed that sum,
the board had to economize in every
way possible. Thus, the higher bids
appear out of the question. 1t was
brought out that n. S. Kellogg's bid
of $40 provides for boiler. heat
in courts, and interior sanitaries,
without extras.
Mr.. CrOwell's Denial.
Chairman Crowell, of the building
committee, continued: 81 know
have been accused of putting the re-
quirements for the heating specific
cations at No in false light to
different people. I am not guilty
and I'll take an affidavit that had
no intention of misinforming any
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-20
School Board Last Night Decided to
Pay Them the Price Demanded
for 900 Tons.
THE ORDER WILL BE DIVIDED.
Other School Matters Were Dis
Cussed at Session. Moore Bros,
Get Contract for School Supplies.

The coal contract was divided by
the Board of Education at an adj
journed meeting last night, and the
coal will be supplied to the schools
next year by five dealers, G. M. Pc
terson & Company, G. ]. Haney, E.
j. Dorsey & Sons. Perth Amboy Coal
Company, and W. H. Mccormick.
s..l of these bid Sc 25 per ton when
the board received bids week ago,
as told in the NEWS. The coal is to
be delivered at the order of the.
board The contract was awarded
last night at the recommendation of
the chairman of the building COM
mittee, ]. l.. Crowell, to whose com
mittee the bids had been referred.
The total amount needed will be
about 600 tons.
The contract for furnishing the
stationery supplies next year was
awarded to Moore Brothers, their
bid being $1,355. The fact that
Frank Neer did not know that GER
tilted check must accompany the bid
made his bid of $1,314.99 unable to
be considered, although he appeared
with the check few minutes after
the bids had been opened. But such
technicalities have to be watched with
care and the board had no alterna-
tive but to award the contract to the
higher bidder. The contract was
awarded to Moore Brothers after a
short recess.
Heating System for No. 3.
A resolution was adopted that the
board appropriate 81 900 to install a
new steam-heating system in school
No. at Maurer, the awarding of the
contract and the work to be under the
supervision of John Pfeiffer, superin-
tendent for the Maurers, who gave
the school building and pay the taxes
on it. The resolution was worded
so as to read that the school board
lease the building for five years in
consideration of $1,000 to be expend-
ed for heating system. The pres
ent system in the building is entirely
inadequate.
Four teachers were appointed, two
being reappointed and two new. The
reappointees are Miss Mabel Abbey
and Miss Alma Young, both at $475
per year according to the new salary
schedule based on the number of
years of teaching experience. At the
same schedule, the new teachers,
Miss Carrie Frymire and Miss Louise
Barrett, will receive $475 and $3.50
next year, respectively. The sched-
ule is $420 for first year; $3.50, sec
ond; $475, third, and thus gradual
ly upward
Condition of No. 2 Dangerous.
A heated discussion took place re-
garding the work at school No. 2,
where excavating for the improve
ments has been started The archi-
tect, J. X. Jensen, is out of town,
and some of the members of the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-20

full attempt to palliate its seriousness
only excited the disgust of all who
heard it, Kean was stopped by Judge
Sulzberger, who imposed sentence.
Kean almost collapsed in his recital
and after hearing his fate had to be
helped from the dock.
Freddie Muth, the seyen-year-0ld
boy for whom the police of the entire
eastern section of the country have
been looking since he was abducted a
week ago was taken to the city hall
by his parents for Kean's hearing.
Washed and dressed in clean linen,
pretty jacket and knickerbockers, he
presented very different appearance
from that of the forlorn and bedrag-
gled child who was rescued by the po-
lice. The parents faces beamed with
happiness, but showed traces Of their
days and nights of suspense.
Last night was the first that we
have slept since he was taken from
u.s. said Mrs. Muth. "Oh, the agony
of it all | shall never, never forget. l
thought many times we would never
seehim again."
In his quick trip from liberty to the
solitude of Cherry Hill, the institution
which Dickens made famous in his
"American Notes" by condemning its
system of solitary confinement, no
friendly hand or voice was raised in
the prisoners behalf. If he behaves
himself his, sentence under the law will
be reduced to twelve years and three
months. The court had the power to
give him life sentence.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-20
GOVERNORS ADDR E SIS.
Large Representation Of Leading
Colleges of the Country Was
Present at the Ceremony.
IN SECOND REFORM CHURCH.
Other Addresses Made for the Fac
uIty and the Sister Colleges DIR.
Demarest Speaks at Length.
Special to the EVENING NEWS:

NEW BRUNSWICK, June 20
William Henry Steele Demarest, Rut-
gers, SO, was today installed as pres
ident of the college from which he
was graduated just 23 years ago. The
Inauguration ceremonies were held
this morning. They were attended
by the Representatives of score of
other universities, colleges and tech
nical schools, and by hundreds of
loyal alumni of Rutgers. The facul-
ty of the colleges wore the academic
costume, and the gay colors, the scar
let of Rutgers, the brown, white, yell
low, scarlet and black, betokening to
the tutored eye the degree of the
master or doctor wearing the hood
and gown. made the spectacle an un-
usually attractive and brilliant one.
The annual meeting of the alum
nj and of the trustees of the college,
always scheduled for the morning of
commencement day, were held ear
lier than usual, in order to leave
the way clear for the inaugural. At
1O:30 the academic procession form
ed in front of Queens. 1t was led
by Governor f. G. Stokes and Presi-
dent-elect Demarest. Ex-Governor
Foster M. Voorhees, and Dean An
drew F. West. of Princeton; Dean
f. VanDyck. of the faculty, and Ray
mond B. Johnson, of the senior class.
Then came the trustees and represen-
tatives of other colleges. escorted by
the faculty of Rutgers and the New
Brunswick Theological Seminary.
The following universities and col
leges had accredited representatives
at the inaugural: Harvard, Austin
George Fox; Yale. Prof. Albert S.
Cook, Prof. Frank C. Porter; Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, Prof. Felix
Il. Schelling: Princeton, Dean West,
Prof. Henry Thompson; Columbia,
Prof. Bradner Matthews; Dartmouth,
Prof. A. w. Vernon; Franklin and
Marshall. President John S. Stair;
Union, Prof. Sidney G. Ashemore;
West Point, Lieut.. Col. Gordon;
Hamilton, Rev. Amory II. Bradford;
Amherst. Col. Mason Tyler; Trinity,
Prof. Urban; Haverford. President
Isaac Sharpless; Alfred, Prof Alphe-
us Kenyon; University of Rochester,
Rev. william II. Taylor; College City
OF New York, President John II. Fin
ley: Lehigh. Prof. Henry S. Drinker;
Hope. Prof. Sutphen; Stevens, Pres
ident Alexander Humphreys; Johns
Hopkins. President Ira Remsen; New
York University, Prof. John J. Ste
venson.
The inaugural exercises opened
with invocation by Rev. Joachim Ell
mendorf, 80. New York The keys
Of Rutgers were delivered to the new
president by Governor Stokes.
Governor Stokes said:
Inaugural ceremonies are always
scenes of inspiration. They are the
seed time of hope and ioyfully antic-
lpate the coming harvest. Rutgers
College has had a long line of dis
tingulshed presidents. and has well
coined them one by one In the course
OF its 40 years of honorable history.
She antedates even the nations birth.
Her first inspiration came from Hol-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-20
MAYOR WILL OPEN IT.
.EIks Take Charge Tomorrow
Night and the Firemen
Friday Night.
ATTRACTIONS IN MANY TENTS.
Everything that Goes to Make Up a
Big Exhibition Will be Found
on the Grounds.

Everything is complete and tonight
the carnival will be thrown open to
the public. Acting Mayor Pfeiffer
will officially open the affair with a
speech, and a host of city officials
are expected to be present. Each
night following a different lodge will
be in charge, the Elks being first on
the list.
Tonight is Hospital night, and the
booths, barkers and ticket men will
be made up of the Hospital Board
and the Ladies' Auxiliary. Friday
night the firemen of the city will be
Iin charge, and nearly all the lodges
in town will aid the affair in every
thing possible.
In Plainfield $4,000 was cleared,
and the parties in charge predict
even more than that here by the
time the carnival ends.
Many donations have been receiv-
ed and more are coming in each day.
! All the donations, such as cakes. fruit
and fancy articles, will be for sale on
the grounds.
The admission to all the amuse-
ments is ten cents, and 1t is necessary
to visit the carnival. more than once
in order to see all the attractions.
The grounds and tents will be
lighted entirely by electricity so that
no danger by fire need be feared.
1t is expected that the crowd will
be enormous tonight, and arrange
ments have been made with the po-
lice to have three or four men on the
grounds to preserve order.
The list of attractions is as fol-
lows:
The Attractions.
The Biiou Excelsior Circus-Trick
Ponies, Riding Dogs, Funny Clowns,
Aerial and Novelty Acts.
The Electric Theatre, Presenting
Latest Moving Pictures and Electric
Fountain.
| Gus Whites Big Punch and Judy
Show.
/ Ferris Wheel, the Latest Conder-
man Make.
Lander's Big Vaudeville Show.
Il Chief Longfeather Indian Attrac-
tions and Novelties.
| Linn Cooper's Big Snake Show.
/ Don Ford's Handcuff & Mysterious
Box Show.
Miller & Taylor's Tent of Illusion.
Madam Coopers, Persian Palmist.
Charley Hobby's Tin Type Tent.
Gene Tracy, the Man With the
Orangeade.
Hickey & Furman, Candy Pull and
Pop Corn.
Miller's Latest Games-The Old
Woman and the Shillalahs and Strik-
err and Catcher Baseball Game.
Pop Watt, and His New Novelty,
Niggerhead.
Tod Wilson, with Mr.. and Mrs.
Hooligan, the Whole Dam Family
Game.
Louie Traux's Attractions, Bee
Hive. Fish Pond, Hand and Mallet
Strikers.
John Tobb's Latest Novelty-Rifle
Range and Roly Poly.
Latest Improved Merry-GoR Round
With the Latest Novelty, Lovers Tub.
4 New Swings.
j Kotton Handy Machine.
Indian Archery.
Shaffer & Wilson's Cane and Knife
Board and Chewing Gum Game.
These will be found scattered about
the grounds in different tents.
The contest for the dolls is open
to any child in this vicinity. The
one collecting the most money gets
the finest doll and the next highest
get the other dolls.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-20
Ordered Money Paid.

