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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-07-08
GARBAGE is
NOT COLLECTED

Residents in North Amboy are
complaining that the garbage, is not
being collected frequently enough in
that section of the city. Patrolman
Meshrow made an investigation yes
terday and found that the garbage
had not been collected on Elizabeth,
State, Charles, Catherine and Cort-
landt streets.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-07-08
FOR
THREEYEhRS

The report of the Second Baptist
church, colored, on Gordon street,
for the three years from July. 1904
II June 80, 1907, which was read at
lie services last night was as fol-
.OwS.
Amount of money collected. $1112 .13
Amount paid out ....... 1869 Sc
Amount paid on principalN
on property 635. .s5
Amount paid on interest :. A13.33.
Purchase price of Gordon
street property 1919. 1850 90
Total paid out on property 7E8. .68
Bal. due on property ..... IA SIS
Total bal. in treasury kS5 .S5
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-07-08
Pleaded Not Guilty.

NEW BRUNSWICK, July s.
James Hyde, who lives at Wood
bridge, pleaded not guilty before
Judge Schenck Friday afternoon to
charges of assault and libel. He
gave bail Former Senator Strong
represents him.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-07-08
PETER F. DALY'S
DAUGHTERHUR
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS:
NEW BRUNSWICK, July S:-Sur-
rogate Peter F. Daly's daughter, Mar
garet, ten years old, fell out Of =
cherry tree while playing in neigh
boris yard here this afternoon and
broke her hip. 1t is not known whe-
ther she sustained other injuries or
not,
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-07-08

Knights Golden Eagle! Attention.!
A special meeting of the Castle
will be held tomorrow evening, July
9, and all Sir knights are urgently
requested to be present.
VIM. p. BRADLEY, M. of r.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-07-08

William Allen, formerly of this
city, and well known here, is in
charge of the plant which is to be
closed. He wetn west short time
ago.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-07-08

Everybody wants n; everybody
needs it; everybody has It The Ev-
ENING NEWS.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-30

able Of any people with foreheads 10
that they should allow their supply
of food to pass into the hands Of one
speculative interest, says Charles Ed.
ward Russell In q powerful article
written by him In the Appeal 10 Rea.
son. You can understand how q care
less community might tolerate mo-
nopoly Of some things, how II might
endure to have its transportation, for
instance, or its electric light, control.
led BY one ownership, for men can
live without sleeping cars or arc
lamps; but that It should tolerate a
monopoly Of the primal necessity OF
food is beyond comprehension and
without precedent. Even naked sav.
ages have uniformly been too wise
for that, and the only nation that has
ever submitted to such q monstrous
condition Ia our own.
From thousand illustrations Of the
injuries we oil suffer from this idiot1c
arrangement let us cite one.
There II no way Of communicating
disease to the human body surer than
through infected meat tissue. Some
Of the worst and most destructive ba.
GILL that prey upon mankind are com.
mon among the animals he eats for
food. Cows have tuberculosis and
spread vast quantities Of It through
the human population. II 10 20 com.
mon among cows that the wise and
the forewarned will use none but ster-
ilized milk. What IL hog cholera"
among swine ID merely typhoid fever
In men. Trichinea In hogs poisons
human beings. Both these diseases
are common among swine.
Worse than ali these, and more
deadly, 10 another fact that 10 seldom
commented upon because II 10 too ap-
pallinv to dwell much upon. What u
called "lumpy Jaw In cattle u simply
cancer. The germs Of cancer are
communicable. Many cattle have
"lumpy Jaw" Any animal with
"lumpy jaw" 10 unit for human
food.
This opens neld that demands the
immediate attention Of the govern
ment. Cancer 10 the most terrible OF
all diseases. After Il has reached q
certain stage Of development II u ab.
s0lutely incurable. Its progress "a
that stage may be without the pa.
TENTS knowledge, or suspicion. Ita
advance beyond that stage cannot
even be checked. II slays its victims
with the most horrlble torture.
In this country the recent increase
Of this most terrible Of human a.
fiictions has been something to alarm
us all. 1t was once rare; II now
threatens to become common. In the
Cincinnati hospital, In the year 1870
II, the number Of cancerous patients
was one In 5S7. In 1904 the number
was one In 273. In 1870. when the
total population Of the city was PIG,
238. the number Of cancer cases re-
ported ut all the institutions was e.
In 1900, with total population ol
325, ,0O2, the number Of cancer cases
reported at all the institutions wal
1913, and In 1908. with about the same
population. the number was 287.
append the table that shows this 40
tonishing increase.
Here 10 q similar report from two
well.known hospitals elsewhere:
ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL, NEW
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-30

