Trenton Times, The (Newspaper) - April 14, 1902, Trenton, New Jersey PAID CIRCULATION SATURDAY DAILY AVERAGE FOR MARCH 1902 THE FAIR TONIGHT AND LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS TWENTIETH YEAR TRENTON N J MONDAY APRIL II CENT Pennsylvania Railroad Finds city Does Not Pay on the Short Branches TO DEMOLISH THE POWER HOUSE Was Partly Destroyed by Firo Some Time Ago and Will Now be Entirely Razed Report of Company Shows Increased and More Varied Service But Loss of Money Pennsylvania Railroad has de- that Its experiment in operating its small branch lines by electricity is a failure and has ordered the Trooper Peter Walsh Makes ing Men Hurt j Boy's Close Call DRIVER FALLS UNDER HIS TEAM There a thrilling runaway between and when a team of blooded horses belonging tn Captain Lawrence Farrell became frightened and dashed along the road The driver in reaching for a blanket ED EC I ION feu between the tion of the power house of the j horses Startled the animals gave a ton Mount Holly which was i leap forward and left the email stunned recently partly burned The Pennsylvania owns n roads which it thought could be ated more successfully by using instead of steam power The company selected the Camden and lington County Railroad which runs from Burlington to Mount Holly a dis- tance of seven miles It cost to equip the road for trolley purposes The cars used were regular railroad passenger coaches with a double trolley bar They were cap- able of a speed of sixty miles nn hour but owing to numerous stops that speed was impossible GAVE BETTER SERVICE The advantage secured was a com- connection from Mount and vicinity with all Trenton and New York trains and those touching the Delaware front towns These frequent trains did not Increase traffic but only gave the public a large variety of vice The first year the total cost of operating the road was There has been an annual deficit ever since The report of the company just filed with the State Board of Assessors shows that the operating expenses last year were while the Income from passengers during the year only and from other sources making the total earnings 720 The deficit as recorded in the ment does not represent the total loss for the company made many ments to improve the service and to cheapen it For over a year the com- has been considering the question of abandoning electricity because It could not serve the purpose of a road The burning out of the power house at Mount Holly brought the matter to an issue and during the past week the order was given to tear it down and company does not hesitate to an- that the experiment is a ure and that it willingly goes back to the steam locomotive DEATH OF ALBERT BRANDT SR Well Known Man in Local Business Circles Passes Away Albert Brandt Sr who since 1869 has been a prominent figure in the local business world died Saturday after- noon at St Francis Hospital after an Illness of more than a year He was removed to the hospital six weeks ago rind an operation for der trouble performed to prolong his life Mr Brandt was born in Rostock Germany tober and was of an old man family At the age of 19 years he came to Oils country and after a varied ness career in the east settled in ton For a number of years Captain Brandt engaged In the saloon business here and until a few years ago was proprietor of The the place now owned by George brecht Mr Brandt was a Mason and a ber of the Liedertafel Singing Society His died in Albert Brandt and bleeding upon the ground William Farrell and a boy were In the wagon at the time and the former caught at the ona line that remained on the dashboard He was unable to do more than guide the horses round in a circle with this and as they dashed to one side he was thrown out upon the ground with considerable force sustaining a number of cuts and bruises The team continued on a mad run until near Walsh's hotel when Peter Walsh and Edward Houston ran to catch them and save the eboy from harm BRILLIANT CAPTURE MADE Houston was thrown down and the horses and wagon both passed over him hut Walsh who served as a er In the Spanish war was more supple and when he saw Houston no longer had hold of the other horse be made use of a trick and vaulted clear over the on his side He landed between the steeds and after considerable hard work brought them to a stop The boy was then taken from the wagon unhurt It is not thought the by Mr Farrell or the driver are serious and Houston escaped with painful but not serious Injuries ADMIT MILES IS TO BE