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Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
RUTGERS BOYS
ENTERTAINED.
College G|ee Singers Twelve
Strong, Pleased Large Audience
In High School Auditorium.
IN MELL-BALANCED PROGRAM.

The Rutgers College Glee Club ap-
peared before packed house in the
high school auditorium last night in
varied program of choruses, solos,
seXtets, quartets, piano and violin
solos and recitations. The concert
was given under the auspices of the
High School Athletic Association and
the results were very satisfactory.
There were but twelve of the glee
club here instead of seventeen, but
that was due to the fact that some of
the students did not return to New
Brunswick until today for the re-
opening of college after the spring
vacation. From their first entrance,
preceded by a Rutgers yell, the stu
dents, in cap and gown, won con-
tinued applause. Raymond w. Smith,
the leader of the club, scored par
ticularly in his solos. He has a we'll
modulated tenor voice which he uses
to good effect His rendition of
Moro" elected heary. appreciation,
and he responded to the encore. Mr..
Rolfe is a talented pianist and Mos
kowski's Valse in E major was ex-
ceedingly well given despite a piano
which was not bought yesterday. Mr.
Schaeffer, a reciter of no little ao;iity
drew forth much laughter with his
"Areminta and the Auto" and typi-
cal district stump speech
The glee club sang number of
well known favorites and several
new selections with good harmony
and musical effect. The humor of
some of the songs was very good, and
encores were the rule. The program
closed with the Rutgers College song,
"On the Banks of the Old Raritan,
and a college yell.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
Bad Storm Wear Ago Yesterday.

Just year ago yesterday and last
night a severe storm, one of the worst
OF last year, occurred in this city and
vicinity, and it is recalled by num-
Der of local people who felt its eff
fects and who felt the effects OF yes
terday's storm.
The storm on April 9, 1906 caused
much damage to local merchants and
captains of vessels in the sound.
The rain fell in torrents and the
wind was terrific, much worse than
this afternoon even. In the storm a
year ago yesterday many show cases
along the business streets We're blown
over, the trolley schedules were con-
fused, wires were blown down, the
fence between school No and the
Dayton property on State street was
blown down and trees in Rector street
and elsewhere were blown over.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
.L|NCOLNS NAME
A. HANRATT|E.

Anthony Hanrattie was nominated
by Lincoln Engine Company last
night for second assistant chief of the
fire department to oppose George
Larsen, who was nominated by the
Eagle Hose & Chemical Company a
short time ago. The company en-
dorsed Eugene Mullen, the nominee
of Mcclellan Engine Company, for
chief, and George Mead, of Protec-
tion Hook e Ladder Company, for
first assistant.
A committee consisting of William
Hinkle, chairman; A. H. Hope, An
thony Hanrattie, James Dunham and
Frank Rhodes was appointed to ar
range for spread and the entertain
ment of the guests of the company on
the day of the firemens parade.
A number of other matters were
brought up, after which the meeting
was adjourned. The general parade
committee will meet on Friday night
in the Lincolns rooms.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
S|LzER HAS A
DOUBLE SHARE,
specla1 to the EVENING NEWS:

Special to the EVENING NEWS:
TRENTON, Apr. 10:-To Senator
George Silzer, of MiddleseX county,
belongs the unusual honor this week
of representing two counties in the
upper house of the New Jersey legis-
lature. Besides looking after the in
terests of his own bailiwick he is also
attending to the legislative business
of Hudson county as proxy for Sena-
tor Minturn, the minority leader in
the senate.
Two deaths in the family of Sena-
tor Minturn have kept him at home
during this, the closing and most i'm
portant week of the session. Yester-
day Senator Silzer received letter
from M. L. Fagen, chairman of the
executive committee of the Hudson
county democratic committee, asking
him to take the place of Senator Min
turn in caring for Hudson county
matters, including the many bills in
troduced by the gentlemen from Hud-
son.
Senator Silzer accepted and though
it gives him a double load, he is
hustling along the affairs of both
counties in a successful manner 1t
is seldom that such distinction comes
to New Jersey senator in the first
year of his senatorship.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
District Attorney Jerome Began
His Address This Morning No
Match For Delmas 0raiury.
INvOKES DEMENTIA AMERICANA.
Californian In His Final Appeal Quot
ed the Golden Rule-Pictmed
Whites Slayer as a Knight of Old
Declared Our Homes are Sacred
Referred Feelingly to Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw's Noble Sacrifice.