The Beef Trust will Hnd II hard
10 get a resting place when the peo
ole Of this country rise against 1t
AZ they surely will. The people of thu
whole world are crying for its exter
MinatiOn.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-30

Thirty years ago, according to the
Chicago Health Department, the ma.
jority Of the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now, thanks to the
Beef Trust, the great majority Of the
panple who die are adults, the average
age Of the deceased having increaseA
from Infancy In 1876 to 81 years y
1vOo! ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31

terry, but was met with stern re-
fuSal.
Tho operations began at daybreak
with the removal of the topmost cof-
fms in the vault. containing the bodies
of the wife and son of Il. G. bruce.
1t was nearly 11.30 before the coffin,
the contents of which have aroused the
curiosity of the whole world, was
brought up ready for opening and in
spection. The top was quickly I'M
screwed and the inner casins Of lead
cut open. There was no need for the
dictum OF the eminent surgeon, Au-
gustuS J. Pepper. who was appointed
by the home office to carry out the ex-
humatjon, TO assure all present that
human remains lay i'll the coffin.
The bruce vault has thus given up
its secret after 10 years Of legal pro
ceedirgs which have cost all told a
considerable fortune. A large part OF
this money was obtained from servant
girls ana other workers who were in
duCed to buy shares in 4 company
formed to prosecute the claims of
George Hollamby bruce against the
estate of the Duke of Portland
The charge of perjury against Her
bert bruce is effectively disposed of.
Those persons who have sworn to
the placing Of lead in the coffin. instead
Of human body, are thus discreditetl
and they proba bly, will have to take the
consequences of their acts.
Continued on Page Two)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
HUMAN BONES FOUND
IN TIC. DRUCE'S COFFIN.
Examination Of Body Finally Dsposes Of
Fight For Portland Title and Estate
---PerjuTerS Will Be Punished.

London, Dec. 3o.-The body of Thomas
Charles bruce. in Highgate cemetery.
was eXhumed today. just 40 years to a
day after its burial. The coffin was
found 10 contain the remains of a hui
man body, thus exploding the romantic
tales told by Robert c. Caldwell and
others, who swore during the recent
hearing of the bruce perjury case that
it contained q roll of lead.
The official statement given out by
representatives of the home office and
others who were officially present at the
elimination. not only definitely dis
poses of the lead myth, but seems eff
fectively to confirm that the body
buried in 1864 was actually that of 4.
C. bruce. The authorized statement
follows:
THE coffin was opened and found to
contain the body Of an aged, bearded
man. The plate on the coffin bore the
name of Thomas Charles Druce."
The scene at Highgate cemetery TO-
day when the vault was opened was re-
markable. ConStables seemed 10 spring
from everywhere; every bush and every
tree apparently hid an officer of the
law. All the entrances to the cemetery
were surrounded by cordons of police.
Only those persons who had passes
from the home office were admitted to
the grounds. George Hollamby bruce,
who claims he is the rightfui heir II
the Portland dukedom and to its vast
estate. tried twice to get into the ceme-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
JUROR WELD ILL.
May Cause Delay in Mahan Trial al
Bennington, VT.

