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The Washington times., 1906-12-30
DIRE THREATS
ARE MADE BY
CARRIE NATION
Hatchet- Wielder Threat
ems Expose of Iniquity
and OficiaIS-RapS
Roosevelt.

Mrs. Carrie Nation, at the conclusion
Of an interview published exclusively
Ia The Times yesterday afternoon.
summed up her plans for the coming
crusade in Washington
Mrs. Nation is bitterly opposed to the
administration Of President Roosevelt
in every particular and holds his sld-
ministraton responsible for the liquor
traffic in Washington and elsewhere and
also for the wickedness existing here
which she states makes Washington the
most corrupt city in the world.
Mrs Nation says that she addresses d
letter 70 the Presidznt every month,
through the mails and later pub
fishes it in the Hatchet Her
December letter 10 the President
deals with his appointment Of George B.
CorteIyuu as Postmaster General. whom
she denounces for having held up the
July issue Of her publication and pro-
hihited its transmission through the
mails
On Presidents Trail.
b. Mrs. Nation says that she VIII make
repeated efforts 70 see both the Presi-
dent and Mr.. Cortelyou while IN wash
iugton and wishes 10 be accompanied
by reporters at the time.
1t is her intention to first visit the
immoral sections OF the city in search
of data. obtaining which she Will ap-
pear before those in charge OF District
affairs and demand some action.
Speaking OF this administration dy-
nasty which the American people now
have 10 labor under. ana which has
cared To hold up my paper because il
contained some plain truths. want you
TO look at these souvenir postal cards
Now these are obscene and yet they are
permitted in the mails. 1 have been
out all the morning gathering them up
and intend 10 show them 10 Mr.. COrtel-
you when I see him, and she exhibited
several souvenirs depicting certain
studies in high art.
Hot Shot From Carrie.
She spoke in scatchlng terms Of the
messages the President had been
sending TO Congress, which she char
acterized as political clap-Uap. His
hobby is divorce she said, and yet
Ee says not a word about the cause
Of divorce-the abominable liquor traf-
fc and these dens OF iniquity all over
your city. He lad best be paying atJen-
t!on to this rather than to the Panama
question. Cuba. the Philippines. and re-
formed spelling. 1 shall tell him SO
when I see him
While Mrs. Nation has not yet made
arrangements for a hall 1t Is her in
tentiOn TO address meetings every night
of her stay here while not engaged in
her personal inspection OF the city's
wicked places,
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system from Pittsburg to tidewater! The
Rockefellers actually did back Gould TO
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
DEFENDS LEOPOLD
Cardinal Gibbons Says Congo Re-
ports Are Exaggerated.

BALTIMORE. Dec. 17.-Cardinal Gid
hons. reulying to the declaration made
by Rev. II. Grattan Guinness OF Lon
don that the cardinal is the power that
has prevented Joint action by Englanc
and the United States looking to tht
suppression Of the alleged atrocitie'
committed against h natives OF Tux
Konco Free State, made the foll0wlns
statement;
81 have observed in the papc's ina
an emissary of the Kongo Reform as
ISOLATION has made Il personal lttacf
on me for my attitude in defendlni
King Leopold's Kongo administrators
against those unjustifiablc attacks, ah'
II feel very grateful to h reverend
gentlemen who were good enough OIL
that occasion to get up and DEFEND me
| note, however, that even my defeno
ers excused me on the grounds OF my
Ignorance of the question. My position
on the matter has always been very
clear. | have naturally means OF keep
Ing in close touch with the situatioi
through our missionaries who are Oh
inc spOt. =
There has been a great amount o
exaggeration in those stories OF mai
administration. The king is a wise a.
well as a humane ruler, and we hea'
] through missionary sources that heh
ever cases of cruelty have occurred
) as such things will occur under every
| human government-the king mas Dee
, prompt to redress such abuses ahu =
punish the offenders.
''This agitation against king Leo
pold's administration to my mlnd Is al
mated partly by religious Jealousy ant
partly by commercial rivalry ana
wish to add that in defending the BEL
| gian administration of. the kongo
) have no personal or selfish motives I
! subserve, but am actuated solely by
> sense of Justice and fair play
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
LIMITED HIT FREIGHT
Wreck ION Pennsylvania Railroad,
Near Canton, O., Last Night.

