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Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12

Overdue Trinidad Liner Drifted Over
Coral Reefs SO Miles.

NEW YORK. Jan. 12.-The overdue
Trinidad liner Maracas, Captain Kirk
by, which, 1t was thought by some, had
fallen in with the overdue Ponce and
was towing that vessel, steamed in
past Sandy Hook early in the morning
and reported that a breakdown of ma
chinery had caused her delay. The
Maracas was five days overdue.
She sailed from Port of Spain, Trini-
dad, on Dec. 20, and on New Years
day the circulating pump gave out, the
machinery stopped, and for thlrty-six
hours the vessel lay to in order to eff
feet repairs. The break was stubborn,
and First Engineer Sheriff and Second
Engineer Kay had their troubles in
patching up the pump.
But slow progress could be made
after the injury was repaired. The en-
gineers had become almost exhausted
by their long labors.
The commander of the Maracas, in
terviewed here, said:
'"The break in the circulating pump
was discovered when the Maracas was
about 100 miles north of Sombrero is
land, and OF the coral bottom where
we drifted the anchors just scraped
over. The current took us along pretty
fast at times, and with the wind at our
backs we sometimes went along at the
rate of four or five miles on hour.
I'VE were steadily drifting upon the
Virgin Gorda reef, and | knew that
other great reefs were in the neighbor-
hood. OF curse we kept this knowl-
edge from the passengers. Only my
self and First Officer Malatt knew OF
our dangerous plight. We knew Of
course that If we continued to drift we
would inevitably bring up on one Of
those shoals, which, with the surf roar
ing over it, would prove a dangerous If
not fatal place for the Maracas.
"Providentially the weather was
good. The passengers knew nothing Of
their danger. They were all uncon-
scious Of our approach to the fatal
reefs.
But we kept drifting. 1t seemed
that the anchors would never hold. FL
nally when we were fourteen miles
north of Sombrero we found holding
ground. We had drifted eighty-six
miles. To the westward we could see
dimly the blue hills of st. Thomas"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Assassin confe.sed Cox Murder

JACKSON, Ky, Jan. u. John
Smith, who is one of the men under
Indictment for the murder of DR.. B. ID.
Cox, has made n confession which is
now in the hands of Attorney Jouett.
representing the commonwealth. In
this confession Smith says James Har-
gis and Edward Callahan induced him
to enter the conspiracy against DR..
Cox, making promises to see that he
was acquitted and to give him work.
He tells about the murder in detail and
says that Callahan gave him 800 after
the killing of Cox, saying james Har-
gis had sent the money.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Tohacco Plant Destroyed.

LANCASTER. Pa, Jan. PA fire
which started in the tobacco warehouse
of s. r. MSS & Co. here spread to adj
joining property and caused a loss es.
timated at $1.000,000. A delay in turn.
ing in the alarm gave the fire a good
start, and when the iremen arrived II
was beyond their control. The struc.
ture was a four story brick and vas
we'll filed with tobacco. The flames
communicated to Moss cigar factory
adjoining, a five story brick building,
which was also totally destroyed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 12,-Western
North Dakota Is now experiencing one
of the heaviest s~nowstorms in the his
tory of the state. Never have trains
had such difficulty in getting through.
Snow banks in some places are so high
that some trains are completely showed
over, and some are even lost track of.
The Great Northern is especially af-
fected, as its route lies through the
worst part of the snowbound district.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
cro.. Of lection For Matthew.

NEW YORK, Jan. IL. President
Roosevelt has received a message from
the French ambassador, j.. J.. Jusser-
and, stating that the decoration of the
Legion of Honor has been conferred
upon Professor Brander Matthews Of
Columbia university in recognition of
his services to literature in connection
with the study of the French drama.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12

CLEVELAND. o., Jan. 12.-Mayor
Johnson gained a decisive victory
when at a meeting of the city council
President Horace Il. Andrews of the
Cleveland Electric railway said that a
thirty day truce in the low fare wal
had been arranged pending an at.
tempt to bring about a peaceful solu'
ton of the problem that has puzzled
Cleveland for more than seven years
Agreement was also reached by which
Mayor Johnson's three cent fare cars
can use tracks Of the old company and
run to the public square this morning.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12

LONDON. Jan. 12.-The visit Of the
Earl of Aberdeen, lord lieutenant of
Ireland, to Rome and his reception by
the pope in private audience develops
some comment on the unusual course
of the governments chief Irish official
going on such pllgrlmages. This has
brought out a semioficial explanation
that the Earl Of Aberdeen's conference
with the pope followed a similar course
taken when King Edward visited Rome
and that it related chiefly to Lady Alb
erdeen's activities in the international
women's organization.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
posse Hunting For Murdcrers.

