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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-11
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o"Pt- mACHcl anu MAJ. Le[eDurn0
have been appointed Belgian military
delegates to the jamestown exposi-
tien.
Jose Ayala. former chief of police of
duines. Havana province, Cuba, was
ns'sassinated at Guines. The crime up.
parcAtly was political
Cardinal Luigi Macchi. secretary of
apostolic briefs, died in Rome after a
sickness Ut only twelve hours of apo.
piezy. The cardinal was born in Bra.
xii In 1882.
A son Of Gen. Delbreil, governor OF
the Spanish fortress OF Alhucemas, on
tho Moroccan coast, was recently cap.
tured and beaten by tribesmen at
Devasso. Morocco.
Owing to the condition Of Queen
Victoria OF Spain. who is expecting
confinement. precluding her participa.
ton in public functions, the visit to
Madrid of King Edward and Queen
Alexandra will be postponed until au.
tumn.
King Alfonso has signed a decree or
NSAAN0 viz ASNCsoOAy preparation III
the presentation Of his heir to the
high officials Of Spain and the diplo-
matte representatives accredited ut
Madrid Immediately after the birth of
the child.
1t is officially announced at Bucher
est that tranquility has been re.estab.
lished throughout the entire country.
Now that the peasants understand
the measures proposed by the govern.
ment for the amelioration Of their con-
dition the agitation is dying out.
Sir Wilfrid I.aurier announced in
tho Canadian parliament that he ac-
ceptcd the resignation Of Fl. II. Emer-
son as minister Of railways until Mr..
Emerson has had opportunity to clear
away charges OF immortality made
against him b, New Brunswick
newspaper.
According TO reports circulated at
Fam Salvador from Honduras, when
the invading Nicaraguan and Hon
duran revolutionary armies occupied
Tcgucigalpa they plMndered the place
and murdered several persons. The
children of Gen. Teotile Carcanlo. 1t Is
added were hanged ly the invaders
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16
is FOR
THROUGH LINE
The Secretary Of State FOresees
Great Trade ROuies-- Maine TO
\ BuenOs Ayres by Rail.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1G.-Secretary
Of State Elihu Root was the principal
speaker at the first session of the for
eign commerce convention and was ac-
corded an ovation, his remarks fire.
quentiy being interrupted by prolonged
applause and cheers. He gave Il re-
sume OF the trade relations of the
United States practically with the en-
tire world and what was needed to
secure greater commercial advantages
for this country. incidentally he touch
ed upon the tariff and said, speaking
for himself alone, that he favored the
policy of maximum and minimum rates.
To this view, he said, the country was
advancing, and for that matter the
whole world was advancing. He said
our relations continually grow more
reasonable, more sensible and kindly
with Europe, with our vigorous and
growing neighbor to the north, with
rapidly advancing and developing
neighbors to the south and with the
nations that face us on the other side
of the Pacific" Little occasions for
controversy, he said, littic causes of ir-
ritation and little Incidents OF conflict
ing interest continually arise as they
do among friends and neighbors in the
same town, but the general trend of
international relation was toward mu-
tual self respect, mutual consideration
and substantial good understanding.
Secretary Root then entered into an
exhaustive discussion of the
of the Latin American republics and
made a plea for closer trade relations
with them. These republics, he said,
were now on a stable basis and were
in a position to give protection to
American enterprise and property.
The construction of the Pan-Ameri-
can railroad, Secretary Root prophe-
sled. would be an accomplished fact
before the lapse of many years, so
that it would be possible for passen-
gers and merchandise to travel from
Maine to Buenos Ayres.
Continuing, he said that the attitude
of the United States toward these coun-
tries could be put in three sentences:
First, we don't want to take them
ourselves; second, we don't want any
foreign nation to take them for them
selves, and, third, we want to help
them, and we will"
There was, he said, much talk about
annexing Cuba, }but, said he, never so
long as the people of Cuba do not them
selves give up the effort to govern
themselves"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16

WAS ATTIRE.
Three. Mastea Vessel Off Staple.
ton Saved from Total Loss
by Crews HerOism.

