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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN JAIL
Visitor to EImira Prison Gave WON.
an Poison and Killed Himself.

ELMIRA, n. Y, Dec. 27.-The FL
mira county Jail was the scene OF a
double tragedy last night. A woman
named Bessie Wells occupied a cell
in the women's dormitory. awaiting
sentence on Jan. 3 for abducting a
young girl and harboring her for inn
moral purposes.
A man named Frank Delaney, pos
sessing a power of attorney from the
woman and who is said to have been
her lover, called at the Jail and, stat
ing that he wished to obtain the wo-
mans signature to some papers, was
shown to her cell by Il guard who
stood close by while he conversed with
her.
Suddenly Delaney passed a bottle of
carbolic acid through the bars and
pressed a second one to his w lips.
The guard sprang upon the man, but
was not quick enough. Both died be-
fore a physician could be called. De
laney was tw~enty-nine years old and
was a railroad man. He m from
a respected family.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27

UTICA. n. Y, Dee. PA big excur.
sion party of the One Hundred and
Seventeenth New York volunteers has
completed arrangements for a trip to
Wilmington, n. c., to attend the grand
reunion of the blue and the gray al
Fort Fisher OF Jan. 10, that being the
forty-second anniversary Of the battle
at the fort. An invitation has been ex-
tended not only to the One Hundred
and Seventeenth New York volunteers,
but to all who wore the blue at that
battle and their friends, by the "Con.
federate Survivors of Fort Fisher asso
clation." The Utica party will leave
here Jan. 13.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
O~N.SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Road Is Moving Trains and Accept
.s.s. ing Freight As Usual.

HOUSTON, Tex, Dee. 2T.-Reports
to the headquarters of the Atlantic
system of the Southern Pacific show
that the lines are experiencing little
difficulty in operating trains on nc
count Of the strike of the locomotive
firemen Oh the Houston division OF the
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Anto
MO line.
In view of the successful operation
IF trains, as indicated. Traffic Manager
c. X. Dunlap has issued notices at all
points to accept both local and through
freight for transportation owe the lines
of the company.
At Lobo, near FL Paso. Ens{teeI
Kutz is reported to have been assault
ed by Brakeman Binger and so Sc
verely injured that he could not con
time the run. 4ipN
II. L. Willis, assistant grand chief
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fin.
gineers,. says that his organization Is
thoroughly satisfied with the situation.
and all it's members are going to do all
possible to maintain their contract with
the railroad company and to keep
trains moving. 2
A Southern Pacific fireman was tax
en- from a locomotive by masked men
Mt O~pelousas, La. The tiremen's strike
has caused no serious trouble. TWO
guards are carried on every locomotive.
and all passenger and local freights
have been moved on time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. Dec. 27.-
Mrs. Charles Weeks, sixty. Is dead here
from hydrophobia. She was bitten ON
the right ankle three weeks ago by a
small fox terrier that her husband
found in the street and which seemed
so playful that he allowed 1t to follow
him home. Mrs. Weeks became at
tached to the dog, which romped about
the house and did funny tricks. AS the
dog was still about the $. p. Q. A. or
dered that the animal be caught and
killed. Its brain will be examined.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
ELKs GOING TO sTAPLEToN.
Members of Perth Amboy Lodge Will
Attend Dedication.

Arrangements have been completed
by Perth Amboy Lodge No. 1884, B.
P. o. Elks, to attend the dedication
of the new Elks' home at Stapleton,
s. l., Saturday night. A committee
was appointed a short time ago by
the lodge to arrange the letails and
nearly seventy-five of the members
are expected to attend the ceremonies.
The local Elks are to meet in the
Odd Fellows building at 6 o'clock
and, accompanied by Bollschweiler's
Union Band, march to the ferry.
The new home at Stapleton has
only recently been completed and an
extensive program has been arranged
for the dedication services. Some
of the local Elks, it is understood,
are to speak.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
No Cont Yesterday.