RETIRED War Officials No Longer Cover Fact Talk of Successor By Publishers Press Direct Wire Washington April attempt is now being made on the part of the of the War Department to hide the fact that Lieutenant Generalities as stated in these despatches ten days ago is to be retired in the near future At the Cabinet meeting following the day upon which Miles gave his sensational testimony before the Senate committee on military affairs the President told the members of his official family that he thought it best to retire the commanding general The War Department tacitly admits that Major General John R Brooke now in command of the department of the east will be selected by the ident to succeed General Miles until July 21 when he will retire for age In view of the fact that General S B M Young will retire before General MacArthur he will probably succeed General Brooke General Young will retire January 9 1904 General MacArthur will be the next i appointee if present arrangements are IMMENSE STEEL COMBINATION May be Incorporated in Trenton Capital Philadelphia April an- that a combination of about fifty independent steel ies is about to be effected and that of this city and William C Brandt of I icles of incorporation will be applied New York are the only surviving for at Trenton this week has dren The funeral which will be private will be held tomorrow afternoon from the home eof Albert Brandt Jr 31 Southard street The body was viewed today from 9 until 2 o'clock Inter- ment made at etry under the direction of E R Tayfor BAPTIZED IN THE DELAWARE White Wore Black Black White in Chilly Ceremonies There were two baptismal services yesterday in the Delaware river at Nelson's boat wharf just above the houn street bridge The was at 10 o'clock when Mr Keslake baptised five converts to the faith of the Seventh Day The lobes The second Immersion was conducted Bt 1 o'clock in the afternoon by the Rev J L Burton who baptised one candidate a male The candidate wore a white robe The Rev J L Burton says that no official time for the ceremonies was appointed He says that the baptisms were announced to take place after the regular church vices and that there was no Intention to keep the public from viewing the ceremonies President Revenue Reducer By Publishers Press Direct Wire Washington April 14 President Roosevelt signed Saturday the war revenue tax repeal which cuts oft some from the annual In- come of the tive of St Louis who was among President's callers at was given the pen that made the a law Hayti Rebellion Crushed By Publisher Press Direct Wire Washington April 14 William F Powell United States Minister to cables the State Department un- der date of April U that the rebellion on the Inland has been crushed use for pin pose of attracting tentlon use them to illustrate a point or an article you desire -te no surprise among local steel men According to a statement made by F H Clarke of New York the will be capitalized at 000 It was also stated In New York that H C Frick the former head of the Carnegie Company is heavily in- Practically all of the steel mills and blast furnaces In the East that were not taken Into the States Steel Company are said to be Included In the new corporation PLENTY OF RAINES LIQUOR But Saloons and Tenderloin Joints Are Pretty Tightly Closed New York April 14 Through thp combined uf the lice and the members of the State Liquor Dealers Association It was much harder yesterday to get a drink in a saloon holding merely a liquor tax certificate and It was much easier to obtain one in a Raines law hotel While last Sunday a plate of and crackers or a sandwich was with a drink to be eaten or not day qne could not buy a drink also buying a sandwich The Tenderloin district It was said was closed tighter than had been known In years Trenton There The Company o this city recently completed a wagon for the Ocean Grove fire depart roent When the wagon arrived a Washington there was a par Messrs Valentine and Weeden were In line The vehicle Is a hand some one and makes a valuable tlon to the department Armory Bond Ready The bond of Joseph the low eat bidder on the work of erecting the Trenton armory Is In shape for the ap proval of the State Blon and operations will commence in a week or two t Appointed by the President By Publishers Press Direct Wire Washington April Roosevelt has decided to Walter Burns judge of the Southern district of Warden of State Hospital and Wife Celebrate Twenty-fifth of Marriage BRILLIANT SOCIAL FUNCTION Nearly Two Hundred