The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1907-02-07
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lie works. Is the sole hacker Of Mr.. OH
yer and in his official position is in
charge Of the enlargement Of the Erie
canal at an expenditure Of $101, 600, 600
The Panama Construction company,
which william j. Oliver OF Knoxville,
Tenn, decided to form to meet the
conditions imposed by the government
before II would formally award the
canal contract to him, was inc0rporat-
ed at Albany. with capital Of ST.
O0O.O One of the incorporators,
John B. Mcdonald, who built the New
York subway, was elected president
Mr.. Oliver becoming first vice presi-
dent and general manager.
Mrs. James Ingram. wife of . young
farmer Of Nelson county. Va. went
with her infant In her arms to meet her
husband in the evening at q dark
place in the road. Seeing figure On
the opposite side of fence and mis-
taking 1t for that Of Ingram, she hand
ed the infant to 1t and was hoExificd
10 $50 1t disappear. The husband came
In response to her shrieixs and lnvesu-
Cation showed that a huge bear had
carried on the child. Neithsr the lat
| tar NOR tine animal was found
Governor Hughes created q sensa-
ton in the New York militia by re-
Quirfng Adjutant General Henry to 10
woke the orders issued by him which
would have permitted Captain Louis
Wendell of the First battery Of New
w~-Y~ csA~x - loor~ %l,a v,,tga&nv 49, mmrwgnm
Of the state by the acceptance Of his
resignation without further inyestiga-
ton of the charges against him Of ir-
regularities in the management Of the
battery's armory.
As result of an investigation Of
the graft" charges against employees
in the New York state department OF
public buildings Governor Hughes or
dered the removal from once OF Acting
Deputy superintendent Of Public Build
ings Richard O'Brien and Chief Engi-
neer James Johnston. II Id reported
that Governor Hughes is dissatisfied
with Otto Kelsey. state superintendent
OF insurance.
The appellate division OF the New
York supreme court has handed down
decision denying the motion made Ia
behalf OF Mayor Mcclellan for permits
sion to appeal to the court OF appeals
from the decision of the appellate divi-
sion affirming the decision OF the lower
court preventing the destruction of the
ballots in the New York mayoralty
contest of 1905.
The subcommittee of the military
AFFAIRS committee of the house laid on
the table the resolution commencing
the president for discharging the color
ed soldiers engaged in shooting up"
Brownsville. Tex The motion to lay
on the table was made BY a Republic
M and carried by the Republicans,
the Democrats voting against the mo-
ton. -
Lieutenant Ralph w. Drury and Pri-
vate John Dowd of the Ninth United
States infantry were acquitted In
Ptttsburg Of the charge Of murder for
killing William 81. Crowley on Sept
10, 1903. Crowley was shot while es--
Gaping from the arsenal grounds,
where, it was alleged, he was stealing.
The Lehigh Valley railroad trackmen,
switchmen and gate tenders have made
demand upon the company for an. in
crease OF 10 per cent 1t IL reported
that in few days the railroad will
issue demand that every employees In
the telegraph department and on trains
take the pledge Of total abstinence.
! In addition to the gift of 1000. 900
to Rensselaer, Polytechnic institute at
Troy, N T., Mrs. Russell Sage has also
given $3.50, 900 TO the international
committee of the Young Mems Chris
ton association and $1,000, 900 to the
Emma Willard school of Troy, of which
Mrs. Sage is graduate.
More than 1000 men are at work
cutting ice on the Hudson river be-
tween Kingston and Albany. The
American Ice company's harvest win
be Immense All previous records have
been surpassed, both az regards the
| thickness of the ice, Its quality and the
quantity harvested daily.
President Roosevelt has picked Ralph
Tyler. colored. or Columbus, O., for
the position Of surveyor Of the port Of
Cincinnati at q salary Of $4,000 Ty-
| lsr was selected on the recommends
ton OF Booker T. washington, but
without consulting Senators Foraker
/ and Dick
: Ex-President Grover Cleveland was
/ elected chairman of the recently or
! xanized Association Of Life Insurance
! Presidents. He also will act as chief
l counsel at salary Of s$25.00o q year
I and as referee in disputes between the
] companies which form the association
| Aldermen Henry Clay Peters, and
! John j., Crcnin Of, New York. elected
i on the Municipal Ownership league
platform. were arrested ON charges OF
/ perjury in connection with the case Of
william S. Clifford, the alleged Doodle
y alderman.
The demands Of the grievance com
\ mittee of the firemen and trainmen on
1 the lines Of the Pennsyl vania railroad
east Of Pittsburs and Erie. who ask
Tor higher wa ges ard an equalization
i OF hours were refused.
The New York World declares that