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Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14
WASHINGTON
SIDE LIGHTS

"T sympathize with you,v added a
third.
"But 1 was reelected replied the
astonished Pennsylvania.
"Well, all the news we We read was
that you went down. they replied.
Bates was a bit put out that his HOO
majority hadn't attracted attention,
bnt he went in to see President Taft.
"Bates, 1 certainly shall miss you
next year" condoled the Chief Exc
cutive. cit seems to bad to lose YOU
"But, I am reelected by 100 major
ity," shouted Bates. Everywhere I
go somebody sympathizes with me in
my loss. l don't want any sympathy, I
want congratulations.
And when Bates emerged, he served
notice on the doorkeepers that he would
refuse to be seated in Lame Duck Al
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14
PROPOSE NEW HOLIDAY.

Washington, Dec. IA new ma
tional holiday is proposed In a bill
now In the committee on Judiciary
of the House of Representatives,
that, Ii adopted, will make April rs
of every year a day of general jol-
lifcation.
The bill proposes the setting aside
of the date for doing honor to the
name America" as the cognomen
of the continent. Plans for nation
al, state and civic celebrations each
year are included In the measure,
which is q lengthy document, outlin-
Ing the means by which the name
America was given to the continent,
through the voyages of discovery OF
Americas Vespucci, the Italian ex-
plorer.
Representative Hamil, of New Jer-
sey, the author of the bill, declares
1t will fill a long felt want. He says
that the whole continent Of America,
from Hudson's Bay to the Isthmus
of Panama, would join in celebrat-
ing the day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14
WEDNESDAY. DEC. IA, 1910.
PERTH AMBoY

I Population, 32,121.
I 23 miles from New York.
( Tax rate LIS.
I on staten Island Sound. at the
I mouth of the Raritan river and at
\ the head of Raritan Bay.
( Ocean steamers can dock In from
I SO to 40 feet of water.
! Channel 81 feet deep at low wa
ter leading up h bay from Sahoy
Daily steamer SERVED to New
York.
Four railroads; the Pennsylvania,
Central Railroad of New Jersey,
Lehigh Valley and the Staten Isiano
all directions, affording almost an
unlimited number of excellent lac
tory sites.
Has two telegraph end two tele-
phone companIs
Eknfs Tight and gas companies
80 daily newspapers.
Federal postofice building.
( Public Library.
! Nine grammar chools and one
I high school, which Is on the aP-
! proved list of all the leading UNI
Z versities In the country; four paro-
I chiai schools and a business col
I lege.
} Churches of all denominations.
! City hospital.
I Municipal water works.
prominent center lot tloiicJS W
/ all parts Of h state.
Richest clay deposits In the
try in the immediate vicinity
Splendid theatrical advantages;
Some of the leading Industries
are: American Smelling & Retining
Company's smelter: Raritan Copper
Works smelter; Barber Asphalt
Works: United Lead Works; United
States Cartridge Co.: Architectural
Tile g. Faience Co.; c Pardee Steel
and Tile Works; FIVE terra Gotta
plants within immediate vicinity;
numerous brick and f~ireproofng !
works; ceramic works; Cheese
brough Vaseline Works; Marcy !
Stove Works; two drydock compa- !
MES together with shipyards and (
RSrine railways Standard Under !
ground Cable Company; Roessler & I
Hasslachef Chemical Works; emery )
mills; coke and cigar factories; ce- 7
ment stone works; coal shipping !
piers. handkerchief factory; cement I
works: machine shops and iron
f~oundries.
For further particulars address:
Albert Leon, secretary OF the
Board. OF Trade
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14
D0dSthiS Appeal o You?

EMPRESS SERVICE AT LOWEST
FREIGHT RATES.
You are q wide-awake. b Woodworking.
progressive business man.
[You know that other things being
equal expanse must be cut down.
II we were to tell you that our rates
are the lowest and then wsre 10 say
most reliable. would rot Shst COMBINE
ton appeal to you or course 1t would.
insist that your supply house catch
our lls9o A. Nj steamer from Risr 2
then be at ePrth Amboy at $3.50 p. hi.
the same day.
The second steamer leaves New York
az $3.50 p. M. and Is due~at Perth Am
esaA p NJ
New YORK q New Jersey Staansb0aiCo
J.. G. Tices AmenG Perth Ampa
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14
THE MIDD1EsEx COUNTY BANK

