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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
WILD DAYS IN ODESSA.
Drunken Policemen and Soldiers Run.
ming Amuck Among the
People.

Here is a correspondents record OF
the minor hooligan outrages of one
day in the city of Odessa recently:
member of a small military picket
staggered across to the edge of the
broad pavement, raised his rifle and
fired wildly at a passing dorsky carry
ing two women and a young girl. The
bullet missed its mark. An officer, at
tracted by the shot, rushed over, and
the drunken soldier ran as best he
could, after dropping his rifle, but was
brought down by a shot in the leg
from tie officer. On the opposite side
Of Cathedral place, 300 PAGES away,
about the same time. an intoxicated
policeman reeled out of a vodka shop
and commenced blazing about with his
revolver, one shot %wounding a Young
woman in the hand. He was shot dead
by a member of the nearest picket.
Earlier in the day two small mer-
chants returning through a busy thor
oughfare from tie custom house were
stopped by hooligans and robbed OF
everything. Thirty yards away stood
a picket of two soldiers and a police
man. The indignant victims demand
ed ~ know why the picket did not
como to their assistance. Ono Of the
soldiers replied it was none OF their
business: they were there TO control the
traffic only.
"rwo other cases of robbery with
violence occurred in the afternoon
close to my residence, in the outer dis
tricts of the city there were II similar
assaults and robberies. and between
aiehtfall and midnight about 20. In
three of the latter case, the military
pickets were the bandits, 4 little girl
OF nine years, chased by the hooligans'
was shot dead on her W doorstep
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
LOCAL ITEMS,

Rute Morgan, of Bordentown ave
nne, has just recovered from an at
tack of the humps. AS ii the
mumps wasn't bad enough grip seized
hold of Mr.. Morgan also and he was
not able to be out for about a week.
Mr.. Morgan caught the mumps from
his little boy.
Henry Stumpf, butcher in G.
Straub's market, is i'll with the
mumps.
f. e. DeGraw, borough recorder,
has opened an Office in the post office
building.
A young woman was looking for
Samuel Locker. overseer of the poor.
Tuesday. She said she wanted to be-
come an inmate of Tompkin's Home.
1t is said by those whose work
takes them through the woods that
there are lots of rabbit tracks seen in
the snow in the woods.
Jacob Levowitz, of New York, a
former resident of this borough.
spent Wednesday night in town with
friends.
They were bowling at the yacht
club alleys last night.
Israel Wards house has been
treated to some new windows.
Frank Mundy, of Catharine street,
starts today for Norfolk, Va, where
he has secured a position. 1t is said
that Andrew Sprague, of the Heights,
will accompany him.
Mr.. and Mrs. William McIntire are
moving into one of the flats in the
Rehfuss building in Broadway.
Orlando Perrine has had his fence
repaired in George street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodward Cornell
have moved from the Rehfuss build
ing, and it is said that Mr.. Cornell
has changed his position and that
they will leave town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bastedo, of George
street, will soon have a silver we'd
ling at their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Culver have
returned to this borough from Phila-
delphia and are visiting Mrs. Culver's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hankison, of
B~ordentown n Mr.. Culver is
said to be quite i'll.
Miss Mae Compton, of Bordentown
avenue, entertained Miss Bessie
Mundy at tea Wednesday night.
Miss Lizzie d. Dayton, of George
street, has returned home from a
very pleasant two weeks visit at AS
bury Park.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mrs. d. Sullivan, of this place,
spent IA few days at her daughters,
Mrs. E. Gallagher, of New Bruins
wick. While there a fire broke out
! o'clock in the morning in themillin-
cry establishment of Mr.. Gallagher
and they escaped in their night
3lothes, losing all other clothing.
DR.. Jackson, of Matawan, was in
5own yesterday.
Mr.. Myron Slater was among the
jisitors to our town today.
The holiday goods have been re-
moved from the large show windows
Of A. Salz & Co., and the artistic
manner in which the windows are
trimmed are noticeable, the large cen
er one particularly so the display of
iainty and u%p-to-date furniture is
cry attractive.
Mrs. j. Simmons will go to Allan
ic Highlands Thursday for a little
n1r and visit friends.
Mrs. Sutphin, wife of Rev. A. SUIT
\ in, of New Monmouth, vas in town
oday calling on friends.
The new cottage being built by
Frederick VanBrakle, in Mott street,
IS nearing completion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
SHOW BIG INCREASE.