CANTON, o., Dec. II. The east
bound Pennsylvania limited, the eight
cen hour train between Chicago and
New York, was wrecked here last
night. AS a result Engineer Ray of
Massill- is dead, another man is ex-
pected to die and a third is in the hos
pital seriously injured.
The Pennsylvania train, while run
ming at full speed, crashed through the
engine of Il freight train on the tracks
On the Wheeling and. Lake Erie road,
which crosses the Pennsylvania's lines
here at Eighth street. The passenger
engine practically demolished the
freight engine, and the whole front
part of the engine of the fier was
smashed as well.
1t is the rule to keep all tracks clear
for the eighteen hour train, The sig
nal, 1t is said, was set against the en-
gineer of the freight. Apparently he
disobeyed the signal and was killed.
The injured man who is not expected
to live is the fireman Of the freight
train. lie was unconscious when his
body was recovered from the wreck of
the engine. The other man injured
was a brakeman named Johnson, EN-
ployed on the freight train.
Engineer C. A. Snyder Of the hier
and his fireman. S. A. Welton, were
neither OF them hurt. thoagh their ell.
CINE. after plunging through the freight
engine. continued on for 100 yards
tearing up the track and finally leav-
ing the rails altogether.
The freight train was broken in two
tust behind the tender, but the passen
ger train, although de:ailed, remained
intact.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
REFORMATORY
BOYS ON TRIAL
Two Prisoners Accused of As
sauItiug Nels HansOn--StOry
of the Affair.
Special to the EVENING VIEWS:

NEW BRUNSWICK, Dec. Nj
George and Michael Bochino, inmates
of the Railway reformatory, who are
accused of assaulting Nels Hanson,
are on troal here today. Lawyer Cow
enhoven represents the defendants.
The case will be on all day.
According to the story told Of the
affair, Hanson had twenty-one men
at work in the potato patch. One of
the accused made an Gus that he
wanted a drink and getting behind
Hanson struck him on the head with
the fork used in digging. The keep
er was rendered. unconscious. Upon
regaining his senses he found another
prisoner, of the name of Mcbride,
leaning over him. McBrius said the
two fellows were running away and
Nelson fired his revolver although un-
able to give chase. The shot called
out other keepers and the escaping
prisoners were captured.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
SAVED FROM BOILING WATER.
Trenton Mother, Scalded Rescuing
Son, Near Death.

TRENTON, Dec. Thames Cor
don, two years old, had a miraculous
escape from death Saturday, when he
fell into a tub of boiling water. The
little fellow was terribly burned and
may die, in spite of the heroic rescue
made by his mother.
Mrs. Gordon was using the water
to wash some clothes and the boy was
playing close by her side. The wom-
an left the kitchen for a few NOM
ents, and little Jimmy thought he
would initiate his mother by sticking
his hands in the tub, which was on
the floor. In so doing he lost his
balance and fell into the scalding
water. His screams quickly brought
his mother to the scene, and the
woman picned the lad from the boil
ing water and rushed with him to the
home of DR.. A.. r. Bickstein. The
woman's hands and arms were horri-
bly, scalded. The boys back and legs
were so biistered that the physician
believed at first that he would not re-
eover. DIR. BtcKstein said--iast~highl
that TIE lads strong heart action aht
general vitality would probably save
his life,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
JERSEY IS
EXTENDING ITS LINES
To Make Application for Franchise
to Atlantic Highlands Request
Goes in Tonight.

