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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
A SHIP SURGEONS SUICIDE.
An Unexplained Tragedy on the City OF
Berlin.

An Unexplained Tragedy on the City OF
Berlin.
The body of Sidney J. Armstrong, sur
geon of the Inman Line steamer City of
Berlin, lies at Speer's Morgue awaiting
the arrival of advices from his family in
England. He ended his life on the steamer
a few hours after her arrival at the docks
foot of Grand street yesterday.
When | went on shipboard during the
course of the afternoon to learn the par
ficulars of the suicide the densest ignor-
ance on the subject was prOfessed. But
finally one of the ships officers told what
he knew about 1t.
Armstrong, he said, was only twenty
seven years of age, unmarried, and the
son of q Church of England clergyman.
He was man of thorough education, and
had been at one time surgeon on the
steamer City of Richmond.
After the City Of Berlin reached the
city, the surgeon began to drink heavily,
with fellow passenger for companion
An hour after this gentleman had left
him. the Doctor was found unconscious,
with an empty bottle labeled morphine by
his side. Efforts to break his coma were
unayailing On a table in his stateroom
was a letter to his fellow drinker, notify
ing him that when he next saw him he
would be dead.
No motive, outside of the dependency
that over indulgence in liquor sometimes
bepets. can be assigned for the suicide.
II was learned on shipboard that the
Young surgeon had once been engaged to
be married, but that the engagement had
been broken. That this had any relation
to the suicide, however, was not apparent.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
Commissioner Van Keuren
Qualities to Serve on
the Street and Water
Commission.
THE AID INTERIM OFFICERS.
Charter Men Who Say They Never
Had an Idea of the New officials
Being Put in Temporarily.

Benjamin Van Keuren has at last quail
fed for service on Mayor Clevelands'
Street and Water Commission. This
morning he fled his bond, with Richard
G. Washburne, James Warren and
Thomas Harrington as sureties. He has
already filed his bonds for service on the
old Board of Works, and is therefore quail
ified to serve under both governments.
Edward A. Dugan, who was also ap-
pointed by the Mayor to serve on the new
Street and Water Commission, also filed
his bond, with Thomas Fitzsimmons,
James Coyle and Edward Hoos as securi-
ties.
The bond of James H. Henderson, ap
pointed by the Mayor to serve on the new
Fire Board, was placed in Senator Ed
wards hands, as Corporation Counsel this
morning. His sureties are Peter Hender-
son and Charles Henderson.
All OF the Mayors appointees to the sew
eraI Boards have now qualified for ser
vice. The bonds of Alderman O'Neill as
City Collector, and of jeremiah B. Cleve-
land as City Treasurer are. however, yet
to be presented.
THE QUESTION OF POSSESSION.
Senator Edwards was asked this morn
ing how it was that Mayor Cleveland had
made affidavit in the proceedings at Tren-
ton on Saturday last that his appointees
are in possession of the city Offices He
answered that the Mayor had sworn
only as to the Fire Board, which is in I'M
disturbed possession, and the Police Board,
which, as conclusion of law, may pos
sibly be said to be in possession. Part of
the testimony to be taken before Supreme
Court Commissioner George w. Cassidy,
tomorrow, will be as to this claim on the
part of the Mayor.
Among number of new charter enthu-
siasts who were interviewed this morning
unusual confidence as to the ultimate re-
suit OF the charter contest was manifested.
They claim that the Chief Justice was
with them on every point last Saturday,
and believe that that gives promise of the
ultimate triumph of the new charter AS
to the action the Chief Justice may take
ON the question of an Gd Interim govern
ment they are not SO positive.
THE AID INTERIM GOVERNMENT.
''Ihe truth indeed isl said one warm
friend of the charter, this morning, "that
the new officials never had any very seri-
Gus hope of being designated to act dd
interim; and they would not have thought
of pushing their claims to immediate rec
ognition but for the fight shown on the
other side. The bill under
which application was made
to the Chief Justice on
Saturday was drawn, not for the purpose
of getting the new men into office before
the legality of the charter had been ad-
Indicated, but only for the purpose of
having it officially determined that gov
ernment that the courts will defend is in
operation here, so as to avoid any legal
embarrasSments in the flu ture."
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
ACTS In A NlHILIsT TRAGEDY.
Trial of the Russian Police Agent Who
Killed Prima Donna for Revenge.
lBy Gable to the United Press.l

