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Newspaper

Asbury Park Journal

Location

Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1900

Page

12

Weather Indications Tonight and Friday

The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with fresh west winds.

Bullock’s Luck Looms Over Monmouth Murder Case

The report claims murderer Bullock was mortally wounded by captors while fleeing the Freehold jail and facing possible execution. After two prior murder convictions, he may escape the gallows, with liberty appearing sweet amid grim circumstances and potential county expense saved by his fate.

Bullock Freehold James Walsh County of Monmouth

Howell Defends Asbury Park Post Office Request

A New Jersey letter to the editor defends Rep. Howell against claims Asbury Park’s post office project is not prioritized. It notes New Brunswick securing a federal building fund while Asbury Park awaits. The piece cites Howell’s promise to advocate for the Asbury Park project and mentions beer prices and a domino game fad in Monmouth County.

Asbury Park New Brunswick Howell

New Jersey Government Expenditures Budgeted for 1902

The Treasury Secretary presents New Jersey details for the 1902 fiscal year with totals for salaries of internal revenue staff and surveyors totaling 85 067 dollars and river and harbor projects across multiple streams and harbors including Passaic Matawan and Raritan rivers, and post office janitors and custodians budgets.

Congress Secretary of the Treasury New Jersey Internal Revenue Vth Proving Grounds Sandy Hook Allowgy Creek Elizabeth River Manasquan Matawan Creek Passaic River Raritan River Shoal Harbor Compton Creek Shrewsbury River South River Delaware Pennsylvania Staten Island Keyport Harbor Raritan Bay Newark Custom House Paternon Post Office Trenton Post Office

One Year Ago Today at Lake Avenue Hotel Church Service

Friends of Rev. H T Widdemer former pastor of the First Congregational Church held divine services in the parlors of the Lake Avenue Hotel. Magistrate Cross awarded $50 against James Johnson a butcher for violating a contract with Harriet Corbin colored.

H. T. Widdemer First Congregational Church Lake Avenue Cross James Johnson Harriet Corbin

Freehold Driving Club Elects Officers At Annual Dinner

The Freehold Driving Club held its annual dinner at Simonson's Hotel Freehold electing Thomas E. Morris as president William H. DuBosa first vice president W E Truex second vice president H A Sutphen treasurer W H Carson Clifford C Snyder and C G Da Bola to the Executive Board Hyacinth C Levy Peter F Conover and Judson Matthews were named new members The club set next year’s big race meets for Memorial Day and the Fourth of July.

Freehold Driving Club Simonson’s Freehold Thomas E. Morris William H. DuBosa W. E. Truex H. A. Sutphen W. H. Carson Clifford C. Snyder C.G. da- Bola Hyacinth C. Levy Peter F. Conover Judson Matthews

Robbery Suspects Held in Elizabeth Jail

Chaplain Glazebrook reports two men Robert King twenty four and Joseph Mahoney twenty one were jailed after attempting to steal silverware from Rev Dr Otis A Glazebrook’s residence. They were pursued after leaving the house and caught following a brief chase.

Robert King Joseph Mahoney Elizabeth Otis A. Glazebrook N. G N. J

Sanitary Shave Plans for Newark Barber Shops

Health officials push Boston style reforms to Newark barber shops to ensure cleanliness. Rules require sterilized tools, single use towels, restricted blood stopping materials, hot and cold running water, and strict hand cleansing. The Indianapolis code demands even stricter measures, including separate water faucets for each barber.

Newark Boston Indianapolis

Secret society meetings and lodge notices in Coast City

This evening multiple groups meet at 8 o clock in Appleby and Manning Halls including Coast City Council Royal Arcanum Pride of Park Council and Twin City Council with Nobles invited to attend. Next Wednesday G H Terpenny will visit the Macabees. remarks cover benefits of membership. Refreshments by J R Weir Jr. Knights of Golden Eagle elects new members. Liberty Temple holds lodge of sorrow for Mrs Alexander Hanshe next Wednesday with Corinthian Castle invited. Grand Fraternity staged an Educational Hall entertainment with Warren G Richards and Professor Waterhouse. George Carr spoke on orders benefits. Dancing closes the program.

Coast City Council Royal ‘Arcanum Winckler Pride of Park Council Daughters of Liberty Appleby Building Twin City Council Legion of the Red Cross Manning Hall G. H. Terpenny Knights of Golden Eagle John F. Leaver Joseph Brower Richard Bradford Liberty Temple George Carr Philadelphia

Railroad brakeman dies after neck injury at Palmyra

Philip Jones died in Camden after a broken neck suffered at Palmyra last Monday. His case drew wide medical interest as the vertebrae below the fracture separated and the instant survival was noted as remarkable.

