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New-York tribune., 1906-09-02

and compared with the Brooklyn, low tree
board IL was essential that stay together.
certainly within signaling distance, but how would
the TWO vessels in wise homogeneous, behave IN
the great blow | now knew was very near us, Ol
course, It was my duty sacrifice the comfort OF
the larger to that OF the smaller ship and that,
without going into technical, details did, then and
thereafter
By seven p. NJ. or a short time before my steward
announced the New Years dinner, over which he
had spent time, thought, and care, and IN prepar-
ing which, in such sea, he must have performed
aCrObatic fcatS most marvellous. The hurricane
bore down in veriest earnest. Down went the ba-
romctcr tve-tei'ths in one hour, making total tall
OF an inch in hours, and down, too. went the
sea Waves could not lift their heads and keep
them against such fury of driven atmosphere as
swept the waters. To have stood on the quarter
deck would have been well nigh impossible unless
one was laShcd securely, but glance from the
hooded companOnway leading to the gun deck
ait showed great OF milky white athwart the
surrounding bIackness. 1t was the surface OF the
SEA self lifted bodily and flung sheets OF never
ending vaStnesS across q platform of that
fairly quivcrcd under the impact of the wind.
New-York tribune., 1906-09-02

rs The Young had simply sail he dill not wish
10 .i,crf.t.
o,ing man" said the President, addressing the
Secrct4ry's friend, Il accept Your resignation AS
Consul 70 TrieSt, and appoint You Consul General
20 ST Petersburg.
The announcement staggered the young man. and
the Secretary as well
MIR President" said the Secretary, this gentle
man did not expect another tender after his dcclin
tion OF Your FIRST.
/ don't suppose he did the President replied
and that is why | make the second appointwcnt-
want 70 return the surprise
The second tender however. was declined.
y few wears ;,ttcrward when Cleveland in pri-
vate lie. the man whom he had twice houorcd met
him al dinner in New York When the rcrast was
over and the guests were being presented 10 the
cN-PresIlcnt the Young man IN question reminded
Cleveland that ne had honored HIM with an
.tII continent.
How did YOU like the place" asked Mr, Cleve-
Land
Il did not accept" was the reply, and then YOU
gave a second appointment
'Ah and how did YOU like that
Il also declined that, Mr.. President, was the
reply
Let me shake Your hand again " said Cleveland.
Il have a recollection ot some Democrats who de
cned once hut do not recall Just that anyone
ever did 1t twice
New-York tribune., 1906-09-02

imagine what it means be in steel ship that =
beinp pOunded bv a hundred-niles-an-hOur hurr1-
cane There is an under note that Is Ike the rOa1
of Niagara; but the most appealing, If not appalling,
tone is higher and has bit OF the feminine IN II.
Imagine the shrek d woman in deadly peril;
as to sustained power and YOU have idea OF the
frghtfu song the West Indian Walkures sang that
New Years night.
As / have hinted have the diagram habit, nor
could | resist drawing hurried sketches OF the way
this hurricane would probably be plated later on
the chart issued by the United States HydrOgrap pho
Office These sketches / showed my guest between
as TO course. He seemed 70 enjoy the diagrams
better than the dinner, but perhaps II was only
polIteness
Between eight and nine o'clock the Captain re-
ported both tOpgallant maSts, with the wireless
biography attachments DEPENDING therefrom gone
overheard smashed, and then the most dlSqtuet-
ing thing OF all came vi the lights IN the forward
part of the ship ABSOLUTE darkness on the
bridge. this meant. and worse than all. no hight tor
the compass. From the way the wind seemed 10
veer and strike the starbOard quarter i knew we
steering by and large across the face OF the
North Atlantic, while IN our Immediate wake was q
smaller vessel unapprized of mshap We al
felt more comfortable when the dynamo damage was
repaired and we reganed our compass course. BY
ten P. NJ We're out of the worst OF it and noted
marked essenIng in the force OI the wind. Following
the Law OF Storms, | had run out OF the intense
part of tins exceptional hurricane that learned
later wrought devastation in England and held
back for two DAYS such powerful steamships as The
Campania and the Touraine.
The hurricane having passed us the sea came up
with a bound, and that night the big Brooklyn
rolled thirty-seven degrees bur What would YOU.
We were out of the big blow and he heavy seas
could do us no material damage.
New-York tribune., 1906-09-02