NEW YORK, Jan. 16-The three
masted schooner Helen M. Atwood
caught fire. while lying at anchor off
Stapleton, Staten Island, at about 10
O'Clock yesterday morning. The YES
sci was about half a mile off shore.
She had on board a cargo of coal,
lumber and cement consigned to Por-
to Rico.
Smoke was first discovered rising
from the forehold by Second Officer
McFadden. First Oficer Cinch hoist
ed the distress signal and ordered the
crew to chop holes in the hatch in or
der to run in-the hose. The pumps
were then started and the ships hose
was turned on the fire. A boat had
meanwhile been sent ashore to sum
mon a fire boat.
Fifteen minutes after the fire was
discovered the main hold also burst
into flames:
The tug Stapleton, captain Staple
ton, was the first boat to go to the
Atwood''s assistance and ran five lines
of hose aboard The schooner, which
probably saved the vessel from being
burned to thepwater's edge.
Later the tugs Merritt and Chap
man came along and It is said that
the captain Of zone of the tugs want
ed to beach the schooner, but was
held off by the mate of the schooner
at the point Of a4Teyolver.
After two hours work the crews Of
the Atwood and Stapleton got the
fire under control.
1t is thought that the fire result
ed from spontaneous combustion in
a barrel of oil deep in the forehold.
The men of the crew displayed
great bravery in fighting the fire and
were at times nearly overcome by the
smoke. s.g.-f
Captain Wade was not on board at
the time. The schooner had a crew
of eight men and is of 500 tons bur-
den. She is owned by Pendleton
Brothers, of New York.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16
M CLELLANS
TO HIRE HALL
Engine Company Prepares for
Fire Parade Day-WiII Observe
Fifteenth Anniversary Soon.

At a meeting of Mcclellan Engine
Company last night a committee was
appointed to make arrangements for
a smoker and banquet in honor of the
fifteenth anniversary of the company,
which will be held in Washington
hall on February 4. Peter Martin
was made chairman of the committee.
The parade which is to be held in
this city next fall was discussed and
the following committee was appoint
ed to engage a hall and to prepare
entertainment of visiting firemen:
Martin Noonan, Patrick Lyons and
Michael Fitzpatrick.
The recommendation of Mayor
Bollschweiler in his recent message
to the Board of Aldermen in regard
to having a paid man in each house,
was taken up and after considerable
discussion Martin Noonan was en-
dorsed for the position should the
counsel decide to act on the matter.
A number of other minor matters
were also taken up.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mrs. S. j. Dillon, of Main street,
was a Newark visitor on Tuesday.
Mrs. Robert Kerr, of Broadway,
was a Newark visitor on Tuesday.
Mrs. Tracey Dill, of South Amboy,
was a New York visitor Tuesday.
Miss Nettie McKenna, of South
Amboy, was a New York visitor Tues
day.
James White, of Main street, was
a New York visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. w. w. Hathaway, of New
York city, is visiting her mother at
Postmaster Roddy's. on Broadway.
We understand that Mr.. Hampton,
of Perth Amboy, and Fred Wheeler.
of South Amboy, will each have a bid
sent in to the freeholders for the lit
tie bridge on the new road across the
meadows down at Morgan.
Anton Hecker, of Newark, and
George Tassak, of New York, were
guests at the Rippowan House Mon
day.
George Gundrum has finished or
about finished the curbing on Borden
town avenue. It has improved the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16
E.. j. s ESCAPES.
Insane Man Who Tried to Prove His
Sanity in Supreme Court is Free.

Insane Man Who Tried to Prove His
Sanity in Supreme Court is Free.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-It Is reported
from Plattsburg, n. Y, that Edward
ward J. Russell, the insane convict, es-
capped from a train between Albany
and that city. Russell is the man who
s%ubpoenaed former Governor Odell and
a number Of supreme court justices
in a proceeding begun by him to prove
himself zane.
Later Russell was found wandering
around the streets of Troy in a dazed
condition. He was slightly injured. He
was taken to Dannemora.
Russell conducted his own case be-
fore Justice Truax in the supreme
court in this city, showing a knowledge
of law and of logical sequences in his
cross examinations that astonished his
hearers.
But in the end, when the pleader sat
in tears, Justice Truax decided Russell
was still insane and remanded him to
the asylum.
Russell looked ut the justice re-
IIOdCul ullf uId thCh Naihto wv W
his mother and put his arm around
her. He kissed her repeatedly before
he was led away.
Russell charged former Governor
Odell, superintendent OF State Prisons
Collins, former Superintendent of Elec.
tons Morgan, Justice Keever. District
Attorney Jerome and others with con
spring to keep him in the asylum be-
cause in letters to the New York Her
aid he exposed the evils OF Sing Sing.
Russell asserted in court that he gave
President Roosevelt and Charles +
Murphy information which caused
| Odelrs political downfall. He cross ex'
| amined the ex-governor severely, ask
ing him, among other questions, if be
knew that President Roosevelt had de
posed him in order to purify the Re
| publican party.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16

