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IRvINGT0N AND HILTON.

Miss Margaret DAILY, of 1O1 Myrtle ave-
nue., Irvington, entertained a few friends
ut her home last night. During the even
ing piano selections were rendered by
Miss Margaret Kelley, Miss Lottie Smith
and Miss Laura Kott.
Town Electrician Frederick Baabe, of
%Irvington. VIII move from his present
home, in Florence avenu to his new
home, In Maple avenue, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Becker, of Provi-
dence, are visiting relatives In I~rvington
and Hilton.
Charles Dumbrasgy, 16 years old, of 7E3
Fifteenth street. Irvington, was taken
suddenly Ill in Springfield avenue near
Twenty-first street, yesterday and had to
be carried TO a nearby saloon, where
restoratives were administered. The
youth was able to go to his home unas-
sisted.
The breaking of a trolley wire in
Springfield avenue, near New street, Iry-
ington, at $40 o'clock last night caused
a little excitement and a delay of cars
on both the Springfield venue and Broad
street lines.
Lady Clinton Rebecca and Clinton Lodge,
/. o. o. F.. of Irvington. will go to the
Irvington M. e. Church in a body tomor-
row night as guests of the congregation.
A sermon of special interest to members
of the order will be preached by the Rev.
DR.. John Fl. Egbert. \
A pinochle tournament was started by
the members of the Velox S. A. c., of
I%rvington last night.
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MoNTcLAIR.

". Safonoff. the Pussian conductor Of
the Philharmonic Society of New York,
will be a guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Taft. of Eagle Rock way, next Monday.
Mr.. Safonoff will take full charge of the
rehearsal of the Bach choir Monday even
ing in Wilda Memorial Chapel.
The following Montclair men will sail
for the Pacific with Admiral Evans:
Richard Berle. Of he Maine; K. w.
Wheeler. of the torpedo boat destroyer
Hopkins, and Walter B.. Decker, midship-
man.
Oscar Buesser, who was appointed as
slstant secretary Of the Y. M. c. A. about
five weeks ago. has resigned to accept the
membership secretaryship Of the Troy,
N. Y. Y. M. C.. A.
The Colored Republican Club has elected
the following officers: President. William
Rice; vice-president, Charles Baker; re-
eording secretary, B.. w. Thornhill, as
~sistant recording secretary, W. l.. Jenkins;
treasurer. George Prior: chaplain, Burr
Lee, sergeant-at-armss Edwad Denis.
q. K. Altman, OF Mountain avenue, has
sailed for q three months stay in Ger
many.
There were two attractions at the Y.
M. C, A. last night. Charles Void, who
plays on musical glasses. was one of the
entertainers, and the Rev. Harry Emerson
Fosdick, gave the first of a series of four
lectures. His subject last night was The
Golden Rule. Against the Rule of Gold"
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NEW BOARDS GET BUSY.
Orange Police Inspected by Commission.
Fire Officials Eyade Organization.

Regulation of traffic at Main and Day
streets. Orange. during society events at
the Orange Theatre was suggested by Man
ton B. Metcalf, a member of Oranges new
police commission, who is also president of
the Essex County Country Club, favored
looking Into the question Of cabmen crowd
ing on the Orange Lackawanna depot when
passengers are alghting from trains.
Commissioner Metcalf has noticed that
during the hours the carriages are busy
depositing their passengers at the theatre
when social functions attract the city's
elite the carriages at times cause confusion
and the matter of placing all the vehicles
under direct control of the police, as is
done in New York during big performances
and entertainments, and keeping all car
riages travelling In the same direction,
thereby avoiding delay. will likely be
urged.
The crowding Of cabmen on the station
platform was also spoken of by Commis-
sioner Metcalf and this matter will be
brought to the attention of the police who
Will be directed to maintain regulations at
the depot in such manner as to avoid any
further criticism.
Before going on duty last evening
the night squad of the Orange Police
Department mustered for inspection
before the new commission and showed up
well. The men were c-omplimented on
their appearance. The commissioners also
viewed headquarters ana 1Oulu every
thing spic n span. The commission ad-
iourned till Wednesday at 5 O'Clock.
At the meeting of the Fire Commits
sioners in the ouncil chamber, no ac-
tion on the appointment of a secre-
tary was taken, there being but two of
the commissioners present-Chairman
Martin and DR.. r. S. Watson. Com
missioner Brennan was absent, as was
Sumter L. Beegle, who was appointed
for the short term, but has shown no
inclination to qualify. Mayor Sheen
advisibility of looking up the pension
law, as there are a number of fire.
men who are. in line for retirement.
City COUNSEL william A. Lord was
present, as were Councilmen Bury and
Bergman, of the fire committee, who
initiated the commissioners into the
workings OF the department.
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BL0OMFIELD-GLEN RIDGE.