RED BANK, Dec. 17:-Charles r.
Snyder, representing the Jersey Cen
trail Traction Company and the Will
lam Gehlhaus interests, appeared be-
fore the Atlantic Highlands borough
council or Tuesday night and told
them he had intended to make appli-
cation for a twenty years franchise
for a trolley line through the town
but that the engineer had not COM
pleted the maps. He arranged with
the council to adjourn their meeting
to consider the proposition until next
Monday night, at which time formai
application will be made.
The trolley people propose coming
down the L%eonardville road and into
Atlantic Highlands by Valley Drive,
west, and thence down First avenue
to the pier. The main line will run
on down Valley Drive to the High
lands of Navesink, as far as Thomp-
sons hotel. The borough people are
anxious to have the trolley, but OBJ
ject to only having a spur down First
avenue instead of being on the main
line. Efforts to have the trolley come
down Centre avenue would be of no
avail, Mr.. Snyder said, because the
trolley people did not want to fight
for a right of way across the Centre
avenue railroad crossing.
Atlantic. Highlands is after the
trolley and will probably accept the
proposition from the Traction com
pany. 1t. is the intention of the com
pany to have the trolley in operation
by spring. The line will connect will
the present line at Bedford. TIVE
weekks' public notice to citizens and
a public meetings will be necessary
before the ordinance granting the
franchise can be introduced, under
the laws of 1906.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
FIFTY ARRESTS MADE
Street Car Strike Riot Takes Place
at Portland, Ore.

PORTLAND. Ore. Dec. II. The
street ear system Of Portland, Ore,
owned by the Portland Railway, Light
and Power company, is almost tied up,
and fifty men have been arrested as
the result of a strike of motormen and
conductors begun upon the refusal of
the company to grant an increase of
wages and minor demands.
Thousands Of men and boys gathered
at the various stations, and as fast as
the cars reached a transfer point a rush
was made for the car men, who were
obliged to desert the cars or be beaten.
Several riotous demonstrations occur
red. Men and boys smashed ear win
dows, bent trolley poles and otherwise
destroyed property.
A detective attempted to dissuade the
mob from damaging the company's
property and was set upon. He backed
against Il wall and fired into the air
The police seemed powerless for Il
time to control the mob, but in the ex-
citement following the shot the detec-
tive got away. More trouble is ex
pected.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
BRACA HELD
FINE CONCERT
Affair Given at Braga Hall In
Which Pleasing Program
Was Carried Out.

The Braga Society gave a concert
and ball Saturday night in Braga
hall, which was well attended. A
splendid program was carried out. 1t
consisted of a one-act skit by local
talent. followed by songs by the
Braga Singing Society, male choir
and others. Music was rendered by
the well-known orchestra from the
Danish-American steamer Hellig-
Olay. A number of lantern pictures
were shown, consisting of views OF
Greenland and also the Boer war, in
termingled with comical scenes.
About II o'clock the concert con-
cluded, and dancing was commenced,
lasting until early yesterday morn
ing. Refreshments were served dur
ing the evening.
The program vas as follows
PART l..
Solo far Basun.
E,verhoi .Kuhlan
Fantasi over ldanske Krigssange,
Hensen
CHellig CLAWS Orkester.)
Hi Danmark (Blandet kor),
Lindblad
Ire Skaaler (Herrekor) .......Ab
(Braga.)
"FEGIL HAT"
P~ersonerne:
Ho,ger Biloxi ......... AID Larsen
Aurelia (hans Kone),
Mrs. l.. Madsen
Carl Friss ....... .Holger Petersen
Amanda (hans Kone),
Mrs. A. Larsen
Moses Meyer lung Jode),
P. A. Kaas
PART ii.
Hiawatha (Indiansk Legende),
Morel
Sorgenfri (Galop) H. c. LumDye
Aarhus Tappenstreg &C. G. Moller
(Hellig Olavs Orkester.)
y~ossevangen (Blandet Kor),
Hellebrandl
Klarise og Rosen (Herrekor),
Werner
(Braga.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
GAVE OPEN SECRET
AT STATE SCHOOLS
Reception in Gymnasium Follows
Performance at Which Hundreds
We're Present.