or. After that came the march of men
representing the military, municipal
and civic branches of the state life.
The ceremonies began with a prayer
by the Rev. DR.. J. Gray Bolton of
Philadelphia, a personal friend of the
incoming governor. The certificate of
election which authorized the commits
sioning of Edwin S. Stuart as the
twenty-seventh governor of Pennsyl-
vania was read, after which Supreme
Court Justice Fell administered the
oath of Office. Mr.. Stuart then deliv-
cred his inaugural address.
'The platform upon which l was
elected" the governor said, promised
many important reforms which the
people had been demanding for years
and which in some instances had been
pe~rsistently denied them. | gave my
word to the people that if elected
governor Of Pennsylvania l would, to
the extent Of my power, insist upon
the fulfillment of those promises. All
Of the reform pledges of that platform
shall constitute a part of the policy
of my administration, and without any
assumption Of debating Legislative
action their early enactment into laws
Is urgently recommended"
The governor recommends that troll
ley companies be given the right to
carry freight and be given the power
of eminent domain. He suggests that
n state railway commission be appoint
ed, with powers similar to those con
ferred upon the interstate commerce
commission, advocates a maximum
railroad passenger rate of 2 cents a
mile and recommends that legislation
be enacted to make effective that por-
ton of the state constitution which
prohibits railroads from engaging in
any other business than that Of COM
mon carriers.
Governor Stuart makes an appeal for
better pure food laws and suggests the
ACCESSIBILITY of making all pure food
legislation conform as nearly as posi-
BILE TO the federal laws upon the same
subject.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16
or
PENNSYLVANIA
Edwin S. Stuart In lgurated at
HaTishurg---PeT ypaCker
Formerly His Boss.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 16.-Edwin
S. Stuart became governor of Pennsyl-
vania, succeeding Samuel wv. Penny
packer, to whose law office Mr.. Stuart,
when an errand boy, delivered books.
His Inauguration was a simple cere-
mony, there being a programme in
Gliding only prayer, the administra-
ton of oath and then. as the cannon
doomed the gubernatorial salute of
seventeen guns, the deliverance of an
address setting forth the lines of pol
icy to be pursued by the new govern.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16
SNOW IN THE WEST.
90 Beyow Zero in Montana with
Drifts 20 and 30 Feet High.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 16:-Deep snow
still covers the tracks of railroads in
the Northwest anu the wind con-
tinues to blow a gale. To make mat.
tiers worse the temperature has fall
len many degrees.
1t was reported at the Great North
ern general Office that thermometers
registered SIS degrees below zero this
morning at Browning, Mont. 1t was
further asserted that there is NO
point between Grand Forks and Spo-
kane where the temperature is high
er than 3S degrees below. The snow
is so dry and light that as soon as the
drifts are cleared away they are
blown back again, the wind piling up
drifts twenty and thirty feet high.
The greatest tie-up on the Great
Northern line has occurred between
Browning and Cut Bank, Mont, a
distance about forty miles. In this
district rotary plows r sent against
the snowbanks without result. The
blows are sent out in combinations OF
IWO anu lHICG OuJ 90 OOOl 90 INV
make any progress the way is block
AIDED behind them. Great Northern
officials hope to have the track parti-
alyl cleared by the end of the week.
The Great Northern coast train
No. A, due at 2.15 o'clock this after
noon, has been abandoned somewhere
in North Dakota. The Minneapolis,
st. Paul & Saul Ste Marie service is
badly crippled. No. 100, a through
coast train due at $40 a. M, yester-
day, was still unbound today.
No. LOG, due al 1925 this morn
ing from Portalo, N. D., has been lost
track of. The line between Ken
mare and Thief River Falls has been
abandoned.
Trains which connect with the Ca
madam Pacific Railway at Moose Jaw
have been delayed SO badly that SER
vice is almost at a standstill. Railway
service in Canada, especially in the
west, has been stopped. All tele-
graph wires are down and it is i'm
possible to get trains through the
drifts.
A special from Antler, N. D., says:
''There is no coal in town. The tenn
perature is thirty below zero. There
is plenty of food, but there will be
suffering from cold inside of foul
days"
At McHenry, n. D., the mercur!
went to $50 low zero today, but the
fuel situation is improved.
kilograms + pouring in at thu
| Northern Pacific every hour telling
of the conditions along the road IL
North Dakota. All of the trains are
run with three and V en four engines
and are preceded by rotary plows, but
even at that they are delayed from
one to three days.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16
LEHICH VALLEY HAD
A LIVELY MEETING