The fifteen per cent. retained by
the city from the payment to Hender-
son Brothers for the brick pavement
on State street, between Market and
Gordon streets, has been ordered
paid. 1t amounts to $3S5.tf. The
ten per cent likewise retained from
Martin Hansen on the Kearny ave
nue. and Lewis street sewer has also
been ordered paid.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-20
TIDAL WAVE. AT
CONEY ISLAND.

NEW YORK, June 2O:-A tidal
wave fifteen feet high struck Coney
Island at 1880 o'clock this morning
and several persons on the beach
narrowly escaped death. The steps
and bathing pavilion connected with
Seeley's Hotel were smashed. Every
window in the hotel was shattered.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-20

F. L. LARKINs. s57 STATE St..
will do plumbing, steam, hot water
and hot air heating on monthly pay
ments. $40 per month.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-20

Leave WANT" advs. at branch Of
Aces.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-20
Mnnev fnr ana HnsnitaI.

Mrs. w. S. Ha4- acknowledges the
receipt of $40 from Louis A. Green
Hey, of Portland, Ore, and $40 from
Charles Scribner's Sons, of New
York. for the city hospital
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-20

Leave WANT advs. at branch OIL.
Ilrss
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-20

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Subscribe for the NEWS.
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Condition of No. 2 Dangerous.

A heated discussion took place re-
garding the work at school No. 2,
where excavating for the improve
ments has been started. The archi-
tect, J. K Jensen, is out of town,
and some of the members of the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-12

home, and could stop GRIMM or leave the store.
No, twarnt his smile It was what made the
smile come, and IL was somethin none of the rest
Of us had got. II was that same somethin' that
made him push the little boy away when-but
hold on, and I'll tell yer about il.
It was Christmas time, and we was eittin' in
lots of new thngs-screens and vases and sech-
in the Jap Department. and Fifteen was az
proud of 'em as IL he owned EN- all. He was
put up there coz he was so spry and handy about
helpin'
One day lot Of big brass vases come in, and
Fifteen was dretful excited and wanted us all ter
go up and look at 'em. The biggest one, all
shiny, with great longleRged animals crawlin' all
over it, up on bracket against the wall,
where It showed off splendid. And Fifteen, when
he wasn't busy, jest stood near and looked at IL.
The day before Christmas was sent up there
ter speak ter Mr. billiard, and while l was
waitin' Fifteen come along He was waitin' for
him, too. Mr.. Hilliard was talkn' ter a beautiful
lady, all dressed in black, who'd jest come in with
little boy, 80 Fifteen says ter me
while they're talkn', let's us be tellin what
things we'd each take, if we could hev it, for a
Christmas-present"
CAN right" says I. 'T1l take that purple
headed dog made out of chiny."
eyer wil2" says Fifteen. 'Why, wouldn't yer
ruther hev the brass vase? I'd ruther hev it than
anything in the whole store"
And jest as he says that there comes crackin'
sound, and before ] could see what was the mat
ter Fifteen he made dive towards it. The lit
tie boy that had come in with the lady was
standin right under the bracket where the vase
was, and l seed Fifteen give him sich shove
that it sent him spinnin' out inter the room.
'Twarn't minute too soon, for down the whole
thing come ker-whack, right on ter Fifteen. He
hadn't had time to move out Of the way him
self
The rich lady, the little boys ma, she seed it
all from the other end of the room, and she guy
a scream All the hotty look went out of her
face and she jest few acrost that floor and got
down on her knees and put both arms around the
poor little chap and tried ter git him ter his
feet. But he couldn't move. He looked jest like
he was dead. But when Mr.. Hilliard come
rushin' up with some water, he opened his eyes
a little, and looked up at the rich lady with his
beautiful sme-only it didn't last but minute
THE shivers was a-runnin' all over me, 'Twarn't
cold neither) Then Mr.. Hilliard he picked Fif-
teen up in his arms carefulike and went off
with him down the stairs.
Well, it was Gurus how lonesome the store was
them next two weeks. We used ter hear from
Fifteen every once in little while, and Miss
Spriggins she went ter see him sometimes. They
said he wasn't gittn' well, and the rich lady
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-12
ThorIum,s Decline In Price