lDD CUOte " ttS OftttcU 4 ftoo-I
LONDON, May 8, 1ss9.-A despatch from
Moscow says that the trial of Orloff, the
agent of the secret police. who a few
weeks ago shot and killed Fraulein Bel
sani. a well known prima donna of the
Deutschen Theatre, at Prague, opened
today.
The crime was most sensational one,
the victim being shot down on the stage
at rehearsal of Idle Walkure" at the
Grossen Theatre.
Revenge was the motive for the crime,
both the singer and her deceased husband
having caused the arrest of several of
Orloff's friends on the charge of being con-
nected with the Nihilist party.
THE LUXEMBOURG REGENCY.
The friends of the Duke of Nassau
are chagrined, but by no means dismayed
at his sudden and unexpected dis
placement from the Regency of
Luxembourg. They bide their time, as it
is not probable that the venerable
King of Holland will much longer be an
obstacle to his resumption of the honors
which he held for such brief period. The
Duke himself has this solace for his NOR
tification, that he has learned the estimate
formed of him in the courts of Europe.
1t is confidently stated that Germany
viewed his future career with apprehen-
sion, as he by no means promised to be
the subservient semi-ally which it was
hoped he would prove to be. AS to the
Dutch, they looked with grief and silent
rage on the nominal disintegration of
their territory and never was enthusiasm
more heartfelt than that which hailed the
announcement that their aged monarch
would continue his rule over the intact
domain.
THE FUTURE OF THE STATE
The proverb about possession may re-
ceive new exemplification in the case of
the Duke of Nassau. No one knows what
complications may take place in Euro
pean affairs before the death of the King
of Holland and the Duke may have bid
den adieu to his little, but i'm
portant province forever. The. Bel
gian press, while congratulating
Holland on the convalescence of King
William, appear to regret the retirement
of the Duke. A practically independent
state in the geographical position of Lux
embourg would prove another obstacle to
German aggressiveness, and put off still
further the conflict regarded with such
dread, yet so confidently predicted.
THE WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL
The sympathy of the workmen in the
large cities of Belgium has always been
with republicanism in France and else
where, and the article in the IN
dependence Beige on the Washing
ton Centennial created a profound SEN
sation all over the country The
clerical and royalist press explain the
progress of the United States by the usual
dilation upon the extent of its territory,
and, while still hoping it may continue,
argue that the country would have
fiourished under monarchical form of
government as well as under that of re-
public.
EXTENSIVE SOAP WORKS BURNED
The soap works of Messrs. David and
William Gibbs, in Hanover Court, Milton
street, were burned today. Loss, 9100, 1000.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
MRS. WHELAN'S STORY.
She Tells the circumstances of the
Trouble in Mrs. Englisi's Flat.

She Tells the circumstances of the
Trouble in Mrs. Englisil's Flat.
called ON Mrs. Whelan yesterday and
obtained from her her version of the cir
cumstances which led to the arrest OF her
mother, Mrs. McGinnis, and Mrs. English,
the owner of the fat in which
Mrs. Whelan lived, as related in THE
SUNDAY MORNING NEWS of yesterday.
Mrs. Whelan received me courteously and
said that she was probably out on Dusl-
ness Saturday evening when The sun
DAY MORNING NEWS reporter called at her
house. In regard to the trouble between
her mother and Mrs. English, she said:-
My mother came to my home on
Wednesday evening, and l let her in. She
said that she had heard that there was
a little difficulty between my husband
and myself. That is not so; my husband
never struck me. / made no outcry to
alarm the neighbors They may have
heard me crying some time, but 1t was
not on account of abuse from my hus-
band"
Ibid your mothersay that she had come
there to protect your" / asked.
"Yes. She said that she had heard that
there was a disturbance there all that
night. But that was not so. My mother
did not strike the door with her
fists as Mrs. English says she did:
cuc Ouly pun ncI llctutl OA ~ w PtAA4 AZ
open. My mother used no language
which Mrs. English could not repeat.
Mrs. English says that my mother struck
her.
~ never left the room during the time
they were there and | never saw my
mother raise her hand / know she did
not strike Mrs. English.
"Mrs. English gave me no notice to
leave the house; on the other hand Mr..
Whelan gave her notice that he would
leave on the 18th. 1 emphatically deny
that Mr.. Whelan was anything but kind
to me on our wedding trip"
/ afterward saw Mr.. Whelan. He sus-
tanned his wife's statement, and added
that thay were still living in Mrs. Eng
Lsh's flat, and would continue to live there
until they decided to move. He said that
he spoke to Mrs. English about moving on
Thursday, and on Saturday she called
upon him at his office and asked him if
she should put bill up. He told her, he
says, that he would move on the fifteenth.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
JOE GRIFFIN Was LEFT.
The Freeho1ders Count Him
Out of the New
Combine.
FIFTY-sEyEN REAPPOINTMENTs
List of the Men and Their Pros
pective Emoluments Under the
New DispensatiOn.

