Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-25
CONGRESSMAN
ON The MOVE.
Much Work Being Done for Jer-
seymen Session Is Soon
To Close.
(From the NEWS oorrespondent.)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25:-As a
result of effective work Representa-
tive Wood has succeeded in having
the bill to reimburse Lieut.. G. v.
Packer, formerly Of Trenton, for
$4S.S9, the amount stolen while he
was acting commissary at Fort Mis-
soula, Montana, passed by the sem
ate. The signature of the President
will end the long fight that has been
necessary to have Lieut.. Pasker reim-
bursed for this amount.
Senator Kean has had five pension
bills passed by the senate some days
ago, passed by the house. They are
as follows: To pension Mary NJ. How
ell, widow of Robert H. Howell, for
merly paymaster in the army, SIG a
month; Mrs. Mary o. Cherry, widow
of Watson Cherry, formerly of the
Second New Jersey, $12 a month;
James II. Huntington, formerly of
Company H, Sixth District of Column
bia Vols, $12 a month; Mrs. Sarah
E. Stockton, widow of William G..
stockton, formerly chaplain of the
oath New Jersey Vols, $40 a'month;
Julia A. Vroom, widow of John
Vroom, of the Sth New Jersey Vols,
at IS a month.
Dryden's Bills Pass.
Two bills passed by the house were
those introduced by Senator Dryden
in the senate. They were Joseph G..
Bowker, Ninth New Jersey, $24 a
month; Asa X. Harbert, of Bridgeton,
Ninth New Jersey, $24 a month.
Representative Wood has introduce
ed a bill to increase the pension of
Alfred Booze, formerly of the 35th
New Jersey Vols, at $50 a month.
Representative Wood has intro
duced a bill to increase the pension
of Alfred Booze, formerly of the 35th
New Jersey Vols, at $50 a month.
Representative L~oudenslager has
recommended the appointment of
Frank D. Pedrick as postmaster at
Woodbury., Gloucester county.
Speaker Cannon has as yet not an
nounced the names of the three con-
gressmen to serve on the immigra-
ton commission provided for in the
immigration bill. Vice-President Fair
banks has announced the three sena-
tors as Senators Dillingham;, Lodge
and McLaurin, all three of whom
were on the conferes. Representa-
tive Howell was one of the congress-
men recommended to Mr.. Cannon by
vote of the house committee on i'm
migration, and the other two were
Representative Bennett, of New York,
and Burnett, of Alabama.
Social Doings.
e. G.. c. Blakely, city solicitor of
Camden, and Mr.. Stockwell, his part
ner, are spending a few days in this
city. They were entertained on Sat
urday afternoon by Chef Clerk
Browning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geirge w. Jagle, of
Newark; DR.. and Mrs. Charles F.
Kramer, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Bippart, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles %Strapper, Mrs. Eu-
gene Unger, of Newark; Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Haverstick, of Trenton; Mr..
and Mrs. Hamilton w. Mabie, Miss
Mabie, of Summit, are at the Coch-
ran; d. b. Robbins, of Lakewood, A.
c. Meier, T. E. Zimmerman, of New
ark; are at the st. James. A. c..
Jefferson, of Princeton; Mr.. and
Mrs. j. A. Callenbach, of Camden, are
at the Ebbitt. Miss E. Sawyer, Miss
Charlotte Sawyer, of Montclair; Will
son Farrand, of South Orange; MI.
and Mrs. A. e. Bates, of Atlantic
City; l.. G. Kempf, Norman Kempf,
of Newark, are at the Shoreham. MI.
and Mrs. W. F. Birch, of Doom, are at
the Arlington.
Senator and Mrs. Dryden were
hosts at a dinner on Saturday evening
when the guests were the Italian am
bassador, Senator Frye, Senator Per-
kins, Senator Dillingham;, Senator and
Mrs. Depew, Mrs. Garrett A.. Hobart,
Colonel and Mrs. Kuser, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wallace, Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers, GEN
eral and Mrs. Sharpe and Representa-
tive and Mrs. Lamar.
Senator Kean was one of the sena-
tors who delivered eulogies on Satur-
day afternoon in memory of the late
Representative Hill.
w. N. Goodman, of Passaic, is at
the Raleigh. Mrs. Sarah Barnes,
Gustave Gensel and Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Geiser, of Jersey City, are at
the National. Mr.. and Mrs. John d.
Anderson, of East Orange, are at the
Arlington. C. S. A.