New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-13
ORANGEMEN'S OBSERvANCES.
A STEAMER PARTY NOT ALLOWED TO LAND-DIs-
TURBANCE AT PATERSON.


The tenth annual excursion and picnic of the
Orangemen Of New York and Brooklyn took pla o
yesterday. Mount Pleasant Grove, on the Hudson,
william hH place 64s9%e TO- Sy c t3s he
1881 anniversary OF the Battle Of the BOVINE Ihe
took on board numbers of men, women
and children, laden with provision baskets at
JEWELS Wharf, Brooklyn, and at the pier by
twenty -tirst-st., North River. Tae utmost good
temper prevailed both among the Orangemen ana
the spectators of the gathering A few more pleas
nre. seekers were taken Oh board at Harlem. Tue
boats were gaylv decked with the flags of all ma
tious the green flag of Erin alone beng consDlcu-
GUS Oy It's absence. band led by Professor Lowell
dIscoursed sweet music; but me ar grange ana
Bue' and other party tunes. took up an lnordlhate
share of the programme The OraDgemen were al
most exclusively ScOtch-risn, and the excruclatlng
accent of Belfast prevailed, and with dancing sing
ing and drinking the large assem0lage amused IL
So If on its way up the river
When the party reached its destination mes
senger in a small owIng boat, boarded tine Crystal
Stream with the unwelcome Intelligence iDat
the visitors could not be permitted to land.
The disappointed people were, therefore, towed
lew miles further up the river and instead OF eating
cafelully prepared dinners OF snOw-white cloths
spread beneath trees. they had to manage as best
they could huddled closely together on the decks
TO increase tue disappointment of some persons.
only temperance drinks were obtalnable on board
But even these mIsfOrtunes could not altogether
camp The ardor OF the pleasure-seekers ana tney
bowed to the inevitable ana enjoyed the band' the
Niger mInsrels and the other accessories with the
greater Zest, returning TO their homes III peace anu
content.
Aoout o'clock two lodges of Paterson N. j..
Orangemen were returning In procession from
picnic The main street was crowded as they
marched up, the band playing the B0yne wafer"
AT Market-st. a hackman drove his vehicle into the
line. The iuarshals demonstrated and threatened
him with their swords. but the hackman persisted
Several Orangemen then struck the hackman 3
horses with their swords, Persons on the sidewalk
Interfered and an iuclplent rot ensued. he dis
turbance was quelled by the arrival Ut two squads
nnIto hafx Wal I'M IN
duty Several persons were slightly hurt. -FOUR or
the most belIgerent including the grand marshal
of the procession arrested AT one time 1t
seemed as If serious riot was imminent, winch the
opportune arrival of the police alone prevented.
A CUBAN SWINDLER CAUGHT AT LAST
A Cuban has for some years been conducting
successful swndlng operation among Spanish ana
Cuban merchants, who have been liberal i'll con-
trbutIng money toward what wero represented
being worthy obj cts of charity Recently, how
ever they ascerained that they had been swind ed.
This swindler, who was described as a melancholy
looking individual. about tbirty-fve years of
age slim of build and about five feet
nine inches IN height, was captured on
Wednesday by. Detective James Oates at
the office of A. lex. No. 5S Broad-st He was
taken TO the Oak Street Police Station wnere he
gave the name of William Penalver age thlrty-fve,
livingin South ThIrd-st.. Williamsburg. Anongother
articles found in his possession were numher OF
large oDes which bore the names and addresses
of well-to-do Spanish residents OF this city. and a
pair of h9ndcutfs
He was taken TO the TOmbs Police Court yester-
day afternoon, when the detective exhibited one OF
tbs swindlers bscri lists which had been pre-
scented to ana retained by X. Z. tn, president OF
the Havana Gas Light Company, whose Office Is az
No. 60 Wall-st. Juan BOrch, representing Miguel
Suarez, the Spanish Consul, asserted that tho
prisoner had at various times represented himself
as being attached t0the consulate thereby receiving
money for the alleged purpose OF assisting destitute
Spanish families home. He had also on several Oc-
casions secured from the Consul passage tickets TO
Cuba on his declaration that they were to be used
IN
native place, but these tickets IL was now known
had been sold by the prisoner at reduced rate.
Justice Smith committed the accused man until
to-day. when an examination Will be held.
FITZLER IDENTIFIED BY DETECTIVES.
Frederick Fitzler, the wounded burglar, lay in
critical condition at the Charity Hospital In Jersey
City yesterday. Pneumonia has set In.
and the wound has been growing rapidly worse.
Fizler refuses To say much about his past
life He told Ponce Officer &. &. June, VINO has
watched by his bedside every night since he was
wounded that ne was student at helueIOeIR
University for four years. He was anxious to die,
he said and thus escape a term OF twenty years III
prison. He has had several talks with priest
from ST. Peters Catholic Church, to whom he Is
SAID TO have made a confesslUn.
Detective Sergeants King, Lyon, Mcknight, Rad
ford and Rogers were sent by Inspector Byrnes TO
Jersey City yesterday 10 identity tltzler Nhen the
officers appeared at his bedside he Immediately
recognized King and Lyon and called them
by name. The de- ectives recognized tho thlet as
an eI-convict who has been known IN PRISON and at
Police Headquarters as Frederick Braun. alias
Dutch FrtzD lie has been arrested several times
in this city. and his picture Is the Rogues Cal
lery. When he was locked up at Police Head
quarters abont three ago. charge OF steal
ing trunk Detective King called attention to his
murd-rOus cast of features and said: That man
will Kill some one yet, or will die In his boots"
Shortly before IL O'clock Fitzler laDsed into I'M
consciousness,
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.