All nature smiled this morning around
the Court Housea smile of pleasure at
the balmy day.
And several of the Freeholders smiled
"a smile of satisfaction with themselves
and of derision when they thought how
Joe Griffin was going to be left.
Yesterday afternoon there was a very
serious caucus, and Joe was there. 1t
was decided what employees of the Free
holders would be reappointed.
1t was simply love feast. Every one
was pleased, and the reappointments We're
portioned out in the same ratio as the old
appointments had been
Joe's men were all down on the list
that is, all those he asked to have re-
appointed.
1t was decided to rescind the resolution
dismissing the whole batch-because some
of the old employees could not be dis
missed, according to law-and pass
another resolution of dismissal, which
should be legal and should not apply to
women.
The meeting had been called for ten
O'Clock this morning, but at ten O'Clock
not a Freeholder was to be seen in the
neighborhood. Half-past ten, eleven, half
past eleven, twelve and half-past twelve
all strolled past before Director Pairson
called the meeting to order, and then the
business was disposed of in short order.
SURPRISING THE LOBBY.
The first thing down astonished good
share of the spectators in the lobby. The
resolution resembling the resolution, passed
last Friday by which 1O7 employees were
discharged, was adopted, and the lobby
didn't know what to make of it.
Then came up a resolution that all the
male employees should be discharged, ex-
cepting the most important ones, those
who came under the provisions of the
veterans act, and those whose
terms of Office are fixed by statute, such
as the County physician, Counsel to the
Board, etc. 1t was adopted.
This explained the first resolution.
Then appeared the real business of the
day.
A resolution was introduced that GER
dlu LHeH pt sappO4uecu " CERTAIN POSielOlo
at certain salaries. There were fifty-seven
of them, and the salaries of those who are
paid by the day were raised to union rates
and the salaries of the two chaplains were
raised $3.50 year each.
AS the names were read Freeholder
Griffin smiled at first, then looked puz-
zled, then worried, then mad. But at last
he settled himself down, with the appar-
ent conviction that everything was all
right.
But it wasn't.
In the list of reappointments, which fol-
lows, not one of Joe's men appeared.
There are about thirty men-twenty-
eight or thirty-who are still left out.
Among these is the plumber.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
MAKING A HOBoKEN SLATE.
The Councils Members Are Putting Their
Heads Together.

The new members of the Hoboken
Board of Council are putting their heads
together and looking very mysterious.
They are fixing up new slate. Only
gentlemen of big influence are listened to,
and it entirely depends upon which of the
candidates for the position of City Clerk
can show up the larger number Of infiu-
entail friends which gets appointed.
City Clerk Marty McDermott has q
record of several years, and the Mausell
forgeries are still in the minds of both
the Council and the taxpayers, yet he is
slated for reappointment. 1t is said that
DIR. Heller, who has multitude of sport
ing friends, is booked for the position o
City Physician Poormaster Miller is
sure of reappointment, and Councilman
Maloney will supersede Mrs. Chappell az
janitor.
Messrs. Londregan, Stanton and
Maloney, who represent the Third and
Fourth wards of the city, are out of the
combine, and the most important wards,
because they are the largest and most
densely populated with working people,
will have practically no representation.
The new Board will organize this after
noon.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
THE BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED.
A Hog Nose Boiler Explodes with Ter
rifle Force.