THE MIDDLEsEx COUNTY BANK.
The payment of the final dividend to
the depositors of the defunet Middlesex
County bank might, in a sense, be con-
sidered q Christmas present. were it
not for the fact that it only composed
seventy per cent. of what the people
really deposited. The fact that they
have been SO long without the money,
however, makes this final payment take
on the appearance of a gift. The Board
of Aldermen is to be commended for
the action they took several months ago
in disposing of the "wet dock" proper
ty so that this bank affair could be
wound up. 1t has been hanging fire so
long that it began to look as if it would
never end.
The city finds itself the possessor of
several thousand dollars over and above
what it receives from taxation. It
might be well to consider some way to
spend this money for a special purpose
that will be of permanent value to the
city, such as Fairgrounds for the chill
dren, parks or recreation places. At
least it might be set apart as a separate
fund to be devoted to. making Perth
AmboySa better place to live in.
The failure of the bank, while a great
shock to Perth Amboy at the time, has,
like a great many other similar events,
been a blessing in disguise. The growth
of Perth Amboy can be traced to the
time when the bank failed. 1t was
this that threw the city into the lime
light. To be sure this did not add any.
thing to the reputation of Perth Amboy,
but it caused a great awakening as to
our own possibilities and drew outside
attention here, which has caused great
development. 1t was Immediately fol
lowing the bank failure that the first
daily newspaper started in Perth Am
boy. Most Of our largest industries
have located here since then. The bust
ness section of the city at that time ex
tended only as far as State street from
the sound, and we had no trolley.
Whether or not the failure of the
bank had anything to do with it, Perth
Amboy found itself Immediately after
the crash and has been going forward
ever since with leaps and bounds. Per-
haps one of the secrets for this is that
the crisis called for cool heads and men
of ability. There are always SOM to
come forward at such a time and Perth
Amboy was no exception.
Not only was the city deeply In
volved, but a large number of the bust
ness houses and individual citizens were
also hit. For a time 1t was not known
how many would be thrown into bank
The city credit was impaired.
The right men, however, set about to
adjust affairs and the work was accom-
in a most satisfactory manner.
Perth Amboy today is stronger than
she ever was and while we regret that
any such thing as a bank failure oc-
CURED, the fact remains that although
only seventy per cent. of the deposits
have been paid, Perth Amboy, as a
whole, is a gamer through the event.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14
NEW JERSEY GENITAL.

For New York, Newark and Elizabeth
at 6:8s 7:1s, (7Ae. N. Y. only), 7:W. (9:M
y. 7. onlyy, s:si, s;4s, 1905. i1:1s q. M:
1905, 1928. f.47. 518, 4aH. Sos, s:oa SIT
(s:f1. Saturdays onlyl. Sundays. $50
For philadelphia and Trenton via
Bound Brook. 1.1e. 7:65, s:s1, W:H a. M.
Phils. onlyl 1875. sis sos, SIT 3. m
Sundays, $50 a. M; Sos, s:47 p. m.
6:lo. e:01. u:a . M; 2:D (Long Branch),
!:so s:9a, s:s1. s:A. ia:4s night. Sundays
AL s;24 a. m; t;A AND s:ss. p, m.
2:N. 800, S:31 p. m Sundays, 1874 a. M:
w. q. BEsLER, ". p. and q. M.
w. c HOPE. Gen. Pass. Agent
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