Bennington, VT, Dec 3o.-Only brief
session of court was held this after
noon. when the trial of Alfred Mahan,
charged with the murder of his 4-year-
old niece. Ethel Mahan. was resumed.
Court had been sitting for only short
time. when one of the jurers, Preston
Weld. was taken ill and a recess was
declared to allow him to rest. For the
same reason, adjournment for the day
was taken an hour earlier than usual.
An effort will be made to go on with
the trial tomorrow forenoon, but Yields
condition, threatening an attack of the
grip. and the condition of one Of the
other Jurors. who is IS years OF age.
caused some fears tonight that the trial
might be interrupted.
Only one witness was heard today.
Alfred Hunt, brother-in-law of German
Mahan. father of the murdered child.
His evidence was mainly a corrobora-
ton of the testimony of German Ma
han last week, regarding the finding Of
the body of the child. He testified that
near the body he found a broken razor
and piece of ribbon from the child's
clothing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
PLEADS. GUILTY.
Sullivan Admits Attempt
to Kill Miss MCFadden.
Court Refuses Plea Victim
Expected 10 Recover.
Bullet Ne Fired Into His Own Head
Not located.

Maiden. Mass, Dec. 30.-When called
upon to plead to the charge of assault
with intent to murder Miss Mary Nc
Fadden of Wakefield, Fred J. Sullivan
of that town answered guilty" before
Judge Charles Nj. Bruce in the Maiden
district court today. The judge, how
ever. refused to accept the plea and or
dered the clerk to enter a plea of not
guilty. Sullivan was held without bail
for the next term of the MiddleseX
county grand jury. He was removed
to the county Jail at East Cambridge.
Sulivan's head was swathed in band
ages when he appeared in court today.
The chief of the Wakefield police told
the court that Sullivan had shot Miss
McFadden twice last night, anG then
attempted suicide. He said that an
operation had been performed on the
young woman at the Massachusetts
General hospital early today but that
the outcome of it was in doubt. al
though it was reported to the police
that her condition was satisfactory.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, Dec 30.--The storm
that was central Sunday night over
Illinois has moved rapidly East to the
Canadian maritime provinces, where it
now forms a disturbance of consider
able severity A fresh depression Is
moving inland over the north Pacific
coast states Fair weather is forecasted
for Tuesday and Wednesday east of
the Rocky mountains. except that light
snow will continue along the great
lakes Tuesday. The temperature will
fall Tuesday in Atlantic coast districts.
but it will not sink below the seasonal
average.
Special forecast: Storm warnings are
displayed Oh the Atlantic coast from
New Haven to EaStport
The winds along the New England
coast will be high northwest; middle
Atlantic coast, brisk northwest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Receiver George r. Rankin OF the
South Danvers National Bank at Pea
body, Mass, which failed in 1900, Mon
day declared final dividend Of 80 per
cent. to depostors. This Is the fourth
dividend distributed by the receiver.
making a total Of S0.3 per cent. Mon
days dividend amounts to about $1,000.
Funeral services over the remains Of
the late Rear Admiral Charles w. ABB
bolt, L. S. NJ. retired, were held at his
home at Warren, r. T., Monday. Rev.
Joseph Hutchcson. rector Of st. Marks
Episcopal church officiated. The burial
was in the family lot at the South cem-
etery. ~
An early morning fire at Soinervilic.
Mass. which, because of its close
proximity to the Boston Maine
freight yards and the piggeries Of John
p Squire & Co., was responsible for
several unnecessary alarms, caused q
damage of about $4,000 to the building
and stock of the Cambridge Bundle
Wood Co. Monday. The origin Of the
blaze is not known. The building was
owned by the Squire company and was
a two-and- one-h story structure. r,,,z
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
CONGRESSMAN LiTTLEFlELD
On Forests and Wood Pulp Tariff
Differs With President.