Philip Jones Palmyra Walter Daryea Camden Jones

State News Briefs Jump From Paterson to Jersey Shore

Jennie Cello 17 seeks protection from longtime suitor Marcello Pece who allegedly threatens to cut her throat if she refuses. Elizabethport Bank names Charles D. Doctor as cashier replacing Walter O. Smith after a robbery loss of 109716. Abram Greenberg sues John and Leonora Lynch over being walled up in a rental home. Cape May ends gas contract with electric company. Eatontown fire destroys two barns and hotel sheds in $3000 loss. Strong winds raise sea levels at Raritan Bay affecting late Central road trains. Jersey City confectioner fined 20 for selling rum candy to schoolchildren.

Jennie Cello Recorder Paterson Marcello Pece Charles D. Doctor Elizabethport Banking Company Walter O. Smith William Schre Elwood Snyder

Real Estate Transfers In New Jersey Townships

A long list of property transfers across Neptune Township West Asbury Park Ocean Grove and nearby towns. Transfers include Walton and Johnson to various buyers with prices from $1 to $20 838 and noted sums such as 10 000 and 1 400. Names include West Avurtna Ewptna Wyckoff Hawkes Applegate Davia Johnson Rogers Beebe Matthews Truex Loud Gurndon McDermott Maloney and others.

Tan West Ewptna West Abburt Fark James A. Wyckoff Wilson, Gaddis & Co Neptune Township Weat Asebury Roe Lewis Arthur Hawkes Sarah L. Applegate Weat Asbury Obadiah E. Davia Sheriff Asbury Park Owen Grove Bank Ocean Grove Hi Uedes E. Tareas Ito Matthias T. Anplegaiece G. Lloyd Gideon Piloco Margaret Koon Neptune City Coran Henry Truex Clarence Steiner Poplar Charles EL Loud Thomas J. Fletcher Edgemore Coast Land Improvement Co Margaret M. Gurndon Allenhurst Joseph McDermott Martin Maloney Spring Lake

Mortgage filed for 85 million by Morris and Essex Railroad

The Morris and Essex Railroad Company, leased to the Delaware Lackawanna and Western as a division of the Lackawanna system, filed a mortgage of 85 million to Farmers' Loan and Trust Company with County Clerk Howard in Elizabeth. The loan bears 0.33 percent interest and matures in December 2000. Revenue stamps totaling nearly 16 thousand dollars were required.

Morris and Essex Railroad Company Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Lackawanna System Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company Howard Elizabeth

Pine Wood Washes Ashore From Schooner Near West End

Dozens of cords of pine wood were washed ashore on West End beach on Tuesday. Fishermen secured enough wood to last them through winter. The timber likely came from a deck load aboard a schooner bound up the coast. high seas apparently swept it overboard. The vessel did not strike the beach.

West End

Roses Reach 798 Known Species in Popular Science

The article notes 798 distinct rose species and describes a telephonic link project between England and Belgium to open to the public around February 1, 1901. It also reports Typhoid endemic in Guam and a rapid telegraphic messaging system using light and perforated paper. Mount St. Elias experienced a strong earthquake causing ice avalanches and large debris to cascade downslope.

England Belgium van Reypen Guam Polak Virag Mount St. Elias

New Southern Industry in South Carolina Phosphate Harvest

The St. Louis Globe Democrat reports that South Carolina African Americans have begun a new industry by hand-picking phosphate rock. They anchor boats on the Coosaw river in depths of 17 to 25 feet and dive for rock fragments, sometimes recovering stones weighing up to a hundred pounds. The phosphate from the river bed is described as the most valuable known.

South Carolina Coosaw St. Louis

Powers Agree Punishments Indemnity Chinese Accord

Washington Dec six state department reports that Chinese foreign ministers reached an agreement. The United States prefers the severest punishment and formal admission of liability for indemnity, with future negotiations to follow. The Rosecrans sails from Nagasaki to Manila with the Fifteenth Infantry to relieve posts in China.

Washington State Department Peking Hay Conger United States Ludington Rosecrans Nagasaki Manila Lea China Legation Guard General Chaffee Philippines London Shanghai Times Tung Fu Helang Che-kiang The Daily Mail Wiiting

MA HOLDS MOUNTAIN PASSES

Chinese forces under General Ma hold Shanai mountain passes on the Chi-li frontier amid reports from Pe king. An explosion at Paoo-Ting Fu killed one and wounded four others. Li Hung Chang cites Sih- Liang's harsh actions against rebels, with Yam duties toward missionaries.

Shanei Berlin von Waldersee Peking Shanai Chi-li Paoo-Ting Fu Wolfgramm Foreign Office Li Hung Chang Sih- Liang Shansi Kwang 8U

Battleship Iowa to begin winter cruise from San Francisco

The battleship Iowa and the cruiser Philadelphia have orders to leave San Francisco for a winter cruise southward. No specific objective is listed, but unsettled conditions near the isthmus prompt U S ships to maintain a visible presence in that region.