OF rough water thick weather, and bosterouS blow
ingS but bV Sunday, December 81, were well out
of the cvclonic area and about SIN hundred miles
to The eastward OF the Atlantic S coast New Year s
morning Was not exactly pleasant and there WAS
more tumblctcation Oo Clark RuSse1s CX-
decks but we III felt that this trbulatIon was Tor
the moment only and that in day or two we
would have forgotten all about IT, However, about
eleven ". the barometer, that had stood at 50 o.
lcgin 10 fall At . rate | have never seen paralcltd
Men and figures may, sometimes do. he, the 1ucr-
curry never, that | was not surprised when the
skies 10 the southwark and westward grew glum
TO inkness while overhead the scud was tIying and
racing as II on q wager TO reach lCclanchc coasts
mghtfaI
Reports from the bridge made 10 me hourly and
giving force and direction ot wind and swell, barO-
metric readings. and general 10 sky and
sea. convinced by two p NJ. that a storm OF un-
usual vigor was coming from the West Indies
from the habitat OF hurricanes and coming with
express tram velocity at least BY hNe @ clock
in the evening the heavens were pallCd in black,
the seas had an oruinouS and hungry look, while
in the air was that indctinahlc something that TO
sailor surely and often to landsuan well. pre-
S,gts the approach of {! natural phenomenon had
q guest on board and 10 him Xplaned my iews as
note that the diagrams | drew for his instruction
and my own satisfaction proved later 10 have been
wonderfully correct | applied the Law OF Storms
.sg,n see, and found such application llluinnlt-
Ing II not lntallblc
b. tvc-thirtv p. N strong gale was reported
and logged and. the seas getting up an the time.
was confronted tr another problem The BTookIEn
i- "a iig arruorcd cruiser of nlnctv-tWo hundred
tons ugh powered. and built 70 ride out almost
any storm without serious danger. The Galveston,
however Is >,coud-c CLASS cruiser OF thirtytwo hum
drcd tons with q iaA>:uuin speed o1 sixteen knots,
New-York tribune., 1906-09-02
When President Cleveland Was Surprised

DURING the second Cleveland Administration
~ Sccrct.ry of State Gresham called al the White
House accompanied hr Young man who had teen
appointed Consul az TrieSt the recommendation
Of the Secretary. The appointee had made q visit
To the Capitol thank the President in person Tor
the honor, and 10 inform him that ne desired 10 de
cline the appointment. He had informed the
Secretary OF State, who sand TO him, " You must
make known Your dcclinaton To the President and
VIII take YOU over to The White IIous,
When the Sccrctarv presented the Young man 10
the President the aIIointec thanked The President
and rendered his r,eieuation
Mr.. Secretary. ~aid the President this is quite
unusual don't know when such incident has
come 10 my notice Have You an> other candidates
like this"
The Secretary SAID hc had no cN llanation To make
New-York tribune., 1906-09-02

DOUBTLESS that was a good dinner but It's SER
~ wee was OF the broken spaSmodic sort. Ny
cabin showed several inches of water (mIXed with
earth from overturned and broken pots that once
held palms, nv guest was bostered and laShcd INTO
rgi,lItv Z, sofa the windWard side and / in a
chair opposite. while the steward found himself
forced 10 "a sort of tripedal progress He had To
onc hand the dishes but the otucr and his knees
were tor crawling Now and again he would fetch
away through the water Gt came IN through the
gun Iortsl. and dire the wreck of food. dishes.
clothes and temper. Talking was next to InpOS-
sible. Unless YOU have heard YOU can scarcely
New-York tribune., 1906-09-02

NEXT to King Edward. one Of the most popuhrand
- universally respected men in England Is Cen
cra William Booth the head OF the Salvation Army:
and vet ago he Vtltcd with mud
seriously talks ot turning him and his army
the and the retaining of the wards the State
Who are past sell support and Nct are not criminals
This owing the Success of the farm colonies and
the social redemption work ot the army in this
and in England.
General Booth was recently asked what he would
do with his lite ii he could 60 back and live
again. He replied, :" would br a man ot spiritual
skill, | would hc a of sacrifice; | would he
man of PRAYER; | would hc man ot holiness. |
would be man OF compassion tor human suffering.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28
BRYAN IN 0KLAH0M MA
Indian Chiefs Escort Nebraskan on
Stamping Tour.