TRENTON, Dec. II ia farce.
comedy in three acts entitled The
| Open Secret" was presented Friday
night in the auditorium of the state.
schools by the Philomathean club.
The played vas staged under the d.
rection of Miss Agnes Wayman,
physical director of the schools. More
than 500 We're present. q
The performance was adjudged as
being m of the most successful and
entertaining given by the society in
years.
Every member of the cast por-
trayed her part to the satisfaction of
the large audience and was literally
applauded.
The cast of characters were: Madge
'fApthrope,' a college girl, Miss
Margaret Cachran; Jean" her con-
| fiidante, Miss Pauline Badgley; MRS.
Apthorpe," her mother, Miss Bertha
Hedden; Grace Apthorpe,'' her sis
ter, Miss M. Rae Willard; classmates
of "Madge," Miss Gertrude Wood,
Miss Beth Curtis, Miss Edna Hager-
man, Miss Alice Cantwell, Miss jean
cite Britton; Agatha Meade" a girl
not in the secret, Miss Grace John
ston; other colleee girls, Miss Edna
Tomlinson, Miss Elizabeth Macpher-
son; "Preceptress," Miss Amelia
Kugler.
Music was furnished by Miss Ethel
Richardson.
The ushers for the evening were
| attired in caps and gowns and car
ried yellow chrysanthemums. They
lwere Miss E.. Kennedy, Miss Martha
| Stevenson, Miss Robbins, Miss Lucy
Cook, Miss Helen Bartlett, Miss Nan
Miller, Miss Sue Hunt, Miss Annie
Becker, Miss Anna Dickson, Miss
Virginia Dancer, Miss Marjorie
Hough.
AT the close Of lthe performance a
reception was rendered to those as
sembled in the gymnasium. The
spacious room was tastefully ar
ranged with the different class colors
of the schools.
The reception committee vas COM
posed of DR.. James M. Green, Miss
| Rae Willard, president of the club;
Miss Agnes Wayman' and Miss Beth
Curtis.
The stage committee comprised
Miss B.. Adams, chairman; Miss Am
ella Kugler,- Miss Grace Fletcher,
Miss Gladys Cole.
Miss Edna Lux, Miss Edith Haines,
Miss Anderson, Miss Adele Plat, Miss
Edna Dennis, Miss Sadie MacFarland
comprised the decoration committee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
YOUNG MEN OUTLINE
PROGRAM FOR YEAR
Literary Society Held a Meeting at
Judge Lyons Residence
Saturday Night.

The Young Mems Literary Society
held an interesting meeting at the
home of Judge Adrian Lyon on Cor
don street Saturday night. No de-
bate was held but Rev. James IL
Northrup gave interesting talks. Mr..
Northrup spoke of current events
and made special mention of Bossism
and the new simplifed spelling. Mr..
Moore's address was pleasing and
was what he termed "Oratory and
Otherwise"
After an hour had been spent in
discussion President Charles M. Mac
William made a short address and
read the program for the coming
three months. Later in the evening
refreshments were served by Mrs.
Lyon and Mrs. Wilbur LaRoe. About
twenty of the members were present
at the meeting.
The outline for the coming meet
ings is as follows
January 5s-First of three evenings
with American statesmen, Patrick
Henry, Samuel Adams, James Will
son and Benjamin Franklin. Current
events.
January "a good speaker. Cur
rent events.
February ~2--Second evening with
statesmen, Alexander Hamilton,
Thomas jefferson, John Marshall and
Aaron Burr. Current events,
February 6-Debate; Resolved,
THAT the death penalty for crime
should be abolished"
March 2-Third evening with
statesmen, Henry Clay. Thomas Fl.
Benton, Daniel Webster and John G.
Calhoun.
March Good speaker.
April 6-Debate: Should there
be an Educational Qualification fol
Voting"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
RAISE
C. R. R. WAGES
New Years Day Set As Date for
the Increase GetS5 a
Month More.