Washington Iowa Pacific Station Philadelphia San Francisco United States

Shipping Damaged by Storm in New England Areas

Boston dispatch reports a gale across New England causing multiple marine disasters. Four schooners driven ashore at Beverly, one tug and five barges sunk at Newburyport, another tug injured in a collision, and three schooners driven ashore at Salem.

Boston New Bhugland Beverly Newburyport Balem

Conscience Awakened Suspects Return of Stolen Goods

Boston report details a months long case of remorse after a theft from the Boston and Maine Railroad. A letterled confession linked two boxes of flannel valued at 300 dollars to a theft in Ballardvale, with subsequent partial payments totaling 144 dollars and later 74 dollars, as the balance was promised.

Boston Watts Boston and Maine Railroad Boston Herald J. N. George Boston and Maine Railroad Company Ballardvale Mass New York Ballardvale Manufacturing Company Boston and Maine

Bulgarian cabinet resigns in shock political shift

Condensed dispatches report the Bulgarian cabinet has resigned as a political shakeup unfolds. Severe gales sweep the English Channel and the czar’s convalescence continues toward a favorable course. A Boston fire on Portland and Causeway streets causes $150,000 in losses. Reports note Turkey blocks telegrams from Smyrna about Kentucky. The Dutch premier says he cannot state when Holland could propose arbitration between England and the Boers.

English Channel Portland Causeway Streets Boston Smyrna Kentucky Holland England

First Alaska Coast party reaches coast from Dawson

Amtr's arrival at Victoria reports two unknown men found frozen on the trail and partially eaten by wolves. Weather near Dawson was brutally cold with Selwyn reporting 59. Below on November 16. Also notes deaths of Sterling B. Higgins and Hector McDonald and stalled auto traffic between Dawson and White Horse. Mail service continues despite hardships.

Dawson Victoria B. C Amtr Selwyn Sterling B. Higgins San Francisco Hector McDonald Selkirk White Horse Hell Gate

Indian Relief Fund Closed in New York After Donations

New York committee ended its famine relief work after subscriptions reached 252 088 dollars. The group, appointed in May with William B. Dodge as chairman and John Crosby Brown as secretary, notes more than 1 000 000 dollars has been sent from the United States to India for the sufferers.

Indian Relief Fund New York India William B. Dodge John Crosby Brown United States

Pleaded Guilty of Arson by Couple in Tenement Fire

Adolph Hoffman and his wife Florence pleaded guilty to first degree arson in a New York tenement fire on November 2 that killed or endangered 20 people across five families. Facing up to 40 years, the pair were processed before Recorder Goff.

New York Adolph Hoffman Florence Goff

Harvard Freshman With Uncanny Strength Baffles Lifters

William H. Mack a Harvard freshman of 18 and 149 pounds draws curiosity for standing still while several strong men try to lift him. European and American scientists study him. theories cite nerve resistance or hypnotic currents. Mack demonstrated power by pinning a vaulting pole and deflecting force from others with palm pressure. He recalls the power forming in adolescence and remains unable to explain it.

William H. Mack Harvard Europe Royal Medical Society of England Virchow University of Berlin Mack Cochems Little Chronicle

Rev Campbell Morgan Accepts Northfield Pastorate

Rev G Campbell Morgan of New Court Chapel London has accepted a call to lead the Northfield Massachusetts church left by Dwight L Moody. His career includes service in Stone and Birchfield and writings such as The True Estimate of Life. Also notes on Arnold and a Nightingale study.

G. Campbell Morgan New Court Congregational Chapel London England Northfield Mass Dwight L. Moody Morgen Chicago D. L. Moody Tetbury Gloucestershire Cheltenham Jewish Collegiate School Birmingham Congregational Stone Staffordshire Westminster Road Birchfield Near New Court Congregational Malachi Nazareth

Also Mentioned on This Page

Asbury Park Journal OUES Mattison Avenue Asbury Park, N. J MR. Howell Monmouth County Newark Evening News Chaplain Glazebrook Newarkers Board ‘of Health Popular Science Bank Gregoria de Quesada Cuba Spain National Bank Senor "Quesada Puerto Principe Gonzalo de Quésada McKinley N. H Burgess Sulphite Fiber Company Androscoggin Lower Hudson NYACE N. Y South Nyack Guerber Nyack Tarrytown Dubbs Ferry Yonkers Atlanta Manley Henry DeGive Grand Opera House Edward Strauss Association of Ministers Cain ST. Petersburg Czar Czarowitz Grand Duke Michael Heath Senate William M. Johnson Perry B. Heath Garrard Campbell Morgan Northorld Matthew Arnold Nightingale Mr. Moody
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