Figures Of the assessed valuation
on both real and personal property
for 1906 show a large increase owe
the figures for 1906. AS the Board
of Estimate is required by law to APP
propriate for the general school fund
three mills on every dollar of assess
ed valuation, q much larger manda-
tory school appropriation will be
year. The figures, as announced by
the tax commissioners, are only ten
tative and will be reduced by ''swear-
ing off," but the personal property
valuation will be most affected. The
real estate valuations will be little
altered.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
T0TTENviLLE.
SLIGHT FIRE.
0verheated Stove in Butcher sh0r
Caused Alarm.

An overheated stove in the Office
of the butcher shop of Mrs. William
b. Sharrott, 131 Main street, set fire
to some woodwork this morning and
before the blaze could be put out,
the building had been damaged to
the amount of about 5000.
1t seems that Mrs. Sharrott was in
the butcher shop waiting on a Gus
toner and when she returned to the
office the woodwork was all ablaze.
The fire was also noticed by w. J.
~Der.cksoI, the Main street grocer,
who ran to the headquarters of the
engine company in Eureka place and
notified the captain.
The flremen responded at once, but
it was some little time before they
had the blaze out.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11

FRITZ n A DAY.

"Waken Fritz, it is pay day today,
get up mein leib; a good business
may be yours this day"
Fritz yawned, stretched himself
and muttering. what is the use?
pay day? Well it has been pay day
many times and it has been always
the same we merchants can wait and
wait and hope and hope that each
pay day may be better as the last.
only to see the people rushing for The
trains and so-Ah, but what a glp e
ious change. Fritz walked arc w.
with a beaming face, speaking to Il
number of customers asking what
they wished and turning them owe
10 his salesladies, while he went to
his desk to make change and his
dear, good wife was so delighted that
the tears came to her eyes along with
the smiles on her lips as she handed
him the cash. What joy! The store
was full of custoaners.
Ach, so like old MINES and both of
fhem saw piles'o OF riches before them.
All the afternoon the people kept on
coming in and the evening found
them still busy. The women's faces
mad been so brights everybody seem
ed so happy; the men had turned
over a new leaf this New Years and
their checks had been cashed and the
.aoney turned over to their wives.
1t was glorious and Fritz wondered
if the other merchants were busy too.
He had no time for peep out of
doors to seeshow, his -Aeighbors were
faring. He and his good wife and
the clerks could only wonder and
they were all so very tired when ii
was time to close up the store. Fritz
handed each of his clerks a little
present to compensate them for their
extra toll and good nights were said
smilingly with wishes for another
such busy day day tomorrow. Fritz
locked and bolted the door, turned
out the lights and with an "Oh my,
hut how tired am l." on his lips,
gazed into the face of his dear Marie
only to lear her saying, Fritz, mein
leib, waken up, it is pay day once
more" Fritz can be forgiven if he
did say some words that were very
expressive and emphatic as he
ed out, "Oh dash, dash, pay day, it
will only be to get up and watch the
people go hurrying by and see the
cars filled with them and I'll be
dashed if | get up today at all" as
he turned over in bed and his good
wife left him there, wondering if her
dear Fritz had gone mad. All, but
she was not a dreamer of dreams
and that dream had been such a glor-
ious one. Poor Fritz.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
GREAT SLAUGHTER OF GAME
Thousands Upon Thousands of Wild
Animals Destroyed in South
Africa.

During the four months of the
shooting season OF 1904 something
like $4,000 head of game has been
sold on the Kimberley market. Those
figures were rather staggering, but Il
is surprising. perhaps, TO hear that
they had more than doubled durins
the present year.
The secretary of the Game Protec-
ton association had obtained a -etH. 7
from the ~marketmaster which SHOVE
that 29.119 head of game were 500
on the Kimberley market during tdl
period April l to August Is last. /.
of that 29,119. say 1000 head wer,
smell birds which did not come with
in the usual Interpretation of the
word game" that left something like
81, 900 head of buck and birds WhiCt
were included in the usual interpreted
ton of the word game" That was {
lam entable return. and clearly EN-
phasized the necessity for taking
some action to stop the in~discriminatt
slaughter of same.
The totals under the various heads
of The return showed that the game
included 3,402 s~pringbuck. 244 duiker
1876 stembuck. $500 hares-the past
season had been a remarkable Il fol
haras. as all knew-3.S97 korhaan, s.
247 redwing, 704 guinea fowl, 131
paauw, 229 wild duck, 25 wild geese
and $3.50 cartridges and small birds
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
A l. A T