PHILADELPHIA, Jan 16:-The
annual meeting of the Lehigh Valley
stockholders in this city yesterday
was enlivened by demands of minor
ity stockholders for increased divi-
dends and by animated discussion OF
a proposition to list the stock on the
New York Stock Exchange.
After President e. B. Thomas had
explained the advisability of conserv-
ing the earnings of the company his
policy regarding dividends was APP
proved. A vote was taken on the
question of listing the company's Sc
curities, but owing to the difficulty OF
checking the proxies announcement
of the result was postponed to today.
w. j. Mclaughlin and the Rev. DR.,
McLathery were among those who
voiced the demands for an increase in
the dividends. The latter cited COM
panies which maintain a smaller sur
plus yet pay greater dividends and
asked why it. was necessary for the
Lehigh Valley to carry remarkably
large surplus. Mr. Thomas said in
reply:
"At a time where there is SO much
uncertainty as to the future cost OF
operation and the effect on the COM
pany of recent laws, your board be
lieves a conservative policy in the
matter of dividends is to the best in
terests of stockholders. The labor
situation is unsettled. Heavy de-
mands have been made on the conf
pany for shorter hours and increased
wages, because Of the increased cost
of living and higher rates of wages
paid to others, many of which have
been granted where3a fair and impair
tial review of the situation indicated
the necessity of so doing. This will
have it's ~effecttin tending to increase
the future expense of operation. The
shortage of freight equipment cars
which is everywhere engrossing the
| attention of both railroad officials and
| general public, is one that must De
dealt with broadlyin order to carry
on the continued prosperity OF the
country"
The work on the company's termin-
al road, the Lehiglrg and Lake Erie
Mr.. Thomas added, is progressing
| rapidly. The road viii be opened foi
operation of a single track IN the
| early summer and for both tracks III
september.
The combined gross business OF the
| railroad and coal companies, ne SAID
is more than $65,O00,00 a year ano
to provide ample working capital as
well as to meet expenditures for cur,
rent improvements it is necessary tt
have ample cash. balances always al
the company's disposal. =.
Jacob Halstead, Representing In'
| stock Exchange firm of Joseph Walk
err & Sons, New York, advocated the
listing of the company's securities OF
the New York exchange This action
he argued, would produce a VIDE IN
ternational market for the stock ane
in this way prove advantageous u
every holder. He introduced a ieso
luton to the effect that in case 1t b.
approved by a vote of the stockhoid
ers the directors be instructed to ap
ply to the New York exchange TO
the listing of the securities.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16
TEST KICKING
Chicago Convict Elects TO Take Pun-
ishment Rather Than Jail.

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-The adjustable
electric kicking and spanking machine
on exhibition ut the electric show has
planted its first series of kicks on the
human form. There are four flying
boots which whirl in a circle, and
Charles Gregory, the inventor, calls it
1.-THE remorse motor"
Police Inspector Wheeler. furnished
the remorse victim in the person of a
prisoner. Ed Bloom. He threatened
to send Mr.. Bloom to the %workhouse
for two months for smashing city ordi-
nances, but being deeply interested in
the kicking machine from a police
point of view offered Bloom his free
dom il he would submit himself as a
sacrifice to the machine.
Bloom elected to be kicked rather
than go to the Bridewell. He baked
when brought to the Coliseum and
saw with what smoothness and preci-
sion the machine delivered kicks with
in the zone of punishment.
That's all right, Bloom. Stand up
and take it like a man. said the in
spector." A few scientists, anxious to
learn If the kicking machine was SUI
perlor to the clinched fist, the club or
the beer bottle, watched the demon
stration. Finally Mr.. Bloom was put
in range and held by two men,. The
inventor started it up at half speed,
and Mr.. Bloom sustained a few terrific
kicks and tried to escape.
He plucked up more courage. and
the machine was sent along at twenty
revolutions a second. Ten seconds and
Bloom was almost out. In that time
he had received almost 1000 kicks. His
clothing was torn, his flesh was bruls-
ed ana hii feelings injured. He was
given his liberty, a new suit of clothes
and some arnica.
we put slippers on for small boys
said the inventor. ~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16