Portland. Me-, Dec. O.-Congressman
Charles E Littlefiold of Maine in a speech
before the Portland Club tonight on For
ests and the Tariff on Wood Pulp took
issue with President Roosevelt on the
proposition to reduce the tariff on wood
tend to increase rather than diminish the
drain on American forests. In support OF
his pOsition he argued that President
Roosevelt's suggestion that the Canadian
povernnent does not impose an export
dutv will not he followed By that gov
eminent. but, on the contrary. sucl du-
ty would surely be imposed as agitation
70 that end already has been started. INC
American manufacturers of paper would
then be forced to seek their pulp wholly
IN American forests on account of the
high brice which the Canadian product
would command.
Regarding the protective tariff in gen
eral he said in part:
"rhere will be a general revision OF
the tariff sometime i'll the near future
lint there will not be, nor is there any
necessity of revision of any partlcu-
we will have tariff reform sometime III
the future That part OF the country II
which YOU and now live won't exercise
a determining influence i'll that revision
The suc gestions which will come from IN,
committee on ways and means Will D.
submitted to a caucus of the Republican
members of tho House and Senate. IL
that caucus those states west OF PENN
sy,yania will have a majority "' 81 over
those states east of Pennsylvania. Wher
| Won realize what that majority or D
means, you will realize that there never
will he another tariff schedule mat VII
treat the industries of New Eng'ard VIII
tho consideration that they enjoy today.
AT this point Mr. Littlefield paid ms re-
spects in sarcastic vein to politicians
| of Massachusetts who advocate free IRON
wool ard coal to prevent the industries o'
that state from moving to the Mluoi'
West.
He said in closing
| -I an. willing to reduce the tarlh eHcc'
ing anv industry when it appears that i
can pay a reasonable return on the II"
vestment and can pay the high stahaar'
If American wages, without that ana
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
INCREASED PRODUCTION.
East Manchester, N. H., Shoe Factories
To Rush Business.

Manchester, y. H.. Dec Gothic
several factories of the +. NJ, Hoyt
Co. manufacturers of boots and shoes,
in East Manchester, which have been
closed down for a few weeks. resumed
operations today. More than $50 hands,
the largest force employed in the fac
tories since they began, reported for
work when the shops opened today,
and employment was found for most of
them.
The management of the factories an
nouncc that the work which was start
ed today will be conducted on larger
scale than ever before. this expansion
being warranted by the large Influx OF
orders which came in during the shut
down. These orders call for produce
ton which will keep the shops busy
well into tho spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
Rev. Mr.. Cooke and Eta
Wha|ey Located In Frisco.
Living Quietly and Happily with
Their Infant Son.


San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 30.--Tn d
pelting rain and before daybreak the
Rev. Jere Knode Cooke, formerly pas
tor of the fashionable st. Georges
church at Hampstead, L. l., and Flor
eta Whaley, the 17-year-old heireSs
with whom he eloped eight months ago.
deserving a wife to whom he had been
married for nine years and creating a
sensation in church and society circles.
stole away today from the little fiat
which they had occupied at 1899 Green
street in this city. where they were dis
covered yesterday living under the
name of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Balloon,
taking with them their baby boy. born
two months ago. They left behind all
they had managed through rigid eco
nomy to save for their worldly comfort
during the eight months that search
for them had been made throughout
the country. Whittier they went has
not yet been ascertained.
The police say that no request has
been made to them to apprehend the
couple and that no effort is being made
to locate or detain them.
The discovery of Cooke and the girl
was made through the fact that Cap
Agency. who had met them as "Mr
and Mrs. Balcom' when they arrived
here last June from Los Angeles, recog-
nized the girls picture when It was
published last week in connection with
a dispatch from louisiana, stating
that Cooke had deserted Floretta
Whaley and had given her away to
a family there who was educating her"
Yesterday afternoon a representative
of local newspaper called at the home
where Cooke and his companion lived
under their assumed names. Cooke.
Yale graduate, worked at painting and
decorating and when that was not
abundant, he did any manual work
that he could get.
The only notice ever taken OF the
couple by neighbors and those who
lived in the same building was to COM
ment upon the apparent happiness and
the devotion of Balcom to the girlish
mother and the baby boy.
When the interviewer called yester-
day Balcom. or Cooke, admitted his
identity but sent the young mother and
baby into another room, asking the re-
porter to lower his tone that she might
not learn of the discovery of their
identity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
TWO WELDON ES.
Ono a Jail for Cooke, Other Home for
Miss Whaley.