Announcement is made of the en-
eagement of Miss Eileen Robinson, OF
Stanleton. to Rev. Edward j. Russell,
of West New Brighton. Miss Robin
son is a graduate of the Staten Island
Academy and figures prominently in
Staten Island society. Rev. Mr..
Russell is a graduate of Princeton
Theological Seminary. and at the
present time pastor of Calvary Pres
byterian church, of West Brighton.
Arrangements are being perfected
by the Ocean Yacht Club, of Staple
ton, for holding its fifteenth anniver-
sarv dinner at the club house at the
foot of Water street, Stapleton, Feb
ruary IA. On the committee in
charge of the affair are George w
S~tapleton, Reuben Mord. Otto e,
Schroeder. Frank Almstedt and
James Clark.
At the Tompkinsville public school
Tuesday evening A. L. Blair lectured
on benjamin Franklin
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Schnakenberg
of New Brighton, will spend the re
!mainder of the winter in Manhattan
A pretty wedding was that of Miss
Frances Elliott. of Tompkinsville
and Alexander Markesio, of the same
place, on Wednesday evening at the
nome of the brides parents on Grit
fin street. The ceremony, which was
performed by the Rev. Pascal Har
rover, rector of the Church of the
Ascension. of West Brighton, was
largely attended by the friends ant
relatives of the couple. Miss Selma
Crops. q niece of the groom, acted al
bridesmaid, and Paul Cattin was bes
imam. They will reside in Tompkins
vile.
The Ladies Aid Society, of st
Paul's Lutheran church, of Temp
kinsyille, has elected the following
officers for the ensuing wear: Mrs
M. Kotta. president; Mrs. w. Schultz
vice president: Mrs. Rhoeder, secre
tary; Mrs. S. a. Searls, collector, ant
Mrs. G. ROssbach. treasurer.
Mrs. John CRUDE, of S%tapleton. ha'
Closed her house and will spend TIL
winter in Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Edwards, 0
Fittsburg. who were the guests o
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Poehm, of New
Brighton, for the holidays, have re
turned home.
TT annual meeting and election
GERS of the Society of tn,
h of the Redeemer was heA
light at the Woman's CbxD, a
orge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
FLOATING DRY DOCK DEWEY"
WITH BATTLESHIP INSIDE.

er is fine and they are not busy look
ing after the TOW lines they can en-.
Joy themselves as the mood suggests,
even to a game of baseball on the
floor of the great dock.
Three giant naval GOLFERS, the
Glacier, Brutus and Caesar have been
selected for the task of towing and will
be under command of Capt. Fullam,
U. S. N. The three golfers and the
dry dock, which will travel about a
mile and a quarter in the rear. will be
connected by wireless biography. The
route to be taken will lead across the
Atlantic by the Madeira islands. then
through the Straits of Gibraltar and
the Mediterranean sea. The passage of
the Suez canal will be slow and diff
cult. 1t is expected that the total jour
ney of 10000 miles will be made at an
average daily speed of 100 miles, which
will bring the dry dock into Manila
bay about Easter.
This floating dry dock which faces
such a venturous trip is 500 feet long,
iof lSVt NiuC anu ~ letI nl5H ABOVE
the sea. The bottom rests pom
great square tanks 1914 feet deep. In
form the dock is box shaped, with bot
tom and two long sides, the ton and
two ends being missing. When the
valves are opened, and the sea water
is allowed to rush in the great trough
sinks until the floor is sufficiently be.
low low water level to permit our
largest battleships to enter between
the two protruding sides. Once a yes.
sci is inside and properly stayed, the
water is pumped out and the great
trough rises until the floor is well
above the wash of the sea. Wher
floating by itself it draws but 6B feet
of water, but when submerged until the
depth of water in it's trough is 80 fee
it's bottom goes 63 feet below the sur
face. In addition to it's abundant liv
ing quarters and it's wireless telegraph
outfit, the dry dock is equipped with
complete distilling apparatus for max
ing fresh water.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
T0TTENWLLE.
EIrNDs ri NEEDED.

In December the Board of Estim-
ate authorized an appropriation or
$4,000, 900 for new school buildings
and sites but the Board of Aldermen
did not approve the appropriation
The new Board of Aldermen has been
organized and the corporation coun-
sci has been asked for an opinion as
to whether it will be necessary for
the Board of Estimate to again auth
orize the appropriation. The funds
are urgently needed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
DRYDOCK TO co TOSEA
BIG STEEL TROUGH TO MAKE
VOYAGE TO PHILIPPINES.
Elaborate Preparations Made for the
Journey Which Will Take
Nearly Four Months
to Accomplish.