Guests Were Present From Trenton New York Philadelphia Washington Boston and Other Cities Many Presents Re- by the Bride and Bridegroom Warden William P Hayes of the State and Mrs Hayes held a reception Saturday and evening in honor of silver sary of their marriage The event proved to he nne nf the most brilliant functions for some time There nearly two hundred invitations issued and guests were present from Trenton New York Philadelphia Washington D ton Newark and Pittsburg The Hayes residence was gay with green white decorations made up of silken ers plants ind flowers Mr and Mrs Hayes were assisted in receiving the guests by their daughter Miss Evelyn was provided hy Stretch's orchestra and a caterer harl charge of the menu The reception was continued hree in the afternoon until nine in the veiling CARRIAGES MET TROLLEY Carriages met the trolleys at valader Park hour and a number f the guests went by train from on street Mr and Mrs Hayes received many and costly presents with congratulations 11 sides They were married a quarter f a century ago by the Rev K who was at that time pastor if the Trinity M E and who is low pastor of St Paul's JI E Church Ocean Grove Mrs Hayes was Miss Etta C on and the wedding was solemnized at he home of her parents Mr and Mrs Henry W Closson Front street RECEPTION Event to be of Unusual The annual reception of the raft Club which is to be held tonight n Masonic Temple promises to be the most elaborate event of this kind ever held under the auspices of the club The committee has arranged to have he music furnished by full of eighteen pieces This will it possible for all of the two steps to be played with brass ments and the waltzes with string in- Lang Johnson has decorated the hall It is a bower of beauty Seldom if ever ias the bis ball presented a mere en- trancing appearance The supper will be served about and tables will be arranged so that all sit down at once if so desired Hill will be the caterer Dancing will begin at S o'clock CELEBRATION AT HIGH SCHOOL Pupils Will Observe Anniversary of the Building's Dedication The pupils of the High School will give a concert tomorrow in the of the school in honor of the first anniversary of the dedication of the school The program will be as Overture Jolly H T linson School chorus Pale in the Amber J A Parks Boys Glee Club operatic gems arr by Armstrong High School Mandolin soprano solo Of Thee I Am Emma V Lovett piano duet La Lion Ethel Gordon and Cornelia chestra Edina G F Daniels chorus Song of the Old arr from violin solo Nearer My God to with Helen Clayton Mandolin Club Smith and A Day in the solo Once in a Purple Twi- Cowles Elmer Gephart duet cornet and Larboard Watch Addie and Ar- thur Grun Kentucky A Glee Club Mandolin Club Cadet Club Hood ade for cornet with orchestral Gruenwald mixed chorus words by Kipling music by Boyd MERCER BAR COMMITTEES Lawyers Named by President Woodruf to Serve During Year Standing committees of the Mercer County Bar Association for 1902 have Just named by president Robert S Woodruff as John Rellatab chairman F W W D Holt G W Macpherson and Frances B Ethics Hugh H Hamill chairman H W Green F L Hulme Lewis Par ker and J F Membership G H Cain chairman Peter Backes Ira W wood Walker Jr and John G Howell E Bird chairman J J W J Walsh J T Van Cleef Benjamin Godshalk John Mont gomery Scott Scammell and H C Val Contract for Big Steamer By Publishers Press Direct Wire Newport News Va April port News Shipbuilding Dry Company has juat been awarded the cor tract for a ocean-going oi steamer for the Company of New York Central Labor Union Coach Drivers Union and Ministers to Furnish Committee of Nine Men ALL ARE READY FOR PEACE An been Instituted by the Central and the to adjust difficulties ex- isting between Harry A Ashmore and the organization At a meeting of the Central Labor held last Friday evening It was voted to make an effort to settle the trouble by arbitration and toward this end a committee of three was ed to serve on an arbitration cotnmit- This action was communicated tn the and at a meeting f that body held Saturday evening thn len followed up the action of the entral Labor and appointed hree of its members to serve on the tint arbitration committee THREE The whole committee will comprise Ine men and the three remaining lembers will be ministers It is ble that the ministers end of the com- will be the Rev Alfred the Hev Charles H Elder nd This committee of nine will wait pnn Mr Wednesday and it is not at all unlikely that he strife between