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Newspaper
Perth Amboy Evening News
Location
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1908
Page
3
Hartford Conn Oct 6 The Right Rev Michael Tierney bishop of Hartford died after a stroke during church duties He did not regain consciousness and passed away early Sunday morning with a smile on his face confirming a peaceful death after a long active career.
Governor Comer declares shipments of Alabama cotton to Liverpool cheaper than to New England mills due to railroad rate hikes. He spoke at a White House conference with the president and Attorney General Bonaparte, questioning why Alabama could not lower interstate rates while railroads raised them.
New York date October 6 reports Pasquale Fredericko arrested in Brooklyn after attacking Miss Sarah Philbrick in a dark subway passage. The sequence began when she entered a station on the wrong side and asked a group of workmen for help. Fredericka offered to guide her and then struck her and took her purse.
The Medical Board reports Colonel William F. Stewart U S Army, stationed at Fort Grant Arizona, incapacitated from active service due to heart disease first shown thirty four years ago. Stewart plans to testify and bring witnesses before a retiring board.
A group of officers started from Brooklyn on a fifty mile endurance walk to Coney Island and return covering seventeen miles in five hours. The event tested endurance with a seven hour limit, and they finished in good condition. They will repeat the trek today and tomorrow under a six hour limit and will be examined by army surgeons on return to assess fitness. Test Ride Too Much For Hickey. Washington, Oct. 6.—Lieutenant Colonel James B. Hickey, who failed to finish a ninety minute horsemanship test ride last week, announced plans to retire on December 25.
Tokyo Oct 6 Admiral Togo entertained the wives of American naval officers awaiting the Atlantic battleship fleet. Lieutenant Commander John A Dougherty presented a silver bowl inscribed A token of esteem regard and admiration. Dougherty said the entire country subscribed.
Montreal October 6 The Canadian Pacific railway strikers postponed returning to work citing discontent with terms agreed by leaders. Real estate news noted on Saturday.
New Haven Conn Oct 6 Yale corporation announced for the year 1908 09 that enrollment would exceed 3400 marking an increase of at least 800 students. Gifts included $8000 from Mrs John H Husted of Denver to create the Walter Waters Husted scholarship and $1000 from Mr and Mrs Newton Annis of East Detroit to establish the Donald Annis prize for top freshman and sophomore English and German records.
The Ward line steamer Monterey from New York entered Havana Harbor with a fire in the forward hold. The ship is being unloaded and it is believed a large portion of the cargo may be salvaged undamaged.
A local note urges readers to advertise bargains and to read the real estate ads for weekend opportunities. The column emphasizes the value of listings for buyers and sellers alike in Saturday publication.
Cherbourg Oct. 6 The submarine Emeraude arrived after an eighty one hour run covering 693 miles under water.
Ellis Island board admits Mary Johnson who arrived as a male and used the name Frank Woodhull to argue for entry. She says she will live as a man in New Orleans and had for fifteen years earned a livelihood by passing as male, claiming better pay and status.
Governor Hughes can speak again and delivered a speech in St Paul Minnesota on October 6. A weather forecast predicts warmer conditions with showers.
Cattle supply light and market higher with prime cattle at 5 6 dollars 5 9 0. Calves bring up to 8 75. Hogs receipts fair and market strong though slow with prime heavies 7 dollars 10 cents to 7 30. Mediums 6 50 to 7 05 and heavy workers 6 75 to 6 90. Pigs 5 0 5 60. Sheep and lambs light supply and higher with prime wethers 4 26 to 4 43 and lambs 4 26 to 4 75.
New York October 5 live poultry pull but steady fowls 12 to 14 cents old roosters 9 to 10 cents spring chickens 12 to 14 cents ducks 11 to 15 cents dressed poultry firm good demand fresh killed fowls 14 to 15 cents do fair to good 11 to 12 1/2 cents western roasting chickens 17 to 18 cents broiling 11 to 12 cents potatoes steady Pennsylvania per bushel 80 cents New York choice 73 to 75 cents butter creamery specials 27 to 28 cents extras 27 1/2 cents firsts 26 to 27 cents held creamery specials 20 to 27 1/2 cents state dairy rules finest 22 to 24 cents process specials 28 cents extras 22 to 26 cents eggs fresh gathered extras 30 cents extra firsts 26 to 27 cents firsts 28 to 25 1/2 cents seconds 21 1/2 to 22 1/2 cents refrigerator firsts 22 to 26 1/2 cents firsts on dock 20 1/2 to 21 1/2 cents seconds on dock 19 1/2 to 20 1/2 cents
In the Philippines observers say Charles H. Webster and Benjamin Franklin Rush perished after leaving Pilar Sorsogon in an open boat during a typhoon. The incident was reported in a dispatch from Washington dated October 6.
Philadelphia observed its 225th anniversary with a grand parade. About 20 soldiers sailors and Pennsylvania National Guard members joined the march led by Major General Frederick Grant. A bronze tablet unveiled marked the French army encampment under Rochambeau in the city on the way to Yorktown.
A deadly blaze on Mulberry Street in New York destroyed a tenement building killing ten residents. Fire officials say the house was old and crowded with wooden stairs aiding rapid spread. Investigators suspect a deliberate act by an organized crime group known as the Black Hand.
New York suffragettes protest when barred from placing names on the voter register. Dr Julia Seton Sears is first at the booth and answers the law’s questions. A bystander taunts her, and she flees as a boy tells her to mind the baby. The piece notes a public scolding amid the marketing digressions about Westward “Young Lochinvar” advertisers.
Andrew Lipt of 57 Gwin Street in Perth Amboy intends applying to the Board of Aldermen at their next meeting for a license to carry on and bottle in the city. The request concerns the house owned by him at 57 Gwin Street. 19610-10 6-2t-oew
Notice to obtain a license to keep a saloon and sell malt and spirits at No. 1 Harttort Perth Amboy owned by Gussie Carlton at the next Board of Excise meeting in Perth Amboy Charles Bau
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