NEW YORK, April 10.-After speak.
ing upward of seven hours Dolphin Mi
chael Delmas, chief counsel for Harry
Thaw, ended his argument with a
Scriptural quotation.
Just before he closed Delmas de.
scribed Thaw's insanity as 'dementia
Americana" the sort that makes Amer
leans defend the sacredness of their
homes and their wives and children.
True" he said, ''the learned alien
lists have not given name to the spe-
cies of insanity which Harry Thaw
had. But | will tell you. 1t is a spe-
cies of insanity which is recognized in
every court OF this land. It is the spe
cies of insanity which makes man
believe his home sacred, that the hon
or of his wife is sacred. that the honor
OF his daughter is sacred"
With the exception of the moments
when he was reading from testimony
Mr. Delmas' speech was one of sus-
tanned oratorical effort. He threw
about the form OF Harry Thaw the
cloak of chiyalrous llnighthood. Why
he shouted. should we who admire
the chivalry of the knights of the mid
die ages who went about redressing
wrongs and rescuing maidens in dis
tress withhold our sympathy from this
brave man?"
Bitterly the attorney again assailed
Stanford White. lie declared White
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
NOMINATIONS FOR
YACHT CLUB ELECTION

The following nominations have
been made for the annual election OF
the Raritan Yacht Club Wednesday
night, May T.; Commodore, w. X.
Bassford; vice-commodore, n. P. T.
Macan; recording secretary, Ernest
A. Pierson; financial secretary, A. H.
Boughton, Jr., treasurer, E. j. Nc
Cormick; measurer, Louis Rossi;
trustees, l.. H. McHose, Herbert A.
Crowell and l.. V. Emanuel; regatta
committee, George Mead, chairman;
Carl Walters, B. w. Harrington, Har-
old H. Hall and John Sofield.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
ACCIDENTS CAUSE
PHONE DIFFICULTIES

The grounding of cable at West
Brighton, Staten Island, at 8 O'Clock
this morning caused the N. Y. &. n. ].
Telephone Company considerable
trouble. The grounding was due to
a wet splice and the trouble was fin
ally located by the linemen. Sub
scribers in this city had considerable
difficulty in obtaining New York calls.
On account of the breaking of the
telephone pole near Florida Grove
last night, by a trolley car, number
OF connections were cut off. The re-
pairs will be completed as rapidly as
possible
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10

ARE CHOSEN

The Citizens Electric Light, Heat
& Power Company held their annual
stockholders meeting yesterday in
the offices of the concern at 81 Smith
street. The meeting was called for
the purpose of electing eleven direc
tors, and lasted from 9 O'Clock until
5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The following directors were re-
elected: George f. Reynolds, John
K. Sheehy, Clancy d. Boynton, Fred
]. Cox, Peter Floersch, c. A. Sexton
A. p. Kennedy, Louis BRIGGS, Max
Goldberger, Barnett Goldman and
Jesse Sickles.
The annual meeting of the al &c
tors will be held in about Il week,
when the annual election of officers
will take place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
Or. SnOdSrass Returns To Perth
AmbOy Changes At Wood
bridge And On Staten Island.
METHODIST CONFERENCE ENDS.
Rev. S. Trcvena jackson, Formerly of
Perth Amboy, Moves from Bloom
field to Arlington-RepOr Heard
Showing the Condition of the Con-
ference-Rev. l.. c. Muller Made
Presiding Elder of Paterson Dist.