Ashmore and the Union will be ended Ashmore has stated that he Is willing bury the bone of contention and he union has expressed itself as ng no opposition 10 a satisfactory urial The proposition to be submitted to by the arbitration committee r his to the men cannot be foretold W C T U Meeting The regular business meeting of th W C T IT be held at tomorrow afternoon and as nr matters of Importance to be it is desired to have a full attendance o interested members Annual The annual business and meeting of the Y P 8 J K of ond Presbyterian church will be hel Wednesday Raymond Sickles will hav charge Trenton Abattoir Company Will Re- move Rendering Establishment From Perrine Avc Plant COURT SUIT UNDER WAY NOW Board of Health Had Prepared for Ac I tlon Because of Numerous Com- plaints About Offensive Odors But j the Case is Now Likely to be Dropped New Place for Rendering Business Through an -i n Uist Officers According to Law Can manr Double fur at Coming DECISION BY JUSTICE GUMMERE 81 All I HI plant f u ft Iv i y nf nin tb nf Fm I ni in v r ra 1 from mi For plaints IIH t- health it horn PS tlv v hunts t i i till V u tl VH tin t rf A i IT i u ith thi local This 1 In 1 at III Chancery Clerk Invited to be Fourth of July Orator at Grove Clerk In chancery C Stokes las been invited to make the Fourth if July oration at Ocean Grove He lias not yet formally accepted the but the camp meeting is quite confident that he will The honor Is a distinguished one as some of the greatest sneakers of the have appeared on the platform at cean Grove President Roosevelt was the orator a couple of years ago Senator Stokes made the Fourth of Tuly oration five years ago and won or himself new laurels as a platform talker He has been anticipating a much needed rest this summer and it is of this that he has delayed giving lis final answer to the invitation EAGLES BALL TONIGHT First Annual Event to be Held in Turner Hail The first annual ball of the Fraternal Order will be held this ing in Turner Hall The has been handsomely ated in yellow and white On the ing are hung designs and the side front of the gallery are covered with streamers of the col- ors and many elaborate and new de- signs Dancing will begin at o'clock and will continue until those when the seeing powers of owls begins to wane The committee of arrangements com- prises A Combs J J R bon A Bradbury Hughes mer Sutterly William Mullen Frank McGovern J Walker and Harry gan TUGBOAT STILL ASHORE Expected However to Float Her at Flood Tide Today The tug boat James Herron of Bor which was driven ashore near Cochran Park by the high wind Is yet aground but is in no danger of demolition The boat came to Trenton towing a raet of piling for the construction of the new Pennsylvania bridge It is expected the craft will ba ed at flood tide prefer the evening paper because they have more time In the evening to digest Its contents newspaper reading Is very unsatisfactory to all except those who have plenty of leisure on their hands Workingmen and women have no time In the morning and with family men It Is the same because they have their domestic duties to do and by the time there Is really any leisure which Is in the afternoon or the evening the paper with news twelve hours later is at hand Therefore the morning papers have generally been dwindled tn circulation Thousands read them In the trolleys and trains only to them away as they reach their workshops ies and offices They do not carry them home to their families because the evening paper with everything date comes along a few hours later Of course it invariably follows that advertisers appreciate these facts and that they have been trans- fei I Ing their patronage to the evening newspapers They It pays them better to do so The evening right Into the families while the morning paper Is only treated as a makeshift merely until the evening paper comes along Boston Traveled Its ut 9 st mm thp nf I he from ion of NEARLY This aim ut n but tn thr of thn ii is not likely hat thf suit will HS thp fur which it tit abate a tuis ed by thn df Tudor thf thn have disposed to pvy their right tn from lip various local butchers levy's plant is the old still a hoy on d street ami in a able locality for tho nf without rise to odors ablo to n community By a patent process there will be no arising from the of tho fata by Levy His plant is so arranged even the smoke and vapors from the boiling fats are consumed by evaporation WILL TUMBLE AT Y M C A The law a Mown for roni th Hr nf state entitled i v