POTTSvILLE, Pa, Jan. 12.-Assist-
ed by a posse of thirty citizens armed
with rifles and revolvers, the police of
this place are securing the country for
two men who beat a woman to death
with stones and threw her body into
Tumbling Run lake. The crime has
aroused the whole county to excite
ment, and the town council has offered
a reward for the arrest and conviction
Of the slaYers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Home For working Girls.

NEW YORK, Jan. -. That the
gravest peril of business life in this
city is the contamination of young wo-
men typawriters and ~stenographers by
%unprincipled employers and clerks was
the declaration made by the Rev. DIR.
w. Montague Geer in a sermon deliv-
cred from the pulpit of st. Paul's chap
ell, on lower Broadway. The vicar
made an appeal for the erection of a
home devoted to the needs of the girls.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Roo to yi.it lord Grey a. ot.nw

WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.-Secretary
Root, with his wife and daughter, will
be the guest next week of Lord Grey
at Ottawa. Mr.. Root said this morning
that his visit would be social. not po-
litical. but 1t is thought that the meet
ing Of such good friends as Lord Grey
and Secretary Root will be sure to re-
suit in a better understanding as to the
various outstanding questions between
the United States and Canada.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Mrs. Tom pierce seeks Divorce

BOSTON, Jan. 12.-Papers in an ac-
ton for divorce from her millionaire
husband have been filed by Mrs. Tom
Pierce of Boston, Newport and Long
Island. The thrills which Mrs. Pierce
has furnished to the smart set by inno-
cent but unconventional escapades for
several seasons are as nothing com
pared with the stir created among
Newport and Back Bay residents by
her action in seeking a divorce on the
ground Of cruel and abusive treatment,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Life ON the Persinn Frontler.

TIFLIS, Transcaucasia, Jan. ia
band of Persian cattle thieves raided
the Russian village of Kerimbeklu and
rounded up a big herd of cattle. A
command of fifty Russians chased the
thieves across the Persian frontier.
They opened fire while the robbers
were fording the Arax and killed four
Of them and recovered the herd. On
the homeward journey the command
repulsed a tribe Of nomads, killing two
of them and five camels.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Friend ID clcveIand Dead.

OSWEGO, N. Y, Jan. 12.-John A.
Barry, editor and former postmaster.
Is dead here of general debility. aged
eighty years. He was a warm friend
Of former President Grover Cleveland
and took a prominent part in the Hill
Cleveland controversy in 1902, He was
formerly organist of st. Paufs church.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Thr.e unnared Perished.

THE HAGUE, Jan. PA tidal wave
has devastated some of the Dutch East
Indian islands south Of Achin. The loss
of life is very great, and great damage
was done. According to a brief Off
cial dispatch 800 persons persisted on
the island of Tana alone, while forty
are known to have been drowned on
the island of Simalu.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12

LONDON, Jan. 12.-The Duke OF
Marlborough under a separation agree
ment, It Is said, has relinquished 70 his
children the 100000 settled upon him
by the duchess father. w. X. Yander-
bilt of New York.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12

STRASSING. Germany, Jan. 49,
Sixteen girls and four boys from IF
teen to eighteen years old were burn
ed to death in the village Of Geispols-
helm. near here, in a fire at the Hubert
company's factory. A basket of cellu-
loid scraps caught fire from a spark
and exploded in Il room where forty
persons were working.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Textile Mil. closed By strike

COHOEs, n. T., Jan. 12.-All the
largest textile mills in Cohoes and Wa
terford have been closed as the result
of the strike of the operatives in the
''boarding'' department. At a meeting
of the Manufacturers association 1t
was decided to close the mills rather
than submit to the demands of the
strikers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Rockefener sent Purse Of Gold.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 12.-"Pre-
scented to Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Wolfe by
John ID. Rockefeller in commemoration
Of their golden wedding anniversary
Bearing that inscription and containing
ten new five dollar goldpieces, a hand
some coin purse was presented to Mr..
and Mrs. Wolfe at their home in
Olathe, Kan.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
weather Probabilities.
Rain or snow; southeast winds.