A modern version of the old Mother
Goose rhyme about the "Three wise
men. who went to sea in a BOWL might
be written about the immense floating
dry dock Dewey which the officers
Of the United States navy are sending
across the seas to the Philippines, but
it is to be hoped that the same unfor.
tunate outcome of the voyage which
overlook the wise men of the nursery
rhyme will not be experienced in the
case of the dry dock. Never before has
such a tremendously large floating dry
dock been built, and never before has
such a %stupendous and perilous task
been undertaken of towing more than
half way round the world so bulky
and helpless a mass of steel and ma
chinery. But one necessity often Gre
ates another, and one problem success
fully worked cut discovers another
one equally different of solution. So it
has been in the case of the Dewey"
After it became the settled policy OF
this country to retain the Philippines
ulIil III pcODlc VI tHdl ibiuhh Wv
capable of self-government, the gov
eminent officials realized that docking
facilities must be provided for our
battleships independent of those
already possessed by England. Ger
many, Japan or other nations, and
from which our ships would be barred
in the critical time of war. 1t was sug-
gested that a floating dry dock be built
Of sufficient capacity to lift the largest
and heaviest fighting craft afioat, and
the Maryland Steel company, of Balti-
more, undertook the task, with the re.
suit that the Dewey" claims the dis
t~inction of being the biggest and most
complete floating dry dock in the
world.
In her construction problems have
of the most difficult conditions to be
met with in docking the big battle
ships. The government asked for a
dry dock capable of lifting 10000 tons
and the company built n which could
raise 10000 tons clear of the water.
ne government WdHleu something
that could dock battleships and the
company has not only produced such
a machine, but has so constructed it
that it can literally dock itself when
necessity requires repairs on her bulky
bottom. for by manipulation of its clev-
er mechanism the great steel trough
is able to turf on it's side, thus expos
ing the bottom to view.
But with the dry dock complete and
accepted by the government after thor
ough testing, came the new problem
of how to get the mountain of steel
Ill, 900 tons of steel plates. two mil
lion rivets, and 100 tons of red lead
and linseed oil were put into it-over
into Manila bay. And how this new
problem is to be solved is shown by the
preparations being made for the long
voyage. The dry dock will carry a
crew of 80 men under command of
Capt. j.. D. Wood, of Norfolk. Com
modious quarters have been fitted up
for the captain and his men, and dur
ing the long journey when the wealth
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
PREPARING FOR BAZAAR.

Exceptional preparations are being
made by the Kings Daughters of the
Church of the Holy Comforter for a
bazaar at the parish house on Thurs
day and Friday evenings next. One
of the features of the affair will be
instrumental selections by the Zeller
trio. The proceeds will be devoted
to the heating fund of the church.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
HAIR NATURALLY ABUNDANT.
When II Is Free of Dnndruff, 1t Crow
Luxurinntly.

lair preparations and dandruf cures,
as a rule, are sticky or irritating affairs
that do no earthly good. Hair, when not
diseased, grows naturally. luxuriantly.
Dandruff is the cause of nine-tenths OF
all hair trouble. and dandruff is caused
by a germ. The only way to cure dand-
ruff is to kill the germ; and, so far, the
only hair preparation that will positively
destroy the germ is Newbro's Herpicide-
absolutely harmless, free from grease.
sediment, dye matter or dangerous drugs.
IL allays itching instantly; makes hair
glossy and soft as silk. Destroy the
cause, you remove the effect" Sold by
leading druggists. Send 1Oc. in stamps for
sample to The Herpicide Co., Detroit,
Mich.
C. A. SEXTON. General Agent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11

A cook has been going around a sta
ton in the south of India with the fol
lowing character" and is somewhat
surprised he is not engaged: Abdul
has been my cook for about three
months; it seems much longer. He
leaves on account of ill-heelth-my i'll
health"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
Hint to Women.

No woman is so beautiful as our
ha~lf-satisfed image of her .
ard | look forward to the day when
some stage princess. wiser than her
sister. shall win a matchless reputa-
ton for mysterious beauty by never
allowing herself quite to be seem
EleIinl Review.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
IN A

Among the employees OF the Board
of Education, on Staten Island, who
nave been notified that they have re-
ceived an increase in salary are
Arthur l.. B~rasefield, the assistant
superintendent, whose salary is made
$500 per year. He formerly re-
ceived $500, and William S. West
a clerk, whose salary is now $1,95O.
He formerly received $1,S00.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
EIREMEN AT LOGGERHEADS.