JERSEY CITY, Dec. 7:-As a sort
of Christmas greeting, the officials OF
the Jersey Central railroad, in a CIR
cular sent out to the heads OF de-
partments yesterday, announced that
the long-talked about increase IN tne
wages of their employees Will pc maue
effective on January l next year. Inc
increase is not ten per cent. as re-
ported some time ago, put Is irolh
seven to nine per cent. and IN some
instances as high as fifteen per cent.
The employees at the North avenue
station and at the freight depot Will
receive an increase of five dollars per
month, and agents at Netherwooo'
Grant and Clinton VIII re-
ceive the same increase.
The advance in salaries does not
affect all employees of the road. Those
who are working under labor agree
mehts will be paid according to the
wage scale signed by the officials
of the road. Engineers, firemen and
conductors are the class of employees
affected by the labor contracts.
The difficulties between. the Cen
trail railroad and the Trainmen's
brotherhood have not yet been set
tied. So far as the men running
over the road are concerned, the COM
pany has agreed to pay them all that
has beer asked, but the yard men
are contending for the adoption OF
what is known as the Chicago scale,
which was recently signed by the
| managers of all railroads entering
that city. This scale calls for an
eight-hour day and an increase of ten
per cent. in wages. While tbs not
probable that the Central company
will make such concession, the lead
ers of the Trainmen's Brotherhood
will accept nothing less than an in
crease of ten per cent. in wages, il
they cannot secure shorter hours.
The chief officers of the seceral
railroad brotherhoods have interested
President Roosevelt in their claims
for a shorter working day, and it is
very likely that a measure will be in
lTOuuC6u III COuSIcSo uulluS lhC pANo-
ent session, declaring for an eight
hour day. The measure will no doubt
be introduced by some congressman
from the west, and as soon as the bill
is put into shape, the members OF
the several brotherhoods throughout
the country will bring what pressure
they can to bear on the congressional
representative of their district to sup
port the measure. Delegations will
be sent to Washington to lobby for
the brotherhoods.
Through the. influence, such men
as, Frank P. Sargent, commissioner
of immigration, who was for many
years chief of the Firemen's Broth
erhood, and w. V. Clark, chief of the
Order OF Railway Conductors, the
railroad men hope to have the jus
tice of their claims for better hours,
etc, recognized, and a law prohibit
ing railroads from working men EN-
gagged in train service over eight
hours a day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
THE IMPROVE CHANNEL
AS FAR AS SEWAREN.
Brief to be Sent to War Department
Action Taken by Elizabeth
Board of Trade.