When the business end of the pen
wears sharp and begins to scratch,
hold it in the flame of a gas lamp for
an instant, if n is convenient, 9TH
erwise smooth the point with a small
file or piece Of emery paper.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Anered Lunatic In court,

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-E. J. Russell,
convict and alleged lunatic, put some
queer questions TO Ex-Governor Odell,
Justices Gaynor and Keener before
Justice Truax under his habeas corpus
action to obtain his release from Dan.
npmOra.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-At the trial
of Matthew Hilgert for larceny 1t was
testified that he charged Mrs. Jacobs
$40 for a pair of magic" shoes, telling
her tlfey were charged with electricity
and would cure her disease.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12

NEW YORK. Jan. 12.-After a lively
chase by a crowd of citizens through
the streets OF the Bay Ridge section Of
Brooklyn a silver gray fox, whose
presence was d mystery, was eauglt.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Must Pay Frisco Claims.

HAMBURG. Jan. 10. The North
German Fire Insurance company, ac-
cording to a decision rendered here,
must pay the losses which it incurred
as a result of the SAN Francisco earth
quake last wear.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
noscr, ". cushing Dead Al Lonac

LONDON, Jan. 12.-Robert NJ. Cush-
ing of Boston and New York died at
the London residence of his daughter,
Mrs. Fairchild, as a result of injuries
suffered in a cab accident.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
pnsaIbllIty 81 the Eu.,,r.

Prof. Bailey Willis holds that there
is conclusive evidence that the North
American continent fhas been sub.
merged four times aid has fye times
been elevated above 3he sea.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Epifnnon Paw Penalty.

MOSCOW, Jan. 12.-Epifanoff, the
man who attempted to assassinate the
master of the household of the Grand
Duchess Elizabeth, was tried by drum
head court martial and executed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Milton. For Jap Army.

TOKYO, Jan. Pin the budget for
1907-0S a total of $55, 100000 is pro.
vided for army expenditure, and this
includes the formation of four.new III,
visions. The navy is allotted $40, 600.
600. The foreign trade of Japan fol-
the year 1906 broke all previous rec
ords, amounting all told to S420.5O0,O0
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
win COST so.ooo.ooo.

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-It will cost
the Belmont syndicate $6,OoO,0o0 to
substitute trolley lines for the present
horse cars in the city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Roosevelt Church Incorporated.
SDecidl to the EVENING NEWS:

NEW BRUNSWICK, Jan. 12:-The
Church of Loving Justice, at Roose-
welt, was incorporated here today.
The incorporators are Frank Brown,
Tsador Schwartz, Samuel Stein, Ma
than Morris, James Brown and Ma
than Miers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12

ROCKEFELLER HASN'T GOT A
DOLLAR, among his millions, that
will buy more WANT ADV. PUBLIC
ITY than your dollar-among your
thousands, or hundreds, or dozens
will buy in this newspaper
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12

ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. 12.-Assembly-
man yolk has introduced a bill pro-
viding for a two cent rate of fare on
p railroads in New York state.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Eaols 1Id FLIGHT.

An eagleH ~T3fn observed to rise
from the ground End completely dis
appea into the say within three min
utes. Eagles sometimes soar to
heights OF $1,000 feft or more.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
Productive cocoanut rec.

A large c~ocoanut tree Yields as
many as 100 nuts q year. Natives use
the nuts for dishes IS WdIl AZ. for food.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12

MISS BIDWELL AN ARTIST.

Miss Ola Bidwell, who is soon to
appear in a unique entertainments at
the Baptist church, has a baritone
voice and is a wonderfully sweet sing
er. She Is also an artist with the
violin, as we'll as a fine reader. The
ladies of the Baptist church are hop
ing for a generous patronage on the
evening of January 20.
= = y
MRS. PETERSON HOSTESS.
Mohawk Council, Degree of Poca-
hontas, held a regular meeting in Red
Mems hall last night. A large num-
Der of the members were present.
The date for the installation has been
fixed for Friday. January rs.
After the meeting, the members
went to Mrs. Andrew Peterson's, 28
Smith street, where they attended a
party given in honor of her birthday.
About seventy-five were present. The
evening a spent in music and sing
ing until a late hour. An elaborate
supper was served.
MONDAY NIGHTS PROGRAM.
An elaborate program is being ar
ranged by the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society, of the First Presby-
terrain church, for their January
meeting in the chapel Monday night.
The subject to be taken up will be
india" Judge Adrian Lyon will
give a talk on the "Castes in India"
Rev. James H. Northrup, pastor Of
the church, will speak on "Torrckha-
bad Missions
Mrs. C. K. Stevens will read let
ters from Miss Emma Morris on the
"Lodiana Missions in India"
The musical part of the program
will be a duet by Miss Ramsay and
Mr.. Sleight; and Mrs. Benjamin
Rothschild. of T~ottenville, will sing a
soprano solo.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12