The eleven volunteer and the u
teen paid fire companies on Staten
Island are at loggerheads. Accord
ing to a letter received at h~eadquart-
ers yesterday the volunteers impede
the paid firemen in their work and
even go so far as to uncouple the
hose. The volunteers will be warn
ed not to respond to fire alarms COW
cred by the paid companies.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
OIL A

Work of completing the local plant
of the Standard Oil Company has
been finished and it is expected that
the depot will shortly be opened. 1t
is expected that the local depot will
supply oil to all dealers a half way
through the island. The work of
building the local plant cost in the
ne%ighborhood of $4,000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
BIDS FOR FIRE HOUSE.

Bids will be opened today for the
remodelling and improving of the
fire house in Broadway, Tottenville,
occupied by truck No. 1O1. 1t is not
expected that the bid will be award
ed until a later date. A number OF
local and other contractors bid, it Is
understood.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
GIRLS PLAY BASKETBALL.

A spirited game of basketball be-
tween the Ascension girls basketball
team, and the Elite Five, OF Eltlng-
Vile. took place at Ascension Hall IN
West Brighton tuesday night. me
girls from Eltingville were declared
the winners. Dancing followed the
game and all had a fine time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
HAVE SCHOOL OF THEIR OWN.

The SayreviIle Board OF Education
have hired the building. the old
Methodist church, which George
Thomas has remodeled into a store
and dwelling, at Mechanicsville. and
will use it for a schoolhouse for the
children of Sayreville township in
stead of paying the money asked by
the South Amboy board for the chill
dren's tuition in their schools. Rum
or has it that Miss Kit Fourratt, of
Mechanicsville, will instruct the chill
dren, but we do not state this as a
TACT.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
LADIES EUCHRE.

The Ladies Euchre Club, of Mata-
wan, met last night with Mrs. p. J.
Devlin. About fifteen ladies attend
ed, among whom were a few Keyport
ladies. First prize was won by Mrs.
Furman Thompson, second prize by
Miss Midgie Foley. The next meet
ing will be held at Miss Sadie Wyck-
offs next Thursday night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
OPEN II BIDS.

John II. Bensel, the new commits
sioner of docks and ferries, who has
succeeded Commissioner Feather
ston, will open bids this afternoon for
the furnishing of all labor and ma
terial in the construction of Staten
Island ferryboats and docks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
Captain KIRBY'S TENTH BOY.

The people say that if Captain
Kirby, who was crushed between two
boats some weeks ago and who is
still confined to his home from in
iuries received at that time, is the
father of a ten-pound boy, that he
must be father and mother too, as
the captains wife died several years
ago and his Oldest friends say he has
never been married since.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
SOUTH aMB0Y.
mHz
CRUSHED AT POWDER WORKS.

While a gang of men at the Parlin
Powder Works were moving a five
ton dynamo into the new engine
house yesterday. it toppled over and
in some way one of the men, Barney
Hect, of %Sayreville. got crushed very
badly. He was taken to the Trenton
hospital. 1t could not be learned
how serious his injuries are.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
SAVED BY
SHOPMA7E
Nm. Vedder, of o IngersoI Avenue
Schenectady, Tells How Rather
Johns Medicine Cured His Lungs
And Built Up His Strength.

Last fall, / had a sew
jneumonia and was comm
house for four months. Ac
If that time, | was still s
rom a hard, racking cough, pm
which the doctors could give< no
relief. i tried everything l 9uld
think of or hear of but with no bene-
fetal result. In this condition, re-
turned to work. One day, a shop1hate
who noticed how | was suffering adj
vised me to try a bottle of Father
Johns Medicine. | did SO and began
to get relief at once. | was soon eur
ed of the cough and able once more
% take a good nights rest, but fear
ing that the cough might return, /
continued taking the medicine until
| had used twelve bottles. When |
began to take the medicine, | was in
a very weak condition, l gained
in strength rapidly and/am now as
strong as ever. / belieye my cure was
due entirely to Father Johns Medi-
cine and / heartily recommend 1t TO
all who are similarly afflicted.
(Signed) William Vedder, 8 Inger-
soil Avenue, Schenectady, N. Y.
For sale at Sections Pharmacy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-11
BAYsIDE LODGE ENTERTAINS.

Bayside Lodge, l.. o. o. F., held a
social last night at Odd Fellows Hall
for the members and their friends,
Rev. James Coote and j. NJ. Walling
made speeches which were very
much enjoyed. Refreshments were
served and a pleasant evening was
spent by all.