If the Brazilian navy learns nothing
of the art of war from it's numerous
mutinies it must be made of poor ma
terial.-New York Sun.
Without the immigration, that is so
obnoxious to Nativism, the population
of Massachusetts and some other East
ern States would have been brought to
a standstill in the last ten years, and
that Of Iowa would have still further
Observation-Disclosures Record.
y = y
Secretiveness is much in evidence,
and increasingly SO, just now. Every
body is hunting hiding places and be-
ginning to wear an aspect of mystery.
But it will all be revealed on Deem
Der 25.-Newark Star.
A new ordinance adopted in Tacoma,
Wash.j makes it a misdemeanor to buy
an Intoxicating drink for another per-
son. The old West is passing at a rate
which may drive citizens in search of
personal liberty back to the effete East.
New York World.
The office of Assemblyman has sud
denly assumed an Importance that no
one dreamed of according to it before.
After all, it is a wide and deep pyra-
mid that has the United States Senate
as its apex.-New Brunswick Times.
y y v
Tt is highly gratifying TO have tie
Welsh rabbit officially indicated by the
federal government as nutritious and
digestible as well as particularly pala-
table. Really, the only Objectionable
thing about the dish it the habit which
some would-be wiseacres have-of mis-
naming it "rarebit'-a performance
which should be penalized by forbidding
the criminal ever again to taste the dish
which he has so abused.-New York
Tribune.
The attempt of certain hidebound
politicians to belittle the abilities of
Mr.. MARITIME won't work. Let Mr..
MARITIME be tried and we are very much
mistaken if he cannot give cards to
many Of the old timers. At n rate
he can talk, and that's more than can
be said of the other senators New Jer-
sey has sent to the national capital
since the day of John p. Stockton
Asbury Park Press.
When disposed to complain of the
old-fashioned winter weather we are
having here, just remember that it
might be lots worse. We might, for in
stance, have snow fifteen feet deep. as
in West. Virginia.-Lehg Branch Re-
cord.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

James J. Hill has started on another
ten-day tour of his western railroads.
He has probably gone to see why those
hard times did not materalize as he
predicted after his last visit there.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

Admission to the tuberculosis exhibit
is free, but it may mean life or death
to you and your loved ones. Better
improve the opportunity to attend.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

Police Deputy Flynn in capturing the
kidnapping gang in New York has moth
Ing on the Perth Amboy police force.
See the way the robber gang has been
rounded up.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

It is declared that the contracting
firm that dug the Pennsylvania tunnels
under the Hudson river made 81 GOO 5000
m the job. They must have struck a
gold mine-Or pephaps located a sunken
treasure ship.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

Nothing shows more plainly how the
Grand Army veterans are leaving us
than the decrease of So, ooO 900 in the
government appropriation for pensions.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14
ghey have

They have Just put Charles Bige-
low, a comedian, in an insane asy-
ium. But there are hundreds still
at large.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

Ambassador straus may be through
with Turkey, but the rest of us will not
be through until after Christmas and
New Years.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14
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STATEN ISLAND RAPID
RAILWAY.
10th lQ10

s9ATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT
RAILWAY.
10th. 1910.
Time table In Effect Monday. Oofohar
PEFTH AMBOY TO NEW YORK
y $50, TOO. 7:2s. 7:2s. 800 500.
~ sSS s siS9' III LILO e. I, M i2sl5 i:62s $50. s:sS.
ADDITIONAL BOATS WITa6Tfr
TRAIN SERVICE LEAVE PER9TrHa
40 2:2O. 400, 500. 6:fo, 7.a. 7;25. sa;a5 az ~
SUNDAYS AND LEGAL HOLIDAYS
LEAVE PERTH AMBoY-ei5. TAG, as
y:1s. io;sS; HAS g m; i2:4s, 1:4s. 2:46. as.
TEAM CONNECTION LEAVE Perth
AMBOY-S:20, 1920. n:a a. m. I2.ao fsas
$3.50. ~. $40. $40. 7:aO, TAO. s:6' fo:s5
1880. uIa P. m. 1920 a. m. and 100, 6.sS
B. m: holidays only.
LE SEM I0sK re, To s PSRT Z. A ,SIas + :.
s:,5 M s.,B Ba; sso 49,; goa a; IT, $40 "a s; AL s1s SIC
ApDfTfoNAiL BOATS WITHOUT
TRAsIN GoNMEcTJoN LEAVE TOT
ll:S5 g m: Ice sos sos, 4.1b s:fs. s:l6
SUNDAYS AND LEGAL HOLIDAYS
LEAVE NEW YoRK-TS0. eco. 1000 Ito,
a. n. 1900 m. 1:0O. 200. AGO. 800. SOC
400. TOO 500. $50. 1870 D. m. 1880 a. m.
ADDITIONAL BOATS WITHOUT
TRAIN CoNNEcTIoN LEAVE TOT
q Experimentation ssssal i:sS. FL T., s: sSsG l.ss ss $50 iS IS. 1lsa "a :
1850. n:oo. iisso p. m s:5 a. m. holidays
GEORGE ]. BROWN.
Genl. Trafic Ags.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

That National Association of Cement
Users now in session in New York
ought to be able to hold together pretty
well.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14
SO rAR SO GooD.