MORRGSTOWN. Apr. 10 All the
members of the Newark Conference
were IN ha..i J esterdaA dt tho closing
session. The appointments We're read
and proved TO be not - numerous
as had been anticipated The an
iiouncemaac that the Ec Louis G.
Muller, Tor rne"ly pastor o. t;rlrs
church. Paterson, had Aeea appoint
ed presiding elder of the Pate. son dis
trict, vice Charles s. Ryman, whose
term had expired, was received with
loud applause. The Apportionment of
the Newark Conference for the Epis-
copal fund was reported as being
$4,000.
Dr.. Gutteridge, the statistical sec
retary, reported 9,3S9 probationers,
1,421 full members, 10 local
preachers. GS2 deaths. 2,SS3 bap-
tisms, 335 Sunday Schools with g.
10 officers and teachers and 1886
scholars, $50 churches valued at s4,-
294,300, 1866 parsonages, $685.
paid for Improvements, $S5,SS4 paid
on Indebtedness, the present indebt-
edness being $451,201.
Treasurer Cole reported benevo-
lent collections of the year as being
S5S,S00; missions, $46,55S; church
extension, $3,035; Sunday School I'm
ion, S10,077; tract cause, $S2S;
Freedman's Aid. $2.52S; Conference
Education Board, Slab; children S
fund, $1,79S; Bible society, s1,49S;
Womens Home Missionary Society,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
ASK FOR BIDS;
CASE PENDING.
Continued on page %

Although Judge Swayze has allow
ed writ of certiorari in the Broad
street sewer matter, which Lawyer!
James Parker is opposing for his
client, Adam Eckert, bids have been
advertised for by Street Conlmission-
er Fullerton, to be received by tile
Board of Aldermen at their meeting
next Monday night.
Whether or not the council viii be
allowed to award the contract Tor
the sewer or whether the bids will be d
~, awaiting the decision Of the
lse, which is to be heard before
udge Swayze atsNewark, on April 20,
is not yet determined. The street
commissioner said this morning that
he had received no orders in regard
to the matter so he had advertised
for bids in accordance with the ateion
OF the council.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10

The condition of Miss Emma Peter
son, teacher of st. Stephens Danish
parochial school in Broad street, who
accidentally swallowed a dose of
medicine containing a large percent
age of belladonna, is still very seri-
Gus. Miss Peterson is laid up at the
home of Frederick L. Brown, 24O
State street
Her condition since the accidental
poisoning Saturday night, has varied
at intervals. At times she is con-
scious, while at other times she seems
to lie in a semi-conscious state for
hours, not being able to recognize the
people about her.
Miss Peterson had been slightly i'll
and had been using prepared medi-
cine. The bottle became empty and
wrong mixture was made which con-
tanned large amount of the poison
Soon afterward Miss Peterson be-
came seriously i'll and fell into an un-
conscious state and did not revive un-
til six hours later. Her eyelids had
turned blue and twice their normal
size, and there were long intervals
between breaths.
DR.. James Stafford was called and
did all in his power to save her life.
Soon after her first relapse she
swooned away and was unconscious
for a period of twelve hours. Her
condition has somewhat improved,
but she is still in a precarious state.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
$1,000 for 81 90

For limited time only "THE
NATURAL AIR POWER COMPANY
OF NEW YORK." who own and con-
troll an invention which will revolu-
tionize the world, will offer stock at
$1.00 per share, par value $4,000,
payable as follows: 10 per cent. on
subscription. 10 per cent. in thirty
days. and 10 per cent. in sixty days,
the balance, 20 per cent, is not pay
able before the first commercial en-
gine,, now building in Perth Amboy,
is completed.
Do not lose this opportunity to
make fortune on small invest
ment. Represented by Andrew Low.
No. 1876 Smith street, Perth Amboy.
N. J. 49, S-10-1
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
TROLLEY CAR HIT PHONE POLE
AND EMBANKMENT;; TWO HURT.
CotBeyond Control
On Hill Near
Florida Grove.
CAR SMASHED.