4 Leave WANT adys. at branch Of
fees.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
The CHURCHES.
Happenings Among the Religious
Bodies of The City.
ST. STEPHENS DANISH LUTH.

services tomorroW Will DeFas usual
1880 a. M, morning setvice;f 2:3C
p. M, Sunday school; 1880 p4m., eve
ming service. n H.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-12
HOLY CROSS EPISCOPAL.

Sunday school, 1000 a. M; morn
ing service, 1900 a. m. Rev. G. H.
Doupe, rector,
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-30
BALLOONS REACH
HIGH ALTITUDE
PROF. ROTcti SENDS MINIATURES
TO HEIGHT or 4e,ss0-TEM
PERATURE OF iii BELOW
ZERO REGISTERED.

New York. Oct p. That a balloon
has reached the height Of 4G.GS0 feet
and there recorded temperature %
III degrees below zero. fahrenheit.
was one Of the statements made I'm an
address at the last days discussion Of
the aeronautical congress here today
by Professor A. Lawrence Rotch. az
Blue Hin Observatory. Boston
Rotch told Ct his long series Of OK
periments with miniature balloons fof
the purpose Of testing currents AMI
temperatures at high altitud IS. Tho
balloons are made Of Rubber and cary
special instruments for recording de
tancc Travelled. altitude and temper
allure. which are attached 20 the para
chute. When at great height the
hydrogen with which the balloons ar
filed expands. the balloon itself eE
plodes and the parachute carrying the
and records made on tie
trip floats slowly down TO earth.
When the balloons are released they
travel upwards about two hours anI
then remain nearly stationary another
hour before exploding. The descent
of the parachute requires an hour or
more. The longest fight Ct ans one
IF the balloons Is is miles
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-30
OCTOBER 30 IN HISTORY.

l457-Francesco Foscari. one of the
most celebrated Of the doges OF
Venice. died.
l673-Sir Edmund Andres assumed
the government Of New York.
i7S7-Ferdinand Gallant. Italian
writer. died.
Sfe-Disastrous earthquake at Zaate
Si9-Prinee Of Wales king Edward
VIII made first appearance AT
the opening Of the new Coal
Exchange in London.
lS62-French government proposed
that England and Russia medi-
ate between the North AID the
South.
isGf-Austria and Denmark signed a
peace treaty.
iS67-John A. Andrew. war governor
of Massachusetts,. died. Born
May 81. 1918.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-30
WHAT MIGHT BE DONE.

Editor of The Bulletin: u has been
demonstrated often, that two railway
trains cannot pass each other on the
same track 1t must be as difficult
for two railway companies to lay
their tracks on exactly the same
ground; yet this is what is proposed
IN ordinances pending before the
council. Two different companies are
asking for right of way over precise.
" the same ground through the city.
The power OF the council to thus
grant right OF way naturally FIRST
comes in question.
II Is understood and not questioned.
that the two companies are In the
same combination. What the motive
for organizing two companies? II IS
noticed that II one Of them fails TO
avail itself OF the rights and privil-
eyes granted In the ordinances pend.
lug they pass to the ether. II the
hntennrban' company fails to pro
luce results required OF il by its
franchise ordinace. the Terminal"
falls heir to all the rights of the
former granted by the city. This in
dicates that a single company and
single ordinance should answer all the
purposes the public is interested in.
Suppose an investor was found who
could see nothing promising in the
lnterarban" project. but who thought
the Terminal" with switching priyil
eyes and competitions with the steam
railways. a street railway franchise.
and the right to supply electric light !
and power TO the public. presented an
opening for A paying investment: /
then Il would be convenient 10 bunch +
the grants Of the two ordinaces ami I
get rid Of the clash between them - 4
10 right Of way
The ordinances pending provide. 4
hat if the railways are not construct /
ed within three years their rights +
shall be forfeited. unless there be OBJ I
stacies like legal proceedings or Hu-
cation to prevent u The promoters
should fail to dispose Of either or
both of their grants from the CITY. 1
low easy to extend their time for I
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-30

Fan be raised only when unreason.
lble demands are made in behalf Of
he project
There are yet some days before The
natter will come up for final action
in the city council, during which al.
parties concerned can get together
md in good faith discuss their differ.
noes, to the end that an agreement
nay be reached that shall permit the
passing of the ordinances with the
public interests properly guarded
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-30
LET'S GET TOGETHER.