n HOE nose OOllSr EAptoucs WIN Aer-
rifle Force.
MANCHESTER, N. H., May 6, 1854
boiler explosion occurred at Lowell's iron
foundry and machine shop yesterday,
which was heard in all parts
of the city. The explosion was
terrific one, totally demolishing
the building in which it took
place. The building was of brick, three
stories high and fifty feet wide. The
boiler was sixteen feet in length and of
forty horse power and was inelosed in
brick, being known as hog-nose boiler.
The part of the boiler that gave way
was the back, section of which was
blown through the wall in the rear of the
boiler. A second piece was shot through
the roof into the air and came down
through the roof of the p. G. Forsyth
Machine Company's foundry.
Charles Ouimette, the engineer, was
standing in front of the boiler, and was
knocked insensible, but received no
serious injury. Three other persons were
about the building at the time, but all
escaped injury.
Had the explosion occurred on week
day the loss of life would have been very
large, as numerous force of men are en-
ployed at the shop. The loss will be
heavy
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
ALL QUIET AT sAYREYILLE.
The Raritan River Railroad Agrees to
Forego the Spur.
[Special 20 the Jersev Citg Netcs. /

lSpectdt 10 the Jersey CfIy Netcs.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., May 6, 1882
The riot at Sayreville is under the sub
lection of the law, Sheriff Flick,
of New Brunswick, having held
the railroad men and the brick
yard employees in check by his posse un-
til the owners of the Raritan River Rail
road agreed to forego building the spur
on Furman's place.
The man Kennedy, whose scull was
fractured, will recover.
The body of George Gessengen, who
was murdered in Sundays riot will be
buried tomorrow. Sheriff Flick left fifty
men on guard at noon, there being no
present danger of another outbreak.
Some heavy suits for trespass and dam
ages will be instituted against the rail
road company by Edward Furman, the
owner of the land on which the riot oc-
cl1 rred
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
RECEIVING THE RESCUED.
Scenes on the Dock When the Dan
marks Passengers Arrived.

scenes on the Dock When the Dan
marks Passengers Arrived.
A large number of poorly clad women
and men were awaiting admission on the
Hamburg Dock at Hoboken Iyester-
day morning at six o'clock. They were
all wrought up to the highest pitch of ex-
them that the Wieland had reported at
Quarantine wild cheer went up. They
were the relatives and friends of the pas
sengers who were on the ill fated Dan
mark, and who were being brought home
from the Azore Islands 10 those poor
people it was like resurrection.
Precisely at eight O'Clock the black hull
of the steamer was visible, and the
anxious walters crowded on the bulk
heads to watch her gradual approach. AS
the steamer swung in, the passengers
swarmed down upon the dock, and were
soon clasped in the embrace of parents,
brothers or sisters. Some of them had
sweethearts, and the welcome was touch
ing.
There were 800 of them, all young single
men, who had been taken to the Azores,
giving the married people and families
the preference of coming on to America.
Very few of them were in robust health.
On the contrary, most of them were thin
and emaciated. They only had the
ClOGHtS Gucy SbOOu up III, anu were III ulooo
cases without funds The Castle Garden
boat arrived and they re-embarked, their
friends being allowed to go with them.
Complaints were made that the agents
of the Thingvalla line had not treated
them well and that when they landed in
the Azores they had to sleep in ware
house with only a blanket for covering
and that they had been nearly starved.
Rudolph Rohltf, an assistant engineer
of the Wieland, was seen walking on to
the Castle Garden steamboat, but was
stopped by Chief Engineer Freese, who
charged him with attempting to desert.
He insisted on going and had to be taken
into custody by Policeman Joe Kenney.
He was taken to the County Jail to await
the return of the steamer to Germany.
August Olsen, who is an old sailor, hav-
ing followed the sea for over twenty
years, complained that the Danmark was
badly managed He said that her coal
bunkers caught fire at midnight, when
she was about four days out, and that
from that time to when she was aban-
doned she had to be stopped several times
and her machinery oyerhauled.
Kasmus Anderson, thirty-two years of
age. died on the Wieland late last night.
He was one of the Danmark's passengers.
His body was taken to Castle Garden
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
The Boys Robbed the Butcher.

Smiths butcher shop, No. 416 Nelson
avenue, early yesterday morning
by two boys. They are Frederick
Luddick and Eugene Erecarella,
who live in the neighborhood
They entered by q rear window. Ludd1ck
stood guard while his companion went to
the till and distracted from it $40.
Mr. Smith discovered his loss during
the day and reported it to the police,
who soon traced the crime to the two
BOYS. They were arrested, and at the ex-
animation before Judge Wanser this
morning, the whole story was confessed
by Ludwig, while the other knew no
thing. They were held for trial. The
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
Weather Indications.