If the shade tree commission accom-
plishes nothing else than the removal
Of trees along the business thorough
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

Mayor Gaynor is quoted both ways
ON a question and both are probably
correct. A wonderful man, Mayor Gay
nor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

The street department is doing
good work In getting the cutters
cleaned out AMI receiving basins
cleared. 4 thaw viii come along In
a few days and the city viii be gre
pared for il.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

Sugar trust men are to be tried at
last. 1t doubtless will be a trying time
for them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

That school probe came a little too
late to do Perth Amboy any good. We
have already had our house-cleaning.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14
Christmas trees are ripe.

Really, now, Is this the last of the
defunct Middlesex County banks
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14
PUBLIC SERVICE TIME rAn.K

PUBLIC SERVICE TIME ia
Cara Leave staten Island Ferry.
tor New Brunswick-S.10 a. m. and
every. 30 minutes until $40 D. M. also
At $40. 1910 and Lao p. m. (Saturday,
only at 12:10.j
For K~easbey-s:A a. m. and every Is
mute until I:40.
For Rahway8:N q. m. and every 80
mtnutes until 10 p. M.
Fol Boynton Beach-S:W al and
every Is minute until It.20 n m
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

II you are not a good advertiser
you have missed your VOCATION
no matter what your vocation is.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

Speaking Of handing a man a lemon,
: Washington man has q whole lemon
tree growing on his thumb.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

The Republican ~Assemblymen held a
caucus yesterday to fix a slate. But it
ereataa aat even q ripple.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14
PERTH AMBoY TRUST 90.

If the bubble bursts, don't feel
utterly cast down. for IL you have
a bank account you are not en-
tirely ruined-there's a nest egg
for another entry into the battle
of life. Bring s1.00 Or more
here each week OF month, draw 3
e cent. interest on 1t, have that
compounded and you'll always
have something to fall back upon
If even the worst should come.
PERTH AMBOY TRUST co.
This Company is a legal depos-
itory for the funds OF the State of
New Jersey. County of Middlesex.
and is also a depository for the
municipal funds of the City of
Perth Amboy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

If the Brazilian navy learns nothing
of the art of war from its numerous
mutinies it must be made of poor ma
terial.-New York Sun.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

GEORGE j. BROWN,
Gen'l. Trasfic Ags.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

When disposed to complain of the
old-fashioned winter weather we are
having here, just remember that it
might be lots worse. We might, for in
stance, have snow fifteen feet deep, as
in West Virginia.-Lehg Branch Re
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-14

S~eeretiveness is much in evidence,
and increasingly SO, just now. Every
body is hunting hiding places and be-
ginning to wear an aspect of mystery.
But it will all be revealed on Deem
Der 25.-Newark Star.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-18
TWO DEAD IN FEUO
Father and Son Killed and Sew
eral Others Wounded.

Lyons. Ca, April 1.-Two dead. one dy-
ing and probably one or two others slightly
wounded are the results Of a Sunday after
noon battle in a family feud of long stand
ing which took place late to-day in Eman-
uel County. The dead are A. S. Collins a
well-to-dO farmer, and his son, Wilson
Collins. Marion Lewis is so badly wounded
that he IS expected 10 die at any moment.
The battle was between the families Of
Collins and Lewis. and was the outcome
% dispute over a public road crossing
The two families reside less than a mile
apart. and the county line runs between
their homes. They met IN lane this after
nom near the Lewis home. The members
90 the Collins family were armed with pis-
tolls, while two shotguns were used on the
other side.
Joseph Lewis. father Of Marion Lewis. Is
alleged to have fired the shot that ended
the life Of the elder Collins To night. how
ever. he would make no statement The
sheriffs Of both Toombs and Emanuel coun-
ties have gone 10 the scene OF the trouble.
accompanied by physicians.
u was learned that a dozen or more
shots we're fired. Except Marion Lewis.
the others who were wounded are not seri-
ousv hurt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-18
PRISONERS FIGHT FLAMES
Many Buildings, Including Jail,
Burned at Hyde Park, N. Y.