ELIZABETH, Dec. 17:-At the
meeting of the Board of Trade las
Thursday night, Peter Bonnet, chair
man of the Committee on Rivers and
Harbors, reported that he had been
in conference with Colonel Lockwood,
of the War Department, who is sup
~erintending the work of dredging the
channel through Staten Island sound.
He said that the colonel seemed to
be anxious to do all in his power to
remedy any existing difficulties. The
only point now to be settled was
whether arrangements for the COM
pletion of the work here could be
made without getting into complica-
tons with the contractor.
The project calls for the cutting of
a channel twelve miles long from
the easterly side of Shooter Island to
a point below Sewaren, opposite the
southerly end of Storey's Flats. The
worst part of the work is that in front
of Elizabeth, as it is the longest, and
the next in Importance was that be-
tween Port Reading and Perth AM
boy. The principal thing needed now
was the opening up of the entire 800
feet width of the channel from Eliza
beth to the deep water of New York
bay. The work to be done is consid-
cradle and will take a long time. The
question was whether the whole
width of the channel could be opened
before the contractors were called to
some other point of the work.
Mr. Bennett had asked Colonel
Lockwood to appoint a time for a
hearing of a committee of the Board
of Trade on the subject. the colonel
had expressed regret that he could
not set such a time and suggested
that the board prepare a brief setting
forth it's desires and forward 1t to
him. He promised immediate atten-
ton to it. Such a brief, covering the
n in which the dredging of the
channel had been carried on, as al
ready set forth in the Journal, had
been prepared by the committee and
was read by Mr.. Bonnet. The brief,
with resolutions that a copy of it be
SEM to the officials of the War De-
partment and calling for every posi-
BILE effort to bring about the compile
ton of the work, was adopted.
c. w. Huntington, speaking for
the Central railroad, said that they
had spent over $780, 900 in building
e wharves and dredging in front
of them, but that their expenditure
was useless because of the bar in the
centre of the sound that. prevented
the bringing of vessels directly to the
wharves. The company had not dis
covered the neglect of the water from
until they had finished the 5000 fee
OF wharves. Considerable work hat
been done by the government, but /
had not been done where 1t would d.
the most good. He said that Colone
Lockwood, of the War Department
had informed Chief Engineer Osgood
of the Central road, that he would b
willing to issue the necessary order
for the work in front of Elizabeth t
, be resumed if the Taylor Dredgini
Company could be induced to stat
: that it was willing to transfer it
dredges to that point and continu
the work through December.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
ONE HUNDRED NEW KNIGHTS.
Trenton Council Have Big Glass mi
tiationr at Capital.

TRENTON, Dec. 17:-Trenton
Council of the knights of Columbus
had a monster initiation here yester-
day afternoon nearly ashundred new
members being taken into the order.
Among those received were twenty
five Princeton men, who will institute
a council in that place. The Trenton
council now includes in its member
ship nearly all the prominent Cath
olics of the city, and it is growing
rapidly. The organization has fine
quarters in the Trenton theatre build
ing. ia
Prominent knights from all parts
of the state attended the ceremonies.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
STATE SCHOOL STUDENTS
AGAINST SIMPIdFIED SPELLING

TRENTON, Dec. 1.-THE change
recommended in English spelling by
the simplifed spelling board should
not be. accepted" was the decision
reached in a debate conducted by the
Arguromuthos society of the state
schools The negative side, upheld
by Miss Mabel Hollis and Miss Grace
Whatson, won. The affirmative was
composed of Miss Mary Finger and
Miss Helen Lamber. The judges
were Miss Jessie Williamson, Miss A.
Wilnant and Miss Schurmerhorn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
GET PITTsBURC CROOKS
Police officer Shot Elmer Kuhn and
Captured Albert ROmiJ.

PITTSBJRG. Dec. ID" ng a
desperate battle with burglars n the
notion store of Mrs. Mary Noel IN at
New Kensington. Pa, thirty Il Il east
of this city, Officer James j Nmon
shot and fatally wounded }i}c RUan
and captured Albert Romig VI ~, men
well known in New ';eNsin ton.
There are pecu,iAr circura tances con-
nected with the robbery a.; carly Sat
urday evening Roinig sent ycrd to the
police and Mrs. Neenon that an at
tempt would be made to burglarize the
store. Officer Lemon was detailed on
he ease and, secreting himself in the
store, waited an hour before Kuhn and
Romig, both masked, rushed into the
store.
Romig pointed a revolver at Mrs.
Neenon. While Kuhn held up the young
lady clerk. Officer Lemon. who was
hidden back of a counter. came forth
and commanded both men to- sur
render. Kuhn rushed at the officer to
itrike him with Il black jack, and the
officer fired three times. every bullet
entering KulM's body.
Romig stood at II side and did not
'esist arrest. Romig claims he mott
led the police because Kuhn threat
med to kill him unless he assisted in
he robbery. The Pittsburg authori
les were notified and will make az
Investigation, as the New Kensington
,olice believe the men We're implicit
d in the murder Of Henry Smith, who
vas recently killed here by burglars.