The fourth entertainment in the
First Presbyterian Church Guild series
will be given Monday evening, when
Marshall Darrach will appear in a
Shakesperean recital, .'The Tempest
Lawrence II. Shorter. jr., of New
street, has returned from a successful
hunting trip in Johnson, N. Y.
The monthly meeting of the Bloom
field w. c.. T. u. will be held In the
Park NJ. E. Church next Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. Louis Kimball has presented to
the Fairview School a handsome rub
Der plant.
Mrs. Edmund Albartes Freeman has
issued cards and will be at home" on
Monday, December 2, from 4 until s
o'clock.
The second entertainment under the
auspices of the Grex Club will occur on
December 6, and will be a musical
given by the Lotus Club, of New York.
A debutante tea will be given by
Mrs. william Edward Smith at the
Glen Ridge Club on Wednesday. De-
present her daughter, Miss Charlotte
Margaret Smith.
The second of a series of entertain
ments under the auspices OF the Essex
Club will be held in the Congregational
Church December 6, with a CONCERT by
the Lotus Club. OF New York.
Miss Marie Heckel, only daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick E. Heckel, Of
Oakland avenue, is very i'll in the
Mountainside Hospital. Montclair.
Christ Episcopal Church will elect
wardens and vestrymen at it's annual
meeting Monday night.
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MoNTcLA1R LODGE OF SORROW.

Montclair Lodge. B. r. o. Elks, will hold
memorial services tomorrow afternoon in
Club Hall, that town. in accordance with
the custom OF the organization which sets
apart the first Sunday in December OF each
year as the Elks memorial day" The
Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdiok, Frank G..
Sherer and o. b, Gould win make ad-
dresses. Following is the program:
I~ntermezzo. from "Cavalleria Rusti-.
Gamma" Mascagin, Bush String Quartet:
anthem, Fear Not. o Israel" Trinity
Church Quartet; opening ceremonies by
officers Of the lodge; opening ode. to the
tune Of AUD Lang syne," by the lodge;
prayer. Wallace w. Weeks, chaplain;
quartet, ~''Traumerei,' Schumann, Bush
String Quartet; address, o. B. Gould; So
prano solo, AVE Maria" Baeh-Gounod,
Mrs. Alta Meyer Taylor; violin solo,
Alteration, J. Melvin Bush, jr.; address,
Frank j. Sherer: contralto solo, abide
with Me" Miss May Kimball: address, the
Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick; anthem,
Rock Of Ages Trinity Church Quartet;
closing exercises by officers of the lodge.
d~oxology, benediction.
The committee In charge OF the exercises
is composed of Frank G. Sherer. chairman;
Theodore j. Badgley, w. Wallace Weeks,
Theodore Neiderhauser, William b. Will
iams. j. Melvin Bush, Joseph A. Holman,
Henderson B. Hayes, W.. Follett Unger.
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SOUTH ORANGE.