Mineola, L. l., Dec. 30.--District At
torney Coles said today that he had
received no official information that
Jere X. Cooke and Floretta Whaley had
been found in San Francisco. AS soon
as he did. Mr.. Coles said he would
request the San Francisco authorities
to arrest Cooke on a warrant issued
soon after his disappearance. Cooke Is
charged with abduction.
Mrs whaley, grandmother of Flor
eta Whaley, said she hoped the girl
had been found and that she would
welcome her II she would return home.
If necessary Mrs. Whaley said she
would send money for her granddaugh-
ter to return.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
BULLET HOLE IN HEAD.
Remains of VIM. S. Barker, St 1onn
Stock Broker, So Found.

st. John Dec. go With a revolr
,.o. cIasncd in one hand. the body "i
William s. Barker. Il prominent ioca
,,ocI, broker. was found in bed III Il
,t,n,ber in his home today. state
,,,ant was given out from his nous"
that death was due to natural 'du,,,'
hut il was later learned ina, 'i'.'' w.
a bullet hole III Barker n''u WI
oner Bergman was notified an" p'.-
nared to hold an inquest tonight 10
supposed that Barker had oeco'ne uc
snondent from illness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
BULLET NOT FOUND.
Physicians Unable to Locate Missile
In SuIlivan's Head.

Wakefield, Mass. Dec. 30.-Frederick
]. Sullivan. the young man who sur
rendered to the police last night after
shooting his sweetheart. Miss Mary
McFadden, and then attempting sui
eide, was examined by physicians at
the police station during the night but
the bullet which he sent into his own
head could not be located.
The police decided to send Sullivan
before the district court at Maiden to
answer to a charge of shooting Miss
McFadden. after which he was to be
Continued on Page Two)
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Despondent because he had 10 give up
his medical practice on account of his
failing health DR.. c. Otis Goodwin Of 2ii
Pleasant street. Worcester. has disap-
reared from his home after telling his
wife he had decided to commit suicide.
and that it would mean death to anyone
who tried TO stop him. The doctor left
his home Friday afternoon and no trace
of him has since been found.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31

There was no competition Tor .he
cold nearly s5,o0o.o 900. available on the
7 ondon market Monday. 1t was all Sc
I'D hv the Bank of England at re-
s,,ot;on of one-half penny. This TENDS
TO confirm the hope that the az nt;n ne
demands for the metals are pr'ct, osiar
satisfied. Discount rates were easio'
in consequence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
DOVER MILLS TO START.
The Brown Wooden Co. to Operate
Four Days Per Week.

Dover, Nc, Dec. 30.-The Brown
mills of the American Wooden Co. en-
ploying 800 hands, will be started up
Wednesday and run four days week
of 10 hours each. How long this ar
rangement will continue is not settled.
1t was expected the mills would resume
operations today, after being idle two
or three weeks, but it was decided to
run on the last four days of the week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
.u.,,,r e stanwood of Boston.

Boston. Dec So.-Arthur q, Ht ii"s
,d well-known railroad man dieo
~ his home in this city today Al 'he
$50 Of his death Mr.. Stanwood was
~ sistant treasurer of the Chicago
burlington & Quincy Raiiroau
tenn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
ON FULL TIME.
Five Hundred Hands at Saxonville
Mass, Resume Work.

Saxonvillc. Mass, Dec. 30.-Aftcr a
months idleness for purposes of cur
failing production, the Saxonville wool
en- mills resumed operations Monday.
The mills will run on full time, 81
hours a week About 500 hands are
employed at the plant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
FAIR AND COLDER.

Washington, Dec. 30.-Forecast for
New England: Fair and colder except
snow in northern portion of Maine,
New Hampshire and Vermont Tues
day; Wednesday fair, brisk to high
west winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31
Boston Forecast.

Boston. Dec. 30.-Forecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Cloudy and colder
Tuesday. brisk westerly winds;
Wednesday fair.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-31

Dangerous Two Cent Econom"
II taking cheap gingers for su1der lis
when Sanford's costs but little more.