NEW BRUNSWICK. Dec. 27:-
Owing to the death of William Ber-
dine, brother of Prosecutor George
tBerdine, whose funeral was held yes
terday afternoon, there was no SEES
sion of the county courts. Judge
Booraem had set down some criminal
cases for yesterday, but they went
of. An appeal case is down for to-
day, but this is not likely to be tried
so that there will be no court in all
probability till tomorrow, the regular
Orphans court day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
CRY BRIEFS
sDCOOOCOO DOOOOcOOCOOSOCO

The NEW roller skating rink
opens tonight.
An adjourned meeting of the
school board will be held tonight at
which time The Wolff furniture ques-
ton will be talked over.
One of The large doors on the
Protection Hook and Ladder Com
pany's house on State street was re-
paired yesterday.
The fou r-masted schooner Augusta
Welsch arrived at the Lehigh Valley
coal wharyes yesterday.
Architect John II. Dayton went
to Newark yesterday with several sets
of plans to be inspected by the Tene-
ment House Supervisors.
The three-masted schooner Gill
litty is at the Lehigh Valley wharves
with lumber.
The Standard Underground Ca
BILE C~ompany's buildings in Washing
ton street are receiving a coat of
red paint.
Frank Ross is making some i'm
%provements in his cigar store at 75 X
Smith street.
"A meeting of the Catholic Club
and the annual election will take
place tonight.
The heavy winds yesterday
caused the fire alarm to ring at var
lied intervals. The system was re-
= aired yesterday afternoon.
The International Laborers'
on held a meeting last night in
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27

Ell PASO, Tex, Dec. 2Z.-Japanese
are focking to the Rio Grande border,
attempting to get into the United
States. Most of them are said to have
been discharged from the Japanese ar
my. On Tuesday fifty-four were re-
fused admission here. Later a number
were struggled over at Fort Hancock,
Tex, but were recaptured by immigra-
ton officials, who are patrolling the en-
tire border.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
CAPT. wendell ARRESTED
First New York Battery Command
der Accused of Graft.

NEW YORK, Dee. 2T.-Captain Lou
battery, New York national guard. ant
d well known man about town. wa
! arrested here on Il warrant chargin
him with accepting a bride in connec
| ton with his conduct of affairs OF til
battery in it's armory in Sixty-siXti
street in this city.
The warrant for Captain Wendell
was issued by Magistrate Crane in TIL
Tombs court and charged him specific
ally with violating section 4S of tn,
penal code. This section forbids an OF
ficer of the county or state from recelv
ing any emolument or fee for worl
done IN office except Al provided by
law.
Charges under this head have beer
under investigation for more than 6
week in a secret hearing conducted By
Magistrate Crane in his chambers
Abraham Levy. who represented Cap
tain Wendell, notified the magistrate
early in the hearing that If it was de
cided TO issue Il warrant he would sur
render his client in court 50 1t could be
served on him.
While the hearing was under way
before Magistrate Crane. Wendell up.
piled to General Roc, commanding the
state national guard, and asked that a
special military inquiry he made of the
charges laid against him. General Roe
brought the matter to the attention OF
the governor and later announced that
the inquiry Wendell asked for would be
made.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
FREEHOLDERS' CLUB
WILL DINE JANUARY 2

NEW BRUNSWICK. Dec. 27:-
The Freeholders' Social Club, which
is made up of the members who COM
posed the old board of chosen free
holders, will hold a banquet in this
cityson Monday, January Y. Notices
were sent out to the members yester-
day. The place where the banquet
will be held has not yet been decided
upon. 1t is the plan of the commit
tee in charge to have several of the
county officials present. There will
be some good speakers in attendance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
NOLAA'S BODY here
Man Killed Near South Amboy
EN Awaiting Word from Father.

The body of Peter Nolan, who was
killed at Browns siding at South
Amboy, Monday night, was removed
from Stillwell & Mason's morgue in
South Amboy by Undertaken Burke
to the latter's morgue in State street,
this city, today. MI. Burke is await
ing word from relatives. Nolan has
q f~atherNliving in Indianapolis. Word
has been sent to him of the death of
his son, and nothing will be done un-
I'll word has been received from him.
It is said he has an uncle and a sister
living IN this city, but as yet they
have not come forward to claim the
BODY.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
Trip Around The WORLD Asoot

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Bronzed with
the winds and the varying temperature
of many climess Anton Harslian, who
started on Sept. u, 1900, to walk
$4,000 miles in seven years on a wager
of $4,000, arrived in New York on his
way around the world, pushing his
wife and daughter in a peculiar tricy.
Gle of his own construction.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27

TRENTON, n. j.. Dec. 27.-Harry
f. Bibbins, a student in Princeton uni
versity, became the husband of Miss
Edna May Chandler, a vaudeville art
list who did a barefoot dance" after
a midnight supper last Thursday eNeni
ing following her appearance in arlo-
cal theater. Squire Manfred Naar was
pulled out of bed to perform the cere-
monY.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.
Another of Accused Trio Arranged
on Otto Smiths Charge.