The Village Board OF Trustees at its
meeting last night empowered the water
COMMITTEES to have the. street water ny
drants reprinted. Water superintendent
and Assistant Superintendent. Cornelius +.
Nolan and John ]. Farrell, have begun the
semi-annual inspection Of the MIGRANTS.
The committee of South Orange Village
President Albert C. Wall a month ago to
cooperate with a committee. OF Orange Off
cials In order to get information on the
proposed Parkway route through Grove
road. South Orange, and connecting Or
ange Park with South Orange last night
reported to the village officials that II
would not be advisable to SO ahead with
the matter ut present.
The village volunteer firemen were called
out this morning at 1880 o'clock when Il
whistle of Locomotive No. 957 was blown
for a period of five minutes. Engineer
Andrew Horn was about to blow q back
mp signal OF three short whistles when
the lever which blows the whistle became
caught
the village last night for damages done 20
y tree in front of her home. in Scotland
road, by the contractors while repaving
the guttees of that street, ss
The New York and New Jersey Tel
ephone Company has. been granted per-
mission to replace several telephone poles
An South Orange avenue with higher poles,
= Frank Graves. of IA Fourth street, has
leased Samuel Robertson's house. in Ro-
land avenue, and will move Monday.
Announcement is made by the Rev. Rob
ert Hasting Nichols, pastor, that there will
be no evening service in Trinity Presby-
terrain Church tomorrow. The morning and
however. The latter will be communion
service
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CAN EVENING I'm prxrr.n

Scenes of. old-time plantation life will be
portrayed In can Evening in Dixie to be
given at the home of Mrs. Thomas A.
Gillespie. Silver SPRING near The Mont
rose depot, Monday night. Miss Grace
Cleveland Porter, a ~well-known render.
tenor. The p~atronesses will include: Mrs.
Yorke Allenl Mrs. j. F. Barlow. Mrs. An
drew Bray, Mrs. c. r. Browning, Mrs.
Cheney-Cornell. Mrs. John Coykendall.
Mrs. Lowry Craig. Mrs. r. Dun Douglass.
Mrs. William Pierson Field. Mrs. j.
Franklin Fort, Mrs. J. Day Flack. Mrs.
Thomas A. Gillespie. Mrs. James Girwood
Mrs. John X Gore, Mrs. Ralston Grant.
Mrs. Edward l.. Graves. Mrs. II. r. Hal
sey, Mrs. MaIcellus Hartley. Mrs. Alex
ander King. Mrs. Isaac Ogden. Mrs. J.. II.
Otis, Mrs. edwards Sewall Sanford. Mrs
II. s; Sinclair, Mrs. Joseph stanford Mrs.
Charles A.. Trowhridge. Mrs. Walter r..
Wallace. Mrs. Albert Wall. Mrs. Stanley
White. Mrs, Theodore F~relinghuysen
White. Jr., Mrs. Israel Losey White.
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MILLBURN.
IRVINGTON
AM HILTON
WOMEN LEND THEIR AID.
Many Patronesses for Paint and Powder
Clubs Play in Orange