GUTHRIE. Okla, Sept. 2S.-Guthrie
accorded William ]. Bryan a hearty
reception. He delivered an address, in
which he merely touched on the nation
al issues. 1ic
He received prolonged applause
when he mentioned the carpet Dagger
in politics and warned the voters of
Oklahoma against railroad influence in
the constitutional convention. A great
cheer greeted the reference TO his pub
lie railroad ownership proposition.
Mr.. Bryan talked from the observa-
ton car of n special Santa Fe train. ar
irving at 4 o'clock from Perry, Okla.
He had made eleven speeches during
the day and appeared exhausted
Among those who are accompanying
the Nebraskan are Chiefs Rogers and
Porter Of the Cherokee and Creek In
dian tribes.
AT Tulsa, l. T., Mr.. Bryan was greet
ed by 5000 persons. He was introduced
by former Usage Chief John Palmer
and spoke for fifty minutes. Several
Indian chiefs besides Palmer were on
the platform.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28
FIGHT AT JIMINEz, MEX.
Banditti and SmuggIers Take Pos
session of Town, Are Driven Out.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-The col
lector of customs at Eagle Pass, Tex,
telegraphs as follows:
'.About thirty bandits and smugglers
took possession of JimineZ, Il small
town in Mexico thirty miles above
Eagle Pass.
Alright ensued with Mexican soldiers,
and several men were killed. Sensa-
tional reports have been sent describ-
ing ii as a revolution. Efforts may be
made to induce the war department to
send troops. Nothing serious in the
situation reported up to the present
time"
A Houston CTex.) report says that the
revolutionists and a force from Ciudad
Porfirio DiaZ have clashed at Victoria,
about five miles south of Jiminez, that
one ranger was killed and that the rev
o~lutionists left several dead. They scat
tered and are being pursued by Next
can troops.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28
CARD OF THANKS.

| wish to thank the following per
sons for the floral offerings which
they gave in memory of my beloved
wife: The l.. C. B. A., F. of A., Mr.
Franz Roesslcr, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Beatty, Miss j. Beatty and family
Mrs. Kreudl and Thomas Mortensen
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Hollander, Mr.. and
Mrs. d. Preacher and Mrs. w. H
Calvin. | also wish to thank my
friends and neighbors for their kind
service rendered during my wife's
illness.
MIR. FRANK SHEATH.
4205-9-2S-1t**
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28
Babe Born in Death Cell.

Frau Bloemers, of Derendorf, Ger
many, who recently gave birth to a
son in a prison cell while awaiting
execution of her death sentence for
completely in the murder of a military
officer in Gladbach, was refused par
don. The courts decreed that she
should nurse her child for eight weeks.
The baby was then placed in an or
phan asylum and the mother decapi-
tated. vd
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28
Result of Bomb OUTRAGE.

1t Is officially announced in the
Correspondence de Espana that Is
civilians were killed and 70 injured by
the bomb outrage in the Gale Mayor.
In the body of the horse which was
killed while drawing the royal coach
2S bullets were found.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28

Teller-Of course, the notes a coun
terfeit. There is one very evident
sign of that
Depositorr-Oh, come. l don't see
Teller-Why, anyone could see it
It's in the paper.
Depostor-But, my dear sir, II
these days you can't believe every
thing you, sec in the paper.-Philadel
phia Ledger.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28
Gold Fails to Excite.

Nearly four tons of gold were piled
up in the assay office in Seattle re-
Gently, the bulk Of which had been
of this gold did not excite more than
a ripple of interest in the city.-Se-
attic Post-lntelligencer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28

For Developing the Figure. Clean
Illness is the first law in medicine. If
you want a fine figure and good
health, use HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea. Tea or Tablets, 35 cents.
Sections drug store. 70 Smith street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28

"Why don't you get something new
to talk about?"
What for?" asked the orator. "Peo-
pie don't fully understand what l have
been talking about for the last ten
MISREPRESENTATION Sta.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28
Evolution in Society.

u SUPPOSE said the old-time friend,
that your folks no longer feel the
anxiety about social matters that they
once experienced:
3 Yes. they do" answered Mr.. Gum
rox, mother an the girls are now as
busy keeDin' other m out of So
'ciety as they once were gettin' in
themselves. '-Washington Star.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28
BOARDERS