WASHINGTON, May 6, 1889. Indications
Especial prediction. There is a storm Of
considerable energy extending over the
Missouri valley and the Northwest which
will probably move eastward, causing
rain In the central valleys and the lake
regions on Tuesday. The weather Is
likely to remain fair ana warm on the
Atlantic coast during the rest of Monday
and until Tuesday evening, followed dur
ing Tuesday or on Wednesday by rain and
cooler weather.
Indications for twenty-four hours:-For
Eastern New York and New Jersey, fair;
stationary temperature in the interior,
slightly cooler ON the coast winds shift
inc 10 southeasterly For Western New
York:-Warmer; fair, southerly winds,
followed on Tuesday by threatening
weather and light rains
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
AMELIA DowNEs DISCHARGED.
She Is Not Held Blameab1e for Her
Child's Death.

Amelia Downes, the young colored
woman who was arrested some
time ago charged with causing the
death of her new born babe,
was discharged by Justice Stilsing this
morning. She was released from the hos
pital Yesterday and was much surprised
to find herself under arrest, as she could
not realize that she had done any harm.
She told the Justice that her husband
was Joseph d. T. Downes, who is in the
employment of the Pullman Car Com
pany, and she had not lived with
him for several months. Her father,
Brown, of South Carolina, who was at
one time pastor of the Bethel Church, on
Sullivan street, the leading colored Meth
odist Church Of New York,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
winnipeg's Biggest Fire.

WINNIPEG, May 6, 1Ss9.-The biggest
fire ia the history of this city threatened
to destroy a large portion of the business
part of the place this morning. A dozen
large buildings, including the Jewish
Synagogue, have been destroyed, but the
fire is now under control. The Second
Methodist Church and other buildings
were badly scorched, but saved with small
damage. Estimated loss, $4O, 600; insur-
onca small
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
THE whole Family Drowned.

WHEELING, w. Va, May 6, 1883. The
family of P. B. Harr, who lived in a
thinIy settled district near Braxton, this
State, was totally exterminated yesterday
by drowning.
Harr, his wife and two children started
a mountain stream, which was swollen
out of its banks. Harr foolishly attempted
to cross it in canoe. The boat capsized
and all hands were thrown in the stream
Mrs Harr and one of the children sank
Immediately, and Harr, who seized the
other child, after struggling in the water
for some time, was swept away before
help could reach them.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
The Murder of a Peacemaker.

PoRT HURON, Mich, May 6, 1882
Harry Axworthy, an employee in James
Spry's batting works, was murdered Sat
urday night by Otto Sandberg. ,Spry and
Sandberg engaged in a quarrel and AK
worthy undertook to separate them, when
Sandberg plunged knife into his skull,
making fatal wound. Sandberg was
arrested. He belongs to one of the best
families in town.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
The Piainfield Burglars Caught.

Inspector Byrnes' men yesterday sue
ceeded in arresting the Plainfield post
office burglars. Their names are James,
alias "Milky'' Mcdonald, and Michael
Smith, alias s'Pig" McDermott Both are
noted cracksmen.
On Mcdonald was. found $50, gold
watch, six diamond drills, three sets of
jewelry, pair of eye glasses, a package
6f powder, q roll of fuse, map of New
Jersey and tim etable to Plainfeld.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
Board of Education.

At the last meeting of the Board Of
Education that body adjourned till to-
night with view to adjourning sine die
prior to the organization of the new
Board.
Mayor Cleveland said today that he had
as vet made no appointments to that
Board, and would not make any this
afternoon.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06

The ''Merry Owls" held picnic in
Krobel's Park Saturday night. They had
a merry time. Three hundred young
people participated in the dancing.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
The Cost of Street Base BAN.

The official rate for playing ball in the
streets of Jersey City was established by
Justice Stilsing this morning at 81 He
fined George Meals, of No. 203 Railroad
avenue; Peter Dolan, of No. 234 Wayne
street; Patrick Betting, of No. 260 Newark
avenue, and George Mcdonald, of No. 262
Newark avenue, four small boys, that
amount for indulging in the national
game on the public thoroughfares.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06
HORSES WORTH BACKING TOMOR-
ROW-JERSEY CITY NEWS
SELECTIONS.
First Race -BattIedore, Gilt.
Second Race Gypsy, Sam D.
Third Race--Richard K, Chatter.
Fourth Race--Pat Oakley, kismet.
Fifth Race--van, Top Sawyer.
Sixth Race Pat DAILY, Centipede.

Especial to the jersey City Netosl
NORTH HUDSON DRIVING PARK, May 6,
1889. Following are the entries for to-
morrow
FIRST RACE Five furlongs; selling allowances;
purse $500.