Members of the Paint and Powder Club,
OF the Orange. are rapidly completing the
finishing %touehings to their production OF
"Futurityland, to be given December II
at the Orange Theatre. The young thes-
plans are giving their services in aid Of
the the little newsboys who compose the
Boys Club, of Orange, and since Septem-
Der have rehearsed faithfully to make the
show a success.
The club has made a record for itself in
the past and its work is always reviewed
with interest. The club has always played
in aid of the charitable institutions, but
the worthy work Of the newsboys since
they banded together to perfect an organ
ization attracted the attention OF John
Lenord Merrill, Charles B, Yardley. ir.,
and other members of the Paint and Pow
der Club. who have decided to help the
youngsters.
The club intends to do Its best ever
in "Furturityland, and the following
women OF the Oranges will be patronesses
of the event: Mrs. John l.. Adams. Mrs.
II. I. Ambrose, Mrs. Edward W. Ash
ley. Mrs. William Torrey Baird. Mrs. Will
mer A. Baldwin, Mrs. F. @. Barstow, Mrs.
W. A. Barstow. Mrs. William Bouldin,
jr., Mrs. John II. Bradshaw, Mrs. William
Thayer, Brown. Mrs. James M. Burr, Mrs.
John j.. Burton, Mrs. S. o. Church, Mrs.
Henry o. Clark, Mrs. Gardner Colby, Mrs
Edward M. Collie, Mrs. e. V. Connect, jr.,
MIS- fhy D. CUMMINGS. mTk. ~. w. -,
Gushing. Mrs. J. Louis Dodd, Mrs. Thomas
A. Edison, Mrs. George Enger, Mrs. II. B,
Fonda, Mrs. p. II. Fowler. Mrs. j. Frank
lin Fort, Mrs. Paul F. Gerhart. Mrs. Will
lam f.. Gilmore, Mrs. James Girdwood,
Mrs. William Graves. Mrs. William B
Graves, Mrs. +. E. Hagemeyer, Mrs
George F. Halsey. Mrs. Charles Hathaway,
Mrs. r. W. Hawkesworth. Mrs. John o
Head, Mrs. Cyrus Hitchcock, Mrs. George
r. Howe. Mrs. Alfred b. Jenkins, Mrs
William Howard Jones, Mrs. Clarence Fl
Kelsey, Mrs. David Kennedy, Mrs. Alexan-
der King, Mrs. Ernest Klipstein, Mrs. A
J. Lamme. Mrs. Samuel Lee. Mrs. o. f.
Lohrke, Mrs. Samuel Lord, Mrs. A. S
Marsh, Miss Ruth Marsh. Miss Matilda
Marsh, Mrs. f.. H. Masters, Mrs. Mantor
b. Metclaf, Mrs. II. N. Mum, Mrs. Isaac
c. Ogden. Mrs. P. II. Patriarche, Mrs
Dauglas Robinson, Mrs. William Runkle
Mrs. Mefford Runyon, Mrs. Albert d
Smith. Mrs. Charles A. Sterling, Mrs. Hor.
ace Stetson. Mrs. r. w. Thieriot. Mrs
Charles A. .Trowbridse, Mrs. A.. g. Var
Gaasbeek, Mrs. George A. Vail, Mrs
Frederick l.. Van Ness, Mrs. William A
Walker, Mrs. Edgar B. Ward, Mrs. Nor.
man B. Ward, Mrs. Peter Volt and Mrs
Charles Z. Yardley, .
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BELLEVILLE FAIR ENDS.
Father Smith and Assistants Awarded
Many Articles at Close.

The bazaar in aid Of st. Peters r. c.
Church, Belleville. closed last night in
Parochial Hall, Hattown, with the largest
attendance during the affair. The pastor,
the Rev. James p. Smith, and his assist
ants were kept busy awarding the various
articles of the booths. Some of the win
ners follow:
Box of tea, Miss Amelia Mccarthy;
fancy whisk broom holder, Miss Ellen
Irwin; cracker dish. p. Shaw; landscape
picture, william Keller; sofa cushion,
James Connolly; toilet set, p. STRAIT
ton; sofa pillow, Mrs. c. Larkin; gas lamp,
Mrs. McCluskey; silver jewel case, Mrs.
J.. Dimwork; large picture, Miss Tessie
Salmon; tea set. w. j. Burke, rocker,
Miss Catherine Reynolds; chair, Mrs. G..
Walsh; wedding cake. Augustine A. Nc
Emery; umbrella, Mrs. Mccullough; chest
of tea. John Lawler; barrel of potatoes,
Joseph H~annahan; salad dish, George
Ward; sofa pillow, Loretta Deignan DOL,
William Derbyshire; barrel of flour. Frank
Chancellor; statue, Eugene Donnellan;
rocker, Miss Mary Mahady; berry set,
Mrs. james Mcguire; picture, William
Miss Mary Sheehan; berry set, Mrs. A.
Dacey; lemonade set, Oscar DE Rose; pic
ture, Rose McGonigle; picture, Irene
Murphy; vase, 9. Becker barrel OF tnr-
M, Cunningham; picture, Mrs. c. Rocher;
pair of slippers. Joseph Noonan; chest OF
tea, Miss Mary Higgins; berry set, Mrs.
Gavers; vases, J.. j. Belts; fruit dish,
Miss Annie Berry: berry set, Mrs. p. Fitz-
patrick; rocker, Eugene Neary; rocker,
Miss T1llie Stolz; lemonade set, Mrs. p.
Fitzpatrick; fruit dish. Mrs. ]. Shea. A
ton OF coal. a barrel of -four, a hve-dollar
gold piece and a pair of blankets went to
the holders OF numbers 52S, 22S, 50 and 522,
respectively.
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IT'S ANNIVERSARY
SPECIAL SERVICES AT
SOUTH ORANGE CHURCH.
st. Andrews, in Centre Street, TO OBJ
serve Day on Which Corner
stone Was Laid.