Gus Gunkel, of IA Grace. street,
was arraigned before Recorder Pick
Iersgill this morning on a charge of
assault and battery preferred by Otto
Smith, who keeps a saloon at Smith
street and Watson n 'Gunkel
and two others are accused by Smith
of coming into his place on Tuesday
and making a disturbance, after
which, he says, they assaulted him.
Gunkel was placed under $500 bail.
Miles Grove, of 244 Fayette street,
the other alleged a~ssaulter, was ar
rested in S. Spitzer's saloon this
morning by City Marshall r. A.
Peltier.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
Hicks VIII Lecture.

BAKERSFIELD, Cal. Dec. 27.-L.
B. Hicks. the recently entombed miner.
has signed a contract for a lecture
tour, beginning in Bakersfield tonight.
Several of his will accompany
him. Hicks intends to travel ver the
country and tell his experiences. He
will wear the clothes he wore in the
mine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
Said He was out of His Mind.

The police received a report from
1886 Madison avenue early this morn
ing stating that there was a crazy
man in the house. Patrolman An
drew Jensen and R%oundsman Morris
went to the place at once and brought
Nautilus Madsen to the police station.
Madsen's arrangement is considered
only temporary, and it is believed
that nothing serious will develop.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27

SEDAN. Kan, Dec. 81. - Otto d.
Stallard. former cashier of the Peo-
pies National bank of Sedan, who dis
appeared on Sept. 20 last. owing the
bank close to $4,000. has arrived home
and surrendered. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Stallard.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27

ATLANTA. Ga, Dec. 27.-Dr. Co.
lumbus r. Giles, one of Atlanta's most
prominent physicians, is dead here,
uged fifty.cight years.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
HEADACHES AND NEURALGIA
FROM COLDS.

LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine, the
world wide cold and grip remedy, re-
moves ause. Call for full name.
Look for signature e. w. Grove. Csc.
4764-th.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27

Union hall. The annual election Of
officers will be held at the next reg
ular meeting.
Rock of Safety Lodge, /. o. G..
T., failed of a quorum last night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
President ON Hunting Trip.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2T.-President
Roosevelt left for Pine Knot today to
shoot rabbits and to tramp about the
country until Monday, when he will
return with renewed vigor to shake
the 1000 or 5000 hands that will be
thrust out at him at the public recep-
ton on New Years day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27
colonel Joseph F. cline Dead.

BURLINGTON, n. j., Dec. 27.-Jo-
seph f. Cline, lieutenant colonel of
the Second regiment Of the national
guard of New Jersey, is dead at his
home here of pneumonia. He was fif-
ty years or and had been active in
national gard matters in this state
since 1873.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-27

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Edward e,
Loomis, formerly cashier of Il drug
store in Brooklyn, from which he is
accused of the larceny of $4,000, es-
capped from a detective e James
town, N. Y, in whose custody he was
being brought from California. Loo
mis- jumped from n train while be-
tween Randolph and Jamestown. \
.. a
"All things r difficult before
they are easy" such as getting the
swing of it" in advertising a store.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-16

Republican state committee a 100000 A. Pendar, printing ...... 66.12 w. P. Pierson. printing -. i6.OO Bridgeport Farmer printing 112.0O Waterbury Beobachter,
 printing .... ....... $500 New Haven Palladium,
 printing ,..., ...... 75.oo ing .... ............ 17S.oo New Haven Leader. print
 ing ~. ....... 10000 Waterbury Telegram. print
 ing ... 3oo.oo B. R. Kelsey. printing .... 1O8.O7 New Haven Union, printing 75.OO. w. J. Atwater & Co, pastors 124.OON Postage {. .... ...... 224.00 Monroe Business college,
 printing .... -. .... $500 Waterbury Business Col
 lege. printing :. ..... 1900 c. s. Greenwood, address
 ing envelopes .... .... 7B.O0 Clerks at polling places:
 G. w. Mitchell,
 F. Lauber,
 A. H. Dickson.
 E. A. Erie,
 l.. F. Rice,
 A. E. Sault.
 J. E. Pereault,
 s. CrOnin,
 John H. Kilduff.
 George Reed,
 J. Derwin,
 M. Hickey. Windham County Canadian,
 printing .... ........ 16.00 Clerks at polling places:
 Samuel Greenberg.
 Joseph Mcveigh.
 Louis Beaudreau,
 George Coan,
 William Cross,
 William F. Lange,
 Joseph LaBell.
 Michael Sullivan.
 Total .... .... ...... 5000 Further comment is unnecessary, except to add that there is more com- ing.
 Julius H. Morris of New Haven. judge of probate. spent only single dollar. while Frederick W. Marsh of Winchester. for the same ofice. did not expend a cent.
 William B. Stoddard of Milford. candidate for attorney general on the democratic ticket. expended $185. Matthew J. O'Brien. prohibition candidate for governor. paid 4162.70 for a chance to be elected.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-16
CITY WAS DARK
Snow StsIn of YostsIdsy Mida
 TIouhle For Trolley Co.