W can well afford to give the in
kinrban people fifty-year franchise
We can afford to give them a hun
dred-ycar franchise-or a perpetual
franchise.
But let us insist that they shall
build the railroad within a reasonable
time; that they shall build II in the
right way, and that they shall oper-
ate IN in manner not too offensive
to the people along the line, or so
that traffic on Sycamore street. into
and ont of the city. will be seriously
interfered with. and let the people Of
Cairo retain some measure of control
over the project so that they may not
be imposed upon with impnnity.
The people of Cairo want the inter
urban railway-not for twenty years.
nor for fifty, nor for one hundred
years. They want II for all time; and.
while II might be wise Tin view of the
disposition of all corporations to take
advantage of the public) to fix
shorter term In order that the peoples
representatives might have an oppo-
tunity to curb the corporation If II
shall have grown arrogant. or to de
mand rightfuI concessions for valu-
able gift. yet. II the ordinances are
properly drawn fsimilar TO such ordi-
nances elsewhere in IIlinois) there IL
little room for objection to a fifty
year franchise for the interurban rail-
read. A railroad properly built and
properly operated win pay the com
mnHify well for the franchise It gets.
IN the way OF material development
Of the city and OF the country trfbu
tar. thereto.
The Bulletin can see little reason
Why the contending factions in the
city council and outside Of the city
council should not get together-as-
1nmIng that they are all sincere
friends 81 the interurban project. II
leels quite sure that unreasonable OBJ
)eclInns can not defeat the ordi-
1cnces Certainly such objections
nHEhf not to be given any effect Only !
'za=onable objections can hurt the |
'<tIetf IN the public mind. or In the /
f'Hts 81 reasonable men IN the city /
'tt1eIi-and reasonable objections
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-30
Excessive Drinking
Orrine Destroys the Craving For
Drink Sold Under positive
Guarantee.

/ Excessive or continued use of alec
holic beverages always results in d
diseased condition of the nervous sys.
! TEN,
! The drinking man is often heard to
say, Il can stop Of my own free will
and when wish" but the poor fel,
low is now devoid of the power to act
at the proper time and in the right
way--it's too late, the craving has
secured firm hold and because of the
diseased nervous system he has not
the ability for sustained effort. The
result we all know
Drunkenness Is no longer consid-
cred crime; eminent scientists AMI
physicians have agreed that it is n
disease and must be treated as such
the home treatment that has been
used for a number of years, and is
highly successful, is Orrine 1t is
sold under a positive guarantee that II
il does not effect cure your money
will be refunded.
Orrine is in two form. When de
string to give secretly. purchase
orrine No. |, ana ii the patient wiz
voluntarily take the treatment. Or
rine No, 2 should be given, The guar
antee is the same Ia either case. Or
zine costs but $100 per box. Mailed
IN plain sealed wrapper on receipt 0
price. Write for free treatise o
: Drunkenness mailed in sealed Ell
yelope by The Orr;ne CO., Washing |
ton, D. C. Sold by leading druggisjs
everywhere and in this city by Paul |
). Schulz & Sons
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-30

There has been nothing in the finan.
ciai situation which need alarm any.
enc in this section and the reason is
very plain AS Cairo banker re
marked some days ago, the western
banks have very generally divorced
themselves from the eastern banks,
have reduced or withdrawn their bal
ances there keeping their money at
home for investment in legitimate en-
terprises. The western banks were
therefore little concerned about the
trouble in which the eastern institu-
tions were involved and have felt lit
tie or no effect from it.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-30

Edward Payson Ripley. president N
'he Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
hallway company. was born October
%. 1875. at Dorchester. Mass After
-eeeiving a high school education he
uttered the railroad service in 1sGs
IA oct l. 1870, after having servel
he Star Union line at Roston. hc b.
came clerk TO the general agent Of
The Chicago. burlington aud ouincv
system. filling the position for about
'Wo years. Next he became New Eng
land agent Of that line. advancing in
1873 to the position Of general eastern
agent During the next nine years
ae filed the position of general
freight agent OF the roa :. "a ron
SIS to 1880 he was general manager.
a the latter year he left the Burning
On to become third vice president Of