The fifteenth anniversary of the lay
ing of the cornerstone of st. Andrews
Episcopal Church. Centre street, South
Orange, in the fashionable syndicate
section, will be observed tonight by a
parish gathering in the parish house
of the edif1ce, at 8 o'clock, al which
Bishop Edwin S. Lines will be present.
The cornerstone was laid on Novem-
Der 80, 1892. The parish was started
six months previous to that time, how
ever. as st. Andrews Mission, under
the guidance of Grace Church, Orange.
SERVICES appropriate to the celebra-
ton viii be held In the church tomor-
row at 3 and IL o'clock in the morning,
and at 5 and 4 o'clock in the after
noon. At the early service Holy Com
munion will be celebrated, and at the
/ o.ciock service a special musical
program will be rendered. The music
music has been arranged by Vernon
Esilie, the choirmaster and organist of
the church; The preacher will be the
Grnce Church, Orange.
The 3 O'Clock afternoon service will be
Tor the children's celebration. The music
VIII be rendered by the vested girls choir.
under the direction of Miss Ethel K. Spen-
Ger. The early history OF the Sunday
school OF the church will be reviewed In
an address by the Rev. Charles L. Par
Thanksgiving cantata will be sung by the
choir at the 4 o'clock service, and a
Thanksgiving offering will be made at
this time by the parishloners.
The church has had but two rectors dur
ing the fifteen years. The first was the
Rev. Samuel Fl. Bishop. He was sue
ceeded by the Rev. Mr.. Pardee in the early
summe OF 1906.
The receipts of the church for the past
eleven years are as follows: General parish
receipts, $4,000. Sunday school, 81. $50; the
Woman's Guild, 1890; the Altar Guild,
$l,lOO; the Young Ladies' Auxiliary 81, 700;
offerings outside Of parish for missionary
and charitable work, 5000. The Easter
offerings, which are the largest Of the
year, amounted to $500. The Sunday
school has a membership of ITO. The Rev.
Mr.. Pardee is superintendent and James
e. Bathgate, jr., is assistant superintend-
ent. The church has been enlarged by the
addition of a parish house. part of which
Is used as a chancel which adds a Seat
Ing capacity of over 100 to the church.
The church has always been self-support-
Ing, receiving no aid from the board Of
missions during the time OF its existence
as a mission.
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TIL ORANGES.
BLOOMFIELD.
MONTCLAIR
LET TRAIN KILL HIN
PUT HEAD ON RAIL
NEAR ORANGE DEPOT.
Believed to Be Louis De silvestry, of
444 West S5th Street, New York.
No Cause Known.