| I The snow storm of yesterday was pretty severe for a starter and to make things worse the mixed condi- tion of affairs regarding the electric lights left many sections of the city in utter darkness and people had to get along in the good old fashioned way their fathers .trod through the town. . The experience Waterbury is hav- ing just now demonstrates the ur- gency of the city owning it's own lighting plant instead of trusting to any private corporation for such ser vice. What would be the condition in the shops since the Bulls Bridge power commenced to go wrong If the managers of these concerns were as blind as the city father and neg lected to install electric plants of their own long ago? Why half the people in town would have been thrown into involuntary idleness, the factories would suffer and many who would be out of employment would be forced to ask a little bread from the department of charities. All the big concerns and the little ones, too, are provided with their own plants, but the city of Waterbury. where the whole of them do business. isn't in a position to light its own public buildings, to say nothing of It's streets. The aldermen tried 1t few years ago, but our conservators at Hartford knocked the scheme in the head and one or two of the lawmak- CTS not satisfied with voting against it. insisted in making speeches in which they denounced the citizens of Waterbury as pack of fools. It was all right when the directors of the factories withdrew their patronage from the trolley company, but the idea of the city attempting such a thing was preposterous, so the legis- lators thought, and the men back of the project were stigmatized as so- cialists, blackguards, robbers and al- most everything one could mention except honest mon. The city should put this question up to the legisla- ture again even at the risk of getting another calling down from some of the watch dogs of the corporations at the Capitol.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-16
THIS IS THE STORE FOR STYLISH GLOVES-A FEW SPECIALS
 FOR SATURDAY.

Women's One-clasp Walking
 Gloves, gusseted fingers, Eng
 fish tan shades. Saturday. .S1 .00 Women's Two-clasp Fine Glace
 Gloves, selected skins. perfect
 fitting, black. white, gray,
 brown. mode, castor gray, red,
 navy and green shades. Satur-
 urday ...... ...... ..... .Sl.lU Women's Peerless Walking Gloves, made to fit all shaped hands,
 white, black and newest color-
 ings. Saturday ..........S .S1 AS Mems Heavy Mocha Gloves, wool lined, value $1.25. Saturday Sl. .0O Mems Fine Glace Gloves. Paris
 point stitching, silk lined, value
 $1.75. Saturday .........Sl.4 .49 Mems Mocha Gloves, silk lined,
 gray and tan shades. Saturday Men; onne.clas:pp Walking Gloves. G' English tan shades. Saturday Misses Mocha Gloves, silk lined,
 regular $1.25 kind. Saturday..
 .. ....... ..... .s1.0O shades. Saturday ..... ...98c Boys Mocha Gloves. wool lined.
 Saturday ...... coco. ..S1.00
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-16
LOVELY LILLEY LIBERAL.
Sllday HsEsDlpes m Dsnsnifle.
 WId Werkers on nk List


 Candidates for once in the recent election are filing statements of their expenses with the state secretary in Hartford. and already enough light has been thrown on the matter to warrant the statement that 1t costs a great deal more to get elected to an onlce than the salary that goes with it. Congressmen receive a sal ary of $6,O00 a year, but this would not so here or there towards paying their election expenses. 50 the only way they can look for returns for the money invested is in the honor of being entitled to a seat in the na- tional house of representatives. The returns also show the folly of mon of limited means aiming to defeat can- didates who can afford to scatter the dust broadcast, and they also prove what has been freuuently charged, that you cannot tell mans politics or newspapers by what he or 1t says. The report of George L. Lilley, congressman-at-large, is in- teresting. MT Lilley has not yet re- ceived all his bills. but such as have been rendered and paid are as fol- 10wS.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-16
sRooKLYH BRIEFS.