t h thn h to of by the i is In addition in thf paid for n T-n Financial I Involved in ing Now to be In- i Spring Gymnasium Exhibition ises to be of Interest The spring gymnasium exhibition at Association Hall Tuesday evening promises to be a big success from the present outlook Classes taken from the junior inter- mediate and senior departments pel form and show the great progress lint lias been made during the year The affair will be for the benefit nf gymnasium apparatus A new departure in gym work this year has been a fencing class ed by Dr Lang the physical director for the seniors and a stick drill con- ducted by Junior Secretary Robinson for the The Adams brothers in their ling acts are wonders Their feats have only been perfected by long anil faithful practice Beside the stick drill the boys will appear in drills games and apparatus work the Intermediate boys in a broad sword drill with single sticks and in horse work and tumbling The Association Symphony Orchestra will play The program is as Overture Educative Class Recreative Class BOYS CLASS Horse Intermediates Buck Boys Class Mat Work Intermediates Work of Fencing Webb and Combs Horse Seniors Tumbling Adams Brothers Parallel Seniors Torch Squad STATE SCHOOLS RESUME WORK Literary Societies Will Enter Debate With Peddle Institute The State Normal and Model schools opened this morning at o'clock after having been closed for the spring vacation since the fourth instant The joint debate between the canic Society of the Model the Mil Alpha Literary Society of dle Institute will be held Friday ing in the auditorium The members of the Model team are Isaac Harrison William Lilly and Gaunt Holmes APPOINTED AN OLD STANDBY Colonel Dickinson Names Martin Finck for Vacant Clerkship Martin Finck of Jersey City hag been named by Secretary of State inson to succeed Colonel William P who resigned Mr Finck has been an active worker in the Republican politics of Hudson county for many years He was assistant postmaster ot sey under Colonel Dickinson held a clerkship in the finance hoard under Mayor administration and was subsequently deputy internal enue collector under Colonel Dickinson Pottery Merging Still Delayed Persons Interested in the American teries Company which concern Is to merge several local potteries did not meet Saturday in New York as expected The for the consummation or the ing are being rapidly completed and the American Potteries Company will shortly be a business Institution In fact Democrats Make Charge The time of meeting of the Mercer County Democratic Club has been ed from Sunday afternoon to Tuesday evening The club will meet tomorrow evening for the first time under the new plan New Office Mills The Trenton Mills and Elevator Com- pany at Warren and Factory streets has a new office building in course of erection In Trenton I hero are IT- on officers whir fire entitled lr each This will make the the city It is expected Till of thn election will hills at tomorrow night's f Council Thf question be refern d to j City Solicitor fur an tion Chief Justice sion given in an Atlantic City case a month ago and which in generally re- as moaning that the are entitled to double pay TO BEEF TRUST President Interferes in Behalf of the Dinner Pail Kansas City April 14 is known hero that thp attorney the States has to Major Warner tho eral district attorney to at parp to the Beef Trust and to Indict thp mom hers of it A federal jury has he en to declined to any in the When pressed he absolutely interview The legal representative a packer here said that ho has been notified that such action was plated from We were paid lie every nf the Kansas ity and Omaha packers would be taken the grand jury and afterwards ed The trouble is over the rise in the price of meats Reduced to the point of view of R retailor meats are Inp double what did a year agn Ii has hurst the dinner pall arid the President is interfering is no trust A Tariff is maintained by the ers under which none cuts just as roads make ami stand hy freight and tariffs but there is no trust in the sense of profit sharing SCHWAB MAKES AUTO RECORD Millionaire Steel Man Rah Horseless hrom the Seashore City April M Schwab the millionaire president of Corporation has taken to and hy Mrs hr a record run from Atlantic City to delphia The Irip was accomplished in two hours The last forty miles of the distance were run in leas than an hour and a half Several times the speed was a mile in two minutes Although automobiles have been inn to the shore for several