Hyde Park, vi, April 17.-Driven by
strong wind. fire which started in the
county Jail here to-day spread until the
JAN courthouse. town hall. the Congrega-
Uonal Church, one store and thirteen houses
or tenements had been laid IN ashes
Twenty families are homeless The damage
is estimated at 100000
Originating presumably from a defective
stoyepipe between the first and second
stories Of the county jail, the fire gained
Roadway 50 rapidly that efforts to save the
building were soon seen 10 be useless and
attention mas directed 10 endangered neigh
boring structures. The two prisoners. both
minor offenders, whom the Jail held were
Released. and turned 10 with a will 20 fight
the flames
Help was summoned from Morristown.
Johnson and Stowe. all OF which towns sent
their entire fire fighting forces to the aid
Of HYDE Park, which is the county seat OF
Lamoille County. Their combined efforts.
however. could not prevent the spread Of
The flames Tor several hours. When finally
under control an area half a nile long on
the main street had been swept by the fire
The records Of the county and OF the
Probate Court are in a vault IN the court
house and their condition is unknown. Il IS
believed. however. that they will be found
unframed The town records were not dam
aged, as they were not IN the town hail but
a. the home OF the Town Clerk, some
distance away.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-18
FOR SAFE AND SANE FOURTH
Washington Will Again Safeguard
Children by City Celebration.

Washington. April l7.-Fourth Of July in
the national capital will see a safe and
sane celebration. in which young America
will have all the fireworks. all the noise
and all the fun. hut n citizens committee
will take all the chances. The scheme
worked so we'll when it was tried last year
that the commissioners of the District of
Columbia decided to do II over again. with
Celebrations and additions.
This year, as last, not dynamite cracker,
nor a cap pistol. nor a snake in the
grass will be sold In Washington. But
with sunup the celebration will start in one
OF the public squares. and will continue all
day and probably until midnight There
will be band concerts, athletic games boat
races and all kinds of outdoor sports while
the citizens committee sets off the fire.
works.
japanese fireworks for day and ali other
kinds for night will be used UP as fast as
the powder will burn. Last year the Dis
trict commissioners mixed with the children
i'm the crowds. and none OF them says he
found any dissatisfaction with the scheme.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-18

certain claimants To the land entered suit
in the federal court TO determine its status
W. j. Warder was the principal Of these.
and he sued to recover the land, basing his
action on an old Spanish grant known as
FL ChamZal
In pressing his claim he cOntended that
the territory still belonged 20 Mexico and
therefore his title should be recognized.
The federal court, however. refused TO
recognize his claim. but with those In
terested Warder later succeeded in Undue
ing the Mexican government TO lay claim
to the territory.
During the trial Warder introduced testl-
mony OF several aged Mexicans TO the
effect that certain cottonwood trees still
standing in the Chamizal zone had been
known by them to have been in their pres
ent location for the last sixty or seventy
years, offering this as proof that the river
made its change by erosion and not by
accretiOn.
The Mexican government submitted some
time ago a proposal TO the Washington au-
thorities. in effect Withdrawing its claim
TO the Chemical strip. if the United States
would cede 10 Mexico an island in the Rio
Grande River thirty miles below FL Paso,
known as san Elizario Island. containing
about fifteen thousand acres. The United
States. however. had strong reasons for
declining this offer. and in turn submitted
a counter proposition. the terms of which
have not been made public.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-18

Justice Hunt. OF New York. who went on
the bench at the age of sixty-two.
The ages Of the present members are:
Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Harlan.
seventy-seven: Justice White. sixty-five;
Justice McKenna. sixty-seven; Justice
Holmes. sixty mine: Justice Day, sixty-One;
Justice Moody. ifty-sever. and Justice Lur-
ton, sixty-six.
Presidents have generally felt themselves
limited 10 their own party in making ap-
pointments. There have been only two ex-
ceptions. President Benjamin Harrison.
just as he was about to be succeeded by
Democratic President. appointed his friend.
Justice Jackson. of Tennessee. to the bench.
President Taft was the other President to
step over party lines when he named his
old associate on the bench. Justice LurtOn.
another Tennesseean.
At present there are three Democrats on
the bench-Chief Justice Fuller and Justices
White and Lurton-while Justices Harlan,
McKenna. Holmes. Day and Moody are Re-
publiCans.
The religious belief Of members is not
known ever to have entered into their Sc
lection in any way. At present Justices
White and McKenna are Catholics while
the others are of Protestant profession or
inclination.