James Geddes of Bank street is working in Syracuse, N. Y. Wait for '4.e Refugees" one of Conan Doyle's best productions.
 Thomas Condop of the Brooklyn engine house is on couple of days vacation.
 The Brooklyn and Town Plot Improvement committee will meet this evening at 7:30 at the Lyceum.
 A number from this section will accompany the All Waterbury foot ball team to Bridgeport tomorrow.
 John Draher of Draher avenue. notwithstanding the stormy weather of yesterday, spent the day trying his luck with the gun.
 A horse owned by w. F. Betts slipped and fell on Bank street yes- terday morning. It took considerable time before 1t was placed on its feet again.
 Mrs Daniel Cassidy of South Leonard street, who had a bad shock on Sunday, has not improved much since that time. although 1t is thought that she twill pull through. Her son. Daniel, who is employed in New York, is at the home of his mother.
 The practice of throwing snow balls started with the snow of yester- day and crowd of boys almost got into trouble because of hitting man on Bank street. He did not mind the first balls of snow that landed on his back, but when the urchins did not desist when told to do 90 he became rather angry and threatened to shoot the boys with a revolver which he pulled from his pocket and juggled in his hand.
 Miss Mary Fitzgerald of 140 South Leonard street and John F. Sweeney, foreman for NJ. J. Daily & Sons, were married at St Patrick's church yesterday morning. Rev Jos eph M. Gleeson performed the cere- mony. Joseph Kirschbaum was groomsman and Miss Mary Campan bridesmaid. The bride was gowned in white net over white silk and wore a hat to match. Her maids dress was of point d'esprit with hat to match. After breakfast at the home of the bride Mir and Mrs Sweeney left on wedding trip to New York and Washington.
 -The game which the Cadet Juniors had arranged for Sunday with the Dublins of Meriden has been called on. as the manager of the Cadets was unable to obtain the field. Of course the game could be played as a preliminary. but there would be no money in it for the contestants. The Cadets will in all probability play the Hamilton Parks Sunday. afs though there has been some hitch in regard to the conditions under which the game should be played. The east end team wants c handicap while the Brooklynites do not care to give them as many points as they ask for.
 The prophets say that the com ing winter will be long and cold, with plenty of snow thrown in. If such is the case property owners might just as well start right in to clean their walks and not allow the snow to re- main on them for the sun 10 melt 1t. Considerable snow fell yesterday. and those walks that were not cleaned were very disagreeabie to travel on this morning. The long stretch of walk in front of the lot near the Bank street bridge was covered with slush almost an inch deep. During the day pedestrians vho took a chance on vading through 1t had their feet drenched- It is of no advantage for some owners to clean their vslks If all do not do co.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-16
THE POLICE COURT. Orlando ShafRner, Who Made Trouble for OfYlcers, Fined $1O.


 Orlando Shaffner, colored, got ugly at his employer, R. N. Blakesley. yes terday afternoon, and police had to be sent for. When Oflcers s. Walsh and O'Hearn got to the Naugatuck freight depot they found big crowd looking at four men trying to keep the colored man on his back. The police buckled into him, but he scat tered them right and left. He hit Onicer Walsh blow in the face and knocked of his helmet. By that time the police ambulance arrived and it took half a dozen men and the two officers to get him into 1t. He fought all the way to the police station and he fought when he got there. But there was no fight in him in the city court to-day, and his defense was that he did not remember a thing about the occurrence. He was fined 310 and costs.
 Dennis Flynn and Dennis McKenna were each fined s5 and costs for in- toxication, and Charles Degnan 310 and costs.
 The case against Angelo Sparse was continued to tomorrow morhiag under ball of $500. Sparso is charged with breaking into the real dence of Isadbre Shapiro on Brews- ter street and trying to make off with a lot of silverware on the night of October g, 1905. Sparse has just been released from New Haven jail.
 Charles Jefferson and Joseph c. Burke employed in the casting de- partment of the Scovill Manufactur- ing company's plant had some words about a castot's hammer this morn ing and Jefferson threw . lump of coal at Burke hitting him on the head and causing c wound. A nne of s1 and costs vas imposed.