Wanted-Table boarders in private
family, first class board. Mrs. G.
A. Sorensen, 313 New Brunswick
N 4202-9-2S-2t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed intends making an application to
the City of Perth Amboy at their next
meeting, for a license to keep an hotel,
with the privilege of selling malt and
spirituous liquors in the City Of Perth
Amboy and in the house owned by
l.. G. N. Brogger at $40 State st.
41S5 9-2S " Dew HANS LEHMAN
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28

BOardcrs Wanted-Large and small
rooms, first class table board. IA
Market street, corner Hobart.
41S3-9-2S-2t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed intends making application to the
Board of Excise Commissioners of the
City of Perth Amboy at their next meet
ing, for a transfer of his license to keep
a saloon with the privilege of selling malt
and spirituous liquors in the City of Perth
Amboy, and in the house owned by
II. Chenelick, 20 Hall ave-, t, Herman Cheme.
lick. DANIEL j. KELLY.
4161 9-2S ct osw
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28

1t Will Pay You to look over our ne
line of oil cloth and llnoleuf
Miller, 357 State street.
193S-7-13-F.tf.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28

Wanted-5O0 people who want first
class work done prompt. Plumb
ing, heating, roofing. Monaghan
shops-363 State street, city, 40
Broadway, Soutk Amboy. 3-S-tf
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28

Keen Cool by using one of our new
oil stoves. Miller. 357 State
street. l93~S-f-l5-f.tI.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28
SITUATIONS WANTED-MALE.

Young Man, age so, married, wants
position of any kind; has business
experience, good penman; can furn-
ish good reference. p. o. Box 40.
.4~201-9-2S-3t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28

How about your Roof and leaders for
the winter? Do they need repair
ing. If so, call on the Sanitary Plumb
ing and Construction Co., 5 King ST.
Telephone 25SJ. 3714-9-l-tf
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28

The NEWS in every home.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28

For %Typewriting and m~imeograph
work see Trainers Private School.
133-2-7-1yr.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28

For your Plumbing, timing and heat
ing, call on the Sanitary Plumbing
and Construction Co., 5 King St. Tel
ephone 1851. 3716-9-1-tf
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28

All Kinds of stove and furnace re-
pairs al the Sanitary Plumbing
and Construction Co.. 5 King st. Tel
ephone 25SJ. S715-s-I~'z
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-28

Skidoo to Graham's for Maryland
fake biscuit. Melt in your mouth.
s-28-tf
Douglas Island news., 1906-04-11

For the past two years Japanese fish ermen have enjoyed the privilege of taking fish in Alaska waters, but it is to be all off from now on.
 Prank E. Burns, superintendent of the Alaska Steamship company, is in the East and has purchased two new steamships for Alaska waters.
 Inregard to Marshal Shoup's aspira- tions for the delegateship, even the Sitka Alaskan takes up the cry that Shoup is only carpetbagger.
 The pupils of the Skagway public school debated the question of woman suffrage and the victory was with those who advocated female voting.
 Charles A. Bailer, trapper living near Whitehorse, while in fit of de- spondency fired bullet into his brain. He was 45 years of age and unmarried.
 The old-fashioned editor of the Whitehorse Star recently ventured to take a ride in an automobile. With careful nursing his recovery is assured.
 The Valdez Prospector says that l.. A. Marsh, hardware drummer, made the trip from Fairbanks to Valdez in seven days and seven hours, on bicy- cIe.
 It is claimed that the results from gold submitted to the Seattle assay office have improved perceptibly since the stealings there were detected and stopped.
 In the Delta district they should have no trouble to get good roads. They have named town "Richardson" in honor of the Major, of the road commission.
 Wrangell is already recovering from the effects of the fire. The saw mill is running night and day, and numerous new buildings are going up in the burnt district.
 The patient, ,painstaking and efficient work of Governor Swineford in behalf of Alaska, has brought forth words of praise from many of the national law makers at Washington.
 Attu Island is the farthest westward of the Aleutian Islands and forms the western point of Alaska. Attu Island is over 900 miles nearer to Tokyo, Japan, than it is to San Francisco.
 Some of the AIaskans in Washington assume that the appointment of Will fred B. Hoggatt as governor of Alaska means Fairbanks delegation to the national convention in 1908.
 Capt. E. w. Johnson, formerly of Dyea and Skagway, traded an old gaso. line launch last summer at Nome for claim that will yield S500,OOO this year. More than S15OoOo is already on the dump.
 A Juneau paper has it that MT. George Rodman, formerly U. s. Com missioner at Wrangell, is planning to furnish the three towns on Gastineaux channel with independent electric lights"
 It is announced that the American Shelter combine will build a railroad one hundred and twenty-five miles to it's Bonanza mine, work to start at once. The ocean terminal of the road will be at Valdez.
Douglas Island news., 1906-04-11
Information for Everybody.