Seldom in the history of chemical industry has
any chemical product undergone such marked va
ration of price within few. years as thorium,
the principal constituent of incandescent mantles
Early in 1894 thorium nitrate was sold by the
German combination at 2000 marks per kilo-
gramme, and by January Of the next year it
had fallen to 900 marks; in July of the same year
in October to 80 marks touching the low price
of 80 marks, in 1899. After that the price
was pushed up to SO marks, less I per cent. dis
count, in May, 1904, a figure which the "Con-
vention" succeeded in maintaining till January
of this year, when it dropped to q marks, less
8 per cent. discount.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-12

mantel. "She may have it in the morning-Il
be Marjorie again, then"
had something very special wanted to say
to Dorothy this evening" he said. Don't you
suppose that she could come down for little
while?
NO" said Marjorie severely 'Dorothy-Mar.
jore mean cannot come down this evening. If
you have anything to say to Dorothy you may
say it,"
'But this is something for the real Dorothy
he persisted" l cannot very well tell you"
Il think you're real mean," she scolded.
Here's my chance to be real grownup and in
stead of helping the play you go and tell me that
you want to say something to Dot that you
won't tell me-"
But you could not give me answer" he
pleaded. This is something that Dorothy must
answer herself"
"lIuh," was the disdainful response. "If Dot
does something that she ought to be whipped
for tomorrow I'll have to take the whipping She
said SO herself and she said that she was going
down to the pantry to steal piece of pie"
THAT would be very wrong to take advantage
of you in that way" he consoled. But per-
haps she will Be caught at it and get the whip
ping tonight"
better watch the pantry" exclaimed Marjorie.
Maybe she will catch her. 1t would be such
fun to have Dot whipped"
With sparkling eyes she slipped out of the
room bent on her errand of mischief but it was
a more demure Marjorie who returned
''Mother says there isn't any pie to steal," she
lamented. Il think it's mean, don't you?"
"Very," he assented. "If were you think
1 should try to get square anyway"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-12

was goin' ter take him of somewhefes a. soon ss
he could be moved. And one mornin Miss Sprie
gins come in with her eyes all red, and says he
was goin' that day, and that he wanted ter bid
US all good-by, 80 they was goin' ter bring him
inter the store at noon.
Well, he come. He was all wropped up in a
fur coat, and the lady's coachman was a-carryin'
him In his arms, and when / first caught sight of
his face I thought should hev dropped. There
was great hollers in his cheeks that was round
when he come here, and black shaddors under
his eyes that made EN- look big and solemn.
wouldn't hev knowed him if IL hadn't been for
his smile.
The coachman carried him slow down the store,
and he stopped at each counter and shook hands.
II made me feel sort of bad when he come ter
Miss Spriegins. She took hold Of his poor little
thin hands, with both hern as Il she couldn' let
'em go, and says she, cryin' all the time:
Eyer can't never know what yer was to me,
child. Yer was the only person that treated me
as if I'd ever been young and had feens like
other girls. And now yer goin' away and I'll
never yer again / know that Jest as wells
know anything"
Fifteen's eyes got shiny, but he didn't cry--I
never seed him cry-and his voice was Jest as
cheery's ever, though 'twarn't very strong, and
says he:
"Oh, yes, yer will, Miss Spriggns Soon's I'm
well I'm comm right back ter the store"
Then he looked round at me, and says he, "And
here's Five. She's goin' ter take my place and be
good ter yer while I'm away. Amt YER Fvew
My throat was all chol1ed, and / was a-winkin'
hard, but answered up quickly:
"You bet am"
We cashes all went ter the door with him; we
wanted ter see the last of him, and we hung
round him and begun ter shake hands without
sayin' nothin'.
Mr.. Hilliard he seed us, but he didn't order uS
back; he stood lookin' jest as sorry as we was,
and all the customers was kept waitin', cor mo-
body hollered Cash"
Then the coachman he put Fifteen inter the car
riage and we seed that beautiful smile for the
last time, and we seed him wave his hand, and
and Where's my han n'kercher? Myl amt it
dustyl