years the made by Mr Schwab was nearly hair an hour faster than any previous ord MRS J W BARBER VERY ILL Wife of Delinquent Tax Collector fers From Mrs John Barber wife of Cap- tain John collector of de- taxes Is Very ill at her home on Jackson street Mrs Barber was seized with n stroke of apoplexy lust Thursday and since then she has been in an condition Her recovery is doubtful Sirs mother Carolyn Bai BUSY BANKRUPTCY DAY Some Discharges and Other Business in Judge Court Harry Goldstein of Trenton and Of orp M of tarary petitioners in bankruptcy were Insolvent is morning by Judge In he United States Court Testimony In their eases will be taken There were 18 discharges from today all North and in nine other orders to show cause why should not issue were made returnable May 12 Dr Appleton to Lecture Here Dr William Hyde Appleton of the ulty nf College will lectur to the Contemporary tomorrow afternoon In the parish house of St Michael's P K church His theme will be Athens Modern Dr Appleton will be guest of Mr and Mrs Francis Lowthorp Bishop Dedicated New Church The new Catholic church at wick was dedicated by tho Bight Bishop The Bishop will make a canonical visit next Sunday to Offense Said to Have Been Com- mitted is a Grave demeanor UNAPPROPRIATED MONEY SPENT And Now to Maintain City's Ordinance Which Mayor Vetoed Musi be Passed by Council Over His Ob- Move to Investigate Actions of Police Committee Begun Today Admissions that eity debts have illegally contracted by at least one member of common council have led to a movement looking towards a public official investigation of the transactions involved in the ine of the city crematory which Councilman Berry openly admits has been committed is mi indictable infraction of the law He that th f the thr tax payers of Trenton must provide in ordinance that Mayor has vetoed was spent be- fore the of the final measure and nov If the city's credit is to be maintained the majority In the high municipal body is compelled to adopt the notwithstanding the ex- views LAW Legislative enactment concerning as Any board of chosen Freeholders or any township committee or any board of aldermen or common councilmen or any ot education or any of s of any county shift city or borough In this slate or any commute any such board or commission which or any member thereof who shall disburse or Vote for the disbursement of public moneys in ex- cess of appropriation respectively to any such board or committee or or any member thereof shall incur gallons in i of the appropriation and limit ot expenditure provided by law for the purposes respectively ot any sin h board or committee thus ordering or voting for the mil of moneys or thus incurring obligations In of the amount appropriated and limit of expenditure as alter and shall he or severally of a provided nothing in shall pi i cm any hoard of education from public schools Before introduction ot the e than has been spent in whereas to net n the actual original was the bid of thi build is and patentees f the plant TODAY The move to investigate the actions or the w as begun a big tax payer who is now the signatures that will be necessary to have the court point t commission finned by representative property owners tho court in compelled in lake cognizance if the case It was said too this morning that besides the expenditures of patt of the there would also tm an inquiry reference to the plies for the establishment furnished officials as well the action of former Tax Receiver C Harry Baker and others in getting an option otL the ground of Hess Ross where i was thought the building would be located largely instrumental In preventing council buying the Baker options and avoiding as he said at the time of a grand Jury Terrapin Case Argument The six fishermen with taking terrapin from the waters In the state of Delaware without a license are to have the of their extra- dition argued before Attorney General McCartor tomorrow The case has already been before the governor twice Funeral of Thomas The funeral of Thomas J Nolan was held this morning from his late h 52 West Hanover street held In Pt Mary's Cathedral and interment was In St John's Cemetery D F Kelly had charge Ot the funeral A delegation from ton Aerie No 100 Fraternal Older ol was present Bottlers Want New The has instructed committee to prepare a new set erning rules for men and bosses Tim new contain a clause reference to a uniform selling for bottled goods W C I U A business meeting of W c IV will be held tomorrow m Halt iNEW