One of the Public Service Corpora
tion's new cars. No. 1.161. bound for
this city, Jumped the tracks on the
curve west of the Florida Grove
switch about 9:15 o'clock last night.
dashed across the road, distance of
about twenty-five feet, broke one of
the n. z. & y. j. Telephone Com
pany's poles completely in half and
finally came to standstill on the
side of the embankment.
The car, which left Keasbey at sos
o'clock, was in charge of Motorman
Niels Nelson, of Davidson avenue
and Conductor William Trotter. OF
275 Smith, street. The car, while
coming down the hill west of the
switch, suddenly gained speed and
in spite of the efforts of Motorman
Nelson, its momentum could not be
checked. The brakes refused to work
and his efforts to reverse the power
were of no avail When the cal
struck the curve it must have been
going at a speed of twenty miles an
hour in order to cause it to slide
through the mud, clear across the
road to the embankment twenty-five
feet away
Motorman Nelson, when he realiz-
ed that the speed of the car could
not be checked, called to Conductor
Trotter on the rear platform: Pull
down your pole and jump" An in
stant later Nelson jumped, just as
the car left the tracks. He landed
on the edge of the clay pit on the
right side of the road and rolled
down the embankment, a distance of
about twenty feet
Telephone Pole Shattered.
Trotter pulled down the pole and
before he could make further move
the car had crashed into the tele-
phone pole, breaking it off as If il
were a twig Trotter was thrown in
to the car where he lay stunned for an
instant. He heard the swapping of
the wires overhead and finally
crawled out of the partially demol-
ished car upon the embankment,
where he regained his breath.
Nelson received a severe cut on
the knee and bad shaking up and
Trotter is also sore about the side
and limbs where he was struck by
the edge Of the partition at the en-
trance of the car. Both men were
taken to the Office of DR.. M. S. Mein-
zer where they received treatment.
A wrecking crew was on the
scene shortly afterward and after
working all night the derailed car
was placed on the tracks and brought
to the car barns at 10 o'clock this
morning. Division Superintendent
Goettings, of Newark, and Assistant
Superintendent Burke, formerly of
this city, were on the scene this
morning directing the men Super
intendent Burke when asked about
the accident said that he knew little
about ii as he had not interviewed
the crew
No Passengers Aboard.
Luckily there were no passengers
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
.ELKS' CAR BROUGHT TO
THIS CITY LAST NIGHT

C. A. Sexton, William Aachenberg
and c. Howard Smith went to Tar
rytown n. y, yesterday and brought
the new Maxwell touring car, which
is to be awarded by the local Elks III
a contest, to this city The party
left Tarrytown at IL o'clock yeater-
day morning but on account OF the
snow did not arrive in this city until
9 o'clock last night. The ear is now
in a she'd in the rear of Mr.. Sexton
drug store and will be placed on exhi-
bition in front of his place at ~
Smith street shortly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
'pecial to the EVENING NEWS:

Special to the EVENING NEWS:
TRENTON, Apr 10:Ten Middle
sex county tax appeals involving an
aggregate of $630.250 in assessfnents
have been filed with the State Board
OF Equalization of Taxes. All are
appeals from the decisions OF the
Middlesex County Tax Board. They
will be heard in che court house aE
New Brunswick Wednesday, May Il
One Perth Amboy appeal Is by the
American Mail Steamship Company
on an assessment OF $150,000 for
vessels. If this is sustained BY tbs
state board Perth Amboy will lose
$2,S4O.25 in taxes. The other ap
peals are as follows:
Susduehanna Coal Company.
Susquehanna Coal Company
against the borough of South Amboy.
This appeal is on the assessment up
on coal stored in the borough. The
assessment is for $3.50, 900 from
which the company appealed to the
county board which dismissed the ap-
peal. The company claims the coal Is
in transit and therefore not taxable.
w. R. Coddington against Piscat
away township. This is to have set
aside an assessment of $1,000, which
it is claimed is not taxable because
it is used for religious purposes.
James Donomore against High
land Park borough. This involves
an assessment of $1,000 on certain
property. Donomore asked the coun-.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
SOUTH AMBOY
MAYOR TALKS.
Does Not Like The Present Method
OfHandIing The Excise Matters
Of The Borough.
AUTHORITIES IN BAD LIGHT.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS:
SOUTH AMBOY, Apr. 10:-Mayor
Treganowan, of South Amboy, does
not approve of the present method of
handling the borough excise matters.
At the meeting of the council last
night he expressed his opinion of the
recent court action in refusing thir-
teen applications for renewals in no
mistakable terms.
Gentlemen of the council" he
said, II do not know that it Is worth
while to talk about it, but it just
strikes me about this matter of alb
rogating some seventeen or twenty
licenses. We, perhaps, are not OPP
posed to the reduction of licenses by
any means. | am in favor of high IL
cense and two-thirds less saloons but
still this sweeping away of licenses
just sweeps the mayor and council off
theil feet. They do not know what TO
dc. They do not know who has got
licenses. They do. not known any
thing at all about it, Now, if these
licenses have been annulled, seven
teen, is it, or twenty?-His Honor
was informed the number was thir-
teen-it seems to me the mayor and
council should have some notifica-
tion of the fact According to the
present aspect of affairs a man can
just occupy a saloon right chock up
against some respectable person with
out any discrimination, without any
protection whatever, and | think we
ought to be consulted as TO who, if
there is any wedding out to be done,
who should do it.
Had Hard Week of 1t.
Now | have never had such a
week in all my life as | have had in
the last week All day long these
people, Poles, are coming there until
i have got to swear, open the door
and tell them to get out. They under
stand that l think we should have
been consulted l do not know who
is at the bottom of this. There are
some saloons | am informed, in this
borough today, chief" (turning to
the chief of police) 81 do not know
whether you are cognizant of that
fact or not; there are two or three in
operation whose licenses have been
annulled for two or three years.
Now, its seems to me when an
action of that kind occurs the council
should be informed. They may be
breaking the law, but we know moth
ing at all about it, We can't check
it. | passed a saloon yesterday that
| am told the license had been an
nulled. Glasses were clinking and
that at $50 o'clock in the morning.
We have no authority, we are left abb
solutely at sea. | think it was a
slap, as | said before, to the mayor
and council of South Amboy, just as
if they had not common sense. AT
the same time | do not object to the
limitation of licenses and the curtail-
ment OF licenses to the extent of two
thirds of what exists today, but l do
not like that way of doing it,"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
HORSE MISSES WAGONS
IN WILD DASH AT NOON.

A horse belonging to Moore Bros.
the newsdealers, of New Brunswick
avenue, took fright at the Central
depot about 12:45 O'Clock today and
ran away and dashed down Smith
street, lodging wagons, and turned
into State street, where it was caught
by Peter Rosenvinge. There was no
one in the wagon at the time. The
horse was turned over to Charles r.
Moore.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
STUDENTS LEAP FOR
LIFE AT EXETER fire

EXETER, n. H., Apr. 10:-Dun-
bar Hall, the only wooden dormitory
at Philips Exeter Academy, was de-
stroyed by fire early today and thirty
five students were compelled to jump
from the second story windows. A
hasty roll call apparently showed
that all had escaped. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
Lawrence NJ. Crosby, an instructor
who was asleep on the fourth floor,
was severely burned, but will proba-
bly, recover. A number of boys were
awakened just after midnight by
smoke pouring into their rooms, and
when the ran out into the hallway
they found the fire burning with
great fury in the rear of the build
ing. They reused the rest of the
occupants by their loud cries, and
without attempting to save any of
their property or put on clothing
they sought for means of escape.
Three local boys attend Exeter,
Louis Mead, Alfred Compton and
Lester Deitche. Neither of the two
first named live at Dunbar hall, and
]. J. Deitche said this afternoon that
he does not know whether his son
rooms in Dunbar hall or not.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
HUSBAND WENT TO COURT
WITHOUT a WARRANT