PITTSBURG, Jan. 16.-Mrs. Della
NJ. bonner. the divorced wife of w. II.
Bonner. a millionaire steel nan came
here hurriedly from her Cleveland
home on account of the serious illness
of her daughter Margaret. The child
is in the custody of her father, and
Mrs. Bonner refuses to go to the lat
ter's home at present, although her
child may be dying. she receives tele-
pbone messages hourly and will go to
the bedside if the girl becomes worse
Mrs. Bonner applied for divorce on the
grounds of gross neglect of duty.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16

appearance or the street. but Il moro
cafefulness In establishing the grade
some would perhaps have been more
satisfied.
John J. Kelly, the representative
of the firm Of Randall & Company, of
Philadelphia, was in town Tuesday
and called on Gottlob Straub.
John Oliver. who has been build
ing a new residence on Main street,
has the same completed and moved
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16
OBITUARY.
rRs MIILIANI sTEPHAN

Mrs. William Stephan,
eight years old, died at Harrisburg
Pa. Monday night Mrs. Stephan
was the mother of Mrs. c. C. Baldwin,
Of this city. Mrs. Baldwin is now at
Harrisburg and will attend the fu-
neral, which is t. be held tomorrow.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16
amin subsidy BiiI reported.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-After a
fight which lasted all day and extend
ed to the floor Of the house, threaten
ing TO bring about much fllibustering
at one time, the house committee on
merchant marine and fisheries finally
decided by a vote Of 5 to I to make a
favorable report on q ship subsidy bill
prepared by Represent9tive Littauer
NY as a Substitute fbr the Grosve-
norbill. which has beelf under consid
GRAFTON for many weekS.N
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16
P. A. TRUST co. SOON
REACH MILLION MARK
Condition at End of Last Year Very
Favorable as Shown by
Auditors Report.

The report of the Audit Company,
of New York, on the examination OF
the Perth Amboy Trust Company as
to the close of business December
81, is highly favorable. The re-
sources wer 907,227.53 and the
trust company will reach the million
mark, it is expected, in the near flu
fnro
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16
SOUTH AMB0Y.
. LARGE CHECK.

The old story of the mar who came
to this country expecting to find
money on the streets was recalled to
mind last evening when Councilman
Dey exhibited a check for $1,250.50
that he had found. Mr.. Dey seemed
much elated over his probable good
fortune, but states it will be refunded
to anyone claiming the same and CIV
ing a reasonable accurate description.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16

BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCEs.

Edward J. Switzer, of 1913 Smith
street, is celebrating his birthday to-
day, and has already received many
presents. Among other things re-
ceived early this morning was nina
ture beer key containing lemons to
the number of his years.
A baby boy has arrived at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Haas, IL
Board street.
The Misses McClymont and Halla-
han. of the hospital staff, who have
been i'll at that institution, for some
time, have greatly improved and are
expected home the latter part of this
week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16
The Audit Company
Of New York
43 Cedar Street

To the President and Board of Direc,
tors,
Perth Amboy Trust Company,
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Dear Sirs:
Agreeably to your request, we have
made an examination of the PERTH
AMBOY TRUST COMPANY, Perth
Amboy, New Jersey, as of the close
of business December 81, 1906. We
hereby certify that the accompanying
statement is a true and correct ex-
hibit of the condition of the bank on
the date named as shown by its
records.
In making this examination, we
have verified the following items as
noted:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16
EoR Mss EMMA MORRIS.

At the January meeting Of the
Foreign Missionary Society, of the
First Presbyterian church, Monday
night. the sum of $50 was ordered to
be sent to Miss Emma Morris, who Is
now doing missionary work in Pujub,
India. This society contributes 800.
a wear toward Miss Morris salary.
payable twice a year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16

Treasurer, of the above-named company
being severally duly sworn, each for himself
deposes and says that the foregoing statement
is true, to the best of his knowledge and belief
J.. C. Mccoy, President.
S. RIDDLEsTORFFER, Treas.
Subscribed and sworn to before ms this 18th
day of January A. d., 1897.
THEO. DEGENRING
Notary Public,N. j..
CoRREur ATTEST:
GARRETB RoDHEAD
GEORGE p. PUTNAM
ADAM EcKERT,
Directors.
1853 1-1c-1t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-16

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