Laying his head on of the rails
of the ea%stbound track of the Lack
awanna railroad, alongside a switch IN
front of the Orange depot last night
a young man from New York allowed
the s:44 train from Hoboken to pass
over him and was killed Instantly. lt
was a sudden and horrible death.
From an envelope found in one OF
his pockets IT is believed that his
name was Louis De Silvestry, of
444 West Tlirty-nfth street, Manhat-
tan
On the white envelope were pencil
marks which seemed freshly written;
They were to the effect that he hoped
somebody would find his body, that he
was an Italian boy, 10 years old, and
that he lived on the first floor of the
back yard at the address given. He
FAILED to write the reason for his. rash
act. The youth had a new pencil ana
two>keys but no money. He wore a
dark serge suit having a New YORK
From the statement of Policeman
Barry, of Orange, 1t is believed that
the youth had been visiting at the
from there walked down the railroad
track. The belief that he laid on the
rail is strengthened by the fact that
no bones were broker from the left
shoulder down. The policeman was
passing over Essex avenue, near the
depot, when he saw a youth, who he
believes was the suicide, turn off from
the avenue and walk down alongside
the tracks. near the coal yards of s.. c.
q A. Lindsey. a minute later the
down train came along and after 1t
left the depot the body was seen on
the track. 1t lay near a switch lead
ing into the coal yards, a dark section
of the line.
The body was removed to the Kunz
morgue, In North Centre street. and DR..
S. A. Muta, Deputy County Physician,
summoned DR., Muta found that the
young mans head was nearly severed
from his body. and expressed the be-
lief that 1t vas a case of deliberate
suicide.
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NAVY DESERTER ARRESTED.
Charles Gallagher Caught in Nutley,
Where His Father Lives.

Chief of Police Henry Knabb. of Nut
lev, arrested Charles Gallagher, 10
years old, as a deserter from the Uni
ted States Navy. and sent him to the
Brooklyn Navy Yard yesterday. where
he was placed in charge of the United
located at Boston on the New Jersey,
escaped on November %, and Chief
Knabb was informed of the escape, as
Gallagher's father resides in Franklin
avenue, Nutley. A watch was kept for
him and he was apprehended. This is
G~allagher's second ofense of the kind
since his enlistment in June. This
time his onense is more serious, as he
have to aeooun for it to the govern
ment.
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AGED WOMAN DEAD
MRS. BALL, OF SOUTH Or
ANGE. WAS 81 YEARS OLD.
Came of Widely Known Family-Fu-
neral Will Be Held Tomorrow
Afternoon.

Mrs. Cornelia Durand Ball, the oldest
woman in South Orange Village. dled at
her home, 81 Valley street, South Orange,
Thursday afternoon, at the age of 81 years.
Old age was the cause Of death, and, al
though she had been wasting away, the
end came unexpectedly.
The funeral will take place tomorrow
afternoon at $50 O'Clock at her home, the
Rev. Edward c. Ray, of the First Presby-
terian Church, South Orange, officiating.
The interment will be in the Valley street
Cemetery, South Orange.
Mrs. Ball was born in the old Durand
home, Ridgewood road. in what was then
known as jefferson willags e ,s a part par t oil
parents we're also born there. Her nus
band was Marcus D. Lafayette Ball, who
died eight years ago, at the age OF g
which ran along South Orange venue
from Valley street to the Railway River,
now a site Of many buildings and the busi-
ness centre of the village. She was a
Mrs. Ball enjoyed good health, and up to
a few days previous to her death had not
had a doctor attend her but once during
daughter Of the late Henry NJ. Durand,
She lived In only three houses during her
long life. Nearly thirty-nine years had
been spent in the home In which she died,
Mrs. Balls father was a direct descend
ant of the Hugenots, and her husband was
a grandchild of President George Wash
ington's third cousin. She swas n of the
founders of the old Baptist Church which
stood in R~idgewood road at the head Of
Jefferson avenue. Maplewood, and which
has since been removed to LenoX place
and called the Morrow Memorial Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Ball had lived through the lives Of
every President of the United States since
Washington.
Mrs. Ball is survived by five children
They are Mrs. Electa Ward, of South Or
ange: Mrs. Alexander Smith, of East Or
ange Mrs. Jennie Mckenzie. of this city
Mrs. Joseph Smith, of Bloomfield, anc
John Harry Ball. of New York. She /:
also survived by eighteen grandchildren and
seventeen .great-grandchildren.