Mrs. Fulmoni Arfussi who lives
near the poor house, asked the re-
corder this morning to issue war
rant for the arrest of her husband,
Frank Arfussi. Mr. Arfussi later ap-
peared and after hearing both sides
the case was dismissed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10

The body of James Halayba, who
was found dead at Bloomfield's clay
banks Saturday, was buried in AL
pine cemetery this afternoon. The
services were held in Garretson's un-
dertafsfng estahlishment in High
strnai
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
SPECIAL EXCURSION FARES TO
CALIFORNIA AND IACIFIC'
COAST POINTS.

The Lehigh Valley railroad an-
nounces special excursions on speci-
fed rates during the months Of April,
May and June.
Information as to dates, time Iiln-
its, tickets, etc, will be furnished BIZ
ticket agent, No. 93 Smith street,
Perth Amboy, n. j.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10

Directors of the Hudson & Middle-
sex Telephone Company met yester-
day afternoon at the Packer HOUSES.
President Reynolds, of the Coast Line
Telephone Company, was present and
outlined the plans of that concern for
long distance connections.
7S23-d-10-1ts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
TAX APPEALS
FROM COUNTY
Ten Midd|esex Cases Fl 81 c0|
sidsred By The State Board d
Equalization Of Taxes
ONE INVOLVES PERTH aMBoY.

The American Mail Steamship Cons-
pany Objects to aa Assessment of
$150,00O for Vessels Registereii il
This Port - susauehanna coaI
Company's Case Is Also CauFIea
Up--SOme New Brunswick Cases.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10

Tonight, Rugby polo, Someryilta
VS.. Lyceums. Lyceum Rink.
1864 1a-Its
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-04-10
MRS. LA ROE
is RENAMED.

ELIZABETH, Apr. 10:-The
thirty-sixth annual convention of the
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
of the Presbytery of Elizabeth, was
held here yesterday, at the First
Presbyterian church. Mrs. John T.
Kerr, the president, presided.
Mrs. F. w. Veghte, of Roselle, the
treasurer, said that her report showed
decrease this year of 1881. She
had received $5,634.90 for missionary
purposes last year. The report OF
the corresponding secretary, Miss V.
o. Burtis, of Westfield, showed an in
crease in membership. Reports were
also submitted by Mrs. Wilbur La
Roe, of Perth Amboy, secretary of
literature, and Miss Leila B. Allen, of
this city, on young peoples work
Miss NJ. p. Stevenson, on Christian
Endeavor Societies, and from Mrs. G
e. Ludlow for Junior Christian En-
deavor Societies.
Miss Holloway, of Plainfield, rep
resentative of mission study work
among young people, made a short
address on the results of her work.
Mrs. A. H. Keppler, a Presbyterian
missionary to China, gave lengthy
talk on the work in that country.
DR.. ]. Andrew Hall made an address,
his subject being mission work in the
Philippines An address was also
made by Mrs. e. Boyd Weitzel, of
Philadelphia.
There was a young peoples confer
ence at o'clock, after which came
the election of officers, which resulted
as follows: President, Mrs. John T
Kerr, Elizabeth; vice president, Mrs
e. B. Cobb. Elizabeth treasurer,
Mrs. f. w. Veghte, Roselle; CORE
spending secretary, Miss V. o. Burt
is, Westfield recording secretary
Miss E. M. Cotton; young peoples
secretary, Miss Leila B. Allen; sec
retary of literature, Mrs. Wilbur La
Roe, of Perth Amboy.