Seward has fifty pupils in her public school.
 Chicago capitalists will locate bank at Seward.
 H. Tripp is the name of Juneau's new mayor,
 Alaska is nearly five hundred times as big as Rhode Island.
 The Guggenheims have taken over the Treadgold interests in the Yukon.
 LA. Hellenthal is now city attorney at Juneau, vice R. W. Jennings, remov- ed. The Valdez papers have about sus- pended work on the Alaska Central Ky.
 Hewett, the magic man, who hunted his sister all over Alaska last year,is at it again.
 It is probable that Sitka will not ar range a public reception for Gov. Hoggatt.
 Twenty patents to quartz claims in the Klondike have been issued during the last month.
 The oldest building in sitka, built by the Russiens in 1847, was sold few days ago for 5.
 The first attempt to raise the steam CT Mariechen, wrecked at False Bay, was unsuccessful.
 Work has been resumed on the Klondike Mines railroad bridge, across the Klondike river.
 Dr. Milard Harrison, a Seattle phy- sician, will cast his lot with the miners in the Yentna country.
 The new city council at Juneau start ed out by raising the salaries of the city's employees all around.
 The Yukon sawmill has secured the contract from Tom O'Brien to supply 45,OO0 ties for the Klondike Mines rail way.
 Anacortes, lumber town on Puget Sound, raised s68 by private subscrip- tion to aid the fire sufferers at Wran- gell.
 Those magazine writers who have been telling us of the greatness of Texas ought to take peep at Alaska Seattle Times.
 Editor John Frame, of the Juneau Transcript, has gone below for rest we mean he has gone to Ketchikan. John is not dead yet.
Douglas Island news., 1906-04-11

Tho Kougarok, Alaska, Mining Com pany was incorporated in New Jersey, with capital stock of S1,0O0,000 to acquire mines, mining rights, mineral and timber lands and water rights in Alaska.
 Representative Lacy has introduced in the house bill to authorize the as- signees of coal land locations to make entry under the coal land laws appli- cable to Alaska to the extent of 1,280 acres each.
 II. J. Hutchinson, one of the oldest steam boat engineers in point of service with the White Pass, has been promot- ed to the position of superintendent engineer for the company, with head quarters at Whitehorse.
 A Dawson man named Hammar, who loved we'll, but not wisely, placed a stick of dynamite in the woodpile of his adored, just to give her little blowing up. The dynamite was discov' ered and Hammar is in jail.
 The house committee on interstate and foreign commerce is planning to visit the North Pacific Coast during the summer recess of congress. They may devote some attention to the in- terests of Southeastern Alaska.
 The Sitka Cablegram has discovered that in seven towns to the Westward, the only school for the children of American citizens is maintained at the expense of the Russian government, and the children are taught by Russian priests.
 The Columbia cannery, of Chilkoot, will this year confne it's salmon pack to "fats," the trade name for the short cans put up by the salmon packers. Nearly all of the cans will be of the half-pound size. The purpose of this is to get the very best prices obtainable for salmon.
 The word comes from the westward that the Valdez Fairbanks trail is breaking up. People who crossed it since March 15 said it would not take more than two weeks longer to see the end of it for the present year. It is said that it would be unsafe to tackle it after the first week in April.
 Congre ssman Sulzer, of New York, who wants to make Juneau the capital of Alaska, and have all the public buildings congregated there, has intro duced bill providing for the erection of public building at Juneau, to cost not to exceed S2o0,0OO. MT. Sulzer is very confident that the bill will pass.
 The Alaska of today, especially Southern Alaska, does not seem any more unpromising, industrially and politically, than did the "great Ameri- can desert" sixty years ago. Now the "great American desert" is one of the most populous, prosperous and infu- ential parts of the Union.-Chicago Tribune.
 Secretary Hitchcock calls the present reindeer administration a scandal. He proposes to vest the power of general supervisor of the enterprise in the new governor, while the active work in the field necessary to bring about a thorough reorganization of service will be entrusted to a subordinate person of proved capacity for the task.