Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-07
JERSEY NEWS
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WASHINGTON
tFrom the NEWS Correspondent

(From the NEWS Corrcspondent)
Washington, June Mounted in
a handsome mahogany case under
glass the replica of the face and
back of medal of honor presented
for bravery has been received by
United States Senator Kean 1t was
sent to Senator Kean by Edward A.
Moseley, secretary of the Interstate
Commission, and in the letter of
transmission Mr. Moseley states that
the replica OF the medal is sent IN
token of the appreciation of the part
Senator Kean had in the passage of
the bill
The medal bears an inscription in
Latin and the first one presented, of
which the replica was made, was
bestowed upon George Poell, Of Ne
braska. Poell was a fireman on the
st. Joseph and Grand Island railway.
On June 26, 1905. while the train
was approaching Powells Station,
Nebraska, running thirty miles an
hour, the engineer suddenly applied
the brakes and did everything in his
power to check the momentum of
the train Poell looked out of the
cab of the locomotive and saw a
small child in the center of the
track.
Poell rushed out on the footboard
of the locomotive and standing on
the pilot, he held fast with one hand
while he leaned forward to grasp
the child as the locomotive reached
ii He swung the child clear of the
track and out of danger, but in do
ing so he was thrown under the
wheels of the locomotive. Poell was
dragged for more than one hundred
feet, one OF his feet was torn off,
both arms were broken and he was
nearly killed when he was finally
picked up. He was in a hospital for
several months, but finally recov-
cred. He was obliged to give up his
position, and at present Is a county
official in Nebraska.
The work on the Sundry Civil APP
preparation bill is going along very
slowly. In one of the sections Just
passed provision is made for the
lighting Of various rivers and among
those mentioned are the Raritan,
Middlesex county, and the Delaware
river, as far as Trenton.
Representatives Kinkead and
Hamiil, of Jersey City, are working
energetically to get an appropriation
for the purchase of more ground for
the proposed post Office at Jersey
City. A plot of ground has already
been purchased, but there is some
fifty odd feet in the same block,
which II purchased, would make the
plot better shape and afford more
opportunity for adding to the build
Ing at any time in the future. The
committee on Public Buildings and
grounds has not, as yet, held a meet
ing to determine the different items
that will constitute the bill as 1t will
be reported. Mr. Howell, OF New
Jersey, Is chairman of the sub-com-
mittee having that state in charge,
and 1t is expected he will take good
care of those items.
New Jersey democrats, who are
here, are gratifed with the manner
| in which the campaign is shaping up
In the state, and they think that the
placing of Charles NJ. Fowler In
nomination for United States sena-
+ tor may unity the New Idea" fol-
lowing to such an extent that q
large percentage of the republican
vote in some counties will be lost
To that party. 1t is believed here
that with strong candidate for gov
ernor the democrats Will give the
republicans the greatest scare they
have had In years. There are men
who think well of Hon George S
Silzer, state senator of Middlesex
county; and they say, If named, he
would make a. strong candidate.
Representative Howell has been
advised that pensions have beer
granted to a. Charles N. Hayes, oi
Long Branch, $15; ]. Quincy Har-
rison, of Asbury Park, $12; Benia-
min f. Sharpe, Asbury Park, SIS;
John ]. Troutman, Long Branch
SIP, and Lydia Stout, Bay Head
St2.
There has been a strong sentiment
manifested throughout New Jersey
infavor of a postal savings bank bill
and 1t is the belief now that the bill
which Representative Gardner pre-
pared, and which was accepted by
the republican caucus, will be pass.
ed in the ouse of Representatives
with little difficulty. 1t is expected
IL will be brought up this week, and
there may not be much debate on it
However, on the rules as amended
there is a wider latitude for debate
and 1t is harder to get a big pill
through the House, or rather, II
takes more time for Its considera
| tion than formally